Novels like A Thorn Through the Heart
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Thorn Through the Heart, best match first.
- 1 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Best Friend Was Forced into a Relationship by My Son 穿书后，闺蜜被我儿子强取豪夺了 After I transmigrated into a book, my best friend was forced into a relationship with my son 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Shocking! My Best Friend's Son Is Forcing Me Into a Relationship 惊！被闺蜜的儿子强取豪夺了 [Possessive, coercive love + tragic ending + bitter love and hatred + anti-Stockholm syndrome + female lead is not a virgin, male lead is + female lead gets a happy ending] After transmigrating for five years, Xu Zhiyan only now realizes she has transmigrated into a book, and that Li Cun is the son of the male and female leads. As it happens, the original book’s heroine shares her best friend’s name... One day, her once peaceful and stable life is struck like a boulder crashing into a lake, rais 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Huo Qubing!!! 霍去病！！！ Huo Qubing!!! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Ruthless Plunder 疯狂掠夺 [Possessive pursuit + gentle, intelligent heroine + obsessive, possessive hero + both romantically inexperienced + intense push and pull + open ending] Lu Xun fell in love at first sight with Shen Qinghe, despite knowing that her heart already belonged to someone else. In his eyes, there was no such thing as being first or second. There were only the strong and the weak. If he wanted her, all he had to do was take her. After they married, Lu Xun kept Shen Qinghe under strict watch. No one else 724Reads—Score2314d adds
- 5 Caged in Marriage: The Powerful Man's Possessive Love 囚笼婚宠：大佬的强制占有 After we married, my husband and I were deeply in love, yet a scheming tycoon relentlessly pursued me! Behind his gentle facade lurked ruthless schemes. He resorted to every dirty trick to drive a wedge between us and set traps, tearing my happy marriage apart and dragging me into his cage! I never had the slightest affection for him, only disgust and resistance, but he didn't care. “You can marry no one but me.” He used the most ruthless means to force me to register our marriage and keep me by 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Sickly Devotion 病态宠爱 [Delicate little white flower x mad young master + both devoted to each other + fake siblings + coercive love + the male lead pursues her after losing her] From the day she moved into the Xiang household, Ruan Xuning knew that Xiang Yunsheng was someone she couldn't afford to provoke. As heir to a top tycoon family, he did as he pleased and was cold and heartless. But to save her grandmother, Ruan Xuning had no choice but to turn to him and become his secret mistress. * Xiang Yunsheng was a comp 24.1kReads8.8Score2.8k14d adds
- 7 A Whirlwind Marriage and a Tortured Love: The Madam Has an Attitude 闪婚虐爱：夫人有点拽 Rumor had it that Li Xiaobai, the big boss of Jiangcheng’s Li Group, was cold toward women, devious, and ruthless. The Ye Group was facing bankruptcy, so Ye Zhirou came to the Li family with her father. The Ye family had once helped the Lis, so naturally, the Li family wouldn’t stand by while they were in trouble. The old master of the Li family was very pleased with his future daughter-in-law. On their wedding night, Li Xiaobai proved the rumor that he was cold toward women completely wrong. “L 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Night Emperor, Your Woman Is Causing Trouble Again 夜帝你女人又闯祸了 A deal brings her face-to-face again with the man who made her taste every torment of love, longing, and separation. When someone bullies her, he says, “I’ll make the rules of this world for you.” When she goes on a date, he points at her chest and snarls, “Keep your heart under control, or I’ll tear it apart.” Lan Zhan is walking on eggshells after attracting the attention of the overlord of a dark empire. He pins her against the wall, the floor, and just about anywhere else at the drop of a ha 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Golden Flower Takes Charge of the Household: I'm Done Serving You 金花掌家：爷不伺候了 Golden Flower Takes Charge of the Household: I'm Done Serving You 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Those Days I Stumbled into Another World and Met a Tyrant 误闯异世遇到暴君的那些天 Those Days I Accidentally Stumbled into Another World and Met a Tyrant 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Crown Prince’s Concubine 太子妾 [Forced love] [Angst] [Tragic ending] [Feudal crown prince male lead × idealistic traveling female physician] [Medicine] Everyone envies Jiang Yu for receiving the Crown Prince Gu Yanli's exclusive favor. They don't know that this love weighs