Novels like Reborn: A Scumbag's Self-Redemption
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- 101 Awakening in 1999 觉醒在1999年 The year before the new millennium was destined to be extraordinary: Macau returned to China, a grand military parade marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the nation, NATO bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project got underway, and more. Ordinary Su Yu also became a first-year high school student that year, serving as both class monitor and Communist Youth League branch secretary. An extraordinary life quietly began... The Eurasian continent lay ri —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Reborn in 1996: The Father-and-Son Powerhouse Duo 重生1996之枭雄父子 After a car accident, Jiang Nan was unexpectedly reborn, returning to early 1996, an era when state-owned and collective enterprises were going bankrupt one after another and workers were being laid off. Thanks to his memories of his previous life, Jiang Nan helped his father, Jiang Dongping, avoid a frame-up and escape being fired. As Jiang Dongping rose to a higher position, he set about turning his workplace's fortunes around and getting it back on track. Meanwhile, drawing on his memories, J 46Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 103 The Golden Age Against the Tide 逆流黄金年代 Reborn in 2000, Lin Xiaolei finds that real estate has yet to take off, the internet has just weathered a downturn, and the retail industry is only getting started. As the tide of the times rolls in, what will he choose? Lin Xiaolei says, “I want to make money.” “And after you’ve made money?” “Make even more money.” “What do you need all that money for?” “Make money with money...” 2.7kReads8.2Score167Shelves
- 104 A Life Without Regrets: Back to 1992 人生无憾之重回1992 Things don’t go your way nine times out of ten. If I could live again, I’d make up for every regret in my life! Career, family, relatives, friends, romance, brotherhood: I won’t miss out on a single one! Everyone who bullied, humiliated, or trampled on me in my last life will end up beneath my feet! Reborn in 1992, the protagonist Yang Fan doesn’t just want to be a butterfly flapping its wings. He wants to become a pterosaur stirring up the world. 1.3kReads8.6Score110Shelves
- 105 Reborn in Kyoto: From the Start, I Married a Rich Beauty 重生京都：开局迎娶白富美 Reborn, no System, one scheming male lead, multiple female leads, career and political intrigue, showbiz, tangled romance, and a final twist In his previous life, Lin Hongzhi was the ultimate simp, only to be cruelly dumped. After being reborn, a rich, beautiful woman who looks just like his ex-girlfriend gets down on her knees to worship him... Is it a scheme, or is it love... In the dazzling, pleasure-filled capital, he only wants to focus on his career, but a host of stunning women keep chasi 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Reborn, I Become a Business Tycoon 重生后我为商业大亨 Ye Ze, a miserable middle-aged man, is reborn after transmigrating to 1982. His family is poor, his parents are honest and simple, and he has a whole crowd of siblings. They’re so poor they can barely afford to eat! But Ye Ze isn’t worried at all. He’s full of confidence and ambition. His previous life was a muddle, and he never amounted to much. Heaven must have taken pity on him, because at last it’s his turn to be reborn and transmigrate. He activates the rebirth golden finger and... Hahaha! 846Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 107 Reborn in 2002: I’m Generous With Money and Shares 重生2002，我舍得给钱送股份 This may be the most realistic rebirth novel on Tomato, and the male lead's business model of 'being willing to give people shares' may also be the most criticized business model on the platform... 320Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 108 Reborn in 2008: Starting with Online Fiction 重生08之从网文开始 [Multiple heroines] + [Not brainless] + [No System or golden finger] + [Smart characters] + [Sweet romance] Come on in, dear readers! Everything you're looking for is inside! To keep the characters true to themselves, the early chapters spend more time laying the groundwork of everyday life. Wang Ye was a bastard in his past life. He ran with gangsters, got involved in pyramid schemes, squandered his parents' savings, and left his brother disabled. He thought his life was over. Then he opened h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 I'm Already Reborn, Why Would I Need a System? 都重生了，还要什么系统啊 He worked hard until he was thirty, and with help from his family, finally managed to buy a house. All he needed was to borrow another 380,000 yuan for the bride price, and he could get married. Zhang Lei thought he was finally about to enter the next stage of life. Who knew the building would be left unfinished, and that the developer would beat him to death when he tried to fight for his rights? Reborn in high school, all Zhang Lei wanted was to make money and achieve financial freedom. The fi 19kReads7.1Score1.6kShelves
