Novels like A Recent Discovery
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- 1 After I Was Determined to Die, My Whole Family Went Mad 当我一心求死后，全家都疯了 After I transmigrated into a book, I became a blood bank for my girlfriend's beloved. My whole family was hoping the transfusion would work so Qin Yunyan could live. I tried everything I could to fight back, but all I got was a cold, disgusted look from my girlfriend: “I told you, once you give Yunyan your blood, I'll marry you. What more do you want?” Even my younger sister resented me: “Why are you so selfish? Brother Yunyan has been so good to me. You should drain every last drop of your bloo 107Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Sacrifice in the Darkroom 暗室的献祭 A car accident: Shen Mi struck and killed two-year-old Meng Xuan. Guilt and self-reproach swallowed her whole, and she disappeared. When she woke again, she was in a lightless basement. Handcuffed by her left hand, she faced Meng Xuan's memorial portrait on the wall. The man keeping her prisoner was Meng Xuan's father, Meng Yu. “I want you to live in torment. I want you to wish you were dead.” A razor blade sliced her wrist, a toothpick pierced beneath her fingernail, and a cigarette burned her 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Three Years After My Cancer Diagnosis: I Died, and He Went Mad! 癌症三年后：我死了，他疯了！ [The ex-husband can't win her back, the second male lead rises to the top, reborn and gets his comeuppance] I died the day before my husband married his new love. After six years of marriage, he said he was tired of me and turned around to find a younger, more delicate girl. I had cancer, but he never even came to see me. On the day I died, I couldn't help calling him one last time, pleading, “Ah Huai, I'm dying. Can you come see me?” He hung up impatiently. “We'll talk after you're dead.” The n 1.8kReads7.1Score104Shelves
- 4 From the Start, I Risked My Life Against Drug Dealers, Bringing Hundreds of Millions to Tears 开局跟毒贩以命换命，数亿人泪崩 An He saves a little girl and gets hit by a semi-truck, awakening a life simulator. The scenes from his simulated lives are also connected to the Myriad Worlds, where they are livestreamed. [The first time, in 1999, he was the son of anti-narcotics officers. He watched his parents die before his eyes, then his whole family was relentlessly hunted by drug traffickers.] [To protect his family, An He walked straight into the trap and faced the traffickers alone, trading his life for theirs.] [He ma 6.5kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
- 5 During the Spiritual Qi Revival, I Guarded a Lonely City All Alone 灵气复苏，只身一人守孤城 The spiritual qi revival begins, a new era rises, and the gods descend! Vast Huaxia, glorious Shenzhou, yet not a single god to be found! Everyone laughs that Shenzhou’s backbone is broken, that the Han have no men left! Everyone says the sons of Shenzhou are all sickly cowards! The Western empires rise up to bully them, hoping to crush this gravely wounded lion once and for all. But they never expected that, in the northern lands of Shenzhou, a young man would write an incredible legendary epic 436Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 6 The Last Page: It Hurts So Much! 最后一页：我好疼！ The Last Page: It Hurts So Much! 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Gunfire in the Mountains 枪响于山林 [Male-male romance + mystery + angst + bad ending] [A ruthless, cold-blooded undercover agent with a split personality, quick to change his tune and endlessly talkative versus a stoic, softhearted, highly intelligent narcotics officer who’s as wooden as they come] Wen Shan was once Lin Mo’s best friend, and his only one. But the 0612 narcotics case in Taizhou when they were fifteen suddenly made him the son of the man who had killed Lin Mo’s father. Sixteen years later, they meet again. Lin Mo, 876Reads8.1Score101Shelves
- 8 You Said You’d Kill Me, So Why Do You Regret It Now? 说好的要杀我，你们怎么后悔了 [Xianxia Fantasy + Memories Revealed + No System + One Heroine + Tragedy + Slow Burn] A friendly warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! Important things must be said three times! Before the Heavenly Void Palace. “Chen Zun, you murdered your master and betrayed the Dao. You personally trapped me in a ten-thousand-year ice cave to suffer punishment. Today, you will pay with your life!” “Demon Lord, you slaughtered 4kReads8.3Score366Shelves
