r/DanmeiNovels

What danmei works have you been reading, watching, or listening to recently? This weekly post is a space for you to discuss the danmei that you've been currently addicted to, or that you'll be looking forward to picking up! From old or new series, to popular or underrated titles, feel free to let us know what's in your current list or backlog!

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This might be a silly question but I've been pondering it for a few days now so I would like some opinions please.

I'm debating if I should get the hardcover copies of TGCF. I have the paperback copies already and I love the cover arts and everything. I feel like if I get the hardcovers, they'll mainly just be for collection and displaying purposes. I won't really read them since I've already read the paperbacks. And if I want to reread, I would reread the paperbacks since they're easier to hold for me.

So, for those who have both. Are the hardcovers worth it?

And then the other thing is, if I get the hardcovers for TGCF then I feel inclined to get the SVSSS deluxe box set and hardcovers of MDZS as well. I don't know what to do...

It is QT, 1v1, mc shou was really badass and ml was so in love w him, important point is also both characters had a system and mc's system was really cute. Mc didn't realise ml had a system for a while too. And ml did something wrong when they knew each other before the qt I think, so mc really was pissed off at him, so ml followed him through worlds anonymously till that scene where ml's system is found out. So if you have anything similar please lmk I REALL really want to find this. please please help.

hello! so one of the first ever danmei i read was imprisoned in eternal night and it became one of my favorites right away (maybe even my favorite overall until now) im actually rereading it and im reminded of why i love it hahaha

with that, may i please ask for some recos!! i particularly love yunchi’s seemingly indifferent personality but a devoted lover while wen ran is very cute and affectionate.

im open to any genre! smut is welcome too of course (maybe even recommended aha). thank you!

I'm searching for a book where both the main character and the male lead have amnesia. They both met and were lovers, but for some reason, they both lost their memories. The only book that i know has this trope is Global university examination. Also, any book that has lovers being reincarnated together in every life. I don't really like light hearted books I prefer books with heavy writing and deep themes. I would love either modern, historical or fantasy. Thank you

I finished vol1 thinking it was boring and temporarily dropped it with the thought of wanting to drop it entirely, and I'm so glad I didnt!!

The last two volumes got me hooked. Everything got me hooked, especially the side characters. I cried in some parts, like when Jiang Shining disappeared and reincarnated as a scholar who met and sat with Xue Xian and Xuanmin in an eatery, and when Lu Nianqi found a kid who was the reincarnation of Lu Shijiu.

Ofc the main couple too, Xuanmin and Xue Xian. I think I teared up when they started being all lovey-dovey and kissed.

Honestly, I feel a bit empty after reading this danmei.. and I'm now craving danmeis with reincarnation 🥹

Hi! I’m wondering if anyone can recommend a danmei/light novel where the main character is an unreliable narrator in the sense that they seem sane at first but after a bit you start to realize through their actions or otherwise they’re either unraveling or already insane/unhinged. I’d prefer if it had a physical copy as well!

I just learned something that broke me: Tun Hai (Swallowing the Seas) by Huai Shang was originally going to be titled "Yin Bing" — Drinking Ice.
It comes from a line of Chinese poetry: "Ten years of drinking ice, yet the blood remains hot."
It means someone with towering ambition cannot be crushed by suffering. No matter how long the darkness, the fire inside never dies.
And I immediately thought of Wu Yu. Twelve years in hell with no light. And yet he never once let go of the belief that he could claw his way back to the sun. That he deserved the sun.
That realization hit me so hard it honestly felt like fireworks exploding in my chest!😭😭

There’s something devastatingly beautiful about these “beautiful, strong, tragic” protagonists — characters who are scarred beyond repair, but still remain gentle, stubborn, and fiercely alive.

After that, I started desperately searching for more novels with this kind of character setting.

Here are some of the absolute best ones I’ve read so far:

Huai Shang's damage collection:
Po Yun (Breaking Through the Clouds)
Tun Hai (Swallowing the Sea) — the origin of this spiral
The Deepest Color of the Night
Qing Long Tu Teng (Azure Dragon Totem)
Lantern: Behold the Bayonet
Lantern: Reflection of the Peach Blossoms

Priest & powerhouses:
Mo Du (Silent Reading)

Liu Manpo — one hit, maximum damage:
Yan Wang (Yama/King of Hell)

Tang Jiuqing's political devastation:
Nan Chan
Qiang Jin Jiu

Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou — I'll never recover:
Yu Wu 
Husky and His White Cat Shizun

MXTX — classics for a reason:
Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation)
Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing)

Others that destroyed me in the best way:
Zhao Qin Mu Chu by Zhonghua Shuoshuren
Professor, Do you Want Suppressants? by Huang Chuan Dai
The Whole World Is Waiting for Us to Break Up by Bu Shi Feng Dong
All the Dao Sects Owe Me a Favor by Qi Jing Nan Qu

Please give me more recommendations if you know novels with this kind of protagonist. I’m completely addicted to this trope now.

does anyone know any modern danmei recommendations that are preferably have a paper back version,

i’ve been trying to get into danmei but all the novels i see are about historical danmeis or its a schoolife which i don’t mind ig but i want plot with depth and tension (oolala). anwyays im a new reader and would love to find something to jumpstart my love of danmei

I started Thousand Autumns today’s and I’m so confused with all the names, factions and political who who it feels like I’m taking a Chinese history exam but didn’t study at all! Is there an easy way to try and discern what’s happening the main thing I get is Wan Yushi is trying to corrupt(?) Shan Qiao by sorta gaslighting him into thinking he belongs to their sect and to do immoralish stuff?

I’m such a sucker for this type of shou 😭 especially when the gong is the prettier one. Like in Golden Terrace - the shou was this masculine general and completely straight at first ahhh, while the gong was so pretty and took care of him. Xie Qingcheng from BAB also has that straight man cancer energy lmao, and He Yu is such a pretty gong. Lan Zhan too is our ethereal beauty while Wei Wuxian is more masculine/playful. Please feed me recs 🙏

Just finished {Welcome to the Nightmare Live} and now I’m in a reading slump because nothing feels as engaging.

I need modern danmei that hooks you fast and actually has plot/tension. Doesn’t have to be unlimited flow, just not pure fluff. I want something bingeable with strong characters and story that keeps you obsessed.

Let me know yours "just one more chapter"

read this priest historical novel a looong time ago and could never get over it, just one of my favorites of all time. any recs that had that same genre/ideia/vibe?

ps: i tried other novels written by priest but none of them work for me, idkw

I just finished volume 2 of The Wife Comes First (by Lv Ye Quan He) and I've really enjoyed it. Any recommendations that are similar? I love that the couple are not toxic, and that they are lovey dovey. I enjoy the MC being clever as well. I dislike non-consensual interactions but it's tolerable to a small degree.

I also tried to read Thrice Married To A Salted Fish and couldn't force myself to finish the first book. Not enough romance and the plot wasn't interesting enough to me.