Novels like Sweet Beginnings in Midsummer
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Sweet Beginnings in Midsummer, best match first.
- 1 Youth Never Closes: Our Hilarious High School Days 青春不打烊，我们的高中搞笑日常 [Relaxed everyday life] [Funny] [Ridiculous] (Just a high school kid, playing around while worrying about not getting into a good university. He treats class rules and school rules like dungeons to clear, even though he doesn’t know what the rules are, and he really does get made to stand as punishment all the time. He’s actually trying hard to study, too.) (Everything here is based on real events, so you can see what school life is really like.) Shen Ran stared at his failing math test and fe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 He Competes with the Sun in Brightness 他同太阳争炽热 Main couple: [Sunny, tsundere top student × shy, gentle sidekick] Side couple: [Loudmouthed, immature braggart × campus beauty in public, short-tempered girl in private] At sixteen, Xu Yunfan openly and unabashedly stood up for Yan Yi. His inner monologue was always: Does she like me? At eighteen, Xu Yunfan was full of dreams for the future. He wanted to study medicine, while Yan Yi was so caught up in her secret crush that she forgot what she’d originally wanted. By twenty-one, Yan Yi had a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A-Wan, Please Write Back 阿晚请来信 [Coming of Age] [Mutual Redemption] [Both Pure, One-on-One Romance] [No Angst] [Sweet Romance] Comic-book wheelchair user, a sweet and well-behaved girl, vs. a hot-tempered biker boy (Note: The heroine will be able to stand later in the story. The reason will be explained in the novel.) The first time Chen Wan met Jing Siye, she thought he was a cat dealer and whacked him with a stick. She was afraid of him and thought he had a bad temper. She never expected that this would be the start of their —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The School Bully Got Kissed to Tears by the Top Student Again Today 校霸今天又被学霸亲哭了 Warning: These legendary moments are too good to miss! A triple dose of public embarrassment: - Underwear joke gone wrong: Gu Ye gets caught wearing He Chaoyan’s red underwear. Lin Wu laughs so hard she pounds the table. “The top student wears pink underwear with little strawberries!” He stubbornly protests, “It’s my zodiac year. They ward off evil!” - The mouth-to-mouth mishap: He falls during the sports day relay race, creating an iconic “mouth-to-mouth” moment. Blushing to the ears, he stamme 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Secret Pleasure Playbook 暗爽攻略法则 [Secretly pining, openly flirting + mutual devotion + everyday life + no melodrama + youthful school romance] 🔥 “Maplewood High's toughest guy” Jiang Ke vs. “top ten in the grade” Su Nan. Sparks fly from their very first day as deskmates! “Stay away from me, or you'll find out what happens when you make Maplewood High's toughest guy angry!” “I'm here to study. Don't get in the way, and we'll get along just fine.” This year, Maplewood High unexpectedly reshuffles its senior classes. Su Nan, the t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 She Doesn’t Know How to Act Cute 她不会撒娇 When they first met, he thought she was a rebellious girl who never studied. When he saw Yuan Xiao again, he assumed she was a rich kid who had gotten in through connections. Only when that glittering medal flashed before his eyes did he feel deeply ashamed of his prejudice. After the shame came an overwhelming sense of inferiority. A girl from a good family, good at school, beautiful, and kindhearted. He had fallen for her without even realizing how out of his depth he was. He knew the gap betw 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Moving in with My Eccentric Junior, I’m Totally Sold 和奇葩学弟同居后，我真香了 [Sociology graduate student × broadcasting major undergrad] [Theory-minded × hands-on] [Cool older student × quirky younger student] [Older female student × younger male student] (Sweet from start to finish, no heartbreak)(Grounded in reality, with no fake campus beauty rankings or forums)(Nurturing older student and her baby-faced younger student) Shen Youning is a sociology graduate student who has never even held a man's hand in real life. Lu Yu hosts audio recordings of novels, with a voice 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Autumn Winds Brush the Evening 秋风拂晚意 [Bad-boy heartthrob school bully vs. icy beauty] [Reunion after years apart / devoted only to each other] She is a genius girl with autism. He is a wild, untamable rich-kid school bully. “A contract girlfriend means exactly what it sounds like: just for show. You have to pretend to be my girlfriend, pretend… to like me.” Even someone as proud as Xie Heng can end up cornering the girl with red-rimmed eyes, his voice humble as he begs: “Don’t push me away. Just take pity on me, please?” * When So —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Ahead Lies the Light 往前便是光 [Secret Crush + Happy Ending + School Life] Top Student Shen Yi x Insecure, Sensitive Girl Lin Chuqing When I was eighteen, I met the most dazzling person in my life. He radiated light, impossible to ignore. My feelings for him were barely a presence in