Novels like Reborn as a Thoroughly Ordinary Man
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- 101 Reborn After the College Entrance Exam, I Sign In and Become a God-Tier Hacker 重生高考后，我签到成了神级黑客 Pure wish fulfillment, no characters acting stupid, and incredibly immersive. Rebirth + school life + making up for regrets + multiple heroines [There is a System, but it doesn’t play a major role. It’s only there to improve the protagonist’s life, so this isn’t a tycoon story. If you’re looking for hacker battles, this isn’t for you.] How great is it to be reborn? You get a young, healthy body again, the chance to make up for your regrets, and the ability to know and do everything. You can 851Reads7.3Score11214d adds
- 102 Reborn in 2006: If Only I'd Been Young and Ambitious, Not Insecure 重生06：假如我年少有为不自卑 (No System) + (Not a tycoon) + (Multiple heroines) + (Making money) At thirty-six, golden bachelor Fu Zilong was reborn in 2006, eighteen years earlier, on the eve of the college entrance exams. The prime of youth at eighteen was now his greatest asset. The eighteen years of life experience he’d gained in the future were his greatest fortune. As he gazed at the young beauties on campus, all naturally beautiful and untouched by cosmetic surgery, he felt that everything was wonderful now that he h 47.2kReads8.4Score5.1k14d adds
- 103 Reborn in 2010: I Kept a Low Profile and Became the World's Richest Man 重生2010，我苟成了世界首富 Urban rebirth + business strategy + financial investment + tech startups + showbiz + an intelligent protagonist Reborn in 2010, Ye Feng uses his ability to predict the future to make money during the World Cup... Well, he doesn't make a fortune from the World Cup, but he earns enough to get started. He uses the big money to get in with influential people! That year: Bitcoin was still unknown to most people, Tesla had just gone public, food delivery was only beginning to take shape, and even the 4.2kReads7.3Score22814d adds
- 104 Reborn in 1991: This Time, I'm Becoming a Doctor 重生91，这次我要做医生 Liu Xiaochuan dives into the water to save someone, then drowns and unexpectedly comes back reborn in his high school days. He earns his first fortune with stock subscription certificates. Knowing he has no talent for business, he only wants to dabble in stocks and buy a few houses, quietly make a fortune, do good deeds without drawing attention, fulfill his dream of studying medicine from his previous life, and live a life without regrets! 12.2kReads8.7Score95614d adds
- 105 The Genius Stock God Returns to the Fray 天才股神再战江湖 My new work is here! You can read it 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! 2.8kReads8.8Score49414d adds
- 106 Stock Market Dragon: From Retail Investor to Legendary Speculator 股海狂龙：从韭菜到游资传奇 The Stock Market Dragon: From Retail Investor to Legendary Hot-Money Trader follows the underdog journey of Li Feng, an ordinary wage earner. He once took years of hard-earned savings from his electronics factory job and became a full-time stock trader, but blindly following the crowd and chasing rallies while selling into drops wiped out his savings and left him unable to pay rent. At his lowest point, advice and financial help from his old friend Chen Yang gave him a glimmer of hope. He aband 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Now That I'm Reborn, Getting Rich Is Only Natural 都重生了，暴富很正常吧 The A-share market has fallen for five straight days, dropping below 3,000 points. Jiang Shen, a veteran investor, got trapped in the market after cashing out his funds. The sea of red on the stock charts enraged him so much that he spat blood and passed out. When he opened his eyes again, it was the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. His youth was just beginning. This was a gift: a chance to live again. Since he’d been reborn, why worry so much? With more than a decade of extra memories 4.6kReads7.5Score25214d adds
- 108 Reborn: I Screw Over My Dad from the Start, Using Fake Tech to Conquer the World 重生：开局坑爹，伪科技龙腾四海 [No System + Period Piece + Business Warfare + Strengthening the Nation Through Technology + No Female Lead] Su Wu, a top hacker, is attacked and killed after stealing a trove of foreign technological data, then is reborn in 2001. With a photographic memory, he carries countless technological breakthroughs from the future in his mind. What should he do without startup capital? First, fleece his dad... Recreate the formula for cola, pirate nanometer-scale chip technology... He intends to put the 1.6kReads7.3Score10214d adds
