Novels like My Nanjing Years
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Nanjing Years, best match first.
- 51 The Ordeal Written in Fate 命数里的劫 Our fates began when I saw you in the crowd; they ended when I saw you in the crowd. You were like a ray of dawn, lighting up my life. But fate played a cruel joke on us. You were the reason I succeeded, and the reason I failed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Sky City: My Down-and-Out Heiress 天空的城：我的落魄大小姐 A fan-written continuation of My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant: Lonely Sail on an Island! [Sweet Everyday Life] + [Making Dreams Come True] In truth, each person is an island, alone for most of their life. People come and go, but one day, someone will arrive with a seed and put down roots for good... 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Transmigrated Tenant Gives the Heroines a Home 穿越房客给女主们一个家 Ye Fan stays up late reading My Roommate, captivated by its female leads. Jian Wei and Le Yao are both breathtakingly beautiful, and Shao Yang simply doesn't deserve them. And when it comes to Mi Cai, who's like a goddess, what has that scumbag Yang ever done to deserve ending up with her? As Ye Fan ponders this, he falls asleep. When he wakes again, he's somehow arrived in the world of My Roommate, where he meets the legendary characters... 602Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 54 Adrift in the City: I Don’t Want to Just Deliver Food 都市漂泊：我不想只送外卖 My startup in Shenzhen failed spectacularly, leaving me buried in debt and working as a food delivery rider. At a roadside fruit stall, I run into a girl who drives a Mercedes G-Class. One unexpected incident sparks an uproar across the internet. The gulf between our social standings, the feelings neither of us can let go of, and a tug-of-war between love and hate: in this city, it all begins quietly… 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 My Miss Tulip: The Rise of Two Illusionary Gods 我的郁金香小姐之双幻神鼎立 If time could turn back, and I’d found the recording of Chen Yi on her old phone that night, would things between us have turned out differently? The fire at the music shop, Xiao Ai’s escape, my Miss Sunflower: why didn’t you believe in your place in my heart? And that familiar little alley: you will always be my one and only Miss Tulip. What kind of sparks would fly if I crossed paths again with Le Yao, Jian Wei, and Zhao Yang, along with my 26-year-old landlady? 521Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 56 The Story of Jian Wei from My 26-Year-Old Landlady 我的26岁女房客之简薇故事 My name is Jian Wei. Zhaoyang and I fell in love at university. We loved each other deeply, as if our love would last until the end of time. But even we could not withstand the trials brought on by our families’ interference. In the end, my own straying led us further and further apart! I admit it: I lost my way and wasn’t strong enough. I missed out on the most beautiful love and lost to someone who came later. No matter how unwilling I was to accept it, I still couldn’t change reality. The mor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 I Want So Badly to Love This World 好想爱这个世界 (The style of The Tenants + urban tragic romance + realism + multiple female love interests + ensemble cast + bad ending + open ending) Life and death to the left, parting to the right. Gu Bei met several girls in his life. One clutched a marble for eight years, then crouched by a barbecue stall and grinned at him. “I was afraid you’d be lonely.” One left him a book before the train pulled away and said, “If one day you don’t want to wait anymore, you can come find me.” One stayed by his sid 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Transmigrating into the Landlady's World 穿越房客世界 Jiang Liu transmigrates into the world of My 26-Year-Old Landlady. He gradually meets the characters from the book, and all sorts of fun and meaningful stories unfold... With the women who have accompanied him through different stages of his life, will Jiang Liu remain a bystander or get caught up in their lives? How will Jiang Liu choose, and how will he handle his relationships with Zhaoyang and Luoben, as well as Xiang Chen and Fang Yuan? And what about his two good friends and sworn brothers 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 My Love Begins with Romance! 我的爱，从风花雪月开始！ (Multiple heroines, everyday life, a subtle System, romance, novelists) My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant + Miss Tulip + Waiting for You Amid Romance and Beauty + The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World + My Qingdao Girl It all began when Lu Huai brought Wang Lei home after finding her. Lu Huai embarked on a journey through the Tank Universe to save tragic heroines. 