Urban novels have gained tremendous popularity in recent years, captivating readers with their gritty portrayal of city life and compelling characters. Whether you're a fan of crime, romance, or suspense, urban novels offer a unique and captivating reading experience. In this article, we'll explore some of the most renowned urban novels and their talented authors, as well as recommend websites where you can discover more of this gripping genre. One of the most influential urban novelists of our time is Walter Mosley. Known for his iconic Easy Rawlins series, Mosley seamlessly blends elements of noir, mystery, and social commentary in his novels. If you're new to his work, "Devil in a Blue Dress" is a great starting point. Set in the 1940s, this novel introduces readers to the enigmatic private investigator Easy Rawlins and the vibrant landscape of post-war Los Angeles. Another must-read author in the urban fiction genre is Sister Souljah. Her debut novel, "The Coldest Winter Ever," became an instant classic. This gripping tale follows the life of Winter Santiaga, a teenage daughter of a notorious drug dealer in Brooklyn, New York. Sister Souljah weaves a powerful narrative that explores themes of survival, family loyalty, and the consequences of choices made in difficult circumstances. For fans of urban fantasy, N.K. Jemisin's "The City We Became" is a captivating choice. In this novel, Jemisin introduces readers to a vibrant New York City where each borough takes on a human persona fighting against an ancient evil force threatening the city's existence. Jemisin's masterful storytelling and vivid descriptions transport readers into a vivid urban fantasy realm like no other. To discover more urban novels and authors, websites like Goodreads and Amazon offer curated lists and recommendations for readers interested in this genre. Goodreads, in particular, provides a platform where users can share their reviews, ratings, and recommendations, allowing you to find the next urban novel that suits your reading taste. In conclusion, urban novels have become a captivating genre that delves into the complexities of city life, offering readers thrilling storylines and dynamic characters. Whether you prefer crime, romance, or fantasy, there is an urban novel waiting to captivate your imagination. Dive into the works of authors like Walter Mosley, Sister Souljah, and N.K. Jemisin, and immerse yourself in the vibrant worlds they create. Explore websites like Goodreads and Amazon for more recommendations and reviews from fellow urban fiction enthusiasts. Happy reading!
This story tells the tale of how an immortal being should live a correct and positive life in modern human society, guided by the core values of socialism. It aims to provide insights and inspiration for other immortals, individuals with special abilities, practitioners of cultivation, extraterrestrials, and non-human creatures to participate in the construction of a stable and harmonious society. QQ Group of the work: Full, (Full) (Empty) This book V group: (Full), Fan Value W.
371.59 Million words | 2020-10-25 19:37Update
You are a doctor who earns a monthly income just enough to get by, constantly struggling with the pressures and hardships of life! But one day, you wake up and realize you have acquired a cheat code... You are about to perform an appendectomy, so you make an incision: You touch the cecum: [Cecum: Healthy!] You touch the colon: [Colon: Healthy!] You touch the appendix: [Appendix: This is an inflamed and abscessed appendix monster, level: rare monster. Recommendation: Appendectomy!] With swift precision, you remove the appendix. [Ding! Rare appendix monster defeated. Rewards: Appendectomy experience +, currency +, one white suture needle!] ... You are an emergency surgeon, and as you wake up... you become even stronger in saving lives!
438.52 Million words | 2021-05-27 19:12Update
Pear Blossom Book Club: "What? You said my woman has thorns?" Yi Zai Xu sneered coldly, "Stay away from her, or this brick will be your fate!" With a wave of his hand, a loud "bang" was heard. The brick remained intact, but his hand was nearly broken. A man wearing sunglasses laughed shamelessly, imitating a pig's squeal, "Wahaha..." Pear Blossom walked forward casually, picked up the brick and weighed it in her hand without even looking up, saying, "He's with me. Did you have my permission to bully him?" "Hey! Hua'er, I didn't say anything, don't lay a hand on me!" The man retreated in fear and confusion. "Heh heh... Too late!" Pear Blossom pretended to throw the brick, causing the man to flee in panic. Yi Zai Xu embraced Pear Blossom's shoulders, his face with a look of happiness, and said, "Hua'er, you were beautiful just now..." "Shut up! If you keep babbling, I'll make you sleep in the corridor!" Pear Blossom shook off his salty pig hand and ran off by herself. Yi Zai Xu joyfully chased after her, "Hahaha, it's boring to be alone, let's go together..." "Hee hee hee... Fool, catch up to me first
105.99 Million words | 2023-04-05 11:38Update
- If you were given another chance by fate, how would you live differently? One year, Zhou Xingwen travels back to his 18-year-old self for a ridiculous reason. With excitement, he embraces the opportunity to start over, transforming the twists and turns of the future from known to unknown. Is such a story entertaining or not? Should one seize certain things when the time comes? Do you regret not broadening your knowledge and mindset at present? Have you ever regretted slacking off multiple times during your efforts? Life cannot be saved and loaded, so please cherish it.
