Novels like Lovers in the Backlight
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Lovers in the Backlight, best match first.
- 151 Reborn into the Campus Beauty’s Home, I Froze When Her Mom Came Out 重生在校花家，她妈出来时我傻了 [All hand-crafted, plenty of romantic rivalry, extra sweet with no angst, no System, an emotionally intelligent male lead, and a capable heroine who isn't just eye candy. You won't regret giving it a try.] By the bathroom door, Chen Yue caught Auntie Jiang, the beautiful mother of his schoolmate of twelve years, as she fell. Auntie Jiang came from a well-connected family, was beautiful with a gentle voice, and was also a great help with the finances. To get his hands on the first pot of gold for 140.7kReads8.9Score13.4k14d adds
- 152 The Unhinged Xu Jie and Her Lovesick Boy 疯批序姐的病娇少年 [The seemingly lazy, actually formidable schoolgirl versus the sickly, scheming boy] [Campus romance + devoted HE + first loves for both + mutual pampering + sweet romance + secret identities + two powerful leads + wealthy families; both leads speak their minds] “Why do you look so sickly?” “I'm not in a good mood.” “So you're a rotten-hearted sort.” “Then why are you alw 730Reads—Score10514d adds
- 153 My Roommate Is a Big Shot 合租室友是大佬 My Roommate Is a Big Shot 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 My Archrival Asked Me to Be His White Moonlight Substitute 死对头竟找我做白月光替身 My Archrival Wants Me to Be Her Stand-In for the One She Never Forgot 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 After That Night, I Became the Cultivation World's Public Enemy 那一夜之后，我成了修仙界公敌 After That Night, I Became the Public Enemy of the Cultivation World 105Reads—Score314d adds
- 156 Sweet Wild Prairie 草原甜野 Sweet Wild Grasslands 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 After Enduring Unimaginable Humiliation, She Found Redemption in the Mafia 极限受辱后，她在黑帮里找到救赎 The most harrowing torment, the most unbearable pain, the most overwhelming love. The heroine, Jiang Chen, is kidnapped and imprisoned, and loses her loved ones. Later, she meets the man she loves most, Qin Shuo. Love and hatred, betrayal and redemption intertwine. Can this man save her? 752Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 He Pulled Me Back from the Abyss 他从深渊拽回我 He Pulled Me Back from the Abyss 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Beneath the Blood Moon, My Husband Is a Werewolf 血月之下，我的老公是头狼 Under the Blood Moon, My Husband Is a Wolf 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 After My Divorce, I Fell Addicted to My Officer Brother-in-Law’s Seduction 离婚后，我被军官弟弟诱爱成瘾 [Sweet romance + both leads are virgins + younger man] [A military officer falls for a sophisticated career woman] Four years of marriage in name only. She blamed her own bad judgment for not being able to tell a man from a dog. Now she’d run out of patience and didn’t want to put up with it anymore. “Screw you and your three-second performance. You’re discontinued. Get lost, you scumbag!” After the divorce, Yu Ningning went somewhere secluded, determined to keep her head down and slack off in p 1.3kReads8.8Score12214d adds
- 161 So Fierce! The Little Wolf Cub Flirts with and Kisses the Beautiful Lawyer 够野！小狼崽撩吻律师美人 [The short drama adaptation, Sister, You Can’t Just Flirt and Run, is now available] [Older woman/younger man romance + both leads’ first and only love + sweet romance throughout + wealthy Beijing families + mutual devotion + no rivalry between women, no angsty plot + both leads speak their minds] [Cool-headed, independent beauty lawyer VS Beijing’s pampered young heir, sweet as a kitten but fierce as a wolf] One drunken night, Tang Shuang got involved with a college student three years younger 5.9kReads9.3Score62714d adds
