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- 1 Married Off to a Disabled Hero, I Win My In-Laws' Support for My Ambitions 替嫁残疾英雄，婆家宠我青云志 [Sweet pampering in the late 1970s + satisfying read + doted on by her husband’s family] In the late 1970s, Yang Qiao, poor and bullied all her life, is forced to become a substitute bride and marry Zhou Wenhui, a war hero discharged from the army after losing the use of both legs. It’s a marriage of convenience. She expects nothing but the hardships of making ends meet, never imagining that she’s married the right man, and that his whole family will cherish her like a princess! Her father-in-la 302kReads8.9Score14.1kShelves
- 2 My Scheming Ghost Husband Dotes on Me 腹黑鬼夫超宠溺 [Urban Danmei | Supernatural Mystery and Suspense | Sweet and Angsty Plot] [Sacrificed from the start! A straight college student is forced into a bond with a scheming Mountain God] Song Ci only wanted to finish college and live an ordinary life. But disaster struck his village, and his parents drugged him and sacrificed him to the Mountain God. He woke up lying on a desolate mountain. That night, the handsome Mountain God, Helan Que, climbed onto his bed, and a contract making him a spirit envo 4Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 3 Fan Jie Is Having Another Meltdown Today 梵姐今天又发癫了 Fan Mo transmigrates into a book, becoming a tragic supporting actress in the entertainment industry, and even gets tied up in a restroom! Fine, fine. So that's how you want to play? Unless you kill your big sis Fan, you won't beat her. If you can't beat her, she'll take you down! From then on, the entertainment industry has a new “crazy woman”: The fans of the Best Actor Gao call their group “Itch Relief Cream”? Fan will send you a tube of Piyanping! A rich second-generation celebrity who climb 307Reads9.5Score635Shelves
- 4 Pleasure Every Day 无日不欢 After Tao Ling dies, Wu Bo marries Chen Bing, a teacher at his daughter's kindergarten. After the wedding, they both suspect the other of having someone on the side and settle into a dull married life. Though they both try hard, they never seem to be on the same page. One night, Wu Bo goes to a bar to drink away his troubles and meets Xiao Lan, a woman who looks just like Tao Ling. She changes his life once again... 94Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 5 A Complete History of the Empresses and Consorts of China (Platinum Edition) 中国后妃全传(超值白金版) This book tells the stories of empresses from the various dynasties in Chinese history, as well as some of their most famous imperial consorts. Some were paragons of virtue who served as mothers to all under heaven and earned an enduring place in history. Others were infamous temptresses who brought disorder to the imperial harem and left behind a shameful legacy. Through their stories, we see the suffering of ancient women, victims of an autocratic, male-dominated society. Their experiences str 3.7kReads8.8Score588Shelves
- 6 Zhang Tingyu 张廷玉 Zhang Tingyu (1672–1755), courtesy name Hengchen and art name Yanzhai, was from Tongcheng, Anhui. He served through the reigns of the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong emperors. At twenty-nine, Kangxi selected him as a junior compiler; at thirty-two, he was appointed an editor at the Hanlin Academy. He soon rose rapidly through the ranks and became one of Kangxi's close associates. Zhang Tingyu truly rose to prominence during the Yongzheng reign. Yongzheng was determined to reform the government, 41.5kReads9.6Score629Shelves
- 7 The Knife Seller 赊刀人 Have you ever met a man who carries a shoulder pole through the streets, selling kitchen knives? People come to buy, but he refuses to sell to anyone except you. When you offer him money, he won't take it. He just smiles and says, “Come back to settle the bill when two steamed buns can buy you a wife.” If you meet him, don't think you've gotten a bargain. What you'll end up paying will be far more than the price of a kitchen knife... 5.8kReads9.1Score363Shelves
- 8 The Primordial Supreme 太古至尊 Prince Ni Kun of the Great Ming Empire endured in silence for three years, finally awakening his bloodline and cultivating the legacy of the Primordial Dragon Clan. He rises against all odds, carving a path through every obstacle and defeating countless prodigies. He slays gods who stand in his way and demons who oppose him, sweeping across the Myriad Worlds and ultimately becoming the supreme ruler of all ages! 1.2kReads8.1Score129Shelves
