Novels like Don’t Read This Book, or You Might Defy Fate and Change Your Destiny
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- 1 A Poor Man's Guide to Turning His Life Around 穷人翻身指南 A practical guide to ways of thinking I’ll teach you how the rich think And how the poor can turn their lives around Why am I teaching you these ways of thinking? Why write this book? Let me make one thing clear first: The main reason I’m writing this book is for myself. I’m always trying to improve, learning from experience and gaining new insights every day. And the fastest way to absorb, understand, and apply this knowledge is the Feynman Technique. If you don’t know what that is, look it up. 259Reads7.3Score860Shelves
- 2 The Heavenly Book of Changing Fate 改运天书 The character is based on the fifth great figure of the Northeast Renaissance, Old Xu, the "knowledge mixer". Special thanks to: Wang Shengdong of Northeast Sushantang Zhang Xiaotian of Northeast Xuande Hall Zhang Wumeng, the fourth great master of the Northeast Renaissance Ouchi's secret talk A book review is the best introduction. Book lover [Chuxin Yijiu Ha]: This masterpiece is a must-recommend! The author has a wealth of knowledge, humorous language, and is proficient in everything from fen 993Reads8.5Score232Shelves
- 3 Feng Shui for Beginners 零基础学习风水 My name is Chen Ping'an... Understand this novel, and your destiny will change forever... Even complete beginners can learn simple, practical feng shui secrets... If you want to change something in your life, you really should give it a read! 224Reads7.0Score187Shelves
- 4 The I Ching in Everyday Life: My Journey to Enlightenment 生活中的易经：我的悟道实录 Which path should I take in life? Why am I still unhappy despite all my hard work? Will that person come back? Will next year be any better? We have all paused at a crossroads in life, wondering what fate has in store for us. While I was writing this series, someone asked me, “Do people actually read what you write? These days, everyone likes feel-good stories.” I smiled and said nothing. Feel-good stories can make you happy for a while, but once you finish them, you're still left feeling lost. 36Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 5 Surviving the Ordeal 熬过劫难 First, be certain that you can reach the summit. Then believe this book can rewrite your fate, and believe in the power of belief. By the time you read this book, the identity you have now will already have begun to loosen its grip. The moment you choose to begin, you have already left mediocrity behind. Can my story help you find your own path to salvation? May words reveal the power they truly hold. 58.6kReads9.2Score12.3kShelves
- 6 The European Phoenix's Cultivation Saga: A Long Road to Immortality, Time for a Shock 欧凰修仙传：仙途漫漫，来点震撼 Ou Huang transmigrates to a cultivation universe and unexpectedly merges with an Immortal Emperor’s mortal Dao Fruit. After a thousand years, he has become a mighty Nascent Soul cultivator. Along the way, he casually whipped up a few technological gadgets. To deal with the risk of his spirit becoming unstable, he hides his cultivation and slips into the Tianxuan Sect as an ordinary outer disciple. My name is Ou Huang. I’m the Emperor of Luck, and you’re all ants. No System, invincible protagonis 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Popular History of the Five Dynasties 五代史通俗演义 [A Classical, Accessible History of the Entire Era | A Beginner's Guide to History | A Complete Overview of the Ten Kingdoms] Can't get through dry official histories? This popularized retelling of the Five Dynasties uses a story-driven, episodic format to make this lesser-known period of turmoil easy to understand. Its sixty chapters cover the rise and fall of all five dynasties, Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, while also tracing the history of the Ten Kingdoms' r 62Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 8 The Rich Kid Who Turned His Life Around by Writing Web Novels After Going into Debt 富二代的我负债后竟用写网文翻身 An A9-level rich kid and civil servant, buried in debt, somehow turns his life around by writing web novels and rises to the top… Writing and paying off his debts are the main threads of the story, interwoven with family secrets, analysis of current affairs, reflections on life, clever part-time job tips, writing advice, and more... The novel is packed with knowledge from economics, philosophy, history, sociology, management, and other fields. It’s not a power fantasy, but it will absolutely sho 135Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 9 God-Tier Mechanic: From Auto Repairman to Automotive Legend 神级技师：从汽修工到车圈神话 Feel-good story + skill upgrades + no female lead + fast pace + getting rich + friends everywhere + low-key flexing!!!!! Zhang Xiaonian awakens a god-tier vehicle modification System. The harder the vehicle is to work on, the stronger the skills he receives. The rich line up to throw money at him, while his competitors kneel and call him Master. 17.7kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves
