Novels like Don’t Fail the Cold Summer
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- 1 A Gentleman Makes a Fine Prisoner 君子好囚 When the continent loses its order and war threatens at every turn; when resources become desperately scarce and survival becomes the greatest challenge. Following the law of the jungle, human love, ideals, ethics, and morality all vanish! Cheng Qinglan enters this world and becomes the object of every male's pursuit! 0Votes289Recs8kFans
- 2 The Healer's Handbook 医心方 [Under revision. She turns medicine into strategy and herbs into soldiers. Then, with her hands tucked into her sleeves, she withdraws from the world and cultivates a peach-blossom paradise in a time of chaos. 0Votes6.6kRecs4.3kFans
- 3 You and My Splendid Time 你和我的倾城时光 [The TV adaptation starring Zhao Liying and Jin Han premieres on November 12.] Lin Qian once thought the man she wanted had to be handsome and powerful, a business tycoon who could command the winds and the rain, someone she could look up to, someone who could do anything. But when she finally met the right person, she realized just how much she loved his cool reserve, silence, determination, and loyalty. She loved him so much that she was willing to stand by his side in the stormy world of busi 0Votes7.2kRecs253.9kFans
- 4 Married to a Vampire 嫁给吸血鬼 After sleeping for ten years, I woke up to find myself with a handsome, wealthy vampire husband... But why have I forgotten everything about my past? Can someone tell me what happened over those ten years? In this love affair that swept me away, was I a princess living in an ivory tower, or Cinderella who left behind a glass slipper? 0Votes49.9kRecs75.3kFans
- 5 He Is My Neighbor by Moonlight 他与月光为邻 The first time they met, she insisted on giving him a pastry. He hated sweets, but still tried his best to eat it. The second time, she was scared and reached out to hug him. His face flushed slightly. “Miss, please let go first.” The third time, she accidentally kissed him. He looked at her as if he’d seen a ghost, but she just said, “It was an accident. You don’t have to take it to heart.” As an outstanding officer who had received an excellent education and was in good physical and mental hea 0Votes7.5kRecs30.1kFans
- 6 Beauty with a Secret 美人为馅 In front of other people, Han Chen is always handsome and cold, keeping everyone at a distance. He is pure and aloof as a blanket of frost, yet as calm and captivating as water flowing through the night. To everyone, he is the unattainable ideal man. Only in front of Bai Jinxi does this celebrated senior police inspector reveal the rogue side he keeps so well hidden. “Come a little closer. I won’t eat you. At least, not right now.” “I’ve never touched another woman. Want to check?” “Bai Jinxi, n 0Votes28.7kRecs50.5kFans
- 7 Dark Clouds Meet the Bright Moon 乌云遇皎月 She was like a little sun, while I was a traveler lying beneath it. Bathed in her light, I finally looked up and cried. A love story between a tough-as-nails auto mechanic and a sweet, goofy novelist. 0Votes25kRecs19.9kFans
- 8 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
- 9 The Mountain Moon Knows Nothing of the Heart 山月不知心底事 Under the mountain moon seventeen years ago, he said, “We’ll never be apart.” Of course, he left anyway. Xiang Yuan always thought it was time, distance, and life’s uncontrollable twists and turns that drove them apart. Only later did she learn that even if she had kept Ye Qianze by her side, one day, when he met Ye Ling, he would still have fallen in love with her. Could she change fate, but not the heart of the man she loved? The mountain moon’s clear light had long since faded. All she had le 0Votes13.7kRecs25.3kFans
- 10 Exclusive Possession 独家占有 One day, Hua Yao received an unexpected gift: a section of a pale, horrifying human bone. The robot delivering it explained, “This is the commander's broken bone. He was wounded in the Sirius Campaign three years ago and had a metal leg bone fitted.” Hua Yao went to ask someone, “Why did you give me your bone?” He gazed at her calmly and solemnly. “It's part of my body.” His voice dropped to a husky murmur. “It all belongs to you.” Hua Yao silently wept. Damn it, she really wanted to refuse the 0Votes863Recs13.7kFans
