Novels like The Calamity at Dawn
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Calamity at Dawn, best match first.
- 1 My Ugly Girlfriend Is Actually Beautiful as a Fairy 我的丑女友原来貌美如仙 0Votes10.7kRecs61.3kFans
- 2 Reborn: My Wife Started Chasing Me 重生从老婆倒追我开始 There’s a popular question on a certain Q&A site: If you could go back, what would you most want to do? When Chen Juan, reborn, is asked this question, all he wants is to avoid Su Qian, the girl he once longed for. To his surprise, Su Qian has also been reborn in 2011, and shamelessly insists on becoming his girlfriend. 7Votes18.5kRecs829.7kFans
- 3 She's Absolutely Irresistible 她真的太香了 When Lin Tang was very, very young, the saliva of all the pretty older sisters who kissed his face taught him that his good looks would be the greatest source of trouble in his life. But as a man with his sights set on becoming world champion, he has eyes only for the Summoner's Cup. His battlefield is the Summoner's Rift! Women will only mess up my plays! No matter how many beautiful female fans there are, not one can make him blink. And yet... Someone was so starstruck that she actually bought 0Votes19.2kRecs37.6kFans
- 4 My Childhood Friend and I Are Geniuses 我和青梅竹马是天骄 “Emperor Hao, you are the youngest genius Immortal Emperor in history, revered by everyone. Could you share some of your cultivation experience with us?” . “Uh... I don't really have any experience to share. Besides, you couldn't use my experience anyway. For example, I went to sleep and advanced from Golden Immortal to Profound Immortal.” . “...” . “Then could you share how you managed to win over Emperor Qing?” “Win her over? No, we've always been together.” “Always?” “I mean, we got together 0Votes23.7kRecs76.1kFans
- 5 Diary of a Celestial Master in the Making 天师养成日记 [One heroine, everyday sweetness, and lots of romance] My childhood friend, whom I hadn't kept in touch with for years, suddenly moved in with me. And she brought along a whole group of monsters that had her screaming in terror. She's adorably fierce when she's angry, spaces out when nothing's going on, and turns the kitchen into a battlefield. She's full of energy every day, holds her cup in both hands when she drinks, and needs me to stand guard while she takes a bath... What's more, even 0Votes9.5kRecs53.4kFans
- 6 Infinite Transmigration, Starting with Violet Evergarden 从紫罗兰开始的无限穿越 Find Violet Evergarden from the start? Learn the Ashina sword style from Isshin Ashina? Beat the crap out of Micah in Red Dead Redemption 2? Help Jotaro beat up the priest? Help the people in Akame ga Kill! live happy lives? This is a story about saving worlds and changing tragic fates. Every regret will be rewritten, and every world deserves a happy ending. (A crossover anime series, including game worlds) 0Votes14.2kRecs98.3kFans
- 7 Love Begins Once the Distance Is Locked 恋爱要在距离锁定后 [Cohabitation, campus life, everyday moments, sweet romance, lighthearted] A magical “distance lock” means my deskmate, Xu Jing, and I can’t get away from each other. We’re forced to start living together… As we spend time together, I discover that the shy girl has another side no one knows about: she sleeps in if she doesn’t set an alarm, pouts when she’s down, loves cute little animals, and secretly writes online novels with some seriously steamy scenes. All right, I admit she’s kind of cute, 0Votes6kRecs28.6kFans
- 8 The Secret Savings Game 私房钱游戏 [A sugary-sweet sitcom packed with couple fluff. If that's not your thing, don't read!] Jiang Hong was absolutely certain his System had only one function. Every extra day he kept his secret stash hidden, it would keep growing! Secret savings were the key to his fortune! So he set himself a series of small goals. 1. Find a sweet, absent-minded girl who wouldn't keep track of the money, and marry her. 2. Buy a big house with plenty of places to hide his secret stash. 3. Start by hiding a hundred 0Votes10.2kRecs60.1kFans
