Novels like After the Divorce, My First Love and Ex-Boyfriend Won't Leave Me Alone
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as After the Divorce, My First Love and Ex-Boyfriend Won't Leave Me Alone, best match first.
- 1 Awakening After Marriage, I Slap My Ex-Husband's Family in the Face 婚后觉醒，打脸前夫一家 Just before turning thirty, Xu Jiahui married a handsome, promising young man four years her junior. She thought she’d struck gold and threw herself into marriage, only to realize too late that marriage was one enormous scam. They’re all trivial little things, but all those little things piled up are enough to drive anyone to a breakdown! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Life in Gray 灰色的人生 This story is set in the 1960s. Born in an era that favored boys over girls, the girl in the story was hastily given away by her birth parents. Her heartbreaking childhood left her feeling that her life had no color, like a gray sky without the sun. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 How Have You Been Lately? 你，最近还好吗？ How have you been lately? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Story: Confessions of a Young Thief 我的故事：一个小偷儿的自白 My Story: A Thief’s Confession 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Prefab Marriage: Just Heat and Serve 预制婚姻，加热即食 Chen Huijuan was a marriage-phobic drifter in Shenzhen, but as she approached thirty, she eventually married Song Tao, who owned an apartment in the city. She thought it was a clever way to hedge her bets, offsetting the endless sense of rootlessness that came with drifting through the city. Love never came, but the friction of daily life wasted no time moving in. After long stretches of silent treatment and fierce arguments, the two became the most familiar of strangers. In an age when divorc 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 At a Crossroads in Marriage: Leave the Wrong One to Find the Right One 婚途陌路，告别错的才能遇见对的 A Rocky Road to Marriage: Leave the Wrong One Behind to Find the Right One —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Beneath the Next Wave 后浪之下 Someone on Zhihu asks: So, what exactly does it mean to be one of the next generation? The heroine replies: Thanks for the invite. I'm stuck on a tidal flat, already slapped into the sand. A down-on-her-luck rich beauty who lives off her parents and runs a failing media account accidentally becomes the assistant to a broke, short-tempered lawyer with a mean streak. She thinks she's going into the wilderness to survive, but it turns out she's there to hold the dog's leash. Her catchphrase: “How d 3Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 8 The Day I Caught Them Cheating, I Became the Biggest Joke 抓奸那天，我成了最大的笑话 The Day I Caught Them Cheating, I Became the Biggest Joke 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Uh-Oh, I’ve Fallen for Someone Else’s Girlfriend 糟糕，对别人的女朋友怦然心动了 At a gathering, someone asked Feng Ran what she was looking for in a partner. “As long as we truly love each other, that's enough.” She'd smiled gently and said it with conviction, believing that true love could overcome any obstacle. Everyone fell silent for a moment, then sighed that Xiao Ran was so innocent, still as guileless as ever. Later, she asked for a bride price of 200,000 yuan, not a penny less. That demand ended her relationship with Wang Chuxin, her boyfriend of five years, who 1.2kReads8.6Score14414d adds
- 10 An AA Marriage AA制婚姻 Zhang Xiaohong, the female lead, ends up in a marriage with six things missing: no car, no house, no bride price, no traditional wedding jewelry, no wedding ring, and no wedding ceremony. After the wedding, her husband proposes splitting all expenses. When she investigates his family background, she realizes she has been deceived. Yet this marriage, born of a mix-up, turns out to be a happy union, and she suddenly becomes the wife of a company president, cherished by her husband in every possibl 7.3kReads8.6Score48114d adds
- 11 Midlife, Marriage Out of My Hands 人到中年，婚不由己 Today is Zhang Jing’s fourth zodiac year and the anniversary of her twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. On a day that should have brought double joy, she discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. To keep her family from falling apart and give her parents and children a warm, harmonious home, Zhang Jing chooses to compromise and give way. But her concessions only bring her increasingly vicious retaliation. By middle age, are we really no longer masters of our own lives? When her own happ 2.3kReads7.2Score21814d adds
