Novels like Curse of the Wasteland
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Curse of the Wasteland, best match first.
- 1 White Blossoms Turn to Rushes 白华为菅 [Republican-era setting + real heiress] In 1924, Ming Jian went from a country girl who sold fish to the Third Young Lady of the Wen family. In the tangled inner world of an old aristocratic household, where hidden rivalries simmer between sisters, Ming Jian treads carefully but still can't escape being sent to Hong Kong to be trained as a socialite; “White is the flowering Jian, bound with white cogongrass.” Amid the smoke and flames of war, qipaos and rickshaws collide with the ideas of democr 719Reads8.8Score10514d adds
- 2 Reborn, I Had the Whole Family of the Man Who Betrayed Me Executed 重生后，我让负心人一家满门抄斩 Reborn, I Had My Heartless Ex's Entire Family Executed 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Fired the Boss's Daughter, and Now I'm Panicking! 开除老板女儿后，我慌了！ After I Fired the Boss's Daughter, I Panicked! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Two Hundred Million in Demolition Compensation Hit the Account, and Mom Told Me to Get Out 两亿拆迁款到账，我妈让我滚出家 Two Hundred Million Yuan in Demolition Compensation Hit My Account, and My Mom Told Me to Get Out —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After Buying a School District Home, I Found the School Placements Were Already Used Up 买下学区房后，发现学位早被用光 After Buying a School-District Home, I Found Out the School Enrollment Slots Were Already Used Up —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Wife Sends Eight Thousand a Month to Her Male Best Friend to Pay His Mortgage 妻子每月转八千给男闺蜜还房贷 My Wife Sends Her Male Best Friend 8,000 Yuan Every Month to Pay His Mortgage —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Prickly Little Cotton Jacket Goes on a Killing Spree 带刺小棉袄，杀疯了 The Prickly Little Sweetheart Is on a Rampage 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Emerald Mountains and Rivers 翠色山河 Verdant Mountains and Rivers —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in a Novel, the Supporting Female Lead Refuses to Lose 重生小说世界，女配绝不认输 Bai Ruoxue died alone in her previous life. Reborn, she discovered that she was a doomed supporting female character in an urban business novel. Her parents hadn’t died in an accident: they had been set up and killed by the male lead, Gu Zeyu, a business tycoon who wanted to seize their fortune. This time, the orphan carries the memories and hatred of her previous life, and vows to overturn the entire plot, making Gu Zeyu and his harem pay. Using her “foreknowledge” of the story, she will rise f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Parents Forced Me to Sell a Kidney, So I Ruined My Brother 父母逼我卖肾，我让弟弟身败名裂 My Parents Forced Me to Sell a Kidney, So I Ruined My Brother —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 You Want Me to Bear You a Son? I'll Make Your Son Leave with Nothing 逼我生儿子？我让她儿子净身出户 You Want Me to Give You a Son? I'll Make Your Son Leave With Nothing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 My Ex-Husband Begs Me to Remarry Him, but I Only Want Custody of Our Daughter 前夫跪求复婚，我只要女儿抚养权 My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Remarry Him, but I Only Wanted Custody of Our Daughter —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 You Owe Me a Million? My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Forget the Debt 欠我100万？前夫哭着求我忘了 You Owe Me a Million? My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Forget About It —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 After Eight Years Serving My In-Laws, I Made My Husband Leave with Nothing 伺候婆家八年，我让老公净身出户 After Eight Years of Serving My Husband's Family, I Made Him Leave With Nothing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Hundred Lifetimes of Revenge: Devouring Their Flesh and Drinking Their Blood to Revive My Beloved 复仇百世：啖其肉，饮其血复活爱人 Revenge Across a Hundred Lifetimes: Devour Their Flesh, Drink Their Blood, and Bring My Beloved Back to Life 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Marrying a Fallen Noblewoman 娶了没落格格 Manyue is a child cast aside by her era, going from a noble princess of the royal household to a courtesan despised by all. She has to live on and fulfill her father’s dying wish. She never expected to meet Jiang Sheng, but his passionate love becomes her reason to endure that era. From then on, theirs is a love that goes both ways. They grow together and see the world side by side. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Revenge of the Twins 双包胎复仇 The Twins’ Revenge —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Desperate Avenger 绝望的复仇者 The Desperate Avenger 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn With a Double System, I Made My Scumbag Sister Cry 重生绑定双倍系统后，我把渣妹虐哭了 Reborn with a Double System, I Make My Trashy Sister Cry 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Clear-Eyed Villainess and Her Unhinged Boyfriend Take Down Her Scumbag Father and Stepmother 清醒恶女和疯批男友，手刃渣爹与继母 A Clear-Headed Villainess and Her Unhinged Boyfriend Take Down Her Scumbag Father and Stepmother 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Went Undercover Beside My Enemy for Three Years, Just to Send Him to Prison Myself 潜伏仇人身边三年，只为亲手送他入狱 She spent three years undercover beside her enemy, all so she could send him to prison with her own hands. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My Cousin Ruined Me for a Poor Married Man. Reborn, I Take Everything Back 为了一个穷酸已婚男，表姐害我，重生后我夺回一切 My Cousin Hurt Me for a Poor, Married Man. After Being Reborn, I Took Back Everything 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Righteous Revenge: Do You Know What I’ve Been Through All These Years? 正义复仇：你知道这些年我是怎么过的吗？ Righteous Revenge: Do You Know What I've Been Through All These Years? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 She Tore Up the Hand She Was Dealt in Love 她把爱的烂牌撕了 The fourteenth year of the Republic, a rainy night. The young marshal’s wife watches her husband carry his sworn sister into the bridal chamber. He gently reassures her, “Don’t be afraid. This is our home.” “Our home? I’m the outsider now.” She neither cries nor makes a scene. She does only three things… Within three days, every step is marked by blood, and she backs the young marshal into a corner. He signs the divorce papers in tears. Pregnant, she boards a ship south with a rising star. At se 59Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 25 His Whole Family Was Slaughtered. The Professor in Prison Stages the Perfect Accident 全家惨死，入狱教授制造完美意外 Lu Jin, a world-renowned top chemistry professor, should have had students all over the world. Instead, overnight, he plunged into hell! A rich heir humiliated his wife to death right in front of him, and his five-year-old daughter was kicked so hard that her internal organs were crushed! He believed in the law, but the powerful could cover the sky with one hand. He tried to seek justice, only to be framed for murder, wrongfully imprisoned, and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve! In thi 305Reads6.3Score10714d adds
- 26 Echoes of a Startling Tune 惊鸿遗音 [He is the most dazzling opera star in Pingjing, yet in her family's eyes, he is nothing but a despicable performer.] Lin Xingran, heiress of the Lin family and a new-school teacher, fell in love with just one person: Boss Liu, whose brilliance onstage was unparalleled. In these turbulent times, performers belonged to the lowest rung of society. Her father slapped her. “You can marry him over my dead body!” Outside the door, he was driven away with blows from clubs. That night, he wiped off 1Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 27 Anna, the Girl Who Cannot Die 不会死少女安娜 Anna, the Girl Who Cannot Die 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 My Boss Is No Human: I’ll Give Him a Taste of Green 上司不当人：我给他一点绿色瞧瞧 My Boss Is a Monster: I'll Give Him a Taste of His Own Medicine 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Where Are the Green Hills? This Is My Home 何处青山【此心安处是吾乡】 Shanghai, 1930. Song Zechuan, a rising star in diplomacy, meets the outspoken journalist Xu Jingyi at a banquet. He is a gentleman from a distinguished family who has returned from studying abroad, carrying the family mission of becoming a good statesman and physician. She is the daughter of a prominent family in Jiangbei, using her pen as a weapon to expose society’s ills. Their ideas clash, but admiration quietly takes root. As Japan invades China and Shanghai falls, they join forces to establ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Ten Thousand Spirits Invade: Stealing the Leads’ Fortunes Is Addictive 万灵入侵：偷男女主机缘真上瘾 "We are thieves lurking in the shadows. Know yourself, then revel in the freedom to do as you please." The Continent of All Spirits has arrived. Every Awakened receives a god-given talent: [Holy Light], [Immortality], [Winter's Breath], [Frozen Throne], [Elegance Never Goes Out of Style], [Best Supporting Role], [Marshmallow], [Butterbeer]... and so on. In his previous life, Xu Qiye was betrayed by his wife and stabbed in the back by his closest friend, meeting a tragic end. Reborn, the first t 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 A Bigger Conspiracy Lies Behind the Cheating Scene 捉奸现场藏着更大的阴谋 There’s a Bigger Conspiracy Behind the Caught-in-the-Act Scene 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Midnight Rose: Be Yourself 暗夜蔷薇，做自己 Ten years ago, the Shen Corporation went bankrupt because of a business conspiracy. Chairman Shen Mingyuan and his wife died in an “accident,” and their only daughter, Shen Qingwei, was sent overseas. Ten years later, she returns as jewelry designer Lin Wei, carefully plotting to get close to Lu Jingchen, heir to the Lu Group, so she can bring down from within the business empire that destroyed her family. With her exceptional talent, Lin Wei quickly makes a name for herself in the jewelry desi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Spring Flames: A Heartbreaking Republican-Era Romance 春焰（民国虐恋情深） [Republican-era romance + thrilling spy intrigue + tragic, all-consuming love + mutual salvation] A notorious socialite VS a two-faced warlord Bai Chunyan is a flower, blooming from the battlefield of a cruel world. Fu Qingxiang is a general, a cold-blooded young major who can seem human one moment and demonic the next. One stormy night in a small Jiangnan town, he saved her from danger, and from then on, a tangled vine took root in her heart. For him, she was willing to be a pawn, moving betwee 1.2kReads9.3Score12114d adds
