Novels like Rising to the Top of the Jianghu in '95
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Rising to the Top of the Jianghu in '95, best match first.
- 101 Live-Streaming the Handcrafting of a Resurrection Potion, Experts Rush to Seal Off the Village Overnight 直播手搓复活药，专家连夜来封村 Lu Dapao cobbled together a resurrection potion out of scrap metal and raised a dead three-eyed crab until it had two-meter-long claws, which crushed an empty liquefied gas cylinder on the spot. A vocational school dropout, he returned to his village to run an agricultural machinery repair shed and make ends meet by livestreaming his scrap-metal inventions. After binding himself to the Unconventional Engineering Livestream System, he could cobble together high-tech gadgets from old pumps, discar 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 A World of Superpowers: From the Start, I'm an Undying Demi-Human 全民超能，我开局不死亚人 [Superpowers for All · Nearly Invincible Protagonist · Decisive and Ruthless · Original Dungeons] The world’s matter has multiplied a thousandfold! Threats to the planet and dangers from beyond the universe arrive at the same time. Every native of Blue Star can gain superpowers, and Gao Yao gets a trump card worthy of a royal flush: “Demi-Human.” Death? Just reload and start again. Relax. If you die enough times, you’ll eventually finish the mission. Monster: I heard our next mission is to face 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 My Cool and Aloof Junior, Age 21 我的21岁清冷学妹 When I first met Gu Yue, I didn’t feel anything special. I just thought we might become friends, nothing more. But later, Gu Yue became the one exception in my life. Years later, I was driving with her in the passenger seat. As familiar streets passed outside the window, I suddenly remembered when we had just made our relationship official, and couldn’t help smiling. She asked curiously why I was smiling. I said, “Nothing. I was just thinking about when we first got together. Back then, I was al 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Thunderclap 惊雷 This is the story of an ordinary person's ups and downs, one among the countless people in the world: you, me, and him. Told from the perspective of a small-time figure, it depicts the realities of officialdom and recounts his fate during the ten years of rectifying conduct, enforcing discipline, and clearing away the political haze. After ten years in prison, he refused to repeat his past mistakes and vowed to turn over a new leaf. Yet people are not so forgiving, and after repeated setbacks, h 25Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 105 I Told You to Take It Easy, Not Take Over the Entertainment Industry 让你当咸鱼，没让你卷翻娱乐圈 Lin Zhou was a top producer in his previous life, worked himself to death, and came back reborn wanting only to be a lazy fish and slack off. Unexpectedly, he became bound to the Reverse Lazy Fish System, and things went further and further off course… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 My Online Girlfriend Was a Guy from the Start 开局网恋女友是男的 Infinite-flow + quick transmigration + sidelined System + redemption The original world: My online girlfriend was a man from the start (completed) The overbearing CEO's contract and the groveling ex's pursuit of his wife both go completely off the rails (ongoing) Liu Yu, a corporate drone who had been single his entire life, thought he had finally gotten his chance to turn his life around. But on the day he met his online date in person, everything went disastrously wrong, and he nearly lost his 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 I'm a Top-Tier Rich Second Generation, and I've Transmigrated to 1959 顶级富二代的我穿越到1959年 [Period drama] + [Warm family life] + [Pocket dimension] + [Funny everyday moments] + [No angst] + [Black market] + [Beijing flavor] “Master Lin~ Don’t be like that~” In 2026, Lin Ze, the heir to a billionaire family, unexpectedly transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard home in 1959, becoming Chen Yuan, a boy who can barely get enough to eat or stay warm. He later awakens a pocket dimension through a System and unlocks a farm that grows crops a hundred times faster! Facing three years of hardship, 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Master of Illusions 幻戏师 Traditional Illusion Arts × Urban Underworld × Psychological Trickery × Deadly Protection [A Cure for a Reading Slump] This isn't a mindless power fantasy, and the villains aren't idiots! Every illusion is a life-or-death