Novels like Soft Bones
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Soft Bones, best match first.
- 151 Bone-Chilling 刺骨 Han Zhen is a thorn in Nan Qiao’s throat: pull it out and she bleeds; swallow it and she dies. When they were young, he deceived her. She thought he simply didn’t know how to love. Only later did she understand that when he loved deeply, he was more devoted than anyone. He simply didn’t want to love her. Later, she was stripped to the bone, lost everything, and painfully came back reborn, becoming someone who no longer loved him. 4kReads8.2Score29614d adds
- 152 The Worst Kind of Romance 至坏浪漫 [Sweet romance and healing + simmering tension] Troublemaking girl × Model student who's secretly dark and cunning, HE, both chaste Shen Siwan and Xi Yue come from two different worlds. Shen Siwan is beautiful and has a great figure, but she smokes, drinks, and fights. In her teachers' eyes, she's a problem student. Xi Yue is the student representative who speaks from the podium at the opening ceremony. He stands there in an immaculate uniform, his school clothes spotless and the collar of his s 3.7kReads8.9Score43214d adds
- 153 When Mountains and Rivers Burn, I’ll Part from You 山河烬，与君绝 Synopsis The two nations go to war. The land changes, the empire spanning thousands of miles falls, and human lives are as insignificant as ants. Song Yingying, a princess born to a concubine, and her father and brothers become prisoners in an instant. Li Zonglie, the Fourth Prince of Great Zhou, is a mad, scheming man who destroys her country alongside his father and brothers. While being taken north as a prisoner, she accidentally saves him, and their torturous entanglement begins. At first, h 761Reads6.0Score11414d adds
- 154 Giving In 服软 My new work is here! You can read 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! 25.3kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 155 The Adorable Baby Is Here: CEO Daddy, You’re Such a Handful 萌宝来袭：总裁爹地太难缠 “Woman, you spent five years in prison. Why are you still so ruthless?” Bo Ye grips her by the throat. “Why wouldn’t I be?” Tang Shi smiles, her eyes reddening. “If I weren’t ruthless, how would I have survived those five years in prison?” Only later does he realize that he owes her an apology. But she is already gone… 3Reads8.8Score10714d adds
- 156 The Story of Guan Xi 官禧传 [Court intrigue + love and hate intertwined + sweet yet angsty romance] The long-awaited wedding she had looked forward to with all her heart turned out to be a trap set long ago by the man she loved. Overnight, her entire family was slaughtered. For Guan Xi, it was a devastating blow. The love that had seemed so pure was, it turned out, full of lies and deception. Sometimes I wonder if these words can truly tell the whole story of Guan Xi’s life. There is a quiet resilience about Guan Xi. She l 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Year I Got My PhD, I Sent My Advisor to a Psychiatric Hospital 博六那年，我送导师进了精神病院 In my sixth year of doctoral studies, I sent my advisor to a psychiatric hospital. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Scumbag CEO, I Don’t Deserve Your Devotion 渣总你的深情我不配 [Physical and Emotional Torment + No Reconciliation] Jiang Li loved Fu Jinyan with all her heart. She once believed he would be her whole world, but he was the one who sent her to prison. She suffered every humiliation behind bars and was left unrecognizable. She thought getting out would mean a fresh start. But fate had never been kind to her. After her release, Fu Jinyan dragged her into another abyss, tormenting her like a plaything. In despair, she gritted her teeth and said: “Fu Jinyan, if 8.5kReads8.5Score50114d adds