on her so heavily she can barely breathe. Gu Yanli strips her of her free status, forces her to become his concubine, confines her to the inner quarters, and demands that she obey him and stay by his side for the rest of her life, like a caged songbird who 254Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 12 The Lovestruck Beauty 痴心美娇娘 In a turbulent dynasty, the Jiang family was a prestigious clan with generations of loyal servants to the throne. But after Jiang Wanling's father was framed by a treacherous minister and falsely accused of colluding with the enemy and betraying the country, hundreds of members of the Jiang family were implicated and executed overnight. In the midst of the disaster, only Jiang Wanling managed to escape with the help of her maid. During her flight, she unexpectedly encountered Li Muy an, a brave 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Game of Obsession 偏执博弈 [Forced Love + Yandere + Love at First Sight + Both Pure + Obsessive] “Lu Zhuling, you can’t escape.” He gripped her waist, his eyes roiling with a crazed possessiveness. During an internship, Lu Zhuling caught the attention of business tycoon Zhou Yuheng. He laid his plans step by step, using “academic fraud” as leverage to force her to sign a marriage contract and become a caged songbird. By day, he was the impeccably dressed, perfect CEO. By night, he shed his disguise and trapped her in be 849Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Attic in the Glass Cabinet 玻璃柜里的阁楼 Hundreds, even thousands of butterflies were imprisoned behind crystal-clear glass. Their colors were dazzling: deep blue like the sea at midnight, crimson like congealed blood, and burnished gold like a melting sunset. Some had eerie eyespots covering their wings, as if they were still watching the intruders; others were completely transparent, their delicate veins winding beneath their thin membranes. In the very center, a black-and-red swallowtail dragged long tails from the tips of its wings 318Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 15 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Caged Bird of an Amnesiac Tyrant 穿越后，我成了失忆暴君的笼中鸟 A gentle, resilient beauty vs. a scheming, possessive tyrant [Transmigration + farming + domineering pursuit + tyrant + she runs, he chases + both pure + slow-burn romance + a small ensemble cast] Twenty-year-old agricultural researcher Jiang You transmigrated to an alternate ancient dynasty. From the start, she was chased by a wild boar and accidentally tumbled down a steep slope. When she awoke, Jiang You came across a mysterious man who was badly injured and unconscious. Out of kindness and a 1kReads8.2Score10314d adds
- 16 The Spoiled Son of Chang’an 长安败家子 Chang’an’s Spoiled Young Master —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Di Daughter's Fate Is the Cold Palace 嫡女的归宿是冷宫 Yun Nian, the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household, and the unfavored Third Prince are in love with each other. She thought that once she came of age, he would ask for her hand. He, too, believed she would become his princess consort. But childhood sweethearts can't stand up to political power, and a tragic ending was inevitable. The Crown Prince, Zhang Jinzhou, forced her into marriage. After ascending the throne, he even used her in a scheme to destroy the Third Prince. She asked 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Brewed Sour Wine for Eight Years, and She Smashed It 我酿了八年酸酒，她替我砸了 I Fermented Sour Wine for Eight Years, and She Smashed It for Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Nice Guy Card: A Collection of Tragic Romance Short Stories 好人卡——虐文短篇合集 The Good Person Card: A Collection of Angsty Short Stories 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Evolution of Love and Hate in a Forced Romance 强制爱的爱恨演变 [Dominating, obsessive CEO vs aloof beauty Li Zhen] [Coercive love + mild angst + forced possession + plot-heavy + morals shattered + utterly inhuman] [Bad ending] Tan Luzhao is about to marry the man she loves when she is imprisoned by the powerful Chi Lin. She is treated inhumanely, brought to the brink of death, but fortunately survives thanks to her tenacity and good luck. When she confronts Chi Lin and asks why he treated her this way, his explanation is as laughable as a joke. After that, 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 From the Start, a Mad Emperor Steals Me as His Bride, but I Just Want to Take It Easy 开局疯批帝王抢婚，可我只想咸鱼 Red Fruit short drama: Moonlight in Splendor [Timid heartthrob + one-on-one romance + forced love + love rivals + laid-back freeloader + extremely twisted male lead + obsessive love + imprisonment] The male lead’s favorite thing is to go mad all by himself, then sneak off to visit the female lead at night… A little scene: “Yueyue, don’t be afraid. This is the golden chain I had specially made for you. Once you put it on, we’ll be together forever.” Su Qingyue looks at him, gentle yet obsessed 807Reads—Score10314d adds