- 109 Legend of the Hong Kong Tycoons 香江财阀传奇 In 1971, the pulse of Hong Kong and the stock market's K-line charts raced wildly together. It was a golden age when ambition alone could move the world. Yet Jiang Huarong was saddled with tens of millions in debt, starting out in hell mode. How will he defy fate and dominate the globe? 4.1kReads—Score20114d adds
- 110 Reborn to Start a Business? I Need to Date, Too 重生创业？恋爱也要谈谈啊 [No System + slow burn + entrepreneurship + industry + internet] Su Yi wakes up one morning back in 2007, at the dawn of China’s economic boom. Starting with a tiny shop, he acquires McDonald’s and KFC, invests in internet businesses, and gets ahead of the curve in a range of industries. He builds a business empire and a powerful network of connections, making his mark in restaurants, the internet, new energy, hotels, automobiles, and more. When he ventures overseas to go public, he faces a sieg 16.8kReads7.9Score99014d adds
- 111 Stock Market Veteran 3 股市老兵3 Lin Youda is a debt-ridden laborer at the bottom of society. He scrapes by delivering gas on a three-wheeled cart and working night shifts at a pharmacy, while squeezing in every spare moment to study stocks. The high commissions at brick-and-mortar brokerages make short-term arbitrage impossible. Then he comes across a trading journal left behind by his mentor and starts exploring low-commission online channels, developing a practical range-bound trading method suited to small retail investors. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Gold, Stocks, and Forex: The Underachiever Quietly Makes a Fortune 黄金股票外汇：学渣闷声发大财 [Urban wish-fulfillment]... Gold, silver... stocks... Ye Zhanbo: A finance student who's a bit of a sly underachiever, exceptionally perceptive, and convinced that history repeats itself and that what's meant to be yours will be yours. After crashing his scooter into a statue of Karl Marx, his mind suddenly opened up. He turned out to be a natural genius, with an almost instinctive feel for the markets... 262Reads5.5Score22814d adds
- 113 Reborn: Financial Empire 重生之金融帝国 Back to 2009, with a System to lend a hand. A slice-of-life story about stocks, futures, and business. This is the ultimate feel-good novel, though I'll do my best to keep it grounded and close to reality. Brothers, let's explore the real world of wealth together! 1.5kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 114 Hong Kong Island in Turmoil: From the Start, I Take Out My Godfather 港岛风云，开局先斩了干爹 [Feel-good power fantasy + business rivalries and wealth-building + one heroine] Wu Jinxuan transmigrates to Hong Kong Island in 1974 and becomes a low-level hoodlum in Kowloon Walled City. Using his knowledge of economic trends over the coming decades, he builds a trillion-dollar fortune from an initial 47,000 dollars. At the very beginning, a chance encounter while fleeing for his life leads him to fall for Zhong Chuhong. From then on, they stand by each other for the rest of their lives. He h 815Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 115 Reborn: From Retail Investor to Trading Tycoon 重生：从散户到游资大佬 Stock trader Li Caishen was reborn, committed to turning ten thousand yuan into a hundred million. He was behind every “monster stock,” and used Douyin to help retail investors steer clear of financial blowups. He only played the strongest stocks, rising to become a new-generation market speculator. The “Central Plains Gang” he founded rivaled the daredevil trading squads, and he became a new legend of the stock market. 95Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 116 Reborn: I Shower the Campus Belle With Money. Why Marry When You’re a Man? 重生用钱砸校花，是男人谁还结婚 [Reborn] + [Not a wish-fulfillment story] + [Multiple heroines, no official pairing] + [Business] + [No System] The story of a man who goes from a family burden to a businessman rich enough to fly the national flag! If you were a lovesick fool and got reborn, what would you want to do most? Face-slap the goddess you've pined after but never won over, and make her regret it? Lin Mo spent ten years as a lovesick backup before being reborn in college. In his previous life, he gave everything to his 20.4kReads7.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 117 Reborn, the Goddess Became My Pet 重生后，女神变女宠 A purely urban story, with a laid-back everyday feel. No fantasy, no saintly protagonist, no System, no superpowers. Just a passionate, flirtatious modern rags-to-riches tale! After being brutally avenged by his employees and having his head smashed in with a hammer, Cheng Feng is reborn in his college days. First on his list are the enemy he has resented for more than a decade and the goddess from his previous life who now comes rushing back into his world... 12kReads7.3Score86814d adds
