Novels like Shut Up! I'm Not a Monster
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- 1 The Underworld King Awakes and Opens a Coffee Shop 冥王醒来开了家咖啡店 No heroine, invincible protagonist, somewhat dark, decisive and ruthless, not a goody-goody, no pointless chatter, no mindless power fantasy, and characters who aren’t one-dimensional. The story is fully outlined, and the main plot is complete. Enjoy with confidence. Lu Zangtian has been unable to reincarnate for fifty thousand years in the underworld. He nearly beats the entire underworld to pieces and becomes the King of the Underworld. Yama and the other judges can only lament: When is this 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Prehistoric Park: Rebuilding the Lost Prehistoric World 史前公园：重建消失的史前世界 Wu Xun binds himself to the Time-Tracing System, which can travel through time and space, but immediately turns it over to the state. Beginning with the dodo, an epic national project gets underway: retrieving, one by one from the depths of time, the ecosystems lost by the entire Earth. The nation's most professional team uses the most rigorous science to bring the most romantic story to life. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Rules of Survival in a Duel 决斗生存法则 In a world where dueling arenas reign supreme, everyone may possess different talents, along with attributes that can definitely be honed through hard work: strength, speed, defense, and flexibility. Contestants compete for the money, status, and fame that come with winning in the arena. There are no protagonists in the dueling arena, only winners and losers. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Seedling Science 苗科 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 System, You Won't Get Away with This 系统你别想好过 System, Don’t Think You’ll Get Off Easy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 A Poor Student at a Concert? Wearing Designer Brands? Sorry, We're Taking Back Your School Aid 贫困生看演唱会？穿名牌？抱歉学校的资助要收回来 A Poor Student Attending Concerts? Wearing Designer Brands? Sorry, Your School Aid Is Being Taken Back 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Contra: Mengting 魂斗罗梦婷 My new work is out! Feel free to visit Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 An Accidental Heartbeat 过失心动 A marriage-free “rich lady” × a hard-working programmer pressured to get married A car accident shattered Sun Xiaotong’s plans to stay single and sent her crashing into Zhang Hao’s heart. She has a house and a car and wants to live alone for the rest of her life. He rents and works hard, determined to build a family and a career. When guilt turns into love and tenderness breaks down prejudice, a spark born from an accident becomes a salvation they find in each other. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Why Has the Dragon King Returned Again? 龙王怎么又归来了 Why Has the Dragon King Returned Again? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Domineering Baby Dragon Falls for Me 霸道奶龙爱上我 The Domineering Baby Dragon Falls in Love with Me 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 My Ice-Cold Ex-Wife Wanted a Divorce. I Agreed, So She Went After a Punk Girl 高冷前妻要离婚，我同意后找上精神小妹 My Cold, Aloof Ex-Wife Wants a Divorce. After I Agreed, I Went After a Spirited Girl 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 I'm Straight, and Surviving in This BL World Is No Easy Feat 直男的我在这个BL世界里艰难求生 A Straight Guy Struggling to Survive in This BL World —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Don't Put Up with Anyone Who's Not Normal 不是正常人我不惯着 I Won't Put Up with Anyone Who Isn't Normal —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Losing Lawyer 不胜律师 The Unsuccessful Lawyer —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 What? Are You Going to Arrest Me, Officer? 怎么？你要逮捕我吗？警官大人 One police report uncovers a case buried for years at an orphanage. They grew up in the same place, so why did he fall in love with me? No one ever brings up Lu Chengyu and Gu Yanchen’s past. And the people who were buried? They can’t remember them anymore. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Ring on the Left, Time on the Right 戒指在左，时光在右 The Ring on the Left, Time on the Right —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Perfect Self-Cultivation of a Background Character 路人甲的完美自我修养 The Perfect Self-Cultivation of a Nobody —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Auntie Wang's Diary of Complaints from the Rich and Powerful 王妈的豪门吐槽日记 Wang Ma’s Diary of Complaints About the Wealthy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Who Ate My Mango? 谁偷吃了我的芒果 Who Ate My Mango? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Meeting You Again in Jiangnan 江南再逢君 Meeting You Again in Jiangnan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Hilarious Little Zombie Falls for the Ice-Cold Immortal Maiden 爆笑小僵尸恋上清冷仙子 The Hilarious Little Zombie Falls for the Cold, Aloof Fairy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 I'm His Childhood Friend and Dark Moonlight, and I'm Number One in His Heart 我是竹马黑月光，在他心里我稳拿第一 I’m the childhood sweetheart who’s his dark moonlight, and I’m firmly number one in his heart. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 A Fortunate Young Master 公子多福 A Young Master Blessed with Good Fortune 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Is There Something Off About My Infinite-Flow Game? 