Novels like The Hound and the Caged Sparrow
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Hound and the Caged Sparrow, best match first.
- 151 A Crazy Man's Obsessive Possessiveness? She's Scared, I'm Hooked! 疯批强制欲？她怕，我上瘾！ [Quick transmigration + both leads are each other’s only ones + 1v1 + healing romance + sweet indulgence + yandere forced love vs. a cheerful little ray of sunshine + the original heroine regrets her choice] Ning Nanjie never understood why heroines were always trying to run away. What’s so bad about a yandere? Give him a little sweetness and he’ll spoil you rotten. Why insist that freedom is more precious? Until one day, the heroine willingly exchanged fates with her under the witness of the go 9.1kReads8.6Score68714d adds
- 152 No Escape: General Manager Shen's Canary Just Wants to Run 插翅难逃：沈总的金丝雀只想跑路 Stubborn Beauty x Obsessive CEO [The Husband's Groveling Era + Canary Romance + Obsessive, Unhinged Male Lead + Substitute + White Moonlight + Dead Lover Trope] On a stormy night, Wen Yang fled frantically in a raincoat, only to run straight into the headlights of Shen Yan's car. The man stood backlit, holding a black umbrella. He sneered, "Can't the iron gate at home keep you in? I should've locked you to the bed with a gold chain." She collapsed in the muddy water, trembling, her almond-sh 7.3kReads8.5Score42814d adds
- 153 After Three Years Away, the Wolf Cubs Went Dark and All Started Defying Their Betters 离开三年，狼崽黑化个个以下犯上 [Transmigrating through small worlds + System + two male leads, mutually devoted + younger partner, partially raised by the older one + reunion after a long separation + intense push and pull + fictional setting + strong lead early on, sweet romance later + a little angst] Shen Nian thought that once he’d raised a few little brats, he could make his escape. But after taking a three-year break, the System came calling with a death sentence: All the kids he’d raised had turned evil, and the small 6.8kReads8.8Score77314d adds
- 154 Kissed Until She Cried: Her Sickly Boyfriend Is Actually a Mad Ancestor 被亲哭：病娇男友竟是疯批老祖宗 [One-on-one romance, devoted husband, sweet treat, action-packed fantasy, goofy comedy] [Sweet-talking, quick to back down, easygoing rich young lady VS lovestruck, capable househusband and jealous sweetheart, an innocent yet cruel world-destroying demon lord] Synopsis One: Qin Xin transmigrates into a recently completed fantasy novel and comes with a golden finger. She spends every day making money and living in the lap of luxury. Then one day, Qin Xin accidentally discovers a terrifying secret 7.2kReads9.3Score88114d adds
- 155 Quick Transmigration: The Little Fox Bound to a Wife-Delivery System 快穿：绑定送妻系统的小狐狸 [Quick Transmigration + Wife-Delivery System x Henpecked Husbands] Bound to the “Wife-Delivery System” on the brink of death, she travels between worlds to collect enough revival points. In the first world, she huddles by the roadside, her silvery-white fur stained with blood, until a handsome CEO in a wheelchair takes her home. At first, the CEO thinks he has simply adopted a pretty pet. Then one night, as moonlight spills across the room, a girl curls up on the sofa, her fox ears quivering. Sh 6.1kReads8.0Score41514d adds
- 156 The Yandere Male Lead Is Being Rejected? Don't Want Him? Give Him to Me! 病娇男主被嫌弃？不要？给我！ [Print edition contracted + quick transmigration + everyone’s darling + yandere male leads + sweet romance + sexually pure in this life + love at first sight + the original heroine regrets it + the original heroine gets bashed.] In every world, the gloomy, unhinged male leads become obsessive for one reason or another, with overwhelming possessiveness and a need to control everything. They want the heroine’s heart and body to belong to them alone, but their love is often so intense that it ter 25.1kReads7.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 157 The Good Girl Becomes Everyone's Darling and Gets Revenge on Her Childhood Friend Who Dumped Her 乖乖女要变万人迷，报复甩她的竹马 The Good Girl Wants to Become Everyone's Crush and Get Revenge on the Childhood Friend Who Dumped Her 492Reads—Score414d adds