- 162 My Yandere, Unhinged Professor? She's Like a Mom to Me! 病娇疯批女教授？我的妈系女友！ [No System, one heroine, nurturing older-sister girlfriend, strong woman and weaker man, older woman, cool female professor, cold on the outside and warm within, wicked big sister] Xia Chen had terrible luck on the first day of school. He wasn’t assigned a dorm room, so he had no choice but to rent a place off campus. Fortunately, his parents found him somewhere to stay: he’d share a home with a female professor. He’d thought it would be an ordinary co-ed roommate arrangement. But the moment Xia 37.3kReads8.6Score4.6k14d adds
- 163 My Reborn Ex-Husband Is a Pitiful Crybaby Who Blushes and Begs for Kisses 重生前夫是小可怜爱哭脸红要亲亲 [Reborn at school + Sweet romance + She pursues him + Revenge on scumbags + Pure love + HE] A bold, flirtatious, hot-tempered heroine who knows exactly how to charm × a love-starved, devoted hero with an intense possessive streak Qu Wan was a bad woman. She stopped at nothing to get what she wanted. In her previous life, she was forced to marry someone she didn't love, and slept with her husband without giving him her heart. She cursed him and acted as if he didn't exist! When her father went to 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 He Got Dumped in Guangdong, While I Found Love Back Home 他在广东失恋，我在村里热恋 My new story is here! You can 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! 13.6kReads6.9Score76714d adds
- 165 My Cool Childhood Friend Is My Biggest Fan, Until She Doxxed Me 冷御青梅是我迷妹，直到她开盒我 [Multiple heroines, none left out + no tragedy or cheating + happy ending + no System + no rebirth + lighthearted daily life + cool and aloof childhood-friend older sister in public + cute, shy, socially awkward girl next door] "You brainless Paper Goose, you make people cry and break up couples every day! I'm sending you a box of razor blades!" "You lousy author, are you starved for love? One of these days, I'll make you cry too!" Qin Yan's parents divorced when he was young, leaving his family 19.1kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 166 The Guardian Angel of Heaven 天堂的使者之守护 Jiang Xiaolan and Hu Bin adopted sixteen orphans: twelve girls and four boys. This novel follows the everyday lives of this big family as its members grow up, covering marriage, love, work, careers, and all the ordinary things in life. Love and being loved, hardship, growth, protection, support, and redemption. This book has no grand central theme, and it is not a feel-good transmigration story full of extraordinary people and events. It is a realistic story rooted in everyday life. Love is its 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Save Me, Not the Drunkard 渡我不渡醉 [A guarded, wounded hero × a gentle, steadfast heroine who saves him | Mutual devotion · Rekindled Romance] “Everyone who gets close to me comes to a bad end. You should leave.” “It's not your fault, Jiang Zui. You haven't done anything wrong.” Kneeling in the light, she led him out of the shadows and told him he wasn't a curse. He deserved to be loved. This was a silent standoff, and a gentle salvation. Jiang Zui thought his life would never see the light until he met Su Yuhe at seventeen. Afra 2.7kReads—Score17214d adds
- 168 At Night, I Embrace a River of Falling Stars 夜揽沉星河 [Price just dropped, but it’ll go up later] Fatherly, secretly passionate, guiding, celibate CEO vs. sweet, clearheaded beauty who doesn’t overthink [Physical first, love later + Mature romance + Intense push and pull + Stealing someone’s wife + Seven-year age gap] Xu Zhiye has been married for three years, but her husband has been absent from her bed the entire time. To get back at him for cheating, she turns around and sleeps with his direct superior, Gu Chenxiao. She thought it would be a mut 1kReads8.3Score—14d adds
- 169 The Young Stud My Boss Set Me Up With Got Me Pregnant 女上司塞来的小鲜肉竟让我怀了孕 The Pretty Young Guy My Female Boss Set Me Up With Got Me Pregnant 189Reads—Score814d adds
- 170 The Underworld Heiress’s Personal Bodyguard 黑道大小姐的贴身高手 The Underworld Heiress's Personal Bodyguard 104Reads—Score414d adds
