Novels like An Era of Striving
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as An Era of Striving, best match first.
- 1 I Turned Out to Be a Top-Tier Star! 我竟然是顶流！ Middle-aged, he suddenly goes missing. After twenty years of hard work, actor Zhou Dingran finally achieves fame and is crowned Best Actor. But one slip of fate turns him into a handsome, beloved young student in Beidian’s acting department… … A dual career as a singer and actor… The author has completed several other entertainment-industry novels, including Reborn as a Superstar and Reborn: The Superstar. 1Votes13.1kRecs65.9kFans
- 2 Reborn Before the World Cup 重生从世界杯前开始 After waking from a nap, a wage slave who had turned thirty without accomplishing a thing found himself back at eighteen. At this very moment, the World Cup had just begun, the 4G era was dawning, and the stock market was about to take off… This time around, he didn’t want to be the pig riding the wave. He just wanted to ride that pig, even if it meant clinging to someone else’s coattails. 0Votes22.9kRecs141.1kFans
- 3 To Get More Updates, I Infiltrated the Author’s Group 为了催更，我混进了作者群 Tian Yunxiao: “You damn author, update already! Four thousand words a day? Who’s that supposed to be enough for? You lousy author, get writing!” The damn author: “Do you even know what the human body can take? Four thousand words is the limit! Write even one more and I’m not human!” “The Online Fiction Update-Chasing to Godhood System has been bound.” Many years later… Reader: “You damn author, update already! Four thousand words a day? Who’s that supposed to be enough for? You lousy aut 0Votes10.5kRecs52.4kFans
- 4 Gourmet Cuisine Begins with the Green-Skinned Train Chef 美食从绿皮火车厨神开始 Food along the way, stories along the way, scenery along the way. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhou Zhou becomes the chef aboard a green passenger train. This world has scrambled eggs, but no stir-fried egg ribbons. It has iron-pot stewed goose, but no chicken stewed in a clay pot. It has fish-fragrant shredded pork, but no kung pao chicken. It has jianbing, but no Goubuli buns. It has roujiamo, but no oil-splashed noodles. It has roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, and all kind 0Votes27.2kRecs53.3kFans
- 5 Reborn: The Superstar King 重生：天王巨星 The world order undergoes a dramatic upheaval. Reborn in Hong Kong in 2007, Han Sen discovers that everyone in the world is speaking Chinese! The mainland is booming with vitality, drawing people north in droves to pursue the Chinese Dream. Once-glorious Cantonese songs have actually fallen into obscurity, dismissed as a minor language no one cares about. In this climate, the band Jinghong, led by Han Sen, is on the verge of breaking up. On the stage of Hong Kong Star, the songs “Years of Friend 0Votes58kRecs133kFans
- 6 Family Cultivation: Everyone Is a Great Villain 家族修炼：全员大恶人 Hou Yuxiao, a hopelessly kind-hearted man, arrives in a martial world divided between righteousness and evil with a magical two-colored lotus. He becomes the head of an insignificant demonic clan in a county town, with three younger brothers and one younger sister under him. His second brother has a fiery temper, his fourth brother is a murderous psychopath, and the youngest is part of the demonic path yet spends all day studying Confucian texts. His only sister is actually a… Looking at hi 0Votes12.2kRecs99.5kFans
- 7 Food Service Mogul 餐饮大佬 After one drunken binge, Liu Xiahui was reborn in the year 2000. With his golden finger, Liu Xiahui secretly used his tuition money to start a business without telling his parents. Starting with a tiny stall selling sliced poached chicken, he eventually grew into a leading figure in the food and beverage industry. (A separate post after Chapter 84 explains the prices in the book. If you think something seems off, don't rush to judgment. Read that post first.) 0Votes88kRecs82.2kFans
- 8 Reborn in 1988: Getting Rich After Rejecting My Ex-Wife 重生88：从拒绝前妻开始暴富 An accident sent Lin Shuping back to 1988. In the early summer of that year, he looked at the girl who couldn’t care less about him and smiled... Then he put his hands in his pockets, turned around, and walked away. In the turbulent sea of business and the great tide of the times, danger and opportunity coexist in this life. But once I catch the wave, getting rich is my only option. 134Votes36.5kRecs189.4kFans
- 9 Back to 2003 重回2003 Life is a process of making choices. If you could start over, even if you couldn't make the right choice every time, at least you could rule out one wrong answer, right? Starting in an impoverished village in 2003, he gradually makes his way toward a familiar future, taking a different path through the same years and witnessing different sights and splendors. 0Votes38.7kRecs33.8kFans
