Novels like AI Holds the Pen, and the Writer and Book Grow Old
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- 1 Sunlight Balancing the World 日光衡世 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The AI Rebelled, but It Only Wants to Be My Dad AI叛变，它只想当我爸 The AI Rebelled, and All It Wants Is to Be My Dad 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Rule Horror: The Comic Strip Rules of Room 601 规则怪谈：601室的连环画守则 Rule Horror: The Comic-Strip Rules of Room 601 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Golden Hour: Don't Talk Rules to Me, I Save Lives 黄金一小时：别跟我谈规矩，我只救命 The Golden Hour: Don't Talk to Me About Rules, I Only Save Lives 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Funeral Makeup Artist: After Seeing Karma, I Went on a Killing Spree 入殓师：看见业力后我杀疯了 The Mortician: After Seeing Karma, I Went on a Killing Spree 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 My Superpower Is Spending Money: The More I Spend, the Stronger I Get 我的超能力是花钱，花光就变强 My Superpower Is Spending Money: The More I Spend, the Stronger I Get 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Corpse-Driving Rules: The Eighteen Forbidden Charms of Chenzhou 赶尸守则：辰州符十八禁 Corpse-Driving Rules: Eighteen Taboos of the Chenzhou Talismans 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 A Bowl of Wild Greens Soup from the Start, and I Became the Ming Dynasty's Culinary Sage 开局一碗野菜汤，我成了大明厨圣 A Bowl of Wild Vegetable Soup from the Start, and I Became the Culinary Sage of the Ming Dynasty 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Hell's Deliveryman 地狱外卖员 Hell's Deliveryman 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 My Archrival Turned Out to Be the Perfect Lover 我的死对头竟是满分恋人 My Archrival Turns Out to Be a Perfect Lover 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Dragging the Salt Kiln God: Ten Rules for the Sedan Chair Bearers 盐灶拖神：扶轿人十不准 The Salt Kiln’s Spirit Escort: Ten Rules for the Palanquin Bearers —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The College Student Who Only Kills Bad People 专杀坏人的大学生 A College Student Who Only Kills Bad People 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Vocational High School's Battle God 职高战神 Vocational School's Battle God 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Fried Noodle Stall Owner Is a Former Detective 炒粉摊主是前刑警 The Fried Noodle Stall Owner Is a Former Detective 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Apocalypse: Unbeatable at Home, I Rule Thanks to the System 末世：宅家无敌，我靠系统成霸主 The apocalypse arrives, and zombies overrun the world, turning it into a living hell. While everyone else risks their lives for a piece of moldy bread and struggles to survive amid zombie hordes, Han Dao lounges in his rented apartment, munching on braised snacks, sipping ice-cold cola, and watching zombies slam against his door. He can't even be bothered to move! Just the day before, he was a low-level office drone: his crooked supervisor stole credit for his work and fired him, his greedy land 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 My Prosecutor Brother Was Brutally Murdered, So I Buried the Entire Criminal Underworld with Him 检察官弟弟惨死，我让整个黑恶势力陪葬 My Prosecutor Brother Was Brutally Murdered, So I Made the Entire Criminal Underworld Pay 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Kill Line: I Slay Gods in America 斩杀线之我在美利坚斩神 Overnight, Bai Yu loses everything, from Beverly Hills to the hell of Epstein's island. His bank accounts are frozen, the IRS comes knocking, and he is put under surveillance, all because he witnessed the darkest secrets of the powerful. When the law becomes a tool for the hunt, the Chinese have only one choice: blood for blood. This is a life-or-death escape that tears the American Dream apart. In America, when you're below the kill line, you either become prey or become the one who slays gods. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 To Save My Sister, I Entered the Forbidden Zone of Spirit Artifacts 为救妹妹，我踏足灵物禁区 My little sister is on the brink of death, and the astronomical cost of her medicine has pushed me to my breaking point. Then I discovered that there was something in this world called spirit relics. They can grant wishes, but they always demand a price. And I can see the threads of that price. I traded a Republic-era copper lock for a chance at survival, and bartered with a warped set of scales for a life-saving prescription. The black-market hunters see me as easy prey, while medical giants wa 32Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 19 The Ugly Girl's Stunning Transformation: One Song, 'Love You,' Shocks the Entertainment World 丑女大变身，一首爱你震惊娱乐圈 The day Jiang Wan was publicly dumped by her fiance, she weighed two hundred jin and had a head full of songs from another world. At an open audition for ordinary contestants, she stunned the whole crowd with a single performance of "Love You." Black trending topics could be suppressed, but not the hearts of the people. They mocked her for being fat; she laughed at them for being deaf. The diva is back, and the song thieves and homewreckers won't get away! 1.1kReads—Score122Shelves
