Novels like The Dark Song Dynasty
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Dark Song Dynasty, best match first.
- 1 The Inhuman Life of a Northern Song Scholar 北宋士大夫的非人生活 This was the era most beloved by scholars. The literati of this dynasty led an unconventional life: they didn’t have to live in constant fear of losing their heads. They could challenge the emperor and shower him with spittle, or show up at court in disheveled clothes without a care. They didn’t have to call themselves slaves and their ruler master, or sob that “if the ruler wants his subject dead, the subject has no choice but to die.” Instead, they could answer the emperor with righteous convi 0Votes133.4kRecs89.1kFans
- 2 Reborn, I Sneak into Dreams 重生潜入梦 Our personalities are all rounded, New life is nurtured beneath the red flag, A new generation grows up in a new era. The protagonist has once again set out on a path in life he has never traveled before. If this day were to come, if time could flow backward, there would be so many paths to choose from in this age of change that the choices would dazzle the eye. A path thick with brambles may not be hard to walk, and a path that looks smooth may not lead anywhere. You have to walk it to know. Co 0Votes422.5kRecs471.4kFans
- 3 The Best Director 最佳导演 Wang Yang dreamed of becoming a director and making movies that would drive the whole world wild. But his life had just taken a major blow: he'd been framed and expelled from USC. Yet as God closed one window on Wang Yang, he opened another. After Wang Yang was hit by a car on the street, he found he could see future movies! And so 1998 became an extraordinary year. While Titanic worked its miracle, the greatest director of the 21st century quietly began his rise. 0Votes515.6kRecs279.3kFans
- 4 A Life of Wealth and Glory 一世富贵 After transmigrating to the Northern Song during Emperor Renzong's reign, Xu Ping places first in the imperial examinations. But after offending the Empress Dowager, he is sent to Lingnan to serve as an official. Starting out as a minor border official, he rises step by step until he finally comes into his own, writing his own legend in the Song Dynasty. The Northern Song emerged from the chaos of the Five Dynasties, with the great aristocratic clans swept away. The gentry had yet to take shape, 0Votes542.3kRecs242.6kFans
- 5 Dawn Doctor 黎明医生 The bustling streets of the past now lay in a grotesque, deathly silence. Hoarse, frenzied whispers coiled across the sky, while indescribable ancient giants drifted beneath the sea. Unknown diseases broke out, terrible disasters ravaged the land, and panicked people searched day and night for imaginary places of refuge. Blood-rain fell. Lightning revealed the gathering crows. Nevermore, nevermore, they answered. “We can see that this aberrant creature has twelve pairs of ribs, just like a human 15Votes603.9kRecs793.4kFans
- 6 The Way of the Hero 侠行天下 Wuxia has never died. The chivalrous spirit has always lived in our hearts. You don't need a feudal society to have heroes, or even sects and a martial world. Chivalry is really a dream of ours: the dream of drawing a blade to help when you see injustice, the dream of spending ten years honing a single sword. This book begins with a tale called Ten Years, One Sword. The story takes place at a university called One Sword… 1Votes2.1MRecs664.5kFans
- 7 The Immortal Gourd 仙葫 Countless arts and endless paths to the Great Dao: I ask only one thing, can they grant eternal life? 19Votes2.8MRecs580.5kFans
- 8 The Great Sage of Liaozhai 聊斋大圣人 Ten thousand mu of fertile land, hundreds of servants, a grand mansion… Li Xiuyuan transmigrates into the body of a landlord’s eldest son. With no ambition whatsoever, he plans to live as a wastrel, acting like a spoiled young master, flirting with beautiful maids, and riding out in fine clothes. Until one day, he suddenly discovers that his family lives in Guobei County, and that there’s a Lanruo Temple outside the county… 4Votes264.5kRecs467.5kFans
- 9 Disciplining the Song Dynasty 调教大宋 In the sixth year of Qingli, the Zhao Song dynasty was awash in song and dance. Then a madman arrived… He saw with his own eyes the Great Song's splendor, grace, and warmth. At first, Tang Yi just wanted to enjoy this era. The Jingkang Incident, the Mongol cavalry, none of it had anything to do with him. History would follow its own course, no matter how much he meddled. A thousand years later, China would still be China! It couldn't fall! But when an old man, worried for his country and its 2Votes1.2MRecs990.3kFans
