Novels like Summer Has Passed, and You Have Not Returned
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Summer Has Passed, and You Have Not Returned, best match first.
- 1 Joy for the Rest of My Life 余生喜乐 Joy for the Rest of My Life 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 You Damn System, Give Me Back My Wife! 狗系统还我老婆！ [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + both are each other’s one and only + healing] [Content warning: First-person narration early on, then third-person later!!] A gentle, doting puppy-like top and a proud, flirtatious beauty bottom A short story, mostly about the couple’s everyday life in the beginning Five years after Song Linyu and Jiang Yu got together, the damn System came knocking. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Stepfather’s Life of Tragic Obsession 继父悲情执念的一生 #Family Bonds Across the Years #A Veteran Keeps His Promise #A Heartbreaking Orphan #The Older Generation’s Noble Devotion# Yu Kun was born into hardship. His mother died of severe blood loss during childbirth, and when he was six, his father, worn down by years of toil, passed away. Having endured cold looks and hardship from an early age, he formed a lifelong creed: repay a drop of kindness with a lifetime of gratitude. He enlisted and was sent to the southern border, where his platoon leader, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 I Don’t Want Angst Before the Sweetness, I Just Want You 我不要先虐后甜，我只要你 I Don't Want Angst Before the Sweetness. I Just Want You 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Hundred Laments of Heartbreak 百阙虐心辞 The regrets of this world can, for the most part, be traced to their roots. A hundred sad ballads, a hundred regrets, a hundred things beyond our reach. All the heart-wrenching affairs of the mortal world are committed to paper. Loving the wrong person, taking the wrong path, speaking too soon, falling in love too late, failing to turn back when we should, and failing to let go when we should. I gathered the regrets hidden among ordinary people and wrote them into a hundred stories. Each balla 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The South Wind Cannot Reach the Banquet of Old 南风不渡旧时宴 The south wind does not cross the old banquet. 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Breeze Never Crosses the Years 清风从不渡逾年 The Gentle Breeze Never Crosses the Years 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Big Brother, Will I Be Able to See You When I’m Dead? 哥，我死了就能看见你了吗？ Bro, if I die, will I be able to see you? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 In the Twentieth Year of Loving Her, I Decided to Let Go 爱她的第二十年，我决定放下 In the twentieth year of loving her, I decided to let go. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 My Green Rose 我的绿玫瑰 [Everyone is unhinged + jaw-dropping twists + a contest to see who’s more yandere] A flower shop owner who’s new to cat care VS a seemingly gentle but secretly twisted, obsessive veterinarian Dr. Song seems like the perfect boyfriend: sincere and kind. But... who would ever guess that this gentle, warm-hearted veterinarian and the serial killer behind a string of unsolved police cases are one and the same? 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 She Shone Brightly That Year 恰逢那年她明媚 Before my brother sacrificed himself, he warned me, “Zhiyi, three generations of our family have worked undercover and given their lives for our country. Now that my identity is exposed, those people will never let you go. Jin Shen loves you deeply. Don’t drag him into this.” The night my brother’s body was draped in the national flag, the first thing I did was kick down the man kneeling before me at my graduation ceremony and throw away his proposal ring. “You think a cheap diamond you bought w 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 I Like You in Silence: The Southern Breeze Knows Nothing 我喜欢你是寂静的之南风不知意 I Like You, Quietly: South Wind Knows Not My Heart 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 How Did Things Come to This Between Us? 你我何至于此啊 How Did It Come to This Between Us? 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 That Year, the Wind Never Reached Wen Yu 那年风未渡温予 That Year, the Wind Never Reached Wen Yu 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Fool and an Idiot Make the Perfect Pair 傻子笨蛋天生一对 A Fool and an Idiot Are Made for Each Other 280Reads—Score104Shelves
- 16 Buried Beneath the Tree 埋藏树下 [Short BE story] Middle school campus “Under the name of friendship, I slowly drew closer to you…” When Qiao Jie heard this song after graduating from college, Qiao Chendong’s face came to mind. Only then did she realize she still couldn’t forget the person who had brought warmth to her life. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Don't Remember the Person I Became 别记住后来的我 Don't Remember the Me I Became —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 They Think I'm Easy to Manipulate, but They Don't Know I'm Just Putting on an Act 他们以为我任人拿捏，殊不知我只是在演戏 They think I’m easy to manipulate, but they don’t know I’m just putting on an act. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Xiaotang, Come Home 小棠，回家 Xiao Tang, come home. 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Your Eyes Can Look Only at Me 你的眼睛只能看着我 Your Eyes Can Only Look at Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Meeting You Is the Rest of My Life 相逢即是余生 Meeting You Is the Rest of My Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Stealing the Empire: The Miaojiang Gu Sorceress Slays Her Beloved 窃江山，苗疆蛊女手刃心上人 Stealing the Empire: The Miaojiang Gu Poison Maiden Slays the One She Loves —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Pretended to Be Drunk and Kissed My One True Love 装醉后，我强吻了白月光 After Pretending to Be Drunk, I Kissed My Moonlight Crush —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 After Seven Years as a Substitute, I Turn to Ash 七年替身终成灰 Seven Years as a Stand-In, Reduced to Ashes 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 My Junior Brother Resented That I Had Once Been a Slave. After I Left, He Cried Until His Eyes Were Red 师弟嫌我曾是奴，我走后他哭红了眼 My Junior Brother Resented That I Had Once Been a Slave. After I Left, He Cried His Eyes Red. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Tenth Year 第十年Tenth (A fearless little ray of sunshine × a gentle, humble “fake madman”) The tenth year after he died, I'm getting married. My groom is gentle and considerate, but he isn't him. Everyone knows that Huo Sibei is a madman. Because I love him, I become the second madwoman in their eyes. Prejudice kills without shedding blood. A girl who secretly loved him jumped off a building right in front of him. From then on, Huo Sibei was branded a murderer. He drove his grandmother to her death, then took 1.1kReads8.1Score132Shelves