- 110 Reborn in 2011: Changing Myself 重生11年改变自己 Wang Hu never expected to wake up reborn ten years in the past. And with a golden finger too! He can make a killing in the stock market and win over beautiful women with ease! There are all kinds of beauties, so there's bound to be one you like! 85Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 111 From the Start, I Got Divorced and Became Shanghai’s Biggest Tycoon! 开局离婚，我成沪上巨鳄！ [Reborn, feel-good story, get rich, investing, take off, no saintly heroine, popular with women] Lin Chuan froze to death beneath a bridge in 2023. He never imagined he’d be reborn on May 18, 2000, the day that changed his family’s fate. In his previous life, his wife Liu Mei and childhood friend Zhang Lei got him drunk and tricked him into signing over the machine factory his father had run his whole life. They sold it for just 100,000 yuan. Later, the Zhang family made 80 million yuan from the 34.8kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
- 112 Dreaming Back to the Year of the College Entrance Exam 梦回高考那年 After being reborn in a car accident back in the year of his college entrance exams, he makes a cheat-like comeback in a short time and finally gets into the same university as the girl he has always dreamed of. He wins her heart at college, makes a fortune in a bull market, and launches an internet startup, making his mark in the business world. There’s campus life, romance, friendship, entrepreneurship, and family. Unlike the cookie-cutter rebirth novels, this story is sometimes youthful, some 3.3kReads7.8Score217Shelves
- 113 Hecarim’s Ninth Book 赫卡里姆拯的第9本书 My name is Su Cheng, and I have the most incredible connections in the world. The male lead's mother works as my maid. The beautiful campus belle falls for me, while a sweet, gentle little maid throws herself into my arms. A slim bodyguard is willing to protect me. I take a tutoring job, and a gorgeous mother-daughter pair gets jealous over me. A cool, beautiful CEO even gets lured back to my home to work as a maid. A hot-tempered policewoman has a secret crush on me but doesn't dare confess. I 167Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 114 My 28-Year-Old Landlady 我的28岁女房东 Xu Dong was a hopeless romantic until he stumbled upon a “Love Manual” and transformed into a dating expert. He knows women’s weaknesses inside and out, so winning them over by giving them what they want is a piece of cake. Don’t even think about claiming you know how to charm women better than I do. 346Reads7.6Score134Shelves
- 115 I’m a Punk with a Moped, and You Want Me to Get into a Top University?! 我一鬼火黄毛，你要我考985！ [Chen Hansheng Reincarnated] [Shen Youchu Possession] [Urban Daily Life] [No System] [Come on, Keep Picking on Shen Youchu] [One Female Lead] [Urban] [Reborn] [Lighthearted Campus Story] Also known as "When Youth’s Blossoms Have Fallen" Lin Dong, who drifted through society after failing the college entrance exam, is hacked to death in a gang fight. Then he is reborn in the year of the exam. His rebirth doesn’t come with a ding, but he gets a golden finger even better than one. He remembers ever 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Supreme Divine Lord 至尊神主 [Fantasy + no System + multiple heroines + passionate battles + long-form] Once the greatest genius of the Luoxuan Empire, he was ambushed and died beneath a ten-thousand-foot waterfall, leaving no trace of his body. Reborn, he commands divine-level techniques and bears a world-suppressing bloodline. With a single thought, he can command all living beings and wield the laws of the myriad heavens. 