- 9 I’m the Big Shot at the Academy: Werewolves and Vampires All Fall for Me 我在学院当大佬，狼人、吸血鬼全沦陷了 I’m the Big Shot at the Academy, and Werewolves and Vampires Have All Fallen for Me 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Wawu Mountain Code 瓦屋山密码 At the Soul-Trapping Hollow on Wawu Mountain, nine out of ten who enter never return. Ten years ago, Cen Xu's father walked into the mountain fog and vanished without a trace. Cen Xu has stayed here ever since, determined to uncover the truth. A sudden landslide at Eagle-Beak Cliff exposes the remains of an ancient stone foundation, clearly carved by human hands. Scientific equipment lowered into the earth detects a strange vibration, its frequency exactly matching a human heartbeat. Among the l 37Reads—Score145Shelves
- 11 Great Ming Court: Your Majesty, Hug the Cute Chicken and Achieve Enlightenment 大明官场：圣人，该抱萌鸡顿悟了 In The Scholars, Fan Jin passes the imperial exam. Do you remember the egg-laying hen that he nearly sold at the market? With the male lead, a fortune-teller cradling that adorable chicken, as their link, watch as the oddball official Fan Jin from The Scholars and the hilarious sage Wang Yangming form a three-man-and-one-chicken team, their fates resonating in perfect sync during the Zhengde and Jiajing eras! The first fifty chapters are packed with hilarious commentary as the protagonist rises 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Mortal's Path to Ascension 凡人飞升道 A borderland youth with an incomplete Spirit Root accidentally gains a mysterious ability to “devour flaws in cultivation techniques.” Starting from the very bottom of the cultivation world, he gets caught up in the feuds of the martial world, the rise and fall of dynasties, and battles between immortal sects, ultimately uncovering the cultivation world’s greatest secret. “Above mortals lies the path to immortality; along that path lies the martial world.” 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 China's Twelve Most Dangerous Dinner Parties 中国最危险的十二个饭局 [Historical Intrigue Anthology] [Short Story Collection] [Game Theory and Psychology] [Unveiling History] Wine cups clink, and murderous intent lurks beneath the surface. One banquet can be enough to change the fate of a dynasty. This book brings together twelve deadly banquets recorded in the history books, including the Feast at Hongmen, Cao Cao's Wine-and-Plum Gathering, the Meeting at Mianchi, and the Gathering of Heroes. Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lin Xiangru, Zhou Yu, Yue Fei, y 457Reads9.3Score153Shelves
- 14 A Popular History of the Five Dynasties 五代史通俗演义 [A Classical, Accessible History of the Entire Era | A Beginner's Guide to History | A Complete Overview of the Ten Kingdoms] Can't get through dry official histories? This popularized retelling of the Five Dynasties uses a story-driven, episodic format to make this lesser-known period of turmoil easy to understand. Its sixty chapters cover the rise and fall of all five dynasties, Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, while also tracing the history of the Ten Kingdoms' r 62Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 15 The Calamity Furnace 劫炉 Across the Nine Regions, all living things must “borrow power from Heaven” to cultivate. Every time someone breaks through a major cultivation realm, they sign another “tribulation debt” with the Heavenly Dao. When the debt comes due, a heavenly tribulation descends: survive it, and the debt is cleared and the realm secured; fail, and both body and spirit are destroyed, with no chance of reincarnation. That is why cultivators fear tribulations more than powerful enemies. Only one in a hundred su 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I Survived the Harem to the Grand Finale by Being Brazen 我靠嚣张在后宫活到大结局 The groom died suddenly, and the imperial edict turned to ashes. With my power as an imperial relative, my immense wealth, and the blade of my childhood sweetheart, I donned the dragon robe amid the chaos and secured this vast realm. I thought ruling the world was the end, until a teasing voice rang down from beyond the heavens on the day of the sacrifice to Heaven: "This mortal world really is more interesting than a game board." So the three years of people trading their children for food, the 12Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 17 The Prince’s Abandoned Consort: The Useless Brats’ Mother Teaches Military Strategy 王府弃妃：废崽他娘教兵法 Female-oriented: discarded consort / cast-off kids / System / a thousand-year-old destiny Su Wanqing, a company’s finance director, transmigrates into a discarded princess consort and binds herself to a past-and-present System. From the start, she has four hopeless children to raise. Her eldest son is an idiot, her youngest son is a good-for-nothing, and her two daughters are the laughingstock of the capital. Instead of teaching them poetry, she teaches them military strategy, political schem 47.6kReads8.4Score4.6kShelves
