Novels like Actors Don’t Get Vacations
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- 1 Reborn as the King of Rogues 重生之浪王之王 Being reborn a month earlier was, in theory, completely useless. But Ning Bishu wasn't exactly keen on staying alive anyway. He'd already lived once. Rather than scrape by, he might as well stop acting like a person altogether. The world is one huge amusement park. If you don't dare to leap beyond the rules, you'll never discover how the game is really played. You know Catch 2, right? On the first day after being reborn, Ning Bishu went all in with 90-times leverage. 6Votes99.2kRecs131.9kFans
- 2 Max Out Cooking from the Start in Another World 异世界开局全点厨艺 Food blogger Chen Yu finds himself in a game-like otherworld. System notification: Defeat the monster Horned Rabbit to complete the beginner tutorial and receive the game's starting reward. Chen Yu looks at the lively, plump monster called a Horned Rabbit that spawned for the beginner tutorial. “Forget the tutorial and starting reward for now. This rabbit... however you look at it, it seems delicious, doesn't it?” 0Votes12kRecs76.6kFans
- 3 I Accidentally Boarded a Ghost Ship and Was Forced to Become Its Captain 误上幽灵船的我被迫当了船长 New book out: Lord of Calamity A ghost ship has brought you to another world. You are on edge. Whispers ring in your ears. Accompanied by bizarre background music, you sing, dance, and rap in agony. You find a magic lamp. After you make a wish, it tells you it’s just a lamp. Penniless and desperate, you swear on your character and strike a deal with a demon. In the end, you sell the demon out. As you walk along, you meet a down-on-her-luck princess offering a hefty reward for a child. Ever the G 0Votes13.9kRecs100.3kFans
- 4 Judge of the Song Dynasty 北宋大法官 During the Xining era, Emperor Shenzong of Song, Zhao Xu, has just ascended the throne. Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, and Fu Bi are heroes in their twilight years. The stubborn Chancellor Wang is brimming with confidence, intent on turning the tide, while Sima Niu lies low in the wilderness, steadfastly defending the foundations of the state. Su Dongpo watches from the sidelines, unable to make up his mind. This should have been the final moment of glory for the Song Dynasty’s greatest team of civil offic 3Votes141.2kRecs195.3kFans
- 5 Starting Out as a Video Creator 从UP主开始 The story of a mean old slacker who never does anything useful. 2Votes66.3kRecs39.8kFans
- 6 The Ace Agent Starts with a Girl Group 王牌经纪人从女团开始 The new book The Villainess Who Was the Model for My Entertainment Novel Came Knocking, for anyone interested. Please check it out, thank you!! Xu Qing transmigrated to a parallel world, becoming the owner and manager of a small talent agency. At that time, he had four rookie artists under his management. And so… 0Votes25.8kRecs101.5kFans
- 7 The Research Scientist Card Maker 科研制卡师 What is a scientific research card maker? Someone who uses scientific research into cards to challenge the limits of the world and create the impossible. However, after Chen Ming becomes a scientific research card maker, the entire field of scientific research gradually begins to take his shape... 0Votes105.4kRecs167kFans
- 8 I Became a Literary Master in Tokyo 我在东京当文豪 This Japan seems a little different. After the bubble burst, everything was underlined. The writers who should have emerged never did. Instead, a number of authors could only offer feeble criticism of the world... This Japan needs a literary giant, a beacon of thought... Chen Chu transmigrated into this world and became Kitajima Koma, a waiter at an izakaya. Looking at his solitary self and his uncertain future, Kitajima Koma decided to make money using the advantages he had. And so a novel call 0Votes31kRecs138.3kFans
- 9 The Storyteller of the Great Sui 大隋说书人 The storyteller recounts the past, capturing divine dragons from beyond the ninth heaven. Every book he tells brings one of its characters to his side as a guardian. Sounds unbeatable, right? Li Zhen doesn't think so. Even a great hero's spear, powerful enough to turn rivers and seas upside down, can't fend off the three words: hunger, cold, and poverty. Having just transmigrated to the Great Sui dynasty, all he wants is to use his storytelling skills to make it through this freezing winter. 0Votes74kRecs342.9kFans
- 10 Reborn: I Want to Conquer a Vast Empire 重生之朕要打下一个大大的江山 The greatest advantage of being reborn is having access to information others lack, but that advantage has never belonged exclusively to the reborn. For anyone hoping to cash in on privileged information, the hardest part is always making it happen. Liang Xin woke from a nap back in his college dorm, looked at the five hundred yuan of spending money in his wallet, and knew full well that in this world, no one but himself could help him. So he steeled himself and embarked on the point-of-no-retur 0Votes165.7kRecs139.4kFans
