Novels like Five Trees
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Five Trees, best match first.
- 51 After the Ox-Head and Horse-Face Spirits Took Me Away, I Joined the Underworld 被牛头马面带走后，我入职地府了 [No Romance] [Ensemble Cast] [Supernatural Case Files] [Mystery and Deduction] [Little Focus on Family Bonds] Ding Yi grew up without parents, raised by his grandfather. When he was eighteen, his grandfather died, and he lost the last of his family. With no money, he had no idea how he was going to survive. Then one day, two people suddenly appeared before him. One was holding a tablet, the other a pair of handcuffs. "Underworld Office. Mr. Ding, please come with us." Ding Yi thought he must be 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Jinsheng Lai 矜生莱氏 After an accident, the blind Jin Sheng glimpses the realms of yin and yang and is swept into an endless maelstrom of supernatural events. The inexplicably appearing female ghost Lai Bao becomes his only companion. Evil spirits lurk beneath the city, while ghost hunters, curses, and vengeful spirits emerge one after another. This time, he won't just flee in panic. Together, human and ghost roam the dark of night, uncovering secrets buried for years between the worlds of yin and yang. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Little Childhood Sweetheart, Stop Chasing Her! She Won't Look Back! 小竹马，别追啦！她不回头了！ Whose heartstrings does the wind of youth set trembling? The reckless things we do in our youth leave us both lost and longing. After Lin Ruoru enrolls at Jing University, she meets a group of over-the-top roommates and embarks on a fun-filled college life. By chance, she also meets her true love, Li Xiaoran. But then her childhood sweetheart shows up, determined to fight for her. Too bad for him: this young lady doesn’t go back to an old flame! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 An Ancient Scroll Lets Me Read Minds 古卷赐我读人心 At seventeen, Lou Wangan was a timid boy who barely registered in his class. By chance, he obtained a tattered ancient book on reading people. It recorded millennia-old wisdom about understanding others, carefully breaking down microexpressions, unconscious body language, and the unspoken meanings behind people's words. It revealed the subtle rules of navigating human relationships. Little by little, Lou Wangan developed exceptional emotional intelligence and a clear understanding of the world. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Reborn as Zhu Yunwen’s Wife: I Can’t Lie Low in This Chaotic Age 穿成朱允炆妻，我躺不平乱世 Lin Wei, a modern history major and consummate slacker, stayed up all night reading about the Jingnan Campaign in Ming history. When she opened her eyes, she had become Ma Shi in the early Ming dynasty The wife of Zhu Yunwen, she knows the outcome of the Jingnan Campaign is already set. She cannot rewrite history and has no golden finger. All she can do is scheme carefully within the rigid palace, doing everything in her power to secure a way for herself and her child to survive the chaos. In th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 A Bewildering New Life 恍遑新生 After a stifled life and an unexpected reincarnation, the protagonist arrives in another world of swords and magic, blessed with the talent to cast spells without incantations. How will he grow, overcome every hardship, face his past, and find a happy ending with the heroines? Follow Reborn in a Hazy New Life for ongoing updates. There are lots of clues, so keep your wits about you as you read! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Married the Poorest Man in the Village 退婚后，我嫁给了全村最穷的男人 After Shen Xiulan’s engagement was broken off, an acquaintance arranged for her to marry Zhao Dajiang, a farmer from the neighboring village who was too poor to find a wife. She was a mild-mannered young woman her family considered an embarrassment. He was an honest, inarticulate man whose parents had died when he was young. They had no whirlwind romance or grand ambitions. They simply learned to make a life together in a shabby earthen house. Shen Xiulan cooked, mended clothes, grew vegetables, 10.8kReads7.5Score841Shelves
