Novels like Tales of America, 1988
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Tales of America, 1988, best match first.
- 1 The King of Capital 资本之王 “Mr. Xie, an article titled ‘A Brief History of a Decade of Burning Money in China’s Internet Industry’ has been making waves online. It says that over your ten years in the industry, you led every major spending war, from ride-hailing and food delivery to e-commerce in lower-tier markets. What do you have to say about that?” “I’m grateful to the founders for their recognition.” “For instance, Zhang Yiming? He called you an extreme investor.” “He’s never said that to my face.” “Cheng Wei said ev 1Votes15.5kRecs107.8kFans
- 2 My Korean Peninsula, 2007 我的半岛2007 A soul that transmigrated here finds itself on the Korean Peninsula in 2007. An Ru Song wakes up in a rented semi-basement apartment, and soon maps out the path he will take in his new life… 0Votes95.2kRecs124.5kFans
- 3 My Fantastical American Life 我的美利坚魔幻人生 (The new book, Jade Tower Above, has built up a big backlog. It has ranked near the top of the monthly ticket chart in the male-oriented category for five months running, so you can start reading anytime.) [Grassroots Rise] + [Wits and Strategy] + [Intelligent Protagonist] Before he could lament his life full of regrets, he was reborn as an American hobo. As capitalism expands unchecked in the United States, more and more people are forced to live on the streets. No ID, no money. Unable to work, 0Votes26.1kRecs148.5kFans
- 4 Reborn in 2011: From a Second-Tier College to a Top University 重生2011，二本捡漏985 [Over 35,000 premium subscriptions, a top-tier hit.] More than ten years ago, the provincial cutoff for a first-tier university unexpectedly let students get into top 985 universities outside the province. Wang Yi and countless other exam takers regretted their choices. Those were the tears of an entire generation! Now reborn in 2011, Wang Yi, who should have gone to an ordinary second-tier university, manages to snag a place at a top 985 school! With e-commerce in one hand and feminine, figure- 0Votes119.9kRecs498.2kFans
- 5 Reborn in 1993 重生从1993开始 Having returned to 1993, Li Dongling is ready to start a new life. This time around, he’s determined to live well and do what he wants. I’m Li Dongling, and this is my 1993! 461Votes260.7kRecs492.4kFans
- 6 Game Development: Starting with a Reboot of an Anime Game 游戏制作：从重铸二次元游戏开始 2015: an era when even pigs could take flight. That year, the anime game boom began as a tiny ripple. Over the next few years, familiar names like Honkai Impact 3rd, Arknights, Azur Lane, and Punishing: Gray Raven would rise alongside a wave of new companies and take their places on the stage of history. That year, China's single-player games were still stumbling forward in confusion, huddled in the fading afterglow of The Legend of Sword and Fairy and Gujian, desperately waiting for someone to 129Votes67.4kRecs182.3kFans
- 7 Literary Titan 1983 文豪1983 (A reborn literary master's story, no System. Every work is interpreted and adapted to fit its era.) Sixty-year-old Yu Qie sat there, gazing fondly at the reflection of his twenty-year-old self in his eyes. Back then, he had just submitted his first novel and was hailed as a rising star in the literary world. Now he was famous throughout the world, the conscience of the late twentieth century and the final pinnacle of human literature. The Akutagawa Prize, the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the Kafka 67Votes89.2kRecs202.8kFans
- 8 You Call This Entrepreneurship? 你管这叫创业？ Qin Shaoyan, social media mogul, marketing expert, award-winning game producer, and investment guru, spoke to the press in a fury: “Recently, some people in venture capital and the internet industry have been spreading rumors and slandering me behind my back, calling me a master of empty promises, a master con artist, an expert at passing the buck, and a man with no business ethics…” “I’d like to set the record straight: I’m not a con artist.” “I’ve just been a little flexible with my startup me 0Votes75.2kRecs239.6kFans
- 9 Reborn in 2009: The Synthesis-Type Heartthrob 重生09：合成系男神 Zhou Rui is reborn on the eve of the 2009 college entrance exam and awakens the Life Trait Synthesis System. Complete trait missions by performing the corresponding actions to gain experience. Most importantly, traits can be combined again and again to increase their rarity. “Student” + “Self-Disciplined” = [Top Student]! [Top Student] + “Inspiration” = [Academic Genius]! “Engineering (I) to (IX)” = [Master Engineer]! Before college, he only wanted to make a name for himself and earn a little ca 0Votes160.6kRecs713kFans
- 10 Rising to Power, Starting in Chinatown 飞扬跋扈，从唐人街开始 At the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese laborers in America had fallen to the status of third-class people. Discrimination against and conflicts with Chinese laborers grew increasingly fierce, and attacks became more frequent. In San Francisco's Chinatown, opium dens and gambling houses stood everywhere, while gangs and associations made the area a chaotic mix of all kinds of people. Until one day, Chen Zhengwei stepped off a ship, his face radiant with a brilliant smile. “I like the smell 9Votes357.9kRecs643.4kFans
- 11 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
