An Old Reader's Book Recommendations 老书虫推书

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I've been a bookworm for ages. I started reading novels at a rental library in fourth grade, over ten years ago, so the books I recommend are quality reads.

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1 After I Became a Daoist Physician 成为了道医之后 Quit Fooling Around忽悠啊Xianxia2.1M WordsCompleted A traditional Chinese medicine student who stayed up all night cultivating immortality collapsed to the ground. When he woke up, he had somehow arrived in the early Tang dynasty! He soon discovered that this was neither the Tang dynasty in his history textbooks nor the mythical Tang dynasty of Journey to the West. Then an unexpected trip to the Kingdom of Rats lifted the veil on the mysteries of cultivation. Li Dandao, determined to earn a place among the immortals of the Tang dynasty, began his 0Votes149.6kRecs302.1kFans
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A TCM student who stayed up all night studying suddenly collapsed to the ground, only to wake up in the early Tang Dynasty! It turns out this is neither the Tang Dynasty depicted in history textbooks nor the mythical Tang Dynasty from Journey to the West. However, an unexpected trip to the Rat Kingdom unveiled the mysterious veil of the path of cultivation. Li Dandao, determined to become a member of the Tang Dynasty's pantheon of immortals, embarked on a journey to become a Daoist physician. Start by inheriting a small pharmacy! Becoming an immortal is not a dream. What? Your name is Lü Yan? What? You are Zhong Liquan? How could the Eight Immortals of Shangdong be without me, Li Dandao? Zhong Kui, the Ghost-Swallowing Scholar. Li Bai, the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal! How could I, a figure of such renown in the Tang Dynasty, be absent? Wine, sword, poem!
2 The Unnamable Great Voyage 不可名状的大航海 The Fox Who Sells Stocks卖盘的狐狸Eastern Fantasy437k WordsCompleted If you’re interested, go check it out~ 0Votes37.9kRecs29.1kFans
3 The Immortal Farmer's World 仙农天下 Free Hussar自由的轻骑兵Xianxia839k WordsCompleted A farmer's strength may be just 1, but the foundations of the world are built from N farmers, each with a strength of 1. The world of immortal sects is no different. 0Votes26.6kRecs19.8kFans
4 The Miraculous Doctor 开挂神医 Mu Yi沐轶Urban282k WordsCompleted I really don't want to put on an act. It's all the System's fault. In its eyes, everyone else's surgery is garbage. 0Votes2.2kRecs9Fans
5 Infinite Divine Throne 无限神座 Scholar in White白衣学士Infinite Myriad Worlds4.5M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as I Really Don't Want to Become a Calamity] [New book: The Man in Death Row, Whose Secret Identity Becomes a Saint, now debuting on Qidian Chinese Network!] This is a game played by gods. This is a world in decline. This is a voyage without end. A race calling itself “humanity” seeks a faint glimmer of hope in a desperate game of chance. “I'll make you suffer everything we once endured.” A man with a disturbingly benevolent smile stands atop the world. He waves a flag, 0Votes152.3kRecs1.5MFans
6 I Teach Swordsmanship in Tokyo 我在东京教剑道 Count Constantine康斯坦丁伯爵Light Novel3.0M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to Tokyo's Katsushika Ward in 1980 and inherits a dojo. His parents are dead, he has a younger sister and a house, but his savings are almost gone and he has no students. What should he do? Help, answers needed urgently. Forget it. He'll just enjoy himself. Face the wind! 0Votes878.1kRecs829.2kFans
7 Striving in the Age of Steam 奋斗在蒸汽时代 The Viscount's Blue-and-White Porcelain子爵的青花瓷Western Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted When he opens his eyes, a new world appears before him. The blazing flames in the boilers of steam engines kindle the dawn of the industrial age, but supernatural powers still exist in cities and the countryside, just as they have throughout the previous dozen or so centuries, never having gone away. Lawrence, a young man from Earth, arrives in this world by accident. Along with him comes an opportunity from his homeland to grow stronger. For him, this is an entirely new beginning. He will do ev 0Votes45kRecs55.7kFans
8 EN Jade Palace Golden Seal 玉宸金章 One Qi Becomes the Three Pure Ones一炁化三清Xianxia2.8M WordsCompleted Jade signifies harmony through the four seasons, with the unity of three as its meaning. Those three are Heaven, Earth, and humanity. Chen means the innermost chamber of a house. Later, it came to refer to an emperor’s residence, since emperors lived in the Northern Palace, where Heaven and Earth converge. This is the story of someone who transmigrates to the southern wilderness of the Shaman Xia Divine Dynasty, carrying the true meanings of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers and Seventy-Two 0Votes173.6kRecs156.2kFans