- 12 Ten Thousand Miles of Silent Roads 万里默途 Born in 1949, he lived through more than 75 years of earthshaking change. He witnessed an entire era transform. He went to school, worked the fields, carried a rifle, and fought in war. There is no System, and this is no power fantasy. This is simply the story of an ordinary person, in a magnificent world battered to pieces by the torrent of its times. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Mom Sent Me to Grandma’s for Five Years. When She Took Me Home, I Realized It Was Hell 我妈送我去奶奶家5年，接我回家才知是地狱 My mom sent me to live with my grandma for five years. When she came to take me home, I learned it was hell. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Love Still Lives in That Beloved Land 爱还在那片热土 Ergou is an ordinary man who has lived all his life in a remote mountain village. He refuses to bow to fate, shedding his old self like a falcon molting its feathers, reborn through bloodshed, and struggling to complete his transformation. He leads his fellow villagers, defies the powerful, and wages a battle against heaven and earth. He builds factories and businesses, rising from commerce into public office. He may be an ordinary man, yet he leaves behind countless memories that are hard to le —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 I Spent Every Last Penny on the Bride Price, Only for My Girlfriend's Family to Take Me for a Sucker 掏空家底给彩礼，却被女友一家当冤种 He emptied his family’s savings to pay the bride price, only for his girlfriend’s family to treat him like a sucker. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 If We Have to Buy Knockoff Wedding Candy, This Wedding Is Off 喜糖都要买山寨，这婚老娘不结了 If I have to buy knockoff wedding candies, then this wedding is off! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Beloved’s Mask, Half a Lifetime Misplaced 良人假面，半生错付 A False Face of Devotion, Half a Lifetime Lost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Don't Beg Me to Come Back After I Leave 别在我离开后，再求我回来 [The Ex-Wife Chase of Regret + Mutual Devotion + Angst and Sweetness + Push and Pull to the Limit] Jiang Fannan: I know he loves me, and I know he’ll give up on me. So I leave. He Qingyan: I know she still loves me, and I know she’ll never come back. So I wait for her! 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 19 The Era of Women's Second and Third Children 女人的二三胎时代 After China began allowing a second child, Liang Chun gave birth to one under pressure from her mother-in-law, only to find herself facing her husband’s affair and betrayal. Meanwhile, her friend Zhou Yuting, who had lost her only child, also decided to have a second baby, but her health problems kept her from conceiving. Desperate to have a child, Zhou Yuting’s husband betrayed his family and kept a mistress. Liang Chun’s sister-in-law wanted a daughter so badly that, despite already having two 5.4kReads8.8Score41314d adds
- 20 To Make Mom Mad, I Got a Marriage Certificate with the Old Wang Next Door 为了气妈，我和隔壁老王扯证了 Su Jian grew up as a child left behind by her single parent and lived at her maternal grandparents’ home. When her grandfather was hospitalized, her grandmother went to the hospital to care for him. In the middle of the night, Zhao Jingchen used a key to open the front door and the door to her room... Can you believe it? Her own mother had given him the key! 195Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 21 My Husband's Scheme to Stay Child-Free 丁克老公的阴谋 [Everyday Family Drama]+ [Brutal Revenge on Scumbags]+ [Satisfying Read]+ [Realistic Marriage] After five years of marriage, Ning Zhi earns over a million a year running two flower shops. She is gentle and generous with her in-laws and sister-in-law, bought her husband a 300,000-yuan car as a dowry gift, and lives with him in a wedding home worth several million. Yet he has been sneaking around with his first love, even plotting to take her life and seize her assets. When the truth comes out, s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 No One to Hear the Cold Shore’s Lament 冷岸无诉 [Realistic fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, no revenge. Don’t read if that’s not for you.] There is no domestic violence, no cheating, and no explosive arguments. The deadliest murders are often hidden in the everyday bustle of a seemingly harmonious home. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Mr. Han, Stop Chasing Me. I’ll Be Back After My Revenge! 韩总别追了，等我复仇归来！ After her husband's betrayal cost her everything, Mi Duo survived a suicide attempt and met a plastic surgeon who transformed her into an unrivaled beauty. Just when she thought it was all behind her, she uncovered a far bigger secret shared by her ex-husband and the surgeon. Love and revenge, conspiracy and liberation are all closing in on her. