Chinese BL novels & manhua, and where to read them.

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi

魔道祖师 (Mo Dao Zu Shi)

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Once feared and gladly mourned, demonic cultivator Wei Wuxian wakes years later in a stranger's body beside the stern Lan Wangji.

Guardian: Zhen Hun

镇魂 (Zhen Hun)

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Zhao Yunlan runs a secret unit handling cases between the living and the dead, and a reserved professor keeps turning up in them.

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu

天官赐福 (Tian Guan Ci Fu)

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Eight centuries after his first rise to godhood, the twice-banished Xie Lian ascends again and must work off his debts on earth.

Little Mushroom

小蘑菇

Yi Shi Si Zhou

Anzhe, a mushroom passing as human, sneaks into a walled base to reclaim his stolen spore, under the eye of an enforcer called Judge.

Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu

千秋 (Qian Qiu)

Meng Xi Shi (夢溪石)

A blinded, wounded Daoist sect leader falls into the hands of a demonic sect master who wants to prove that everyone is selfish.

Dinghai Fusheng Records

定海浮生录 (Dinghai Fusheng Lu)

Fei Tian Ye Xiang

Chen Xing, the last exorcist alive, follows his heart lamp to Xiang Shu, a reluctant protector, as built-up resentment threatens disaster.

Astrolabe Rebirth

星盘重启 (Xing Pan Chongqi)

Fei Tian Ye Xiang

In a city run by androids and their man-made god, a young slave named A-Ka meets Heishi, a man roused from a sleep of millennia.

Golden Terrace

黄金台 (Huang Jin Tai)

Cang Wu Bin Bai

Wounded general Fu Shen is called home and married off to his longtime rival, Yan Xiaohan, by an emperor wary of his power.

Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu

天宝伏妖录 (Tianbao Fuyao Lu)

Fei Tian Ye Xiang

Half-yao Hongjun leaves the Taihang Mountains for Chang'an and joins a demon-hunting bureau run by Li Jinglong, a soldier without spiritual power.

My Husband and I Sleep in a Coffin

我和老攻睡棺材 (Wo He Lao Gong Shui Guan Cai)

Wu Shui Bu Du

A reclusive gay man wakes as a thousand-year-old corpse in wedding clothes, sharing a coffin with an immortal warrior who has waited centuries.

Riverbay Road Men's Dormitory

江湾路7号男子宿舍 (Jiangwan Lu Qi Hao Nanzi Sushe)

Fei Tian Ye Xiang

A rich film director stuck on his first novel rents rooms in his villa to four gay men, hoping their lives will give him material.

There's Something Wrong with the Chief: Du Zhu You Bing

督主有病 (Du Zhu You Bing)

Yang Su

Qiye Garden's youngest assassin is planted as a servant to Xie Jinglan, a noble family's youngest son, while his true orders stay unclear.

After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine

残疾战神嫁我为妾后

Liu Gou Hua

A history professor wakes up as the cut-sleeve prince who keeps a captured, crippled general as his concubine, a general destined for revenge.

A Cross-Dresser's Triple Proposal Chase

Tencent Animation & Comics / NCOMIC

Close to death, Liam Turner is pulled into a romance game where staying alive means winning three proposals in disguise.

About Time

Yousulan

Cynlas has failed to kill Mei Qianjun in one timeline after another, so this time he moves in as Mei's brother.

Art Thou Ailing?

君有疾否 (Jun You Ji Fou)

Ru Si Wo Wen

Two of the most powerful officials at court circle each other with perfect manners and bad intentions.

Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu

将进酒 (Qiang Jin Jiu)

Tang Jiu Qing

Shen Zechuan, last survivor of a traitor prince's family, is dragged to the capital, where powerful heir Xiao Chiye wants him dead.

Basketball Club

POWER TIME

A slice-of-life BL series set around a campus basketball team.

Beijing Comrades

Bei Tong

In late-1980s Beijing, the son of a powerful official and a working-class architecture student begin a relationship neither can be open about.

Bobcat in Wonderland

Tofu Comic

A hitman with feline gene modifications botches a job and winds up as the pet of a mysterious, domineering president.

Coming Back as a Fair-Haired Boy

XingLing Animation

Kyan Lim dies in a car accident, gets a second life, and resolves to care about nothing but his career.

A Tale of Two Dragons

敖敖待捕 (Ao Ao Dai Bu)

Yao Yao x Yao Yao Yao

A dragon prince born without an orb enrolls at a human academy to search for the legendary pearl that could give him power.

A Toyboy's Temptation

Tencent Animation & Comics

Stylist Ji Xun wakes up in ancient times with a plan to marry rich. A man starts courting him instead.

Albert, From Earth

阿尔伯特来自地球 (A'erbote Laizi Diqiu)

Jie Mo Jun

A runaway fleeing his fiance hires a gruff pilot with one rule, no questions, and a ship named Albert.

Coins of Destiny

六爻 (Liu Yao)

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A broken-down cultivation sect is revived by five misfit disciples who would mostly rather be doing something else.

Addicted to You

難掩之癮 (Nan Yan Zhi Yin)

PENGUIN

An angel known only as 11 cannot make sense of his own heart or his bond with another angel, 3.

Bedtime Fairy Tales

请与我同眠 (Qing Yu Wo Tong Mian)

Yu Ci

A knight with a demon lodged in his heart is kept alive by a brilliant, unstable duke who finds him fascinating.

Chocolate is Bad for Dogs

Tencent Animation & Comics

A small-time blogger helps a sick stranger on his way home and ends up with a housemate he never planned on.

Copper Coins: Tong Qian Kan Shi

铜钱龛世 (Tong Qian Kan Shi)

Mu Su Li

Xue Xian, a former dragon trapped in a paper effigy, gets pocketed by an amnesiac monk who takes him for an evil spirit.

Beyond the Snowstorm: A Windborne Love

我乘风雪 (Wo Cheng Fengxue)

Qi Wu Gou

A marquis mourning a lost love and a celebrated general meet on a night of mistaken identities.

Demonic

Shi Ti Tou Ding Ju Zi Miao

The leader of the martial arts world and the head of a demonic cult have to solve a murder together, or face something worse than marriage.

Faraway Wanderers (Deluxe Hardcover)

天涯客 (Tian Ya Ke)

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The emperor's chief assassin retires to wander until he dies, and picks up a talkative stranger who will not leave him alone.

Fleeting Time, Burning Light

Kuaikan Comics

Tuoba Yuqian used to be a messenger of the underworld. Now he works for a Yin Yang Master who teases him every single day.

Choose Wood and Dwell

Ka Bi

Eight years ago a naive rich boy chased after a brilliant tutor. Eight years later their positions have swapped.

Cruel Love

iCiyuan

Gentle pianist Wen Niannan gave cold CEO Gu Yansheng three years of devotion and got nothing back. Now Gu wants him back.

Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire

烈火浇愁 (Liehuo Jiao Chou)

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An emperor who died three thousand years ago is dragged back to life in the modern world and runs into a fire-wielding agent who dreams of him.

Falling

落池 (Luo Chi)

Yu Cheng

A spoiled rich boy pulls a poor, brilliant classmate into his life on a whim and learns too late what he had.