Novels like No More Pretending, I’m a Culinary God, and I’m Coming Clean!
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as No More Pretending, I’m a Culinary God, and I’m Coming Clean!, best match first.
- 1 A Brilliant Life in Entertainment 文娱之璀璨人生 Transmigrate to a parallel world, bring over all kinds of classics, and build a dazzling life. P.S. I'm a longtime Jay Chou fan and a devoted fan of Xu Song. They're both part of my youth, so fellow fans are welcome. Also, I'm writing this book to share the songs and other works I love with everyone, while creating a few interesting female characters I like, who could never exist in real life, and letting my imagination run wild. If that's not your thing, enter with caution. 0Votes14.4kRecs18.1kFans
- 2 Honey, Be a Little More Reserved 老婆你矜持点 [Keywords: Campus, everyday life, sweet romance] Top student Lu Fei was nicknamed “girl repellent,” until a love letter brought a girl into his life. “To be honest, at first I really had no idea she wanted to date me. But by the time she confessed, it was already too late.” “Because I'd fallen for her too.” P.S. Not getting enough sweetness? No problem! My new book, “I'm a Top Student, So Why Are You Trying to Trick Me Into Dating You?”, will keep the sugary romance coming. Haha! 0Votes23.1kRecs274.5kFans
- 3 My Younger Brother Is the Qin Empire's Greatest Playboy 吾弟大秦第一纨绔 The King of Qin swept across the Six States, his tiger-like gaze overwhelmingly fierce. He swung his sword and cut through the floating clouds, and the feudal lords all came west. Ying Chengjiao, Ying Zheng's younger brother who transmigrated into the past, originally wanted to enjoy the life of a spoiled young nobleman under his imperial brother's protection. He had never intended to compete with Ying Zheng for the throne. He was a lazy sort, and being the emperor could never be as carefree as 0Votes34.3kRecs1.3MFans
- 4 Reborn to Ride the Wind 重生之乘风而起 Reborn in 1991, starting life anew. 9Votes231.4kRecs73kFans
- 5 EN Superspecies Player 超物种玩家 An antisocial man originally wanted to live a wild and carefree life, but accidentally became a hero who saved the world. Do you believe in the Creator? What would happen to the world once humanity could evolve through "games and dungeons"? At the turn of the millennium, the Age of Super Species descended. It randomly cast "identity cards" before the people of the world. Every selected cardholder possessed extraordinary powers and an exclusive path of evolution. ...A young man transformed by 0Votes33.7kRecs233.8kFans
- 6 Why Can't I Make Video Games? 我凭什么不能做游戏 That year. Unable to find a job no matter how hard he looked at the Yanjing job market, penniless and armed with nothing but a high school diploma, Zhang Yang was so fed up that he simply set up a recruitment booth of his own... 0Votes28.8kRecs89.7kFans
- 7 When It Comes to Matchmaking, I Don't Bow to Anyone 做媒这一块，我谁都不服 “Once the newlyweds enter the room, the matchmaker gets tossed over the wall.” “Believe in ghosts if you like, but never trust a matchmaker's mouth.” “Don't act as a go-between, a guarantor, or a matchmaker, and your descendants will be blessed for three generations!” These three sayings show just how awkward the matchmaker's standing is in the eyes of the public. Jiang Feng has just graduated from college when he suddenly gains the uncanny ability to see how compatible two people are for marria 0Votes95.3kRecs347.6kFans
- 8 Rookie Forensic Pathologist 新手法医 Forensic pathologist Zhou Ning takes you into one horrifying, thrilling, brutal, and twisted crime scene after another! Uncover the truth, challenge the limits of the psyche, and expose the ugliness of human nature. Conspiracies! Puzzles! Doubts! One bizarre and eerie case after another is unfolding. 6Votes323.3kRecs125.6kFans
- 9 The Supreme Physician 上医至明 The superior physician treats illness before it appears, the ordinary physician treats illness in its early stages, and the inferior physician treats illness after it has already developed! Yu Zhiming, with a serious expression: You don't have to believe me, but I have to tell you that you will develop cancer within the next year… P.S. Readers waiting for updates can read the author's excellent completed older works, The Miracle-Working Heart Doctor and The Hospital Doctor with Cheats! 1Votes146.2kRecs216.5kFans
