Novels like After the Canary Flew the Coop
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as After the Canary Flew the Coop, best match first.
- 1 Hometown: The Blossoming Season Continues 故里：花期延续 [Two male leads + both powerful + both each other's first and only + attempted forced romance + happy ending] [Elegant, unhinged, rebellious bottom VS roguish, brazen, devoted-dog top] Liang Jinchen, heir to the Hua family, could have lived in luxury and extravagance, but instead chose to go off to the backwoods to play wilderness survival. Ning Tangqiu, a top-tier assassin, insists on playing the harmless fool and pours his heart and soul into earning the final three million. The two meet in so 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 2 Obsessive Love: After We Reunite 偏执的爱：重逢之后 [Dual male leads + reunion + amnesia + stand-in + both are each other's first and only love + happy ending] Six-year-old Geng Lele enters an orphanage after his family falls apart, where he meets Xiao Jiaxuan. After two years together, they are forced apart. For the next seventeen years, Xiao Jiaxuan runs the Xiao Group, yet the same dream haunts him over and over. At Director Zhang's memorial service, he reunites with Geng Lele, and the past they had buried for so long suddenly comes rushing ba 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Pursuing the Guilty: The Paranormal Affairs Bureau 追罪：异能事务所 A deceptively aloof, actually jealous action-team leader seme × a seemingly ordinary, actually cunning psychological counselor uke One-on-one | Two equally matched leads | Special abilities | Crime-solving | They both uncover each other’s identities + a formidable partnership In this crime-catching net woven from supernatural abilities, the most dangerous have never been the mutated monsters, but the humans who smile as they hand you a knife. As the gentle counselor gradually turns dark and the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Playing Amnesia? You've Got Some Nerve 玩失忆？你小子有东西 [Dual male leads + plot-focused with everyday moments + devoted to each other + get your microscope ready to spot the sweetness] [Bad-tempered, stubborn, soft-hearted, narcissistic seme x pure-hearted uke who's a little unlucky and a little lucky] Qianchi is a retired special forces soldier who was tasked with founding a security company. He has several subordinates, each with a different personality and their own strengths. Besides taking regular jobs, they also accept assignments from their 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Next Time, Let's Both Be Braver 下一次，我们都勇敢一些 They had been the closest of friends and brothers, but when one of them fell in love, their relationship began slipping further and further out of control. Just how much courage does it take for a mature love to reach a happy ending? 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A Thirty-Year-Old Omega and I Finally Get Our Happy Ending 30岁Omega跟我修成正果 Two male leads + strong leads from the start + marriage before love + love grows over time + bittersweet + younger bottom [Extra: When Tan Yu'en transmigrates back to the first year of his marriage] Devoted, mature top who has been secretly in love (Li An) X slow-to-warm, sincere, straightforward, steady bottom (Tan Yu'en) Throughout their two years of quiet marriage, Li An has always held himself back from doing anything impulsive that might affect Tan Yu'en. He thinks that as long as he behave 431Reads—Score10714d adds
- 7 Moonlight on the West Tower 月洒西楼 [Bound by Deep Blue series: Lou Che pairing] Two male leads, both sexually inexperienced, pure love, intense push and pull, a cold, devoted, possessive top and a restrained, deep-loving, elegant bottom. After graduating with a doctorate from NJ University in M Country, Lan Che returned with fervor and a fresh perspective to become president of LC Group. His return brought the company new management ideas and innovative strategies, and drew widespread attention from the business world. But in the 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Esports God Insists on Going Solo Against Me 电竞大神他非要跟我solo The Esports God Insists on Going One-on-One with Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Top-Tier Star Insists on Faking a Couple Image with Me 顶流非要和我炒CP The Top-Tier Star Insists on Faking a Couple Image with Me 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Think the Captain Likes Me 