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- 1 The Ladder to the Azure Clouds 青云之梯 Liu Hongzhi had just arrived in Hongtu Township for work when a major upheaval struck: the township's entire leadership was implicated in a scandal. Amid this turbulent shift, Liu Zhicheng was also dragged into one fierce struggle after another, facing danger at every turn. One careless move could leave him dead and buried... A good official should serve the people and bring prosperity to the region. Staying true to one's principles is the only righteous path! 371Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 2 Catbait's 27th Book 猫饵第27本书 His patron is arrested, his sister-in-law is humiliated, his girlfriend betrays him, and petty people push him around. Lin Xiangdong faces his darkest hour from the start. Determined to change the lonely, frustrated life he led in his previous life, he decides to stop being timid and take the initiative, beginning by saving Fang Jie, his sister-in-law, from her tragic fate. This is the story of an ordinary man who rises step by step from the depths of power to reach the pinnacle of a political c 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Tale of Deng Sui, the Eastern Han Dynasty’s First Empress Dowager 东汉第一女太后邓绥传 Female-led story + an Eastern Han version of Empresses in the Palace + a white lotus making a comeback + wealthy family rivalries + palace intrigue + mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts + rivalry between women + power games + building a career From the start, she faces Dou Xian, who had a stone monument carved at Mount Yanran, and Empress Dowager Dou, whose power surpasses the emperor’s! She outshines Empress Yin and is nearly driven to suicide! Born into the Deng Yu clan, she must conte 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Timid Lin Chong Transmigrates into a Private-School Teacher 窝囊林冲穿越成了私立学校老师 Reverse transmigration + campus life + one man and multiple women + a treasure that changes his fate + face-slapping reversals + a wife-chasing road to ruin On a bitter, stormy night at Liuhe Temple, Lin Chong, paralyzed by the wind, drew his final breath. "Brother, what do you want to do in your next life?" Wu Song asked. "I lived like a coward all my life. In my next life, I want to live differently, like you: free to love and hate, and unafraid to take revenge!" Amid flashes of lightning and 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Official’s Path: Taking Charge of the World 官途：执掌天下 With county elections approaching, an unexpected incident throws the beautiful county magistrate Song Yan’s plans into disarray. To calm the storm, she arranges for her driver, Chen Qingshan, to become her son-in-law. From there, Chen Qingshan embarks on an official career and rises to command the world. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Days on a Deserted Island 我在荒岛上的日子 [No System] + [No golden finger] + [No being a doormat] + [Deserted-island survival] + [Zombies] + [Mutated species] + [Primitive humans] + [King Kong] + [Dinosaurs]... New chapters every day, without fail. 278Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Desert Island Survival: It Begins with Aunt Su's Plea for Help 荒岛求生：从苏姨求助开始 [Surrounded by Many Women] [Bizarre Plane Crash] [An Unusual Island] [Romance] [Survival System] [Mysterious Creatures] During a company team-building trip, a bizarre plane crash occurs. Ye Chen, Su Qingyan, and the others gradually realize that the island is becoming more and more mysterious, and that something is very wrong. 2.9kReads—Score22114d adds
- 8 Deserted Island Survival: Fifteen Years on a Deserted Island 荒岛求生：十五年荒岛日记 [Stranded on a deserted island] [Wilderness shelter] [Handmade pottery] [Salt refining and iron smelting] [Battling wolf packs] [Ideal utopia] A college student with a dream sets out to see the world, only to find himself stranded on a deserted island before he can fulfill his ambitions. No female lead, and the protagonist isn't a bleeding heart. His only concern is the will to survive. This is the story of his transformation from a weak college student into a wilderness survival expert. With sh 2.3kReads7.1Score13414d adds
- 9 Days of Survival on a Deserted Island 在荒岛求生的日子 After a shipwreck, I was stranded on a deserted island with a group of models. Supplies were scarce, conditions were harsh, and wild beasts often roamed the area. Surviving would be difficult. An ancient stone tablet tells of a tragic love story from antiquity. This is a mysterious and dangerous island, as well as a place where prisoners were exiled in ancient times. The island is shrouded in mystery. Countless unearthed stone tablets record the answers to many ancient enigmas. The cursed, a tri 79Reads—Score914d adds
