Novels like Fame and Fortune in America
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Fame and Fortune in America, best match first.
- 101 Grand Marshal of Ji Han 季汉大司马 Also known as Three Kingdoms: From the Start, He Thwarts Sun Wu and Brings the Northern and Southern Dynasties Forward. After transmigrating into the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, he makes a name for himself with his knowledge of the Three Kingdoms. When Liu Bei moves south to Xinye, Huo Jun bravely heads north to Xiangyang and throws himself into the great tides of history. He establishes his legacy through both scholarship and warfare, wins fame across the land, enters the Temple of Mil 1Votes77.6kRecs232.8kFans
- 102 Contending for Wei 争魏 After Zhuge Liang fell at Wuzhang Plains. The great age of rival warlords and rising heroes also drew its curtain. The magnificent Three Kingdoms era entered its final forty years. It seemed that Heaven’s mandate had all gone to the Sima clan. Yet while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole lurks behind. Before the very last moment, how can anyone know who will emerge victorious? 0Votes71.1kRecs201.7kFans
- 103 The White Snake Immortal of the Mortal World 世间白蛇仙 The green snake is the ancestor of all beneath heaven; the white snake, an immortal of the world. This time, it's the story of a white snake. To hear the Dao in the morning and die content in the evening. After ten years as a snake, wandering through mountains and forests, it reaches the end of its lifespan. As life and death meet at the threshold, it suddenly becomes a demon. From then on, the world has a White Snake Immortal! Deep in the mountains lies Snake King Valley; a willow spirit rise 0Votes550.7kRecs341.3kFans
- 104 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
- 105 1983: Starting Out as a Big-Time Aquaculturist on a Small Island 1983小海岛，从养殖大户开始 [A novel about marine aquaculture in the early 1980s. At first, it’s kelp farming, oyster farming, catching eel fry, and raising swimming crabs...] Back in 1983 on a small island, Li Duoyu risks his life to haul in a net full of large yellow croaker. He thinks he’s about to make a fortune, only to have reality slap him in the face: at the time, large yellow croaker sells for just 40 cents a jin. But Li Duoyu also discovers that far from the coast, dried oysters, dried squid, dried kelp, and drie 0Votes78.7kRecs249.5kFans
- 106 The Path of Magic Comes to America 魔道降临美利坚 Also known as I Earned Sainthood Through Good Deeds in America A demonic cultivator transmigrates into a group of people making their way across the border. The bad news: he's lost all his cultivation. The good news: he's about to arrive at a holy land of demonic cultivation. But after reaching his destination and beginning his life as a demonic cultivator, he falls into deep self-doubt. Why? I lead people into evil, but instead of demonic energy, I gain merit? I kill and pillage, but instead of 0Votes41.6kRecs230.5kFans
- 107 Overthrowing Qin 覆秦 In the final years of the Qin Dynasty, the empire was exhausted. The land was rife with the people’s anguish and resentment, while the remnants of the Six Kingdoms plotted against Qin. At this moment, heroes rose up in rebellion and rallied the people. “The realm has suffered under Qin for too long!” “Strike down the unjust and destroy the tyrannical Qin!” “Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to their stations?” 0Votes48.7kRecs153kFans
- 108 The Beast in the Circle 圈中之兽 “Similarity creates a connection, and connection inevitably brings influence.” On the dark side of this land, the chosen fanatically worship all manner of banished gods and monsters. Through exquisite imitation, they connect with inhuman spirits. They allow their bodies and minds to transform, climbing ever higher on this path in hopes of becoming Deep Ones, burrowing demons, harpy fairies, vampire cultists, woodland satyrs, or ancient serpentfolk, thereby gaining supernatural power and knowledg 797Votes48.5kRecs73.2kFans