- 159 If I’d Never Loved You 如果从没爱过你 For three years, despite bearing the weight of everyone’s scorn, Yan Xiaoan did only one thing: no matter what the outside world said, she loved a man named Lu Yun Zhan with unwavering devotion every single day. She loved him too deeply, yet she knew she was close to breaking. In the end, Lu Yun Zhan fell in love with the woman he had always looked down on, and bowed his proud head for her. 1.6kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 160 A Moonlit Wish 月明愿 [Tragic historical romance with a bad ending, slow start and strong payoff] [Those who love each other may not end up together, and those who do may not truly love each other] [In this world, perhaps the hardest things to obtain are not money and power] [The hardest thing to find is a heart that never changes] Preface: A thousand years ago, the realm was divided in two. The Celestial Dynasty and the Southern Wu Dynasty each claimed half the territory. Fearing the military might of Southern Wu, 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 A Dark Obsession Turns to Madness 暗瘾成狂 Each volume is a completely new, standalone story. Volume One: Love Under the Stars: After Chen Guang was in a car accident, he lost the use of his legs. Bai Weixing cared for him for three years, enduring his insults and being driven away countless times. At last, his legs recovered, but she had no reason to stay by his side anymore. So she sensibly left. Chen Guang, however, couldn’t get used to her absence. Over the course of those more than a thousand days and nights, he had grown accustomed 335Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Legitimate Daughter Took the Fall and Served Three Years in Prison. After She Cut Ties, Her Family Begged for Forgiveness 替罪嫡女入狱三年，断亲后全家跪求原谅 [Angsty historical romance + physical and emotional torment + household intrigue + true and fake heiresses + second male lead gets the girl + both leads are sexually inexperienced + groveling chase] Lu Qingyan was the marquis’s most cherished legitimate daughter. Her parents and brothers doted on her, making her the most pampered young woman in the capital. But everything changed after their adopted daughter, Lu Wanwan, joined the household. First, the parents and brothers who had once cherished 23.1kReads8.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 163 You Came to Me on a Sunny Day 你从晴天来 4kReads9.2Score31914d adds
- 164 After the Divorce, She Became the Apple of His Eye 离婚后，她成了心尖宠 [Scheming CEO + Obsessive Possessiveness + Physical and Emotional Torment + Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Adorable Baby] He loved her but could never have her, then took her for granted once she was his. When he lost her, his regret went far beyond anything he could bear! They should have shared the affection of childhood sweethearts, but he hurt her for another woman, wearing away all her love until he even forced her to abort their child! After the divorce, she vanished without a trace. When they 161Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 165 I Pretended to Be the Girlfriend of the Chaste Campus Heartthrob, but I'm His Maid 假扮禁欲系校草女友，可我是他女佣 I Pretend to Be the Girlfriend of the Cold, Abstinent Campus Heartthrob, but I'm His Maid 1.3kReads—Score314d adds
- 166 The Art of Deception 过分伪装 [Short tragic romance + fast-paced + bad ending] On a night of torrential rain, Huo Chenyiao pinched her chin and sneered. “For six years, every single day I've thought about how to destroy you.” - He forced her to sign a mistress contract and took what he wanted from her night after night. When he discovered she was pregnant, he personally sent her to the operating table. He didn't know that the strange woman he'd spent the night with at the bar was her. Even less did he know that the ink on he 4kReads8.5Score27914d adds
- 167 A Marriage at a Crossroads 婚途陌路 Strangers on the Road to Marriage 49Reads—Score714d adds
- 168 Uncle, You're So Mean! This Little Kitten's About to Throw a Tantrum! 叔叔你太坏，小奶猫要发脾气啦！ [Twelve-Year Age Gap + Fatherly Boyfriend + Coming-of-Age Romance + Sweet and Angsty] [Long-Laid Plans + Mutual Devotion + Healing Each Other + CEO Romance at Its Finest] Song Zhiyi is a sweet, delicate young woman. Chen Qiaosheng is a powerful, cold, and desireless tycoon from one of the capital’s top families. “I’m sorry I made you cancel your engagement party...” “Mm...” “Don’t be mad. I’ll make it up to you.” “How?” “If you can’t get married, I... I can make it up to you by giving myself to 312Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 After I Gave Up on Him, My Boyfriend Regretted It 我不要他后，男友后悔了 My boyfriend regretted it after I stopped wanting him 39Reads—Score414d adds
