short and sweet danmei
have you ever wanted to try reading danmei, but the sheer length of the most popular offerings intimidated you? here are some novels that are short enough to be published in a single volume in translation (around 250k chinese characters or less)



![他们都说我遇到了鬼 [They All Say I Encountered a Ghost]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/7c352393-33c3-4c0b-bb3f-c07b5545a26a/large.webp)


chinese webnovels 101 // 小说妹必备
a list of popular chinese webnovels, including but not limited to danmei and baihe.
![天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/51acd1f8-c5d7-42ae-875f-4c4c0c95c007/large.webp)
![魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/8b4d244b-29fc-4045-bc9f-fc732193cdf4/large.webp)


![天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/51acd1f8-c5d7-42ae-875f-4c4c0c95c007/large.webp)
![魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/8b4d244b-29fc-4045-bc9f-fc732193cdf4/large.webp)
a love that dares not speak its name
酸涩文 (n.) danmei novels about aching hearts that have been put through the wringer and back.
— 富士山不远,月亮也真的可以私有。 / mount fuji isn’t far, and the moon really can be intimately held.






meet-cute? no, meet-hate // 逃不过的真香定律
a collection of terrible first impressions and the long, arduous journey from hatred to love. recommendations are very welcome!

![营业悖论[娱乐圈] Fanservice Paradox](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/536a8ae0-6f91-4a8b-b436-f7762e68d51d/large.webp)
![君有疾否 [Jun You Ji Fou]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/9aeed6b9-e202-4640-bef9-24382a70cefc/large.webp)
![碎玉投珠 [Sui Yu Tou Zhu] Crushing Jade and Casting Pearls](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/33c59e92-2c5f-475b-accd-c09d6461d270/large.webp)

![营业悖论[娱乐圈] Fanservice Paradox](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/536a8ae0-6f91-4a8b-b436-f7762e68d51d/large.webp)
wallpaper love // 墙纸爱
(n.) a homophonous play on the trope of 强制爱, in which one character (or both) has the intention of coercing the other into loving them. overlaps with the attic wife trope.