- 11 I'm No Illiterate Top-Tier Star 我可不是文盲顶流 After finally making it through graduate school and earning a master's degree, Xu Mu transmigrated into the body of an illiterate young celebrity with massive online traffic. Now we have one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: everyone knows who I am. The bad news: everyone knows I'm illiterate. … Years later, when faced with a reporter, Xu Mu gave a profound summary of himself: “The reason I, Xu Mu, have achieved what I have today is that I studied diligently and conduc 0Votes64.4kRecs283.7kFans
- 12 The Night and Day Wanderers 日夜游神 An ancient Buddha’s head was stolen by a goat-headed, human-bodied monster. A strange ghost buried an eye in a Buddhist temple, and from that moment on, the fires of the world went out and darkness shrouded the continent. To fight off the strange ghosts’ invasion, the Day and Night Spirits were born between heaven and earth. This is the tale passed down by storytellers from generation to generation. What was the truth about the ancient Buddhas, the strange ghosts, and the Day and Night Spirits o 0Votes60.2kRecs273.3kFans
- 13 My Traditional Chinese Aesthetics Check-In System 我的国风打卡系统 When Jiang Ran wakes up, he has transmigrated to a parallel world and bound himself to the Traditional Chinese Aesthetics Check-In System. “Ding! You checked in at the garden downstairs and received a copy of your previous life’s bestselling book, The Tomb-Raiding Diary.” “Ding! You checked in at an old antique shop and received max-level antiques appraisal skills.” “Ding! You checked in at a dilapidated theater and received a master-level inheritance in traditional Chinese music.” “Ding! You ch 0Votes27.2kRecs62.5kFans
- 14 My Age of Science 我的科学时代 The moment I received my university admission letter, I dreamed of Beiping. Five months later, China would fall, its mountains and rivers torn apart. The gunfire at Lugou Bridge would echo from north to south across the land, countless lives would stain the soil red, and immeasurable grief and fury would fill our hearts. Tsinghua Garden lost its former luster, and Nankai's Balitai campus was reduced to ruins. Our country was no longer a country, and our people faced the threat of annihilation. H 48Votes148.8kRecs247.5kFans
- 15 I'll Come Clean: My Card Deck Comes from the East 摊牌了，我的卡组来自东方 In another world of cards, combat domains clash, and card masters reign supreme! Goblin expansion pack; Vampire expansion pack; Dragon expansion pack... But Lu Cheng, who transmigrated here, possesses a one-of-a-kind Eastern Mythology card expansion pack! XX: “The Epic card [Anubis's Golden Hound] is out of its cage. Why haven't you knelt down and admitted defeat? What else do you think you can do?” Lu Cheng: “I want to tell you... a myth.” XX: “Ha! What nerve! I love hearing myths from the 0Votes95.1kRecs260.3kFans
- 16 New York, 1995 纽约1995 A wrestler, an actor, a rock singer, a traveler searching for lost memories. 0Votes28kRecs52kFans
- 17 I Have to Teach This World a Lesson 我得给这世界上堂课 That year... Zhang Sheng, betrayed by the organization's leader, arrived in this world... That year... Facing a catastrophic start, he saw the bloody struggle of capital, the beasts lurking in the cruel, dark forest, and the bewildered entrepreneurs left in the wake of the financial crisis... He instinctively flashed a savage grin. 0Votes194.1kRecs549.1kFans
- 18 The Great Good Samaritan of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 聊斋大善人 “When you see a living creature, you cannot bear to watch it die. When you hear its cries, you cannot bear to eat its flesh. This is the way of a gentleman.” “So that’s why you secretly put fleas in my clothes?” Zhang Xiu transmigrated into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. As long as he released animals, he earned rewards. From then on, the world had one more “great benefactor”... 0Votes63.9kRecs276.6kFans
- 19 I Can See the Final Circle 我能看见决赛圈 New book: Nightmare Game He was the top shot-caller in Survivor (lyb), defeating elite teams with his one-of-a-kind mechanisms, yet his rank only reached Bronze. He could always pinpoint the next safe zone, even setting the record for the fewest steps taken by a Survivor player. Some called him a turtle who could sit still for hours; others said he was simply lucky, and without that luck he would be just an ordinary person. But Ding Wen alone knew that luck had nothing to do with his success. Be 0Votes42.4kRecs46.8kFans