the crowd. My heart ached, but I could never forget him. In high school, we were just two of countless parallel lines. Still, I kept trying to get closer to you. Could lines that come infinitely close really never meet? By pure chance, we crossed 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Yizhi Belongs to You 依直属屿你 [BL, not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, she pursues him at first, then he pursues her, opposites attract] People always say that college is the most vibrant prelude to youth. But the prelude to Chen Yu and Huang Yiyi's story began one unexpected afternoon before the start of term. Chen Yu saw an old man lying on the ground and the passersby turning a blind eye. Without hesitation, he stepped forward to help. It was nothing more than a small favor, until the next day, at the freshman regist —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 My Cool Desk Mate Secretly Saves All Their Tenderness for Me 清冷同桌偷偷把温柔都给我 My Cool, Distant Deskmate Secretly Gives All Her Tenderness to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Couldn’t Be There to Watch You Grow Up: Part Two 不能陪你长大第二部 The second installment of The One Who Couldn’t Stay by Your Side as You Grew Up. Han Lin arrives at college with an admission letter he received while working at a construction site, beginning the campus life he had put on hold for so long. He still keeps up his habit of writing novels, regularly posting new chapters on an online platform and catching the attention of a big shot in the industry. At the end of the year, Han Lin attends a writers’ gathering on the big shot’s recommendation. After —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Youthful Tale of Fixing Things Up 老子修修补补的青春物语 [No System, no reincarnation, no magic] A purely slice-of-life story, with a slower pace. The author is a newcomer and has put a lot of effort into polishing the story, but is always open to readers’ suggestions! Wang Yuxuan: I knew it! There’s no way my youth could be so boring! Liu Xin and Yan Yubing: Stop yelling and get back here for dinner! Wang Yuxuan: Oh, I heard you. (Extremely quietly) A coming-of-age story about three young people growing up in a small city in Henan! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Nightmare from the Start? Our Love Has Nothing but Wingmen 开局噩梦？我们的爱情，全是助攻 [Modern Romance + School Life + Sweet Romance + Ensemble Cast + No System + Pure-Love Couple] Bright junior girl x handsome senior On the first day of registration, Zou Qingyun saw her handsome future senior in a nightmare. “Have we met somewhere before?” She took a deep breath, trying to avoid the boy's intense gaze. Without a shred of confidence, she stammered, “I don't think we have... probably...” And so their story began, a celebration of youthful romance! “Shengsheng, the camera!” “Ready!” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Lu Qi's High School Life 路琪的高中生活 A new story is here! Please check out my work on Fanqie Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 From My Number-One Rival to My Girlfriend 从第一的对手到我的女友 [School Story + No System + Senior Year Growth + Mutual Redemption + One Heroine + Pure Romance] Lin Yu is a cool, solitary academic star whose father has him locked into a life defined by rankings. He thought things would stay that way throughout all three years of high school, until transfer student Su Xinrui arrived… At the high school graduation ceremony, Lin Yu took the stage as the outstanding student representative. Looking down at Su Xinrui in the audience, Lin Yu could no longer hide th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Dust Motes in Warm Light 尘微光暖 Angst before sweetness, sweetness intertwined with angst, and two people finding their way to each other. Su Nian and Shen Zhiyan come from different social backgrounds and have very different personalities, leading to a love story full of repeated push and pull. Heroine Su Nian: Though trapped in the mire of her family circumstances and somewhat lacking in confidence, she never gives up a chance to save herself. Through hard work, she keeps growing. Hero Shen Zhiyan: An excellent student, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Is My Youth a Mess? 我的青春糟糕吗 (A new writer's first book. This is my first attempt at writing, and I want to record my youth this way.) [Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, realistic school life, with different stories and characters in every stage.] Everyone has their own interpretation of youth. Some think one beautiful moment is youth, while others feel their youth was mostly books and exam papers. Later, the books I read became my eyes and traveled the world for me, while the exam papers I filled out became my heart 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Jiang Xiaofan Is No Ordinary Man 江小凡不凡 Jiang Xiaofan Is No Ordinary Man —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Icy School Heartthrob Is a Little Sweet 冰山校草有点甜 On the first day of the semester, she knocked him over and wrecked his limited-edition sneakers. From then on, the icy campus heartthrob added a reckless basketball girl with blindingly pale skin to his list of enemies. Song Zhiyi was a first-year