Novels like Above the Summit, Beneath the Stars
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Above the Summit, Beneath the Stars, best match first.
- 101 After Paris, Us 巴黎之后，我们 After years of waiting, at last that golden medal was placed in front of him. Coming down from the highest podium, he waited expectantly. “So, can you give me an answer now?” Growing from awkward youth to maturity, from emotion to reason, and having the same person by your side throughout it all is pretty amazing. [The shark and the little lion weren't “made for each other.” They stumbled along until they finally learned to walk toward each other.] 413Reads7.4Score10614d adds
- 102 I Miss You So Much in Table Tennis 我在乒乓很想你 He was her partner since childhood, and the doubles teammate who understood her best at the table. From the community training center to the finals of international tournaments, table tennis was the sole focus of their youth and the bond between their lives. After winning a major tournament, they became a much-talked-about duo off the court. But under the spotlight, outside voices began to overwhelm the understanding that had always let them fight side by side. The joy they should have shared h 149Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 103 Transmigrated to the Era of Chinese Table Tennis 穿越到了国乒时代 After staying up all night for a competition, I transmigrated into the Chinese national table tennis team before the Athens Olympics. Had I become a crucial part of the effort to develop talent for the national team? 792Reads—Score10014d adds
- 104 My Super Champion 我的超级冠军 [They never believed in you, but you kept proving them wrong] [From obscurity to a life that sets the world abuzz] [ALL-Sha Direction] The undisputed No. 1 in women's table tennis worldwide, the world's top active female forehand player, breaking into the world rankings' top ten, women's team champion at the Tokyo Olympics, the first three-time champion in WTT events, women's singles gold medalist at the World Championships… A runner-up at the Grand Slam. What gives you the right to play si 350Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 A Promise Under Lock and Key 上了锁的约定 Please forgive me for leaving again and again. When they meet again more than a year later, how will they face each other? Can they really let more than a decade of love end like this? The one thing that won't change is that she will always be herself, he will always be himself, and they will always be them. 369Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 106 The Peak Has Passed, but Love Remains 巅峰散场，爱未离场 Chasing her wife + angsty push and pull + jealousy + love rivals + rekindled romance + happy ending After the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the national table tennis team's “mixed doubles legends” suddenly fell apart at the height of their victory. Because of a carefully orchestrated misunderstanding, Su Yingshan became convinced that Wang Chuqing had betrayed her love. Heartbroken, she abruptly retired, citing an injury, and went to Germany to study sports management. Two years later, she returned 1.5kReads7.4Score11314d adds
- 107 First You and Me, Then Us 先是你我，后是我们 [Table Tennis] I never thought I would stop moving forward for anyone, not even you, whom I love deeply. But every time I look back, I want to share every step of the journey with you. My heart will stay with you, but my feet will keep moving. 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 All My Dreams Are Connected to You 所有的梦想，都与你有关 She was a table tennis prodigy, dazzling the whole world with her breakthrough performance at sixteen. He was a prodigy too. They both fell in love with table tennis, joined the national team, and pursued their dreams together. But after an accident forced her to give up the sport she loved, the two gradually drifted apart. They said goodbye at seventeen, and six years later they met again. He had become a leading figure in Chinese table tennis, celebrated throughout the sport. She, meanwhile, w 480Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 109 The Laid-Back Champion's Journey of a Table Tennis Prodigy 天才乒乓球少女的摆烂冠军路 “Qin... can we talk?” Lin Siyao peeked around the doorframe, clinging to it like a cat sneaking a taste of something forbidden. Xu Junqin wiped down his paddle without looking up. “Trying to skip training again?” “I’m taking a strategic rest!” she declared, waving her lemon tea. “Even Coach Zhang said...” “Coach Zhang, the one you made cry yesterday?” Xu Junqin suddenly stood and cornered her against the wall. “You’re a national champion, so why are you still pretending to be a