- 20 You Forced Me to Become a Superstar 是你们逼我成巨星的 That year... Zhou Yang, an honest man who had just gotten his driver’s license, crashed into a camera belonging to a shoestring film crew. With no money to his name, he had no choice but to sell himself into service as a temp on set. He thought he would be free again once he’d worked until the movie was finished. But!!! When the scammer director ran off with the assistant director, and the long-legged female investor nearly mistook Zhou Yang for their accomplice, the honest man was dumbfounded. 0Votes154kRecs491.8kFans
- 21 The Pokemon Detective Casebook 宝可梦侦探事件簿 Even the fairytale-like world of Pokemon is rife with violence and lies. Battles can’t solve everything. Only logic and reason can pierce the haze shrouding the truth. In Unova, where ideals and reality meet, a secretive cult is busy crowning a new king; criminals use Pokemon battles as a cover for their crimes; a Trainer in a locked room is mysteriously killed by their own signature move; seven Trainers with no quarrel among them begin slaughtering one another on a deserted island; and a luxuri 61Votes77kRecs97kFans
- 22 You're a Variety Show Star 你是综艺人 Li Yichen is an ordinary employee in a TV station’s publicity department, dreaming of becoming a professional screenwriter. Then one day, a variety show director borrows him to take part in the filming of a dating show, forcing him onto the one-way road to becoming a variety show host. P.S. This is a fictional entertainment-industry story. Don’t take it too seriously. 0Votes47.1kRecs48.8kFans
- 23 Part-Time Artist 兼职艺术家 That summer, he defeated the capital with his talent... Huh? I am the capital? Well, then, never mind. 0Votes364.9kRecs781.7kFans
- 24 I'm a Lawyer in North America 我在北美当律师 After taking revenge for his great grudge, Gu Zheng unexpectedly finds himself reborn in a parallel world and given a new life. A legal aid lawyer who graduated from a second-tier law school is now a Harvard golden boy, reduced to working at a second-tier firm in Los Angeles. The only problem is that this glittering diploma didn't come with the memories to match. “Gu, I know you don't want to be someone else's assistant. No problem: you can go to court on your very first day!” “I...” “Here are f 0Votes34.1kRecs68Fans
- 25 This Monk Doesn't Want to Be a Movie Star 贫僧不想当影帝 [One-line synopsis] A young warrior monk gets dragged into show business by his twin brother, and accidentally becomes an award-winning actor. [Full synopsis] Xu Zhen is an orphan who grew up in a temple. The old abbot raised him single-handedly. Though they are not father and son, they are closer than most. Xu Zhen planned to formally take the vows after turning twenty and spend the rest of his life caring for his master. But when he was eighteen, a man claiming to be his older brother got in t 0Votes279.3kRecs328.6kFans
- 26 Starting at the Cultivation University 从修仙大学开始 Years later, when the great powers faced the spiritual qi revival, they would always think back to their days at Kunlun University. This university offers no humanities, science, business, or engineering courses. Its majors include Body Tempering, Alchemy, Swordsmanship, and more. Morning exercise means breathing techniques; lectures mean teaching the Dao. A professor might have just emerged from a thousand-year retreat, while the cafeteria lady might be a great demon who once sought refuge in t 0Votes31.6kRecs203.8kFans
- 27 This Actor Has a Big Problem 这个演员有大问题 Reporter: Mr. Luo, why does something always go wrong in the works you film? Luo Zihang: ...I'm just an actor. You should ask the director and screenwriter. Screenwriter: Don't look at me. The director told me to write it that way. Director: Don't look at me. The producer told me to shoot it that way. Producer: Don't look at me. The investors told me to change it that way. Investor: I... I... I dunno... ┑(￣Д￣)┍ 0Votes30.9kRecs89.9kFans
- 28 All My Players Are Method Actors 我的玩家都是演技派 The Notes of the Returner suddenly appeared on every top news and social media site around the world, heralding a groundbreaking virtual reality game. Game title: Dark Sands Genre: Eastern fantasy historical setting, with Soulslike difficulty and roguelike elements. Requirements for beta testers: A level head, quick reflexes, nerves of steel, some knowledge of history, and excellent physical fitness. Most importantly: Outstanding acting skills, preferably at an award-winning level! Special rewar 0Votes123.2kRecs331.2kFans
- 29 Reborn as a Flat Peach, Overheard by the Monkey King 重生蟠桃，被猴子偷听心声 Li Anran woke up to find that he had transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West, where he had become a peach in the Peach Garden. The world of Journey to the West was far too dangerous. In this life, he decided to be an honest, harmless little peach. But then, the Monkey King turned out to be able to hear his thoughts. “I command Marshal Ma and Marshal Liu, Generals Beng and Ba, the seventy-two cave demon kings, a hundred thousand monkey subjects, and countless demon soldiers and genera 0Votes45.3kRecs204.8kFans
