Novels like The Prodigious Scholar’s 39th Book
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- 101 Reborn, Yet Still Unable to Resist 重生，依然无法抗拒 [A solemn statement from the author] This is a fictional work set in a bygone era. All characters and events are artistic inventions. Any portrayals of historical figures or events are imaginative, entertainment-oriented speculation based on publicly available information, and do not constitute factual statements. They have no connection to any real people or events. Please do not assume otherwise. 1.7kReads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Apocalypse: I Have Infinite Lives in the Land of Divine Punishment 末世：我在神罚之地无限复活 Infinite flow, apocalypse, deadly games, ensemble cast, mind games, suspense and brainteasers, ruthless protagonist, resurrection and rebirth, no dumbed-down characters, no saintly heroine. A group of ordinary people are trapped in an apocalyptic wasteland, said to be a land of divine punishment and surrounded by walls a thousand meters high. Deadly games lurk here, survival resources are desperately scarce, natural disasters strike without warning, and they must fight monsters to stay alive. Wh 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Muggle Esper Squad 麻瓜御能团 Noble heirs with brains and looks, gifted elites locked in a battle of wits. Alongside the thrilling competitions, there are plenty of funny everyday moments. Beneath the twists and turns of the plot lie reflections on life. At times it's gripping, at others laugh-out-loud funny. A knowing smile will leave you with something to ponder. Ensemble cast + youthful passion + coming of age Lighthearted + no angst + a touch of romance Four main characters: two men and two women Wild imagination + no S 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Police Chief’s Shocking Crackdown on Organized Crime 公安局长惊天扫黑大案 Han Shuang arrives in Changhu City and takes up her new post. On her very first day, the heiress of Changhu Group dies under mysterious circumstances, and a forensic examiner carrying evidence climbs into a restricted area, their fate unknown. Wu Gang hides a blade behind his smile. Deputy Director Gou Jianxiao sets traps at every turn, while the three great families are entangled in a web of influence. With two capable women at her side, Han Shuang steps into this isolated city woven from power 6.4kReads7.5Score32414d adds
- 105 Reborn, I Turn My Fate Around with the System of Noncontention 重生归来，我凭不争系统扭转死局 Reborn on the eve of the palace banquet, Su Wanyuan's fingertips brushed against the secret drug hidden in the lining of her gown. In her previous life, she was tricked into making a scene, lost her reputation, and saw her entire family executed. This time, she stayed calm, waiting to tear away her half-sister's gentle facade in front of everyone at the banquet. Before the trouble had even settled, a wooden token etched with a whirlpool pattern led her to a decades-old secret plot involving a 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Tale of Picking Dew 拾露传 Chen Yaoniang’s dream: Handsome men all around, massaging her shoulders and pounding her back! So much money she could bury several graves with what she couldn’t spend. With one grand sweep of her hand, she’d command the room. If she wanted someone dead by the second watch, then even being a single breath late would be disrespectful to her~~ Chen Yaoniang’s reality: Not enough clothes or food, the sky for a roof and the earth for a bed, with people chasing her and beating her from behind. If she 1.6kReads9.0Score25014d adds
- 107 The Untamed Power Broker 野生权臣 [New book, the score is just starting out and will go up!! Don't leave!!] [Two powerful leads + sweet romance + queen trains her dog + ambitious cast + historical court intrigue] [One-on-one + characters who speak their minds + alternate world + mutual flirting between two powerful leads + intense push and pull] [Rational, scheming female minister × rebellious, unrestrained hound] A modern office worker with brain cancer transmigrates into a frail orphan in Nanli. Her father is dead, s 14Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 108 The Twelve Divine Guns of the Nation: Follow Me into Battle and Slay the Ghosts 护国十二神枪，请随我踏阵斩鬼 “The Ghost King is dead! Follow me into the formation and slay the ghosts!” High-octane action from the start + invincible male lead + ghost suppression + no System In Great Xia, a hundred ghosts run rampant! The endless night descends, and the supernatural awakens! To defend against the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts, humanity built four fortified war passes to hold back the paranormal phenomena known as “Gates.” Those tasked with fighting these supernatural entities established an organizati 344Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Xu Fei's Wild Life 徐飞的浪荡人生 Just after the Lunar New Year, Xu Fei returns with a simple pack to the small northern city where he was born and raised, after three years away. He'd planned to find any wife and settle down to an ordinary life, but fate has other plans. He is pushed onto a path unlike any other, and begins a life far from ordinary. 780Reads6.7Score11114d adds
