Novels like My Nanjing Years
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Nanjing Years, best match first.
- 101 My Girl from Lhasa 我的拉萨姑娘 [Roommate Vibes] [Pure Love, Bad Ending] [Urban Coming of Age] [Multiple Heroines] [Folk Guitar] [Lhasa, Tibet] [Idealism] [Realistic] After his childhood friend dies in a fire, Xia Tian takes his friend's ashes to Lhasa. By chance, he meets a group of idealistic young people... They open bars and inns in Lhasa, planting the ideals in their hearts deep into every inch of Tibetan soil. Facing the sky and earth, they cry out, "Long live ideals! Long live youth!" This is an urban romance novel abo 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Lives Left Behind in Nanjing 那些离开南京的生活 Truthfully, I never thought of leaving this city. Those moments of unspeakable loneliness, the people who left, the girl with the high ponytail, all the memories have kept me trapped here. Perhaps I should live a different way. Hello, Nanjing. Goodbye, Nanjing. 1.3kReads8.4Score10014d adds
- 103 Tibet: I Fell in Love with the Wind of Namcha Barwa 西藏:我爱上了南迦巴瓦的风 [Roommate-style story] + [Childhood Friends] + [Heiress] + [Beautiful Ex-Girlfriend] + [Love Rival Showdown] Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented "Wang Dong, clear out your desk and go take care of your resignation paperwork." After working for five years, Wang Dong was fired by his unscrupulous boss. He had been praised by everyone to the highest heights, only to be hurled down hard. That night, he came across a video of Tibet. "Screw this company, I'm going to Tibet!" In Tibet, his chil 2.1kReads—Score23614d adds
- 104 The Promise Between Me and the Goddess 我和女神有个约定 Also known as: "My Number 14 Pet Shop" A stubborn woman barged into my life. She could have stayed a goddess, but instead she insisted on living under the same roof as me... I love listening to G.E.M.’s song “Bubble.” Whenever it comes on, I listen closely to every word she sings. Bubbles in the sunlight are colorful, just like how I was happy even as I was being deceived. Why dwell on right and wrong in your lies, when you still love me? Beautiful bubbles, though they flare up for only an insta 1.2kReads8.3Score10814d adds
- 105 My Beijing Girl 我的北京女孩 A young man with nothing going for him can't move on after a breakup. When he accompanies a friend to Beijing, he encounters new things and new people... His life quietly changes course. What kind of love story will he find as he sets out to reclaim his dream? 127Reads—Score1314d adds
- 106 My Summer Solstice Girl 我的夏至女孩 [No System] [No transmigration] This is a story about growing up. Faced with the heroine, whose soul is perfectly in tune with his, and an ex-girlfriend he once loved deeply, what will the fated male lead choose? How will the vague loves and grudges of the previous generation affect the choices of the next? A story about growth, love, and friendship: about staying kind, learning to be forgiving, and understanding others. Let's begin with a passage from the book... “Why don't you choose to get ba 903Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 107 In a Parallel Universe, She Still Dreams of Becoming a Superstar 平行时空里,仍想成为大明星的她 [Showbiz + no System + heroine Le Yao (not fanfiction) + everyday urban life + mutual healing + no angst] “Someone like me belongs in heaven, right?” “After all, for someone like me, this world is hell.” After struggling with bipolar disorder for eight years, Lin Zhen dies despite medical efforts after taking an overdose of medication. But he unexpectedly transmigrates to another parallel world and enters another version of his own body. Born into a top-tier wealthy family, he stands at the very 69Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 108 My Girl from Porcelain City 我的瓷都姑娘 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.4kReads8.3Score13314d adds
- 110 Your Shanghai, My Westside 我的城西,你的上海 #Tearjerker Fiction #Realistic Fiction #Urban Romance #Heartbreak and Healing #Stories from the Margins He's a delivery driver living in a subdivided room in the western part of the city. She's a designer in an office tower in the Guomao district. One glance on a rooftop, and she bends down to step into his world, but his insecurity makes him push her away again and again. She quietly submits his work to publishers and draws up plans for a bookstore. In Suzhou, she writes to tell him, “I've wai 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 My Five Years as a Drifter in Guangzhou 广漂的那五年 A detailed look at the five years after college graduation, spent struggling to make a living in the bustling city of Guangzhou. How did a complete novice gradually grow stronger, step by step? As we make our way along the paths of love and career, each of us has a story to tell... After five years of weathering life's hardships, we'll grow stronger at last! It's time to turn the tables!!! A new author with a new book: My Five Years Drifting in Guangzhou. I've got a story. 206Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 112 I'm a Dog, Damn It 老子是条狗 While driving passengers, taxi driver He Yifei unexpectedly ran into his first love, Zhou Zhou. He bragged to her about how well he was doing, but she saw right through him. When paying her fare, she kindly gave him an extra two hundred yuan, but the gesture only wounded He Yifei's pride. Seeing the huge gap between their lives now, He Yifei, who had always been fiercely proud, decided to work hard and live up to what a man should be! What a man fears most is meeting the woman he wants to protec 761Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 113 The Lover Who Ran from Love 逃爱人 [Winning him back] + [Angst] + [Romance] + [A mix of sweet and bitter] Ever since I fell in love with you, I’ve tried to change myself! You want to play guitar, I’ll play alongside you. You think you’re not good enough for me, so I’ll stop and wait for you to catch up. You think I’m aloof, but I’ve saved all my tenderness for you! The only thing I can’t change is how fiercely I love you., Le Siyao 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The 17 Years I Was Entangled with My First Love 我和白月光纠缠的17年 This story takes some patience to read. There is no harem, just pure love, and it has a tragic ending. The plot takes a while to unfold because I wanted to tell it in detail. This book is better suited to readers who enjoy a slower pace… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 One Night of Passion, and the Stunning CEO Won't Leave Me Alone 一夜风情,绝色美女总裁缠上我 Li Qisha had just come down the mountain to seek refuge with his martial uncle when, by a stroke of luck, he saved a beautiful woman who'd been attacked. But instead of showing gratitude, she tricked Li Qisha into registering their marriage... This world is so dangerous! 67Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 116 Xi'an, I Gave You My Youth 西安,我把青春献给你 After failing the civil service exam, a young man from a small village has nowhere else to turn, so he heads to Xi’an. By a twist of fate, he meets the woman who will be entangled with him for the rest of his life. He overcomes one obstacle after another, building everything from nothing. As he grows and builds his business, love and heartbreak, temptation and profit, human nature and inner conflict all take turns playing out. Wei Yang fights his way through every challenge, writing a remarkable 1.7kReads8.6Score22214d adds
- 117 My Cool and Aloof College Counselor 我的高冷辅导员 [Older woman-younger man romance + mutual salvation + restrained, healing love] Everyone thought I wasn't good enough for Mu Xue, the cool and gentle counselor. She was the only light in my life. So I bet everything on myself and fought my way upward, all for the chance to stand by her side in the future. When Mu Xue's eyes reddened and she said, “Enough.” I pulled her tightly into my arms. “It's not enough. Falling in love with you is the greatest thing I've ever done, Liu Che.” 39Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 118 I Check In at the Night Jogging Club from the Start, and the Goddess Gives Me Track Pants 开局打卡夜跑社,女神送我运动裤 Take a look! I guarantee you’ll be speechless!! [Night running + fitness + modeling + influencers + socialites + hidden fairy circle] Fitness coach Wang Yang stood up for someone and got his girlfriend stolen by a rich heir. Then he was kicked out of the gym. Down on his luck, Wang Yang happened to join a night-running club, just to clear his head! Little did he know that the darkness held shocking secrets about the top goddesses of the entire city... 171Reads—Score31614d adds
- 119 Can a Forced Yandere Keep Me Alive? Then I Won't Hold Back! 强制病娇能续命?那我不客气了! (Yandere + Multiple Heroines + Light Domination + Love Rival Showdowns) After Fang Cheng is bound to a favorability-based life-extension System, he has no choice but to do everything he can to please his icy CEO wife, Shen Qianxue. But after trying for a long time, he ultimately fails to win her over and ends up being mocked by everyone. Furious, Fang Cheng decides to stop pretending. He pins Shen Qianxue down, planning to get one last burst of life before he dies, but unexpectedly manages to ra 93Reads—Score21614d adds
- 120 My 26-Year-Old Roommate: Returning to the Beginning to Continue the Story 我的26岁女房客之重回开始续写 The pristine, transparent Sky City has long since crumbled into ruins and gradually faded from my sight. I haven't seen it in many years. There were too many regrets in the past. Countless times, I let valuable opportunities pass me by without a second thought. By the time I matured, I realized I could no longer face the pain in my heart. When I woke up, I was surprised to find I had been reborn on the day Le Yao had an abortion, the day the story began. This time, I hope to make up for every re 3.5kReads9.4Score30814d adds