队长他好像喜欢我 I Think the Captain Likes Me 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Stray Wolfdog Boy Is the Heir to a Tycoon Family 捡来的狼狗弟弟是豪门继承人 The Stray Puppy I Took In Is a Wealthy Heir 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Prosecutor's Proposal: Starlight in the Old Alley 检察官的提议：旧巷星光 The Prosecutor’s Proposal: Starlight in the Old Alley 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 After I Transmigrated, the Brooding Wolf Cub Set His Sights on Me 穿越后被阴鸷狼崽盯上了 Two male leads / younger man / melodrama / apocalypse / light sci-fi / happy ending [Obsessive, darkened top × scatterbrained, oblivious bottom] Han Jinye × Shen Zhao Blurb: I was up late gaming when suddenly everything went black. I had transmigrated into the game, yes, the very apocalypse game I was playing. Before I could even get my bearings, the System's icy voice rang out: “Assist the protagonist in becoming the city's ruler before the mission deadline. Succeed, and you will earn the ch 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Falling for Someone Else's Male Favorite at First Sight 对别人的男宠一见钟情 At first: Tsundere top × sweet, adorable bottom Later: Devoted top × outstanding bottom [Two male leads + sweet romance + wealthy family + flirtatious pursuit + healing + a touch of fatherly devotion + mutual devotion] A clever top from the start: Jing Yunxi is the second son of the wealthy Jing family in Jincheng. After six years abroad, he returns in triumph with two PhDs. His family all think Jing Yunxi is an unsophisticated bookworm, but during those six years, the investment firm he ran hi 240Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 15 The Disabled Young Master I Rescued From the Mass Grave Turned Out to Be My Long-Lost Beloved 乱葬岗捡回的残废少主竟是多年白月光 The Crippled Young Lord He Rescued from the Mass Grave Turned Out to Be His Beloved from Years Ago 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 My Bodyguard Keeps Trying to Overstep His Bounds 保镖他总想以下犯上 My Bodyguard Keeps Trying to Cross the Line 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Iceberg Emperor’s One and Only Little Sunshine 冰山影帝的专属小太阳 The Iceberg Movie Emperor’s One and Only Little Sunshine 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Sickly Beauty’s Powerful, Puppy-Like Boyfriend 病美人的大佬犬系男友 The Powerful Boss’s Puppy-Like Boyfriend to the Sickly Beauty 176Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became the Villain’s Medicine 穿书后我成了反派大佬的药 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Became the Villain Boss’s Cure 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Big Shots’ Beloved Little Darling 大佬们的团宠小奶包 The Big Shots’ Beloved Little Bundle 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Your Holiness, the Wizard Is Looking for You 巫师大人，你家圣子找你 If I’m meant to save others, isn’t saving just me enough? [A touch of fantasy immortality + a little bittersweetness + a bit of coercion + both must be pure + definitely a happy ending + perhaps more] Unkind Holy Son × Not-so-cunning Wizard -- Have you heard? A strange man has moved in with the Wizard. He follows him everywhere, and he’s beautiful but fierce. The villagers are used to it. It’s not the first time the Wizard has picked someone up, after all. But no one knows that the person he bro 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 A Secret Parting [Ugly Disciple Series] 潜别离【丑徒系列】 [Two male leads, both devoted to one another + political intrigue with a serious tone + a faint sense of doom + dark, biting love and redemption + mutual devotion] [A frail immortal maiden at first, then a domineering, forceful pursuer · wolfish stepmother type Gong · Sheng Jing × blustering at first, then showing his true cowardly nature · paper tiger Shou · Jing Xingyan (Shen Yun)] A wolf recognizes only one mate in its lifetime. Ten years ago, Sheng Jing lost his beloved on the battlefield. F 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 A Wish Turned Me into a Psychiatric Patient 许愿成了精神病 Male Lead One [dual personality] and Male Lead Two [school bully] push each other to the limit. With fractured personalities and psychological disorders of varying severity, can they heal each other, or will they both fall completely? Cheng Zhen fell in love with a monster. The monster left a mark on him, scaring him so badly that he couldn't sleep for eight years. And now he dares to provoke him again? He must have a death wish. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Ragdoll Cat I Found Turned Into a Man in the Middle of the Night 我捡的布偶猫，半夜变成了男人 The Ragdoll Cat I Found Turned into a Man in the Middle of the Night 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Husband I Hired to Pretend to Be Gay and Help Me Avoid an Arranged Marriage Isn’t a Fugitive, Is He? 为逃避联姻雇来装断袖的夫君不是亡命徒吗？ Isn’t the husband I hired to fake being gay so I could escape an arranged marriage a fugitive? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Am the Overlord 我即主宰 A wild, uncultured, uneducated, uncouth troublemaker raised in the mountains x a principled gentleman, rebellious but kind and capable, brought up under eight thousand rules of self-discipline and propriety. [The main happy ending and core story are complete. Stop at Chapter 313. What I wrote after that is terrible.] Both are strong, both are each other's first love, both are devoted only to one another. Pure romance, 1v1, though there are a few too many rivals. Happy ending, switches, all sweet 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Ran Into the Straight, Poor Student I Used to Keep at a Club: This Time, He Sits While I Kneel 在会所遇到曾经包过的直男穷学生，这次他坐着我跪着 At the club, I ran into the straight, broke student I used to keep. This time, he sat while I knelt. 2.6kReads—Score7314d adds
- 28 You Are the Only Light of My Life 你是我一生唯一的光 The Duchess of Yingguo was poisoned by a concubine in her household and nearly died along with her unborn child. Although the poison was removed in time, the damage to her body meant she would likely never conceive again after the baby she was already carrying. Her elder sister, now the empress, suggested finding a folk healer who could prescribe a medicine guaranteed to produce a boy. Determined to bear the legitimate heir to the Duke of Yingguo, she took the medicine faithfully with every meal 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Rules Between a CEO and a Professor 霸总和教授的规则 Two male leads + both powerful + devoted to each other + no contrived drama + workplace Wouldn’t you like to read about the love between two grown men? It’s not a wish-fulfillment story, but it’s deeply satisfying. The author also wants to say: I really want to have a mutually supportive romance between equals with Mo Yanzhou or Zhou Huiyi. The characters are fictionalized, and the plot, organizations, and people in the story are all made up. Please don’t confuse them with real life. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Schemes Beneath the Clouds 声潜云谋 The first time I saw him in the classified room at Hancheng Command, his handsome face carried a scrutinizing, haughty look… When we met again in Xucheng and I slapped him, hatred and despair burned in his eyes… In the abandoned warehouse, when he took that devastating first step of his own accord, his eyes held the desperation of someone staking everything… In the villa’s prison, as drugs controlled him and dragged him under, tears left tracks of humiliation and vulnerability… And then… those f 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Unlucky Young Master and His Strongest Bodyguard 【双男主】倒霉少爷与他的最强保镖 [Male Leads] The Unlucky Young Master and His Strongest Bodyguard 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 After the Contract Ends, the Three-Time Golden Emperor Goes on a Rampage Online 解约后，三金影帝杀疯全网 [Showbiz + comeback and face-slapping + equally matched leads + satisfying power fantasy] A blockbuster from the start! Jiang Chen, a three-time Golden Laurel Best Actor, is shoved and publicly berated by his manager at the airport. The video sets the internet ablaze! Fans are heartbroken, onlookers are stunned, and everyone thinks this once-revered golden boy is nothing but a pushover anyone can manipulate. Forced to drink with clients, robbed of opportunities, slapped in public... He keeps up 341Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Won Over My Straight Roommate with My Killer Butt 我靠翘屁拿下【直男】室友 [Two male leads + unaware of their feelings + sweet romance + absurd humor + comedy + 1v1 + sharp tongues + both virgins] Main couple: Shen Zicheng x Gu Wanfeng; secondary couple: Qin Yeming x Xiao Yongxuan Gu Wanfeng: Who knows? All I know is I’ve got a great figure. Shake that cute butt, and Brother Cheng will follow me! Gu Wanfeng has a secret: he’s been secretly in love with his straight roommate for three and a half years, but he hasn’t had the nerve to confess. Shen Zicheng is an idiot. He 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 How Desperate for Love Are You, Taking a Hitman for Your One True Love? 