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Set Up a Stall and Earned Ten Thousand 重生1980：开局摆摊赚一万 Qin Feng, a billionaire worth tens of billions, was reborn in 1980. In his previous life, he was addicted to gambling and committed every kind of evil. Only after his wife could no longer take it and jumped into a river with their infant child did his family cast him out and he finally come to his senses. Unfortunately, it was already too late. Now that he's back, see how he turns the tables! Make money? I'm not obsessed with money. I've come back to do something big! Boss, how much for thes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Reborn in 1994: I Started Changing My Fate 重生1994，逆天改命从此开始 Reborn in the summer of 1994. My parents are still young, and I can still make up for my regrets. Back then, Jack Ma was still teaching, and QQ wouldn’t appear for another five years. This time, I’ll never be a pushover again. I’ll put bullies in their place, win back my first love, help my brothers make money, and usher in an era of my own. No golden finger, no System, just memories from thirty years ahead of my time. Starting with the Subor learning computer, then a computer study room, then a 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 I Won Over My Junior in White Stockings From the Start, and I Have No Humanity When It Comes to Money 开局拿下白丝学妹，我壕无人性 [Underdog comeback + Tycoon lifestyle + Multiple heroines + Living life on his own terms] After graduating from college, Gu Yang worked diligently for a year, going from an ordinary corporate drone to an outstanding corporate drone! He never got the chance to change his destiny through knowledge, but he did get a system for living life on his own terms. Spend money on beautiful women and get cashback. He was making a fortune. Folks, who understands the joy of never having to worry about money ag 12kReads6.8Score1.2kShelves
- 120 Slacking Off at College Made Me Stronger, and Now the Campus Beauties Are Confessing and Chasing Me 大学摸鱼就变强，众校花表白倒追 [Campus Life] + [Taking It Easy] + [Multiple School Beauties] + [Wealthy Protagonist] Gu Bai was reborn, returning to his college days, when cutthroat competition was at its worst. In his previous life, he worked like a dog to get into graduate school and pursue the campus beauty, only to end up with nothing. This time, Gu Bai made up his mind: To hell with the rat race. I'm going to take it easy! [Ding! The Host has refused to run for student council and successfully slacked off. Reward: 1 mill 15.2kReads6.1Score1.6kShelves
- 121 Rewind to the Year 2000 回档2000年 Given another life, Lu Fei will work hard and strive to make something of himself. He won't be a street punk or live in poverty anymore, and he won't let anyone down. He'll take on the responsibilities expected of a husband, son, and father... 7.3kReads8.6Score494Shelves
- 122 Getting the Whole Village into Online Loans to Build the Nation's Top Financial Village 带领全村撸网贷，打造第一金融村 Qin Feng is reborn in a parallel world and finds himself being hounded by a shady online loan platform... “Pay you back? Pay what back? You're loan sharks, and you still expect me to repay you?” He decides to go all in and takes out loans from dozens of online platforms. Not only that, he gets everyone in his village to do the same. Some time later, debt collectors arrive at Qin Village to collect. Dozens of tattooed thugs, armed with steel pipes and wearing menacing expressions, storm into the 5.7kReads8.4Score275Shelves
- 123 I Just Want to Retire Early 我就想早点退个休 Urban life + reborn + campus belle + multiple heroines + lighthearted Office worker Jiang Zheng is reborn after a car accident on his way home from working overtime. With a second chance at life, he sets himself a goal: by the time he graduates from college, he needs to have his diploma, property deed, retirement pension, and birth permit. Why is there no marriage certificate? Naturally, because he's not good enough… 1.8kReads7.0Score101Shelves
- 124 From the Start, I Got a Nine-Tailed Fox Wife: What’s It Like? 开局送九尾狐媳妇，是什么体验？ At eighteen, the genius Qin Potian ascends to the Immortal Realm, only to end up in bed with a nine-tailed fox. He has no choice but to accept reality and live off her. And so begin all kinds of conflicts in the Immortal Realm. Cultivation isn't all fighting and killing; there's romance, too. A serious disclaimer: this is not a devoted-love story. There are lots of immortals and an empress, but there's not much else to say. Just read the story! 402Reads—Score104Shelves