- 10 The Ugly Girl's Stunning Transformation: One Song, 'Love You,' Shocks the Entertainment World 丑女大变身，一首爱你震惊娱乐圈 The day Jiang Wan was publicly dumped by her fiance, she weighed two hundred jin and had a head full of songs from another world. At an open audition for ordinary contestants, she stunned the whole crowd with a single performance of "Love You." Black trending topics could be suppressed, but not the hearts of the people. They mocked her for being fat; she laughed at them for being deaf. The diva is back, and the song thieves and homewreckers won't get away! 1.7kReads—Score122Shelves
- 11 A Popular History of the Later Han 后汉通俗演义 [Historical Romance Grounded in the Official Record, The Complete History of the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms, An Easy Introduction to Official History] A Popular History of the Later Han is a classic historical novel in episodic form and a continuation of A Popular History of the Former Han. Across one hundred chapters, it follows the full historical arc from Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han and Emperor Guangwu's restoration, through the decline of the Eastern Han, to the division of the rea 105Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 12 The First Notebook of a Feng Shui Master Passed Down Through Generations 第一本祖传风水师笔记 [Adapted into a short drama] [A feng shui novel about the world around you] This novel explores feng shui in homes, shops, offices, graves and burial grounds, and people’s personal lives. There’s nothing mysterious or abstruse here, just feng shui stories from everyday life. By the time you come across this book, the gears of fate may already have started turning. Read carefully, and you may find something unexpected... 237.5kReads9.1Score24.3kShelves
- 13 Reborn: I'm a Samurai in Japan's Warring States Period 重生之我在日本战国当武士 Are you tired of Chinese historical novels that all feel the same? Follow the author's writing and step into the world of Japan's Sengoku period! This book does not touch on Ming dynasty politics, nor does it involve invading the Ming dynasty or Korea. Please be a rational patriot. If you don't like it, just move on to another book. Here is the synopsis! Li Shan, a martial arts fanatic from the Celestial Empire and an outdoor survival enthusiast, ventured deep into the Amazon rainforest to film 113kReads9.2Score9.2kShelves
- 14 Cultivating Through Reincarnation: Starting with the Imperial Examinations 轮回修仙：从考科举开始 [The rating has just been released, and will probably rise later...] Changsheng transmigrated to another continent and obtained the golden finger of reincarnation and rebirth. Isn't that the standard package for a protagonist? In another world's immortal cultivation realm, he reincarnates again and again, ultimately embarking on the path of cultivation, reaching the summit, and proving the Dao of immortality. 75.2kReads8.2Score4.8kShelves
- 15 Day N of Pretending to Be a Genius in a World of Morons 在弱智世界装天才的第n天 [Feel-good power fantasy + plot-driven + absurdist + requires just a little bit of brainpower] (Trust me, it’s definitely interesting. If you’re unsure, you can check out the reviews first.) After being expelled from school, Jiang Chen had resigned himself to hauling bricks at a construction site. But then, the world suddenly changed. An ordinary high school student became the most intelligent person in the world. And so… Cambridge Professor Norman: “In fact, Dr. Jiang Chen is the only person al 86.5kReads9.0Score10kShelves