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 My Girlfriend Is a Rich Heiress 我的女友千金小姐 (Urban slice of life + realism + feel-good story + lighthearted and fun + a little angst + various aspects of society) An utterly ordinary man unexpectedly finds love several times... He goes through ups and downs, breaking up and getting back together... Several women become entangled with him for half his life... Love when you're young is often especially pure and simple. Sometimes your heart skips a beat without warning, for no complicated reason, and you throw yourself into it wholeheartedly 297Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Girl I Met in Tibet That Year 那年我在西藏遇到的她 “Urban slice of life” “She chases him, with relentless push and pull” “One female lead” On the long journey of life, everyone who comes into my life leaves me with different memories, but in the end, we always part ways. Every relationship has taught me that without enough money, love is nothing but wishful thinking... At twenty-five, Chen Jingze is betrayed by his girlfriend of five years. After an argument, they break up. Once he has calmed down, he decides to leave Shanghai and head to Tibet, 193Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 62 The Day I Won the Lottery, the Doctor Said I Was Dying! 中奖那天，医生说我快死了！ Shi Ming always thought the best thing about the lottery was the time before the numbers were drawn. Before the draw, anyone could be the owner of five million. Afterward, most people would get the same notice from fate: Sorry, you’re still as poor as ever. But this time, it seemed fate had played the wrong joke. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 My Free-Rent Tenant 我的免费女房客 After graduating from college, Zhou Yang worked in the planning department of Hongli Mall. In a residential neighborhood, he rented a two-bedroom apartment from Li Xiuhong, the tenant who had been subletting it. Although money was tight, he found a simple satisfaction in life. After the landlady, Su Wei, returned from the United States and took back her property from Li Xiuhong, she got into one unpleasant dispute after another with her tenant, Zhou Yang. From then on, things spiraled out of co 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 My Roommate: I Really Don’t Want to Steal Zhaoyang’s Spotlight 女房客：我真不想抢昭阳戏份 Ye Xu, a friend of Zhao Yang, heads to Tibet to see his ex-girlfriend, but Le Yao sets him up and leaves him stranded on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. On the road, he unexpectedly meets Mi Cai, CEO of Zhuomei. A passionate, fiery actress and a cool, aloof businesswoman both enter the life of this down-and-out young man. Some say you fall in love with a city because someone you love lives there. But that isn't always true. You might fall in love with a city for its lively scenery, for a familiar old 6Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 65 After Meeting My Online Date in Person, the Goddess Fell for Me 网友奔现后，女神对我动情了 A true story about youth, love, friendship, deception, money, and striving. In this city, perhaps a man has to be with several women before he can mature; Under this night sky, perhaps a woman has to experience more men before she can find a place to call home. 1.2kReads—Score8814d adds
- 66 Fading Lights Upon the Sea 海上灯火阑珊 This is a story about music, dreams, and love. Yang Cheng, a musician who left his hometown of Shanghai for Beijing, staking everything on his dream, was crushed by powerful industry interests, betrayed by his lover, and had his work stolen. His heart completely broken, he slunk back home. After withdrawing from the noise and ruins of the music scene, he couldn't bring himself to return to his family and lived alone in a rented place, sinking into despair. In the apartment he shared with others, 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Best of Jian Wei 最好的简薇 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant [Zhao Yang + Jian Wei + Le Yao + Sweet Romance] If Zhao Yang hadn’t brought Mi Cai to Fang Yuan’s wedding, and if Jian Wei had returned either to wait for Zhao Yang’s explanation or to explain herself to him, would the wheels of fate have started turning again as time reversed? Would the woman in Sky City have been Jian Wei? 148Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 68 My 26-Year-Old Girlfriend 我的26岁女朋友 [The Landlady-style]+ [Urban Romance]+ [Everyday City Life]+ [A Touch of Angst] When my girlfriend suddenly broke up with me for no reason, I had no choice but to leave the city where I’d spent the past two years and start over. On a road trip to Tibet, I came across a beautiful woman with a flat tire. Figuring I might as well help, I changed it for her. Tibet is a place that can cleanse the soul. Here, I learned to slow down and accept things as they came. Just as I was trying to start a new re 86Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 69 The South-Facing Window 朝南的窗 He saved half a year’s worth of food money to buy a hard-seat train ticket for a three-day, three-night journey, setting off to keep a date that might never have a happy ending. One was a socially anxious young man who practiced his greeting over and over beneath the starry sky of the Gobi Desert. The other was a girl who used her composure to shut out the world in the humid south. Four thousand one hundred kilometers: the longest diagonal on a map, and the full distance between two people who d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Women Who Loved Me Back Then 那些年爱过我的女人 They fell in love during college and stayed together through it all, until one day... After a wild night of drinking at a bar, he encounters a gorgeous woman with a stunning figure. Only later does he learn she is his boss. Can a humble lover's confession, a promise beneath the Cangshan Mountains and beside Erhai Lake, and 9,999 paper cranes bring back your love for me? Or will the promise made during that first snowfall? This top-tier, feel-good romance is waiting for you to read. 