Novels like This Isn't Entertainment
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- 51 Strange Ming, 1561 异明1561 In the autumn of the 40th year of the Jiajing reign, strange changes quietly began… 0Votes102.7kRecs46.7kFans
- 52 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
- 53 Legend 1997 传奇1997 The same rebirth, a different 1997. This is the year Sui Bo’s legend begins... 0Votes113.7kRecs125.9kFans
- 54 The End of Virtuality 虚拟尽头 As a game tester and overworked wage slave, Chen She dreams of becoming a company president, admired by employees and supported by senior executives, free to make whatever games he likes. He also wants to be handsome, have an eight-pack, and possess great artistic talent. After discovering that he has transmigrated, he finds that all these goals have already been achieved. “My life has no challenges left, does it?” Chen She thinks that, having been handed the script of a plagiarist, his life has 0Votes182.1kRecs238.6kFans
- 55 It All Begins with the Cat-and-Mouse Game 从猫鼠游戏开始 A game of cat and mouse. Who’s the cat, and who’s the mouse? Perhaps today you’re a soldier, but tomorrow you’re a thief hiding in a dark corner. Or maybe we should just wipe them all out and take everything for ourselves? 0Votes124.1kRecs101.2kFans
- 56 I'm Really So Afraid 我真的好怕啊 After Guan Shan acquired a horror-game simulator in his mind, everything he saw took on the look of a horror game. A butcher's restaurant with corpses hanging in the kitchen, an apartment building where the midnight bell rang but no one was home, a psychiatric hospital crawling with killers... [The simulation will end only when you kill the final boss!] As an ordinary person, Guan Shan was terrified, uneasy, and afraid. Faced with these overwhelmingly powerful, bone-chilling bosses, he had to gi 0Votes49kRecs225.9kFans
- 57 Making My Debut at the Diva's Concert 从天后演唱会出道 Fang Che had spent his whole life coasting in the entertainment industry. Then he transmigrated. He landed right in the middle of diva Xu Qingdi’s concert and was picked as a lucky fan to come onstage and sing with her. Xu Qingdi: “Handsome, which of my songs would you like to sing today?” Fang Che didn’t know who this diva was and couldn’t sing any of her songs, so he had to bluff. “How about I sing a new song?” He 1Votes162.1kRecs493.6kFans
- 58 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 59 Back to 2002 as a Doctor 回到2002当医生 Zhou Congwen was determined to conquer cancer and ease human suffering. While promoting particle implantation therapy, he was in a car accident and died before he could see his mission through. By a twist of fate, though, he returned to 2002, to the time in his previous life when he had just started working, refused a drink with the old department director, got psychologically bullied, and saw his life hit rock bottom. That man is back. 0Votes518.2kRecs422.3kFans
- 60 Everyone Wants Me to Be Emperor 大家请我当皇帝 I’m not being modest. I’m just an ordinary citizen, so how could I possibly become emperor? What? You say I was born with extraordinary features and am the true Son of Heaven? That’s feudal superstition, okay? Hey, don’t kneel! Rebellion is punishable by death! Hey, officer, please don’t kill me! I was forced into this. I didn’t truly mean to rebel. Huh? Why are you kneeling? You’re giving up your fine job as an official to join my rebellion? Gentlemen, go right ahead. We’re just passing through 1Votes102.7kRecs82.2kFans
- 61 Reborn: Rising in Hong Kong 重生：崛起香江 Rickshaws, floral water, the Four Great Detectives, and pleasure boats on the Kowloon River! Cheongsam-clad beauties swaying to and fro, and the dreamlike Hong Kong! Reborn in Hong Kong... With a hand full of unbeatable cards, Shi Zhijian makes opportunity bloom everywhere! 0Votes121.8kRecs293.2kFans
- 62 I Am the Immortal in the Gourd 在下壶中仙 The Demon Refining Pot can refine monsters, and it even comes with a space of its own, the "World Within the Pot." That sounds pretty great, but unfortunately... After searching for two years, he discovered that there were no monsters in the real world, leaving him with no materials to refine; Trapped in a corner of the World Within the Pot, he was surrounded by tree spirits he could not defeat, making it impossible to take even a single step. Unable to find any cultivation techniques or miracul 6Votes583.8kRecs466.5kFans
- 63 Afterglow 余光 “We have always lived among the ashes of the stars.” [Also known as Afterglow: Ghosts, the first work in the Wang Ze series. [Science-fiction novella, over 100,000 words in total.] 0Votes57.9kRecs145.1kFans
- 64 This Director Is Very Reliable 这个导演很靠谱 Filming a television or film production is an enormously expensive and mentally exhausting undertaking. Making a movie is difficult, and making a good movie is harder still. With all sorts of messy unspoken rules filling your mind every day, how are you supposed to make a good film? : Shen Changlin V group: 685421440… 0Votes203.6kRecs258.3kFans
