Novels like Usurp the Han? No, I’m Creating a New Heaven!
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Usurp the Han? No, I’m Creating a New Heaven!, best match first.
- 1 The Weasel’s Golden Beans 黄皮子金豆 The Weasel Jin Dou 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Uncle's Prequel 老舅前传 Cui Guoming had just graduated from college. His father told him to find a job, but he spent his time aimlessly messing around. One time, he went drinking with Guo Dapao and was beaten half to death by a gang of punks. Luckily, the Three Heroes of Lucheng found him and rescued him. To repay them, Cui Guomin introduced his older sister, Cui Dahong, to Huo Dongfeng, the leader of the trio. But Dahong was unwilling. Later, when a punk named Ermei gave her a hard time, Huo Dongfeng came to her rescu 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Go Player's Second Upgrade 棋士之再度升级 After Cui Ye is released from prison, he finds his wife and son waiting to pick him up. Only then does he learn that his big brother, Cui Wei, was killed in a robbery. Wang Hongyu is there to meet Cui Ye as well, and he has married Gao Shuhua. Cui Ye's son, Cui Yan, has become a police officer. Their reunion is far from warm: Cui Yan merely salutes Cui Ye, then gets back into the car and ignores him. (This book is only an imagined continuation after watching the TV series and has nothing to do w 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn, I'm Going to Be a Simp 重生了，我要做舔狗 Ji Mulin spent his previous life as a humble laborer for fifty years. His wife, Liu Hong, died young from overwork, while his daughter, Doudou, fell ill as a child and suffered lifelong complications because they couldn't afford timely treatment. He could only watch helplessly as his wife and daughter met with misfortune, unable to change a thing. At fifty, he closed his eyes in a construction-site accident. When he opened them again, he was back in a middle school classroom at thirteen. This ti 127Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Great Clans 门阀 The swallows that once nested beneath the eaves of the Wang and Xie mansions now fly into the homes of common folk. The “Wang” here refers to a family buried deep in history: the Wang clan of Langya. At the height of their power, they flourished for more than 300 years, manipulating a dynasty's rise and fall from behind the scenes. Even the emperor seated high upon the throne was merely their family's proxy. They were hailed as “the foremost family of the medieval era.” Drawing on historical rec 488Reads9.5Score111Shelves
- 6 Writing and Lying Flat on the Northern Frontier 我在北境边境笔耕躺平 Orphan Lu Ze had had enough of workplace hypocrisy and the clamor of the city. He took his entire fortune of 560,000 yuan and headed for the northeastern border, where he found an empty village that had been erased from the map: Wangbeitun. As the youngest border resident in Wangbeitun’s history, his life went like this: · Annual income: a few hundred yuan from writing flop novels, plus a 3,500-yuan border-resident subsidy. The main goal was simply to stay alive. · Daily KPIs: write 4,000 words 234Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 7 The Eldest Sister-in-Law from a Humble Family, with an Overbearing Brother-in-Law 寒门长嫂，小叔子太霸道 This is a chaotic age where Confucian morals devour people even as all order collapses. The common folk at the bottom often have to break with convention just to survive. Three years ago, after her eldest son died, her mother-in-law forced her daughter-in-law to remarry a butcher in exchange for a bride price. Jiang Ye was also driven out of the house by his cruel old mother and forced to seek refuge with distant relatives. Now Jiang Ye has returned. Su Wan wants to use her brother-in-law to esc 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 There’s a Real Man in Wild Boar Village 野猪村有个纯爷们 [Hunting + Multiple Heroines + Feel-Good Story + Northeastern Dialect + Farming + System] The protagonist is an orphan, but he's strong and healthy. The mother and daughter next door help him obtain the System: Communicating with All Things. Other people take rifles into the mountains to hunt. He goes into the mountains empty-handed, yet every time he manages to sweet-talk animals into coming back down with him. Chickens, ducks, fish, wild boars, deer, roe deer, all kinds of animals. Most bizarr 12.1kReads—Score1.3kShelves
- 9 Literary Giant: I Started Translating World Classics in College 文豪：从上大学翻译世界名著开始 After waking from a nap, Lin Chaoshen, a modern English teacher, finds himself a sent-down youth in the forests of Northeast China, gnawing on frozen corn cakes. Looking at the axe in his hand, its handle worn smooth by years of work, and thinking of how he'd achieved nothing by the time he retired in his previous life, he feels utterly done for! Luckily, it's 1977! The call to resume the college entrance examinations is about to ring out! Drawing on his knowledge of the future, he studies hard 1.6kReads6.6Score106Shelves