gamble, and every act of trust is a knife to the heart. From the sole survivor of a family massacre to a “fixer,” how does someone walking a tightrope between rules and human nature become the one who makes the rules? “They taught me that magic tricks fool the eyes. My dad said —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 King of the Reverse Scales 逆鳞之王 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 After the Grim Reaper Retires, Superpowers Collapse Worldwide 活阎王退休后，全球异能崩塌 Mu Lei was once the Underworld's most feared top assassin, codenamed the Living Yama. Three years ago, he returned from the brink of death after taking a bullet to the heart. By chance, he awakened an incredible ability: he can see everyone's countdown to death, and whenever someone dies, time resets, letting him reload a save. But what he never expected was that his body was the ultimate product of the Phoenix Project: a living coffin. Every reset loosens the coffin lid and drains his life forc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Back in My Senior Year, My Tsundere Campus Beauty Deskmate 重回高三，我的傲娇女校花同桌 [Urban Rebirth] [Multiple Heroines] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Campus Belle, White Moonlight] Chen Chaosheng, the youngest genius trader, is unexpectedly reborn and sent back to his senior-year exams. How do you solve this math problem? Need an answer online, and fast. That year, there was no Honor of Kings, no short videos, let alone new energy or artificial intelligence... From a rising game streamer to an investment tycoon who builds a business empire. Lying in bed, trillionaire Chen Chaoshe 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Life as a Neighbor to a Flight Attendant 和空姐做邻居的日子 (A realistic story with sweetness and heartbreak, vivid descriptions, explicit writing, and multiple heroines.) Five years after Chen Linfeng broke up with his first love, they meet again. She is now a cold, aloof female CEO. After five years as a low-ranking clerk, he is finally on the verge of promotion, but someone sets him up using a fake flight attendant, nearly ruining his career. After getting out, he soon meets a real flight attendant, a beautiful, aloof, wealthy woman who has just moved 445Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 113 After I Was Reborn, I Took My Enemy's Grand Prize 重生后，拿走仇人的大奖 [Tycoon fantasy + everyday life + characters with brains] Yang Ze, reborn in the past: “Bro, did you know you won a hundred million in the lottery in your previous life?” “What? You want to know why you won't win this time?” “Because I claimed it for you. How else would I have money to invest and achieve financial freedom?” 1.8kReads7.0Score11314d adds
- 114 The Flying Dagger Seeks Love: My Cultivation Technique Can Reverse Energy Absorption 飞刀问情：我的功法能反采补 Also known as: The Rise to Fame of the Little Li Flying Dagger See how a modern man, moving between the martial world and the imperial court, starts with nothing and becomes a grandmaster. I am Li Huan, known throughout the martial world as the Little Li Flying Dagger. A true martial arts novel. Wuxia isn't dead, just fading away. 83Reads6.0Score714d adds
- 115 It Began with a Fleeting Romance 从一场风花雪月开始 Make merry with the one you love, whether it's fate or misfortune! The workplace, business rivalries, and political intrigue. On a high-speed train, Zhang Ze shares a romantic encounter with a woman. He never imagined the heroine of this story would turn out to be his company's general manager... 3.2kReads8.9Score19714d adds
- 116 Superpower Game: Fantasy Westward Journey 超能游戏之梦幻西游 In 2088, the age of VR for all, immersive Fantasy Westward Journey sweeps the globe! Hu Jiulang, the Dragon Prince of the Dragon Palace, loves a woman so desperately that he grovels at her feet. He stays up night after night crafting and selling talismans, giving everything he has to support the gold-digging Wang Xinxin. He spends his gold, splurges on gear, buys outfits, and wears nothing but starter equipment himself. He's become the server's laughingstock, a lovesick talisman peddler! But his 919Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 117 A Rich Heiress Woke Up in the Body of an Ordinary Working-Class Girl 豪门千金一觉醒来魂穿草根普女 A mishap sends Yao Jinling, a wealthy heiress, into the body of an ordinary woman from humble beginnings who is struggling to make ends meet. What seems like the start of a nightmare also marks the beginning of her legendary comeback. At work, she fights her way from an oppressed