Novels like Hunting, Growing Flowers, and Building a Home
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Hunting, Growing Flowers, and Building a Home, best match first.
- 51 Moss in the Clouds 云端苔藓 In the ruins of Smart Cloud City, the fates of a pancake vendor, a foreman missing a finger, a Meituan courier, and an elderly petitioner intertwine. As concrete swallows lives and algorithms manipulate human nature, they fight against fate with tears, severed limbs, and cancer cells. Duoduo's genes become the spark of a new civilization, Lao Zhou's plant-like body spreads across the globe, and Xia Yubing's fungal network safeguards the remnants of humanity. From urban villages to interstellar c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Wasteland Contamination: Unlocking All Kinds of Pocket Monsters 废土污染,解锁各款小精灵 [No romance + slice of life + character growth] Lin Chumo’s quiet, uneventful life is upended when she transmigrates. She arrives in a parallel world, Blue Star, five hundred years after the apocalypse. Humanity’s living space has been severely reduced. Mutated plants that grow and spread at a frenzied pace, and unusually aggressive mutated beasts that breed rapidly, have forced humans to evolve spiritual powers as well. Among those with spiritual powers, some cannot fight. Their gentle spir 5.8kReads8.3Score78614d adds
- 53 The Sixies’ Only Children Huddle Together for Warmth 六零独苗苗抱团取暖 Pocket-space hoarding, childhood sweethearts, devoted couple, no nasty relatives, inspiring story An attractive, strong female lead who is secretly a rich second-generation heiress × a handsome male lead, the heroic son of a man determined to become a pilot Yu Zhuo'er, a carefree rich second-generation heiress, is born into the past. When she is five, her pocket dimension from her previous life reactivates, just as she receives the devastating news that her father has died in service. Yu Zhuo'er 5.2kReads9.0Score64714d adds
- 54 Don't Let Down Your Youthful Ambitions 莫负少年凌云志 Ever since his parents' marriage fell apart, he had been like a lonely shooting star, plunging into the dark abyss of a broken home and becoming a neglected, unwanted child. His childhood was a miserable nightmare. His father's inaction was a merciless blade, cutting off every hope he had and bringing one misfortune after another. His grandmother unleashed her resentment toward his mother on him like a plague, subjecting the young boy to relentless torment that wore down both body and mind, as i 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Bankrupt from the Start: I Took Grandpa Back to the Countryside to Farm 开局就破产:我带外公回乡种田 (No CP, no cultivation, pure farming) Mu Mu, the undisputed champion of grinding herself to the bone in the Azure Star Domain, died during her tribulation to ascend to immortality. She opened her eyes, reborn on Blue Star, where spiritual energy was scarce. She didn’t want to work herself to the bone anymore, so she took her grandfather back to the countryside to farm. The mountain village was poor? No problem. She’d gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish the land. The villag 1.3kReads8.7Score15714d adds
- 56 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Clung to the Male Supporting Character 穿书后我抱上了男配大腿 When Song Yingwan wakes up, she finds herself in the 1970s. Looking at a face in the mirror that resembles hers by seventy or eighty percent, it takes her a while to accept the truth. She looks at her loving parents and lively, clever younger brother and thinks life here seems pretty good. But after only a few days of enjoying it, she has no choice but to pack up and head to the countryside. Fine, then. She can go to the countryside! The college entrance exams will be reinstated in a few years a 9.5kReads8.7Score73914d adds
- 57 True to Myself 本心 No one can live solely for others, but neither can we completely cast aside our responsibilities. In real life, we often waver between “living for others” and “living for ourselves,” all the while judged by moral standards. Family relationships are not static; they change over time. Families that endure hardship may fall apart, rebuild themselves, or eventually go their separate ways, living along parallel paths of their own. As we struggle to survive, how do we come to understand ourselves and 693Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 A Clear Breeze Carries Me Down an Open Road 步步清风迈坦途 [No transmigration into a book + no rebirth + no System + no spirit spring] She traded a meal of sweet potatoes for a new dad? No problem. Who says you can't win with a terrible hand... When it's time to be ruthless, who would dare go soft? Take her, for example: she became the “pack leader.” 869Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Young Master! Young Master?? Young Master!!! 少爷!少爷??少爷!!! A preposterous encounter, and a journey of two hearts finding their way to each other! The contract blessed by the god of fate had already spelled it out: Instructions for Renting a Boyfriend: If your heart starts racing, there are no refunds. You accept all consequences! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Fleeing Into the Deep Mountains, the Whole Family Clears Land and Gets Rich Through Farming! 深山逃难,全家开荒种田致富忙! [Farming + Super-Powered Heroine + Metaphysics + Feel-Good Story] Su Nianwei transmigrates into a time of war and chaos, and thinks things have gone poorly from the start. Worse still, she has a frail, pregnant mother above her and four younger siblings below her, all growing like weeds. Their family has been cruelly abandoned by their relatives. Are they really supposed to stay behind and wait to die? Su Nianwei chuckles. As if she would let herself die! As the eldest daughter and the family's 897Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 61 I’m Done Pretending: I’m from a Top-Tier Family 摊牌不装了,我是顶级豪门 At his mother-in-law’s birthday banquet, the eldest son-in-law gave her a gold bangle, and the second son-in-law presented a jade Buddha. I crouched in a corner eating leftovers, until someone kicked me over, chair and all. “Good-for-nothings belong at the beggars’ table!” As the whole room roared with laughter, a line of Rolls-Royces suddenly pulled up outside. The butler knelt with a gift list in his hands. “Young Master, the thousand-year-old ginseng and East Sea pearls you ordered have arriv 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Splendid Farmstead 农园锦绣 A top agricultural college student becomes a foolish farm girl with superhuman strength. Her father is dead, her mother is frail, her younger brother keeps his distance, and her older sister sees her as a burden. Luckily, she has a spirit-spring space. She hunts wild boars, scares off wolf packs, uses the spirit spring to irrigate crops, and cultivates superior seeds. Farming, raising livestock, and starting side businesses: Silly Erni leads the whole family to prosperity. The stunning, aloof sc 3.7kReads9.1Score46214d adds
- 63 Drawn to Danger: My Finance Whiz Husband from Our Whirlwind Wedding Is a Robber 偏惹危情:闪婚金融精英是抢劫犯 [Mystery Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + A Strong Heroine's Awakening + International Manhunt + Love Triangle] I'm a jewelry expert and the daughter of a wealthy Zhejiang family whose property was demolished. Forced into marriage, I travel from Xingzhou to Haishi on a business trip and impulsively marry a handsome, aloof stranger. He claims to be a finance whiz, but the day after our wedding, he lands in prison for “robbery,” forcing me to fly to Southeast Asia to visit him. To get back 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 My Wife Is a Fairy, and Everything She Says Is Right 夫人是仙女她说的都对 (The dazzling, carefree, flirtatious eldest daughter of a Duke's household ✖️ a humble, restrained, handsome young man who refuses to take the bait and has a remarkable background) He had been surrounded by bloodshed since childhood, a man who had clawed his way out of the mud. Covered in filth, how could he ever presume to dream of the bright moon hanging high in the sky? Even reaching out to touch its reflection in the water felt like sacrilege. She had always been a free-spirited breeze, soar 12Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 65 After I Swindled the Crown Prince Out of Five Thousand Taels, He Refused to Take It Lying Down! 讹了太子五千两后,他不干了! Crown Prince Xiao Chen was furious the moment he met Shen Yunxiu: How dare she step on his face? How dare she swindle him out of five thousand taels of silver? She thought that fatso was cuter than him! She loved gold ingots most of all! She was blind! And then, he went blind too! All he could see was Shen Yunxiu! 364Reads6.9Score10414d adds
- 66 Apricots Beneath the Flames of War 烽火栓杏 The 1930s: a turbulent and unsettled era. The extraordinary story of a remarkable woman, who weaves her own spectacular life. Join the author as we open the door to that tumultuous age through a unique perspective. 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Mountains Are Full of Treasure: A Bitter Girl’s Rise 满山都是宝,苦瓜少女的崛起 [Farming! Feel-Good Story! Golden Finger! Food! No Romance] [Content warning: No male lead, but there is one-sided affection. A gentle, cozy story!] College student Lin Xiu wakes up as a poor orphan girl in ancient times. There’s even a tiny baby by her bed, crying to be fed! A home stripped bare, doomed from the start! She thinks heaven must be against her, but then it gives her a golden finger! The mountains are wonderful! Picking mushrooms and making delicious food! Finding medicinal herbs 3.1kReads8.2Score37114d adds
