Novels like Reborn on the Day I Called Off the Engagement, I Dumped the Jerk and Took Over the Family Business
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Reborn on the Day I Called Off the Engagement, I Dumped the Jerk and Took Over the Family Business, best match first.
- 51 Archrival, Stay Away from Me! 死对头你离我远点！ Pei Che, heir to a family business, is a handsome, roguish CEO with no scandals to his name. Shen Yan is a spoiled young master who joined the entertainment industry because he loves having fun. They’ve been compared to each other ever since childhood, leading Shen Yan to unilaterally declare them sworn enemies. 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 From Ancient Times to Today: My Assassin Boyfriend Blushes Whenever I Kiss Him 古穿今：我的杀手男友一亲就脸红 [Ancient Assassin Transmigrates to the Present | Blushing at the First Flirt, Top Assassin x Chatterbox Archaeology Student | Funny, Sweet Everyday Romance] An Jiu transmigrates to the modern era after an accident. No official identity, no household registration, no home, no job. He tries to sell top-tier martial arts lessons, but gets reported to the police as part of a pyramid scheme. He goes looking for work, and a hotpot restaurant offers him the astronomical wage of eight yuan an hour. How 2.2kReads8.1Score458Shelves
- 53 Champagne 香槟 Su Jiu wants to be the champagne glass at the very top of the tower. [Glittering stardom + modern romance + 1v1 + secret crush + mutual devotion + entertainment industry] She used to be the face of a popular girl group, a sweetheart adored by millions of fans. But on the day her three-year contract expired, she tore up the renewal agreement. Su Jiu stormed out of the conference room with nothing to her name except an audition email she’d sent to Xingyu Media and an acting dream everyone laugh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 The Moonlit Beauty Is Always Coveted 月亮美人总被觊觎 [Irresponsible 1 x Aloof Beauty 0] [Two Male Leads! Older Man and Younger Man! Both Strong!] Ximen Changge, the most gifted young man of the Ximen clan, is exceptionally talented, cool, and otherworldly. Ji Chen, the son of the Star Palace's master, is carefree and does whatever he pleases. The two first met as boys at Y Rui Palace. Ji Chen's first impression of Ximen Changge: "What a dull, stuffy guy!" Ximen Changge's first impression of Ji Chen: "Loud, unruly, and impossible to reason with!" . 55Reads—Score219Shelves
- 55 The Long Road Home 长路归航 This book is dedicated to the friends who have walked alongside me all this way. This is a story written for you, a gift to you. When you read it, I hope you will remember the carefree days of our youth together. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 My Master, the Emperor Venerable 我的帝尊师父 Fate is hard to defy when you are powerless. Opportunity may be coincidence, yet it may also be destiny. If your life has been as dull as water, but you encounter someone supreme... what would you choose? The Emperor of Myriad Realms descended to the mortal world for a visit. When he ran into mountain bandits, Fang Hua, a herb-gathering boy from the hills, happened upon them. Fang Hua fought fiercely and drove off the bandits, but was badly wounded and on the brink of death. The Emperor rescued 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 The Sky Is Vast, the Sea Is Boundless, I Long for the Azure; The Sword Is Azure, the Dao Is Azure, I Long for the Azure Soul 天苍海沧慕清苍，剑苍道苍慕魂苍 This is the story of a group of protagonists. They will go on all kinds of adventures and match wits with their various enemies. In the end, they may each find what they deserve, or things may not turn out as they hoped. What will their stories be like? Let’s look forward to finding out! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Possessing a Haunted Apartment, I Livestream Scaring the Entire Internet 附身凶楼，我直播恐吓全网 [Livestreaming to Stay Alive] [Building Incarnation] [Turning the Tables with Pranks] [Influencer Feuds] [Urban Supernatural] When other people transmigrate, they become emperors or tycoons. Wu Shen, though, transmigrates into an abandoned building. The good news is that he can control all the facilities inside the building. The bad news is that all he can control are the facilities inside the building. To keep living, he unlocks a livestreamed exploration feature. He gathers energy from his vie 467Reads5.5Score103Shelves