- 109 The Great Era: 2010 大时代之2010 Also known as Reborn: The Mobile Internet Empire In 2010, the PC era, the three giants BAT dominated the internet industry, towering above their rivals. The rise of Apple and Android smartphones opened the door to the mobile internet. Zhou Yujie, a senior ByteDance programmer, returns to his youth and builds a vast mobile internet empire... (The author has also completed an older novel, Reborn: The Rise of a Tycoon, a purely business-focused urban story. If you enjoy this genre, go check it out! 0Votes41.5kRecs82.5kFans
- 110 Working as a Cop in Mexico 混在墨西哥当警察 The four surest ways to get yourself killed: Become a police officer in Mexico! Here, absolute justice gets you shot. BIU BIU BIU. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a prison guard and discovers he can see a person’s criminality score! The only way to uphold justice is to outgun the criminals! This prison is called the “Highland Prison”! It has the highest security rating in Mexico. And one man is currently locked inside. His name is Gallardo, nicknamed the Godfather, one of the foun 6Votes215.3kRecs494.8kFans
- 111 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Has No Days Off 华娱：顶流没有假期 After ten years toiling as a financial-sector wage slave, Jiang Bai suddenly returns to 2016. Looking at the noisy, tumultuous world, Jiang Bai grins. Finance? Not even a dog would do that! You shouldn't step into the same river twice! In this life, Jiang Bai plans to dive headfirst into the entertainment industry and see how it tastes! He'll start by becoming a top-tier star in campus dramas! What? You say the entertainment industry is a mess? Could it possibly be messier than finance? Jiang Ba 1.4kVotes41.2kRecs265.4kFans
- 112 My 1991 我的1991 Reborn once more, I’ll earn money properly and take life one step at a time. My previous book, Reborn in the Great Era of 1993, has over 20,000 average paid subscriptions. You can trust my reputation. 0Votes281kRecs599.7kFans
- 113 Water Margin: Starting as a Constable in Yanggu County 水浒开局在阳谷县当都头 “Go take down that white-fronted tiger with the ringed eyes on Jingyang Ridge. It’s killed countless people!” “Who, me?” “You’re the constable. Who else would it be?” Isn’t that Wu Song’s job? How did it become mine? This is a story that begins with the Water Margin, and an even greater story about the tragic Song Dynasty. 7Votes149.5kRecs385.5kFans
- 114 Honghuang: The Green Snake Attains the Dao 洪荒之青蛇成道 All living beings are sentient beings, while the Heavenly Dao is the Dao of the Forty-Nine Heavens. Sages are Hunyuan Sages, and they are also the Sages among all beings between Heaven and Earth! After transmigrating into the Primordial World as a snake, he enters a great calamity. A tiny ant is lost in the boundless expanse. In this vast Primordial World, a green snake has arrived, and everything has taken on a different flavor! Though the little snake is as lowly and insignificant as an ant, t 0Votes56.4kRecs116.4kFans
- 115 A Survival Guide to Semiconductors in the New Millennium 千禧年半导体生存指南 Thanks for the invite. I’m in 1998, just got off the plane, and I’m about to crush Yahoo and kick Amazon to the curb! Zhou Xin, former chief representative for commercial negotiations during the pre-ZTE incident and founder of New Core Technology, has unexpectedly returned to 1998. He’ll rise to prominence starting in Silicon Valley, make waves in China, reshape the global semiconductor landscape, and turn the tide just as the curtain falls on the chip industry! Simply put, it’s the story of a s 0Votes35kRecs99.5kFans
- 116 Reborn as an American Tycoon 重生之美利坚土豪 Fairness has never existed. The one-in-several-billion chance to be reborn was handed to a rich idiot. Now that he’s been reborn, he has to make the most of his life. William White, this darling of fate, is like a giant Amazonian butterfly, always looking to change something. 0Votes181.7kRecs159.4kFans
- 117 EN 1980: The Ebb and Flow of the Tides 1980潮起潮落 [Voice input and manual crafting, a System-free coastal period piece, everyday farming, harvesting dried shrimp, and raising brine shrimp] For Chen Haichao, 1980 was a springtime too. The household responsibility system had yet to be introduced, and the economy was still collectivized. He could only start by selling dried shrimp to save up his first pot of gold, then claim unused non-arable land and develop quietly. Chen Sitian's monthly wages as a temporary worker were 22 yuan, making her the h 4.7kVotes122.2kRecs201.3kFans