- 22 May This Heart Find Peace 此心翼可缓 Hua Qingzhi spent three years by Qi Hanyu's side. Three years ago, he rescued her from a brothel, and from then on she stayed at the Qi residence, assigned to serve him. She devoted herself to him, personally taking care of everything. She had long since fallen hopelessly in love with him... Over time, he seemed to grow accustomed to having her around and accept her presence. He hired a tutor to teach her to read and write, as well as a renowned dance instructor to teach her dancing. When he was 566Reads6.4Score12514d adds
- 23 Chang'an Sand: Lift the Lid Only When It Rattles 长安砂—盖子响了才掀 Chang'an Sha: Only Lift the Lid When It Starts to Rattle 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Old Robe in the Snow, Which I Wore for Sixteen Years 雪中那件旧袍子，我穿了十六年 That Old Robe in the Snow, I Wore It for Sixteen Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Mad Emperor Loves Me Too Much; This Commoner Can’t Take It 疯批帝王爱太重，民女受不起 [Possessive pursuit + devoted male lead + clear-headed heroine + fast-paced + two endings] The first time Liang Huaiyuan met Jiang Yishuang, she brought him home after finding him gravely wounded. Though blind, she moved with brisk assurance. Before he could finish thanking her, she was already heading inside, her long sleeve tracing an elegant arc that seemed just out of reach. “Husband, save him.” She and her husband lived in perfect harmony, deeply in love and without a hint of doubt. Their f 437Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 26 Satan's Captive Love: The Coldhearted CEO's Private Property 囚爱撒坦：冷情总裁的私有物 (1v2, the male leads are devoted, but the heroine isn’t; imprisonment, a brooding male lead, and a pregnant heroine on the run) Enter with caution: angst ahead! A single contract made her his possession, a caged songbird locked away in a golden cage. With icy indifference and possessiveness, he trapped her in an abyss called “hatred,” yet in the dead of night, when no one could see, his tenderness slipped out of control as he watched her sleeping face. When the truth came to light and her fa 447Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Wild and Untamable, Yet He Insists on Keeping Me Captive 野性难驯，他偏要囚 My name is Li Yuanye. I am the orphan of a fallen comrade, a wild child whom my benefactor found and brought home from the mountains. When I was seven, I found an amnesiac boy in a mountain hollow. Only later did I understand that what I'd found wasn't a companion, but the calamity I could never escape, the abyss from which there was no return. Everyone says a life-saving kindness should be repaid a hundredfold. But I, Li Yuanye, saved Jun Yan's life, only to lose my family, my body, and my hear 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Night Hag's Ledger 母夜叉账本 The She-Devil's Ledger —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Captive Heart, All I Want Is Her 囚心，只要她 The male lead is possessive by nature, and gradually reveals it as he and the heroine become entangled. At first, he still respects her, hoping to make her fall in love with him. But as time goes by, she still doesn’t love him and tries to escape. He drops the act completely, becoming as obsessively possessive as he can be. The first time Sang Wan went to her boyfriend’s house, she felt his older brother was looking at her strangely, which frightened her a little. But when her boyfriend told her 771Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 30 Young Master Mu, Please Let Me Go 慕少，求你放过我 [Possessive pursuit | forced love | desperate pursuit to win her back | both virgins | love at first sight | long-planned scheme] Mu Jingchen fell for Gu Xiyu at first sight, but he’d also been planning to make her his for a long time. He made a cage of his love and kept her by his side. “Stay with me until you graduate. Mistress, kept woman, bedmate... Which do you prefer?” “Mu Jingchen, please... let me go, okay?” “Gu Xiyu! I’ve never been a good man.” She couldn’t let go of her past, and he c 1.8kReads—Score10014d adds
