Novels like The Secret Forest
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Secret Forest, best match first.
- 51 My Idol Girlfriend 我的爱豆女友 In my memories, everyone's faces were full of easygoing, happy smiles back then. But fourteen years later, it seems everything has changed, and regrets have begun to pile up. It all starts with an ordinary actor, as he sets out to find that happiness again. 0Votes9.9kRecs19.7kFans
- 52 Peninsula: The Rebellious Reborn Director 半岛：重生的叛逆理事 The History of JYP records: In 2014, Su Jiangxia went against everyone’s advice and took the position of operations director at JYP Entertainment, which was on the brink of bankruptcy, as well as a seat on JYP’s board. For giving up such a bright future of his own, Su Jiangxia was mockingly dubbed the “Rebel Director” by people inside and outside the industry. In 2017, a tragedy for the Korean entertainment industry: TWICE reached the top, Starbreeze was no more, and JYP Entertainment was on the 0Votes16kRecs45kFans
- 53 The Reverse Bridge 逆桥 A top-tier star from the peninsula pursues a reserved, melancholy Chinese bodyguard. The story is a little bleak from the start, but the sweet moments keep coming. 0Votes10.8kRecs22.2kFans
- 54 Meeting You in My Saddest Moments 悲伤时遇你 0Votes14.3kRecs0Fans
- 55 Peninsula: From the Start, I Went on a Blind Date with Yoona 半岛：开局和允儿相亲 I was reborn, and I am now at Prosecutor Lin's home. Today is the day I successfully passed judicial training, as well as the day I meet Lin Yuner for the first time and go on a blind date with her. The story begins here. (This book is also known as H Country's Messes, This Is What a Prosecutor Is Really Like, and The Symbol of Power.) 0Votes9.4kRecs31.2kFans
- 56 Our Romance Didn't Make It to Debut 恋情未能出道成功 If the person you love has just debuted, would you be willing to wait until she ends her career as an idol before starting a relationship? A realistic, everyday romance featuring an esports manager and a girl group. Hope you enjoy! 4Votes2.4kRecs11.9kFans
- 57 Nice to Meet You, Actor Lin 很高兴认识你，林演员 “It's a pleasure to meet you, Actor Lin.” “The pleasure is mine.” A wonderful love story between a Chinese doctor living on the Korean Peninsula and a hard-working actress who got her start in the strongest girl group. 0Votes18.7kRecs13.1kFans
- 58 Being an Idol Is Hard 做个偶像好难 If an idol can't sing, dance, or rap, can they still be called an idol? Idols need to be multitalented, and they also need to cultivate a perfect image. In short, being an idol is hard, and being a top-notch idol is even harder. 5Votes49.8kRecs49.7kFans
- 59 The Best Era Begins at Zero 从零开始的最好时代 These are extraordinary times. You have to be there from the very beginning and take part all along the way for it to count as living through your youth. (Korean entertainment) 0Votes58.6kRecs22.7kFans
- 60 When Fiction Becomes Reality on the Peninsula 半岛之小说成真 I only wrote a novel. I'm just a small-time writer doing this as a side gig. I never meant for it to become real!!! One female lead, HY 0Votes11.9kRecs21.6kFans
- 61 My Sister Is the Leader of a Girl Group 我的姐姐是女团队长 0Votes30kRecs45.3kFans
- 62 Attention, Cat Parents 铲屎官请注意 Ye Luo is a wealthy bachelor with good looks and a great physique. He even has an adorable little cat, but what he lacks is a wife who'll meow sweetly at him. Watching her lonely owner every day, Ziran decides this can't go on. A wife? No problem. She'll pick one herself. As for how to woo her, the cat can leave that to its human! 0Votes10.6kRecs6.5kFans
- 63 Unifying Fandom Aesthetics 统一饭圈审美 The purpose of an idol is to make those who follow them happy, and to help them become better people. 0Votes5.6kRecs10.5kFans
- 64 Idols of the Three Kingdoms 爱豆三国志 This book is a large-scale Three Kingdoms-themed role-play drama performed by a group of cosplayers bringing their CN characters to life. If you can make sense of it, you’re truly impressive! 0Votes30.5kRecs6kFans
- 65 Korean Entertainment: Starting with Reply 1988 半岛娱乐从请回答1988开始 New book: Peninsula: From Extra to Chungmuro's Leading Man! One-line summary: The story of an extra actor who is reborn and makes a comeback. Full synopsis: A high-altitude stunt scene sends Kim Gihyeon, an extra and stunt double, straight to a parallel world. He accepts reality, but to his astonishment, he has none of his predecessor's memories! He has to guess everything! Just as Kim Gihyeon is at a loss, a text about an audition points him in the right direction. Fortunately, there's always a 0Votes13.8kRecs72.1kFans