我的无限流是不是不太对劲 [Infinite Flow] [1v1] [Dungeons] [Not much romance, but probably counts as girl-boy romance] [Female Protagonist] Ye Qian, a twenty-six-year-old corporate drone, died from overwork while putting in yet another round of overtime. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in some lousy Main God Space, faced with a bunch of ridiculously old-fashioned multiple-choice questions. She thought she'd gotten the usual corporate-drone-transmigrates-into-an-Infinite-Flow story, but something seemed off. W 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Help! A Yandere Loli Is Forcing Me to Play Games with Her! 救命！病娇萝莉逼我陪她打游戏！ [Yandere System, games, growing male lead, angsty main plot] After taking his own life, a failed web-novel author was dragged into a strange space, where a yandere, scheming little girl of a System forced him to play one game after another. Plants vs. Zombies, Red Alert, Warcraft… What lies behind the levels? What truth is hidden in the world beyond the cage? Embark on a bizarre, hilarious fantasy adventure and play a different kind of hero’s game. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 No Spiritual Roots, Yet I Sweep Through the Cultivation World! I'm Serious! 无灵根横扫修仙界，我是认真的！ No spiritual roots | A cultivation system of his own making | A hilariously ruthless man | play the pig to eat the tiger | No System My name is Jiang Shijie. I transmigrated into the cultivation world and inherited a body blessed with "great fortune," only to discover one thing: I had no spiritual roots. In a world where spiritual roots determine everything, I couldn't even cultivate to immortality. But I just smiled. "If I don't have spiritual roots, I'll forge my own path!" Daoist mantras —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Rule Horror: I Dismantle the World at a Wellness Center 规则怪谈：我在康养中心拆解世界 At four in the morning, three black cars stopped outside the convalescent center. They took away Subject 047, a “madman” who had lived there for five years and never taken medication. Qingshan City was swallowed by the rules. All three squads sent to break the deadlock had gone missing. The Bureau dug out the last page of his file: “This subject’s thought patterns are unconventional and unsuitable for standard treatment.” Others use their wits to break the rules. He does it by going mad. Because —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I Restore Cultural Relics in Dunhuang, and They Come to Life 我在敦煌修文物，结果文物活了 Restorer Chen Mo receives a secret order from his mentor, Huang Youwei, to help restore the national treasure, The Demon-Subduing Path to Enlightenment. But as he works on the mural, he glimpses eerie visions. On a night when the Mogao Caves tremble, the sound of a bamboo flute drifts in from the desert. Su Fang, Gesang, Situ Feng, and Sun Dayu are brought together by their respective fates. The five form a team and follow an anomalous signal from deep in the desert, stepping into a “rift in tim —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 A Hundred Thousand a Day: I’m Choosing Saints in the Apocalypse 日薪十万：我在末世筛选圣人 In 3026, an invisible haze blankets the globe. Breathe it for more than three hours, and anxiety drives you mad. Endure it for six months, and your consciousness collapses. Only the Duoluo Bead can keep you alive. A hundred thousand a day to join a mysterious organization. With relic glasses, I can read the energy levels of thousands and seek out the world's saints. War intensifies the haze, villains manipulate the data, and humanity has only thirty years left. With a mortal body, I will forge a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 After Taking the Monkey as My Disciple, I Became the Power Behind the Three Realms 收徒猴子后，我成了三界幕后大佬 Sun Song transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West and activates the Invincible Dojo System. The System grants him absolute power within the grounds of his own dojo, but the price is that the moment he steps outside, he becomes an ordinary mortal again. Its main mission is for him to found a sect, take on many disciples, and spread the Dao. Sun Song, however, wants nothing more than to rot away in this perfectly safe turtle shell, enjoying a carefree life of endless idleness and immortal 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Easygoing Maid and Her Always-Rushing Young Master 清闲丫鬟与她的匆忙少爷 Shen Luanliu, a maid in the Duke’s mansion, always keeps one rule in mind: when the young master has business to attend to, she must be discreet. She examines herself three times a day so she can serve him at close quarters. But things never go as planned, and she ends up catching Gong Jinxing’s attention, prompting him to reflect... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Quick Transmigration: I'm a Villainess, So Why Do All the Male Leads Love Me? 快穿我是恶女哎，怎么男主都爱我 [Quick transmigration + stealing someone else's love + a touch of universal adoration + 1vN + all male leads are devoted + green tea heroine] Xinyu is the ace of the Quick Transmigration Romance Bureau. There's no plot she can't conquer when she steps in. Especially the men who were supposed to belong to the original heroine. For some reason, the moment they meet Xinyu, they all turn into her dogs, each one eager to orbit around her. Male leads: What? The original heroine? Sorry, we barely even 2.2kReads—Score231Shelves
