Novels like A Literary Life
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- 101 Reborn: The Greatest Life 重生之最强人生 During a morning run, Yin Jun emerged from the mist and found himself back in Xiangjiang in 1978. That year, variety shows had yet to take over the screens. There were no familiar special-effects blockbusters, nor any songs everyone knew by heart. That year, Xiangjiang television dramas had yet to produce one hit after another, Xiangjiang movies had yet to take Asia by storm, and Xiangjiang songs had yet to sweep the mainland. That year, the classics had yet to become objects of nostalgia, and t 0Votes924kRecs523.5kFans
- 102 An Antique Dealer’s Treasure-Hunting Journey 古董商的寻宝之旅 An antique dealer and collector with decades of professional experience returned to the mid-1980s, when he was young. Then he discovered that finding high-quality collectibles was surprisingly easy. As for getting rich? Sorry, that still had to happen one step at a time… QQ group number: 424089826. Everyone is welcome to join. (Six years after Blood Bat's The Soviet Hero, I'm back. I've been running an antiques business on the side all these years, so this book is relatively close to realit 1Votes1.2MRecs346.5kFans
- 103 Reborn as a God-Tier Star 重生之神级明星 Online writer Li Qing works nonstop for eighteen hours to make up for the chapters he owes his readers. In the end, he suffers a sudden brain hemorrhage and dies at his keyboard. He bids farewell to the past and looks ahead to the future. When he opens his eyes again, he is astonished to discover that he has become an incredibly handsome man! He is backstage at a talent show called Music Star, waiting alone for his turn to make a dazzling debut! Will he take the world by storm, or fade into the 0Votes343.3kRecs545kFans
- 104 My 1979 我的1979 When you wake up, you’re back in that era. Facing the past once more, can you guess how it will end… 12Votes6.7MRecs2.2MFans
- 105 A Thousand Autumns for the Young Master 公子千秋 After a devastating fire, Yue Qianqiu was taken home by Old Master Yue, a man of humble origins with a house full of descendants. In this world, there were powerful clans and scholars who fancied themselves noble and righteous. There were also martial circles and sects unwilling to live at the mercy of the imperial court. Scholars used their words to undermine the law, while heroes used their martial arts to defy its prohibitions. Conflict and excitement went hand in hand, as did opportunity and 0Votes717.5kRecs176kFans
- 106 The Great Entertainer 文娱大戏精 A born actor, as the name suggests, loves acting like a demon and has become a master of his craft. Reeds grow lush and green, white dew turns to frost. The so-called demon is on the far bank of the river. In this life, his name is Cao Yifang. He once gave everything he had to pursue his dreams, taking every role within his reach and learning all the knowledge he had time for. But just as years of effort were about to pay off, a car accident forced his life to start over. He enters the Dao throu 0Votes238.3kRecs137kFans
- 107 A Guide to Game Development 游戏开发指南 Book ID: 1029303812 The three-year term is up. I'm back. 0Votes301.9kRecs172kFans
- 108 The Showbiz Empire 文娱帝国 He is Murong Fu, who emerged from Swallow Dock, and Erlang Shen, who exhausts himself with worry in the True Lord Hall. The media, meanwhile, like to call him The millennium's born superstar. 0Votes621.9kRecs514.5kFans
- 109 The Prodigy Scholar 妖孽学霸 Synopsis: There are three kinds of top students. The first are elite scholars, the very best in their respective fields. The second are legendary scholars, whose influence extends far beyond their own disciplines and shapes an entire era. The third are god-tier scholars, who influence the development of all human civilization, like Einstein and Newton. Beyond these is another kind of extraordinary genius: people who excel not only in scientific research but also accomplish things in other fields 0Votes198kRecs192.4kFans
- 110 Dao Traverses Nine Heavens 道辟九霄 Literary Version: The Double Ninth Festival lingers, where once I solved the mystery beneath the peach blossoms. My heart opens to the Great Way, and I rise to the ninth heaven. I look back from the ends of the earth, but my three or four old friends are nowhere to be seen. I ascend to immortality and soar away, joining the undying celestial ones. Comedy Version: I transmigrated to a world of immortals with a mysterious dragon scale. The immortal path? The demonic path? This is just a stage pla 0Votes413kRecs198.4kFans