- 110 A Murder Buried at the Waterworks for Twenty Years 水厂埋凶二十年 Twenty years ago, in the autumn at the Xichang Waterworks in Qingcheng, three people vanished one after another, leaving no trace, dead or alive. Police officer Qi Xiaojun pursued the lead for half his life, only to be forced out by fate just as he was about to reach the truth. Zhang Youfei, the young factory director, once loved a woman named Jinhua deeply, but he had no idea how many secrets her silence concealed. Twenty years later, another person disappears from the Xichang Waterworks. Sick 4.2kReads8.5Score41814d adds
- 111 The Texas Underworld 德州江湖 A tale of hooligans in Dezhou, Shandong, China? No. A tale of gangsters in Texas, USA? No. Texas hold 'em? Getting warmer. There are no miraculous gambling skills, no tense showdowns at the poker table, and no underdog comeback story. All there is is a poker table and the assortment of people around it: cops, businessmen, spies, brothers, high-ranking officials, lovers, and lowlifes. The worlds of money, power, loyalty, and love are all deadly. They aren't gambling on cards. They're gambling on 343Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 2000: From Paper Seller to CEO in Three Years 2000：卖纸大专生三年成总裁 In 2000, Jiang Yanzhou, a penniless drifter in Beijing, built Xin Gan Xian from the ground up by selling printer paper and supplies. A formidable rival, Ji Ke Gou, wielded its capital to crush him, launching price wars, playing tricks on customers, and applying pressure from every direction. Time and again, Jiang was pushed to the brink. He broke through one obstacle after another by focusing on service and building a supply chain. His counterattack in the court of public opinion gained momentum —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Who Can Afford to Practice Martial Arts? I'm Off to Chop Wood 没钱修什么武，我砍树去了 [Urban] [High Martial] [Plot-driven] [No female lead] Twenty years after the spiritual qi revival, martial arts have become the latest luxury for the elite. Tuition at a martial arts university is 880,000 yuan, and ordinary universities have followed suit, raising theirs to 188,000 yuan. Are poor people unfit to study or practice martial arts? Chen Liang tossed aside his admission letter to an ordinary university, picked up the axe his father left behind, and headed for the Black Mist Forest, a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Apocalypse: The Long Road Home 末世：漫漫回家路 On his way to work, Li Jiqiu unexpectedly transmigrates to another world. Instead of welcoming him with beautiful foreign scenery, it greets him with a disaster beyond imagination, strange and terrifying in the extreme. In an instant, the world is turned upside down, and all of humanity is pushed to the brink of life and death. Here, there is no System or golden finger, no flashy supernatural powers at his disposal. He's of average physical ability, has no extraordinary fighting skills, and lack 4.5kReads8.9Score38014d adds
- 115 San Francisco Blood Prison: My Husband Is Hiding Evidence of Three Clans' Massacre 旧金山血牢：我丈夫藏着三族灭门证据 San Francisco Blood Prison: My Husband Is Hiding Evidence of the Massacre of Three Clans —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Mysterious Pry Marks 神秘的撬痕 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 772Reads8.4Score10514d adds
- 118 Heaven-Defying Demon Mirror 逆天魔镜 [No transmigration, no System, ruthless and decisive] Zhong Li, a descendant of Zhong Kui, is framed and turned into a corpse puppet. After his bloodline awakens and activates a magic mirror, he rises from the Ashen Lands of the Demon Realm and carves a path through the worlds of immortals and demons... [Demonic world, survival of the fittest, brutally frank, demonic cultivation, immortal cultivation, the Immortal Way, golden finger magic mirror, golden finger, a world-shaking scheme, all-out co 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Chaos at Green Mountain 青山乱 [Historical transmigration + high-martial-arts world + power struggles and passion + war-era romance + mature, trope-defying + high quality, no fixed heroine] Original title: Green Mountains in Turmoil 1: From Death to Life (The turbulent life of the heaven-chosen one. A slow-burn, growth-oriented male lead. Deliberately paced, not a power fantasy. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.) My wish came true!!! A retired assassin dies, his soul vanishing, then transmigrates to another world. His gre 41Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 120 Blossoming Where the Ice Lies 向冰封处绽放 (Rising from the Bottom + Cross-Border Business Rivalry + Hard-Core Legal Drama) This novel is ideal for professionals and students in business, law, and the worlds of finance, investment banking, and consulting. It tells an idealistic yet realistic story about young people today and contemporary Chinese companies. The business rivalries and legal elements are highly technical, while the emotional relationships are restrained and true to life for adults. It may take some effort to get into, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Paradox Verification System: I'm the Bug in the World of Rules 悖论校验系统：我是规则世界的BUG Paradox Verification System: I’m a Bug in the World of Rules 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 [Ensemble Cast] [Anti-Cheat System] [Political Intrigue] [Slow Burn, Not a Power Fantasy] [No Stereotypical Characters] [Cerebral Battles] [A Half-Classical, Half-Colloquial Style, Not for Everyone] (Revised through Chapter 39 of Volume 2. Later chapters will be updated in due course.) Thermodynamics applies in this book. You cannot replenish your mana endlessly. Any method of increasing one's power will gradually be discovered by others over time, leading to diminishing returns until the benefi 48.8kReads9.5Score8.7k14d adds
- 123 The Final Hunt in Ten Days 十日终猎 A new work is here! Welcome to read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Funeral Parlor Owner's Son Becomes a Forensic Doctor Just to Lie Flat 冥店之子当法医，只为躺平 You can talk to ghosts about human relationships and social niceties, but you can't reason with people, because people are often scarier than ghosts. When dealing with conflicts between ghosts and people, you don't always have to side with the living. Those who have done wrong don't deserve help. The so-called Five Disadvantages and Three Deficiencies aren't a fate that comes with being a cultivator. They only befall cultivators who help people do evil. Some jobs aren't hard because of the work 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Messiah Game 弥撒亚游戏 [No Female Lead · No System · No Golden Finger · A Genuine Triple-No Story] [Anti-Trope · Infinite Flow · Everyone’s Gone Crazy · A Doomsday Gods’ Gamble] Losing your job is bad enough, but when you’re down on your luck, who’d have thought a game would show up before a six-yuan meal deal? Hu Li stared at the madman in black holding a two-meter-long watermelon knife and forcing him to choose between joining the game or getting hacked to death on the spot. He fell silent. “So you’re saying that 13.9kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 126 The Lane House 2: A Difficult Road 小巷人家2艰难之路 Zhuang Tunan injured his leg working overtime during the New Year holiday, then accompanied his parents back to the old alley. Li Jia wanted to stay by his side, but her family was always against it. Lin Dongzhe finally made something of himself and became a boss, while Zhuang Xiaoting returned to the alley pregnant. To prove himself, Zhuang Tunan started selling books and newspapers at the entrance to the alley, and tutored the neighborhood children on the side. Life was comfortable enough, but 15.3kReads6.7Score34614d adds
- 127 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
- 128 Sequence Convoy Survival: The Exiles Have No Destination 序列车队求生：流亡者没有终点 [Apocalypse Escape + Potion Sequences + Highway Survival + Convoys + System] [Slow-paced + Heavy on worldbuilding] The Abyssal Ruins descended, and the world entered the apocalypse. As people fled endlessly, everything became precious: food, water, clothing, firewood, vehicles... People huddled together for warmth, yet schemed against one another. Even amid destruction, there was hope. Sequence Awakened, anchored by all living beings, gave humanity a glimmer of hope. The Guild Path, the Soldier 851Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 129 Shh, Please Be Quiet 嘘，请噤声 [Infinite Flow + Suspense + Horror, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] Chen Heng was going to die. Suffering from brain cancer, he had only three months left to live. But just as he gave up on treatment, he was unexpectedly swept into the so-called [Gods' Game], a game that promised to grant anyone's wish. It was an endless slaughter, and each round of the game could have only one winner. Why am I called a [Contender] when this is clearly a [Game]? Whose game is this? And who is watching us from behi 505Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 130 After Being Reborn, the Mad Beauty Crushes the Powerful and Claims the Throne 疯批美人重生后，脚踩资本成王 [A subtle entertainment-industry backdrop + spy games and mind games] [Reborn | Unhinged beauty | Strong heroine | Love triangle | Revenge | Extreme push and pull | Polite scoundrel | Top-tier star actor | Love triangle | Possessive] In her previous life, the polished scoundrel of an actor treated her like a doll, personally raising her to the heights of fame before brutally casting her down. He used her, drained her dry, and finally sent her to her death with his own hands. Reborn, she return 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Suspicious Homicide Cases: A Police Chief's Major Crimes Notebook 悬疑凶案：公安局长重案手记 An assassination attempt targeting the county magistrate ends with the accidental killing of the only daughter of Qingjiang's richest man. After five years as strangers, the husband and wife join forces again following their daughter's tragic death. The mother launches a forceful counterattack in politics, while the