Novels like My Wife Comes First
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Wife Comes First, best match first.
- 151 Brotherhood Broken: Underworld Turmoil in Fangcun 兄弟情断：芳村的黑道风云 Broken Brotherhood: The Underworld of Fangcun —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 A First Love Nine Years in the Making 懵懂九年的初恋 A Naive First Love of Nine Years 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 153 Uncovering the Past of the ‘Third-Line’ Defense Industry Workers 揭秘:“小三线”军工人的往事 A Look Back at the Past of the “Third-Line” Defense Industry Workers 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.6kReads8.8Score15414d adds
- 155 After Tricking My Husband into a Divorce, I Was Fleeced for a Million by a Puppy-Like Boy 骗夫离婚后，我被小奶狗掏空百万 Urban suspense + sham marriage + a gentle trap + younger puppy-like man + a battle of wits Her marriage was cold, her life suffocating. Liang Qiuyue struggled through half her life, asking only for a peaceful existence. Then the gentle, warm-hearted Jiang Zhihao appeared, doting on her, protecting her, and helping her support the family. Believing she had found salvation, she bravely divorced and was reborn. Little did she know... He seemed mild-mannered and harmless, but behind the scenes he 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Her Husband Went Abroad and Left His Forty-Year-Old Wife Behind 丈夫出国留下40岁妻子 Her husband went abroad to start a business, leaving his beautiful 40-year-old wife at home. In the midst of loneliness and isolation, can she resist the flirtatious advances of all kinds of men? This long-form romance about family and relationships portrays the loneliness and desires of middle-aged women left behind in the city, and the push and pull of flirtation amid everyday life. It doesn't judge right or wrong, focusing instead on the struggles of human nature and instinctive longing. 76Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 157 A Twenty-Year-Old College Student Falls for a Middle-Aged Security Guard 二十岁女大学生爱上保安大叔 A 20-year-old college student falls in love with a middle-aged security guard. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 My Online Love Is a Mature Older Woman 我的网恋对象御姐阿姨 Lin Zhou, a 26-year-old office worker, wants to meet people through online apps. To his surprise, he meets many older women, from confident older sisters to aunties. Each has her own circumstances: some struggle to find a partner in real life, some are divorced and single, and some have husbands busy with work or business elsewhere, leaving them lonely and unfulfilled. Lin Zhou chats with them online before meeting them in person. Some relationships turn romantic, while others develop into inapp 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Conflict and Choice 矛盾与抉择 Leng Yan was an attractive, capable, energetic woman with a master’s degree. Thanks to her looks and abilities, she became the office director at the Commercial Bureau of District X before she turned forty. By chance, she met Gao Jian, a fitness trainer. Over time, a special bond developed between them. One day, her husband, Li Mo, learned of their intimacy, and their marriage of many years came to an end. Just then, Leng Yan’s career was beset by one crisis after another, leaving her barely abl 358Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Internet Takes the World by Storm 网事成风 She was born in the 1980s and sent away to be fostered soon after birth. Her greatest childhood hope was to live with her parents. She spends her life healing from her childhood wounds. After enduring one heartbreak after another, she finally finds the right person. This is a healing story, but it is not a clean romance. Read with caution if that bothers you. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Back to the Three Kingdoms: I Married a Wife in Eastern Wu 回到三国，我在东吴娶老婆 Back to the Three Kingdoms: I Married a Wife in Eastern Wu 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记 Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 My Proposal Failed, but I Became a Dad 求婚失败喜当爹 (Urban slice of life / one heroine / winning back his wife / adorable child / a touch of angst / rekindled love) Xiao Ran suffered two blows at once: his marriage proposal was rejected, and he caught his girlfriend flirting with her boss. On the night he got drunk in despair, he accidentally hurt the girl who had secretly loved him for years. The girl whose heart he had broken then vanished from his world completely. Xiao Ran thought time would heal everything, until they met again four years la 497Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 164 Beneath the Form 形体之下 A story about a woman, for whom beauty is both an asset and a sin. Yu Jie is thirty-one, an aerobics instructor who believes hard work pays off. When a real estate tycoon offers her a 180,000-yuan bonus and a 300,000-yuan endorsement deal, she scoffs, resists, then convinces herself to “get just a little closer.” She doesn’t know the rules of that world: once you step inside, there are no boundaries. From prized mistress to businesswoman, from a broken marriage to having nothing at all, it tak 63Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 165 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 638Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 166 Let Me Build You a Home 我来给你装个家 Who would lose the house they worked so hard to earn just because they fell in love? Jiang Ning. Who would scrimp on everything, from food and clothes to housing and travel, just because they fell in love? Yang Wu. They were both willing to do it for each other. The road may have been hard, but together they were always happy. In the end, they found a home and a life together, sharing three meals a day through all four seasons. 1.5kReads9.4Score14914d adds
