Novels like A Taste of Magic
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Taste of Magic, best match first.
- 1 Cherished Country Wife: The Little Weaver 娇宠田妻：农家小织女 A distinguished heiress to a textile dynasty transmigrates to another world and becomes a poor orphan living under someone else’s roof in a farming household. Her adoptive mother is mean and sharp-tongued, her adoptive father is devious and sly, her sister is domineering and unreasonable, and her brother is always looking to take advantage. How is she supposed to live like this? The young woman clenches her fists. 0Votes779Recs3.2kFans
- 2 The Chinese Physician 华医 A mysterious past, a girl no one wants to marry, and even working as a maid lands her in prison for a crime she didn’t commit. At the height of her bad luck, she meets him: a compassionate healer with miraculous medical skills. From then on, she makes it her life’s ambition to follow in his footsteps, study medicine, practice benevolence, and save lives. But with a tyrant on the throne and society in decay, she hears that looking after yourself matters more than a healer’s compassion. And what a 0Votes26.3kRecs6.9kFans
- 3 The Benevolent Doctor and the Foolish Bun 肥田仁医傻包子 Li Banxia, the eighth-generation heir to a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, is reborn in a small mountain village several centuries in the past. Born with severe halitosis, she is also notorious throughout the surrounding villages as a gossip. Despised by everyone, she is married off by her stepmother to become a second wife to the eldest son of the Liu family in Dayang Village. Her mother-in-law is nagging, her father-in-law is inscrutable. Her sister-in-law is fussy, her y 0Votes28.2kRecs18kFans
- 4 A Transmigrated Wife Has a Pocket Dimension 穿越娘子有空间 One moment she was here, the next she had transmigrated and become the young mistress of the Zhou dynasty's Duke Zhenguo's household, abandoned at a country estate. Faced with a dilapidated farm and a life without enough clothes or food, Gu Xinyu says, “There are five words floating down from the sky: this is no big deal...” She clears wasteland, plants crops, improves the rice paddies, builds greenhouses, makes grape wine, and opens a restaurant... Drawing on her extensive agricultural knowledg 0Votes31.4kRecs34.8kFans
- 5 Beloved Pet 乖宠 Condensed edition for publication. Amid the shifting lights of the streetlamps, the man's profile was colder and harder than the night itself. “I never help anyone.” The man looked at her grimy, stained fingers clutching his trousers. Several military police stepped forward, ready to drag her away. She was too exhausted to resist, slumped in their arms. Just then, his voice came, cool and detached: “I only make deals for mutual benefit. What will you give me in exchange for your life?” 0Votes6kRecs15kFans
- 6 Glorious Phoenix 荣凰 They say that beautiful women have always been destined for tragedy. Legend has it that in Fengming, a savage and remote kingdom, there lived a princess of unparalleled beauty, gentle and virtuous, who could divine the future and commune with spirits. She could bring prosperity to her kingdom, but the backlash from her spiritual powers meant she was unlikely to live a long life. The king of Longxi had heard of her and wanted to become the supreme ruler in a chaotic age. He sent his gentle, refin 0Votes120.8kRecs21.4kFans
- 7 A Beauty's Dream in Troubled Times 乱世红颜梦 The Warring States era: a bloody, dazzling, glorious age. The heroine, with a modern consciousness, arrives in this time and becomes a plaything in the hands of competing powers. When she cannot even keep her life, how can she hold on to her true self? In an age where the strong are everywhere, she refuses to be manipulated at will and embarks on a one-way road to stand alone against the world. 0Votes103kRecs454.6kFans
- 8 A Return in Splendor 锦绣归 Come check out the new book, Don’t Speak of Liang. Likes and recommendations are welcome~ She was an orphan, but she was never short of love or family. To survive in a grand household, you have to know what needs knowing, and learn what needs learning, even if you have to grit your teeth. We don’t envy other people their happy families. We don’t covet other people’s powerful parents. As for other people’s perfect matches, we’ll... just admire them from afar. There are plenty of good men in the w 0Votes22.9kRecs38.4kFans
