Novels like Adrift in a Sea of People
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Adrift in a Sea of People, best match first.
- 51 Flowers Born of the Earth 土生花 The land is silent, yet it can hold all the hardships endured by three generations. On the barren yellow earth, three generations of women are pressed into the mud by fate, bound hand and foot by patriarchy, and slowly tortured by life. They have no choices and nowhere to turn. They don’t even dare to cry aloud. All they can do is endure the darkness, bear the despair, and keep going through days that have been ground to dust, sustained by sheer will. Yang Jinlian is deaf and stutters. All her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Blood on Crimson Mountain 赤山血色 This is a true story from revolutionary history. During the Japanese occupation, bandits entrenched in the Chishan region of southern Liaoning raised the banner of resistance against Japan. In these chaotic times, heroes and men of talent from every walk of life converged, a motley mix of good and bad. The divine marksman Liu Yunfei fought the Japanese single-handedly; the crafty carpenter Song Dagan was recklessly lustful; the horse trader hid his true nature; and the Three Golden Blossoms vied 137Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 53 The Real Estate Agent's Comeback 逆袭的房产经纪人 The working life of a low-level talent agent: a difficult road, but one she walks with unwavering resolve. Most of the stories are adapted from things the author has encountered in the industry. No offense is intended; if anything here offends you, please be understanding, or contact the author to request changes. 159Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 54 Dr. Tang, You're So Poisonous 唐医生你好毒 She is a hidden genius chief physician in the emergency department. After being set up by her stepsister and abandoned by her father, she returns with formidable medical skills. He is the most distinguished heir to a wealthy family. Afraid of marriage and children, he still wants to cherish her like a treasure after one unexpected night together. They enter a contract marriage in secret. She thinks they're simply getting what they want from each other, but he carefully lays his plans and places 4.6kReads—Score54414d adds
- 55 In the Name of the People: The Road to Heaven 名义：登天路 In the raging currents of ordinary life, just staying afloat takes everything you've got. Getting ahead is harder still, practically impossible. Step into the game and forge a path to the heavens! Ten thousand years is too long. Seize the day! 15.1kReads7.9Score58714d adds
- 56 The Taste of Life 人间味道 This is a collection of short stories about family, friendship, love, and devotion to one's country. Life has no answer sheet; it is a journey. Every ordinary story celebrates the brilliant moments of ordinary people. My new work is out! You're welcome to 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! 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Dual Cultivation Cauldron: My Senior Sister Is a Beautiful Madwoman 双修炉鼎：我的师姐是疯批美人 [Multiple female leads, no dragging things out] [Fast-paced plot] [Clear main storyline] [Invincible] [Decisive and ruthless] The dying old man’s comeback: Fairies, I’ll gladly accept your tender affection! Gu Ping is a dying servant whose lifespan is nearly up and whose cultivation has been stuck at the third level of Qi Refining. He has spent thirty years as an alchemy slave at the Liyue Immortal Sect, yet he still hasn’t managed to obtain even the most basic dual-cultivation technique. That i 7.8kReads7.8Score88214d adds
- 58 I Was Doing Just Fine as a Wild God, Then They Suddenly Accused Me of Breaking the Heavenly Laws 野神当得好好的，突然说我犯天条 [Strong female lead + guns + plot-driven + lighthearted + imaginative mysteries] Yun Shu somehow transmigrated. When she woke up in a dense forest, she had no memories of the original owner. She thought she had transmigrated into an immortal fairy, but as she walked along, she “ascended” in the literal sense: she turned into a cloud, and a raincloud at that. She spent a hundred years traveling the mortal realm in search of a way home. That was when she learned this was a world of myths, home to 1.7kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 59 After My Husband Gouged Out My Eyes and Broke My Legs, He Said He Loved Me 被老公挖眼断腿后，他却说爱我 After My Husband Gouged Out My Eyes and Broke My Legs, He