- 31 Cold-Time Yu Yue: Beyond Dust and Illusion, All That Remains Is Love's Cruelty 冷时瑜月：不闻尘幻，流水尽虐情 "Xianxia Ensemble Cast + Everyone’s Favorite + Love Rivalry + Past and Present Lives + Everyone a Main Character + Each Romance Filled with Angst and Unfulfilled Longing + High-Stakes Warning for All Characters + Slow Burn" The moonlight is cold, and pear blossoms bloom and fall. If you knew history could never be changed, and that no matter how many times you traveled through time and space, the ending would always repeat itself, would you still cling to an impossible chance? … One moment of mi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 He Was Crushed: His Little Mad Dog Never Loved Him 破防了，他的小疯狗，从未爱过他 [Chasing her after the breakup, a real scorched-earth pursuit + forced love + contrasting personas + both leads are devoted only to each other] [A wicked, irresistibly compelling man and a clear-eyed heroine who holds a grudge] Lu Jingyi was born into one of the capital's prominent families, but he drove recklessly, gambled with his life, and was violent and unruly. Starved of love, he awkwardly searched for a sense of significance, only to be sent to Nanchuan to take part in a “rural transforma 1.4kReads8.3Score12114d adds
- 33 Red Sleeves, Sweet Fragrance 红袖闻香 [Historical Romance, Possessive Pursuit, Transmigration and Rebirth] Jiang Lin is reborn in the body of a maidservant who is about to marry the young lady of a powerful general. But after the young lady marries, the general relentlessly pursues Jiang Lin, insisting on making her his concubine. She runs, he chases. Can she sprout wings and escape for good? The male lead is a devoted simp who only dotes on the female lead. All he thinks about is getting intimate with her and having children togeth 982Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 34 A Dangerous Kiss 诱吻危情 [Art-school goddess of vengeance × dark dynasty × brothers turned against each other | business warfare | two formidable rivals] A battle of wits between a goddess of vengeance and a powerful man makes him love her until it breaks his heart. To avenge her father, Lin Sui lay low for three years and became the tutor to Zhou Yanchuan’s only son. But while capturing evidence of his crimes, she was dragged into the abyss [Teacher Lin, you made the right choice!] The violent man stubbed out his cigar 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I Faked My Death and Vanished for Three Years, Now My Mad Ex-Husband Has Dragged Me Into His Tent 死遁三年，疯批前夫夺我入帐 A resilient, clear-eyed fake heiress versus a mad ex-husband who takes what he wants by force After faking her death and disappearing for three years, You Nian’s former husband came looking for her. He said he’d slept with a woman at the estate the night before and wanted them to find out who she was. The unmarried young women in the household were all thrilled, the matriarch dreamed of what lay ahead, and her husband treated her with gentle concern. Only You Nian knew Wei Jinxian had come for 709Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Silent Tears of the Stars 星辰泪无言 The day I awoke, all I could see was a barren, desolate wasteland. I had forgotten who I was. I told myself I had to get out of this wasteland and live a story of my own. The stars said nothing as they hung high in the sky, watching us coldly. They told us we could escape neither the stars overhead nor the person we were destined to meet. I suppose that’s fate. 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Seventeen Minutes of Battery Life, Burning Through the Rest of My Ten Years 十七分钟的电量，耗尽我十年的余生 Seventeen Minutes of Battery Life, Burning Through the Rest of My Ten Years 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 He Is Guilty 他，有罪 Forced to the bitter end, until nothing remains... BE warning!!! A huge, capital-letter BE!!! Enter at your own risk if that bothers you! [Coercive Possession + Angst + Obsession + 1v1 + Mutual Firsts + BE] 1.8kReads6.2Score10314d adds
- 39 An Ordinary Beta, but Every Day Is Dark and Twisted 普通beta，但黑深残日常 [Rating just released. This story is dark and twisted, with everyone harboring one-sided feelings, coercive love, a tangled love polygon, no fixed pairing, and shameless melodrama.] [The heroine suffers early on!!! I've already put up this warning, so please don't wander in by mistake. You'll only be wasting your time.] [The heroine will never end up happily with anyone who has hurt her, and she has a full character-growth arc.] [Warnings: dark, twisted coercive love ✘ There is no male lead, onl 2.7kReads8.0Score30614d adds
- 40 Qi Chun Never Returned 祁春不归 [Coercive Possession] [Love and Hate] [A Rotten Man's Sincere Heart] They say you should never pick up a man from the roadside, but unfortunately, no one told Lin Chunqi. She thought she'd rescued a refined young gentleman, never realizing she'd invited a devil into her life. On a rainy night, Pei Yunhan pinned her against the wall and cruelly crushed her last hope: "Yan Lingfeng, the man you love, didn't choose you." He took possession of her in the most humiliating way, yet afterward, he begge 2.3kReads8.1Score18514d adds