- 10 Starting with Me, I Fight My Way Out of the Martial Dao Great Wall 从我开始杀出武道长城 Ancient myths have awakened. Living beings turn into demons, bloodlines revert to their ancestors, and hunters prey on humans. Nine out of ten people have perished. Martial arts have reemerged from the ruins. The first generation of human champions all fell in the demon realm; the second built the Great Wall of Martial Arts atop their bones, protecting humanity's last refuge. Nine generations have passed, and still there is no sign of dawn. 0Votes23.2kRecs111.1kFans
- 11 High Sun 高阳 Zhou Yu was born knowing. The moment he opened his eyes, he understood the world, then realized there were two selves inside his mind. When he was one, a beam of sword light fell from the sky in a dream and cut away half his soul. Later, he studied psychological medicine and learned that it was probably called a “second personality.” Then, after he became a psychiatric assistant, he saw a doctor get kneed in the head right before his eyes. A mysterious, mighty organization and a vast world veile 0Votes25.7kRecs72.6kFans
- 12 A Small Farmer in a Great Era 大时代中的小农民 The story of an aimless young man from the city who unexpectedly returns to 1981 and becomes a farmer in the countryside. He leads the villagers in planting fruit trees and developing the village, presenting the world with a brand-new rural community. Check out the new book, Leisurely Days in a Water Town. 0Votes133.5kRecs56.7kFans
- 13 Reborn in 2009: Becoming a Heartthrob 重生09做男神 After returning to his high school days, Zhou Muyan accidentally breaks the heart of the girl he has always loved. At first, he only hopes it was a mistake. But then she follows him to college. With his first love before him and the childhood friend who has always waited for him behind him, Zhou Muyan feels utterly helpless. 1Votes57.3kRecs302.8kFans
- 14 From Winning an Electric Scooter to Becoming the World's Richest Man 从抽奖送电瓶车到全球首富 “Mr. Richest Man, how did you make your fortune?” Faced with the reporter's question, the young and handsome richest man, Xiao Feifan, looked back on the past with deep emotion. “That year, my family's supermarket was about to go under, so I talked my neighbor, Old Zhao, into moving all the electric bikes from his shop. I put them in front of our supermarket and held a prize draw. Guess what happened? I actually managed to turn the supermarket around.” “...Oh.” Well, you certainly know how to ta 0Votes28.8kRecs40kFans
- 15 The Matrix Lord 矩阵天王 Demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters run rampant, leaving devastation in their wake. Giant nightmares ravage the human world. “I have a matrix that turns me into a weapon. I’ll wipe out every last demon and monster, and remake the sun and moon!” Jiang Luo stood atop a ruined building and shouted, “Electric blade!” A five-meter-long sword crackling with lightning instantly took shape. He leapt down, wind roaring around him! By the time he landed, he was clad in brilliant, radiant armor. Fearlessly, 0Votes33.3kRecs72.1kFans
- 16 My Rewound Life 我的回塑人生 Zhou Kuan, a young man forced to lie flat, wakes up one day back in his senior year of high school. Standing once more at the crossroads of youth, he works hard to rebuild his confidence, and finally finds the courage to face life head-on... 0Votes239kRecs176.8kFans
- 17 Tracing the Current of the Literary Era 溯流文艺时代 Yu Dong is reborn from 2019 into 1991, returning to the time just after graduation, when he was assigned to work as a counselor at Jinling Arts College. Starting out by writing novels, he takes things one step at a time, gradually building an empire in the entertainment industry. 0Votes108.1kRecs171.1kFans
- 18 The Great Nation's Heavy Tank 大国重坦 To clear his father's name, Qin Zhenhua joins the First Machinery Factory and begins a whole new life. He repairs tanks, modifies gun barrels, builds engines, and handles foreign trade, forging a great power's heavy tanks one step at a time! 0Votes107.7kRecs174.6kFans
- 19 From Shanghai Tycoon to Hong Kong Mogul 从上海滩大亨到港岛豪门 The waves surge and flow The mighty river stretches on for thousands of miles, never ceasing Washing away the affairs of the world All blending into one surging tide Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s was home not only to gangsters and warlords, but also industrialists and tycoons, with all kinds of powers intertwined. Who would rise and who would fall? Naturally, the one with the sharpest eye. Who could possibly outdo someone who had transmigrated? This book is also known as A Century of Wea 0Votes47.8kRecs217.4kFans
