Novels like Love, War, and Star Dreams
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Love, War, and Star Dreams, best match first.
- 1 Korea's Hurricane Idol 韩国之飓风偶像 A story set in the world of Korean entertainment. It tells the story of an older brother who joins S·M Entertainment as a trainee to fulfill the dream of his paralyzed younger sister. Thanks to a plagiarized song, he gets his start in a TV drama, and eventually grows into a superstar idol who sweeps across Asia and the world like a hurricane. The goal is ambitious, but because of the author's writing style, the plot may take a while to get going. Overall, though, there won't be any heartbreaking 0Votes109.2kRecs29.6kFans
- 2 Paper Puppet 片偶 The years feel like yesterday. I wonder where you are now, the person you were back then. I'm aboard a flight taking off from Tokyo, heading for that country full of dreams and hope. The people there must be as kind and lovely as you... 0Votes8.3kRecs6.7kFans
- 3 The Light of the Peninsula 半岛的光 I wanted to be a playboy, but somehow ended up losing myself on the Peninsula Korean entertainment. Please don't flame me. 0Votes1.9kRecs6.4kFans
- 4 The All-Round Director 全能监督 When you’re down and discouraged, remember to look below: I’m standing there in hell. When you’re proud and complacent, remember to look up: I’m standing there at the summit, too. 0Votes37.4kRecs4.9kFans
- 5 Elegy of a Failed Writer 扑街写手的挽歌 The story of a failed writer who transmigrates to another world with the setting for the protagonist of his new book. A goofy, lovable lead in the early chapters. One heroine, one heroine, one heroine 0Votes16.6kRecs14.1kFans
- 6 An Unconventional Screenwriter 非常规编剧 My new novel: Half-Island's Strange Idol Sister Screenwriter Kim is having a hard time. All he really wants is to be a simple, anonymous screenwriter working behind the scenes. But because he has a face that makes people envious, he's often forced to make cameo appearances as the male lead in his own scripts. He also has to promote his new dramas on variety shows and play some rather blush-inducing games. And because he's a talented, warm-hearted, upright screenwriter, he often receives help req 0Votes26.6kRecs17.8kFans
- 7 The Road to Stardom 光路星途 After being reborn, Li, a man with a baby face and a middle-aged soul, decides to live life in a more carefree way, staying true to himself while bringing about change. See how positive energy spreads, and witness the embodiment of beauty and wisdom, heroism and chivalry. See how the nation’s ideal man charms countless young women, improves social conduct, and inspires young people to become more cultured. This novel mainly focuses on Korean entertainment, with a little American entertainment on 0Votes70.7kRecs42.1kFans
- 8 The Four Seasons with You 与你的四季 In spring, we admire cherry blossoms; in summer, we brush past willows; in autumn, we gather red leaves; in winter, we bathe in snow. The seasons pass year after year, always the same, yet never quite so. 0Votes12.5kRecs6kFans
- 9 Unifying Fandom Aesthetics 统一饭圈审美 The purpose of an idol is to make those who follow them happy, and to help them become better people. 0Votes5.6kRecs10.5kFans
- 10 My Years as a Translation Teacher on the Peninsula 我在半岛做翻译老师的那几年 Synopsis: I was just an ordinary, unremarkable translator. Then one day, I met them, the women from the peninsula, and my dull, everyday life began to change... 0Votes5.3kRecs25.4kFans
- 11 Miracles of Everyday Life on the Peninsula 奇迹的半岛日常 The everyday life of a newly retired fantasy-world champion falling in love on the Korean Peninsula. 0Votes21.7kRecs20.4kFans
- 12 Retail Is King 零售我为王 This is a sweet little story with romance, business rivalries, variety shows, style, and useful know-how: a complete urban entertainment lifestyle story. No angst, no face-slapping, just sweetness all the way! Give it a try! P.S. One heroine, one heroine, one heroine: soft and sweet, hehe! But there's also a tsundere older sister and a cool, a 0Votes18.2kRecs10.4kFans
- 13 A Dream Above Seoul 首尔上空造一场梦 I can’t sing, and I can’t dance. I used to be a fan. Now I’m a wage slave working myself to the bone. In the future, I’ll meet Jung Soo-jung, Jung Soo-yeon, Kim Tae-yeon, and so many others. One story after another will unfold, some heartbreaking, some happy. On the streets, beneath the flashing neon lights, you can see me standing amid the surging tide of ordinary people, dreaming of making a dream come true above Seoul. 0Votes19kRecs16.5kFans
