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Urban Life Novels: Exploring the Modern Cityscape

Are you a fan of gripping stories set in the bustling streets and vibrant neighborhoods of the city? If you're searching for novels that delve into the complexities of urban life, you've come to the right place. In this article, we'll introduce you to some critically acclaimed urban life novels, their talented authors, and recommend a few websites where you can find more similar reads.

1. "The Bonfire of the Vanities" by Tom Wolfe:
Set in 1980s New York City, this satirical novel explores the excesses of Wall Street, the social divide, and the pursuit of the American Dream. Tom Wolfe's vivid characters and sharp observations make for an unforgettable reading experience.

2. "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith:
Zadie Smith's debut novel is a masterful portrayal of multicultural London. Through the lives of a diverse set of characters, the story examines identity, race, and the complexities of contemporary urban life, with both humor and depth.

3. "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison:
This groundbreaking novel follows the life of an African American man in early 20th-century New York City. Ralph Ellison's powerful exploration of race, identity, and social invisibility in the urban landscape remains as relevant today as when it was first published.

4. "Slumdog Millionaire" by Vikas Swarup:
Although this novel is set primarily in Mumbai, it offers a fascinating glimpse into the challenges faced by individuals growing up in impoverished urban environments. Vikas Swarup weaves a captivating tale of love, destiny, and the pursuit of a better life.

These novels represent just a fraction of the captivating urban life stories available. If you're eager to discover more, there are several websites where you can find recommendations tailored to your personal tastes:

1. Goodreads (www.goodreads.com): With millions of registered users, Goodreads is a treasure trove of book recommendations. Their lists of the best urban life novels and groups dedicated to the genre are excellent resources.

2. Book Riot (www.bookriot.com): This popular website features articles, reviews, and reading lists that cater to a wide range of book genres, including urban life novels. You'll find engaging content and recommendations to keep your reading list full.

3. The Guardian Books (www.theguardian.com/books): The books section of The Guardian offers insightful reviews and articles covering various literary genres. Their urban life novel recommendations are always worth exploring.

In conclusion, urban life novels provide readers with an immersive and thought-provoking experience. Whether you seek tales of city dwellers grappling with the complexities of society or stories that capture the essence of a specific urban environment, these novels offer an exciting journey into the heart of the metropolis. Explore the works of renowned authors, visit recommended websites, and get lost in the captivating world of urban life literature.
The Celestial Prince has a Temper Fiction
The Celestial Prince has a Temper

An Xiaze has a perfect husband, Gu Nianyi, who is three years older than her. They got married right after graduation, with her husband taking care of everything and her only responsibility being a simple life. Ouyang Qianwu is a low-key male star in the entertainment industry, with a literary and low-key career. He got married late at the age of thirty and has a beautiful wife and an adorable son. Ouyang Qianwu inadvertently becomes An Xiaze's celestial prince, but a celestial prince belongs to a different world. An Xiaze lives carefree every day, except for work and watching dramas. However, her life is completely changed when an accident occurs during her husband's business trip. An Xiaze postpartum tends to have depression, and her friend gets a ticket to the XX Festival in the hope that An Xiaze can relax and meet the celestial prince. When she meets the celestial prince, she witnesses his unexpected loss of his loved one. Although it should not concern her, the dependence of Ouyang Qianwu's son, Xiao Zhe, forces her to step into the celestial prince's life. It is destined to be full of bickering, laughter, and tears. A new life is about to begin...

65.46 Million words | 2021-02-21 08:17Update

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The Celestial Agent Fiction
The Celestial Agent

Transcending into a parallel world, I discovered that familiar celebrities had disappeared. And not only that, I got a job as a celestial agent? I couldn't miss such a great opportunity, I wanted to become a superstar! So I travelled back and forth between the human and celestial realms, starting a celestial magazine to earn enough celestial points in exchange for things from the human world. I wanted to film 'A Chinese Odyssey' - Ding Dong! It cost a thousand celestial points, and I successfully redeemed for the character of Monkey King! Meanwhile, in the celestial realm, Chang'e seductively said, 'Chu ge, do you want to enjoy moon-watching and eat roasted rabbit on Mid-Autumn Festival?' Song Chu smirked and took out his exchanged Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind-Calling Ear, teasingly saying, 'On such a beautiful night, let's enjoy everything the mortal world has to offer... beautiful ladies!' Song Chu, the celestial agent, superstar on Earth!

14.05 Million words | 2021-08-13 01:29Update

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The First Gathering Fiction
The First Gathering

Neon lights twinkle in the long night, stars shine in the long night! Mechanization and electrification, virtual and reality, past and future! The fate of humanity rests in a gathering of forces!

1.27 Million words | 2020-12-24 23:49Update

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A Good Deed a Day Fiction
A Good Deed a Day

Chen Shanxing's biggest pain in life is spending money, and her greatest joy is saving money. One day, she meets a person who spends money freely and earns money effortlessly. Who will change whom? In short, it's a heartwarming story of a frugal girl finding happiness with an arrogant rich young man.