- 9 My Lady, Please Calm Down 娘子，请息怒 Chen Chu, an agricultural student, is a kind and honest man. Even after transmigrating to ancient times, he couldn’t change his good-natured ways. So he would never promote tomatoes as “beauty fruits that nourish yin and preserve one’s looks,” then sell them at a premium to naive young ladies. Nor would he market purple eggplants as “Kunlun purple gourds that boost yang and strengthen the body,” selling them at a premium to men desperate to feel eighteen again. And he certainly wouldn’t sneak of 0Votes33.1kRecs141.2kFans
- 10 This Female Idol Is Definitely Not My Favorite Student 这个女idol绝非我的得意门生 “Idol” means a person who is adored. Yu Cang, male, twenty-six, formerly a professional actor. After meeting Lu Yuan'er, an idol singer, and becoming her assistant for variety-show performances, something rather remarkable happens to his life. P.S. 1. Also known as "Why Is My Girlfriend Obsessed with Shipping Us Every Day?", "She Has Been Scheming to Win Me Over for Three Years", "The Film Emperor's Twenty-One-Year-Old Darling Wife"... P.S. 2. One heroine, romance and entertainment. 0Votes11.9kRecs36.9kFans
- 11 Cthulhu Begins with a Priest 从神父开始克苏鲁 “Why am I a god?” “Before I discuss that, I’d like to confess my sins.” On the high platform, An Le spoke loudly, dressed in a black robe. “First, I, who am guilty of gluttony.” “Driven by nothing but the hunger in my belly, I seized His body for food.” “Then, I, who am guilty of sloth.” “I recruited followers far and wide, granted them blessings, and gave them the chance to discover meaning in life through their work.” “Next, I, who am guilty of lust.” “I saw that the nun blessed by God was bea 0Votes16kRecs107.2kFans
- 12 I Really Didn't Mean to Fall in Love with the Hedgehog Girl 我真没想和刺猬女孩恋爱 [Keywords: slice of life, sweet romance, campus, sugary sweet] New book out: Reborn: My 26-Year-Old Landlady, under the same author account! “I swear, at first I was only helping her. I was tutoring her in math. I really had no plans to date her.” “She’s really prickly, the pushy kind.” “She’s not gentle at all, and she’s always giving me a hard time.” “But she really is quite pretty...” “So when she asked if I wanted to date her, I said yes.” [Lighthearted style, no angs 0Votes24.2kRecs101.1kFans
- 13 What Should I Do If I Married My Archrival? 和死对头结婚了怎么办 When the first thing Xu Qingman saw upon waking was Lu Zhenxi's peaceful sleeping face, he realized that sleeping too deeply really could get you into trouble. What does it feel like to wake up one morning and discover you've married your sworn enemy? * [Everyday Life] [Romance] [Lighthearted] [One Heroine] [Sweet Romance] [Marriage Before Love] 0Votes9kRecs50.1kFans
- 14 Starting the Holy Grail War with the Shadow Corps 从黑影兵团开始圣杯战争 “Fuyuki City sure has changed with the times.” After transmigrating back to Japan in the 1990s, Roland realizes he’s in serious trouble when he hears people chatting and discovers he’s in Fuyuki City. But what’s with all these annoying weirdos?! A certain shadow general: “Give yourself to the ultimate darkness, and let truth embrace you!” A certain rotten boss: “My other half, the farther you go, the more you should understand that humans have their limits…” A certain masked man: “There’s no su 0Votes19.3kRecs76.7kFans
- 15 EN My Gentle Girlfriend Spoils Me Too Much! 温柔女友也太宠我了吧 Yang Zhi: “I want to compare him to the moon, but the moon feels too far away. My love can’t travel such a long distance. I want to entrust my feelings to the moon, but the moon is too pure. My feelings aren’t worthy of it.” “You’ll always be better than everyone else, at least in my heart.” Thanks to her family’s kindness, a gentle, thoughtful, and incredibly caring older woman suddenly entered the young man’s life. Honestly, I’m not used to having someone by my side. [Everyday life, lighthear 0Votes13.7kRecs51.1kFans