- 58 The Annals of Qin 秦本纪事 [Ensemble cast] [No female lead] A moment of enlightenment: the aura of the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi flows, and the River Chart and Luo Book suddenly transform the world. A step of exploration: the Empress Wa’s formation inadvertently brings forth gods, demons, and beasts, and the world comes to hold four races, yin and yang inseparable. A clash: humanity and the gods break apart. A great formation is forged to subdue the Nine Provinces, dividing the world into inner and outer realms. Beyond the Ni 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 There Are Too Many Campus Beauties, I Can't Choose! 这么多校花我真选不过来啊 Bullied by the campus belle? Looked down on by the campus belle? No, no, no. Li Mu charges into the campus belle’s circle and leaves no one untouched. He’s in it for the thrill... Watch Li Mu outwit the campus belles. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Suppose It’s Before Dawn 假如黎明之前 System / playing cards / slay gods / all characters / infinite flow / games / Werewolf / ensemble cast What is dawn? Monstrous beasts tear the sky apart, and steel cities become hunting grounds of flesh and blood! Man-made monsters roam the ruins, shrieking in a way that makes your blood run cold. At the brink of despair, a cold electronic voice rings through the minds of players around the world: [Dawn Game, forced entry!] Fifty-four blood-red playing cards fan out in midair. Each one represen 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Eighteen Degrees of Qi Refining in the Mortal World; Looking Back, the Mountains and Seas Bow Their Heads 人间炼气十八度，回首山海尽低眉 [Fantasy + One heroine + Playing the pig to eat the tiger + Scheming + System + Sword cultivator + 1v1 + Passionate growth] I, Yun Xiaoyao, transmigrated to the cultivation world and bound myself to a System. Then, just as these stories always go, the System fell asleep for ten whole years. After ten years, I was still at the first Qi Refining stage, and the entire sect regarded me as the ultimate disgrace of Jidao Sect. Since this was all so predictable, I decided to play along. I endured. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 After Quick Transmigration Through Angsty Novels: I Face-Slap Everyone 快穿虐文后：我啪啪打脸所有人 [No romance, no logic, just pure wish fulfillment from start to finish!] Do not read this as a reflection of real life! Fu Moning died when a flowerpot thrown by a bickering couple upstairs in her apartment complex fell and crushed her... Then she transmigrated into the novel she had recently been reading, "Mr. Lu, Stop Torturing Me! Your Wife Wants a Divorce!" The heroine, Xiao Ruochu, was a complete pushover. Even after her scumbag husband and his true love started acting all lovey-dovey, she 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 There Are Treasures in the Human World 人间有器 Hope, compassion, benevolence, life, courage, protection, judgment, tolerance... Are these the laws of Heaven, or the order of humanity? Heaven's laws are constant, while humanity's order is flawed, in a society where everyone has selfish desires. If one day Heaven's laws were to judge the order of the human world, would you, an ordinary person wielding a divine artifact, look out only for yourself or stand against Heaven? And all for the sake of the very ordinary people who are just like you. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Tales of the Mountains and Seas 山海浮生记 As soon as Chen Fusheng set foot on Mount Tai, he spotted a glimmer of light. Following it, he stumbled into a wondrous world. A pair of deep blue eyes, a mouth blessed with magic, a wondrous book, and the bearing of a sage: these were Chen Fusheng’s means of making a place for himself in this world. Here, there are monsters who have lost their homes and fox spirits stranded in the mortal world... So what is the secret behind it all? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 I Grow Bigger Whenever I Work Overtime 一加班就变大 [Out-of-the-Box Premise]+ [Office Worker]+ [Absurd Comedy] My name is Zhou Huihui, and I'm an ordinary office worker. My only goal is to leave work on time. But Manager Ma won't have it. That day, he @'d me on DingTalk: “Xiao Zhou, I need this proposal tonight.” Then something about me started spiraling out of control. Not my temper, my size. Work overtime, grow a size. 4.7kReads—Score120Shelves