Said He Loved Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Mita: A Favorability System, but My Thoughts Are Being Overheard 米塔：好感度系统，但被偷听心声 [Multiple heroines + slice of life + comedy and memes + love rivalries + redemption + occasional insanity] (You don't need to have played the game. Just enjoy it for the laughs.) Sen Luo had just beaten the horror dating game Mita when he transmigrated before he even had time to feel sad. What awaits you is the Mita world's conceptual god, a complete lunatic: Crazy Mita, full of violence and deception, harboring boundless hatred and contempt for everyone! Fortunately, Sen Luo awakened the Affect 2.8kReads9.3Score45314d adds
- 61 EN Who Says My Path to Enlightenment Is Flawed? 谁说我证道之路有问题？ [Anti-trope] [Multiple heroines] [Attainment-based cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] “The Great Dao is boundless, and the path to immortality is broad. Tell me, disciple: how many major realms are there in cultivation?” “Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core...” “Wrong! Completely wrong!” “Remember this: cultivators have exactly three major realms. First, the Ant Realm; second, the Fellow Daoist Realm; and third, the Senior Realm!” Zhang Yuan was overjoyed. His master was the cau 40.5kReads7.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 62 The Villainous Lord Only Wants to Turn Over a New Leaf 恶役领主只想洗白上岸 [Tags: Villainous Lord] [The rating just came in, and it’s going up~] [Introduction: I rule with an iron fist, my fearsome reputation striking terror into all! Every last bit of the harvest goes to me! Merchants pay a 95% tax. You know what I’m capable of! I cut down the World Tree and turned heaven and earth upside down; I founded the Black Beast Mercenary Corps and brought eight fortresses to their knees; I corrupted a saintess and incited a princess to rebel. I’m pure evil!] “Am I really that 66.8kReads8.9Score12.6k14d adds
- 63 In the Name of the People: I Report Myself from the Start 名义：开局我举报我自己 Luocheng: “Classmate Hou Liangping, you can’t investigate me just because I outrank you, can you? Is it really that hard to admit someone else is better than you? Have you ever tried looking for the problem in yourself? Sure, I reported myself, but do you even have the rank to investigate me?” 297.1kReads8.6Score23.6k14d adds
- 64 I Just Came Along for the Fun, and I Got Reborn Too 凑个热闹我也重生了 Hao Xin was reborn. But she had no golden finger, no pocket dimension, and the System gave her no perks at all. Her rebirth seemed about as useful as a drop in the ocean. But was she really doomed to spend this life on the sidelines? She had thirty years of experience as a lawyer in her previous life, along with the sharp thinking, social skills, and problem-solving abilities that came with the job. Those were her golden finger. Her family had nothing to their name! No problem, she could earn mo 1.7kReads9.2Score16814d adds
- 65 The Thirteenth Watcher 第十三位守望者 [Urban Superpowers] [One Female Lead (Or No Female Lead?)] [Ensemble Cast] [Wild Ideas] [Gets More Addictive the More You Read] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, No Cliches, No System, No Invincibility, No Saintly Protagonist] Enter at your own risk. Three years ago, his grandfather and younger sister vanished without a trace. Three years later, a strange door dragged Lu Kai into another world, the Other Shore. Here, Awakened gain supernatural powers by putting on a visage, but the price is a lifes 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 My Ex-Boyfriend’s Cousin Says He Wants to Date Me 前男友的表哥说，想跟我处对象 He Lina's boyfriend is considerate and gentle, but he can't protect her. After they break up, a dull ache lingers in her chest. She drinks herself into a stupor at a bar and runs into her ex-boyfriend's cousin. The man pulls her into his arms and quietly asks if she'll be with him. She can barely make out what he's saying. Dazed, she gazes at his strikingly familiar, handsome face and nods without thinking, an answer she would never give when sober. The man lowers his eyes, his deep voice fallin 5.8kReads—Score41214d adds
- 67 Cthulhu Flower God: Pollination of Withering and Blooming 克苏鲁花神：枯荣的授粉 [Cthulhu] [Hardcore occult studies] [Meticulously researched] [Mystery and exploration] [Not a power fantasy or formulaic story] [No female lead] [Phobias] [Impostors] Have you ever wondered where the feng shui energy in the world comes from? Could dragon veins be something beyond human understanding? Why do the occult traditions of different regions around the world all ultimately point to the same entity? Shen Yu, a paleographer, is drawn into a series of bizarre incidents. Every clue points t 1.3kReads8.3Score24414d adds
