Novels like The Pen Pusher
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Pen Pusher, best match first.
- 51 The Day We Broke Up, One Needle Made Me a Master Healer 分手当天，我一针封神成国医 On graduation day, his girlfriend says, “I don’t want to hold you back,” then turns and walks into the Lin Medical Group. Shen Mobai clutches the old acupuncture kit his father left behind, remembering the phone call from his previous life, the black SUV, and how nothing came after that. This time, he won’t chase her. He walks into No. 17 Wenchang Alley and becomes the student of an old man who drinks tea from a chipped enamel mug. In three days, he cures thirty years of neck and shoulder pain; 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Winds Rise Over Jiangxia 风起江夏 Tang Xiaofei and Zhang Quanlong are entrusted with a mission in a time of crisis. Working together in earnest, they face risks without flinching, firmly follow a practical, truth-seeking mass line, and lead their team in forging a path to rural revitalization. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Provide After-Sales Service for the Villainous Brat 穿书后，为坏种反派提供售后服务 [Book Transmigration + No System + 1v1 + Younger Male Lead + Both Are Inexperienced] "A romance author with a head full of dirty thoughts who loves teasing men × a wicked yet pure-hearted, easily flustered, obedient villainous younger brother" “He began by using her, and she fell for him while trying to save him. This game of lies ends with them burning for one another in earnest.” Xie Feifei transmigrates into the novel she wrote but never published, the entire manuscript already finished! And 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Exiled from the Start, the Prime Minister's Legitimate Daughter Comes After Me 开局被流放，丞相嫡女追来了 First thing to do after transmigrating into an imperial prince: smash the mirror! The original owner was clearly a man, but this face looks exactly like mine in my past life... My furious father demotes me and sends me to a barren frontier fief. Fine by me. I can get away from palace intrigue and use my modern knowledge to farm and build infrastructure. But I hear the prime minister’s legitimate daughter refused to marry the Crown Prince and insists on marrying me? Well, I suppose I can bring an 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Xiaojiang Town 晓江镇 Amid the clashes of interest and struggles of human nature in the trenches of the workplace, Mo Ye is a hands-on doer who remains true to his original aspirations. How can he break through the obstacles and achieve a win-win for his own ambitions and local development? This story explores how idealism can survive and bloom in the soil of reality. 25Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 56 In the Name of Great Love: Awaken Your Mind, Find Enlightenment, and Make Money 大爱之名：觉醒思维开悟到搞钱 The book reveals the truth about this society. If Dazhuang finds it unpleasant or hard to understand, that's perfectly normal. Those without a certain level of insight can't understand the Way. If you want to make a change, keep reading. [This book is for people who take action, have ambition, want to do great things, and want to change themselves. If that doesn't describe you, don't read it.] 149Reads8.2Score18214d adds
- 57 My Clan Raised Me to the Golden List, and I Led My Kin to Noble Rank 全族举我登金榜，我携宗亲列簪缨 An overworked modern-day top student transmigrates by accident and becomes a discarded son from a poor family in the Great Liang dynasty. Seeing his extraordinary talent, his clan sells off its possessions and spends every last coin, joining together to support him and staking the family’s honor and disgrace on sending him up the imperial examination ladder to success. Blessed with advanced knowledge and a photographic memory, he rises from a village boy who has barely earned the lowest scholarl 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Herbalist's Jianghu Chronicles 本草江湖录 One flavor, one world of martial arts; one herb, one universe. This book explains all 365 herbs in the Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica in the language of the martial world, one flavor at a time. Each herb gets its own chapter, breaking down its nature and flavor, meridians entered, effects, combinations, and contraindications. Cold, hot, warm, and cool are like four kinds of inner cultivation. Rising, descending, floating, and sinking are like a set of palm techniques. The sovereign, m 930Reads—Score50114d adds
