Novels like Lovers in the Backlight
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Lovers in the Backlight, best match first.
- 101 He Always Wants to Tap My Acupoints 他总想点我穴 He Always Wants to Tap My Acupoints —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Potato Spirit Gets Rich After Her Wedding, and the Handsome Provincial Graduate's Whole Family Falls for Her 薯精新婚暴富，俊俏举人全家沦陷 [GB] Ji Zhiyue is a sweet potato spirit. She despises evil, knows exactly what she likes and dislikes, is highly capable, and can hold the world in the palm of her hand. And yet, she's also a hopeless romantic. The Heavenly Dao thinks she causes too much chaos, so it strikes her down into the surveillance-free Kingdom of Nansheng. Her lover from a past life, Gu Yixiao, becomes her husband in name and law. She deliberately seals away her memories of their previous life, determined to spoil him ro 3kReads9.1Score32914d adds
- 103 Reborn, I Dumped the Scumbag and Clung to My Officer Husband 重生后，我踹掉渣男抱紧军官老公 Reborn to punish scoundrels and serve up some face-slapping, with a devoted military marriage and love after marriage. In her previous life, Situ Lanzhi trusted the scumbag He Ziwen, only to be killed by him and his mistress working together. To her dying day, she never knew that Yan Zhenshan, the military officer husband she had neglected all her life, was actually deeply in love with her. Reborn on her wedding night in 1978, she looks at the restrained, distant man before her and summons all —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 My Mother-in-Law Is My Top Supporter 丈母娘是我榜一大姐 My Mother-in-Law Is My Top Supporter 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Ultimate Temptation: My Yandere Heiress Is Crazy About Me 顶级诱惑，我的病娇大小姐她超爱 [One heroine + Everyday romance + Long-planned scheme + Sweet romance + Mild coercion] The thing Si Nan hated most in life was a business marriage. But just after returning from abroad, he found himself saddled with the family’s matchmaking duties. What? Was he supposed to do that? By a stroke of luck, he met his destined “sister-in-law,” Gu Weiyan, on the street: the richest woman in Yuncheng, a powerful businesswoman, and the perfect candidate for an arranged marriage. To bring Gu Weiyan and h 13kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 106 My Flight Attendant Girlfriend Is My Boss 空姐女友是上司 My Girlfriend the Flight Attendant Is My Boss 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 A Strange Spring Outing in the Countryside 乡村奇踏青遇记 One village, different families, all kinds of people. Strange stories, extraordinary lives. Join us as we enter a very different world of rural life. Don’t miss it. 55Reads6.5Score4114d adds
- 108 The Lovestruck Saintess Pursues a Sect Errand Boy 痴情圣女倒追宗门杂役 [Fast-paced] [Multiple female leads] [Spatial powers] [Divine physique] [Alchemy] [Dual cultivation of alchemy and martial arts] [Otherworldly continent] Yingxia walked to the stone bed, took a pure white sheet from her storage ring, and spread it over the bed. Then she went to Lin Yang’s side, looking bashful, and gently tapped him as she scolded, “Look at you. You’re so old and frail you can barely move, yet you’re still thinking about that. You never know when to be serious.” “After all these 41.1kReads8.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 109 Clouds Veil Our Bliss 云欲遮欢 [Romance + political intrigue + intense push and pull + evenly matched rivals + the powerful one bows his head] She thought all he wanted was her mother's enormously valuable inheritance. On the eve of her engagement, in her damp bathrobe, with the red birthmark on her chest exposed, he climbed in through the window and placed a soft kiss on her. Pinning her against the wall, he said, “He doesn't want you. I do.” She thought it was possession, revenge, a game played by a rich heir. She though 171Reads—Score11014d adds
- 110 Your Majesty, You Can't Escape 女王大人别想逃 Your Majesty, Don't Even Think of Escaping 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Shocking! Grandma at 76 Looks So Young 惊！76岁奶奶保养太好 Shock! This 76-Year-Old Grandma Looks So Young 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Disciple I Took In Became My Husband 捡来的徒儿成夫君 The Disciple I Picked Up Became My Husband 192Reads—Score414d adds
- 113 Fighting for Me, Stealing Me Away, and Flirting with Me, My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Kissing Fiend 又争又抢又撩，小竹马是个亲亲怪 The short drama My Sister, Kiss Me Again is now available [Obsessive, sly puppy-like younger man VS pure, alluring academic beauty] [Devoted sweet romance + childhood sweethearts + secret crush becomes mutual + healing each other + older woman-younger man romance + intense tension + second male lead gets his comeuppance] Jiang Qi catches her boyfriend kissing his female “best bro.” Ji Mingyu: “I told you, we’re just buddies, like Zhang Fei and Liu Bei. Can you stop making a fuss?” Jiang Qi: “Zha 2.1kReads9.0Score25314d adds