- 68 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 1.3kReads8.3Score13k14d adds
- 69 Journey to the West, Skeleton Soldier of White Tiger Ridge, I Block the Road and Become a Saint 西游，白虎岭骷髅兵，我拦路成圣 [Not based on the original Journey to the West] What should I do after being reborn as a skeleton? Don't panic. First, let's see what the situation is. Journey to the West, White Tiger Ridge. So I'm the White Bone Spirit? Oh. Sorry, I got that wrong. I'm just a skeleton soldier. Yun Zhao nearly cried when he learned his situation. If I'm not running now, when am I? Do I really want to wait for the Monkey King's Golden Cudgel to smash me to dust? [Ding! Roadblock Simulator loading] Huh? What the 109.1kReads8.7Score12.1k14d adds
- 70 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 772Reads8.4Score10514d adds
- 71 My Junior Sister Has Quit Being Love-Struck, and the Whole Sect Can't Adjust 师妹不再恋爱脑，全宗竟不太适应 [Transmigration] + [System] + [Strong Female Lead] + [Xuanhuan] + [Romance] If you’re tired of female leads who are always out to conquer the world or save all its people, you have to read this book! The heroine just wants to lie flat and be a carefree slacker, but the System insists on giving her a golden finger. The more she lies flat, the stronger she gets, and the stronger she gets, the more miserable she becomes, because everyone comes knocking to force her to “get to work.” It’s packed wi 478Reads—Score11214d adds
- 72 My Girlfriend Told Me to Delete My Mom So I Wouldn't Cheat 女朋友说让我删了我妈防止我出轨 My Girlfriend Told Me to Delete My Mom So I Wouldn't Cheat on Her 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 A Dream Buried for Ten Years 十年沉梦 A twenty-six-year-old soul lives inside a sixteen-year-old body. Su Wan returns reborn to her high school years, carrying the exhaustion, trauma, and regret of the decade to come. Before her are her living, breathing father and her radiant, smiling older sister: the warmth she once longed so desperately to reclaim. The ancient ring from that snowy night is her only link to the past, and it holds all the riddles behind her rebirth. She thinks this will be a lonely journey, until she meets a boy n 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Second Cruelty Hidden Beneath the Skin 藏在皮囊里的第二重凶 A Second Layer of Murder Hidden Beneath the Skin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Silver Flame and the Dreamless 银焰与无梦者 Silver Flame and the Dreamless —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Tiedan, the Wolf Boy 狼孩铁蛋 Awoo! In a mountain hollow, the local wolf pack and a pack of outsiders clash in a fierce battle. The wolf pups are hungry, so they leave the den to look for their mother. Two black bears gape their bloody jaws, and one by one the pups... Bang! Bang! A group of people carrying hunting rifles rushes toward the black bears lying on the ground. “Awwo.” One little wolf pup is still alive. A young man named Li Youshan sees that the mother wolf is gone and worries that a beast will eat the pup. Ignori 2.8kReads8.2Score33814d adds
- 77 The Iron Throne Company 铁王座公司 Iron Throne Corporation 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 A Chuunibyou's Quick Transmigration Journey 中二病患者的快穿之旅 No heroine + no romance + absurd comedy Congratulations to everyone who came across this book: you’ve found your comfort zone. If you found it, the System has clearly decided your chuuni phase isn’t over yet! This is the story of a chuuni boy’s journey to save the world. (World consciousnesses: “Lies! He’s obviously just stealing everything!”) A young man with a scepter sits on his throne and declares solemnly, “I am the ruler of the Myriad Worlds. I am the one true emperor of the universe. I am 2.4kReads7.4Score19514d adds