- 30 Extreme Vigilance 极限警戒 What if you knew that this world had a light side and a dark side, and that there were two different versions of you... -- Countless wonders await in Extreme Vigilance! A Mo Wu production is always a classic, so dive in with confidence! 1Votes893.4kRecs184kFans
- 31 This Isn't Entertainment 这不是娱乐 Just burn it all down. I'm tired! 0Votes487.4kRecs335.4kFans
- 32 I Don't Care About Box Office Returns 我拍戏不在乎票房 One day, Chu Shun, a shameless scoundrel who would take off his pants even to hang himself and would rather die than save face, transmigrated to a parallel world and obtained a System called the [Film Fund]. What was it like to make movies without worrying about losing money and without needing investors? “As a director, I never care about box office results!” So Chu Shun brought out Kill Bill, only for it to be rejected for a theatrical release permit, as everyone had expected, because it was t 1Votes209.5kRecs331.1kFans
- 33 EN Opening a Hospital in Another World Isn't That Hard, Right? 在异界开医院没有那么难吧 The story of an emergency room doctor who died from overwork and transmigrated to another world. The sails of the Age of Exploration have been raised. The steam engine has yet to roar to life. The glory of the Lord of Radiance shines across the continent. On the island nation across the sea, the churches of the gods and the mages together uphold royal power. Dwarves walk freely through the kingdom's cities. Werewolves, vampires, elves, dragons... their legends have never faded. And Wu Zhou, an e 3Votes199.4kRecs444.9kFans
- 34 Monster Hunting Worldwide 全球刷怪 When fantasy invades reality, when technology and human nature collide, when the world faces a choice, when destruction creeps ever closer... The nobody destined to become humanity's savior addressed the world with unwavering conviction that day: “History is made by the people, but you have to survive first before you can call yourself one of them, right?” 0Votes263.5kRecs193kFans
- 35 Starting with Global Transmigration 从全球穿越开始 In 2025, Blue Star transmigrated. Jiang Buku, who had spent 360 years away, returned to Blue Star before its transmigration, bearing the responsibility of saving the world. After some thought, he sent the relevant authorities a post titled “Spoilers,” then went into hiding as a recluse. With sixty years left until the world's destruction, Jiang Buku, who had spent three centuries in seclusion, rose with determination. “It's time to take action!” 0Votes56.3kRecs244.6kFans
- 36 Showbiz: I’m Just an Actor 文娱之我只是个演员 I don’t understand music, can’t dance, am no good at writing, know nothing about calligraphy, and can’t paint. I’m an actor, Xu Rong. 3Votes135.9kRecs245.6kFans
- 37 I Really Can't Act 我真不会演戏啊 “I’m going to take my talent into the entertainment industry…” “But you can’t actually act.” “Having a good face is enough.” 0Votes79.3kRecs127.3kFans
- 38 The Doomsday Big Shot Takes Over the Entertainment World 末世大佬问鼎娱乐圈 One-line synopsis: Through acting, she makes peace with herself. On the verge of death, she transmigrates to a post-apocalyptic world. After fighting for thirty years, she finally tears the System apart and returns reborn, but a seed of bloodlust and manic rage has been planted within her. From then on, the entertainment industry gains a specialist in villain roles. Her acting is superb, and she repeatedly claims the Best Actor crown. Keywords: woman disguising herself as a man, stories wit 7Votes305.1kRecs76.2kFans
- 39 You Don't Know How Much Fun Being a Director Is 导演的快乐你不懂 ★ Book status: Complete! Conquest 108 ★ Born in 1985, admitted to the directing program at the Beijing Film Academy in 2003, went on exchange to the University of Southern California in 2005, and directed his first Hollywood movie in 2006. He became famous overnight! But at the height of his success, Wang Quan announced he was returning to China to pursue his career. The domestic entertainment industry was shaken, and the international scene was stunn 2Votes192.6kRecs495.5kFans
- 40 Those Years I Was Scammed into Northern Myanmar 我被骗到缅北的那些年 Think Northern Myanmar is paved with gold, a paradise where you can make money without lifting a finger? No. This is a living hell of misery! Beatings with electric batons, tooth-pulling, and finger-breaking are just child's play here... Think this place is nothing but a living hell? No. It's also a sea of knowledge! Finance, currency, beauty, yoga: you'll have to learn it all from scratch. Because here, you're no longer yourself. You're a beautiful, high-quality white-collar woman working in fi 9Votes20kRecs249.2kFans
