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[Highly Recommended by a 15-Year Veteran Reader] 《十五年老书虫力荐》

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A truly good book must be considered in the context of its time. Old books may rely on tropes that seem overused today, but when they were serialized, those tropes suited popular tastes. That's what makes them popular literature. As of 2023, web novels have been around for fifteen years. I'll try to add at least one book each year and update this list alongside my Tieba page. Most of the books on Tieba will probably be taken down.

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1 Come at Me, You Wicked Witch! 妖女看招 Midnight Demon午夜妖Xianxia1.1M WordsOngoing When he was six, Su Zhen, frail and frequently ill, adopted the village’s old banyan tree as his godmother and prayed for her protection. The next day, the tree, which had lived from the Qing dynasty to the present, mysteriously withered and died. “How do you know about that?” Ten years later, Su Zhen, now a high school student, hears someone recount the strange incident. “I’m your godmother.” The ghostly young woman smiles at him. In October 2000, unprecedented torrential rain sweeps across 39Votes111.9kRecs171.4kFans
2 The Saint of Another Era 异世纪福音圣男 Umino Hazuki羽海野月Light Novel1.5M WordsCompleted At the ceremony where his younger sister is named heir to the position of Saintess, Eric awakens memories of his past life and realizes that both siblings are destined to die violent deaths. To change their fate, Eric has no choice but to save himself. “Men are freezing out there! Why can’t men become Saintesses?!” 0Votes33.2kRecs18.7kFans
3 Miss Player, Please Don't Cast Spells on Me 玩家小姐请不要对我施法 Don't Be Impatient切勿心急Light Novel470k WordsCompleted After Qingye Hui arrived in a parallel-world Tokyo, he discovered that this world had a supernatural ritual called the “Performance” competition. This ritual periodically selected a few lucky people and tossed them into virtual video game worlds of all kinds. The performers had to play NPCs in the games and rack their brains to entertain the players who came to visit. In the end, the performer most loved by the players would win countless rewards in the real world. Qingye Hui was lucky enough to 0Votes8.2kRecs65.5kFans
4 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
5 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 a legend of the Fool.
6 EN My Spacetime Inn 我的时空旅舍 Golden Jasmine金色茉莉花Infinite Myriad Worlds2.6M WordsCompleted The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. In short: This is a story about a time-node administrator who runs a small inn, and the many people who transmigrate. Either pawn your treasures or work to pay your room and board! 7Votes724.3kRecs591.2kFans
7 EN My Senior Brother is Too Steady 我师兄实在太稳健了 Back to the Point言归正传Xianxia3.6M WordsCompleted *The annual Youku season of the animated adaptation, My Senior Brother Is Too Steady, is about to conclude.* Reborn in ancient times, before the Investiture of the Gods War, Li Changshou became a minor Qi Refiner. He had no great fortune bestowed upon him, nor was he a chosen one destined to face a catastrophic tribulation. All he had was a cultivation dream: to live forever. To make a living in 120Votes11.5MRecs9.8MFans
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*The adapted drama series "My Senior Brother is Too Steady" will premiere on Youku and iQiyi on August 19th.* *The anime adaptation of "Senior Brother, Senior Brother" on Youku is nearing its end.* Reborn in the ancient era before the Investiture of the Gods, Li Changshou became a minor Qi cultivator. He had no special luck or was not a chosen one destined for great calamity. He only had one dream: to cultivate immortality and achieve eternal life. In order to survive in the cruel prehistoric world, he tried his best to avoid karma, always scattering the ashes of those he killed, planning everything before acting, and never easily stepping into danger. He conceals his trump cards, cultivates stealth techniques, refines elixirs and poisons, wields supernatural powers, remains as still as an old dog when still, but when he moves, he is earth-shattering, and after moving, he quietly disappears. Originally, Li Changshou planned to hide in the mountains and cultivate peacefully until he became an immortal. However, one year, his master, feeling restless, brought him back a junior sister... [PS: No new groups will be opened for the time being. Group 5 (1098711961), Group 1 (474095492), Group 2 (836797636), Group 3 (398929196), and Group 4 (1071059242) will continue to operate smoothly. Enjoy easy cultivation!]