intern to someone who proves her worth and shatters prejudice. In love, she decisively dumps her “toxic” boyfriend, then stays true to herself amid a tangled love triangle. On her entrepreneurial journey, a lack of fun 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Thunderstruck, I Transmigrated Into a Book, and the Yandere Heroine Came Knocking 惊雷穿书，病娇女主找上门来了 [Multiple heroines] [Yandere] [Women pursue men] [No NTR] [Super sweet later on] (Transmigrates with no original host) Zhou Chen was a yandere novelist. One rainy night, he was struck by lightning and transmigrated into the yandere world he had written. Aloof heiress: “Senior, you promised to take care of me for the rest of my life. You haven’t forgotten, have you?” Tsundere shop manager: “You said you’d play the yandere game with me. You haven’t forgotten, have you, A Chen?” Mad CEO: “Good dog, 102Reads—Score1314d adds
- 119 My Nightclub Owner 我的夜店老板娘 A special forces commander returns to the city and meets the owner of a nightclub, an independent, confident, beautiful, and mysterious woman. She has an air unlike anyone else. Not only is she a successful businesswoman, she is also a woman with deep-buried feelings and a complicated past. One sinister hand after another reaches for him. Watch as he turns the tide and changes the course of events. 78Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 120 After Maxing Out My Audacity, I Became a Natural Disaster 豪意值拉满后，我成了人间天灾 The more humiliating the moment, the greater his power. One finger can suppress a catastrophe. After Lin Zhao awakened his System, he discovered that the more people mocked him, the more calamities he could seal away. At the military training showcase, the whole school laughed at him for acting like a chuuni. The Heavenly Gate split open, and he sealed it with one finger. At the cafeteria counter, everyone thought he had gone crazy. When the Mirror Ghost reached out, he sealed the calamity with 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 1983: From Street Vendor to Multinational Tycoon 1983：从摆地摊到跨国首富 I was dealt a terrible hand, but I'll defy fate and turn my life around! Reborn in 1983, Chen Weidong returns to the turning point of his life. In his previous life, he died with his name unjustly tarnished. This time, he swears to rewrite it all! Starting with a clothing workshop on the verge of bankruptcy, he faces malicious suppression from competitors and layer upon layer of policy restrictions. But with vision and courage far ahead of his time, he starts out selling goods at a street stall —Reads—Score114d adds
- 122 A Pregnant Blind Date? I Tearfully Order Australian Lobster and Make a Million 相亲怀孕女？我含泪点澳洲龙虾，狂赚百万 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 My Two Years of Hard Work Were Stolen: The Heiress Is Actually My Sister 两年心血被偷：豪门千金竟是我姐 Cheng Yiyan had imagined the worst that could happen to him: His business plan stolen, his girlfriend handed over to a rich heir, and being forced off the stage in front of everyone at a competition: "You think you belong at the head table?" He gritted his teeth and accepted it. He thought the biggest fight of his life would be getting back what had been stolen from him. Then two women knocked on his door, one after the other. One was calm and restrained. She helped steady the table for him, sai 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 At 21, I Worked Every Kind of Odd Job at the Bottom of Society 21岁，我打遍了底层的各种零工 For four years, I've been trying to cure an incurable illness by working odd jobs. [A slice-of-life story, light comedy, nothing too dark, personal growth, and a comeback. Give it a try...] Everyone cries at some point in their twenties. I'm no exception. What about you? Have you found a job? How is it going? At an age when our ambitions reach for the sky, I want to be the master of my own life. If I work fast enough, even the capitalists can't keep up with me! In the bustling city, everyone in 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 A Look Back at Life in the Political Arena 官场之回溯人生 [Officialdom] + [Face-Slapping] + [Feel-Good Story] + [Smart Protagonist] + [Multiple Heroines] After an unexpected accident, Li Huan comprehended the “Lie” character from the Nine-Character Mantra, gaining control over space and time. It all begins with mastering the character “Lie.” 