Novels like Water Willow
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Water Willow, best match first.
- 1 By the Lotus-Picking Lake 采莲湖畔 [1980s | Rural Coal Mines | The Struggles of an Ordinary Man] In 1991, by the shores of Lianhua Lake in southern Shandong, Zheng Qiang grew up in the countryside. His father worked in the coal mines year-round, while his mother held the family together on her own. The mine's coal dust bore witness to his youth. After graduating from vocational school, he returned home to teach in a village. His meager salary left him facing a choice: Was staying behind in the countryside a way to repay his fami 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Three-Inch Golden Lilies 三寸金莲儿 The 1960s. In a dilapidated mansion in Northeast China, the Fan family had eight children, and Fan Jinlian'er became their only source of money. The girl with tiny bound feet supported the entire Fan family. To feed the whole household, Fan Jinlian'er became the family’s bargaining chip. They married her off again and again in exchange for bride prices. They didn’t care whether the groom was blind, lame, or an old man. As long as the betrothal gifts were generous enough, Fan Jinlian'er had to ma 121Reads—Score1414d adds
- 3 The Cowardly Old Madam Zeng Is Reborn 窝囊了一辈子的曾老太重生了 [An elderly woman reborn + 1980s + everyday family life + building a fortune + all-female family + no golden finger + no romance + character growth, not wish fulfillment] Seventy-six-year-old Zeng Yuying is reborn, back in the days just after her husband died, when all four of her daughters were still alive and well. In her previous life, she was weak-willed and indecisive. As soon as her husband died, her in-laws carried their luggage into her home. From then on, she never had another easy day, 528Reads6.4Score11314d adds
- 4 Little Stepmom Lihua: Defy Me and Fight 小妈黎花，不服就战 [Traditional period setting + remarriage + marriage first, love later] [Older male lead] [Ensemble cast] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [No golden finger] [Realistic life] Real life doesn’t follow the fast-paced rhythm of a wish-fulfillment novel. Every ordinary woman has a unique, fully realized personality of her own. At eighteen, Li Hua unexpectedly became a “temporary mother” to two children. Through the hardest years, she upheld her promise and raised Chen Wenbo’s two children on her own 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Seventy Years in a Northeastern Family 东北人家的七十年 Based on real events, with artistic embellishments. In these people, we see our grandparents’ generation, our parents’ generation, and ourselves. This story of striving on the black soil is filled with the resilience and wisdom of ordinary people in a momentous era. 1.7kReads8.2Score13114d adds
- 6 Life Afloat on the Riverbank 江岸浮生 [Contemporary realism + period chronicle + rural ensemble cast + women’s struggles] Spanning half a century of rural China, this book tells the story of three generations of women on the Jianghan Plain. Caught in the tides of history and the shackles of their families of origin, each struggles against fate in her own way and faces her inner demons, ultimately learning to live for herself. (I’m only here to tell the story as it is. I won’t give the characters perfect personalities. I’ll portray h 541Reads8.5Score10614d adds
- 7 The Victor Becomes King, the Loser a Bandit: The Story of Today 成王败寇话今朝 This book tells the story of three generations from the Chen and Liu families of Chenjiashan, Liuyang County, in northern Sichuan, from 1958 to 2007, tracing how their fortunes rose and fell amid the country’s development and changing times. Through the eyes of two ordinary families, it records the migration of people brought about by rural urbanization, beginning with the First Five-Year Plan. It recounts the course of reform, from the rural household responsibility system and the contracting o 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Reborn as a Little Blade of Grass 重生之俺是一颗小小草 Reborn, Tian Jincao refuses to be a dependent vine in the big city ever again. She kicks her trash ex to the curb and resolutely returns to the mountains, determined to help the girls there soar, leave the mountains behind, and see a wider world. To her surprise, the man she had loved in her past life has also been reborn. When they meet again years later, the first thing he asks is, “Will you marry me?” Tian Jincao answers, “Yes. I absolutely will!” In their previous life, the leads missed thei 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Northeastern China in 1979 1979年东北往事 In the late autumn of 1979, twenty-year-old Liu Xiaocui was sexually assaulted one night. The news spread through every village for miles. Her husband’s family called off the engagement, rumors ran wild, and everyone said she was “immoral,” “ruined by a man,” and “no longer pure.” In an era when a woman’s reputation was worth more than her life, something like this could make it seem as if her whole life was over. 5.8kReads7.1Score33314d adds