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 He's Kept Patient Records for Over Thirty Years, but Can't Pass a Single Certification Exam 他记了三十多年的病例，但考不出一个证 He kept medical records for over thirty years, but couldn't pass a single licensing exam —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Day She Deleted the Video 她删掉视频那天 The Day She Deleted the Video 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Warm, Bustling Days 热气腾腾的日子 When they first got married, Lan Xin was a newlywed daughter-in-law who called her mother-in-law “Mom” so affectionately. But as time went on, she endured her mother-in-law’s utter lack of social skills, selfishness, two-faced behavior, endless nitpicking, and extreme control. She could no longer bring herself to be affectionate toward her. Life remained bustling and lively, but her heart grew colder by the day… Even the easy “Mom” that had once slipped so naturally from her lips eventually beca 2.9kReads9.0Score26014d adds
- 27 Twenty Years of Marriage 结婚20年 The familiar hurts of marriage, the casual disdain, indifference, and manipulation... They have the power to wear away even stone, drop by drop... Watch as three middle-aged couples, Chen Zhu and Fang Wenqing, Hong Chunying and Ji Changhua, and Ren Yan and Yu Bin, fight their way out of their emotional dead ends... 865Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 28 You Are the Redemption Beneath the Makeup 救赎是你卸下的妆 Hello, everyone! I’m a new writer, and this story is closely connected to real-life experiences. I’ll keep updating it, and I hope you can find hope for life and discover true love in my work. Thank you for your support. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 If It's You, It's Never Too Late 如果是你再晚也来得及 A sweet romance with no angst. “By the time I was your age, you were already five,” Late Late’s mom had turned this into her catchphrase. But did being 28 already make her an old maid? Ye Wanwan thought she was still young. When it came to love, she’d rather have nothing than settle. 115Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 30 When Breast Cancer Swept Through Our Marriage 当乳癌席卷了我们的婚姻 (A long-form writing exercise) She says she has lived twice: the first time when she was born, and the second after her mastectomy. On the day of her second wedding anniversary, Peishan discovers she is pregnant and is diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. Her doctor urges her to terminate the pregnancy and undergo a mastectomy as soon as possible. Six months after surgery, her marriage finally collapses after struggling to survive. Her husband’s disdain, her in-laws’ meddling, betrayal in lo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 At the Foot of Mount Pangu 盘古山下 Set in a rural village at the foot of Pangu Mountain, this novel tells the story of Qingshan, a young villager who failed the college entrance exams in the late 1970s. Because his family was too poor to afford a bride price, he married into the Tian family. The story offers a glimpse into rural marriage at the time. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Ordinary Love: An Older Man Played Me Like a Fool 平凡的爱：我被一个老男人套路了 A simple love story about Su Yan leaving school and entering the workplace, where she meets, gets to know, and falls in love with a grown man! No transmigration, no scheming, just the everyday life and romance of ordinary people! A little more realistic, with no feel-good power fantasy! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 My Family Keeps Pressuring Me to Marry, So I Lose It and Take Over the Blind Dates 全家催婚，我靠发疯整顿相亲 My Whole Family Keeps Pressuring Me to Marry, So I Use My Meltdowns to Set My Blind Dates Straight 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Making My Dad Get a Colonoscopy 逼我爸去做肠镜 I Forced My Dad to Get a Colonoscopy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 My Ex-Wife Lent Money to Her Brother, So I Cut Ties with Her 前妻把钱借给弟弟，我直接断绝关系 My Ex-Wife Lent Her Brother Money, So I Cut Ties with Her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 She Lent Money to Her Brother, So I Cut Ties with Her 女人把钱借给弟弟，我直接断绝关系 She lent money to her younger brother, so I cut ties with her. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Apocalypse Arrives, and My System Is Doubao 末世来临，我的系统是豆包 The Apocalypse Arrives, and My System Is Doubao 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Marriage: A Promise to Protect 婚姻，守护 Fang Ying and Liu Fan were the golden couple in everyone’s eyes back when they were students. Their marriage was even more enviable, but once they settled into the daily grind of meals and household chores, how could everything possibly go smoothly...? 1.4kReads—Score11114d adds