- 65 Color Collection System 彩色收集系统 Reborn in a parallel world in 2065, he sets out to collect life's achievements. Black: Heart-wrenching White: An ordinary life Blue: Inspiring Silver: A crossroads in life Gold: Glorious years Rainbow: ??? 1Votes28kRecs52.8kFans
- 66 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
- 67 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
- 68 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
- 69 The World Has Entered the Great Flood Era 全球进入大洪水时代 Earth was suddenly surrounded by a tsunami of unknown origin. Its powerful floodwaters made mountains tremble amid the waves and the land groan as it underwent tremendous change... With thunderous force, the flood roared toward the land, swallowing cities, valleys, and every living thing on Earth. 1Votes191.1kRecs805.2kFans
- 70 The Nightless Marquis of Lin'an 临安不夜侯 “Yang Yuan requests that Chancellor Qin die!” “What evidence do you have to accuse me of a crime?” “None whatsoever!” Yang Yuan of Youqiu Media accidentally wanders into Lin’an during the Southern Song dynasty. He intends to return to his old line of work and become the first crisis PR expert in ancient times. Instead, he ends up expanding the empire, uniting Xia and Jin, and making waves across the realm. I shall be the Son of Heaven! 33Votes1.1MRecs836.6kFans
- 71 The Truth Is Out: I’m Reborn 摊牌了：我是重生者 How did things end up like this? I finally got reborn, and the Void Realm hasn’t descended yet. The spirit tide hasn’t erupted. Everything should be fine. But looking at himself in the mirror, so old that a gust of wind could kill him, Xiong Yan can’t feel happy at all. After thinking it over, Xiong Yan, determined to survive, dials the relevant authorities without hesitation. “Hello...” 0Votes58.5kRecs157.3kFans
- 72 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
- 73 Starting with Chips in 1991 1991从芯开始 Su Yuanshan, chief architect at Haixin, was reborn in 1991. Back when AMD was still surviving by copying Intel, he began laying the groundwork with EDA, seizing the initiative before the Wassenaar Arrangement. He would give the domestic semiconductor industry a whole new lease on life. A great nation's rise begins with chips! A new novel is underway: Reborn in '99: Starting Out as a Tutor to a Top Student 2Votes217.4kRecs302.5kFans
- 74 EN Movie Savior 电影救世主 We took the helm during a 2,500-year voyage of wandering across Earth; we piloted mechs in a world invaded by monsters; we saved humanity in a world ravaged by viruses; we rebuilt a sanctuary in a city devastated by a zombie outbreak; we recovered civilization from the wilderness left behind by raging natural disasters... Amid the boundless ocean, Zhang Tianyuan acquired an island and became one of the players in a game of lordship. Looking at his own base, which could open portals to movie worl 1Votes84.9kRecs705.6kFans
- 75 The Road to Gourmet Cooking Starts with Mapo Tofu 美食从麻婆豆腐开始 It all begins with a perfect-grade serving of mapo tofu that costs one yuan… An inconspicuous little restaurant. A mysterious cookbook. A restaurant owner who has countless renowned masters from ancient and modern times backing him, yet still swears to personally work himself to the bone and crush the entire culinary industry. According to the owner's precise calculations: The restaurant loses seven y 0Votes55.8kRecs161.7kFans
- 76 We Live in Nanjing 我们生活在南京 This is a clichéd story about two young people saving the world. 14Votes146.2kRecs613.7kFans
- 77 Don’t You Dare Retire 你不要退役啊 Some call him “the best laner in the world,” while others say he’s “a coward who only knows how to play ranged champions against melee ones.” Some call him “a legend among domestic top laners,” while others say he’s “rude and loves to flash his emote to taunt people.” Some say he “inspired every talented player to go pro,” while others say he “would be nothing without Uzi.” “Mr. Du Kang, what inspired you to pursue a career as a professional League of Legends player?” “Ever since RNG lost to G2 0Votes49.7kRecs117.4kFans
- 78 Tokyo's Literary Age 东京文艺时代 A young director transmigrated to Japan in the 1980s. And so, an extraordinary journey through Japanese cinema began. 0Votes125.6kRecs109.4kFans
- 79 Actors Don’t Get Vacations 演员没有假期 This world is strong in the East and weak in the West. Chinese culture dominates the globe. Everyone in the world is learning Chinese. China's Golden Bull Awards are the most influential film awards in the world. For singers everywhere, topping China's music charts is the ultimate goal of a lifetime. The most fashionable fashion weeks, the richest sporting culture, the most beautiful scenery, and the tastiest food... it's all here. Guan Chen spent his previous life running down a one-way roa 11Votes448.7kRecs467.7kFans