- 125 From the Start, I Transmigrated and Shocked the World with My Novels 开局穿越，我写小说震惊全世界 When he wakes up, Li Fan, a second-year high school student, finds himself in a parallel world. Faced with a home stripped bare and his parents’ hair turning white from hard work, he tightens his grip on his pen. In this life, he’ll use the memories of his previous life to defy fate and change his destiny. While everyone else is staying up late cramming for monthly exams, he sits at his desk deep into the night, recreating one masterpiece after another, including Battle Through the Heavens, The 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Love in the Courtyard: Turning the Tables, Starting with Stealing Food 情满四合院：从偷饭开始的逆袭 After a programmer dies suddenly from overwork, he wakes up as a boy at the bottom of the pecking order in a 1960s Beijing courtyard house. With a one-cubic-meter pocket space for stealing food and a modern mind, he struggles to survive among the scheming residents and turn his fate around. 8Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 127 Reborn as a Thoroughly Ordinary Man 重生之我是大俗人 (No AI, entirely handwritten.) Before being reborn, Feng Yu was an ordinary vulgar man. After being reborn, Feng Yu was even more vulgar. Successful men wear watches. Mature men wear a “hand card.” Let the past blow away on the wind. In this life, Feng Yu was going to make money, get foot massages, enjoy a massage… and live it up for once! … Note: The book contains many unusual details, all drawn from the author’s personal experience or things they have seen firsthand. Just enjoy the story, and 60.5kReads8.2Score4kShelves
- 128 Now That I’m Reborn, Who Still Wants to Do Multiple-Choice Questions? 都重生了，谁还做选择题啊 [Rebirth + no System + multiple heroines + no brainless antics + campus story + steady progress + family life + slow pace] This is a lighthearted story about everyday life. There is no tragic angst, business warfare, showing off and humiliating rivals, or true villain. Readers who might mind should proceed with caution. Yang Yang, a young office drone, returned to 1997. No System, so how could he become the richest man in the world? No worries. First, get Dad to open a coal mine, then enjoy life 975Reads6.8Score104Shelves
- 129 I’m Reborn, So Why Am I Still Getting Dumped? 都重生了，还要被分手？ [Goofy, funny, lighthearted humor, everyday campus life, no System, sweet and angsty] When faced with his first love from his previous life, he runs without hesitation. Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Better to make things difficult for others than make yourself miserable. 320Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Reborn: Making Money Is What Matters 重生，搞钱才是王道 [No System] + [Not mindless wish fulfillment] + [Smart protagonist] + [Urban entrepreneurship] + [Urban life] + [Reborn and making money] + [Building wealth], proceed with caution if these aren't your thing. The protagonist is reborn in 2002. Starting with World Cup betting, money pours in and his life takes off. His immense wealth gives him the life he wants, but it also brings trouble. Whether you're rich or poor, you'll always run into different kinds of trouble. Dealing with trouble is a par 285Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 131 Back to the 1990s: The Family Planning Inspectors Show Up at My Door 重回90：超生检查到我家 [Reborn in Time] [No System] [One Female Lead] [Hidden Big Shot] [See the untold story of the internet unfold before your eyes!] I’m screwed. I went from being a venture capital tycoon to waking up in the 1990s overnight. A family that keeps having kids beyond the quota? Yep, that’s me. No household registration? Yep, still me. I’m going to rise from nothing! No, wait, I’d better fill my stomach first. This is the best of times, an era of sweeping change and surging tides! When the great roc ris 207Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 132 Reborn in 1992 重生一九九二 Liu Xiao Tian woke up one morning reborn in 1992. Armed with the memories of his previous life, he bought subscription certificates, traded futures, built factories, seized the wave of state enterprises being transferred to private ownership, and entered the internet industry. Step by step, he built a business empire of his own. 3.7kReads8.1Score250Shelves
- 133 Reborn: Starting With a 5 Million Cash-Out 重生从提现500万开始 Back in 2008, Chen Feng was still regretting how little he had studied in his previous life. Then, the next moment, a “ding” sounded in his mind, making him feel like he could take on the world again. Maybe it was because he’d spent too long cooped up at home in his previous life. With the System backing him up this time around, Chen Feng starts letting loose... 516Reads7.4Score100Shelves