77.04 Million words | 2022-12-24 17:38Update
Just as the moon waxes and wanes, and life is a succession of joy and sorrow, I fulfill the desires of the living and make up for the regrets of the departed. It all begins with a toad swallowing the Heaven-swallowing Jar obtained from Song dynasty poetry... Originally titled 'Magic Jar', also known as 'Ferrying All Living Beings in the Mortal World' and 'The Wish Ferryman'...
106.67 Million words | 2022-05-22 20:41Update
"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
Summary: The story mainly tells about the protagonist, Liu Yi, encountering difficulties in work and love in the city. When he returns to his ancestral home in the countryside, he discovers something that changes his life. With this tool in hand, Liu Yi wants to develop the countryside and bring change. He also wants people living in the city to admire the countryside and make the rural residents proud of their hometown. Let's see Liu Yi's leisurely and refreshing countryside life after returning to the village. Have you also returned to your childhood countryside home, the dreamy countryside! (First time writing, new author, please support)
169.87 Million words | 2022-06-08 12:17Update
Nurturing Qi, Observing Qi, Stabilizing Qi, Harnessing Qi, Cultivating Qi, Inquiring Qi - the six realms of a Feng Shui master! Integrity, Self-improvement, Harmonious family, Good governance, Peaceful world - Su Jiu is just an ordinary inheritor of Feng Shui knowledge, but due to various opportunities, he embarked on a brilliant and splendid path in life. With an iron tongue, predicting one's future, With a bronze tongue, determining one's wealth and fortune, With a golden tongue, altering one's destiny, Using ten fingers to calculate life and death, Feng Shui brings wealth and fortune, With six divinations, understanding all worldly matters, and with the Eight Trigrams, exploring every human existence!
238.54 Million words | 2021-07-14 09:42Update
Materials are the foundation of industry and the cornerstone of an industrial nation. Qin Hai, a materials science expert from the century, traveled back in time to a small agricultural machinery factory in the year . With his arrival, all regrets will be eliminated, and a new era of brilliance will unfold. From electric functional materials, optical functional materials, biomedical functional materials, superconducting materials, nanomaterials, chemical film materials, smart materials, sensitive materials, to hydrogen storage materials... all kinds of miracles are showcased in "The Empire of Materials".
246.32 Million words | 2020-07-28 22:00Update
Soul Transmigration in Love at Siheyuan, living an ordinary yet extraordinary life from the small environment of Siheyuan to the steel mill and then to the broader social environment. This book doesn't have too much hostility, but follows the storyline of a TV drama, with calculations and fights, mostly normal. (Newcomer, new book, seeking readers. Created a QQ group, nickname: Siheyuan Life. Group number: [group number]. Seeking recommendations and bookmarks, thank you all.)
196.44 Million words | 2022-09-01 18:14Update
The web novel's filling festival is approaching, with exclusive side stories serializing explosively. Masters are offering free admission. Zhou Shen went to the hospital for a check-up, only to unexpectedly discover that he had late-stage cancer. With a heart filled with despair, he returned to his hometown to prepare for his final arrangements. Who would have thought that he would awaken to a cultivation cheat, embarking on the path of immortality. Eight Pieces of Brocade: Strengthen the body, prolong life, reach profound levels where cold and heat do not invade, calamities and illnesses do not befall. The Yellow Court Inner Canon: Inhale and exhale, expel the old and take in the new, stretch like a bear and extend like a bird, live to be a hundred years old, evil spirits dare not approach, unable to be confused in dreams. The Great Profound Classic: Refine one's essence to cultivate qi, refine qi to transform the divine, refine the divine to return to emptiness, radiate together with the sun and moon, coexist with mountains and rivers, share longevity with heaven and earth! In addition to this, the Taoist seventy-two supernatural powers, the heavenly constellations' thirty-six transformations, are all mastered, fully understood! — Cultivation is not easy, the path is arduous, but I will venture forth!