- 18 Past and Present Lives, All to Meet My Soulmate 前世今生，只为遇见有缘人 Women's Fiction: The Son-in-Law Is Actually the Crown Prince. A spiritual spring space that heals illnesses, a widow's son-in-law who is the Crown Prince, immortal cultivation and farming to wealth, and a princess with two souls who shakes the world. A top police doctor from the 21st century ➜ a country widow raising three children. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx and wants her dead. She saves a man, battered and covered in blood. He begs her to take him in. Taking pity on him, she has him s 4.8kReads9.5Score879Shelves
- 19 Chinese History That Gets You Hooked from the First Page 一读就上瘾的中国史 A sweeping series on the historical patterns of five thousand years of Chinese history, helping you build a rational, objective, and pattern-seeking framework for a new way of thinking! This series is, in fact, a history book even more captivating than a novel. Starting with the Qin and Han dynasties, it covers the Jin dynasties, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Song, Liao, Jin, and Xia dynasties, the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and the Taiping Heavenly Ki 36.1kReads9.5Score5kShelves
- 20 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Hit Me 我真没想中奖却被10亿大奖砸中了 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Fell into My Lap 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门！ [After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.” 10.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 22 A Popular History of the Later Han 后汉通俗演义 [Historical Romance Grounded in the Official Record, The Complete History of the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms, An Easy Introduction to Official History] A Popular History of the Later Han is a classic historical novel in episodic form and a continuation of A Popular History of the Former Han. Across one hundred chapters, it follows the full historical arc from Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han and Emperor Guangwu's restoration, through the decline of the Eastern Han, to the division of the rea 95Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 23 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 71.1kReads9.6Score9.6kShelves
- 24 The Moon Falls and Becomes a Flower, While Divine Power Hides in the Demon Bones 月陨成花，妖骨藏神 [Xuanhuan Romance] [Devoted Love and Angsty Romance] [Past and Present Lives] [Humans, Gods, and Demons] In her previous life, she was an aloof ancient Moon Goddess who sacrificed her soul to protect him. In this life, she falls into the path of demons and becomes a flower spirit with divine power hidden in her demonic bones. In his previous life, he was an ancient God of War whose blood stained the Heavenly Realm. He died fighting to protect the Three Realms, his bones carved away. In this life 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Uncle, Your Little Darling Has Grown Up. Please Take Care of Me for the Rest of My Life 大叔你的小可怜长大了余生请多指教 Uncle, Your Little One Has Grown Up. Please Guide Me for the Rest of My Life 127Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Tears of a Beauty in the Tumultuous Sea of Politics 官海沉浮之美人泪 With an opportunity, even an ordinary person can rise to the highest ranks. See how Wang Zi Feng, an ordinary nobody, seizes his chance to stir up the world and lead the people of the mountains out of poverty and toward prosperity. Anyone could be a thousand-mile horse. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Deadly Treasure Hunter 绝命大藏家 [Entirely handcrafted, with no AI involved + adapted from industry secrets + authentic antique appraisals with photos and text + a mogul’s redemption] After more than forty years in the antique trade, twenty-eight years robbing tombs, and fifteen years faking antiques, sixty-year-old Ma Wangye had finally washed his hands of the business and planned to enjoy his retirement. Who could have guessed that on New Year’s Eve, someone would kill him with a pickaxe in front of Old Wangye’s grave? His li 51.3kReads8.8Score5.7kShelves
- 28 The Ninth-Rank Heavenly Doctor 九五天医 What is an emperor worth mentioning? He rules one nation, while this man commands the rulers of countless lands. What is a miracle-working physician worth marveling at? A doctor heals the sick and injured, while this man can cure all the world's ills. He is Hai Bao'er, a man skilled in both letters and arms, with peerless medical knowledge and extraordinary schemes. [Story Synopsis] ■ Overnight, the Lei family of Dongyang Commandery was framed and destroyed by a coalition of enemies. This centur 401Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 29 A Popular History of the Former Han 前汉通俗演义 [Cai Dongfan's Historical Romance, The Complete Founding History of the Han Dynasty, The Qin-Han Rivalry, A Plain-Language History, Political Intrigue and War] This book is Cai Dongfan's A Popular History of the Former Han, a classic historical novel that recounts the dynasty's rise and fall from the chaos at the end of the Qin through the middle and late Western Han. Spanning one