Novels like Five Trees
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Five Trees, best match first.
- 1 His Love Has Imprisoned Me in the Abyss Forever 他的爱将我永囚深渊 [The hero’s groveling redemption arc + seven-year age gap + sweet on the outside, scheming underneath + revenge + mutual salvation through secret love] On a rainy night, her family was slaughtered. She concealed her identity and lay low in search of revenge, only to fall headlong into the tender web Zhou Si spun around her. Love and guilt became entwined, until he used love as an excuse to imprison her in an abyss with no escape. On a rainy night when she was nine, Jiang Mian watched her father 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Two-Way Transmigration: Peach Blossom Spring 双穿，桃花源 Dual Crossing, Peach Blossom Spring —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Price of a Life 人命的定价 The Price of a Human Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Ninth-Turn Appendix 九转阑尾 Nine-Turn Appendix —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Marriage Promotion Act 婚姻促进法案 The Marriage Promotion Act —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 After I Buried My Best Friend Alive 当我将好兄弟活埋以后 After I Buried My Best Friend Alive —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 My Younger Boyfriend Is So Clingy 年下弟弟真粘人 My Younger Boyfriend Is So Clingy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Late-Stage Mental Derangement 晚期精神异常 Late-Stage Mental Illness 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 An April Fool’s Day Transformation 愚人节的蜕变 The April Fool’s Day Transformation —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Watered-Down Meng Po Soup 兑水孟婆汤 Watered-Down Meng Po Soup 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Like a Breeze, Falling Over a City 晚如清风落倾城 When they first met, she was his student. When they met again, she was the woman his younger brother had fallen for. When his heart first stirred, he couldn't love her. By the time they met again, she no longer dared to love. Their love, twisted from forbidden into misplaced, torments two people who love each other in equal measure. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Drawing the Past 笔绘前尘 (Signed on 2024.10.14. All unauthorized use is prohibited.) A "Journey to the West: Painted Journey" fanfiction--- “Immortals and monsters, carefree alongside Silver Horn: that's what makes for a truly heavenly life.” “My elder brother often says things he doesn't mean. If he has offended you, allow me to apologize on his behalf.” “Yi, will we meet again?” “All things in this world are ever-changing, but I never imagined that the peaceful life on Peach Mountain would ultimately become a mere fan 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Divorce from the Start: My Family Learns I’m a War God 开局离婚：我战神身份被全家曝光 For three years, Lin Huang was the live-in son-in-law of the Su family. He did housework for three years and endured three years of contempt. His sister-in-law called him useless, his mother-in-law thought he was an embarrassment, and even the housekeeper dared to give him attitude. Only his wife, Su Qingyue, was cold, but not all that bad. Lin Huang thought he could make do. Then, on their wedding anniversary, she handed him divorce papers herself. “Sign them. Let’s not hold each other back. 1.2kReads—Score127Shelves
- 14 The Yinsha Era 阴煞纪元 The Era of Yinsha 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Reading at Midnight 夜半读书 This is probably a collection of short supernatural stories. I'll update whenever inspiration strikes, so some chapters may be connected to earlier ones. Updates may also come at irregular intervals. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Souls Return to the Game 魂归游戏 Souls Return to the Game —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Strange Maze 奇曲迷宫 The Strange Maze 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Truth 真相 The Truth 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 My First Love’s Little Sister Only Wants Revenge 初恋她妹只想报仇 [Tender, devoted CEO × a private nurse who plays the pig to eat the tiger] [Puppy-dog type × sly little fox] [Substitute + White Moonlight + secret identity exposed + a grueling quest to win her back + both leads’ first love + romantic rivals in a battlefield + strong female lead] Core trope title: Her First Love’s Little Sister Only Wants Revenge Online title: From the Start, I Got Dumped, Then Hooked Up with a Celebrity and a CEO - When she was seven, Hua Xunyi first met Shi Anqi, a boy with a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Sweet, Obedient Girl Catches the Eye of a True Playboy 软萌乖乖女惹上真浪子 [A scoundrel’s genuine love | bittersweet | older man | both leads are virgins | healing | happy ending] Strong-willed, pure little white flower x arrogant, unruly young rogue (Original title: Don’t Cry in My Arms) - She has a condition that makes her cry uncontrollably. He scolds her once, and she cries; she bumps her nose against his chest, and she cries. He likes her, and she cries; he doesn’t like her, and she cries. He lectures her: “Can’t you have some backbone as a learned person?” She no 5.4kReads—Score823Shelves