- 16 A Popular History of the Former Han 前汉通俗演义 [Cai Dongfan's Historical Romance, The Complete Founding History of the Han Dynasty, The Qin-Han Rivalry, A Plain-Language History, Political Intrigue and War] This book is Cai Dongfan's A Popular History of the Former Han, a classic historical novel that recounts the dynasty's rise and fall from the chaos at the end of the Qin through the middle and late Western Han. Spanning one hundred chapters, it begins with Lü Buwei's extraordinary investment and Qin Shi Huang's unification of the realm, a 128Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 17 A Handy Guide to I Ching Ramblings 易学碎碎念宝典 [A practical guide to the I Ching + fortune-telling + feng shui + luck + arrangement + adjustment + psychology] How can you harness good fortune and make life better with every step? How can the I Ching move beyond ancient books and become an everyday tool for seeing through patterns and solving problems? This is my open-source I Ching project. I'm sharing the underlying principles of Bazi, feng shui, Plum Blossom numerology, and physiognomy with you. Practical and verifiable. No obscure termi 434Reads8.5Score101Shelves
- 18 My Trainee Class Became Top of the School, and Now the Parents Want a New Homeroom Teacher 实习教出金牌班，家长要换班主任 [Wild ideas + System + no pent-up frustration + buffs + cards + traits + wish-fulfillment novel] After graduating, Lu Qian becomes the intern homeroom teacher of Senior Two, Class Seven. On his first day at work, he awakens the [Strongest Teacher System], which gives students buffs to improve their learning efficiency and talent. What other students learn in a day, the students of Class Seven learn in an hour. While other students grow tired from studying, the students of Class Seven remain ener 498.6kReads9.2Score54.5kShelves
- 19 Stealing Heaven's Secrets: My Feng Shui and Face-Reading Skills Are Worth Trillions 窃天机：我的风水相术价值万亿 This is an urban story, and also a guide to avoiding common pitfalls, written for ordinary people. From ordinary folk to tycoons, I have personally witnessed hundreds of cases. The methods for resolving hundreds of environmental and layout issues mentioned here all come from ancient texts. Nearly every common environmental issue found in homes and shops is covered. 42.9kReads8.7Score4.3kShelves
- 20 The Abyssal Giant Attacks, and I Grow Ten Centimeters Taller Every Day 深渊巨人来袭，我每天长高十厘米 After transmigrating to a world under attack by giants, Chen Yuan awakens two traits: [Any Body Part Grows Ten Centimeters Every Day] and [Slay Colossal Beings, Gain Divine Powers]. And so begins his long career of hunting giants in the abyss. [Titan-Class Giant] [Strength of a million tons, divine body, one punch can destroy a city] [Title: War Behemoth] [Mountain-and-Sea-Class Giant] [Tall as mountains and seas, reaching up to ten thousand meters, looking down upon the human world] [Title: 16.1kReads6.4Score1.8kShelves
- 21 EN Daily Intelligence: From Fisherman to Martial God 每日情报：从打渔人开始武道通神 [The rating has just been released, and it will rise later!] When he opened his eyes, Shen Xiuhan had become a fisherman in Changyun County. Relying on his Daily Intelligence System, he silently pressed onward through biting winds and frosty blades, treading a perilous world. [Intelligence 1: One li south, a "Treasure Fish Silverback Fish" has been spotted in the shallows of a small bay.] [Intelligence 2: Three li north, in a hole concealed by dry grass in the largest dead tree of the Deadwood F 408.6kReads8.5Score55.6kShelves
- 22 My Brother Is Calling for Help, but Grandpa Says Never to Look Back 弟弟在求救，祖父却说千万别回头 My younger brother was calling for help, but Grandfather said, "Whatever you do, don't look back." 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 EN Who Removed the Exit Button from My Xianxia Game? 谁把我仙侠游戏退出键扣了？ At first, I only wanted to create a fresh account for a holographic xianxia game... I had already selected the highest difficulty, simply to roll a better spiritual root and sell the account. But then... can someone tell me where the exit button is? Where did my enormous game exit button go? 371.1kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves
- 24 The Ten Heavenly Stems: Cultivation’s Secret Code 修真密码十天干 Here, I will reveal the underlying principles behind the flow of time and space, knowledge passed down only to the worthy. I have two junior sisters. They have heavy workloads every day, and still have to cultivate with me. They said they wished they could study while they worked. So I wrote down the most essential parts of what our master taught us in this book. I thought there must be others like them, enduring the same hardships but never giving up on the pursuit of truth. 1.1kReads8.4Score499Shelves