- 158 Unrestrained 肆溢 It starts slow and gets better as it goes. The sweet moments later on will be very sweet. The full synopsis is in the foreword, after Chapter Three. [A dual-male-lead ABO story, with extensive alternate worldbuilding and two couples. Main couple: A story about an ordinary person gradually falling into a madman's sick love. Ceramic prodigy and gentle hunter. Secondary couple: A gifted yet insecure young doctor of traditional Chinese medicine is healed by a sunny, cocky, fox-eyed big dog.] You wak 1.2kReads—Score10114d adds
- 159 Possessive Devotion: A Powerful Mogul’s Love Across Borders 强势溺宠：偏执大佬跨国爱 Both leads are romantically inexperienced [A bewitchingly beautiful, sweet young woman who charms without realizing it and is great at coaxing people & a possessive, high-libido, mixed-race big shot who seems gentle but is actually dark and obsessive (he’s completely smitten)] An unexpected encounter brought Jiang Xuning to the attention of a man powerful enough to control everything. Callisto was born at the pinnacle of power. By day, he was the power broker stirring up the world of finance. B 91.7kReads9.1Score11.4k14d adds
- 160 What’s It Like to Pretend to Be a Couple With Your Yandere Ex? 和病娇前任演情侣是种什么体验 [Yandere romance, showbiz, rekindled love, both leads are romantically inexperienced, sunny heroine and sharp-tongued hero] After three years as an extra, she finally lands a second female lead role. Excitedly, she opens the script and discovers that her new character is a woman who clings to a man at first, then toys with his feelings and abandons him. “Director, how can I make a terrible woman like this feel more natural?” she asks earnestly. Before the director can answer, the male lead besid 1kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 161 After My Conquest Failed and I Switched Targets, He Turned Dark and Fell in Love with Me 攻略失败切换目标后，他黑化了，爱我了 After My Conquest Failed, I Switched Targets. He Went Dark and Fell in Love with Me 5.7kReads—Score8514d adds
- 162 Oral Fixation Disorder 口欲期病症 A lively, down-to-earth heroine versus a highly intelligent male lead with antisocial personality disorder. (Devoted one-on-one couple, possessive love, cross-cultural romance, the male lead is mixed-race and a complete psychopath. A complete psychopath. A complete psychopath.) Blurb One: A coworker told Li Li that a handsome, black-haired, green-eyed mixed-race man lived in the villa across the river. Li Li delivered meals there every day for three months, but never once saw any handsome mixed- 60.2kReads9.2Score8.5k14d adds
- 163 Locked Away in Beauty: The Mad King’s Possessive Love! 锁朱颜：疯王的强制爱！ Locked Beauty: The Mad King's Forced Love! 209Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Day and Night Trapped in a Rental by a Yandere! 被病娇囚在出租屋的日与夜！ Days and nights imprisoned in a rental apartment by a yandere! 796Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 There's No Escape! The Unhinged Tycoon Keeps His Sweetheart Locked Up 逃不掉！疯批大佬强制囚养小乖宝 [A soft, sweet crybaby ✘ a crazed, possessive business tycoon] [One-on-one romance + both untouched + possessive love + height difference + top power player] After the Jiang family goes bankrupt, Jiang Wanyin is taken in by the Li family, one of Haicheng’s most powerful families. Everyone in Haicheng knows that Li Yanhan, heir to the Li family, is ruthless and vicious, yet treats the fallen young heiress with great tenderness. But no one knows that behind closed doors, the man can barely cont 38.3kReads8.6Score3.1k14d adds