- 10 Gourmet Beast Taming 美食系御兽 This book has been discontinued. Please check out Spirits of the Culinary World instead. This is a world with wondrous supernatural powers. Spirits born from dishes, the contest between flavor and power, journeys beneath the stars, challenges held together by bonds... A young man arrives in this world, full of courage and dreams, carrying memories of his past life as a top-tier chef. “Gourmet food imbued with mysterious power, reveal your true form before me! In the name of Qin Lang, your spiri 0Votes53.1kRecs141.4kFans
- 11 Son, Hurry Up and Make Your Dad Look Good! 我儿快拼爹 “Ding! Your son has provoked a Pure Yang Realm powerhouse. In keeping with the principle that a father’s love is as solid as a mountain and a father must always win, your cultivation will rise to the Pure Yang Realm.” … Qin Chuan discovers that whenever his son gets into trouble, he gets stronger. So he goes all in on setting his son up for trouble… … Son, your dad is invincible under heaven. Go wild! … 0Votes82.4kRecs675kFans
- 12 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
- 13 Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Gao Yuan 中医高源 Gao Yuan: "In this life, I will be a doctor for the people!" Note: All the medical cases in this book are real. 5Votes277.8kRecs176kFans
- 14 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
- 15 My Wife Is the Chief Executive 我的老婆是执政官 A legal genius of the twenty-first century embarks on a journey to restore a fallen kingdom in a mysterious world. From Canjun, quality is guaranteed! 1Votes554.6kRecs379.6kFans
- 16 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
- 17 Old Tales of Hong Kong 港岛旧事 Fifty Years Early He Dingxian plunged headfirst into a blazing era teeming with roughnecks, before countless heroes had made their names. He fought alongside the real power players and danced shoulder to shoulder with dazzling beauties. What I’ve earned, I’ll never give away! 0Votes151.7kRecs394.2kFans
- 18 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
- 19 The Law Enforcer’s Handbook 执法者手册 In 2166, the Seventeenth District where I live was named the worst region in the Federation. Unemployment rates kept soaring. The number of missing persons climbed steadily. Bounty criminals worth astronomical sums kept appearing. People say law enforcement is the most dangerous job on this planet. And I had the misfortune of becoming an enforcer. (Cyberpunk + wasteland + overpowered protagonist. The author has completed four novels of over a million words each, so enjoy with confidence!) 34Votes122.2kRecs609.8kFans
- 20 Tracing the Current of the Literary Era 溯流文艺时代 Yu Dong is reborn from 2019 into 1991, returning to the time just after graduation, when he was assigned to work as a counselor at Jinling Arts College. Starting out by writing novels, he takes things one step at a time, gradually building an empire in the entertainment industry. 0Votes108.1kRecs171.1kFans
- 21 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
- 22 EN Henghua 衡华 There are countless paths and crafts in the way of cultivation. Some excel at magical combat, some at alchemy, some enjoy drawing talismans, and others take pleasure in crafting magical artifacts... There are also cultivators who specialize in deducing cultivation techniques. In sects and clans, these technique interpreters are known as “Elders of Transmission.” After transmigrating, Fu Henghua interprets techniques and teaches cultivation to the Fu family, living peacefully as a bookworm. But w 0Votes165.3kRecs177.3kFans
- 23 The Los Angeles Detective 洛杉矶神探 A detective transmigrates to America and becomes an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. After getting over his initial confusion, he solves one baffling case after another and earns international renown, becoming known as the most legendary detective in history... 2Votes289.6kRecs397kFans