- 9 Hey, I Heard the Best Actor and the King of Songwriting Are Dating! 喂，听说影帝和曲王谈恋爱了！ [Two male leads + showbiz + talent competition + plagiarist] [A seemingly aloof but truly sweet superstar actor × a deceptively innocent, secretly dark and truly aloof, unhinged singer × a cool-looking, secretly flirtatious idol] Xu Yi was an ordinary college student. Being ostracized had left him gloomy and withdrawn. One day, someone deliberately shoved him into a crosswalk, earning him a free ride from a dump truck. He also got his very own music System, 666. 666: Congratulations, Host! You’v 1.2kReads9.0Score119Shelves
- 10 Infinite Burning Madness 无限灼心疯 Infinite Burning Heart Madness 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Night Before His College Entrance Exam, My Heart Stopped 他高考前夜，我心脏停了 The Night Before His College Entrance Exam, My Heart Stopped 2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Little Brothers Are So Fierce! I’m Clearly the Eldest 弟弟们好凶！！！明明我才是大哥 [Rebirth + the whole family dotes on the protagonist + frail eldest brother + family bonds and friendship + no romance for the protagonist + old-school angst] The eldest brother may seem a little childish in the description due to psychological reasons. If that bothers you, please don’t read! When he was eighteen, both of his parents died, leaving him with five younger brothers. The people around them were greedy and covetous. To protect himself and his brothers, Jiang Guanqing squeezed two day 264.5kReads9.0Score51.8kShelves
- 13 After I Died, All That Came Out Was a Lifetime of Sobs! 我死后，说出来的是一生的呜咽！ After I Died, All That Came Out Was a Lifetime of Sobs! 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Little Fox of Qingqiu: A Millennium of Cultivation, Reduced to Ash in a Day! 青丘小狐：千年修行，一朝成灰！ The Little Fox of Qingqiu: A Thousand Years of Cultivation, Reduced to Ash in a Single Day! 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Overtime Pay Was Hell Money, But I Signed Anyway 加班费是冥币，但我还是签了 The Overtime Pay Was Ghost Money, but I Signed Anyway 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Beauty Buried in Snow! 雪葬红颜！ Snow Buries the Beauty! 173Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 On Judgment Day, Even the Nation Wept for Me, Though I Deserved No Forgiveness 审判日，十恶不赦的我让全国痛哭 Qin Yu was once the highest-ranking five-star commander of the Dragon Kingdom on the land of Shenzhou, the youngest nationally acclaimed scientific researcher, and the inventor of the seventh-generation fighter jet. But now, he was a traitor everyone wanted dead, guilty of the most heinous crimes. Defecting to the enemy, leaking secrets, turning his weapons against his own countrymen... He was a demon walking among men, a butcher who abandoned his wife and daughter, despised by all. Yun Yingchu 1.7kReads8.6Score247Shelves
- 18 A Nation Ruined by the Author's Pen 笔下亡国 A Fallen Kingdom, Written Into Being 117Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Glimmer of Light in the Wasteland! 废土微光！ A Glimmer in the Wasteland! 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I’m Determined to Die, So How Did I Become Famous and Successful? 我一心求死，怎么功成名就了？ [Ensemble Cast + Political Scheming + Menace + Humor + No System + Not Invincible] [This book has a martial arts power system, but the protagonist has no combat skills. If you only like effortless power fantasies, please look elsewhere.] After nine lifetimes of reincarnation, Mu Qingbai has just one more to go before he can return to his homeland with everything accumulated over all ten lives. Falsely accused and thrown in prison from the start, he is about to be executed after autumn. He’s read 19.