- 167 The Unemployment Front Alliance 失业阵线联盟 [This story is entirely fictional. If anything sounds familiar, then it's true!] This is a bittersweet comedy about a bunch of overworked corporate drones, a dark sitcom set in the urban jungle! The pandemic is over, but life goes on. This book depicts the many different lives of ordinary people during the pandemic. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Wang Meili, Unemployed 失业的王美丽 Wang Meili, in her early thirties, has lost her job. Doubt and despondency consume her, and she has no idea what to do next. Then one day, she figures something out, and from that moment on, nothing is the same. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Reborn, I Became My Family's Pride 重生后我成了全家的骄傲 In my previous life, I was set up. My embroidery workshop was stolen, my grandmother's secret pattern book went missing, and my life became a string of hardships. In this life, reborn with max-level embroidery skills, I turn the tables with my craft and reclaim everything that belongs to me. I rise from a small county workshop to become a nationwide top-tier star, the pride of my family. But only when I reach the summit do I learn that the man who has always protected me is the son of the master 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 I Didn't Want to Work in a Factory, So I Became a Security Guard 不想进厂打螺丝，选择干保安 Didn't Want to Work on an Assembly Line, So He Became a Security Guard 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Underworld Storm: Never Losing a Battle 黑道风云之战无不胜 Underworld Storms: Never Defeated 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Those Years in Dongguan 在东莞那些年 This book tells the story of an ordinary loser who finds love while working at a factory. After his future mother-in-law demands an outrageous bride price, he works hard, sets out to build a business, and pursues his dream. Giving up a high-paying job, he leads his friends back to their hometown to start a business, transforming a place so poor that no one could find a wife into a place young women are eager to marry into. 86Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 173 Love in a Twisted World: A Tangle of Love, Fate, and Comebacks 错世恋：爱与命运的逆袭纠葛 Love Across Worlds: A Twist of Love and Fate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 A Post-90s Mountain Girl's Starry Sky 90后，山里姑娘的星空 [Diary] [First person] [No contrived twists] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [No overpowered protagonist] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Countryside] [Hardship] [Marriage] [Family bonds] The 1990s were full of life and energy, but they were also a Period when weeds grew unchecked. Many people born in the 1970s and 1980s went to the cities in pursuit of their dreams. Some worked hard for everything they had, while others lost themselves in the glittering world around them. This is a story a 193Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 175 The Day I Saved the Richest Man's Daughter, My Life Went into Cheat Mode 救下首富之女那天我的人生开了挂 A story about creating against the odds. When you feel that your marriage and career have both ended in total defeat, see how Ji Wenyuan rises from the mire and builds a palace with his own hands, a place called the “Sacred Domain.” This is the epic comeback of a post-80s generation man, forged in despair and growing through the cracks as he fights to reclaim his dignity with blood, sweat, and wisdom! The novel uses the changes experienced by people born in the 70s, 80s, and 90s as its canvas: 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 A Beauty Like a Flower, Years Flowing Like Water 如花美眷似水流年 This is the story of Fang Fei’s growth as love and fate intertwine. From the innocence of her first love to complicated emotional entanglements, Fang Fei experiences betrayal, loss, and being reborn. Her relationships with three men reveal the tolerance and devotion love can inspire. In the end, Fang Fei finds herself through love and responsibility, showing that love means far more than romance. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The Boy I Thought Was My Little Brother 那个我以为是弟弟的男孩子 I met him through his older sister, who was my deskmate. He was a year below me. Since he and three of his classmates rented rooms in my house, we were always hanging out together. I thought we were just friends, or maybe even like siblings. After all, I thought of him as my deskmate’s little brother, and as my own little brother too. The truth was, we had fallen for each other while spending all that time together. Sadly, I only dared to flirt and never dared to say it out loud. He was a year a 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Ten Minutes Before the Hearing, the Abuser Falls to His Death 开庭前10分钟，施暴者坠楼 Ten Minutes Before the Hearing, the Abuser Fell to His Death 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Girl in the Viewfinder 快门里的姑娘 | Romance | | Urban | | Realistic | | Slice of life | I turned my longing into pages. When no one understood them, I burned them into a sky full of starlight. A loosely adapted slice of life [Realistic fiction] After a work dinner, I (Rui) blacked out on the street. At the lowest point in his life, he spent every day drinking away his sorrows. By chance, he met a lovely young woman and began to dream of settling down and building a good life together. Everything seemed to be moving in the right 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 A Heron in the Mist 一鹭尘烟 [Urban + City Life + Workplace + One Female Lead + Romantic Tension + Domineering Female CEO + Poor Nobody's Rise to Success + No System + Xiamen Attractions and Food + Both Leads Are Each Other's First] Zhao Tianyi was born destined to be a poor nobody. He drifts aimlessly through the workplace and mingles with countless women, all in the hope of finding a beauty to fulfill his lifelong dream... Why has Lin Linglin, a stunning and icy-cold female CEO, fallen hopelessly in love? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 The Playboy and the Five Golden Flowers 风流之子与五朵金花 [Completed] If you happened to click on this, please read a few more pages, or even a few dozen, and help boost my stats. Thanks for your support! This is the story of a group of people who came from elsewhere to work and put down roots in Zhuhai. They fall in love, get married, buy homes, and have children. The first half covers their lives up to marriage. The second half explores marriage, human nature, changes in society, and growing up in middle age. This novel has a calm and gentle tone, pe 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 A Xiong in the Workplace 职场阿雄 The notorious “car scandal” made headlines everywhere, and the woman at its center turned out to be Xiong Jun's girlfriend, Shi Tiantian. Furious, Xiong Jun broke up with her. Then Xiong Jun hit the darkest point of his life. See how an ordinary man turns his fortunes around...! No golden finger, just a story grounded in reality! 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Better Late Than Never. There's Still a Long Road Ahead 迟到但无妨，来日且方长 Chu Mingxi thinks of herself as a piece of charcoal and Li Cheng as a spark. Only when she meets Li Cheng does she grow warm and begin to shine. She was late to their promise, but in the days ahead, she’ll make a living from the simple pleasures of life and find love through poetry. She once thought beauty lay in partings and reunions, but in the end, even life’s everyday necessities are poetry. 506Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 184 I Escaped the Mountains 我逃出了大山 I Escaped the Mountains 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 My Best Friend's Younger Brother Is Supposed to Be Abstinent? Help! We Can't Stop Kissing in Person 闺蜜弟禁欲？线上求助线下吻得疯 [Cool, abstinent Earth-constructing engineer Sheng Yu VS divorced, infertile therapist Ding Zhuo] [Younger man with a secret crush + wealthy family + doting romance + best friend's younger brother + mutual healing + six-year age gap + ex-husband's desperate attempt to win her back + realistic romance] Everyone was blaming Ding Zhuo. A thirty-year-old therapist who had struggled with infertility for four years, yet divorced her top-tier husband, the man who had never looked down on her. At her be 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 About Me, My Ex-Boyfriend, and Our Cat 关于我跟前男友有一只猫这件事 A short story, about 60,000 words. A sweet romance. The two of them get into another endless argument over who gets to keep the cat. In a fit of frustration, Xu Fan blurts out, “If you want the cat, you have to take its mom too.” Jiang Sheng struggles to keep the corners of his mouth from turning up, then leisurely replies, “I don’t see why not.” Xu Fan: ... Did I just get played? A single-parent home isn’t good for a cat’s physical or emotional development. For the cat’s sake, maybe I’ll 405Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 187 Greyhound 灰狗 In real life, a “gray dog” is a private investigator. Unlike the detectives in movies and TV shows, who fight crime and uphold justice, real-world gray dogs are criminals who illegally profit by invading other people’s privacy through stalking, taking secret photos, bugging, tracking, and entrapment. You may never have encountered a gray dog, but they are very much among us. This book is a warning to the world: the law is inescapable, so do not stray onto the wrong path, and always protect your 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 A Girl Spent Seven Years Breaking Herself into Pieces and Entrusting Them to Others 一个女孩用七年时间把自己摔碎了分给别人保管 A girl spent seven years breaking herself into pieces and entrusting them to others to keep. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Xu Xue’er 徐雪儿 The everyday work life of Xu Xue'er, an ordinary office drone and medical student, and the sweet romance that blossoms between her and engineer Zhou Dongyang... A warm, down-to-earth story filled with delicious food and all kinds of sweet, thoughtful interactions!!! 20Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 190 A Gambling Addict's Return to the Right Path 一个网赌仔的浪子回头 A Gambling Addict's Turnaround —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Meeting Chen Yu 遇见陈宇 Tired of over-the-top dramas? Try this modern romance based on real experiences, with no System and no contrived drama. While picking out a bracelet for her best friend, Lin Xue meets Chen Yu, a cheerful, sunny programmer. The two weather life’s storms together and make several good friends, earning the nickname “The Seven Swordsmen.” The seven of them travel to Gumu Village, where one mishap follows another along the way. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The Pretty Widow of Peach Blossom Creek, Loved by a Young Man 桃花溪的俏寡妇，小年轻爱上她 The night twenty-two-year-old Li Yuchuan returned to his village, he stumbled upon a woman bathing by Peach Blossom Creek. In the moonlight, her skin glowed white. Water slid from her collarbone to the small of her back. She tipped her head back to toss her hair, then flicked out her tongue to lick a drop of water from the corner of her mouth. That one little movement nearly made his soul fly away. Later, he learned she was the “jinx” everyone in the village talked about. Jiang Yuwei. Thirty-fiv 3kReads—Score17114d adds
- 193 After Bankruptcy, I Won It All Back by Running a Street Stall 破产后，我靠摆摊夺回一切 [This story is adapted from real events and is published with the protagonist's consent.] He was fearless, fighting his way up from the bottom to the pinnacle, only to be betrayed by everyone when their interests were at stake. He cherished his wife above all else and did everything he could to protect her and their children, but... Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, yet when disaster strikes, each flies away alone. In the face of material interests, deep love is ultimately worth too 183Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 194 Reborn in 2005, She Dumps the Jerk and Marries a Tycoon 重生2005，她踹了渣男嫁首富 [Dual rebirth + no golden fingers + revenge + wish fulfillment] After Tan Qian is angered to death, she is reborn in 2005, on the day she was wrongly accused of murder. She settles every score and takes revenge on every enemy. Not only does she reclaim what belongs to her, she also sends her scumbag boyfriend and third sister to prison. “Girl, aren't you in love with my husband? He's all yours!” ~ After her mother is imprisoned, Qin Yiyi's life falls from heaven into the depths of hell. Her fami 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Sister Ting's Love Story 婷姐的爱情故事 Sister Ting’s Love Story 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 What? I Freaking Became a Cat 什么？我他喵的成了一只猫 A loser drifting in Beijing, he’s known for being a pushover and a shut-in. An accident turns him into an orange tabby. This is a story about rescuing stray animals, rethinking one’s attitude toward life, settling scores, finding oneself again, and healing. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Apocalypse: I Just Want to Be with You 末日，我只想和你在一起 In a desolate world after the apocalypse, mutated creatures run rampant and human civilization has collapsed. Survivors struggle to stay alive in desperate circumstances. On this perilous journey through the apocalypse, can they find enough supplies and make it safely to Tianjing City? And how will they protect one another and keep hope alive in this cruel world? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 What's There to Fear About Divorce at 40? My First Love Has My Back 40岁离婚怕什么，还有初恋兜底 [A levelheaded housewife who knows when to retreat and when to advance + an icy doctor who advances by retreating] [Midlife struggles + parent-child relationships + redemption + mutual healing] Her husband is having an affair with his boss. Her son is a high school senior and has started dating. Zhu Yi, who quit her job three years ago, feels as if her world is collapsing. Then she unexpectedly runs into Yang Yiqing, her first love, whom she had lost touch with years ago. Suddenly, time speeds 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 I Hastily Married a Poor Guy, but He Turned Out to Be a Tycoon Who Dotes on Me 闪婚穷小子，他竟是豪门大佬宠我入骨 I married a poor guy on a whim, but he's actually a wealthy tycoon who dotes on me 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Long Summer 悠长夏季 The quiet, secluded town of Guanhai welcomed two strange young men one after the other. From then on, the monotonous life of an eighteen-year-old high school girl was filled with laughter… But all good things must come to an end, and eventually they had to leave… Many years later, they unexpectedly met again, but everything had changed… 6Reads—Score—14d adds