你多缺爱啊，拿杀手当白月光？ (Two male leads, both powerful, secret identities, modern teacher-student romance, more sweet than angsty) The “well-behaved,” hopelessly lovestruck boy and the coldest killer in the business Duan Qingcheng is an assassin, the kind who not only takes contracts to kill, but also makes all sorts of instructional videos for internal training. He is a killing machine. And yet, this man raised a clever, bright, obedient, sunny boy. Or at least, that's what he thought. For seven years, he played the 118Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 35 Congratulations! You’ve Found a Wild Mix of Boys’ Love Stories! 恭喜！你刷到了双男故事大乱炖！ [Light Sci-Fi, Strong Leads, Mutual Redemption] The Absolutely Rational S-Rank Agent VS the Test Subject Codenamed “Siren” Reason hunts instinct, but the prey captures the hunter's heart. Li Han, an S-rank agent renowned for his absolute rationality, is ordered to eliminate Chi Yuan, “Siren,” whose presence awakens desire in every living thing. Yet with every pursuit, he is the one who ends up being lured in. When he finally points his gun at Chi Yuan's heart, he can't pull the trigger. In this 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 What Do You Do When the Script Goes Off the Rails? 剧本乱了怎么搞 Through one careless mishap, Qin Mo transmigrates into the role of the heroine’s devoted doormat and feels the author’s deep-seated malice. While doing everything he can to avoid becoming cannon fodder, he decides to hurry the plot along and get back to the real world as soon as possible! Lying or putting on an act, it’s all fine by him! Until one day, he gets drunk and makes a scene, gets into trouble with the male lead, and receives a trial pass to experience life as the heroine. From then on, 234Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 37 After a Crazy Yandere Gets Obsessed With Me, Every Day Becomes a Love Triangle 被疯批缠上后，每天都在修罗场 [Two Male Leads + Love at First Sight + Deep Love Over Time + Equally Matched + Quick Transmigration + Love Rival Showdowns + Everyone’s Favorite + One Attacker Split into Multiple Parts] [A Bottom Who Wants the Body, Not the Heart × A Crazy, Jealous Top] Lin Xubai transmigrated into a book. The good news: he got to live again. The bad news: he went from being a human office drone to a data-processing drone. After being bound to the “Quick Transmigration Everyone’s Favorite System,” he was force 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Huihu 晦昒 [On the outside: ruthless, scheming, beautiful and tragic, but inwardly fragile and sensitive, a husband-tormenting menace] X [A decisive and carefree prince in public, but a lovesick, doting puppy in private] (Powerful leads / love and hate / a touch of dominance and submission / angst / ensemble cast) P.S. These character traits only apply when they're dressed to the nines... The two of them get pretty kinky... Yuan Hui: “Your Highness only has to seize the throne. I, your humble servant, have 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 39 Fatal Attraction: The Capital’s Powerful Tycoon Loses Control Over Him 致命吸引，京圈大佬为他失控 [Capital powerbroker from Beijing as the top + elite red-circle lawyer as the bottom] [Two men + equally strong leads + pure in body and heart + each other’s first love + intense push and pull + devoted love-struck leads + mutual devotion + secret identities revealed + beautiful, strong, and tragic + utterly doting love + older top + happy ending] Gu Jinshu has never lost in his life. He is the youngest person ever to take the reins of capital in Beijing’s elite circles: cold-blooded, domineerin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Harder It Gets, the More I Love You 愈难愈爱 “As darkness drew near, we sank into the abyss. A little late, perhaps, but at last the light of day arrived.” [Reunion after years apart + mutual devotion and chastity + a touch of bittersweet angst + a hint of Hong Kong style + a little domineering CEO] [A madly devoted man who sinks into the depths for love and becomes an undercover agent (bottom) X The capital’s princely heir, who bows his head for love and willingly plays the green tea (top)] An unexpected act of kindness that saved his li 295Reads—Score10014d adds
