Appreciation of the Self: A Journey in the Small World
Here are some books that I truly admire, ones I'd love to reread, consider adding to my collection as physical copies, and others that I find really impressive.
Novels on this list
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- Qiao Xuejun transmigrated into a post-apocalyptic novel as the female lead of the same name, an agricultural master with a six-year master’s degree. The system informed her that the apocalypse would begin in ten days, and stockpiling grain could be exchanged for a shelter. In her current body, her parents died in a car accident when she was ten, leaving 1.2 million yuan in compensation...
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- Lin Feng quit his high-pressure corporate job and returned to his inherited home in Hai City. Living alone after his parents passed away, his only close support came from his neighbor Zhang Yurou, the wife of his distant relative Lin Youzhi. The very next morning, a total solar eclipse struck. Giant red armored beetles swarmed the city. Lin Youzhi was fatally attacked. Before dying, he...
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- Yan Xu, an ordinary man from Earth, transmigrated into Owen Hydra, a Viscount of the Northern Border in a medieval world. He had once fantasized about being a protagonist in a novel, but reality crushed those dreams. The Hydra family was not a noble by inheritance; Owen's grandfather was a wandering knight who became a Viscount by taking part in a pioneering expedition, killing his tea...
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- Yu Molan worked as a logistics manager in June 2027. The supply chain unraveled before his eyes. Trucks stopped moving, GPS signals grew weak, and drivers complained about military vehicles blocking highways. The city still ran, but its gears ground without lubricant. The National Astronomical Observatory announced that near‑Earth asteroid 2026‑HY7 would pass by that night with no risk...
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- Bai Suihe woke to the voices of maidservants and the dim light of candles, instantly realizing she had transmigrated. She was no longer in her modern apartment but had become the pregnant third young madam of the Gu family, the Minister of War's household. The original owner was a merchant's daughter who had married into a noble family, but her fate was sealed: the Gu family would soon...
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- Chen Yi died in a traffic accident when he was hit by a car while distracted by his phone at a crosswalk, ignoring the green light. After a moment of unconsciousness, he woke up in a pitch-black world without any light, sound, or vegetation, wearing the same clothes but without his personal items. He discovered he was in a soul state without a physical body, not feeling hunger or thirs...
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- Lin Chen wakes up in a death row prison in Laohujiqiao Prison in June 1937. He is a time traveler who now occupies the body of an assassin from the Iron Blood Extermination Squad, captured after a failed assassination attempt on Dai Chunfeng, director of the Fuxing Society Secret Service. The cell reeks, and the food slot offers a last meal of roast duck and meat broth. Lin Chen notice...
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- Ao Tian, a young man of twenty, spent fourteen years training in the Congo Basin under the harsh tutelage of his master, an Armored One. His childhood came to a violent end when a group of rampaging exotic beasts, creatures driven mad by the energy released from the Blue Star Core, destroyed the orphanage where he lived. A mysterious middle-aged man, his master, rescued him from the bl...
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- Shen Han transmigrated into the Shen Family Marquis Manor and spent a year as the unfavored Fifth Young Master, the direct grandson of Marquis Shen yet treated worse than servants. He performed hard labor like repairing rooftops, ate only steamed buns in the kitchen, and endured open mockery from maids and manservants who felt pity or schadenfreude. One day, he overheard maidservant Ca...
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- Qin An, a young man raised in the deep mountains under a strict master, leaves his secluded life to travel to Yangcheng to fulfill a marriage contract with the Fang family. His master instructed him to become the Fang family's live-in son-in-law to repay an old debt, but Qin An is naive and inexperienced in the modern world. Shortly after arriving, he spots a "seeking a son" advertisem...
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- A high school girl, a gamer living alone after her parents’ death, wakes up one winter day from a nap under the kotatsu to find a persistent knocking at her door. She opens it to a person in a zombie costume—except it is not a costume. The world has ended while she slept. Zombies roam the streets, and dragon‑like creatures fly in the sky. A voice, which she nicknames Genchou‑san, speak...
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- Ruby Rose Delphire, the first princess of the Belheim Kingdom, had been confined to a tower for eight years since she was declared dead after receiving the heretical Heavenly Star called Poison User. Her family feared her ability to manipulate poison and kept her hidden. When summoned by her father the King for an evening banquet, Ruby hoped for a family reunion. Instead, she was coldl...