- 68 Jin Ling'er 金灵儿 She fought her way out of the mire and rose to the very top of the world! Her family was destroyed when she was five, and her mother fell into ruin. She grew up surrounded by cold stares and bullying. But she was born with an unyielding spirit and a will of steel! Using the only inheritance her mother left her, she trained in both the literary and martial arts, carving out a path through bloodshed until she became a soldier king and a spy queen feared around the world! Now, with her strength 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 His Galaxy Came Crashing Down 他的星河倾落 A laid-back little reporter accidentally crosses paths with a cold, powerful bureau chief, but he treats her like a queen. Together, they take the political and business worlds by storm. Lin Xingluo’s life motto: live the most carefree life possible! That is, until she’s ordered to interview rising political star Shen Yanzhou. The man is impeccably dressed, as cold as snow. With the face of an earth-sign heartthrob, he sees right through her secret identity at their very first meeting, then dang 716Reads6.7Score10114d adds
- 70 The Little Beauty Came Knocking, and Marshal Nie Keeps Her in His Arms and Spoils Her Every Day 小美人送上门,聂帅护怀里日日宠 [Fictional Republic of China setting, reborn, extremely powerful male lead, heroine who dares to kill] [Thank you for coming, for staying, for your recognition and appreciation, and for your kind reviews and support.] Yu Yin wrongly hated a powerful man she couldn't afford to offend, and held a grudge against him for the rest of her life. She spent her life feeling guilty, doing everything she could to make amends to the devoted husband who had treated her with unwavering love. Only when she'd e 4kReads9.2Score39514d adds
- 71 Love Amid the Fireworks of Life 烟火今生情 The story of a young woman studying biopharmaceuticals as she grows from an inexperienced college student into an adult making her way in the world, encounters a terrible man, and struggles through a thorny path. Along the way, she finds a close male friend and a soulmate, and grows through her independent efforts... 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Ink of Jealousy 醋墨 Gu Mingchen: Everyone thinks he hates Liu Xiyan for costing him an excellent match. What they don’t know is that he fell in love with her long ago, and loves her to the depths of his soul. Liu Xiyan: “My reputation? My dignity? Why should I marry someone who schemed against me just for the sake of those things?” She is a modern woman from the twenty-first century in a new body. So what if she never marries? A tale of love and hate, grudges and grievances! Watch her live boldly through it all. Al 415Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 73 Nonlinear Breakout 非线性突围 This is a long realist novel about the workplace and life. Through Wang Yao's three major career changes, it portrays work and daily life in different periods. It captures every bitter and sweet moment, every joy and sorrow. Come read it on Tomato Novel; I hope you enjoy it. I'll do my best to tell every story well! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I’m Furious! I Transmigrated to a Poor Mountain Village and Still Have to Farm 气哭!穿到穷山沟沟还要种田 [Farming + family drama + no pocket dimension + no romance in the main story + no golden finger + not a pushover] On a plank bed, a hulking, coarse man with a face covered in black stubble pins Wang Taohua beneath him. His foul-smelling mouth is about to kiss her. Wang Taohua struggles desperately, then slams her head into a pillar... Wang Taohua, a modern orphan, wakes up to find she has transmigrated to an unknown dynasty. Her father was beaten to death, her engagement was called off, and her 6.4kReads9.1Score74214d adds
- 75 I Can't Take It Anymore, Professor Gu Is So Good at This! 我受不了了,顾教授他好会! “May I ask if Senior Gu Shanhai has a girlfriend?” Ji Xinghe’s smile was bright and dazzling, and her sparkling peach-blossom eyes seemed to hold a thousand stars. Gu Shanhai paused, then smiled softly. “No. Do you have any other questions?” She looked at him. “Then, Senior, what kind of girl do you like?” Gu Shanhai suddenly leaned closer, bracing one hand against the banyan tree. His white shirt was unbuttoned slightly at the collar, giving him a rather refined-but-decadent air. She thought sh 229Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 76 Who Cares If It’s Real? What’s Wrong with Dying for My Beloved! 