- 170 After Winning Over the Campus Heartthrob, I Started Acting Up Again 追到校草后，我又开始作了 After Winning Over the Campus Heartthrob, I Started Acting Up Again 2.5kReads—Score1214d adds
- 171 After Three Years of Cold War, She Asked for a Divorce, but His Eyes Turned Red 冷战三年，她提离婚他却红了眼 [Hong Kong elite vs. fallen socialite] [Marriage first, love later + a long road to winning her back] [One-on-one romance] They’d been married for three years. He’d never cared about her, she’d had a crush on him for years, and he had someone else in his heart. Then she finally saw the light! After Li Qian watched Gu Tingchen abandon her for his first love for who knew how many times, she suddenly understood something. If someone doesn’t love you, it won’t matter how careful you are or how despe 3.9kReads8.5Score91214d adds
- 172 The Galaxy Falls Into My Arms 星河落下入怀中 The Galaxy Falls into My Embrace 205Reads—Score114d adds
- 173 President Lu, Your Wife Really Is Dead This Time 陆总，夫人这次真死了 [Body and Heart Torment] [Both Pure] [Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] [Misery First, Satisfaction Later] She was his blood bag for five years and spent five years in prison. He turned her from the pride of South City into its trash, and even then, he still refused to let her go. He forced her to donate an organ to his beloved, and she died on the operating table. Only then did he finally begin to regret it. Five years later, the winds stir in South City, and a woman named Chu Wan returns wi 1kReads8.4Score10914d adds
- 174 The Reborn Take the Stage: A Lowly Concubine's Daughter 重生者当道，卑微庶女 [Angsty + reborn + multiple male leads + no romance + no stupid characters + no love-brained heroine + taking by force] The heroine is a frail, innocent beauty of humble origins whose fate is full of misfortune. In every life, she is repeatedly tormented by a person who keeps being reborn. Yet each time the wicked reborn tormentor starts over, they ultimately fall at the heroine’s hands. And in every life, the more they torment her, the more horribly they die! In the first life after the rebirth 289Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 175 Bo Yu, I Don't Dare Love You Anymore 薄欲，我不敢再爱你了 Su Qingwu had been married to Bo Yu for five years, and he had trampled her sincere love until it was shattered to pieces. She thought he really was as cold as the rumors said, even in bed, utterly devoid of emotion. But after Bai Xiaoxiao returned, Su Qingwu realized that Bo Yu hadn’t been born cold and indifferent. He knew better than anyone how to treat someone with tenderness and affection. Su Qingwu was left battered and broken, eventually losing all feeling. When she returned in full fin 933Reads7.0Score10214d adds
- 176 Heartbreaking! The Madam Has No Vital Signs in the Resuscitation Room 巨虐！抢救室里夫人已无生命体征 [Angst novel + physical and emotional abuse + win-back-the-wife funeral pyre + body swap + obsessive love] Lu Jingchen would never know that Shen Ning’s heart first died when his beloved’s call came out of nowhere, then fell into despair when he personally handed her over to kidnappers just to trade her for the woman in his heart. He also never knew how furious, hysterical, and utterly broken she felt when his beloved appeared before her with a pregnant belly the same size as hers. And when she 6.3kReads8.5Score63914d adds
- 177 The Night Banquet 夜宴 On the night before Xu Suining was to marry Luo Zhihe, Chen Lu clutched her wrist, his voice trembling. “It was me. I was the one who got together with you first.” Love is so unreliable. That’s why I like wild nights of drinking and revelry, then going our separate ways the next day. 1.3kReads8.8Score46814d adds