father brings the full weight of his business empire to bear. They swear to make the killers pay in blood. To crack the case, the female God of War Lu Qingshuang is parachuted into t 44.8kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 132 Shadows All Around 暗影重重 [Criminal Investigation] [Mystery and Deduction] [Murder-Mystery Game] [Romantic Suspense] [Strong Leads Clash] [Social Realism] [A Cross-Section of Humanity] Some lose the love of their life. Some commit murder in a fit of passion to protect the person they love. Some hurt everyone around them in the name of love. Some are willing to give up everything in pursuit of a little light and warmth! This is a tribute to Keigo Higashino. The writing is delicate, the emotions profound! The plot is tight 674Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 133 Department of Paranormal Investigations 神秘事件调查处 The Secret Incident Investigation Bureau, Book One As a child, Zhuge Yun was struck by lightning and branded with a thunder rune. During an archaeological excavation, he accidentally awakened the thunder element within himself. After joining the Ninth Division, under the Huaxia government’s secret agency, Bureau 749, Zhuge Yun and his teammates handled all kinds of supernatural incidents. The mysterious Poyang Lake Delta, ghost soldiers crossing the land, resurrected terracotta warriors in the M 4.4kReads8.4Score23214d adds
- 134 The Hidden Actor of Lin'an 临安戏隐 [Me, a spoiled good-for-nothing: it’s all an act] After being reborn as the son of a Southern Song military officer, Zhang Ziyan decides to lie flat and make trouble for his father as a career. He raises fighting cocks, walks his dogs, and spends money like water. Lin’an City knows him as a complete waste of space. Everyone laughs at him: “Other than having a good father, what can you even do?” But they don’t know that... The imperial wine Jade Pot Spring is his creation, and its sky-high profit 173Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 135 A Good-for-Nothing with No Soul, I Am the Wolf Clan's Saintess of Ten Thousand Years 废柴无魂，我是狼族万年圣女 A good-for-nothing with no soul: I am the Wolf Clan's Saintess of Ten Thousand Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Phoenix Strategy 凤策 The Kunlun divine veins hold the Six Kingdoms in check, while the rules of the Divine Palace conceal deadly traps. A researcher of ancient civilizations transmigrates as Zhao Yan, a dissolute prince. With the phoenix as his wings and strategy as his blade, he rises against all odds to the throne and rules the world. 103Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 137 Dark Academia Life 黑暗系的校园生活 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Officialdom and Human Nature 官场与人性 The Woman Who Studied the Art of War: Born in the countryside to an ordinary family, the heroine starts out as a hotel lobby manager. By studying the art of war in depth and making full use of her intelligence and abilities, she fights bravely and ultimately transforms her life in spectacular fashion. Along the way, she displays extraordinary courage and perseverance, taking readers on an inspiring, legendary journey from obscurity to success. 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Tale of Rising Dust 起尘记 A traditional, slow-paced xianxia novel. This is my first book, and I don't have an established fan base yet, so the rating is a little low. It's definitely a good novel, and I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it. It offers a fresh take on the world of cultivation. A young man from a mountain village steps into the world of cultivation alone. Thanks to a unique opportunity, he follows an equally unique path of cultivation. Relying on no sect, he proceeds cautiously, step by step, forging his own path 18.6kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 140 A White Lily in a New Body Sends the City's Powerful into a Panic 魂穿：全城大佬恐慌的小白花来了 A gangster heir's soul transmigrates into a young, naive female college student. Should she keep enjoying her "shameless" life, or turn over a new leaf and become a well-rounded young person? This is a very important, very serious decision that goes against everything her ancestors stood for. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 A Bandit in Late Ming China: My First Heist Was Sun Chuanting 在明末当山贼第一次就抢了孙传庭 While traveling, Zhou Yan's mind wandered for a moment, and he found himself in the eighth year of the Chongzhen era of the Ming Dynasty. Forced to become a bandit, he never expected the first person he robbed to be Sun Chuanting, the last pillar of the Ming Empire. With Zhou Yan's arrival, will the crumbling Han dynasty still fall? Will Sun Chuanting, whose death was said to mark the fall of the Ming, still die in battle at Tong Pass? Will Lu Xiangsheng, praised as a once-in-a-generation talent 69.2kReads8.6Score7.8k14d adds