- 66 The Observation Box 观察箱 A slow-burn soft sci-fi story with a fully realized world and rigorous logic. Not a power fantasy. The entire city is permanently frozen in 1996. The streets are intact, the buildings have not crumbled, and everything is as familiar as ever. Only human life has fallen utterly silent. There are no hordes of zombies, no supernatural hauntings, and no special powers or Systems to fall back on. Only a real world trapped in time, filled with countless subtle anomalies. Stranded alone in an empty cit 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Canglan Medical Chronicles: My Golden Age Was Madness 沧澜行医录：我的盛世是场疯癫 This book moves at a very slow pace (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤~ Dear readers, the later chapters have not been revised yet; that means everything from Chapter 53 onward. [Main character has no romance + psychological suspense + ancient political intrigue + two male leads (supporting characters in a pure romance) + childhood friends (supporting characters)] Shen Yuan is an extraordinary woman at the very forefront of brain research. While others treat illnesses, she deciphers the codes of the human heart. While ot —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 A Wheatfield Reversal: From the Countryside to Chief Health Officer 麦田逆袭，从乡村到首席健康官 Three days before the college entrance exam, she was still harvesting wheat in the fields. Everyone in the village said, “What use is all that schooling for a girl?” When her admission letter arrived, her younger brother left a note and headed south: “Sis, you have to keep studying for me.” Years later, she became the youngest community health management expert in the country. When a company offered her an annual salary of 500,000 yuan to poach her, she said, “My profits lie in keeping the el 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The One Who Wants to Become a God 想成为神明的人 [Alternate World] [Combat] [Fantasy] A fantasy stage where anything goes! If I'm not gutsy, I'll do something reckless. There's no time to walk! I have to run! “Someone has to die! If that someone is me, then I'm willing!” “Ancestors, bear witness!” “Your unfilial child...” “I'll blow you to hell!” The early chapters are a little rough, and the protagonist starts out extremely weak. No System, slow pacing. This is an original story, and any similarities are purely coincidental. Please go easy on 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Oops, I've Become the Female Supporting Character in a Novel 不小心，穿成书中女配怎么办 Lu Lin opened her eyes and discovered that she had become a supporting female character with the same name in a novel. In the original story, the supporting character had a husband, Zhou Sui, who was 188 centimeters tall, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted, with an eight-pack and a net worth in the hundreds of billions. And she didn't want him. Instead, she was dead set on a gold-digger who used women to climb the social ladder. After they had a child, neither of them cared for the baby. She was 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 The Crown Prince Who Should Have Abdicated and Fled Is Acting Strange 禅位跑路之主角太子不对劲 The Crown Prince, whose story is all about abdicating and running away, is acting strange. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Let My Longing Love You in My Place 让思念代替我爱你 [Mild Depression Girl x Sunny Cafe Owner] A direct, guiding lover, HE If you met someone who looked very much like your dead first love, would your heart still stir? I'm not her, and I'm not her replacement. If you'd met me first, would you still have fallen in love with me? Liu Siqi looked at Ning Yuqing. Though she was already shivering from the cold, she asked the question with firm resolve. But it became her Achilles' heel, and she couldn't answer. For a time, she really had seen her as the 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 The Teahouse Owner Who Cut Through the Martial World 那个茶馆老板杀穿了江湖 The Daily Life of a Green-Robed Teahouse Owner Forced to Work Su Buyan had planned to open a teahouse in a small town and spend his days in retirement, but a puppet-murder case toppled his signboard. The puppeteer’s mechanisms, the shifting lights and shadows on the stage, the silvery-gray powder beneath the victim’s fingernails... How could this be an ordinary murder? Someone was clearly treating human lives like puppets on strings! Even more absurdly, three strange people suddenly barged into 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Apocalypse: Starting Out on Tiger’s Roost Lake Island 末世，从虎踞湖心岛开始 The apocalypse arrived. Ninety percent of the world's population turned into zombies, and the land of China fell into ruin. On an island in the south, a reserve member of the Tribunal awakened a unique ability. From island lord to school principal, ruling this small island is only the beginning. The real goal is to retake the mainland. [Decisive and ruthless + mass troop deployment + special abilities + organization-building + ensemble cast + logical plot + no neighborhood