- 80 Seizing the Yuan 扼元 In 1213 AD, the Jin Kingdom is beginning to weaken, while the Southern Song remains in decline. Western Xia, Dali, Goryeo, and Japan are even less of a force to be reckoned with. An unprecedented power is rising on the plateau, ready to drench the Eurasian continent in the blood of hundreds of millions. With calamity looming, a young man grips his bow and blade, determined to seize fate by the throat. 6Votes283.9kRecs301kFans
- 81 You Have Science, I Have Divine Arts 你有科学，我有神功 Online commenter: “Beyond seven steps, a gun is fast. Within seven steps, a gun is fast and accurate.” Lin Bin: “Well said. But do you think I’d tell you even if I knew the Six Meridians Divine Sword?” Feng Yuxiu, the Money-Hungry Scholar, Zhang Tianzhi, the Suit-Wearing Thug, the West Factory's Lady Boss, Dongfang Bubai, the Three Elders of Xiaoyao, Xiong Ba... I know all the skills they know, and 0Votes65.5kRecs520.4kFans
- 82 Cao Cao Told Me to Rob a Tomb 曹操喊我去盗墓 In the final years of the Eastern Han, warlords carved up the realm, and provisions became the greatest constraint on every hero seeking to expand his power. Wu Liang, a master’s graduate in archaeology, unexpectedly finds himself in this chaotic age, just as Cao Cao runs short of grain and considers making a fortune from the dead… Wu Liang: “Come on, don’t call it tomb robbing. I was clearly conducting a protective excavation.” Cao Cao gazed at Wu Liang with a complicated expression, then summo 0Votes52.7kRecs162.4kFans
- 83 Daoist, Times Have Changed 道长，时代变了 A silver coin that brings good fortune took Yun Song to a turbulent era. Here, foreigners had ironclad ships and powerful guns, warlord factions sprang up everywhere, the wealthy indulged in extravagant pleasures, and ordinary people were displaced from their homes. Here, too, were monsters and wicked things: Python Immortals and corpses of jiao dragons, tombs for the living and jade for the dead, paper figures stealing lifespans and stone Buddhas selling good fortune, old cats worshipping the m 0Votes170kRecs451.2kFans
- 84 Fahai Transmigrates Into Tang Sanzang 法海穿越唐三藏 At the foot of Jinshan, the land had become a vast lake. Waves surged and muddy waters ran rampant. Fahai said, “This disciple’s sins are monstrous and unforgivable. I am willing to fall into the Avici Hell... But the flood at Jinshan has claimed countless innocent souls. I have devoted my life to Buddhism, yet now I have nearly become a fiend. I would give up all my spiritual power and cultivation to drive back the flood and restore peace to the mortal world.” The floodwaters receded. Fahai’s p 0Votes30kRecs220kFans
- 85 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
- 86 I Own a Wildlife Park 我有一座野生动物园 Oh no, the director has collapsed! (in a tearful voice) Don't... don't call an ambulance just yet. Help me up first! Fang Ye wakes up after staying up all night playing games and discovers that he has become the director of a run-down zoo. A gentle and intelligent Northeast tiger, a fierce and tsundere silver fox, a gray wolf that loves showing off its affection... As the zoo develops, its animals, each with their own unique charm, attract visitors from all over the world. "Why do all the animal 2Votes172.7kRecs199.1kFans
- 87 Building America: My Campaign Manager Is Roosevelt 缔造美利坚：我竞选经理是罗斯福 My name is Leo Wallace. I'm a history PhD student, and I'm $137,542.89 in debt. At the darkest point in my life, I lost my job. The reason? I trashed a tech giant called Omni online, and they “optimized” me right out of a job. I thought my life was going to be like Rickshaw Boy, until an uninvited intruder showed up in my head. He said his name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yes, that one, the guy on the dime. “Kid, stop ranting online. It doesn't work.” “Want to take them down? I'll teach you how.” 0Votes89.4kRecs234.6kFans
- 88 Daily Life After Financial Freedom 财务自由后的日常 P.S. The most beautiful kind of love I can imagine is falling for you at first sight, in a single moment, on a single day, then being swept away by a spark that becomes an unstoppable blaze. It's being together day after day, supporting each other through thick and thin. One moment, you love each other to death; the next, you want to give each other a good thump. You understand my childishness, and I understand your stubbornness. T 5Votes102.2kRecs331.6kFans
- 89 The Traffic King of Chinese Entertainment 华娱之流量天王 In 2014, Yuan Hua left the K-pop group EXO and returned to China, ushering in the grand “traffic idol era” of Chinese entertainment... The author's new Chinese entertainment novel, My Ex-Brother-in-Law, is ready for you to binge. Come and check it out, everyone! 0Votes87.7kRecs175.7kFans
