Novels like Making It to the Top
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- 51 My Husband's First Love Moved In Downstairs and Tried to Steal Him. He Humiliated Her at the School Anniversary 白月光搬我楼下抢我丈夫，校庆当天被老公狠狠打脸 My first love moved into the apartment below mine and tried to steal my husband, only to be brutally face-slapped by him at the school anniversary celebration 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 I Thought We Were Just Making Do Together, but Who Knew He'd Already Given Me His Whole Heart 本以为只是搭伙将就，谁料他早已满心是我 I thought we were just settling for a life together, but who knew his heart had long belonged to me 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Hidden Official 官藏 A hundred thousand wildflowers, like a dream; one heart as pure as ice in a jade flask. How will Ye Sansheng soar through the clouds, ride the wind and waves, and become the brother who cuts through every obstacle? 2.3kReads9.0Score26614d adds
- 54 Universal Sock Exchange System 万能袜子兑换系统 Lin Fan never imagined that the emotional power hidden within him would become the key to saving the world. When the living-dead crisis sweeps across the globe, he fights alongside Chu Ruoli, Su Wanqing, Bai Weiwei, Xiang Yu, and the others, battling from modern cities all the way to ancient Three Kingdoms battlefields. After enduring trials of life and death, he awakens seven kinds of emotional energy, defeats the mastermind, and brings the catastrophe to an end. After the crisis, Lin Fan becom 1.7kReads—Score24214d adds
- 55 Drunk and Reckless! I Kissed My Secret Crush Until He Was Dazed 酒后莽撞！我把暗恋大佬亲懵了 Drunk and Reckless! I Kissed My Secret Crush Until He Was Stunned 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 A Humble Family’s Path to Officialdom, Part One 寒门仕途【一】 New Book: The Humble Official’s Path [Realistic Period Drama] [Rise from Poverty] [Political Intrigue] [Ambitious Struggle] [Rural Cadres] [Urban Life] In the 1970s, in Xiaochenzhuang, southern Henan, a family of three siblings lives in poverty. They are supported by the state, their father died young, and their mute mother is forced to remarry, leaving them to fend for themselves. The sisters choose Chen Shouzheng to continue his studies, and he devotes himself to his books, eventually becoming 7.2kReads8.8Score72914d adds
- 57 Today the System Turned a Blind Eye and Abandoned Me. Tomorrow I’ll Reach the Summit and Make the System Beg in Vain 今日系统眼拙弃我而去，他日我登上巅峰让系统求而不得 The System was blind and abandoned me today. One day, I’ll reach the summit and make the System beg for me, only to be rejected. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Reborn on the Eve of Going to the Countryside: This Time, I'll Be an Unfilial Lone Wolf 重生下乡前夕：这一世我只做不孝孤狼 Reborn on the Eve of Being Sent to the Countryside: This Time, I’ll Be an Unfilial Lone Wolf 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 I Fainted After Storming Out, Then Took My Family to Ancient Times 吵架出门晕倒，我带全家穿越古代 One moment, my wife and I had a huge fight at home, and I stormed out. The next, I collapsed by the roadside and woke up to my wife twisting my ear! I opened my eyes: a crumbling mud-brick shack, coarse clothes, and a desolate village from ancient times! I was stunned! And even more unbelievably: My wife was there, our child was there, and my parents were there too! All five of us had transmigrated together to the Great Wei Dynasty! We were all modern people, starting out dirt-poor and drowning 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 My Younger Sister Sent Me to Entertain Men, but After I Fell Off a Cliff, the Entire Kingdom of Women Adored Me 被亲妹妹安排四处应酬，坠崖后全女儿国偏爱我 My younger sister pushed me into one social engagement after another. After I fell off a cliff, the entire kingdom of women doted on me. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 An Qingyun, Son of Officialdom 官场之子安青云 [Satisfying Officialdom Fiction] [No Rebirth, No System, No Transmigration] What an entrance! He’s still alive, yet they’re holding a memorial service for him... The bigwigs present are turning black in the face... This young man is outrageously young... The legend of Lin Zi’an: Nicknames: “Yama Among Men”: “The King of Hell walking alive among the human realm.” “Mr. Liaozhai”: He kills gods when he meets them, kills Buddhas when he meets them, and even little ghosts steer clear of him... From t 38.9kReads8.1Score2.4k14d adds