beginner? Hmm?” H 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 My Partner Is the Best in the World 我的搭档是世界第一 A “destined” pair once took the table tennis mixed doubles world by storm. After they retired, interest in mixed doubles dwindled, until a new pair emerged and netizens dubbed them the “Chen-Xiao” duo. Their arrival sparked heated discussion online. It seemed they were following the same path as the former “destined” pair... When Ding Jiaxiao and Chen Bochuan first teamed up, they didn't seem to like each other much. But after a while, they developed perfect chemistry. At eighteen, they won the 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Soda Water and Green Tea 苏打水绿茶 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.3kReads8.8Score10414d adds
- 112 Hey! My Boyfriend Is a Super Grand Slam Olympic Champion 嗨！我的超级全满贯奥运冠军男友 [Sweet romance + everyone’s favorite + romantic push and pull + rekindled love and a husband chasing his wife] [Sunny sweetheart × Olympic champion] Xu Yuan wished she could wake up one morning and find her dad had dragged her off to the sports bureau to work as a cook. Good news: she’d landed a job in the public sector. The world is always full of unexpected surprises. Even though her cooking was terrible, somehow she became the darling of the national team’s cafeteria. Loving someone means sha 1.1kReads8.7Score10114d adds
- 113 My Destined Lover 天选爱人 My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Longing Takes More Than a Few Words 思念怎限于三言两语 A broken romance rekindled, a little angst and lots of sweetness. A sweet story about a brave darling pursuing her husband while her brother-in-law fights desperately for his place. The story begins here and ends here again, with everything just as happy as it should be. 252Reads9.2Score15214d adds
- 115 You Shine So Brightly 闪闪发光的你呀 Entirely fictional. Please don’t take it too seriously. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. On X day, X month, 201X, the coach brought me a new partner today. She looked round and soft and adorable, like she couldn’t play at all?! On X day, X month, 201X, Yuanyuan and I won the once-in-a-lifetime trophy! On X day, X month, 201X, I confessed my feelings to her. On X day, X month, 202X, we registered our marriage. I officially became her husband... A boy had a diary nobody knew about. It recor 71Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 116 Table Tennis: I Love You, Whatever We’re Called 【体坛乒乓】爱你，无关名义 The table tennis arena was like fireworks, dazzling but fleeting! But as long as he stood here, all he wanted was for her to win! “Watching her so closely. Are you hoping she'll spend her life with you?” “Wouldn't spending her life with me be wonderful?” She was ten, and I was twelve. We were family now! She was fourteen, and I was sixteen. She said, “From now on, we can go home together!” She was eighteen, and I was twenty. She rose onto her toes and moved toward him through the curtain of rain 1.3kReads8.3Score10114d adds
- 117 Ah, Those Were Our Youthful Days! 呀，是我们的青春啊！ “He came riding a bamboo hobbyhorse, circling the bed and playing with green plums. They lived together in Changgan Lane, two childhood friends without a hint of suspicion between them.” They say childhood sweethearts are precious, but Chu Ying Middle School had a pair of bickering frenemies! Don’t project this onto the real people. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 At Summer’s End, No One Waits for the First Snow 长夏尽头无人等初雪 Sunny, radiant girl vs. teary-eyed puppy After Los Angeles, she said, “I never meant to leave you behind. If you're willing, we can go see the world's lights and bustle, its vast rivers and mountains, together.” He looked at her, tears glimmering in his eyes, yet a smile tugging at his lips. “Okay.” “Pinky promise.” “Mm, pinky promise. Whoever breaks it turns into a puppy.” Actually, pinky promises don't work at all, and breaking one won't turn you into a puppy. 345Reads9.3Score14114d adds