- 20 The Tearjerker Director 催泪系导演 Moviegoer: Every time I watch a Li Yi movie, I cry! Film critic: Li Yi’s movies always strike a chord deep inside you! Director: Li Yi is one of a kind. He never makes big-budget films, yet he always manages to work miracles! Actor: Director Li’s films always make you laugh until you cry! He’s a director unlike any other, and he never chases big-budget productions! Yet his films always manage to move you when you least expect it! This book is meant to revisit the classics that once moved you! Hi 0Votes30.1kRecs176kFans
- 21 I Study Archaeology at Peking University 我在北大学考古 The purpose of archaeology is neither to boast of ancient civilizations nor to worship the greatness of the ancients, and still less to imitate antiquity in an attempt to revive it. Rather, it is to understand the path we should take into the future. Simply put: this is the story of an unlucky fellow who failed the Peking University entrance exam three times and t 0Votes22kRecs41.1kFans
- 22 Verdant Space-Time 苍翠时空 A scarlet gaseous substance of unknown origin descended upon Blue Star, accompanied by countless meteorites. Life entered a great age of evolution at superluminal speed. Giant insects, colossal beasts, and super-evolved monsters with bizarre abilities will rule the land and seas. What is to become of fragile, insignificant humanity? … Look up at the stars. Every shining star is an eye gazing down at you. 0Votes48.9kRecs64.5kFans
- 23 The Food World’s Cheat-Code King 美食圈外挂帝 A new book is here! [Becoming a God of Cuisine in a Food Game] Guan Xiang, a recent culinary school graduate, only wanted a steady job as a chef, to save up and start a family, marry a beautiful wife, and land a head chef position before turning forty-five. He never expected to accidentally become the youngest culinary god in the game world. This is the story of a young chef growing with the help of a system! This is the story of an ordinary man rising to the top of the culinary world! W 0Votes37.6kRecs119.6kFans
- 24 The Wei Dynasty's Movie Emperor 大魏影帝 Want to be a prince? The kind who ends up in prison. A skilled actor wakes up in the Three Kingdoms era as Cao Miao, son of Cao Zhi. Surrounded by schemes and deadly traps at every turn, how can he fight his way through and turn the tables against the odds? Life is a play, and everything depends on your acting. Feign madness and foolishness, laugh and rage at will: one man, a thousand faces, playing the fool while hiding a true madman. At court, I’m a frail, sickly prince afflicted with madness 0Votes100.6kRecs14.5kFans
- 25 Reborn as an International Smuggler 重生之国际倒爷 New book: International Trader: Building an Empire Through Maritime Trade is now online. I hope you'll give it a chance. The following is the synopsis for this book: A steady stream of products that can make you rich overnight. The art of hoarding and speculation. Ruthless merchants swallowing up markets along national borders. Transmigrate back to 1992. Retrace the ancient Tea Horse Road, dig for caterpillar fungus in Xizang, harvest pearls in Guangxi, and trade jade in Tengchong. Set up an 0Votes79.2kRecs133.7kFans
- 26 The World of the Arts 文艺世界 New book: Love Yourself, Director In 2001, domestic art-house directors were rushing one after another toward Cannes, Berlin, and Venice. Commercial directors were obsessed with making blockbusters and taking on the global box office. At this time, Fang Nan was quietly working as a stuntman on one film set after another, starting from the bottom and eventually becoming a top-tier director known worldwide! 0Votes56kRecs164.8kFans
- 27 When It Comes to Matchmaking, I Don't Bow to Anyone 做媒这一块，我谁都不服 “Once the newlyweds enter the room, the matchmaker gets tossed over the wall.” “Believe in ghosts if you like, but never trust a matchmaker's mouth.” “Don't act as a go-between, a guarantor, or a matchmaker, and your descendants will be blessed for three generations!” These three sayings show just how awkward the matchmaker's standing is in the eyes of the public. Jiang Feng has just graduated from college when he suddenly gains the uncanny ability to see how compatible two people are for marria 0Votes95.3kRecs347.6kFans
- 28 I Want to Work Hard Too! 我也想努力啊！ [A city novel for bachelors looking to find love, blending romance, business, and entertainment. Don’t miss this urban tale in 2024!] To his utter astonishment, Zhao Mingyang, a lifelong bachelor on the brink of taking his company public and reaching the peak of his life, is reborn. Having lived two lives and reached a crossroads, Zhao Mingyang decides to change the direction of his efforts this time around. 0Votes72kRecs248.2kFans