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Evil God Taught Me Math and Science: Bad Grades Make You Mutate 邪神教我数理化，成绩不好就异化 [Knowledge Ascension + Lovecraftian + Mist + Soul Transmigration] Xue Ba, a civil engineer, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Misty Continent and becomes a refugee, scraping by by serving time in prison on someone else's behalf. Then one day, after being framed as a serious criminal, he glimpses a god during an evil ritual. They say that anyone who understands a god's whispers can gain the power it bestows. As it happens, Xue Ba understands the god's cryptic babbling: language, math, physics, ch 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 A Japanese Travelogue: Meeting Sakura, My Blind Senpai 日本旅行物语：遇见盲学姐樱咲 This is a story about a fourteen-day summer graduation trip, and meeting a blind Japanese girl. Her name is Ono Sakurasaki. Her eyesight is poor, but she can make out colors. We first met at the airport, then traveled to many places together: the wind on the Enoden, the night beside the Kamo River, flowers atop a mountain in Nara, and the sight of her standing before Mount Fuji in a milky-white dress. I thought it was just a trip. Only later did I realize I was learning how to say goodbye. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 A Good-for-Nothing’s Tomorrow Is the Day After Yesterday 废柴的明天是后天的昨天 (No formulaic tropes, no invincibility, fake System, no mindless stupidity, slow-paced and not a wish-fulfillment story.) The cracks Nuwa once mended have reappeared, and Void Beasts are running rampant in the human world. Lin Lan, a good-for-nothing struggling to find a job, originally just wanted to work honestly, save money, and drift through life in peace. But he gets dragged into a place called the [Void Realm]. This place connects the future, present, and past. There, death means the end i 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Transmigrating into Bright Sword: Laplace's Ghost Gun 穿越亮剑，拉普拉斯的幽灵之枪 [Don't Call Me a Sharpshooter, Call Me the God of Guns!] [War of Resistance] [Espionage] Xu Jinhuan transmigrates into Bright Sword and awakens the combat talent [Laplace's Ghost Gun]. He is, without a doubt, the strongest God of Guns! He joins the New First Regiment and establishes the Wolf Fang Special Forces. He bombards Sakamoto, takes out Yamazaki, and downs a Japanese warplane with two shots! He creates the Black-and-Red Ledger, drawing up lists of Japanese troops and traitors! Called upon 262Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Don't Mess with That Medical Student: His Main Job Is Hunter 别惹那个医学生，他主业是猎人 A third-year student at Yanhua University, Mo Lin appears to be an ordinary medical student, but he possesses the extremely rare bloodline of a Hunter. In this modern city overrun by monsters and haunted by ghosts, Hunters are the least bound by rules: they don't capture demons or ghosts; they only kill. To save up a sum of money, Mo Lin studies bandaging in class by day and hunts down monsters and vengeful spirits by night, moving between the black market and bloody battles. Then, on the first 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Reborn: The Gilded Years 重生之鎏金岁月 Also known as: Reborn: Saving My One True Love with AI Li Heng was reborn. Back in 2011, he was still a handsome eighth-grader. He had no money or power, just an offline version of DeepSeek and a nightmare he couldn't forget. In his previous life, a girl took the brunt of everything for him and died that summer during their ninth-grade year. He remembered her open eyes for fifteen years. This time, he swore he would save her. But what he hadn't expected was this: The childhood friend who used to 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Whatever You Do, Don't Marry Lin Xue 千万别娶林雪 On our wedding day, my “mentally unstable” bride opened a deadly game of chess with two slaps. At the wedding, my deranged ex made a scene, and the heiress from a prominent family lost her composure. Everyone pitied the Wang family's heir, Wang Bo, for marrying a madwoman with a scandalous past. Even my own father warned me to “keep the peace.” But I knew my beautiful wife, Lin Xue, vanished every night at three in the morning, cast no reflection in the mirror, and had some deadly calculation be 54Reads—Score214d adds
- 133 The Famine of the 1960s and a Local Rogue: Country Life Is the Best! 六零饥荒二溜子：乡村就是得劲！ [1960s + no System or spatial dimension + hunting in the mountains + genuine famine + rough-around-the-edges protagonist + coercion] “Chen Yang, I hope you… keep your promise.” The educated youth from the city is trying to save her little sister… and has to trade herself for half a jin of cornmeal. Having just transmigrated into the famine of 1960, Chen Yang sees what’s happening and hesitates for half a second before deciding to help. … “Chen Yang, you bastard! You liar! What happened to the 10.3kReads7.1Score92914d adds
