Novels like Picking the Day to Become Famous
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- 51 Starting Out as a Video Creator 从UP主开始 The story of a mean old slacker who never does anything useful. 2Votes66.3kRecs39.8kFans
- 52 EN I'll Teach You How to Cultivate Immortality 我来教你们修仙 In a world where the Heavenly Dao is incomplete. Li Boyang is an unconventional transmigrator, born with the body of a demon. But he was born in a savage age, where civilization had yet to dawn and humans lived alongside gods. Compared with the evil gods and profane sacrifices found everywhere, Li Boyang, born with a demon's body, seems strangely out of place. Especially when corpses litter the land and evil spirits run rampant. This legendary boy who never cried, this red-haired demon, becomes 0Votes319.1kRecs335.4kFans
- 53 Who Studies Psychology Without a Few Issues? 没点毛病谁学心理学啊 [You’ve got to have something wrong with you to study psychology.] “Who said that?” Nan Zhuren raised an eyebrow. “He’s right!” … A professional novel about psychology. Serious keywords 1: [depression] [personality disorders] [illness anxiety disorder] [post-traumatic stress disorder] [Oedipus complex] [groupthink], and more. Serious keywords 2: [Big Five personality traits] [behavior modification] [dream interpretation] [sandplay therapy] [rational emotive therapy], and more. 13Votes68.8kRecs104.3kFans
- 54 My Younger Brother Is Zhuge Liang 舍弟诸葛亮 This is a story about the Zhuge clan, the "teachers of all ages." In Xuzhou during the first year of Jian'an, Lü Bu secretly seized Xiapi while Yuan Shu attacked Huaiyin. The transmigrator Zhuge Jin was accidentally surrounded by Yuan's army inside Huaiyin City and had no choice but to help Liu Bei, who was trapped in a desperate situation, counterattack and kill the enemy. Since thos 0Votes148.6kRecs368.6kFans
- 55 EN This Lich Needs Extra Pay 这个巫妖得加钱 Let's forget all the red tape and moral posturing, and talk about profit. At the right price, even a god can be dragged to the negotiating table. 1Votes48.4kRecs473.6kFans
- 56 CSGO: This Player Takes Advice Too Seriously! CSGO：这个选手太听劝了！ Synopsis: “A 21-year-old prodigy with 1,200 hours in CS and a C+ rank. Can I go pro at this level?” “You can work the assembly line.” “If you’re out of ideas, chew on a lighter.” “Just go get buried.” “At least start practicing your aim. Do 10,000 bots a day and spend an hour running around the map...” “Too old for anyone to want you? Just go get first place in FPL...” As Xu Beifang tries to take his first steps, following one piece of advice after another, some furious, some gentle, his life gr 4Votes66.8kRecs357.3kFans
- 57 Into the Depths of Hell 向地狱进发 From that day on, secret realms descended upon the world. Strange creatures waited hungrily to be fed, while bizarre rules awaited their next victims. People were lured in by supernatural powers and treasures, drawn by wealth and influence. But soon, they would go mad from playing their roles and be swallowed by the savage wilderness. He was different. He could always savor the thrill of fear and relish the delight of despair. As fate took a razor-sharp turn, he exclaimed, “Fantastic! What a sho 28Votes216.4kRecs315.1kFans
- 58 1997: Crime Chasers 1997：罪案追凶 Summer 1997. Torrential rain! A dismembered body! A murderer! Yang Jinwen is reborn in 1997. Faced with the torrential rain and the dismembered body of a woman in the reed marshes from more than twenty years ago, he is determined to catch the killer! 2kVotes202.5kRecs550.8kFans
- 59 EN I'm in Warhammer, Please Stop Praising the Dora-Machine God! 人在战锤，求你别赞美哆啦万机神 Many years later, standing before the gigantic Doraemon statue erected on Mars, the person most respected by Angron in the entire universe, the Emperor’s devout believer (probably), Dora Khor’s brother in all but blood, the most famous scavenger in the Underhive, the shadow that haunted Abaddon all his life, one of the Warp’s gateways into Realspace, the Daemon Trash Can, the one who cried “I want to see the real Lord of Baal!”, the Chosen of the half-immortal Va (perhaps), the Archangel-chan re 36Votes119.4kRecs433kFans
- 60 Restoring the Han Dynasty 匡扶汉室 In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, at Changban Slope in Dangyang, the Liu Bei faction faced its darkest hour. Cao Cao’s army had won a great victory, Liu Bei had suffered a crushing defeat, and he fled, leaving his wife and children behind. But A Dou was not the only child left behind. A transmigrator, reborn for a second life, became Zhang Shao, Zhang Fei’s second son, only to find himself imprisoned in Cao Cao’s camp. Ten thousand cavalry thundered by the river as fierce tigers roared; a thous 0Votes67.7kRecs104kFans