- 34 Chronicle of Submission 俯首称臣记 A powerful man in the turbulent Republic of China era and a student fleeing war, with an age gap and a sweet romance as they choose each other. A loosely fictionalized setting. Don't scrutinize the time, place, or events for historical accuracy. When seventeen-year-old Chen Yang fled to Kunming, she met a man. She thought he was an ordinary person, but he turned out to be the moon in the heavens. She realized she had no ladder to reach the sky. They said the marriage of Third Master Meng was a 3.2kReads8.9Score40814d adds
- 35 The Warlord's Adopted Daughter: The Wolf Cub's Moonlight Is His Sister 军阀养女：狼崽子的白月光是姐姐 At fifteen, Shen Tang became the eldest young lady of the Xu household. Xu Zeming, the Xu family's only son, was a little devil who did as he pleased. Before Madam Xu died, she took Shen Tang's hand and said, "You can't rely on men. Take care of him for me." From then on, she kept that promise, and he stayed by his older sister's side. In the turbulent years of the Republic of China, they were siblings for a time. Was theirs a deep sibling bond, or a childhood romance? Where would these feelings 8.3kReads8.9Score95014d adds
- 36 Near You: The Bamboo Python Pact 近君：竹蚺契约 Chu Renzhou, a bamboo anaconda divine beast who has taken human form, makes a ten-year pact to protect Chu Nanshu, who can see supernatural entities. As strange incidents plague their town, they meet Fang Huaiyan, a young detective. While investigating cases together, they accidentally uncover a long-buried secret: remnants of the Fannan lineage, sealed away for a century, have been lying low and stirring up chaos between the realms amid the turmoil, hoping to help the Helashi clan make a comeba 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 He Knows All About the Four-Year Crush Hidden in the Laundry Room 洗衣房藏了四年的暗恋，他全知道 He Knows About the Four-Year Crush Hidden in the Laundry Room 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Farewell, Immortal Sword: May We Meet Again as We Did at First 再见仙剑，此生只如初见 Synopsis: [Republican-era setting + Sword and Fairy fanfiction + Three-thousand-year vigil + Reincarnated, but strangers + A nation engulfed in war + Heart-wrenching romance] Li Xiaoyao waited for Zhao Ling'er for three thousand years. She was reincarnated in one life after another. Each time, he found her, only to watch her die just beyond his reach. The laws of Heaven allowed him to seek her out and protect her, but forbade him from telling her who she was, or who he was. In the second yea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Golden Light, It’s Flickering, Flickering, Flickering Its Way Here 金光，它一闪一闪一闪地来啦 No wish-fulfillment fantasy + slower pacing + warm and healing + devoted male lead + one-on-one romance. The heroine has a golden finger, but her abilities develop slowly over time as she accumulates good fortune. It doesn’t appear often in the early chapters. The romance sweetens in the middle and later parts, with all the sweetness found in the little details. In the turmoil of the Republican era, when human lives were worth less than grass, she was determined to make flowers bloom amid the r 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Spoiled in Republican-Era China: The Stern Commander and His Modern Sweetheart 民国娇宠：冷峻长官的现代小娇妻 [Alternate Republic of China setting + marriage before love + cold, hard warlord at first, devoted puppy-like husband later + sweet, gentle beauty at first, powerful career woman later + transmigration mystery] After transmigrating to the Republic of China era, she becomes the illegitimate daughter of a merchant family, unwanted by all, and is forced to marry a cold-faced warlord. He thinks he has married a meek country girl, only to discover that she can read foreign languages and understand th 1.6kReads6.1Score11114d adds
- 41 A Grand Feast in Shanghai 沪江盛宴 Shanghai is a city where fortunes can change in the blink of an eye. Who will rule the roost today? A slow-burn gang story, not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy! A Green Gang boss × a cool, aloof doctor. Love and hate, passion and heartbreak, twists and turns. He is a notorious Green Gang boss, unruly and impossible to tame. He says, “I’m a devil who crawled out of hell. I’ve never cared whether anyone lives or dies. Crushing you would be as easy as crushing an ant!” To him, human life is the c 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 A Republican-Era Woman: Rose of a World in Chaos 民国女子之乱世玫瑰 A bold and passionate young lady × a cunning, devoted general. [One-on-One Romance] [Both Leads Are Inexperienced] [Strong Female Lead] She has never been a delicate flower. In these turbulent times, she stays clear-headed and composed, whether it comes to love or her career. Their meeting was an accident, and that accident changed the course of their lives, making the usually calm and self-possessed him lose himself to tears... 