- 41 She Was the Only One Who Refused to Settle 唯独她不肯将就 She Alone Refuses to Settle 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Heart-Eating Beauty 噬心娇 [Mutual first-time partners + Possessive, domineering male lead + Angst] [The male lead is ruthless and cold-hearted. If that’s not your thing, proceed with caution.] [The female lead is clear-headed and rational, not the lovesick type. If that’s not your thing, proceed with caution.] [Content warning: The female lead is just an ordinary person. Under imperial rule, she has no golden finger, so don’t expect her to escape the male lead easily. The male lead is exceptionally clever, so don’t expec 197Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 43 Scheming Chancellor, Hands Off 腹黑权臣快住手 She is a soul from the modern world who has carved out a place for herself in this era. But because of him, his domineering, despicable ways and his ruthless seizure of her have left her struggling ever more desperately, until she is suffocating... 335Reads5.2Score12514d adds
- 44 The Bewitching Consort Can’t Escape the Mad Emperor’s Cruel Love 娇妃难逃，疯批帝王虐心夺爱 (Stealing a subject’s wife + replacement romance + groveling redemption + mutually devoted + mild angst + coercive love) A resilient, unyielding little white flower vs. an emperor who seems gentle but is secretly twisted and deranged Jiang Wan was renowned throughout Jiangnan for her cool, refined beauty, with a face beyond compare. The first time the new emperor, Rong Yu, traveled south to Jiangnan, her beauty left him spellbound. It was because Jiang Wan looked so much like the woman he ha 820Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Desperate to Transmigrate Back Home, She Is Imprisoned in the Deep Palace by the Heir Apparent 一心想穿越回家，世子囚她在深宫 [Possessive pursuit + melodramatic angst + love steeped in hatred + a terrible male lead who resents that the moon won’t hang high in the sky vs. a steadfast heroine who only wants to go home but becomes the object of his obsession] [Both are virgins!] Ning Qi transmigrates to ancient times after a car accident. She only needs to stay for three years before she can return to the modern world. With no legal identity in this ancient world, she becomes a maid in the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence to 4.8kReads6.9Score34214d adds
- 46 No Escape from the Cage: The Obsessive Big Shot's Forced Love 囚笼难逃，病娇大佬强制爱 Trapped in a cage with no escape, a possessive tycoon forces her to love him 938Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Forced into Divorce, the Cold CEO Pins Her Against the Wall and Kisses Her Passionately 被逼离婚，冷爷强势将她堵墙狂亲 She’s the daughter of a housekeeper. The cold-hearted young master takes a liking to her, plots for a long time, and marries her. But he never touches her. In the end, one side is willing, while the other is not. No matter how well he treats her, she still doesn’t like him at all and still wants a divorce. One day, she slaps the divorce papers down on the table. “Let’s get divorced. I’ve never loved you.” His eyes turn red as he pins her against the wall and kisses her fiercely. “Xiao Yuer, I’ve 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Imperial Dyeing, Pure Pomelo 御染清柚 [Forced Love + Controlling Obsession + Taking Her by Force + Possessive Obsession + Both Leads Are Virgins] Dominating powerful tycoon x cool, stubborn beauty Whatever he wants, he gets, by any means necessary. The first time Leng Yu met Ruan Qingyou, the thought took root in his mind: He wanted her. He maneuvered at every turn, weaving a cage designed just for her. With nowhere else to turn, Ruan Qingyou was forced to become the canary Leng Yu kept in his cage. But she never expected that benea 1.6kReads—Score10214d adds
- 49 The Noble Lady Is So Charming, She Makes the Tyrant Bend at the Waist 贵女多娇，引暴君折腰 (The main story is complete) (The ruthless beauty of a princess consort versus a deranged, black-hearted emperor) (Not a transmigration or rebirth story. The leads are not your traditional good people.) Can a pure emperor’s love serve as a get-out-of-death-free token? Jiang Ning, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, volunteers to marry Rong Yu, the late emperor’s youngest brother and Prince Chen’an. Rumor has it that Prince Chen’an is frail and won’t live past twenty-five, but the marriage 475Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 50 Bound to You 锁卿 An emperor and a fallen noblewoman, with both leads having eyes only for each other. The male lead has been secretly in love with the female lead all along. As soon as he successfully ascends the throne, he confines her in the palace and relentlessly pursues her. Later, she escapes... 827Reads—Score11314d adds