- 178 A Love Born of Sin: Mr. Nie, Stop Tormenting Her. Your Wife Is Marrying Someone Else! 罪爱：聂总别虐，太太要嫁人了！ [Physical and Emotional Abuse]+ [Unfaithful Male Lead]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Seven years in prison had worn away every one of Ye Zhou’s sharp edges, along with her love for Nie Xiuyan. On the day she was released, Nie Xiuyan took her to the civil affairs bureau. He told her she needed to atone! On their wedding night, Nie Xiuyan brought home a lingerie model and made love to her in front of his new wife. Her old love returned with a child and forced her to kneel and repent. Ag 2.7kReads8.6Score16314d adds
- 179 I Only Want to Love You 只愿钟情与你 Clear-headed beauty × calculating, controlling powerhouse (1v1 coercive romance, forced love, a tragic love story, not for everyone) The thing Xi Yuanwan regrets most in her life is marrying Jiang Chengshen. _ After her parents passed away, she inherited the company’s assets on her own. Her third uncle, the only elder in the family, looked after her devotedly. - Xi Yuanwan first met Jiang Chengshen at a dinner party, where she was taken in by his outward appearance. At the time, he was a promisi 3.8kReads—Score14914d adds
- 180 Mr. Shen, Your Time Is Up 沈先生，逾期不候 White Moonlight + married first, fall in love later + the husband pursues his wife after the divorce The day Meng Qiong returned from a business trip to Sydney, her plane nearly had an accident, and the news remained at the top of the trending charts. But when she rushed home, still shaken, she found her husband, Shen Fengxi, getting cozy with a new intern from the TV station in the living room. The young woman jumped up in alarm when she saw Meng Qiong, but Shen Fengxi blamed Meng Qiong for fr 7.9kReads8.7Score50214d adds
- 181 President Fu’s Cold-Hearted Guilty Wife 傅总的冷情罪妻 [The short drama of the same name is now streaming on Douyin! Come watch!] [Tortured romance + CEO + obsessive love + possessiveness + groveling to win her back] Shen Yan loved Fu Xinghan for ten years, and married him. After two years of marriage, the woman Fu Xinghan cherished returned to the country. Shen Yan became a sinner beyond redemption, and he cast her aside like worthless trash. Blind to the truth, he did everything he could to torment her until she was broken, making her life a livin 2.1kReads8.4Score16214d adds
- 182 Three Years After I Transmigrated, the City Lord Became My Prisoner 穿越3年后，城主成我阶下囚 Content warning: This is a revenge story with a tragic romance. The male lead seeks redemption. It includes injury, imprisonment, and whipping, so proceed with caution. The leads are bitter enemies bound by fate, in both this life and their past lives. Angst and heartbreak, both leads are strong and devoted to each other, happy ending Proud, aloof Emperor Star VS revenge-driven Seven Killings queen In her first life, Yun Shuyue fell blindly in love with Huo Chenfeng. Little did she know the ma 1.2kReads8.1Score10314d adds
- 183 I Can't Take It Anymore! My Ex-Husband Pins Me Against the Wall and Kisses Me Every Day 顶不住了！前夫天天把我摁墙上亲 Consumed by jealousy, Sheng Xiangsi pushed her pregnant husband’s first love down the stairs, causing her to lose the baby and bleed out. Rumors swept through Jiangcheng: Sheng Xiangsi was arrogant, domineering, and cruel-hearted. To avenge his first love, her husband sent her abroad, abandoning her to fend for herself. Four years later, Sheng Xiangsi returned to Jiangcheng. She and Fu Hanjiang smiled and let bygones be bygones. From then on, they would be strangers whenever they crossed paths. 17.1kReads8.7Score2.1k14d adds
- 184 After My White Moonlight Went to Prison, the CEO Made Me Pay With My Life 白月光入狱后，总裁让我拿命赔 After a car accident, Yan Yi’an testifies in court, sending the woman Zhou Xizhi treasures most to prison. In a single night, Yan Yi’an falls from heaven into hell. Fangcheng loses its dazzling movie star, and Imperial City No. 1 gains a lowly bar hostess. Zhou Xizhi keeps her locked by his side and torments her without end, all to make her atone... She tries to escape again and again, but never gets out of his grasp. Like a demon at her side, he warns her, “If you try to run again, I’ll break y 588Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 185 Snow Falls on a Hong Kong Night 港夜落雪 [Powerful Hong Kong elite X award-winning, breathtaking Best Actress] (Devoted couple throughout + sweet, pampered romance in a wealthy family) Duan Luoluo was adopted by the Li family of Hong Kong Island as a child. On the night of her eighteenth birthday, she slept with the man who had cared for her so tenderly, turning her secret crush into reality. At the time, Li Tingzun was engaged. He coldly told his grandfather, “She’s just a plaything I keep by my side.” The little plaything was forced 2.5kReads8.8Score23114d adds