- 62 Journey to the West: I, Emperor Wei Wu, Have Eyes for No One Else 西游：我魏武帝生平不二色 Reborn into the Three Kingdoms, I was shocked to discover that it was mixed with Journey to the West. “Ha, you say cultivating through incense offerings is poisonous?” “Then let me ask you this: in my left hand, I have ten years’ worth of Daoist cultivation earned through honest practice. In my right, I have ten thousand years’ worth of Daoist cultivation converted from incense offerings. If you had to choose, which would you take?” “What, you can’t win an argument, so now you want to fight?” “Y 11.2kReads7.8Score79114d adds
- 63 Want to Poison Me? I'll Take Out the Traitorous Couple, Then Marry the Prince 想毒死我？噶了狗男女转身嫁王爷 [Satisfying Revenge + Punishing Scumbags + Goofy Comedy + Sweet Romance] "Sister, you stole the place that should have been mine. You should have died long ago! You made me wait all these years, and kept my son from seeing the light of day! Today, I'm sending you to your death!" How could that be? What son? Hadn't my husband become impotent saving me? Hadn't my cousin sworn she would never marry? "Sister, do you know why your parents and eldest brother died so tragically?" Father, Mother, Big Br 1.9kReads6.7Score10714d adds
- 64 A Junior Civil Servant in the County Government 县直单位的小公务员 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Ex-Husband, Stay Out of My Way and Don't Ruin My Career 前夫请靠边，别耽误我仕途 [A Powerful Female Lead in Government] Her husband had an affair. Zhang Huiyan wasted no time turning him into her ex-husband. Isn’t a handsome government official five years younger than her and a big shot in the system four years older than her more appealing than her ex? But no man is as appealing as a career. When it comes to climbing the career ladder, they can only play supporting roles. I’m going to climb to the top. Nobody is going to stop me! People say women in government have to slee 7.1kReads9.2Score81214d adds
- 66 The Common Man's Comeback 匹夫的逆袭 A veteran cop with a terminal illness makes one last stand. A private detective will stop at nothing for baby formula and mortgage payments. And a mysterious killer who refuses to stay dead is closing in. All three parties are after an older man and a young girl living in a rental on the outskirts of the city. On the evening before a torrential storm, everyone stands at a crossroads of fate. Who is an ally, and who is an enemy? Should they accept their deaths, or turn the tables against all odds 36.3kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds
- 67 Officialdom: I’m the Strategist Behind the Scenes 官场：我在背后当军师 Li Na was a deputy section chief in the municipal government office. Caught in the treacherous currents of city hall, she held fast to her own principles while others focused on ingratiating themselves with everyone, only to be suppressed by her leaders and colleagues. Her husband, Liu Dehua, could no longer stand by and watch. He began helping Li Na, clearing the way for her rapid rise. She connects the city’s grand plans above with the everyday lives of people at the grassroots below, navigati —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Sand in the Palm 掌间砂 [Elegant, handsome bureau director] VS [Landlady with hidden depths] [Second chance romance] [Each other’s first love] I could give up the whole world. You alone are the cinnabar mark in the palm of my hand. When he returned, he was no longer the young office director who had once written her an entire guide to the civil service exams. After years of rising steadily through the ranks, he had become a bureau director who helped bring peace and prosperity to the land. But an unexpected turn of e 1.5kReads9.2Score18814d adds
- 69 The Mistresses of My Workplace’s Female Bosses 单位女上司们的情人老公 The Female Bosses at Work and Their Lover-Husbands 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 70 The Transmigrated Legitimate Daughter: Only After the Whole Family Regretted It Did They Learn She Was a Kind Soul from Another World 穿越嫡女：全家悔疯后才知她是人间来的善 The Transmigrated Legitimate Daughter: Only After Her Whole Family Regretted Everything Did They Learn She Was a Kind Soul from the Human World 76Reads—Score214d adds
