Novels like Heart Racing [Showbiz]
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- 51 SEVENTEEN: HAYEN Yoon Jeonghan × Ji Haeun “I thought fate brought us together because I could change your ending.” “Jeonghan, meeting you is the greatest good fortune of my life.” 150Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Korean Showbiz: The Underdog Has Reached the Top 韩娱：边缘人物已登顶 [The tenth hidden member of the Empresses + kind but not a pushover + a background figure’s personal growth + original male lead, an industry outsider (a supporting tool and a background character)] (Main villain: the company. Blame the capitalists for everything. Empresses fans, don’t argue. If you don’t like it, don’t read. I’ll do my best to stick to the historical record, but the timeline serves the story.) Lin Jitang, the Empresses’ invisible tenth member, is the group’s fringe member: few 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Peninsula: A Few Things About Me and My Sharp-Tongued Idol 半岛：与腹黑偶像的二三事 [One heroine, pure romance, no angst from start to finish. Keep up with Xiao Nan!] Nineteen-year-old soccer prodigy Li Xingyun is of mixed Chinese and Korean heritage and currently trains in the youth academy of a South Korean soccer club. With his incredible speed and precise shooting, he is gradually becoming the most highly anticipated rising star in Korean soccer. Meanwhile, Jang Wonyoung, the center of top-tier girl group IVE, reigns at the top of Korea’s idol scene with her stunning looks 47Reads—Score414d adds
- 54 Jasmine Fragrance and Olive Green 茉莉香绕橄榄绿 (A Wang Junkai fanfic) “I've been a fan of him since he debuted.” “Will I ever get to meet him?” And then we met. I knew crossing the line was wrong, but I still wanted to spend more time with you. The feeling of being torn between clearheadedness and infatuation was hard on both of us. When I met you again, I thought: if there's still a chance for us, I'll move toward you without hesitation. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Milky Way Gives You [Liu Yuning] 星河予你【刘宇宁】 Childhood Sweethearts | Showbiz | Sweet Romance and Healing | Mutual Secret Crushes (The author will keep updating after being discharged from the hospital!) With a five-year age gap between them, Liu Yuning has always treated Ruan Xingwan like a little sister who needs looking after. But by the time he went from singing on the streets to becoming a sensation in showbiz, she was no longer the little girl who followed him around calling him “Brother Yuning.” The first time Ruan Xingwan met Liu 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 SEVENTEEN: Destined by Fate SEVENTEEN冥冥中注定 New Release. Fate has its own way of bringing people together. Xie Junqian's arrival brought comfort to children who could see no hope. No matter how exhausted they were, there would always be someone quietly looking after them and keeping them company. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Lee Seokmin: Voiceless 李硕珉：失声 Lee Seokmin: Lost His Voice 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 My Idol Is a Total Badass 我的偶像他超能打 Can Chasing an Idol Lead to Saving the World? Lin Xiaoya’s life motto: make money, chase idols, and chat with plants and flowers. It isn’t until a terrifying midnight encounter that she discovers she has become the legendary wood-element mage. Even more fantastical, at the SEVENTEEN concert she’d worked so hard to get tickets for, she discovers that Joshua, the idol who always wears a gentle smile, is actually a water-element mage secretly protecting the world. Help! Lin Xiaoya’s journey from fa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Peninsula’s Bad Boy 半岛坏小子 A note before you start: this book has been discontinued. It was this newbie’s first book, and the writing, plot, and everything else are terrible. I don’t recommend reading it. If you’re interested in Korean entertainment novels, try my second book instead. The quality is much better, and at least it reads like a proper web novel. If you’ve read the warnings above and still insist on reading, this failed author salutes you, you’re a real tough one! This book is also known as “The Peninsula Ente 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Peninsula: It All Began When I Swapped Bodies with a Top-Tier Star Idol 半岛：从和顶流爱豆交换身体开始 Jisoo: If I hadn’t given up that day, would things have turned out differently? Sana: You’re not allowed to like anyone but me~ That’s the promise we made when we were kids~ Mina: In the virtual world, we’re soulmates. I hope things can be the same in real life. Wendy: I don’t want to be just your so-called friend anymore. I want us to be closer. His story with them began that summer. 471Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Thursday Boy 周四男孩 Jiang Mi had followed the rules for more than twenty years. The only reckless thing she had ever done was go to a concert with her best friend on her twenty-fifth birthday. The first time she met him, she thought he was a human trafficker. The second time, he called her a little anti-fan. The third time, she shielded him from an egg thrown by an anti-fan. The fourth time, she became his housekeeper. The fifth time... “I think the chances of meeting someone you like are very low. But if you do —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 K-Pop: Love in the Days of Youth 韩娱之韶华以情 Reader's Note: This is a K-pop story, primarily about the fourth-generation girl group GFRIEND. This is a story about time. A boy who returned from the future by turning back time meets six girls running alongside its passage. They meet, They come to know each other, And in the end, they fall in love. 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 SVT: Heart-Fluttering Hypothesis Vs. Unconditional Devotion SVT：心动假说vs绝对偏爱 A SEVENTEEN ship-focused alternate-universe fanfiction Self-insert heroine/original female character Unrelated to the Korean entertainment industry; the setting is fictional Each arc is a one-on-one romance Arc One: Joshua, Hong Jisoo. Arc Two: THE8, Xu Minghao (Actually, I'm just too lazy to make a separate cover for each one. Looking away.) The story will end after these two arcs. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 BTS: Monsters Unleashed BTS：妖怪纵横 After Yu Fu dies in a car accident, she unexpectedly binds herself to a Rebirth System and transmigrates into a world that is both real and unreal, where humans coexist with monsters and ghosts. But one unexpected incident follows another. Can she break through the heroine’s halo and successfully win a chance to be reborn? 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Kim Jaejoong: My Wife Is My Fan 金在中：我老婆是我粉丝 Shen Qinghuan is a heavenly young woman who dances classical Chinese dance brilliantly and has a head full of quirky ideas. She is also Kim Jaejoong’s number-one fan, devoted to him for eight years. To see him in concert, she switches into “battle mode,” maxes out her internet speed, and taps like crazy. With her unbelievable fingers, she manages to snag a ticket on the floor and happily heads to Korea. At the concert, her face flushed with excitement, she cheers and screams. Afterwards, in the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 SVT Wants to Pack Up the Members and Throw Them Away Again Today svt今天也想把成员们打包扔掉 [SEVENTEEN, OT14, Beloved by the Whole Group, K-pop, Passion, Reaching the Top] A group of passionate boys who love the stage and CARATs. People will always fall in love with a vibrant, free, and genuine ensemble cast. This is a story about fourteen people walking side by side. An Ha Yun: Let’s keep walking hand in hand like this, together, forever and ever and ever! An SVT fanfic, OT14, boys, everyday group dynamics, ship whoever you like. S.COUPS, Jeonghan, JOSHUA, JUN, HOSHI, Wonwoo, WOOZI, 1.5kReads—Score10014d adds
- 67 SVT: Meeting Before the Flowers Bloom SVT：相逢在花开之前 Xu Yunlin spent his whole life enduring prejudice and malicious exclusion. At the end of his life, he finally chose to make peace with his own body. But when he opened his eyes, he had become someone else, the same age as he was. With no other choice, he decided to take things as they came. Looking at a starting point completely different from his previous life and a healthy body, Xu Yunlin felt hopeful about the future for the first time. He had planned to hold the script of his life in his han 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 [SVT] The Jungler on My Team Is an Idol 【SVT】我家打野是爱豆 When Xia Zhi, an official LPL host, meets Jeon Wonwoo, a member of the top-tier star group SEVENTEEN. Online, she’s his “hot-tempered AD carry girl”: first he wrecks her lane, then she chews him out, and by the third time they’re inseparable duo-queue partners. Offline, he’s the idol she can only admire from afar. Mutual attraction, double identities, and a huge misunderstanding. When their game IDs expose their secret identities, Jeon Wonwoo smiles. “Caught you, my SummerZ. This time, you’re n 309Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 69 The Everyday Life of Ji Xia in South Korea 南韩知夏的日常 A story about a funny girl finding success in both her career and love life in South Korea. The heroine, Bae Ji Ha, is a singer under IU’s agency who believes in marrying her first love and staying together forever, like the sun. The hero is Seventeen’s Choi Seung Cheol. My writing is limited, so the characters may be out of character. If that bothers you, please don’t read. 101Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Her ACE 她的ACE OOC. My writing isn't very good, so please don't be too harsh if it's not to your taste. An unexpected encounter brought two lives that should have run parallel onto the same path. Maybe those 26 years of life that had always gone on the same way changed the moment I met you. I like Choi Seungcheol, the passionate performer onstage, and I like the adorable little piglet on variety shows, but