rivals to lovers: novels

A Certain Someone

某某 (Mou Mou)

Mu Su Li

A solitary top student and the popular transfer who rivals him are about to become stepbrothers.

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.

Global Examination

全球高考 (Quan Qiu Gao Kao)

Mu Su Li

People around the world are pulled into deadly exams disguised as school subjects, and one sharp-tongued examinee keeps provoking his invigilator.

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 Metempsychosis

Fei Tian Ye Xiang

In the last calm days of the Northern Song, two exorcists who cannot stand each other witness a prophecy of disaster.

Mist

薄雾 (Bo Wu)

Wei Feng Ji Xu

The captain of an elite time-guard unit is saddled with a beautiful new recruit he assumes is useless.

Olympian

올림피언

Han Yeoreum

A short track skater who made the national team on luck finds his new roommate is his longtime crush, the country's gold medalist.

Peerless

无双 (Wushuang)

Meng Xi Shi (梦溪石)

Two rival intelligence agents, Feng Xiao and Cui Buqu, are forced to share a case after a foreign envoy is slaughtered on a snowy road.

That's the Guy!

그놈이 그놈이다

original novel: 차선 (Chasun)

Tired of losing to a pro gamer, ranked player Jihan quits for an MMORPG, where his new guild master picks fights over his nickname.

The Approach

从万米高空降临 (Cong Wanmi Gaokong Jianglin)

La Rive Gauche

An airline captain everyone treats as a hero meets the one air traffic controller who is not impressed.

The Loser’s Comeback

루저가 돌아왔다

Sweetshade

A trainee cheated out of his K-pop debut by a bribe wakes up five years later in the cheater's body.

Wine and Gun

酒与枪 (Jiu Yu Qiang)

Mengye Mengye

A forensic pathologist with a murderous hobby has his chosen victim stolen by a rival killer, and takes it personally.