- 11 If Snails Fell in Love 如果蜗牛有爱情 One day, after they finished discussing work as usual, the man suddenly changed the subject. “I've been pursuing you for so long. What do you think about it?” Xu Xu was astonished. “You've been pursuing me?” The man patiently lit a cigarette, his dark eyes fixed on her. “I accompany you for your morning workouts every day, teach you to shoot hand in hand, and everyone in the police force calls you sister-in-law... What did you think I was doing?” Xu Xu was silent for a moment. “Oh... You don't n 1Votes8.9kRecs53.1kFans
- 12 Close Your Eyes When He Comes: Dark Scales 他来了请闭眼之暗粼 Book Two of He Is Here, Please Close Your Eyes A strange man lives on the mountain. He never speaks to anyone, always wears sunglasses, a scarf, and a face mask when he goes out, and has an arrogant air about him. But they say he’s a brilliant detective. I know. How? Because I once crossed paths with him. But now he... Don’t say it. I know. I know everything. Hello, I’m Jian Yao, a criminal investigator and Professor Bo Jinyan’s wife. He almost caught me once. But I won’t let that happen again 0Votes57kRecs43.6kFans
- 13 Wildly Devoted 挚野 Back then, he was still poor and in a foul mood after losing a match. She secretly bought him a meal, then ordered him to go pull weeds in the yard. Squatting among the weeds, he wore a look of tragic resolve. “Look, Xunsheng, this is the empire I conquered for you!” Xu Xunsheng: “Idiot.” … Later, he stood before millions, with the empire behind him. But there was only one thing he wanted to ask: “Can we keep loving each other?” Just like back then, when you fell in love with me, a man who had 0Votes26.3kRecs19.7kFans
- 14 When I Am Guilty 待我有罪时 He said, “Everyone has decided I’m guilty. What about you?” She said, “Maybe.” He smiled. “So what are you going to do?” She said, “Look for evidence. Either clear your name, or arrest you and wait for you.” He said, “Good. It’s a promise.” The blurb is just here to set the mood, so don’t be misled. This story is incredibly sweet. A romantic mystery, updated with 3,000+ words between 8 p.m. and midnight, Monday through Saturday. The author is getting on in years and takes Sundays off. 0Votes63.8kRecs33.7kFans
- 15 The Interstellar All-Round Queen 星际全能女王 The ugly girl Jiang Tong transmigrated into the body of a stunning beauty two thousand years in the future, only to find that the body had been disfigured and came with a burdensome little brother. Fortunately, transmigration came with a bonus: the interstellar mall, reputed to have everything you could think of but nothing you could not buy. From then on, she became an all-rounder in alchemy, artifact refining, talisman drawing, formations, martial arts techniques, cultivation methods, and more 0Votes113kRecs65.2kFans
- 16 Cold Mist Over the River 烟水寒 The story of the ancient woman An Jieyu, who transmigrates to the modern era, then is reborn back at the starting point, journeying from fierce household battles to the warmth of everyday life, and from gilded halls and high office to dominating the jianghu. The tangled romances of a good-for-nothing heroine who has no interspatial realm, no supernatural abilities, and no talent for jade gambling, who regards the Three Obediences and Four Virtues as drifting clouds and pays no heed to the supre 0Votes64.1kRecs128.1kFans
- 17 He Has Arrived, Please Close Your Eyes 他来了，请闭眼 The second urban romance mystery novel by Ding Mo. On a date, he said: “I'm not interested in this sort of thing. But if you kiss me every ten minutes, I can accompany you in doing anything boring.” When he was jealous, he said: “Compared with me, this man is stupid from head to toe. The only thing that isn't stupid about him is that he also knows you're a good woman.” When they made love, he said: “Although I have no experience, my aptitude and comprehension are exceptional. By the way, my powe 0Votes18.3kRecs54.4kFans
- 18 Walking Through Life with You 与子偕行 A win-win story between a modern woman who transmigrates and a native woman who has been reborn. *, *, *, * Modern city girl Qi Yixin is reborn into the great Qi aristocratic clan, at the dawn of a new era. The old era is not yet over, and the new dynasty is about to begin. Dukes, marquises, ministers, and generals are all just passing clouds to me. Before overwhelming strength, every sinister trick of household rivalry is nothing but a paper tiger. In this life, I will join hands with you and l 0Votes224.5kRecs157.7kFans