- 39 Hormones Can't Read 荷尔蒙不识字 The first time Zhao Mu met Han Yan, he looked at her with a teasing smile. “You’re the third person to bring me documents in the past two weeks. Didn’t your boss tell you whether you’re here to deliver paperwork or bring a little warmth?” “Guess what happened to the two before you?” Later, Zhao Mu watched as Han Yan learned to drink with clients, learned to smoke, learned to handle social engagements, yet never once crossed the line or asked him for anything. Until the two of them got drunk that 3.7kReads8.2Score39514d adds
- 40 At Our Usual Spot, She Ran Off Again 老地方，她又跑了 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Mr. Shen, Please Queue Up to Get Married 沈先生，结婚请排队 [Not a virginal romance] [Reckless heir to a wealthy family x cool, aloof woman in a second marriage, pretending to be a mature beauty] Three years of marriage could not compete with one unforgettable glance. People in their circle say he is Jiang City's most notorious playboy, changing women more often than he changes his shirts. Everyone in the industry has their eye on her, Langtian's coolest beauty. What a shame she's already another man's wife. The first time they met, they were separated b 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Five Years After Our Breakup, I Made the Chaste Crown Prince Addicted to Deep Kisses 分手五年勾得禁欲太子爷深吻上瘾 [Second-chance romance + reunion after years apart + both leads are chaste + happy ending + heroine pursues hero + sweet with a hint of sour] A resilient dancer heroine + a stubborn but soft-hearted hero A chance encounter gave Jiang Mibai the opportunity to get close to Pei Fangchi. She relentlessly pursued him for his money and began a romance with Pei Fangchi that was always destined to end. On the day they parted, she exposed every lie and left the sincere Pei Fangchi alone on a night of tor 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Call Me Big Brother 叫你一声哥 Call Me Brother —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Hello, My Name Is Li Yi 你好，我叫李一 Hi, I'm Li Yi. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Eight Years of Marriage, and He Still Says I'm Overthinking 结婚八年，他总说我想多了 [Strong Female Lead] [Groveling Ex] [Revenge and Punishment] [Clear-Eyed Heroine] [Divorce] [Satisfying Read] [Scumbag] [Other Woman] [Emotional Cheating] [Based on a True Story] Eight years into our marriage, the phrase Lu Chengze said to me most often was: “You're overthinking it.” The long hair of another woman in the passenger seat? I was overthinking it. The perfume smell that lingered in the car for days? I was overthinking it. The 5,200 yuan he sent his “big sister” on Valentine's Day? 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 My Wife Hasn't Replied in Two and a Half Years, So I Divorced Her 老婆两年半年没回消息，我直接离婚 My Wife Hasn't Replied in Two and a Half Years, So I Divorced Her on the Spot —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Trial Marriage 试婚男女 Jiang Chunhua, a budget officer at a construction company, meets Xu Qiushi, an administrative secretary at a private enterprise, on a blind date arranged by their families. But Qiushi never quite falls in love with him. After experiencing her first love, Fang Yuan, as well as Qu Xianghuai and Cheng Ziwei, she starts to feel that falling for someone is difficult. Meanwhile, her younger sister, Qiuhe, unexpectedly meets police officer Zhou Tianmu. Neither of them expects much at first, thinking it 697Reads8.4Score13114d adds
- 48 Bad Mother 坏妈妈 My new work is now available! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.2kReads9.1Score11514d adds
- 49 Her Game 她的局 She left Beijing with her child and began living apart from her husband. She thought her in-laws back in their hometown would lend a hand, but her overbearing father-in-law pressured her to have another baby because he wanted a grandson. Her mother-in-law had spent her whole life obeying him and hardly dared to resist. After living apart for so long, her husband became infatuated with his beautiful boss. What was she supposed to do... Her parents were disabled. Her mother had risked her life to 354Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 She Makes the Rules of the Game 游戏规则，她定的 She leaves the besieged city covered in wounds, while he has always drifted through a sea of beauties without letting a single leaf cling to him. Two parallel lines that should never have crossed meet at a certain turn, then slowly draw closer and gently converge. It turns out that when a playboy comes around, he falls without a sound, sinks willingly, and discovers a destiny brimming with tenderness. One appointment brings Shen Qingyue face-to-face with Gu Huai. He is a pampered young master 1.1kReads—Score10814d adds
