Novels like Sugar Chestnut
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Sugar Chestnut, best match first.
- 1 The Blade-Bearing Man of Dacheng 1 大成背刀人1 (Xuanhuan Wuxia + Alternate History) (Note: The protagonist's golden finger is maxed out!) The Blade-Bearers of the Dacheng Dynasty oversee all under heaven. They keep watch over both the imperial court and the martial world, with the authority to execute first and report later, under special imperial privilege. Dacheng Blade-Bearer (Part One) (The blurb is a bit of a mess. Just read the story!!!) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Becoming the Master of Superpowers with the Book of Wishes 凭借许愿之书成为特能之主 [Gods + supernatural powers + mystery investigations + magic + fantasy + golden finger + leveling up + ensemble cast + dungeon arcs] What's it like to be a special-abilities police officer in another world? Solve cases, slack off, level up, and, along the way, contemplate becoming a god. My Book of Wishes can grant any wish, except... sending me home. I had planned to live a quiet life with my family in this other world, until I discovered Black Locust's ultimate plan: apocalyptic disasters were 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Super Generation Requiem: Unrivaled in Esports 超世代镇魂曲：电竞无双 This is the author’s cringeworthy early attempt at a fluffy soap-opera story. It has nothing to do with the main story of Super Town (AGR). For the main story, search directly for Super Generation Requiem: Skyline Legend. The author will keep updating until it’s finished, and it won’t end badly. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Vampire Knight: Dark Night Rose 吸血鬼骑士之暗夜玫瑰 With a heart as pure as ice beneath the bright moon, she was a princess who stood above all, an infamous tyrant in the history books. She stubbornly pursued everything she wanted in life, caring nothing for how posterity might judge her. She simply walked away, not caring what happened after her death. But when they truly met again, she could no longer turn a blind eye. Her past life was her past life, and this life was this life. She knew she couldn’t escape him. He believed he hated her to the 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Socially Anxious One Forced to Become a Parent to the Heavens 社恐被迫当诸天家长 [National Destiny Dungeons] [Comedy] [the Myriad Worlds] [When the Battle for National Destiny begins, Yang Chen awakens the SSS-rank talent Myriad Worlds Bloodline: every creature in each dungeon becomes one of his relatives!] On the day delivery guy Yang Chen is selected for the National Destiny battlefield, all the other contestants are drawing combat skills. Only his System's pop-up window sparkles with pink hearts: “Congratulations! You've obtained a unique talent: Super Relatives System (c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Transmigrated Into a Book: The Cold School Heartthrob Has a Secret Crush on Me 穿书后，高冷校草暗恋我 A modern-day office drudge transmigrates into an unfamiliar high school romance novel. She becomes a third-year high school student, a nobody, and gets a System. She can only return home after the story reaches its ending. During classes, she interacts with Xiao Yuyan, the aloof campus heartthrob, and builds what she thinks is a sincere friendship with him. She doesn't realize that Xiao Yuyan has fallen for her, but never says a word. After the college entrance exams, Lin Ran goes abroad to atte —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Sword Conceals Creation 剑藏造化 Fortune is mine, and my sword will pierce the firmament! Gu Qingchen wakes beside a heap of trash in another world, with a life as worthless as a blade of grass. He obtains the heaven-defying inheritance, The Art of Creation Through Domains. He cultivates no dantian and forms no nascent soul, focusing solely on one thing: the domain! Weapons turn into vines, stubborn stones become sharp swords. Within three feet of me, I am creation itself! At Sword-Calling Sect, he shakes an ancient sword on th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Crab Emperor Ascends to Godhood: Starting by Building a Shoddy Dragon Palace 蟹帝封神：从龙宫建成豆腐渣开始 Reborn as a river crab in the East Sea during the Investiture of the Gods era, I awaken the Greedy-for-Heaven System. From then on, the Dragon Palace’s construction projects are riddled with a whole lot more water. Ao Bing audits the books? Borrow Nezha’s Red Armillary Sash to destroy the evidence! The battle of the immortals? Resell the Jie Sect’s magic treasures and profit from both sides! The Spirit Mountain gets involved? Turn the Flowing Sand River into a toll booth in one stroke! From shod —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Tales of Karma and the Supernatural 因果怪谈 The timid should stay away!!! [Supernatural Horror] [Rule-Based Mysteries] [Cthulhu Mythos] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [No Harem] [No Female Lead] [No National Destiny] Seven islands are connected to one main island, and all seven are covered in Xingyu's footprints. Deeply carved into each footprint are the characters for cause and effect. At last, the blade of the Lord of Cause and Effect rested against his own neck, and he silently ended his life. Under