- 79 The Blunt Truth System Activates: I Tell Everyone Exactly What I Think 直言系统启动：遇人就说大实话 The Blunt Truth System Activates: Tell Everyone the Unvarnished Truth 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Immortal Lord Shoves Him by Mistake! The War God Faces His Trial by Eating "Gold" 仙君误推！战神历劫吃“黄金” The Immortal Lord made a mistaken push! The God of War eats “gold” while undergoing tribulation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Wicked Real Heiress Gets a Marriage License with a Beijing Power Player! 恶毒真千金和京圈大佬领证了！ Height difference + double virgins + sweet romance + wealthy families + transmigrate into a book + a little showbiz A dominant, carnivorous CEO with mixed heritage vs. a stunning heroine who can be sweet or sassy An 11-year age gap. No angst in the romance, no ridiculous misunderstandings. The male lead is powerful and adores her, and will solve every problem for her. - Han Xiao went to sleep and woke up as a martial arts student who had become the real heiress, abandoned in the countryside. Jus 17.8kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 82 My Annoying Boss Is Kneeling at My Door Begging for Forgiveness?! 烦人上司跪在我家门口求原谅？！ [Top's POV + Both Pure + Sweet Romance] Yu Chengfan, a top student from a prestigious 985 university, joins a leading corporation. His direct superior, Yu Yifan, is always demanding, and Yu Chengfan can't help grumbling about him in private. It isn't until his birthday that he discovers this imposing CEO is actually someone his family arranged to stay by his side since childhood. The aloof CEO turns into a gentle guardian, caring for him attentively and indulging him at every turn. When danger 5.4kReads9.0Score41114d adds
- 83 The Clingy Lapdog of a Spoiled Sweetheart Goes on a Rampage 娇气包的攻击性舔狗杀疯了 [Two male leads + sweet romance + a little entertainment-industry drama + a few forum-style posts] [Unbeatable beauty, bad temper, and vanity on the receiving end vs. an absurdly overconfident, hopelessly lovestruck, imagination-prone pampered husband on the pursuing end] Xue Zhao is vain and spoiled, fond of buying expensive luxury goods and basking in the envy and admiration of others. But the luxury items he bought through a personal shopper turn out to be fakes. His money is wasted, and his 4.6kReads9.0Score65014d adds
- 84 Silver Flame and the Wrong Magic Address Office 银焰与错误魔法地址办公室 Silver Flame and the Office of Incorrect Magical Addresses 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 After Abandoning My Childhood Sweetheart, He Vowed Never to Marry 遗弃竹马后，他却立誓不婚 After she abandoned her childhood sweetheart, he swore he would never marry 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Great-Aunt Xile's Happy Life 姑奶奶喜乐的幸福生活 Home is a sheltered harbor, and family is always there to support you. This is a story about three generations of the Song family living happily in an old building on Tianjin's Five Avenues. It features Tianjin's delicious food, as well as the family's joys and sorrows over the past thirty years. 730Reads9.1Score10414d adds
- 87 The Zombie Tide Is Coming, So I’m Stockpiling Supplies and Laying Low 尸潮来袭，专心囤货苟天荒 The Zombie Horde Is Coming, So I'm Stockpiling Supplies and Laying Low for Good 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 An Ordinary World, Where I Am Anything but Ordinary 平凡的世界之我不平凡 They all look down on me, and I’m just not good enough! No one will help me reach for the clouds, but I wouldn’t get there anyway! The strong never blame their circumstances, but I’m weak! I don’t just complain about my circumstances, I complain about the strong, too! Gold always shines, but I’m just an old pal! No one can take advantage of me, because I’m useless! Everyone laughs at me, and I’m the funniest one of all! Rather than push myself, I might as well give myself a break...! 46.2kReads8.6Score4.5k14d adds
- 89 CS2: When You Push Your Efforts to the Limit CS2：当你将努力做到极致 [System] [Esports] [Everyday Life] [Slow Burn] [One Female Lead] Nobody would call someone a prodigy when they'd played for four years and five thousand hours but had only reached ranks A to A+. Lin Yu was an ordinary college student, and he thought he'd never make it to the professional CS scene in his lifetime. But an accident changed everything. He was reborn in 2021, on the day of the Stockholm final, and awakened a System at the same time. The System told him that as long as he worked hard, 71.1kReads9.3Score3k14d adds
- 90 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 17Reads—Score11414d adds
- 91 The Fourth Law 第四法则 This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, and the characters won’t be made stupid. I refuse to pander to the fast-food market. This is a long-running serial with steady updates and at least a million words. I will never abandon it! I’m writing this book with the ambition of creating a masterpiece, focusing on logic and quality, never churning out filler! The paranormal arc in the first 25 chapters is the book’s main storytelling approach. Around chapter 50, the narrative shifts to an ensemble cast. 38Reads—Score214d adds