- 121 My Miss Reindeer 我的麋鹿小姐 An engineering student who is utterly rational, deeply depressed, and endlessly gentle watches love and academics both slip through his fingers after failing his postgraduate entrance exams. If his life is written in struggle, why not let go and do whatever he wants? Seeing through it all, he drifts between his rich second-generation girlfriend, a beautiful top student, and a top-tier starlet influencer. “I’m done being a clown who can’t even make a sound when he hits the ground!” 16Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 122 My 26-Year-Old Rich Woman 我的26岁富婆 “Everyday realism” + “A small-town underdog’s rise” + “A wealthy woman’s tangled past” This story follows Qi Lan, a down-on-his-luck young man from a small town, and the strange experiences he shares with Chen Cheng, a wealthy 26-year-old woman. My name is Qi Lan. I never imagined that I’d get rich overnight. A cold, wealthy woman has somehow moved into my house. What am I supposed to do? What’s more, I’m a pure-hearted virgin. Surely I can’t be expected to offer myself to her? As an upstanding 1.2kReads8.9Score11114d adds
- 123 My Life After Escaping to Lijiang 我逃离到丽江的生活 A disillusioned young man at the lowest point in his life drifts from city to city, enduring one hardship after another. At last, he and a friend embark on a journey of redemption. When they reach the dreamlike city of Lijiang, he encounters a curious connection spanning three thousand kilometers and meets all kinds of fascinating people. His ordinary life takes a turn, and a story of love and hate quietly begins to unfold. 303Reads8.3Score2314d adds
- 124 My Beijing Girl 我的北京姑娘 If you love someone, take them to Beijing. It is the heart of the country, where they can see all the splendor the world has to offer... If you hate someone, leave them in Beijing. That city is cold enough for them to hide every burden in their heart… I reveled in the city's splendor at night, never understanding why anyone would stay in Beijing. After seven years, my relationship fell apart, and only then did I begin to see that I had nothing. Her arrival saved me. She was the kindest girl 524Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 125 My Stunning 27-Year-Old CEO 我的27岁倾世女总裁 Someone once asked, “What is the meaning of life?” I said, “The meaning of life is that you don’t need to go looking for its ‘meaning.’ We live in this dazzling, bewildering world, beneath oceans of stars and skies full of constellations. Meaning lies in the process of slowly beginning to shine.” Someone else asked, “What about love? What is it?” Love... might put out the light of your star, but someone will always come along to illuminate your world. My name is Zhou Dongli. Through my story, I’ 733Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 126 Every Time I Wake from a Dream 在每一个梦醒时分 [Beautiful women] + [Marriage] + [Life] + [Female streamers] + [Female CEOs] + [Tenants] + [Romance] + [Realism] I wanted to change the title to My Hangzhou Girl: A Heart Understood Without a Word. What a shame… A single man past his prime, recently divorced, feels the pressure of life and family weighing on him and wants to get away for a bit. So he drives to Hangzhou alone. In this city, his fate takes a miraculous turn, and the pure flower of love blooms once more. P.S. This is a warm, healin 38Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 127 The Wind Comes from Lijiang 风从丽江来 #A Breeze from Lijiang #Pure Love, Heartbreaking Romance #Winning Back Your Ex After the Breakup #Underdog Comeback #Realistic Fiction Buried under 300,000 yuan in debt, he tricked a girl who owned a flower shop in Lijiang. She told him, “The most romantic story is one about starting over.” He left, and his phone service was cut off for three months. She sent 127 messages and called 58 times, but he never received a single one. She went to Chengdu to find him and sat all afternoon outside the r 280Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 A Disillusioned Young Man's Ultimate Fantasy 失意青年的终极幻想 [A contemporary urban novel. If it’s not your thing, don’t read it.] After eight years together, he’s cruelly dumped. Will meeting the daughter of a wealthy family turn this down-on-his-luck young man’s fortune around? A mysterious woman suddenly shows up and fights me for the house. I have no choice but to hand over the deed, but she’s gorgeous! Can I move in with her? The beauty finally loses patience and says two words: “Enough!” A top-tier angst novel featuring one male lead and multiple fem 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Jiangzuo Has a Utopia 江左有个乌托邦 [Roommate-style romance] + [Heartwarming] + [Everyday urban life] + [Later twists] A young man returns home after military service, only to find a pampered young lady with a powerful background by the side of the road? His ex-girlfriend, who went overseas, returns at just this moment? Will he have to say goodbye to the exotic beauty he met by chance on the western Sichuan plateau? From the mountain city to western Sichuan, what words could possibly describe all the upheavals along the way? “I’m 858Reads7.2Score11014d adds