the rule of someone so ruthless eve 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Everlasting Night Besieges the City 永夜围城 When memories can be read, forged, or even erased, what can we call real? If everything can be forgotten, whose memory must you live on in to survive? This is a trap woven from time, and an atonement for what has been remembered. Chen Shiya survives a blood-soaked beginner’s village and travels through dungeons, carefully navigating every step between trust and betrayal. Some will pay any price to return to the past. Some silently endure as they face a lover who has lost their memory. Some a 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Realm Lord Doesn't Want to Be a Little Girl 界主大人不想当萝莉 [Two Powerful Leads] + [No System, Just Brains] + [Pure Love] She is the cosmic realm lord who governs life and death across countless worlds. Cold and proud, she is forced to become a little girl!!! Hilarious!!! Her whole family can hear her thoughts ➕ the Crown Prince turns the tables on her. Her father doesn’t dote on her, and her mother doesn’t love her, but after transmigrating, she becomes the family’s darling!! The two powerful leads are unstoppable!!! Nine princes fight for the throne!! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Glimmer of Hope in the Future Apocalypse 未来末世一线生机 What will the end of the world look like 500,000 years from now? What kind of cutting-edge technology will exist? Will humanity have found extraterrestrial civilizations? And what will those civilizations be like? Faced with the apocalypse, which kind of immortal ruler can be trusted most: a robot bound by all sorts of restrictions, or a human who has uploaded their consciousness? There are no tired tropes or wild flights of fancy here. With its warm, humorous style, saving the world is about mo 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 To Lost Youth: Dungeons and Goblins 致逝去的青春，地下城与哥布林 System, brainless fun, and nostalgia for the old version of Dungeon Fighter Online. “Haha, did that guy get his brain bashed in by goblins or something? He's going to grind the Loran King's Road map with his bare hands.” After playing DNF through sixty straight overnight sessions, Wang Qiang drops dead in an internet cafe, only to have his soul unexpectedly transmigrate to another world inside the game. He even comes with a cultivation System. Complete missions, and gold coins and cultivation pr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 A Sichuan Girl Sets the Illusion Realm Straight 川妹整顿幻境 [Chaste Leads] [Silly and Hilarious] [Both Transmigrate Through Illusions] [Golden Finger] [Wildly Imaginative] [Happy Ending] A quick transmigration story about two equally formidable leads. After passing through a series of illusions, including a desert oasis, an undersea mermaid realm, a chessboard wonderland, a cultivation fantasy, a parallel world, a matriarchal realm, and the far reaches of outer space in the future, a bold, perceptive Sichuan girl and a refined, fiercely protective heir 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Reversing My Fate with a Black Stone 凡人修仙：我靠黑石逆转仙途 “They have Celestial, Terrestrial, Mysterious, and Yellow meridians. They walk the path to Heaven, ride the wind and wield their swords, living free and carefree!” “I, Chen Bufan, have nothing but an ordinary meridian. I can't ride the wind or wield a sword at their speed!” “But so what?!” “The Great Dao reaches Heaven, and they can take their broad, sunlit road! My ordinary meridians may be shattered, but with these two feet, I'll step by step carve out a narrow path of my own!” “They travel a 206Reads8.1Score100Shelves
- 16 Memory Loss from the Start: A World in Chaos 开局失忆世界大混乱 Amnesia from the start + a System that makes life miserable + a world turned upside down. He wakes up with all his memories erased, and the world has gone completely off the rails: modern residential complexes have become ancient martial-arts settings, gym equipment has turned into legendary martial arts weapons, and all the modern people in the city have vanished, leaving only experts who crossed over from a wuxia world. He’s forced to bind himself to a sharp-tongued, freeloading System with bi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Another Rotten Peach Blossom for My Man-Attracting Constitution 吸渣体质的烂桃花又来了 Chen Yang: “Talk it out? Did you ever ask me whether I thought you were a burden? How can you decide the fate of a relationship all by yourself?” Su Yan: “I’ve seen you at your lowest, and I don’t want you to sink into the mire again.” After her ex left her with a fear of falling in love, Su Yan finds herself drawn into a relationship with Chen Yang. But under mounting pressure, she breaks up with him. Chen Yang tries to stop her, but when he fails, he resents her. Little does Su Yan know that s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Forbidden Realm 禁令界 Xu Qi'an scored only 90 in three subjects and couldn't get into a junior college, so he was admitted to Bajier School. On the surface, Bajier School is a vocational and technical college. In reality, it is a research institution that studies the world and unknown lifeforms, and trains talent for Bureau 749. Anyone can come, as long as they aren't afraid of dying and aren't scared. And so Xu Qi'an steps into a school that is only a school on the surface, beginning his journey toward seeing the tr 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 High Martial: Child of the End 高武：终焉之子 (Modern Urban High Martial Arts + Decisive and Ruthless + Taciturn + One Female Lead) On this Blue Star, everyone has a chance to awaken their psychic powers at the age of eighteen. Some people awaken early and become psychics when pushed to the brink. 26kReads8.2Score4.1kShelves
