Novels like A Dangerous Obsession
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Dangerous Obsession, best match first.
- 101 Love by Infiltration 渗透式爱情 A troublemaker who seems tough but is soft inside × a younger, scheming man who always cleans up after her Mature adults pushing each other to the limit | Love at first sight, bold flirting, and ambiguous sparks | Dark humor and two crazies falling in love [Playing the fool to catch the tiger, a younger man taming a playboy, and a woman completely under her husband’s thumb] From love at first sight to a love that runs deep: an oddball paired with a lunatic, falling harder with every passing day. 5.7kReads8.5Score53114d adds
- 102 Whale Fall at Seventeen 鲸落十七岁 Whale Fall at Seventeen 781Reads—Score1214d adds
- 103 During the Cooling-Off Period After Our Divorce, My Straight-Laced Husband Suddenly Gets It 离婚冷静期，直男老公突然开窍了 [Deputy director in government × dermatologist] [Marriage first, love later, winning her back, age gap, sweetness toggles between all sugar, half sugar, three-tenths sugar, and sugar-free] After marrying Director Zhou, who believes rules are more important than anything, Chen Jiayi found herself living a very unusual married life: She had to file a report for everything, including sleeping, eating, and watching short dramas. She was done with this life. She dragged Zhou Jingcheng to get a divorc 7.5kReads8.7Score57314d adds
- 104 The Summer Rain Is Hard to Explain 夏天的雨说不清 They were apart for nine years, ever since they were sixteen or seventeen. They waited for more than twenty years... Beneath umbrellas, they passed each other by several times, until they recognized one another in a rain shower steeped in the fragrance of gardenias. That day, he stood in the rain looking at her, and she gazed back at him. Both of them thought they were dreaming. Much later, when they brought it up again, she suddenly said to him with great seriousness: “Hello, Mr. Baiba 10Reads—Score10614d adds
- 105 Nunu 奴奴 The inner palace was hushed, while Zhaoyang Hall was warm. She was a little cat from Spirit Cat Mountain, who wandered innocently into the world of a human emperor. He gave her boundless affection, but also a gilded cage she could never escape. He was an emperor, with all the ruthlessness and cunning that came with the title. His love for her was real, and so was his use of her. He told her she was his slave, his alone. 53Reads—Score414d adds
- 106 Where Can I Find a Beauty? 何处有佳人 Hao Jia is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life and following the expected path. She’s just one step away from completing the usual milestones of blind dates, marriage, and having a child when an unexpected accident disrupts her plans and sends her life down a different track. Ye Yiheng is a brilliant scholar pursuing both a master’s and a doctorate, and a gentle, refined practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. He and his girlfriend were together from school uniforms to wedding gowns, 27kReads9.0Score3.1k14d adds
- 107 I Refuse to Marry into a Wealthy Family. I'll Take My Child and Marry a Country Man 拒入豪门，我带娃嫁给乡下人 An IT engineer from a small town studies hard, works diligently, turns down a wealthy family’s marriage proposal, and goes abroad to study. Even after unexpectedly becoming a single mother, she never stops growing. She makes a dazzling transformation into an investment banking star… The only thing that drives her crazy is the child’s father, a young man from a small town who’s two years younger than her. He pursues her relentlessly, but what can she do? Love isn’t something you can achieve just 847Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 108 Transported into a Movie, I Sweet-Talked the Childless Tyrant into Submission 穿进电影，绝嗣暴君被我哄软了 [Breathtakingly Beautiful Medical School Campus Queen x Bewitching, Unhinged, Childless Tyrant] [Intense Push and Pull] [Heroine Makes the First Move and Takes Him by Force] [She Wants to Run After Flirting] [Tyrant Chases Her Instead] [Becomes Empress and Has His Children] Wen Wan was born into a family of physicians. With extraordinary medical skills and a beauty that could topple kingdoms, she nevertheless pursued her dream of acting and enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy, where she became 1.2kReads—Score12914d adds