- 130 Better Never to Have Met in This Life 此生不如不见 This is a novel about love and hate intertwined. There is no transmigration, cultivation, or System, just ordinary human nature in the real world. Through a twist of fate, the protagonist, Wang Zhicheng, meets his fiancée's identical twin sister, and a love that no one will accept begins to unfold. The many hardships of the real world push the two people who love each other toward the abyss, costing them their lives. When you look back on your youth, this novel may make you feel like you've been 1.1kReads6.7Score10714d adds
- 131 The Travelers of My Life 我的人生旅客 He meets a cool, aloof goddess at a hotel, and one misunderstanding leads to a string of hugs and mishaps. A young entrepreneur gets called a hopeless loser by a rich second-generation kid? Don't worry, his gorgeous childhood friend rushes in to back him up. You say he's a legendary kept man? He just picks up his chopsticks and eats. Three women make for quite a show, and this one is a real delight. One man owes three women a debt of love. Their tangled affections make for a romance where love t 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Chongqing, the Youth I Left Behind 重庆,我留下的青春 Five years of love shattered like porcelain, and my career plummeted along with it. Just when my life was at its darkest, a ray of light shone in, dazzling beyond belief. In this harsh, realistic world, can I still stay true to myself?… 1.7kReads8.7Score12014d adds
- 133 Real Men Don’t Cry 真男人不哭泣 Dedicated to all men facing a midlife crisis. May there be a Ye Qianyu in your life, silently loving you for twenty years. May you meet a Lu Manman and find a turning point in life. May everything you wish for begin to appear and come true the moment you open this book. Real men don't cry. Keep going! At thirty-five, Xie Nanshan hits rock bottom. He loses his job, his marriage falls apart, and he is saddled with massive debts. Every step takes him closer to despair. He is maliciously bann 18Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 134 Ladies, Please Leave Me Alone! 女人们,放过我吧! In a single day, I lost my job, got scammed, and went through a breakup. I was also kicked out of my home. At rock bottom, I was too ashamed to return to my hometown, so I could only look for a cheap place to rent. I tried to get back on my feet in this city. But I never expected to run into three women again. 1.5kReads8.4Score11514d adds
- 135 The Legend of a Single Father 未婚爸爸的传奇 I, Nan Pai Shisan, retired from the special forces brigade of a special operations unit in Tibet and returned home. But during an extraordinary journey, I rescued Murong Xiaoxiao, the eldest daughter of a Yanjing family. While we were in a mysterious cave, we accidentally stumbled into a secret chamber and found ourselves inside the illusory image of the Nine Heavens Goddess. She asked me to help raise her son... And so my legendary story began... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 My Stunning Female Tenant 我的绝色女房客 [First love] + [Goddess] + [Roommate] + [Sister-in-law] + [Down-on-his-luck man’s comeback] After a night of passion at a hotel, his sister-in-law drops out of the sky. A broke young man gets stuck with her, and a beauty decides on the spot that they should live together. Is it a honey trap or a lucky encounter? He even finds his dream goddess’s underwear downstairs in his apartment complex. Could it help him become the next Ximen Qing? The life of a down-on-his-luck office worker quietly takes 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 My Wuhan Girl 我的武汉姑娘 I promised her a better future. The love and passion I felt for her back then were the truest, purest feelings I'd ever had as a man. And now... Originally titled The Death of a Wuhan Virgin 19Reads—Score114d adds
- 138 You Are the Fireworks of This World 你是人间烟火 One rainy night, while I was out delivering food, a beautiful woman in a luxury car knocked me down. Little did I know, that would be the start of our fateful connection. She was incredibly apologetic: she gave me money, apologized, and left me her contact information. But then, somehow, I ended up getting beaten up because of it. Furious, I swore that if I ever saw her again, I’d demand to know why! But fate had other plans. When we met again, who would have thought it had all been predestined? 20.2kReads8.6Score2.1k14d adds
- 139 Wudu, You Embraced My Youth 雾都,你拥抱过我的青春 After ten years of drifting through life, a young man with nothing to his name reunites with his first love and resolves to work hard and turn his life around. But with empty pockets, he can barely scrape by, until the day he meets her… 3.8kReads8.4Score41314d adds