- 111 From Writer to Superstar 从写手到巨星 From a flop writer to an all-around superstar, all it takes is a set of cards! The story begins when Yun Hou gets the “Typing Speed Card,” breaks ten thousand words an hour, and starts putting out thirty chapters a day! No parallel worlds, no transmigration, no copying stories. One set of cards is all it takes to conque 0Votes159.2kRecs131.7kFans
- 112 A Prestigious Ming Clan 大明望族 Xiao Jiu's new book, My Father-in-Law Is Kangxi, launches on Qidian on May 1, 2022. As the saying goes, the Shen clan of the world comes from Wuxing. The Shen clan of Wuxing, the Zhou clan of Runan, the Gu clan of Kuaiji, the Li clan of Longxi, the Chen clan of Donghai, and the Zhang clan of Zhongshan are known as China's Six Great Clans. By the mid-Ming dynasty, the prestige of the great clans had long since faded. A branch of the Shen clan made i 0Votes234.6kRecs126.3kFans
- 113 Starting in 1983 从1983开始 A story with a touch of nostalgia. The old reader group is full. 14Votes4.3MRecs1.1MFans
- 114 The Daoist Master of Azure Mystery 青玄道主 What is a Dao Lord? Answer: “Without form or shadow in the ten directions, with no trace to be found in the six realms. Beyond the Three Realms, outside the Five Elements: that is a Dao Lord.” 0Votes530.2kRecs463.5kFans
- 115 Immortal Treasury 仙藏 Qin Di, who has wasted his years and is nearing forty, transmigrates to another world. Starting as a young man with his hair tied up, he receives the blessing of the peach blossoms and embarks on the path of cultivation. Along the way, he encounters one fortuitous opportunity after another, progressing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Void Treading, Dao Integration, Earth Immortal, Spirit Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Ancestor Immortal, Golden Immortal, Im 0Votes350.6kRecs273.2kFans
- 116 Clash 交锋 In the eyes of ordinary people, he is a mediocre, incompetent, greedy, and even somewhat foolish police officer. His involvement often leads to failed operations, and he has accidentally leaked important intelligence more than once. Yet he has a wide circle of acquaintances and is skilled at flattery and scheming. In truth, he has always worked under the leadership of our Party. He is a steadfast revolutionary and an outstanding underground intelligence operative! In the underground struggle, he 3Votes919.3kRecs358.1kFans
- 117 The Rise of a Homebody 宅之崛起 New book: I Leveled Up I've dropped too many books. If I drop another, I might never get anything off the ground again. I'll stick with this one to the end, so please give it your support. 0Votes236.4kRecs128.9kFans
- 118 The Godfather of Showbiz 文娱教父 The greatest web novelist, the godfather of pure romance, a master of mystery, the king of fairy tales, a sci-fi legend, even the emperor of wuxia. Others use literature to convey the Way, but he proves the Way through literature! 0Votes415.1kRecs455.3kFans
- 119 The Champion's Heart 冠军之心 “Mr. Zhou, we noticed that as a child, you dabbled in a wide range of fields, including basketball, table tennis, badminton, Go, Chinese checkers, Gomoku, Chinese chess, international chess, calligraphy and painting, guitar and music. Does that mean that even if you hadn't chosen football as your career, you could have achieved the same level of success in another field?” “Well... football is the only thing I've ever been passionate about for more than three minutes.” “So all the things we liste 5Votes1.6MRecs452.4kFans
- 120 Reborn in 2003 重生2003 A guy who writes web novels returns to 2003, where everything starts over. Let's see what kind of waves this small-time nobody can make! 0Votes126.5kRecs201.2kFans
- 121 The Treasure Hunter 捡宝王 P.S. I’ve started a new book, The Taoist Priest, Times Have Changed. Please check it out. I love gold and silver, but I love glittering gemstones even more. Guns, jewelry, and precious metals: how could a collector’s world be complete without antiques? Warehouse auctions, secondhand deals, buying and selling real estate, prospecting and mining for gold, but when it comes to making money, searching for legendary treasures is really the way to go. At my command are a tiger cat, a gray wolf, a 0Votes1.3MRecs443.8kFans