- 59 Marriage Is a Scam 婚姻似骗局 This novel tells several little stories about love and marriage, in the hope of helping married and unmarried women alike see marriage for what it really is. A certain well-known contemporary male writer once said that the essence of marriage is that it devours people. Actually, whether it devours people or not is beside the point. Human nature is inherently selfish. If you’re a woman with a hopelessly romantic heart and want a cure, you should definitely read this. You can get married, but make 7.6kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 60 Unparalleled Excellence 出色无边 Modern urban life... Multiple heroines... Workplace... A rise through the ranks... A feel-good story. Shen Qinglin, a low-ranking clerk in the Health Bureau's office, climbs step by step to the pinnacle of life with beautiful women at his side... and builds a bright future... 2.4kReads8.6Score21814d adds
- 61 She Stole Eighteen Years of My Life, and I Smiled as I Sent Her to Hell 她偷我人生十八年，我笑着送她下地狱 She stole eighteen years of my life. I smiled as I sent her to hell 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Broken Bridge Can Be Crossed Alone 断桥能自渡 [No golden finger + grounded, strong female lead + a 15-year comeback + equally strong male and female leads + inspiring and healing + work and family] What can you do in 15 years? What might you go through? She is the woman people say has no close ties with her family! Starting from nothing, she is battered by one blow after another from her family of origin, workplace bullying, and a lousy boyfriend. She stops hoping for anything and accepts her fate! From then on, she relies on neither heaven 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 After We Part, May We Never Meet Again 你我一别，余生不见 We Parted Ways, and We'll Never Meet Again in This Life 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Strange Woman on the Bus 公交车上的陌生女人 The Strange Woman on the Bus 3.9kReads—Score3014d adds
- 65 Lucia by the Equator 赤道边的露西亚 Her name is Lucia. Half Fang from Africa and half Chinese, she has lived between two worlds as a bridge with no place to call home. His name is Yue Xingzhou, the rotating deputy general manager of a Chinese company stationed in Q Country, an idealist who believes that “understanding can resolve any conflict.” They meet on the equator, where life swirls in a rush of passion, grow close amid the roar of an engineering project, and come to understand, challenge, and shape each other through transla 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Train Your Street Smarts in 100 Days 心眼子训练100天 This isn't a book about teaching people to “turn bad.” It's a self-defense guide for kind people, showing them how to protect their own territory. After 100 days, you may not become a master of reading people, but at least you'll learn to dodge underhanded attacks with grace, then offer your opponent a cup of “tea.” 31.6kReads8.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 67 A False Marriage 假嫁 Lang Xi, a businesswoman bent on revenge, is willing to put herself in harm’s way and marry her enemy’s son, Liu Ze. But Liu Ze cheats on her repeatedly during their marriage. Hounded by her mother-in-law and locked in a bitter struggle with his mistress, Lang Xi joins forces with her biological father, Liu Huazi, to avenge her mother and reclaim her grandfather’s estate. Lang Xi’s monologue: After I married into this family, my mother-in-law hit me, my husband hit me, and even his mistress hit 142Reads—Score1014d adds
- 68 Xiang Bei's Sales Notebook: Unconventional Sales Techniques 向北的销售笔记：非主流销售技巧 Lin Xiangbei had worked in sales for five years. When he was transferred to this electronics shop on the mall’s basement level, nobody took him seriously. The manager, Old Liu, was getting ready to retire; veteran employee Li Lei had been lying flat for three years; and the new hire, Xiaomeng, had been there for just two weeks and already wanted to leave. Nobody knew that Lin Xiangbei carried a worn, faded notebook everywhere he went. It was filled with the pitfalls he had encountered, the deals 905Reads7.5Score40214d adds
- 69 You Were Told to Take the Fall, So Why Did You Take Down the Entire Leadership Team? 让你顶罪，你把领导班子一锅端？ From the start, my superiors conspired to frame me, leaving me to take the fall for a billion-yuan scandal. The good news: I have a work habit of documenting everything, and my USB drive holds eight terabytes of evidence. The bad news: My superiors don’t seem to like my USB drive very much. 781Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 70 The First Light of Africa 非洲的熹微 A true translator does not search for equivalent words in two languages. She finds the path between two destinies that can carry a current. She came to Africa with someone else’s children, but it was here that she put down roots of her own. Africa taught her that waiting can be translated into cables, and sorrow can be translated into light. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Reborn in a Desperate World, I Save Lives with Medicine! 胎穿绝境求生，我靠医术济苍生！ [Reborn in the womb] [Master physician] [Ancient setting] [Slow burn] In his previous life, Tang Wenxu was an unfulfilled veteran of traditional Chinese medicine. Handsome and talented, with superb medical skills, he refused to curry favor with the powerful and was always generous to others, yet lived in poverty all his life. His mother and younger brother died of tuberculosis. Though he had the medical skills to help them, he was powerless to save them. At the age of eighty-six, he closed his e 275Reads9.1Score14814d adds