- 19 The Heiress Returns 千金归来 Reborn, I won’t be a princess at the mercy of others ever again. This time, I’ll be the queen who controls her own fate! I won’t sit around waiting for fate to punish those who hurt me or owe me. I’ll make them pay with my own hands! The TV adaptation of this novel, “The Return of the Heiress,” begins airing on October 30 on four major satellite channels: Shanghai Dragon TV, Heilongjiang TV, Sichuan TV, and Yunnan TV. Starring Li Qin, Li Wei, and others. 0Votes153.8kRecs405.4kFans
- 20 The Story of Them in the Nineties 九十续之他们的故事 The heroine, Jiang Nan, was nearly driven to ruin in the previous novel, Reborn in the Nineties. This story is hers. She's decided that whoever messes with her, she'll scare them half to death. The author says: Writing a blurb is so hard, especially when it's for the sequel. Did you get it, dear readers? Before you start this book, please go read the first one, Reborn in the Nineties. 0Votes83.4kRecs23.5kFans
- 21 Cheers in the Palace Hall 殿上欢 Mu Fei has returned to where it all began after many years. Her new novel, Blood on the Jade Steps, is currently being serialized: After dreaming of a future in which her country falls, she is forced to become a concubine, stripped during a humiliating wedding ritual by her clansmen, and abducted and abused to death by Emperor Yan of the Murong clan. Li Yan goes completely mad. She borrows boundless power from the Grandmaster Tie, a wicked entity, determined to fight fate head-on. The heroine is 0Votes387.5kRecs181.7kFans
- 22 The Grand Incense Master 大香师 A world where the art of incense reigns supreme, and a fantastical, dazzling legend. * She came from the mud. Fine clothes could not conceal her humble origins. Amidst the fragrant robes and jeweled hairpins, she was just a grubby little girl. . *, * The author has six completed books. Visit the author's page to find them. ^^ 0Votes226.2kRecs49.3kFans
- 23 The Spring and Autumn of the Yu Clan 玉氏春秋 She was reborn in a mass grave. Because of a book called Ten Siege Weapons of Lu Ban, the man she loved used her, and his woman had her killed. In this Spring and Autumn and Warring States era, where human lives are worth no more than weeds, she is just an ordinary young woman from modern times, with a fresh, lovely appearance. She has no talent for martial arts, her math skills are barely passing, and she is hopeless with her hands... But she has to survive. And she has to live comfortably. So 1Votes338.6kRecs185.2kFans
- 24 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
- 25 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
- 26 A Joyful Marriage 欢恬喜嫁 Check out the new book, I'm Done with This Unnamed, Undefined Marriage~ For her first seven lifetimes, Xu Yujian followed the same path. This time, she wants to try another one. ※ After living seven lifetimes and marrying seven times, Xu Yujian has never once seen the sun on the morning after her wedding. Now she's reborn again! Later, no matter how hard she tries, she can't figure it out. Was she really reborn eight times just to meet a good-for-nothing rogue like him? ※ A story about a woman w 0Votes34.1kRecs31kFans
- 27 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
- 28 A Glance, and Joy Blossoms 顾盼成欢 Come check out my new book, I’m Done With This Relationship That Has No Name or Status! After enjoying decades of honor and luxury, Gu Qingwei finally outlived her philandering husband. She thought she could spend the rest of her life without a care in the world. After a lifetime of being virtuous and magnanimous, Gu Qingwei returns to her childhood and decides to live life on her own terms. Huh? Why has that scoundrel gone from a flirtatious playboy to a clingy 0Votes67.3kRecs96kFans
- 29 Springtime in the Southern Dynasties 南朝春色 After decades of turmoil, Emperor Wen ascended the throne in the Chen kingdom of the Southern Dynasties, and both north and south enjoyed rare prosperity and stability. The heroine, blessed with exceptional beauty and burdened with chaotic, shameful memories of her previous life, is reborn into this flourishing world. She thinks that in this life, she will not be a monster. In this age, splendid on the surface but thorny beneath, she is determined to find what even the noblest and most gifted ma 0Votes243.7kRecs205kFans
- 30 Captivating the Lords 媚公卿 She insisted on marrying him, and in the end, burned herself to death. Reborn in the Wei-Jin era, where family status and personal honor rule, she rises from humble beginnings, armed with schemes and ambition… 1Votes200.5kRecs366.3kFans
