Novels like The Former Wave
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Former Wave, best match first.
- 1 Restarting the Platinum Age 重启白金时代 All I want is to be a landlord, but a twist of fate leads me into the entertainment industry. 0Votes29.2kRecs39.1kFans
- 2 The Playboy System Across Infinite Worlds 无限之浪子系统 New book: I'm Just a Background Character! If you're interested, go check it out. I'd really appreciate your support. Thank you!! 0Votes34.5kRecs14.9kFans
- 3 The First Chapter of the Night 夜的第一章 “I’ll say it again: I’m really not some genius singer or genius songwriter! I have no love for singing! My dream is to be a carpenter!” “But, Mr. Xu, you’ve won every major award, and your albums have the highest cumulative sales worldwide! Your songwriting and production have made so many kings and queens of pop! Everyone thinks you single-handedly dominated an entire era!” “Weren’t we supposed to talk about woodworking? Are you trying to get fired?” “No, boss! But this is your TV station, so y 0Votes58.9kRecs71.3kFans
- 4 Hao of Chinese Showbiz 华娱之昊 I honestly have no idea how to write this blurb. I've racked my brains and think four words sum it up: Chinese showbiz, 2001, director, female lead! “Showbiz's Whip” and “Showbiz's First-Generation Top-Tier Star” are already complete and ready to binge! 0Votes61.2kRecs44.5kFans
- 5 I Went to 1999 我去1999年 When Lin Weidong wakes up, he finds himself back in a university dormitory in the late 1990s, embarking on a journey to change his fate… 0Votes49.9kRecs57.8kFans
- 6 I Just Want to Make Films Seriously 我就想认真做影视 Li Yibai is reborn in the year 2000. This is the era when China's entertainment industry goes commercial. Returning to his old profession, he starts out in photography and moves forward one step at a time, building his own entertainment empire. Photography, directing, producing, film and television companies. He puts his all into making the best work possible! The female lead is Liu Baozi. Projects so far: The Shen Family's Feud (cinematography), The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (assistant director), 0Votes23.6kRecs37kFans
- 7 Football’s Comeback King 绿茵逆转狂魔 A coach who once managed Ye Yifeng said: “He's like a lottery ticket that pays out every weekend.” Scouts who track Ye Yifeng write similar assessments in their reports: “Mediocre ability, a wide range of strengths, wildly inconsistent, but always able to create goals.” Does he miss an open goal like a devotee of happy football? Does he let the ball run three meters away to showcase the level of Chinese football? Does he trip over his own feet while dribbling and expose himself as an undercover 0Votes85.5kRecs98.6kFans
- 8 How Did I Get Handsome Again? 我怎么又帅了 What should I do if I wake up every day and find that I'm getting more and more handsome? Asking online. It's kind of urgent. 0Votes46.2kRecs59kFans
- 9 Ten-Pull Summons in the Movie World 电影世界十连抽 Huang Shang has been dumped again. From his first love at fifteen to seeing his girlfriend get into the boss's car at twenty-four, it's happened once a year for ten years straight, and every time, he's the one who gets dumped. Maybe even Heaven couldn't stand to watch anymore, because a [Ten Consecutive Draws in Movie Worlds] System dropped out of the sky and struck him right between the eyebrows. Before entering each movie world, the System gives him one chance to make ten consecutive draws. Th 0Votes106.2kRecs133.2kFans
- 10 Loading a Save from 2013 读档2013 Back then: BAT ruled the field as a triumvirate, while JD watched hungrily from the sidelines. Luo Yonghao was sharpening his hammer, and Jia Yueting was at the height of his power. Lei Jun was struggling to get started, while Wang Xing founded Meituan. Huang Zheng gazed longingly across the ocean, and Zhang Yiming was restless and dissatisfied. The internet was in turmoil, and real estate was a battleground for rival powers. Cloud computing was just dawning, and 4G coverage had spread across th 0Votes148.6kRecs132.3kFans
- 11 The Celestial Serpent of the City 都市天蛇 The primordial spirit spans the sun and moon; a single breath proclaims the Heavenly Serpent! This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who inherits the legacy of the Heavenly Serpent. 0Votes96.4kRecs32.5kFans