- 14 Peninsula: I'm Their Golden Finger 半岛：我是她们的金手指 Lin Shuwen was reborn with the memories of his past life, ready to rise to fame and make his mark in Chinese entertainment in 2013. But then a certain young leader knocked on his door late at night, traveling thousands of miles just to bind herself to the “Future Master” and prevent 930. A certain little deer threw herself at him, even following him back to China. A certain petite girl gave him a look that said, “I know you'll be amazing someday, but right now I just don't think much of you,” th 0Votes11kRecs31.9kFans
- 15 A Fleeting Life in Hancheng 韩城浮生 A life of splendor, a season fading from memory. P.S. Originally titled Korean Entertainment: Please Call Me the Male God, it has now been renamed Seoul's Fleeting Days. 0Votes11.3kRecs21.6kFans
- 16 My Golden Finger Is the Card Empress 我的金手指是卡皇 The cells in the human body are replaced every three months. Old cells die, and new ones are born. It takes seven years to replace all the cells in the body. So seven years make a cycle, and seven years mark a rebirth! 0Votes46.8kRecs23.5kFans
- 17 Peninsula: Secret Intelligence 半岛之秘密信息 After being reborn, Han Shujun only wanted to write a few smash-hit dramas and make a good living. Until he met... “S, do I look good in the pose in the photo I sent you?” “Oppa, some of the moves in the shoot are really difficult. I want to rehearse them with you in person...” “Shujun, could I come over tonight and talk about the script?” It took Han Shujun years to realize that everything he had now stemmed from a secret message from a stranger. (Multiple heroines, romance-focused, with nu 4Votes21.7kRecs75.7kFans
- 18 Korean Entertainment: In the Spotlight 韩娱之聚光 Luo Junning: I made Yoon Eun-hye famous. Kim Jong-kook won his Triple Crown by singing songs I wrote. Luo Junning: The Girls’ Generation members all call me oppa. Luo Junning: T-ara has already signed with my company. Luo Junning: I’m not an entertainer, but I’m more famous than plenty of them. I can write variety shows, draw comics, write songs, and... Shut up!!! Jessica Jung sneered: You sure do talk a lot! 0Votes50.3kRecs40.9kFans
- 19 Nogizaka's Wonderful Daily Life 乃木坂的奇妙日常 Standing before you now is: the Black Stone Summoner, the number one sister-in-law trapper, author of The Collection of Birds, top anti-Minami, master of flower arrangements, Osaka girl slayer, Nogizaka’s Second Hokage, deputy leader of the Amazing Cult, Kamen Rider who loves soba noodles, trusted friend to the elderly, the real Bear Grylls, director of the Nogizaka Zoo, fourth member of the Hot Springs Group, remedial teacher for idiots, savior of the Under members, the comforting little cotton 0Votes105.4kRecs12.8kFans
- 20 Reply 2014 请回答二零一四 The year is 2017, the tenth anniversary of Girls' Generation. The members are focused on their solo activities and haven't released an album as a group in two years. As their tenth anniversary approaches, Taeyeon asks the other members what they think and submits a request to the company for an anniversary album, only for the company to keep putting it off with one excuse after another. Jessica has opened a trendy boutique, but it's on the verge of closing because she doesn't know how to run a 0Votes211.2kRecs47.2kFans
- 21 The King of Korean Entertainment 韩娱王 A sixteen-year-old boy in 2005 unexpectedly acquires fragments of a Chinese otaku's memories. He becomes familiar with the music, movies, TV shows, and more of the next ten years. By chance, he enters the entertainment industry and embarks on a career as a star, starting an entertainment era of his own. Niqiu's trademark style: light novels, no suffering for the protagonist... 0Votes143.8kRecs58.7kFans
- 22 My Idol Girlfriend 我的爱豆女友 In my memories, everyone's faces were full of easygoing, happy smiles back then. But fourteen years later, it seems everything has changed, and regrets have begun to pile up. It all starts with an ordinary actor, as he sets out to find that happiness again. 0Votes9.9kRecs19.7kFans
- 23 Claiming the Spotlight 独占星光 “I've already chosen this path. Even if I have to crawl, I'll see it through to the end.” 0Votes36.9kRecs22.6kFans
- 24 A Homebody Idol in Korean Entertainment 韩娱之宅男艺人 A thirty-year-old humanities geek is reincarnated as the second son of an ordinary Korean family. In a daze, he stumbles down the one-way road to the entertainment industry. How will an unassertive, noncommittal, irresponsible geek fare in Korean entertainment? And how will this dazzling world of show business change him, little by little? Sing the songs I love for the people who love them. Can our gentle-natured protagonist hold fast to his original aspirations and make it all the way to the en 0Votes43.8kRecs55.5kFans
- 25 The Best Era Begins at Zero 从零开始的最好时代 These are extraordinary times. You have to be there from the very beginning and take part all along the way for it to count as living through your youth. (Korean entertainment) 0Votes58.6kRecs22.7kFans