- 31 The Super Husband-Blessing System 超级旺夫系统 After being reborn as an obese woman who was infertile from birth, Chen Xiaocheng has to face an awkward, proud, and scheming husband with a limp, a mother-in-law who is both a nag and a money-grubber, and the backward rural life of the 1980s. She feels completely overwhelmed. By chance, she gets a super husband-boosting System. Apparently, earning her husband's affection will grant her skills to make a fortune, and becom 0Votes18.2kRecs33.8kFans
- 32 How to Get Poorer and Poorer in the Apocalypse 论如何在末世里越过越穷 [Sweet romance, one-on-one, with a male lead] What does it feel like to be reborn into the body of the supporting villainess who killed you? Yu Chaomu says taking everything from the villainess is the best revenge. She won’t just inherit the villainess’s money and her brother. She’ll inherit everything the villainess had, which means she now has a whole bunch of kids to raise... Yu Chaomu: “Come on, come on! Hard times and heavy expenses mean I’m selling food, drinks, household goods, and all ki 0Votes89.7kRecs37.1kFans
- 33 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
- 34 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
- 35 The Phoenix Alliance 凰盟 [Completed] As the eldest princess of Chu, Mi Huang only wanted to stay alive. But in her previous life, she was force-fed to a snake and swallowed alive... When someone tore open the gates of the Ninefold Underworld and her soul returned, everyone's fate was turned upside down! After the twists and turns of fate, no one would be content to spend two lifetimes forever beneath someone else's heel! Those who stand at the top are destined to have others try to trample them underfoot! After ten year 0Votes678.9kRecs97.8kFans
- 36 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
- 37 The Transmigrated Top Student Is Blessed with Good Fortune 穿越学霸福气满满 The author's three-part period-drama series: Transmigrating and Turning My Life Around in the Eighties, Reborn: Stories from the Nineties, and The Nineties Continued: Their Story, as well as the historical farming novel My Whole Family Transmigrated. This is an era when there is nothing to be had, and even drinking milk counts as stealing from the socialist state. No worries! She has a grandpa who hides eggs in his sleeves for her, a grandma who secretly slips her fabric coupons, and parents who 0Votes154.9kRecs110.8kFans
- 38 Transmigrating to the 1980s and Making a Comeback 穿越八十年代逆袭 Completed works: The Transformation of a Woman Transported to the 1970s and Reborn in the 1990s: The Story of an Era. Currently serializing: The Story of Their Nineties. Historical farming novel: My Whole Family Was Transported Here. Transported to the 1980s? Heroine: I’ve made peace with life and death. Getting rich is a must! But she keeps attracting one admirer after another, and every one of them wants things to go somewhere... Hero: Love is a liability for the elite. Life is easier when you 0Votes302.5kRecs128.1kFans
- 39 A Quiet Life in the Boudoir 闺宁 Xie Shuning died. She and her young son died together in the third month of spring. But when she opened her eyes, she had returned to the day she first entered the capital with her mother. The sky was white with snow, and the road lay under a thick blanket of it. Her mother, who had died of sorrow in her previous life, and her brother, who had died young, sheltered her on either side. The carriage rocked beneath them, carrying them toward the nightmare of her past… 0Votes209.4kRecs302.4kFans
- 40 The Tang Dynasty's Female Coroner 大唐女法医 A renowned forensic examiner who once commanded the battlefield is reborn as the disowned daughter of a prestigious family during the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty. Published under the title The Tang Dynasty's Female Forensic Examiner, in two parts and four volumes. Adapted into the television drama The Tang Dynasty's Female Forensic Examiner. 1Votes374.3kRecs206.6kFans
- 41 The Heiress's Grand Scheme 嫡谋 (The print edition of Schemes of the Di Daughter has been published in both simplified and traditional Chinese.) In her previous life, her so-called blood relatives told her that sacrificing herself for the family’s interests was the greatest honor a Ren family daughter could have. As a result, she became enemies with her older sister, her mother died young in tears, and her father fell beneath a rain of arrows... Reborn at the age when she was just beginning her education, she would no long 16Votes459kRecs630.2kFans
