Novels like Reckless Youth
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Reckless Youth, best match first.
- 151 Still Won’t Behave? Run Again and I’ll Lock You Up 学不乖？再跑关起来 [Possessiveness + Coercive Love + Pure Love on Both Sides + HE] [Fake Gentle, Actually a Sick, Twisted, Obsessive Mad Dog × Soft, Beautiful Amnesiac Darling] After a car accident, Shi Ling lost her memory, forgetting every last thing about her past. She woke up in a hospital. The man sitting beside her bed wore a finely tailored suit and had a handsome face. Half of his striking features were hidden in shadow. "You're awake." Shi Ling stared at his handsome, refined face, her mind completely bla 98.4kReads8.8Score11.9k14d adds
- 152 A Rose to Tease Them All 肆撩玫瑰 A clever, bold, and beautiful woman with a captivating presence & a scheming, brooding, unhinged CEO [Substitute for His Moonlight + Pursuing His Wife at the Crematorium + Marriage Before Love + Mending a Broken Relationship] Su Nian first confessed to Xiao Jingyu when she was eighteen. He rejected her bluntly and without mercy, but she still loved him wholeheartedly for seven years. When their families arranged their marriage, she finally got what she wanted: she married into the Xiao family an 312Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Secret Got Out 走漏风声 [Main story complete + a terrible man with genuine feelings + turn-of-the-millennium setting + slight mystery + BE] [Sharp-tongued, acerbic, naturally wicked male lead x industrially manufactured little ray of sunshine with selective deafness and a histrionic personality] Also known as: My husband is actually pretty nice when he isn't hitting me He clutched my throat and said, "I'll kill you." I smiled and said, "My life was yours to begin with." I taught him what love was and how to write. I sw 2.5kReads8.1Score27814d adds
- 154 The Book Between Two Worlds: The Emperor’s Caged Phoenix Breaks Its Neck at Last 两界书：帝王囚凰终折颈 [Both virgins + groveling redemption + palace and household intrigue + tragic romance] On my first day as a princess sent off for a political marriage, he made me drink poisoned wine. What he didn’t know was that I was a modern-day expert in pharmacology and toxicology, a veritable King of Hell. He suspected me, despised me, and abandoned me. At every turn between life and death, he chose someone else. He thought he loved his unattainable first love, so he protected her and trusted her. He had 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 May You Be Safe, Year After Year: No Snow, No Spring 岁岁佑安：不听雪来不见春 May the Years Keep You Safe: No Snowfall, No Spring 344Reads—Score514d adds
- 156 Three Years Ago, He Said His Sister Was the Best. Three Years Later, He Asked, ‘Are You Trying to Drive Me to My Death?’ 三年前他说姐姐最好了，三年后他说你要逼死我吗 Three years ago, he said, “My big sister is the best.” Three years later, he said, “Are you trying to drive me to my death?” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 I Don't Regret Our Parting, Only That It Came Too Soon 不恨离别，只恨匆匆 The Imperial City is ancient and mysterious. Behind its red walls and yellow-tiled roofs lie countless secrets and sorrows unknown to the world. “Flowers bloom and fade behind the silent courtyard gate; two beauties stand side by side beneath the jade pavilion. They long to speak of affairs within the palace, but dare not say a word in front of the parrot.” This is a simple story told by three women of the inner palace, each with a very different fate, as they recount their own loves and heartbr 37Reads—Score10114d adds
- 158 Jujutsu Kaisen: Toji Is My Man 咒术回战之甚尔是我男人 The cold, violent Toji versus Fushiguro Toru, a male student with powerful magic An absurd comedy with no logic and no angst, earnestly striving to be ridiculous “I’m Fushiguro Toru. Gender: male. Don’t get the wrong idea, I really am a boy, and a Jujutsu Sorcerer too... But this is a long story...” I stood by the bridge. The man beside me stared at me impatiently, radiating murderous intent. “Then make it short.” Feeling the overwhelming pressure of his murderous aura, I took all of three se 396Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Moonlight Like the Wind: Fourth Prince, Your Chest Binder Is Showing 柠月如风：四皇子你束胸掉了 Fraile, aloof “Imperial Brother” ✖️ sinister, unhinged Imperial Younger Brother [Transmigration into an alternate world + woman disguised as a man + possessive pursuit + intense push and pull + control and confinement + faux siblings + forced love] She is the timid, fragile Fourth Imperial Brother. He is the brooding, scheming Seventh Imperial Brother. He admires her brilliant mind, and sees through her disguise to the woman beneath. He deliberately draws close, teasing her with flirtatious ambi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 What Should I Do After Stalking a Yandere?! 