- 16 Kill This Ghost 杀死这只幽灵 “You can see me?” “Obviously. I’m probably not blind.” “That’s wonderful! Could you help me with something?” “What is it?” “Please kill me.” “...!!” After an unexpected incident, Zhou Zhongqing meets a ghost girl who longs for death. As he tries to grant her wish, his peaceful everyday life begins to change... Keywords: romance, ghosts, healing, lighthearted, youth, fantasy, everyday life 0Votes34.5kRecs68.8kFans
- 17 Everyday Life Begins After I Picked Up a Little Fox Spirit 从捡到小狐妖后开始的日常生活 0Votes15.2kRecs98.7kFans
- 18 The Girl Who Draws My Manga 我的漫画师女孩 “You like the big-sister type, huh? How interesting~” At the subway exit, the girl looked at the chat on her phone and smiled faintly. There aren’t that many coincidences in this world. A seemingly casual turn, a glance, even every step someone takes may all be carefully planned. Su Songyi is a light novel author. He secretly recorded the love words he wanted to say in his books, hiding them from everyone. He never imagined that she had already found out and had been following his stories all al 0Votes27.1kRecs148.3kFans
- 19 EN Starting from Pursuing the Genius Beauty Girl 从追求天才美少女开始 “Ding~” [If you had to choose one of the following girls as your girlfriend, who would you pick?] A. A girl with terrible grades and a fiery temper, at the very top of the school food chain, who opens her heart to you and is willing to study hard for your sake B. A distant, book-loving genius who longs for freedom and rejects all intimacy, but smiles only for you C. A sexy senior who loves life, has seen the world, and wanders everywhere, only to end up wanting to stay by your side This book 0Votes27.3kRecs234.8kFans
- 20 My Wife and I Switched Bodies 我和天后互穿了 Luo Ming woke up to discover that he had switched bodies with Lin Shuwen, the young queen of the music scene who had just won a major music award. To keep their lives from going off course, they had no choice but to impersonate each other. As time went on, the young queen became a true superstar, while the wage slave became a new internet mogul... P.S. This is a male-oriented novel, a male-oriented novel, a male-oriented novel. Important things must be said three times. 0Votes37.7kRecs216.1kFans
- 21 My Girlfriend Is More Than Just Pretty 我女友可不止漂亮呢 [One heroine, sweet romance] My girlfriend is more than just pretty! She’s also… When gaming: “Are you trying to die or what? What the hell are you charging in for?” “So you’re just going to keep pressing E and charging ahead?!” “Damn it, are you so desperate to get yourself killed???” When studying: “Are you an idiot? If you copy the wrong number, it’s still wrong! Not only are your hands useless, your brain’s broken too, huh??” “I’m pretty sure you got it wrong too…” “…” When slacking off: “I 0Votes21.8kRecs153.2kFans
- 22 After Becoming Roommates with My Marriage Partner 和结婚对象成为室友之后 They’ve been married for over six months. They’re roommates sharing a rental, not a married couple. But lately, Lu has noticed that his wife seems to be looking at him differently. 0Votes34.4kRecs228.5kFans
- 23 We're Just Monsters 我们只是妖怪 “The saying ‘Confucius did not speak of strange forces and spirits’ means that when you see something strange, you shouldn’t talk about it. Just pretend you didn’t see it,” Gu Cheng said. The world is vast, so it’s perfectly normal for strange things to appear. A world that’s too normal is what’s strange. “Wait, first explain what that thing crawling out of the TV is!” … The everyday life of an immortal old monster and a wandering spirit who refuses to leave. A story about a group of monsters l 2Votes83.5kRecs83.3kFans