- 10 Power's Pinnacle: From the Start, I Crossed the Female Leader 权力巅峰：开局从得罪女领导开始 I'm just an ordinary nobody, but fate played a cruel joke on me, making me stumble across my boss's secrets twice in a row. To make sure I kept quiet, they actually dumped me alone in the mountains... But I refuse to give up. I'll fight back. I'll find a way out... 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Officialdom: After Putting Myself on the Line, I Rose to Success 官场，以身入局后我从此平步青云 She wields wisdom like a blade, cutting through the tangled interests beneath the surface and finding the best path through a game of shifting undercurrents. No opportunities fall from the sky; every step is carefully considered. No one reaches the top by chance; he keeps moving forward through every storm. In the end, he carves out a solid, dazzling path to success that belongs to him alone. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 You Asked Me to Sign Off on the Final Accounts, So Why Did I Arrest the Richest Man? 决算让你签字，你把首富抓了？ “Xiuran, the province is pushing hard on the Linjiang Bridge project. Take a look at the final accounts report, and sign it if everything checks out.” Wang Changlin, director of the investment office, handed him a Parker pen. The meeting room was toasty from the heating, the curtains were drawn tight, and the fluorescent lights buzzed overhead. Sitting beside him was Zhao Jinbiao, chairman of the Hongtai Road and Bridge Group. A jade bracelet peeked from his suit sleeve, and with a casual move —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Surviving the Apocalypse: From the Start with One Bowl, Ending with a Nation 末世求生之开局一个碗结局一个国 “Instead of killing one another, we might as well join forces and face death together!” I press my pistol to the back of the goddess Mu Wanqing’s head. She presses hers to the back of Ai Li’s head, and Ai Li presses hers to the back of mine. The three of us pull the triggers! In the year 3500, nuclear war breaks out. Earth is destroyed, and robots rule the world. Humanity is divided into robots, cyborgs, and humans! Humans live in fifteen sanctuaries: the Mariana Trench, ten thousand meters belo 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Rising Star in Politics 权途新贵 In his previous life, he chose to marry into a wealthy family for the sake of power, only to be cast aside in the end and sentenced to more than a decade in prison. Reborn at the crossroads of his life, he decides to rewrite his fate, forge his own path, and write his own chapter amid the tide of the times! 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After My Divorce, I Rose Through the Ranks in Government 离婚后，我在官场一路开挂 The higher-ups send a special task force to investigate Luming County. After the deputy county magistrate mysteriously dies by suicide, Qin Chuan, a secretary in the Government Office’s secretarial section, loses his patron. Targeted by his superiors and hit by marital troubles, he finds himself surrounded by danger. Outnumbered and outmatched, how will he turn the tables? 11.8kReads6.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 16 Book Three by the Sunless King 日不落大王的第3本书 —Reads—Score614d adds
- 17 Lost Divine Realm: Master of the Deserted Island 失落神域：荒岛主宰 A sudden plane crash sends hundreds of passengers aboard an international flight plunging onto a mysterious island in the Pacific that does not appear on any map. Here, the laws of civilization vanish overnight, leaving primitive instincts and the urge to survive as the only truths. Lin Yue, an ordinary young business student who seems unremarkable in the city, struggles to survive in this living hell with his amateur outdoor skills and a levelheadedness far beyond that of most people. He watche 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as a Warlord 穿越三国当军阀 Three Kingdoms + war + coups + transmigration + political intrigue + romance!!! I am the leader of the Way of Great Peace, the head of the Yellow Turbans, a trusted confidant of Emperor Ling of Han, the teacher of Emperor Xian of Han, and the boss of the Black Mountain Army. I steer Luoyang’s politics and nearly unify the Central Plains! I used to be a low-ranking clerk in a municipal government office. After working overtime for five days straight, I was struck by five thunderbolts on my way ho 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 A Deserted Island Survival Story? No, It's a Romance! 荒岛求生文？不，是恋爱哒 When he wakes up, the college student Mo Liang realizes he only dozed off for a moment on the plane. So how did he wake up on a beach? What's going on? Wilderness survival? Ding-dong. A pleasant female voice rings out in his mind. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Companion Summoning System. You can randomly summon one female companion every month. A female companion every month? Then that means… Heh heh heh. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Desert Island Survival: Escape 孤岛求生：逃离 The grind of 996 workdays leaves people gasping for breath, and the pressure of the workplace makes us lose our way. What is it we really want? Wang Yu’s unexpected stranding may offer us a way to think about it. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A Dead End on a Deserted Island: No One Touches My Woman 荒岛绝路，谁都不能动我的女人 A sudden maritime disaster strands Li Chuan, a construction worker, on an uninhabited island full of bizarre dangers. When he wakes, he soon encounters several beautiful women, each with a different personality. There’s no food and no rescue in sight, only an endless ocean and a perilous jungle. Starting with building a shelter, Li Chuan leads the women in finding water and food, fighting wild beasts, and weathering natural disasters. They carve out a chance to survive, step by step, and Li Chua 5.1kReads6.4Score39214d adds
