Novels like Bad Brother
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Bad Brother, best match first.
- 1 What If President Shen Only Sees Her as a Little Sister? 万一沈总只把她当妹妹呢 [Complete, with an animated series now available] [Fake Siblings + Wealthy Family + Everyone's Darling + Cozy Everyday Life] Shen Zhaoran grew up as the cherished daughter of the Shen family. Then, at twenty-two, she was told that she was the wrong baby, and that the Shen family's real daughter was someone else. The real heiress didn't care at all about the Shen family's wealth or status. Instead, she patted Zhaoran on the head and smiled. “You're so cute. From now on, you'll be my little sister 19.7kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
- 2 Don't Call Me Brother: He Can't Hide His Possessiveness 别叫我哥：他的独占欲藏不住了 [Distant on the surface, but carefully plotting every move childhood friend x childhood friend who realizes too late she's being fiercely claimed] I have a childhood friend who's like an older brother, though we're not related by blood: Bai Shiyu. He's smart and dazzling, always ranked first and always the center of attention. When we were little, I was the only one who followed him everywhere. But as we grew up, he became a star drifting farther and farther away. Then Lu Wang, a sunny boy who 59Reads—Score106Shelves
- 3 The Ruler in His Hand 掌中戒尺 Shen Zhuo raised Lin Xi and disciplined her strictly. Lin Xi was rebellious in her youth, and he never held back when the cane came down. After marrying Shen Zhuo, she became even more unruly, challenging his limits time and again. Shen Zhuo raised his ruler once more… 188Reads—Score206Shelves
- 4 Little Sister, Little Sister! Who Wants to Be Your Sister? 妹妹妹妹！谁要做你妹妹？ [Touch-Starved Sweetheart vs. Older Man with Separation Anxiety] [A Little Angsty Tension / Mutual Healing / Super-Sweet Everyday Romance / Both Pure in Body and Mind / Six-Year Age Gap] The day her father’s illegitimate son is born is the anniversary of her mother’s death. Soaked from head to toe, Lin Zhao is taken away from the cemetery by her godmother’s son. After living together for four years, her touch-starvation flares up, and he is the only one who can soothe her. To his friends, she’s 14.5kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 5 Spring Berries 春日浆果 [Both devoted to each other + six-year age gap + simmering tension + secret crush] Among Nancheng’s most powerful families, Qi Shu was famous for her arrogance, pride, and disregard for everyone around her. Even more arrogant than her was her brother, Qi Siyin. Everyone who encountered his sharp edge had to give him a wide berth. Qi Siyin was a man as cold, dark, and dangerous as a venomous snake. Every socialite who tried to win his heart went home defeated. People could not help wondering what 4.2kReads8.9Score379Shelves
- 6 Noble and Distant in Public, but Kisses Me Senseless in Private 表面矜贵又避嫌，背后把我嘴亲烂 Staying under one roof | No blood relation | Daddy-style devotion | They choose each other A sweet, sunny little darling x a scheming, gloomy, wicked Daddy - Only after awakening did Li Yin learn that she was a doomed side character in a novel. In the story, she was the sleeping fiancée, passing through a world where the hero and heroine indulged in all kinds of games. In the end, she died on the spot to drive the villainous big shot Jin Tingzhou into darkness. But she awakened at the worst poss 25.2kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
- 7 The Original Male Lead Is a Hopeless Romantic 原著男主他是恋爱脑 Lou Xiao worked hard to get into college, but before she could even enjoy campus life, a car accident sent her straight into a novel called My Boyfriend Is Going to Turn Dark. She had become the vicious supporting character who bullied the male lead and met a tragic end. Five-year-old Lou Xiao: "..." There should still be time... right? Without a golden finger, Lou Xiao could only cling blindly to the male lead, hoping that once he grew up, he would spare her. But something about the plot seeme 8.7kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