- 118 Korea! From Commoner to Chaebol 韩国！从平民到财阀 Reborn in South Korea in 1992, am I supposed to become a wage slave in the future? No way! Samsung, Hyundai, LG: I’ll crush them all! One person is all it takes to enjoy the life of a chaebol! I refuse to share… [Chaebol] [Business Battles] [Showbiz] [Harem] 4.5kReads6.8Score17714d adds
- 119 Reborn: You Keep Grinding, I'll Take It Easy 重生：你们卷，我躺赢 Period setting + no System + one female lead + chips + lithography machines + smartphones + Bitcoin + new energy vehicles + game development + esports + internet + AI + data services + real estate + business warfare + face-slapping Reborn in 2008, he had only a few hundred yuan in his pocket. That year, Bitcoin was still worth less than a cent, Jensen Huang was still selling graphics cards, no one knew what AI was, the mobile gaming market was a blue ocean, the golden decade for real estate had 682Reads7.0Score22014d adds
- 120 Reborn in 2001: Building an Internet Empire Through Gold Farming 重生01，互联网帝国从打金开始 Ye Xiuyuan is reborn, returning to the year 2001, twenty-five years in the past! The year 2001 has so much to offer, from Stone Age to Millennium, Red Moon, Dragon Clan, and Legend! Using his student grant as capital, he sets out to make an honest living farming gold in games! From then on, he no longer has to rely on his family to scrape together money for living expenses, tuition, and accommodation. He can also start gaming clubs and interest groups, giving students in need a chance to work an 1.5kReads—Score16414d adds
- 121 Urban Rebirth: Once a Simp, Now a King 都市重生：昔日舔狗今日称王 [Multiple heroines + entrepreneurship + sweet romance + no System + school life + reborn + campus belle + feel-good story] “Qian Shuai, are you messing with me? Didn't you just get paid? Where's the money? Why haven't you sent it to me yet?” “You know my mom was sick a while ago, so I sent my salary to her.” “You sent the money to your mom? What were you thinking? How are we supposed to live like this? The new iPhone is coming out in a few days.” “You lousy coder. You only make 30,000 a month. A —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Reborn: Back to 2008 as a Tycoon 重生：回到2008当富豪 Wei Lan is reborn in 2008. The youth that had faded away, the love that had withered, the struggles of youth: everything gets a second chance. He sleeps with beauties in his arms and wakes with the world's wealth at his fingertips. He builds great national enterprises and shorts Wall Street. 10Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 123 Back to 2006: I Really Don't Know How to Trade Stocks 回档2006，我真不懂炒股啊 This is the story of an ordinary man's rise, also known as Zhou Yang's Speculation Journal. In his previous life, Zhou Yang had never set foot in the stock market, and he was a failure in every sense. He returned to 2006 with a notebook that recorded stock movements. Zhou Yang witnessed this tumultuous era. He entered the stock market and went up against the market manipulators, started businesses with friends, and began his career as a speculator. After countless setbacks, he finally gained eve 6.6kReads8.3Score55514d adds
- 124 Reborn in 2000: The Road to Becoming a Real Estate Mogul Worth Trillions 重生2000，万亿地产大亨之路 Yi Wangxi spent his whole life in real estate, working in many roles and eventually becoming the city general manager of a property group. But his personality cost him many opportunities to advance. In the end, he led an unremarkable life and died full of regret. On the brink of death, overwhelmed by reluctance and remorse, he drew his last breath. Then, as a streak of lightning flashed across the sky, a thunderclap jolted him awake. December 2000, Gangxia Village, Pengcheng. Yi Wangxi opens his 152Reads5.9Score12414d adds
