Novels like Men and Women, Food and Drink
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Men and Women, Food and Drink, best match first.
- 151 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
- 152 Peninsula Prosecutor 半岛检察官 Xu Jingwen transmigrates into South Korea and, from the start, kills his twin brother, who was plotting to murder him. With their identical faces, he assumes his dead brother's identity and takes his job as a prosecutor, his house, and his fiancée. Having taken the place of one man with another, he decides to be a good person and wipe out every corrupt official and criminal. But on his very first day at work, he discovers that the corrupt official is... himself. PS: The protagonist is a playboy 0Votes184.4kRecs800.1kFans
- 153 EN Bastion of Light 光明壁垒 The psychic network known as the Deep Sea connects five continents. Human civilization is advancing at breakneck speed, unaware that an eternal night is about to descend. The extraordinary awaken, and the world teeters on the brink of collapse. Frail flesh and blood: how can one ascend to immortality? The story begins when someone takes up a ruler that bears the truth. Gu Shen, an utterly ordinary young man, uncovers a corner of the truth about this extraordinary world. He also becomes the bigge 10Votes279.7kRecs2MFans
- 154 I’m Really Not Doing My Job as Emperor 朕真的不务正业 On the nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli, Zhu Yijun, sized up the Iron Triangle before him. His first ally looked rather kind. She was the Empress Dowager of the Ming. His second ally was just a eunuch whose job was to kowtow. His third ally was a powerful minister who practically radiated authority. At last, everyone turned their eyes to Us and asked what role We were playing. We looked at Our identity and said: We are The Great Emperor Who Neglects His 129Votes518.6kRecs841.9kFans
- 155 EN No Retreat South 衣冠不南渡 The ancient empire has fallen, and jackals watch hungrily from the sidelines. Cao Mao never wanted to become an emperor. It is just that the Wei and Jin dynasties know no elegance, and white bones lie everywhere. Thinking of the great catastrophe that will befall Huaxia fifty years from now, Cao Mao can only mount the war chariot once more and launch a final charge. The Han and its traitors cannot coexist! The cultured people must not flee south! Sima clan, aristocratic families, Five Barbarian 6Votes403.4kRecs3.4MFans
- 156 Mythic Era: I Evolved into a Star-Level Behemoth 神话纪元，我进化成了恒星级巨兽 High above, a Kun thousands of meters long flies over a city, unfazed by a sky full of missiles. In Australia, a thousand-meter-long world-ending serpent destroys cities and devours millions, then slowly departs as several nuclear bombs explode around it. After arriving in this dangerous world, Chen Chu is left bewildered when he unexpectedly gains a salamander clone. What can a palm-sized axolotl do? Make videos for views? Catch shrimp in a stream? Or… evolve into a giant beast? An axolotl, als 14Votes424.5kRecs1.8MFans
- 157 The Golden Age of Chinese Entertainment 华娱大时代 Back in 2004, when Chinese-language cinema was just beginning to take off, Tang An's directing career started anew! From China to the world, this was the era when Chinese-language cinema would rise to glory, and it was Tang An's own grand age! 0Votes258.2kRecs265.5kFans
- 158 I Refuse to Be a King in the Spring and Autumn Period 我在春秋不当王 In the thirty-first year of Duke Xiang of Lu, the Zhou royal house was plunged into turmoil. Li Ran, whose soul had traveled across time, lost his secure library job! His closest friend died! His promising career was gone! And he was forced into exile. What a miserable life! Miserable! Miserable! That year, Duke Xiang of Lu had just passed away, Zichan was reforming Zheng, the six great ministers of Jin were locked in a bitter power struggle, Duke Jing of Qi was poised to make his move, and King 0Votes731.8kRecs597kFans
- 159 Living Forever in Great Yu 我在大虞长生 Starting from humble beginnings, how many lifetimes would it take to scheme your way into ruling a nation? Through endless ages, mountains shift and rivers change, seas become mulberry fields, yet I alone remain unchanged. … Note: This book does not follow the traditional immortal-cultivation path to longevity. There will be no journey from the mortal world to the cultivation world. This is a different kind of immortality, offering readers a different kind of experience. 0Votes108.5kRecs669.2kFans