- 29 The Reborn Age of Wildfire 重生野火时代 [The Reformed Rake Version]: In my previous life, I was a bastard. After being reborn, I still wasn't a good person. And I definitely wasn't going to take on someone else's baggage! Brothers, pass your burdens on to someone else. I don't want them! [Bittersweet Youth Version]: Turn back the tide of time, and let the regrets of those years blossom into the most dazzling flowers in this life… P.S. A business story focused on everyday life 0Votes31.2kRecs59.5kFans
- 30 My Investment Era 我的投资时代 As Xia Jingxing lay dying, he remembered the young man who had set off for a foreign land. Back then, he had thought: If I could live those years over, I would never squander the turbulent, opportunity-filled twenty years that followed. What you never forget will eventually echo back. Returned to the age of eighteen, he began to sing: I'm still the same boy I used to be... PS: The author has already completed a two-million-character novel, Winning the New Fin 0Votes216.3kRecs410kFans
- 31 Honghuang: The Green Snake Attains the Dao 洪荒之青蛇成道 All living beings are sentient beings, while the Heavenly Dao is the Dao of the Forty-Nine Heavens. Sages are Hunyuan Sages, and they are also the Sages among all beings between Heaven and Earth! After transmigrating into the Primordial World as a snake, he enters a great calamity. A tiny ant is lost in the boundless expanse. In this vast Primordial World, a green snake has arrived, and everything has taken on a different flavor! Though the little snake is as lowly and insignificant as an ant, t 0Votes56.4kRecs116.4kFans
- 32 Beyond the Martial Arts Summit 武侠巅峰之上 At his most desperate moment, Qin Yang awakened memories of his past life and embarked on a path to the pinnacle unlike anything he'd known before. He's the Beggars' Sect's rising star and the famed Hero of Tiannan; he's also a notorious thief and the martial world's number-one master of witty banter; he's even one of the Nine Calculators of the Mohists, hidden in the darkness and manipulating events from the shadows. At the end of the martial path, who stands supreme? Once Qin Yang arrives, the 0Votes60kRecs51.6kFans
- 33 A Surgeon’s Life in Espionage 外科医生的谍战生涯 A thoracic surgeon at a top-tier provincial hospital affiliated with a medical university goes back to 1936. A scalpel can't stop bullets. But surely you can still get sick, can't you? “Want to live? Beg me.” 14Votes40.2kRecs257.7kFans
- 34 Chinese Entertainment: Can You Really Be a Movie Star Without Cutting Loose? 华娱，不放纵能叫影帝吗？ Back to the start of the century, he awakens the Indulgent Movie Star System. The more indulgent he is, the happier he gets! In his previous life, Li Luo lived like an old workhorse. With the System's help, he charges ahead and lives life on his own terms. 37Votes190.4kRecs362.3kFans
- 35 My American TV Universe 我的美综世界 I wanted to be a good person, but the CIA framed me. The only way to survive was to bring America down. 0Votes182.7kRecs219.4kFans
- 36 Chinese Showbiz 2009: Unlocking the Achievement Panel 华娱09：加载成就面板 Qin Baiyuan, an ordinary graduate of a second-tier university, obtained the Life Achievement System and used it to grow into the King of Chinese Entertainment. White Achievement: Mineral water Green Achievement: Deep, resonant voice Blue Achievement: Film screenplay Purple Achievement: Upright bearing Orange Achievement: ??? 5Votes16.6kRecs55.6kFans
- 37 Naruto: Duanmu Baiyun 木叶之端木白云 A story about fairness. The Way of Change is vast and all-encompassing. The Shinobi World is no exception; all things can be explained through the Yi. Duanmu Baiyun transmigrates to the Naruto world with nothing but his memories and understanding of the Book of Changes. In Konoha, where powerful clans dominate and control all the resources, the civilian ninj 0Votes29.5kRecs60kFans
- 38 My Perfect Life, Really 我的完美人生啊 After transmigrating into a hellish start with not a penny to his name, Liu Miao had to choose between making a living and staying alive. He chose to stay alive first. This is the story of a man who transforms from a street porter into a legendary tycoon. What a perfect life this is, with so many complications of human relationships to deal with. My name is Liu Miao, Liu Sanshui. Sanshui, like water that b 0Votes47.5kRecs268.6kFans
- 39 Reborn: The Overlord of an Era 重生之时代霸主 Li Feng, an internet angel investor with a dismal track record, transmigrated back to 2001. The dawn of the 21st century was a vibrant era, an era full of change. Back in this time, Li Feng was destined to embark on an extraordinary path and build a glorious empire... 0Votes39.2kRecs49.6kFans