- 71 I Have a Self-Healing Ability 我有一个自愈能力 [Transmigration] + [Another World] + [Special Ability] When Lu Xun wakes up, he thinks someone has pranked him and put him on a film set. But it seems he has transmigrated into another person’s body! Since he’s a transmigrator, having a System would be perfectly normal, right? He calls out for one, but it turns out he doesn’t have a golden finger. Damn it! What a disaster. But as time goes by, it seems he really does have a special ability... Decades later, his childhood friend sees him and excl 48Reads—Score214d adds
- 72 Are You Insane?! This Rugged Guy's Testosterone Is About to Explode 疯了吧！这糙汉荷尔蒙要炸了 Early winter, 2025, in Haojing. Shen Lie, 28 years old and 1.98 meters tall, returns to the city with glory behind him and a heart full of uncertainty. Handsome and rugged, broad-shouldered and imposing, he is as steady as a mountain, yet loses his way amid the bustle of modern life. That same day, Li Yan, a 19-year-old prodigy standing 1.90 meters tall, catches sight of this rugged, testosterone-charged man and is instantly dazzled. Exceptionally handsome, with bright eyes and red lips, Li Yan 1.6kReads8.5Score20414d adds
- 73 Transmigrated into Bright Sword: I, Li Yunlong, Slaughter the Japanese, Surrounded by Beauties 穿越亮剑：我李云龙爽杀日寇，红颜环绕 Transmigrated into "Drawing Sword": I, Li Yunlong, slaughter Japanese invaders to my heart’s content, with beautiful women all around me 184Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Return of the Condor Heroes: Inheriting the Three Stages of Rebirth from the Start 神雕：开局传承逆生三重 [Transmigration fan fiction + cautious growth + pursuit of immortality + slow-burn but satisfying] In his eleventh year after transmigrating into The Return of the Condor Heroes, Shen Zhibai found a wall covered in writing in a cave in the Qinling Mountains. He copied all three thousand characters without missing a single one. Only after finishing did he notice the final line: “Three stages mark the limit of reverse life. At the limit, progress ends. Stop here, and you cannot reach heaven.” 580Reads—Score11514d adds
- 75 The Male Scrubber at the Women’s Bathhouse Becomes a Trial Marriage Partner 女澡堂的男搓澡师变成试婚员 The Male Scrubber at the Women's Bathhouse Becomes a Trial Marriage Partner 160Reads—Score1214d adds
- 76 My Life as Empress Dowager in the Brain-Dead World of My Fair Princess 还珠格格之我在脑残的世界当太后 Xiao Yanzi can't learn the rules? For real? I don't believe it! Ziwei Flower, Nostril Kang, and Char Siu Wu can go act like idiots all they want, but don't you dare bully my little Qing'er! This book is going to put the main cast through the wringer. If you dislike the main cast, or are a die-hard fan of theirs, read with caution! If it's not for you, just scroll on by! 826Reads6.9Score29014d adds
- 77 Tides of Officialdom: Straight Up to the Azure Clouds 宦海浮沉之直上青云 Wang Jianfei’s story of rising through the ranks! A genuine work about the world of officialdom, written in a documentary style by a seasoned author of political fiction with tens of millions of words to his name. A quality read guaranteed! 8.2kReads8.8Score88314d adds
- 78 The Move That Breaks the Deadlock 破局之举 Chen Zimo's rise from the grassroots to the inner circle takes an unusual path. While others chase undercurrents, he devotes himself to studying the most transparent and solid system of rules, and finds in it a “cloud staircase” of his own. It is both his methodology and his shield. See how a wise man uses rules as steps and wisdom as his guide, climbing ever higher through a world of shifting tides and hidden currents. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Climbing the Official Ladder: From Assistant to the Finance Bureau Director 官梯：从财政局局长助理开始 A new novel from the author of Officially, an old hand. Everyone is welcome to come read it. Thank you for your support! Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to make every story a good one! 111Reads—Score11714d adds