- 20 Let Me Run Wild, Season One 容我猖狂第一季 Synopsis of I’ll Let Myself Run Wild, Season One Zhang Wudi was once dismissed as a castoff of the city, enduring contempt and humiliation. His family went bankrupt, his loved ones fell seriously ill, and his lover betrayed him. Everyone thought his life was over. At his most desperate, he resolutely enlisted in the military, just to find a way to survive. Who could have expected that he would return utterly transformed, becoming a God of War who shook the entire city! On foreign battlefields, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Bronze Box That Subdues the World 镇世铜盒 A low-level office drone buried in debt unexpectedly awakens a family heirloom with the power to appraise treasures. Starting out by finding overlooked bargains at flea markets, he sweeps through the antique black market, jade gambling exchanges, and the real estate business. As he uncovers the truth behind his parents' disappearance, he reunites with old friends and foils the schemes of the underground cultural relics conglomerate, the Fengling Bureau. He retrieves the national treasures scatte 4Reads—Score161Shelves
- 22 On the Night of the Sacrifice, I Became the Lord of Ten Thousand Sects 献祭当晚，我成了万门之主 (Urban supernatural powers + ten thousand revolving gates + Chinese-style horror + gatekeepers + rule-based abilities!) A black gate opens at the end of the alley, and a sacrifice summons ten thousand gates! Gatekeeper Su Qingyuan builds a wall around the human heart with her sealing arts! Shadow Gate Master Ye Li holds on to the pain of being mortal through bloodshed and fervor! A Mian, abandoned by the world across nine lifetimes, carries all the joys and sorrows of reincarnation and becomes a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Genshin Impact: Game Pulls, with Link Time from the Start! 原神：游戏抽取，开局林克时间！ The rating just came out, so it’s pretty low, but the author will keep working hard. (Multiple heroines + becomes invincible soon after the Stormterror quest + saving tragic characters + memes + going completely unhinged) Definitely included: [Genshin Impact] (main world), [Honkai Impact 3rd] (will visit), [Honkai: Star Rail] (will visit), [Undertale] (will visit), [The Legend of Zelda] (will visit), [Tale of Immortal] (will visit), [Devil May Cry] (might visit, but the little one will show off 331Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 24 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
- 25 Reborn, I Return to Earth as a Delivery Guy 重生的我回地球当外卖小哥 Once a member of the Interstellar Federation, he was betrayed and killed. He was reborn in the body of an ordinary young deliveryman on Earth who shared his name, and was then bound to a System that gave its Host special abilities. The System orders him to fight monsters and level up, and to overcome any challenges he encounters and uncover the truth behind them. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Snow on Frostlit Blossoms 雪染霜华 King Zhao Xi is ordered to return to the capital by imperial decree and assist the young crown prince. But the third prince, Chen Jingxuan, seizes the opportunity to usurp the throne, then falsely accuses Zhao Xi of treason and massacres the entire Zhao clan. Only Zhao Chen, the heir, escapes with his life. During his flight, Zhao Chen meets Su Wuya, an old friend of his father, and Su’s two daughters. From that moment, the wheels of fate begin to turn, and the love, hate, and tangled grudges be 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Transmigrated into a Book as the Villainess, Reborn to Make Money and Turn the Tables 穿书女配重生搞钱逆袭 When I woke up, I was leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window of a luxury villa, teary-eyed as I waited for my husband to come home. According to the novel’s plot, I would turn evil out of jealousy of the heroine, then die a miserable death on the street. Looking at the 999+ unread messages on my phone and my empty bank account, I suddenly smiled. Three months later, my ex-husband stopped me at a business gala. “Please come home.” I swirled my glass of red wine and smiled. “Sorry, I’m out of 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Survival Above the Gods 求生：位于神明之上 (I’m a new author starting a novel. Feel free to leave feedback in the comments; I’ll take it into consideration.) (Well, I think my personal style comes through pretty strongly in the story. I’m not good at writing blurbs, so reading a few chapters might be better than reading this.) (Why is writing a blurb so hard?! I’ve racked my brain and all I’ve managed to write is this much.) This is a survival ground formed by countless worlds merging, and a