- 10 The Butcher's Fierce Wife Is My Third Sister-in-Law 卖肉悍妇是我三嫂 When Wang Xiuying was eighteen, she chased two men through the streets with a shoulder pole. Everyone in the village said she was too fierce. Who would dare marry her? And yet my useless third brother insisted on marrying her. On their wedding night, she laid down three rules: from now on, I make the decisions at home; don't let anyone bully you again; wherever I point, you hit. We all thought our third brother had married a tigress and that their life together would be impossible. But who could 986Reads—Score10514d adds
- 11 Women on the Wasteland 荒土上的女人 In the winter of 1985, Liu Shuhua married into the Zhao family. On the third day after the wedding, she flipped her father-in-law’s dining table and declared in front of the whole village, “My husband may be slow-witted, but from now on, I’m in charge of this family.” No one dared cross this sturdy, sharp-eyed shrew. But misfortune struck: her husband, Zhao Daqiang, was left paralyzed after a truck accident while hauling goods. Creditors blocked the door, her brother-in-law stole her belongings 175Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 12 Rooted in the Countryside 根在乡土里 Rooted in the Countryside tells its story through a village in Lingnan where everyone shares the same surname. It weaves together vivid accounts of ancestral halls, grand ancestral rites, wedding customs, funeral rituals, religious beliefs, education, rural revitalization, clan elders giving back to their communities, and the continued revision of genealogies. With delicate detail, it portrays the many ways traditional clan culture is passed down, showing how these cultural roots, deeply embedde 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Loves of Women 女人们的爱情 Women’s Love: Family Memories Across Time is a long-form work of documentary fiction by Hen Jiangyin. Based on true stories from the author’s own family and enriched by extensive interviews with local people, it focuses on the Zhang, Xia, and Li families, vividly tracing the lives of the four Li sisters, the six Xia siblings, and the three Zhang brothers. Their stories are full of twists and turns and deeply moving moments, leaving a lasting impression. The women’s love stories are especially st 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Flowers Born of the Earth 土生花 The land is silent, yet it can hold all the hardships endured by three generations. On the barren yellow earth, three generations of women are pressed into the mud by fate, bound hand and foot by patriarchy, and slowly tortured by life. They have no choices and nowhere to turn. They don’t even dare to cry aloud. All they can do is endure the darkness, bear the despair, and keep going through days that have been ground to dust, sustained by sheer will. Yang Jinlian is deaf and stutters. All her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Jiang Xiaohua 姜晓花 In the bitter winter of 1976, Jiang Xiaohua was sixteen. Her family had almost nothing; her father was gravely ill, her mother weak-willed, and her younger brother still a child. Desperate for food, she was forced into a bride swap and nearly sold off, struggling on the brink of life and death before finally marrying into the Chen family, the most quarrelsome and favoritism-ridden family around. Her sisters-in-law ostracized her, her mother-in-law mistreated her, her husband stumbled, her childr 866Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Waiting for the College Entrance Exam in 1977 我在一九七七等高考 Every transmigrator can make a good life for themselves in the era they transmigrate to. But Li Chen couldn't. After transmigrating from the future to 1977, he couldn't adapt to the living conditions of the time. By passing the college entrance exam, he secured the means to keep living in that era. Drawing on his knowledge of how history would unfold, he made his life better and better. Yet from beginning to end, he could never fully fit into that era. When time finally brought him to the era he 275Reads6.5Score3414d adds
- 17 Tales from the Northeast: Outwitting My Wicked Mother-in-Law 东北往事：和恶婆婆斗智斗勇 This is a true story. In it are the faces of our parents' generation, our childhood, our friends, our youth, and all the years we've lived through. 701Reads—Score10114d adds
- 18 Tales of Xizhou in the 1980s 80年代西州往事 This is a story about youth, and a story about growing up. It is filled with passionate brotherhood, the innocent love of childhood sweethearts, clashes of steel in the streets and alleys, and the struggles and choices people face in the tides of a changing era. Most importantly, it captures the warmth unique to that time: the unreserved sincerity between people, a purity that seems almost like a luxury today. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 She's Worth Less Than Rice 她比米贱 That year, in exchange for a sack of millet, Yu Xiaofeng's parents promised her to the simple-minded son of the Liu family in the neighboring village. It was a rural village in northern China during the famine years of the last century. The stove was taller than she was. In the bitter winter, she smashed ice to wash clothes, her hands covered in chilblains that festered with pus. She didn't dare cry aloud. At seventeen, she was made to share a bed with Dazhu. He knew nothing, and tied her to a c 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Village Chief, Don't Mess with Me 村长，别来惹我 Liang Yuzhen is a widow in the village, beautiful and kindhearted. The village chief is a local bully, but seeing that Liang Yuzhen has no man to rely on, he often stops by to help her with whatever he can, putting on a show of being a good Samaritan. 86Reads7.1Score1614d adds