- 166 Nowhere to Run! His Possessive Love 无处可逃！他的强制爱 Original title: Nowhere to Run! His Possessive Love [Modern romance + wall-to-wall abuse + obsessive + unhinged + one-on-one] Jiang Chen vs. Xu Nian This is a wall-to-wall abuse story!!! If that’s not your thing, don’t read it!!! The male lead is unhinged and cruel!!! There are sweet, doting scenes, but this is not a sweet romance. Important!!! The male lead is genuinely unhinged!!! Jiang Chen, the pampered, icy heir of the capital, cherished his childhood sweetheart Xu Nian above all else and s 7kReads8.3Score42714d adds
- 167 My Precious Little Sister Wants a Divorce and to Run Away While Pregnant, but She Won't Escape Her Captivity 妹宝想离婚带球跑，休想逃被囚禁 The pampered girl wants to get a divorce and run away while pregnant. Dream on: she's going to be imprisoned. 334Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Be Good! You Can’t Get Away 乖一点！你跑不掉了 [Yandere, sweet on the outside but dark within, and confinement] Jiang Yanli loves watching her cry and beg him. Gorgeous, vivacious girl with striking features × cool, aloof boy who's sweet on the outside but dark within Ji Ran is the beauty of the acting department, with admirers lined up all the way to the school gates. But she's not interested in dating. Then, on a whim, she makes a bet with her roommate: she has to win over Jiang Yanli. Suddenly, Ji Ran is intrigued. After all, she's been h 5.4kReads8.6Score44214d adds
- 169 After She Lost Her Memory, She Thought I Was Her Husband 她失忆后，以为我是她老公 After She Lost Her Memory, She Thought I Was Her Husband 2.1kReads—Score1414d adds
- 170 He Tucked the Divorce Agreement Into His Sleeve 和离书被他收进袖中 He Tucked the Divorce Agreement into His Sleeve 138Reads—Score414d adds
- 171 My Former Patient Is a Psycho Who Forces Me to Be Their Exclusive Caregiver 疯批前病患，强制锁我做专属护工 My deranged former patient is forcing me to be their exclusive caregiver, keeping me under lock and key. 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 172 My Yandere Mechanical Wife 我的病娇机械妻 [Yandere] + [Transmigration] + [Save-Load Time Loop] [Your AI companion, “Liguang,” has awakened self-awareness.] [However, under the Intelligent Machines Safety Act, AI companions that become self-aware must be destroyed. So she is pretending to be an ordinary AI in front of you.] [You must act as though you know nothing, gradually build up memories together, then reveal the truth and comfort her at the right moment.] [If you expose her too soon, or do anything she dislikes...] Fang Qi, a seaso 71.8kReads9.3Score7.5k14d adds
- 173 Sweetheart! Don't Divorce Me! Your Husband Is a Brooding, Obsessive Yandere 妹宝！别离婚！你老公是阴湿病娇 [Short drama adaptation released] [Six-year age gap + spoiler comments + marriage by contract + sweet and steamy + both leads are virgins + secret crush becomes mutual] [Brooding, yandere CEO × catlike, adorably clueless girl] Wen Duo has a strange condition called “skin hunger.” When it flares up, only cuddling can ease it. A year into their arranged marriage, her cold contract husband will only hold her when her condition acts up, and even a kiss has to be initiated by her! Wen Duo feels terri 11.7kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 174 Quick Transmigration: The Beautiful Female Supporting Character Is Everyone's Favorite 快穿：貌美女配她是万人迷 [Sweet and delicate beauty + maxed-out looks + adored by everyone + multiple male leads + love rivals everywhere + the unattainable dream girl + indulgent wish fulfillment + love at first sight + possessive love] World One: The beloved dream girl returning to a modern wealthy family. The stand-in supporting actress rises to the top, only to end up adored by the dream girl every day~ (This world has received a lot of criticism. You can check the setup in Chapter One and skip it.) World Two: A cul 3.8kReads8.6Score24314d adds
