Novels like Mastering the Craft
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Mastering the Craft, best match first.
- 151 The Female Emperor Conquers the Entertainment Industry 女帝问鼎娱乐圈 For Nie Yao, who clawed her way up to become an empress, the entertainment industry was a piece of cake. From national sweetheart to rising star, award-winning producer, and eventually owner of her own entertainment empire. Nie Yao declared that even in a different world, she was still a winner in life. But could this die-hard anti-fan please leave me alone? You’re not content with hating on me, you also want to marry me and have my babies? Official Empress of the Entertainment Industry reader g 0Votes261.2kRecs106.1kFans
- 152 A Good End 善终 The Du family had a daughter. Three months after their wedding, her husband received an imperial order, donned his armor, and set off for war. From then on, they spent more time apart than together. Five years after their marriage, her husband died on the battlefield, wrapped in his armor as his burial shroud. She wept away all her tears, adopted a clansman’s son, and devoted herself to the Buddha beneath a solitary lamp, earning a chastity 1Votes285kRecs274.8kFans
- 153 Stargate 星门 Legend says that deep in the ancient starry sky stands a red gate stained with blood and fire. Legends and myths, darkness and light, countless tales all flow through this ancient portal. Gaze down from the Star Gate: passion lights up heaven and earth, and darkness will eventually fade! The Star Gate comic launches on November 18! If you're interested in the comic, go check it out. 53Votes4.5MRecs5.3MFans
- 154 Reborn in the 1990s 重生九十年代纪事 Top-rated female streamer Jiang Nan was kicked by fate right back to the turning point of her family's collapse in 1999. Facing the past once again, she finds herself unable to see how it will end. Of course, having been given a second chance at life, she has her own pursuits too: complete financial freedom, enough freedom to love whoever she wants, and turn around and leave whoever she does not. 0Votes372.1kRecs93.2kFans
- 155 Mu Nanzhi (Original Novel of The Story of Jianan) 慕南枝（《嘉南传》原著） In his previous life, Li Qian spent his whole life yearning for Empress Dowager Jiang Xian. In this life, Li Qian decides that having a beautiful woman in his arms beats longing for her from a thousand miles away. He’ll just abduct Princess Jianan, Jiang Xian, first... P.S. An important point bears repeating three times: this is a story about the female lead being reborn, this is a story about the female lead being reborn, this is a story about the female lead being reborn. 7Votes5MRecs1.3MFans
- 156 The First Daughter-in-Law of Jiangnan 江南第一媳 In the misty, rainy south, amid March peach blossoms, Lin Xiner, a transmigrator, gets married beneath a red bridal veil. Her husband is the legitimate son of the current dynasty's Minister of Rites! Lin Xiner firmly believes that nothing in life comes for free! Could he be sickly, and marrying her to bring himself good luck? She hears her husband is healthy and full of e 0Votes331kRecs164.8kFans
- 157 After the Big Shot Retired 大佬退休之后 [New novel, "Step Aside, Let This Empress Handle It", now updating. Fantasy setting, literary hearts and martial courage, power struggles and nation-building] When other people retire, they raise their grandkids and dance in the square. When Pei Ye retires, she spends money raising paper-doll characters. Before spending money: What a trash game. They can't even be bothered to fleece players properly. After spending money: This game is amazing! I can spend money, and I can grind, too! Raising pap 1Votes2.9MRecs1.3MFans
- 158 Reborn: The Villainess Boss 重生反派女boss She solves every psychological problem, no matter how difficult. She has won every major psychology award. She’s the most expensive psychologist in the field, charging by the second. She’s the undisputed queen of psychology, recognized around the world. Then she’s reborn, standing at a crossroads at eighteen. Determined to become a villainous boss and make money for her treatment, she can’t help 0Votes589.1kRecs356.5kFans
- 159 The Lovely Luan 娇鸾 (Also known as My Childhood Friend Is the Male Lead) A hundred years ago, the Imperial Preceptor prophesied that if the Great Liang realm was to remain intact, a daughter of the Cheng family had to be made Crown Princess. She, who had endured the cold shoulder of her family, never knew she was the one destined for the role. As far as Cheng Che was concerned, if she was destined to be Crown Princess, then he would claim the realm for her. 0Votes320.4kRecs193.9kFans