- 21 A Ridiculous Love Debt 荒唐情债 Traditional period setting + realistic daily life + family and village affairs + ensemble cast In 1985, Yang Yun was already a married woman, yet she lived a life purer than a blank sheet of paper. Her new husband already had an old flame, and the woman was well into her forties. Faced with such a disgrace, Yang Yun had to fight back while staying on guard against the village men with ulterior motives. The seemingly peaceful little mountain village had long been seething beneath the surface, hid 40kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 22 Whose Youth Is Without Scars? 谁的青春不带伤 In the eighties and nineties, I was a child too. I went from being confused and bewildered to a rebellious teenager, from a student whose ideals shone bright to a laborer struggling through hardship. Friendships faded and were forgotten; my first love left a deep mark before ending in heartbreak. Being young means constantly growing up. 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Smoke from the Kitchen Rises Like a Blade 炊烟如刀 Wu Dasheng keeps having one child after another, all for the sake of having a son who can avenge him, even in an era when family planning is a basic national policy... Wu Tong is called a bastard and a son of a bitch from childhood. Zhao Sanxing always stands up for him, but the villagers’ gossip inflicts deep wounds on the young boy’s heart... 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Wading Across the River of Life 趟过人生河 Ren Tianxing was born into humble circumstances, yet he defied the odds. Hoping to change his lot in life, he endured hardship after hardship... only to be left with regrets... This novel pays tribute to all those who spend years away from home, working to support their families. You work so hard. Like all of you, the protagonist Ren Tianxing lives far from home, drifting and wandering through a life at the very bottom, yet he keeps striving... —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 26 My Mother, Wang Juzhen 俺娘王菊珍 [Based on real life + hardship + historical era + the struggles and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This is not a feel-good power fantasy. The protagonist of this book is my beloved and respected great-grandmother, a poor old woman who struggled through the surging tide of an era. Wang Juzhen never had an easy life. Her parents starved to death while fleeing famine, her own sister sold her for a mouthful of grain, and a landlord lusted after her. Only Wang Long gave her 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Capable Village Belle and Her Good-for-Nothing Live-In Son-in-Law 能干村花和她的窝囊倒插门 Zhao Hua is the capable, no-nonsense village beauty of Taiping Village. She supports her family with a small shop, while her adoptive parents hope she'll marry a man who can support them in their old age. A scandalous affair involving a potential match ruins the marriage prospects outright. Unable to find a man willing to marry into her family, she chooses the impoverished Li boy who lives behind her house. His family is buried in debt, he's timid by nature and always lowers his head when troubl 3.8kReads—Score12414d adds
- 28 Smoke and Fire in the Northern Lands 北国烟火事 The winter of 2000 in Northeast China. He was Wang Jianjun, a laborer at the bottom of society, covered in dust but full of sincerity. She was Liu Jiajia, radiant and determined, from a well-off family. One chance meeting, and a love neither dared to hope for. Their families were worlds apart. Their relatives pressured them to marry, and reality weighed heavily on them. Forced apart, they loved each other with all their hearts but could only let go in pain. He swallowed his grievances and fought 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Mismatched Marriage in the 1970s: The Factory Director Spoils Me Rotten 七零错嫁，被厂长宠上天 [Period setting, marriage first and love later, devoted husband, everyday life] To escape her suffocating stepfather's home, Lin Zijing volunteered to go to the countryside. Her mother gave her a thorough scolding, then found her a blind date. But her stepsister happened to overhear and swooped in to steal the match. Unaware of what had happened, Lin Zijing went on a blind date with someone who shared the same name as the man she'd originally been set up with. Only after they got their marriage 9.5kReads7.2Score81714d adds
- 30 A Country Bumpkin’s Triumphant Comeback 山村匹夫强势逆袭 [Period] [Mountain Village] [Daily Life] [Realistic] [Comeback] Everyone says coptis root is bitter, but his childhood was even more bitter. A mountain village, a beautiful young widow, and a boy: together, they write a new chapter in their fates. 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 What the Village Beauty Can't Say 村花不能说的事 The village beauty is the dream goddess all the men in the village adore. What secrets will she experience after she gets married, the kind no one can talk about? She's so beautiful. Will married life bring her happiness and bliss? 1.6kReads6.6Score12414d adds