43.01 Million words | 2020-08-03 03:30Update

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Boss Becomes a Plan Fiction
Boss Becomes a Plan

"I heard that Boss Yao's last project went down the drain again." "He wanted to secretly write a novel to make up for his losses, but..." "He definitely failed." "I was going to give him a reward of several million, but he couldn't even get a book deal." ... "Poor guy, I'll invest another five million in him." "Then I won't charge him rent anymore." ... During the award ceremony, reporters interviewed Yao. "How did you achieve your current success?" "Pure luck..." "You're really humble." "..." Yao's new book, 'The Violence Aesthetics of Enchantresses,' has been published, featuring [Supernatural Beasts], [Evolution], and [Violence Aesthetics]."

27.14 Million words | 2023-05-09 06:08Update

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Professional Planning Master Fiction
Professional Planning Master

Your talent is suitable for being a programmer, next one!" "You are a natural stock trader, a master, can you show me how to be cool and successful?" "Your specialty is being a cleaner, our company needs a janitor, are you interested?" "..." Zhang Zhe has a system that can see your talents and enhance your abilities, but what frustrates him is that this system cannot enhance his own abilities...

22.63 Million words | 2022-07-30 09:58Update

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The Immortal Alchemist Fiction
The Immortal Alchemist

Observing yin and yang, understanding feng shui, exploring the ways of the heavens, inheriting ancient arts, seeking eternal life... The alchemist, a practitioner of medicine, divination, astrology, and other professions, excels in physiognomy, fortune-telling, feng shui, occult formations, and alchemical longevity methods. They are also known as masters of magic. Alchemists are divided into three ranks: Human, Earth, and Heaven; and each rank has nine grades, representing one celestial realm per grade. The Human rank specializes in techniques related to people, such as physiognomy, bone reading, medicine, ghost subjugation, soul invocation, etc. The Earth rank specializes in techniques related to the earth, such as feng shui, evil energy dispersion, dragon veins, divination, geomancy, etc. The Heaven rank specializes in techniques related to heaven or the celestial path, such as divination, fate reading, supernatural abilities, and longevity methods. Through countless lifetimes and a millennium-long chess game, the alchemist seeks eternal life and attains immortality.

28.99 Million words | 2021-11-23 07:15Update

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Mr. Handsome, Run! Fiction
Mr. Handsome, Run!

I want to contact my distant cousin, who specializes in missile technology. I plan to infiltrate their research institute and launch their intercontinental missiles towards the United States, blowing up those fast food restaurants. There will be billions of girls around the world thanking me because this way, their charming prince will not turn into a pig and the beloved heartthrob will not become an old man.

16.44 Million words | 2022-08-25 13:33Update

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Brave New World Fiction
Brave New World

"Brave New World" is one of the most iconic works of 20th-century dystopian literature. Alongside George Orwell's "1984" and Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We", it is considered one of the three pillars of the dystopian genre, with profound influence on the global intellectual sphere. Drawing upon extensive knowledge of biology and psychology, the book depicts a fictional society set in the era of Ford, or the year 632 A.F. (After Ford). It portrays a world where humans are controlled from birth to death, due to advancements in social and biological engineering. In this "brave new world", humanity has become mere puppets in the hands of monopolistic genetic corporations and political figures, with control starting as early as the stages of genetic manipulation and embryonic development.

12.78 Million words | 2021-01-08 10:11Update

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My Overachiever Life Simulator Fiction
My Overachiever Life Simulator

"Published an SCI academic paper in one semester??? Covering all areas in science, math, literature, and arts??? Academic fraud! Definitely academic fraud!!! This student must be exposed, publicly shamed, and forever criticized!" As Gu Feng read the various insults directed at him online, he suddenly realized he might have gone too far... But this is just a glimpse of Gu Feng's extraordinary life, because he has a bound overachiever simulator...【Through the overachiever simulator, he won the first prize in the national mathematics competition for college students and obtained admission to top domestic universities】 【Through the overachiever simulator, he advanced to top laboratories through competitions, papers, and outstanding scores, and obtained a direct doctoral program】 【Through the overachiever simulator, he completed his doctorate early and become the youngest professor, with his own independent laboratory】 This is a story about how knowledge can change one's destiny. If you have enough effort points and steadfastly pursue learning, you can achieve the life you desire...

137.33 Million words | 2020-07-09 21:56Update

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Doctor's Life Simulator Fiction
Doctor's Life Simulator

(New book released, also read previous book 'Auto Chess in the Operating Room', a lot to explore) Qin Lang acquires a life simulator system that allows him to simulate a career as a doctor and gain various rewards: [At the age of twenty-four, through his own efforts, you qualify for advanced training at the city hospital from the community hospital.] [You join the burn and reconstructive surgery department at the city hospital, and due to your accumulated experience from the previous life, you impress everyone during the rounds, overshadowing the eight-year medical students in your group. A week later, you obtain the qualification to manage patients.] [After six months, you perform your first surgery as the lead surgeon, leaving the senior doctors amazed.] [At the age of twenty-five, you secure a position at the city hospital...] [At the age of twenty-seven, your research paper gets published in The Lancet...]... [At the age of sixty, you retire from the hospital, concluding your medical career] [Simulation ends, evaluation of your medical career: Nationally renowned doctor] [You can retain one of the following abilities] [.Skills of a sixty-year-old doctor] [.Clinical experience of a sixty-year-old] [.Medical wisdom of a sixty-year-old].