most of all, I like the Choi Seungcheol standing right in front of me. As long as you haven't forgotten y 146Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 71 Seventeen: By Your Side seventeen：陪伴 In 2026, Ye Zhi was a diamond fan. While saving someone, she transmigrated to a parallel timeline. What exactly will happen there, and what has the Ye Zhi of that parallel timeline been through? (A family-focused story; readers who like couples can skip this one.) Please don’t flame me. 248Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Elegy of a Loner in Another World 异世界孤魂的悲歌 A Korean entertainment story featuring Shinbi, Seohyun, and IU. A lone soul from another world arrives here, embarking on a journey. Along the way, they find a kindred spirit, a younger sister, and close friends. The companionship of friends fills the emptiness within and gives this wandering soul the strength to say goodbye to their former life and begin anew. 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 My Story with SEVENTEEN 我与seventeen的故事 My story with SEVENTEEN Some parts are fictional, and some are real. Say the name! SEVENTEEN! 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 My Neighbor, Top-Tier Idol Byun Baekhyun 邻居哥哥是顶流爱豆边伯贤 He is a genius idol from South Korea, K-pop’s only solo artist to sell two million copies. Gentle and handsome, he seems perfect, but what lies beneath that flawless exterior? He has been plotting this for a long time, all for you. Step by step, you walk into the trap he has laid. Will you fight back, or let yourself fall? 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 My Tough Road to Debuting in K-Pop as a Silk Reeler 韩娱之我在缫丝艰难出道 As a little girl, Liu Yuyu watched her idol perform and planted the dream of becoming an idol in her heart. She later passed an audition and joined Silk Cocoon. After failing to debut again and again as a trainee, she finally made her debut with LE SSERAFIM and began promoting enthusiastically! Key point! The heroine’s early story is not a power fantasy (and maybe the later part won’t be either; I haven’t decided yet)! After debuting, she’s great at promoting herself and charming her fans!!! Aft 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 A Carat Girl Reincarnates as the Fourteenth Member of SVT svt克拉妹穿成次十四 After a Carat unexpectedly dies, she is reborn as a Chinese girl in the body of a little boy of Korean-American descent. His striking looks catch the eye of a talent scout from the agency that represented her idol in her previous life. She never expected that overnight, her idol would become her roommate. This is a friendship-focused story. I haven't abandoned the other story, but I haven't had time to write it, and its timeline is progressing very slowly. I'm trying out a new direction. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 SEVENTEEN: Freedom for the Loveless SEVENTEEN：无爱者自由 [Rena Literary] “Hear ten thousand voices, only to become myself” Signed March 17, 2025 [For details on bonus chapters, see the author’s notes] 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 K-Pop: I Debuted in a Group Instead of Kuanmian 韩娱，我代替宽面出道成团 In his previous life, Lin Che was a low-level employee at SM Entertainment. He was constantly bullied, and even at the very end of his life, he had no dignity. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in 2011 and discovers that he has become a Chinese trainee at SM Entertainment, the very old acquaintance from his memories, all set to debut in the soon-to-be-launched boy group ESO. 54Reads—Score11414d adds
- 79 Korean Entertainment: Don't Fall for My Photographer Boyfriend 韩娱，不要喜欢上我的摄影男友 [Liu Zhimin] [Sapiosexual] [Love at First Sight] Shen Yubai is an independent documentary filmmaker, commissioned to shoot a documentary about the idol industry. He enters SM Entertainment with a critical eye, turning his camera on aespa's leader, Karina: the girl who painstakingly perfects her moves in the practice room at three in the morning, hiding her exhaustion behind a flawless performance. He thinks of himself as an observer, a documentarian standing apart from it all. But gradually, 3.1kReads—Score31814d adds
- 80 Peninsula: Turns Out They're the Main Characters 半岛：原来她们才是主角 After an inexplicable rebirth, Park Myeong-u decides to enter the entertainment industry for his younger sister’s sake, so he can protect the idols he once loved. But he soon realizes there’s something strange about this entertainment industry. Why do all the girls around him have superpowers?! By the time he figures it out, he discovers that his presence has brought miracles to the idols he once admired. But at the crossroads of love, he has no idea which way to turn. In the end... My dears, do 426Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 81 SEVENTEEN: The Group's Favorite with Real Power SEVENTEEN：实权团宠 After transmigrating back to his childhood, Lin Beiye meets a group of boys one summer. They lean on one another, each becoming a ray of light in the others' darkest moments. They strive for the heights, and one day they'll shine brightly on stage... 