- 122 The Ming Dynasty's Literary Champion 大明文魁 Before the Forbidden City stand nine gates in succession. Officials in their caps and finery arrive from the southern gate. With palace flowers tucked in their hats, they face the emperor; in the Golden Hall, their names are announced for all to hear. They ride through the imperial avenue for ten miles, hailed as the Ming dynasty’s top scholar. 10Votes1.6MRecs544.3kFans
- 123 Guo Dapao's Entertainment Career 郭大炮的文娱生涯 A guy who inexplicably gains memories from another parallel world barges headlong into the entertainment industry, all brute force and bluster. Like a catfish tossed into the water, he stirs the entire entertainment scene into chaos. Everyone turns pale at the sight of him. He is a star who isn’t a star. A writer who performs comic dialogue, a poet who knows martial arts, a singer who acts in comedy sketches, and a farmer who can act. His name is Guo Dalu, known as Guo the Cannon, also known as 0Votes306kRecs220.7kFans
- 124 The Plane Cruise Ship 位面游轮 Exchange student Chen Kan is stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. One night, a cruise ship pulls up beside the island. This ship can travel between different planes, but where is its final destination? 0Votes130.6kRecs178.4kFans
- 125 Flirting with the Entertainment Industry 调戏文娱 The wind belongs to the sky. I borrowed it for a little while, but it stirred the fires of life below. 0Votes281kRecs316.8kFans
- 126 The Superhero Spy Network 超级英雄间谍派 The new book, The Biography of Prince Kang, is now online. Come pay it a visit. There are no trapdoors, rotating boards, or plum-blossom boards in this pit, no smaller pits hidden beneath bigger pits, no water in the pit, and no nails in the water... We fight in the heart of the enemy, hmm... perhaps its stomach? PS: This book is a slow burn, a very slow burn. Readers who want to jump straight into the Marvel storyline can start from Volume Two. Volume One lays the groundwork and sets the trap 0Votes139.2kRecs52.2kFans
- 127 Gu Dao's Immortal Life 顾道长生 I thought this was going to be a realistic urban-life story, but then the setting changed without warning! Spiritual qi revival, the return of Taoist arts: this is probably a story about modern civilization transforming into a cultivation civilization. This book still takes its time. Reader group: 666-464-52. VIP group: 465-455-757 14Votes2.5MRecs1MFans
- 128 Reborn as a Master Designer 重生之大设计师 Not every rebirth is perfect, and not everyone who is reborn can remember so many novels and songs. An ordinary interior designer returns to the time ten years ago when she had just started college, making up for regrets that can no longer be undone and pursuing dreams she once couldn’t chase! A friendly reminder from the author: The cases in this book are not to be imitated. If you do, you’ll meet a terrible end!! 0Votes277.1kRecs209.3kFans
- 129 I Won’t Be a Minor Celebrity 不当小明星 The new book He Ruined the World has been released! … … When I woke up, the world had changed. The unfamiliar surroundings and unfamiliar people, along with unfamiliar movies, television shows, and songs, well, never mind. At least I was still alive. But it would be such a waste not to show off Earth's movies and television productions. I don't want to be a minor celebrity. If I'm going to be one, I'll be a megastar. 0Votes244.1kRecs210.3kFans
- 130 The Entertainment Industry’s Detective 娱乐圈刑警 Writing songs and solving cases: I can enjoy my work and my free time at once. What? It's all because of my looks? No way!!! 0Votes502.4kRecs233.3kFans
- 131 Tidal Evolution 潮汐进化 Stone giants, fire giants, storm giants... Giantkind, living in all kinds of regions, constantly challenge human civilization! Werewolves, boarfolk, bearfolk... Cities at night are not as peaceful and harmonious as they might seem! Human desire, demonic possession... Are the beings lurking in the shadows human or demon? Born with the blood of half-giants, they display all sorts of strange powers. Hated and hunted by giantkind, feared and despised by humans, this is the fate they are born to... T 0Votes88.6kRecs81kFans