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 71 Please Don't Make Me Remember Those Things 请别让我想起那些事 [Urban]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Nostalgic Memories]+ [A Realistic Life Story] Youth is something we can never return to, and regrets are things we can never undo. What happened between us in those years lives on in our memories of youth. The regrets we shared kept us from letting go for years. We could only live our quiet, uneventful lives, each in our own way, and bury our deepest pain in the innermost corners of our hearts. Only in the end did we realize it was all just a story. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 My 26-Year-Old Tenant: Le Yao 我的26岁女房客之乐瑶 [Reborn] [Tenant] [Le Yao] [Mi Cai] [Jian Wei] My name is Zhao Yang. There's a silly girl by my side who dreams of becoming a star. She keeps shouting things like, “When I become a big star, you'll be the only one I love!” At first, I didn't take her seriously. I thought it was just a joke, until the moment I put a ring on her finger. Only then did I understand the weight of those words. And that silly girl was Le Yao. I kept calling her a silly girl, but the one who'd been kept in the dark all 1.6kReads7.1Score13714d adds
- 73 My Future Superstar Roommate 我的未来大歌星室友 [Healing + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + No Major Angst + Not a Power Fantasy] A sweet first love, a playful tenant, and a gentle older sister. The most useless male lead is mired in emotional turmoil, finding redemption and healing step by step in a sweet yet fulfilling romance. Perhaps one day in the future, you’ll climb that rugged yet dazzling island, follow the path to the lighthouse, and find the soul that belongs to you. When that day comes, remember to bring me along. I want to wear a 175Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 74 After Losing My Job, I Team Up with My Childhood Friend to Take Down My Fiancée 失业后，我和青梅联手干未婚妻 [Childhood sweetheart vs. unexpected newcomer, male lead vs. four rivals, mutual salvation, pure romance] After losing my job and becoming a useless wreck, my childhood sweetheart started dropping hints like crazy; a rich woman wanted to keep me; my brother's girlfriend wanted to marry me; a tycoon wanted me as his live-in son-in-law; and a newcomer used a promissory note to make me give in. My rivals called me trash and told me to get lost… With no parents and now standing at the pinnacle of th 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 75 Roommates Reboot: Rekindling Old Flames 2 重启房客，再续前缘2 The heroine is the celebrity Le Yao, the famous Le; the heiress Jian Wei; the female CEO Mi Cai; and the businesswoman An Qi... I transmigrated into The Tenants and became Zhao Yang. Through one regret after another, I learned to be understanding, to cherish what I had, and to let others find happiness... Through one failure after another, I learned to be strong... I wrote a million words for my previous book, My Tenants’ Dream, but never made it to the end. I still have so much more to say... P 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 May the Sun Always Shine Bright 希望阳光永远都炽热 A castoff banished by his corporation to the Western District has a one-night stand, only to be relentlessly pursued by a beauty. Then, through a bizarre twist of fate, he even ends up at the police station. Ever since he got involved with this woman, not a single day has gone smoothly! "I'll pay you. Can you just leave?" "No!" Is it really so hard for me to be a true believer in pure love? 235Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant: A Meteor Passing Through 我的26岁女房客之流星过客 This is a story you know, or perhaps one you've never heard before. A meteor falls; the tide ebbs and flows. Zhaoyang, if the story ended here, would you still remember Jian Wei at nineteen? 2.1kReads8.4Score—14d adds
- 78 I Never Meant to Become a Landlord 我真没想当房东 [Slow Burn + No Idiocy + No System + Realistic] Five years of waiting ended with the other person saying, “Let's break up.” Then a girl suddenly showed up at my house, asking to rent a room. And she was beautiful, too. I hadn't wanted to say yes, but the girl was so pushy. 751Reads6.2Score10514d adds