- 12 Witch of the Cyber Age 赛博时代的魔女 In the cyberpunk age, corporate alliances rule the world, and humans and witches alike are fuel for the corporate machine, enslaved by advanced technology. The winds of change are beginning to blow. Xu Yang refuses to become a corporate lackey and resolves to escape. Along the way, he will rescue adorable yet powerful witches from the clutches of megacorporations and embark on a path of revolution! 2Votes38.5kRecs133.9kFans
- 13 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
- 14 Three Hundred Million Sword Immortals 剑仙三千万 “The Heavenly Dragon Dao Sect is one of the Eight Supreme Sects of the Nine Luminaries Star, and I am its Dao Child. You have offended me. At a single order from me, sword immortals will swarm, ” “Boom!” Qin Linye threw a punch toward the Nine Luminaries Star from afar. The force of his punch pierced the atmosphere, like a dense star tens of kilometers in diameter slamming into the ground at over a thousand kilometers per second. The land melted, and the planet's core shattered. Waves of flame a 0Votes339kRecs258.5kFans
- 15 Three Kingdoms: The Dragon's Transformation 三国之化龙 New book out: [I Have a Prison That Suppresses the Myriad Worlds] Synopsis: After an unprovoked online hate campaign sends Xu Ning's life crashing to rock bottom, he unexpectedly earns the favor of the Great Dao and gains the ability to travel through various movie and TV worlds. But after going from despair to hope and from hell to heaven, Xu Ning's values have been shattered. What choice will he make at the crossroads ahead? Stay true to himself and be a hero. Or... Become a demon? Book Club: 0Votes24.3kRecs58.2kFans
- 16 I Picked Up a Doomsday Girl 我捡了个末世少女 The new book Reborn in Tokyo's Bubble Era is seeking your support. Robbed by a girl suspected to have come from the apocalypse, Su Ming was tied to a tree as he heard her say, "You... are very clean..." Through strategic deterrence and a fair bit of bluffing, the apocalyptic girl followed him home and even took a bath. Su Ming's worldview immediately warped along with his features. That was an unforgettable night. After that night, Su Ming began to feel constantly exhausted, struggling to deal w 2Votes77.5kRecs158.7kFans
- 17 Go on a Blind Date, Dad 去相亲吧爸爸 Yang Xiaoguang had planned to find a mother for his four-year-old daughter, but somehow it turned into his daughter finding him a wife. "Dad, the person you're meeting on your blind date today is my teacher..." Yang Xiaoguang's face changed. "Duoduo, your dad isn't that kind of man!" 0Votes81.8kRecs70.6kFans
- 18 Hollywood in the Making 好莱坞绘制 “Film noir? Yes! Those extreme cinephiles say my work is always full of crime, violence, and death, with sadistic, explicit scenes, protagonists who are both good and evil, and anxiety and unease as its central emotions. It always revolves around greed and deceit, ending in death or destruction. But these things aren’t found only in my films. They reveal the dark side we all share as human beings!”--- 0Votes61.1kRecs137.7kFans
- 19 At First, I Just Wanted to Make Money 一开始，我只想搞钱 Forget making movies. Making money is what matters! Well, Shen Xudong later realized that making movies was never just about making movies. It was all art! PS: This story is entirely fictional. If it offends anyone, please be generous and let it slide! (Over 8,000 average subscriptions... a career high. Grateful...) 0Votes227.5kRecs287.5kFans
- 20 The Birth of a Top-Tier Star 一个顶流的诞生 Zhou Mu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an obscure actor from a minor agency. With all the information available on Earth at his fingertips, he originally plans to quit the entertainment industry, start a business, and make a fortune. But without money, he can’t get anywhere. With no other choice, he has to stick around and earn some money, only to become famous for no apparent reason. And then, he realizes it’s actually pretty great!!! The entertainment industry is a giant dye vat 0Votes180.7kRecs215.1kFans
- 21 The Tycoon Who Started When the System Crashed 神豪从系统宕机开始 Lin Qian was reborn. Other people who are reborn tend to be middle-aged, sent back to their youth to seize the opportunities of their era. But Lin Qian had only just graduated and had yet to suffer the harsh blows of working life when the god of fate kicked him back to 2010. He knew nothing about stocks and couldn’t write. He was just an ordinary guy. He thought he would simply live through his life again, following the same old routine. Then, one day six years later, the mysterious System that 0Votes202.6kRecs521.6kFans