playground for evil gods. Countless races will 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Ink Bones, Blank Space 墨骨留白 [Artist + Transmigration + One Female Lead + Slice of Life + Humor] In his previous life, no one loved him, and he had nothing to hold on to. Born into hardship and dogged by misfortune, his life ended when a bolt of heavenly lightning struck. By a twist of fate, however, it ruined someone else's cultivation and karma, turning him into a puppet for that person to recover through, though he himself remained unaware. From then on, a little supervisor and a pen accompanied him as he made his quiet 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 A Carpenter's Home Has No Stool to Sit On, While Ghosts Sing in a Taoist's Home 木匠家中无凳坐，道士家中鬼唱歌 [No System + Not a power fantasy + No cultivation + Supernatural + Fantasy + Horror + Suspense + Realistic thrills + First-person diary style] If that bothers you, proceed with caution~ "The carpenter has no stools at home, and ghosts sing in the Daoist's house." This is a common saying. It means that people tend to be too lazy to do their own line of work at home. Similar sayings include "The tailor wears tattered clothes" and "The doctor can't treat himself." Rather than call this a book, it w 28Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 31 Tears of Beauty: The One in Her Spring Boudoir Dreams 美人泪：春闺梦里人 A pure historical romance, with no transmigration and no rebirth! (A young general and a delicate heiress) “Poor are the bones along the banks of the Wuding River, yet still they haunt the dreams of women in their spring chambers.” “Though my dark hair may turn gray, I will live this life without regret.” When they first met as teenagers, the young man and woman fell in love at first sight and promised to stay together for life. But then the border was suddenly threatened, and war broke out. The 9Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 32 The Newcomer Who Triggers My Stress Response 那个让我应激的新人 The Newcomer Who Triggers My Trauma 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 How Is This Possible? Every Fight Ends in One Move 怎么可能，通通都是一招制胜 Su Yichen transmigrates into the body of a peak master whose dantian has been shattered and whose cultivation has been completely lost. Liu Rumei sends wedding invitations for her marriage to his good friend Chen Jian, then brazenly demands a lavish gift. Now that he’s transmigrated, why should he keep being a simp? He activates the System and gains the “One-Move Victory” skill. If an opponent’s cultivation is lower than or equal to mine, I crush them outright. If their cultivation is higher, I 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 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
- 36 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 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
- 38 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
- 39 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 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
- 42 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
- 43 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
- 44 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
- 45 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
- 46 Soul Tears 魂泪 Actor Xiao Shuhe × Sinner Yu Xi “Welcome to my script! I’m your host, TOPA. A warm welcome to my old friends as you enter this book. Now, turn the page and open the chapters written just for you. Follow the mission instructions and escape from the prison I’ve prepared with such care!” “We... have to survive!” “Get out of here quickly! TOPA is dead, and this script is about to collapse. If we don’t escape, we’ll all die here!” “Please... kill me... I can’t go on living. Hurry, kill me! Kill me!” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Blazing High Martial: The Dungeon System's Reversal 热血高武：地下城系统的逆袭 With spiritual qi revived and martial arts supreme, Lu Chen unexpectedly binds himself to a Dungeon System. Clear dungeons to get god-tier gear, and grow stronger with every instance. While others spend ten years in arduous cultivation, he needs only one run to clear a dungeon. From bottom of the class to someone all look up to, he uses his DNF System to carve a bloody path through the entire high-martial world! 495Reads—Score109Shelves
- 48 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
- 49 You Were Born to Hide Your Edge 卿本藏锋 As the poisoned wine burns its way down her throat, Su Yuheng catches sight of the mottled blood curse on the beams of the cold palace. In her previous life, a bowl of saffron tea seared through her insides. Her half-sister Su Qinghe ground her embroidered shoe across Su Yuheng’s bloodied fingertips, then smiled as she picked up the Spirit Spring Jade Pendant that had fallen from Su Yuheng’s arms. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to her coming-of-age banquet: dog’s blood splashed 4Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 50 A Hundred Ghosts on the Road 百诡行 As long as you're alive, there's hope! Only then dare you hope! Keep living, Ren Ping'an. Live at all costs! Live on, bearing everything! As long as you're here, hope remains! —Reads—Score—Shelves