- 118 Back to 1978 重回1978 At first, his name was Hu San. Later, people called him Third Brother. Then more and more people called him Boss Xie. In the end, everyone called him Mr. Xie. Among the countless titles people gave him were millionaire, farmer-entrepreneur, philanthropist, producer, and village chief. After thirty years of breaking through the waves, when Time magazine put him on its cover, it used a single word to encompass all his titles: Comrade. 0Votes130.2kRecs212.3kFans
- 119 The Song of Rainbow Robes and Iron Armor 霓裳铁衣曲 In the fifth year of Xianqing under Emperor Gaozong of Tang (660 AD), Su Dingfang, commander-in-chief of the Tang army on the Shenqiu route, led his troops across the sea to destroy Baekje and capture King Uija. He established the Tang Protectorate of Ungjin on Baekje’s former territory, putting Goguryeo under pressure from north and south. The campaigns against Liaodong, which had dragged on intermi 0Votes125kRecs119kFans
- 120 The Road to Arts and Athletics 文体之路 0Votes172kRecs85.2kFans
- 121 Back to the Prosperous Years to Live an Ordinary Life 回到红火岁月做俗人 A glutton transmigrates to an era of scarce food and clothing, and strives to live as an ordinary person with plenty to eat and drink. A sensible story, with little brutality and characters who have their wits about them. No multiverse, no double transmigration, no System, no farming space, just a portable warehouse that could starve a mouse to death. No copying, pasting, or plagiarism. Entirely handwritten, not produced by a studio. A slow-paced slice-of-life story that reflects the era. Aside 331Votes210.3kRecs418.7kFans
- 122 EN Ravenclaw is like this 拉文克劳是这样子的 “What is Ravenclaw's most precious treasure?” “Wisdom.” “And what should we use wisdom for?” “Anything we like. If we want to, we can always find kindred spirits in the house. Companions are our second-greatest treasure.” “Excellent, exactly right. We stand together because we share the same ideals. So, what is the most important thing after that?” “Of course, sending some Ravenclaws from the other group to Azkaban.” “Exactly right. That's how we Ravenclaws do things.” 3Votes59.4kRecs159.6kFans
- 123 The Longest Dream 最长一梦 Zhang Qing had been dreaming a very, very long dream. When he woke, he wanted to have another talk with this world... 0Votes154.6kRecs283.9kFans
- 124 EN Iron Throne of Ice and Fire 冰与火之铁王座 A fan fiction of Game of Thrones, a fan fiction of A Song of Ice and Fire. Transmigrate, no harem, no System, no technology tree climbing. Political intrigue, no poison plots, with supporting characters kept as close to their original portrayals as possible. The main storyline avoids a dull, uneventful pace, focusing on satisfying moments with major power trips interspersed. The protagonist's name is: Green Crabb Starting title: Baron of Whispering Castle Family motto: United, We Stand Family co 39Votes86.3kRecs188.8kFans
- 125 Wallfacer: I Suggest Humanity Give Up 面壁者：我建议人类摆烂 Chen Xi wakes from a strange dream and discovers that he has transmigrated to the world of "The Three-Body Problem", in Year 3 of the Crisis Era. Watch and see how an ordinary person can save the world. P.S. It’s not that there’s no golden finger, but its activation requirements are so demanding that it’s completely useless in the early stages. 0Votes17.1kRecs108.7kFans
- 126 I'm No Illiterate Top-Tier Star 我可不是文盲顶流 After finally making it through graduate school and earning a master's degree, Xu Mu transmigrated into the body of an illiterate young celebrity with massive online traffic. Now we have one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: everyone knows who I am. The bad news: everyone knows I'm illiterate. … Years later, when faced with a reporter, Xu Mu gave a profound summary of himself: “The reason I, Xu Mu, have achieved what I have today is that I studied diligently and conduc 0Votes64.4kRecs283.7kFans
- 127 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
- 128 Building America: My Campaign Manager Is Roosevelt 缔造美利坚：我竞选经理是罗斯福 My name is Leo Wallace. I'm a history PhD student, and I'm $137,542.89 in debt. At the darkest point in my life, I lost my job. The reason? I trashed a tech giant called Omni online, and they “optimized” me right out of a job. I thought my life was going to be like Rickshaw Boy, until an uninvited intruder showed up in my head. He said his name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yes, that one, the guy on the dime. “Kid, stop ranting online. It doesn't work.” “Want to take them down? I'll teach you how.” 0Votes89.4kRecs234.6kFans