- 22 Laughing Proudly, Unbound 笑傲不群 The soft ring of a broken sword mingled with the wails of Huashan’s disciples, echoing through the night sky above Huashan. The transmigrator opened his eyes. Spiritual energy began to spread, and the world began to change. 0Votes225.1kRecs231.4kFans
- 23 Miss, Something's Not Right About You 姑娘你不对劲啊 (This work has been adapted into a comic. Search for Hey, You’re Acting Strange! on Tencent Animation.) [Lighthearted Synopsis] Poor family, both parents dead, and then his beautiful fiancée breaks off their engagement. I’ve got all the makings of a standard wish-fulfillment protagonist, so my golden finger should be coming any minute, right? But that very night, his fiancée suddenly changed her mind: “I’m not breaking off the engagement!” She even wanted them to move in together and sleep in th 3Votes314.9kRecs586.6kFans
- 24 EN American Comics: Superman 美漫之超人 When a Sentinel with the Power of a Million Exploding Suns meets the strongest Silver Superman on Earth; when the Celestials, who use the galaxy as their testing ground, meet the Cyborg Superman who commands the Iron Legion; when the supreme Living Tribunal meets the Quantum Superman, who sees dimensions as mere specks of dust... This is the story of a transmigrator who brings countless Superman templates to the Marvel Universe. P.S. This isn't a hero-focused story, so don't read it if that's no 0Votes211.8kRecs270.4kFans
- 25 The Peninsula Asteroid 半岛小行星 I came to become a star. I saw it, and I know I can make it. I conquer... Forget it, this place is too complicated to conquer. I'll just focus on romance instead. 362Votes393.5kRecs255.3kFans
- 26 Reborn in the Startup Era 重生创业时代 Xu Yiyang, who only achieved greatness in middle age, returned to 1999 in a dream. At this turning point between millennia and centuries, he realized one truth: Not only should one become famous early, but one should also start a business and make money early! 0Votes330.6kRecs233.8kFans
- 27 EN Cultivating Immortality Begins with Time Management 修仙从时间管理开始 “So you’ve been lying to me all along, haven’t you?” She raised her trembling gaze, only to find that her senior brother’s once-familiar face had become terrifyingly strange. “Lying? How should I put it?” Her senior brother gave a scornful smile and waggled a finger. “It’s more that none of you ever understood who I really was, from the very beginning.” He turned around with effortless grace and strolled toward the supreme throne in the sky. Peerless sword beams, raging seas of flame, silvery st 0Votes157.9kRecs455.4kFans
- 28 The Song Dynasty's Top Scholar 大宋第一状元郎 On the eve of the Jingkang Incident, the Great Song is at peace, and spring in Bianliang is a decadent affair. After transmigrating into the body of a widely renowned righteous gentleman, Yang Lin is met with looks of respect wherever he goes. But his true nature is already on the verge of slipping out... Full-book subscribers, join the regular group first, then ask an admin to verify you. 1Votes196kRecs422.3kFans
- 29 Reborn: Watching the Neighboring Twins Grow Up 重生之邻家双子初长成 Lu Man returned to 2006. The girl next door, his childhood sweetheart, was one of a pair of twin sisters. "We grew up together, and you still can't tell me apart from my older sister!" "Why would I need to tell you apart?" "...Fine, you don't have to chase me anymore, but what are you trying to say?!" "Nothing. I just think your mom's been really good to me, and I don't want a different mother-in-law." 0Votes117.3kRecs374.9kFans
- 30 All I Know Is How to Make Terrible Movies 我只会拍烂片啊 (The comic adaptation of I Only Know How to Make Bad Movies is out now. A work made with care!) “Do you believe me? I’m telling you, one day we’ll create an era, an era that will make even Hollywood tremble. And when that day comes...” That year, a fourth-year slacker at Yanying University, known to his counselor as a blight on the school, got drunk and bragged to his buddies. He thought he was just talking big. Once he sobered up, everyone would get on with their lives... But! A week later, his 0Votes620.8kRecs686.8kFans
- 31 My Wife Isn't Human 吾妻非人哉 For the sake of her sales figures, Wang Quan had no choice but to spend 698 yuan registering for a VIP membership on her matchmaking site. He then spent another 9.9 yuan to apply for a match. He’d thought it would be an ordinary blind date, but... He looked up at the figure in front of him and fell into thought: Three hundred meters tall, with wings made of countless tentacles... Nine heads, each a monstrous skull with no features, just f 0Votes187.1kRecs523.3kFans