- 59 I Just Came Down to Earth for a Stroll? 我来人间遛个弯？ I thought I was an observer who looked down on the world, but in the end, I too was merely a pawn on fate’s chessboard. Bai Ye, who can travel through time and space, arrived in this little world to seek the reincarnated souls of the legendary Cowherd and Weaver Girl. When spiritual energy meets cutting-edge science, it turns out to be nothing more than the grand unified field of physics. Cultivation is no longer limited to flying on swords, either. The contest between civilizations has never be 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 When the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas Came to the Modern World 当三坛海会大神来到现代后 A fanfic based on the Orange Light/Easy Second Dimension game Nezha: The Spirit Pearl Guides the Lotus Heart A Yang Jian/Nezha story, set in an alternate modern world after the Investiture of the Gods war ended and they became gods. Yang Jian × Nezha. The pairing stays as written, no switching. Comedy throughout, with a lighthearted plot. Just treat it as a sweet little romance (beware of some angst, and there’s a chase-your-lover-to-the-crematorium arc). PS: The top is older, not younger! The 267Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 A Little Spitball of an Article 口水小文章 Who doesn't have a few little daydreams in their life? The story of Yuan Chao and Liu Jiali is full of them. They're sudden flights of fancy amid life's daily necessities, strange encounters on city streets and country lanes, and the warm dreams of two people walking side by side. A little story wraps up every three chapters, with a hundred unique tales and a thousand chapters without a break. There's everyday warmth, a touch of romance, wild ideas, and heartfelt tenderness. From dawn to dusk, f 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 After My Wife Cheated with Her Boss, I Called the Old Master in the Capital 妻子出轨老板后，我拨通了京城老爷子的电话 After My Wife Cheated with Her Boss, I Called the Old Master in the Capital 85Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Dreams Come True: My Dream-Making Studio 美梦成真，我的圆梦工作室 Do you have a wish you want to fulfill but can’t achieve in real life? If so, come to my “Dreams Come True Dream Exchange,” and I’ll help make your dream a reality. This story is lighthearted and hilarious, with an imagination that runs wild. When you’re tired from work or in a bad mood, it’ll help you unwind and lift your spirits, so you can enjoy every day. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Text-Based Cultivation: I Can See Every Way to Die 文字修仙，我能看见所有死法 [Text-Based Cultivation] [the Myriad Worlds] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [One Female Lead] Chen Yan was bound to a deadly text-based cultivation game. Its simulations could reveal what lay ahead, and the information was genuine, yet incomplete at every turn. He pieced together clues in search of a way to survive, unaware that the escape route he believed in was merely a disguise for a dead end. Entering the immortal domain with his true body meant that every bit of cultivation and every opportunit 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 The Wicked Villainess Only Cares About Money, While the Rugged Heir Chases After Her, Pleading 恶毒女配只搞钱糙汉太子爷追着哄 [Reborn Villainess VS Brooding, Obsessive, Rough-Hewn Heir] [Satisfying Money-Making Story] [CEO] [Sweet Romance and Possessiveness] She's reborn, so who would still be a villainess with a love-addled brain? Wen Zhizhi has only two goals in her new life. First, make money like crazy. Second, cling to the future hundred-billionaire heir beneath her and keep making money! In her previous life, she forced him to sell a kidney, cheated on him with a scumbag, and ended up with a fall-from-a-building 256Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 The Mortician: I Can See the Dead's Final Moments 入殓师：我能看见死者最后的画面 Lin Mo has worked at a funeral home for six years, handling more than a thousand bodies. The moment his fingertips touch a dead person's forehead, he sees fragments of the final few seconds of their life. The ability has made him quiet, and it has left him uneasy. Then one day, while restoring the body of a rebar worker named Zhou Haisheng, he sees three things: a hand wearing a silver-banded watch, clutching a folded piece of paper with eleven names written on it. Zhou Haisheng's death certi 