- 125 The Ups and Downs of a Retail Investor 散户股道沉浮录 Told through the journey of a retail investor learning and growing in the stock market, this book explores the market through its principles and techniques, the wisdom of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, philosophy, and psychological resilience. It presents the deeply felt experience and perspective of a retail investor, giving voice to the pain and heartache of countless small investors and offering them warmth and strength. 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Reborn as the World's Richest Man 重生之世界首富 On their wedding day, his mother-in-law suddenly demanded another 100,000 yuan in bride price. Seeing this, Song Ning, reborn, turned around and walked away. “I’m not going through with this wedding.” 328Reads7.5Score18314d adds
- 127 From the Start, I Have 50 Million, and You Want Me to Start a School? 开局5000万，让我办学校？？ [Schools + Growth + Education and Mentorship + Driving Social Development] [What do people think of Yingcai School?] [Netizen: A school where students start earning money as soon as they enroll. They say every student graduates with 50,000 yuan in their pocket!] [Qiandu: Yingcai Vocational and Technical School is the most distinctive school in our country. It focuses on entrepreneurship, and 80% of its graduates become well-known business owners or senior executives.] [Renowned economist: My vi 158kReads8.5Score19.1k14d adds
- 128 The Peanut-Drying Production Line Can't Warm the Hearts of the Insatiably Greedy 花生烘干流水线暖不了贪得无厌的人心 A peanut-drying production line can't warm the hearts of the insatiably greedy. 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Slacking Off at College Made Me Stronger, and Now the Campus Beauties Are Confessing and Chasing Me 大学摸鱼就变强，众校花表白倒追 [Campus Life] + [Taking It Easy] + [Multiple School Beauties] + [Wealthy Protagonist] Gu Bai was reborn, returning to his college days, when cutthroat competition was at its worst. In his previous life, he worked like a dog to get into graduate school and pursue the campus beauty, only to end up with nothing. This time, Gu Bai made up his mind: To hell with the rat race. I'm going to take it easy! [Ding! The Host has refused to run for student council and successfully slacked off. Reward: 1 mill 15.2kReads6.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 130 Reborn in 2006: I'm Going to Get Rich 重生2006我要暴富 Heroes are as countless as carp crossing a river, and even the finest among them struggle to get by. But… I’ve got a cheat! [Reborn] + [System], [gold prospecting] + [stock trading] + [stone gambling] Want to learn the real secrets of this world? Come with me! The world’s richest person? They’re nothing in front of an immortal cultivator! Want to know the truth about the world? Start cultivating immortality! What do you do when the apocalypse hits? Hurry up and cultivate! Don’t come chasing me o 409Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Back to 1991, I Founded a Software Empire 重回1991，我开创了软件帝国 In his previous life, Lin Fan was a renowned software expert and the chief engineer of a team developing lithography machines. Reborn in 1991, he set out to build his own software empire. He started by making his first fortune in mechanical manufacturing, developing CNC machine tools and brushless motors, and even creating fidget spinners... He beat Nokia to the punch with its new phone, released Microsoft’s WIN95 ahead of schedule, and built the first generation of smartphones... Lin Fan made m 1.8kReads8.7Score10014d adds
- 132 Reborn as the World's Richest Man 重生为超级世界首富 The protagonist was a successful entrepreneur in his previous life, with a PhD in engineering from a U.S. university. Reborn in 1977, he became the top student in the Haishi college entrance exams five years later and got into Jingshi University. His uncle worked in the Public Security Bureau's public order department, and his aunt was in a cultural troupe. With their help, he started doing business in Kyoto, trading stocks in Xiangcheng, opening a film company, shorting the Eagle Country stock 15.5kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 133 The Stock God Legend: Li Wushuang 股神传奇李无双 [A hard-core stock-trading story. If you prefer light, fluffy novels, this one's not for you.] Li Wushuang, a Wall Street financial hunter, is reborn fifteen years in the past. Watch as he uses his superb stock-trading skills to rise to prominence once more and become a legendary stock-market god. 2.4kReads9.1Score19014d adds