- 32 This Big Shot Is a Little Too Cautious 这个大佬有点苟 The moment Lin Chuan transmigrated, he felt the deep hostility this world held toward him. Not only had he contracted this world's terminal illness, but he also had no powerful family to rely on. After graduating from the academy in four years, he was set to become another corporate drone in the new world... Yet everyone else saw this young man with narrow, smiling eyes very differently... Lin Chuan's classmates: He's a second-rate cripple with a chronic illness, destined never to achieve anythi 1Votes270.1kRecs300.6kFans
- 33 Sect Master, Keep a Low Profile 掌门低调点 Sect Leader: “I don't want it.” -- [NPC-focused story, previously titled I Hear You're Pretty Arrogant] [The author has one work with an average of 20,000 paid subscriptions and two works with over 10,000. Reader Group 1: 1138057505 (full, 2,000 members) Reader Group 2: 693375110 (space available)] 1Votes530.1kRecs746.2kFans
- 34 My America 我的美利坚 “A capitalist country, right? It means I have capital and you do not, so this country belongs to me! Contact the police and have them suppress it. If Rockefeller can do it, why can't I, William Sheffield?” William Sheffield wiped the smile from his face and said coldly, “Happy America, a gunfight every day.” The Gilded Age, 1895. 0Votes208.9kRecs141.4kFans
- 35 Outdoor Livestream 户外直播间 (A popular slice-of-life novel with over 10,000 subscriptions! Relaxing and leisurely! Come give it a read!) He starts out with a run-down temple and gets an outdoor livestream System. So he starts broadcasting, gathering lingzhi mushrooms, raising falcons, and showing off his skills. When he finally looks around, he realizes the whole world is watching him. He appears on "Back to Field". Viewers ask, “Is this streamer cultivating immortality??” He joins "Adventure with Bear Grylls". Fans say, “ 2Votes282.8kRecs369.8kFans
- 36 Myriad Worlds Roll Call 万界点名册 “What will I be like three years from now?” In his university dorm, insomniac Xu Qiji pondered the question. The next morning, at dawn, he got the answer he wanted. 0Votes604.3kRecs493.6kFans
- 37 Cultivating a Male Star: I Took Advice and Became a Top-Tier Star 养成系男神：听劝后，我成了顶流 “With my looks and circumstances, how can I find a girlfriend?” After coming from a parallel world and giving up on his new appearance, Li Youzhi posted this question online. “Try getting a different head.” “Best to be reborn.” “Lose weight. Run ten kilometers a day, do a hundred push-ups, a hundred squats, and a hundred sit-ups.” Reading the comments, some sincere and some mocking, Li Youzhi took the first step toward changing himself. Years later, when a reporter asked Li Youzhi's fans how the 0Votes222.6kRecs824.1kFans
- 38 I Specialize in Killing Protagonists 我专杀主角 This is a story about the unknown; But its beginning stems from the mutual slaughter of countless protagonists. Is it a hunting ground, a game, a realm of apostles, or perhaps merely a chessboard in some lower dimension? Yiwans says: This entire work is independently original and handwritten. If anything seems similar, count it as copying me. 0Votes2MRecs246.2kFans
- 39 The Entertainer of the East 东瀛娱乐家 The main story is complete. In the Japanese entertainment scene of the 1990s, sing the songs you like, do what you want, and make friends with people you get along with. In short, this is a story about the protagonist's ongoing growth. It's all just for fun. 2Votes134.2kRecs77.3kFans
- 40 The Qin's Moon Den of Spiders 秦时罗网人 In this war-torn world, countless people struggle to survive. Some fight for power, some for survival, and some for the realm… On that rainy day, Luo Yan stumbled into this world. With a three-foot blade in hand, he joined a band of assassins from the Web, hunting down a heavily pregnant woman. 2Votes198kRecs405.9kFans
- 41 The Heir Apparent Is Fierce 世子很凶 The world is like a chessboard, and people are its pieces. Court intrigue, the grudges and passions of the martial world, the joys and sorrows of the common folk: all are pieces on the board, linked together and clashing until sparks fly. During the Zhaohong era, rumors spread that a vassal prince coveted the dragon throne in the Golden Hall. The emperor summoned the heirs of the various vassal princes to the capital to study, but in truth he was holding them hostage. As the heir to Prince Su, X 13Votes594.8kRecs1.8MFans
