Novels like A Mistake by the Abyss
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Mistake by the Abyss, best match first.
- 1 City of Sin: The Missing Bride 罪恶城市—消失的新娘 City of Sin: The Missing Bride 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Wild Village Rose 野村玫瑰 In the late 1990s, the village beauty Rose’s marriage story began with Huang Lei, who had been in love with her for a year but only wanted to possess her. After Li Gang stirred up trouble, Rose and Huang Lei parted ways, and eventually Li Gang married Rose. But Rose never became pregnant. Li Gang’s mother despised her as a barren hen, and the family pressured Rose to return to her parents’ home. When Huang Lei, who was working in Guangdong, learned that Rose had gone back, he thought his chance 884Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Countdown: The Zero Gate 倒计时，归零之门 Countdown: The Zero Gate 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Apocalypse from the Start: I Awaken Spatial Powers, and Countless Goddesses Rely on Me for Protection 末世开局觉醒空间万千女神任我护 After struggling through three years of the apocalypse, he died a horrible death! Wen Qiang was reborn ten days before the catastrophe! He awakened an upgradeable spatial ability and began frantically stockpiling supplies! He saved a host of stunning women: a cool, aloof campus belle, a bold and capable special police officer, a gentle nurse, an arrogant heiress, and a mature, alluring woman. Decisive and ruthless, with no saintly do-gooder streak, he fiercely protected and pampered his women, 967Reads—Score102Shelves
- 5 The Happy Life of a Top Chauffeur in Dongguan 东莞金牌代驾的快乐生活 Chen Mo is Dongguan's top designated driver, quietly working through the city's late-night streets. His looks, driving skills, and integrity have made him a legend, and the city's wealthiest, most beautiful women are all vying for his attention. Temptations of money, status, romance, and shortcuts come one after another. Amid Dongguan's glittering nightlife and extravagant pleasures, he fends off all kinds of advances and temptations while keeping to his principles and earning an honest living. 288Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Heading South in '96: The Tide Rises in Dongguan 九六南下之东莞潮起 In 1996, a poor young man sets off alone for Guangdong! Driven to desperation by a temporary residence permit, he spends the night in a cemetery and unexpectedly gains a System. Strong and fit, with a mind running on overdrive, he turns his life around every step of the way! From an ordinary assembly-line worker to a factory owner, from having nothing to building a home and career, in the world's factory, he writes the most inspiring legend of a migrant worker! #PeriodFiction #WorkerTurnsHisLife 990Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Gambler God's Legacy: From the Start, I Turn the Tables and Make Beauties Swoon 赌神传承开局逆袭，美女为我折腰 [Gambling king, X-ray vision, card-sharping, wish-fulfillment + urban superpowers] A poor young man stumbles upon the legacy of a gambling god, unlocking two cheat abilities at once: X-ray vision and a shadowless hand! He tramples bullies, takes on gambling kings, wins the hearts of beautiful women, and builds a business empire. From a lowly nobody, he rises to become the universally acknowledged greatest gambling god in history! 2.8kReads6.3Score261Shelves
- 8 Honghong, the Village Beauty 村花红红 Honghong, the prettiest girl in her village at twenty-two, marries Leizi from the neighboring village after her very first blind date. Later, she heads to Dongguan to work hard at a factory. She starts out in sales at the factory and earns her first fortune, buying a car and a house and building a happy life. Later, she builds up her network and starts her own factory! 3.6kReads7.3Score206Shelves
- 9 The On-Screen CEO Is Actually a Puppy in Private 荧幕霸总私下竟是小奶狗 · Two top-tier stars | Mutual secret crushes | Livestreamed dating show | The whole internet swoons · Cold on the outside, pure-hearted and devoted actor x gentle yet strong-willed, healing actress. In public, he's a cool, abstinent screen idol who commands the room. In private, he's a loyal puppy who can only gaze at her with longing. Chen Caifu never imagined she'd join a dating show with her senior, Lin Jia, whom she'd secretly loved for years. In front of the cameras, he's a distant, refined 500Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Transported into a Movie, I Sweet-Talked the Childless Tyrant into Submission 穿进电影，绝嗣暴君被我哄软了 [Breathtakingly Beautiful Medical School Campus Queen x Bewitching, Unhinged, Childless Tyrant] [Intense Push and Pull] [Heroine Makes the First Move and Takes Him by Force] [She Wants to Run After Flirting] [Tyrant Chases Her Instead] [Becomes Empress and Has His Children] Wen Wan was born into a family of physicians. With extraordinary medical skills and a beauty that could topple kingdoms, she nevertheless pursued her dream of acting and enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy, where she became 1.1kReads—Score124Shelves