- 26 Korean Showbiz: 2015 韩娱之2015 One day in 2015, an ordinary international student accidentally stumbled into South Korea's entertainment industry, and his life was changed beyond recognition. 0Votes42.2kRecs32.8kFans
- 27 A Fat Guy’s Korean Entertainment Career 胖子的韩娱 0Votes372.9kRecs95.9kFans
- 28 Please Answer, 2017 请回答二零一七 The year was 2020, three years after the Empresses disbanded. Little Divisor was still doing well, and word had it that Captain Little Ghost was getting married. That year, Cheng Guo found a fan comic about the Empresses. Then, one day, a version of Captain Little Ghost from 2008 climbed right out of the comic and into Cheng Guo's life, stirring things up. When 2008 met 2020, Cheng Guo began an extraordinary journey through the entertainment world. My new book, I Own a House of Spirit Mediums, i 0Votes25.6kRecs17kFans
- 29 The Tenth Anniversary: A Final Greeting 十周年之最后的问候 This isn't a return. It's a tribute, and a final greeting. Romance is the main focus, because it's the genre I'm a little better at, after all. Every book should have its own style and themes. I've written pretty much every kind of story I can write. If Fatty was about a loser turning his life around, Love in Battle was fairly conventional, and Little Destiny... got censored. There's no point in repeating yourself in life, and the same goes for writers. This time, it's a final greeting. After my 0Votes230.7kRecs53.6kFans
- 30 K-Pop's Newest Superstar 韩娱超新星 No transmigration, no rebirth, and no overpowered attributes bestowed upon the protagonist. He's neither a spoiled young heir from a wealthy family nor the inheritor of some ancient clan. This is simply the story of someone pursuing a dream while living far from home in a foreign land. Along the way, some people give, while others receive. Those who have protected you from the very beginning will be waiting for you before the finish line. (With the book review section getting livelier by the day 0Votes60.7kRecs26.4kFans
- 31 I Can’t Be This Tacky 我不可能这么俗 Huh? I transmigrated? I transmigrated to a parallel world, where my life is being turned into a comic for people to watch, and I have to complete tasks posted by my fans? And the worst part is, I’m supposed to grovel for their approval? Damn it! What kind of joke is this! I’m a tough, straight-up man, and I refuse to grovel! You can break my bones and spill my blood, but don’t underestimate me... There’s no way I’d be that shallow! [The book was originally titled A Different Kind of Syste 0Votes108.8kRecs49.4kFans
- 32 I Really Am a Lawyer 我真是个律师 “My dad owns a company, and my mom's a civil servant, so I'm a lawyer.” “What do those three things have to do with each other?” “Nothing.” “Then why bring them up?” “Just talking nonsense.” This is the story of an unprofessional lawyer fooling around with life who accidentally ended up with a superstar wife. P.S. There is only one heroine. For details, see the work note “The Heroine.” The heroine is a celebrity, so please don't read if that's not your thing. Thanks for u 0Votes106.2kRecs120.1kFans
- 33 A Quick-Fix Savior 速效救星 A doctor cannot heal himself, though he can certainly try. What could the great physicians Huang, Qi, Bian, and Tuo do about that even today? This is a heartwarming little story about a patient who heals the whole world. 0Votes104.6kRecs27.2kFans
- 34 Embrace Your Wish 拥抱你的愿望 Whether in dreams or reality, what is within reach is the wish of being with you. 0Votes15.9kRecs17.7kFans
- 35 When Night Falls, My Love Returns 夜尽良人归 A simple little Korean entertainment novel, and a simple little love letter. Crystal: I’m standing right in front of you. If you’ll just reach out and hug me, you can hold me in your arms. Taeyeon: You said I’ve never worn a wedding dress for you. So how about I wear one for you today? Sica: So it turns out you’re the little bit of luck I most want to hold on to. The world is vast. If there’s someone you love, hold her tight. Original title: Da Bai’s Korean Entertainment Book group: 620302928 (E 0Votes18.3kRecs0Fans
- 36 Fate's Turning Point in Korean Entertainment 缘落韩娱 A concert in a dream turned his life around. Singer, songwriter... He kept moving forward, just to protect all those little moments that made his heart flutter along the way. Well, and those nine girls too! 0Votes38.4kRecs66.5kFans
- 37 Korean Entertainment: The Rise 韩娱之崛起 The story of Li Menglong, a man who gave himself his own name, finding himself again and rising to prominence with the help of many beautiful women. What this book aims to deliver: A male lead who isn't a chuunibyou; Female leads who aren't lovestruck airheads; Side characters and villains who aren't idiots; And, above all, no heartbreaking angst from start to finish. We'll do our best, really! 0Votes735kRecs97.8kFans
