Novels like Those Foolish Things I Did
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Those Foolish Things I Did, best match first.
- 1 Reborn in Senior Year: A Struggling Student's Comeback to a Top University 重生高三，学渣开挂逆袭985 That year, I studied civil engineering while you studied dance. I thought our paths had parted for good, but who knew we'd run into each other in a private room... When he woke up, Zhu Dachang found himself back in the exam hall for his senior year of high school, twenty years earlier. He was completely stunned... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Evil Disciple in Another World 异世之邪徒 Lei Hao, a junior high school student from the 21st century, is transported to another world by an ancient, unadorned Rubik's Cube in the wake of a battle beyond the realms. There, he suffers betrayal by his family and hunts by hostile forces. In the end, relying on no one but himself, he turns back time and space and stands alone across the ages! A mortal's journey: no System, no mindless power fantasy, no harem. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Fortune-Making Life After Divorce 离婚后的暴富人生 (A short, sweet story.) I'm a county government clerk, earning the same meager salary every month. My wife, who works at a bank, thinks I'm a loser, so she cheats on me and divorces me. After the divorce, my hometown is demolished, and I receive 80 million in compensation. I marry my neighbor, who's also from a relocated household, and we have triplets in a year. Life is happy and carefree. Seeing my ex-wife regret everything and go crazy with frustration is so satisfying. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Night of Unmatched Passion 深夜绝伦 [Romance + silver-haired heroine + blind dates + middle-aged man’s comeback] When you reach old age, should you remarry and find someone to share your life with? After 57-year-old Zhang divorced, he met the divorced Wu Fang following a rear-end collision. Thus began a late-in-life love story... 3.3kReads7.7Score109Shelves
- 5 My Whole Family Are Industry Leaders, But I'm Utterly Ordinary 全家都是行业大佬，唯独我平平无奇 Everyone in my family is a big shot in their field. I’m the only one who’s utterly ordinary. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Homelander: I’m Marvel’s Top-Tier Star of the Cosmos 祖国人：我在漫威当宇宙顶流 As a million-follower creator who roasts Marvel and The Boys, I transmigrated into Homelander. Well, now I can roast them in person. “Cap, that shield of yours is way too flimsy.” “Tony, your armor isn’t as useful as my Heat Vision.” “Thanos, you look ridiculous snapping your fingers.” The whole Marvel universe is so thoroughly roasted that they’re questioning their own existence, while my follower count is skyrocketing. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Overnight, I Became the Dream of Girls Around the World 一夜之间，我竟成了全球少女的梦 After a failed suicide attempt, Yang Yu accidentally activates the Useless System and suddenly discovers that the more absurd and outrageous his actions are, the faster his Absurdity Points rise! These points can also be exchanged for various add-on systems: the “Love Master,” the legendary “Jiahao” with maxed-out destructive power, and the most irresistible “Divine Looks”… With the System’s help, he gets secretly filmed by passersby, and the videos go viral across the internet, sweeping the cou 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 A Blank Love Letter 一封空白的情书 A blank love letter records a poignant romance from the 1990s. The night she got married, I sat leaning against the door of her dormitory all night. A red double-happiness decoration was pasted on the door, still fresh, as if she had just put it there herself. Her wedding was on June 28, and Liu Guangming married her. I didn’t get back until July, three days too late. Thirty-two years later, at her funeral, her daughter handed me an old envelope. The handwriting on it was mine, from 1992. I op 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I Raised My Brigade Commander Father into a Ruthless Warlord 我把旅长老爹养成枭雄 In the eighteenth year of the Republic, flames of war spread across the Central Plains, and the nation was plunged into turmoil. Lin Yanzhou, a modern historian, transmigrates into this age of chaos and becomes the son of a brigade commander in a ragtag army in northern Henan. At the time, warlords carve up the country and powerful enemies surround them. Two thousand battered soldiers are like a candle flickering in the wind, with annihilation only moments away. Bringing the perspective of a fut 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 