- 134 I’m Reborn, So Why Am I Still Getting Dumped? 都重生了，还要被分手？ [Goofy, funny, lighthearted humor, everyday campus life, no System, sweet and angsty] When faced with his first love from his previous life, he runs without hesitation. Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Better to make things difficult for others than make yourself miserable. 320Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Reborn: King of the Stock Market 重生之股海为王 The family conglomerates behind Wall Street, investment management firms controlling trillions in capital, and secretive clubs with long histories. Back in 2004, Yu Hao turns around and steps into the securities market once again. Here, unseen battles rage, and underhanded schemes unfold in the shadows. What kind of undercurrents and turbulence lie beneath the market’s seemingly calm surface? Cornering the market, market-making, colluding to manipulate prices. Margin calls, losses beyond one’s c 4.2kReads8.3Score27214d adds
- 136 Reborn at Eighteen, I Really Just Want to Make Money 重生十八，我真的只想搞钱啊 (Reborn as a food-delivery app developer, no System, multiple female leads, everyday life, entrepreneurship, an entertainment-industry storyline, with illustrations) After an accident, Lin Shuchen wakes up as an eighteen-year-old boy. After spending more than a decade as a programmer in his previous life, he doesn't want to work for someone else this time around. Starting with an inconspicuous food-ordering mini-program, he visits restaurants, builds the system, takes on group catering, and trie 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Now That I'm Reborn, How Could I Not Know How to Make Money? 都重生了还会不知道怎么搞钱？ My first move after being reborn: dump the one I love. Wait, seriously? Your ex-girlfriend actually said she wanted to break up? She was just an online girlfriend. I’d even forgotten what she looked like! In this life, I only want to make money! Women will only slow down my moneymaking. But if they insist on throwing themselves at me… I won’t let a good girl down. I won’t waste time on a bad girl. 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Back to 2000: Taking the Helm of the Financial World 回到2000年坐庄金融圈 Reborn in the year 2000, I started over, drawing on twenty years of failed stock-trading experience. I changed the disappointment I'd caused my mother and wife and began a new life, making up for the regrets of my past life. 6.2kReads7.5Score40714d adds
- 139 Old Man Awakens: Making Money in the Stock Market and Enjoying Life's Beauties 老登觉醒：炒股挣钱享受美色人生 [Awakening + Stocks + Entrepreneurship + Beauties Everywhere + Everyday Life + Business Empire + Extraordinary Life] At forty-two, Lin Dadong awakened a System and went all in with eight thousand yuan from the start... He's just an ordinary man. Once he makes money, of course he wants to enjoy a beautiful life. This is the story of Lin Dadong's life in a small county town. 5.2kReads6.3Score44614d adds
- 140 The A-Share Market Is My ATM A股就是我的提款机 [Urban life + stock trading + corporate warfare + play the pig to eat the tiger] (The protagonist isn’t invincible, there’s no System, and the story isn’t brainless. It also doesn’t teach stock market technical analysis. The protagonist trades solely through investment strategies, so read with caution if that bothers you!) On the surface, Luo Feng is a carefree, irreverent internet traffic specialist. In reality, he leads a crowd of hot-money investors and retail traders. His favorite way to spe 358Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 No Money to Trade Stocks? Taking Out a Few Billion in Online Loans Seems Reasonable 没钱炒股？借亿点网贷很合理吧 Chen Fan was reborn in the summer of 2015. In his previous life, he had failed the college entrance exam and could only go work on an assembly line. This time, he was going to defy fate and change his life. It was the height of the stock market boom, and despite having no capital, he spotted an opportunity. “Can't afford to buy stocks? Borrowing just a little money should be perfectly reasonable, right?” So he led a group of friends who had also failed the exam into borrowing money to invest 3.9kReads8.3Score23514d adds