- 21 Cultivating Immortality: My Master Is a High-Risk Occupation 修仙，师尊是个高危职业 Have you ever wondered? In that vast, boundless fairyland, sects stand everywhere. Even the most ordinary among them can command mountains and travel thousands of miles. The most powerful create worlds of their own, vanquish evil, quell disasters, and bring peace to the land. There, a farce of love and deceit unfolds. He asks in despair, “Where is my little junior brother?” There, it seems that a trace of warmth survives within the boundless world of immortal sects. He takes him home and gives h 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 I Ascended with a Lazy System, and the Cultivation World Went Mad 我用懒人系统飞升，修仙界都疯了 [Ding! The Lazy Cultivation System has been successfully bound.] [Checking Host's current status: lying still, heart rate 68 beats per minute, loafing points +1 per hour. Accumulate 30 loafing points to exchange them for the second level of Qi Refining.] Li Tailan rubbed his eyes and opened them, looking around. No one had said anything, had they? He was just about to close his eyes and go back to sleep when an orange cat's silhouette suddenly appeared in his mind. Curled up in a corner of his 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Central City: Echoes of Dust 中央城：尘埃回响之声 In a single night, thousands of talented prosecutors in Central City are brutally slaughtered. Baizhou is the only survivor, and must walk the path of “prosecution” alone. But why is danger lurking all around Baizhou, with murderous intent at every turn? Members of the spontaneously formed Bai Aipu Squad awaken hidden powers one after another; the Red Breath Catastrophe spreads unchecked; Central City secretly devises the “Silent Plan”; the Resonance Research Institute can hide in the shadows of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Surviving the Apocalypse by Unlocking the Superpowers of Screen Characters 末世生存解锁影视人物超能力 Shen Mufan, a survivor reborn into the apocalypse, unexpectedly awakens a System, and his good days begin. He can choose from countless superpowers, and there are hidden quests too. Completing them earns extra rewards, but these quests are connected to movies and TV shows... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Two-Eyed Epic of a Logic-Obsessed Madman 逻辑疯子的双瞳史诗 [Two Female Leads + Fantasy + Supernatural Combat + Ensemble Cast + Class Struggle] For seven days straight, Wu Qingyun has suffered the same nightmare: a blood-red banquet, a red-eyed girl, and corpses covering the ground. Then monsters invade the real world... This isn't a dream. It's a hunt. Her twin pupils awaken, and her powers of deduction reach godlike levels. In life-or-death moments, Wu Qingyun can “see” crucial images and use razor-sharp reasoning to find her opponents' weaknesses. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Secret Crush: The Longest Confession 暗恋：最长情的告白 [Youthful campus romance, mutual secret crushes, scheming Jiang Yi × adorable little white rabbit Gu Sihan] [Calculating, scheming, outspoken top student and a cool, composed girl who hides her dark side] The first time Gu Sihan met Jiang Yi, his eyes were clear and bright, and he seemed utterly out of reach. She thought she had finally found a rival worth competing against. He shone on the basketball court like the height of summer, making it impossible not to want to get closer. As the girl ch 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Her Gacha Luck Is Out of This World: The Immortal Venerable Goes on a Rampage 氪金抽卡太逆天，仙尊她杀疯了 Content warnings (please read before starting): No CP (the female lead does not have a mutually devoted romantic pairing, but this doesn’t mean there is no emotional interaction at all. The story includes flirtation and unrequited love, but no mutually established romantic relationship). Every man and woman who appears falls for the female lead one-sidedly. They’re described that way because the author is a sucker for beautiful faces, and ugly people aren’t good enough for the female lead! The a 71Reads—Score210Shelves
- 28 After That Night, My Husband in This Arranged Marriage Fell for Me 那晚之后，联姻老公动心了 After That Night, My Arranged Marriage Husband Fell for Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 My Sister’s Best Friend Is a Professor, and She’s Pregnant With My Twins? 我姐的闺蜜是教授，怀我双胞胎？ [One heroine + sweet campus romance + older-sister-type girlfriend + hidden powerhouse + laid-back daily life + nuanced romance + equally matched leads + a little wish fulfillment] Chen Yue, a sophomore, ended up sleeping with Xu Zhiyuan, an outside guest lecturer, after an unexpected mishap at a university-industry reception. He thought they would go their separate ways once they sobered up. But at the project coordination meeting the next day, Chen Yue saw the stern-faced academic advisor seat 872Reads—Score210Shelves