跟踪了个病娇怎么办？！ No morals, two twisted people Shen Qiu met Jiang Chen while working at a Western restaurant and fell hopelessly in love with him. But because he was introverted and insecure, all he could do was secretly watch Jiang Chen’s life from afar by following and stalking him. He never expected that Jiang Chen, so far above him and seemingly out of reach, would start talking to him of his own accord. He was so gentle, and Shen Qiu found himself drawn to him more and more. Until Jiang Chen discovered he w 749Reads8.4Score10514d adds
- 161 The Love You Gave Me Cuts to the Bone 你给的爱残情蚀骨 Shen Qing loved Fu Yihan for six years, so much that she was willing to give him everything... But in the end... what a terrible, irredeemable fate awaited her! 81Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 162 Forced to Surrender: The Unhinged Tycoon Makes Her Submit 强制沦陷：疯批大佬迫她臣服 [The rating just went live, and it'll go up. Guaranteed to be satisfying!] [Forced Love | Everyone's a Psycho | Both Pure | Both Powerful | One-on-One | Happy Ending | Ensemble Cast | Comedy | No Groveling to Win Her Back | Multiple Couples] [Strong in Body and Mind, Knows When to Bend and When to Stand Firm, Black Lotus x Ruthless Psycho, Black-Market Thug, Man in Power] [Openly Sadistic x Secretly Masochistic | Mutually Unhealthy | Both Pursue Each Other] [The heroine is wild and untamable. Cr 5.5kReads8.1Score42914d adds
- 163 He's a Police Officer, Yet Drug Dealers Wiped Out His Entire Family 他是警察，却遭遇毒贩疯狂灭门 He Was a Police Officer, but Drug Dealers Wiped Out His Family in a Brutal Attack 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 A Tormented Love Beneath the Abyss 深渊下的虐恋 (Devoted couple + possessive love + angsty romance + secret love + domineering CEO + wealthy family) Male lead: Yan Shaoxing, 192 cm tall, a little unhinged, but not too bad. Female lead: Xia Wen, 165 cm tall, a delicate little rabbit. Naturally well-behaved and timid, her depression makes her seem even more vulnerable. Setting: Jinyang. It's been two years, but the nightmare of those four years still haunts Xia Wen. She thought she could recover and start over once she left school. Who knew tha 2.6kReads8.6Score10814d adds
- 165 Reunited After Five Years Apart, Mr. Huo Goes Mad and Forces a Marriage 分手五年再遇，霍总发疯逼婚 [The pursuit-after-divorce arc + both leads' romantic purity + rekindled love + marriage before love + bad boy x good girl + coercive love + forced possession + rotten man with a sincere heart + bittersweet push and pull + emotional angst] Shen Wanqing has never forgotten what happened in her senior year of high school. She was just beginning to fall in love, secretly crushing on the school's most handsome boy, Huo Sicheng. Through incredible luck, she became his girlfriend. But after only a mon 7.1kReads—Score23414d adds
- 166 He Acts Like He Can't Stand Her, But Mr. Pei Can't Stop Kissing Her in Private 表面嫌弃，私下裴先生狂亲 The score was just released, so it may rise. Powerful man lowering his head + forced love + groveling chase + happy ending Couple: Top-tier tycoon and head of the family x beautiful, delicate little white flower At the Pei family's birthday banquet, Wen Li got drunk and accidentally stumbled into her cousin's arms. Clinging to her cousin, she muttered complaints, calling Pei Xingjian, the head of the Pei family, a cold-blooded, heartless jerk. Once the alcohol wore off and she saw what her cousi 6.4kReads7.1Score45814d adds