- 79 My Girlfriend Has a Mental Illness 我的精神病女朋友 [Based on a true story] [No System] [Realistic] [Tragedy] After being fired, Luo Yuan takes a job at an old psychiatric hospital, but a mute girl nearly costs him his life. The beautiful vice president of a top-tier hospital outside the city often comes looking for him and takes a special interest in him. A mysterious young woman appears out of nowhere, seemingly connected to his past. Three women from vastly different walks of life are all closely bound to him. In the end, everyone is trapped i 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 I Think You'll Love Me 我想你会爱我 Also known as: I'm a dog who likes to peek at other people's happiness After three years delivering takeout, my first love dumped me. Then I met the girl I had admired since I was young, but still found no one to love me... A young man struggles to survive in a city ruled by desire. Which path is truly meant for him? When I met you, I thought, you would love me. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 My Tenant's Dream 我的房客梦 My Roommate Dream, also known as Reborn as a Roommate: I Am Zhaoyang A different Zhaoyang, and I hope he can help heal your depression. I’ve been reborn. In this life, I’m Zhaoyang, but my soul isn’t. There has been too much heartbreak and pain in the past. This time, I only hope life will be a little sweeter. A flash of white light, and I unexpectedly found myself as the protagonist Zhaoyang in a book. It was nighttime in Xitang. In a daze, I was driving Micai’s Audi with Micai beside me, headi 2.6kReads7.0Score13214d adds
- 82 My Days Living with the Nightclub Goddess 我和夜店女神同居的日子 [Not reborn]+ [Not a wish-fulfillment story]+ [No System]+ [Urban romance]+ [Multiple heroines] I just graduated this year. Before graduation, my girlfriend dumped me, so I went to a bar to drown my sorrows. But when a friend acted on impulse, I got dragged into a dispute, setting off a chain of events. How is a fresh-faced college graduate like me supposed to handle all this? I met a beautiful girl at the bar. What might happen between us? The first problem after graduation is finding a place t 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: A Happy Ending 我的26岁女房客之美好的结局 “What? Le Yao is pregnant? What does that have to do with me? Don't hit me! Have the baby, I'll raise it.” I was updating once a day, but work got busy, so I'm switching to once every two days. I'm swamped, so this chapter will have to wait until the next update. 137Reads6.2Score1614d adds
- 84 A Wonderful City Life, Starting with Meeting a Rich Older Woman 美好的都市人生，从遇见富婆开始 When she appeared, she was holding a bouquet of white roses and wearing an ivory dress. She was so cool and aloof, she seemed not to belong to this world. Later, she added me on WeChat and said, “If you get the job, remember to tell me.” I thought her appearance in my life was just a coincidence, until she kept “happening to be in the neighborhood” and kept offering me opportunities whenever I was in trouble. Only then did I learn her name was Shen Xingtu, a wealthy, beautiful, highly educated w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Dragon City Is Vast, Yet There Is No Room for Us 龙城很大，却容不下你我 [Love story + ensemble cast + sweet and angsty romance] Chai He, a young man from a small town, is blindsided when his girlfriend Qin Ye breaks up with him. As he tries to win her back, he meets the lively and adorable Ye Zhi and the sexy, sophisticated Li Xian. Surrounded by incomparable beauties, he faces a rocky, difficult journey in love. In the end, his girlfriend Qin Ye makes an unexpected choice, leaving everyone deeply moved… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 My 27 Ex-Girlfriends 我的27个前女友 [First Person] [Love Rival Showdowns] [A Little Smoking, Lots of Heartbreak] [Underhanded Business Warfare] [A Plausible Yet Bizarre World] [Satisfying, But Not Mindless: Read with Caution] [Original title: My 27 Ex-Girlfriends] If you ask me how many women I’ve slept with, sorry, I’ve lost count. If you call me a playboy, I’m afraid I can’t agree. “Honey, I’m pregnant.” “Bullshit. We broke up a month ago. Don’t try to make me a surprise dad.” I looked at the gorgeous woman lying beside me an 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Spring at Fifteen Watts 十五瓦的春天 The story takes place from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, a time when China was undergoing rapid economic growth and profound social change. Their parents arranged a child-swap marriage, and the resulting children were a top student sister born in the 1990s and Mou Hao. From childhood, the two endured ridicule for wearing hand-me-downs and living in an abandoned factory, but it forged them into people with iron wills. They struggled to stay in school by selling fruit and tutoring, and eventu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 At 26, Shenzhen Owed Me a Home 26岁那年，深圳欠我一个家 #Realistic Heartbreak Romance #Love in an Urban Village #First Person #Growth and Redemption #Ensemble Cast #No Harem My name is Chen Yang. I'm 26, and the day I was laid off in Shenzhen, I had just 347 yuan and 80 cents in my pocket. I returned to the urban village of Minzhi. Before I could even figure out how I'd survive the next day, someone pounded on my door. My landlady, Su Lanxin, stood outside in a navy-blue suit, with a presence as direct and imposing as Shennan Avenue. She said the pro 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 If I Could Do It Again, I'd Only Love Le Yao 如果再来一次，我只爱乐瑶 A My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant Fanfic Jian Wei’s Diary Le Yao’s Confession Li Xiaoyun’s Plea for Him to Stay What if the ending began again... If I had shown Le Yao a little more favoritism, would that lonely island in the sea have merged with the crystalline city? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 My Le Yao, the Twenty-Six-Year-Old Tenant 26岁女房客，我的乐瑶 [A Roommate fanfic] For Le Yao, whose story never sat right with me... I don't want her to be buried on that lonely island and become Xiao Yao. I want to sail with her on a lone boat to the island of her dreams. And give her a different ending... [No angst in the whole story, only sweetness. Enjoy!] 1.7kReads8.9Score11414d adds