- 109 After Entering the Wrong Room, I Was Spoiled Every Day by a Handsome Younger Guy 走错房间后，我被帅弟弟日日宠 Lin Wanyu was set up by her scumbag boyfriend and her poisonous best friend, then sold to a dirt-poor mountain village to be the wife of a family with a dim-witted son. The wicked trafficker known as her “vicious mother-in-law” beat her mercilessly, tormenting her until she wanted to end it all. She seized every chance to escape, but each time she was caught and beaten again. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't escape the clutches of this family of fools. The trafficker insisted that 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Reborn: Stolen Time 重生之偷来的时光 Wang Qi was reborn. She had returned to the summer of 2012, to the sweltering, damp July in Chengdu, and to the narrow bed in that shabby rental room. It had all yet to happen. She briskly broke up with the man who would betray her in the future. And the man who would one day be worth hundreds of millions and shine in financial news was sitting at the desk beside hers, quietly tapping away at his code in a dark gray T-shirt. In this life, she would wear comfortable clothes, eat all her favorite 10.3kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 111 Fate: A Woman’s Redemption 命运，赎罪的女人 Fate: A Woman's Atonement 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Capital's Princess Stole My Boyfriend, So I Married and Drove Her Crazy 京圈公主抢我男友，我结婚她疯了 [The most beautiful heroine in the whole book + 13-year age gap + both virgins + sweet romance + size difference] No angst in the romance. The male lead is incredibly powerful and devoted, supporting the heroine in every way. - Jiang Chu transmigrates into a wish-fulfillment novel with a strong female lead, becoming the male lead's gold-digging ex-girlfriend. According to the original story, the heroine, born into the powerful Xie family, the foremost financial dynasty in the capital, uses her i 142.7kReads9.1Score16.4k14d adds
- 113 A Marriage of Equals 势均婚敌 [Two equally formidable leads, married first and fell in love later, long-planned romance, both pure, intertwined with campus life] Wen Ying and Lu Yishu are married. They were once deskmates, the top two students in their grade at Elite High School, and alumni and outstanding graduates of Jinghua University. Now they’ve paired off with each other and begun a secret married life. Because of her mother’s insistence, Wen Ying feels she has no choice. Fine, she’ll get married. After all, this sworn 438Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 We Agreed to Pretend to Be a Couple, So Why Is the Big Shot Taking It Seriously? 说好假扮情侣，大佬怎么当真了？ Lin Xi is a college student about to graduate, torn between staying in Hu City to build a career and returning to her hometown to take the civil service exam. On one side is her boyfriend, who is doing everything he can to persuade her to stay. On the other are her parents, who want her to go home and take the exam. While wrestling with the decision, she meets Ji Shichuan, a senior local official from her hometown, at an exhibition, and they become running buddies. From the perspective of a city 188.4kReads9.1Score27.4k14d adds
- 115 I'm a Corporate Wage Slave, Yet I Stumbled into the Ultimate Life 身为职场牛马，我邂逅了顶配人生 [Wealthy CEO + ordinary working stiff + content with a modest fortune] Lin Yixue is a small-town girl with decent looks, average grades, and average abilities. Her only real asset is her snow-white, jade-smooth skin. She always thought that, like her family, relatives, and the other girls in town, she would graduate, marry some ordinary man nearby, and settle into an ordinary life of household chores and daily necessities. But through a twist of fate, she gets involved with a man she never even 17.3kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 116 Craving Her, Addicted 馋她，上瘾 On the night of her college graduation, Nie Xiaoxiao hid in a hotel room, hoping to surprise her boyfriend. Too shy to turn on the lights, she hid under the covers. When she heard footsteps approaching, her heart pounded. But she had ended up in the wrong bed. The man lifted her chin and asked coldly, “Were you trying to seduce me on purpose?” Xiaoxiao burst into tears. She'd suffered a terrible loss and still had to apologize. After all, he was the powerful Mr. Gu. He was known as the Living Ki 9.4kReads8.9Score80314d adds