- 30 NPC [Slow-paced + lots of daily life + romance + ensemble cast + classic novel-style “late-game” cultivation? + heartwarming and healing?] Note: (1) The author is a beginner and isn’t good at writing details, so the early chapters may be a little dull. (2) The System will become less prominent, as will the male lead, so the male and female leads get more page time later on. (3) The tags are misleading. The entertainment-industry part of the story is just one variety show at the beginning.) [The worl 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Nightmare, a New Beginning 惊魂一梦，是新生 A nightmare becomes a new beginning —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Story of the Sun and the Stars 太阳和星星的故事 [Cool on the outside, distant within × affectionate, proactive puppy] [Sweetness and angst / love grows over time / male pursues female / mutual salvation] Because she was too hot, Xia Lingxi didn't stop to help a classmate who had fallen on her way to the library. She simply walked past coldly. Maybe it was heartless, but it saved her trouble. But before the thought had even left her mind, a basketball hit her in the back and sent her crashing to the ground. When she looked up, she saw Lin Jiey 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Villainess's Favorite 偏爱恶女 [Two female leads + yuri + rivals-to-lovers + rekindled romance] A gloomy, airheaded beauty x a seemingly sweet but secretly calculating, sophisticated green tea pursuer. In Xing Miao’s eyes, Ji Zao’s attempts to get close to her mean: blushing equals provocation, shyly lowering her head equals deliberate mockery, and giving her chocolate on Valentine’s Day equals looking down on her. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is a Femme Fatale 快穿宿主是个祸水 Yue Xian is stunningly beautiful and exceptionally good at spotting the weaknesses in people’s hearts. She has no idea how she ended up here, but she decides to go with the flow! Wherever she is, she can have fun acting, and she’s best at making villains believe she’s innocent right up until they die. What?? Does she ever catch real feelings?? No. (No fixed pairing) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 I Met You by Chance 一不小心遇到你 I Met You by Chance —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Madam, Where Are You Running? 夫人，哪里逃 Madam, Where Are You Running? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Sea Level, Part One 海平面【上篇】 [No System] [No Superpowers] A science fiction novel set in the apocalypse. A black celestial body with no mass and no reflected light silently appears in near-Earth orbit, moving soundlessly along the Moon’s orbital path. It absorbs all electromagnetic waves and precisely manipulates the orbits of tens of thousands of artificial satellites. Some intelligence beyond human comprehension is at work. The North American space station is the first to detect the anomaly, but when it tries to evade it, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 My Aloof Master Doesn’t Know Love 清冷师尊:不知爱 My Aloof Master: Unaware of Love —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Above the Abyss of Delusion 妄渊之上 [Cultivation + sci-fi + urban + Cthulhu + ensemble cast + golden finger + single heroine] Ren Xing transmigrates to another world where cultivation and technology are twisted together. His spiritual roots are damaged, and his path to immortality is cut off. He was once taken in with kindness, only to be betrayed without hesitation. In the end, he was offered up as a sacrifice and thrown into the abyssal ghosts’ lair. Yet in the depths of despair, he turned the calamity itself against itself. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Oracle of the Emberflame: A Song of Freedom in the Fire 烬火神谕：火中自由之歌 Once, this continent was protected by seven deities, who sustained the light, order, and currents of magic. A hundred years ago, a divine war tore the sky apart. The Seven Gods fell, their temples crumbled into ruins, and faith collapsed. Thus began the Graylight Era. Without the gods’ blessing, magic ran wild and calamities struck one after another. Old dynasties fell, and chaos and heretical cults took advantage of the turmoil. In these turbulent times, a rogue in a rumpled coat, with a smile —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Random God-Tier Concepts at the End of the World 末日随机神级概念 [Conceptual Powers + Formidable Enemies + Catastrophic Infection + Sequence Talents + No Excessive Saintliness + Not a Power Fantasy] Give him the concept of being able to teleport