- 61 The All-Around Painter 全能大画家 “He is the highest-paid illustrator of all time, and the reason children fall in love with art!”, The New York Times. “East and West in perfect harmony, drawing on the strengths of many traditions. He is the most brilliant graduate in the two-century history of the Hamburg University of Fine Arts.”, President Martin Köttering. “We have seen countless artists become overnight sensations here... Tonight, another newcomer will join the ranks of these great names.”, Venice International Art Biennale 12Votes213kRecs278.3kFans
- 62 I Wrote a Bug, but It Became the Core Gameplay 当我写了个BUG却变成核心玩法 Also known as: How a Programmer Used One Bug to Turn a Trash Game into an All-Time Classic Recently, Gu Fan, CEO of Inverse Heaven Games, once again rose to legendary status because of a tiny bug in his new game. As one of the industry’s top designers, Gu Fan’s games all share a striking feature: At first, players think these games are monotonous, boring pieces of trash designed purely to torment them. But once players discover a major bug, the gameplay changes beyond recognition, leaving them u 0Votes93.7kRecs333.6kFans
- 63 EN Lazing Through the Heavens to Become an Emperor 人在诸天，摆烂成帝 A temporal displacement. Lin Xian, who was supposed to go to the world of The Outcast, is taken by the System to the universe of Shrouding the Heavens. Faced with the vast gulf in power between the two worlds, low-level System 10086 is utterly despairing. Lin Xian gives a mysterious smile and asks, “Want to slack off together and fleece the main System?” System 10086 jolts, then says solemnly, “Tell me more.” Lin Xian points at Ye Fan and says meaningfully, “Stick with Master Ye and we’re guaran 5Votes171.5kRecs703.7kFans
- 64 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
- 65 EN Who Hid My Corpse?! 谁把我的尸体藏起来了！ “You know, I used to be the most powerful person in the world. Even the gods couldn’t do anything to me. If I can get my body back, I can come back to life.” “So?” “So... who hid my corpse!” 1Votes182.8kRecs672.8kFans
- 66 EN I Am Not Goblin Slayer 我不是哥布林杀手 [Fantasy world, slow-paced adventure, mages, monster encyclopedia collection] After arriving in a fantastical otherworld, Gauss received an adventurer's handbook that grew more powerful the more monsters he killed and collected. He'd thought he'd embark on a classic adventure: slay dragons, kill devils, and save kingdoms. Instead, he found himself facing goblins that bred like vermin and could never be completely wiped out. As the number of kills and rewards in his monster encyclopedia shot up, 25Votes154.7kRecs557.1kFans
- 67 EN Absolute Destiny Game 绝对命运游戏 Mysterious Stranger: “If you could bring the martial arts, inner techniques, Taoist arts, supernatural abilities, and other skills you learned in a game into the real world... would you play it?” Gamer: “Of course! What kind of amazing deal is that?” Mysterious Stranger: “What if dying in the game meant you would die in real life too? Would you still play?” Gamer: “Let me think about it... Yeah, I probably would, as long as I’m careful not to pick a fight with high-level monsters.” Mysterious St 9Votes249.3kRecs547.9kFans
- 68 The North American Gunfighter Detective 北美枪侠警探 A story about a firefighter reborn in America who becomes a detective. Nothing says romance like a revolver. A slow-burn American police story, and definitely a complete one. 2Votes146.5kRecs231.9kFans
- 69 EN Herald of Calamity 天灾信使 The Messenger is an MMORPG that has won the Global Best Game Operations Award ten years in a row. It was also the first online game in the world to surpass ten million concurrent players. Yan Qing had never played it before. Now, he is the game’s only player. 8Votes259.6kRecs737.3kFans
- 70 Becoming a God by Planting the Bodhi Tree 从栽下菩提树开始成神 All beings possess the wisdom and virtues of the Tathagata, yet they remain sunk in the sea of suffering, unable to transcend it or see the Tathagata... “Because the people of this world have never seen me.” That year, Ji Jingqiu was sixteen. To stay alive, he envisioned the Buddha's Infernal Prison of the Burning House, planted a Bodhi treasure tree, kindled 0Votes213.8kRecs754.2kFans
- 71 You Forced Me to Become a Superstar 是你们逼我成巨星的 That year... Zhou Yang, an honest man who had just gotten his driver’s license, crashed into a camera belonging to a shoestring film crew. With no money to his name, he had no choice but to sell himself into service as a temp on set. He thought he would be free again once he’d worked until the movie was finished. But!!! When the scammer director ran off with the assistant director, and the long-legged female investor nearly mistook Zhou Yang for their accomplice, the honest man was dumbfounded. 0Votes154kRecs491.8kFans