- 10 Tales of Xizhou in the 1980s 80年代西州往事 This is a story about youth, and a story about growing up. It is filled with passionate brotherhood, the innocent love of childhood sweethearts, clashes of steel in the streets and alleys, and the struggles and choices people face in the tides of a changing era. Most importantly, it captures the warmth unique to that time: the unreserved sincerity between people, a purity that seems almost like a luxury today. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 126Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Sha Gen Isn't Foolish at All 傻根一点也不傻 After his father and eldest brother die, his mother goes mad and soon passes away as well. All that remains is Shagen, a mentally challenged young man. His beautiful sister-in-law, Pan Yuting, still takes on the responsibility of caring for him. To keep the Li family line from ending, Pan Yuting secretly makes up her mind... She won't leave. She'll work hard together with Shagen...! Part Two: Overseas Development. The Xingdao forces gradually rise... They discover an ancient race among the ruins 157Reads6.8Score102Shelves
- 13 Jiang Xiaohua 姜晓花 In the bitter winter of 1976, Jiang Xiaohua was sixteen. Her family had almost nothing; her father was gravely ill, her mother weak-willed, and her younger brother still a child. Desperate for food, she was forced into a bride swap and nearly sold off, struggling on the brink of life and death before finally marrying into the Chen family, the most quarrelsome and favoritism-ridden family around. Her sisters-in-law ostracized her, her mother-in-law mistreated her, her husband stumbled, her childr 891Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The 1980s: A Fisherman's Little Life in Southern Guangdong 八零：南粤渔家小日子 [Period Piece] [Shore Foraging Golden Finger] [Fishing and Hunting] [Everyday Child-Rearing] [Family Life] [Cozy] [A Complete Guide to Seafood, Food, and Livelihood] [Later Development in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong] Chen Lizhen had spent half her life working at a fish stall. At last, she got to stay with her daughter for a few days, but after falling asleep, she woke up in a small fishing village in Nanyue in 1985. She was only twenty-five again, and her daughter was a four-year-old li 554Reads—Score103Shelves
- 15 Reborn as a Fool: The System Really Understands What Men Want 傻子重生：系统真懂男人心 The Fool was once a dim-witted child from a wealthy family, but after certain events, both of his parents died. From then on, the Fool lived alone in a dilapidated earthen house. Fortunately, the kind mother and daughter next door helped him time and again, allowing him to start a new life... See how the Fool deals with his enemies. 391Reads6.5Score118Shelves
- 16 She Outlived the Other Woman, Then Was Reborn 熬死小三，她又重生啦 [Not a palace-intrigue novel, not a farming novel: the heroine's growth and the redemption of a life.] Bai Chunyu had a miserable life in her previous life. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the 1970s, before any of those tragedies had happened! She decisively cut ties with her family, severing them once and for all. She would protect her genius little daughter with her life. Her family's ancestral silver bangle concealed a pocket dimension, stocked to the brim with supplies. S 251Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn as a Northeastern Fool: Fools Really Are Lovable 东北傻子重生：傻子真是招人爱 [Multiple Heroines + Revenge + Farming + Scheming] Chen San is from the 1940s and lives in the mountains of Northeast China. In his previous life, he was a fool. Before he died, he watched as both his sisters-in-law were taken away, then starved to death in a dilapidated earthen house. Reborn after death, this time he will make sure his sisters-in-law have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear, and protect them forever as they live together with him in the mountains. 1kReads6.5Score104Shelves
- 18 At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了 The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe 316.8kReads8.6Score15.5kShelves
- 19 I Somehow Got My Hands Around My Career and My Treacherous Wife 一不小心，拿捏职场和背叛夫人 His wife betrayed him, then joined forces with others to take Chen Sijie’s life. Heaven gives Chen Sijie a chance to be reborn. This time, he will build a successful career and have beautiful women by his side, while taking down workplace bullies and He Qianqian, the woman who betrayed him. 735Reads—Score102Shelves
