Novels like The Fragrance of the City
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Fragrance of the City, best match first.
- 1 Espionage in the Business World 商海谍影 Qiu Di, a college student trying to make his way in the world, accidentally stumbled into the field of corporate espionage while looking for a job. He took on a trial assignment and infiltrated a film studio to conduct a covert commercial investigation. In this unusual environment, he sold sodas, delivered boxed meals, and worked as an extra, while sabotaging the studio's shady, exploitative operations. After uncovering the information his company needed, he quickly rose to prominence in the wor 0Votes34.9kRecs22.9kFans
- 2 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
- 3 The Scapegoat 黑锅 Steam, stir-fry, pan-fry, deep-fry, stew: toss it all into one pot for a delicious feast. Bitterness, worry, joy, delight, sorrow: live a vivid life from beginning to end. Life is like a pot. And we're all ingredients in it. 3Votes443kRecs584kFans
- 4 Time-and-Space Smuggling Begins in 2000 时空走私从2000年开始 How many people have been frustrated by their lack of knowledge after transmigrating? How many have transmigrated with a notebook, only to find themselves without power? How many have transmigrated with an army, but only 19th-century logistics? Countless predecessors died on the road to another world... Countless predecessors fell on foreign soil... Countless predecessors achieved fame and success, but could never return home in glory... Are you still regretting that you can't remember the recip 0Votes396.3kRecs443.5kFans
- 5 Heaven's Pivot 天枢 If God created the human world, then who created God? Amon stood before the ruins of an ancient statue of a god, listening as an old man told passersby the distant legend of Amon the God. No one knew that this silent young man was Amon himself. The battered ruins lying in the sand before him had once been a statue worshiping him. This magnificent statue had suffered ruin throughout the wars of countless ages. The people who fought and killed one another all claimed to be doing so for their fai 0Votes405.6kRecs287.5kFans
- 6 The City’s Supreme Tycoon 都市至尊首富 Reborn in his student days, he builds a technological empire and reaches the pinnacle of life! 0Votes617.2kRecs672kFans
- 7 The Business Spy 商踪谍影 Business warfare and espionage are not like palace intrigue, which can entangle people for centuries. Their victories and defeats are decided in an instant. Low costs, prey everywhere, and generous returns: commercial spies hunt without restraint in every direction. There are also professionals who form escort teams to fight these predators. Although they are few in number and survival is difficult, they have always persevered. A smokeless war is about to erupt… 0Votes374.9kRecs74.3kFans
- 8 The Little Immortal Is Poisonous 小仙有毒 Masters of poison are not necessarily cruel and ruthless. Wen Leyang is a decent fellow. He smiles all day long and avoids poisoning people whenever he can. When he accidentally discovers that cultivation is not just a legend, a magnificent, sweeping picture comes quietly into view, its ordinary surface alive with wonders at every turn. Wen Leyang's experiences are unprecedented. Even genuine sword immortals cannot tell that he is a cultivator. His very appearance has thrown the world of cultiva 0Votes131.8kRecs74.4kFans
- 9 The Hunting Network 猎网 In the hunter’s web, who is the hunter, and who is the prey? A private investigator returning from overseas lays his plans back home, starting with a wealthy man’s illegitimate daughter and working his way to the fantasy MMORPG Demon Hunter Legend. High-IQ scammers and thieves pursue him, seeking to break the web and unravel his schemes. A cat and a mouse are both friends and foes; inside and outside the web, truth and illusion blur together. All right, it’s not that scary. It’s just a story abo 6Votes163kRecs56.2kFans
- 10 The Age of Great Beauty 大美时代 A professional novel about life at an academy of fine arts. Wan Changsheng enrolled in the Chinese painting department... but even he never expected... 1Votes1.5MRecs286.8kFans
- 11 The Weird Chef 怪厨 Bai Lu grew up in a strange prison, where he learned all kinds of odd skills. He also inherited a divine culinary art and became a peerless chef. By chance, he came to the capital and opened a restaurant. From then on, the world had one strange restaurant, one strange chef, and all kinds of strange things began to happen. The Oddball Chef Bai Lu. 0Votes337.4kRecs275.9kFans