- 142 Reborn as a Stock Market Mogul 重生做股神 Li Jian was reborn in the year 2000. Drawing on his memories of his previous life, he made his way through the financial markets and, after years of hard work, became a leading figure in finance and reached the pinnacle of success. 21.8kReads7.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 143 You're Just a Tricycle Assembly Plant, and You Built a Lithography Machine? 你一个三轮组装厂，造出光刻机？ (A light System story featuring cars, chips, batteries, phones, industrial supply chains, lithography machines, and high-tech breakthroughs in the later stages) After working for ten years, Xu Chen wakes up in 2014 as the owner of a tricycle assembly plant on the verge of being squeezed out by major companies. These are the best of times, and the worst of times. Heavy industry is transforming, and new energy is beginning to boom. Countless investors are waving their cash around, eager to enter t 141.6kReads8.9Score10.1k14d adds
- 144 Transmigrate to 1985: Rake in the Wealth of the World on Wall Street 穿越1985华尔街收割全世界 (Financial warfare) (The battle for human nature) (The mastermind behind the scenes) (Historical analysis) How does Wall Street plunder the stock market? How do capital markets launch leveraged buyouts? Why did Japan's economic bubble burst overnight? What gave Soros the nerve to short the pound? What really happened during the Asian financial crisis? How did the United States shift the burden of the 2008 financial crisis and save the system? Reborn on Wall Street in 1985, Chen Xiao uses his mem 46.7kReads8.6Score3.9k14d adds
- 145 The Tale of the Waking Stone 醒石记 In the summer of 1999, Shen Xing was reborn. He had only 347 yuan to his name, living in a basement in southern Beijing, eating instant noodles and writing articles. Nobody knew why this young man was so certain of himself. He said the internet bubble would burst, and it did. He said 998 points was the A-share market’s historic bottom, and he was right. He said 6,124 points would be the century’s peak, and he was spot on. He wasn’t a god. He had simply lived one more life than everyone else. I 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The World's Richest Man: Reborn in 1999 世界首富之重生1999 Tang Feng is reborn in 1999! He sets himself a modest goal: start by conquering the world and locking the West out of advanced technology! Years later, Tang Feng stands at the top of the world, bearing countless titles. Stock god! God of venture capital! Huaguo's greatest philanthropist! The world's top banker! God of business! The richest and most influential man in the world! 12.1kReads8.5Score82314d adds
- 147 Reborn After the College Entrance Exam, I Achieve Financial Freedom Over Summer Break! 重生高考后，暑假实现财务自由！ (Reborn + multiple heroines + urban everyday life + business and making money + no System) Jiang Yu was at a loss. He had been on his yacht, discussing life and dreams with a group of young women. Then, for no apparent reason, he was reborn into the days after the college entrance exams. I really didn’t want to be reborn! The campus belle said, “Jiang Yu, you seem like a different person. I’m mad at you for treating me like this!” Jiang Yu slapped her, leaving her stunned. I spent long enough be 1.8kReads8.1Score11814d adds
- 148 Reborn, I Married My Best Friend's One True Love 重生后，我娶了好兄弟的白月光 Chen Yang spent twenty years being manipulated by his best friend, Zhang Jun, and lived like a workhorse. Reborn, he marries Zhang Jun's dream girl, Lin Wei, and sets out on the path of revenge. Lottery tickets, real estate, stocks, investments: a gateway to a new world is opening before him. 33.8kReads7.9Score3.1k14d adds
- 149 Reborn in 2008: Buying Bitcoin Like Crazy from the Start 重生2008，开局狂买比特币 At 38, Lin Jiang worked himself to death. When he opened his eyes, he was back at eighteen, with the campus belle holding the love letter he’d written while the whole class laughed. He snatched it back and tore it up in front of everyone. “A simp deserves to die!” In this life, he swore he would never again live like a wage slave. It was 2008. Bitcoin had just been born, housing prices had hit rock bottom, the internet was just taking off, and a financial crisis was on the horizon... “I’m going 653Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 150 Reborn: The Stock Market Tycoon 重生之股神大亨 Zhao Lei, who had always lost money in the stock market, was reborn. This time, he refused to be fleeced. Instead, he became the guardian angel of retail investors, making the unscrupulous market manipulators grovel at his feet! 189Reads8.9Score10614d adds