- 90 The Fog City Detective 雾都侦探 This book goes from heaven to earth, sees ghosts and toys with people, and includes counterterrorism, antidrug operations, criminal investigations, espionage, plotting, conspiracies, serial killers, sky-high heists, and more. The story is set in Europe. It involves no discrimination and has nothing to do with our country, so please don’t read anything into it. Also, the Xia-Ou continent may differ in a few minor details from the European continent as people generally understand it. Important: Do 3Votes741.3kRecs271.4kFans
- 91 Exploiting Hollywood, 1980 剥削好莱坞1980 Hollywood has come up with plenty of formulas... What makes a movie a hit? And yet plenty of big-budget films that follow the formula still bomb at the box office. Ronald Lee transmigrates to Hollywood in the 1980s. Can he discover the secret to making a hit movie? After all, he can dream about scenes from movies he watched in his previous life... His knack for making box-office hits and helping actors win awards brings Ronald plenty of friends, enemies, and beautiful women... Let the author tak 3Votes484.8kRecs199.1kFans
- 92 This Northern Song Dynasty Is a Little Strange 这个北宋有点怪 The protagonist arrives in Northern Song China, only to discover that this era differs from the history he learned. Here stands the Yang Residence of Tianbo, with few able-bodied men and its reputation upheld by widows and orphans. There is also the Residence of Prince Chai, whose owners use an iron certificate of imperial pardon to run rampant among the people. The Eighth Prince and Grand Preceptor Pang trade barbs in court every day. They have split the entire civil officialdom into two factio 0Votes235.2kRecs274.9kFans
- 93 Who Are You Calling a Powerhouse? 骂谁实力派呢 Who are you calling a powerhouse performer? Who are you insulting? Do you have any idea what it means to be one of Asia’s Ten Most Handsome Men? 8Votes264.5kRecs843.1kFans
- 94 A Battlefield Photographer’s Journal 战地摄影师手札 Using a camera to document war, and a lens to remember history. Wei Ran returns again and again to the battlefields of World War II and even to the Cold War era, taking on a variety of identities. His camera captures countless unknown heroes as well as treasures lost amid the ravages of war. From the blood-soaked battlefields of World War II to the Cold War era under the shadow of nuclear war, countless secrets were buried by time, only to be captured forever on film with the click of his shutte 28Votes782.1kRecs332.4kFans
- 95 China Chic 1980 国潮1980 (The author's previous book, I Got Kicked by Time, is complete.) What incredible miracles would a modern-day swindler, notorious for ripping off countless people, create if his soul suddenly transmigrated forty years into the past? What kind of life would he lead? It all begins in 1980, beneath the archway at Qianmen in the capital. It begins with an orphan named Ning Weimin, living in abject poverty... (Important: The main focus isn't collecting antiques, but speculation and business.) 140Votes722.4kRecs298.3kFans
- 96 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
- 97 The Final War of Doomsday 末日之最终战争 Aliens arrive with hostile intent. Faced with their invasion, humanity is as weak as ants. This is the apocalypse, the real apocalypse. But wherever there's an invasion, there's resistance. For some people, this isn't the apocalypse. It's a war. And that's exactly what it is. A real war! 0Votes879.7kRecs346.4kFans
- 98 Draw the Sword, and Truth Follows 拔剑就是真理 When the evidence falls short, make up for it with firepower! Within firing range, might makes right! For example, if you need to reason with a Golden Core cultivator, you can bring along this two-hundred-megaton hydrogen bomb. If your opponent is a major sect, I recommend buying a ten-kilometer-wide meteorite accelerated to sixty kilometers per second and aiming it at their headquarters. They’ll definitely want to hear you out. Hmm? The enemy controls an entire world and is arrogant and unreaso 0Votes140.4kRecs414.2kFans
- 99 EN My Players Are So Fierce 我的玩家好凶猛 “Give me a bunch of adorable little players, and I can easily topple another world!” So declared Leifuno Murphy LaSombra. P.S. Lord Murphy's titles include, but are not limited to: fake vampire, renowned NPC role-playing artist, virtuous and talented dog of a game designer, Transia's one and only savior, benefactor of the Old Continent, defender of the New Continent, brave and loyal count, hopeless lover of mature women, flawless saint of the blood clan, Alpha, guardian of the Long Night, and mo 31Votes213.3kRecs502.4kFans
- 100 Small Fry 杂鱼 In the year 3000, humanity had entered the age of the Milky Way. But limited technology and finite lifespans still kept humanity trapped in the prisons of time and space, making life fundamentally no different from that of the ancient Earth era. As resources ran dry, the thousand-year Golden Age finally neared its end. The powerful and aggressive German legions once again bared th 0Votes125.3kRecs46.6kFans