- 12 Geomancer 地师 Youfang is a drifter in Beijing. He once sold pirated discs in Zhongguancun and ran a stall at Panjiayuan. Born into one of the Eight Sects of the Jianghu, he learned the ways of the underworld at a young age. He was particularly skilled in feng shui and geomancy, though he never believed in the supernatural. The first time his conscience was stirred was when he set out to avenge an elder. He posed as a feng shui master and infiltrated a tomb-robbing gang, hoping to find a chance to strike. Inst 5Votes806.6kRecs742.3kFans
- 13 Ghost Stock 鬼股 The emerald sea and azure sky lie beneath a deep night, Why ask if the moon waxes or wanes, if fortunes rise or fall? A clear, sharp mirror of frost holds a pure reflection, A bright, polished ice vessel washes a heart clean. Among the flowers, tears fall, yet I raise my cup; Beneath the moon, an oriole sings, and I set my zither aside. In the shade of the parasol tree, I sigh for the noble one, His graceful bearing leaves me moved beyond words. What sort of person is he? Though he possesses no 0Votes51.2kRecs152.4kFans
- 14 The Gate of Wonders 惊门 Cheng Tianle is just like his name suggests: over twenty years old, with nothing to show for it, yet cheerful every day, as if he didn’t have a care in the world. He drifted to Suzhou, scraping by on free food and lodging, when by accident and sheer luck he inherited the cultivation arts of a demon. By the time he came to his senses, it was as if a wondrous door to the world had swung open before him. It turned out that all kinds of demons were living among us, in our daily lives, on city stre 1Votes874.2kRecs248.4kFans
- 15 The Red-Gated Manor 朱门风流 The rich feast on meat and wine, while frozen corpses lie by the roadside. Reborn into a prestigious Ming family, Zhang Yue is still just a boy no one pays much attention to. The upheaval of the Jingnan Campaign has passed, Zheng He's fleet is sailing the seas, and high-ranking nobles abound in his family... Is all he can do really eat, drink, and wait to die? Amid the splendor of the age, he seeks a life of refinement; even in wealth, one must proceed with care. With the affairs of family and r 0Votes660.2kRecs236.5kFans
- 16 Human Desire 人欲 I drink deep of the world’s bitterest poison, and dream of a blade that lays the mortal world to waste. Through countless trials, who can earn a smile? The immortal’s trail vanishes, their feathered robes fluttering away. If the human heart could be read, how much raging desire would it reveal? Xiaobai has a pair of extraordinary eyes. They let him see things moving at incredible speed or far away, and even glimpse the truth hidden in people’s hearts. If you can see through other people’s desire 5Votes848.7kRecs348.2kFans
- 17 The Cultured Guest 清客 Fine calligraphy, but no more than ordinary; second-rate talent, kept under wraps; three jin of liquor, yet never drunk; clothes for all four seasons, but never quite right; five stones at Go, without regret; six performances of Kunqu, never turned down; a crooked seven-character poem, written without delay; eight rounds of the card game ma diao, with nothing left unchecked; a rank of ninth grade, never sought; and a full ten parts of geniality, without a trace of vulgarity Travel five hundred y 14Votes99.7kRecs282.2kFans
- 18 Descendant of Maoshan 茅山后裔 This novel explores Maoshan Taoist arts, a traditional Chinese esoteric practice. It tells the story of Zhang Guozhong and his son Zhang Yicheng as they travel the world wielding Maoshan Taoist arts, investigating the mysterious and uncovering wonders wherever they go. They unravel wrongful cases among the people and age-old mysteries one by one, even traveling across distant lands in Asia and Europe. With different cultures, regions, and beliefs, can China's most powerful Maoshan Taoist arts tr 3Votes414.1kRecs464.4kFans
- 19 The Treasure Appraisal Manual 宝鉴 One game can pacify the world, but the human heart is impossible to fathom! The Three Teachings, the Nine Schools, the Five Elements, and the Three Houses: all are revealed in the Treasure Mirror! 6Votes1.3MRecs574.5kFans
- 20 Ace 王牌 Deception is not black magic, but a weapon. Used for good, it is righteous; used for evil, it is wicked. Private detectives are not police officers, but they pursue the truth all the same. When a little con artist becomes a private detective, everything changes, because there is no longer just one truth. What matters is not what the truth is, but what truth you need. This is the story of a little con artist growing and making his way in the city. P.S. While the book is new, recommendations, favo 0Votes437.7kRecs287.9kFans
- 21 Spirit Mountain 灵山 Mei Xi, an undergraduate at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, had wandered the world from a young age. After struggling his way into university and reaching his second year, he transmigrated through an extraordinary chance encounter and arrived in the prosperous Tang dynasty. To his surprise, the world he found was not quite like the one described in history books. Things that existed only in myths and legends were right there before his eyes. How should he make his way in this world? Were 5Votes696.7kRecs484kFans