- 9 A Chronicle of Fine Dishes 佳肴记 When Zhou Jiayao’s gambling-addicted aunt shoved her, she couldn’t make sense of it. In life, she’d been a good person who stood up for others and helped those in need. Weren’t people like that supposed to go to heaven after they died? So why had she ended up in hell? “What? You’ve got the wrong person?” “What do you mean I can never go back?” Zhou Jiayao threw her head back and wailed, “What about my private kitchen? And what about my love life?” The King of Hell spoke up: “I’m sure we can work 0Votes137.2kRecs42.5kFans
- 10 The Daily Life of Raising Children in Ancient Times 古代养娃日常 Peng Jin had just emerged from years of a painful marriage spent trying to conceive when someone clobbered her with a club and sent her hurtling into the Great Qi dynasty, where she became the third young madam of the Chengyi Earl’s residence. Placing both hands over her belly, Peng Jin vowed to pave a glorious future for the precious child heaven had given her! 0Votes48.1kRecs77.9kFans
- 11 The Art of Disguise 伪妆记 Why did her fiancé marry someone else? Why does her grandmother refuse to acknowledge her? Why was she destined to die? A story about a girl abandoned by everyone as she searches for the truth through layer upon layer of mystery. 0Votes34.9kRecs102.8kFans
- 12 The Brocade House 锦宅 You can see the beginning of life, but not what happens along the way or how it ends. The Su family is a pit, and it keeps changing without warning. Su Qingzhi says her life is about to begin with one pit after another. 0Votes114.6kRecs37.7kFans
- 13 The Wandering Physician 游医 Gu Nian, a young emergency room intern, transmigrates and is reborn as Liu Yiyi, a young orphan from a family of doctors, whose entire family was slaughtered. To avenge her family and survive, she disguises herself as a man. She takes on the guise of a wandering physician, hides in the martial world, and searches for her enemies. She jokes around with her buddies, all while trying not to let them discover who she really is. She can’t drink too much, bathe in hot springs, or take off her shoe 0Votes117.8kRecs117.2kFans
- 14 Otaku 御宅 “Two hundred taels of silver. Who’ll build me a grand house?” That’s what you call a true diamond in the rough. And she’ll shine, shine brilliantly! 0Votes211.7kRecs54.1kFans
- 15 The Eldest Daughter 嫡长女 In her previous life, she was the eldest legitimate daughter of the Shen clan of Wu and Yue. She enjoyed every earthly luxury: her clan flourished, wielded power at court, and she was the most exalted woman in the realm. Yet she also endured every earthly sorrow: her entire clan was wiped out, she was stripped of her title and imprisoned, and in the end she met a tragic fate! All because the Shen clan had used the strength of the entire family to help him ascend the throne. In this life, she is 0Votes88.1kRecs210.4kFans
- 16 The Wife Takes the Lead 妻在上 Her blood feud was avenged, her filial duties fulfilled, and the realm was gradually stabilized. Zheng Dowager Empress had little to regret and few regrets in her life. And yet... When she came back to life as someone else, everything changed. Everyone cursed behind her back: “Damn it! The treacherous minister’s wife!” Zheng Heng smiled. “Heh. I just love how you curse me behind my back, yet still have to praise me with the utmost respect to my face...” 0Votes105.4kRecs53.3kFans
- 17 Country Life for the Young Lady 田园闺事 She transmigrates into a farming family, only to find that her parents favor sons and her eldest sister-in-law is the apple of everyone's eye. As for her, she's just a weed in everyone's eyes. Even a weed can stand tall in the garden. Find a good husband and bring home treasures. A humble weed can turn into a golden treasure. 0Votes148.6kRecs104.3kFans
- 18 The Empress Is Fiercer Than a Tiger 皇后猛于虎 The most satisfying thing about being reborn is taking revenge on your enemies step by step, but she was reborn as her own enemy. As a second-best option, she at least had to make a name for herself and live a vibrant, fulfilling life. But tormented by vengeful ghosts, she was plagued by bad luck all the way. Xie Jiu angrily flipped the table: When this tiger shows her claws, you think she is a sick cat? Stirring up storms, manipulating the court, dominating the emperor, ruling the imperial hare 1Votes21kRecs28.9kFans
- 19 A Face Like Gold and Jade 金玉良颜 The Jin family of the Great Wu Dynasty was so poor that all they had left was money. Oh, and they also had a thick skin cloaked in moral rectitude. Reborn with a secret, Jin Linglong glanced at the dazzling splendor of gold and jade before looking down at her own pair of empty, nimble hands and laughing softly. 0Votes74.9kRecs59.7kFans