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 21 The Sky Is Still Blue 天，依然蔚蓝 The sky is still blue 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Phoenix God Tomb 凤凰神墓 [Devoted affection + obsessive + yandere + love-triangle drama + utterly cruel] [Naive + obedient + stunningly beautiful + deeply devoted + unwavering to the death] On Qin Yu’s birthday, two wishes were made. The first was for him to be supremely noble and untouched by the world. The second was for her to stay by his side for a long, long time. He also promised that she would be happy all her life, never knowing sorrow. But later, that blessing became a curse she could never escape. And the rest 139Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 23 By the Time He Kissed Me, I Was Already Cold 他吻我时，我已冰冷 He kissed me when I was already cold. 221Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Ten Years After My Death, He Dug Up My Body in a Mass Grave 我死后十年，他在乱葬岗挖我尸体 Ten years after I died, he dug up my body from the mass grave 708Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Snow Festival! 雪祭！ Snow Festival! 104Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 I’m His Third Substitute 我是他的第三个替身 I’m His Third Replacement 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Crown Prince Gave Away His Country 太子他把国家送人了 [Complete]“No CP + no love interest + focused solely on building a career and saving the world + no female lead + reborn + tragic ending” A twist of fate turned Zhu Fanyi from the protagonist into a supporting character. Reborn, he turned his fate around. The System sobbed, “Heaven won’t let me go home. I want to atone and give everything back to you!” At first, Zhu Fanyi couldn’t have cared less. He thought, Don’t flatter yourself and dump that mess on me. Going along with fate is actually pre 1.6kReads9.3Score230Shelves
- 28 Two Critical Condition Notices, One Boat Ticket, and an Elopement with No Tomorrow! 两张病危通知书，一张船票，和一场没有明天的私奔！ Two critical condition notices, one boat ticket, and an elopement with no tomorrow! 703Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Universally Hated Young Master Reborn 万人嫌小少爷重生以后 Gu Xingqiao is a little simple-minded. He was born after a difficult labor that cost Lady Gu her life, and a few years later, his older brother and father abandoned him. The unwanted Gu Xingqiao met the powerful, gentle Lin Xiujin. Lin Xiujin was a ray of light in his miserable childhood, and as time passed, that light reached into his heart. Lin Xiujin came across a little bundle of misery with nowhere to go. He took him home, doted on him, and protected him. But he never expected the little on 7.6kReads8.1Score426Shelves
- 30 My Stunning Heiress 我的倾城大小姐 After beating up a perverted professor in a fit of anger, he is forced to drop out and sell barbecue. But then he keeps running into a cool, elegant CEO, a pure-hearted rich girl, and even his ex-girlfriend, who has been waiting for him all along... Caught in a whirlpool of romance, which way will he go? 6.9kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 31 Mom Says: Having a Son Like Me Is a Total Failure 妈妈说：有我这种儿子，真失败 Rising star Li Chulu appears on the show Little Lu's Appointment and openly admits that she failed as a parent. She says her son has loved fighting since he was little, hates reading and studying, likes going out to fool around, and comes home late every night. “Having a son like that is a failure!” But when the production crew gets in touch with Li Chulu's son and projects his memories onto the big screen, everyone discovers that things aren't quite as Li Chulu described... He fought from a you 1.2kReads7.8Score144Shelves
- 32 He Traded Heart for Heart 他以心换心 He Repays Heart with Heart 715Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Villainous Master’s Memories Are Revealed, and His Empress Disciple Breaks Down in Tears 反派师尊记忆曝光，女帝徒弟泪崩 The great villain Xiao Fan was surrounded and attacked by his seven disciples. His eldest disciple shouted, “Demon, the vengeance for my father's death can never be forgiven! Today is the day you die!” His second disciple shouted, “Demon, I kindly saved you back then, but you coveted my Supreme Yin Divine Physique and slaughtered my entire village. Today, I'll hack you into a thousand pieces to comfort the souls of my people in heaven!” Listening to his disciples denounce him, Xiao Fan re 10.7kReads9.0Score985Shelves
- 34 With a Terminal Illness, I Heal the Whole World with My Songs 身患绝症的我，用歌治愈全世界 [Slice of life + entertainment + System + healing + livestreaming + redemption + one heroine] At just eighteen, Wen He is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A System descends and binds itself to him: “Set Sail for Your Dream.” Even though he grew up in a cold and unfeeling family, and even as illness ravages his body, Wen He still heals everyone with his songs. Having been caught in the rain himself, he wants to hold an umbrella over others. His song “The Good Things of This World Are Intertwi 8.8kReads9.3Score990Shelves