- 117 Urban Spirit Planter: I Grow Immortal Fields in the CBD 都市灵植师：我在CBD种仙田 When the urban jungle of steel and concrete devours the last patch of farmland, he inherits the legacy of an ancient spirit-plant cultivator. Atop a skyscraper, he carves out a celestial garden, nurturing hearts with the spirit of plants and rebuilding the city’s veins with the grace of flowers. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 His Beautiful Jin Cheng 他的似锦钱橙 Hedge fund star He Mingchuan gets a new neighbor downstairs: tall and beautiful. He wonders which big shot's kept woman she is. She looks like a schemer. After graduating, Qian Cheng moves into a relative's house so she can live closer to her game company. There she meets a man who is exactly her type, but he doesn't seem interested in her. He Mingchuan later: You can cling to my thigh. *smiling face.jpeg* Qian Cheng: Making money. Don't bother me! P.S. The heroine is a little bit of a tease 12.6kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 119 Emergency Contact 备用联系人 Song Huaiyu has always been the person Chi Mo fears most. During the ten years she was with Guan Yizhou, he saw nearly every moment of her embarrassment and distress. This is not a story about an ordinary girl who follows the person she loves to a big city and eventually gets her happy ending. Chi Mo and Guan Yizhou have always belonged to two different worlds. She spent ten years looking up and struggling to reach his world, then suddenly gave up one sunny morning. It’s easy to understand what 346.6kReads9.4Score48.5k14d adds
- 120 Survival Journal: Back to the World of Ordinary Life 求生日记：重返烟火人间 Not a wish-fulfillment story, no cheat powers, no rebirth: a realistic struggle to survive against the odds. An innocent only daughter meets the ultimate scumbag. He tricks her into love, saddles her with debt, then runs off, delivering a triple blow. She tries to take her daughter into the lake with her, but survives. Having died once, she finally comes to her senses. There’s no one to catch her when she falls and no one to save her. Every meal and every bit of warmth must be earned with her ow 5.6kReads8.8Score39514d adds
- 121 She Cries Easily, but He Makes It Rain Money to Cheer Her Up 她爱哭，但他会爆金币哄 Tense push and pull, first love, devoted to one another, age gap. I originally wanted to call it “I’ll Raise Someone Else’s Wife.” Lu Zhiyu: A broke web-novel writer who earns only single-digit sums. Twenty years old, a sheltered young woman just entering the workforce. Obedient and compliant, she’s used to answering questions with unrelated replies, yet casually manages to get the hero hooked. A crybaby who speaks her mind, she grows over the course of the story. Zhan Hansheng: CEO of a publicl 1.6kReads—Score10014d adds
- 122 After Dumping the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 抛弃供她上四年大学的男朋友之后 After She Dumped the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 171Reads—Score214d adds
- 123 Tang Tiantian Meets the Third Young Master of the Mo Family 糖甜甜遇莫家三郎 When she was five, her mother died by suicide after battling cancer and depression. When he was ten, his parents divorced because of their troubled relationship. At twenty-two, after graduating from college, he was dumped by his girlfriend when he proposed. He then shut himself away in S City and spent six years writing online novels. At twenty-two, after graduating from college, she became a high school teacher in S City, only to be driven out of her home by her stepmother. Two people from trou 80Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 124 Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside 二婚被赶，我回农村混得风生水起 Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Modern Fiction, Period Setting, Building a Career, Comeback, Livestream Commerce, Getting Rich Zhou Xiaoya is forced by her in-laws to have an abortion during her second marriage. Her ex-husband marries someone new, and she leaves with nothing but her daughter, returning to her village. Everyone thinks she'll starve on the streets. Instead, she makes a fortune selling goods through her livestream, and even helps the whole village get rich. How did the woman who was 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 On Our Wedding Night, He Accused Me of Killing His Brother 替嫁当晚，他说我是杀弟仇人 “On our wedding night, my husband pressed a gun to my forehead. ‘You killed my younger brother.’ But what he doesn't know is that the ‘enemy’ he wants to kill and the woman he has yearned for over fifteen years are one and the same.” What you think is hell is only the entrance to the abyss. The demon you imagine has merely changed faces. The ending you expect is only the beginning of something else. 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 A Loser’s Godforsaken Life 一个屌丝的混账人生 This book follows a loser who starts out as a penniless wage laborer and, through the twists of fate, makes a comeback to become a wealthy man. But then, with a great hand in his grasp and a winning card to play, he falls into a trap meticulously laid by those in power. In the end, he loses everything, leaving only chaos in his wake 269Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 After Three Years in Retirement Back in the Village, I Lost but Was Not Defeated 退休回村三年，我输了但没有败 After retiring, I was sent back to my hometown to serve as the village's First Secretary. I had barely reached the village entrance when someone smashed a jar at me: “Huai Shu Village doesn't welcome you!” An old flame brought me a bowl of fish soup, with a letter at the bottom that had never been sent, forty years ago. Someone sent an anonymous report to the disciplinary inspection committee, accusing me of misconduct. Three months on the clock. Nobody believes me. Three years later, the person 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 We Shared a Dream, My Cold and Stiff Ex-Husband Turned Out to Be Dark and Twisted 与冷脸古板前夫共梦，他竟是阴湿 [Shared dreams + reborn + college campus + sweet romance + mutual firsts + a gentle, steady love] [Cold-faced man with questionable morals × soft, sweet girl who pretends to be well-behaved] Sui Mi wanted a divorce. Her husband, Xi Jianbai, was wonderful in every way. He’d built himself up from nothing, was steady and reserved, and treated her with respect. He was the perfect husband by any measure. But facing his stern, ascetic-looking face, Sui Mi simply couldn’t bring herself to say it. What 77.5kReads9.3Score13.5k14d adds
- 129 Neither Storm Nor Sunshine! 也无风雨也无晴！ Marriage Before Love, a realistic urban romance about everyday married life! Su Qin and Zhou Xinping marry after being introduced through a matchmaking arrangement, and they bicker constantly. Just as Su Qin feels disappointed and lost, a new dawn arrives. She discovers that her husband truly cares for her, and together they take on a new stage of life! 418Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Addicted to Self-Discipline, I Lose Control Only When I Love You 自律成瘾，唯独爱你失控 Ouyang Chenyi's life motto: Wake up at five every morning, keep his body fat at 12 percent, and never get involved in love, which could cloud his judgment. Then one dawn, he saw a woman practicing on a riverside terrace, her body as supple as a poem. The CEO Ouyang Chenyi became: studying How to Win an Artist's Heart, turning flower deliveries into a joke, arranging dates in Michelin-starred restaurants, and turning down billion-dollar contracts to watch her perform. Everyone was stunned. What h 24Reads—Score114d adds
- 131 A Marriage Sweetened with Roses 宠婚诱玫 [Beautiful, resilient girl-next-door heroine vs. refined older power player] [Whirlwind marriage + sweet pampering + love after marriage + love at first sight + powerful man bows his head] - Li Jingmei was born poor but was stunningly beautiful and innocent-looking. To escape an arranged marriage, she fled from a remote backwater to the bustling city of Jing. That night, a driver in an unlicensed cab harassed her. As she fled, she deliberately crashed into a man and stumbled into his arms. “Plea 117.7kReads9.1Score12.9k14d adds
- 132 Rouge in the Tulou 土楼里的胭脂 In the Jianghuai region during the Republic of China era, earthen fortresses rise tall. The beautiful widow Qin Yuening is seized by the bandit Shen Keji, and a “wife-for-hire contract” seals her fate in his rough bandit stronghold. She once hated him to the core. She fled, tried to kill him, and even hung from the rafters rather than submit. He spends half his life conquering territory, all for the day she says, “I will.” When war reaches their doorstep, their bloodstained hands finally clasp t 2kReads—Score26314d adds
