The Scholar's Retreat
Title: A Journey Through My Favorite Novels
In this list, I've compiled the novels that I've become completely obsessed with over the years. You’ll find a mix of classic masterpieces, contemporary gems, and the fervent works that ignited my passion for reading, primarily in the genres of historical and fantasy fiction. There are also some forgotten treasures I've hesitated to delete, serving as fond memories of my literary journey.
This collection is simply a way for me to reminisce about the stories I've read and the complex emotions I experienced through them. If you find yourself in need of a good book, I hope this list helps you discover something new. And if you do enjoy it, I'd greatly appreciate a quick bookmark, a follow, or just a little support!
Here are some notable works from my collection:
1. The Official God - He Changzai (Urban Complete)
2. Horror Broadcast - Pure Dragon (Fantasy Complete)
3. He Has Always Been - Pure Dragon (Fantasy Ongoing)
4. The Exceptional Housekeeper - Yu Yan (Historical Complete)
5. The Great King - Xiao Xixi (Urban Complete)
6. Treasure Chests in Every Corner of the Jianghu - Chai Yu (Martial Arts Complete)
7. Tyrant Yan Liang of the Three Kingdoms
Novels on this list
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- After four years in prison on a false rape charge, Qin Yun is released. He returns to his impoverished hometown, Peach Blossom Village, where he finds a four‑year‑old girl, Xiaoyu, being forced to carry scalding pig feed by the wealthy villager Chen Yanhong. He intervenes and learns that Xiaoyu is his daughter, born from the woman he was drugged and framed with. Overcome with guilt, he...
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- Xiang Ying, captain of the Apocalypse Infrastructure Team, completed a mission and expected a reward from her organization, but instead found herself in a bizarre role-playing scenario. She was in a room with a half-naked man who glared at her with hatred, and outside, someone urged her to flee because the Southern Yue army was attacking the Imperial Palace. She dismissed it as a game...
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- Chi An is the adopted son of the Fu family, raised with unconditional love and a carefree childhood under the protection of his older brother Fu Wenxiu. When the biological son Fu Jiamu returns after being lost for twenty years, Chi An is forced to vacate his original room and move into a small, damp guest room with old furniture and piled luggage. His parents’ attention immediately sh...
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- Lu Che, a game designer from Earth, woke up in a dilapidated castle within Crimson Moon Forest to find himself the forgotten Demon King. The Demon King's power came from fear, but forty years after the Hero and Demon King perished together, the kingdoms had wiped out all traces of demonic creatures to make people forget, causing the Demon King to nearly disappear. Lu Che realized he wa...
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- Liz Bertrand, the fifteen-year-old sole daughter of the prestigious Bertrand Duke Family in the Kingdom of Roseblade, arrives at the royal castle for a meeting with Prince Alan Roseblade, the first prince, for a potential engagement. She is confident in her beauty, status, and perfect noble education, believing she is an impeccable match for the handsome and accomplished prince. She we...
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- Liu Wenying transmigrated from a modern nursing professional into the body of a destitute widow during a famine era. The original owner was sold as a child bride, married, gave birth to a daughter, and then lost her husband in a fall. Her in-laws called her a jinx, resented her for not bearing a son, and threw her and her infant daughter out during winter confinement. Penniless and hom...
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- General Duan Qingfeng, still wearing his bloodstained armor, storms into the imperial court carrying a heavy black coffin and demands that Emperor Gu Rongzhan reinvestigate the death of his sister, Consort Ying, who died in the palace while pregnant. The emperor coldly refuses, insisting she died of illness, and a tense confrontation erupts. Suddenly, an infant’s cry echoes from the co...
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- Su Ning, a terminally ill man in his late twenties, separates from his long-time girlfriend Su Yi after an eleven-year relationship. He learns his future mother-in-law and paternal uncle still support him, yet he cannot burden them with his diagnosis of ALS, a terminal cancer. He quits his job and returns to his late father’s remote rural cottage in the middle of an overgrown field, in...
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- In Blue Star Calendar year 1924, scientists discovered a meteorite encased in metal in space. Research by 1956 revealed that metal infected by the meteorite could mutate, allowing people to generate Mecha from crystal cores. By 2025, Chen Yi, an Ultraman fan, travels back in time to his fifteen-year-old body in Xingyun City, Hua Country, where his mother Yu Yinyin is still alive—she ha...
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- Ruan Ningyu died as Empress Ningde, her demise celebrated by the nation. She lay on a zitan bed, clinging to life with the rarest medicinal herbs. In her past life, she was a beautiful but notorious empress, accused of colluding with sycophants and using her beauty to seize power. Among the countless crimes penned against her, eloping with Young Master Shen in her youth was a minor det...
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- Wen Tiantian wakes to blaring music in a KTV private room. She is no longer the twenty-five-year-old triple film empress but an eighteen-year-old brainless female supporting character in a clichéd romance novel. She instantly recognizes the situation: this is the night before her engagement to Gu Chujin, the powerful but gentle male lead, and the original owner is supposed to accept th...
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- Luo An transmigrated to a parallel world, Blue Star, three months prior to the story's start. This world boasted advanced VR technology but lacked cultural depth, with no history of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Entertainment was dominated by pay-to-win games and shallow content. Luo An, a game developer, faced financial ruin with his studio's bank account nearly empty...