- 114 That Night, She Stayed in My Room 那晚，她留宿在我房间 That Night, She Stayed in My Room 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 My Motorcycle-Riding Bad-Boy Husband 骑摩托的“黄毛”老公 The "Blond Punk" Husband Who Rides a Motorcycle 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 How I Failed to Raise My Little Sister and Ended Up With a Brother-Obsessed One 育妹失败，养出兄控妹妹这件事 [Slice of Life]+[Single Heroine]+[Not a Power Fantasy]+[Yandere]+[Mutual Healing] (The main story is complete; extras are being updated.) When a boy abandoned as a child meets a girl living on the streets... Though they're close in age, they have to bear the burden of supporting their lives together on shoulders that are still young and fragile. “Big brother, once I start earning money, I'll take care of you.” “Big brother, once I graduate, let me look after you.” “Big brother, I'll entrust my w 26.8kReads8.4Score3.5k14d adds
- 117 I Know What Men Are Thinking 我知男人心 I Know What Men Are Thinking 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I Can't Take It Anymore: My Villainess Wife Is Both Doting and Flirtatious 顶不住了，我的反派老婆又宠又撩 (One female lead, no System, lighthearted comedy, alternate world!) After transmigrating, Lu Junqi only wants to keep his head down and survive in peace. Instead, he ends up married to Mei Qingli, a top villain whom everyone avoids like the plague. Facing his domineering wife, a peerless martial artist unrivaled beneath the heavens, Lu Junqi chuckles. “Since my wife is so formidable, I’ll just keep my head down and grow stronger!” From then on, his wife leads and he follows; when she kills, he h 3.5kReads8.3Score17814d adds
- 119 You Can't Get Away 你，跑不掉了 You Can't Get Away 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 120 After Thirty-Nine Thousand Years, I Was Won Over by a Puppy-Like Young Man 三万九千岁后，我被小狼狗拿下了 After Thirty-Nine Thousand Years, I Was Won Over by a Puppy-Like Boyfriend 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Step by Step, Winning Her Heart: The Laid-Back Miss and Her Sugar Daddy 步步诱心：咸鱼小姐和金主大人 CP: Little Slacker Fish VS Big Bad Wolf, secret love comes true, daring to chase your dreams Lan Xianyu is just like her name: a lazy, unmotivated fish. No one seems to believe in her dream of becoming a screenwriter. Until one day, a handsome, wealthy stranger practically begs to become her sugar daddy. She’s baffled. Even Mary Sue dramas don’t go that way anymore. - He closes in step by step, carefully drawing out the memories buried deep inside her. He asks who she was with after getting blac 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 A May-December Romance Is a High-Stakes Gamble 姐弟恋是一场豪赌 [Older woman-younger man romance + devoted puppy-like boyfriend + sweet pampering] How will a romance between a woman and a man twelve years younger than her end??? When you're in your prime, I'll already be past my youth. When all eyes are on you and you no longer need my protection, that's when I'll have to fade away and disappear. She watches him grow up, mature, and succeed. Knowing that one day his wings will be strong enough to carry him away, she still gives everything to help them grow.. 1.5kReads9.2Score14314d adds
- 123 Reborn: Stolen Time 重生之偷来的时光 Wang Qi was reborn. She had returned to the summer of 2012, to the sweltering, damp July in Chengdu, and to the narrow bed in that shabby rental room. It had all yet to happen. She briskly broke up with the man who would betray her in the future. And the man who would one day be worth hundreds of millions and shine in financial news was sitting at the desk beside hers, quietly tapping away at his code in a dark gray T-shirt. In this life, she would wear comfortable clothes, eat all her favorite 10.3kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 124 Never Fall in Love with a Flight Attendant 千万别和空姐谈恋爱 Never Fall in Love with a Flight Attendant 14Reads—Score114d adds
- 125 After Sharing Dreams With My Chaste Older Brother, He Couldn’t Keep Up the Act 和禁欲哥哥共梦后，他装不下去了 (Just got a rating, and it’s going up) Celibate neuroscience genius VS bright, flirtatious wild girl [No blood relation | The aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal | Shared dreams | 8-year age gap | One-on-one, both leads are romantically inexperienced] In everyone else’s eyes, Shen Yu was always cool and celibate, never cracking a smile. For seven years, he had looked after Jiang Li, the orphan of his mentor, as if she were his own little sister. Only he knew how out of control he was in hi 9.5kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 126 I Just Graduated from College, and a Rich Older Woman Wants to Keep Me 刚出大学，富婆小姐姐要包养我 My new story is out! You can 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! 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Lovesick Tycoon Forced a Kiss from the Start! The School Beauty Fell to Her Knees in Tears 开局被病娇财阀强吻！校花跪哭 [In my past life, you all looked down on me. In this life, I’m doted on by a lovesick, possessive heiress who’s crazy about her husband, and now you’re crying with regret! One devoted heroine + ridiculously sweet romance + satisfying revenge + regret + a wife chasing her husband to win him back + a slightly yandere heiress who loves her husband to death and won’t let him go] “You’ll never get away from me. Our souls will be bound together for all eternity! A Jing, even if we die together, that s 981Reads6.8Score10314d adds
