Novels like Taboo: A Bond on the Edge
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Taboo: A Bond on the Edge, best match first.
- 51 Real Life: A Middle Schooler's Journey as a Writer 真实人生：一个初中生的写作路 A real life, a painful past: I grew up poor and frail, plagued by illness. At fifteen, I dropped out of school and began pursuing my literary dream at home. After having my work rejected time and again, I finally saw my first-ever piece published. It also became the last thing I ever published in print. Then I turned to the internet and began my journey as a web novelist. 21Reads8.0Score214d adds
- 52 My Mother-in-Law Forgot She Was Once a Daughter-in-Law Too 婆婆忘了自己曾经也是媳 The moment a woman marries into her husband’s family, she is sincere and wholehearted in the way she treats her in-laws. Yet some mothers-in-law insist their daughters-in-law go through the same hardships they once endured. They suffered as daughters-in-law themselves, so why make life hard for another woman? In the phrase “mother-in-law and daughter-in-law,” the mother-in-law comes first. If she can’t be a good mother-in-law, how can she expect a good daughter-in-law? Relationships go both ways 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Shock! My Cannon-Fodder Husband Heard My Thoughts and Changed His Fate 惊！炮灰老公读我心声逆天改命 An Meng transmigrates into a cheesy, old-fashioned CEO romance novel as a cannon-fodder supporting woman. But her husband, Xie Yun, is cannon fodder too! They’re both doomed to tragic endings! That’s not all. Because of Xie Yun’s “ill-fated loner” destiny, everyone around him is doomed to a cannon-fodder fate as well! So An Meng starts listening in on gossip and taking on missions to change their destinies. She gazes at Xie Yun with heartfelt sympathy. [You poor thing, hubby. As if being an ill- 132Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 54 Tear Off the Fig Leaf 撕裂遮羞布 [Judgment]+ [Revenge]+ [Angst]+ [Satire] This is a story about real life, though too many people have failed to understand it. In truth, it's more than just a story: it's a heart-wrenching cry that lays bare the deeper meaning behind it! Perhaps I can only finish writing this story alone, a story that no one seems to care about, yet is deeply connected to your life! (Story summary: Leng Yan is the captain of a special police unit, with another identity she herself wishes she didn't have. Yet she 37Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 55 Don't Light the Migratory Birds 2 不点候鸟2 At five years old, I witnessed my parents being murdered. My uncle often beat me, I was bullied at school, and I nearly got sold off... After escaping, I collapsed in a park, where Old Fang took me in. When I, covered in scars, cried out in an abandoned factory, “Can someone teach me how to stop people from bullying me?” the question, choked with blood, unexpectedly set the wheels of fate turning. I finally understood that true salvation is the person who takes your hand in the dark. Together, y 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Pure Wife Awakens 纯妻觉醒 [Romance]+ [Family and everyday life]+ [Self-awakening and ambition]+ [Urban life] Pure-hearted Liu Zi married Yu Feipeng, a classmate she'd had a crush on for years. She thought their marriage was solid, but her masseuse, Xiao Ling, had her eye on her husband. Yu Feipeng fell deep into Xiao Ling's gentle trap and went out of his way to trample on and humiliate Liu Zi… When Liu Zi finally fought back, she discovered that the pure, innocent flower her husband saw in Xiao Ling was actually filthy 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Repentance After Betrayal 背叛后的忏悔 (Adapted from a letter sent by a fan on Zhihu. She hopes to use her own experience to remind everyone to cherish their marriage.) Su Ting, 36, is a senior nurse at the city's central hospital. Years of living apart have gradually driven her and her engineer husband, Chen Yan, away from each other. Lin Xiu, a passionate and energetic 22-year-old medical intern newly arrived at the hospital, disrupts Su Ting's orderly routine. Author Xiao Bai wrote this story to explore emotional estrangement in m 230Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Housewife: My Husband Wants a Divorce 家庭主妇：老公想离婚 Chen Mofei is the head of the hospital's gynecology department, and Tao Yan is a housewife. They were once a harmonious couple, but Tao Yan has a sharp tongue and a kind heart. Her cutting, hurtful words repeatedly push her husband's patience to the limit... The messy, petty troubles of ordinary people! The story takes its time getting going. I hope you'll enjoy it! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Gloomy Me Has Run Into My Well-Behaved Ex-Husband Again 阴郁的我又遇乖巧前夫啦 My Gloomy Ex-Husband Is Sweet and Well-Behaved Again 353Reads—Score48214d adds