- 20 Chronicles of a Farming Family 农家记事 A farming family makes its home in the mountains, with three parts mountain, one part water, and six parts fields. Within a snail shell, they build a splendid sanctuary; a harmonious family and thriving livelihood bring good fortune and health! A farming tale: raising silkworms and weaving, but mostly farming! 0Votes49.8kRecs24.8kFans
- 21 The Finest Farmland 极品田园 Yuan Man was accidentally born into the Su family as Su Manman. To everyone else, her family was a bunch of unbearable oddballs: a stingy, sharp-tongued grandmother, a grandfather who only ever tried to smooth things over, a father who drained the whole family’s resources to pay for his education, and a proud, fiery, bold mother. But in her eyes, they were all absolutely adorable, nothing like what other people saw. In short, just as her scholar father said, happiness overflowed! (There’ll be bi 0Votes59.4kRecs57.8kFans
- 22 Mayfly Inn 蜉蝣客栈 I tell you my feelings, you resent my intentions. Neither gods nor demons need fear. The savage souls of the Three Roads devour guts; at midnight, foolish resentment rises before the courtyard. Who will use the Buddha's hand to guide these fated souls? The Five Aggregates are impermanent, like a mayfly's dream. Let all things return to the wondrous lotus. The Mayfly Inn connects the Three Realms, and wandering souls and spirits often stop here to rest. You Ning betrayed her sect and met a grueso 0Votes47.4kRecs19.4kFans
- 23 The Tech Superstar 科技大明星 Technology is a new way of life, the future, and the unknown... 0Votes90.3kRecs82.5kFans
- 24 The Gemstone Guide 珠光宝鉴 Abandoned by my wealthy fiancé? So what? I have my own dazzling life! Every treasure in the world, genuine or fake, is all within my grasp! I sell knowledge and supernatural abilities, but I do not sell regret medicine! *********Thanks to Mu Shuiyou for the cover. Pinning you down and kissing you wildly******** (Katong Ling helped set up a group for anyone who wants to chat. This is a group for readers with legitimate subscriptions. You must verify using your Qidian account name, and you need to 0Votes207.2kRecs291.9kFans
- 25 The Melody of a Thousand Mountains 千山调 He was the original body's object of affection. On the day the original body was rejected after confessing, the two of them died mysteriously together. He was reborn, while she became the original body. Two people who had nothing whatsoever to do with each other met, and the story began... A literary version of the synopsis: Treading across a thousand rivers and ten thousand mountains, composing a magnificent chapter of a lifetime. ● The completed novel Marrying a Husband, published under the fo 0Votes209.7kRecs64.2kFans
- 26 Painted Fields Everywhere 画满田园 Xuan Miaor was a modern-day painter who transmigrated into the home of a poor farming family in ancient times. But that's all right: as long as she has a brush in hand, she needn't worry about earning silver. With her brush: She paints a vast land of mountains and rivers, a flourishing countryside, a house filled with gold and jade, and a harmonious pair bound by love. 0Votes343.5kRecs78.4kFans
- 27 The Concubine's Rise to Legitimacy 庶庶得正 Fu Jun feels rather out of her depth. Life in the marquis's household is both easy and hard. The dignity of a legitimate daughter is there one moment and gone the next. No life is easy. She doesn't want to be confined to the inner quarters, yet she has no choice but to struggle forward behind the household gates. Whether the twilight grows eve 0Votes80.4kRecs106.4kFans
- 28 Fun Times Around the Palace 本宫身边趣多多 The Emperor Heng’s Consort Duan, who had enjoyed a lifetime of glory, died of old age, only to return to the time when she first entered the palace at seven years old. Living another life, she meets her little nemesis again. “Get over here and let me pinch your cheeks!” 0Votes173.8kRecs82kFans
- 29 Airo's Life in Dream of the Red Chamber 艾若的红楼生活 After transmigrating, she accidentally stumbles into an illusion... The Grand View Garden hasn't been built, Cao Xueqin hasn't finished his book, and the world of Dream of the Red Chamber has yet to take shape. As the one destined to be “pregnant with jade,” should I leave the Rong and Ning Mansions to forge a life of my own, or stay within this great household and await the fate that is about to come? Knowing t 0Votes263.1kRecs65.7kFans