warlord + no stockpili 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Escape: The God-Sealing Talent 逃亡之封神天赋 This is the author's first work. My writing and naming skills may not be very good, but I typed out this story one word at a time, and I hope readers will enjoy the story that has stayed in my mind for three years. This book is about a world of elements, such as metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. It follows the growth of the protagonist, Lin Shuo, and the experiences he shares with his team: Zuo Xixia, Meng Ze, An Tong, Lu Sheng, and others. It also explores the many events that take place at 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Urban Comeback: Terminally Ill College Student Inherits an Immortal Venerable’s Legacy 都市逆袭：绝症大学生获仙尊传承 [Urban Cultivation] [Multiple Female Leads] [Easy, Over-the-Top Wish Fulfillment] [Invincible] Just as I was getting ready to graduate, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness? College student Li Kun thought his life had reached its end, but unexpectedly inherited the legacy of an ancient Immortal Venerable, changing his fate against all odds! Hey, hey, hey, what's the Cosmic Essence Condensation Art? What's the Phoenix Yin Cultivation Technique? Cultivation, alchemy, medicine, formations, ta 3kReads6.4Score297Shelves
- 77 The Great Desire Hunt 欲望的大逃杀 Desire must be held in balance by other desires. When any one desire grows too powerful, it gives rise to something warped and uncanny. The student Su Qing and his close friend Wu Ji are dragged against their will into a battle royale born of desire. Beings from another era descend and charge them with saving the world, promising that if they complete the hunt, their deepest desires will be fulfilled and their fates rewritten. This isn’t a game show watched by an audience. It’s a crisis spawned 117Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 I Hear Your Name Is Si Tingxue 听说你叫司听雪 [Ensemble cast, not a wish-fulfillment story, so don't read if that's not your thing] In this world, the gods create nations, and civilization takes root; in this world, the gods destroy nations, and civilization perishes. Si Tingxue carries the stories of countless nations, attempting to challenge the gods, undo the damage, and bring them all home. He naively believes the gods are responsible for this endless cycle of time, and naively believes he can change the facts of cause and effect. He be 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 After I Transmigrated, My Lord Was Always Forced to Follow the Plot 穿越后大人总是被迫走剧情 [Strong Female Lead] [Martial Prowess] [Soul Transmigration] [System] [Redemption] [Fated Love] [宿敌] Xiaoxiao: The System is in way over its head, the missions are out to get me killed, and I can't tell who my love interest is even if my life depends on it. As an external System, Xiao Yi has guided countless Hosts through trials and tribulations, only for them to... Fail every time. After twelve rounds of being bound and unbound, it finally met a "new Host." Sigh, here we go again! Oh well, she 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Transmigrating into the Red Chamber: No One Dares Cross the Lin Family's Aunt 穿越红楼之林家姑姑惹不起 After an unexpected transmigration into Dream of the Red Chamber, she becomes Lin Daiyu's aunt. Lin Yuhuan knows the plot by heart, has a System space at her side and her future husband in hand. Next, she... dotes on Lin Daiyu! Lin Yuhuan says: Get lost. Men only slow me down when I'm drawing my blade (to dote on Lin Daiyu). A certain prince: Is that so? (meaningfully) Lin Yuhuan: ... (Come any closer and I'll smash your head in.) Note: The author takes suggestions, so you decide!!! 913Reads6.6Score103Shelves
- 81 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 His Little Sunshine Is Online 他的小太阳已上线 [If you think it's decent, could you give me a five-star review?] Fanfic | One-on-one romance | Pure campus love | Haven't decided on a secondary couple yet [Tsundere Wen Chengye x top student and little sidekick Chu Zhan] As a child, No. 4 had barely begun to feel sad about being stood up when she found the lost Chu Zhan. “Big brother, why are you crying?” “Don't make things up! My friend stood me up, so I'm just a little bit sad!” “Then I'll keep you company. I won't stand you up.” With the co 386Reads—Score104Shelves