- 133 When Ji Comes, Make Yourself at Home 季来之，则安之 As the empire teeters on the brink of collapse, Ji Shuhe sees through her fiancé’s false affection and turns around to marry Ji Bai. She intends for them to spend their lives treating each other with polite respect, but finds herself falling deeper and deeper under his doting care... 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 City of Hidden Shadows: A Mysterious Disappearance 都市谜影之神秘失踪 Twenty-three-year-old detective Xu Nian's first major case is the mysterious disappearance of a young girl. The client sobs, “My daughter answered a phone call and never came home!” The only clues are a diary and an ex-boyfriend whose body is covered in strange symbols. The symbols are the lost “Night Watcher cipher,” pointing to an abandoned chemical plant on the outskirts of the city. When Xu Nian sneaks into the plant's underground level, she sees something she will never forget Twenty t 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Reunited, and Swept Away by Love Again 重逢，又坠爱潮 [Childhood sweethearts + reunion after years apart + devoted male lead + sweet romance + both untouched + happy ending] The fallen heiress of a prominent family x the cold, unruly illegitimate son of a wealthy family “Pei Jingyan, you dare! I’ll make sure you never see me again for the rest of your life!” Luo Nianchu glares at him, eyes bloodshot. He is an illegitimate son of a powerful family in the capital, raised far from home: cold, ruthless, and merciless. She is the cherished daughter o 1.9kReads—Score10614d adds
- 136 A Seventies Kid’s Diary 70后的青春日记 The author’s real diary: the youth, school life, and everyday moments of the 1990s, along with her growing pains and struggles of the heart. The story follows an ordinary girl as she grows up. It is quiet and true to life. This is not a rural story. I didn’t know how to categorize it when I started writing; it’s about youth and school life. The heroine grows up in a family that favors boys over girls. In middle school, her mother would beat and scold her for no reason, even abuse her, and she de 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 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 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 A New Chapter for My Fair Princess 戏续还珠 [Historical fantasy + martial arts + My Fair Princess fan fiction + quirky heroine + strategy and scheming + transmigration] A qipao reveals the mystery of Little Swallow’s origins, and the Fifth Prince insists on becoming a monk. At a grand residence in Qianlong’s palace, they discover that Consort Fragrant nearly died in a mass grave years ago. Qianlong travels to Qiantang to find his beloved daughter, while a descendant of the Yizhu Tower seeks revenge. A red flower emblem is left at the sce 340Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Betrayal Beneath the Collarbone 锁骨之下的背叛 Betrayal Beneath the Collarbone 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 A-Lian in the Mountains 大山里的阿莲 A Lian had been married for three years, but her husband was impotent and she still hadn't gotten pregnant. She had a foul mouth but a soft heart. Later, she married Old Wang next door. Old Wang died in an accident, leaving A Lian a widow. Later, she was jailed for tomb robbing, but got out two years before him. Her life with Xiao Chen started out as one disaster after another. A Lian cursed and grumbled, but little by little, she came to think of this man who had served time as one of her own. 329Reads7.5Score11514d adds
- 141 The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院 [Period Setting] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Life] The results came out a few months after it was completed. This novel is fantastic! Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong factory compound and grew up beneath the chimneys of the State Chemical Plant. There was no glamour or respectability here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers exploded to celebrate Hong Kong's return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniform 645Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 142 Waiting for Him to Mess Up! My Detective Husband Is Acting Suspicious 坐等翻车！闪婚刑警老公不太对劲 3.2kReads—Score27514d adds