- 24 What Does It Feel Like to Become a Sage? 成为圣人是一种什么体验？ A thousand years have passed since the Investiture of the Gods. The Sage of the Jie Sect remains confined to Biyou Palace, and peace reigns across the Three Realms. At this time, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara has yet to pass into nirvana, and Tathagata has yet to be born. At this time, the Western Saha World has yet to be opened. At this time, Bajie is still the Heavenly Marshal Tianpeng, the Monkey is still a stone, and the Golden-Hooped Rod is still just the Sea-Calming Needle. Even the Golden 3Votes270.4kRecs461.2kFans
- 25 It All Starts with Kneading Dough 美食从和面开始 “Congratulations, Host. You have acquired the skill: Dough Kneading Expertise.” The smile on Xu Zhuo’s handsome face slowly froze. “I learned to knead dough when I was five. You think I need you to teach me?” Ten minutes later... “Hey, this dough seems pretty special!” 1Votes459.7kRecs358.5kFans
- 26 My Artist Neighbor 我的艺人邻居 His beautiful neighbor, whom he had known for only half a year, suddenly asked if he wanted to be together. After a few brief seconds of thought, Liu Xin'an smiled and nodded. But a few days later, she suddenly disappeared. Then she suddenly appeared on TV. Liu Xin'an: Wait, the girlfriend I like is a huge star? 0Votes153.3kRecs477.9kFans
- 27 Starting with an Escape Room Game Shop 从剧本杀店开始 The print edition of From Script-Killing Shop to Theme Park is now crowdfunding. . Question: How do you run a script-killing shop? Jiang Qi: Easy. You just need to start with a script-killing shop, then bring the characters from the scripts out to work as your game masters. That's how you run a script-killing shop properly. At first, Jiang Qi thought he was playing a card-based management game, and the business he was running was a script-killing shop. Later, he realized it was actually a restau 11Votes514.1kRecs428.4kFans
- 28 This Movie Star Wants More Money 这个影帝要加钱 Transmigrating from the Ming dynasty to the year 2000, Ding Xiu can only live a different kind of life this time around. Director: I hear you're good in a fight. I have a role I'd like you to take. It's very difficult. Ding Xiu: Pay me more and it's fine. Director: Actually, I'm hiring you just as insurance. We may not even need you. Ding Xiu: That's not my concern. If you hire me, you have to pay me. Not a single penny less... P.S. New book: The Unscientific Movie Emperor. Feel free to check it 0Votes226kRecs851.8kFans
- 29 Heavenly Official of Blessings and Virtue 福德天官 When the false is taken for true, even the true becomes false; when nothing is mistaken for something, even something becomes nothing. A fake Earth God: I shall become the cycle of reincarnation! A real Earth God: Once I kill you, I’ll set up a grand feng shui formation and give you a nice-looking burial mound. A fake Earth God: Great virtue bears all things. A real Earth God: Not bad. I’ll take that. Heavenly treasures belong to whoever has the virtue to claim them. Fake Earth God: Honest and s 4Votes180.5kRecs446.1kFans
- 30 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
- 31 As a Reborn Man, I Just Want to Focus on Studying 重生的我只想专心学习 “I like you…” “I'm sorry. We're still young, and our job right now is to study.” [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [Positive] [Upright Values] [Calm but Never Dull] [Intelligent Characters] 1Votes127.8kRecs673kFans
- 32 The Whole Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 整座大山都是我的猎场 Reborn in 1986, an era when guns and hunting weren’t banned, wildlife wasn’t protected, and bears and wild boars were even wrecking the fruits of the people’s hard work. The higher-ups encouraged and urged every village to actively hunt. Zhao Jun, a low-ranking soldier in the Yong’antun militia platoon and a member of the local hunters’ squad, slings his rifle over his shoulder and heads into the mountains, where he takes up a life of hunting with dogs. This story is based entirely on true event 2.3kVotes1.3MRecs990kFans
- 33 EN My Post-Divorce Comeback System Arrived Before My College Entrance Exams 刚准备高考，离婚逆袭系统来了 [A 35,000-word campus romance about everyday life] He’s a high school senior, but his Divorce and Comeback System arrived twenty years too early. [At thirty-eight, your marriage has failed. Standing at the crossroads of middle age, you think back to your childhood sweetheart. After you got married, the two of you lost touch, and you never heard from her again. Reconnect with Xu Qianqian. Reward: RMB 300.] Eighteen-year-old Jiang Nian looked at the System mission on his screen, then at Xu Qianqia 987Votes799.8kRecs2MFans