- 160 The Beauty and the Fortune-Teller 美人神棍 In her previous life, she was weak and passive, and suffered terribly. Will starting over make her noble, clever, and universally loved? Zhao Tansheng tilted her head toward the heavens. She had no idea why the Boundless Heavenly Venerable had given a weakling like her another chance. But she knew that a charlatan with ideals, morals, and absolutely no bottom line was unstoppable! 0Votes187.6kRecs72.5kFans
- 161 Atlas of Immortal Spirits 仙灵图谱 Ten thousand years ago, a catastrophe that nearly brought down the heavens severed the Cangming Realm from all other realms, cutting off the path to the heavens. Ten thousand years later, the thirteenth-generation Master of Heavenly Secrets finally declared: the path to the heavens will open in this generation! Watch as I wield the Immortal Spirit Atlas and open the path to the heavens. My new book, Fate of the Phoenix: http://www.qdmm.com/MMWeb/1003310469.aspx Please show it lots of s 8Votes1.2MRecs215.9kFans
- 162 A Match Made in Heaven 妙偶天成 (Published in both simplified and traditional Chinese editions.) The Fourth Miss of the Zhen family was competitive, selfish, and vain, and she went to great lengths to scheme her way into falling into the water alongside the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's family. Then, after Fourth Miss Zhen fell into the water, a clueless little foodie transmigrated into her body… This is not a traditional tale of household power struggles. The heroine i 3Votes280.4kRecs330.8kFans
- 163 The Phoenix Returns to Its Nest 凤回巢 Xiao Qing’s new book, Reunited with You, is underway. Readers, come on over! O(∩_∩)O~ Gu Wanning’s life was full of ups and downs. She experienced every hardship and enjoyed every luxury. At the moment she closed her eyes, exhausted in both body and mind, she finally found peace. Unexpectedly, when she opened them again... 0Votes601.2kRecs644.7kFans
- 164 Everything Goes as It Should 万事如易 Fortune and misfortune are easy to calculate, but the human heart is hard to fathom. Good and evil are easy to discern, but right and wrong are hard to judge. Life and death are easy to overcome, but love and hatred are hard to resolve. The world is easy to claim, but who can say who will win or lose? A signpost to a new story: The Princess Bride Has Returned. 0Votes559.7kRecs195.2kFans
- 165 Noble Lady Doctor 名门医女 Qi Yue stumbles into a strange era. Her hair is styled like a married woman’s, but her husband is nowhere to be seen. She lives alone in a separate courtyard, with cold pots, cold stoves, and cold stares. What kind of joke is this? Since I’m the principal wife of this household, then what I say goes. Good food, comfortable lodging, and we’ll all mind our own business. Keep picking fights with me, just you try. I’m a master surgeon. I’ll scare you out of your wits! 4Votes381.9kRecs367.2kFans
- 166 The Growth Diary of Nuwa 女娲成长日记 Who are you looking for?! The Dragon King?! Oh, the supermarket has a sale today, so he went to grab some bargains. Erlang Shen?! I heard there's a matchmaking banquet. If he doesn't go, his mother will cry, make a scene, and threaten to hang herself. You get the idea. The Supreme Old Lord?! His online shop selling pills got shut down, and he nearly got taken to the police station. He's lying low in seclusion for now. You want to know who I am?! Oh, I'm Nuwa. This book is complete. Fee 0Votes634.2kRecs127.8kFans
- 167 The Female War God's Black Bag Group 女战神的黑包群 (New book: The Little Cook of the Imperial Academy is next door~) Dong Shu, the greatest female war god in the interstellar world, suddenly joins a mysterious red-envelope group one day! The war goddess is completely baffled, but gives it a tap anyway! Quick transmigration, no romance (except in the first world). 0Votes1.2MRecs243.3kFans
- 168 A Hard Road to Immortality 一仙难求 As a female cultivator, there are countless obstacles to overcome on the path to immortality. Talent, cultivation methods, pills, and magical treasures: you can't do without any of them. Love, weakness, mercy, and greed: you can't afford too much of any of them. Without the former, cultivation is too slow. With too much of the latter, you're doomed too soon. On top of that, your looks must be just right, and your wisdom neither too much nor too little. The new book, Destiny's Chosen Phoen 1Votes814kRecs244.9kFans
- 169 EN Journey to the Abyss 临渊行 Su Yun never imagined that he was the only human in Tianmen Town, where he had lived for more than a decade. He never imagined, either, that the hundred-mile radius beyond Tianmen Town was a notorious no-man's-land. When the boy opened his eyes, the world he had imagined collapsed. Before him lay the reality of a world overrun by demons and monsters. Journeying Along the Abyss. In the darkness, one must keep one's wits about them when walking beside the abyss, treading as carefully as if on thin 3Votes6.2MRecs2.2MFans