- 25 A Female Feng Shui Master's Work Diary 一个女风水师的工作日志 The author met a feng shui master and exchanged contact information with her. After seeing her work journal, the author found some of its contents worth reading. They also carry on traditional culture, so the author is sharing them here with her permission. 426Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 26 The Farmer’s Daughter Refuses to Marry, and Her Future Powerful Official Loses Control in Public 农女拒嫁，未来权臣当众失控 [Romance first, career second] Since the heavens have given her a chance to start over, Xie Qinglian wastes no time. She decides not to give Shen Xingzhou any chance to grow up: she'll drown him in the river, push him off a mountain, or poison him with a poisonous fruit! [Shen Xingzhou: a mad beauty] When he discovers that Zhenzhen, the woman he loves, is actually Xie Qinglian and that she wants to kill him, he decides that if they cannot be husband and wife in life, then they can be a pair of g 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Floating City in the Freakish Sea 畸海浮城 [A World of Strange Realms] [Backrooms-Inspired Setting] [Dark Humor] [Monstrous Creatures] [Light Apocalypse Scavenging] [Uncovering the Truth] The original world has shattered into countless eerie pocket worlds: A silent city where the sun never rises, A man-eating forest where every tree walks, An endless wasteland forever watched by a giant eye... And also, A colossal Buddha traveling beneath the city, Moving walls of steel rebar mixed with rotting flesh, A black humanoid figure stan 142kReads9.1Score13.9kShelves
- 28 Drawing Eyes 画眼睛 Most people are blind in both eyes and heart. They recognize clothes, not people; they see only profit and can’t see cause and effect. The blind are stubborn and foolish. Who will paint eyes for all living beings? 22.3kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
- 29 Mastering the Book of Changes, Rising to the Heavens in One Leap 易学纵横一步登天 Cultivation, Qi Refining, esoteric arts, feng shui, and sacrifice: everything you’ve heard of and everything you haven’t is in this book. Each technique is clearly explained and effective in practice. By the first few chapters, readers in the know have already realized that people outside would charge hundreds of thousands for this information, if they were willing to share it at all. Some readers even exclaimed that after searching for years, they’d finally found a shortcut to cultivation, only 7.5kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 30 The Eight Characters of Destiny Are the Ancestors of Science 八字是科学它祖宗 Newly released books tend to get low ratings, but everyone who has read this one gives it five stars. Many readers enjoy it so much that they have to read it twice. Some even ask, "Why isn't a book this good popular? Is there no justice?" Haha, thank you for your support. [This book follows the principle of "observing the Way of Heaven and carrying out its course": understand your own fate, find the bugs in your System, stand at the highest point of the Heavenly Way, and look down on all living 11kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
- 31 The Tycoon Game: The Beautiful CEO Chose Me 富豪游戏：美女总裁选中我 Yang Li was chosen by a beautiful CEO, given ten million, and invited to take part in a life-or-death game. Six players, each with ten million. After one year, whoever has the most assets gets to live. 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 My Heaven-Defying Kidney-Tonifying System 我的逆天补肾系统 Han Gao's life hit rock bottom. His marriage was over, and so was his dignity. Just then, a mysterious delivery arrived at his door: an unremarkable thermos. From that moment on, he began quietly growing stronger... 1.7kReads6.3Score103Shelves
- 33 The Way of Changes Can Reach the Divine 易可通神 If you seek the spark of wisdom, step into this book. It shares only profound teachings, suited to those with spiritual insight and mature minds. These are lessons from my own experience. I will write with care, and you can read with care. That's how fate works: it comes unbidden, sparked by a single thought, and deepens into devotion... May we help one another flourish and find fulfillment. 2.5kReads7.4Score542Shelves