- 134 Reborn: The Cheat-Code Life of an Overweight High School Girl 重生之肥胖女高中生的开挂人生 [Sweet romance + comeback + salvation] A thirty-year-old corporate drone is reborn as a 200-jin high school girl. Lose weight! Get rich! And there's a cool, aloof campus heartthrob who won't leave her alone. At thirty, Cheng Xi is reborn in 2008 in the body of Lu Ningning, an overweight high school girl who weighs 200 jin. With an inheritance and a house left by her mother, she starts from scratch, loses weight, launches a business, and deals with the scumbag father who keeps showing up to haras 260Reads6.8Score101Shelves
- 135 Entertainment in 2000: My Little Sister Is a Goddess 文娱2000，我的妹妹是天仙 Reborn in 2000, Yu An has only one thought: protect his family. Starting out by shorting the Nasdaq, he buys Marvel, invests in Penguin, and takes control of Netflix, building an empire worth hundreds of billions that spans entertainment and technology. Think he is merely a godfather of business? No. He also intends to put his father in the White House and become the man at the helm of the world’s most powerful private military conglomerate. When Jewish financiers ignite war in Africa and Wal 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Forging Youth Anew 再铸青春 If you had the chance to live your life over again, what would you choose? Newly reborn, Ye Feng is already facing a breakup. In his previous life, he begged and pleaded. What will he choose this time? 275Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 137 Reborn in 1992: Business Empire 重生九二之商业帝国 In his previous life, someone framed his family's soda factory and drove it into bankruptcy. His father couldn't bear the crushing debt and jumped from the rooftop. His mother was overcome with grief and soon passed away as well. Amid a series of tragedies, he sank deeper and deeper into despair. Now, heaven has given him a chance to be reborn. He swears to change everything, make a name for himself, and get revenge! And so, his rise begins with ten thousand yuan... 47Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 138 An Eighties Kid Returns to 2001 80后回到2001 Multiple heroines + Russian sisters + beautiful mother and daughter + esports + stock trading riches: from 250 yuan in his pocket to a billion in assets They say everyone encounters seven opportunities in their lifetime, and seizing just one or two is enough to achieve financial freedom. If you could live your life over, how would you plan it? 259Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Back to 1985 to Stir Up the World 重返八五搅动世界 Reborn in 1985, the first thing he does is sell his job to raise money for a business. He designs products, poses as a foreign investor, and creates a buzz to build up capital quickly. Inspired by real cases, the story depicts the history of Wenzhou merchants. 232Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 Reborn, I Built a Business Empire 重活一世，我铸就商业帝国 Lu Chen, who once owned a company worth tens of billions, dies with regrets and is reborn in his second year of high school in 2007. In his previous life, he wasted his youth, lost both his parents, and spent his whole life missing his chance to be with Shu Qingwan. Now reborn with twenty years of memories of the future, Lu Chen throws himself into his studies to get into a top university, seizes the internet boom, and gets ahead of the curve by investing in social media, short videos, and socia 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Reborn in 2010: Financial Freedom After the World Cup 重生2010，世界杯后财富自由 [Reborn in College] [Business and Wealth-Building] [Financial Investing] [Multiple Heroines, Including Female Celebrities] [No System] The World Cup gives him a chance to take off, and he sets out on the road to financial freedom. Overseas, he trades international crude oil, gold, foreign currencies, and cryptocurrencies... At home, he trades sugar and cotton futures... He invests heavily in unicorn companies at home and abroad... He starts a gaming company to rake in money and a media company t 90.3kReads7.6Score9.1kShelves