student in the sports department at Yuncheng University, specializing in basketball. She had an unusually pale complexion that seemed out of place on the court, along with boundless energy and a burning desire to win. On the first day of school, she wa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Error Beneath the Wisteria Arbor 紫藤花架下的误差 I return in my dreams to high school, writing down the memories of my youth, stroke by stroke. Perhaps one day, we will gradually forget, and our memories will grow blurry and fragmented. Perhaps I was never a particularly gifted writer, lacking both delicate emotions and detailed descriptions. Perhaps many people will disagree with the idea that love can grow over time, or with the choice not to confess one's feelings first. Perhaps few people know that the environment within a school can chang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My Childhood Friend Has Loved Me for Years 竹马爱我好多年 [Childhood sweethearts + he has a crush on her + romantic push and pull + a touch of angst + happy ending] [Noisy little ray of sunshine Zhu Qingtian × sharp-tongued, stubborn boy Shi Youyu] - She thought it was dislike. She never realized that she was only putting on an act to hide her stubborn pride. Her constant denials and avoidance came from not wanting to admit that she had long since fallen into the sea of flowers he had planted. - “Do you know? The person I hate most is you, Zhu Qingtian —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Falling into Light and Shadow 光影陷落 [School Life | Two Top Students | Healing | Mutual Pining] [One-on-One Romance | Both Pure | Sweet Romance] [Chuunibyou Girl & Sharp-Tongued Top Student] During military training, Yuan Ziyu, known as a “crack shot,” became the dream guy of countless girls thanks to his striking looks and top grades. That is, until he pulled a cheeky stunt by stuffing love letters into the teacher’s desk, then pulling another by taking anyone who confessed to him straight outside the director’s office. But there 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Rebellious Teen's Fierce Showdown with His Rich Rival 中二少年恶斗情敌膏粱二代 A Chuunibyou Teenager's Fierce Battle with His Wealthy Rival 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After Dumping the School Heartthrob, I Made My Best Friend's Ashes Famous 甩了校草后，我捧红了死党的骨灰盒。 After Dumping the Campus Heartthrob, I Made My Best Friend's Urn Famous. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Playboy 花花公子 Playboy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 One Day, Spring Mountains Will Be Within Reach 终有春山可望 Shen Mei is an ordinary high school student, harboring an unspoken crush and carrying the weight of hard work she can’t afford to slack off on. But youth isn’t that simple. Friendships can falter, life can change overnight, and all the storms that are bound to come will come. Still, she chooses to solve one more problem beneath her desk lamp in the early hours, to memorize one more page through her tears. She doesn’t complain or back down. She answers every setback with growth. When the whole wo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Stream Stirs My Heart 溪水涌心头 That summer was hot and long. From their first meeting to the day they came to understand each other, misunderstandings arose between them, and one by one, they worked them out. If you’re also feeling lost in life, why not read the story of how they save each other? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 So You Liked Me Too, All Along for Twelve Years 原来你也喜欢我，整整十二年 So You Like Me Too, After All These Twelve Years 16Reads—Score114d adds
- 30 Does My Top-Student Lunch Buddy Want Us to Be More Than Friends? 学霸饭搭子要跟我关系升级？ [Cold, Top-Scoring Student + Sunny Junior Girl + Mutual Pining + Mild Angst + HE] Liu Shuanghan and Jiang Shiyu met because of a sweet accident. It took her a long time to collect herself, but in the end, she decided to be friends with Jiang Shiyu and put the whole thing behind them. But soon, she started feeling strange around him. The feeling came as quickly as it went. On their first date, she “sensed” Jiang Shiyu's coldness. She made up her mind again: “No matter how handsome he is, he's onl 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Boy in the Back Row, I've Had a Crush on You for Ages 后排少年，我早就心动了 Three couples, with a small ensemble cast! The story is based on real events. Any resemblance is purely coincidental! One is Wang Sihan, the quiet, slow-to-warm-up Chinese class representative. The other is Zhao Zhiheng, the tall, handsome PE class representative whose smile could make you squint. She sat in the front row, and he sat in the back. They were parallel lines that should never have crossed. Until he became the boy behind her. A smoldering gaze, a pair of shared earphones, and her hea 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Love Blossoms Under the Perfect Moonlight 心动恰逢好月光 [Devoted love on both sides + high school romance + tragic love] [Resilient, melancholic heroine × gentle, moonlike hero] [Li Mo met Chi Ze when she was little, on a night when the moon was very, very round… The warm breeze of youth swept through the three years they spent in high school together, like gardenias ringing with laughter. Li Mo thought that sitting beside him was like savoring a bittersweet candy, intoxicating. Youth was a crowd of people facing the wind, striving, chasing the light —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A Dream of the Millennium 千禧一梦 At 28, Lu Wenyi, a young woman with an artistic temperament, accidentally transmigrates to 2010 while going about her usual rehearsal routine. On the very day she arrives, she runs into her long-lost first love, the science-track class ace Zhou Jiaran, in a most unexpected way. Back in the new millennium, facing her childhood friend once more in the days of their student youth, will Lu Wenyi dare to make the same choice again? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Happiness Lands in My Palm 幸福降临手心 School romance | 1v1 | Reunion after years apart | Unrequited love becomes mutual | He falls for her first Antique restorer × tech investment executive 1 Lu Yanjing is a top student at the affiliated high school. He comes from a wealthy family, is strikingly handsome, and is the envy of everyone, a born winner. But they say he’s aloof and arrogant, and no one dares sit beside him. On her first day after transferring, Ji Huaixi gets a taste of the arrogant guy’s sharp tongue. Worse, they end —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 My Lazy Little Cat 我的小懒猫 [Both virgins, each other’s first love / Cool goddess × Laid-back, cocky guy] The year An Yu transferred to Linyang High School, Xie Zhui fell in love with her at first sight. The school’s notorious troublemaker turned into a puppy in front of An Yu. Xie Zhui pursued her relentlessly, only to be cruelly rejected on a rainy day. Having experienced love for the first time, Xie Zhui wasn’t about to give up so easily. He told An Yu he’d say “I like you” to her every day until she agreed to be with h 41Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn as the Academic Ace’s Beloved 重生之我是学霸心尖宠 (Rebirth + Devoted Love + Top Student + Secret Crush) (Both Pure, 1v1) Zheng Xingfan jumped off a building. In the past, she had been sensitive, stubborn, and fiercely proud. After enduring life under someone else's roof, unfair treatment from her teacher, and school bullying, she made the resolute choice to end her life. But she was reborn. Though she was still a nobody… But!! The top student in her grade had started paying attention to her and even offered to tutor her? See how the shattered Z 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Nobody Became the Star of Senior Year 小透明在高三成了主角 High school campus life + ensemble cast + everyday moments + family + emotional entanglements There is far more to remember about senior year than the days we spent studying hard. It is ordinary, yet extraordinary. Their senior-year workbooks were filled with more than math, Chinese, English, physics, chemistry, and biology. They also held classmates becoming family, friends, life, dreams, and meaning... Simple and unassuming, Lin Yaozhi never imagined that in such a stressful and pressurized ti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Her Heartbeat, His Achilles' Heel 她的心跳，他的软肋 [One-on-One Romance + Sweet Modern Love + Secret Devotion + Mutual Support] Ji Yumo was born with a “fragile heart”: congenital heart disease left her living like a delicate porcelain doll. Then, one day in her first year of high school, she had an attack backstage, and Gu Yi’an, the aloof top student everyone at school admired, swept her into his arms. He was the golden boy, but also a lonely beast in a cage. His parents died young, leaving him to depend on his grandmother. He locked away every 980Reads—Score14714d adds
- 39 When Midsummer Arrives 当盛夏降临 [A bold, unruly boy x a bright, sunny girl] [School life | Love grows over time | Sweet youth romance | Happy ending] In her second year of high school, Xu Nan transferred from the city to a small county town. Jiang Yu had a handsome face, a great physique, and a full head of hair. There were girls who liked him everywhere you looked. Yet he treated everyone with the same indifference, always wearing a cool expression. When they first met, he mistook Xu Nan for someone hitting on him and bluntly 254Reads—Score10014d adds
- 40 When the Wind Kisses the Wild Rose 当风热吻野玫瑰 [Childhood sweetheart vs. newcomer] Cheng Yu is a famously cool beauty at Mingde High School. At school, she only ever gets close to her childhood friend, Liang Sichen. Rumor has it that all the top students and heartthrob boys have fallen at her feet, and everyone wonders who will eventually win this little enchantress. When everyone learns the truth, they’re stunned: it’s unexpected, yet somehow just what you’d expect. In other people’s eyes, she is a pampered white gardenia, but Liang Siche —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Autumn on the Isle at Dusk 屿暮之秋 That autumn, one decision by Xia Shan changed several lives. When Xia Shan saw her name still fixed in second place on the October exam honor roll for Class 12-10 at Dezhi High School in Qingyu, she finally worked up the nerve to make an unreasonable request of her childhood friend, Yu Mu. “Actually, I want you to pursue Qiu Zhi.” “Qiu Zhi... the