- 66 Peninsula: What Should I Do When the Novel’s Heroine Comes Looking for Me? 半岛：书中女主角找上我了怎么办 Lin Yuner: “So you're the one who wrote that I chased after you in your book?” Lin Ce: “...” Lin Yuner: “So you're the one who wrote that I loved you but couldn't have you?” Lin Ce: “...” Lin Yuner: “Well, now I'm going to chase after you. What are you going to do?” 0Votes13.5kRecs39.9kFans
- 67 When Night Falls, My Love Returns 夜尽良人归 A simple little Korean entertainment novel, and a simple little love letter. Crystal: I’m standing right in front of you. If you’ll just reach out and hug me, you can hold me in your arms. Taeyeon: You said I’ve never worn a wedding dress for you. So how about I wear one for you today? Sica: So it turns out you’re the little bit of luck I most want to hold on to. The world is vast. If there’s someone you love, hold her tight. Original title: Da Bai’s Korean Entertainment Book group: 620302928 (E 0Votes18.3kRecs0Fans
- 68 I Really Am a Lawyer 我真是个律师 “My dad owns a company, and my mom's a civil servant, so I'm a lawyer.” “What do those three things have to do with each other?” “Nothing.” “Then why bring them up?” “Just talking nonsense.” This is the story of an unprofessional lawyer fooling around with life who accidentally ended up with a superstar wife. P.S. There is only one heroine. For details, see the work note “The Heroine.” The heroine is a celebrity, so please don't read if that's not your thing. Thanks for u 0Votes106.2kRecs120.1kFans
- 69 Pretending to Be an Actor 假装是个演员 Before anyone finds out, I'll pretend I'm an actor. Once I've filmed a web series and cashed in, I'll sneak off and make easy money. (Parallel world, don't take it too seriously.) 0Votes82.2kRecs74.2kFans
- 70 This Female Idol Is Definitely Not My Favorite Student 这个女idol绝非我的得意门生 “Idol” means a person who is adored. Yu Cang, male, twenty-six, formerly a professional actor. After meeting Lu Yuan'er, an idol singer, and becoming her assistant for variety-show performances, something rather remarkable happens to his life. P.S. 1. Also known as "Why Is My Girlfriend Obsessed with Shipping Us Every Day?", "She Has Been Scheming to Win Me Over for Three Years", "The Film Emperor's Twenty-One-Year-Old Darling Wife"... P.S. 2. One heroine, romance and entertainment. 0Votes11.9kRecs36.9kFans
- 71 Peninsula: My Shiba Inu Girlfriend 半岛：我的柴犬女友 One night, a top-tier star suddenly posted that he wanted to fall in love. His fans flooded the comments, crying and saying that their boy had finally grown up. Pei Shuyuan: Is this the wrong reaction? Aren’t fans usually supposed to stop their idols from dating? One fan, whose comment was pinned: The old turtle spirit has finally fallen for someone? Pei Shuyuan: ??? Also known as: “With My Childhood Friend and the Girl Who Appeared Out of Nowhere, How Could I Possibly Lose When I Started with M 0Votes29.8kRecs41.6kFans
- 72 Peninsula: I’m So Eager to Make Progress 半岛之我太想进步了 Li Ruixian was tricked into majoring in history. He thought he'd spend his whole life playing with dirt in a museum, but instead he rose steadily through the ranks, becoming the central figure directing the peninsula's cultural world. Dear readers, don't blame me. I just really want to get ahead. 0Votes17.6kRecs43.1kFans
- 73 A Fleeting Life in Hancheng 韩城浮生 A life of splendor, a season fading from memory. P.S. Originally titled Korean Entertainment: Please Call Me the Male God, it has now been renamed Seoul's Fleeting Days. 0Votes11.3kRecs21.6kFans
- 74 I’m a Lawyer Again 我又是个律师 My name is Lin Ye, and I'm a lawyer. My dad is a doctor. My mom is a teacher. We're a perfectly normal family, but for some reason, my boneheaded little sister decided to become a celebrity. Our perfectly normal family started getting a little less normal because of her. Even I ended up bumping into her for no reason, all because of that bonehead. P.S. 0Votes52.7kRecs117kFans
- 75 Reply 2020 请回答二零二零 From the beginning of the year to the end, Cheng Qian’an never imagined his life would change so dramatically. Among countless paths leading to happiness or heartache, find the one that leads to a happy ending. The story begins in 2019. 0Votes40.2kRecs71kFans
- 76 My Entertainment Circle 我的娱乐那个圈 This work features stars from China, Japan, and Korea, and also incorporates online platforms. 0Votes199.1kRecs93kFans
- 77 Peninsula: It Was Just a Dream, So Why Are You Taking It Seriously? 半岛：做梦而已，你来真的啊？ Chen Yan discovers that his dreams can predict the future. The first time, he dreams that the neighbor girl he's known for years is in danger, and rushes to save her at a crucial moment. What he doesn't know is that late at night, the girl next door stares at his messages and murmurs: "Xiaoyan, this time around, I won't let you slip away again." As Chen Yan predicts the future through his dreams time and again, he gradually r 0Votes41.9kRecs78.5kFans