- 170 Splendor in the Palm of Her Hand 覆手繁华 She was blind, and had lived in darkness for twenty years. In the end, she was framed for adultery and killed. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a world full of color. With a turn of her hand, she could summon desolation; with another, she could bring forth splendor. Everything depended on a single thought. P.S. He knew that to marry that decisive woman, he would have to snatch her away, make a scene, and shamelessly refuse to take no for an answer. Still not enough? Then he could only pla 7Votes1.1MRecs620kFans
- 171 Brocade Paulownia 锦桐 Li Tong was reborn and finally saw clearly. It turned out he had never loved her or cherished her... Jiang Huanzhang defies fate and returns. This time, he will climb even higher and become the true The Outcast, above everyone but one... Ning Yuan has come from a thousand miles away: Jiang Huanzhang, I make a living out of ruining people, and I never get tired of it... 1Votes1.7MRecs958.1kFans
- 172 The Slow Passage of Time 韶光慢 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese, and Thai) Qiao Zhao married one of the capital’s most distinguished young noblemen. But just after the wedding ceremony, her husband was ordered to war. When they met again, he pinned her to the city wall with an arrow. She opened her eyes in the body of a girl riding a donkey, racking her brains over how to get back to the capital. 0Votes1.2MRecs697.6kFans
- 173 Ning Xiaoxian’s Record of Taming Gods 宁小闲御神录 (The new novel, Protect the National Preceptor, is currently being serialized. Ning Xiaoxian is being adapted into a comic, TV series, and game. Stay tuned.) Heaven: The God Lord Who Shakes Heaven is trapped in the Prison of Gods and Demons. Go rescue him. Ning Xiaoxian: All right, I'll save him! Heaven: An unprecedented evil creature is wreaking havoc among humanity. Go deal with it. Ning Xiaoxian: All right, I'll handle it! Heaven: The barbarian tribes have returned to the Southern 3Votes4.5MRecs2.1MFans
- 174 Entertainment Headlines 娱乐圈头条 From the cherished daughter of the Feng family, she is reborn as a newcomer from a poor family, wholly determined to enter the entertainment industry by relying on her beauty. 5Votes1.5MRecs584.7kFans
- 175 Hello, My Dearest 你好，我最爱的人 Gu Nianzhi did not know what she could do to make that iron-blooded, stern man fall in love with her. With his severe features and serious expression, he said solemnly, “...Come flirt with me. If you succeed, I am yours.” Gu Nianzhi: “!!!” *, *, * P.S.: This is my first time writing a modern sweet romance with a touch of suspense and detective work, so I am quite nervous. I hope everyone can give me plenty of encouragement and add it to your bookshelves right away. Thank you, everyone!!! 0Votes3.9MRecs1.1MFans
- 176 The Eldest Daughter 长嫡 The Xie family is scheming to claim the Fu family's century-old fortune. Marquis Fu is scheming for power and a bright future. In her dreams, she is a discarded pawn, sacrificed in their power game. Her mother takes her own life by jumping into a well, and she is hastily married off to the Lu family's impoverished son, a man renowned throughout the land. Yet she dies young, in the prime of her life. When she opens her eyes, she lets out a cold laugh. You'd all better repent! 1Votes844.4kRecs529.3kFans
- 177 Slay the Sand 诛砂 When it comes to wishes, perhaps no one would believe her. But Xie Rouhui's greatest wish was simply to be able to say no. Starting one summer when she was twelve years old, if she had said no back then, her sister would not have been swept away by the water, she would not have been rejected by her family, she would not have abandoned her own child, she would not have been married off by her father to Prince Zhenbei as his second wife, she would not have been humiliated by her stepson, and she w 0Votes648.3kRecs281.7kFans
- 178 Destined to Be a Queen 天命为凰 Lu Mingshu has never believed in fate. Not when her father remarried and her family fell apart, nor when she was abandoned in a mountain valley to fend for herself. Not when she lacked the resources to cultivate, and even less when everyone turned against her. She clawed her way up from the dust, and in a single day soared to the clouds, drawing the world’s attention! If justice won’t come to me, I’ll take it for myself. If fate won’t grant me a way forward, I’ll carve one out. So what if fate h 0Votes1.3MRecs821.6kFans