- 34 A Very Unusual Food Novel 非正常美食文 [Player name: Qin Huai Atlas unlocked: 0/12 Skills: Dough proofing (Intermediate): Your dough-proofing skills have beaten 99% of breakfast shop chefs nationwide. (0/10000) Filling preparation (Advanced): Your filling preparation skills have beaten 100% of breakfast shop chefs nationwide. (0/100000) Rating: A rookie just starting out] The moment he stepped into the cafeteria, the protagonist of a food novel got his System up and running. Qin Huai: A food novel? You should’ve said so earlier. 63Votes1.1MRecs682kFans
- 35 What Do You Mean, a Hexagonal Jungler? 什么叫六边形打野啊 [A League of Legends esports novel] Teamfighting, ganking, vision, mechanics, game sense, champion pool... He maxes out every stat! Gu Xing shows through his pro career what it means to be a true six-sided jungler! … At eighteen, Gu Xing unexpectedly discovers his unique talent. He had only planned to use his summer break to earn some spending money and ease his family’s financial burden, but by sheer chance, he plunges headfirst into the 2016 LPL. Within the league, EDG dominates all comers, R 8Votes362.4kRecs1.4MFans
- 36 Police Officer Lu Ling 警察陆令 What is it like to become a police officer with a master's degree in personality psychology? You can judge people by their faces. A true expert can see right through ordinary people after only a few glances. Of course, it's much harder to see through someone who's deeply guarded. This is the story of someone who wanted to study psychology but somehow became an expert at solving cases~~ Compared with The Chief of Police, this book is... a bit more satisfying... 2Votes576.6kRecs556.6kFans
- 37 You Sent Me to the Army to Break My Internet Addiction, and I Became an Officer 让你当兵戒网瘾，你成军官了 Reborn in 2009, though this time around, something about the way he came back seems a little off. In this life, his family is wealthy, and Wang Ye is so addicted to online games that he can stay up all night even on the eve of the college entrance exam. Left with no choice, his father decides to send him into the army to kick the gaming habit. Two years later... When Wang Ye's father calls him on a video call, ready to ask when he'll be discharged and come home to take over the family business, 12Votes322.7kRecs1.2MFans
- 38 Chinese Entertainment, 1997 华娱1997 In early 1997, Cao Xuan, who has the memories of a seasoned entertainment writer from the future, appears in Water Margin, the last of CCTV’s Four Great Classical Novels adaptations. The most handsome Ximen Qing in history is born... 2Votes386.2kRecs749.9kFans
- 39 The Tang People's Dining Table 唐人的餐桌 The author's previous works, Tang Bricks, The Wisdom of Great Song, Silver Fox, Han Village, The World Under Heaven, and I'm Not a Savage, are all classics. Welcome to read them. The people of the world and all its affairs are nothing more than dishes served at the tables of the people of Great Tang. Though raw ingredients have their own rustic charm, Yun Chu believes that the most delicious food must be cut, cooked, prepared, and finally served at the table. Only then is it truly suited to the 66Votes3.4MRecs2.4MFans
- 40 How Could I, a Top-Tier Star from the Start, Ever Fade Away? 开局顶流的我怎么会糊 Chu Zhi transmigrated to a parallel world and became a top-tier star in China. Even a throwaway post on Weibo earned him hundreds of thousands of comments. A young idol who'd become a complete has-been after a series of malicious smears: throwing his weight around, plagiarizing a new song, secretly getting married, and cheating. With everything going wrong from the start, he was lucky to have the [Personality System]. By doing things most celebrities wouldn't dare, he could earn points and draw 2Votes334.6kRecs541.4kFans
- 41 The Common Lord 俗主 [Folklore mystery, Soulslike world, tabletop role-playing experience, cosmic secrets] A text-based tabletop role-playing game called The Mortal World quietly appears. People discover that rewards earned in the game can actually be brought into reality. Thus begins a new age of exploration for all humanity. Some people look up into the depths of space and summon the courage to embark on a journey home, while others set out to mine their way toward the origins of civilization, seeking mysterious t 1Votes218.4kRecs717.9kFans