- 186 After She Died, the Capital's Crown Prince Went Mad with Grief in the Snow 她死后，京圈太子爷在雪地哭疯了 [Tragic romance + childhood sweethearts + physical and emotional torment + the hero’s long road to winning her back + a tearjerker for late-night reading] The day Jiang Wan was diagnosed with stomach cancer, Quan Xiuyuan forced her to kneel and eat slops, then cruelly destroyed her cancer medication. Jiang Wan was falsely accused of plagiarism. Quan Xiuyuan fanned the flames, ruining her career and destroying her reputation. Jiang Wan had loved Quan Xiuyuan for ten years, but he had always belie 1.6kReads6.5Score10414d adds
- 187 Love's Captive, a Tragic Romance 爱囚雅殇 Part 1 Tang Fei had longed for family affection since childhood. When she grew up and learned about all the conflicts, that affection became something forever beyond her reach. At fifteen, she met Feng Yuchen and gave him all her sincerity. In the end, he trampled on it. Still, she continued to long for love. At last, when she was twenty, she decided to give up on Feng Yuchen. But he clung to her and used his power to tell her she would never escape him. Part 2 An Qingjia was the least noticeabl 9.9kReads8.4Score62314d adds
- 188 Little Mermaid, Be Good: Professor Fu’s Overwhelming Love 小人鱼乖乖，傅教授的强势宠爱 [Innocent, naive little mermaid × research scientist who uses her] [Both are each other’s one and only / angst / wife-chasing / tragic ending in the main story, happy ending in the bonus chapters / All technical details are fictional. Do not mistake them for reality!] Jia Qian, from the depths of the sea, believes she has found true love. She willingly sacrifices her pearl and enters into a mate contract with a human. She looks forward to the birth of their child and to a future with Fu Yanchen. 557Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 189 During the Cooling-Off Period After Our Divorce, My Straight-Laced Husband Suddenly Gets It 离婚冷静期，直男老公突然开窍了 [Deputy director in government × dermatologist] [Marriage first, love later, winning her back, age gap, sweetness toggles between all sugar, half sugar, three-tenths sugar, and sugar-free] After marrying Director Zhou, who believes rules are more important than anything, Chen Jiayi found herself living a very unusual married life: She had to file a report for everything, including sleeping, eating, and watching short dramas. She was done with this life. She dragged Zhou Jingcheng to get a divorc 7.5kReads8.7Score57314d adds
- 190 I Got Pregnant, Then My Husband Returned After Three Years Away 怀孕后，三年未见的老公回来了 [Male obstetrician ✘ Female psychological counselor] Rekindled love ➕ He pursues her after driving her away ➕ Adorable child makes an appearance ➕ One misunderstanding after another... On the day Qiao Mo and Xiao Zheyan marry on impulse, he's urgently called back and spends the next three years in a laboratory. His mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and she asks Qiao Mo to use the sperm Xiao Zheyan previously had frozen to conceive and have a child. But just after Qiao Mo becomes pregnant 3.3kReads9.0Score78914d adds
- 191 A Feast at Your Fingertips 指尖盛宴 Four years after they last saw each other, Gu Senning took Zeng Zhanzhan to court, accusing her of drugging him and taking the project files from his computer. He had no idea that four years earlier, she had been severely injured in a car accident while saving him, leaving her permanently blind... Later, Gu Senning was consumed by remorse. When she lay in the hospital, with no will to live, he was enjoying life! When she writhed in pain, her whole body convulsing and drenched in cold sweat, he s 4.9kReads8.2Score15414d adds