管他真的假的,我殉我宝怎么了! [Sensitive, Contrasting Beauty in Poor Health × Gentle, Humble, Self-Restrained Handsome Man] [1v1, Both Pure, Contrasting Personalities, Pure Love, Slow Burn] Marriage First, Love Later + Love Grows Over Time + Mutual Healing + Many Plot Twists After her family arranged her marriage, Gu Wanxiao thought she had merely changed places to wait for death. To her, marriage meant rotting away in a new place. But she never expected that he would give her a reason to want to live. Suppressing the dark, 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The CEO’s Contract Nightingale 总裁的契约荆棘鸟 A carefully planned contract forcibly bound two people from different worlds. He was Lu Hanchuan, the business world’s notorious “Living King of Hell,” cold and domineering, treating love as worthless. He handed her an agreement: “Marry me for a year, and I’ll give you fifty million.” She was Lin Wanqing, a proud art museum curator from a poor background, like a thorn bird who refused to bend even in hardship. She sneered, “Mr. Lu, your money can’t buy me.” He thought it was simply a transaction —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 A Strange Life: You Are the Cause I Planted in the Past 诡异人生,你是我种下的前因 Prince Yongjia, Zhao Yanqiao, is actually going to marry the Chu family girl who was cast off by the Lu family! It’s become the talk of every street and alley in town! Chu Xintong: “So what if I’m marrying for the second time? A man with money in his pocket and love in his heart is willing to marry me. Go ahead and stew in your envy and jealousy!” Lu Mohan: “I’m sorry, Xintong. My mother forced me to divorce you and marry a Wang family girl. After all, of the three forms of unfilial conduct, hav 19Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 79 The Drought God's Strange Romance 旱神诡情 [Primeval wilderness, the most beautiful fallen god + the most handsome man in the Six Realms + the strongest divine beast] She was the first female war god ever recorded in history. The light bursting from her hair rivaled an atomic bomb. One flash was all it took to end the Battle of Zhuolu. Yet she became infamous throughout history because her hair was practically a nuclear weapon. She was the little princess of Jiang Jiyan, the first Red Emperor. Born in the Star River, the great formation 64Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 80 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 81 Nanfang, I Want You All to Myself 南方,我要你只属于我 "Contemporary romance for adults" Reader advisory: domineering CEO, love rivalry, emotional push and pull, sexual tension, schemes, and redemption A fateful encounter, an intensely turbulent romance, an unexpected killing, a conspiracy spanning years, a painful sacrifice, and a desperate ending... The world is one giant battlefield of passions. Nan Fang is an art student. Her beauty is impossible to ignore, and her cool aloofness makes her seem untouched by the clamor of the world. Her broken f 583Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 82 Reborn on My Wedding Night: The CEO’s Fussy Wife Has Changed Her Ways 重生新婚夜,总裁的作精娇妻不作了 Reborn on Her Wedding Night: The CEO’s Difficult, Doting Wife Has Turned Over a New Leaf 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Back to '82 to Hunt, and Enjoy a Carefree Life 重回82打猎,享受悠闲人生 [Completed at over one million words, not adapted, available for adaptation] [Set in the 1980s + One heroine + Slow-paced + Everyday life + No System + Hunting + Farming + Cozy] Lu Jun unexpectedly comes back reborn in 1982, an era when guns are not banned, hunting is allowed, and wild animals are not yet protected. Drawing on the hunting experience he accumulated in his previous life, Lu Jun hunts huge wild boars and black bears in the mountains, making a very prosperous life for himself. Every 7.2kReads8.2Score39014d adds
- 84 Humanity's Awakening Day: We Deleted the Hatred Program 人类觉醒日:我们删除了仇恨程序 Humanity’s Awakening Day: We Deleted the Hatred Program 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 One Stock, Wealth for Three Generations 一只股票,富过三代 One Stock, Wealth for Three Generations 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 A Wrong Turn into the CEO’s Room 误入总栽房 A Mistaken Entry into the CEO's Room 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Life of a Rich Second-Generation Heir Turned Scavenger 富二代沦为拾荒者的一生 The Life of a Rich Second-Generation Heir Who Became a Scavenger 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Overbearing CEO and the Fairy Who Gives Away Money 霸总与散财仙女 The Domineering CEO and the Generous Fairy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 You Can’t Steal My Sister, and the CEO Only Wants Me 妹妹抢不走,霸总只要我 My Sister