- 83 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 A Chilling Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 惊悚悬疑故事：第七个收件人 A Gripping Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Women Who Have Fallen into Pit Toilets Have Especially Keen Noses 掉过茅坑的女人，鼻子都比较灵 Women Who’ve Fallen into a Pit Toilet Have Especially Sharp Noses 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Apocalypse! A Good-for-Nothing? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 末世！废物？回收！我能成为这片区域的神！！！ Apocalypse! Useless? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Thirty Years in Tokyo 东京三十年 Spanning thirty-five years of Japan's economic rise and fall. A blend of family destiny, the ups and downs of the business world, love and hatred, and the dark dealings between politics and business. A profound exploration of greed, redemption, institutional flaws, the nature of capital, historical cycles, and other themes. 30Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 94 System: I'll Start by Ruining the Myriad Worlds' Public Image 系统：诸天万界人设塌房从我做起 The first volume is fairly entertaining. The second volume is a Matrix side story. I thought it was pretty good when I wrote it, but after reviewing it while writing the third volume, Smiling, Proud Wanderer, I realized the second volume wasn't very well executed. Only the supporting character Cypher appears in the second volume, a character readers who've seen the movie will remember. Almost everything else has no impact on the main plot. Recommendation: Readers can skip the second volume and 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 162Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 As Long as I Keep Fighting, I'll One Day Ascend to the Emperor's Path 只要我一直战，终将证道成帝 [Urban Cultivation] Mad! Mad! Mad! The further you get, the funnier it becomes! The more exciting it gets! The crazier it gets! This is a vast world, invaded by magical beasts and coveted by gods… In his previous life, the young man spent thousands of years cultivating what he thought was the ultimate peak, only to discover it was all a sacrificial scheme… In this life, his future self and past self coexist in the same era. He is determined to change the ending… But this life is different from 1.5kReads8.3Score10.8kShelves
- 97 The Shanhai Relic Scroll and the Moonlit Eyes 山海遗卷惊月瞳 Long ago, Yu the Great tamed the floods and traveled the world, creating the eighteen volumes of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which recorded every treasure under heaven, along with spirits and strange beasts. People longed to see them, but few could find a way. Recently, rumors suddenly spread that Yu the Great had hidden another volume outside the collection. Whoever found it could enter the secret realm of the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Before long, merchants, bandits, and poachers a 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 After Transmigrating, My Spouse and I Started to Lie Flat 穿越后，我和老伴开始躺平 Li Jianguo, a retired teacher in his sixties, and Wang Xiufen, a retired mediator, transmigrate into the Great Yong Dynasty and land in the worst farming household around. They become Li Laoshi and Zhang Cuihua, a farmer and his wife in their thirties, timid and ineffectual. The family they inherit is a wreck, every member prickly, broken, and falling apart. A mysterious Record of Inheritance appears in their minds. It carries the previous owners’ memories, combines them with the wisdom and li 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 A Frost-Cold Ashen Flame 一烬霜寒 [Pure Romance + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Mostly From the Male Lead's Perspective + Sort of a Male-Oriented Novel, Guys] The aloof, cocky guy is secretly thinking about the girl he loves every second of the day. Whatever he does, he can't let it keep him from waiting for her. Cultivation doesn't matter. All Jiang Jinye's plans have one bottom line: don't miss Yue Hanshuang. <The six major cultivation realms, from lowest to highest, are: Spirit Sea, Profound Mystery, Dharma Form, Divine King, E 92Reads—Score113Shelves
- 100 A Thousand Lifetimes Repeated: A Dreamlike Night Tale of the Seven Realms 千世迭还：七界留梦幻夜谭 [Travel Between Two Worlds + Unrequited Feelings Without a Fixed Couple + Superpower Progression] A light ensemble cast. Fantasy elements in another world, with counterparts in both worlds. Note: The female lead initially disguises herself as a man. Her identity is revealed early, before a third of the story. Why had nobody ever told her that, despite being born in a world of high magic and powerful martial arts, she would be bound to a favorability System like one in a dating game?! When she 34Reads—Score—Shelves