- 140 The Women Who Walked Beside Me Through the Years 那些陪我走过红尘岁月的女人 This book is also known as My Twenty-Six-Year-Old Boss. How does a country boy rise up from the very bottom as a wage laborer? Step by step, he makes his way through Guangdong, battles it out in Shanghai, and heads to northern Myanmar. The road is perilous, the struggles fierce, but beauty blooms along the way. With charming women by his side, he ultimately reaches the pinnacle of life! That day, in that year, as my young self boarded the train south with the girl I loved, I knew that an unknown 960Reads8.7Score11414d adds
- 141 Half-Foolish Immortal Doctor 半傻医仙 Half sober and half drunk, half fool and half immortal, he roams the mortal world. He punishes the wicked, helps the weak, and saves all living beings. The world laughs at me for being mad, while I laugh at the world for failing to see. Beautiful women are as lovely as flowers, and youth is full of promise. With his God of War brothers and passionate women, he lives freely and follows his heart, making the most of his time in this world. Jiang Fan, a young man from Mount Shu, was beaten into a m 20Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 142 The Alluring Scent of Flowers 花香诱人 Qin Yue, a young man with no family or support, lives in the mountains. By chance, he acquires extraordinary medical and martial arts skills, and is no longer weak and frail. I won't spare a single person who ever bullied me! And I won't let down anyone who has ever shown me kindness, either. Fenglin Village may be poor, but it's a mountain village full of beautiful women. Qin Yue had hoped to live peacefully in the mountains, using his medical skills and staying out of the world's affairs! But 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Searching for You in Miancheng 我在木棉城中寻你 That day, the sudden breakup of the girl he secretly loved gave the down-and-out young man new hope. But after waking from a dream, the first novel he had ever written quietly changed the course of his life. Beneath the kapok trees of Guangzhou, a story of youth and love is unfolding. 6.9kReads8.4Score81914d adds
- 144 Searching for Love in the Mortal World 尘世寻爱 At the end of the twentieth century, Momo always looked at the reasonable and unreasonable aspects of the world from the perspective of a bystander, living carelessly like a rogue. It wasn't until she met Li Fan, a married woman, and Duoduo that she truly entered the real world. But the cruelty of reality, and the enormous gulf between it and her inner world, made it impossible for her to adapt... 4.8kReads—Score20714d adds
- 145 A Small-Town Story at Full Speed 小城故事一路狂奔 Having grown up without a father's love, he once had a happy family and a steady career. Then, out of nowhere, he got divorced, lost his job, and was plagued by nightmares. His life hit rock bottom. At his lowest point, he chose to start a business and met her while she was working a part-time job. Fate had other plans: after a change in her mother's identity came to light, she became a wealthy heiress. He raced toward love, never wavering in his devotion despite repeated romantic setbacks. On —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Girl Who Sat Beside Me at Seventeen 我的17岁同桌姑娘 "The Tenant"- "Youthful Bad Ending"- "Realistic Romance"- [Pure Love, Bad Ending] A down-on-his-luck young man whose life isn’t going well unexpectedly receives a wedding invitation from his first love. The moment he sees her name, the youth he thought long dead comes alive again in his memories. That summer, she suddenly burst into his lush, innocent youth, leaving behind a vivid, colorful scar and making the boy’s entire adolescence unforgettable. 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Those Who Love Me So Dearly 那些很爱我的人 “When you’re abroad, make sure to take good care of yourself. Call me whenever you miss me.” “Ye Lin, when I come back, let’s get married.” “I love you.” “I love you too.” When she woke up, it was already seven years earlier. 144Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 148 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好,哆啦A梦先生 I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.8kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 149 Lover with a Pure Heart 素心恋人 You’re the person I love most. For you, I could deceive anyone in the world, even myself. That’s how desperately I love you. Even if you have to lie to me, please keep it up a little longer, and make the lie a little more convincing... 273Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 150 When the Wind Dies, Evening Falls 风停夕落 Also known as: “My Hangzhou Girlfriend” and “When the Wind Dies Down at Dusk” [Double Success in Love and Career] + [Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf] + [Mutual Pursuit] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Secret Crush] + [Healing] After Qi Feng is laid off and fired, he can no longer put up with his family pressuring him to marry. He leaves Nanchang for Hangzhou to make a living. On the highway in the middle of the night, a luxury car suddenly swerves in beside him, instantly jolting him awake. After a l 2.4kReads8.1Score22914d adds

















