- 143 He Said We Were Just Childhood Friends. I Believed Him for Twelve Years 他说只是发小，我信了十二年 Shi Yan had always thought she and Zhan Zhou were a textbook example of childhood friendship. They’d known each other since they wore split-crotch pants. He gave her his chicken drumstick in kindergarten, fought for her in primary school, made her brown sugar water in middle school, and helped her with physics in high school. Twelve years. A full twelve years. She’d taken his “childhood friend treatment” for granted. Whenever he stood behind her for graduation photos, she even praised him in he 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 She Threw Up at the Meeting, and the CEO Chased Her Down to Take Responsibility 会议上孕吐，总裁追着要负责 She Threw Up During the Meeting, and the CEO Chased Her Down to Take Responsibility 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Hidden Scheme of Journey to the West 西游隐局 Most readers who interpret Journey to the West become absorbed in power plays, schemes, and dark conspiracies, twisting a timeless classic into a cold game of self-interest and losing sight of the original work's meaning and spirit. This book sets the record straight, dispelling the haze of conspiracy theories and returning to the essence of classical literature. Drawing on a wealth of sources and uncovering historical facts, it clears away layers of speculation to explore in depth the Chinese w 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Where Thorns Meet Warmth 荆棘遇暖 “Since you're so eager to make this marriage official...” He began fulfilling his duties as a husband... Again and again, they lost control, sinking into pleasure until neither could stop. She endured in silence and bravely stood by him, while love spread through both their hearts… Through all the thorns, they would eventually find warmth. He declared firmly, “She is my wife. There will never be anyone else.” 1.6kReads—Score11714d adds
- 147 Marriage Becomes an Addiction 婚久成瘾 [Mutually Exclusive First Love, Romantic Tension, Instinctive Attraction, Older Man] Xie Guihe, the powerful head of the Xie family, is consumed by ambition. Ruthless in everything he does, he has no intention of ever marrying. A high-profile arranged marriage brings him and Lu Meng, the Lu family's heiress, to the registry office. They each get what they need, or so they think. But somewhere along the way, he ends up losing his heart. 1. At first, he is cold and indifferent: "No feelings involv 37.1kReads8.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 148 Mountains and Rivers in Ink: She Raises a Monument to the Nine Provinces 山河入墨：她为九州立碑 Mountains and rivers are her canvas, blood her ink. She painted every corner of the land, just to meet him in the final stroke. She raised monuments to the land; he guarded her mountain for a thousand years. The mortal girl Hua Wei carries nine lost immortal scrolls sealed within her. The disgraced disciple Qi Yuan wears the brush she used in her past life at his waist. After twelve hundred years of reincarnation, they are finally reunited. The price: she must become the mountains and rivers, fo 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Middle Age, and My Marriage Is an Empty Shell 人到中年，婚姻只剩空壳 From innocent young love to an unexpected pregnancy before marriage, she blundered into a marriage she’d never truly wanted. Before the wedding, her mother-in-law schemed constantly and was stingy, refusing to give even a penny in bride price. From the moment she entered the family home, she felt wronged and began to harbor resentment. After the wedding, her husband proved to be a complete mama’s boy: mediocre, unambitious, and incapable of taking responsibility. He did whatever his mother told 3.4kReads—Score16914d adds
- 150 A Rising Tide After Marriage 婚后潮涌 Signed for publication | Older Man / Beijing Elite Circle / Marriage First, Love Later | Slow-Burn Romance + Sweet Pampering + Four-Year Age Gap | Rough, Unruly Man X Cool, Reserved Dancer The matchmaking profile handed to Shu Ying had just three lines about Jin Bohan: “Rich. Handsome. Can’t say more.” As the man himself sat across from her cutting his steak, he looked up and added a fourth: “One last thing: you’re welcome to inspect the goods.” Shu Ying’s fingers trembled. No one had told h 347.4kReads9.2Score63.2k14d adds
