but i’m straight though // 直掰弯
a compilation of danmei characters who stubbornly believe in their heterosexuality despite all evidence to the contrary. recommendations are very welcome!

![将进酒 [Qiang Jin Jiu]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/faa72c5d-0400-4c50-874a-94a19774ca2c/large.webp)

![别想掰弯我 [Don't Try to Bend Me]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/fb0259e8-f708-45e2-b09f-bbe8d72512ff/large.webp)

![将进酒 [Qiang Jin Jiu]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/faa72c5d-0400-4c50-874a-94a19774ca2c/large.webp)
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)

![所有人都以为我喜欢他 [Everyone Thinks That I like Him]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/a95c7041-55ac-47ed-bf6a-7a4694b20358/large.webp)
![穿堂惊掠琵琶声 [The Flustering Sound of the Pipa from the Hallway]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/08f33dbc-b7f0-4450-9c01-56451b0296b1/large.webp)

cultivation danmei
✧ [仙侠]: the most popular genre, its narrative is set in a mythical Ancient China. The key points in xianxia novels are the spiritual cultivation of qi to pursue immortality or transcendence, the existence of sects/clans, and the presence of supernatural elements/entities.
note: if there's any xianxia title missing please do let me know!






men who could curdle your blood // 阴湿男鬼
(n.) men who put a good act, but are actually either deeply melancholic, sinister, or both. they often isolate themselves from wider society and are more quiet than not. you might find that the air around them often feels as if it is pressing in and down on you so that you can't breathe.
do note that this is more of a vibe than a description.






chinese webnovels 101 // 小说妹必备
a list of popular chinese webnovels, including but not limited to danmei and baihe.



![南禅 [Nan Chan]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/a320be07-f542-43a0-9142-d46472213e5c/large.webp)


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!

![飞鸥不下 [Flying Gulls Never Land; Eternal Flight of the Gull] (Manhua)](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/2d5a14f5-5d34-45ca-8b06-afc5252adca7/large.webp)


![飞鸥不下 [Flying Gulls Never Land; Eternal Flight of the Gull] (Manhua)](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/2d5a14f5-5d34-45ca-8b06-afc5252adca7/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.