- 35 I'm an Assassin, So How Did I Debut in a Boy Band? 我一杀手，怎么男团出道了 [Showbiz + Comedy + No Female Lead] Zheng Xun: A hitman who trained hard for ten years, ready to save the world, but the System sent him to the wrong channel. Unable to find work, he was discovered by a talent scout and lured into a company with the promise of room and board. Now he's been forced to become an idol. “Can’t a Boy Band Save the World?”, Zheng Xun’s quote Cheng Jie: The male lead of a domineering CEO novel. After ten years of practicing his CEO catchphrases, his career got off to a 19.6kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
- 36 With Only Two Months to Live, They Finally Break Down and Repent 命剩最后两月，他们终于崩溃忏悔 [Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb 12.3kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 37 My Ex Is a Top-Tier Star, So I’ll Ride His Coattails, Hard! 前男友是顶流，我蹭，我硬蹭！ [Two male leads + rebirth + entertainment industry + rekindled romance] A beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly bottom-tier actor. A superstar idol top. The day Lin Ran was diagnosed with cancer, he held his final livestream. He thought it was goodbye, but never expected to receive an invitation to appear on a variety show. When they meet again, his ex-boyfriend has become a top-tier star with tens of millions of followers. He says, “Lin Ran, you're so shameless!” He says, “Lin Ran, are you sick?” H 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 38 Tomb Raiding: The Days of Being Everyone’s Favorite 盗墓：当团宠的日子 [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles Series + Everyone's Darling + Heartthrob + No Female Lead + No System + Everyday-Life “Sweet Little Story”] Wu Yu is an orphan in name only. Why do I say that? Although he has no mom or dad, he was actually raised for over a decade by “two dads” and “an uncle.” All three men insisted on calling themselves his older brothers, and together they raised him until he was thirteen. One dad is Zhang Qiling, the other is Hei Xiazi, and the uncle is Xie Yuchen. Since these 4.7kReads9.3Score775Shelves
- 39 That Little Trouble-Maker Is Absolutely Unhinged 小作精他超疯的 [Male-male romance + rekindled love + entertainment industry + happy ending] A volatile, depressed, troublesome, sickly bottom in public and in private, A top who is emotionally impaired but an outstanding actor. Jiang Li is a madman. During a sugar-baby arrangement, he was the first to fall in love and become obsessed. He knew Yi Zhen didn't love him, yet he kept clinging to him, his body covered in wounds. He said, “I supported you for two years. Now it's your turn to support me for two years! 10.9kReads9.3Score847Shelves
- 40 An Upset Victory: A Top-Tier Star Gets Swept Away by a Nobody 爆冷：顶流被小糊咖拐跑了 [Two male leads + rekindled love + showbiz + happy ending] A doting, top-tier-star seme, A little-known, sickly uke. Lu Qing lost Gu Zhiyan, the person who loved him most, so he nearly gave his life for another chance to meet him. But the Gu Zhiyan he meets again is no longer the poor kid he was a year ago. He has transformed into a top-tier star with tens of millions of fans and the sole heir to the Gu family, the foremost clan in Beijing’s elite circles. Gu Zhiyan shuts Lu Qing out completely. 8.9kReads9.3Score745Shelves
- 41 Tomb Raiding: The Walnut Seller 盗墓：那个卖核桃的 [Dual Male Leads] + [Angst] + [Severe Protagonist Suffering, Not for the Faint of Heart] 2026 editor’s note: Please read the author’s statement in the book’s discussion section. Thank you, everyone. The protagonist is completely love-struck, extremely so, and there will be no switching love interests. If you can’t accept that, feel free to leave using the top-right corner. Li Cu × Qian Heng After spending seven or eight years out in the dirt, Qian Heng had thoroughly wrecked his health. With now 2.9kReads9.3Score566Shelves