instantly to any point along any line, and he asks: “Does that include timelines?” Give him the concept of clothes that always stay clean, and he says: “I’m invincible.” Give him a coin that’s guaranteed to land heads, and he says: “I’ll kill even the gods for you.” As an apocalyptic frenzy sweeps the globe, he naviga 37Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 42 My Secret Crush Became My Boss and Roommate 暗恋男神成了我的上司兼室友 New book [Mutual pining + gentle only with the heroine + childhood friends + scheming male lead + winning her back] On her eighteenth birthday, just as she can no longer hold back her feelings and is about to confess to him, she learns that he already has a girlfriend and is about to leave the country. Her heart aches, and from then on she buries her feelings deep inside. At twenty-two, he falls for his younger sister’s friend. The four-year age gap somehow becomes an unspoken obstacle in his he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 A Not-So-Proper History of High School 不正经的高中记史 A boy's flustered shyness and a girl's soft laughter are always youth's most beautiful scene. As children, we long for the freedom of growing up; as adults, we miss the carefree days of childhood. Only the young, with their youthful passion and budding love, make us wish we could stay. We were reckless, and we had regrets, but if time could turn back, we would do it all again. What is a secret crush, and what is love? Faced with these hard-to-understand questions, two boys give different answers 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 I Establish Order in the Apocalypse 我在末世建立秩序 [Ensemble cast] [Cool-headed heroine] [Powerful heroine] [Slow-paced] The heroine ranks first among everyone at her level, but struggles when fighting people at higher levels, so she’s constantly growing. It’s similar to Battle Through the Heavens, but with an ensemble cast, and everyone has their own story arc. The story follows a small team that captures demons and records ghosts. Mu Feng never imagined her utterly ordinary life would take such an absurd turn when she was seventeen. During an 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Dump the Jerk: She Makes It Big in Ready-to-Wear in the Nineties 踹渣男，九十年代做成衣她赢麻了 In 1990s Donglin Town, Lin Xiulian kicks her terrible marriage to the curb! Her ex-husband refuses to let go, pestering her with delusions of getting back together. Zhang Baoqiang, a fellow business owner, constantly trips her up and competes unfairly, stopping at nothing to drive her into a corner. She refuses to give in, using her sewing skills to seize the opportunities of the times. Starting with a struggling market stall, she steadily expands her business to Jiangcheng and across the provi 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Summer of 2005 零五逢夏 A transmigration-themed story about entrepreneurship. At 50, after a life of mediocrity and years of being put down and emotionally manipulated, a woman transmigrates and finally discovers the ambition to reach for the sky. The coldness of the world is crushed and swept away. The human world isn’t a dead end, but a vast sea of mortal life. Golden finger: reborn, meets fellow reborn people, and later the male lead’s soul transmigrates into another body. The leads are not each other’s first. Both 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 We Will Always Be Friends 我们是永远的朋友 We will be friends forever. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 After Getting a System, I Kicked the Tragic Male Lead to the Curb 绑定系统后，我把虐文男主踹开了 After Binding the System, I Kicked the Tormented Novel's Male Lead to the Curb 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Twins’ Thoughts: Mommy Is Fierce 双宝心声：妈咪飒爆了 Lin Wanxing is widely recognized in the industry as a top executive. She earns a million a year, has a refined and thoughtful husband, an adorable, lively eight-year-old daughter named Su Nian, and another baby on the way. Everyone says she has it all. Until the day of her daughter’s birthday, when Su Nian overhears her father’s affair on the phone: “What’s there to be afraid of? She’s so blinded by love, she believes everything I tell her!” Su Nian cries until she faints. When she wakes, a chil 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 With No Memories, I Survive on Trash Every Day 失去记忆的我每天靠吃垃圾为生 [Slice of Life] [No Female Lead] Waking from a daze, Bei Feng finds himself abandoned in a desolate land. The sky is pitch-black and all is silent. Only the low growls of monsters hidden in the darkness can be heard as they wander like ghosts. “Who am I?” “Where am I?” “Where am I going?” Bei Feng has no answers. All he can do is keep exploring. Fortunately, he has a crow for a guide, so the long journey through the darkness isn’t quite so lonely. After being hunted down by surprise, he dies and 2Reads—Score—Shelves