hundred chapters, it begins with Lü Buwei's extraordinary investment and Qin Shi Huang's unification of the realm, a 129Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 30 Sole Possession of Spring: Stones from Other Mountains 独占春：他山之石 [Also known as: When My Late Husband Returned, My Stepson Went Mad!] "Both leads are virgins + Younger male lead + He’s been plotting this for a long time" Lin Yitao became a widow at seventeen. To continue the family line, her husband’s family adopted a young boy and made him her legitimate son. The boy was exceptionally gifted, and under her guidance he quickly went from an unknown nobody to the celebrated Jade Carver of the capital. No one knew that the Jade Carver was steadily plotting to ma 19.1kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
- 31 Five Thousand Years of Chinese History (Complete in Four Volumes, Illustrated Edition) 中华上下五千年(全四册)(彩色插图版) This book selects one brilliant jewel after another from the five-thousand-year history of the Chinese nation. In clear, lively language, it invites young readers to explore unforgettable moments from the past: the beautiful and mysterious legends of ancient times, the rivalries among states during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the dazzling glories of the Tang and Song dynasties, and the stirring tales of heroes, great leaders, and people of noble spirit. As readers listen to 10.6kReads9.6Score1.2kShelves
- 32 I Died on the Day He Got Married. 我死在了他结婚的那一天。 I died on the day he got married. 806Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Emperor Has a Certain Affliction 寡人有疾 They say I’m a lecherous ruler. I ascended the throne at thirteen. That year, I held special imperial examinations to recruit scholars. At the Qionglin Banquet, the third-place graduate leaped into Taiqing Pool in grief and anger just because I had looked at him twice, declaring that he would rather die than suffer such humiliation. By the next day, rumors of my debauchery had spread throughout the court. By the time I was eighteen, no ambitious young talent in the realm dared share a room with 2.2kReads9.3Score314Shelves
- 34 The Fate of an Orphan Girl 孤女的命运 This is a sad story. Lin Jiang had an affair, and Shi Qiaosi endured it for three years before suddenly coming to her senses and decisively divorcing him. After the divorce, she secretly gave birth to a daughter of her own, Shixu. The disasters brought upon three generations of a family by an unfaithful man and a scheming woman eager to take his wife’s place. See how an elderly grandmother schemes for her granddaughter, building a bridge through time with her own life so that Shixu can return to 17.8kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
- 35 The Capital’s Young Master Is at Her Feet 京圈太子爷是她的裙下之臣 The Capital’s Crown Prince Is Her Devoted Suitor 101Reads—Score107Shelves
- 36 The Prodigal Son of Great Zhou 大周败家子 [The author has completed works totaling over one million words, so you can trust their track record] Just as Shen Yi was about to reach the peak of his life, an accident brought him to a completely different world, where he became a notorious... spendthrift! With five thousand years of culture at his back and a treasury of scientific knowledge in hand, he might not unify the world in this life, but surely he could at least become the richest man alive, right? Shen Yi excitedly imagined the futu 1.4kReads9.1Score235Shelves
- 37 The Discarded Prince Is Granted a Marriage and Uses Technology to Strengthen the Nation 废物皇子被赐婚，用科技强国 For male readers: Top scientist Li Xiaoyun is brutally assassinated. In an instant, he transmigrates into the body of a useless prince, despised by the court and bullied by everyone. His start is a death sentence: Lin Wan'er, his beloved and future crown princess, runs away from their wedding in front of everyone. His birth mother, a former dynasty's princess, gives her life to protect him. The furious emperor exiles him to the freezing, desolate province of Huangzhou. He is called a vassal prin 6.5kReads9.3Score720Shelves
- 38 Sorrow Written in Ink 落墨殇 [In Republican-era stories, nine out of ten end in heartbreak] Su Moran and Chu Luochen fell in love at first sight and were devoted to each other. They had hoped to spend the rest of their lives together in peace, but Qiu Yuze’s mad obsession with Moran and Mohan’s possessive, resentful love for Luochen ultimately tore the two apart, leaving them separated by life and death and lovesick to the point of illness. Moran lived her whole life holding on to the memory of Luochen. She treasured the 598Reads—Score109Shelves