9 The Great Sage of White Bones 白骨大圣 I Still Want to Set the World Ablaze此生亦要火Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted [A premium fantasy novel with over 10,000 average paid subscribers! A live-action short series has been released!] [After two novels both ran into trouble, I changed my pen name. My former name was Yao Huo!] The dead touch the ground, old dogs dig graves, spirits ask for directions, and the living eat their meals. Do you know what it means to run into even one of them? “My other work, There’s Something Strange Here, has over 20,000 average paid subscribers.” “The comic adaptation rights for Ther 31Votes3.7MRecs1.6MFans
10 Manor Revolution 庄园革命 Luren Jia鹿人戛Western Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The Bismarck family is famous for its skill in farming and cultivation. Matthew Bismarck, the will of the Harvest God, master of all growing things, guardian of the wheat fields, zombie partner, lord of magical paintings, and founder of the Hunger Club, racks his brains to protect his farm... (A cheerful farming story set in a dark, eerie world~) 0Votes36.7kRecs107.7kFans
11 My Empire Is Unrivaled 我的帝国无双 Clerk and Military Adviser录事参军Historical2.5M WordsOngoing The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, from the end of the Tang to the start of the Song. Laughing over the pipa, drunk on the battlefield. The world is vast. Who will join me as I roam the land with my sword and compose a peerless imperial epic? From Canjun, quality is guaranteed! 0Votes570.2kRecs150.9kFans
12 EN The Night Watchman of Dafeng 大奉打更人 The Young Master Who Sells Newspapers卖报小郎君Xianxia3.8M WordsCompleted The physical edition of The Gongsman of Great Feng, Volume One, is now available across all major platforms, including Tmall, Dangdang, and JD.com, as well as in bookstores nationwide. In this world, there are Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, demons, and sorcerers. Xu Qi'an, a graduate of the police academy, awakens to find himself in prison, with exile to the frontier awaiting him in three days… At first, all he wants is to protect himself and, in this society without human rights, become 313Votes9.7MRecs19.8MFans
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The physical copy of "The Great Feng Night Watchman" (Volume 1) is now available on all major online platforms including Tmall, Dangdang, and JD. Com, as well as in various physical bookstores. This world contains Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, demons, and sorcerers. Xu Qi'an, a recent police academy graduate, wakes up to find himself in prison, destined for exile in three days... His initial goal was simply to protect himself and, incidentally, live a leisurely life as a wealthy man in this society where human rights are nonexistent. Years later, Xu Qi'an looked back on his past, with his long-dead enemies and piles of white bones behind him. The mighty Yangtze River flows eastward, its waves washing away heroes of the past; right and wrong, success and failure, all vanish in the blink of an eye. The green hills remain, and the setting sun has reddened them many times.
13 Starting in 1983 从1983开始 Sleep Turns You White睡觉会变白Urban2.4M WordsCompleted A story with a touch of nostalgia. The old reader group is full. 14Votes4.3MRecs1.1MFans
14 Where Did the Daoist Go? 道长去哪了 Eight-Treasure Rice八宝饭Xianxia2.0M WordsCompleted If you’re willing to cast a monthly vote, I’d be grateful if you could spare one for my new book, "A First-Class Pill Immortal". Thank you, esteemed readers! Holding up the sect’s signboard, Gu Zuo beamed warmly, his eyebrows curving like crescent moons. “Excuse me, brother, would you be willing to join the Huai Xian Hall?” In this world, cultivating immortality is hard, and recruiting people is even harder! 1Votes738.5kRecs482.2kFans
15 So I’m a Second-Generation Demon 原来我是妖二代 The Young Master Who Sells Newspapers卖报小郎君Urban2.6M WordsCompleted On his twentieth birthday, Li Xianyu received his father's inheritance: a beautiful great-great-grandmother who was eighteen years old. Li Xianyu: "Great-great-grandma, why are you so young?" Great-great-grandma: "Because I died when I was eighteen." Li Xianyu: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ Everyone in there is talented and so nice to talk to. Join the group, and you'll feel right at home. 37Votes1.1MRecs796.1kFans
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When Li Xianyu was twenty years old, he received his father's inheritance: a beautiful great-grandmother who was eighteen years old. Li Xianyu: "Great-grandmother, why are you so young?" Great-grandmother: "Because I died when I was eighteen." Li Xianyu: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ I'm a Second-Generation Demon Reader's Group: 865624986 Everyone in the group is talented and speaks very well. Once the book lovers join the group, it feels like coming home.