- 119 I Came Here for the Light 我就是为了光而来 The main story is complete. Come on in! o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o [Rebirth + System + No Romance + Sisterly Bond] There is no romance in this story. There is no romance in this story. There is no romance in this story. That’s important, so I’m saying it three times. The story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. The female protagonist is a fan of Shasha. She is reborn as an athlete and stays by Shasha’s side the whole time. After staying up all night battling h 444Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 120 Winning Over Dong Ge 攻略东哥 A Zhang Jike fanfiction for female readers (pure fiction, please don't read anything into the real person) Athlete × team doctor But that's all right, Zhang Jike. I can stay by your side from now on and slowly tell you how much I love you... Two hearts in love finally open up to each other, draw closer, and at last become entwined. The moonlight is just right, and so are we... 298Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 121 Ping! My Heart Skips a Beat 乒然心动 [Also known as: A Ping-Pong Crush] [Sweet Youth + Strong Female Lead's Growth + Passionate Ensemble Cast] The story takes place at some point in the future, in a parallel timeline. As the golden generation retires one after another, China's table tennis team is no longer as overwhelmingly dominant as it once was. This is an age that needs geniuses and heroes. A new generation of prodigies emerges, led by the table tennis talents Shen Jiayi, Ling Xiaoyuan, and Gu Ze, bringing fresh life and hope 695Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 122 Meow Yeah’s Sweet Romance Diary 猫耶的甜宠日常 The little everyday moments of two people. Through every step of the journey, they are confidants, friends, and the most important people in each other's hearts. An inexplicable understanding unfolds here! I hope you enjoy it. Thank you, everyone! 292Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 123 Just Win Already, There's a Ping-Pong Ball in Your Head 指定赢啊，脑袋里有乒乓 This is a fictional setting. Do not associate the characters with real people!!!! [Two female leads + table tennis + entertainment industry + childhood friends + two equally strong leads] Slow burn!! There isn’t much interaction in the first few chapters, but keep reading and they’ll interact constantly later~ Table tennis player: Shi Zhiyang Can sing, play table tennis, and practice medicine: Tao Yingyue The final point of the women’s singles table tennis final at the Licheng Olympics falls. Sh 440Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 124 Reborn Before the Paris Olympics 重生之回到巴黎奥运会之前 (This story is entirely fictional. Please don't associate it with real people, assume it refers to anyone, or bother anyone. Please read civilly.) [Reborn + feel-good story + romance + sweet pampering + career ambitions] I woke up one day and found myself in the body of Wen Shuyi, an eighteen-year-old girl. In my previous life, I couldn't get over the outcome of the Paris Olympics. So this time, I'm starting over and changing the result. All you demons and monsters, get out of my way. Your schem 17Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 125 The Beijing Grand Slam: Do I Have to Buy My Own Ticket? 北京大满贯，还得我自己买票吗？ I told you, you were the only mixed-doubles partner I’d ever have in this life. So was it you who broke your promise, or was I not firm and confident enough? We agreed that when that medal shone brightly, you’d leave this place with me. But who’s even here that you can’t let go of? Why can’t you move on? 167Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Asteroid 5114 小行星5114 “The two of us reflect each other’s light, shining brighter than the stars at night.” Just like the song says, people who are on the same wavelength will never lose each other. A beloved who helps me reach for the clouds: meeting you was the best fortune of all. The sun is bigger today than it was yesterday. Just as I face the sun, you pursue hope. 89Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 127 Left Waist, Right Shoulder 左腰右肩 91Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 128 Rain in Los Angeles, Wind in Beijing 洛杉矶的雨，北京的风 This is a story that begins with a breakup and ends with a home. It tells of another kind of love: not standing shoulder to shoulder at the peak, but supporting each other through the lowest moments. After weathering the storms, their bond becomes all the more unbreakable. 121Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 129 The Genius Ping-Pong Player and My Years with Him 天才乒乓球手和我的那些年 A tribute to Fan Zhendong, my idol! One is a table tennis prodigy who burst onto the scene, a heaven-sent star destined for greatness. The other is a college girl. Two people from different worlds become intertwined, sharing the sweetness and heartache of love... When the rising star is ostracized and attacked online, when the girl is hurt because of it, how will they move forward? This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental! Please do not as 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Paths of Rackets and Paintbrushes 球拍与画笔的轨迹 From the subtle bond between painter Sun Yisha and athlete Wang Chuqin to the distance that came with the glow of championship titles, fate quietly shifted when they reunited three years later. Can they mend their broken relationship? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Bright Moon Shines on a Warm Homecoming: A Boy's Lifelong Promise to Protect 朗月照暖归：少年一生的守护 The Luoyang Olympics ended with a haul of honors, but the two of them never got the happy ending they deserved. Their story was never meant to follow the familiar script. She slipped away quietly in the year they loved each other most, then reappeared without a sound when they hated and hurt the most. Yet no matter how much their memories were stripped away, their hearts always raced the moment they saw each other. It was an instinct etched into their very bones. 529Reads—Score10614d adds
- 132 Admit It, You Know You Love Me 承认吧，你知道你爱我 Oda Eiichiro × Miss Mario Both leads are table tennis players. This is pure imagination, so please don’t read too much into it. At eighteen, their hearts were in sync as they shared the same table. At twenty-eight, they returned victorious, having made names for themselves. An unexpected breakup severed all contact between them. One day, two years later, the pair, still longing for each other, returned to the past. This time, they’ll write a different ending together and fall in love across time 796Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 133 Reunited After Years: The Champion and the Old Flame 久别重逢：冠军与旧爱 Four years ago, she was a gifted young prodigy hiding a serious illness. Not wanting to hold him back, she pushed him away in the cruelest way she could, carrying her secret and her injuries alone as she left for a distant place. Four years later, the wheels of fate turned once more. His old injury flared up during a competition, and she instinctively turned back to help him. That night, feverish and fragile as a child, he clung tightly to the woman who stayed by his side. His scorching tears an 24Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 134 I Woke Up to Find My Desk Mate Was the Best in the World 醒来后，我的同桌是世界第一 When I woke up, my desk mate was named Sun Shasha. Her hands were covered in thick calluses, the kind only professional athletes get. That day, I saw a familiar face on the winners’ podium in the sports news: a prodigy who had just won a championship, draped in her country’s flag, smiling shyly at the cameras. She looked exactly like the “ordinary transfer student” sitting beside me. Nobody in class knew that this quiet, modest girl had a gold medal in her schoolbag, the international competitio 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 I Believe So Strongly 我，是如此相信 From the undercurrents between childhood sweethearts, to the honey-sweet days when they finally understand each other's feelings, then to a sudden storm that leaves them parting in sorrow, and at last to a reconciliation and a lifetime together. (You wanted another story that starts angsty and ends sweet, but this one goes sweet, angsty, then sweet.) 687Reads6.7Score18614d adds
- 136 You Promised to Propose If I Won Gold, but You Don’t Believe Me 说好了拿了金牌就求婚你却不信 “The Flowers in Houston Bloom Beyond the Height of Parisian Summer” “Beijing Grand Slam: Do I Still Have to Buy My Own Ticket?” “Tears Fall in Rivers as the Olympics Close, Tribulations Await at the Start of This Xianxia Tale” The author’s new work. Liu Yimeng, turn around and look at me. Look at me, the one who’s waited ten years for you. 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Reborn as a Badminton Doubles Prodigy 重生之天才混双 Yu Shuang Table tennis player World champion The fastest player ever to complete a table tennis Grand Slam One day, she is reborn as a child. She gets to retrace the path she once took. This time, though, she hides the fact that she is left-handed and begins training with her right hand. Then, just when everyone on the court thinks she's about to lose, she suddenly switches hands and, together with her partner Wu Chuan, turns the match around in a fierce comeback to win a mixed doubles Grand Sla 2kReads9.0Score12314d adds
- 138 We're Even 我们打平了 When jealousy and romantic rivals arrive one after another, when instinctive protection shatters every disguise, how will the returning queen cross the thorny path she carved with her own hands, step by step, toward the boy she lost, who has never stopped loving her? 502Reads7.1Score15414d adds