- 132 The Second Fang of the Early Tang 初唐房二传 This book was originally titled Taming the Early Tang One of the most formidable women in history, Princess Gaoyang, hailed by later generations as a great pioneer who yearned for free love, slowly raised her head. Her pretty face blossomed into a smile at me, her brows relaxing, her eyes curving, dimples faintly appearing, and the corners of her lips lifting into a perfect arc. She was breathtakingly beautiful and seductively alluring, leaving me completely unable to breathe. The future empress 0Votes1.7MRecs433.3kFans
- 133 Record of Primordial Talismans 洪荒元符录 Talismans embody the wondrous principles of heaven and earth. A talisman cultivator interprets his own Great Way of Primordial Unity amid the primordial world. I didn’t transmigrate to the dawn of chaos, so I can’t become a Chaos Demon God or strike up a friendship with Pangu. I didn’t transmigrate to the ancient era, so I can’t challenge Hongjun alone or wipe out the Dragon and Phoenix clans. I didn’t transmigrate to the primeval era, so I can’t be a guest at Zixiao Palace, punch Yuanshi, kick 0Votes54.1kRecs73kFans
- 134 The Investiture of the Gods of the Mystic Sect 玄门封神 I transmigrated to a world where immortal arts flourished, and worked hard at my cultivation. I thought that after arriving in this world, I would spend my whole life getting to know it. But one day, when I commanded Yin and Yang and ruled over all beneath the heavens, I learned that this world knew me, too. For half a lifetime, I cultivated in obscurity. In a single day, I mastered the way, and the whole world was stunned. 0Votes232.8kRecs106.4kFans
- 135 A Great Landowner in the Tang Dynasty 唐朝好地主 Zhang Chao transmigrates to the fourth year of Wude and arrives at Bashang, outside Chang’an, where he becomes the son of a veteran soldier. But all he wants is to be a laid-back, prosperous landlord in the Tang Dynasty! (Recipient of the 2016 Xingchuang Award for Excellence in Historical Fiction!) 0Votes609.8kRecs501.3kFans
- 136 Lost in 1629 迷失在一六二九 You! Yes, you. Take a look at yourself. What can you do? What do you know how to do? If you were dropped into the year 1629, the second year of the Chongzhen reign in the Ming dynasty, in the age of Li Zicheng and Hong Taiji, could you survive? Without a golden finger, without a protagonist’s destiny, relying entirely on your own skills and knowledge, could you survive? The one stroke of luck is that you wouldn’t be fighting alone. Behind you would be a group, a community of modern people. Come 4Votes884.8kRecs229.9kFans
- 137 A Jurassic Park in My Pocket 随身带个侏罗纪 A rural slice-of-life novel about a young monster who can transform into a dinosaur and his childhood sweetheart, who feed each other dog food all the way to starting a business... (A farming-life novel with plenty of sweet romance. Give it a try!) A new rural novel of the same type, Hometown Folks, Please Take It Easy, is out now. Give it a try! 1Votes837.8kRecs287kFans
- 138 The Scholarly Prodigy's Sea of Stars 学霸的星辰大海 “You should put the same effort you spend gaming into your studies.” When this famous line parents everywhere have used to lecture their children becomes reality, a super-achiever with an intense hunger for knowledge and power is born. He loves studying, not women. No games, just practice problems! 0Votes174.5kRecs170kFans
- 139 The Basketball Emperor 篮坛教皇 Reborn today, a legend tomorrow! My new book, Now I Want to Be a Good Person, began serializing in the Urban section on March 15, 2020! Doing good deeds makes you stronger! I had no choice before, but now I want to be a good person! 0Votes1MRecs283.4kFans
- 140 Dreams Are King 梦想为王 A story about a dream of football… Even at the bottom of the filthiest, darkest abyss, you must lift your head and see the dream shining in the light 0Votes1.1MRecs129.5kFans
- 141 The Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece 古希腊之地中海霸主 This is an age of rising powers: the vast Persian Empire, Sparta, a nation founded on military might, Athens, dominant in trade, up-and-coming Thebes, ambitious Macedon, the twin powers of the western Mediterranean, and the newly risen Rome... This is an age of brilliant generals: Agesilaus, Sparta's last great king; Epaminondas, the famed general behind Thebes' rise; Philip, the founding king who laid the foundations of Macedon's hegemony; Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse; and Camillus, the di 1Votes281.7kRecs123.1kFans