- 78 From the Start, My Sister Sent Me to Be a Talent Agent 开局被妹妹介绍去当经纪人 K-pop. Don’t read if it’s not your thing. Ming Yuan: Stop fighting over me. I’m just a lowly manager. 1Votes87.8kRecs87.6kFans
- 79 I Hid the White Rose Behind Me 我将白玫瑰藏于身后 The white rose that has always remained hidden behind him will eventually be held in his arms. 0Votes22.7kRecs22.4kFans
- 80 Elegy of a Failed Writer 扑街写手的挽歌 The story of a failed writer who transmigrates to another world with the setting for the protagonist of his new book. A goofy, lovable lead in the early chapters. One heroine, one heroine, one heroine 0Votes16.6kRecs14.1kFans
- 81 The Entertainment World of a Rookie Actor 小白演员的文娱日常 You and I always seem to meet by chance. That's when our fateful connection begins! [Everyday Korean entertainment, one heroine, plenty of sweet romance] 0Votes9.1kRecs17.7kFans
- 82 Awakening in the Starlight 在星光中觉醒 Everyone once had a tiger in their heart. Many people have lost theirs. I want to find mine again. The story of a genius boy who loves idols and finds himself on the Korean Peninsula. An encyclopedia of girl groups. (The number of character cards indicates how many characters will appear. This is not a mindless harem story; each character has her own storyline.) A different kind of HY. 0Votes36.7kRecs97.2kFans
- 83 I’m Reborn, and I’m Definitely Not Becoming an Entertainer 重生的我才不当艺人 That winter, Hybe began its takeover of S.M. I saw that the company’s founder, Mr. Lee, had embezzled 3.9 billion won in company assets. Everyone at the company was in a panic, and that image will stay with me forever. At that moment, I thought: If I could become a director at the company, I’d protect everything about S.M.! Now that heaven has let me return to the age of eighteen, I have to consider whether this is the only chance I’ll ever get. Restoring S.M. to its former glory is our duty! Yo 2Votes23.3kRecs88.5kFans
- 84 Peninsula: From Extra to Chungmuro Movie Star 半岛：从龙套到忠武路影帝 Jiang Zaixun has two faces On screen, he’s a rising star of Chungmuro, painstakingly trained by Hwang Jung-min. Off screen, he’s a set-seductress surrounded by four top-tier stars. Hwang Jung-min says he was born to be an actor After all, a man who can make an icy model, a teasing beauty, a bold rich woman, and a haughty idol all start fighting over him must have some “special acting skills.” This book is also known as: “How I Maxed Out My Acting Skills and Accidentally Unlocked the ‘Set Heartth 0Votes35.7kRecs63kFans
- 85 The Sheep of the Peninsula 半岛的羊 May the girl I loved when I was young walk a flower-strewn path, always toward the sun! Writing this out of love, with zero writing skill. The timeline is a mess and won't stand up to close scrutiny, so please go easy on the nitpickers. Just treat anything that doesn't make sense as part of a parallel world! 0Votes2.8kRecs67Fans
- 86 I Really Don't Want to Be an Idol 我真不想当偶像 After the soul of a young man from 2019 merged with the soul of a girl from 1997, she herself could no longer tell whether she was a he or a she. 0Votes46.4kRecs20.2kFans
- 87 A Dream Above Seoul 首尔上空造一场梦 I can’t sing, and I can’t dance. I used to be a fan. Now I’m a wage slave working myself to the bone. In the future, I’ll meet Jung Soo-jung, Jung Soo-yeon, Kim Tae-yeon, and so many others. One story after another will unfold, some heartbreaking, some happy. On the streets, beneath the flashing neon lights, you can see me standing amid the surging tide of ordinary people, dreaming of making a dream come true above Seoul. 0Votes19kRecs16.5kFans
- 88 Starting from That Korean City 从那座韩城开始 “Live in this apartment.” “Wear this watch.” “Take this card.” “I told you, I’ll support you.” Lin Yi looked at Yoona’s overbearing demeanor before him and smiled. Just then, laughter came from behind him. “Oppa, when are you going to do something bad? Take me with you.” He turned around and saw a lovely girl standing in the sunlight, smiling sweetly, radiant and captivating. 5Votes249.2kRecs188.8kFans
- 89 Life Burns Bright Because of You 生活因你火热 “Even if you and that person have parted ways, being able to meet someone like that on this planet will make you feel that everything you once had with her was not wasted.” Yan Qing transmigrates in an “atypical” manner to another spacetime. Having lost the “original host's” memories and burdened with a body full of shackles, where should he go from here? A steady weekly update schedule, lying flat and going with the flow~ 0Votes56.1kRecs60.6kFans