- 72 Hogwarts' Rogue Professor 霍格沃茨的混子教授 First, Dumbledore knows that Gilderoy Lockhart is a fraud. Second, Luo Ha knows it too, because he transmigrated into Lockhart. The problem now is that Dumbledore plans to invite him to Hogwarts as a cautionary example, while Luo Ha, a fraud who can't even cast the simplest spell, just wants to lie flat and enjoy the enormous fortune his predecessor amassed. But in the end, Luo Ha still went to Hogwarts to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. Are magical mansions and vaults piled high with Galle 7Votes74.2kRecs230.5kFans
- 73 Twenty Years in the Underworld of Republican-Era China 民国江湖二十年 [Everyday life in the martial world, bandits of the greenwood, and strange folk customs] If someone greets you with “You must be tired,” you know you’re in the martial world. In the late Qing and early Republican era, the nation was crumbling and chaos reigned. Beyond Shanhai Pass, greenwood heroes rose in droves. In the streets of Beijing and Tianjin, extraordinary figures of the martial world emerged one after another. In times like these, every hero ought to have a bit of a bandit in him!!! … 315Votes249.3kRecs237.8kFans
- 74 Corpse Liberation Immortals in the Age of Dharma's Decline 末法时代的尸解仙 Emperors and generals, world-shaking achievements; virtuous scholars and exiles, writings that endure for millennia; fine carriages and beautiful women, heroic spirit… I ask just one thing: Can any of it grant eternal life? This is a story about transmigrating to an ancient age in the declining Dharma era and seeking immortality. Time flies, the years pass; shed the mortal body and ascend, and live forever in this world. 5Votes113.2kRecs446.8kFans
- 75 Literary Genius: This Kid Was Born Smart 文豪：这孩子打小就聪明 [Campus novel about literary copying plus a lighthearted daily life] "You fail math, physics, and chemistry, so getting into college will be difficult. Look at the kid next door, Xiao Lu. He was smart from childhood. His math, physics, and chemistry were poor too, yet he still got into Peking University after taking some Beipei Cup recommendation exam. Why don't you give it a try?" "Mom, Gu Lu is a famous author. He wrote all those bestselling books, like Flatland, The Miracles of the Namiya Gen 3Votes156.4kRecs562kFans
- 76 The Uncanny Martial World: A Knight’s Record of the Rhinoceros 诡秘武林：侠客挥犀录 When I set foot in the martial world once more, ready to found a sect, I discovered that something strange and indescribable seemed to be stirring beneath its surface... (Volume Seven is now complete. Read without worry.) This book is also known as The Esoteric Martial World Could Never Have Sect Management and I Play Cthulhu in the Martial World. 48Votes113.1kRecs176.5kFans
- 77 I Am an Immortal 我是仙 Here you’ll find the Cloud God, who forecasts the weather with a radio; the Ghost God, who carries an electric baton; the Fire God, who wears a flamethrower on his back; a Daoist adept who uses a pistol as a palm-thunder weapon; and the Dragon King of the Yangtze, who guards a dam. When you possess technology and power beyond your era, you are a god or immortal in the eyes of ordinary people. 2Votes140.5kRecs764.5kFans
- 78 Literary Giant, 1978 文豪1978 After transmigrating to 1978, Lin Chaoyang had planned to lie flat and live as a carefree slacker, making up for all the hard work of his previous life. But before he could put his plan into action, the educated youth who had married him, gotten into university, then disappeared for half a year without a word, suddenly showed up at the production team. “Chaoyang, come to Yanjing with me!” the young woman said. His business venture hadn’t even gotten off the ground, and he was already living off 23Votes562.4kRecs1.7MFans
- 79 I Have to Teach This World a Lesson 我得给这世界上堂课 That year... Zhang Sheng, betrayed by the organization's leader, arrived in this world... That year... Facing a catastrophic start, he saw the bloody struggle of capital, the beasts lurking in the cruel, dark forest, and the bewildered entrepreneurs left in the wake of the financial crisis... He instinctively flashed a savage grin. 0Votes194.1kRecs549.1kFans
- 80 Technology Invades the Modern World 科技入侵现代 1960: Lin Ran opens his eyes on a New York street in the 1960s. He has six decades’ worth of future technological data, but no legal identity. He becomes the head of NASA in the 1960s, spending ten percent of America’s GDP every year, taking on Congress in fierce debate, rallying talent from universities around the world, and leading global scientific collaboration. 2020: He returns to China to build a corporate behemoth, establishes a base on Mars, assembles a crew of astronauts bound for Europ 494Votes264.8kRecs475.6kFans