- 8 The Stepbrother Male Lead Has to Keep His Head Down 继兄男主要苟住 [Hot-tempered younger sister who throws punches at the slightest provocation VS sharp-tongued brother who dotes on her and constantly cleans up her messes] [Both are each other’s one and only + mutual devotion + feel-good revenge + comedy. They never take abuse lying down, and they get even on the spot!] Song Zhiyue woke up one day to discover she was living in a classic Mary Sue world. The lazy, sharp-tongued CEO, the refined yet depraved investment tycoon, and the gentle, jade-like movie star 43kReads9.0Score5.4kShelves
- 9 Rice Tastes Better: Book Two 米饭吃起来的第2本书 74.4kReads9.2Score7.2kShelves
- 10 Sick Obsession: A Manual for Raising My Brother's Adopted Sister 病态占有：阴湿哥哥的养妹手册 [Dark yandere + System + Older male lead + Secret male crush + Forced love + Extreme possessiveness + Extreme need for control + Coercive pursuit + Age gap + Intense push and pull + Both leads are romantically inexperienced] Soft, pretty college girl x Dark, yandere CEO big brother * Wen Shiyou is a pretty twenty-year-old college student. After a car accident, she unexpectedly gets bound to the "Villainess Cultivation System." The System requires her to complete five villainess tasks every day, 18kReads—Score1.9kShelves
- 11 Spoiled in the Capital 京娇宠溺 [Reserved, Restrained, Fatherly Hero × Scatterbrained, Straightforward Sweetheart (Seven-Year Age Gap)] Lin Chaoque had lived with the Zhou family since she was little. She couldn't help falling for the cold, desireless man of the Zhou family, as immovable as a snow-covered mountain. She wanted to make that mountain crumble. The day she learned that Zhou Guanji was getting engaged, Lin Chaoque kissed the corner of his lips on tiptoe, where no one could see, and asked timidly, “Brother.” “Didn't 14.4kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
- 12 After Sharing Dreams With My Chaste Older Brother, He Couldn’t Keep Up the Act 和禁欲哥哥共梦后，他装不下去了 (Just got a rating, and it’s going up) Celibate neuroscience genius VS bright, flirtatious wild girl [No blood relation | The aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal | Shared dreams | 8-year age gap | One-on-one, both leads are romantically inexperienced] In everyone else’s eyes, Shen Yu was always cool and celibate, never cracking a smile. For seven years, he had looked after Jiang Li, the orphan of his mentor, as if she were his own little sister. Only he knew how out of control he was in hi 7.7kReads8.2Score1kShelves
- 13 Bad Brother and Sister 坏兄妹 [Print edition signed] [Jerk of a brother vs. sweet little sister] In the first few years after meeting Yu Chizhou, Chen Er didn't want a brother. In the years that followed, Chen Er didn't want Yu Chizhou to be her brother. On a typhoon day, Chen Er followed her mother to the Yu home. She hid behind the adults, drenched from head to toe and as pitiful as a little flower. After the adults urged her again and again, she softly called the boy sitting on the sofa “Brother.” The boy scoffed. At 80.3kReads9.4Score13.8kShelves
- 14 My Obsession Knows No Bounds, I Can’t Let My Villainous Persona Slip 觊觎无度，恶毒人设不能倒 [Cultivation] [Redemption] [Exclusive Devotion] This is the second story in the transmigration series. A fatherly boyfriend, the original male lead, and a wild, bold little sister, the original villainess. You Xin Kui swore to the heavens, "If you insist on separating me and my brother, then I can make this world collapse, too." Zang Hai Chuan suddenly lost his memory. When he woke up, he had a fiancee, and his younger brother, childhood friend, and senior all treated her in a very special way. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Half a Plum Blossom, Five Parts Sweet 半落青梅五分糖 After an accident, she married her best friend's older brother. He was a poker-faced man, but he carefully set one trap after another to spoil her, until she gradually fell for his honeyed words. He said, “We're practically childhood friends, so I can't spoil you too much. Three parts sweetness is too bland, and all sugar is too cloying. Five parts is just right. That's how we can be happy together for a lifetime!” 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Impossible to Escape Your Heart 御心难逃 [Age gap + size difference + the powerful never backs down + no groveling chase + fictional setting] Powerful financial tycoon x sweet, naive flower from Huaguo Tricked into a restricted zone by her own uncle, nineteen-year-old college sophomore Xia Zhiyao became a lamb led to slaughter. At the brink of life and death, the man who had established order descended like a god and rescued her from hell. He was her salvation, but also her abyss. Before Shen Yu, the uncrowned king, Xia Zhiyao was as i 102kReads9.3Score11.1kShelves