- 32 The Misfortunes of Zhang the Elder 悲催的张老大 The Tragic Tale of Zhang Laoda is a realist period novel that vividly portrays the midlife struggles of the post-1980s generation. The story follows Zhang Laoda, a typical man from the bottom of society: hardworking and kind, but timid and long-winded. He spends his whole life laboring for his family, only to end up abandoned by everyone and consumed by endless sorrow. The novel opens in the autumn of 2018. At a construction-site canteen stinging with the smell of diesel, Zhang Laoda receives a 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Uncle's Prequel 老舅前传 Cui Guoming had just graduated from college. His father told him to find a job, but he spent his time aimlessly messing around. One time, he went drinking with Guo Dapao and was beaten half to death by a gang of punks. Luckily, the Three Heroes of Lucheng found him and rescued him. To repay them, Cui Guomin introduced his older sister, Cui Dahong, to Huo Dongfeng, the leader of the trio. But Dahong was unwilling. Later, when a punk named Ermei gave her a hard time, Huo Dongfeng came to her rescu 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 My Husband Cheated, So I Swapped Husbands with His Mistress to Change Our Fates 老公出轨，我和小三换夫改命 A new novel currently being serialized, with its rating just posted! [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Period setting + remarriage + devoted husband + marriage first, love later] [Some ensemble cast elements] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [Realistic everyday life] In the height of summer in 1977, Xu Nan, a temporary worker at a machinery factory, caught her husband, Cheng Peng, having an affair with Liang Yan Min, an employee at the same factory. To protect his reputation and prospects, Cheng 16.7kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 35 Lotus Shadows over the Capital 莲影京华 Village beauty Shi Cailian has had a life bitter enough to pickle vegetables, but she's blessed with a face of unparalleled beauty. Educated youth Wan Changce falls for her at first sight and takes the college entrance exam four times. When the results come out, Shi Cailian has just fallen out with her biased family, so she packs her bags and goes with him to make it in the capital. He studies hard and becomes a top student, while she uses her beauty to land a secure job at the Friendship Store. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn in the Northeast: Whatever, Let It Be! 东北重生之爱咋咋地！ [Northeastern period comedy + reborn + making a fortune + pure period fiction] (It’s just a fun, feel-good comedy. Get ready to laugh and don’t worry about anything else.) In his previous life, Hao Jian was hopelessly devoted to Zhang Qi. Then he was injured and became a eunuch! Zhang Qi suddenly married him, and he was endlessly grateful to her! In Hao Jian’s hospital room, just before he died: “Honey, I’m sorry I can’t be with you for the rest of your life. After I’m gone, find someone who’ 160Reads—Score1914d adds
- 37 I Transmigrate to Join the Army, and My Officer Husband Is Overjoyed 穿越去随军，军官丈夫乐开了花 A devoted couple, one-on-one romance, sweet and affectionate, no pocket dimension, a slow and steady pace, and a warm, cozy story! Ji Mingzhu transmigrated from a prosperous golden age to the poor and backward 1960s. The gulf between the two eras was so great that she could barely accept it. She pinched herself. It didn’t hurt at all, so this had to be a dream. Her father, Ji, who got pinched, said, “...!” A layabout father, a frail mother, and a broken family. Ji Mingzhu was at a loss and wante 456Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Widow in Name Only! The Neighboring Roughneck Has His Eye on Her 活守寡！邻家糙汉馋上她 [Rural life in the 1980s, realism, ensemble cast, family squabbles, building a better life] Adapted from real events, this story is set in a small village in southern Henan in the 1980s. Pretty Li Chuntao is married off in her brother's place to a “living corpse,” becoming overnight the “living widow” everyone whispers about behind her back. Just as her life seems like a stagnant pool, a rough-hewn man barges into it. Family ties bind her hand and foot, while her growing feelings are a fire sh 33Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 39 The Neon Lights of the 1980s 80年代的烟火 The Firelight of the 1980s On summer nights in the 1980s, fireflies swarmed through the grass in the factory workers’ housing compound. Children chased crickets with glass jars, loaches caught in the ditch thrashed in enamel basins, and wind-up tin frogs went clack-clack in circles. These rustic pleasures were so vivid that children of later generations could never quite grasp them, even when they heard the stories. Deep in Qiuju’s drawer lay the silver tweezers he had sent her through someone 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始 In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Xue Mei's Story 雪梅的故事 Bare, barren loess hills. Ravines and ridges wind their way into the distance. This is where the story’s heroine, Xuemei, spent her childhood, grew into a shy young woman, and endured until she became a mature wife. She works hard, cultivating this poor yellow earth, and sings the praises of the diligence and simplicity of rural women in the new era. 