- 27 May the Wind Rise Again 但愿风再起 [Campus romance / mutual secret crush / bad ending] “Heaven gave me more winters than I could count, and you were the first spring I ever found.” At thirteen, a girl met the boy who would shape her entire life. His name was Zhou Yifeng. To catch up with him, she began studying hard, just so she could get one step closer. It took her five years to reach his side, but one accident changed everything. That's how cruel fate can be. She poured every ounce of herself into secretly loving him during he 164Reads—Score102Shelves
- 28 The General's Legitimate Daughter and the Beishu Hostage Prince: He Won Everything, but Never Saw Me One Last Time 将军嫡女x北朔质子：他赢了一切却没见我最后一面 The general’s legitimate daughter x the hostage prince of Beishuo: He won everything, yet never saw me one last time —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Only After His Terminal Stomach Cancer Diagnosis Did He Learn I'd Made Soup for Three Years 胃癌晚期他才知道我炖了三年汤 Only when his stomach cancer was terminal did he learn that I'd been making soup for him for three years. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Goodnight, Xu Jingyan 晚安，许敬言 Goodnight, Xu Jingyan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 My Secret Crush Became a Top-Tier Star 我的暗恋对象成了顶流 My Secret Crush Became a Top-Tier Star 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Beijing Is Her Heart 北京，是她的心脏 Beijing is her heart. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Xu Wang 许忘 Xu Wang 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Burning Bones, Yearning for You 灼骨相思 Yearning That Burns to the Bone 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 He Fell in Love with Someone Else While Bringing Me Back to Life 他在复活我的途中爱上别人 He Fell in Love with Someone Else While Bringing Me Back to Life 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 We Haven’t Divorced, We’ve Just Stopped Talking 《我们没离婚，只是不再说话了》 We Haven't Divorced, We Just Don't Talk Anymore 801Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 When I Wake, He Is No Longer Warm 梦醒再无他温 When I Awoke, There Was No Warmth Left Between Us 214Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Tang'er, the Flowers Have Bloomed Again 棠儿花又开了 The Tang Blossoms Are Blooming Again 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Last Snowfall in Zurich 苏黎世的最后一场雪 Lin Xigu once believed that staying by Wen Anning's side could dispel the gloom hanging over her and save her from depression. They promised to travel to many places together, letting the world's beauty soothe the scars deep in her soul, and letting the winds atop the snow-capped mountains bear witness to their long-overdue confession. But the storm of fate struck without warning. The last snowfall in Zurich took Wen Anning away and crushed all of Lin Xigu's hopes. Only when Lin Xigu found the 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Love You Give Is Like a Poison, Like an Addiction 你给的爱，似毒似瘾 Chu Qing said Qu Hengfeng was her poison, her addiction, woven into her blood and buried in her bones. If she stopped loving him, she would die. But she became the hatred Qu Hengfeng could never erase in this lifetime. So she chose to die, taking his love with her. At last, he was free. But when the whole bloody truth was laid bare, he finally understood. The girl who had loved him with her life was gone forever. The words “Brother Hengfeng” became the greatest thing he longed for in all his rem 96Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 41 Twenty-Six Sunsets in the ICU, and They Can’t See Me ICU里的二十六次日落，他们看不见我 Twenty-Six Sunsets in the ICU, and They Can't See Me 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Demon’s Handbook of Exploitation 恶魔压榨手册 The Demon’s Handbook of Exploitation 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 After the Strategist Died, the Princess Regretted It 军师死后，公主后悔不已 After the Strategist's Death, the Princess Was Filled with Regret 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 When Day Breaks, You'll Come Back 天亮了，你就回来了 When the sun rises, you'll be back. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Moonlight on the Southern Branch, Burdened by Deep Love 南枝月影负情深 She was framed by the woman he loved and explained herself countless times. But he never believed her. Years of companionship earned her not a shred of trust or pity. He severed the tendons in her hands and destroyed her martial arts abilities. Then he tried to kill her for the woman he loved. Later, with silver hair, she stood in the palace hall and drove a sword through her own chest. Blood stained her robes… 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 May the Lights Never Go Out 只愿灯火长明 May the Lights Never Go Out 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 When Love's There, Love's There 爱都爱了 Preface Yu Wenzhan, a wealthy heir, fell for Qin Lijia, a girl from an ordinary family. After relentlessly pursuing her, they began a seven-year romance in which he was the younger boyfriend. But when they decided to marry, his family put up fierce opposition and did everything they could to stop them. “What kind of distinguished family do you think we are?” He tried to fight back, but to no avail. As the heir apparent, he had no freedom to choose whom to marry. He had no idea how complicated 6Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 48 At the End of the Galaxy, You'll Always Be in My Heart 星河尽头，你永远在我心上 At the Edge of the Galaxy, You Will Always Be in My Heart 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 An Expired Insurance Policy, Someone Who Never Came Home 过期的保单，未归的人 An Expired Policy, Someone Who Never Came Home —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Death Is My Release, and Their Lifelong Punishment 死是我的解脱，也是他们一辈子的刑罚 My death is my release, and their life sentence. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