- 167 Quick Transmigration: A Collection of Darkened Characters 快穿之黑化集 [Just received a rating] Short stories × second person × usually weak heroine and strong male lead × corruption × pure CP/XP content Yandere behavior, coercion ♥, and locked-room scenes (do not enter if you dislike these) The System is merely a tool for assigning missions and rarely appears. To help our girl complete her missions, it will erase her memories of her past life. Each world has its own setting, which influences the characters. Their personalities may change slightly from world to wor 2.3kReads8.1Score12414d adds
- 168 She Has Nowhere to Run 她，无处可逃 Abduction and possessive love + a doting husband + a scheming romantic + a love triangle At the graduation gala, a young woman sat poised in a white princess dress. Her soft curls fell over her shoulders as her slender, fair hands played Bridal Chorus, the wedding march of her dreams. From the front row, he watched her sitting there and lost himself for a moment. She seemed to stand apart from the world. In that instant, his heart was struck, and something began to take root and sprout deep insi 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Baby, You’re So Seductive, I Want to Kiss You: The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Fall in Love! 宝宝好欲想亲，假千金被强制爱！ Fake heiress vs. possessive, unhinged brother | 1v1 forced romance | Love and hate intertwined She was the Zhou family’s fake heiress, raised by them for eighteen years, and she’d called him “Big Brother” countless times. He exposed her true identity and cast her into the abyss, then forcibly kept her by his side when she had nowhere else to turn, swearing he would lock her there for the rest of her life. Love was obsession, possession, and the stubborn resolve to never let go, even if she hat 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Listen to Her Play Paganini Once More 听她再奏一曲帕格尼尼 Listen to her play Paganini once more 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 A Song of Late Ming Romance 晚明风月辞 A Song of Late Ming Romance 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 I Was Giving Birth in the Delivery Room While My Husband Helped His First Love Get an Abortion Next Door 我在产房生孩子，老公在隔壁陪初恋打胎 I was giving birth in the delivery room, while my husband was next door accompanying his first love as she got an abortion. 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 After You Took Me by Force, I Could Never Leave You Again 强取豪夺后，我再也离不开了 P.S. The age gap is twenty-two years, and the male lead has a sexual history. New book: A nineteen-year age gap, and he takes her by force. Su Baichuan never imagined that simply going home with his boyfriend would catch the eye of Wei Guihai, the powerful head of the Wei clan. Wei Guihai fell for him at first sight and took him by force against his will, breaking up the couple. After that, Wei Huaijin went abroad to study. Over the decades that followed, Baichuan tried 6.1kReads7.1Score41514d adds
- 174 Searching a Thousand Miles for the Way 万里寻途 A Thousand Miles in Search of the Way —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 This Is Awkward: My Ex-Wife Is Getting Married, and I Still Have to Serve at the Wedding 尴尬，前妻结婚我还要去婚宴上端盘子 How awkward. My ex-wife is getting married, and I still have to go serve food at her wedding banquet. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Yindi, a Woman with a Hard Lot 苦命的女人引娣 Yindi's parents favored boys over girls. They gave her away when she was little, then forced her to marry someone she didn't love when she grew up. After her divorce, she faced one difficulty after another, but overcame them all. In the end, she became a successful businesswoman and found love, too. 589Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 177 A Lifetime of Regrets, A Heart Still Unable to Let Go 负尽流年意难平 In a world of ice and snow, a bridal procession stretches for miles. The ruler of Dongli marries a new queen, and the whole nation celebrates. But the new queen is nothing more than a substitute. Everyone knows that Xiao Zhan, to honor the late Princess Li, has gathered women from across the land who resemble her and keeps them in the inner palace. I am the only exception. Is it coincidence, or conspiracy? As the truths deliberately buried begin to surface, layer by layer, and the feuds between 23Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 178 Mr. Gu, Stop Tormenting Her. She's Paid You Back in Full 顾先生别虐了，她已经还清了 [Angst + Physical and Emotional Torment + Win-Her-Back Romance] Gu Yuncheng died, and Gu Yucheng had someone break Nangong Yao’s hands. After countless days and nights of torment, her words changed from “It was an accident” to “I’m sorry. I should pay for it with my life.” Ever since she was little, he was all she could see. She was the little shadow who followed him everywhere. He had always been annoyed by her and wanted nothing more than to get away from her. He thought, “If you do something 1.2kReads5.9Score—14d adds