- 22 Prehistoric Island Lord: Building a Civilization from Scratch 史前岛主：从零开始的文明 Cheng Ran, an ordinary office worker, and Meng Ting, a botany expert, accidentally transmigrate to the perilous prehistoric island of Pangu Island. Drawing on modern knowledge and unyielding determination, they start by building their first shelter and planting their first seed. They unite the survivors to face prehistoric beasts and human threats, ultimately forging a thriving civilization on this untamed land in an epic tale. 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 A Chronicle of Officialdom 官场纪实录 The author works within the system and draws on real experience in officialdom. This is not a wish-fulfillment story; there aren't that many gratifying moments in the system. To make the story more entertaining, some things will be exaggerated and others invented. As for what is real and what is made up, readers can decide for themselves. The place names and personal names are deliberately mismatched, not what you might think. 553Reads—Score10614d adds
- 24 Island: Back to Civilization 海岛：重返文明 [Desert island survival + one heroine + farming + realistic + hardcore + no System + no golden finger + true love] A sudden shipwreck leaves a group of people from all over the world stranded on an island. In this lawless place, beyond the reach of morality, the ugliness of human nature is magnified without limit. The pressure of the natural world mounts, and the struggle for resources between people grows ever fiercer. Follow our protagonist, Xue Yi, as he goes from a clueless student to a deci 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Exceptional Principal 极品校长 Lin Tiannan enters the political arena as a school principal, ready to ride the waves and stride forward with confidence. His life takes off from there. Watch Principal Lin smile as he observes the winds of change... 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Desert Island Survival Begins with a Hijacking 荒岛求生从劫机开始 Thousands of satisfying moments + Wei Xiaobao on a deserted island + first-person narration + six wives + love and hate + leveling up and slaying monsters + founding an island nation + revenge and escape Part One: Survival on a Deserted Island I'm a private plane pilot. I planned to cause a crash to get revenge, but my enemy's son-in-law beat me to it. The crash left me stranded on a deserted island near the equator with my enemy's daughter and wife! I never expected it to be a Japanese strongho 553Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 27 Dropped into the Grassroots: From the Start, I'm Stuck with Ten Billion in Bad Debts? 空降基层，开局就背百亿烂账？ Chen Yuan, a "Beijing official," has just parachuted in as the top leader of Tushui District, only to find the government compound gates blocked by petitioners. A fiscal black hole worth tens of billions, unfinished projects scattered across the city, deeply entrenched local factions, and a calculating superior. Every move is deadly, and danger lurks at every turn! How will Chen Yuan, a newcomer, maneuver through the traps and temper himself into a blade aimed straight at the unwritten rules? Th 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Wilderness Livestream: A Hardcore Survival and Farming Guide 荒野直播间：硬核求生种田指南 After retiring from the special forces due to an injury, Su Ran signs up for the internet's most popular wilderness survival livestream challenge, only to be caught in a shipwreck on the way to the island. While the other contestants are still panicking, his outstanding military skills let him quickly switch into “survival mode”: he builds a windproof stone shelter with his bare hands, makes a water purifier, and even weaves vine traps to catch plump pheasants. His no-nonsense skills at dressing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Wrong Turn on the Road to Office 官路歧途 Through scheming, currying favor, maneuvering, opportunity, and luck, Tong Xilin rises step by step from a low-level office clerk to a leading official. As his position and power grow, his desires gradually corrupt him, sending him down the criminal path of graft and corruption, until the full force of the law finally catches up with him. Read A Crooked Road to Office and follow the downfall of a corrupt official. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Road to Power: Who Holds the Reins? 官路之谁主沉浮 Who will rule this vast land? His superior is murdered, his girlfriend betrays him, and Lin Feng reaches the darkest moment of his life. Demoted to the Bureau of Religious Affairs, he has nothing to do all day. Unwilling to waste away, Lin Feng finds a new way forward: he works with the Tourism Bureau, makes full use of his department’s role, and promotes temple construction and tourism. At the same time, he secretly assists Liu Qingqing, captain of the city criminal investigation brigade, in in 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Officialdom: Brother, I Thank Your Ancestors for Eight Generations! 官场：兄弟，我谢你八辈祖宗！ Let's set out again with Gao Weijun! The end of your past life was merely someone else's beginning. You were played for a fool without even realizing it. Not this time! Watch as these brothers stand shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand, and walk the road together! Stop falling out with people at the drop of a hat. That's childish! 31Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 32 The Pinnacle of Power in Officialdom 官场之权利巅峰 Officialdom is an invisible battlefield, rife with deceit, intrigue, and ever-shifting power struggles. Amid the chaos, Lu Weiming is like a breath of fresh air. Lu Weiming never forgets this: A good official serves the people and benefits the community. To be an official is to be a good one, with two burning convictions in your heart: kindness toward others and a sense of responsibility heavier than a mountain. With a heart full of passion and clean hands, Lu Weiming faces pressure from the p 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Survival on a Deserted Island: From the Start, I Found a School Beauty in White Stockings 荒岛求生：开局捡到白丝校花 [No System + Survival + Ruthless and Decisive + No Saintly Heroics + Multiple Heroines + No Cultivation] A shipwreck leaves a group of people stranded on a deserted island. Lin Tian, a former special forces soldier, is betrayed by his colleagues and chooses to live on his own. To his surprise, he finds a beautiful schoolgirl in white stockings from the start. Drawing on years of wilderness survival experience, he builds shelters and makes all kinds of tools, living a comfortable little life. But 520Reads6.5Score10314d adds
- 34 From the Yellow and Huai Rivers to the Clouds 黄淮布衣入青云 A major work of realistic political fiction about personal growth. In the early 1980s, in the impoverished floodplain where Anhui, Shandong, and Henan meet, Lin Yanqiu is born into a poor farming family whose generations have worked the land. He breaks free from the fate of the countryside through diligent study. In high school, an inspiring teacher awakens his ideals; at university, a mentor broadens his horizons. After graduation, he puts down roots at the grassroots level and enters public se —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Officialdom: There's a Beauty Named Xiaofang in the Office 官场：办公室有位美女叫小芳 He works hard, strives to improve, and longs for pure love. Career and romance, what’s hidden and what’s out in the open... His colleague Liu Xiaohua, his classmate Huanhuan. How should he choose...? And then there’s Tang Wan’er, whom he secretly loves... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Bloody Road to Power 血色宦途 No System, and no wish-fulfillment fantasy. A bloodstained scrap of paper, the “ticket of admission” his father Qiu Guozheng passed to him with his dying breath, plunges Qiu Xingbang into the treacherous political arena, a veritable hell on earth. Driven by a thirst for vengeance, he sets out on a glittering yet perilous ladder to power. To the world, he is a modest, diligent rising star in politics. In secret, he is a hunter of revenge, advancing one careful step at a time. He navigates the for 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Xiaohefeng’s First Book 小荷风的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 38 Me and My Hapless Dog on a Deserted Island 我和我的冤种狗在荒岛 A deserted-island survival story with a focus on building and farming. No flashy gimmicks. If you enjoy realistic survival fiction, feel free to follow along. After a plane crash, TT and I were lucky enough to survive, but we were stranded on a deserted island. With no tools and no outside help, I could only rely on my own hands and professional skills to improve our situation. I carved out a stone shelter, dug channels to bring in water, cleared land for crops, and penned up wild animals, grad 74Reads8.1Score1714d adds
- 39 After My Girlfriend Betrayed Me, I Rose Through Officialdom 女友背叛之后我逆袭仕途 [Political Intrigue + Satisfying Story + Multiple Women + No Rebirth + No System] (Important, I'll say it three times: his girlfriend betrayed him, but he was not cuckolded.) Zhu Jianhua never imagined that his promotion was part of a huge conspiracy... It was all to give the incoming leader a show of force and eliminate Zhu as a threat. A conspiracy brought the two of them together. From misunderstanding to growing closer, two hearts began to draw near... The road to the pinnacle of a political 19.5kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 40 Loving You With All I've Got 拼尽全力爱着你 After graduating from graduate school, Hao Qiang found himself unable to get a job because his field of study was so obscure. He went to work at a construction site instead, but the foreman ran off with the money. Determined to get his wages back, Hao Qiang stood his ground at the unfinished building. There, he came upon a gang of thugs kidnapping a woman. He risked his life to save her, only to be beaten to the ground by the criminals... A moving, heartbreaking story... 