- 34 The Book of Fortune-Telling 算命簿 I am a fortune-teller in real life. I was 83 years old when I wrote this book. No one knows what sort of writing an 83-year-old man might produce, and neither do I. I just want to write a book while I still have time, and finally put one matter to rest... Synopsis: A wandering fortune-teller speaks of hidden mysteries, yet has a past unknown to all. This forbidden volume records a century's worth of secrets about practitioners of the occult. In the instant when dark arts clash with fate, the mys 3kReads7.0Score445Shelves
- 35 One Meal Kit a Day in a Chaotic World 人在乱世，一天一份拼好饭 [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Everyone stays smart throughout] [The new story doesn't recycle the same plot] [Tomato's fastest updater] [No emperor worship] [Contains personal takes, enter at your own discretion] [Alternate history mash-up] Lin Yuan wakes up after a nap and finds himself transmigrated back to a chaotic age. Just as he's about to starve to death, he suddenly discovers that he can order one combo meal every day. From that moment on, what path will a soul that can never return ho 313.2kReads8.1Score31.7kShelves
- 36 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Survive by Drawing Cards: One Legendary Card a Day for Everyone 全民抽卡求生，每天一张传说卡 [Survival + Ensemble Cast + Cards + Sane Values + Chinese-Style Incubus + Growing Protagonist + Classic Heroic Adventure] The Endless Road opened, and the entire world was plunged into an unstoppable death march. Monsters were everywhere, danger lurked at every turn, puzzles arose in desperate situations, and madness stretched on without end. It was a road to hell with no end, walked on foot as the sun and moon turned, year after year. Forward! Keep moving forward! Don't stop! Stop, and you die! 78.6kReads8.4Score9kShelves
- 38 Transmigrating to a Female-Centric World to Set the City’s CEO Tyrants Straight 穿到女频，整顿满城霸总 [Male-oriented novel] My name is Lu Jingxiu, and I transmigrated into a world of domineering CEOs. Everyone here is worth hundreds of billions. If they are not the richest person in the country, they control both the underworld and the legitimate world, and casually act like outlaws above the law. And I am, unexpectedly, one of them. However, I am a man who believes in the law. So I decisively called the police, reported them under my real name, and launched a crackdown on organized crime. Befor 43.8kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves
- 39 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 After Wandering into a Village of Women, I Became the Hope of the Whole Village 误入女村后，我成了全村的希望 During a hiking trip, Han Hao fell into an underground village of women cut off from the outside world. A group of women who had never left the mountains clung to Han Hao as their only hope, doing everything they could to make him stay. At first, he thought he had simply stumbled into a dead end. But the longer he stayed, the more he realized something was wrong with the village. If he wanted to survive, he had to escape... 1.9kReads—Score199Shelves
- 41 This World Is Such a Mess! 这个世界好混乱啊！ Who am I? Where am I? Am I dreaming? Everyone in the world seems strange. What was that I heard… My heart hurts so much. At last, I picked up my knife… I died… I came back to life, but I no longer had a heart… This is a world with just one continent and a few islands, and it is on the brink of an eerie apocalypse. Can someone without a heart feel the warmth and coldness of human life? How can I hold on to my heart in a world gone mad? Why can I calmly watch the living die right before my eyes? 188Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 648 to Become the Creator God! The Technology Is All Real! 648当创世神！技术全是真的！ [Theistic civilization + ensemble cast + uplifting the real world + global hegemony + fiercely protective + behind-the-scenes mastermind + development and growth + interstellar conquest in the later stages] (An unserious introduction: Oil? Food? Population? Territory? Continents? Planets? What's yours or theirs? It's all bestowed on me by the Father God.) A serious introduction: Give time to civilization, and civilization to technology. Above the river of time, I chart the ultimate destiny of ci 124kReads8.8Score12.8kShelves