- 12 Exploiting Hollywood, 1980 剥削好莱坞1980 Hollywood has come up with plenty of formulas... What makes a movie a hit? And yet plenty of big-budget films that follow the formula still bomb at the box office. Ronald Lee transmigrates to Hollywood in the 1980s. Can he discover the secret to making a hit movie? After all, he can dream about scenes from movies he watched in his previous life... His knack for making box-office hits and helping actors win awards brings Ronald plenty of friends, enemies, and beautiful women... Let the author tak 3Votes484.8kRecs199.1kFans
- 13 EN Homo Sapiens 智人 The spiral that runs through the evolution of life. The base pairs that hold the secrets of evolution. A mutation at a single moment, millions of years ago, bestowed the prefix “wise” upon an ape beneath the order of primates. But the true power of evolution seems to remain hidden within those pairs of bases. 2Votes185.5kRecs254.4kFans
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 America, 1982 美利坚1982 He has received the most dazzling praise and the most vicious insults. Every vein in his body pulses with defiance. He is a white kid who will never become a member of high society. He is a young man whom the public sees as a country boy. He is Tommy Hawk. He has been reborn. Welcome to a story whose first half tells the tale of the American Dream and whose second half tells of the American Nightmare. Let's welcome Tommy Hawk to the stage, on a winter's day in 2022. 0Votes302.6kRecs479.2kFans
- 17 Emissary of the Star Realm 星界使徒 Human civilization expands across the stars, its territories spanning the heavens. Amid the great wave of interstellar migration, Zhou Jing unexpectedly awakens the power to travel between worlds. He creates the [Starbound Apostles] as vessels for his soul, sending them to different planes and letting him move among worlds under a variety of identities. His predetermined path in life takes a turn. Each new avatar he creates is like a fresh start. But he gradually discovers that humanity may know 8Votes532.3kRecs1.4MFans
- 18 EN The Metaverse of Infinite Flow 无限流的元宇宙 Original title: Fu Qinghai Battles Everything This is mainly the story of a male protagonist from the Warhammer 40K universe who steamrolls all sorts of monsters and villains. Xenomorphs battle Death Eaters, Jedi Knights battle mutants, Deep Ones battle Anna Belle, Titan Beasts battle Jaegers, Ringwraiths battle symbiotes... Until, in the end, it becomes Fu Qinghai Battles Everything. Titles the protagonist has earned or will earn: Qingshan Stark, Belisarius Qingshan, Qingshan Khan, Darth Qingsh 225Votes1.7MRecs505.1kFans
- 19 Xuande 玄德 Before you stands a scion of the Han imperial house, descendant of Emperor Jing, street brawler of Zhuo County, personally taught by the great Confucian Lu Zhi, romantic poet of the Eastern Han, the man directly responsible for making paper dear in Luoyang, master debater of the Old Text School, young leader of its reformist faction, founding ancestor of the Liu clan of Zhuo County, Zhuo Commandery, the seventh generation to inherit the Zuo Tradition of the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Old 0Votes223.7kRecs724.5kFans
- 20 Starting with Detective Li Yuanfang 从神探李元芳开始 After transmigrating into Li Yuanfang, the greatest joy of being a great detective comes from two things: First, when I expose a criminal’s true face and he panics and tries to attack the detective, I smile and draw my saber. Second, having the chubby Di by my side. Whenever we come across a case, I can’t help asking: “Huaiying, what do you think?” 0Votes405.4kRecs414.7kFans
- 21 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 22 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
- 23 Reshaping the Millennium Era 重塑千禧年代 At the turn of the millennium, officials were chanting slogans about GDP, bosses took pride in bringing their secretaries along, and rough-and-ready entrepreneurs fought with blades flashing amid the waves of the times. Fang Zhuo returns to the year 2000. Ten years later, a group of venture capitalists and private equity firms storm the company headquarters, demanding an answer from a stunned Fang Zhuo: “Mr. Fang, all your other projects have gone public. When on earth will this first one li 47Votes867.3kRecs825.4kFans
- 24 My Simulated Path to Immortality 我的模拟长生路 How difficult is the path to immortality! And all the more so in this cultivation world, utterly transformed by a plague! Mortals carry disease. If immortals come into contact with them, their cultivation may decline in mild cases, or they may return to the heavens in severe ones. Thus mortals and immortals are forever divided. Immortals cannot cultivate together, and the entire cultivation world has become one vast dark forest. Li Fan transmigrated into this world with soaring ambitions, ye 508Votes975.7kRecs2.9MFans
- 25 The Best Movie Star 最佳影星 I want to roll around in piles of cash! I want to become a Hollywood superstar! 0Votes816.2kRecs249.5kFans
- 26 Reborn in the Wild Era 重生野性时代 Back from 2018 to 1993. In my memory, that summer was scorching hot. 1Votes3.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 27 Riding the Tide of a Pure-Hearted Era 逆流纯真年代 Time is a ship. Some people like to think of those few years in the early 1990s as the final voyage of a once-innocent era. Jiang Che, long since changed by the passing years, returns against the current and starts over in 1992, writing a brilliant youth that can finally be laid to rest properly. [Welcome to the second VIP group for Reversing the Current of Innocent Days: 497283806 (You must provide a screenshot showing you’ve purchased the whole book to join. This time, I’ll try to talk more.)] 41Votes2.9MRecs1.6MFans