- 128 My Brother's Friend Doesn't Know It Was Me That Night 哥哥的朋友不知道那晚是她 Wen Luo was gentle and well-behaved from a young age. Her only act of rebellion was accidentally getting involved with her brother’s friend, and, feeling guilty, she secretly fled abroad. Xiao Yansheng has a face that looks abstinent, yet his eyes are utterly captivating. No one knows that two years ago, a strange woman made him break his vow of chastity. Two years later, they meet again. Only this time, she is even more careful. In public, she is a flawless, gentle assistant. In private, th 3.9kReads8.2Score25614d adds
- 129 My Sister-in-Law's Youth 嫂子的青春 Su Pingping had a happy, loving family, but after her husband died, everything changed dramatically. Having endured the hardships of life and the confusion of love, her attitude toward romance gradually... 4.8kReads6.4Score38214d adds
- 130 A-Lian in the Mountains 大山里的阿莲 A Lian had been married for three years, but her husband was impotent and she still hadn't gotten pregnant. She had a foul mouth but a soft heart. Later, she married Old Wang next door. Old Wang died in an accident, leaving A Lian a widow. Later, she was jailed for tomb robbing, but got out two years before him. Her life with Xiao Chen started out as one disaster after another. A Lian cursed and grumbled, but little by little, she came to think of this man who had served time as one of her own. 329Reads7.5Score11514d adds
- 131 A Long-Laid Plan! The Younger Man's Secret Seduction Turns Sweet 蓄谋已久！年下弟弟暗诱成欢 [Older Woman-Younger Man Romance x Three-Year Age Gap x Both Inexperienced x Long-Standing Scheme] [Manipulative younger guy who plays the pig to eat the tiger vs. sweet, gentle top student older sister with mild touch starvation] Right after taking the college entrance exam, Gu Zechuan is packed off by his sister to live in Wen JinchU's apartment. She thought her best friend had sent her a troublemaker, but it turned out she was the one being waited on hand and foot, with meals served whenever 16kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 132 A Lifetime of Pampering: A Beauty in Her Golden Age 娇宠一生之盛世娇颜 A devoted couple + Students + CEO + Love at first sight + Age gap + Romantic push and pull + Inspiring + Sweet romance Xu Jiaojiao and her younger brother were born because their father suspected their mother had cheated on him with someone else. As a result, she, her brother, and their mother became regular targets of their father’s violence. Xu Jiaojiao also became the subject of gossip and ridicule. She grew up insecure and lacking any sense of safety. She always knew her place and kept her d 1.8kReads—Score12214d adds
- 133 The Demon Lord Begs Me Not to Run Away 魔尊求我别跑路 The Demon Lord Begs Me Not to Run Away 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Divine Emperor's Contract Beast Is Actually Female?! 神帝的契约兽竟是母的？！ The God Emperor’s contracted beast is actually female?! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Mob Boss Is a Character in a Painting 黑老大是画中人物 On a winter night when they were eighteen, Du Hechi hauled Shen Ningyuan out of the frozen river. Kneeling on one knee, he sneered, “If you’re fine, why keep going near the river? Trying to get yourself killed?” Shen Ningyuan shivered and looked up. “I wasn’t...” “Weren’t you?” He scoffed. “Want me to throw you back in and let you test the water temperature?” Everyone in the village said he was a thug who’d even hit his own father, and Shen Ningyuan believed them. Six years later, Shen Ningyu 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Fate Brings You to Me at the Perfect Time 缘分时节恰逢君 Guess how we met? Someone dialed the wrong number! My brother set me up on a blind date, and my date turned out to be you!! If fate is this wonderfully strange, then let's get together. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Blind Crossing 盲渡 Crossing Blind 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 One Kick, One Big CEO 一脚踢出个大总裁 One Kick Lands Her a CEO Husband 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 King of Peach Blossom Island 桃花岛上我称王 Orphan Cao Jianping, a retired Marine, accidentally arrives on a deserted island while traveling. It is practically a paradise! From then on, his life is on easy mode, bringing him wealth and luxury! 11.3kReads7.9Score44314d adds