- 17 The Orphan Everyone Dotes On: With Big Brother Away, I Can Stop Pretending 团宠孤女，哥哥不在不装了 The heroine loves to show off and stir up trouble. She’s no saint, and she always gets even. A satisfying revenge story, doted on by everyone, one-on-one romance, six older brothers, and an indulgent adoptive father. Her father is an international oil tycoon. Her eldest brother is the CEO of a multinational corporation. Her second brother is a medical genius. Her third brother commands a special forces unit that carries out missions across borders. Her fourth brother is a top lawyer specializing 196Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Reckless Indulgence 肆意纵容 New book: The Blind Cannon Fodder, Bound to the Wrong System This is my first book, and I’m inexperienced, so the formatting isn’t very good. I hope readers will bear with me. A story that grows alongside its protagonist: tender, healing, warm, and best savored slowly. Thank you so much! An aloof, high-achieving mute girl & her roguish, sister-obsessed neighbor and older brother figure (doting devotion, cherished by everyone, mutual affection, warm companionship, childhood sweethearts) They lear 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Case of Mistaken Favor! My Brother Is Actually the Crown Prince of the Capital's Elite Circle 错位宠爱！我哥居然是京圈太子爷 The short-form drama is now available. [Two wealthy families + childhood sweethearts with an eight-year age gap + sweet romance] Clumsy, sweet little darling x a steady, restrained, fatherly type who gets mildly domineering later on Ming Zhao, eldest daughter of the Ming family in Beicheng, relied on Zhou Tingyun's affection to throw her weight around and run wild throughout the city. No matter how enormous a mess she made, that man, known for his iron-fisted methods, would always clean it up fo 49.8kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
- 20 So Sweet, So Alluring! The Tipsy Young Master Held Her Close and Coaxed Her All Night 又乖又欲！太子爷醉酒夜抱她轻哄 [Print edition available] The deeply devoted, dangerously unhinged scion of a powerful family × the cool, fallen heiress [Originally titled "A Night of Desire in the Capital"] A pure-hearted socialite from Beijing's elite circle + a rekindled romance + an ex who will do anything to win her back + an older lover who takes the lead + falling for him all over again Jiang Wanzhi comes from a prestigious family and is known throughout the capital as a pure, well-behaved young woman. Few people know 132.6kReads9.4Score278.7kShelves
- 21 The Spoiled Heiress Pretends to Be Sweet and Flirts, but the Chaste Young Master Truly Falls for Her 作精千金假软撩，禁欲少主真沦陷 Older, abstinent, scheming man X spoiled, high-maintenance sweetheart | Pretending to please X Falling in love for real | Possessiveness | An intense game of push and pull On the first day after being reborn, to stay alive, Shentu Shu softened her waist and pressed close to the powerful man. "Young Master, keep me here. There are plenty of things I can do..." Tears clung to the corners of her eyes, making her look pitiful. After her father died of illness, her stepmother had banished her to thi 29.8kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 22 The Female Side Character Is Too Radiant, and the Villain Can't Stop Kissing Her 女配太明媚，会被黑化大佬亲上瘾 I got a low score because someone sabotaged me. Kids, don’t read this. “Bright, charming, and bold villainess × a gloomy, unhinged big shot who pretends to be deaf” The moment Song Chuntian opened her eyes, she found herself in the role of the vicious female supporting character who tormented the future big shot. The original owner of her body had committed countless evil deeds. Now reborn, Fu Shen had fallen completely into darkness. He locked her away in a private sanatorium and tortured her 12.5kReads5.8Score678Shelves