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Straight to the Top: From Reporter to the Pinnacle of Power 青云直上：从记者登顶权力巅峰 A former journalist, he sees things coming before anyone else. With a pen in hand, he can also wield power. From the ivory tower to the political arena of Changzhou, what others call “not fitting in” is, to him, a false premise. A fresh perspective can break with convention, and swimming against the current reveals a man’s true mettle. Watch Chen Xin enter the game with a journalist’s eye and break through with hard work. With the help of benefactors, he seizes every opportunity and advances ste 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Bustle of a Small County: A Portrait of Ordinary People in the Bureaucratic World 小县喧嚣：普通人的体制浮世绘 This book tells the story of a young man from a rural village who earns a job in the county government through his own efforts. But with no connections, he is sent to a remote township to work in a village, and his girlfriend leaves him without hesitation. Even after putting down roots at the grassroots level and delivering results, he is repeatedly passed over for promotion. Then an anti-corruption storm sweeps through officialdom, tearing a crack in the murky order. With no family or political 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Desert Island Survival 荒岛求生记 On an uninhabited island deep in the jungle, survivors face enormous challenges to stay alive. A food crisis, threats to survival, and a crisis of trust follow one after another. The story tests each person’s ability to cope and adapt, revealing the beauty and ugliness, the good and evil, in human nature. It also shows the tremendous potential and fearless spirit people can summon when facing disaster and danger. The story follows Song Han, Zhong Jing, and the others through more than a thousand 614Reads7.4Score10314d adds
- 44 The Debtor 欠债人 Bian Xiangyang was drowning in debt. Overwhelmed after his divorce, he jumped into a river to end his life, but Jiang Zihao happened to be there and stopped him. Jiang hatched a sinister scheme and hired him for two million yuan to murder his mistress, Wang Lili. But Bian was completely won over by Wang Lili's beauty and courage. He learned that everything she did was for revenge, came to understand her, and fell in love with her. He went on to climb the career ladder and begin a new life... The 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Girl, Let Go of My Body 丫头，放开我身体 Always pushing the limits, but never crossing the line. I open my eyes and discover I’ve transmigrated. And not just any transmigration: a triple transmigration. What am I supposed to do about this? A child of eight or nine is living inside my mature, gorgeous body, while my soul has transmigrated into the body of a strapping young man in his prime. This is a mess. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Officialdom: From the County Party Office to the Provincial Department 官场：从县委办开始进部 At twenty-three, you passed the county committee office exam. You were destined for a life in government, so you didn’t even need to open a book... As fortunes rise and fall in the political arena and countless rivals compete, Lin Changzai returns to his youth. Starting at the grassroots, he faces off against his rivals at every turn, all to reach the very top. Sometimes he wonders: just how high can an official rise? 597Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 47 The Laws of Power: A Discarded Son-in-Law's Road to Success 权力法则，废婿的青云之路 A flood changes Chen Fei’s fate. The son-in-law everyone sees as a loser is the apple of his superiors’ eyes. As he makes his way through the long road of officialdom, he relies on exceptional courage and wisdom to navigate the rules of power, ultimately rising to prominence. 2.5kReads7.4Score23614d adds
- 48 Deserted Island: A Survivor’s Ten-Million Prize Pool 孤岛：幸存者的千万奖池 [Surrounded by people, yet still stranded on an island] As a wave of global economic recession hits, industries across the board are struggling. People desperate to get rich sign up for a survivor game hosted by a mysterious sponsor, competing for a ten-million prize. Who will take home the prize money? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Office Flower in the Sea of Power 权力官海厅里厅花 “If Wei Yan won't lower the Qin army's flag, then I, Laozi, won't let Diao Qingyun go either!” The sea of officialdom is full of ups and downs and endless rivalries. A minor official makes a big splash from the start, and a marriage alliance carries him straight to the pinnacle of power. The year is 2030, and the setting is Qinzhou Province. Wei Yan puts down roots in a prosperous region, while Diao Qingyun advances through the ranks. Together they form a pincer, facing an “utterly vicious” and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 After Divorcing, I Ride on My Ex-Wife's Family's Coattails to the Top 离婚后，踩着前妻全家青云直上 Song Qiushi runs a gym. For ten years, he has worked hard to support his family, loved his wife, and spoiled his daughter. It hasn’t been easy, but he has never resented it. He believes that as long as he keeps his head down, takes good care of his wife, raises his child well, and looks after the family, he will have a perfect marriage. But every one of his dreams shatters when his wife brings a strange man home. He can put up with anything else, but not this. Divorce... His father-in-law uses h 132Reads—Score—14d adds