- 129 Historical Life Simulator 历史人生模拟器 Friend, care to try a Blessings Simulator? Lu Deng enters a world of Blessings Simulation, handing out blessings to unlock more perfect endings. Lu Deng: A brand-new convertible carriage! When you’re feeling down, take a ride and enjoy the breeze! Lu Deng: The most important thing in life is to be happy. Whether you’re letting your imagination run wild or opening your heart, the whole family should stick together. Lu Deng: Look at that lamppost, so big and round. And look at this noose, it fits 0Votes22.9kRecs119.6kFans
- 130 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
- 131 The Man in Charge of the Great Qing 大清话事人 If you transmigrate back to the Qing dynasty, how can you earn your first fortune for starting a rebellion? Glass? Perfume? Cement? None of those. Li Yu, a failed art student, earned his first fortune with a hand-drawn nude. The Qing court is brutal. It dares to kill, loot, extort, and turn right and wrong upside down. The people are timid. They can endure, bear it, be exploited, and numb themselves to reality. Li Yu has no choice but to rely on the people of the underworld. Reform the Grain Tra 0Votes86.6kRecs311.8kFans
- 132 I Am the Dragon King of a Well in the Human Realm 我是人间井龙王 A mountain need not be tall to be famous; a waterway need not be deep if it has a loach. A loach is a fallen dragon, with neither the appearance nor the form of a dragon, let alone its destiny. But when the winds and clouds rise, it can still stir clouds and spew mist, summon wind and rain, defy the changes between darkness and light, and hide its small form from sight. It also has a knack for digging holes and burrowing tunnels. It dug through the Heavenly Court and broke into the underworld, t 0Votes38kRecs187.5kFans
- 133 Traversing the Myriad Heavens, Starting with Hong Kong Cinema 诸天纵横，从港综开始 The new book All Heavens: Starting with Hong Kong Movies is currently being serialized. Welcome to read! The book covers movies, TV dramas, games, and anime, with nothing left out. It's a wildly entertaining web novel that breaks the mold. The protagonist doesn't start out as a police officer in the first world. (Note: Most Hong Kong crossover stories seem to use police undercover work as their backdrop. Let's write one where the protagonist isn't a police officer!) 0Votes53.1kRecs332kFans
- 134 Korean Variety Shows: Starting as an Undercover Agent in New World 韩综：从卧底新世界开始 He is Ding Qing and Li Zicheng’s sworn brother. He is the most deeply embedded insider. He is the sixth great chaebol of the rising South Korea. But before all that, he was just a low-ranking undercover cop who seemed to have been kicked off the force for getting caught up in someone else’s mess. [The New World storyline has begun.] After seeing the words floating before him, Lin Wei made himself a vow. “One day, I’ll have the entire Korean Peninsula under my heel!” New World, The Yellow Sea 3Votes57kRecs242.4kFans
- 135 Period: Starting at the Shanghai Dubbing Studio 年代：从魔都译制片厂开始 Jiang Shan, a media mogul, inexplicably transmigrates forty years into the past and decides to turn a lifetime of experience into his golden finger. He glances at the nine jiao in his pocket, then strides into the Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio... 0Votes139.7kRecs233.3kFans
- 136 Thirteen Years as King of Great Song, Then I Learned It Was Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 大宋为王十三年，方知是天龙 Zhao Ti is the eighth son of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty and the younger brother of Emperor Zhezong. He’s got a lot on his mind. Twelve years have passed since the five-pronged campaign against Western Xia, and less than a year remains before Empress Dowager Gao Tao Tao dies. In seven years, Emperor Zhezong will die, and Empress Dowager Xiang will insist that Prince Duan take the throne. He will later become Emperor Huizong, the Daoist ruler. In twenty-seven years, the Liangshan outlaws 6Votes111.8kRecs686.2kFans