- 72 Tales from the Corner: A Dream of the Immortal Palace 角落往事之梦落仙宫 People often say that a scary story is one thing, but the words "based on a true story" are what really frighten you. But what if most of the story is raw truth, untouched by embellishment? What is the truth about demons and monsters? Have the legends passed down by word of mouth really left traces in this world? And the dragon: was it merely an ancient totem imagined by people, or did it truly exist? If it did exist, what might it have been like? And where in the world is the mist-shrouded Kunl 3.2kReads9.5Score38214d adds
- 73 In the Thirty-Eighth Year of Wanli, I Became the Princess Who Guards the Nation 万历三十八年，我成了镇国公主 Tags: #MingDynastyPowerStruggles #RebornAsAPrincess #RigorousHistoricalResearch #SolvingAndInvestigatingCases #HouseholdAndCourtIntrigue #InfrastructureAndReform Beneath the tiny body of a child lies the soul of a forty-year-old who has seen it all. Everyone takes her for an innocent little girl, indulging and patronizing her without a second thought. But they don't know that behind those seemingly clear childlike eyes, she has already seen through the ills plaguing the Ming Dynasty. Illegal k 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I Jumped into a Well but Survived, and Somehow Became His White Moonlight 投井没死成，我居然成了他的白月光 I Tried to Drown Myself in a Well but Survived, and Somehow Became His Unforgettable First Love 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Heading South at the Turn of the Millennium: Rolling Coins 千禧南下：翻滚的钢镚 During the rainy season of the millennium, torrential rain poured down on Ruili. Bai Hao and his group sped along National Highway 556 in a four-wheel-drive Toyota Prado, relying on their off-roader’s powerful performance to plow through the terrible road conditions. As they drove past the embankment in Leiyun Village, they came across Burmese border residents moving supplies across the border. They learned that it was legitimate border trade. The group stopped to watch, unaware that danger was 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Learning to Read People in the Mortal World 我在红尘学心眼 [This book is not a novel, but its value far surpasses that of feel-good fiction!] The highest wisdom is hidden within these pages, and every page is like seeing with an enlightened eye! We recommend saving it and reading it again and again. Don't miss your chance to upgrade your understanding. This book covers love, marriage, the body, psychology, politics, economics, human nature, the workplace, social relationships, and much more. The younger you are, the more you should read this book! The s 28Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 77 The Great Yong's First Empress and Medicine Merchant 大庸第一女皇药商 [Fictional ancient setting] [Strong female lead] [Soul transmigration] Tang Yiru, daughter of the Great Yong's famed physician and top scholar Tang Wenxu, transmigrates into a farming family. The original owner had a brown birthmark and was forced by her stepmother to marry a lame hunter. After enduring terrible abuse, she died beneath a fire poker. Now inhabiting her body, Tang Yiru awakens the Cloudmist Mountain realm her father left behind, accompanied by a thousand-year-old lotus spirit. She 182Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 78 The Night I Rented a Room, I Discovered My Landlady's Secret 租房那晚，我撞破女房东的秘密 A colossal debt traps a stunning landlady. One high-stakes showdown unleashes the city's hidden undercurrents. A powerless maintenance worker relies on his brute strength to take on a paranoid tycoon and bring down a black-gold empire! 667Reads—Score10414d adds
- 79 On New Year’s Eve, My In-Laws’ Family of Twenty Takes Over Our New Home 大年三十，婆家二十口人霸占新房 [Taking on a Vicious Mother-in-Law + Uncovering My Family Origins] On New Year's Eve, twenty members of my husband's family broke into my new home. My mother-in-law slapped the sofa and shouted, "This is my son's house!" My brother-in-law threw my luggage downstairs, and they even put a seal on the refrigerator I had brought as part of my dowry. I smiled. I called the police, got a handwriting analysis, and countersued in court. Three moves were all it took to bring the whole family to heel. Th 2.9kReads—Score18114d adds