- 20 Don't Tease Me, My Back Can't Take It 别撩我腰会断 [A 28-year-old crime boss turns businessman|Roguishly handsome male lead|Male lead has no romantic past|Mistaken seduction|Sex before love|Forced love|Wild, flirtatious, and sensual|A mix of sweetness and angst|Pursuing his wife|Happy ending] After four years together, Lin Chuxi's boyfriend fell for someone else and decisively dumped her. Heartbroken, Lin Chuxi barged into a private room, gripped a man's chin, and kissed him forcefully. That soft, scorching kiss left Lu Zixi tingling all over. 42Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 21 Scholar or Tyrant: Who Can Have a Good Life? 学霸和枭雄，什么人能过上好日？ (Dual male leads. Period story. Urban.) One is a poor scholar, the other a big shot in the underworld. They struggle for fifty years. What does it take to live a good life? And what is a good life? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score247Shelves
- 23 The Award-Winning Nanny Reborn with a Professor's Book Collection! 金牌保姆带教授藏书重生啦！ [Reborn + family bonds + everyone’s favorite + healing + mystery] The main story is complete, with some bonus chapters in the works. Feel free to dive in. Lin Chuyi was a top-tier caregiver who spent more than a decade looking after an elderly professor and his wife. They treated her like their own daughter. Before they died, they left her an inheritance and a jade pendant, which sent her back to the age of eighteen. The pendant is a key, and the library is a space connecting her past and future 483Reads9.2Score100Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Own Son! 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子！ After Yi Xiaoyong dies, he unexpectedly finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He discovers that he is actually Yi Zhonghai's long-lost biological son. After his adoptive father passes away, he returns to the capital to reunite with his family. In the original story, Yi Zhonghai wants someone to support him in his old age, so he manipulates He Yuzhu and helps the Jia family. This indirectly leads to He Yuzhu being tied down by Qin Huairu for the rest of his life and raising Banggen 5.8kReads6.2Score241Shelves
- 25 The Good Life in the Sixties: Farming with Adorable Pets 六零好生活，跟着萌宠忙种田 [Transmigration + a child’s growth + strengthening the nation through technology] Lying flat in the 1960s with an interstellar System? Just as Daya and her star-beast companion Hongge had settled into a comfortable life, the System…crashed! Her star-beast companion was forced to transmigrate into a sickly boy from the capital, and even became her nominal “little uncle”? Her golden finger worked only sometimes, her body was frail, and the circumstances were pressing. They had no choice but to re 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Don’t Mess with the Mad Big Shot. He Might Be a Hopeless Romantic 别惹疯批大佬他可能是个恋爱脑 [Mad gangster boss × flirtatious heroine | love at first sight | forced bond | romance abroad | obsessive boss falls hopelessly in love | powerful man bows his head | she flees, he chases | intense push and pull | mutual salvation] At twenty-seven, the ruthless gangster boss Jiang Chenyan met Murong Yu at the coming-of-age ceremony arranged by his family. Her bold flirtation broke through his icy defenses, awakening a possessive obsession in the cold-blooded kingpin. The heroine grew afraid an 129Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Keep It Down, Xiao Hanjun 收敛点吧萧韩君 [Chaste, fatherly CEO | Outspoken heroine | One night of passion leads to surrender | Lust before love | Both virgins, happy ending | Evenly matched | Mutual devotion | CEO pursues his wife] The heroine boldly flirts with Gu Mochen, a business tycoon known for his ascetic ways and his utter lack of interest in women. She thinks it’s just a fleeting affair and plans to leave at dawn. But after one night of passion, the cool, self-controlled CEO completely loses his composure and falls hard. The 7.2kReads8.4Score421Shelves
- 28 My Second Brother: Two Young Men Venture into the Northeast 我的二哥之二小闯东北 My second older brother ran away from home when he was twelve, heading northeast with a child from the neighbors’ family. The two of them endured countless hardships to make it there, only to find themselves in the wolf’s den and the tiger’s lair. And so began a story no one could ever forget. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母，亦如父！ [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 41.4kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
- 30 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, My Beast Companion Is a Vampire 穿越年代，我的御兽是吸血鬼 A grounded tale of rural life and farming, adventure in another world, beast taming, and immortality. After transmigrating to an impoverished village in 1955, Zhou Jiasheng becomes the family outcast, the eldest child no one wants! His parents take his siblings to the city to get a job with a state-owned enterprise, leaving him behind in the countryside with food but no money, to fend for himself. Just when he is at his wits' end, the troublemaking System that caused him to transmigrate is alrea 88.9kReads8.4Score10.9kShelves