- 40 National Beer 国啤 The reformist winds are blowing strong, and the beer industry has emerged as an early winner in the adjustment of the national economy, being designated as a short-supply product for priority development. Before long, breweries sprang up across the land... In this age of beer and this beer-filled world, 813 breweries rose and fell amid the fierce clashes of rival powers, expansion, and consolidation. With China joining the World Trade Organization, foreign beers poured through the gates. Dark cl 0Votes125.8kRecs61.8kFans
- 41 Back to 1980 to Enjoy the Good Life 重回1980去享福 The first incense offering at the ancestral rites, a family tree entry of one’s own, and a place in the history books: these are a man’s ultimate dreams, and Deng Shirong achieved them all after being reborn. [This book is rich in rural flavor, with realistic prices, solid logic, and a leisurely storytelling style. At 2.27 million words, it still gets over 3,400 readers returning within 24 hours. The quality is excellent, making this a rare gem among period novels. Don’t miss it if you’re passin 0Votes112.6kRecs224.2kFans
- 42 A Mountain Hunter's Life, Starting in 1982 从1982开始的赶山生涯 The great mountains contain everything. If you have the ability to bring it out, you can make a fortune! Lv Lu is reborn in 1982, an era when guns and hunting are not prohibited, and begins a life of mountain hunting! 3Votes65.3kRecs237.4kFans
- 43 Showbiz: I Just Want to Work Behind the Scenes 娱乐：我只想当幕后大佬 Actors, singers, idols, MCs, hosts… Onstage, celebrities shine beneath the spotlights. Chased by the media and adored by fans, they seem like idols perched high above the rest. But behind the radiance, in the places the spotlights cannot reach, lies the real “iceberg beneath the water.” Producers, film and television companies, investors, advertisers, television stations, websites, cinema chains, the media, internet conglomerates… They are all intertwined, opposing yet mutually beneficial, att 0Votes35.3kRecs166.2kFans
- 44 True Martial Arts Across the Myriad Worlds 万界真武 Transmigrate through myriad worlds, prove the Way of True Martial Arts! Transmigrate through myriad worlds, prove the Way of True Martial Arts! Transmigrate through myriad worlds, prove the Way of True Martial Arts! Transmigrate through myriad worlds, prove the Way of True Martial Arts! 0Votes64.8kRecs62.5kFans
- 45 The Qing Conquest, 1719 伐清1719 I've returned to the fifty-eighth year of the Kangxi reign, three hundred years in the past? Kangxi: “I want to live another five hundred years!” Ning Yu: “Drop dead!” 0Votes84.3kRecs163.2kFans
- 46 My Name Is Ouyang Chuliang 我叫欧楚良 No System, no golden finger. Despite its transmigration premise, this is actually a period novel about a goalkeeper. Whether you know the protagonist or not, feel free to drop by if you’re interested. 0Votes148.2kRecs94.7kFans
- 47 America, 1881: A Western Legend 美利坚1881：西部传奇 In the late nineteenth century, one Chinese man's name echoed through the shadows of the American West. A treasure map, an act of Congress, a legend. Cowboys, bounty hunters, Native Americans, Pinkerton detectives, revolvers, frontier towns... P.S. The book has a good backlog now, so feel free to dig in. New group: 784802727 (the first group is full) 0Votes1.3MRecs115.5kFans
- 48 Back to 1995 重返1995 In 1995 America, the internet had only just caught fire, cell phones were still brick-sized, and Hollywood films had yet to enter the age of special effects. The arrival of Song Yang would usher in a whole new era. The media marveled that he was the new Howard Hughes. Just as Hughes had once blazed trails and driven countless people wild, Song Yang went even further than Hughes had, changing an entire era. But when asked about the media's verdict, Song Yang simply replied, “I am who I am. Histor 1Votes75.9kRecs166.7kFans
- 49 My Rebirth Is Different 我的重生不一样啊 Back in his youth, Yuwen Fei decided to take a different path to being reborn. He was a business genius admired even by his competitors. The products he launched profoundly changed modern communications, entertainment, and even the way people lived. “Make money? No, I never think about making money. I just want to use technology to change the world and improve the lives of ordinary people! I've topped the Forbes list of the world's richest people for years, but I never pay attention to that stuf 0Votes200.6kRecs290.6kFans
- 50 The Rise of the Shen Clan 沈氏家族崛起 In Lingnan, where fortunes rise and fall, an ordinary junior member of a small family leads his clan to endure and rise in this ruthless world of cultivation. Mortal, farming. 0Votes111.9kRecs113.4kFans