- 139 Her Heart Goes Pitter-Patter (Complete in Two Volumes) 她心跳怦怦（全二册） The year Chen Ji joined the table tennis training center, the team had a rule: no dating before the age of twenty-three. Anyone who broke it had to sign up for extra training every day. Chen Ji scoffed. “Is table tennis not fun enough, or are the matches not challenging enough?” Then his childhood sweetheart, Lin Zhaozhao, confessed her feelings to him. A fan asked, “God of Ice, why are you signing up for extra training every day?” Chen Ji: “…” Don't ask. The answer is that he just loves exercis 461Reads9.5Score10414d adds
- 140 I Let Him Bend Me 予他折腰 [World No. 1 right-handed woman × wild-boned left-handed ace] [A match made in heaven as a mixed-doubles pair × reunion after years apart] [An unconventional runaway-with-the-ball romance] Ji Ciqin has a pair of eyes made for loving someone, yet year after year, as they grew up, she kept reminding Shu Yu of the cruel truth: Stop being trapped at seventeen. There’s no one left there. The first time I set foot on Greenland, I saw endless snow and the churning lava of a volcano. Amid the white fla 293Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 141 The Championship Is Yours, and You're Mine 冠军归你，你归我 One day on the court, she smiled at a ping-pong ball. “Who proposes with a ping-pong ball?” “I do. This is my spot in mixed doubles, and I’ll save it for you forever.” “You think one ball is enough to win me over? Dream on!” “Then what do you want?” “I’ll tell you when you’ve won the Grand Slam.” At twenty-eight, he became the youngest Grand Slam champion in the country. He said to her, “It’s time to make good on your promise.” Holding up his trophy, he said, “May the glory of victory be forever 742Reads9.1Score10914d adds
- 142 Love Hidden in Every Direction 爱意藏在东南西北 The male lead goes from athlete to diplomat. The female lead goes from doctor to AI scientist. Their roles change, but their hands remain clasped. Love lives in the everyday; life is ordinary, but being with you makes it special. “The person I love is independent and one of a kind.” 291Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Houston's Flowers Don't Bloom Only in a Parisian Summer 休斯顿的花不止开在巴黎的盛夏 At seventeen, my first glance left me unimpressed. At twenty-seven, one look was enough to make me choose forever. After more than five hundred days in a slump, I finally clawed my way to the top. Ten years, filled with love and hurt. More than ten years, filled with dreams and me. 43Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 144 The Stars Crown You 星辰为你加冕 A table tennis prodigy vs. a stern-faced coach: a first-love sports romance packed with sweetness and hilarious moments, guaranteed to get you hooked. After news broke that table tennis genius An Jing was dating someone, curious onlookers hadn’t even uncovered the identity of her mysterious boyfriend when Qin Yang was suspected of secretly marrying and having a child! The rumors all started with a variety show. “Which label suits you best? A: Mortgage slave. B: Car slave. C: Wife slave. D: Kid 621Reads9.6Score10114d adds
- 145 From Greenhorn to Champion, from Partners to Forever 从青涩到巅峰，从搭档到永恒 "Flowers in Houston Bloom Beyond the Midsummer of Paris" "Do I Still Have to Buy My Own Ticket for the Beijing Grand Slam?" "The Olympics End in Tears, While the Xianxia Story Begins with a Few Tribulations" "You Promised to Propose After Winning Gold, But You Don't Believe Me", by the author I am immature, and rebellious to the core. She is a genius, but her road has been full of hardship. We have supported each other, loved and hated each other, and watched each other walk away, yet neither of 418Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 An Imperfect Paris Diary 不完美巴黎日记 The ratings are rising [Two Chinese national table tennis players with full-time jobs ✖ childhood friends ✖ rekindled romance ✖ impossibly sweet love story] [Golden forehand ✖ genius left-handed player] [Wishing all active players good health and continued improvement] I dedicate this book to the two passionate fools on the table tennis court. Those who dream are forever young, and the road ahead stretches endlessly. It may yet shine with boundless brilliance. This is my way of drawing a long-ov 581Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 147 Beyond the Table: The National Table Tennis Prodigy Falls for a Movie Star 球台之外：国乒小天才恋上女明星 [The rating is low because the novel was just listed. It will gradually rise.] [If you don't like it, please move on. Don't leave a low rating just to be spiteful.] In 2013, Song Wanli, representing the entertainment world, filmed a promotional video for table tennis. She stepped into the national team's training hall and saw Lin Yizheng for the first time. From then on, she never looked at another boy. He went from substitute to starter. She weathered the ups and downs of money and public opini 12.7kReads6.1Score1k14d adds