My Wife Owes Her Male Coworker a Debt 老婆欠男同事的债 My Wife Owes Money to Her Male Coworker —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Bait in the Mortal World: My Stunning Post-2000 Girlfriend 红尘诱饵，我的零零后绝色女友 All the beautiful things in the world are baits of earthly temptation, luring and spurring us onward without regret! My name is Xiao Qiuchi. I was born in 2000, and I'm a college student who returned to school after leaving the military. My father once told me, “A man has to work hard, become strong, and make money. If you have no money or ability, then no matter how well you treat a woman, in her eyes your tenderness is worth less than a dog's. You can pour your heart out to her, and she still 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Beautiful Beloved 我的倾城佳人 The down-on-his-luck male lead may be poor, but he's got a strong sense of justice. Somehow, he ends up meeting several lovely women. One night, he knocks on a widow's door just to borrow a pack of sanitary pads for a girl. He thinks his luck with women has finally turned, only to discover she's gay! When will the male lead finally find a girlfriend? Or will he just keep going farther down the road of lifelong singleness? 2.5kReads8.7Score149Shelves
- 13 The South-Facing Window 朝南的窗 He saved half a year’s worth of food money to buy a hard-seat train ticket for a three-day, three-night journey, setting off to keep a date that might never have a happy ending. One was a socially anxious young man who practiced his greeting over and over beneath the starry sky of the Gobi Desert. The other was a girl who used her composure to shut out the world in the humid south. Four thousand one hundred kilometers: the longest diagonal on a map, and the full distance between two people who d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 City of Rage 怒火都市 Once a darling of heaven, he has fallen to the life of an ordinary street dweller. He gives up on himself and chooses to lie flat, never expecting that, by chance, he will uncover the truth behind a decade-old case closely connected to him, one that led to the deaths of his classmate and the classmate’s entire family. Determined to win justice for the innocent victims, he once again enters a thrilling battle of wits and power against a vast interest group... 1.9kReads9.1Score236Shelves
- 15 Staying at Auntie’s House, I Awaken a Golden Finger 借住阿姨家，觉醒金手指 [System + Transmigrate into a book + Multiple heroines] Lu Fengchuan was just a full-time novelist. While taking part in a new writers' competition, he temporarily moved in with Liu Meilian to gather material, but unexpectedly awakened a System. 2kReads6.8Score262Shelves
- 16 Half-Foolish Immortal Doctor 半傻医仙 Half sober and half drunk, half fool and half immortal, he roams the mortal world. He punishes the wicked, helps the weak, and saves all living beings. The world laughs at me for being mad, while I laugh at the world for failing to see. Beautiful women are as lovely as flowers, and youth is full of promise. With his God of War brothers and passionate women, he lives freely and follows his heart, making the most of his time in this world. Jiang Fan, a young man from Mount Shu, was beaten into a m 18Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 17 The Alluring Scent of Flowers 花香诱人 Qin Yue, a young man with no family or support, lives in the mountains. By chance, he acquires extraordinary medical and martial arts skills, and is no longer weak and frail. I won't spare a single person who ever bullied me! And I won't let down anyone who has ever shown me kindness, either. Fenglin Village may be poor, but it's a mountain village full of beautiful women. Qin Yue had hoped to live peacefully in the mountains, using his medical skills and staying out of the world's affairs! But 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 After I Uncovered My Neighbor's Shocking Secret 撞破邻居的惊天秘密后 After I Stumbled Upon My Neighbor's Astonishing Secret 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Xu Cong Investigates the Paranormal: The Mystery of the Enchanting Bones 徐匆探灵：艳骨迷踪 Mystery novelist Xu Cong sets out to visit strange events across the country in search of inspiration, only to find himself caught up in one whirlpool of “Enigmatic Beauty and Bones” after another. At every stop, he must navigate a tangle of romance and mystery. As he untangles flirtatious entanglements, he must uncover the chilling truths hidden beneath folk legends. And each time a fleeting romance comes to an end, he must begin a new chapter of “Enigmatic Beauty and