- 22 The Ascension Path 升龙道 A man struggling to survive alone in a foreign land never forgets that his roots are in Yan State. Holding fast to his convictions, he seeks a path to strength, and in the end, carves out a career of his own abroad. 0Votes2.7MRecs230.8kFans
- 23 Avenue of Heavenly Fire 天火大道 The Skyfire Avenue is a street stretching 2,048 meters, lined with 168 shops. Every shopkeeper is a powerful ability user. The king of the mercenary world, known as Zeus, withdrew to Skyfire Avenue after his wife died in an accident. His shop was called Zeus Jewelry. On Skyfire Avenue, he was known as the Jeweler. [Break through your limits, become invincible as a God King. From the Tang Sect, only the finest!] 2Votes1.2MRecs497.1kFans
- 24 The Supreme Chapters 太上章 Born in a wild and untamed land, a young man overcomes every hardship, seeks the source of heaven and earth, ascends to the pinnacle of creation, and becomes the ancestor who founded the Dao! 2Votes2.1MRecs284.9kFans
- 25 Heaven's Choice 天择 Heaven chose me to live this life, so I will seize every moment! In this chaotic age where a hundred schools contend, an age where a hundred powers vie for supremacy as well! With the fate of the Breaker, I must lead a vast army and charge into battle... With the fate of the Purple Emperor, I must bring blessings to all living things and command the rise and fall of the land... With the fate of the Assistants, I must govern the world, standing above all people, yet beneath only one: The Outcast! 0Votes873.7kRecs393.4kFans
- 26 Hunter Assault Team 猎人突击队 Codename 107! Defend Big Brother's position! They're part of the cultural propaganda unit, but their marksmanship is top-notch, and they're experts at killing and arson. We have another name: the Hunter Assault Team! From an ordinary soldier to the youngest officer in the army, from special forces to airborne assault units, Li Mu rides the tide of military transformation in the new era, using 5.8 mm bullets to showcase the precision of Chinese soldiers! 0Votes321.1kRecs191.4kFans
- 27 Reborn in the Late Kangxi Era 重生于康熙末年 Xiao Jiu's new book, My Father-in-Law Is Called Kangxi, launches on Qidian on May 1, 2022. He woke from a dream to find himself in the Cao family's Jiangning Weaving Bureau residence, three hundred years in the past. Kangxi was growing old, and great changes were on the horizon. The Nine Princes were watching, ready to make their move. Some families were flourishing, others were on the brink of collapse. The Cao family of Jiangnan was at the height 3Votes1.3MRecs350.7kFans
- 28 Chaoyang Police Affairs 朝阳警事 The heavenly eye and earthly eye are no match for the human eye. Community police officers work at the grassroots level, relying on the watchful eyes of the public to solve one bizarre case after another. The Chaoyang residents have a message: Don't break the law, or you're finished! 0Votes737.9kRecs270.8kFans
- 29 Lotus Blossoms at Every Step 步步生莲 Yang Decheng, a community worker, unexpectedly returns to ancient times after doing his job conscientiously, becoming Ding Hao, the least favored illegitimate son of the Ding family. Without power or money, Ding Hao works as a carriage driver for his half-brother. His dream is to become a carefree young master in this wretched society and live out his days in peace. Though the dream seems distant, Ding Hao doesn't take it to heart. Drawing on the social experience he gained from community work, 8Votes4MRecs842.9kFans
- 30 Dreams Are King 梦想为王 A story about a dream of football… Even at the bottom of the filthiest, darkest abyss, you must lift your head and see the dream shining in the light 0Votes1.1MRecs129.5kFans
- 31 Lotus Treasure Mirror 莲花宝鉴 If you fail, I’ll help you castrate yourself: The Lotus Treasure Mirror. This is a story about a boy’s martial arts technique. A poor man is forced to learn a sinister art. Until he masters it, he must stay away from women, or The Lotus Treasure Mirror will snip him into a eunuch with a single “click”! 0Votes1.5MRecs482.3kFans
- 32 Bullet Marks 弹痕 I've served in the army, stood guard, defended the frontier, and gone up to the skies. I've traveled south and north, and danced with the Grim Reaper. I've been stabbed and shot, and slept with crocodiles for pillows. I've crossed mountains and seas, and howled out songs with the dead. 0Votes734.9kRecs275.1kFans