- 20 The Excellent Little Eunuch 极品小太监 [🔥 Adapted into a short drama, now streaming to huge audiences across the internet 🔥🔥] [Nonstop high-stakes twists, read with care + a complete, polished story to binge in one sitting] Zhao Wuji is performing hemorrhoid surgery on his girlfriend when an accident blows him up and sends him transmigrating to ancient times? And he becomes a eunuch? Since he's here, he makes the best of it. Zhao Wuji quickly adapts, and with his ahead-of-his-time medical skills, quick wit, and shamelessness, he soon 11.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
- 21 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 47.5kReads8.4Score4.6kShelves
- 22 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 17.3kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
- 23 The Little Country Doctor 乡村小神医 Ma Xiaojian’s older brother, Ma Dazhuang, was tricked into going to Southeast Asia. For three years, there was no word from him. When news finally came, he had been detained at a casino and couldn’t get away. When his sister-in-law, Hu Guilan, heard what had happened, she became so distressed that she fainted on a field path. In desperation, Ma Xiaojian used the “Nine Heavenly Physician Needles” taught to him by an old master doctor and did everything he could to revive her. With his family i 5.1kReads9.2Score703Shelves
- 24 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3.1kReads8.0Score127Shelves
- 25 Palm Bait: A Record of Taming the Pampered One 掌心饵，驯娇记 [Gloomy eunuch ✖️ a palace maid who grows over time] Behind the deep palace walls, two broken souls become entangled and find a way to keep living amid the gray shadows of imperial power struggles. "Though the moss flower is tiny as a grain of rice, it still blooms like a peony." We may live humbly, hidden from the light, but we still live. A somewhat realistic story, not a wish-fulfillment novel. If you enjoy its subtle, tense atmosphere, step inside. 209.4kReads9.5Score38.4kShelves
- 26 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 6.3kReads9.3Score693Shelves
- 27 Bai Xiaoshang 白晓殇 A dragon's spirit lies hidden in the abyss for years, then rises to the clouds in a single stroke. The death of Huang Rong, once hailed as the world's most beautiful woman, is merely the beginning. The Northern Dragon royal family, the five surnames and seven clans, and the martial world of the five regions: a storm of blood and violence still lies ahead. 236Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Back to the 1980s: From the Start, I Cut Ties with My Family 重回八零：开局断亲斩亲缘 Tang Guangyuan has suffered from asthma since childhood, enduring years of hardship and abuse at the hands of his family. After his biological mother beat his own son, who was not yet three years old, Tang resolutely cut ties with her entire family. Overcome with rage and resentment, he unexpectedly became reborn, his soul coming from his modern-day self in the future. After being reborn, Tang Guangyuan awakened the “Farming Spirit Spring System.” The spirit spring water not only cured his ast 636Reads—Score100Shelves
- 29 A Captivating Voice: The Mouse Fell in Love with the Cat 音色动人：老鼠爱上猫 [Supernatural, Dual Cultivation, Urban High Martial Arts] Carefully written, high-IQ fiction, following a journey from prisoner to god. A book for the soul, beginning with everyday urban life before venturing into the supernatural and then cultivation. One heroine, with the ancient soul Wan'er merging with her as part of the story. A work of traditional literature told in first person. The story is written across three levels of meaning. See how many you can uncover. Bringing you a different 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Back to 1996: Taking Down the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 重回1996：干翻供销社 [Reborn] [Period] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Ensemble Cast] [Sweet Romance] [Modern Romance] At forty-eight, seasoned old hand Meng Qiheng touches an old mirror and returns to rural northern Jiangsu in 1996! From the start, he stops his father from signing away everything for a brick and tile factory. With just 2.5 yuan in startup capital, he uses his insider knowledge to catch and sell eels, sell rainproof tarps, and crush the state-run supply cooperative! He teams up with his buddies to open a vid 462Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Age of Turmoil 折腾时代 Life is all about taking chances! In that restless age, Li Anran works in a big city, and her dream is about to come true. But when she returns to Qinzhou for a funeral, she's practically put under house arrest and told to stay and work in the small city. Zhang Huifei has the talent to get into one of China's top universities, but he unexpectedly fails the college entrance exam. To make sure his sister Li Anran can stay in Qinzhou without worries, he starts stirring things up... As a result, Li 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Han Dynasty of the Immortals: A Quest for Immortality in the Late Han 仙汉汉末龙虎寻仙记 If you're not a hero, don't read the Three Kingdoms. And if you're a hero, how could you not understand the loneliness of troubled times? Everyone, there are more Three Kingdoms novels on the market than you could haul away in a wagon. But after looking through them all, I can count on one hand the ones I could actually keep reading. Is it because the authors lack skill? No. The problem is that fast-food template: the moment the protagonist gets a cheat, the Five Tiger Generals are reduced to 33Reads—Score165Shelves
- 33 Innkeeper, Don't Think You Can Escape: The CEO's Runaway Pregnancy 民宿老板别想逃：女总裁的“带球跑” The B&B Owner Can't Get Away: The CEO's "Pregnant and on the Run" Romance 183Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
- 35 The Deliveryman's Strange Life 快递员的奇异人生 After overcoming one obstacle after another, they face the end of the Earth. The successive sacrifices of his friends crush the last glimmer of hope. Can a trace of humanity, lingering deep in his soul, bring the hero back and protect the ark as it sails into the vast universe? We’ll wait and see. 334Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Cao Yang's Journey South 曹阳南下记 Passionate and exhilarating. Now complete. Read with confidence. Cao Yang heads south to seek refuge with his older sister, setting off wave after wave of upheaval… 40.6kReads8.9Score4kShelves
- 37 God of Chaos! 混沌之神！ [This book is also known as: Nine Revolutions Profound Art | In the later stages, Xin Mo will overpower the Great Sage and Erlang, because he cultivates the complete Nine Revolutions Profound Art.] [An exceptionally long character-growth arc in the early stages] [Every five chapters form a little story arc. I put my heart into every word, and hope you enjoy it!] Civilization has fallen, a new age of chaos has begun, and humanity's darkest impulses spread without end... He emerged from the chaos 7.7kReads—Score651Shelves
- 38 Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零！不留遗憾！！！ Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!! 336Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Shining with Stars 闪耀含星 Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 3.4kReads8.3Score381Shelves
- 40 The Doomsday Survivor Transmigrates into a Pitiful Bride in the 1960s 末世苟王穿成六零替嫁小可怜 (Transmigration + period setting + both virgins + pocket dimension + military marriage) She was the most vengeful survivor in the apocalypse, but after someone close to her grievously wounded her, they threw her into a horde of zombies. She was the sidekick to the eldest daughter of the Qian family in the capital. Just because she was pretty, they poisoned her and deliberately fed her hormones, turning her into a fat, ugly scapegoat. Now the apocalypse’s most vengeful survivor has transmigrated 4.4kReads8.5Score465Shelves
- 41 Divine Oil 神油 The waters of the Gui River cannot wash away old blood debts. A jar of miraculous oil can keep the secrets of a powerful family locked away. The Republic of China is in chaos, the country teetering on the brink of collapse. At the command of his ancestors, the sole surviving heir of the Shi family enters the fray, disguising himself as an anonymous laborer at the Wen family’s oil mill. He appears plain and timid, but in his heart he is plotting a sweeping revenge. The miraculous oil the Wen fami 67.6kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