- 10 Heavenly Shadow 天影 Yin and yang divide heaven and earth; the five elements shape the universe. Beneath the sky, in the ancient and storied heartland of China, the age of immortal cultivation has dawned, and countless beings thrive. Across millions of miles, countless human joys and sorrows unfold amid the magnificent pursuit of eternal life. Where there is light, there is also darkness. Beneath the sky, in the midst of all that radiance, silent shadows still move unseen… 8Votes14.7MRecs1.3MFans
- 11 I Shall Seal the Heavens 我欲封天 If I want something to exist, Heaven cannot let it vanish. If I want something gone, Heaven cannot let it remain! This story begins between the Eighth Mountain and the Ninth Mountain, in a world where “my fate is as monstrous as a demon, and I shall seal the heavens”! This is I Shall Seal the Heavens, the third full-length novel by Er Gen, following Renegade Immortal and Pursuit of the Truth. 16Votes4.6MRecs2.7MFans
- 12 Striving in Dream of the Red Chamber 奋斗在红楼 In the winter of the seventh year of the Yongzhi reign of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the beautiful, haughty little girl Lin Daiyu has just entered the Jia household. A modern science graduate transmigrates into the body of Jia Huan, a bastard son in the Jia household from Dream of the Red Chamber. If he doesn’t want to be dragged down by his useless Jia relatives and have his family confiscated and his head chopped off, he needs to prepare early. This is the story of a bastard son making a comeback 3Votes1.7MRecs524.4kFans
- 13 EN Rebirth of a God-Tier Academic Ace. 重生之神级学霸 Yang Rui, a lecherous, pudgy man with a graduate degree in biology, was unemployed after graduation. By a twist of fate, he became an all-around star tutor at a cram school, then took a tumble and landed in 1982 as a tall, handsome repeat college entrance exam student, with a head full of books and reference materials to boot. The college entrance exam acceptance rate was low in the 1980s? Listen up, everyone. Learn from me... This is the story of a rather impure technician. 0Votes3.8MRecs703.5kFans
- 14 Transmigrating Through the World of Fantasy 幻想世界大穿越 When fantasy becomes reality, can a young man from China set foot on the path to godhood? Chen Ang has the power to transmigrate, traveling through worlds of fantasy. In Limitless, he gains superhuman intelligence. In Lucy, he glimpses the secrets of becoming a god. Starting with The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he practices internal martial arts and evolves. In Anaconda, he obtains the key to immortality. Super-soldier serum, Extremis, the X-gene, spider genes, lizard formula… The road to godhood t 16Votes1.5MRecs1.1MFans
- 15 This Monk Wants to Return to Secular Life 老衲要还俗 The myriad faces of humanity and countless divine powers amount to nothing more than a mountain, a temple, and a monk. My new book, The Rabbit Must Die, starts updating on June 1. If you enjoy Huang Liang’s work, check it out! 0Votes1.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 16 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 67Votes3.2MRecs942kFans
- 17 The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏 At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately 131Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 18 EN Way of the Devil 极道天魔 New book: Dark Night of Desperation, I Alone Am an Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you’re interested. Demons and monsters run rampant, and the people suffer. Divine weapons and demonic blades shine over the land. A game modifier on Lu Sheng’s phone accidentally became a supernatural ability in his mind. It also became his only lifeline in this dark, chaotic age. 29Votes4MRecs2.3MFans
- 19 EN Lord of Mysteries 诡秘之主 Amid the tide of steam and machinery, who can reach the extraordinary? In the fog of history and darkness, who is whispering? I awoke from the mysteries and opened my eyes to see this world: Guns, cannons, battleships, airships, difference engines; potions, divination, curses, the Hanged Man, Sealed Artifacts... Light still shines, and the mysterious has never left. This is the legend of th 11kVotes37.4MRecs37.6MFans
