Novels like Starting in 2002
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Starting in 2002, best match first.
- 1 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
- 2 My Childhood Sweetheart Gradually Puffed Up 我的青梅,她逐渐膨胀了 [Sweet Youthful Romance] [Readers roasted it hard because the title and blurb were so awful...] Before he was reborn, Wen Yu always thought his childhood friend Fu Chengque, who lived next door, was like snow atop a mountain: beautiful, but beyond reach. Only later did he realize she wasn't snow at all. She was clearly a penguin standing on the snow, slipping and tumbling all the way down the mountain... Next door. Fu Chengque stared at her golden finger, feeling incredibly confident! She wrote 1Votes29.8kRecs174.3kFans
- 3 My Wife Is a Top Student 我老婆是女学霸 I met a top student on a blind date, and accidentally offended her… And it turns out she lives right across the hall! [A slice-of-life story: a little lighthearted, a little funny, and a little heartwarming.] 0Votes215.2kRecs347.1kFans
- 4 Buried Origin 葬元 A policewoman pursues a fugitive, and the two of them end up in the early Yuan dynasty. By then, the Battle of Yashan is over, the Song dynasty has fallen for good, and Mongol cavalry rules the land. The Yuan Empire’s power is at its peak, and Kublai Khan has secured his throne as king of kings. Who in the world would dare defy him? Start a rebellion? First, try to survive. 0Votes389.2kRecs330.1kFans
- 5 EN Chronicles of a World in Chaos 乱世书 Sword at my side, wine in hand, I roam the rivers and lakes; her slender waist, so light in my grasp. A young man strides forward, a long saber over his shoulder and wine at his waist, yet the rivers and lakes in his heart remain a distant blur. Turn a page in the chronicles of a troubled age, and decades pass in the night rain of the martial world. When I suddenly look back, I have already cleaved the world of men apart. 142Votes1.5MRecs6.7MFans
- 6 EN The Forensic Officer of Conan 柯学验尸官 [A Detective Conan fanfic] Full title: The Moment I Transmigrated to the World of Detective Conan, the Famous Detective Named Me the Prime Suspect. As a Coroner, I'm Not Panicking at All 5Votes847.6kRecs954.2kFans
- 7 My Wife Came from a Thousand Years Ago 我家老婆来自一千年前 [The comic adaptation of Please Be Sensible, My Wife is now available on all platforms. Check it out!] “I want to go home.” “You might not be able to go back.” “Why not?” “Because your home is very far away.” “How far?” “About twelve hundred years.” Xu Qing looked at the young woman from the Tang Dynasty before him with a hint of sympathy. “Everything you know has become history.” Family, friends, enemies: they all vanished more than twelve hundred years ago. A slice-of-life story with one fema 195Votes645.4kRecs2MFans
- 8 EN Calamity of Ten Thousand Races 万族之劫 I am the calamity of the myriad races across the heavens! The first five volumes of "Global Gaowu" and "Calamity of the Myriad Races" have been published in print. They’re available on Tmall, Dangdang, and JD.com. If you’re interested, go check them out. Thanks for your support! 155Votes14.6MRecs7.6MFans
- 9 I Really Don’t Want to be Reborn 我真没想重生啊 Who could have imagined that Chen Hansheng, a successful professional and eligible bachelor, would be reborn and wake up as a high school senior? At a crossroads in his life, Chen Hansheng is torn between the treasure of a girl, Shen Youchu, and his first love, Xiao Rongyu. Who should he choose? The pinnacle of urban rebirth fiction, and an essential romance guide for young people! 1.6kVotes4.6MRecs8.3MFans








