Douban’s Top Rated Chinese Romance Novels and their Adaptations

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In the last few years, I’ve gone through several drama droughts, where I wasn’t interested in any of the dramas coming out. As the popularity of IP adaptations continued to surge and seeing the more light-hearted comedies released, I decided it was time to venture into the source medium.

However, where to start was always puzzling and how should I prioritise this growing list of Chinese novels I accumulated? I’m not sure if I’m alone in this, but after a while I became overwhelmed and now those books on my TBR list just sit there, whilst I find other novels to read. I normally visit Douban when I want to find a new novel to read, but Douban has three ways of arranging their novels; their comprehensive arrangement (whatever that may mean), arrange by date or arrange by rating. As the ratings lover that I am, here is a list of highest rated romance novels on Douban.

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Bulletin Board: Cdramaland/ENT News (31)

Hope everyone had a great good Friday! The little bros got to stay home while I had work! Being an adult sucks! Unless you have a drink in hand…

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Adorable Liu Hao Ran and Tan Song Yun in webdrama With You

With You is webdrama adapted from the youth novel The Best of Us (最好的我们) written by Ba Yue Chang An. Interestingly, it started the real life love story between the leads too. Liu Hao Ran (Detective Chinatown) and Seven Tan Song Yun (Taekwondo Girl) were caught on a night date last month. They met through filming this drama and when news broke out of their dating, Nana-HaoRan fans also got their hearts broken. I wasn’t aware of any shipping so my heart was safe. Lol. Anyhoo, I tried reading the novel and only got up to chapter 4 and found out very little about the main characters – too many details. In a nutshell, our leads go to the same high school and are desk mates. Feelings are developed, memories created, and hearts are broken etc. All the ingredients of a youth drama. XD

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