- 42 Rise and Fall of the Spirit: I’m Even More Withdrawn Than My Brother! 起落有灵：我比我哥更自闭！ A cold moonlight in the human world, mutual salvation, and Qiling Luo and a blind man In my previous life, I was a quiet, withdrawn child star. Everyone called it autism. After I transmigrated, a useless System that could spoil the plot appeared in my mind. It wanted me to be a little ray of sunshine, and its spoilers revolved around our nine families. I had no idea how to make an autistic child more cheerful. Then the System forced me to... The girl pinched Zhang Luoling’s cheek as he smiled br 5.2kReads8.9Score986Shelves
- 43 Wild Taming 野性驯养 The physical edition of Yanziqi is now available on all platforms. The wicked get their comeuppance. A cunning, cold-hearted crown prince x a volatile, insecure, sickly bottom Mutual torment + rekindled romance + melodrama + suspenseful twists + 1v1 + coercive love When Liang Yan was a child, his father brought home another boy. The boy looked like a beggar, hardly spoke, and was painfully thin. His father told him the boy would be his companion in study: he was quiet and would become his best f 15.8kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
- 44 Quick Transmigration: Playing the Beloved Character 快穿：万人迷人设扮演中 “The Host’s mission is to play various roles and transmigrate into different novels to collect [emotional points] from their readers.” Gu Jinyang looked as if she understood, but wasn’t quite sure. “What are emotional points?” The System replied, “There are many kinds, and the emotions you need to collect vary each time. Anger, guilt, affection, disgust…” “Got it!” - - In World 1, Gu Jinyang transmigrated into the younger sister of the female lead in a historical romance novel. [The emotion you 12.3kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 45 Starting Out as a Full-Time Undercover Agent in Northern Myanmar 从缅北开始做全职卧底 “Perhaps the beings created in darkness can also defeat the darkness.” After being kidnapped, Mu Guang, born with a personality disorder, is trafficked to northern Myanmar. Faced with death and threats, he stays calm, decisive, and ruthless, earning the admiration of a drug lord. But no one knows that this antisocial man has long been an undercover police officer... Five years later, a new police officer named Mu Guang reports for duty at the Shun'an Municipal Public Security Bureau, only to be 10.3kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
- 46 The Memory Trial: The Moment the Nation Wept for Him 记忆审判：那一刻，全国为他痛哭 [Narcotics Police] [Anti-Drug Campaign] [Narcotics Officer] [Sacrifice] A scarecrow stands in the wilderness, shielding the endless expanse behind it. In early autumn, ten years after he left home, he asked someone to place his final wish in your hands. The fire he lit never went out. Only the one who kept watch has gone. The national emblem on his cap is like his name: “Please bury it with me.” Birds sweep across the blank spaces of time, like a long story waking from beneath the dust. His eyes 5.1kReads9.2Score700Shelves
- 47 The Little Troublemaker Doesn't Have Long to Live 小坏蛋他命不久矣 [Two male leads + rekindled love + the pursuit of a former lover + happy ending] School bully, sickly bottom Academic superstar, top On Xiao Yu's birthday, his father locked him up in a conversion camp. From that day on, he lost Fu Zechen, the person who loved him most. By the time he escaped that living hell, battered and bruised, Fu Zechen had discarded him without a moment's hesitation. When they met again, his eyes held no trace of affection, only indifference and estrangement. “You're not w 15.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 48 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 29.7kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
- 49 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 5.8kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 50 The Corrupted Moon Was Redeemed After Her Rebirth 黑化月亮复生后，被救赎了 Fan Favorite / Pairing Undecided (Anything Is Possible) / Mutual Salvation / White Moonlight Returns from the Dead Qing Yan died in the Zhang Family Ancient Tower, in Black Glasses' arms. Years later, he returned and appeared before the Nine Gates once more, but everything had changed beyond recognition. Suspicion and heart palpitations, probing and cautiousness. After countless rescues and glimmers of hope, who, in the end, saved whom? Are you really him... Did you really come back...? Now tha 7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