- 80 The Whole Sect Is Chewing Tree Bark, and You Say Spirit Rice Yields Thirty Thousand Pounds Per Acre? 全宗啃树皮，你说灵稻亩产三万斤 After transmigrating into the body of a destitute sect leader buried under a debt of thirty million spirit stones, he finds that the entire sect has only one little disciple left, so hungry he's chewing tree bark. Chen Mo looks at the mutated spirit rice in his storage space, yielding thirty thousand jin per mu, and smiles. “Let's start with a small goal: making sure everyone in the sect has enough to eat.” Three months later, Qingyun Sect is making a million spirit stones a month selling spirit 33Reads—Score214d adds
- 81 This Civil Servant Comes from the Ming Dynasty 这名公务员来自大明 Lu Jiuzhen never imagined that after being beheaded and reborn, he would transmigrate to modern society in 2003. The streets of flashing blades and clashing swords are now bustling marketplaces. The brocade-clad guard who once fought bloody battles has become a low-level librarian in the civil service. In his previous life, he was a Ming Dynasty imperial guard, skilled in medicine and well versed in political intrigue. He placed his trust in Xia Yan, only to end up dead and stripped of everythin 35.5kReads9.0Score2.8k14d adds
- 82 Our Marriage Certificate Expires After Ten Years, but My Wife Refuses to Renew Our Vows 结婚证十年到期，妻子拒绝和我续约 Our Marriage Certificate Expires After Ten Years, but My Wife Refuses to Renew Our Vows 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 After Leaving the Army, I Became an Anti-Corruption Vanguard 退伍后我成了反腐先锋 Is human nature inherently evil, or inherently good? One seemingly unsolvable trap after another keeps coming. See how Chen Ping'an turns the tables and breaks each trap with precision! Over four million characters in total, so feel free to dive in. 25.8kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
- 84 Crossed the Line 犯了规 [This novel has been adapted into the short drama Stranded.] For three years of marriage, Jiang You has slept alone. A set of photos of her stealing a romantic moment sends Jiang You trending, and also brings her missing husband back after three years. Everyone thinks Jiang You is as good as dead, but then At the company’s anniversary celebration, In front of thousands of people, the CEO drops to one knee: “Youyou, I’ll give you my life. Please don’t leave.” [Cool, reserved wife + secretly flirt 1.9kReads9.0Score23514d adds
- 85 The Young People at the Judicial Office 司法所里的年轻人 Fresh graduate Xu Daqi starts working at a judicial office. He goes from inexperienced and clueless to mature and steady, navigating the minutiae of grassroots work and the bizarre realities of life on the ground. After learning that good deeds are not always rewarded, he comes to understand that kindness must be accompanied by diligence. From suspicious-death investigations and land-flooding disputes to group petitions over contract breaches, he holds fast to the belief that public service is a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Ninth Prince of Great Wei: Too Poor to Pay Monthly Stipends, Yet I Outclass the Entire Court 大魏九皇子：穷到发不起月钱，我却碾压全朝 The Ninth Prince of Great Wei: I Was Too Poor to Pay Out Monthly Stipends, Yet I Crushed the Entire Court 262Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 I Made the Toughest Men in the Three Realms Cry 我把三界最强糙汉撩哭了 #Two Male Leads #Rugged Man #Hunk #Love at First Sight #Transmigrate Into a Book #Sweet Romance #Happy Ending Xu Hao, a top trust-fund kid with an MBA from Harvard, had grown tired of the wild nightlife. Then he woke up to find himself in the Heavenly Court. At a lavish banquet in the Jade Pool, he fixed his thirsty gaze on the man to the left of the main seat: Zheng Xiong, the greatest war god in the Three Realms. He was 2.2 meters tall, built like a tank, bursting with testosterone, with sha 525Reads8.2Score13114d adds
- 88 The Happy Life of a Railway Compound in the 1960s 六零：铁路家属院的美满生活 Cozy Everyday Life [Brutal, Tragic Prison King-Type Male Lead x Beautiful, Easygoing Aspiring Writer] [No Going to the Countryside + No Black Market + Everyday Family Life + Mutual Healing + Sweet Romance] What do the riches and glory of my next life have to do with this one? Lin Xia was a modern-day web novelist and short-comic artist with tens of thousands of fans. One accident wiped her and her whole nest out of existence. Should she drink Meng Po's soup and be reborn into a rich family? She 144kReads9.0Score16.3k14d adds