- 81 EN Love Purification Protocol 恋爱净化协议 “The three essentials for an easy life are extraordinary good looks, exceptional intelligence, and a healthy, strong body. And I’ve got all three.” Reborn in a parallel world, Yan Huan, a disciplined and ambitious university student, was all set to welcome his golden years. But... more than a decade after his reincarnation, five girls with all sorts of bizarre golden fingers had set their sights on him. “...We should all stay positive.” Faced with the girls watching him like hawks and sharpening 35Votes254.9kRecs712.9kFans
- 82 The King of Completed Novels 完本之王 The nobody author Yue Qingyan worked himself to death rushing to meet a deadline. But even for an author, dying from overwork for a mediocre book is exceedingly rare. And so, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came his way. He was reborn, and gained a strange ability: Every time he finished writing a story, he would gain a skill, either from one of its characters or from the story’s original author. It was as if the world was finally going to start being kind to this nobody… 0Votes46kRecs33kFans
- 83 Shi Potian Transmigrates into Linghu Chong 石破天穿越令狐冲 Shi Potian, who had just sworn brotherhood with Zhang San and Li Si, woke up one morning to discover that he had become Linghu Chong, the Huashan Sect's senior disciple. And so... [Scene One] Yue Buqun: “If you aren't Linghu Chong, then who are you?” Shi Potian: “I am Dog Bastard.” Yue Buqun: “???” [Scene Two] Yu Canghai: “Do you mean that, in your eyes, all the disciples under my command are useless? That you could kill every one of them without lifting a finger?” Shi Potian: “No, no, how could 2Votes129.3kRecs332.2kFans
- 84 EN Island of Sin and Punishment 罪狱岛 In the world after a nuclear war, twenty giant corporations seized control and established a global government. They govern through AI and pass judgment on everything. Gao Xin only wanted to live out a peaceful life, but he inexplicably became a scapegoat for the powerful. Then, unable to pay the cost of his imprisonment, he was sentenced to ten years of exile on Sin Island! On this island, there are no laws and no restraints. The only order comes from the many official game arenas established b 0Votes313.9kRecs435.2kFans
- 85 Spoiling History: Starting with the Three Kingdoms 剧透历史：从三国开始 The viewers of Wen Mang's videos wrote down their identity records: The first fan looks vaguely familiar, like the ruler of some country. The second fan killed his brothers, yet is still the true Son of Heaven. The third mistreated a mother and her daughter, and his dynasty never unified the realm. Finally, everyone's eyes turned to the last one. What character was he playing? Wen Mang replied, “I'm a tycoon, a collector, an appraiser, and an investor.” 66Votes317.9kRecs416.4kFans
- 86 Strange Tales of Northern Qi 北齐怪谈 In the tenth year of Tianbao, Gao Yang, the heroic emperor, began playing a pipa made from a human thigh bone. He sang along to his own accompaniment, and the tune was grotesque, absurd, terrifying, despairing, and agonizing. That year, Liu Taozi, who lived by the Zhang River, caught a few fish, and the story began. 51Votes476.8kRecs942.9kFans
- 87 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
- 88 EN The AI Wave Tycoon's Rise 首富从AI浪潮开始 [Entrepreneurship] [Business Battles] [Internet] [Artificial Intelligence] [Smart Protagonist] On the day you get laid off, your eyes suddenly gain the ability to see information that no one else can. What would you do? Catch the trap in your severance agreement on the spot, then give your former supervisor, who set you up, a taste of face-slapping. What next? Han Lu Yi, a top university graduate who spent several years grinding away at a major tech company, takes his severance pay and decides t 2kVotes111.9kRecs407.3kFans
- 89 All That’s Left Is Noise 余下的，只有噪音 The Big Bird and the Magician represented an era: the age when professional basketball became popular in the land of basketball. They laid the foundations for the likes of His Airness, the dominant OK duo, LeBron, Durant, and Curry to make basketball so beautiful. They helped all those players become billionaires with their own business empires and lofty social standing. But rewind the clock forty years, and such a thing would have been unthinkable. The league was unpopular, and the best player 6Votes270.5kRecs212.5kFans