- 42 The Seven Provinces' Divinations by Lamplight 灯下炽之七州卦事 A half-burned candle, shadows flickering. The soup is murky, but no murk can match the chill of a human heart. One divination determines the fate of the world; life and death hang on a single thought. Courtly strife, rebel uprisings, and the betrayal of family and friends place sharp blades at the throats of all who tread this path. Wei Bu, living under a dual identity, and the separation between Yin Ming, his confidant, and the living awaken in Wei Xian an unparalleled power of feng shui. Beari 0Votes31.2kRecs5.1kFans
- 43 Interstellar Qilin 星际麒麟 [Complete] Legend has it that the Qilin is the lord of all beasts, and that any human chosen by a Qilin will become a ruler. For some inexplicable reason, Lin Lin has been mistaken for a Qilin cub, and she is very troubled… My other book, I Heard I’m the Villain, is updating slowly… 1Votes411.5kRecs94.8kFans
- 44 Wei-Jin Foodie 魏晋干饭人 The Wei and Jin dynasties were an age of elegance and excess, but the Five Barbarians were about to plunge the Central Plains into chaos. This was the era Zhao Hanzhang had transmigrated into. Commoners and impoverished families lived in misery, while the aristocratic clans did nothing but talk. To keep the elite from fleeing south and to save the world from starving masses, Zhao Hanzhang had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work so everyone could eat their fill. No idle talk in 5Votes1.7MRecs554.3kFans
- 45 Schemes of Beauty and Empire 江山美人谋 A strategist plots within the command tent and secures victory a thousand miles away. She is no beauty. Beauties are merely pawns in her hands. She is no noble, yet heroes compete to bow before her. This book has two physical editions. If you wish to collect it, please buy the collector's edition of The Beauty and Strategy of the Realm, which is divided into two parts and consists of four volumes in total. The other edition is incomplete, so please be careful not to buy the wrong one. 0Votes108kRecs225.6kFans
- 46 Selling Gear All Over the Martial World 江湖遍地卖装备 A top Song dynasty assassin accidentally transmigrates into a wuxia-style full-dive online game. Everything in the game world leaves her bewildered, while the ancient assassin’s habits and way of speaking drive the players and NPCs crazy… Amid the virtual world’s bloodshed and turmoil, love quietly finds its way to her… 0Votes194.9kRecs175.2kFans
- 47 The Nation's Campus Prince Is a Girl 国民校草是女生 The print edition of this book, Thin Jiu, is now available. On the surface, she's a good-for-nothing. In reality, she's Z, worshipped by the gods. Disguised as a boy, she dominates the gaming world. When people find out “he” is a girl, the whole nation goes wild! Bo Jiu: “God Qin, do you have a girlfriend?” Qin Mo puts down his laptop. “No.” Bo Jiu leans in and murmurs flirtatiously, “Then starting now, you do. It's me.” (A reborn, feel-good romance. The heroine is Bo Jiu, the hero is Qin Mo. Al 1Votes190.4kRecs190.8kFans
- 48 Reborn in the 1990s 重生九十年代纪事 Top-rated female streamer Jiang Nan was kicked by fate right back to the turning point of her family's collapse in 1999. Facing the past once again, she finds herself unable to see how it will end. Of course, having been given a second chance at life, she has her own pursuits too: complete financial freedom, enough freedom to love whoever she wants, and turn around and leave whoever she does not. 0Votes372.1kRecs93.2kFans
- 49 Noble Lady Doctor 名门医女 Qi Yue stumbles into a strange era. Her hair is styled like a married woman’s, but her husband is nowhere to be seen. She lives alone in a separate courtyard, with cold pots, cold stoves, and cold stares. What kind of joke is this? Since I’m the principal wife of this household, then what I say goes. Good food, comfortable lodging, and we’ll all mind our own business. Keep picking fights with me, just you try. I’m a master surgeon. I’ll scare you out of your wits! 4Votes381.9kRecs367.2kFans
- 50 Joy and Happiness 齐欢 After being reborn, Xu Qinghuan became a bona fide trouble magnet. Wherever she went, a wrongful case was sure to follow. Just as she was beginning to uncover clues in a case, the rival of her husband from her previous life came knocking. Xu Qinghuan: Treacherous official. Song Chengxuan: Ungrateful wretch. ...One year later... Xu Qinghuan: Lord Song is wise and mighty. Song Chengxuan: You and I are engaged. Xu Qinghuan: Wait... Let me look into that first. Readers with 2,000+ fan points, or who 8Votes1.6MRecs168.4kFans