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Gods Want to Play a Game with You 神要与你玩游戏 [Infinite Flow] [Ensemble Cast] [Rule-Based Horror] [Extreme Survival] The gods never lie, but they never tell you all the rules. On New Year's Eve, the whole world witnessed a live broadcast. A god descended and announced: Every quarter, ten thousand people will be chosen at random to take part in a game. The winners will take home more wealth than they could spend in a lifetime. The losers... will die. That night, detective He Nian received a letter that had appeared on his desk. He had lost 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Reborn as the Villain’s Favorite, the Vicious Female Lead 穿成书中反派独宠恶毒女配 Shi Yize and Jian Li transmigrate into a book, one becoming the story's major villain and the other its wicked supporting woman. The villain dotes exclusively on the wicked woman. Is this for real? She said she loved me, but then I woke from the dream... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Making It to America: Watch Me Expose the American Dream on Livestream 润到美利坚：看我直播拆穿美国梦 [America]+ [Comedy]+ [Immigrant life]+ [System]+ [Entrepreneurship]+ [Local color] Zhou Mancang, a young man from a small town, quits his steady job and heads to Los Angeles with two suitcases and the words, “There are opportunities everywhere in America,” hoping to stay with an online friend. What do you mean the local thug Zhao Shihao is giving me trouble? What do you mean by Chicken Man, Saul Goodman, Heisenberg, Jesse Pinkman, the Eastwood cowboy, and Stallone, characters from TV shows and m 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Martial Saint of the Six Paths 六道武圣 [Invincible] + [Revenge] + [Xuanhuan] + [Honghuang] + [Three transmigrations] + [Lots of dads] + [No morals] + [Scheming] Born into a fallen, poor family, he is unknowingly caught up in an old case involving a curse against the Human Emperor. People have been plotting against him since childhood. Just when he finally manages to embark on the path of cultivation, he finds himself at odds with a mighty being over the Great Dao. They even claim he is the Heavenly Dao’s own child, and he is fooled i 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 The Arrow of Time 光阴的箭 The mountains are high and the rivers long, and the road through the martial world stretches far, but one day we will meet again. All things move through endless cycles of renewal. Mountains rise, streams flow, and birds sing. A new beginning has arrived, and the next chapter of his story is unfolding. An ending does not have to mean the end. His name is Lu Jian. Jian, as in “simple.” An event five hundred years ago led him to choose nirvana. Now, returned from that rebirth, he shines once more 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播：我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 A Bewildering New Life 恍遑新生 After a stifled life and an unexpected reincarnation, the protagonist arrives in another world of swords and magic, blessed with the talent to cast spells without incantations. How will he grow, overcome every hardship, face his past, and find a happy ending with the heroines? Follow Reborn in a Hazy New Life for ongoing updates. There are lots of clues, so keep your wits about you as you read! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Let Me Run Wild, Season One 容我猖狂第一季 Synopsis of I’ll Let Myself Run Wild, Season One Zhang Wudi was once dismissed as a castoff of the city, enduring contempt and humiliation. His family went bankrupt, his loved ones fell seriously ill, and his lover betrayed him. Everyone thought his life was over. At his most desperate, he resolutely enlisted in the military, just to find a way to survive. Who could have expected that he would return utterly transformed, becoming a God of War who shook the entire city! On foreign battlefields, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Tales of the Ming Dynasty: The Loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu 大明演义：忠贞侯秦良玉 Qin Liangyu is reborn, twelve years before the Cataclysm of 1644. The court is eight months behind on military pay, more than half the White-Pole Soldiers have scattered or died, the Jianzhou Jurchens are attacking the passes in Liaodong, and rebels are rising across the Central Plains. In her previous life, she died of illness in the army, breathing her last as she listened to the wind outside her tent. This time, the