16 EN My Many Masters 我的师父很多 Yan ZK阎ZKInfinite Myriad Worlds3.3M WordsCompleted Conflict filled the jianghu in an age of great contention. The leader of the Great Qin people wielded a Mo Dao and thrashed the whole realm until everyone had black eyes and swollen faces. The old immortals of the jianghu squatted atop their mountains, then turned around and cast the entire world beneath them. Some strongmen measured the earth on foot, while some jianghu heroes split the sky with a single sword, only to get drunk in a beauty’s arms moments later. Daoists carried swords on their 0Votes372.8kRecs366kFans
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The world is in turmoil, a time of great strife. The leader of the Qin people, wielding a long-handled sword, whipped the world until its people were black and blue. An old geezer from the martial world squatted on the mountain, and with a turn of his head, he threw the entire world beneath him. There are strongmen who traverse the land on foot, and chivalrous heroes who can cleave the heavens with a single sword, yet in the blink of an eye, they fall into the arms of beauties. A Taoist priest carries a sword, while a scholar is drunk. Dressed in tattered clothes, a beggar, carrying a rotten tree branch, dared to storm the ancestral temple of the Taoist sect. At the willow-lined embankment pavilion, a man who had sat in solitude for thirty years turned around, holding a peach blossom, and with a wave of his hand, shattered ten miles of red candles. The reign title of the Qin Dynasty was changed to Dayuan. The boy carrying a wooden sword stepped out of the mountain village. (Single female lead) Group 298403039
17 Building Cars 造车 Son of the Banyan Tree榕之子Realistic Fiction2.4M WordsCompleted “I want to build cars!” Han Hao said with complete seriousness. “You?” Everyone around him laughed, and someone sneered, “Other people build cars with money, but the cars you, Han Hao, build will have to be bought with your life!” In the face of all the doubts, Han Hao remained unmoved. “In that case, let me be the first to test-drive it. I, Han Hao, will stake my life on a future for China’s automobile industry!” 0Votes355.9kRecs150.5kFans
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"I want to build cars!" Han Hao said in a serious tone. "You—" People around laughed, and one of them made a sarcastic remark. "Other people's cars can be bought with money, but the cars you, Han Hao, build have to be bought with your life!" Despite the various questions, Han Hao remained unmoved and did not respond. "In that case, let me be the first to test drive it. I'll gamble my life on the future of China's national automobile industry!"
18 Reborn in the Wild Era 重生野性时代 Wang Zijun王梓钧Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Back from 2018 to 1993. In my memory, that summer was scorching hot. 1Votes3.1MRecs1.1MFans
19 I Picked Up a Patch of Wilderness 捡了一片荒野 Ao Biye奥比椰Mystery & Supernatural1.5M WordsCompleted A family and their house appear together in the wilderness? Wild beasts, hunger, mysterious buildings, and all kinds of bizarre events. For your family, keep fighting! 0Votes567.3kRecs355.3kFans
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A family and their house appeared in the wilderness? Wild beasts, hunger, mysterious buildings, and all sorts of bizarre events. For the sake of your family, keep striving!
20 The Strange Cultivation World 诡异修仙世界 Dragon and Serpent Branch龙蛇枝Xianxia4.4M WordsCompleted If he had a choice, Zhou Fan would never have come to this world, because he could feel its immense malice toward him! The lifespan displayed over his heart was like a ticking time bomb, counting down the days he had left. When his time ran out, a terrifying entity would claim his life. As a short-lived species, he had to join the village patrol, a dangerous job with a high death rate. Faced with one strange and monstrous threat after another, he struggled to survive each day. By day, he was wat 8Votes795kRecs501.2kFans
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If he had a choice, Zhou Fan would never want to be born into this world, because he felt that this world was extremely hostile towards him! The lifespan displayed on his chest was like a ticking time bomb, relentlessly counting down his days. When his lifespan ended, a terrifying being would claim his life. As a short-lived species, they must join the village patrol team, which has a high mortality rate, and struggle to survive every day while facing endless strange occurrences. During the day, they are watched by extremely evil and greedy eyes in the shadows, and at night, they are pulled into a strange gray mist space in their dreams. Zhou Fan sometimes doubted whether he could survive and leave this newbie village. Not to mention embarking on the path of cultivation to increase one's lifespan. The enigmatic wanderers, the struggling human race, the mysterious and dangerous vast regions... Welcome to the world of cultivation.