- 134 My Neighbor's Best Friend Falls for Me 邻家闺蜜爱上我 My sister's best friend is gorgeous, with fair skin, and she's come to stay over. I decided to... New book launch! 140Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 135 Black Swan Meets the Eye of the Storm 黑天鹅遇上风暴眼 Gu Yanshen and Mu Qing were childhood friends. Then, nine years ago, a financial crisis bankrupted the Gu family. Gu Yanshen's father locked the family of four inside their home and tried to kill them all with charcoal fumes. By a twist of fate, Gu Yanshen survived, but lost contact with everyone. Mu Qing searched for him for years without success. Gu Yanshen crawled back from hell to seek revenge, misled into believing that the Mu family had kicked the Gu family while they were down. His acts o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Wish Maker Among the City Folk 活跃于都市中的愿望使 [Urban slice of life] [A somewhat heavy story] Consider this: if you had the chance to make your wish come true, but the price was being forced to fight, what would you do? Would you wager your wish and make a pact with the unknown, take on a mission with the power of miracles, and accept the layers of darkness hidden beneath their dazzling light? Or would you hold fast to the principles of an ordinary person and refuse to pay the price behind this gift? Bai An’an, an ordinary high school girl, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Reborn in 2007: Surrounded by Beautiful Women 重生2007，美女如云 Business empire + multiple entrepreneurial ventures + sweet romance + beauties everywhere Yuan Mufei was reborn at the most crucial turning point in his life: the summer before he started college. In his previous life, he had wasted four years at university, and after graduation, he had no choice in the matter. Given another life, he would not let himself fall into ruin or lose his first love. Throughout his four years at university, he studied and built businesses, striving forward with the per 1kReads6.2Score10014d adds
- 138 My Girlfriend Has a Mental Illness 我的精神病女朋友 [Based on a true story] [No System] [Realistic] [Tragedy] After being fired, Luo Yuan takes a job at an old psychiatric hospital, but a mute girl nearly costs him his life. The beautiful vice president of a top-tier hospital outside the city often comes looking for him and takes a special interest in him. A mysterious young woman appears out of nowhere, seemingly connected to his past. Three women from vastly different walks of life are all closely bound to him. In the end, everyone is trapped i 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 My Playlist Is a Little Over My Head 我的歌单有些超纲 An accidental listening session by astronomy enthusiast Lin Xiang became a turning point in the entire history of music on Blue Star. He didn’t pick up a greeting from an alien civilization. Instead, he intercepted a treasure trove of music pouring in from a parallel universe: epic masterpieces no one had ever heard, pop classics that should have taken the world by storm, and lost melodies hailed as legendary in another parallel timeline... From then on, the hit charts changed to his rhythm, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 From Picking Up Scrap to Southeast Asia's Big Boss 从捡破烂到东南亚大佬 No System + Southeast Asian Compounds + Crime + High-Octane Power Fantasy + An Underdog’s Rise In 2008, after his family is destroyed, sixteen-year-old Chen Ye is heartlessly kicked out by his stepmother. He drifts to Shangdu Railway Station, surviving by collecting scrap. He learns to read people and navigate the streets, steadily rising through the ranks. After amassing a vast fortune, he risks everything to flee to Southeast Asia. With ruthless moves and careful planning, he claims territory 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 From the Bottom to the Top: Using a Chat System to Win Girls' Favor 底层翻盘：靠聊天系统获女生好感 Chen Haofan was an ordinary man at the bottom of the ladder, aged thirty. He had no house, no car, and no girlfriend. By day, he worked as a temp at a company, and at night, he delivered takeout part-time. Introverted, insecure, low-key, and patient, he had already accepted his fate as one of society’s have-nots. Then, on his thirtieth birthday, the heavens gave him a chat System… 94Reads5.7Score314d adds