- 179 Captive Wild Rose 囚禁野玫瑰 Angsty romance + unhinged male lead (if you dislike this, don’t read) + no reconciliation Another warning: the male lead is obsessive and unhinged. If you dislike that, don’t read. Aloof, noble doctor Shi Yi VS gentle, well-behaved teacher Yu Huan From the moment the first rose bloomed, the Creator had been plotting this encounter, one called redemption. Shi Yi was like the moon reflected on water. Yu Huan had gazed up at him for five whole years, loving him humbly as her bright, clear white ros 2.5kReads8.7Score11414d adds
- 180 Forced to Bloom: The Yandere Top-Tier Star Lures Me Back into His Cage 强制绽放：病娇顶流再诱我入笼 Just opened for submissions, climbing the charts [Forced love + possessive confinement + controlling obsession + ruthless pursuit + reunion after years apart + devoted couple, happy ending] Unhinged, dark-hearted top-tier star × stubborn, resilient yet soft-hearted canary A top-tier star with a double identity, a man of power who occasionally pretends to humble himself. * Two years after escaping her cage, Lu Ming happily pushed open the door to the script meeting, only to find the man who haunt 11.7kReads6.9Score68214d adds
- 181 Tides of Fate 沉浮事 [Two male leads + historical setting + supernatural + coercion + HE] The Ghost King forcibly takes over a scholar’s house. The scholar is scared out of his wits, yet has no choice but to obediently burrow into his arms. Then the Ghost King forcibly takes the scholar too. This is the story of a timid man who is terrified of ghosts, captured and kept at the Ghost King’s side for all kinds of kinky games. The two are not equals, and the coercion is intense early on. If anything makes you uncomforta 1kReads8.7Score29014d adds
- 182 The Madman's Lover 疯子恋人 Tired of ordinary romances? How about something different?! Love with a few flaws is even more addictive! An episodic anthology of love stories featuring all kinds of relationships! Plenty to enjoy, in generous portions! Watch the men and women outwit each other in love, keeping one another on tenterhooks! 1.1kReads8.8Score10514d adds
- 183 The Obsessive Crown Prince Is Really Good at Pretending 偏执太子他真的很会装 [Historical romance + yandere + devoted couple + made for each other + angst] A cold, refined crown prince with a deceptively innocent side × a gentle, pure-hearted farmer’s daughter Synopsis: A Wan is an orphan from Changping Village who makes her living growing fruit trees. Pretty and gentle to a fault, she smiles no matter what happens. One day, while checking on her family’s peach trees in the mountains, she found a young man lying beneath one. He wore a white robe trimmed with gold thread a 302Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 184 Tender Love, A Promise of Forever 温情许白头 [A practice story. The plot may be disjointed because the book has been ordered to undergo revisions and cuts several times. Read at your own risk.] Emotionally deprived, troubled male lead + Anti-school bullying + BE + He Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + A Broken Relationship That Can't Be Mended + A Touch of Bittersweetness + Old-School, Over-the-Top Drama (Do not read if these themes bother you. Don't take it too seriously, and please don't leave hate comments.) (The male lead is sexually 1.2kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 185 The Captive Boy 少年囚 [An inspiring comeback + multiple male leads] [Clear-headed, independent heroine] [✍No matter how the story ends, every male lead will get an extra chapter.] This is the road to freedom for a covert guard. One story, many kinds of love