- 33 The Night Emperor 夜天子 He inherits his position generation after generation, but is no prince. He comes from an illustrious family, but not one of the great clans. As a jailer in the Six Doors, all he wants is to pass down the iron rice bowl his ancestors left him, one generation to the next. But then a charlatan talks him into leaving his little corner of the world, and from that day on, a scourge is born. Yang Ling is known as Yang the Headsman, while Yang Fan is called the Plague Doctor. But he has many more nickna 10Votes2.8MRecs838.9kFans
- 34 EN The Melody of Dark Winds 邪风曲 Who can decide what is righteous and what is evil? Good and bad are yours to judge. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. A mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water. Then the mountain is still a mountain, and water is still water. After seeing through everything, after seeing through its true nature, what of all things? Once you see through it all, what do righteousness and evil matter? What do good and bad matter? Everything one does is simply for the sake of survi 0Votes4MRecs893.3kFans
- 35 The Materials Empire 材料帝国 Materials are the foundation of industry and the cornerstone of an industrial power. Qin Hai, a materials science expert from the twenty-first century, transmigrated to a small agricultural machinery factory in 1985. From then on, every regret would finally be erased, and every glory could be rewritten. Electrical functional materials, optical functional materials, biomedical functional materials, superconducting materials, nanomaterials, chemical thin-film materials, smart materials, sensitiv 0Votes521kRecs590.7kFans
- 36 Thief and Detective 贼警 Faced with criminal attacks and reprisals that were organized, international, and increasingly sophisticated, Serious Crimes Unit Seven teetered on the brink of disbandment. At a time of crisis, Zuo Luo was appointed leader of Unit Seven. He recruited Su Cheng through the Against All Odds Plan, and together they pooled their strengths to restore the unit to glory. But would Su Cheng, a criminal himself, truly help Zuo Luo? Meticulous schemes, wild ideas, strange and baffling cases, and crimes in 0Votes1.1MRecs171kFans
- 37 The Great Painter 大画家 Van Gogh: I dream of painting, and then I paint my dream. Fang Yi: I dream of painting, but your life story is terrifying. I don’t paint my dreams. I capture the moments that stir my heart. Matisse: I had long since mastered my craft, but now, as I study my means of expression, I feel as though I’m only just beginning to learn. Fang Yi: I’ve raised my skills to a level others can hardly reach. Often, I can’t help showing them off, even flaunting them. As for means of expression? To me, painting 0Votes197.9kRecs126.9kFans
- 38 Brocade-Clad by Night 锦衣夜行 I was everywhere during the Jingnan Campaign, the reduction of the vassal princes, the capital’s relocation, the compilation of the great encyclopedia, the campaigns against the Mongols, and the expeditions to the South Seas, yet no one knew I was there. The whole world fit in my sleeve. I walked unseen in brocade, keeping a low profile. A low profile was the way to go. A convoluted line of inheritance and a fate passed down through generations, one over which he had no control, set the stage fo 6Votes3.1MRecs890kFans
- 39 The Wisdom of the Great Song 大宋的智慧 Yun Zheng opened a door and could never turn back. That's how life is: once the bow is drawn, there's no taking back the arrow. By the time you want to turn around, a hundred years have passed. This is a novel about the way of being a teacher. It speaks of the wisdom needed to survive, the warmth of human kindness, and the bonds between brothers. It celebrates humility, gentleness, and goodness. Here you'll find the most beautiful love and the deepest brotherly bonds... Perhaps I simply want to 17Votes1.3MRecs860.7kFans
- 40 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Spirit Sword Mountain 从前有座灵剑山 The Spirit Sword Sect was founded in the year 4233 of the Jiuzhou calendar. For thousands of years, it has been dedicated to supplying the industry with first-rate cultivators. It is now one of the five Super-Grade Sects of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals, and its leader, True Person Feng Yin, serves as one of the Alliance's seven standing elders. His cultivation is peerless. The Spirit Sword Sect upholds peace and development, and its core values are the pursuit of truth, goodness, and s 0Votes126.9kRecs661.3kFans
- 41 The Imperial Clan of Great Zhou 大周皇族 The souls of Heaven and Earth are always outside, and only the life soul resides within the body. When the life soul resides in the womb, it gives rise to the seven po souls. Everyone's life begins when the life soul takes residence in the womb, but Fang Yun's life began at the very moment it ended… True royalty does not come from inherited bloodlines, but from nobility at the level of one's destiny and soul! 0Votes1.6MRecs691.7kFans