- 179 The Medical Classic of a Delicate Lady 娇娘医经 Cheng Jiaoniang’s simpleminded son has recovered. But she can’t help feeling that she is and isn’t Cheng Jiaoniang. Strange memories have appeared in her mind. As the daughter abandoned by the Cheng family, she still has to return to them. But she’s there to recover her memories, not to be scorned and bullied. [Romance] 1Votes930.3kRecs455.5kFans
- 180 The Great Empress 大帝姬 After transmigrating, Xue Qing discovers she’s been pretending to be a man to trick someone into marriage. And that’s not all. She’s hiding an even bigger deception. This is the story of someone with many secrets. 4Votes5.4MRecs1.6MFans
- 181 Master Has Gone Offline Again 师父又掉线了 Everyone says Yi Qing is the greatest sword cultivator in the world, with swordsmanship no one can rival. Whether he was cultivating in the lower realm or in the Ten Directions Heavenly Court of the upper realm, he was always invincible. Yi Qing smiled. “That’s because you don’t know my master. When it comes to cultivation, I’m nowhere near her level. Back when she was in the immortal realm, my master beat up nine of the ten Directional Heavenly Emperors. I was the tenth.” “Master? You actually 1Votes812.5kRecs271.5kFans
- 182 Closer to My True Form Every Day 每天都离现形更近一步 “If a venomous snake uses its venom to poison a venomous snake, will the venomous snake be poisoned to death by its own venom?” When Feng Yi’s startup hit a snag and he found himself in dire straits, his grandaunt’s private butler arrived with a massive inheritance. Feng Yi: “She had so many relatives of my generation. Why did she leave it to me?” Butler: “Because you’re the most pleasing to look at.” Feng Yi touched his own sharp, angular face. “She certainly had excellent taste!” Yet after inh 17Votes3.3MRecs1MFans
- 183 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
- 184 The Path of Awakening 天醒之路 Chong, Ming, Qi, Shu, Li, Jing, Ying. The seven powers of the soul! Perceive the seven souls, and countless strong warriors are born. Yet in an unremarkable academy, a young man faced the threat of expulsion... 8Votes6.7MRecs676.6kFans
- 185 The Empress’s Livestream Strategy Guide 女帝直播攻略 [The new novel, Step Aside, Let Me Take the Throne, is being serialized] [A different story, just as exciting] Jiang Pengji acquired something called a palace-intrigue livestream System. Jiang Pengji: “All right, System. No problem, System!” Many years later, Jiang Pengji finally achieved her goal: she became the emperor’s woman, the female emperor. Jiang Pengji: “Praise me!” System: “(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ I told you to fight for favor in the palace! Who told you to conquer the world?” #The future’s top g 14Votes3.7MRecs1.5MFans
- 186 Jun Jiuling 君九龄 In the winter of the third year of Taikang, a girl came to the Ning family in Beiliu Town, Yangcheng, claiming to be a long-lost relative; After her marriage proposal was rejected, the girl decided to prove her determination by dying in front of the Ning family home; When the girl who had died opened her eyes once again; The fates of many people were turned upside down. [Romance] 3Votes5.4MRecs1.8MFans
- 187 Doomsday Wonderland 末日乐园 [The author’s 2024 new novel, False Image Report, is being serialized.] [The author’s 2023 new novel, Wild Deer Convenience Store, a horror novella, is complete and ready to read.] “I think... my boyfriend might be trying to kill me.” Lin Sanjiu murmured. Thinking of her wealthy, handsome, and gentle boyfriend, she couldn’t help shivering all over. The apocalypse, a living hell ushered in by the people around her, was hurtling toward her. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. 80Votes9.4MRecs3.2MFans
- 188 EN The Night Watchman of Dafeng 大奉打更人 The physical edition of The Gongsman of Great Feng, Volume One, is now available across all major platforms, including Tmall, Dangdang, and JD.com, as well as in bookstores nationwide. In this world, there are Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, demons, and sorcerers. Xu Qi'an, a graduate of the police academy, awakens to find himself in prison, with exile to the frontier awaiting him in three days… At first, all he wants is to protect himself and, in this society without human rights, become 313Votes9.7MRecs19.8MFans
- 189 EN Lord of Mysteries 诡秘之主 Amid the tide of steam and machinery, who can reach the extraordinary? In the fog of history and darkness, who is whispering? I awoke from the mysteries and opened my eyes to see this world: Guns, cannons, battleships, airships, difference engines; potions, divination, curses, the Hanged Man, Sealed Artifacts... Light still shines, and the mysterious has never left. This is the legend of th 11kVotes37.4MRecs37.6MFans