- 24 I'm the King of Living Off Others 我是硬饭王 Feng Pei lived by one principle: never be inferior to anyone, and rely on your own hard work! There was no way he’d live off a woman. Not in this life. Even the System was no help. Li Peifeng: “Earn an honest living, do honest work, and be a real man!” My completed novel, The Tycoon Is in Love, and my new novel, What Should I Do If the Novel I Wrote Comes True? 0Votes65kRecs170.7kFans
- 25 When Teenage Fantasies Become Reality 当青春幻想具现后 What would you do if time stopped for an hour and you were the only one who could move freely? Thanks for asking, but don't ask me! Ask her instead Yes! The girl who came to me while time was stopped and reached out her hand! Time stopping, growing young again, a phone that calls across time and space, a cat repaying a kindness... When one absurd yet wondrous event after another starts happening in our youth, our story begins. (Keywords: fantasies made real, everyday life, romance) 20Votes151.8kRecs497kFans
- 26 Falling for My Childhood Friend 恋上青梅这件事 My deskmate is a girl. She’s pretty cute, but she’s just so annoying! She steps on my feet every day, hides my water bottle, pinches me, and tells my mom I sleep in class. And the worst part is, she sticks to me like glue and I can’t shake her off. We’re even in the same class at university?? Great Zhihu users, help me out here. What can I do to teach her a lesson? … “How about trying to confess to her?” Keywords: childhood friends, romance, everyday life, writing, adorable pets 26Votes193.4kRecs517.9kFans
- 27 The Girl Next Door Is Adorable Today, Too 邻家今天也很可爱 After his parents divorce, Lin Lu starts living on his own. His days are peaceful and uneventful. That is, until one day, an older girl moves in next door. Though they were strangers at first, the two begin sharing a curious connection. The girl next door is so kind. She helps him with his studies and cooks for him. She’s elegant and poised, gentle and thoughtful, and even her occasional absentmindedness is utterly adorable! But somehow, things don’t seem to be going quite as they should... “The 0Votes127.2kRecs324.8kFans
- 28 EN My Girlfriend Is an UP Creator 我女友是up主 In a dimly lit movie theater. The girl kept her eyes tightly shut and spoke to the boy beside her in a trembling voice: “Chen Wen, I’ve liked you for a long time. Will you let me be your girlfriend?” After a long while, she still hadn’t gotten a reply. Nervously, she opened her eyes, only to see Chen Wen looking around for something. “W-what are you doing?” “Uh…” Chen Wen said blankly. “ 5Votes154kRecs465.1kFans
- 29 My Wife Says I’ll Die at Three in the Morning 夫人让我三更死 Synopsis: The King of Hell says I’ll live until the fifth watch, but my wife wants me dead by the third. In the sixth year of Tianwu, at midnight, a rain of blood suddenly fell from the sky. From then on, the world became strange... The dead began to come back to life. A headless bride carrying a fruit basket knocked on her husband’s family’s door in the middle of the night. The Tenth Lady, who had sunk her treasure chest in a fit of rage, became a lake demon with a body of gold... But what dro 0Votes121.3kRecs477kFans
- 30 So They Were All My Disciples 原来他们都是我徒弟 Yun Qianyu: “They say that the demon monkey who pulverized the Heavenly Court and Spirit Mountain, the dragon girl who led the dragon clan back to glory, the Ghost Emperor who ruled the Netherworld, the Demon Buddha who entered the Dao through demonic cultivation, and all those other troublemakers who threw the myriad heavens into chaos are all my disciples? At first, I thought they were spouting nonsense. Later, I discovered that it was all true...” An exhilarating web novel featuring the fusi 0Votes65.9kRecs151.2kFans
- 31 Honey, Please Behave 老婆请安分 I lived carefully, afraid the butterfly effect would make me lose you. … … This is a story about searching. P.S. One female lead, a slice-of-life story [The comic adaptation of Please Keep Things in Order, Honey is now available on multiple platforms. Please check it out!] 20Votes160.5kRecs483.4kFans