- 42 Elegant Dissipation 雅骚 He transmigrates to the forty-first year of the Wanli reign, hoping both to eat, drink, and be merry and to save the country by taking the most direct route. That’s right: this is a story full of zest and contradictions. The late Ming, Jiangnan, and the splendor of a world on the brink; the refinement of "The Roots of Wisdom" and the vulgarity of "The Plum in the Golden Vase"; an old monk in business and a famous courtesan worshipping Buddha. Yuan Hongdao savors tea and arranges flowers to expre 26Votes688.8kRecs361.9kFans
- 43 Su Can's Journey Through Time 苏灿的时光羁旅 Su Can returns to a summer from years ago. The key question isn’t how he will adapt to this fresh start. It’s that, come tomorrow, the entrance exams will arrive whether he’s ready or not, leaving him no choice! Having crossed the boundaries of time and space, he stands on this side of time, facing a past that once brought him to tears. How will Su Can reclaim his lost chances, one step at a time, and soar like an eagle through this era, carving a brilliant arc across the sky? 1Votes843.5kRecs572.5kFans
- 44 The Reclusive Life in the Three Kingdoms 三国之宅行天下 “If I had known I was going to transmigrate, I would definitely have looked up how to make things like gunpowder and glass...” Jiang Zhe gazed at the large tree in front of the door and sighed. “Glass, hmm, that should be made by firing sand, right? But what about gunpowder? Saltpeter, charcoal, and what else was it? Sulfuric acid or sulfur?” “Husband...” Xiu Er walked over to Jiang Zhe and asked curiously, “Aren’t you going to work yet?” “I’m going, I’m going...” Jiang Zhe shook his head and 5Votes383.3kRecs624.9kFans
- 45 Chronicles of the Green Ghost 青诡纪事 Synopsis: He Qing is an ordinary college student living an ordinary life. The only unusual thing about her is that she can always see things other people can’t… The old-fashioned writing style is a little rough around the edges [important!!!], so please be patient. The characters’ values do not represent the author’s. Some of the Taoist spells in this story come from online sources, and some are made up by me. No romance. If any chapters 0Votes436.5kRecs519.3kFans
- 46 Commoner Shi Buyi 草根石布衣 In The Memorial on the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang wrote, “Your servant was originally a commoner, tilling the fields in Nanyang.” Scholars and strategists throughout the land humbly call themselves commoners. This is the spirit of the commoner: withdraw, and cultivate oneself; step forward, and serve the world. It has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. But by the year 2000: “Occupation?” “…Military strategist, aide, adviser?” “Are you kidding me? What er 7Votes1.4MRecs279.2kFans
- 47 Humanity's Paradise 人道天堂 This is a world of the future, the birthplace of dreams. Technological progress has freed humanity from heavy physical labor, bringing people their first liberation from oppression by their fellow humans. The golden age has arrived, yet the karma accumulated over millions of years continues to bind us. Whether to destroy it or break free from it is a choice humanity must make for itself. 0Votes721.2kRecs527.8kFans
- 48 What Do I Do About Being So Popular? 太受欢迎了怎么办 Question: What’s it like to discover you’re a handsome man after losing 30 jin? Anonymous answer: You’ll waste a lot of time dealing with all the unnecessary questions. Follow-up: I don’t get it. Are you really answering my question? I just want to know if girls will pursue me after I become handsome! Anonymous answer: They will, just like zombies pursue the living. Go read my answer to “What’s it like to be pursued by zombies?” or check out How to Deal with Being Too Popular! 0Votes240.9kRecs132.2kFans
- 49 Online Game: Melee Mage 网游之近战法师 A super martial artist accidentally picks the mage class while playing an online game. Used to answering force with force, he has no choice but to roll with it and become a close-combat battle mage. When strength and magic are perfectly combined, a whole new path through the game opens before him! Fireball? Chain Lightning? Frost Mirror... Wait, I’m here to practice martial arts. What do spells have to do with me? I’m a mage? Oh, right, I am. But... are you really sure I’m a mage? Fine, take a l 11Votes1.2MRecs1MFans
- 50 The Commoner's Second Chance 俗人回档 At 33, Bian Xuedao, a newspaper editor who reviews articles, wakes up in his high school classroom. The middle-aged man had planned to buy up houses and live off the rent, but his years of reading newspapers and accumulating information help him achieve dazzling success. After making his fortune, Bian Xuedao establishes an education fund, supports young entrepreneurs, encourages technological innovation, promotes positive values and good deeds, and devotes himself to public service. He becomes a 78Votes3.2MRecs942.3kFans
