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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Li Lan Di and Zhang Xin Cheng lead youth drama My Huckleberry Friends

From the writer behind the successful and highly-rated youth drama With You, another one of Ba Yue Chang An’s novel is adapted onto the small screen. Youth drama, My Huckleberry Friends (你好,旧时光) stars Li Lan Di (Wu Xin 2) and Zhang Xin Cheng (Shuttle Love Millennium 2) as the leading pair.

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