Novels like The Devil’s Music Box
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Devil’s Music Box, best match first.
- 1 Reborn in the 1980s: Making Money and Winning Over Men 重生80年代，赚钱撩汉两不误 Lin Father: The government has announced its policy. The farmland belongs to the farmers... Lin Mother: That's wonderful! We'll have land of our own... Lin Huiru: Mom, Dad, we can lease the land, plant fruit trees, raise geese, and grow medicinal herbs... Lin Younger Brother: Sis is right. We can really make something of this... Lin Older Sister: Sure, I'll go along with you. The family of five began farming... Then they opened a clothing store... Lin Qinghe: Hello, we're carrying out an operati 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Halfway Through Mountains and Rivers, Halfway Through Dreams 半程山水半程梦 [Gentle and charming educated youth heroine vs. steady, sturdy country boy] (Just released) (The main couple are each other’s only partners; the second male lead is not.) (This novel’s heroine abandons her husband and child and has a connection with her childhood sweetheart. She is not a good person, so readers with strong moral sensibilities should not read it. Please don’t criticize.) (This is not a purely sweet romance; it has some angst. If you only like sweet romances, please don’t read it. 1.3kReads6.2Score11814d adds
- 3 Reborn in the 1990s: Raising Myself All Over Again 重生九零：把自己重养一遍 Su Yue worked hard all her life, then suddenly found herself reborn in 1990. Not only is her family dirt poor, but she also has a hot-tempered father, a mother who favors her brother, an unlucky younger sister, and a baby brother who will one day drain the family dry. That year, her brother is born, and the enormous fine for having an extra child robs her of the chance to continue her education. Knowledge changes your destiny. Su Yue decides to live differently this time. She is going to raise h 8.9kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 4 Divorce Is a New Beginning 离婚，是个新的起点 Divorce Is a New Beginning —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My Best Friend Tried to Blame Me for Her Mistake, So I Sank Our Friendship 闺蜜犯错想甩锅，我炸翻友谊的船 My best friend made a mistake and tried to pin the blame on me. I blew up our friendship instead. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Farewell to False Love, Hello to the Right One 挥别错爱，遇良人 Leaving the wrong love behind, I found the right person. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn, I Dote Only on My Daughter-in-Law 重生后，我独宠儿媳 Reborn, I Dote on My Daughter-in-Law Alone —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 My Years as the Big Brother: I Might as Well Marry into Her Family 我当大哥的那些年干脆去上门算了 Our Ma family is a great clan. After a fire destroyed our granary, the entire clan was exiled to the southwestern frontier, where we settled in the mountains. Over time, we grew into a large village called Majia Village. The male lead, Ma Yongzhen, is the eldest legitimate grandson of the main branch of the Ma family. The heavy burden on his shoulders nearly breaks him, and after his fiancée betrays him, he simply goes to town to become a live-in son-in-law. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Transmigrated as the Fussy Ex-Wife of a Pure-Hearted Scientist in the 1970s 穿成七零年代纯情院士的作精前妻 [Era setting + transmigrate into a book + System + laid-back corporate drone + unattainable beauty + marriage before love + mutual healing + utterly sweet pampering] Su Shu, a 996 corporate drone, transmigrated into a book, only to be handed divorce papers from the future leading scientist from the start. The malicious System in her mind flashed wildly: [Divorce means instant death! No cuddles, lose your life!] Su Shu looked at the handsome “golden goose” before her, handsome enough to make her 382Reads—Score10214d adds
- 10 In 1960, I Stole Away to Hong Kong and Rose to the Top by Selling Fish 1960偷渡香江从卖鱼开始逆袭 [Fishing for seafood + underworld intrigue + business battles + feuds among the wealthy + a rise from the bottom + an ensemble period drama + the heroine can hold her breath underwater for 12 minutes + a powerful heroine + the hero has a smaller role later on] Reborn on the very day her family planned to trade her in marriage to a fool. In her previous life, he had risked his life to protect her. In this life, she would take him with her as they defied fate and rose to the top. Starting out on t 124.1kReads9.3Score7.3k14d adds
- 11 You Won't Let the Little One Eat Her Fill? Flip the Table! Then Nobody Eats! 不让奶团吃饱饭？掀桌！都饿着！ [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Everyone's Darling + Mostly Locals, Light Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + Funny + Not a Single Member of the Family Is a Soft Touch + Get Even on the Spot] Luo Panpan had never known hardship from the day she was born. Then, at five and a half, her father died. From then on, she never had enough to eat, and they even planned to send her away to be adopted? Not a chance! Her mother was a famous tigress for miles around: bold, resourceful, and good at making money 18.7kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 12 Little One of the Seventies, Hoping to Make Dad a Dragon 七零小崽，望父成龙 [Period] [Rivals] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Family Life] [No Golden Finger] [The 1970s] [Book Transmigration] After transmigrating, Zhang Liuliu had been living the good life, convinced she was the chosen one. Here comes this gorgeous woman who’s going to get rich! Then one day, her beautiful mother stroked her head and said, “Liuliu, Mom is going back to the city.” Zhang Liuliu felt like the sky had fallen. It turned out she was living inside a book, and she wasn’t just not the heroine: she was 7.1kReads7.7Score70514d adds
- 13 The 1970s: A Martyr's Orphaned Daughter Is Reborn, Enlists, and Marries a Commander 七零：烈士孤女重生参军嫁首长了 [Military marriage] [Strong female lead] [Military life] [Two equally strong leads] [Sweet romance] [Female soldier] (15,000 readers gave it a 9.5 rating. Enjoy with confidence!) (Also known as: To the Mountains and Rivers, and to You. The short drama of the same name is now streaming.) In her previous life, Lin Xianan spent seventy-three lonely years waiting for the truth to come too late. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to 1970, just three days before she was to be forced into 120.6kReads9.4Score13.3k14d adds
- 14 The Fake Heiress Is Still Putting on an Act, While I Focus on Science 假千金还在演，我一心搞科研 [Alternate History + Reborn + Period Setting + Academic Prodigy + Real and Fake Heiresses + Advancing the Nation Through Science] Reborn in the 1980s, Lin Zhiyao looked at the face in the mirror, so similar to the wife of a military district commander, and smiled. In her previous life, she believed in “the bonds of blood.” After rejoining her birth family, she became a stepping stone for the fake heiress, Lin Weiwei, who drained her of everything she was worth before leaving her to die miserab 191.8kReads8.9Score43.1k14d adds
- 15 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.1kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 16 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2k14d adds