- 90 I'm Not a Literary Giant 我不是文豪 (This is not a copycat novel. No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, and no golden finger.) Many years later, when Wang Zixu stood at the Nobel Prize in Literature ceremony, he would remember that distant afternoon when his wife cut her hand. Back then, he was a clerk at a public institution in a small city. He had little money, and the literary world was a door he could find no way into. Now, he was the literary world's undisputed leading figure across the lands of three rivers, four lakes, 271Votes149.6kRecs183.3kFans
- 91 Speedrunning Immortal Cultivation! 速通修仙！ “Changsheng, you’ve offended the sect leader’s son. You have to put up with it... You’ve already killed him?” “Changsheng, your target this time is the lover of the greatest fiend under heaven. We should take our time and plan... You’ve already killed them all?” “Changsheng, this man has spent ten thousand years laying plans and has countless contingencies. He’s only one step away from becoming invincible. You must be careful... Why did you kill him again?” “Changsheng, after you ascend, you can 12Votes143.4kRecs1.1MFans
- 92 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
- 93 EN Starting From Scratch: Batman Crushes My Dream of Getting Rich 白手起家，蝙蝠侠干碎我的致富梦 Generally speaking, if I had to transmigrate into a comic-book universe, I’d want to avoid the dark, gritty world of DC. If I absolutely had to transmigrate into DC, at least don’t send me to one of those high-risk cities, like the famously peaceful Gotham. If I absolutely have to end up in Gotham, please give me a System. I still want to live! “Rags-to-Riches System loaded. Please work hard and build your wealth through diligence. As the saying goes, money can make the gods obey. As long as you 238Votes190.8kRecs563.8kFans
- 94 Chinese Entertainment: Starting Out as a Male Model 华娱从男模开始 He wakes up in 2015 and enters the entertainment industry as a male model. Don’t tell me about powerful backgrounds, impressive connections, or how corrupt the unspoken rules are. Bai Liang, living a second life, says he’s never suffered much in either one. The worst thing he’s had to stomach is iced coffee, and the heaviest thing he’s ever carried is Valentino. Making it in the industry comes down to two words: Luck! He’s going to find out what this entertainment industry is really like. Some p 39Votes506.1kRecs717.4kFans
- 95 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
- 96 EN Spring Blossoms and a Cup of Wine 桃李春风一杯酒 Yang Ge was never the greatest under heaven. But later, everyone in the martial world called him the greatest under heaven... PS1: This is a story about friendship, ideals, and reconciliation. PS2: The author has two acclaimed older works, both with over 20,000 premium subscribers: From Big Shot to Martial Alliance Leader and The Eternal Prosperity of Humanity. If you want more, feel free to check them out! 2Votes88.5kRecs524.6kFans
- 97 EN The Ming Dynasty in a Box 箱子里的大明 Li Daoxuan received a strange landscaping box. Inside the box was an ancient village, along with a group of plastic little figures carrying swords and hacking away at one another throughout the village. He curled his finger and flicked it toward the most conspicuous little figure... Late in the Ming dynasty, Shaanxi was suffering from a devastating drought. A group of bandits were burning, killing, and looting inside the village. A poor young girl was about to die beneath a bandit's blade. Sudde 9Votes306.8kRecs1.5MFans
- 98 EN This Taoist Is Going to College! 贫道要考大学 Also known as: The Young Daoist Chen Wants to Go to College Chen Shi'an has lived on the mountain for eighteen years. The text he knows best by heart is the Dao De Jing, and the ritual he performs most skillfully is the rite for sending off the dead. It was not until the day his master breathed his last that he learned the truth: in this day and age, funeral rites must be registered, and inheriting a Daoist temple requires a diploma! What is a dropout who slipped through nine years of compulsory 76Votes381.2kRecs904.1kFans
- 99 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
- 100 EN The Urban Horror Game Designer 怪谈游戏设计师 “Doctor, the game I made seems to have become reality.” “Isn't that a good thing? People are under so much pressure at work these days, yet you can escape all that, play at life, and live the life you've always dreamed of.” “But I'm a horror-game designer. I've devised 126 murder cases and created dozens of killers with different personalities. To find material, I've also watched 95 thriller films, read more than 400 horror comics, and collected over 2,000 urban legends. Now they all seem to hav 80Votes1.1MRecs1.5MFans