- 30 The Beloved Daughter 娇女 The Pampered Girl: a sweet, soft girl who has lived in a honey pot and never had to worry about anything. Because of a dying wish, she, once a tough woman, is doted on by her father until she becomes a pampered girl. She prepares herself for the battles of the inner household, only to find that the wives of the marquis’s household get along harmoniously, the marriages are happy, and the concubine-born daughters keep a low profile. How is she supposed to deal with this? When choosing a husband, h 0Votes296.3kRecs437.9kFans
- 31 The Golden Husband 金夫 Like other women who transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty, Feng Jiwen doesn't face vicious palace intrigue or exhausting household battles. Instead, she's expected to marry Heshen, the most handsome man in the empire, Qianlong's favorite minister, and one of history's most notorious corrupt officials! At this point, Lord He is still a penniless young man studying at the Xian'an Palace School. Forced by her grandfather's threat to take his own life, Feng Jiwen grits her teeth as she's carried to t 0Votes158.4kRecs88.3kFans
- 32 Melbourne, Figuring Out Love 墨尔本，算到爱 Xiamen to Melbourne, New York to Florence. Fashion in love, romance in mathematics. A brand's dream for the world. 0Votes321.2kRecs90.7kFans
- 33 The Great God Won't Leave Me 大神甩不掉 Shen Yuexue bravely saves someone and transmigrates! Damn it, she’s ended up in a world of cultivation. Even worse, with her useless aptitude, she can only be an invisible nobody. Who would have thought that her cooking skills could win her the favor of a top-tier powerhouse? It really pays to be a foodie. Stop right there! Hand over your immortal pills, magical treasures, and secret manuals! What, you won’t? Close the door and unleash the powerhouse! This is the story of how a dazed foodie 0Votes109.4kRecs76kFans
- 34 My Phone Can See Ghosts 我的手机能见鬼 Xin Huohuo is terribly unlucky. She accidentally brought home two freeloaders, and they’re both incredibly picky eaters. What good is being handsome? Can your face swipe a card? Can it pay by phone? To make matters worse, she’s also crossed a devious schemer, along with a whole string of ghosts. A black-hearted, money-loving woman + a ridiculous, violent man + an expressionless, sharp-tongued man: the three rascals’ shady dealings. Eighth Lord: (enigmatic) Life and death are both gifts of life.. 0Votes314kRecs45.1kFans
- 35 Reading the Heart Through Fragrance 闻香识心 The most terrifying thing isn't anything else. It's people, because malice is hidden in their hearts. I can recognize scents, and I can read people's hearts. 2Votes61.6kRecs40.2kFans
- 36 The Easygoing Life of a Fake Taoist 伪术士的悠闲生活 When fortune comes, iron turns to gold. When fortune leaves, gold turns to iron. Bai Caicai was reborn and unexpectedly gained a jade talisman skill. It could not only nurture rough stones into fine jade, but also bring her all kinds of fortune and blessings. And so, she began a leisurely life as a pretend mystic, nurturing jade, farming, and using feng shui to dispel misfortune. 0Votes282.8kRecs140.6kFans
- 37 Reborn: Wen Wan 重生之温婉 After being reborn in ancient times, she not only became mute and unable to speak, but was also disliked by her grandmother, unloved by her father, tormented by her stepmother, and branded an inauspicious person who brought misfortune to her father, mother, and entire family. Faced with all kinds of hardships and difficulties, she rose to the challenge and resolved them one by one. Poisoning, assassinations, and framing followed one after another, yet she remained fearless. She had originally wa 0Votes339kRecs131.5kFans
- 38 The Tyrant Official 霸官 The tyrants of the Sang family: five dead, one left. People say their downfall was only a matter of time. The one left is certainly not going to accept her fate. She'll keep being a tyrant and see who's tougher, Heaven or her. But after she kills her enemy with her own hands and leaves Dawang Ridge, she thinks she'll settle for a modestly comfortable life from then on... Little does she know that the game of Dawang Chess has only just begun. One master after another makes their move alongside he 0Votes215.2kRecs41kFans
- 39 Heaven’s Finest Gift 天赐一品 The moment Wei Yaoqing opened her eyes, she went from being the Zhang family’s cherished darling to an ordinary young woman looked down on because her fiancé was too outstanding... 0Votes338.3kRecs159.6kFans
- 40 Thinking of You with Joy 念君欢 She opens her eyes and finds herself back thirty years in the past, having become that infatuated great-aunt of hers? What secret lies behind her rebirth? The enemy who sent her back with a single sword strike has come along too. Is this a coincidence, or was it inevitable... 1Votes120.1kRecs85.8kFans