- 42 EN My Stand-in is Steve 我的替身是史蒂夫 "Child, do you know what this is?" Thanos raised his golden gauntlet, the six Infinity Stones shining with dazzling radiance. "With one snap of my fingers, you will turn to dust in the wind." "I don't believe you, Dad." Fang Mo, wearing the Infinity Suit, slowly shook his head. The Universe Sword in his hand pointed straight at Thanos's shiny, bald purple head. "Forget the Infinity Stones. Even the Heart of the Universe can't save your sorry life today!" "Do you know what this is? This is a Trut 187Votes525kRecs1MFans
- 43 EN Red Chamber: Defying Heaven's Fall 红楼之挽天倾 A thousand beauties weep, ten thousand fair women mourn. White bones pile like mountains, their names long forgotten; all were once young lords and lovely ladies. A young man from a later age transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, taking the place of a distant relative of the Ningguo House. To avoid being dragged down by the Jia family, he must tread carefully at every turn. Yet when he looks around, he sees a nation on the brink of chaos. To keep the Central Plains from falli 22Votes1.1MRecs1.4MFans
- 44 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 45 EN Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon! 请公子斩妖 [Nonsense] [No Shame] [No Clichés] … The vast human world, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. A world of flowers and delights, where cultivating immortality is pure fun. When Chu Liang opened his eyes to find himself a disciple of the Mount Shu Sect, with a strange pagoda inside him, he embarked on a path he had never imagined. Smoke rises at dawn from thirty-six peaks. Eight thousand miles away, he returns after slaying a dragon! … “Please, young master, slay the demon!” 27Votes734.7kRecs3.5MFans
- 46 I'm a Director, and I'm Not That Bad 我是导演，我不比烂 In 2006, Xu Xin had a dream. In it, he saw an entertainment industry where everyone was competing to be the worst. People would do anything to stand out and go to great lengths to chase traffic. “If that's how things are, why can't we live like a beam of light?” (High-definition, uncensored, no angst or melodrama. The author's character is guaranteed, so feel free to jump in.) 23Votes893.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 47 EN The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 People know that ghosts are terrifying, but ghosts know how cruel the human heart can be. This is a traditional supernatural novel. 6.3kVotes7MRecs21.2MFans
- 48 Firepower Is King 火力为王 In most lines of work, some people don’t get a meal from Heaven, some are blessed with a meal, and some have Heaven chasing after them to feed them. In the field of private military contracting, Heaven is shoving food down Gao Guang’s throat. Kidnapped from the start, Gao Guang is forced to become a member of a private military contractor just to stay alive. Until one day, in the world of private military contracting, he turns “Gao Guang moment” into a professional term. He specializes in war-re 23Votes1.2MRecs2.1MFans
- 49 I Restore Relics for My Country 我为国家修文物 (The new book "Falsely Accused for Doing Good: I Already Apologized, What More Do You Want" is now available. Amid the interweaving of reality and history, who can uncover the secrets hidden within the nation's treasured cultural relics? I opened the Eye of Time and saw a world like this: schemes, art, war, pounding hooves, and firelight... Five thousand years of China's splendid civilization lay concealed beneath decayed paintings, bronze vessels covered in verdigris, 0Votes446kRecs327.4kFans
- 50 My Account Was Stolen from the Start, So I Turned Around and Recharged a Million 开局账号被盗，反手充值一百万 Also known as: I Just Love Being Picky! His long-owned Original God account is suddenly reclaimed, so he retaliates by topping it up with a million yuan. He wants nothing else, just to get the person who reclaimed it sent to prison. His company suddenly fires him for taking sick leave, and does so verbally. They brazenly claim there’s no contract and challenge him to sue. A double blessing: he files a labor arbitration case and two lawsuits. Double wages are so satisfying. The courier refuses to 9Votes422.7kRecs1.4MFans