Can’t Steal Him Away. The CEO Only Wants Me 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 我凭梦境记忆追到了梦里的老婆 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 A Heart Flutter After Marriage: The CEO Says One Thing and Means Another 婚后心动,总裁他口嫌体直 Hearts Stir After Marriage: The CEO Says One Thing but Does Another 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 I Went Viral on Tomato Novels After Retiring 退休后我爆红番茄小说 I Became a Hit on Tomato Novel After Retiring 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 A Modern Medical Doctor Becomes the Divine Physician Princess 现代医学博士成神医王妃 A loud crash rang out in the medical lab. When I opened my eyes again, I had become the most hated princess consort in an ancient prince’s household. The original owner had lorded it over everyone, relying on her father the chancellor. Every last person in the household hated her to the bone. When I arrived, she was raising a vase to smash someone, then slipped, hit her head on a rock, and died. Looking at the servants kneeling across the courtyard, trembling but glaring at me with hatred, I qui 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Thank You for Rejecting Her 谢谢你拒绝她 “I’ve loved someone for fourteen years, and never been able to have them.”, Zhao Yao “I’ve loved someone for fourteen years, and I’m determined to have them.”, Shen Yan The heroine’s name is Zhao Yao. The heroine’s name is Zhao Yao. The heroine’s name is Zhao Yao. I’ll say it three times because it’s important!!! Lots of people say I gave the heroine a man’s name and that it sounds bad. But plenty of girls are called Zhao Yao, and I’ve been wondering whether the name really is that bad. I’ve t 1.5kReads9.2Score15414d adds
- 95 The Butcher Hated by the Whole Village Spoils Me Rotten 被全村嫌弃的屠户,把我宠上天 Transmigrated orphan girl vs. burly butcher, a striking size difference, an instinctive attraction, mutual flirtation, a pocket dimension, and a journey to wealth. Su Nian: I thought this was just something I had to do, but I never expected to be paired with such a top-notch man. Zhou Ye: Why does my whole body heat up whenever I see her!? 2.1kReads—Score32114d adds
- 96 The Imperial Uncle's Heart's Cinnabar Mark 国舅心头朱砂痣 Song Sixian transmigrates into the Song family, a clan that sells its daughters for wealth and status. Determined not to be sold as a concubine to an eighty-year-old man, she boldly climbs into the bed of the Imperial Uncle. Shen Yunzhou, the Imperial Uncle of the current dynasty, wields power across the court. Cold and ruthless, he is nicknamed “the Cat Who Leaves Nothing Behind.” He is bent on seizing power, a notorious treacherous minister known throughout the realm. He is also exceptionally 3.8kReads9.0Score48614d adds
- 97 Where Does the Cold Wind Go? 冷风归何处 Leng Luoluo should never have been born. She came into the world only because the eldest daughter of the Leng family, Leng Baozhu, needed a bone marrow match to save her life. With Old Master Leng's approval, the live-in son-in-law Bai Zuhui fathered a child with an ugly country woman, and that child, Leng Luoluo, was neglected by everyone. For eighteen years, she and the Leng family's mute maid, Auntie Wu, depended on each other for survival! A twist of fate led Old Master Leng to discover that 77Reads—Score414d adds
- 98 The Marquis and the Village Girl 侯爷与小村女 The Marquis and the Village Girl 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Rough-Hewn Scholar's Sweet Little Wife 糙秀才的软糯小娇妻 For Li Qian, an avid reader of old books, transmigrating isn’t unusual. What is unusual is that a woman who’s never been in a relationship now has a “scholar husband.” At their first meeting, Li Qian was moved to tears. The handsome, refined scholar husband she’d been promised was actually a rugged butcher with pig’s blood all over his hands! Li Mo watched his mother’s “capable” “foolish wife” get chased around the courtyard by a chicken, running and bawling the whole way. His expression grew ev 3.3kReads9.2Score37314d adds
- 100 With the System in Hand, the Poor Simpleminded Girl Makes Her People Rich and Her Country Strong 手握系统,贫家傻女使民富国强 [No Romance + Farming + System + Shop + Pocket Dimension + More] A doctor who saves lives transmigrates in her sleep after a night shift, only to become the eldest sister in a family so poor they can't even afford to eat. She'd also spent years acting like a fool. Why are there so many little radishes crowding around me? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... Good heavens, how many little brothers and sisters do I have?! The children are clamoring to be fed, but luckily, I have a System. Unl 633Reads8.9Score11014d adds

















