- 43 Gazing Across the Four Seas 观四海 This isn't a conventional web novel. It features multidimensional space, rotating and traversing time sequences, and a diverse world of mutated races (beastfolk, insect races, marine life, and more), with varied narrative styles, interlocking plotlines, major foreshadowing, and tightly closed logical loops. The male lead, Qin Wei, can communicate with marine life and is also the chosen one most trusted by the Insect Queen. He seems to keep awakening as time turns, yet fails again and again. He m 225Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 A Lovebird in Captivity, a Prison of Desire 爱之囚鸟，欲之樊笼 [The rating will go up] [A realistic story] [If you still believe in love] Xu Lin suddenly remembers that today is the anniversary of his wife Zhao Siyan's death. A year ago, his wife Zhao Siyan and his mother-in-law Feng Bailu were in a car accident. Zhao Siyan died mysteriously, while Feng Bailu was left paralyzed in bed. 22.5kReads6.6Score1kShelves
- 45 The Secret Histories of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人秘史 [The Four Beauties, classical historical romances, complete uncensored public-domain editions, stories of celebrated women in history, ancient tales] This complete collection contains the original, unabridged texts of The Romance of Xishi, The Romance of Wang Zhaojun, The Romance of Yang Guifei, and The Romance of Diaochan. It recounts the turbulent lives of the Four Beauties, whose beauty was said to make fish forget to swim, geese forget to fly, the moon hide, and flowers blush. Together, thes 476Reads9.2Score100Shelves
- 46 A Fifty-Million Margin Call? I Short Wall Street Instead 爆仓五千万？我反手做空华尔街 [Financial Crisis] [Wits and Strategy] [Big Short] [Wall Street] Many years later, when sitting before the interview cameras for Time magazine’s Person of the Year feature, Lu Ze would always remember that rainy Manhattan night on February 28, 2008. “So, Mr. Lu.” The renowned journalist looked at the man before him, the one who had made the entire global financial system tremble, and posed the question that had come up time and again at congressional hearings, behind closed doors at the Federal 266.5kReads9.1Score32.6kShelves
- 47 Saving the Universe, Starting with a Derelict Spaceship 拯救宇宙，从一艘太空废船开始 (Deep-space exploration + cosmic wasteland + apocalyptic disasters + multiple civilizations + one heroine + Cthulhu + System) This is a world hostile to civilization. The speed of light has become its last shield, keeping civilization's dying embers from going out too soon. Wang Yu inexplicably transmigrates to this world and acquires a derelict spaceship. He also meets a few rather strange “buddies.” Just as he realizes he's in space, a System suddenly appears and tells him to save the world, e 22.2kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
- 48 Realm Capital 界都 I contain all things. It all began on the first day I entered Jiangcheng Elite Academy... This is a world where Blue Star is divided in two, five hundred years after the spiritual qi revival. You'll find that everyone around me, whether ordinary or exceptional, is remarkable in their own way. The universe has ten domains, the ten domains have the Milky Way, the Milky Way has Blue Star, Blue Star has the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Realm has Huaxia, and Huaxia has Jiedu... Are you ready to embark on 355Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Zeng Guofan's Methods of Scholarship 曾国藩治学方法 This book explores three dimensions: self-cultivation, managing affairs, and reading. Its discussion of self-cultivation advocates integrating “resolve, insight, and perseverance,” building a foundation for body and mind through meditation and a regular routine. Its approach to managing affairs reveals, through practical examples such as running a household and leading an army, the unity of hands-on action and institutional innovation. Its discussion of reading emphasizes “mastering one field” a 342Reads9.0Score159Shelves
- 50 I Turned My Sister into a Doll, Now I Challenge the Gods Above 把妹妹制成人偶，我剑指漫天诸神 [Dystopian + dark comedy + grand worldbuilding + thrills and heartbreak] In the summer of Year 1048 of the Pillar Calendar, Luo Li once again pushed open the glass doors of the Civil Affairs Application Bureau. To obtain a license to kill a girl and use her flesh and blood to awaken a sleeping puppet. “Public Safety Bureau of Laiyin City reminds you: kill without a license and lose everything; kill with a license and benefit your whole family.” “Want to kill someone? Getting a license is har 120.2kReads9.4Score14.1kShelves