- 137 The Golden Age of Basketball 篮球之黄金时代 The sweeping life story of a basketball player. 96Votes239.1kRecs265.5kFans
- 138 The Dawn Protocol 拂晓协议 The global consensus: Measure the world's resources and win Huang Ye's favor. Hello, everyone. My name is Huang Ye. 561Votes48.2kRecs154.8kFans
- 139 Awakening: My Era 觉醒，我的时代 0Votes100.4kRecs266.9kFans
- 140 Legend 1997 传奇1997 The same rebirth, a different 1997. This is the year Sui Bo’s legend begins... 0Votes113.7kRecs125.9kFans
- 141 Picking the Day to Become Famous 择日走红 From 375 first-month sales to over 10,000 average monthly subscriptions! - He transmigrates into the body of a washed-up idol who debuted at just fifteen, and is still a high school senior. His unscrupulous agent forces him to quit the entertainment industry. No work means no income. His most pressing task after transmigrating is, unexpectedly, to figure out how to feed himself. But without a System or a golden finger, how can he recreate a miracle with nothing but his own limited memories? No b 0Votes297.2kRecs669.7kFans
- 142 A Guide to the Daily Life of an Idler 闲人日常指南 0Votes69.3kRecs200.2kFans
- 143 I Really Can't Act 我真不会演戏啊 “I’m going to take my talent into the entertainment industry…” “But you can’t actually act.” “Having a good face is enough.” 0Votes79.3kRecs127.3kFans
- 144 American Comics: I Drew Superman During the Great Depression 美漫：我在大萧条画超人 Kelin discovers that whenever he closes his eyes, he can wake up in a normal world set during the Great Depression in America, leaving behind a world that is almost, but not quite, like a superhero universe! Then the world's first superhero, Superman, is born! Simply put, this is a story about selling newspapers in America during the Great Depression. 0Votes46.2kRecs173kFans
- 145 Reborn: The Literary Superstar 重生之文豪巨星 After one night of heavy drinking, Li Kuo returned to six years earlier. He still had time to make up for every regret. But this was a parallel world, where literature and art had taken a different path after the end of the Song dynasty. There were no Four Great Classical Novels, nor any outstanding works from modern times... Starting over, Li Kuo began with novels and gradually made his way toward becoming a literary master. Of course, whenever he had the time and opportunity, he didn't mind br 0Votes56.1kRecs97.3kFans
- 146 EN The Fate Hunter 猎命人 The court of gods and demons, its fortunes in ruins. The martial world seized the Ministry of War, the Demon Sect controlled the Ministry of Justice, heretics occupied the Ministry of Revenue, the Underworld took over the Ministry of Works, and the demon race usurped the provincial governments. The throne hall was packed with nobles in crimson and purple robes, demons, puppets, and monsters. The assembled officials were a den of fiends and specters. The fate diviner Li Qingxian forged a Fate Pal 2Votes531.6kRecs613.8kFans
- 147 EN African Entrepreneurship Chronicles 非洲创业实录 Reborn as a prince of the Hohenstaufen family's Swabian branch in Hohenzollern, he watches the storms gathering across Europe as war looms on the horizon. There is no reason to stay in Europe any longer. Claiming land in East Africa, encouraging immigration and development, laying an agricultural foundation, and taking one step at a time, he uses the crisis to achieve industrialization. 129Votes168.3kRecs187.2kFans
- 148 Ace Hollywood 王牌好莱坞 An A-list star is not the finish line. The 20-million club is only the beginning. Hollywood will bear my name: one ace card, one super era. 0Votes29.3kRecs25kFans
- 149 Reborn: Rising in Hong Kong 重生：崛起香江 Rickshaws, floral water, the Four Great Detectives, and pleasure boats on the Kowloon River! Cheongsam-clad beauties swaying to and fro, and the dreamlike Hong Kong! Reborn in Hong Kong... With a hand full of unbeatable cards, Shi Zhijian makes opportunity bloom everywhere! 0Votes121.8kRecs293.2kFans
- 150 A Laid-Back Life in the Red-Hot Era After Being Reborn 重生在火红年代的悠闲生活 In that fiery-red era, in that familiar courtyard house, surrounded by neighbors who brought out the greed, jealousy, lust, gluttony, laziness, anger, and arrogance in human nature to the fullest, Li Yuan, after a lifetime of toil, begins to enjoy an easy and leisurely life... 6Votes330.6kRecs764.2kFans