- 171 The Demon Waited for Her to Come of Age, but She Flirted With the Young Hero 妖孽等她成年，她却撩了少侠 The Demon Waited for Her to Come of Age, but She Made a Move on the Young Hero 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 You Treat My Mother-in-Law Like She’s Nothing? I’ll Make You Get Lost 拿丈母娘不当妈，我让他滚蛋 He called her "mother-in-law" at every turn, and she thought he treated her mother so well. She never imagined that in private he called her mother a country bumpkin and ordered her around. If Ye Ya had come home any later from work, she would have missed the sight of her mother kneeling before that scumbag. He dared treat his mother-in-law like she wasn't family? Then he could get lost. Ye Ya took her mother away in the middle of the night, but they were in a car accident, and her mother died. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Crown Prince's Captive Love 难逃太子的囚宠 The Crown Prince’s Captive Love Is Inescapable 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 She Cries Easily, but He Makes It Rain Money to Cheer Her Up 她爱哭，但他会爆金币哄 Tense push and pull, first love, devoted to one another, age gap. I originally wanted to call it “I’ll Raise Someone Else’s Wife.” Lu Zhiyu: A broke web-novel writer who earns only single-digit sums. Twenty years old, a sheltered young woman just entering the workforce. Obedient and compliant, she’s used to answering questions with unrelated replies, yet casually manages to get the hero hooked. A crybaby who speaks her mind, she grows over the course of the story. Zhan Hansheng: CEO of a publicl 1.6kReads—Score10014d adds
- 175 Reborn, I Was Spoiled Rotten by President Gu 重生后，顾总她把我宠上天了 [One-on-one romance, female lead spoils male lead, strong female lead + reborn + sweet romance with no cheating + variety show] [Tsundere, sweet-on-the-outside schemer of a husband VS devoted, doting heroine] As the president of the Gu Group, Gu Sheng was inexplicably forced to take part in a travel variety show. At the start of the show, Gu Sheng wore a cool, indifferent expression. Elegant and aloof, her refined features embodied the very essence of cold detachment. “A variety show? Just a bo 2.6kReads9.1Score22014d adds
- 176 After Breaking His Vows, the Buddhist Heir Went on a Killing Spree 佛子他破戒后杀疯了 After the Buddhist Heir Broke His Vows, He Went on a Killing Spree 504Reads—Score1414d adds
- 177 The Yandere Actress Always Wants to Plot Against Me 病娇影后她总想对我图谋不轨 [Male-oriented angst × one heroine × she chases him after the breakup × marriage before love × older woman/younger man romance × showbiz × campus] A story of mutual salvation between two people with psychological wounds! The male lead is a sickly beauty, gentle and soft-spoken, but not weak. The heroine mistreats him at first, then chases after him later. … Sickly Lin Qingran was abused by his father and abandoned by his mother as a child. Beneath his obedient exterior lay a heart frozen and rot 3.9kReads9.0Score36014d adds
- 178 The Young Master Himself, at Your Service, Madam Sea King 公子本尊，参见海王夫人 This Young Master Appears in Person to Pay His Respects to the Sea King's Wife 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Don’t Call Me Sister, Call Me by My Name 别叫我姐姐，叫我的名字 Don't Call Me Sis, Call Me by My Name 154Reads—Score614d adds
- 180 How Many Sisters Do You Love? Your Lips Are Going to Be Kissed Raw 姐姐爱几个？姐姐嘴要被亲烂了 I want to show women that an older partner doesn't mean someone ancient, let alone some old creep. It's shorthand for someone capable: someone who can support and guide you, and knows how to solve problems. Even someone younger can embody that role, so don't fall into the misconception that being older automatically means being capable. One woman and three men: the tough wolf-dog VS the first love VS the insecure man Female lead: Puts on a cold front, tries to act like a man in a position of pow 9kReads—Score28514d adds