- 160 My Wife, Something's Not Right 我家娘子，不对劲 When he woke up, Luo Qingzhou had become a lowly illegitimate son of the Luo family, a powerful clan in the Chengguo Duke's residence of the Great Yan Empire. To help the Luo family's second young master break off his engagement, Luo Qingzhou was forced to marry into another family, wedding a supposedly mute, expressionless fool. Only after the wedding ceremony and their wedding night did he suddenly realize: "Something's not right about my wife!" But it wasn't just his wife. Her two little maid 38Votes676.2kRecs4.8MFans
- 161 The Chronicles of Song Tan 宋檀记事 Synopsis: Wrapping up the ending. My new book, Su Su, is currently being serialized! After transmigrating back from the cultivation world, I returned to my hometown to farm, livestream, and sell vegetables! Song Tan had formed a Golden Core, but failed her tribulation. Back in the modern world, she found herself at the scene of a pileup and only narrowly escaped death thanks to someone who saved her life. What was there to think about? Forget being a wage slave. I’m going back home to farm! Draw 65Votes2.6MRecs634.3kFans
- 162 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
- 163 My Dad Is a Hidden Billionaire 我的爸爸是隐藏首富 “Xiao Li, can you do the job or not? If you can't, get lost. Plenty of people can do it.” “I'm so fed up.” Xiao Li checked her WeChat chat history. The messages clearly recorded the conversation, so she could confirm whether she'd really made a mistake. Client: “Make a 60-by-90 lightbox panel.” Me: “OK.” A few days later... “Xiao Li, can you do anything right? What did the client actually ask for? Look at what you've made. It's all wrong! They wanted a landscape lightbox panel. What did you make 0Votes271.4kRecs0Fans
- 164 A Floating Life in the Late Tang 晚唐浮生 In 878, the fifth year of Emperor Xizong’s Qianfu era. That year, Wang Xianzhi died in battle at Huangmei. His followers chose Huang Chao as their leader, gave him the title of Grand General Who Reaches the Sky, and campaigned across the south. That year, Li Keyong killed Duan Wenchu, the military commissioner of Datong. He and his father launched a rebellion, and Shatuo troops pillaged Hedong. That year, bandits rose throughout Jiangnan, capturing prefectures one after another. That year, Henan 72Votes938.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 165 I Studied Abroad in the Modern Era 我在现代留过学 The Son of Heaven is born of Heaven and Earth, and is Heaven’s own son! Some say the Son of Heaven is the father and mother of the people, and rules the world as its king! And I was once the Son of Heaven! I inherited the legacy of six generations and carried forward the late emperor’s ambitions. I punished the western rebels and put the old faction in its place. Whatever I set out to do, I accomplished; whoever I attacked, I defeated. I swept away a century of accumulated ills in the Great Song 152Votes553.1kRecs961.2kFans
- 166 EN Journey to the West: The Roadblock! 西游：拦路人！ Transmigrating into Journey to the West, he awakens the Roadblocker System. As long as he stops Tang Sanzang and his disciples from continuing their pilgrimage at each trial, he can receive rewards. Block them for three days, reward: the Art of Moving Mountains Block them for seven days, reward: Six-Turn Golden Elixir Block them for half a month, reward: True Dragon Pearl Block them for one month, reward: Acquired Spirit Treasure: Five-Flame Divine Fan Block them for one season, reward: Divine A 424Votes179kRecs861.5kFans
- 167 Chinese Entertainment in Those Days 那年华娱 They say this industry is full of hidden dangers. Lin Nan wanted to go in and see for himself, to find out how vast the woods were and how deep the waters ran. He never expected to get trapped the moment he stepped inside... 104Votes876.2kRecs1.1MFans
- 168 EN Warhammer Wizard 战锤巫师 Fake wizard: Casts shields instantly, blinks away, covers the ground with a grease spell, then smacks you in the face with five massive fireballs. The embodiment of knowledge and artillery. Real wizard: Blood Fury, a body of steel, charges right into your face, Waaaaaaaaaagh, swings a warhammer and smashes your head in. This is the story of a melee wizard hammering his way through the whole world! Keywords: invincible protagonist, Warhammer, pseudo-DND, Azeroth, the Abyss, the Four Evil Gods, p 1Votes416.8kRecs484.4kFans