- 60 Stories from the Construction Site 工地上的那些事儿 [No System, entirely hand-written. Men and women on a construction site, struggling to survive in the workplace.] They say construction sites are chaotic, women are scarce, and beautiful women are even rarer. After graduating from college, I started working at a construction site. On my very first day, I met Sister Xiaoya, who was already married, and accidentally offended the site boss. It turned out that the construction site held more than just men and women. There were also stories few peopl 10.9kReads7.6Score81814d adds
- 61 Our Long River of Years 我们的岁月长河 Our Long River of Years is divided into three parts. Following the ordinary lives of three generations of Zhao Jiafu’s family, railway workers, it spans from the 1950s to the 2020s. It recounts the joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, and everyday troubles experienced by the three generations of the Zhao family and the ordinary people around them over the long river of time. It depicts the turbulent lives of ordinary people as the times change and society develops. Time flows like a river 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 A Humble Family's Road to Success 寒门青云 Tang Lin, a retired special forces soldier codenamed “Reaper’s Eye,” returns to city life. By a stroke of luck, his new female boss hires him as her personal driver. From then on, his career takes off, and within a few years he becomes a dazzling, top-tier rising star... 5.6kReads8.5Score83414d adds
- 63 Live Well for Us 替我们好好活 My sworn enemy and I switched souls. He's a sharp-tongued CEO at an advertising agency, and I'm an emergency room doctor under investigation and suspended from work. We agreed to switch back within six months, then get married. Two days before my medical checkup, he took a bullet for a child and died in my body. The letter he left behind said: “Live well for both of us.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Gray Zone 灰色地带【】 Many years later, A Shuiyang would still remember his smile: a silly grin that showed off a row of white teeth. Little sister finally made it out of those mountains, but, big brother, I can’t find my home. 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Night-Shift Cashier Who Sucks Up Bad Luck, and the Trillionaire CEO Who Hitches a Ride 夜班收银员吸霉运，千亿总裁蹭好 Here's the conclusion first: Whatever you do, don't mess with that night-shift cashier. She's a living Yama. Xu Sui just wants to take it easy, make money, and buy a one-bedroom apartment, but there's always some clueless side character showing up to hand her points. The only flaw in her lousy System is this: payback never waits until tomorrow. It comes right away! A thug tries to flip the pot of oden. Xu Sui doesn't dodge. She simply brushes the back of his hand as she steps aside. The result: 731Reads—Score12914d adds
- 66 The Insider 内部人士 In the early 21st century, China’s real estate economy was booming. Many ordinary people caught a favorable wave amid the great tides of history and amassed considerable wealth. The protagonist is an average person with no particular gifts, but as he grows, he continually learns from the wisdom of those around him, including some truly remarkable people. Through constant learning and reflection, he eventually develops a unique kind of wisdom and achieves success of his own. It seems as though fa 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Embroidered Ball Knows Summer 绣球知夏 [The heroine pursues him at first + the hero has someone else in his heart (his childhood sweetheart barely appears) + later, he must make amends] She once filled an entire summer with her love, like hydrangeas blooming without end. The way he looked at someone else was gentler than moonlight. She didn’t stay. She simply looked up in the evening breeze, then gave herself back to herself. Later, he caught up with her. She gave him a gentle hug, then pushed him away. She turned and cried, not for 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The River at the Village Entrance 村口那条河 I once thought this river would flow forever, until that summer, when it carried away every secret and brought new stories in their place. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Zhu Shengxia 祝盛夏 [Sensitive, Insecure Girl Xu Zhinian x Gentle Genius Jiang Yi] They met by chance in middle school. Jiang Yi was the science whiz everyone admired, gentle, sunny, and cheerful. Xu Zhinian was a gifted young artist with her own unique perspective on art. She was as cold as winter, while he burned as brightly as the sun. “It was the year he shone so brightly, and the year she felt so insecure.” “I can't love winter, and I don't deserve to draw near it.” “He was like the midsummer sun, hopelessly i 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Tokyo: I Saved the Ginza Queen from the Start, and Now I’m Winning Over All of Japan 东京：开局救下银座女王，我熟韵满东瀛 Tokyo: I Saved the Ginza Queen from the Start, and My Charm Swept Across Japan 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Watcher in the Wheat Fields 麦苗田里的守望者 I'll never forget that rainy summer night. The rain had turned the village's dirt roads to mud. One step could sink you in up to your calves. Clutching half a candle, I hurried home, stumbling through the muck, my heart pounding like I had a rabid rabbit inside me. Mom had promised she'd be home before dark, but it was already nine o'clock. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Evening Breeze Kisses My Collar 晚风吻过领口 I only write sweet stories, so please follow and support me. I’ll keep the updates steady, and I hope you’ll all come by and show your support. Let me thank you in advance! May everyone have a sweet life and a sweet romance. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Stunning Outlaw 绝色暴徒 [Possessive love + She chases him after losing him] [An arms dealer who kills anyone in his way, man or god vs. a sweet girl who grows resilient vs. a sharp-tongued younger man] She runs, he pursues, and she can’t escape. A fund entwines Shen Niannian’s fate with Lin Chuyao’s. When she is sold to Paris, he bombs the overseas trafficking organization and rescues her. When his enemies strap her to an electric chair and hold a gun to her head, she still keeps her lips sealed, refusing to breath 89Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 74 The City of Woven Sand 织沙之城 [The first online novel set in Nansha District, Guangzhou, the heart of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A 2023 key project supported by the China Writers Association] A heroine’s coming-of-age story + the gentle flow of everyday life + women’s entrepreneurship What is home? What does one’s hometown mean? As the Pearl River rushes toward the sea, Mai Jiaying, a post-90s small-town exam ace, grows tired of her salt-scented, out-of-the-way hometown. All she wants is to fly to the ca 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 An Old Salty Fish 一条老咸鱼 Lin Xiaohui is an older single woman. At first, she works as a PE teacher at a private school in a small county town in her hometown, earning a modest salary. After passing the civil service exam, she switches into clapback mode: We were all people for the first time, so why should I have to put up with you? The story starts at a leisurely pace and focuses on everyday life. Later, it centers on leveling up as she tackles challenges in the workplace! 159Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 76 Dust in the Wind: The Days of Sharing a Job 生如尘埃：打工搭伙的日子 In a bustling city, how many people shine brightly, and how many struggle just to survive? The two protagonists in this book represent two very different kinds of lives. Only after going from innocence to worldly wisdom and enduring life's hardships can they slowly come to their senses amid the mundane world. 10.8kReads9.1Score88814d adds
- 77 Xing Tianman 星天满 [Mature man and woman / lust before love / reunion after time apart / both clear-eyed] Black-haired, wavy-haired tattoo artist vs. close-cropped director of a jewelry company The first night, she slipped away in secret. The second time they met, she disappeared without a word again. Until they meet once more. He looks at the woman he's longed for day and night and offers his hand. “Hello, I'm Ke Yiming.” She takes his hand. “Hello, I'm Nan Jiawen.” Every time I think of you, a flower blooms. T 292Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 78 The One Who Got Away and the One He Could Never Forget 那些年，他的白月光与朱砂痣 [Youthful Campus Romance | Love at First Sight | Mutual Devotion | Top Student, the One That Got Away | Sweet and Painful Secret Crush | Rekindled Romance] At the 2003 opening ceremony, Peng Yang fell in love at first sight with the dazzling top student Lin Jingyan. She kept her hopes hidden, longing for him to return her feelings. Before she could confess, a deliberate misunderstanding came between them, and a long cold war froze all their affection. After the college entrance exams, Peng Yan 15Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 79 On the Seventh Day of the New Year, I Poured My Life into a Nongfu Spring Bottle 正月初七，我把人生倒进了农夫山泉瓶 On the seventh day of the first lunar month, I poured my life into a Nongfu Spring bottle. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Her Medical Records Were Signed by Lovers with N Different Surnames 她的病历本上，签过N个不同姓氏的恋人 Her medical records bore the signatures of N lovers, each with a different surname. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 After I Became a Tyrant, He Got Pregnant and Started Wooing Me 穿成暴君后他揣崽自我攻略了 Both leads are faithful to each other / Male lead was born into his body / Female lead transmigrates / Soul swap Xu Qingqing transmigrates into the disgraced empress of Great Xia and swaps souls with the tyrant Xiao Xuanyan in the Cold Palace. Forget it. Being emperor is better than being a disgraced empress. To deal with the memorials, she makes the tyrant work for her, sleep with her, and even bear her children. How strange. Why is the tyrant so obedient? At first, facing Xu Qingqing, Xiao Xua 614Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 82 My Cheating Scumbag Husband's Perfect Affair Is Exposed 渣夫的完美出轨暴露了 Synopsis: If no one had “accidentally” let it slip, Cen Si probably never would have discovered that her husband, Gu Zhiyuan, was cheating on her. Gu Zhiyuan carefully prepared gifts for every anniversary and tended to all her emotional needs. Only after the truth came out did Cen Si realize that the man was a master of time management and a flirt who played the perfect lover for every woman, and loved every minute of it. The person who had revealed the truth was consumed with guilt. “If it were 18Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 83 Pretty Girls Are Poisonous 漂亮的姑娘都有毒 In Kyoto’s Chi family, the renowned Chi Muxue has a younger sister ten years her junior. Every day, the girl does nothing worthwhile, spending all her time drinking and dancing with young masters and going to nightclubs. She is only sixteen, yet her rebellious behavior is enough to make her older sister nearly faint with anger. Chi Muxue has just finished handling an important document at the office. Thinking about her troublesome younger sister, she has no idea what to do. She is truly afraid t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Me, So Ordinary 我，如此普通 I was born ordinary, with an average appearance and an unremarkable family. I have no legendary life filled with dramatic twists, nor any grand, stirring story to tell. Most people in this world are ordinary, living out their days in obscurity. I am no different. I cannot write earth-shattering plots or create dazzling protagonists. I write only of everyday life, recording the meals and seasons of ordinary people, their confusion and struggles, their helplessness and compromises. No filters, 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Stories from the Ground Up: Wellness, Livelihoods, and Human Nature at a Foot Spa 脚底下的故事——足疗店里养生、饭碗与人心 Stories Beneath Your Feet: Wellness, Livelihoods, and Human Nature at a Foot Massage Shop 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Door to Vault Three 三号库的门 The Door to Storage Room Three 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Queen from the Wasteland and Her Brooding Ghostly Man 末世边塞来的女王和她的阴湿男鬼 [Fictional apocalypse + Fighting dirty + Mutual redemption + Spatial powers + Infrastructure building + Farming + Daily life + Talkative battle pet, the mutant beast Sangbiao] (PS: There’s not much romance in this book. It’s mainly about survival and building a life, so don’t worry about the title. I picked the wrong one, haha...) . She is a discarded pawn who spent three years guarding the border, a sacrifice offered to the zombies by the powerful and corrupt elite. He is the son of the Norther 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 A Woman of Two Faces 女人双面 This is the story of Bai Yiyi, a middle school teacher whose husband is a construction contractor who repeatedly abuses her. Afraid the neighbors might hear her, she can't even cry out loud. She swallows her pain and endures. After suffering setback after setback in her work and marriage, her mental state becomes severely distorted… Black and white, right and wrong, good and evil… I hope you enjoy it! 399Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Peeping: The Butterfly Effect 偷窥之蝴蝶效应 The male lead is a complete loser. By chance, he discovers a female colleague's secret, turning his work and personal life upside down. Two mature adults with sharp minds and social skills engage in an intense game of push and pull. Love begins for reasons unknown and grows deeper with every passing day: they love and are loved, hurt and are hurt, grow through their pain, then fade from one another's memories. This is also the story of an ordinary worker's growth. 578Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 90 You Cheated, So I Took Revenge for Five Years. Now I’ll Let You Go 你出轨我报复了5年，现在放过你 Cheng Yuan and his wife, Shen Xia, grew up together as childhood sweethearts and married after graduating from college. With help from both sets of parents and their connections, Cheng Yuan opened a real estate company, and business went smoothly. After graduating, his wife went straight into teaching at the university. When Cheng Yuan was thirty, he went to Liudu to develop a new housing project and stayed there for six months. After he returned, he sensed something was off with his wife. An in 961Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 91 Lord Lu's Caged Canary Flees with Memories of Three Lifetimes 陆爷的金丝雀，带着三世记忆跑了 (Just