- 80 After His Inner Thoughts Were Exposed, the Cold-Hearted CEO Tore Up the Script Overnight 心声暴露后，冷情总裁他连夜拆剧本 After His Inner Thoughts Were Exposed, the Cold-Hearted CEO Tore Up the Script Overnight 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 From Nothing to a Business Empire 从一无所有到商业帝国 “The company went bankrupt, I’m a million in debt, and even my girlfriend of seven years is riding around in my rival’s luxury car.” When Lin Shen woke up in a damp basement, faced with debt-collection texts and a life in ruins, he thought he had hit rock bottom. Then his father fell seriously ill, making matters even worse. Starting from nothing, with stone as his foundation In Qingshi Town, he started from scratch, building a team one step at a time. Chaotic computing power, rewriting the rule 76Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 82 I Transmigrated to the 1970s to Help My Sister Woo an Officer, but He Set His Sights on Me 穿越七零，帮姐撩军官他却盯上我 Bai Shao transmigrates and sets out to help her sister get rid of a two-timing scumbag. But the unfaithful man refuses to take the hint, so she grabs a branch and chases after him, yelling that he’s a pervert. He gets so scared that he runs whenever he sees the sisters. Regiment Commander Zhang seems like a good catch: handsome and a guaranteed long-term meal ticket. After they marry, Bai Shao will follow him to his posting. She can use him to keep her awful grandmother and third uncle in check. 258Reads6.7Score10314d adds
- 83 I Make a Fortune by Controlling Dreams 我靠控梦赚大钱 Lin Zhouyue was an easygoing office worker who just wanted to lie flat. She had no lofty ambitions and didn't care about promotions or raises. But one day, she woke up to discover she could bring things from her dreams into the real world. Soon, she realized she could control her dreams and make all sorts of things happen. Before long, she became a high-paid success who made money hand over fist. Just as life was going swimmingly, the unexpected happened... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 I Only Changed the Frequency, and the Whole Family Upstairs Went Crazy 我只调了个频率，楼上全家疯了 I only changed the frequency, and the entire family upstairs went crazy 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 A Trap Within a Trap, a Lie Within a Lie 局中局，骗中骗 Greed grows in people’s hearts, and scams can find their way through any opening. No one is born lucky or immune to being deceived. The only reason you haven’t fallen into a trap is that you haven’t yet encountered one designed specifically for you. Desire is the bait, weakness is the opening. As long as greed remains, there will always be a scam waiting to draw you in. 2.2kReads8.3Score25714d adds
- 86 A Poor Man's Guide to Turning His Life Around 穷人翻身指南 A practical guide to ways of thinking I’ll teach you how the rich think And how the poor can turn their lives around Why am I teaching you these ways of thinking? Why write this book? Let me make one thing clear first: The main reason I’m writing this book is for myself. I’m always trying to improve, learning from experience and gaining new insights every day. And the fastest way to absorb, understand, and apply this knowledge is the Feynman Technique. If you don’t know what that is, look it up. 259Reads7.3Score86014d adds
- 87 I’m Not a Monkey: A Prisoner’s Confession 我不是猴子变的：一个囚徒的自白 They say humans evolved from monkeys. Then answer me this: monkeys have fur, so why are humans hairless and forced to wear clothes to keep warm? Monkeys are great at climbing trees, so why are human hands so smooth that one fall can break a bone? Monkeys walk on all fours, so why do humans stand upright and walk, putting constant strain on their spines? It wasn’t evolution. It was deliberate. I was never human to begin with. I was a ball of light from the spirit world. After I asked, “Who am I?” 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Fired at the Annual Gala, I Name My Price to Fix My Boss's Broken Machine 年会被辞，我开天价修废老板的机器 Fired at the annual meeting, I name my price to fix my deadbeat boss's machine 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Tales of the Han Dynasty: From Liu Bang to Liu Shan 汉朝那些事：从刘邦到刘禅 When talking about the Han Dynasty, it's impossible not to mention what an interesting and fascinating era it was. We people of later generations call ourselves “Han people,” and our ethnic group is known as the “Han Chinese.” These names are inseparable from the Han Dynasty. It can be said that the Han Dynasty not only established China's unified political order, but also shaped the cultural and ethnic identity of the Chinese people. This sense of identity took deep root in the hearts of the pe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Beginning of the Nine Heavens Origin Star 九天元宇星之初始 A useless young man, unable to cultivate because he has lost his memories, is driven out of his sect. By chance, he awakens a red light within a mysterious pendant and begins to uncover the mystery of his origins. After enduring countless hardships, he finally learns that he comes from another world. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Spring Waters Flow 春水泛泛 The sweet everyday life of a quirky, spirited girl and a cold, aloof crown prince. The heroine, Lin Shuang, crosses through time and space to form a fated bond with the male lead, His Highness the Crown Prince. Their hearts flutter, just as destiny intended. Sometimes love is like that: nothing earth-shattering, just you looking at me as spring waters ripple, and me happening to be looking back at you. 2.8kReads—Score19114d adds
- 92 The Story in Pan Dudu’s Belly 盼杜肚里的故事 The blood-soaked earth of Forget-Husband Slope bears six sets of footprints, each pressed to a different depth. Strange energy clings to the red soil, leaving a sinister shadow that winds around the bones of anyone who steps on it. Sang Pandu clutches the wooden slip Kun Yu left behind. The divination marks have grown hot against her palm, and the light on the slip flickers, as if unseen hands are repeatedly rubbing it in the dark and throwing its divinatory energy into disarray. Thunder rolls o 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Female Director of Housing Administration 女房管局长 #ThreeFemaleLeads #YoungerMan #Officialdom #Anti-Corruption #Nepotism #Twists All those years, what we divided among ourselves was our conscience. By the time we wanted to make amends, it was already too late. How do several women survive in the narrow space between power and desire? How does a group of people get torn apart by self-interest and conscience, and meet their ruin? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 95 Tricked by My Best Friend into Going to Myanmar's North to Make Fast Money 被闺蜜骗到缅北赚快钱 I wrote down this experience to warn everyone. There's a saying: You haven't been scammed because you haven't encountered the scam that's right for you. Zhou Chengcheng could have had a bright future, but the double blow of career and family troubles sent her down a path of no return. She trusted the person she had once trusted most and ruined her life. She was thrown into a living hell, where she witnessed humanity at its most twisted. These carefully tailored scams left no one able to escape. 130.4kReads9.1Score10.4k14d adds
- 96 Nearly Murdered, I Found Love Across Time 差点被谋杀遇到穿越时空的爱 I Nearly Got Murdered, Then Found Love Through Time Transmigration 226Reads—Score214d adds
- 97 A Drizzle Sparks the Embers of Revenge 霡霂仇烬起 In her previous life, Luo Yan married into the prefect’s family despite her misgivings, determined to uncover the truth behind her father’s murder. Pregnant and carrying the evidence she had finally obtained, she was intercepted and killed by her enemies before she could report it to the imperial court. Her husband, Chi Mingxuan, died protecting her, pierced by a sword. She, too, was stabbed through the abdomen, and the two of them died together, consumed by hatred and regret. When Luo Yan opene 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Love, Hate, and Old Feuds Between Two Generations 两代人的爱恨情仇恩怨 She is determined to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, but her stepmother and stepsister frame her, plunging her into danger time and again! She escapes certain doom, and is fortunate to meet business tycoon Qin Haonan, who falls for her at first sight and pursues her… People reveal different sides of themselves when it comes to love and family, and a single thought can lead to heaven or hell! Good and evil both get what they deserve, and fate always comes full circle! Those who commi 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Reborn as the Deposed Empress: The Dowager Empress’s Blade Draws Blood to Avenge Her Family 废后重生：太后掌心刃血偿满门仇 [Reborn as the Empress Dowager + Ruthless and Decisive + Empress’s Political Schemes] In her previous life, she was the empress, but the treacherous emperor and her half-sister betrayed her! Her entire family was executed, and she died consumed by hatred. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain! In this life, she casts aside love and wields the imperial seal. Her half-sister foolishly dreams of taking her place in the inner palace, so she 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Not Tall Enough? Make Up for It with Passion 身高不够，热爱来凑 Not tall enough? Make up for it with passion. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