155.67 Million words | 2020-11-30 13:49Update
The story starts with ten world wills simultaneously approaching me to play the role of the antagonist... I thought being the antagonist would be simple, just follow the plot and receive rewards for achieving small goals. I could go home, buy a pig farm, a few houses, and several cars... But little did I know, there is no room for two tigers on one mountain. The protagonist, this arrogant and domineering being, wouldn't tolerate another in their world. Crooked-mouthed war gods, the Dragon King's unwanted son-in-law—how is it that you two started fighting again as soon as I left for a moment?! Entertainment superstar, plagiarizing saint—each taking half of the five thousand years from top to bottom, is it not enough for you two to plagiarize? Why insist on having it all to yourself? And inciting fans to riot offline, what are you trying to do? Start a world war? I'm the antagonist, why do you rely on me every day to put out fires and mediate disputes? And you, why do you relentlessly pester me when you can be the destined female lead? Antagonists are coarse, unlike protagonists who understand emotions and love. I only know how to use money to show compassion—I don't want to and won't know how to sweet talk, I just want to go home and experience university life! This site reminds: w
102.34 Million words | 2020-07-19 15:13Update
Years ago, financial prodigy Zheng Fan experienced bankruptcy and was tragically murdered during the process of the financial crisis. After a car accident, Zheng Fan found himself transported back in time by twelve years, armed with the experience that surpassed others'. Faced with regrets from his previous life, coinciding with a turning point in his family's circumstances, he made a firm decision to change the frustrations and remorse of his past life, rejuvenate his family, and enjoy a different life. Amidst the magnificent tide of China's reform and opening up, accompanied by the development of a market economy, Zheng Fan, equipped with rich knowledge in the financial field, resolutely chose to develop in the capital market. From then on, Zheng Fan embarked on the path of becoming a financial tycoon, wielding great power and wealth.
211.68 Million words | 2020-08-13 12:53Update
Qin Fan, a student at the Chinese Medicine Academy, accidentally inherited the ancestral medical teachings and obtained the Abyssal Spirit Scripture. By awakening his bloodline eyes, he started his extraordinary life... With his golden needles, he saved lives; with his Dao imprints, he vanquished spirits; possessing mind-reading abilities, he walked all over the arrogant tycoons in the city of flowers!
841.18 Million words | 2023-03-19 22:58Update
Is he a genius under the spotlight, or a madman behind the scenes?
799.28 Million words | 2022-03-26 04:26Update
When a magical ring that can travel through worlds descends from the sky, Lin Yang can't remain calm. Three Kingdoms? Laughing Proudly? Heavenly Dragon? Qing Nu You Hun? A flamboyant life begins as Lin Yang steps into one world after another. Our motto is: I am Lin Yang, and I feed myself with salt.
208.84 Million words | 2023-06-29 01:24Update
Young man, I see that you have a refined appearance and unique features. I hereby present you with a spiritual divination plaque, which can discern all treasures in the world. Young brother, I see kindness in your face and benevolence in your heart. I gift you a plant of Polygonum multiflorum, which can nourish all living beings in the world. ...... I am unable to provide a brief introduction, so let's go straight to the book. It is definitely better than the first one.
274.78 Million words | 2022-10-06 11:45Update
A mysterious young man, why is his martial arts unparalleled? His medical skills are so extraordinary? He kisses a domineering girl, shares an apartment with a pure-hearted girl, pursues a cold and glamorous CEO. Letting all the beauties fall for him, watch how he traverses the world of flowers, collecting all kinds of stunning women.
1.90 Million words | 2020-11-27 19:42Update
(Everyone, pay attention! Fatty's new book "Great Wealth and Prosperity" is out now. Book number available, welcome everyone to visit.) Reminiscing about the past, it's just the taste of life.
271.86 Million words | 2022-04-02 19:12Update
Gu Xiaotian, male, suffers from mild mental illness. He "encountered" a mental illness system, which sent him to a parallel time and space, traversing into the body of someone else who also suffers from mental illness. This is a joyful story of a mentally ill patient with a system, and his perception of a group of "ordinary mortals."... "Mr. Gu, may I ask for your thoughts on marrying the goddess in the hearts of the male animals in the Heavenly Emperor City?" "It's all the same as turning off the lights and being with someone else," Gu Xiaotian replied, pinching his nostrils in response to the reporter's interview. "Mr
79.00 Million words | 2020-10-23 11:10Update
Maybe being with a celebrity is just so plain and dull. That's what Song Ping thought. PS: "With a celebrity" means a megastar, with a pun.
51.56 Million words | 2023-05-01 21:59Update