- 142 I Won the Lottery, Pretended to Be Poor on a Blind Date, and Saw Human Nature 中奖后装穷去相亲，我看到了人性 [Everyday Life + Multiple Heroines + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Human Nature] Yang Fan was an older bachelor with no prospects. He casually bought a lottery ticket and won a hundred million, going from penniless to the richest man in the county overnight. To put people’s true colors to the test, he chose to keep living a low-key life and see what the women he met on blind dates really thought of him... 443Reads7.6Score11914d adds
- 143 The Super-Time-Space Kaguya Princess! Afterstory 超时空辉夜姬！后日谈 Ayaha! I really want pancakes! But the taste System isn’t ready yet. Okay... I miss them so much. Today, we’re filling in the blanks the original left behind. Let’s go! And is Yachiyo going to get a physical body too?! 494Reads—Score10514d adds
- 144 Tides of Canton 粤海沉浮 [Plot + Romance + Office Life + Entrepreneurship + Striving + Romantic Encounters + Reflections on Life] It’s hard to teach people through reason. But one hard lesson from life can make them see the light. After his girlfriend cheats on him, Shen Linfeng resolutely gives up his job back home and heads to Shenzhen to make a life for himself. As he rides the ups and downs there, he weathers countless storms at work and in business, gradually breaking through his own limitations and taking unconven 1.8kReads8.1Score13814d adds
- 145 I Own a Resort 我有一个度假村 Life is about more than just getting by today. There are also poetry and faraway places. Youth and love never grow old. Don’t let your youth go to waste, and don’t lose the love in your life. When you’re feeling down, step outside and take a look at this beautiful world. 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 My Comeback Begins in a Crowd of Rich Women 逆袭从扎进富婆堆里开始 [Urban Slice of Life + Repaying Kindness Through Talent + Philanthropic Benefactor + Mystery of His Origins + Improving Humanity's Lot] Kicked out of school, I blunder into a lavish street for the rich. I cast aside my worthless pride, achieve financial freedom, and give back to the impoverished villagers suffering at the very bottom of society 244Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Sword Master in Blue 青衣剑主 An assassination claims the life of a prince; A flash of purple light sends a Sword God reborn across the cycles of time; A peerless manual unleashes bloodshed throughout the martial world; A young man sweeps across the eight corners of the world with his White Feather Dragon Spear; A Taoist uses the River Luo chessboard to lay plans for the world; Fate brings the three together. They ride side by side through the martial world, singing over wine as they take in its finest sights. (There is a go 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Jian Yu’s Absurd Daily Life 简玉的离谱日常 Jian Yu is a wild country girl with "funny" written right into her DNA. These are true stories from Jian Yu's life and work... Open this book and get ready to laugh until you crow. After all, no one can stop this wild girl from turning everyday life into one never-ending comedy. Her thought process is always outlandish, and her hands and feet are always half a beat ahead of her brain. She can turn the most ordinary days into a commotion that makes the neighbors and her friends laugh like flowers 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 One Life, Two Souls 一命双生 Though they were twins, they were not destined to share the same fate. An unexpected catastrophe changed the brothers' peaceful lives forever. Their older brother and parents vanished under mysterious circumstances, never to be heard from again. After years apart, fate brought the twins together once more. But there was no escaping destiny. In the end, the young man took on his brother's name, carried on his obsession, and shouldered the blood feud against his entire family. From a meek nobody t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 A Collection of Modern Shanghai Stories 上海现代故事集 Volume Two: A New Shanghai Mom. She has a second child, a son and a daughter, though her daughter’s troubles in middle school already have her at her wits’ end. She used to think she’d be happy as long as she had a modestly comfortable life, and at least she could count on her husband. But then her deranged sister-in-law shows up and turns both families’ lives into a complete mess! Volume One: An only daughter who has been abroad for twenty years rushes back to Shanghai to claim her grandmother 190Reads—Score—14d adds