first thing she does upon opening her eyes is gather five hundred men and hea 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 The Spirit Medium's Road: My Adventures with the Old Immortal 出马仙，我跟老仙的江湖路 A disciple of the spirit mediums of Ghost Street, in his tenth year practicing the art. His greatest wish at first was to become the biggest local thug. He never expected to become a spirit medium, and only after taking it up did he discover that people in this line of work are worse than gangsters. What kind of person you are determines what kind of spirit you get, and the spirits follow their hosts. Zhao Zhengyang’s spirit companions are all like slick socialites in leather shoes. Then he runs 3.4kReads8.2Score398Shelves
- 77 A Heart-Eroding Night's Kiss: My Vampire Queen 夜吻蚀心：我的吸血鬼女王 A Kiss in the Night That Devours the Heart: My Vampire Queen 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Survival: From the Start, I Was Buried in Usurious Debt 求生：开局就背高利贷 No female lead, lone wolf, decisive and ruthless. He transmigrates to another world, starting out in a forest with nothing but a tattered hemp shirt. Then he activates a crooked-merchant System. “Hey there~ Interested in a survival loan? The daily interest is just 1%!” From starting with nothing to drowning in debt, from struggling to survive to punching giant beasts and kicking villains! He tames the Tiger King as a pet and opens up a pocket-dimension farm, building his own paradise in a danger 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Rental Notes 出租笔记 A city needs police officers, doctors, nurses, firefighters, sanitation workers, and many others to keep it safe and thriving. But that's only what you see on the surface. There are also people working behind the scenes for the city. They ask for no reward and care nothing for fame; they simply guard the city in silence. Some are injured, some are left disabled, and some die. Those who survive keep going. If it were up to you, would you sacrifice a few people to bring happiness to the majority? —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 80 When I Make the Imperial Exam Roll 待我金榜题名时 Also known as: My Greatsword Spares Neither Young Nor Old, It Only Slays Immortals! "Urban everyday life and romance + fighting monsters and leveling up, with a slow start" "Romance fans might enjoy this too" A ten-thousand-word outline, with the novel expected to run 3 million words. Read with confidence. Volume One is expected to be 300,000 words; the protagonist begins to become invincible in Volume Three. Lin Lanan, who perished in a sea of flames, discovers that he is still alive. He has ma 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 I, the Forgotten Demon God, Am Honghuang's Number One Moocher 我，遗忘魔神，洪荒第一薅客 I died suddenly after staying up all night, transmigrated into Chaos, and became the most inconspicuous of the Three Thousand Demon Gods: the Demon God of Forgetfulness! I awakened the Great Dao of Forgetfulness. Born with no presence, every Demon God who sees me turns around and immediately forgets me! Hongjun wants to kill me, but forgets his target the moment he turns away. The Two Sages of the West scheme against me, then promptly forget where they left their treasures. Pangu opens the heave 33Reads—Score126Shelves
- 82 After Being Mistakenly Killed, Lingzhuzi’s Soul Floated Straight Back Home 灵珠子被误杀后魂直接飘回了老家 (Apologies for the OOC. Nezha x Lingzhuzi. A fanfic based on the Orange Light/Easy New World game The Spirit Pearl Leads to the Lotus Heart.) Important note! Main pairing: Zhuzha (romantic); secondary pairing: Jianzha (friendship, more like bickering buddies or brothers-in-arms?) The main pairing, Zhuzha, includes a story spanning three lifetimes. (So many headcanons!) Lastly, thank you for liking this! I'm bad at author bios, so please head to the main story~ 134Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 The Divine Enclosure of the Cosmos 寰宇神围 During the most important practical exam of his life, something went wrong in the exam zone where Xuan Mo was taking the test. By chance, he discovered his own latent ability. It was incredibly powerful, but as Xuan Mo worked to develop it, he couldn’t find anything in the records that matched it. Perhaps he was the first person to possess this ability, or perhaps everyone who had ever possessed it had been erased. Xuan Mo was more convinced of the latter, because as he continued