- 11 The Gloomy Older Brother’s Canary 阴湿哥哥的金丝雀 [Older, possessive man x pure, orphaned girl] [Both each other's first] [Forced love] [Redemption] Lin Bai Chen once had a younger sister named Lin Lu, but she fell into the sea and drowned when she was four. Later, he found an orphan girl on a mountain road who looked a lot like his sister. And later still, he lost the girl he'd taken in, too. From then on, he was consumed by endless guilt, which gradually twisted into a pathological need to possess! Fifteen years later, when he found her again 10.8kReads7.7Score529Shelves
- 12 Transmigrate to a Matriarchal World and Build a Fortune with My Husband 穿越女尊，带着夫郎发家致富 [Transmigration + Women Rule + All the Men Are Chaste] In the primitive kingdom of Biluo, women rule and men are subordinate. There are far more men than women, and the kingdom has been at war for years. Its medicine and weapons are backward, so it can only keep sending more people to die defending the border. Emperor Ling, a woman, decrees that all men must marry before turning eighteen. Unmarried men are seized and sent to guard the border, where wars rage year after year and living conditions 2.4kReads7.4Score225Shelves
- 13 Sent to the Northwest Countryside, I Hunt to Feed Uyghur Triplets 下乡大西北，狩猎养活维族三胞胎 [No AI, entirely handwritten] (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + antique appraisal) Modern office worker Yi Xin is furious when a friend borrows money and refuses to pay it back, so he decides they should die together. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in 1968 in the body of a man in the capital with the same name. From the start, he is reported for associating with an old Taoist and is thrown into a cowshed. At his lowest point, he awakens a 6.4kReads7.3Score410Shelves
- 14 Sent to the Countryside: I Bring My Sister to Save the Five Tibetan Beauties 下乡知青，带妹救赎藏族五朵金花 [Two comic adaptations are in production] [Ensemble cast + multiple heroines + treasure hunting and inheritance + instant revenge + rural comeback + fiercely protective and scheming + everyday family life] Lu Chuan is reborn in the capital in the 1960s as a capitalist's son, despised by everyone. With his family in shambles, he quickly takes his younger sister to the grasslands to join the rural resettlement program and start his life over. He only meant to get by and look for the treasure his a 16.9kReads7.3Score1.6kShelves
- 15 After Moving to the Countryside, the Capitalist Young Master Becomes the Village Favorite 下乡后，资本少爷成村里的香饽饽 [No AI, Entirely Handwritten] Don't pay attention to the newly posted rating (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + treasure hunting + space + multiple female leads) Li Wu's soul travels to the 1960s, where he arrives in the capital. Because his grandfather was a capitalist, his uncle and cousin reported him and had him denounced, leaving Li Wu no choice but to go to the countryside. Before leaving, he strips the treasures his grandfather left him bare, and t 18.2kReads7.6Score1.6kShelves
- 16 After a Gender Swap, I Was Forced to Become the Lord of the Immortal Palace 性转后，我被迫成了仙宫之主 [Gender Swap + Taking Disciples + Female Emperor + Everyone’s Favorite + Ensemble Cast + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Gu Han transmigrated to the world of cultivation and became a woman. [System awakened: Congratulations, Host! You are now bound to the Sect System!] Looking at her six disciples, she fell into deep thought: [First disciple, Tao Yaoyao: Reincarnated Golden Immortal, daughter of an Immortal Lord.] [Second disciple, Liu Ruyan: Reborn three times, with a Reincarnation Dao Body.] [Third d 1.6kReads8.1Score140Shelves
- 17 The Rustic Little Miracle Doctor 乡野小医神 [Countryside + miracle doctor + getting rich + farming + multiple heroines] Liu Ping'an of Qingshui Village gets beaten up for protecting his neighbor, but the misfortune turns out to be a blessing in disguise. From then on, he grows crops, raises fish, develops hot springs, builds a resort, and promotes tourism, transforming impoverished Qingshui Village into a thriving place. After that, Liu Ping'an enjoys a comfortable life in the countryside... 34.1kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