- 142 Miss, Please Have Some Self-Respect 姑娘，请自重 A country boy comes to the city for college and moves in with his big brother. So why does he keep feeling like someone is secretly flirting with him? And the pure-hearted campus beauty keeps throwing herself into his arms... Miss, please have some self-respect! 460Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 143 Reborn: The Entrepreneurial Life 重生之创业人生 Early 2003. Taobao had yet to be founded, Xiaomi was nowhere to be seen, housing prices were still within reach, and every industry was thriving... With memories of the future, Chen Ping returned to 2003, a year when gold seemed to lie everywhere. 129Reads6.8Score106Shelves
- 144 Reborn at 14: A Fintech Tycoon 重生14，金融科技神豪 After Wang Gan broke his leg while delivering food, he was reborn in 2014, back in his college days. He made his first fortune starting with the World Cup, then invested in finance and technology, becoming a top tycoon. He spends money like water: a real-world god of wealth. 16.3kReads6.2Score1.1kShelves
- 145 Ghost Girl, Take This Demon-Slaying Pestle! 女鬼，吃我降魔杵！ [Urban Ghost Hunting] [No Female Lead, Multiple Women] [Unprincipled] Yu Ze unexpectedly gains the Purple Qi from the East, and from then on begins cultivating immortality and raising ghosts! Zhao Siyan: “He had a heart attack, and I didn't give him his medicine.” Yu Ze: “I'll hold this over you for the rest of your life!” Jian Hong: “He killed my husband and wants me for himself. I'd sooner give myself to a dog than to him!” Yu Ze: “Fine, then I'll... uh, help you get revenge on him!” . 1.1kReads7.8Score103Shelves
- 146 Reborn in 1976: The Industrial Internet Empire 重生76：工业互联网帝国 Ren Jie, a professor in the metallurgy department of a university in Yanjing, never married after his girlfriend was assaulted by thugs and jumped off a cliff to her death while he was sent to the countryside for reeducation. By a twist of fate, Ren Jie is reborn in the countryside where he was once sent to work. Amid the intertwined love and hatred of two lifetimes, he pursues revenge and roams the land as a fugitive. See how he survives in the cracks of his era and, after enduring countless tr 406Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 147 One Piece: Time Stops for Me for Three Years from the Start 海贼王：开局为我时停三年 Wang Hai transmigrates into the world of Pirate King, where everyone else becomes an NPC frozen in time. But he can learn any ability from the NPCs, including Devil Fruit powers, and combine them in endlessly different ways. So, to collect abilities and grow stronger, Wang Hai wears the straw hat he stole, sails a coffin ship he stole, and rows with the black sword he stole. He goes to Amazon Lily and learns the Empress’s Love-Love Fruit ability. He goes to the Chamber of Flowers and discovers t 24Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 148 Reborn as a Genius Student 重生之神级学渣 (Female lead: Cheng Qiqi) Reborn. In his previous life, Zuo Chengliang was a notorious villain in prison. In this life, he wants to be a good person. After being reborn, Zuo Chengliang has plenty of ideas: make a fortune, marry the most beautiful woman, drink the strongest liquor, and race through a wild, rainy night... Reward good and punish evil, and stay clear-eyed about the world. Once, the world... wasn't worth it! Zuo Chengliang is going to make the world... worth it! He'll give his love 2.2kReads8.4Score225Shelves
- 149 Youth in Debt: My Real-Life Hustle 负债青春：我的搞钱实录 [Campus life, making money, entrepreneurship, turning the tables] No System, no golden finger. In 2008, Lin Cong was a freshman who had never wanted for food or clothes, until his family suddenly fell on hard times and he became penniless. After a brief bout of depression, reality forced him to fend for himself. He started with odd jobs, moved on to business, and eventually became a boss. Along the way, he met a sophisticated older career woman, a sweet and innocent junior, an intellectual senio 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 After I Was Reborn, I Focused on Making Money 重生后我埋头搞钱 [Multiple Heroines] + [Farming] + [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Mu Xin wakes up one day, reborn at the age of eighteen! While studying abroad, he gets up to all sorts of steamy things with countless beautiful women from exotic lands. Making money is all he cares about. After getting a second chance at life, everything seems so much easier! He breaks into every industry and amasses endless wealth! Then one day, Mu Xin suddenly realizes a simple truth: when you have money, you really can do whatever y —Reads—Score—Shelves