and hate. Here you’ll find an [assassin heroine] who... ❤️Loves and fights with a scheming prince❤️ ❤️Is loyally watched over by a warmhearted colleague❤️ ❤️Matches wits with an unorthodox director❤️ ❤️She runs, he chases, and neither can escape❤️ At first, the he 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Even in Death, You'll Still Be Mine 就算死了，你也是我的 Title: Two male leads + physical and emotional torment + coercion + imprisonment + unhinged character Lin Yi: a lazy, straightforward guy with a wicked smile and a resilient heart. Lin Yi’s monologue: I’m a normal boy. One day, I’ll marry the girl I love and have children, preferably two, a boy and a girl. I’ll name them Tuantuan and Yuanyuan. I think we’ll live a happy life together, hand in hand until old age. That’s my lifelong wish! He Yu: a dark, cruel, aloof and domineering top. He Yu gave 622Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 187 Crossing Paths with Xiao Chi 渡萧迟 Xiao Yanyan, a noblewoman of the Liao, and Han Derang, the son of a Han official, fell in love as children and pledged to grow old together. But an imperial edict selecting consorts tore them apart. She was sent to the palace and became Empress to Emperor Jingzong of Liao. Five years later, the emperor died, leaving her with their young crown prince. The imperial clansmen coveted power, and powerful ministers watched like hawks. The widowed empress and her son were in mortal danger. At the most 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 A Painful Kiss 痛吻 [The recommended novel's animated series is now available] Official title: A Kiss of Pain [Against school bullying] [Angst] Zhao He came from a poor family and a humble background. To Shen Xiangwan, she was lower than a dog. She lived under the shadow he cast, enduring a life worse than death. When she was finally set free and left the school That demon said he'd fallen in love with her. And she plunged straight into another abyss. -- After escaping, Zhao He jolted awake from a dark midnight dre 20.4kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 189 Ruthless Lips 唇狠 [1v1, both chaste + Sexual tension] [Arrogant, contemptuous, looks down on others × Obsessive and irritable] The reckless young man dumped by Chen Qing always finds a thousand ways to keep her firmly by his side again. Chen Qing: I really don't like you. Cheng San: Fine. You don't like me. (chases her relentlessly) 2kReads8.7Score22914d adds
- 190 He Knows He Was Wrong 他知道错了 [Bullying + tragic ending + coercive love + mutual devotion] That year, at the park, she found a place in Jiang Ye's heart. But in Su Yin's heart, he was a demon, a nightmare. When they first met in the classroom, Jiang Ye said to Su Yin, “I don't want anything in particular. I just think my dull, boring life might finally get a little more interesting. We have plenty of time!” He had no idea those words would mark the beginning of Su Yin's nightmare, pushing her into an endless abyss! . 1.5kReads8.1Score10314d adds
- 191 Quick Transmigration: After Breaking Up Couples, Everyone Gets Hurt 快穿：拆CP后，全员皆虐 [Quick Transmigration + No Fixed Couple + A Touch of Harem Appeal + Breaking Up Canon Couples + Angst] Zhang Junmei was accidentally killed by the heroine of a book, only to learn that she had been nothing but a stepping stone for the book's hero and heroine. In a fit of anger, she bound herself to a System and entered the books as women who loved the hero without hope, vowing to break up the canon couples. But why did everything get more and more painful as she went along? The people who loved 337Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Reborn as Li Xingyun: Bringing the Tiangang Legend to Life 重生李星云：演绎天罡传 A hardcore fan of The Outcast is unexpectedly reincarnated as Li Xingyun… From the start, he is surrounded by the Lords of Hell. Who would have thought that one move using the Nine Nether Mysterious Heaven Divine Art would leave everyone stunned! Li Xingyun: “Yuan Tiangang, are you willing to help me become emperor?” Yuan Tiangang: “Your Highness…” 234Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 193 Quick Transmigration: The Darling in the Palm of Your Hand 快穿之掌中娇宠 [If you don't like it, please don't hurt or report it. Thank you.] Standalone stories / powerful male lead and comparatively weaker female lead / morally upright male lead / forced love / twisted and obsessive / the heroine is forced into a happy ending / one-on-one romance in every world / love at first sight / sweetness and angst in unpredictable measure / questionable values / childbirth in a few worlds World One: Modern Hypnosis A sweet, soft girl gets bullied by a bad guy World Two: Repu 4.3kReads—Score27514d adds