- 18 On My Wedding Day, My Fiancé Eloped Overnight with My Sister-in-Law, So I Chose Someone Better 大婚之日，未婚夫和嫂嫂连夜私奔，我另择良人 On my wedding day, my fiancé eloped with my sister-in-law in the middle of the night, so I chose someone else 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Stop Saving Her, the Princess Consort Is Determined to Get Herself Killed 别救了，王妃一心要作死 Ye Zhiyi transmigrated, becoming a despised princess who had been married off as a substitute! But Ye Zhiyi had no desire to be a princess. All she wanted was to find a reasonable way to die as soon as possible so she could return and inherit her trillion-yuan fortune! So she set out on a never-ending path of courting death! She jumped into a lake to die? The prince turned around and had the lake filled in. She provoked a powerful minister? He promptly sent over three carts of supplements. She t 2.5kReads—Score240Shelves
- 20 Chen Wei, Village Doctor 乡村神医陈伟 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Urban Cultivation + Farming] Chen Wei was beaten into an idiot while in college and returned to his village in despair. He relied entirely on the care of his neighbor’s sister-in-law, until he unexpectedly obtained an immortal inheritance. From then on, he healed the sick and saved lives, farmed and raised livestock, and founded a company, steadily climbing to the pinnacle of life. 1.7kReads7.5Score160Shelves
- 21 I Thought I Was Here to Pick Up Girls, So How Did I End Up Cultivating Immortality? 说好泡妞，怎么修了仙 [Wish fulfillment + multiple female leads + dual cultivation + System + urban cultivation + no mindless decisions] (The rating just came out and will rise.) The last female Emperor of the Immortal Realm perishes. Her remnant soul drifts for thirteen thousand years before transforming into the “Love-and-Wealth Tycoon System” and binding itself to the destitute Lin Xu. The System alternately pressures and persuades him to approach one beautiful woman after another, tempering his cultivation throu 15.5kReads6.9Score1.6kShelves
- 22 Fall in Love and Die: The Heir and I Defy Heaven 动情即殒命，我与世子逆苍天 Shen Qingyan unexpectedly spends a night entangled with Xiao Jinyuan, a ruthless and cold-blooded heir to a noble title. A high monk tells them, "Only by joining body and soul forty-nine times can you break the heavenly punishment that has haunted you for three lifetimes." But the curse's shackles remain: the moment they fall in love and commit to each other, both will die. She runs, he pursues. There is no escape from fate. She is a goddess undergoing tribulation. Reborn across three lifetimes, 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Dad Said My Mid-Autumn Gift Wasn't Presentable, Then Slapped My Husband in Public. He Regretted It Like Crazy 爸嫌中秋礼上不得台面，当众扇我老公后，他悔疯了 Dad said my Mid-Autumn Festival gift was too shabby for the occasion. After he slapped my husband in front of everyone, he regretted it like crazy. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Female Player Transmigrates and Catches the Eye of the Cold Crown Prince 女海王穿越，被清冷太子盯上了 [Bold, formidable heroine x clingy, snake-like hero | Secret identities everywhere | Devoted to each other alone] "Do you know A Yu or not?" Yun Zhaohe stared at the little white snake in her arms and finally asked the question she had been holding in for so long. The little white snake shook its head, but its shifty eyes gave away its guilty conscience. Yun Zhaohe, a top modern investigator, died in an explosion and transmigrated as the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister of Great Qin 371Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 My Son Asked Me to Care for His Paralyzed Father, but We've Been Divorced for Ten Years 儿子让我照顾他中风偏瘫的爸，可我离婚十年了 My son wants me to care for his father, who's had a stroke and is paralyzed on one side, but I've been divorced for ten years. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Reborn, I Drove the God of War Marquis Wild with Desire 重生后，我撩疯了战神侯爷 [The new book has only just received its initial rating, so the sample size is small. The score will gradually rise over time.] In her previous life, Shen Li was blind to the truth and foolishly devoted, mistaking her benefactor for someone else and marrying Pei Zhaoyan. After five years of giving him her whole heart, she was left with a child dead, her own life lost, and her family destroyed. Only as she lay dying did she finally realize that the person who had silently protected her and risk 7.3kReads6.7Score641Shelves
