What Do You Mean, Retiring from the Underworld? I’m No Crime Boss

Top-Tier Gems: Great Books I'm Following Right Now

A personal reading list

197 Loves to Read

I'm a bookworm, a little bookworm, a teeny-tiny little bookworm.

A Reasonable Reader's Picks: The Logic Should Mostly Hold Up, with a Bit of Everything

I've been an avid reader for almost ten years, so my tastes are pretty varied. I recommend books for readers who want something beyond simplistic fiction: fewer tired tropes, fewer saintly characters, and fewer mindless face-slapping scenes. I also like books with relatable protagonists. More precisely, these characters act in ways that feel human. They can be good or bad, but their choices have to make sense. P.S. Please save and like the list so I can see what you enjoy. The list has reached

Since 2005

Please note: I almost never read books all the way to the end. I usually drop them at around one million words, depending on when I catch up with the updates and how quickly the author posts. So I only vouch for the first half of a book.

Read and Treasure Every Page

Books I've read and found interesting. Just browse around.

Personal Favorites

Sharing books I like. I have a soft spot for lighthearted, fun stories.

Upon's Personal Journey Through Web Novels

A record of the books I’ve read during each period of my life. Each has a personal rating out of 10.

Books I've Read and Enjoyed

Some are complete, some have botched endings, and some were abandoned, but as long as they're enjoyable, that's what matters.

Quality Reads of Every Kind, Old and New!

I’ve been reading for twenty years, and after so many books, very few have stayed with me. This list collects distinctive, representative works from different genres, along with promising new books. I don’t have time to write detailed reviews, but I’ll add them gradually. I only include ongoing serials and new releases, not completed works. These are purely my personal opinions. I hope they’re useful, and thanks for reading.

Mo Yuanke’s Little Hideaway: Logical Stories Worth Binge-Reading

If you enjoy the list, please save it. I’d like to start a column so I can better serve fellow readers. I’ve been burned too often by shameless recommendation lists that promise the world but deliver nothing, and can’t even string a sentence together. Experience has taught me a thing or two. I won’t include books by authors who keep abandoning their stories, unless they were forced to stop, or books by people with poor reputations. “Dry grass” means the writing has a strong, niche style, but is

The Worthwhile Reads Book Nook

Pretty interesting and worth a read.

🧠 Brain-Storage Library (Urban Fiction)

Ahem... well, you can probably tell from the list name. There may be a lot of oddball books here. If you're into them, consider this a recommendation. If not, treat it as a list of books to avoid, haha. Still, life is exhausting, so in our spare time we want light, brainless power fantasies that don't make us think too hard (but they still need basic logic!!!!) (￣▽￣) This list mainly collects new urban novels between 50,000 and 900,000 characters. -I prefer light everyday stories, warm and hea

Smart Characters

Smart characters with strong people skills

No Additives

Clean, safe, and approved by inspection (Still being updated)

Xingkong Guchen’s Personal Reading List

Books I think I can keep reading

New Books I Haven't Read Yet

A Whole Lot of This and That

A huge, huge, huge, huge jumble

A Few Hong Kong TV Crossover Novels

Collecting Hong Kong crossover novels that suit my tastes

A Legacy for Those Who Come After

The cream rises to the top

I’ll Read Anything, Hot or Cold, as Long as It’s Original

I'm a longtime bookworm, from physical books to early TXT novels, from forums to websites, from pirated editions to legitimate ones. I've been reading for quite a few years. I started out sticking to xianxia and fantasy, but now I'll read anything, as long as the premise is fresh and the deal-breakers aren't too bad. I can put up with a lot. These days, the old days of new trends popping up everywhere are gone. If an old-school premise doesn't bring anything new to the table, I lose interest. So

A Cure for Reading Slumps, From a Picky Old Bookworm

I've been reading for ten years, and I'm extremely picky. Don't bother recommending mindless wish-fulfillment where the protagonist just levels up and moves to a new map. Don't recommend books where everyone's intelligence disappears, the protagonist swears nonstop, or the protagonist fawns over a beautiful stranger after knowing her for less than three chapters. And definitely don't recommend books with writing on an elementary school level. Honestly, some books have genuinely great ideas, but

Luoshui's Bookshelf

Books I like

Keep Your Chin Up, or You'll Lose Your Crown: A Cure for Reading Slumps

I'll protect the gems in the urban fiction category! Don't hang your head, or your crown will fall. Don't cry, or your enemies will laugh. Only hardship gives you the strength to bounce back from rock bottom and the right to soar through the heavens. I love all kinds of urban fiction, from calm, laid-back stories to dramatic, life-and-death adventures. P.S. The genres mentioned above are just my personal tastes. Accepting ads and books to test-read.

Zangzang Mao's Book Reviews

This list features works of many kinds. A book needs to be at least worth reading to make the cut. Poor writing is an automatic rejection, but I'll make exceptions for originality, creativity, and wild ideas. I'm a picky list curator, and I regularly cull abandoned novels! Abandoned books must go!!