21 The Human Emperor and Son of Heaven 人皇天子 Mr. Xiong Er熊二先生Xianxia789k WordsCompleted The transmigrator, Emperor’s ninety-ninth son Xiong Yan, accidentally used the Daoist sect’s supreme treasure, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and gained countless glimpses of the future. Overwhelmed by the flood of information, he mistakenly believed he had been reborn at the very beginning of his transmigration. Then, in order to save the world, he resolutely embarked on the path to seize the throne. Along the way, the protagonist suppresses the Hidden Dragon formed from the spirit of the drago 0Votes34.5kRecs26.5kFans
22 Super God Card Master 超神制卡师 Ninety Degrees Below Zero零下九十度Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted This is the story of a programmer who “burns CDs” in another world. P.S. P.S. 0Votes1.4MRecs922.3kFans
23 EN I Am the Mastermind Behind the Scenes 我是幕后大佬 Slash Slash Slash with One Blade一刀斩斩斩Gaming2.6M WordsCompleted Lu Wu, who inherited the legacy of an ancient ancestor from another world, has been feeling troubled lately. Aside from the empty title of Prefect, his ancestor left him nothing. Even his former subordinates betrayed him and divided up the territory that should have been his. In this situation, Lu Wu uses an artifact developed by his ancestor to build a game server, bring players from the mortal world into his realm, and create main quests, dungeons, storylines, NPCs, and more. With the players’ 0Votes448.9kRecs658.2kFans
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Lu Wu, who inherited the legacy of the otherworldly ancestor, is currently very worried. Because apart from the empty title of Lord of the Prefecture, the Ancestor left nothing behind, and even his original subordinates all betrayed him and divided up the territory that rightfully belonged to him. Under these circumstances, Lu Wu relied on the divine artifact developed by his ancestor to start building a game server, guiding players from the mortal realm, creating main quests, dungeons, storylines, NPCs, etc., And relying on the power of the players, he began his path of conquest. Discussion group: 318815704
24 EN My House of Horrors 我有一座冒险屋 I Can Fix Air Conditioners我会修空调Mystery & Supernatural3.1M WordsCompleted [A reprint of the simplified Chinese edition of this book will soon be published by Motie Publishing House] Chen Ge inherited an adventure house left behind by his missing parents. Business was dismal, until a phone he stumbled upon while tidying the place changed everything. Complete the different-difficulty tasks assigned by the phone each day, and the adventure house can be repaired or even expanded! So Chen Ge began exploring forbidden zones across the country to gather material, incorporati 646Votes7MRecs5.1MFans
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[A simplified Chinese print edition of this work will be published soon by Motie Publishing House.] Chen Ge inherited the adventure shop left by his missing parents, but business was poor until he accidentally found a cell phone while cleaning the adventure shop, which changed everything. As long as you complete the daily tasks of varying difficulty assigned by your mobile phone, your Adventure House can be repaired or even expanded! So Chen Ge began exploring various forbidden areas to gather inspiration, incorporating elements from those locations into his adventure house. With visitors screaming in terror, the adventure house became an instant sensation! However, while the benefits of the missions increased, hidden dangers also began to emerge, even hinting at clues to his parents' disappearance… Book club members: Group 1: 819098233; Group 2: 724779368; Group 3: 946284995
25 EN Dawn of a New Era 曙光纪元 People Shouldn't Toy with People人勿玩人Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted With the spiritual qi revival, martial arts rise, and passages connecting to other dimensions appear across Earth. Countless extraordinary beings enter Earth. Gods invade, laws descend, and strange creatures reappear. Humanity enters an age of evolution. A young man makes the Book of Knowledge his master. He derives martial arts techniques, optimizes secret manuals, gains a third-person perspective and attribute-based powers, and embarks on an extraordinary journey. 10Votes1.3MRecs569.9kFans
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With the revival of spiritual energy and the rise of martial arts, channels connecting Earth to other dimensions have appeared. Countless extraordinary life forms entered Earth, gods invaded, laws descended, and strange phenomena reappeared, ushering in an era of human evolution. The young man recognizes the Book of Knowledge as his master, deduces cultivation techniques, optimizes secret manuals, experiences a third-person perspective, develops attribute abilities, and embarks on an extraordinary journey.
26 EN Lord of Mysteries 诡秘之主 The Squid Who Loves Diving爱潜水的乌贼Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted 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
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The Lord of Mysteries animated special is now available on Tencent Video. Everyone is welcome to watch it! In the tide of steam and machinery, who can reach the extraordinary? In the mists of history and darkness, who whispers? I awaken from the mystery, opening my eyes to see this world: Firearms, cannons, giant ships, airships, difference engines; potions, divination, curses, the Hanged Man, sealed artifacts... The light still shines, and mystery has never left. This is the legend of "The Fool".
27 The Lazy Fish's Guide to Self-Rescue 咸鱼的自救攻略 Seems Like an Expert貌似高手Urban3.6M WordsCompleted Rewritten synopsis after completing the book. This book is about starting a business and documenting history. It’s not about being reborn ten or twenty years in the past; it’s about living in the present. The story runs from January 2018 to May 2021. It began serialization in August 2018 and was completed in June 2020. On April 1, 2020, the story’s timeline officially caught up with reality. The paths of the protagonist, Chu Yuanxi, split between two parallel universes. In 2014, one version reso 0Votes558.6kRecs217.1kFans

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