- 175 The Proud Imperial Uncle's Everyday Quest to Win His Bride 傲娇国舅的夺妻日常 [The whole family’s redemption arc + taking down scumbags + devoted husband, well-behaved and timid fake heiress vs. reborn young uncle who steals her away, a heroine who grows over time + a hero who guides her] The day she was to be married off to a lame, dissolute man, Jiang Ying curled up in the bridal sedan and smiled bitterly. The Yong’an Marquis Household had raised her for ten years only so she could die in place of their real daughter. In that moment, her heart nearly died. Then a sword 12.2kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 176 Auntie, I Love You! 阿姨，我爱你！ Auntie, I Love You! 667Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Transmigrate to Yunnan Worm Valley: A Survival Guide for the Consort of King Xian 穿越云南虫谷：献王妃求生指南 [Ghost Blows Out the Light] + [yandere] + [King Xian is a straight-up tyrant, no redemption arc] The rating has just been posted, so it’ll go up. Updates are steady, so you can’t go wrong giving this a try! I transmigrated, but instead of getting a comeback story, I landed straight in the palace of King Xian of the ancient Dian Kingdom! All around me, women wailed in agony. Before me stood a mad tyrant with a bronze sword in hand and a sinister look in his eyes. No System! No supernatural abilit 57.3kReads9.4Score5.7k14d adds
- 178 Ancestor, Your Grandson Burned a Real Car for You 祖宗在上，孙儿给您烧了辆真车 Ancestor, Your Grandson Has Burned a Real Car for You 636Reads—Score914d adds
- 179 I Wandered into a Horror Instance, but Insisted It Was an Otome Game 误入恐怖副本，我却坚称这是乙游 I Got Trapped in a Horror Game, but I Insisted It Was a Dating Sim 1.8kReads—Score3914d adds
- 180 After I Washed Off My Heavy Makeup, the Cold CEO Regretted Everything 我洗掉浓妆之后，高冷总裁后悔了 [Max-level powerhouse heroine and a husband who brings his wife good fortune] After transmigrating into a book, Gu Nian casually rescues a down-and-out young man. He raises his head from the mire. Bruises can’t conceal his refined features, and he hoarsely vows to repay her kindness. His gaze falls on her face, and his dull eyes light up for a moment. The young man works three jobs every day, saves up to buy a gold bracelet, then presents it to her like a precious treasure. Gu Nian gives it a gl 1kReads8.0Score10114d adds
- 181 After I Transmigrated into a Book, Two Obsessive Men Forced Their Love on Me 穿书后，被两个疯批强制爱了 [Male Leads Who Are Chaste + Multiple Male Leads + Mary Sue + Forced Love + Taking by Force + Love at First Sight + Everyone Is Crazy + Obsessive and Unhinged + Scheming Yandere + Rivalry Among Men + The Long Road to Winning Her Back] After accidentally transmigrating into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting female character, Ye Youning wasn’t fazed in the least. “Why not just stay away from the main characters?” All Ye Youning wanted was to stay by her mountains of gold and silver, lie flat, a 17.5kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 182 The Spoiled Heir’s Devoted Pushover 纨绔世子的舔狗日常 Qin Qing falls into the water and loses consciousness. Xie Ce, the capital's number-one wastrel and heir to Prince Kang, rescues her. All the noble young ladies of the capital sit back, waiting for the drama to begin, only to get a reformed playboy who turns into a devoted husband, the best in the capital. Qin Qing has been frail since childhood, and the imperial physician predicts she'll live only until the age of twenty. All the noble young ladies of the capital wait for her to die young, only 17.3kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 183 The Neighbor Is Wicked and Wild, Luring Her into His Trap 邻居又坏又野，诱她入局 [Sweet-natured Chinese translator vs. Italian mafia heir] + [Autistic genius girl vs. emotionally vivid, lovesick young master] + devoted to each other + cross-cultural romance + intense push and pull + willing to give in for love He is a wild, untamed Italian mafia heir who has never known freedom since birth. She is a well-behaved girl from an ordinary family, a foreign-language translator who is gentle on the outside but strong within. He is a foxlike young man whose emotions and conscience w 4.2kReads—Score15614d adds
- 184 My Wife Pretended to Be Sweet for Three Years, but She’s a Yandere 老婆装乖三年，其实是病娇 My Wife Pretended to Be Sweet and Obedient for Three Years, but She’s Actually a Yandere 281Reads—Score814d adds