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 SKZ: The Star Everyone Looks Up To SKZ：众星捧月 Genius idol Zhou Tingyue is invited by JYP to work in Korea. With talent on her side, she can take on the world! What? The SKZ seniors are always hanging around her? What? The SKZ oppas all want her to themselves? Come and see what’s going on! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Lee Soo-hyuk: About Us 李洙赫：关于我们 A slow-to-warm, easygoing micro-influencer / a male celebrity who seems gentle but is actually dark-hearted A story about a rabbit and a wolf As a little-known micro-influencer, Chi Canyan never thought the idol she’d liked for years, Lee Soo-hyuk, would ever confess his feelings for her. But that day really did come. Everyone calls her Yanyan, but only Soo-hyuk likes to use her pet name. And only Soo-hyuk holds her on quiet nights, gently whispering, “Canyan.” “Our Canyan really is an incredibl 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Korean Showbiz: From Near Bankruptcy to a Top-Tier Girl Group 韩娱：从濒临破产到顶流女团 [Original Korean entertainment story + girl group growth + no CP] The year she debuted, Lin Xiayue awakened to memories of transmigrating. It turned out she had been a web novelist in Huaguo before being born into the body of a little girl in the Kimchi Kingdom. Like so many girls in the Kimchi Kingdom, Lin Xiayue dreamed of becoming an idol. She became a trainee and successfully debuted in a girl group. But fate wasn’t on her side. Just three months after their debut, the company was on the ver 2kReads—Score15314d adds
- 85 Korean Showbiz: I'm an Idol in South Korea 【韩娱】我在南韩当爱豆 [Showbiz + girl group + coming-of-age female lead] Lin Wenya × Choi Yeonjun She joins the girl group (G)I-DLE, but things will diverge for Soyeon and Shuhua. Soyeon’s story changes because I don’t know enough about her, though she will debut solo, just not under CUBE. As for Shuhua, I’ve seen too many brainwashing posts while digging through old content. Her stance really is ambiguous, and I don’t know how to write her. There may not be much romance, but there will be some. After searching for h 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 BTS: One Look at Sweet Jungkook, a Love for a Lifetime BTS—甜酒果一眼万年 She was sitting in the front row at a music awards ceremony. Beautiful and striking, she wasn’t an idol, but Jungkook fell in love with her at first sight. He lured her into Bighit to debut as a trainee, only to make it easier to pursue her?! 334Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 87 Seventeen: Thirteen Test Subjects seventeen十三试验者 A SEVENTEEN infinite-flow fanfic series The rules of survival keep changing, the conditions grow harsher, and the challenges push us ever closer to our physical and mental limits. We will turn every desperate predicament into a stepping stone to the top. The Observer waits for us to break, but our actions give one answer: “Not one of us will be left behind.” A new story begins! The story includes some pairings, so please don’t argue. Let’s keep the reading environment friendly. (An unconvent 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Forced Out of the Group, I Became a Solo Sensation 被迫退团后solo爆红了 [Extremely Mary Sue! Read at your own risk! My writing is a little rough, and this was written in 2022, so it’s painfully awkward!] In her previous life, Jin Xi was an overworked e-commerce operations employee. During a major sale, she worked overtime until midnight several days in a row, then got into a car accident on her way home. When she woke up, she discovered she had become Kim Lin Hee from South Korea?! What?! The original owner was one of the girl-group candidates that P, a label under 412Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 SVT Yoon Jeonghan, I Came for You SVT尹净汉我为你而来 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Korean Showbiz: The Slacker Girl Group Is Forced to Work 【韩娱】摆烂女团被迫营业 [Girl group / group darling / universally adored / entertainment industry] Warning: The group-darling, universally adored setup means there are many male leads. If you can’t handle ambiguous relationships, please don’t read on. (Sorry!) To make a splash, P Entertainment carefully selected seven Chinese members to form a girl group. At first, they were only meant to go through the motions. The company was small, and competition among fourth-generation girl groups was fierce. The girls themselves 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Beloved Member of SEVENTEEN 我在seventeen里当团宠 As SEVENTEEN approaches its tenth anniversary, the members are receiving their enlistment notices one after another, and the group is about to face a six-year hiatus while they complete their military service. Just then, the company made a mysterious announcement: a “fourteenth member” would be joining. Everyone thought it would be a freakishly talented rookie, until I, a girl with short hair and my chest tightly bound, stood before them. From now on, I'll rewrite the rules of the Carat Kingdom! 