researching his —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Descending to the Mortal Realm, I Became a God Through Innocence 降凡成神：我靠天真成神 At the summit of the Sword Hall in the Celestial Realm, Lin Lan fights until he is drenched in blood. A plan three hundred years in the making is finally set in motion! Bearing fragments of the Severed Cycle, he returns to the path of cultivation in a mortal body. Witness how a legendary Sword Immortal makes an astonishing comeback! Betrayal? Death and the loss of everything? Not a chance! Lin Lan defies fate, reaches the pinnacle of cultivation, and points his sword at the heavens! “Ding! The —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Rebellious Sword Emperor 逆剑帝尊 The Martial Emperor is reborn. Lin Yi takes up a world-shaking cultivation method and martial arts techniques to cultivate martial arts anew. Watch him defeat the supreme prodigies of ancient and modern times and once again reach the peak of the martial path! He governs heaven and earth, defies life and death, commands reincarnation. I rule over all! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 The Top-Tier Star's Dark Moonlight Has Returned to Divorce Her 顶流的黑月光她回来离婚了 Her Top-Tier Star's Dark Moonlight Has Returned to Divorce Him 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Sacrificed to an Unnameable Being? I’ll Take Its Place 被献给不可名状之物？我要取代祂 [Female protagonist, no romance + Chinese-style Lovecraftian horror + Classic of Mountains and Seas mythology + growing heroine] She was offered to the gods as one of a pair of twin sacrifices. She should have died, but the god who toys with mortals dragged her back into the human world. From its lofty perch, the god called her “bride,” “toy,” and “little moth.” Its treatment of her like an insect made her sick. She knew this was nothing but the condescending mockery of those who already held po 52Reads—Score151Shelves
- 88 Dragon Ascendant, Seven Apertures 龙腾七窍 No one could have expected that the sudden accident on the banks of the Yellow River would set people on entirely different paths through life. Fate loves to spring unexpected collisions on us. What comes out of them are vastly different fortunes and hardships. And the people we meet along the way, each encounter quietly nudges us toward a completely different future and destination. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Transmigrated, I Have a Rebellious Junior Brother 穿越之我有一个逆袭师弟 Wang Dun transmigrates into the world of immortal cultivation. From the start, he is reduced to the lowest-ranking mine worker. With no spiritual roots, no backing, and no opportunities, his heart has long turned to ashes. Just as he decides to accept his fate and wait for death, the System activates. His cultivation is bound to Lin Shengtian. Its one heaven-defying rule: whenever Lin Shengtian breaks through a realm, I will permanently remain five minor stages above him. Others defy fate throug 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Walk Right Into the Trap 入瓮来 A somewhat redemptive story with a broad, loosely sketched plot, and a pure romance between two male leads. The setup takes a while, so just toss your brains aside and follow my rhythm. Be sure to immerse yourself in the experience. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 The Beast Tide Era: Crystal Corrosion 兽潮纪元：晶蚀 [Beast Tides] [War] [Ensemble Cast] [No Cheats, No Dropping the Story and Running] The old era collapsed under the invasion of the beast tides. Survivors huddle in fortresses and walled cities, and human civilization teeters on the brink of extinction. In the midst of the crisis, Beast-Hunting Knights emerge, strengthening themselves with the cores of giant beasts. Their order reclaims human territory from the beasts' claws, giving humanity the means to fight back. The knights gain supernatural 3Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 92 The Legend of Gongshan 公山传奇 Deep in the Daba Mountains, dangerous forces lie hidden beneath the earth. The Serpent God's egg shatters, its true form bursts from the ground, and the mountain spirits fall into turmoil. Xue Tongzi bears the powers of the Azure Dragon, White Dragon, and Fire Dragon. He guards the mountain and subdues demons, bound by the chains of fate. The little demon Xiao Jiao is devoted to him, loving him with all her heart. But he bears the heavy duty of subduing demons, and the divide between humans and 15Reads—Score102Shelves