- 33 In the Clouds, I Know Immortality 云深知长生 Immortality, xianxia, slow-burn, imaginative, no saintly heroine, no System, alternate history A journey that can only be reached after death, and a meeting of forgetting and farewell. A nameless boy strays into the Flower Realm of the Divine Realm, where he meets a flower fairy imprisoned for a thousand years and Lu Shanshan, a girl who is always smiling. During half a year of wandering, he sees all the splendor and desolation of the Divine Realm, yet can never remember who he is. Until the day —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Cause and Effect 平因，安果 “I... wasn't I dead?” “What do you think?” a voice replied, amusement lurking in its tone. Half-human and half-ghost, Bei Chengpeng had already fallen on the execution grounds. Now, suddenly, he had returned. In the distance stood three gods. Farther still was a shadow, faint and elusive. “The world is an illusion, and nothing is as it was. Despair, won't you? You don't need to understand. Why look for so much meaning? “Keep a calm heart and let everything go. Be puzzled, won't you? You have to 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Cornered and Surrounded! I Turned Around and Devoured the Ultimate Demon Lord 绝境！围杀！我反手吞了终极魔主 Others guard tombs, but I guard immortals. The ancient mastermind has set its sights on me! Chen Xuan transmigrates into a cultivation world as a cannon-fodder character and awakens the “Tomb Keeper” fate. He is sent to guard the Immortal-Burying Mountain Range, a colossal graveyard containing an ancient immortal sect, the Ark of the Other Shore, and battlefields from across the heavens! Others cultivate with spiritual energy. Chen Xuan cultivates by “looting corpses”! He finds the Earth Emperor 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The End Witch Just Wants to Slacken Off 终焉魔女只想摆烂 A doomsday witch who has lived for 1,300 years goes to Blue Star to work as an ordinary office clerk. Her monthly salary is 3,500, and her rent is 2,200. Perfect-attendance bonuses matter more than saving the world. A coworker's lemon candy is more useful than the Sword of Doomsday. The last batch of buns at the shop downstairs matters more to her than the remnants of the Shadow-Eater. The seal is weakening. Demonic energy is leaking through. The head of the investigation team comes knocking. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Hey! I Just Want to Enjoy Pure Love in a Matriarchal World 喂！我只想在女尊世界玩纯爱啊 [Transmigration + women hold power and men are subordinate + NO male pregnancy (please avoid if this bothers you) + pure love + devoted to each other] Jiang Zhaodi, who grew up in a family that favored boys over girls, falls off a cliff while fleeing an arranged marriage. When she wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated to a world where women hold power and men are subordinate?! Here, women rule... And she is Jiang Muning, the eldest princess of the current dynasty... The Outcast, above al 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Heir, Stand Amid the Torrential Rain and Face the Road Home 传承者，立于滂沱向归途 [Fantasy] [Coming of Age] [Ensemble Cast] [Lighthearted] [Mystery] [Unconventional Love Triangle] [Unbreakable Friendship] From Songfeng Town to the Forest of Divine Sight, a flash of fateful light sets three boys on the path to awakening. An extraordinary adventure begins in an extraordinary summer. Lin Lezhi never imagined that a trip to the South China Sea would send her tumbling into another world. When she wakes, she is in a strange forest. A man named Mo Weiyao tells her that she has awake 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Transmigrated into Xiang Yu, I Saved Yu Ji and Built the Great Chu Empire 魂穿项羽，救了虞姬，铸大楚帝国 [Tragic Overlord + Lady Yu who dies for love + engineering graduate's soul transmigration + Wu River death trap from the start + Great Chu Empire + immortal martial life] The Overlord cultivates immortality? No, once I've saved Lady Yu, beaten Liu Bang into submission, and unified the Central Plains, I'll go explore. The starting point of the Overlord's Palace in an immortal martial world. Return to Earth and let Lady Yu experience a different kind of adventure. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Devouring the Heavens, Starting with Soul Land 从斗罗开始吞噬诸天 This novel is pure brainless fun, so if you want something that makes you think, don't read it. [Transmigration]+ [Devouring]+ [Evolution]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [Douluo Dalu]+ [Primordial Chaos]+ [Invincibility]+ [Behind-the-Scenes]+ [the Myriad Worlds] “Since this world is ruled by the law of the jungle, I'll become the strongest predator of all.” Zhou Tian transmigrates to Douluo Dalu and becomes a weak Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but awakens the “Devour Heaven and Earth” System. From then on, h 43Reads—Score106Shelves