- 91 The Best Le Yao 最好的乐瑶 “Zhaoyang~ I can't walk anymore. Carry me~” “Zhaoyang, promise me that Zhaoyang and Le Yao will be together forever.” “Husband~ I'm sorry, okay?” The lonely railway tracks stretch toward the island. This time, I don't want to let down the girl I once wronged. “Zhaoyang, I'm pregnant.” As history repeats itself, Zhaoyang, now aware of his own feelings, will no longer hide them. 1.9kReads8.8Score21214d adds
- 92 The Tenant: The Simple Pleasures of Life 房客：人间有味是清欢 (Everything at the beginning is original content about university life. There will also be plenty of characters before the story in the book begins. As for whether there'll be a female lead, I'll decide later.) Reborn and transmigrated: the good news is that countless opportunities and success await. The bad news is that this is a tearjerker about love in the modern world. Love? No thanks, romance is for suckers. As someone from the future, Su Qinghuan knows exactly how things will unfold. He pl 440Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 93 My Rich Young Lady from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai 我的江浙沪大小姐 Years ago, an elopement involving one of the capital's most powerful families set in motion three relationships that would remain entangled for half a lifetime. A man who refused to be controlled by his family fled the Imperial Capital. Along the way, he met Su Yu, who was also running away from an arranged marriage, and the two journeyed together to Yunnan. In the mountains, he met the gentle, unassuming Yun Cai. They fell in love, and a child was born of their affection. For ten years, they l 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 My Five Loves 我的五种爱情 A story about a tenant, one female lead, a tragic romance, and regrets. Ever since Mu Cheng took in a down-on-her-luck heiress, his life, once as still as dead water, began to burn with passion. A mature beauty, a domineering female CEO, a sweet little bunny, and a crazy girl all make their entrances one after another. In short, how could life get any more exhilarating? 925Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 95 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: The Best, Jian Wei 我的26岁女房客【最好的简薇】 This is a Roommate fanfic. In a world full of idealists, can a realist protagonist find true love?… 253Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 My Pure and Beautiful Heiress 我的清纯大小姐 The hardest things to forget are the ones you never thought about, yet can never forget! A car accident during the summer before my senior year of high school left me with amnesia. To escape my confusion, I boarded a train to Lhasa alone. I thought it would be an ordinary trip, but then I met a girl on the train who would heal me for the rest of my life... This is the story of a lost boy with amnesia searching for redemption, and finding love during his four years at university. 3Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 97 The Evening Breeze at Twenty-Six 二十六岁的晚风 A story about young people caught between a small town in Jiangnan and their hometown, drifting back and forth, struggling, and finding ways to heal. It has the texture of everyday life, the passion and regret of tangled love and hate, and the dull ache of ideals colliding with reality. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Mi Cai, the Best Person in the World 世界上最好的人米彩 My name is Zhaoyang, an ordinary name. But behind that ordinary name lies a past no one knows about. The story begins on a rainy night in Suzhou... I met the three most important women in my life... The first was Jian Wei, who taught me how to love someone... The second was Le Yao, someone who loved me... The third was Mi Cai, a love we both chose and pursued... (Note: This is a wish-fulfillment story, similar to a rebooted extra.) 1kReads6.4Score10114d adds
- 99 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score25014d adds
- 100 After the Breakup, the Three of Us Decided to Be Together 分手后，我们三个决定在一起 On the night I broke up with my girlfriend, I found a down-and-out female artist. Then my luck changed. The book I wrote became a huge hit, bringing me fame and fortune. My practical-minded ex came back asking to get back together, while my soulmate also developed feelings for me. Everyone waited to see who I would choose, but I made a decision that shocked them all: I wouldn’t choose anyone. Later, my first love and the woman who had always haunted my heart stood before me hand in hand. “The th 12Reads—Score—14d adds