Bones.” Every chapter is a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 My Mother-in-Law's Scandal 岳母的绯闻 My Mother-in-Law's Scandal —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Online Gambling: It All Started When My Creditors Came Knocking 网赌，从被债主找上门开始 [Online Gambling] [Multiple Heroines] [Realistic] [Highly Immersive] [Not Another Mindless Power Fantasy] I went all in on big one last time. Lady Luck didn’t favor me, and my creditors were already blocking the door with chains in their hands. I had secretly taken my mother’s most precious gold bracelet. I wanted to use it to turn my life around… “Xu Yuan, let’s go home, okay?” Yu Yao held an umbrella over me, shielding me from the torrential rain. Through the downpour, her eyes grew blurry wit 11.8kReads8.4Score815Shelves
- 22 After Our Wedding Night, My Wife Asked for a Divorce 新婚夜后，老婆提出离婚 After Our Wedding Night, My Wife Asked for a Divorce 4.3kReads—Score104Shelves
- 23 My Wife Tricked Me Into Getting a Vasectomy 老婆骗我去结扎 My Wife Tricked Me into Getting a Vasectomy 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 After I Found Out My Wife Goes to the Bathhouse Every Wednesday 发现妻子总在每周三去洗浴中心后 After Discovering My Wife Goes to the Bathhouse Every Wednesday 12.2kReads—Score108Shelves
- 25 A Fragrant Journey Through Medicine 医路芬芳 The women of Apricot Blossom Village, tucked away in the mountains, are beautiful, but strange things happen there too. After his father dies in a car accident, Qin Chunshan returns from the army, only to learn that his childhood sweetheart, the girl from Apricot Blossom Village, is about to be married. Her father insists on following an ancient custom, and Qin Chunshan is determined to put an end to this backward tradition. Can he do it? He is no ordinary man. His medicine can bring the dead ba 76Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 26 Village Belle, Why Won’t You Get Married? 村花姐姐，为何不嫁 This book is also known as Shenzhen, Remember My Youth and My Love “Village belle, why won’t you marry me?” “Of course I want to marry you. I just can’t!” “Why?” “I don’t want to ruin your life! I just want you to be all right!” “Then why do you have a daughter? Is she mine?” 36Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 27 Liu Siyue's Life of Love and Passion 刘思悦的风月人生 That summer, Liu Siyue left the endless mountains and boarded a long-distance bus bound for the south. She thought the cities ahead were brimming with opportunity, unaware that an elaborate trap awaited her. From a rented room to a nightclub, from an innocent young girl to a nightclub floor manager, she encountered tenderness and endured blades. In this sleepless city, she gradually saw through the rules, even as she gradually lost sight of herself. When protection became imprisonment, and admir 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 After the Divorce, They Help Me Reach for the Sky 离婚后，她们扶我青云志 [Urban Slice of Life + Working-Class Life + Love and Family + Hands-On Dad + Underdog’s Rise] Love is like a game of chess: once you make a move, there’s no turning back. Life is unpredictable, and partings and reunions are left to fate. Cherish true love, for once you part, you may never meet again! When the glamour fades, who will still hold your hand? Amid the endless stream of passersby, who will remain unforgettable? I was just one of countless migrant workers in Shenzhen. After years of wo 9.1kReads8.7Score715Shelves
- 29 My Sweet, Pure White Moonlight Is a Virtuous Wife 贤妻是我娇滴滴纯白月光 My Virtuous Wife Is My Sweet, Untainted Moonlight 613Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Repentance After Betrayal 背叛后的忏悔 (Adapted from a letter sent by a fan on Zhihu. She hopes to use her own experience to remind everyone to cherish their marriage.) Su Ting, 36, is a senior nurse at the city's central hospital. Years of living apart have gradually driven her and her engineer husband, Chen Yan, away from each other. Lin Xiu, a passionate and energetic 22-year-old medical intern newly arrived at the hospital, disrupts Su Ting's orderly routine. Author Xiao Bai wrote this story to explore emotional estrangement in m 230Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 My Husband Cheated, and a Man Said He’d Loved Me for Ten Thousand Years 老公出轨，有个男人说爱我一万年 (May every scumbag and mistress end up dead, eating shit, eating maggots, in jail, or disfigured. You can't afford to go easy on people like that…) The heroine, Xiang Zhenzhu, is 29 and loves her husband Zheng Hao with all her heart, working herself to the bone for his family! Little does she know that for the past seven years, her husband and mother-in-law have treated her like a servant, while her husband has been a serial cheater. When she finally decides to divorce him, she discovers t 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 At Midlife, What Becomes of a Marriage Marred by Infidelity? 