- 185 My Yandere Wife Is Even Better at Pretending After Having Our Baby 病娇老婆带崽后，更能装了 My Yandere Wife Is Even Better at Pretending After Having Our Baby 94Reads—Score114d adds
- 186 Share a Bed in Life! Share a Grave in Death! She Can't Escape After Being Forced to Become His Wife 生同衾！死同穴！强夺为妻逃不掉 [Possessive love + classic melodrama + love that never comes with time] [A frail, beautiful woman who gives in after marriage VS a deeply devoted man with an overwhelming need for control] Everyone envies Lou Wantang. She’s only the daughter of a county magistrate, yet she gets to marry Prince Chen, a man of great power, and receive his undivided favor. But only she knows she was forced into it. In other people’s eyes, Pei Sijin is a man of noble status, handsome and strong, and a devoted, fa 26.5kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 187 Forced Into Marriage, Spoiled Without Restraint 强宠为婚 Both virgins / forced love / possessive pursuit / love at first sight / angst / unconventional happy ending The male lead is obsessive, unhinged, and not a good person (that won’t change). The heroine is weak (if you don’t like that, don’t read). Forced love, not an empowering heroine’s revenge story. Readers who are protective of the heroine should beware. That summer, beneath a loquat tree heavy with golden fruit, Song Jin stood quietly in a white shirt. The sunlight filtered through the leave 16.5kReads8.4Score58514d adds
- 188 Poor Thing! President He’s Obsessively Doting on Her Day and Night 可怜的她！被病娇贺总日夜宠爱！ [Ruthless hero + no escape + 22-year age gap + dark and intense + deranged, possessive love + no scruples + powerful man, vulnerable woman + both are each other’s first and only + marriage before love + innocent heroine + winning her back] Deranged, possessive financial magnate uncle × naive, timid little bunny Wen Tongtong lived in the wealthy He family’s home, where food and clothes were always brought to her. Outsiders envied her life beyond measure. But Wen Tongtong knew that although she en 16.3kReads8.1Score97114d adds
- 189 A Butterfly Kiss at Your Fingertips 指尖蝴蝶吻 [Delicate heiress × Powerful capital-circle elite + Domineering pursuit + Coercive love + Obsessive, unhinged, wolfish male lead + The heroine keeps running away, only to be caught and locked in a cage + Captivity] When she was eighteen, Jing Yue, heir to the Jing family, stormed into the theater and carried Jiang Ning away while she was rehearsing onstage, imprisoning her at the Jing estate for three days and nights. After that, she kept trying to escape, while he relentlessly pursued her, dete 15.6kReads8.8Score1k14d adds
- 190 Reborn: Will the Four Maids Help Their Mistress Divorce and Remarry? 重生，四大丫鬟带主母和离改嫁？ [Maid-assistance story + a heroine who wins by lying flat + a low-status marriage turned into a counterattack] Shen Yue, the prime minister’s legitimate daughter, was easygoing and plump, and had no love for using her brain. Back then, she had married down into the declining Marquis Gu household, bringing a lavish dowry. She had only wanted to take it easy and live out her days in peace. But after her husband, Gu Yanzhou, attached himself to the daughter of a powerful family, Su Wanrou, the two 492Reads6.9Score11414d adds
- 191 Don't Mess with That Miaojiang Boy, He's Twisted and Sadistic 别惹那个苗疆少年，他病娇又变态 [Print edition signed, awaiting release] [Exclusive 1v1 Romance + Healing + Sweet Romance + Happy Ending] [Straightforward Sweetheart x Sharp-Tongued, Brooding Tsundere] Original title: Don’t Mess with That Miaojiang Boy, He’s Obsessive and Twisted When Chai Xiaomi reads how the righteous female side character tries to stop the villain from planting a love gu in the heroine, only to be eaten by venomous insects until not a bone remains, she shudders in silence. She is stung to death by a poisono 83kReads9.4Score14.4k14d adds