- 41 The Iron Lady 铁娘 She came from the apocalypse to the populous Jin family. As the youngest daughter of the Jin family, she received far more than the others. Jin Yun looked at the rare egg in her hand and made up her mind! She would use the most unique blacksmithing techniques to lead the Jin family to the highest peak! 0Votes82.6kRecs52.6kFans
- 42 The Brocade Spring 折锦春 Qin faces spring, but spring turns away from Qin. In her previous life, the entire Qin family was executed. Qin Su was covered in filth and endured humiliation for half her life. She always believed that was fate. Only after being reborn did she understand: it wasn’t fate, but a trap. Can she break free and survive, turning the spring she has broken into a tapestry of beauty? In a nutshell: This is a story about redemption. A special note: This is a 3Votes241.4kRecs137.1kFans
- 43 The High God Has Arrived 上神来了 Mu Jiu’s path to immortality had gone smoothly, but at the crucial moment she hit a bottleneck and couldn’t ascend. Her master pointed her in the right direction. She could have spent some time in the Celestial Court, waiting for the opportunity to fulfill her wish. But who would have thought she’d pick up a clingy pest along the way… When she went out on errands, he’d stand with his hands tucked in his sleeves, gazing at the sky. “Come back soon!” When she talked to her fellow immortals, he’ 0Votes124kRecs182.5kFans
- 44 The Pearl Lady 明珠娘子 No one expected Gu Mingzhu, the eldest daughter of the Cavalry General's household, to lose her imperial marriage decree at the Qujiang Banquet. Everyone knew how hard she had worked and what schemes she had employed to win this chance, yet she managed to lose it herself. Everyone guessed that, given her temperament, Miss Gu would surely cry, make a scene, and threaten to hang herself... The female lead is extremely ruthless, extremely ruthless, extremely ruthless. High-stakes warning ahead... 0Votes99.7kRecs81.9kFans
- 45 The Water Town Folk 水乡人家 The mute Guo Qingya transmigrates to a farmhouse in a water town in another world. It’s a wonderful and perfectly matched family. So the mute girl, who spent twenty-four years of her previous life in silence, finds her life taking one unexpected turn after another, with the clouds parting to reveal the sun at every turn. Her story begins with a love stolen by force... 1Votes313.6kRecs124.8kFans
- 46 You Were Born to Be Free 卿本风流 She helped him attain wealth and status, yet when he held overwhelming power, he drove her to her death. Reborn in the past, she will plan carefully at every step, use the influence of that breathtakingly handsome man, and secure a life of wealth and leisure for herself. A faint smile, her hands tucked into her sleeves; in the blink of an eye, she turns the world upside down. ## Gu Bo, author of "Splendor of the Imperial Court", returns with a new novel, "Protect the Emperor". There’s a direct 0Votes272kRecs169.3kFans
- 47 The Swallow Returns to the Hall 堂前燕归来 See how she uses her skills to help her family grow wealthy and prosper! 0Votes168.2kRecs51.1kFans
- 48 The Mistress of the Household 掌家娘子 Her birth mother was cast out by her father, and her stepmother plotted to frame her. Was her life destined to end like this? For Yao Wanning, this was only the beginning. From now on, she would stop being cautious and swallowing her anger, and would make sure the wicked suffered to the fullest. A modern psychologist arrives in ancient times. She'll have to deal with household, business, and palace rivalries alike. After all, she's the lady in charge of the family. P.S. And then there's him. No 0Votes257.5kRecs191.4kFans
- 49 Immortal Stew 仙炖 This is not a stir-fry novel, not a steamed-dish novel, not a stew novel. It really is not a cooking novel, ah! What should a woman who fears dirt and pain, bugs and ghosts do after she transmigrates into a cultivation world filled with brutal competition and monsters everywhere?! Lin Qing: “The immortal path is long. Let’s see how I grow stronger and carve out a different path as a gossip-loving supporting female character!... But Wu Si, do I really not have the bloodline that gathers we 5Votes185.6kRecs103.6kFans
- 50 Interstellar Painter 星际画师 Other people use guns to kill. I kill with paintings! Other people use medicine to save lives. I save lives with paintings! Her father is dead, her family destroyed, and she is exiled to a penal star. Reborn as a vicious little girl, she sets out on a bloody path of revenge. What? Her enemies have a m 0Votes132.2kRecs37.8kFans