- 31 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 266Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 1973: Starting with Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside 年代1973：从知青下乡开始 [Sent to the Countryside in the 1970s + Lighthearted Humor + Everyday Family Life + Cunning Old Fox] On the day Lu Yuan is sent down to the countryside, he saves the village’s five-year-old little matriarch. From then on, even the village dogs salute him... ... ... (From the start, there’s no stealing houses or jobs, an abusive stepmother, or cheating followed by revenge. Read with caution if that’s what you’re looking for!) 3.6kReads7.6Score127Shelves
- 33 90: Reborn, I Let My Husband Go and Pursued My Career, Then Married an Army Doctor 90：重生让出老公搞事业嫁军医 [Rebirth] [Period Setting] [Child of a High-Ranking Cadre] [Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] [Military Marriage] [Everyday Family Life] [No Space-Based Golden Finger] After ten years of living apart, Bai Yulan was still divorced, and her child was taken away by her ex-husband, who had gone into business and made a fortune. At last, her son graduated with a PhD and found a good job, only to call her over to look after his child. She worked herself to death. When she opened her eyes, Bai Yul 979Reads6.5Score109Shelves
- 34 Blood-Colored Romance: I, the Big Rascal, Zhong Yuemin! 血色浪漫：我，大顽主，钟跃民！ [Transmigration] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Sent-Down Youth] + [Beijing Neighborhood Toughs] He wakes up in a time of burning passion, having transmigrated into the body of Zhong Yuemin, a tough from one of Beijing’s military compounds. Characters from A Romantic Life come one after another: Zhou Xiaobai, born into a military family, young, beautiful, romantic, and a little haughty. Qin Ling, a sent-down youth who excels at singing and dancing but has fallen on hard times and been sent to the count 24.1kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
- 35 2000: From Paper Seller to CEO in Three Years 2000：卖纸大专生三年成总裁 In 2000, Jiang Yanzhou, a penniless drifter in Beijing, built Xin Gan Xian from the ground up by selling printer paper and supplies. A formidable rival, Ji Ke Gou, wielded its capital to crush him, launching price wars, playing tricks on customers, and applying pressure from every direction. Time and again, Jiang was pushed to the brink. He broke through one obstacle after another by focusing on service and building a supply chain. His counterattack in the court of public opinion gained momentum —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 46.6kReads7.8Score7.5kShelves
- 37 Fireworks on the Islet, Where People Make Their Homes, Starting in the 1970s 洲上烟火有人家，从七十年代开始 [Rural Romance] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Teacher] [Neighborly Disputes] [Eerie Shadows in the Village] [Country Living and Laughs] This book has no pocket dimension, no System, and no transmigration or rebirth. It tells only of ordinary people’s rural lives and the hard-won warmth and bustle of everyday life through years of hardship. The story begins in the 1970s and follows several families living in the countryside. Among them are educated youths sent to work in the villages, militia mem 116Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 38 The Lane House 2: A Difficult Road 小巷人家2艰难之路 Zhuang Tunan injured his leg working overtime during the New Year holiday, then accompanied his parents back to the old alley. Li Jia wanted to stay by his side, but her family was always against it. Lin Dongzhe finally made something of himself and became a boss, while Zhuang Xiaoting returned to the alley pregnant. To prove himself, Zhuang Tunan started selling books and newspapers at the entrance to the alley, and tutored the neighborhood children on the side. Life was comfortable enough, but 15.4kReads6.7Score363Shelves
- 39 A Cross Mark in the Palm of My Hand 掌心有十字纹 Other people turn their imaginings into stories. I only write about things that really happened to me. My name is Song San. I served in the military, worked as a section chief, and spent three years in a vegetative state. After waking up, I opened a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. A sign outside read: Fortune-telling, feng shui, and difficult medical cases also welcome. Some call me a miracle doctor; others call me a charlatan. Only I know that I learned everything I can do during those thr 716Reads8.9Score125Shelves