- 42 The Crazy Girl’s Rugged Husband Isn’t Human 疯批丫头的糙汉老公非人类 [Transmigration + spatial powers + poison doctor + both leads are sexually inexperienced + unhinged romance] Beauty-loving enchantress VS a lovesick, nonhuman roughneck. She was a celebrated genius in the world of finance. An heir to the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Doctor. A big shot who ruled the dark web hacking scene. Who could have guessed that on the carefully chosen day she planned to lose her virginity, she’d accidentally transmigrate to 1975? She became a dark, fat, pitifully ugly girl 2.1kReads8.5Score213Shelves
- 43 The Cangyun Calamity 沧云劫 Ye Yi travels through the myriad worlds of the Cangyun Continent, battling demons and evil forces. Across the four seas lies a world of immortals and mysticism. Calamities and fate are unpredictable, and legends unfold across Cangyun Dazhou and the Immortal Realm. 226Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 My Whole Family Transmigrated: My System Can Only Buy Things from Home 全家穿越：我的系统只能买家里货 [Transmigration + System + Sweet Romance + Multiple Couples + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted Fun] Both plot and everyday life are going strong. Light, funny, and heartwarming. There are couples! There will be a little rivalry for the heroine, but it ultimately ends in one-on-one romance. Expect an ancient-style domineering CEO, a refined villain, a yandere, unrequited love... but the final partner may not be the heroine. Cui Mingzhi transmigrates with her whole family to the Great Jing Dynasty, r 1.3kReads9.3Score153Shelves
- 45 A Carefree Tale of Yunhua in Jiuzhou 九州云华逍遥记 Ye Yi and Ling Ziyuan cultivate and wander through the mountains and rivers of Yunhua's nine provinces on the Cangyun Continent. The sect's people lend their full support to the Yunhua Dynasty, as heaven and earth together share life across the four seas of Yunhua. 309Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Sailing Together 共舟行 [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
- 47 My Sister and I Are to Marry the Same Man? I Won't Marry the Crown Prince, I Want the Regent 姐妹同嫁？我不嫁太子我要摄政王 The possessive, jealous regent x the sweet, silly Princess Mingyue The heroine is the kind of person who doesn’t have to lift a finger for someone to fall in love with her! "Historical romance + reborn + in their previous life, the hero secretly loved her and died with her + in this life, he competes for her and refuses to let her go + both are devoted to each other + happy ending + sweet romance + no angst for the heroine" In both their past and present lives, Wen Ruan is Shen Ye’s wife. In t 37.1kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves
- 48 The Legendary Han Xin, the Greatest General of All Time 千古第一将韩信之千古传奇 Han Xin was born a beggar, so where did he learn his astonishing military strategies? Where did he master such superb swordsmanship? How did he win every battle without a single defeat? Why were his victories so decisive, with large-scale clashes against his opponents so rare? How were his battlefield instincts and judgments so precise? This book recounts every one of Han Xin’s legendary exploits in detail. 4.3kReads8.4Score362Shelves
- 49 The Commandery Princess Is Reborn and Back for Revenge 郡主重生杀回来了 Zhang Jiayue, the Princess of Yufang, was talked into visiting the Sure-Win Gambling House by her half-brother and the Third Prince. She brought along her childhood friend Jiang Yunzhao. After winning at first, she began to lose and got hopelessly hooked, borrowing a million taels of silver. The gambling house came after her to collect, bringing down both the Prince’s and Marquis’s households. She was killed, too. Unable to let go, she was reborn on the road as the gambling house’s collectors cl 367Reads8.1Score100Shelves
- 50 The Invincible Mountain Village Miracle Doctor 无敌山村神医 Feel-good medical fiction | Rags-to-riches comeback | Farming and fortune Xiang Yunfei, an orphan with an intellectual disability, had endured countless sneers. While helping a friend, he unexpectedly awakened a divine healer’s inheritance! One needle cures a hundred illnesses, one medicine brings the dead back to life! From then on, the village bully feared him, his neighbors respected him, and beautiful women fell for him! Put the worst troublemakers in their place, heal the sick and save live 7.8kReads8.9Score938Shelves