- 169 This Isn't Entertainment 这不是娱乐 Just burn it all down. I'm tired! 0Votes487.4kRecs335.4kFans
- 170 EN The Fated Embers 天命皆烬 Tread the path to heaven, defy the road of fate. In a murky, benighted age, one sword reduces all to ashes! Elements: Martial chaos, cyberpunk cultivation, a portal between two worlds Completed works totaling 15 million words and reaching one million paid subscribers: Soul of Burning Steel, Monsters Die When They’re Killed, and Above the Firmament 286Votes537.1kRecs906.5kFans
- 171 A Smooth Road in Medicine 医路坦途 519Votes2.9MRecs880.7kFans
- 172 True Lord, Please Calm Your Anger 真君请息怒 The military path is a way of engaging with the world: refining baleful energy to temper the body, drilling formations to rout bandits, slaying demons and vanquishing evil, and defending one's home and borders. But those who do not cultivate both body and spirit will live no longer than a hundred years. Wang Xuan's soul transmigrated into the cultivation world, but he has alr 0Votes201.8kRecs406.4kFans
- 173 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
- 174 The First Cause of All Realms 诸界第一因 The vast world is coming back to life, and the gods and demons who departed are about to return. Holding a Gluttony Cauldron, law student Yang Yu transmigrates into this world and opens his eyes in a remote border town, gazing upon a realm that seems both familiar and strange. He sees an ancient dynasty nearing its end across an endless land, with dragons and snakes rising everywhere amid the beacons of war. He sees ceaseless warfare leaving the people destitute. Lands containing a thousand hous 6Votes676.1kRecs1.7MFans
- 175 A Guide to Time-Traveling in the Northern Song 北宋穿越指南 If you transmigrate back to the Song Dynasty, should you compose poetry and enjoy romance? Or raise an army and vie for supremacy? Either way, first things first: fill your stomach. 55Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
- 176 The Han Dynasty's Founding Emperor 汉世祖 Transmigrate into Liu Chengyou, the Hidden Emperor of the Later Han, and assist in founding the dynasty. Thereafter, while still young, inherit the newly established enterprise, preserve the fortune of its great expansion, and guard its unshakable foundation. P.S. If his father and elder brothers had not died so young, he might have become a Li Er reborn. 1Votes323.7kRecs267.2kFans
- 177 EN Whispers of the Machine Age 呢喃诗章 In a new world where the steam industry is booming, I inherit a three-story apartment on the capital’s main square, take care of someone else’s cat, and listen to the whispers in my ear as I bear witness to this mysterious and bizarre era. The epic of the Sixth Epoch is about to begin. Behind the curtain, the Chosen will step into legend. Old gods, relics, steam, witches, detectives, ancient mysteries, the radiance of the Epoch... “Want to play a hand of Rhodes?” Time etches the years, and the s 2.1kVotes1.9MRecs1.3MFans
- 178 The Mirror Legacy 玄鉴仙族 Lu Jiangxian stayed up all night and died suddenly, but his lingering soul attached itself to a blue-gray bronze mirror covered in cracks. The mirror drifted into a vast, boundless world of immortal cultivation. In the perilous and unpredictable Dali Mountains, beside the Mei Chi River, a small village sat in the shadow of a minor clan. When the clan came across the mirror, it began passing down the path of immortality and teaching its arts, ushering in a magnificent new era. (A family’s cultiva 22.9kVotes7.2MRecs21.2MFans
- 179 The Immortal Cage 仙笼 In these forests of Phoenix Pools and Dragon Pavilions, I once dreamed the millet dream and had my fill of five thousand years of rise and fall. That Rotten Peach Mountain does not bear the surname Sun. Pigs squeal in Fuling Cave, while owls roost in the ginseng fruit trees. The sun sets over the western mountains. Oxen, horses, snakes, and spirits roam, while a young man becomes addicted to chanting and spins one bizarre tale after another about immortality. A story of cultivating th 9Votes192.8kRecs648.4kFans