- 40 The Night Is Hungry, and There’s No Escaping His Possessiveness 夜色贪婪，逃不开他的占有 After her fiancé and best friend joined forces to take everything from her, Su Xiaoran fell from the clouds into the mud. In her moment of despair, she stumbled into Gu Haifeng's arms. The man gripped her chin and said in a low voice, “From today on, you're mine.” The scumbag and the bitch? She'll make sure they lose everything and end up disgraced! As for this powerful tycoon? Su Xiaoran only wants to run, but he pins her in a corner, possessiveness overflowing. “Running? Where do you think you 506Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 You're Remarried; I'm Single! Why Would I Want You? 你二婚；我未婚！为什么要你？ You're divorced and I'm single! Why would I want you? 10.7kReads—Score103Shelves
- 42 A Nobody's Rise Begins with an Acceptance Letter 草根逆袭从录取通知书开始 As Heaven moves with vigor, a gentleman strives tirelessly to improve himself; as Earth is broad and steadfast, a gentleman bears all things with great virtue. At eighteen, a poor country boy from the mountains got into college with a stroke of luck. Through sheer grit and relentless hard work, he endured and overcame one hardship after another: poverty, hunger, a weak educational foundation, contempt from others, and misunderstandings from his superiors. Though he completed four years of colleg 6.6kReads8.8Score470Shelves
- 43 Tears of Buckwheat Blossoms 荞花泣 This is a tragic story. The stranglehold of arranged marriages on women cuts like a blunt knife, while the desperate struggle to survive in a remote mountain village feels like a net with no escape. Under the shackles of the times, individual resistance ends in tragedy, like a moth flying into a flame. The gender oppression embedded in the tribe’s feudal culture makes life even more suffocating. Every time A Wei reaches for hope, reality crushes it in her grasp. The indifference around her, from 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Water Willow 水性杨花儿 (The rating was just added and will rise. It's already going up!) Neighbor Guo Hongmei ran off with another man? What? That man is Yang Hua'er's husband, Zhao Dashan? Talk about gossip coming right back to bite you. They say nine out of ten people born in the Year of the Sheep are fated to have a hard life, but Yang Hua'er doesn't believe in fate. Even without a man, she can still make a warm and happy life for herself. 9.5kReads8.2Score637Shelves
- 45 The Day I Arrived, I Attended My Wife's Wedding 落地那天，我参加了老婆的婚礼 The day I landed, I attended my wife's wedding 1.8kReads—Score103Shelves
- 46 From Village to City: Their Lives Swept Along by the Tide of the Times 从村到城，她们在时代洪流里沉浮 Their fates seem to repeat across generations. Three generations of women all grew up under the shadow of fathers who left or divorced their mothers. Raised in households with only their mothers, the women share similar traits: resilient and adaptable, dignified and self-assured, hardworking, and devoted to living life well. From the countryside to the city, women of the new era have finally welcomed a spring of their own. Their lives have become richer and more colorful, full of endless possibi 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Back to the 1990s: I'm Done Being a Good Girl 重回九零，不做乖乖女 [Lighthearted Comedy + Inspirational Youth + Reborn and Doted on by Everyone + Healing] Completed. He Laifa still hasn’t woken up. No one knows if she ever will, but her passion, her hard work, her determination, and her kindness and intelligence have all affected the people around her. The people of Yangjiatun will never forget her. The people of Hejiabao will never forget her. He, and all the others, keep striving in their own posts, shining brightly. She is strength. She is hope. She is their 212Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 48 The Dongguan Years 东莞岁月 Set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this novel tells the story of migrant workers represented by a group of young men and women from the countryside in southwestern Henan. It paints a sweeping picture of their arduous struggle to make a living in the unfamiliar city of Dongguan, vividly recreating the bitterness and sweetness, hardships and joys, love and heartbreak experienced by young factory workers during that fiery era. 2.4kReads7.7Score174Shelves
- 49 A Lifetime of Humiliation, All for the Day of Reckoning 半生忍辱只等清算时刻 As a child, he lost his mother, who called him a good-for-nothing, and his father, who was useless alive. He barely survived the beatings and abuse from his stepfather and the others. Later, he discovered that his father hadn't actually died by suicide. He endured countless humiliations, and over 37 years, through patience and cunning, rose from an insignificant nobody to a wealthy power broker. He pulled off a breathtaking comeback! He spent half his life enduring humiliation, not just to survi 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 On My Wedding Day, I Kicked Open the Bridal Chamber Door 大婚当天，我一脚踹开婚房大门 On My Wedding Day, I Kicked Open the Bridal Chamber Door 2.2kReads—Score117Shelves