one in first place?” Yu Mu had followed Xia Shan unconditionally for as long as she could remember, and always felt she could do anything for her. So s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Love Never Fades, and It Will Surely Be Returned 恋恋不忘，必有回响 [Campus Romance]+ [Sweet Pampering]+ [Mutual Secret Crush Becomes Love]+ [Two Strong Leads] Gentle, flirtatious transfer student ✖ sweet, wild, stunning top student [“It’s your turn to tutor me now!” “I’m supposed to tutor you?” “What, you won’t give your husband a lesson?”] [“How about we talk about it tomorrow?” “Why not come over to my place, then?” “I promised to teach Lu Ge English! The teacher might quiz her tomorrow morning.” “Then I guess I’ll have to be a lonely bachelor.”] Gu Ruojun th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Meeting Across the World, A Rocky Road to Love With No Happy Ending 四海相遇，情路坎坷终无缘 They met in high school, and their story ended on the eve of their university graduation. The story of Chen Mo and Lin Wanwan wasn’t the happiest, but it was the one that left the deepest mark on their hearts. The differences between their families and education, and the barriers between their parents, eventually sent them on separate paths. They reunited ten years later, but their youth was already gone. A wistful look back at a love that left an indelible mark. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Day It Rained Sunshine 当天空下起了太阳雨 Lu Weiyan has a secret: he fell in love with a girl at first sight. That day, he caught his parents in a lie and was left a complete mess. But then he saw Ji Qiuzhu smiling softly in the sunlight. In that moment, she healed every one of his cracks. Fate soon gave him a second chance. Beneath a small building, she was sheltering from the rain. He had an umbrella, but quietly put it away and walked over to her. “Mind if I shelter here for a bit?” His voice was barely a whisper, but his heartbeat 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Don't Let Springtime Go to Waste 春光莫负 [School-Life Transmigration / Virtually No Male Lead] Song Fei is betrayed by both her friend and her scumbag boyfriend. After one blow after another, she transmigrates in her sleep back to the time before she met him. This time, she won't make the same mistakes again! With the matter of her friend finally behind her, Song Fei is still haunted by nightmares... [Take some of spring's loveliness, leave half for later, and don't waste the day at hand. Gu Zhen'guan, Qing dynasty, “Willow Tips Green: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Let It End Here 谢止于此 [Coming-of-age + secret school crush] She always put her grades above everything and her future before her life. “I'd walk eight blocks just to see you, and still call it a coincidence!” Confessing is just a way to express how I feel, not a demand for a relationship. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Strangers Now 以然陌路 June is the season of parting. September is the season of reunion. But they met in June and parted in September. She was a touch of tenderness in his life; he was the sunshine in hers, the one she would think of and long for all her life! Zhou Yiran and Lin Mo first met on the school sports field: a spirited young man and a sweet, quiet girl. The story began with, “Ranran, I like you. Will you be my girlfriend?” It ended with, “Lin Mo, I said yes to being your girlfriend. So why didn’t you show —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Why Did You Break Into My Galaxy? 你为什么闯进我的星河 In their senior year of high school, Sheng Meiqi glanced back once, and Jiang Shiyuan fell in love at first sight, a love that would last forever. At a birthday party, Sheng Meiqi overestimated her tolerance for alcohol. Drunk, she went up to the rooftop of the KTV to get some air, where she ran into Jiang Shiyuan, who was there for the same reason. Mistaking him for her first love, Jiang Hancheng, whom she had loved for six years, Sheng Meiqi shared her first kiss with Jiang Shiyuan on the roof 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 49 Waiting for Her to Turn Eighteen 等她十八岁 A bold, brash bad-boy delinquent who wears his heart on his sleeve × a sweet, gentle good girl with a bit of a temper Someone asked Sui An, “What do you think of Jiang Beihan?” Sui An kept her head down, doing her homework as she answered softly, “He’s arrogant, conceited, and has a terrible temper.” As she spoke, the people around them suddenly fell silent. Sui An looked up in confusion and saw Jiang Beihan leaning against the doorframe, watching her with an amused smile. Seeing Jiang Beihan wa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Last Season of Lingering Summer 最后一季残夏 [Youthful Campus Romance + Short Story Collection] The final stretch of summer feels just like this unrequited love: the most heartbreaking thing happens in the hottest season. All it took was a single, "I feel like I've seen you somewhere before," for him to brush her off. In this brief youth, it's enough that she loved someone so passionately. Summer has passed, and she thinks that for the rest of her life, like late autumn, she'll shed her longing for him like falling leaves. 1Reads8.3Score—14d adds