人到中年，出轨的婚姻何去何从 Li Feng and Lin Xiao had been married for years, and their life together was simple and happy. But Li Feng gradually noticed a change in Lin Xiao. She had become secretive and distant, and was often distracted. 433Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Earth’s Great Escape: The Dimensional Prison 地球越狱：维度囚笼 You think Earth is your home? Wrong! It's a prison for consciousness built by a higher-dimensional civilization. All humans are reincarnated interstellar convicts whose dimensional perception has been stripped away, and the body is nothing but a “biological shackle” that confines the soul. From stardust monsters in the Bermuda Triangle to higher-dimensional cleaners on the far side of the Moon; from the gene bank in the Mariana Trench to the singularity prison deep within Earth's core, every sh 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Reeds Sway and Sway 芦苇，荡啊荡 The Reeds Sway and Sway 7.3kReads—Score159Shelves
- 35 I Blew Up After Applying to Work Back Home to Surprise Her 申请回国工作给她惊喜后炸了 I Applied to Return Home for Work as a Surprise, Then It Blew Up in My Face 120Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Women Who Walked Beside Me Through the Years 那些陪我走过红尘岁月的女人 This book is also known as My Twenty-Six-Year-Old Boss. How does a country boy rise up from the very bottom as a wage laborer? Step by step, he makes his way through Guangdong, battles it out in Shanghai, and heads to northern Myanmar. The road is perilous, the struggles fierce, but beauty blooms along the way. With charming women by his side, he ultimately reaches the pinnacle of life! That day, in that year, as my young self boarded the train south with the girl I loved, I knew that an unknown 952Reads8.7Score120Shelves
- 37 I Want So Badly to Love This World 好想爱这个世界 (The style of The Tenants + urban tragic romance + realism + multiple female love interests + ensemble cast + bad ending + open ending) Life and death to the left, parting to the right. Gu Bei met several girls in his life. One clutched a marble for eight years, then crouched by a barbecue stall and grinned at him. “I was afraid you’d be lonely.” One left him a book before the train pulled away and said, “If one day you don’t want to wait anymore, you can come find me.” One stayed by his sid 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Office Politics: A Pay Cut Comes Knocking 职场：降薪来敲门 The day Li Da received notice of a pay cut, he also found out that his wife was cheating on him. See how he turns his career around after this double blow, with beautiful women by his side...! This is a work of realistic fiction. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 You Cheated, So I Took Revenge for Five Years. Now I’ll Let You Go 你出轨我报复了5年，现在放过你 Cheng Yuan and his wife, Shen Xia, grew up together as childhood sweethearts and married after graduating from college. With help from both sets of parents and their connections, Cheng Yuan opened a real estate company, and business went smoothly. After graduating, his wife went straight into teaching at the university. When Cheng Yuan was thirty, he went to Liudu to develop a new housing project and stayed there for six months. After he returned, he sensed something was off with his wife. An in 965Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 40 The Virus Strikes: I’m the Only Man Left in the World 病毒来袭：我是全世界唯一的男人 A virus that affects men sweeps across the globe, and overnight, every man disappears! Zhang Xiaohu wakes up to discover that he has become the only man left in the entire world! Humanity is on the brink of extinction, and countries everywhere are gripped by panic. Only by finding men can human civilization continue! Zhang San is now humanity’s only hope of carrying on the family line! 271Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I Owe My Ex-Wife Two Million 欠了前妻二百万 On a sunny afternoon, I’ll brew a cup of green tea and pretend to be deep in thought as I reminisce, remembering what has already passed, yet is still happening… 135Reads7.3Score116Shelves