- 181 100 Days on the Run from My Wedding, and the CEO Became My Dance Partner 逃婚100天，霸总给我当舞伴 A Hundred Days on the Run from My Wedding, and the CEO Became My Dance Partner 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Moonfish 月亮鱼 [The Sun, Moon, and Stars Trilogy: Moon] Feel-good; poised, dazzling older woman and youthful, doting, love-struck younger man [Both are virgins and sexually inexperienced + they communicate openly + flirtatious sexual tension + 100% bossy older sister and devoted puppy-like younger man + fast-paced romance + pregnancy before marriage + nine-year age gap + adorable child + well-matched families] Shen Yu: A son who marries out is like water poured out. On Christmas Eve, Yu Yue met up with her bes 314Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 183 Wrapped in Clouds, At Ease 裹云舒 [She set a rule: no more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea for intimate moments. From then on, there was always tea left in the prince’s cup.] Radiant young miracle doctor vs. proud prince | Trade | Political intrigue | Secretly pining The ultimate push and pull | Obsessive adoration To restore order at court and root out bandits, the court summoned its battle-hardened prince back to the capital. The prince was nearing thirty and still unmarried. He also had a peculiar fondness for 2.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Rejecting the Campus Belle Ten Times, I Unlock the Scumbag Finance System 十拒校花表白，开启渣男金融系统 Campus Beauty | Childhood Friend | Married Woman | System | Nurturing | Police Beauty | Female Doctor | Lu Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. After rejecting the ten confessions of the campus beauty who betrayed him in his past life, he activates the Bad Boy System. [Perfect Ten System: Win the Hearts of Ten Women Whose Fates Were Tragic in Their Past Lives] [Mission rewards: including, but not limited to, stocks, lottery predictions, and physical enhancements] Lu Yan has just made a show of 547Reads—Score3514d adds
- 185 After Entering the Wrong Room, I Was Spoiled Every Day by a Handsome Younger Guy 走错房间后，我被帅弟弟日日宠 Lin Wanyu was set up by her scumbag boyfriend and her poisonous best friend, then sold to a dirt-poor mountain village to be the wife of a family with a dim-witted son. The wicked trafficker known as her “vicious mother-in-law” beat her mercilessly, tormenting her until she wanted to end it all. She seized every chance to escape, but each time she was caught and beaten again. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't escape the clutches of this family of fools. The trafficker insisted that 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 A Top Hunter's Guide to Turning the Tables 顶级猎手反杀指南 A Top Hunter’s Guide to Turning the Tables 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Hehuan Sect, but I'm a Mortal 合欢宗，但我是凡人 The Hehuan Sect, but I'm a Mortal 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Honest Man’s Wrath 老实人地怒火 The Honest Man's Fury 24Reads—Score114d adds
- 189 After Losing My Memory, I Dream That My Husband Is So Gentle Every Night 失忆后，梦见夫君他夜夜都很温柔 [One woman, two male leads, twin brothers competing for her] [Forced love] [Everyday life] [A touch of ensemble cast] [Dark, calculating immortal with a fatherly vibe + wicked, flirtatious demon lord x soft, delicate white lotus] Jiang Li has lost her memory and been taken in by a handsome man who looks like an immortal descended from heaven. He tells her he is her husband. She believes him. After all, apart from being poor, he treats her very well. It’s just that he’s far too forceful at night, 5.7kReads8.7Score64214d adds
- 190 Heaven-Defying Playboy: My Master Is a Useless Immortal 逆天纨绔：我的师尊是废仙 Heaven-Defying Playboy: My Master Is a Useless Immortal 60Reads—Score214d adds
- 191 The Mountain Village's Peaches Are Ripe 山村蜜桃熟了 Village simpleton Li Ming is taken in for eight years, enduring nothing but contempt. By chance, he gains the ancient legacy of Shennong, and from then on his medical skills reach the heavens and his cultivation advances by leaps and bounds. When his mind clears, he discovers the feelings others have secretly harbored for him all these years, as well as the secret buried by the village chief. See how Li Ming uses his miraculous medical skills and cultivation techniques to carve out a path to a c 10.5kReads6.3Score68514d adds