- 41 Chen Yu’s Taming and Counterattack Plan 陈屿的驯养反杀计划 Shen Sisi only wanted to keep her relationship with Chen Yu strictly master and servant. She thought Chen Yu would always be obedient and gentle, and know his place. But one late night, Chen Yu barged into her room and slowly closed in. Shen Sisi panicked. “Chen Yu, what are you doing? I’m your master.” Chen Yu’s gaze was obsessive as he spoke in a low voice. “Sorry, Master. I want to move up in the world.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Barge and the Fading Lotus 兰舟残荷 “A leaf drifts away from Wanzhou at dusk; the orchid boat returns, ripples stirring among the withered lotuses.” [Fictional ancient setting / political intrigue / archaic style / presented as a pseudo-historical document / many original elements / two male leads] [The first half focuses mostly on everyday local affairs; political intrigue begins in the second half] [Unhurried storytelling, no AI] [Sharp-tongued and sinister] the disgraced crown prince sent to a remote posting [Cool-headed and ra 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The God of Slam Dunk 灌篮之神 Sun Song is an ordinary young man from the city. One morning, he wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Slam Dunk, where he’s become a first-year student at Shohoku High. Before he can recover from the shock, a cold mechanical voice rings in his mind: [Ding! God-Tier Slam Dunk System activated! Host bound: Sun Song. This System is designed to cultivate a basketball god. Touch a basketball to grow stronger, and complete quests to earn skills, attributes, and item rewards. Be 423Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 I Became the Eldest Daughter in a Farming Family, Hunting, Farming, and Raising the Future Chief Minister 穿成农家长姐，打猎种田养首辅 [Farming + special abilities + hunting to support the family + building wealth + raising children + extremely slow-burn] Lin Nanxing, a military medic and special forces soldier from the apocalypse, transmigrates to an ancient farming village with her wood-based ability. She arrives to find herself in a living nightmare: her father is dead, her mother is gone, and she is left with ten-year-old twin siblings and a premature baby who still needs nursing. Her awful grandparents and uncles want to h 13.2kReads7.4Score1.4kShelves
- 45 Not Enough Time to Confess 时间不够告白 Lin Chuxie finds a dusty old diary in a shabby rental apartment. Using a QQ number, she unexpectedly gets to know Song Shenghan, who lives a thousand miles away. Lin Chuxie never imagined that a stranger a thousand miles away could heal the dark, suffocating world of her eighteenth year. They share their innermost thoughts through a screen, healing one another across mountains and seas, and quietly fall for each other in a time no one else knows about. In this vast sea of people, to meet among m 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 My Identity Was Stolen, So I Proved My Divine Powers with My Corpse! 身份被替，我以尸证神通！ [Setting: Kui Ba + Venom + Ultraman + Saint Seiya] [Lighthearted] [Power Fantasy] The sun, moon, and stars have vanished. Countless bronze chains connect heaven and earth, while corpse fiends, spirits, giant beasts, mutated mushrooms, and unknown dark creatures emerging from underground infest a world shrouded in night fog. The Qin state unified the Six Kingdoms, built seven brightly lit cities, founded the Great Qin Empire, and divided the people into twenty ranks. It revived the art of corpse 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Unhinged Second Male Lead Lures Me In 疯批男二引诱我 [One woman × two men (not at the same time) | High-maintenance heroine × openly unhinged man × secretly unhinged man | Light mystery × deep redemption | Utter devotion to his wife | Mutual devotion] What does a woman want? Handsome men? Love? A career? Security? Excitement? Here, have it all. But some roads, you have to walk on your own. As long as you're alive, anything is possible. For instance, you might jump into a lake and wake up to find a wickedly charming man. He talks like a madman, but —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 This Repeat Student Is Obviously Super Strong, Yet Far Too Low-Key 这个留级生明明超强却过分低调 Complete [Alternate World + Superpowers & Magic + Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] Everyone at the academy knows that Su Taoyao, the repeat student, comes last in every exam and is the biggest joke in the entire Illusion Star Pavilion. No one knows she was the late Guardian Zijing’s best friend, or that she is the trump card personally invited by the principal, Ling Chenyang. She keeps her talents hidden, is content to rank near the bottom, and laughs, jokes 355Reads—Score103Shelves
- 49 The Weird? The Game! 诡？弈！ [Subverting tropes + suspense + comedy + dual forms + death switching + the supernatural arrives + cowardly protagonist + OC fiction + the author is an artist, and the characters have pictures] (The author’s writing could use some work early on. Could you read a few more chapters?) What on earth is that red figure in the mirror…? … Xiao Huajia’s life was a complete mess, until one night he discovered that he wasn’t even “human” anymore. His skin split open, revealing slippery red tissue undernea 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Forging a God Through Slaughter: The Bloody Path of a Legendary Mercenary Corps 以杀封神：传奇佣兵团的血杀之路 [No transmigration, no cheat, do as you please, stay open-minded, and enjoy the thrills] [Explosive battle scenes, master-level tactical displays, and practical knowledge about firearms and weapons] A retired special forces instructor forms a mercenary group, and the CIA, MI6, the Navy SEALs, and the French Foreign Legion all want to join. He beats up pirates, matches wits with assassins, and crushes telecom fraud operations. He helps the weak and takes on the great powers and their white-glove 1kReads—Score111Shelves