- 42 A Fight on the Bus 公交车上干仗 A Brawl on the Bus 593Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 After She Dumped Me, My Girlfriend Became the Lead Dancer 甩了我之后，女友成了首席舞者 Betrayed by Fang Xiaohui, the ballet goddess who had been his girlfriend and the love of his life for seven years, Jin Jian loses the stable job he was about to land just before graduation. He has to start struggling to make a living on his own. Along the way, he meets wealthy heiress Xia Xueyi, shares a home with Ouyang Qing, his close friend's girlfriend, and falls in love with Bai Xiaotian, a classmate from police academy. This is the story of a boy growing into a man. There are a thousand di 677Reads8.7Score104Shelves
- 44 My Utopian Girl 我的乌托邦女孩 Original title: My Utopian Girl [Workplace business rivalry + tearjerker + close to everyday life + everyday comedy] A love story between a penniless male protagonist and a stunning female CEO. What is love? It's the answer we've always been searching for. From fearing that his poverty would keep him from reaching her heart to transforming himself and holding her tight, what exactly did Xinyi go through... 167Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 45 I Turned My Internship Class Into a Top Class, and the Parents Told Me to Get Lost 实习带出金牌班，家长让我滚 Tags: from the start, villain, multiple heroines, male teacher, comeback The top teacher at the province’s key No. 1 High School was about to lose his mind. He stared at the physics exam paper of a student from No. 2 High School. The student had written only two key formulas for a long-answer question, without showing any working, yet had earned exactly 9 points for the steps. The student had used the remaining time to check the basic questions, getting a terrifying 100% of them right! “This isn 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Two Worlds, a Fearsome Female General and a Castrated Physician 双穿，凶猛女将和净身郎中 [Dual transmigration + fierce female general + castrated physician + adorably naive princess + sickly prince + hilarious cast + sweet romance + one-on-one] One is a violent woman who wants to hack her cheating fiancé to pieces. After transmigrating, she becomes a fierce female general, disguises herself as a man, and even marries a wife. The other is a rich young master with plenty of experience running away. After transmigrating, he becomes a castrated physician, runs into trouble everywhere, a 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Tibet: I Fell in Love with the Wind of Namcha Barwa 西藏：我爱上了南迦巴瓦的风 [Roommate-style story] + [Childhood Friends] + [Heiress] + [Beautiful Ex-Girlfriend] + [Love Rival Showdown] Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented "Wang Dong, clear out your desk and go take care of your resignation paperwork." After working for five years, Wang Dong was fired by his unscrupulous boss. He had been praised by everyone to the highest heights, only to be hurled down hard. That night, he came across a video of Tibet. "Screw this company, I'm going to Tibet!" In Tibet, his chil 2.1kReads—Score234Shelves
- 48 A False Marriage 假嫁 Lang Xi, a businesswoman bent on revenge, is willing to put herself in harm’s way and marry her enemy’s son, Liu Ze. But Liu Ze cheats on her repeatedly during their marriage. Hounded by her mother-in-law and locked in a bitter struggle with his mistress, Lang Xi joins forces with her biological father, Liu Huazi, to avenge her mother and reclaim her grandfather’s estate. Lang Xi’s monologue: After I married into this family, my mother-in-law hit me, my husband hit me, and even his mistress hit 134Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 My Love, from Chongqing to Shenzhen 我的爱从重庆到深圳 One heroine, multiple supporting female characters A sugary-sweet romance + sunny outlook + everyday love + plenty of affection On the train home for the New Year, the male lead, Ma Xuan, meets a stunning beauty. He never expects that a devastating snowstorm will bring them together, leaving their train stranded on the tracks for three or four days. The story begins in the train car where he and the beauty are traveling. Though the two outstanding young people love each other, they must both f 56Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 50 Reborn in 2008: The Pharmaceutical Tycoon 重生08：医药大佬 [No System, multiple heroines, fast-paced, packed with satisfying moments] Zhou Yimin was the pharmaceutical sales director at Donghai Pharmaceutical Factory. Reborn in 2008, just before the college entrance exam, he used the pharmaceutical industry's "book of life and death" and his deep understanding of human nature to effortlessly get everyone in the palm of his hand. From a small pharmacy to a towering corporate headquarters, and all the way to China's wealth rankings, he used his wealth and 83Reads—Score101Shelves