116.95 Million words | 2021-07-30 18:15Update

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From the Audience to the Entertainment Circle Fiction
From the Audience to the Entertainment Circle

Xu Yang found himself directly reincarnated at Jay Chou's concert, sitting in the audience seat in a dazed state. It was time for the interactive session. Jay Chou asked a girl, 'What's your name? And what song do you want?' The girl replied, 'I'm called Little Fairy, and I want to request the song 'What Kind of Man' to dedicate to my ex-boyfriend, whom I know is here in the audience.' Amidst cheers from the crowd, after a song, Jay Chou asked, 'What about this friend? What song would you like?' At this moment, a staff member placed the microphone in front of Xu Yang, making him realize that he was the one being referred to. Xu Yang said, 'I don't want to request a song. Can I have the microphone?'...

207.58 Million words | 2023-05-15 21:01Update

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If Snails Have Love Fiction
If Snails Have Love

If Snails Have Love is a novel written by author Ding Mo, a urban romance novel. The story revolves around the cold and stoic police captain Ji Bai, who gradually develops feelings for the rookie police officer Xu Xu. Unfortunately, this brilliant young woman is as slow in matters of the heart as a snail.

26.69 Million words | 2023-06-15 07:05Update

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Unrivaled God King in the City Fiction
Unrivaled God King in the City

In the divine world for four hundred years, Chu Chen rises against all odds, experiencing vicissitudes, and finally returns across the starry sky. 'If others do not offend me, I will not offend them; but if others offend me, I will eliminate them from the roots.'

670.82 Million words | 2021-12-04 17:21Update

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There's Something Wrong with My Achievement System Fiction
There's Something Wrong with My Achievement System

When the fantasies of adolescence become reality, what will happen? If young Calcifer stretches his hands into a pile of rice, what will he unlock? Congratulations, young host, for unlocking the achievement of martial arts: Iron Palm in Rice! You have acquired the martial skill: Iron Sand Palm (preliminary stage). Skill level can be improved through practice. Stay diligent and keep up the good work, young host. Calcifer's lips twitched, sensing that something was off with his achievement system. After some thought, Calcifer picked up a small wooden stick and headed towards the nearby paddy field...

163.78 Million words | 2022-10-28 17:46Update

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Creating My First Empire Fiction
Creating My First Empire

The heir of the top company Chen Corporation, Chen Yiyi, dies in a car accident but is reborn in a lazy and insignificant person. Surprisingly, this person has a beautiful wife and daughter. Chen Yiyi discovers that his death was not accidental, and everything he had before is being taken away. Do you think you can trick me, Chen Yiyi? You don't have the ability yet... Determined, Chen Yiyi decides to rebuild his shattered family from scratch. Since you dared to take everything from me, I will personally crush everything you have! What? This woman wants to divorce me? Impossible! Since you've become Chen Yiyi's woman, you will never escape from my grip in this lifetime! Please support my new book.

602.50 Million words | 2022-12-09 00:16Update

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A Big City, A Small Room Fiction
A Big City, A Small Room

Xie Xiaodan is a beautiful and capable white-collar worker in the CBD, immersed in a refined and luxurious lifestyle. Her cousin Chen Qing, a top student graduated from Stanford, gave up a well-paid job in the United States to fully support her boyfriend's entrepreneurial journey in Beijing. Tian Rong, their close friend, faced setbacks in both love and career, and immersed herself in the real estate market after losing her job. Over the course of a decade of rising house prices in Beijing, their wealth, sense of achievement, and social status quietly shifted, dividing them into those who own a house and those who don't. Their pursuits and hopes in life changed involuntarily in the face of the harsh reality of soaring housing prices. Through detailed and authentic descriptions of reality, the novel leads us to seek answers to the housing problems plaguing the Chinese people.

11.24 Million words | 2022-12-11 15:08Update

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Rebirth 2008: Reading Can Earn Money Fiction
Rebirth 2008: Reading Can Earn Money

Mu Yang is reborn in the year 2008, a time of prosperity, with a beautiful girlfriend by his side and a reading system in his hands. At Level LV, he earns money and gains skill experience for every word he reads. Mu Yang helplessly thinks, 'It's not my fault, I just want to read quietly.' A story about a single girl, focusing on physical industry, nostalgic literature, relaxation, and making up for regrets. Let the journey begin with this book.

237.22 Million words | 2022-10-17 12:31Update

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