- 41 Picking the Day to Become Famous 择日走红 From 375 first-month sales to over 10,000 average monthly subscriptions! - He transmigrates into the body of a washed-up idol who debuted at just fifteen, and is still a high school senior. His unscrupulous agent forces him to quit the entertainment industry. No work means no income. His most pressing task after transmigrating is, unexpectedly, to figure out how to feed himself. But without a System or a golden finger, how can he recreate a miracle with nothing but his own limited memories? No b 0Votes297.2kRecs669.7kFans
- 42 My Hardcore Music Career 我的硬核音乐生涯 When future generations look back on the career of Li Wenyin, a musical giant of his age, they find that the word “torment” runs through his entire life. Open the Études d'exécution transcendante: it begins with “La campanella” and ends with “Chasse-neige.” Piano students weep complicated tears. He is the god of the piano. Open the Violin Virtuoso Collection: “The Erlking,” “The Goblin.” Violin students get chills. He is the devil of the violin. His conducting is a nightmare for every orchestra 0Votes65.8kRecs193.2kFans
- 43 Stop Letting Yuding Take on More Disciples 别让玉鼎再收徒了 Whether the Celestial Court is in chaos or not is up to Yuding! This is the story of someone who transmigrated into the ancient primordial wilderness and became Yuding Zhenren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chanjiao. The Celestial Emperor: If you want me to be the Celestial Emperor, then don't let this guy take on any more disciples. 2Votes158.7kRecs377.1kFans
- 44 I Want to Go Down in History 我要名垂千古 Qin Zhen arrived in ancient times as a ruler on the brink of losing his country. He discovered that the generals and officials celebrated in later generations were just as powerful in his own era as the legends claimed. The stories said this general rode a qilin, commanded thunder and lightning, and had the strength of ten thousand men. And so the general really did raise a qilin, wield the power of thunder, and rout ten thousand troops on his own. But later generations would remember Qin Zhen a 0Votes50.1kRecs158.6kFans
- 45 If You're Reborn, Be a Little Harder on Yourself 重生就要对自己狠一点 I came back from that glorious era to walk the road again, not to make up for any regrets, but to find out what my true limits are. If you’re ruthless enough with yourself, even Heaven will lend you a hand! 0Votes526.1kRecs366.2kFans
- 46 Starting Out as the Best in Jinmen 从津门第一开始 A golden-inlaid saber at my waist, the road to the ends of the earth beneath my feet. Ferrying travelers across the myriad worlds, beginning in Tianjin. 0Votes66.8kRecs145kFans
- 47 Back to the Prosperous Years to Live an Ordinary Life 回到红火岁月做俗人 A glutton transmigrates to an era of scarce food and clothing, and strives to live as an ordinary person with plenty to eat and drink. A sensible story, with little brutality and characters who have their wits about them. No multiverse, no double transmigration, no System, no farming space, just a portable warehouse that could starve a mouse to death. No copying, pasting, or plagiarism. Entirely handwritten, not produced by a studio. A slow-paced slice-of-life story that reflects the era. Aside 331Votes210.3kRecs418.7kFans
- 48 In the Hokage World, Starting with a Soul Society 人在火影，开局一座静灵庭 [New book: Mastermind Behind the Scenes: My Traits Are Wickedly Twisted] Have you really forgotten the truth about the Shinobi World? When ancient names like [The False Soul Society], [The Grotesque Hollow World], [The Cruel Demon Realm], and [The Terrifying Curse]... resurfaced one by one in the historical records, the Shinobi World finally remembered the terror it had once felt under Kaguya Nami’s rule, and the humiliation of being imprisoned in a birdcage. That day, Kaguya Nami looked at the 0Votes44.4kRecs121.3kFans
- 49 After Picking Up the Wrong Game Script, I Became a God 拿错游戏剧本后我超神了 After waking from a dream ten years in the past, Yue Lin hasn't even had the chance to make his mark in the real world, get rich, and reach the pinnacle of life before he's “volunteered” for a survival challenge based on a future interstellar game. As he competes, Yue Lin suddenly realizes that this world is nothing like he imagined. 0Votes148.4kRecs144.2kFans
- 50 Sealed for a Thousand Years, Even My Weakest Underling Became a Demon King 封档千年我最弱的小弟都成了魔王 After transmigrating into the game he'd painstakingly completed, Zhou Mu discovered that, for some reason, the entire world had gone crazy. Why had the continent been unified in his name? What was this religion that used his name all about? Why were the royal family members all claiming to be descended from me? As far as I remember, the game didn't have that feature! “What on earth have you all been doing during the thousand years I was gone?!” 0Votes56.4kRecs147.6kFans