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Dignified Counterattack 体面反击 Her husband wrapped an arm around his mistress, boasting in public that he was never short of women. The man she casually latched onto turned out to be The heir to the Song family, whose power held sway over half the city. Everyone called him cold-blooded, yet he spoiled her rotten. Song taught her to rebuild a “Peach Blossom Spring” amid the ruins of her life. She stood by Song as he fought his way back to the heights of power amid the family’s hidden attacks. Later, her ex-husband went mad dow 1Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 44 Married to the Disabled Young Marshal 嫁给残疾少帅 After her mother dies for no apparent reason, her father brings home a stepmother, along with two little step-siblings in tow. The house becomes a mess, and he dumps her overseas for three years. When she returns home, she's forced to take her sister's place and marry the notorious young marshal of the Yi family, a cold-blooded brute. They say he lost both legs in the war three years ago and became a cripple. She marries him in a state of dread, only to discover that he isn't a cripple at all! I 116Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 45 The Demon Bride, Lady Meng 妖妻孟氏 [Madwoman Yanluo × Clearheaded Detective | Two Souls Split Apart | High Suspense | Extreme Push and Pull] The wedding banquet was in full swing, red silk draped across the entire courtyard. Just before the ceremony, Zhan Yan, son of the police chief, was handed a shriveled heart by a man named Liang Sheng. Liang Sheng said, "Your fiancée, Meng Rusi, has the Yellow Springs sealed inside her. She's the Ghostworld's female Yanluo. This heart is her other half. It must be destroyed if she is to ret 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Young Marshal’s Cherished Darling, Spoiled and Teased 独宠掌中娇，少帅轻点撩 The first thing Shen Junjun did after transmigrating was eat ten roast ducks. Raised in the countryside, her mother dead, nearly assassinated, and then jilted: the original owner sure had bad luck, Shen Junjun thought as she ate. She used to be a mukbang streamer with a huge appetite. When she transmigrated, the heroine’s mother had just died, and she was being bullied. Shen Junjun clung to the trousers of her savior, managing to keep her newly acquired life. How was a young woman like her suppo 1.9kReads9.4Score24414d adds
- 47 The Moment Miss Ye Shows Her Face, Commander Huo Falls for Her 叶小姐一露头，霍司令就心动 This book isn’t finished well, so don’t read it! I’m revising it! [Transmigrated soul in Republican-era China + two powerful, devoted leads, one-on-one + sweet romance, no angst + heroine crushes her enemies + happy ending; a wild heroine and a handsome hero; little logic, slight fantasy elements] Cool, elegant, stunning Commander Ye x iron-blooded, obsessive Commander Huo Peerless beauty x madly captivating man Ye Wansheng x Huo Xiuting In one sudden turn, Ye Wansheng transmigrates to Republic —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Bamboo Congratulations 竹贺 Mutual devotion + slow burn + secret crush + strong heroine + strong hero + one-on-one romance They first meet one morning, when Song Wanzhu saves He Jingzhi. After that, their fates become intertwined. Each of them has their own ideals and ambitions. But they do not belong to the same side. Song Wanzhu saves He Jingzhi's life, but she also kills him with her own hands. He Jingzhi returned from studying abroad. He is also a patriot who wants to save his broken, battered country, the land that ra 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Jointly Written by Vengeful Ghosts: Young Marshal, Please Keep Your Wife in Line! 厉鬼联名：少帅！管管你太太吧！ [A wildly obsessive, money-loving female Taoist master × a charming, clingy, iron-blooded young marshal|Two powerful leads|Supernatural romance|Marriage first, love later|Pure wish fulfillment, no angst] In her previous life, she was China's greatest Taoist master, who fought demons and vanquished ghosts with ruthless decisiveness. In this life, she opens her eyes only to find her second uncle drugging her and stuffing her into a coffin to be wed to a ghost. Normally, a wealthy young woman shove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Reborn After Fleeing My Wedding, Kept by a Mad Young Marshal 重生逃婚后，被疯批少帅金屋藏娇 Theatrical, flirtatious black-lotus heroine vs. scheming, obsessive, ascetic hero [Reborn into a household-intrigue setting + Mutual healing + Forced marriage and possessive love + Two strong leads + Bickering couple + Hidden identities revealed + Love that grows over time + Taking down villains + Playing the fool while hiding one’s strength + Mutual devotion + Intense push and pull, 1v1] Jian Youning is reborn on the eve of her engagement to the Pei family’s third young master. Remembering ho 45Reads—Score—14d adds