- 142 Hero of the Dark Night 暗夜行侠 [Disaster + political thriller + vigilante justice + spies + national destiny] When those in power can’t change the status quo, can fighting violence with violence break the deadlock? Local councilor Zhou Qingshan knows his district like the back of his hand, but accidentally discovers that the city has another government operating in the shadows! Zhou Qingshan’s heiress girlfriend is murdered by a mysterious intelligence agency, but the police close the case almost immediately. Zhou begins to s 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 A Nobody's Rise Begins with an Acceptance Letter 草根逆袭从录取通知书开始 As Heaven moves with vigor, a gentleman strives tirelessly to improve himself; as Earth is broad and steadfast, a gentleman bears all things with great virtue. At eighteen, a poor country boy from the mountains got into college with a stroke of luck. Through sheer grit and relentless hard work, he endured and overcame one hardship after another: poverty, hunger, a weak educational foundation, contempt from others, and misunderstandings from his superiors. Though he completed four years of colleg 5.7kReads8.8Score42714d adds
- 144 A Record of Infidelity 出轨纪实录 If you enjoy the book, please leave a five-star review to help boost its rating. A high score is the only way to get recommended by the platform, and your support can help more people avoid marital traps. Love you all! Twelve real-life marital nightmares. No golden finger, just true accounts of ordinary people trapped in desperate situations by betrayal. This 1.5-million-character nonfiction chronicle of marital exploitation invents no dramatic comeback stories. The cases are all based on real 8.2kReads6.4Score37514d adds
- 145 This Cultivator Is Rather Cunning 这个修士有点心计 This story focuses on schemes, suspense, and plot twists. If you enjoy this style, dive right in with confidence. Her family is wiped out, a bounty is placed on her head, and she is hunted down. She moves among the great clans, repeatedly teetering between life and death. When talent falls short, cunning makes up the difference. So what if I’m only at the Qi Refining stage? I can still scheme a Golden Core cultivator to death. So what if I have a crippled spiritual root? I can still join a major 105Reads6.9Score914d adds
- 146 After Seeing a Dragon in the Dorm, I Became an Intern at 749 宿舍见龙后，我成749实习生了 Li Xiao transmigrates to a parallel world and, from the start, sees a dragon in his dormitory and photographs the legendary Dragon King. As a result, he's locked up in a psychiatric hospital for two and a half years. After getting out, he assumes it was all in his imagination. But when he arrives at university, he discovers that there are all sorts of nonhuman creatures around him. Is the university haunted or something? Fortunately, he awakens a System. By capturing or killing unidentified cr 14.7kReads7.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 147 EN Doomsday: Sequence Escape, from the Start with a Refrigerated Truck 末日：序列逃亡，开局一辆冷链车 [A haunted apocalypse + migration and escape + intelligence System + sequences + group leader] Su Chen awakens an intelligence System and learns about the apocalypse in advance. He takes possession of his company's refrigerated truck and sets off on the run with his younger sister. The apocalypse arrives, and disasters, supernatural horrors, and ferocious beasts spread across the land. Some people build bases, only to attract more and more beasts and horrors until their defenses are overrun. Onl 8.3kReads5.2Score47614d adds
- 148 The Common Man's Comeback 匹夫的逆袭 A veteran cop with a terminal illness makes one last stand. A private detective will stop at nothing for baby formula and mortgage payments. And a mysterious killer who refuses to stay dead is closing in. All three parties are after an older man and a young girl living in a rental on the outskirts of the city. On the evening before a torrential storm, everyone stands at a crossroads of fate. Who is an ally, and who is an enemy? Should they accept their deaths, or turn the tables against all odds 36.3kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds
- 149 Rigid Justice 刻板正义 If you were born to be humanity’s savior, destined to sacrifice yourself, would you accept your mission? [Great Calamities] are extinction-level natural disasters that occur every few years: tsunamis, meteorites, swarms of insects, collapsing stars. Only the most powerful superhuman, known as [Justice], can end them by offering up their life. Against this backdrop, humanity has developed all kinds of unique social systems, and the world’s balance of power and relations between nations have bec 630Reads8.6Score10614d adds
- 150 I'll Create the Gods: My Power Has No Known Limit from the Start 神由我来造：开局异能上限不明 [Combat Thrills] + [Mind Games] + [Delusional Comedy] + [Strategic Maneuvering] + [A Touch of Mystery] + [Lone Wolf to Wolf Pack Ensemble] + [Two Powerful Leads: A Scheming Female Boss and a Cocky Mastermind] + [Ensemble Cast in a Vast, High-Martial-Arts World] + [Multiple Types of Dungeons] My name is Si Longtian. I'm sixteen. By day, I'm the sweet and beautiful school belle. By night, I'm the Boss known as the "Shining Reverse Scale." The one-legged female boxing champion of urban legend? Th 22Reads—Score—14d adds