- 38 Nogizaka's Growth 乃木坂之成长 There is a once-popular girl group that will never make you regret falling in love with them. If you had the chance to join them and grow alongside them, wouldn't that be wonderful? (It's fine if you don't know them. You might just end up falling for them. This is a parallel world, so things differ from reality. The author is simply an idol fan and doesn't know much about Japanese entertainment.) 0Votes98kRecs15.1kFans
- 39 Korean Entertainment: A Dream 韩娱之梦 Here, there is Lee Hyori, but no “10 Minutes.” Here, there is Kim Jong-kook, but no “A Man.” Here, there is BIGBANG, but no “Lies”... Here, there are all kinds of Korean idols, but none of the classic songs. The laws here do not mandate monogamy. If you've got the means, you can marry eight or ten people. This is a parallel world. Follow a protagonist who transmigrates here and leads the worlds of music and film to their peak. This is a fantasy Korean entertainment novel, so please don't compare 0Votes45.9kRecs337.9kFans
- 40 Korean Entertainment: K-Pop Star 韩娱之kpopstar This is a Korean entertainment novel. If it's not your thing, don't read it. Main focus: Girls' Generation! The actors make guest appearances too! I've already written three books, so you can trust me. I absolutely won't abandon this one. 0Votes52.3kRecs47.2kFans
- 41 Becoming Your Song 成为你的歌声 I originally wanted to become a music teacher, so how did I end up becoming a singer? This luck of mine... It's too incredible. 0Votes32.5kRecs21.6kFans
- 42 The Super Soccer Superstar 超级足球巨星 This is the story of someone who travels from 2015 back to the summer of 2008, bringing a football System with him. That year, a Chinese youth named Li Feng officially made his debut in Europe. European football was changed forever. With Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo locked in a battle for supremacy, he declares, “Oh, no! I, Li Feng, will break this deadlock!” Watch Li Feng take the world by storm and become a world-class superstar. 0Votes38.3kRecs72kFans
- 43 Korean Entertainment: Your Name 韩娱之你的名字 A discussion of the everyday mishaps that happen after two people swap souls. Hilarious!! At a reader’s request, I’ve started a group. 0Votes178.1kRecs56.1kFans
- 44 Korean Entertainment: A Promise for Life 韩娱之允诺一生 His parents' divorce made Qin Ming rebellious, and he followed his father to South Korea. By a twist of fate, his rebellious streak led him to join the show Girls' Generation and the Dangerous Boys, becoming one of its cast members. And so their paths crossed... The story begins with a whisper as flowers fall, dancing into the wind. At the end, may we stay by each other's side, and keep our promise for a lifetime... 0Votes23.2kRecs41.5kFans
- 45 K-Pop: The King’s Game 韩娱之王的游戏 “Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly... live?” You wake with a splitting headache in a subway station you don’t recognize. The only message on your phone is enough to scare any shut-in half to death. There’s no “yes” option and no Lord’s space. You think this is an infinite world ruled by gods, but it’s really just the King’s game. Your fate is either to become an insignificant ant, or to become the next king who rules the world. “Are you kidding me? I’m going to 0Votes30.7kRecs18.4kFans
- 46 Korean Entertainment: The Heavenly King 韩娱之天王 0Votes823.8kRecs178.6kFans
- 47 A Romance in Seoul 韩城恋 Come fall head over heels in a passionate, whirlwind romance with your idol!!! 0Votes108.2kRecs51.4kFans
- 48 Playing Around in That Korean City 玩转那座韩城 With the memories of his past life, he stays one step ahead of everyone, living carefree and ruling the entertainment scene. 0Votes158.1kRecs196.1kFans
- 49 I’m a Lawyer Again 我又是个律师 My name is Lin Ye, and I'm a lawyer. My dad is a doctor. My mom is a teacher. We're a perfectly normal family, but for some reason, my boneheaded little sister decided to become a celebrity. Our perfectly normal family started getting a little less normal because of her. Even I ended up bumping into her for no reason, all because of that bonehead. P.S. 0Votes52.7kRecs117kFans
- 50 Leisurely Days in Korean Entertainment 韩娱之悠闲 He was the youngest person in Harvard's history to earn two PhDs, and had once attended a global economic forum. He was the mysterious creator HY, hailed by everyone as the Son of God. Countless classic songs and screenplays were his work. After achieving success in both his studies and career, he returned to Korea, where he met the girl who had been his childhood friend, along with her group of Hongzi sisters. Then, in a stroke of terrible luck, he was dragged into Running Man and became a regu 3Votes28.2kRecs48.8kFans