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Period: I Bound Myself to a System That Meddles in Everyone's Business 年代：我绑定了多管闲事系统 People transmigrate every year. This year, it happened to be my turn. Li Xiang never dreamed he’d hit the jackpot and transmigrate to the 1960s, becoming Li Xiangbei, the village’s notorious little troublemaker. A shabby house, ragged clothes, and food that scraped his throat: he begged every god in the heavens to let him go home. If he couldn’t go home, couldn’t they at least give him a golden finger? And so he really did get one. He ought to have been thrilled, but what was this “Mind Your 224Reads7.1Score10814d adds
- 44 Reborn in the 1970s: After Divorcing, I Cleared Out My In-Laws’ Home and Went to the Countryside 重生七零：离婚搬空婆家去下乡 [1970s Setting, Rebirth Power Fantasy, Spirit Spring Space, Making a Fortune, Miracle Doctor, Revenge] Synopsis: On the sixteenth day of her marriage, Xiao Mandong grabbed a thermos full of boiling water and smashed it over her cheating husband and widowed sister-in-law on the bed! In her previous life, she had given everything to support the Lu family, only to have her child switched, her loved ones die tragically, and herself left to die alone with terminal lung cancer. Reborn, she refused to 5.4kReads6.5Score60214d adds
- 45 The 1980s: I Married the Right Divorced Man, with Meat and Grain Filling Our Home 八零：嫁对二婚郎，肉满缸粮满仓 Not reborn + not transmigrated + everyday family life + a fiercely protective stepmother (male lead is not a virgin; female lead is). In the 1980s, in the Su family’s humble home, Su Tang is branded the village’s most sharp-tongued “old maid” at twenty-eight, after putting off marriage years earlier to support her younger brother’s education. Su Tang is tough yet resilient. She keeps chickens and rabbits in the same courtyard and lives with quiet dignity, while secretly longing for warmth. Yu Mi 1.8kReads7.3Score15314d adds
- 46 Dreams of the Green Fields 绿野梦 In a turbulent era, Zhao Gen, who had gone away to train as a mason, brought home a beautiful wife named Yanli. A compulsive gambler, he abandoned her without a word. With no one to rely on, Yanli learned all kinds of farm work just to survive. One day, while gathering firewood deep in the mountains, she met with an accident and was rescued by Chun Gen, a man with an ugly face. Zhao Gen remained missing for years. Out of gratitude, Yanli and Chun Gen eventually got together. Just as they were se 35Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 47 I Crossed Time and Space to See You 穿过时空来看你 A girl who hates studying transmigrates into the family of an ordinary farming household in a small town in the 1990s. Her family is kind, and they all get along well. Unwilling to spend her life in the countryside, she insists on going to the city to find work. She cherishes her job, meets all kinds of interesting people, and finds love. She and Liu Qi dream of a bright future and are determined to put down roots and build a life in the city. Her father's sudden death casts a shadow over the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Shufen, You Four-Times-Married Woman 淑芬，你这个四嫁女人 [Based on real events + Rural revitalization + Hardship + Countryside + The struggle and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This isn’t a feel-good story. It’s a true story. Shufen’s surname was Zhao. Zhao Shufen. She was my great-great-grandmother. My great-grandmother lived boldly and did as she pleased, sometimes even making a real mess of things. She married four times and traveled far and wide. She ran a business, fled famine, ate Guanyin clay, and took up arms! Life k 1.2kReads—Score10414d adds
- 49 Old Huang and Old Hei 老黄与老黑 [Period Drama] [Countryside] [Married Life] Set in the early 1980s, this novel tells the story of four families, the Lins, Wangs, Lius, and Chens, in an unremarkable village on the Loess Plateau in the Great Northwest. They scheme and struggle against one another, while brothers and sisters-in-law within each clan bear their own grudges and grievances. But it is better to resolve enmity than let it fester. Lin Junjie is the first young man in the village to get into college, bringing honor to th 56Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 50 After Kicking Out My Scumbag Husband, I Became the War King’s Most Cherished One 踹开渣夫后，我成兵王心尖宠 [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Military Marriage + Light Ensemble Cast + Reborn + No Golden Finger] [Bold, Spirited Go-Getter + Devoted, Straightforward Man] Everyone in Xingping Village had heard the news: Chai Yubing, the youngest daughter of the Chai family, who had been cherished beyond measure, was dating a self-employed businessman who had served time in jail. Those who were jealous of the Chais, resented them, or were on bad terms with them were secretly waiting for the family to 1.3kReads8.4Score13714d adds