started serializing, updated daily) Past and Present Lives + Power Struggles Among the Elite + Revival of Music and Dance + Winning Her Back the Hard Way (Happy Ending) A sinister, reckless man in power with a possessive streak × A gentle yet unyielding history professor who won’t bend In her first life, she saved him without a thought, and that moment became an obsession she couldn’t forget even after two lifetimes. When they meet again, an ancient guqin draws her into his world. She thin 4Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 92 Wangcai the Golden Retriever Says: Don't Be Afraid, I'll Stay by Your Side 金毛狗旺财说：别怕，我守着你 The Golden Retriever Wangcai Says: Don't Be Afraid, I'll Stay by Your Side —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Nothing Major in Life 人生无大事 I was born in the abyss and raised in the netherworld. Lost, struggling, helpless, despairing. The hardships along the way shaped my body and mind. When everything had finally calmed down, when spring had come and flowers were blooming, when everything was just right, I finally reached the most important moment of my life. 4kReads8.1Score43914d adds
- 94 Little Leopard 小豹子 After her grandparents, who had raised her, passed away, the abandoned Situ Lingzhi was left with no one to rely on. Taking the Medical Prescriptions of the Situ Family that her grandfather had left behind, she went to America to find his relatives. Six years later, the first major event that awaited Situ Lingzhi, now a medical doctor returning home, was her classmate Dongfang Xiangrui trying to force her into marriage. The Dongfang family had once been a leading force in Yunhai City's business 314Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 95 Finding Love After Divorce 离婚后，找到爱 Also known as After My Divorce, I Married a Rugged Mechanic. A modern romance, one-on-one, between a flower shop owner and a rugged mechanic. The other man gets the girl? No, the second male lead does. Gu Mingzhu had been married to Xu Jianing for three years. They had dated since college, making it six years together in all. Everyone envied them, and she too thought they would grow old together. But who could have known that beneath their happy marriage lay nothing but devastation? Li Shao ran 11Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 96 The South Wind Knows My Heart (The Classic Seven Wei South Wind Collection) 南风知我意（七微南风系列经典合集） A bestselling collection of works from Qi Wei’s South Wind series, featuring six books in total, including South Wind Crossing, South Wind Knows My Heart, volumes 1 and 2, and South Wind Whispers. At a dinner party, Fu Xijing runs into Ji Nanfeng, his girlfriend who left without a word five years ago. He insists that Nanfeng is his former lover, Zhao Xibei. Nanfeng vehemently denies it, but that does nothing to dispel his doubts. As Fu Xijing presses her relentlessly, Nanfeng’s defenses crumble, 3kReads9.3Score14814d adds
- 97 The Years of Growing Up 成长的岁月 Pingping was born in the mid-1960s and grew up in a small town in Jiangnan. Her parents raised five children, and Pingping was the fourth. Born during the Cultural Revolution, Pingping witnessed the country rise from poverty and backwardness to prosperity and strength. Through her own hard work, she grew alongside the times. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Us in Xiangyang Lane 向阳里的我们 [#Real life, #warm neighborhood stories, #healing family bonds, #raising a child and turning life around] Delivery worker Wang Xiaojun had a pain he couldn't put into words: his six-year-old son Xiaobao lived in his own world, like a star. One moment of carelessness nearly resulted in Xiaobao getting lost, sending the entire Xingfuli residential community into chaos. The incident tore open the cracks in Wang Xiaojun and his wife Li Xiujuan's strained marriage, while also revealing the troubles 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The CEO's Wife Can Catch Ghosts 总裁夫人会捉鬼 Today is the Guihai day of the Jiazi month, when the Snake clashes and the west is inauspicious. Nothing should be attempted. Yin energy is at its strongest, and the living would do well to stay away. Yet on this day of ghostly sacrifice, I am about to marry a man who won’t live past twenty-five: Gu Tingzhi. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 A Conspiracy Within the Marriage 婚内合谋 After the passion fades, the leads settle into a dull married life, paying off their debts and living without intimacy. Then the male lead's best friend cheats, and through a twist of fate, the female lead receives hush money of 300,000 yuan. Her desire to make money suddenly awakens, and she joins forces with her husband to start a business. As they make money hand over fist, they rediscover the passion of their romance. Greed and the desires of love and hate collide in a tangle of human nature 61Reads—Score—14d adds