- 192 Win Back My Ex, and Fall for Him All Over Again 攻略前任，再次为他着迷 [Reunion after years apart, rekindled romance, both leads’ first relationship, sweet and angsty] The stunning campus belle Zhou Ruoxing set her sights on Jiang Ju, the most talked-about guy at Jiang University. No one knows what she did to make him fall from his pedestal for her. Later, their relationship lasted only two years. Then one day, news broke that Jiang Ju had been dumped by Zhou Ruoxing! They say that when exes meet again, either their faces turn red or their eyes do. But Jiang Ju fel 674Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Behave, or You’ll Be Punished! The Crazy Pei Young Master Is Obsessed with Keeping Her Captive 不乖就罚！疯批裴少偏爱囚她 (The score was just released, so it doesn’t mean much yet. It’ll rise later, so please don’t let it put you off.) [Powerful, wealthy families + domineering love + extreme possessiveness + confinement + heroine tries to escape and gets caught / angst before sweetness + devoted to each other] [Unhinged heir to an underworld empire × soft but stubborn little white flower] Song Lixian visits the notorious Loli Island for an undercover investigation connected to her work, but one of the island’s powe 7.8kReads8.0Score32514d adds
- 194 The Boy I Found in the Heavy Snow Killed My Entire Family 大雪捡来的少年，杀了我全家 The Boy I Rescued in the Snow Killed My Entire Family 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 195 A Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law's Feud 婆媳仇 My mother-in-law is a champion at double standards. When her own daughter sleeps until midmorning, she's "blessed." When I get up ten minutes late, I'm a "lazy daughter-in-law." My husband is the ultimate "dutiful son," and his catchphrase is always, "My mom has it so hard." 5.2kReads—Score25714d adds
- 196 Secretary Pei Oversteps His Place 裴秘书以下犯上 As a daughter of the Ning family, Pei Yiqi once had a marriage match that everyone in Beizhou envied. That was until her alcoholic biological father claimed her. Her fiancé, Tan Yanjue, who had always treated her with the utmost care, sat in his car, too high and mighty to even step out. “You’re no longer the Ning family’s only daughter. Don’t tell me you still expect me to honor that worthless engagement?” He ripped off the cufflinks she had given him and tossed them out the window like trash. 2.5kReads8.5Score14214d adds
- 197 Forced Captivity and Love: After the Breakup, the Sick, Obsessive Man Goes Mad with Red Eyes 强制囚宠：分手后病娇红着眼发疯 [Childhood friends + yandere + unhinged beauty + revenge + groveling pursuit] Refined, cold-hearted tycoon vs. radiant, spoiled, unhinged beauty A melodramatic story that puts the hero through the wringer. The heroine may turn into a heartbreaker later on. In Kyoto, people say the Ye family's princess is dazzling and spoiled, and looks down on everyone. Ye Si pursues Fu Yanchi for years, and successfully turns herself into Mrs. Fu. Fu Yanchi has always cherished his beloved first love. Ye Si for 1.8kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 198 The CEO’s Cinderella Doesn’t Play by the Rules 《总裁的灰姑娘不按套路出牌》 The CEO’s Cinderella Doesn’t Play by the Rules 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Husband and Wife Become Outlaws to Avenge Their Daughter 夫妻化身法外修罗为女报仇 A Couple Become Outlaws to Avenge Their Daughter 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 He Regrets It 他有悔 [Reunion after years apart + groveling to win her back from the start + secretly raising their child + scheming, possessive, devoted male lead] Eight years after their divorce, Xiang Yilin never expected to run into his ex-wife at the hospital. Xu Yan, once a pampered heiress who had never lifted a finger, had become a doctor, and now had a limp. His seven-year-old son asked who she was. He paused for a long moment. “Someone I haven’t seen in a very long time.” All his life, Xiang Yilin had been 1.8kReads7.7Score35814d adds