- 180 EN Celestial Being's Codex 天人图谱 If human life could grow ever stronger without limit, then one day we would reach the heavens! 465Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 181 EN Grinding My Stats on a Deserted Island 我在荒岛肝属性 Spiritual qi revival, mysterious forces descend, the rules change, and the times are transformed. I was the first superpowered individual, and I'm also the strongest person in the world. The truth is, I'm not dead. I'm just stranded on a deserted island, searching for a trove of precious treasures from an alien civilization. There's only one last step. I need a rescue team to bring these treasures back. Once I'm back on Earth, I'll make you all billionaires at once. Wealth, prestige, fame, and f 1Votes224.3kRecs1.2MFans
- 182 Celestial Officials of the Heavenly Dynasty 天朝仙吏 Chu Chen arrives in the Great Chang Dynasty with a temple in his heart and joins the Daoist sect. He cultivates the alchemical Dao within and practices talismans without. He chants scriptures, breathes in qi, and performs ritual ceremonies. He commands the power of thunder, forms sword seals with his fingers, walks the steps of Yu, prays for clear skies and rain, summons gods and dispatches generals, dispels misfortune, saves people, and vanquishes demons... 3Votes335.2kRecs640.3kFans
- 183 EN Green Mountains 青山 In this age, fame and fortune have stripped the world of nine-tenths of its chivalry. Everyone, this is the story of the last remaining tenth. 9.4kVotes3.5MRecs5.4MFans
- 184 Reborn: The Years Flow Like Water 重生之似水流年 A battered middle-aged soul travels back in time and embraces the mottled sunlight of 1998. Then it dawns on him: those really were the best days of youth, and the years were fragrant. Making mistakes was what growing up meant. Youth could be so wonderfully free... 10Votes1.1MRecs2.2MFans
- 185 EN Late Bloomer in the Immortal Cultivation World 我在修仙界大器晚成 Mountains and rivers change, and the world grows old. Wei Tu transmigrated to a world of immortals and awakened the Destiny Trait [Late Bloomer]. [Destiny Trait: Late Bloomer.] [Attribute: Persevere without faltering, and you are sure to succeed.] Seeing this Destiny Trait, Wei Tu, whose rough edges had long been worn away, finally felt hope kindle in his heart. But he still didn't know whether he could rise from humble beginnings to become an immortal patriarch. All he could do was seize the pr 82Votes5.5MRecs1.3MFans
- 186 EN Who Isn’t a Cultivator These Days? 谁还不是个修行者了 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. He transmigrates into a fantasy world, only to find that... Cultivators with advanced ideals have just ended the long, drawn-out war that brought the old era of cultivation, long past its prime, to a close. The age of imperial oppression is gone, and the era when cultivators stood above everyone else has vanished. This is a vibrant new age in which cultivation is accessible to all. Welcome to the dawn of a new era. These d 28Votes296.9kRecs787kFans
- 187 Azure Emblem 湛蓝徽章 Now serializing: a sci-fi story about growth. Click the author's name to visit the page. He came from the apocalypse and destroyed yesterday. Synopsis: He transmigrated from a wasteland at the end of the world to Yanjing before the disaster. With a mirror that can steal other people's abilities, he took over their bodies like a demon and claimed their lives as his own. Zhang Sheng wants to be a good person in an age when civilization has not yet collapsed. 0Votes415.7kRecs227.4kFans
- 188 War Smoke and Beauty 烽烟揽姝 The peerless beauty of Jiangnan, Shen Qingdai. Caught amid the flames of war and chaos, she is trapped in the power struggles of a military camp. With no way out, she fights to survive, using her wit to save herself. In a chaotic age, gentlemen are powerless to act, while a ruthless warlord can quell the turmoil. Wolves must be brought to heel by someone fiercer still. When they first meet, the iron-blooded general feels no love at first sight. He sees her only as a prize to seize in their conte 0Votes877Recs0Fans
- 189 EN Reborn, Who Needs Romance? 都重生了谁谈恋爱啊 After struggling all the way to the age of thirty-eight without being able to afford a home, he is told that getting married requires paying a bride price of three hundred thousand yuan first. He has scrimped and saved for most of his life, worked himself to the bone, but where did all the money go? Who exactly earned it all? Jiang Qin, reborn at eighteen with countless grievances weighing on him, opens his eyes with only one thought: start a business and make money. Step one: take back the lo 275Votes1.4MRecs11MFans