- 32 A Female Professor's Everyday Boyfriend 女教授的日常小男友 Ji had gotten drunk twice in his life. Both times, he somehow wound up in the mysterious women’s restroom, and both times the same woman beat him to a pulp. With over 3,000 fan points, you can ask a group moderator to add you to the full-subscription group. 1Votes111.7kRecs364.4kFans
- 33 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
- 34 Reborn: Ten Years Against the Current 重生之逆流十年 “Don’t listen to the rain beating through the trees. Why not whistle and stroll at your own pace?” Time flows backward, the tide surges back. I stand once more at the crossroads of life. Xu Xing stands there for a long while, hands in his pockets. He lets out a carefree whistle and sets off on a new journey “Looking back at the bleak place I’ve just passed, I return. No rain, no shine.” .. 3Votes115.1kRecs546kFans
- 35 This Doctor Understands Me Too Well 这医生太懂我了 Reporter: “Hello, Dr. Yuan. As the most renowned psychologist in the field, what is your motto in life?” Yuan Jia: “To keep improving my professional knowledge and become a good doctor who understands patients.” Reporter: “Then let me put you to the test, Dr. Yuan. What am I thinking right now?” Yuan Jia: “I bet you’re thinking about eating shit!” Reporter: “How mean!” … (This is a heartwarming, everyday story about a psychological counselor who gains access to a learning space, works hard to im 0Votes133.8kRecs138.8kFans
- 36 My Blind Date Is the Daughter of a God 相亲对象是神明之女 Zhou Xu had just graduated from university when his father suddenly called. “My son, now that you’re all grown up, there are some things I ought to tell you.” Zhou Xu said, “Dad, why are you talking so oddly? Half classical, half modern. What TV show have you been watching?” “My son, I’ll come clean. Your father is a great demon of the demonic path. You are its holy son.” Zhou Xu said, “...Dad, I’m hanging up. I’m busy.” “Wait, one last thing. You’re not getting any younger. Your mother’s arrang 0Votes160.2kRecs404.9kFans
- 37 Sky-Splitting Cavalry 裂天空骑 A fallen sky knight is the sky’s tear, As long as there’s still altitude, we won’t give up, Blood, fire, and iron rain down from the heavens, Look, the sky is weeping! A roaring soul is soaring into the sky! The new book, A Heart in a Square Inch, is officially out for 2026. Book ID: 1048236140 In 1972, reborn with an AI, he finds himself in a death trap from the start! Damn this wretched heaven! See how Comrade Lu Mi forcibly carves a path through blood and fire. 7Votes617.6kRecs181.2kFans
- 38 Senior, Please Keep It Down! 学姐快住口！ “Update, update! Why isn’t today’s chapter up yet?” “...Senior, it’s only six in the morning.” “And what about yesterday? You only posted one chapter!” “...Everyday romance stories depend on the little details. I need inspiration when I write.” “Where do you get your inspiration, then? You’re single.” “...I use my imagination.” “Wouldn’t it be better to date someone? You could get material 0Votes139.8kRecs523.8kFans
- 39 Working Hard to Cultivate in Uncle Jiu's World! 我在九叔世界里面努力加点修仙！ “People are divided into good and bad, while corpses are divided into zombies and dried-up corpses.” Uncle Jiu said earnestly, “You should study the Demon-Subduing Spell properly. You’re still young. Practice for five or six years, and you’ll learn it.” Luo Su nodded, silently thinking, Deep Blue, add points, add points, add points. Then he peed a yellow talisman onto the ground, blinked, and looked at Uncle Jiu. “Is this right?” Uncle Jiu: ???!!! 0Votes57.8kRecs270kFans
- 40 What Should I Do About My Overpowered Girlfriend? 女朋友太强怎么办 What do you do when your girlfriend is too strong? Keep charging in with A attacks! This is the story of the protagonist stirring things up in the future of a certain timeline while trading wits with his girlfriend. Entertainment, everyday life, and sweet romance! Also known as The Future Entertainment Empire and Nobody Knows How to Have Fun Like I Do. 0Votes85.3kRecs103.1kFans