- 92 The Messiah Game 弥撒亚游戏 [No Female Lead · No System · No Golden Finger · A Genuine Triple-No Story] [Anti-Trope · Infinite Flow · Everyone’s Gone Crazy · A Doomsday Gods’ Gamble] Losing your job is bad enough, but when you’re down on your luck, who’d have thought a game would show up before a six-yuan meal deal? Hu Li stared at the madman in black holding a two-meter-long watermelon knife and forcing him to choose between joining the game or getting hacked to death on the spot. He fell silent. “So you’re saying that 13.9kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 93 Baby, You're So Soft. Why Do You Turn Red at a Touch? 宝宝好软，怎么一碰就红了 [The rating has just been released and will rise later] One-on-one | Older man | Both pure | Wealthy family | Utterly doting Sweet, soft darling × restrained daddy with a controlling streak Ning Fuyao found a famous daddy-type big shot online who took care of her meals, sleep, and studies, and transferred money without hesitation. But before they could meet in person, she lost her nerve. The man coaxed her in a husky voice: “I know exactly what I want. You’re the treasure I’ve spent half my life 44.5kReads8.7Score3.7k14d adds
- 94 A Marriage Full of Secrets 婚心叵测 I suspect my husband is drugging me. My child isn’t mine, and our nanny is here to spy on me! This is a dead end. The only way to save myself is to burn my bridges and fight to the death! 40.3kReads9.4Score3.7k14d adds
- 95 Sweet Trap! The Lovesick Puppy Wants to Cuddle Up to His Boss 甜蜜诱捕！病娇小狗要跟老板贴贴 [Psycho + male/male romance + two strong, devoted leads + sweet romance and a happy ending] [A sickly, lovesick wreck meets an even crazier powerhouse. Two negatives make a positive, and they heal each other.] “Hello, Mr. Tang. My name is Jiang Nan.” Jiang Nan, who developed a mental illness after being abused as a child, happens to meet the owner of a spirit-hunting agency. A sickly little dog who's never been loved gets a hug, and goes crazy for him. He stares at Tang Yan with shining eyes, de 1.2kReads9.3Score18314d adds
- 96 Big Brother! If You Dare to Date, I'll Break Your Legs 哥！你敢早恋，我打断你腿 [Unrelated by blood + a tsundere, stubborn younger sister] Su Xiao is reborn, returning to the day after their parents' deaths when he and his younger sister, Su Wanning, were sent to live with different relatives. In his previous life, the two siblings were separated just like that, and never contacted each other again. When they met again, Su Wanning had become a little box. Reborn into this life, Su Xiao swears that he will never let anyone take his sister away. In front of everyone, Su Xiao 154.9kReads8.8Score18.7k14d adds
- 97 The Adorable Diviner: Making Money Comes First, Romance Can Wait 卦仙有点萌：搞钱为主，恋爱靠边 The Adorable Diviner: Making Money Comes First, Romance Can Wait 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 In the Name of the People: I Decide Whether Handong Descends into Chaos 名义：汉东乱不乱我说了算 The Han University Faction can't exist? Then why can the Zhong family openly support Sha Ruijin in building the Sha Family Faction? Xiao Jin, tell me: do you admit your guilt or not? Zhao Ruilong, tell me: are you still so full of yourself? With Pei Yihong backing him, Zhou Zechuan sent not only Sha Ruijin, Zhao Ruilong, and the others to prison, but also the families behind them. Zhou Zechuan felt that neither the Han University Faction nor the Sha Family Faction needed to exist. He should be t 49.9kReads8.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 99 This Playthrough with the Maid 戏处理女仆相伴的这一周目 This is a transformation from 1 Player to 2 Players [A ton of gaming and gaming memes, one female lead, campus life, light novel, esports] “According to the contract, starting today, I’ll be your ‘gameplay maid,’ Master.” A maid-dressed girl named Bai E’na barges into the room of Gu Kongtong, a hardcore gaming otaku and hopeless college student. She boasts an outrageous level of gaming skill and stunning looks, and claims his dad hired her for a hefty sum to provide him with “premium gaming comp 4kReads9.6Score45414d adds
- 100 The Undying One's Will 不死者的遗嘱 The Immortal’s Last Will 14Reads—Score—14d adds