- 90 A Quick-Fix Savior 速效救星 A doctor cannot heal himself, though he can certainly try. What could the great physicians Huang, Qi, Bian, and Tuo do about that even today? This is a heartwarming little story about a patient who heals the whole world. 0Votes104.6kRecs27.2kFans
- 91 Please Answer, 2017 请回答二零一七 The year was 2020, three years after the Empresses disbanded. Little Divisor was still doing well, and word had it that Captain Little Ghost was getting married. That year, Cheng Guo found a fan comic about the Empresses. Then, one day, a version of Captain Little Ghost from 2008 climbed right out of the comic and into Cheng Guo's life, stirring things up. When 2008 met 2020, Cheng Guo began an extraordinary journey through the entertainment world. My new book, I Own a House of Spirit Mediums, i 0Votes25.6kRecs17kFans
- 92 The King's Korean Entertainment 王的韩娱 An accident leaves him waking up in South Korea as Tae Seoyoon's older brother! A Korean entertainment novel with no golden finger. The author is a newcomer with poor writing. If that's not your thing, stay away. 0Votes87.1kRecs48.9kFans
- 93 Reborn in Korean Entertainment: Moonlight 韩娱重生之月光 In his previous life, he was a casual fan. After being reborn, he goes down the road of becoming a hardcore fan and a devoted fan who treats her like family. Kim Tae Yeon: We’ve known each other for almost ten years. Want to meet up? There might be a surprise! Male Lead: No. Online relationships die the moment you meet in person! YoonA: Hey, friend! You came back to Korea and didn’t even tell me. I’m coming over tonight for a drink. You know what I like, so make plenty, hehe! Male Lead: Don’t co 0Votes290.5kRecs47.5kFans
- 94 K-Pop's Newest Superstar 韩娱超新星 No transmigration, no rebirth, and no overpowered attributes bestowed upon the protagonist. He's neither a spoiled young heir from a wealthy family nor the inheritor of some ancient clan. This is simply the story of someone pursuing a dream while living far from home in a foreign land. Along the way, some people give, while others receive. Those who have protected you from the very beginning will be waiting for you before the finish line. (With the book review section getting livelier by the day 0Votes60.7kRecs26.4kFans
- 95 Restarting the Golden Age 重启全盛时代 I have wrestled with madness for so long... and I am still me! hy [Dedicated to the memory of the hot-blooded young versions of ourselves, and the girls who accompanied us through those lonely years.] 10Votes481.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 96 I Can’t Be This Tacky 我不可能这么俗 Huh? I transmigrated? I transmigrated to a parallel world, where my life is being turned into a comic for people to watch, and I have to complete tasks posted by my fans? And the worst part is, I’m supposed to grovel for their approval? Damn it! What kind of joke is this! I’m a tough, straight-up man, and I refuse to grovel! You can break my bones and spill my blood, but don’t underestimate me... There’s no way I’d be that shallow! [The book was originally titled A Different Kind of Syste 0Votes108.8kRecs49.4kFans
- 97 Cat Paw Entertainment 猫爪演艺公司 This is an entertainment novel with supernatural elements and an unusually long prologue. This is an entertainment novel where the chapter titles and the chapters themselves seem to belong to two different dimensions. One female lead, in honor of a girl group and the memories of an era. For everything else, read the story. 0Votes65.7kRecs25.1kFans
- 98 Korean Entertainment: Your Name 韩娱之你的名字 A discussion of the everyday mishaps that happen after two people swap souls. Hilarious!! At a reader’s request, I’ve started a group. 0Votes178.1kRecs56.1kFans
- 99 Korean Entertainment: A Promise for Life 韩娱之允诺一生 His parents' divorce made Qin Ming rebellious, and he followed his father to South Korea. By a twist of fate, his rebellious streak led him to join the show Girls' Generation and the Dangerous Boys, becoming one of its cast members. And so their paths crossed... The story begins with a whisper as flowers fall, dancing into the wind. At the end, may we stay by each other's side, and keep our promise for a lifetime... 0Votes23.2kRecs41.5kFans
- 100 The Great Idol 大偶像 An idol is someone people love and admire, someone they worship blindly and without criticism. Idols have the power to inspire faith and longing. When an idol's positive image reaches a certain level and represents something uplifting, they can influence society. At that point, an idol can also be called a role model. Michael Jackson was an era-defining idol like that. And so, this story was born. I'm no good at writing a blurb. Wish-fulfillment version: I want to become the biggest idol in the 0Votes95.4kRecs43.1kFans