- 142 Showbiz's Strongest Brain 娱乐之最强大脑 At the Idiom Contest, he's a “living dictionary”; at the Poetry Contest, he's the “King of Poetry.” He's the “Top Brain King” on The Brain, and the “Invincible Champion” on Who's Still Standing? Time magazine says: “He's not only a holder of multiple Guinness World Records and a core member of Mensa, but also the nation's dream man: handsome enough to get by on his looks, yet determined to earn his living with his talent.” 0Votes170kRecs194.1kFans
- 143 The King of Skills 技艺天王 [Intangible Cultural Heritage] + [Light Romantic Comedy] + Nuclear carving, jade carving, wood carving, lacquerwork, calligraphy, landscape painting, freehand painting, meticulous painting, tea ceremony, incense arts... Over five thousand years of Chinese history, every traditional craft has a beauty that shakes the soul! For five thousand years, these traditional arts have brightened the daily lives of the Chinese people. Five thousand yea 0Votes308.6kRecs179.6kFans
- 144 EN Rebirth of a God-Tier Academic Ace. 重生之神级学霸 Yang Rui, a lecherous, pudgy man with a graduate degree in biology, was unemployed after graduation. By a twist of fate, he became an all-around star tutor at a cram school, then took a tumble and landed in 1982 as a tall, handsome repeat college entrance exam student, with a head full of books and reference materials to boot. The college entrance exam acceptance rate was low in the 1980s? Listen up, everyone. Learn from me... This is the story of a rather impure technician. 0Votes3.8MRecs703.5kFans
- 145 I Am the President of a Virtual Reality Game Company 我是虚拟现实游戏公司总裁 During an interview with reporters from around the world, Li Ang spoke freely: “When I’m out of money, of course I have to make something. If I don’t, I won’t have any money to spend.” “Getting financing? No way. I’ll never do that in this lifetime.” “I don’t know how to go public and cash out, so I can only make this stuff (games) to scrape by. That’s how it is.” “Today’s players are all talented, and they’re so nice to talk to. I love making games for them.” “Going to the game forums feels jus 0Votes274.3kRecs184.3kFans
- 146 Regent of the Ming Dynasty 摄政大明 He transmigrated and became a notorious, corrupt official. The people's curses, the Crown Prince's hostility, the upright officials' slander, the powerful ministers' exclusion... and an emperor intent on killing the hound once the hunt is over. The situation is dire, and the future looks bleak. This is where the story begins. 9Votes779.9kRecs275.5kFans
- 147 The Restricted Superstar 限制级巨星 I'm fat? I'm a creep, too. Greedy? I've got a dirty game, too. This is the story of a creepy fat guy who takes a System and makes his way through the world of football. Football group: 608815778 (full subscription required to join) 0Votes827.6kRecs257.3kFans
- 148 The Conscience of the Entertainment Industry 文娱的良心 Some say he is the conscience of the entertainment industry. To whoever said that: doesn't your conscience hurt? Many years later, people won't remember how Shi Yi left his plotlines unfinished, or killed off the female lead and the male lead... They'll remember only his kind heart. PS: This novel is toxic. The protagonist has a serious illness, and a strong desire for revenge. It's all for entertainment, so don't take it too seriously... 0Votes198.4kRecs237.3kFans
- 149 Song of Everlasting Joy 长乐歌 A century of history, yet sorrow still abounds; I remember the Marquis of Changle from long ago. His hall was fragrant with flowers and thronged by three thousand guests; one sword’s frost chilled fifty provinces! Does Heaven know the ills of this mortal world? The green hills laugh at me, while the clouds beckon. I breathe in a beauty’s fragrance among the flowers, and beneath the moon I lightly sever my enemies’ heads! Victory, defeat, gratitude, and vengeance, all poured into a heart-rending 0Votes520.2kRecs169.5kFans
- 150 Back to the Mountain Village to Farm 回到山沟去种田 Blurb One: A 3D fantasy city drives navigation addicts to despair! The only answer is to go home and farm! Plant trees, raise fish, walk the dog, grow orchids, wade through rivers, hike the hills... You can live a colorful life even in a mountain ravine! Blurb Two: Returning to the ridge, new clouds recognize the rain's traces; Reaching the stream, old leaves cling to Crow Village. The mountain plum lies cold, its faint fragrance gone quiet; The ravine plums bloom in profusion, snow-white petals 4Votes391.8kRecs210.3kFans