- 27 Moving to the Great Grasslands: From the Start, I Keep the Mongolian Sisters Fed 下乡大草原，开局养活蒙族姐妹花 [Moving to Inner Mongolia] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Educated Youth] [Cultivation] Wang Tiejun transmigrates to the capital in 1968, only to discover from the start that he has become the biggest sucker in a dysfunctional family. He dated his ex-girlfriend for three years without even holding her hand. He cuts ties with his family and heads to the countryside with his friends, leaving the courtyard house behind. He takes on spoiled villains, battles bandits, and meets a pair of Mongolian sister 14.1kReads7.5Score1.6kShelves
- 28 A Capitalist Scion Lands in the 1960s: Taking His Pocket Dimension to the Countryside in Search of Treasures 资本少爷穿六零，带空间下乡寻宝 [No AI, entirely handmade] Just got a rating, don't pay attention to it (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + treasure appraisal) Wei Wu transmigrates to the capital in 1968 with a pocket dimension. When he learns that his older brother reported their father, leading to his tragic death in a labor camp, he retaliates by exposing his brother's embezzlement at the machinery factory and gets him locked up for good. Then he clears out the fami 24.6kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves
- 29 Mature Women Can Be a Little Naughty 成熟女人有点坏 Six months into their marriage, Zhou Lina suddenly noticed that her husband had grown distant. She wanted to mend their relationship, but no matter how hard she tried, she could never see it through. She longed to be loved and cherished. A career-driven woman, she found herself torn between marriage, work, and love. 19.9kReads—Score1.1kShelves
- 30 Heaven's Way: Acacia 天道：合欢 The pure rises to join the heavens; the turbid sinks to endure the trials of the mortal world. When purity and turbidity unite, chaos is born; step beyond the Five Phases and transcendence begins. The Great Dao of the Five Phases is the foundation of the world. The Great Dao of Dual Cultivation leads to the summit together. The Great Dao of Forgetting Emotion can free one from the sea of suffering. All things are bound by cause and effect. Of all things, love is the hardest to bear. No on 7.9kReads8.9Score741Shelves
- 31 The Carefree Little Immortal Doctor 逍遥快活小医仙 Ye Chen transmigrated to another world and acquired the all-encompassing Divine Dragon Art. With his superb medical skills, he can easily cure all kinds of rare and difficult ailments. Beloved by his patients, watch as this ordinary man steadily climbs to the pinnacle of life. 550Reads8.9Score128Shelves
- 32 Chaos! Utter Chaos! The More Chaos, the Better! 乱！都乱！乱点好啊！ [A wild, passionate power fantasy for adult readers] Chu Tian finally scraped together enough for the bride price and prepared to get married, never dreaming that it was all a scheme. The so-called marriage was nothing more than a plot to get their hands on his bride price. Through a twist of fate, Chu Tian acquired the Disease-Devouring System. When a beautiful CEO learned that Chu Tian possessed peerless medical skills, she publicly confessed her love for him at the hospital, becoming his stea 20.7kReads7.6Score1.8kShelves
- 33 I Came Down from Heaven and Gave the Wrong Medicine, and the Matchmaker God Exploded 下凡喂错药，月老炸了 I went down to the mortal world and gave someone the wrong medicine. The Matchmaker God is furious! 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Lamp Shines Where Worries Fade 灯照忘忧处 : Ling Xi is the lowest-ranking Spirit Guide in the Immortal Realm. Her duty is to light Spirit Guiding Lamps and lead the souls of those who died unjustly in the mortal world into reincarnation. But she has a secret: her lamp can guide not only ordinary souls, but also souls burdened by unresolved obsessions. And every time she helps a soul let go of its obsession, she forgets a memory connected to it. One day, she encounters the soul of a young man tightly entwi 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Prince Offered Himself to Her, and She Took Him Up on It 王爷以身相许，她要了 The Prince Offered Himself to Her, and She Accepted 228Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 My Lord, Your Dog Can't Come In! 侯爷，您的狗不能进！ My Lord, Your Dog Can't Come In! 229Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Sinking Carp Startles the Cattails 沉鲤惊蒲 He calculated that today was “a day to avoid people in red.” Chi Jingpu immediately pulled out his red undershirt. “You’ve been standing there in a red undershirt this whole time, and now you’re telling me to avoid people in red?” Scientific-minded constable × Feng Shui master × little princess lost in the human world Hilarious mystery romance, one-on-one pairing, both leads pure and devoted, incredibly sweet 335Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Ultimate Village Doctor 极品村神医 [Rural miracle doctor + get rich + farming] Ye Xiaofan has terminal cancer and thinks he doesn’t have long to live. By a twist of fate, he recovers and gains peerless medical skills and an immortal cultivation art. He can cure any rare or difficult illness with ease, and he’s not afraid to take on anyone, face-slapping expert after expert. Watch as this ordinary man climbs, step by step, to the peak of life... 2kReads8.9Score316Shelves
- 40 After I Discovered the Female CEO's Secret, She Had to Silence Me Like This 撞破女总裁的秘密后，她要这样封我口 After she catches the female CEO's secret, this is how she plans to silence me 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 41 After I Returned to My Mother's Side, Grandpa's Whole Family Went Crazy with Regret 回到妈妈身边后，爷爷全家悔疯了 After Returning to His Mother's Side, His Grandfather's Entire Family Was Driven Mad with Regret 158Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 My Rich Young Lady of the Capital 我的京圈大小姐 My Heiress from Beijing’s Elite Circle 314Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Foolish Lad’s Country Romance 傻小子的乡村情缘 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.2kReads9.0Score443Shelves
- 44 My Days in Public Relations 我当公关的那些日子 You probably won’t believe me when I tell you what I do for a living. You’re a liar! That’s right! I make a living telling tall tales and keeping people company as they chat. Anyone can spin a yarn, but I might be the first to turn it into a respectable profession and earn tens of millions a year! I spend all day spinning stories to women, talking nonsense nonstop, and somehow they still like me and are willing to pay me. The secret to business: It doesn’t matter what you’re selling, even if it’ 8.9kReads7.5Score650Shelves
- 45 I Only Fed My Son a Spoonful of Porridge, Yet the Entire Building Branded Me a Murderer 我只是喂我儿子一口粥，却被整栋楼当成了凶手 I Only Fed My Son a Spoonful of Porridge, Yet the Entire Apartment Building Took Me for a Murderer 233Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 My Sister Crossed the River and Burned the Bridge? Reborn, My Jinxing Words No Longer Bring Good News, and My Bad Omens Come True 姐姐过河拆桥？重生后我的乌鸦嘴，报喜失灵，报忧成真 My sister burned the bridge after crossing it? Reborn, my jinxing tongue no longer makes good fortune come true, but my bad predictions do. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Stranded on a Deserted Island: I Have to Survive! 流落荒岛 必须活下去！ A plane crashes, leaving its passengers stranded on a deserted island's shore. Among the survivors is Fan Jian, a special forces soldier from the Marine Corps, who searches everywhere for other survivors. They scrape together a group of nineteen women and one lone man. Fan Jian leads everyone in their fight to survive. They start with a small makeshift shelter and eventually settle down for good. They need a leader, someone to make the decisions. As they compete for limited resources, more than 1.1kReads7.7Score229Shelves
- 48 Neon Taipei: My Seven-Year Descent 霓虹台北：我的七年堕落实录 6.7kReads7.4Score488Shelves
- 49 The Underworld: Beautiful Women by My Side on a Wild Jianghu Road 黑道：红颜伴我野性江湖路 (Feel-good period drama + multiple heroines + top student and leader + fast-paced + passionate and explosive) With a blood feud to settle, he claims his enemy's daughter on the very first day after getting out of prison! He once thought he was an orphan, never imagining his libertine father had left behind many younger siblings! On the blood-soaked road through the underworld, stepmothers keep appearing. There are also brothers and sisters bound by deep affection, and a prodigal son who turns ov 13.3kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
- 50 The Outwardly Draining Heir to a Wealthy Family, I Specialize in Putting Defiant People in Their Place 外耗型人格豪门继承人，我专治各种不服 I'm an heir to a wealthy family with an externally focused personality. I specialize in dealing with all kinds of people who refuse to back down. 67Reads—Score—Shelves