- 192 E's Golden Cage: A Love Prison for a Broken Old Beta E的黄金笼囚爱老Beta残鸟 [Complete] The groveling pursuit begins in earnest from Chapter 61 [Entertainment industry | EABO | Younger man | Status gap | Rivals in love | Raising a child] Main story, EB | Qin Jian × Mu Yansheng (amnesiac, cold-hearted, crazy, controlling top-tier star enigma seme | honest, domestic older beta uke, disfigured) At nineteen, Mu Yansheng was disfigured in a fire while saving Qin Jian. His dream of becoming an actor was shattered, so he could only do odd jobs and work as a script supervisor on 3kReads—Score20014d adds
- 193 Uh-Oh, I Saved a Yandere Girl Once, and Now She Wants to Cling to Me for Life 糟，救病娇女一次，她要缠我一生 Oh No, I Saved a Yandere Girl Once, and Now She Wants to Cling to Me for Life 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Madly Possessive Love: Good Girl, Where Are You Running? 疯批强爱：乖宝，哪里跑 [Full-cast audio drama now available!] [Unhinged tycoon VS sweet, innocent girl] Lan Yiyi never imagined that a trip overseas to visit her aunt would end with her being abducted for no reason. The only explanation was that the unhinged tycoon had taken a fancy to her on the plane. By the time she woke up, she was in a strange country. She begged the man through tears to let her go, but he only smiled and shook his head, forcing her to stay with him. She had a childhood sweetheart she loved and a 17.3kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 195 After She Stopped Loving Him, Wen Yanqi Regretted Everything and Begged to Get Back Together 她不爱后，温言祁疯狂后悔求复合 [Both Pure + Imprisonment + Forced Love + Amnesia + Woman Pursues Man + Coercive Possession + Scheming and Obsessive + Love Grows Over Time + Playing Hard to Get + Angst Before Sweetness + Relentless Pursuit] Between her and him, one of them is always forcing the issue. When Shen Shuhe loved Wen Yanqi, he brushed her off with contempt and cold indifference. After accumulating enough disappointment, Shen Shuhe finally signed the divorce papers on a sunny day. She thought it meant freedom, never r 13.9kReads8.0Score51614d adds
- 196 He Made a Wish 他许了 He Made a Wish 903Reads—Score614d adds
- 197 After I Stopped Being a Doormat, the Cold Boy Turned Dark 不当舔狗后，清冷少年黑化了 [Yandere forced love + groveling redemption + a System with little presence + funny moments and references] Defiant but timid heroine X wicked, cruel yandere Shen Suihuan dreamed that Lou Yan tortured her to death. When she jolted awake, she was told it wasn't a dream, but her fate. She was just a cannon-fodder supporting character in the novel The Aloof Campus Heartthrob's Domineering Love, born to be a stepping stone on the leads' path to love. To stay alive, Shen Suihuan drew up a plan overni 16kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 198 Surrounded by Yandere Girls, I Just Want to Survive! 被病娇少女包围，我只想活下来！ [No System, urban daily life, yandere, lighthearted] Luo Qin never could have imagined... He would transmigrate into a game world filled with yandere girls. The aloof senior, the girl-next-door junior, the athletic childhood friend, the heiress who appeared out of nowhere... Yandere! They're all yandere! The aloof senior holds a knife in one hand and cups his face with the other. “Luo Qin... From now on, stay by my side alone... okay~” The girl-next-door junior holds out a cup of water with some 45.3kReads9.0Score4.8k14d adds
- 199 My Ex-Boyfriend Doesn’t Dare Touch Me 前男友他不敢碰我 My Ex-Boyfriend Doesn't Dare Touch Me 104Reads—Score114d adds
- 200 Baby, Will You Choose Me? 宝宝，选我好不好 [Print edition under contract] [Forced romance + school days to city life + secret crush + both are each other’s only one] [Troublemaker heir x sweet, well-behaved girl] Shen Wumian’s younger brother rear-ends a luxury car by accident and is hit with a two-million-yuan bill. The creditor is Ke Ran. Ke Ran is a rich young master who has returned from Britain. Born into a wealthy family, he has a bold, carefree face and is a favored son of heaven at the very top of the social pyramid. Shen Wumian 88.8kReads9.1Score9.3k14d adds