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Korean Showbiz: The Heiress Becomes an Idol Everyone Loves 韩娱：豪门千金成为万人迷爱豆 [Korean Entertainment, K-pop, with fictional elements and forum posts | Beloved by all, irresistible to everyone + outstanding musical talent + all-rounder + career-focused | Mainly LE SSERAFIM (LE SSERAFIM) + HYBE groups] In early 2023, less than a year after their debut, the girl group LE SSERAFIM was about to welcome an all-round Chinese green card holder, setting off a huge commotion in the K-pop world. Online platforms were abuzz with controversy, but within days, a string of preview videos —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 SEVENTEEN Dreams SEVENTEEN梦 Welcome, everyone, and thanks for reading my work. If you like it, keep reading. It’s all my own headcanon, so it doesn’t follow real life. The public figures here are all out of character. I hope you enjoy it. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Name of a SEVENTEEN Manager SVT经纪人之名 After her unexpected death, Jiang Zhixia is reborn in a parallel world as Li Zhiyuan! Not only has she arrived in 2015, she also has a privileged family background and a youthful appearance. Knowing how arduous SEVENTEEN’s path to debut was, she resolves to support them as a professional manager. She brings them hot coffee in the practice room, organizes their complicated schedules offstage, and stands firmly behind them through every hardship. This is a no-romance story about a devoted fan pro 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Hit Song After Hit Song: I’m a Superstar in K-Pop! 首首神曲：我在韩娱当巨星！ The rating just opened! It's about to shoot up! [K-pop idols] [Breaking into the American entertainment industry] [A copycat writer] [Pure wish fulfillment] (A heads-up to readers: the female lead will fall in love. Please don't read if that's not your thing~) A 21st-century fangirl becomes a K-pop idol in 2018? How could she ever flop when she has countless hit songs at her fingertips?! Su Xia is destined to become a superstar! From a little K-pop idol with a green card to dazzling stardom in 6.4kReads5.8Score25914d adds
- 96 The Woman He Had Been Plotting to Win for So Long 那个让他蓄谋已久的女人 [Tibetan Girl x King Leader: A Love Planned for Years] Jiacuo never dreamed that the online friend she had known for four years would turn out to be the leader of one of South Korea's hottest boy bands! Luckily, she only thought of him as a good friend she could talk to about anything. She didn't really care about his status. Kim Namjoon, however, felt very differently, and his thoughts went much further. Because there was nothing innocent about the way he looked at her. Over the four years they 484Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 97 Reborn: My Brotherly Bond With SVT 重生之我和SVT当兄弟 Pure friendship. I just want to write this, so the characters may be out of character, and I won’t stick exactly to what happened in real life. I envy the bond they share, so I want to become part of the 14th group. If I get anything wrong, point it out and I’ll fix it. 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Seventeen: The Time Butterfly seventeen时间蝴蝶 Seventeen / No fixed CP / Self-shipping / Happy ending / Group favorite The flapping of a butterfly's wings brings Jiang Yinian to a strange place. This unfamiliar world and its unfamiliar people add one splash of color after another to Jiang Yinian's once plain, quiet life. A stranger arrives and becomes part of their lives. In the end, who changed whom? Little by little, Jiang Yinian grows fond of this place and comes to depend on it. But he doesn't know when he might disappear and return t 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Beloved Youngest Member Is Head Over Heels 团宠忙内他超爱 A SEVENTEEN fanfic. The main characters are the members of the Vocal Team and an original male lead. They're a couple. This will fulfill some of my own wishes to some extent, like how Kkuma didn't go on Nana Tour. Hope you enjoy reading! Any OOC is on me. Please don't confuse the characters with the real people. Thanks for liking the story. 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Park Chanyeol: Evening Star 朴灿烈：晚夜玉衡 At first, the silly, big-hearted Piao Piao latched onto Su Tangqian. Later, he realized... he might actually be unable to live without her! Zhang Yixing: I thought you were my best friend, and you’re hitting on my sister? I’m gonna crush you! Park Chanyeol: Lay, you’re my big brother! You’re my only big brother! Oh Sehun: No, he’s not her only big brother. She also has a biological cousin who’s ridiculously good at fighting. Good luck! An accident once made Su Tangqian “die” at the very moment w 174Reads—Score—14d adds
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