- 41 After the Breakup, Three CEOs Chase Me Onto a Dating Show [Two Male Leads] 分手后，三个老板追我上恋综［双男主］ After Our Breakup, Three CEOs Pursue Me on a Dating Show [BL] 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 When Rivals Reveal Their True Identities 当冤家掉马后【双男主】 [Male Leads] When the Rivals' True Identities Are Revealed 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 You Shulang, May Your Life Be Peaceful 游书朗，只愿你此生安好 [The new book is complete. If you like angst, take a look.] After everything settled, the Fan family fell, and Fan Xiao disappeared from You Shulang's life without a trace. But You Shulang felt he was always nearby, and there was now another shadow by his side... (OOC warning: I know the characterization has gone off the rails. If that bothers you, please don't read~) You Shulang: Actually, I kind of miss him. As always: sickly Fan Xiao x softhearted Shulang~ It's angsty at the beginning and sti 2.6kReads8.3Score19714d adds
- 44 The Paulownia Blossoms Bloom in Splendor 折桐花烂漫 “If kneeling on the ground could weave a cocoon, I'd burn my heart to ashes, bind myself for the rest of my life, and wait for you to find peace.” “You once said you'd pluck the stars and gather the moon for me. Now you want to carve out half my heart?” 68Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 45 Kill Me or Kiss Me 杀我，或者吻我 Kill me, or kiss me 386Reads—Score1214d adds
- 46 As If I Never Existed 如世无我 A turbulent era of twin brothers, a devastating romance, and an epic tale of war in Nanyang Lu Genghua, the most distinguished young heir of Penang’s Chinese underworld. Impeccably dressed, with an eagle’s gaze, he controls the lifeblood of the rubber and tin industries. Yet he loses control when he meets a new waiter at a restaurant. “Do you know me?” The boy’s smile is bright and clear, yet it sets off a storm in his heart. Eighteen years ago, the monstrous waves of the Jianghan swallowed the 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 47 The Mountain Recluse Still Wants to Become Human Today 山人今天仍要成人 Also known as Beyond Reality (I drew the cover myself; I'll replace it later) (Dual male leads, both powerful, superpowers, alternate universe, ensemble cast, childhood friends, pure love, slow burn) The aloof, cool Ceng cat, secretly flirtatious around people he knows (0) x the honest, passionate, somewhat steadier Yun dog (1) Some watch the lights go out in the darkness; Others rise again after they go out. I saw the Weavers race toward fate, scattering love across the land; I saw the Cavalr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Two-Thirds Acting 3分之2演技 [Two male leads + both are each other's one and only + rekindled romance + reunion after a long separation + guiding each other + playing the fool to catch the tiger] Zhou Yan was left by his mother with a friend in name only. That friend's child was not at all what he seemed. One moment, he was considerate and understanding; the next, he was lying through his teeth. In Xie Tingchuan's eyes, this unwelcome illegitimate son was a smooth-talking manipulator. He believed Zhou Yan and his mother had 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 President Qin's Teary-Eyed Little Fawn 秦总的哭包小鹿崽 [A sweet little treat, full of everyday sweetness] Daddy-type hero + size difference + doting romance + crybaby + a touch of the supernatural + comedy + both leads are virgins President Qin's little fawn cries every day. He cries when he gets a shot. “I'm scared it'll hurt.” He cries when he takes medicine. “I'm scared it'll taste bitter.” He cries at bedtime. “I'm scared I'll get tired...” Ahem, “I'm scared of the dark.” Who would have thought this little fawn has so much going on in his head? 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Why Does the Cool, Composed Commander Cry at the Slightest Touch? 清冷指挥官怎么一碰就哭？ Plot-Driven / Urban / Younger Man / Sweet Romance / Ensemble Cast Gentle, obsessive, roguish bad boy × Cool, withdrawn, sickly beauty In 2055, mechanical flesh-and-blood creatures known as “beasts” invade the human world, bringing it to the brink of collapse. To fight back, humanity's cyborg technology has become highly advanced. Yet Zhao Yingquan, chief commander of the Public Security Bureau, is framed and demoted to leading a rookie squad. But why is there a delinquent named Ouyang Jingying i 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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