- 89 The Younger, Unhinged Top Tames a Two-Meter-Tall Roughneck 年下疯批攻驯服2米糙汉 I choose to tame a true Martial King. Twenty-nine years old, two meters tall, with eight-pack abs and a broad, powerful build. Three-time national martial arts championship winner and founder of Shangjing Martial Arts Academy. Pan Yue, a walking bundle of hormones, caught my eye at first sight in a private room on New Year's Eve in Shangjing. He was quiet and reserved, didn't touch a drop of alcohol, and left right on the stroke of midnight. He had no idea I had already set my sights on him. 649Reads8.7Score14814d adds
- 90 Zhizhi’s Road Home 知栀归途 Zhizhi’s Way Home 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 91 A Soviet Civil Servant 苏俄公务员 He woke up to find himself transmigrated to Soviet Russia in 1918. That year, the flames of revolution wavered in the cold wind. Abroad, enemies watched hungrily as one war after another loomed on the horizon. At home, factional infighting was just beginning to take shape. Disputes over policy and the economy had not faded with the pressure exerted by foreign enemies, and for the first time, the question of succession was on the table. “Why is everyone looking at me?” In the Moscow Assembly Hall 83.3kReads8.8Score8.8k14d adds
- 92 After the Divorce, I Became a Culinary God My Ex-Husband Could Never Hope to Win Over 离婚后，我成了前夫哥高攀不起的厨神 After the Divorce, I Became the Chef My Ex-Husband Could Never Hope to Marry 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 County Magistrate: A Heartbreak on the Road to Power 女县长：官路情殇 The story of an ordinary female college student who starts at the grassroots level and steadily rises to become a county magistrate. After graduating, Zhang Xinyue, an ordinary college student, finds a job at the county committee. Having weathered crisis after crisis and seized one opportunity after another, she eventually takes office as county magistrate. 1.2kReads9.3Score71114d adds
- 94 The Abyss in Her Dimples 梨涡深渊 The Abyss in Her Dimples 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Sweet Little Dentist Has the Air Force Bigwig Wrapped Around Her Finger 牙医小甜豆拿捏空军大佬 The Sweet Little Dentist Has the Air Force Big Shot Wrapped Around Her Finger 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Officialdom: A Path to Success 官场之与行青云 Feng Yuxing was an elite fighter pilot. An accident during a mission to drive off the enemy forced this “airborne warrior” to leave the military and take a local government job. While surveying tourism resources, Feng Yuxing saw how hard life was for ordinary people. He then began his career in government, determined to “work for the people's well-being.” From then on, the political world had a cadre who knew nothing of its rules and refused to play by them, often giving his superiors a headache 3.6kReads8.8Score38114d adds
- 97 Return to Pear Blossom Shore 彼岸归梨 The Pear Beyond the Other Shore 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Wan Ning Won't Marry 晚宁不嫁 Wan Ning Refuses to Marry 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 On the Eve of the Gaokao, the Fake Heiress Treats the Class to the Poisonous Crabs My Family Threw Away 高考前夕，假千金请全班吃我家扔掉的毒蟹 On the eve of the college entrance exams, the fake heiress treats the whole class to the poisonous crabs my family threw away 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Official Road Under the Sun 阳光下的官道 [No System + no rebirth + traditional political intrigue + slow burn. The author is a veteran writer of political novels, with over ten million words published. His works are realistic and highly readable, not mindless power fantasies. Read at your own discretion!] In the world of officialdom, everyone schemes against everyone else. How can Cao Rui, a commoner, stand out and make waves? This is a true political novel by Xiaohua. It boasts strong logic and an even stronger story. Quality guarante 4.1kReads9.3Score50514d adds