- 192 Venerable Lord of Acacia 合欢尊主 Hedonistic Lord 179Reads—Score1114d adds
- 193 My Unhinged Wife Is a Little Pig 疯批媳妇儿是小猪 [Childhood Friends] [Loyal Dog] [Unhinged] [Wife-Obsessed Protector] He Pingye was knocked silly, and became both crazy and domineering. But nobody knew he had simply been reborn. In his previous life, he died horribly. His soul drifted without a home as he watched the "little pig" he had personally cared for and protected for twenty years, his little moon, sacrifice her freedom and lose the use of her legs for dancing in order to avenge him. She endured everything in silence, suffering one humi 4.5kReads—Score25614d adds
- 194 The Smooth-Talking Young Master Is Clumsy, Wild, and Loves to Play 茶系皇少又菜又野又爱玩 (1v1 • Devoted Couple • Strong Heroine • Female Top • Redemption Story • Modern Alternate Universe • Sweet Romance) Warning: If you like stories about two equally powerful leads, please move along!!!! The strongest esper heroine, a devoted wife, VS a beautiful, delicate boy with a fragile, soft body!!! Di Qingzhao has an IQ of 200, a cool and detached temperament, and little capacity for affection. Later, Di Qingzhao picked up a man as beautiful as glazed glass. He was the most beautiful perso 1.4kReads9.1Score11614d adds
- 195 My Youthful Romance 我的青春爱恋 Lin Wan had a secret talent: the poems she wrote reflected the truest colors of people’s hearts. Then, one autumn, Zheng Hao, wearing a dark green sweater, stood in the light and asked her if she liked Yu Qiuyu. For the first time, her pen trembled, and the colors on the page blurred into something out of place. She spent three years of her youth writing poems for him, gave him her first night beneath the moonlight in a white shirt, and even followed him into the neon-lit depths of the night. Bu 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 President Qin’s Darling Husband Is Sweet and Flirty 秦总的小娇夫他又奶又撩 [Strong Female Lead, Female Lead Dotes on Male Lead, Sweet Romance with No Angst] Everyone in the capital’s elite circles knew the He family doted on their youngest son, never letting him show his face in public. Nobody expected their low-key, mysterious young master, He Xunzhi, to enter the entertainment industry. Before meeting Qin Daiqing, He Xunzhi dreamed of becoming a movie star. After meeting her, he was either getting jealous or on the lookout for fake sweethearts. Acting became somethin 4.7kReads8.9Score34014d adds
- 197 The God of War Says We Should Switch Wives 战神说换个老婆 The God of War Said to Get a New Wife 37Reads—Score414d adds
- 198 After We Moved In Together, Uncle Became Way Too Clingy! 同居后，叔叔实在太粘人啦！ [Good girl + pregnant + frail heroine + pregnancy + devoted couple] At 21, Su Ruanqing is sent by her adoptive parents to live under the care of Gu Yanzhou, head of the Gu family. Her parents worry the Liu family will object to her presence when her brother, Su Linchuan, gets engaged to their only daughter, Liu Ruyan. Everyone knows Gu Yanzhou is stern and old-fashioned, and has no interest in women. * Su Ruanqing, an adopted daughter, has always secretly loved her brother, Su Linchuan. When she 1.8kReads—Score11414d adds
- 199 Uncle, Don’t Run Away 小叔别逃 Uncle, Don’t Run 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Wutong 悟桐 A refined, dignified young man from a distinguished family and his wild little niece (no blood relation). When Shen Tong was little, a big yellow dog carried her to Old Master Shen. Before he died, Old Master Shen entrusted her to the Tang family. Third Master Tang is aloof, cold, and indifferent to women, yet he finds himself drawn to her again and again. Tang San: The girl in my family is young. Don't scare her! Bang! Shen Tong kicked her romantic rival to the ground. Tang San: Good girl. It's 51Reads—Score—14d adds