- 93 The Umbrella Bearer in the Long Night 长夜执伞 Everyone in the capital knows that the Marquis of Zhenbei, a bloodthirsty tyrant with power over the court, keeps a beautiful blind woman in his manor whom no one dares touch, pampering her like fragile porcelain. But nobody knows that when the midnight watch drum sounds, the blind woman who seems so helpless by day opens a bloodstained black umbrella with red ribs, tramples the eerie blue ghost flames underfoot, and coldly surveys the ghosts at the boundary between Yin and Yang. “Have the marqu 3.9kReads8.1Score616Shelves
- 94 A Carpenter's Home Has No Stool to Sit On, While Ghosts Sing in a Taoist's Home 木匠家中无凳坐，道士家中鬼唱歌 [No System + Not a power fantasy + No cultivation + Supernatural + Fantasy + Horror + Suspense + Realistic thrills + First-person diary style] If that bothers you, proceed with caution~ "The carpenter has no stools at home, and ghosts sing in the Daoist's house." This is a common saying. It means that people tend to be too lazy to do their own line of work at home. Similar sayings include "The tailor wears tattered clothes" and "The doctor can't treat himself." Rather than call this a book, it w 28Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 95 What, Still Feeling Shy? 怎么，还不好意思了？ Secret campus crush | Mutual misunderstandings | A touch of bittersweet longing | Reunion after years apart | Happy ending When we were young, Chen Yu hid all the affection he felt for me. He used Truth or Dare to get closer, stayed up late trying to grow a pink-and-white Christmas tree, and wrote down all the tenderness he couldn't bring himself to say on scraps of paper. After three years without contact, we met again. He rode his bike to take me to the alley entrance, then teased me with a sm 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Racing Toward the Darkness 向晦暗处奔赴 Toward the Dark, I Run 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The One Who Wants to Become a God 想成为神明的人 [Alternate World] [Combat] [Fantasy] A fantasy stage where anything goes! If I'm not gutsy, I'll do something reckless. There's no time to walk! I have to run! “Someone has to die! If that someone is me, then I'm willing!” “Ancestors, bear witness!” “Your unfilial child...” “I'll blow you to hell!” The early chapters are a little rough, and the protagonist starts out extremely weak. No System, slow pacing. This is an original story, and any similarities are purely coincidental. Please go easy on 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 After the Demon Slayer's Love-Struck Heart Was Rejected by the Demon King, She Turned Dark 除魔师恋爱脑被妖王拒绝后黑化了 Original title: Demons Run Amok There are two kinds of demons in this world. One kind is formed from resentment, miasma, and vital energy; the other is a people who have lived for years in the Abyssal Demon Realm, commonly known as the demon race. Tens of thousands of years ago, the mortal world and the Demon Realm were one, and humans and demons lived side by side. Humans cultivated by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while demons grew stronger by devouring the world’s balefu 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 After the World Fell, I Became a Superpowered One 世界沦陷后，我成为拥有神力者 [Superpowers + Ensemble Cast + Mysterious Organization + Slightly Surreal] (The story may be a little slow to get going, and some readers may not stick around long enough to see what comes next. But! I think I really hit my stride in the later chapters. The plot and writing both come together, so I hope some of you will keep reading. Skipping chapters is fine too! Please, I’m begging you, sob sob!!! Someone, come read my novel!!!) After the whole world falls, strange beasts invade and superpowe 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Reborn at Thirty-Eight: This Time, I'll Protect You All 三十八岁重生：这次换我护你们 Zhou Yuan, thirty-eight years old, had suffered through a life of hardship. Her father died when she was young, and after her mother remarried, her grandfather struggled to raise her. Desperate for a child, she spent three years undergoing IVF, endured a hundred injections to stimulate ovulation, suffered two miscarriages, and went deep into debt. She risked half her life to give birth to her son, Youzi. But she had nothing and no one to rely on. Her husband was away for work most of the year, a 21Reads—Score—Shelves