- 39 Yu Guinian Returns to 1968 as a Ten-Year-Old to Protect the Whole Family 玉归年重回68年十岁顽童护全家 [Period Setting, Reborn, Super-Civilization Space, Coming of Age, Strong Female Lead, Sweet Romance] Nian Baoyu and her husband shot each other dead. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 1968, before her tenth birthday, on the night her father fled home to escape the armed factional fighting. Her father was hiding in the attic when someone informed on him. The commune's armed militia took him away, and more than ten days later, they sent back his corpse. Her mother was devastated and 23.1kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
- 40 You're Poor. What Does That Have to Do with Me? 你穷，关我屁事 You’re broke. What’s that got to do with me? 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Turn Sorrow into Song 斩悲伤为歌 [Ensemble cast + youthful heroes + tragic beauty + wuxia style + not a power fantasy + no mindless characters] He was once a spirited young prodigy, the greatest talent in his sect, blessed with the fortune of an ice dragon and the bloodline of an ancient demon emperor dragon. Yet hardship after hardship befell him. His senior brother died saving him. The person who loved him died because of him, and he then killed the one he loved with his own hands. He even became a sinner in the Xuan Zhen Rea 71Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 42 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 125Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Legends of Jiuzhou Yunhua: Storms 2 九州云华风雨传说2 Legends of Wind and Rain in Jiuzhou Yunhua 2 169Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Goddess's Roommate, a Divine Conman 女神的合租神棍 A fortune-teller comes down from the mountains, carrying an extraordinary legacy and a host of skills. With a mysterious art of reading the heavens, Qin Ning arrives in the dazzling city. He reads fortunes, makes a little money, and occasionally defies fate to change someone’s fortunes. See how he enjoys life in the city and begins a wonderful life sharing a home... 16.5kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
- 45 The Dragon King Is Released from Prison 龙王出狱 [Original story for the short drama Dragon King Out of Prison: The Legend of Qitian] Qitian took the blame for his girlfriend and spent three years in prison. On the day he was released, she dumped him. Then the Dragon King within him awakened, shaking the world! 20.7kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
- 46 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风（《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇，古代版傲慢与偏见) [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 17.2kReads9.6Score2.8kShelves
- 47 Spring Breeze, Broken to Pieces 折尽春风 She is the eldest daughter of the provincial governor’s household. She sees through worldly affection, and only money can make her feel secure! He is the great general of the chancellor’s household. He has witnessed every kind of hardship, yet the one thing he can never forget is the smile on her face when she sees money. At their first meeting, he seemed to step out of a painting in shades of lush green, the mountain wind billowing his robe and dazzling everyone who saw him. At their second mee 9.8kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves
- 48 The Immortal's Appearance 仙人状 [Historical romance + mystery solving + male lead with a secret identity + lovers who fight as fiercely as they love] A dazzling, outspoken heroine and a seemingly gentle but secretly ruthless physician, locked in a battle of equals as they fall in love! A celebrated romance author's popular historical mystery! A relationship between equals, full of tension; heart-stopping court intrigue; and the shocking truth behind bizarre murders! A celestial being appears in a dream to help solve a case and 16.2kReads9.6Score2.7kShelves
- 49 The Southern Border Witch Is So Possessive, She Wants to Marry Me the Moment We Meet 南疆巫女太偏执，奔现就要定终身 Lu Yan, a second-year college student, meets an online friend named A-Wu on an anonymous social platform in his spare time. They hit it off chatting through the screen. Lu Yan is only looking for a bit of entertainment, and casually says plenty of sweet, affectionate things, never imagining anyone would take them seriously. He never could have guessed that the girl on the other side of the screen came from an ancient Nuo-witch village in southern Xinjiang, cut off from the outside world. The vil 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Secret Histories of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人秘史 [The Four Beauties, classical historical romances, complete uncensored public-domain editions, stories of celebrated women in history, ancient tales] This complete collection contains the original, unabridged texts of The Romance of Xishi, The Romance of Wang Zhaojun, The Romance of Yang Guifei, and The Romance of Diaochan. It recounts the turbulent lives of the Four Beauties, whose beauty was said to make fish forget to swim, geese forget to fly, the moon hide, and flowers blush. Together, thes 526Reads9.2Score100Shelves