- 41 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
- 42 Pilgrim of the Myriad Realms 诸天游戏巡礼者 I'm Tarkov's top knife-runner, and RUST's king of post-apocalyptic home demolition. I'm a deep-sea scavenger and underwater architect in Subnautica, an interstellar explorer in No Man's Sky, and master of billions of stars! I've slain ferocious beasts and hunted ancient gods in Yharnam; I've slaughtered ancient dragons and slain deities in Lordran! I have many names: Dragonborn, Witcher, Ashen One, the Fourth Calamity, Nephalem. But only you know that we share the same name, that we are one and 0Votes69.6kRecs134.8kFans
- 43 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
- 44 I've Heard So Much About You, Hero 久仰大侠 Also known as: I Was Reborn as a Beggar Clan Disciple, and I'm Still Wandering the Jianghu. At some point, a disheveled woman appeared in the Jianghu. Her name has nine strokes, the martial art she excels at has nine steps, and her favorite little tune is the Song of Nine Nines. Others call her a great hero, but she says she's no hero. There is a widely circulated legend about her in the Jianghu. The legend goes like this: Within nine steps, she can surely be invincible beneath the heavens. P.S. 1Votes126.3kRecs93.9kFans
- 45 The First Spy in the Immortal Realm 仙界第一卧底 I, Lin Yun, had exceptional natural talent. I thought I would be groomed as a key disciple, but... “The Demon Cult will never expect us to send such an outstanding disciple undercover. Once you rise to a high position within the cult, we’ll strike from within and without. How could the Demon Cult survive?” Three years later. “The orthodox sects will never expect us to send such a promising disciple undercover. Once you rise to a high position among them, we’ll strike from within and without. How 1Votes115.5kRecs725.7kFans
- 46 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
- 47 The Top Student's Japanese Girlfriend 学霸的日本女友 Rika Asaba, a beautiful exchange student from Japan, was placed in my home by her father. I was honored with the job of being her guide to life in China. As we spent time together, I discovered that she had all sorts of secrets... She always got lost when she went out, curled up into a ball when she slept, always held her cup with both hands when drinking water, was insanely devoted to claw machines, and was determined to work hard and buy a home of her own... There’s no way I’d fall for a girl 5Votes189.4kRecs448.8kFans
- 48 A Survival Guide to the Naval Base 镇守府求生指北 After transmigrating into a game world, with thousands of pieces of equipment and millions in resources... it seems like there’s no need to work hard anymore. No, you’re in grave danger now. 0Votes507.8kRecs144.8kFans
- 49 I Really Only Have One Wife 我真的只有一个老婆 One wife, endless experiences! One hundred days after getting married, Shen Fu discovers his wife's secret: she isn't fighting alone! She can be a domineering CEO or an adorable little foodie. She's skilled with both pen and ink and guns and fists, a study buddy who can help you ace your exams, and utterly shameless. Also known as A New Wife Every Day (The author also has two acclaimed completed novels, I'm Really Not Interested in Money and Literary Scandal. Give them a try~) 1Votes154.2kRecs441kFans
- 50 The Unorthodox Three Kingdoms 非正常三国 The upheaval in heaven and earth hundreds of years ago did not completely change history, but it did send history down a strange new path. The intertwining of destiny and innate divine powers had made this Three Kingdoms era anything but normal. How could one forge a path of one’s own in an age filled with powerful figures? Especially after becoming Lu Bu’s son-in-law, Chu Nan felt that path had grown even harder to walk… 0Votes153.7kRecs376.9kFans