- 190 This Monster Isn't That Cold 这只妖怪不太冷 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. Everyday stories of Zhou Li and the yaoguai: Zhou Li has been able to see yaoguai since childhood, but it isn't until the end of his final year of high school that he finally makes contact with one. 12Votes601.7kRecs388.5kFans
- 191 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
- 192 EN I Created the Myth of the Old Ones 我打造了旧日支配者神话 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ban only wanted to make some movies and earn money. Then he awakened a System that rewarded him for completing missions. Awesome! Wait, looking under the bed at midnight? Hearing a piano in a theater abandoned for twenty years? An artist at an exhibition going missing? As Lu Ban completes these missions, he realizes that this world might actually have ghosts! There's something wrong with this System. He discovers that the System not only sends him to 6Votes140.6kRecs541.5kFans
- 193 EN Hold Your Blade, Heroine! 女侠且慢 “Hold on, heroine. Do you know who I am?” “I do. You’re the empress’s favorite courtier, the rebel leader’s lover, and the young master of a prestigious martial arts clan. You’re playing all three sides. You’re exactly the kind of person I cut down!” The author has completed two novels with over 10,000 paid subscribers, “The Heir Is Fierce” and “The Immortal Maiden Is Fierce.” You can count on their quality and the author’s integrity. Interested readers are welcome to check out their earli 119Votes1.3MRecs2.8MFans
- 194 EN Cultivating Immortality in a Chaotic World of Demons and Martial Arts 苟在妖武乱世修仙 Fang Xi transmigrated, and this is his second time! In the cultivation world, he keeps his head down; in another world, he hits back hard! Who would have thought that thousands of years later, he would become a big shot in the cultivation world too? (Cautious cultivation and longevity + infinite worlds. A Wen Chao production: every book is a gem. Readers, feel free to add this to your library and enjoy.) 38Votes1.2MRecs3.6MFans
- 195 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
- 196 EN I Am an Eternal Immortal 我为长生仙 Immortals, gods, demons, and monsters; princes, marquises, generals, and ministers. Dragon maidens hold the lamps, while the sea fills the cups. Wild foxes contemplate Zen, fierce tigers comprehend the Dao. They roam the North Sea by morning and traverse Cangwu by evening. Immortals and gods exist in the world, while demons and monsters establish kingdoms. Originally, none of this had anything to do with Qi Wuhuo. Qi Wuhuo, who always saw square characters in his dreams, only wished to take part 30Votes491.5kRecs2.3MFans
- 197 The Ultimate Con Artist 超级大忽悠 The simplified Chinese edition of The Super Bluffer has been published under the title The Expert by China Drama Press. It is available from online bookstores and major bookshops. 0Votes238.8kRecs99kFans
- 198 What's Wrong with One More Person Getting Rich Later? 多我一个后富怎么了 He started out studying medicine but never practiced, then sold TVs, ran into Zhou Huihui, and moved into the sharing economy, where deposits went unrepaid. Next came real estate, where he found some success. At last, he picked a prime property, but never got to top it out… In 2008, Yu Xing woke from a dream to find himself back on the eve of the financial crisis, with his investments in the red. That was the year industry giants took shape and capital awoke. He could only struggle to build his 1.7kVotes1MRecs885.5kFans
- 199 I Only Want to Support Myself 我只想自力更生 Zhao Dezhu was reborn. He didn't know how to trade government bonds or stocks, couldn't remember any winning lottery numbers, and had no idea how to make money in business... He had just one thought: I will make it on my own! If you don't like following updates, you can read my completed art-career novel, The Great Art Era, or my mercenary shoot-'em-up novel, I'm a Killer with No Feelings. 2Votes1.7MRecs523.8kFans
- 200 The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑 As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b 123Votes2MRecs2.1MFans