- 140 My Possessive Childhood Friend Is Obsessed with Me, and I’m Going Crazy from Her Clinginess 偏执青梅占有欲爆棚，我被她缠疯 Everyone knows I've got a childhood sweetheart who's dangerously unhinged. In front of everyone, she tore up the love letter a girl had handed me with her bare hands and snarled through clenched teeth, “Anyone who dares come near you, I'll destroy them.” Her possessiveness is twisted and domineering, so much so that she has forcibly marked me as her own private property. She keeps me trapped in an obsession so intense it leaves me breathless. No one in this world is allowed to covet my older 12.9kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 141 Madly in Love with Her 狂恋她 This is a heartwarming story. After a car accident takes their parents’ lives, fate binds the two of them tightly together with its red thread... [A resilient, long-suffering little white flower vs. a carefree, roguish street punk, happy ending] 587Reads—Score11414d adds
- 142 Guo Xiaoqi’s Love Story 郭小七的爱情 Guo Xiaoqi was born into a rural family obsessed with having sons. She had little schooling, but was very beautiful. As an adult, she was pursued by a married man. The two did everything they could to finally get married, but married life was not as wonderful as they had imagined, and she endured all kinds of hardship. After many twists and turns, she finally understood that she could rely on no one but herself. 509Reads8.9Score3714d adds
- 143 The Entertainment Industry’s Guide to Hunting for Love 娱乐圈猎爱法则 The Rules of Love Hunting in the Entertainment Industry 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Coveting Summer 觊觎夏天 Fatherly younger man, cool and seemingly innocent but secretly scheming × spoiled and willful, a skilled flirt; school days to city life [Not-quite-siblings + Rekindled romance + Reunited after years apart] Everyone on Changqing Street knew Yu Xia and He Wenqing were the most loving stepsiblings around. Too bad their fragile blended family fell apart when they were thirteen. Yu Xia left Wucheng with her mother, and before long, all contact was lost. When they reunited, Yu Xia was too busy remin 2.8kReads9.2Score36414d adds
- 145 The Flower at Home 家花 The Flower at Home 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 That Leftover Egg Tart We Remembered for a Lifetime 那个吃剩的蛋挞，我们记了一辈子 That Leftover Egg Tart Stayed With Us for a Lifetime 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Working Down South: Those Wild Years 南下打工，风流的那些年 This is a story about Dongguan. After graduating from college, I couldn’t find a job. My cousin was working in the south, so I went to stay with him. My cousin was a carefree sort who dressed like a gangster every day. He took me to internet cafes, played pool with me, and treated me to late-night snacks. Life in the south was slow and easygoing. My cousin was my mentor. He found me a job and showed me how to eat, drink, and enjoy life. My cousin and I had a great time fooling around, but then h 322Reads7.5Score6614d adds
- 148 A Wet Kiss on a Summer Night 夏夜湿吻 [Sweet Romance | Two Top Students | Both Virgins | Childhood Sweethearts | Long-Planned Romance | Possessiveness] When Wen Qizhi was five, Gu Yanchen’s mother “picked her up” and brought her home, where she became Gu Yanchen’s little shadow. When they started elementary school, Gu Yanchen gave her four rules: They couldn’t walk to and from school together. At school, she had to pretend not to know him and couldn’t call him big brother. She had to keep her distance and not get close to him… Wen Q 16.9kReads9.0Score2.5k14d adds
- 149 He Fang Luyuan 何方路圆圆 [Sweet and spicy + mutual devotion + sweet romance + wealthy CEO] “From beginning to end, all I’ve ever wanted is to marry the girl I’ve loved from afar!” That was He Yanzheng’s one and only wish. He Yanzheng had grown up surrounded by every luxury, but after meeting her, he willingly made sacrifices and changed himself, all because he wanted to be part of her future. The clearheaded top student Lu Yuanyuan was focused on her exams and refused to date, yet she found herself pursued by a persiste 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Cool, Mature Beauty Strong-Arms Her Way Into Raising a Child With Me and Chases After Me 高冷御姐，强势带娃倒追我 [Short drama now available] [Male-oriented + Slow-paced + Older Woman/Younger Man Romance + She Pursues Him + Cute Baby] [No System + No Rebirth + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Secretly Get Their Marriage License Later] [Aloof, powerful woman in public. A gentle, devoted wife at home.] [Extremely possessive + Mature, charming, considerate, and never spoiled] ❤️Naive, adorably clueless college student VS alluring, spirited hot mom❤️ After a minor accident, college student Gu Ci ends up accompa 5.1kReads9.0Score40114d adds