- 194 The Caged Songbird Ensnared the Mad Emperor 笼中雀她渣了疯批皇帝 [Taking Her by Force / The Long Road to Winning Her Back | Sweet, Deceptive Maid × Domineering, Ruthless, Scheming Emperor] Xu Zhixing was emperor twice in his life. The first time he took the throne, he kept Jiang Si imprisoned by his side and personally forced her to drink a pregnancy-preventing potion. But power struggles were rife with hidden murderous intent, and life and death were unpredictable. In just a few short years, the dynasty changed hands several times. After the Qing dynasty was 1kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 195 Baby, Run Again and I'll Make You Cry, Okay? 宝宝，再跑，把你弄哭好不好？ Peking Opera dan actress × ruthless, sinister business tycoon [Reborn + Coercion + Dual Endings + Regret After the Loss + Obsessive, Twisted Male Lead] In her previous life, Wei Jie kept Sang Xuening imprisoned at his side for five years by the cruelest means. She had no job and no friends. Over those five years, he wore down every sharp edge in her, and ground away all of Sang Xuening’s love for him. She knelt before him and begged, lifting her slender, pale neck. “Please, let me go.” Wei Jie r 4.8kReads—Score23114d adds
- 196 Imprisoned in a Cage 牢笼禁锢 Warning ⚠️⚠️⚠️ The submissive is forced into this situation by mistake!!!!!! Warning ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Both are pure ➕ passion catches fire ➕ forced love ➕ age gap ➕ Stockholm syndrome This story is rather dark. (The rating just came out, so don't run off just because it's low.) Xie Pinshen only went to a friend's birthday party, never expecting to catch the eye of his friend's uncle. That very night, he was forced into Shen Qingming's room. The man firmly told him that he had fallen in love with him. 13.2kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 197 Lock Him Up and Soothe Him: Who's Going to Give In? 囚他哄他，谁认输了 [Figure-skating darling Yang Yi x North American tycoon Lu Yisheng] [Dual male leads + punishment + forced possession + imprisonment and control + coaxing seduction] Yang Yi, the most untouchable darling of the figure-skating world. A blood-red wild rose no one dared to pluck. Beautiful, untamed, resolute, pure. His innocent soul was steeped in a mad, obsessive fervor. He didn’t know if he was born for figure skating, but he was willing to die for it. And yet Lu Yisheng loved him only when he wa 991Reads5.5Score10114d adds
- 198 A Love That Burns Beneath Restraint 隐忍的炽爱 Shen Qingdai, the cherished daughter of a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, has been doted on by her parents since childhood and never suffered the slightest grievance. Even her tears were carefully treasured. Her world should have been filled with the scent of herbs, ancient medical texts, and her parents' boundless affection, until Han Luosheng, a cheeky, swaggering boy, burst unexpectedly into this warm and gentle world like a blazing sun. Han Luosheng is the son of an ol 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 A Seven-Year Dream, Ending Here 七年一梦，到此为止 Seven Years, a Dream, Now at an End 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Dustlight Paints the Heart: Hao Gong and Wei Yi 尘光绘心颢宫微伊 Tong Yanyi’s life at eighteen was dragged into a mire by her mother’s illness and loan-shark debts. She dropped out of school and started working at the Haojue Hotel in Nancheng, learning to lay out towels and toothbrushes. On a guest-room cleanliness scorecard on the twelfth floor, she secretly drew seven Calabash Brothers rescuing their grandpa. She traded humble labor for a chance to survive, and used childlike doodles to fight back against fate’s cruelty. At twenty-eight, Yu Jinghao is the 135Reads—Score—14d adds