8 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.
9 Miss, Something's Not Right About You 姑娘你不对劲啊 You Zhu幽祝Light Novel1.5M WordsCompleted (This work has been adapted into a comic. Search for Hey, You’re Acting Strange! on Tencent Animation.) [Lighthearted Synopsis] Poor family, both parents dead, and then his beautiful fiancée breaks off their engagement. I’ve got all the makings of a standard wish-fulfillment protagonist, so my golden finger should be coming any minute, right? But that very night, his fiancée suddenly changed her mind: “I’m not breaking off the engagement!” She even wanted them to move in together and sleep in th 3Votes314.9kRecs586.6kFans
10 My Wife Came from a Thousand Years Ago 我家老婆来自一千年前 The Flowers Haven't Bloomed Yet花还没开Light Novel1.1M WordsCompleted [The comic adaptation of Please Be Sensible, My Wife is now available on all platforms. Check it out!] “I want to go home.” “You might not be able to go back.” “Why not?” “Because your home is very far away.” “How far?” “About twelve hundred years.” Xu Qing looked at the young woman from the Tang Dynasty before him with a hint of sympathy. “Everything you know has become history.” Family, friends, enemies: they all vanished more than twelve hundred years ago. A slice-of-life story with one fema 195Votes645.4kRecs2MFans
11 This Curse Is Too Wonderful 这个诅咒太棒了 A Book in Three Lines三行的书Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Chen Yu transmigrated to a high-martial-arts world, only to be branded an invader by the “Will of the World” and cursed. [Curse effect: Status Reversal] [While cultivating: Vital energy -1, -2, -1, -1...] [While exercising: Obesity +1; Weakness +1; Constitution -1; Strength -1; Stamina -1...] Chen Yu: “This is too much! I’m done training!” [While being lazy: Vital energy +1, +2, +2, +1...] [While staying up late: Health +1; Immunity +1; Cardiopulmonary function +1; Fatigue -1...] [While indulgin 2Votes269.8kRecs1.6MFans
12 The Doomsday Jigsaw Game 末日拼图游戏 More from the Heart更从心Gaming2.9M WordsCompleted You wake up and find yourself in a tower-apocalypse, where humanity lives inside towers and monsters roam outside. Your eyes can see strange annotations: [Two Fallen Ones are hiding 1,600 meters away. When you're furious, one sliding tackle will feed them until they're full.] [Before you think about steaming, boiling, or frying it, you'd better check its left pocket. Don't ever get into the bad habit of killing monsters without looting them.] [Someone actually staring at their own face? I'll adm 21Votes439.8kRecs1.6MFans
13 EN Mysterious Daoist of Madness 道诡异仙 Fox-Tail Pen狐尾的笔Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing An uncanny Heavenly Dao, strange immortals and Buddhas: are they real or false? Lost in confusion, Li Huowang cannot tell. But these aren’t the only things he can’t distinguish. He can’t even make sense of himself. He’s sick, and very seriously so. 650Votes1.8MRecs13.2MFans
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The bizarre laws of Heaven, the extraordinary immortals and Buddhas—are they real? Or are they fake? Lost in confusion, Li Huowang couldn't tell. But it wasn't just these things that he couldn't distinguish. There was also himself; he was sick, very sick.
14 EN After Work, I Become a Magical Girl 下班，然后变成魔法少女 Arc Salt弧盐Light Novel1.6M WordsOngoing Lin Yun is thirty-six years old. His wife died young, and he works as a middle manager at a private company. A single father, he has recently begun to feel that he is going through a midlife crisis. His career is going badly, he and his fourteen-year-old daughter are locked in a cold war, and he suffers from frozen shoulder, making every day miserable. Then, just a few days ago, he discovered a secret: his daughter is a magical girl. A hero who, in the bloom of youth, fights extraordinary monste 639Votes603.3kRecs527kFans

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