- 42 The Great Sage of the Netherworld 通幽大圣 A sinister jianghu, where strange creatures abound; a corrupt court; martial arts clans; and heroes rising from every corner. This is a world without gods or Buddhas. Martial arts, sorcery, mystic cultivation, supernatural powers... Gu Cheng descends amid the darkness, ready to crush this chaotic world. “Since this world has no gods or Buddhas, then I will be its god!” A beauty’s painted face can never capture her true nature; a demonic monk in the temple raises asuras. Hearts tremble in the Pea 0Votes588.1kRecs651.2kFans
- 43 My Hair Can Create a Demon Kingdom 我的头发能创造妖国 Fu Qingjun discovered that countless civilizations could grow from his hair. And so, the myths began. He crossed endless shadows and whispers, lurking among malevolent abominations. He began to transform into the most terrifying evil god in the castle beyond the mist. The knowledge disaster he brought spread across countless dimensions. He often traded people's hairlines for forbidden knowledge... It was an unprecedented natural disaster! The balding were all powerful. Their ancient stories were 0Votes138.9kRecs209.5kFans
- 44 Back to My Boyhood 回档少年时 12Votes404.3kRecs506.1kFans
- 45 The Old Daoist Canon 旧日之箓 He'd thought he'd transmigrated to ancient times, and Chu Qiguang was just wondering how to make his fortune when he suddenly discovered that a corpse-reanimation case had occurred in the neighboring county. The Taoist priests at the temple were busy subduing demons, and even the village's stray cats had started talking. He was just wondering whether he should start slaying demons when he realized that, without even noticing, he was becoming the most terrifying monster of all. 11Votes559.2kRecs902.4kFans
- 46 Spring in the Red Chamber 红楼春 In the fifth year of Long'an, Jia Qiang, reborn for a second time, fled for his life from the den of wolves that was the Ningguo Mansion to protect his chastity. At last, a perennial single engineer had found spring in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber... Group numbers: Helmsman Group One: 379, 303, 076 (full) Helmsman Group Two: 729, 821, 605 (full) Helmsman Group Three: 106, 188, 0780 (full) Helmsman Group Four: 1135, 575, 302 General Group: 7930, 70, 606 (Before joining, reply with the la 0Votes1.3MRecs742.6kFans
- 47 I Only Want to Support Myself 我只想自力更生 Zhao Dezhu was reborn. He didn't know how to trade government bonds or stocks, couldn't remember any winning lottery numbers, and had no idea how to make money in business... He had just one thought: I will make it on my own! If you don't like following updates, you can read my completed art-career novel, The Great Art Era, or my mercenary shoot-'em-up novel, I'm a Killer with No Feelings. 2Votes1.7MRecs523.8kFans
- 48 The Ming Dynasty's Young Student 大明小学生 In Nanjing, beside the Qinhuai River, a lowly young man stands at a crossroads in history. His impoverished life takes a turn when he meets a rich older woman. The common folk of the Ming Dynasty have no right to call themselves students, so they might as well start out as elementary school pupils. 1Votes634.9kRecs637kFans
- 49 A Hundred Lifetimes in Search of Immortality 百世求仙 Across a hundred lifetimes among mortals, I do not vie for the splendor of one life, but for every moment across a hundred. I seek immortality in the mortal world. My name is Li Qing. I transcended the mortal realm in three lifetimes, entered the Dao in nine, and attained immortality in a hundred. [A cultivation novel about longevity, not a simulator, not a story about reincarnation and rebirth.] [A hundred lifetimes of allotted years, one life in each lifetime.] 12Votes112.6kRecs752.6kFans
- 50 I Am Merely an Actor 朕只是一个演员 Yue Guan is hailed as the man who created five thousand years of Chinese history. From Qin Shi Huang, who unified the land, to Emperor Wu of Han, who expanded the empire's borders; from Emperor Taizong of Tang, peerless in military strategy, to the Yongle Emperor of Ming, who turned defeat into victory against all odds, and even King Zhou of Shang from the age of myth. In five thousand years of Chinese history, there isn't an emperor Yue Guan can't play. He has created countless classic screen p 4Votes437.3kRecs749.5kFans
