Urban

A realist novel is a type of literature trying to present life as it actually is and it is also known as urban novels, which was popular at Victorian age to reflect urban life at that period. Just as the saying goes, literature originates from what happened in life but beyond that. It’s an appropriate description of realistic novels. Main characters in urban novels are often shaped by writers based on someone’s characteristics in real life. You will experience another life and learn about something from the main characters’ experience in stories. To know realistic novels’ meaning, you need to read some urban novels by yourself to form a personal understanding. We offer a vast collection of popular realistic novels and books online. Rich reading resources are provided for you to select.
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The Rise of Alexander Reynolds - Urban novels & stories

The Rise of Alexander Reynolds

Jossie-Finnah
Alex's life spirals into disarray as he stumbles upon his wife's betrayal in a clandestine affair. Amid ridicule and downgrade, he rose from the trenches and makes a groundbreaking move that catapults him into power. Although enemies are always growing, Alex has no intention of giving them the upper hand. He had tasted the bitter pills of failure and he shall make his enemies taste them and swim in it cause those who had wronged him and his family shall not be forgiven.
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Accept Your Fate - Urban novels & stories

Accept Your Fate

EBEST
His wedding was ruined. His bride was given to his younger brother because he wasn't the true heir. Ladies dislike him; his family disowned him. Relatives and friends were nowhere to be found. Everyone was against him… Fernando could see his world-shattering into a thousand pieces, but there was nothing he could do about it. Will he seek vengeance or let go of everything?
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The Over Night Secret Billionaire  - Urban novels & stories

The Over Night Secret Billionaire

Roanna Baleta
Darren, a man who does delivery job to assist his girlfriend in college, got dumped by her at her graduation party. He was treated like trash and got set up in his job, and that made him totally shattered. Just as he was completely devastated, some suit men who had been searching for him for months came to take him away to their boss, and the boss is the president of the number one world leading Group, the Engand Group. The boss said he looked like the only son he had, who died a few years ago. The boss needed a son to bear his name because he didn't have much time to live, so he offered all of his wealth to Darren in exchange for his name. There was a secret behind having his name, and Darren was prepared for it because he would do anything to get out of the poor caliber. Now, he is no longer the trash they used to know; he is now the lastest billionaire over night!
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"The games of kings: Rise of the underdog" - Urban novels & stories

"The games of kings: Rise of the underdog"

Mydas
"You think a loser like you could ever have me?" Selena sneered, flipping her hair as she clung to Derek’s arm. Jason's heart pounded in his chest. He had done everything for Selena—her homework, her errands, even covered for her when she skipped class. And now, she was throwing it all in his face, laughing at him in front of the entire campus. "You’re pathetic, Jason. You’ll never be good enough for someone like Selena," Derek added, smirking. That night, drowning in anger and humiliation, Jason scrolled through his phone, only to see a strange app appear on his screen. "The Game of Kings"—he hadn’t downloaded it, but it was there, glowing like a beacon. Curious, he tapped it. A message popped up: "Enter your name to begin. Rise or fall—it’s your choice." Jason hesitated, then typed his name. The screen flashed. "Level 1 complete. Claim your reward: $2,000,000 or continue playing?" His breath caught. Two million grand? Was this a dream? His bank app confirmed it—his balance had skyrocketed overnight. Now, with wealth and power at his fingertips, Jason isn’t just playing to win. He’s playing to change his fate. Will he use the game to take down Derek and make Selena regret ever betraying him? Or will he realize that the true game is much bigger than revenge?
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I'M (Not) A Spy - Urban novels & stories

I'M (Not) A Spy

Meyyis
Damian Armand found out that his company had a problem. The company's funds out of the treasury are very large, but he does not know for what purposes? The man suspected that someone was cheating on him. Therefore, the man nicknamed the king of business descended into the middle of nowhere to become a spy for his company. In his disguise, he meets a unique girl. Will the man be able to find the mastermind of all the problems of the company? Damian Arnold.
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Hazeed : Guardian Of The World  - Urban novels & stories

Hazeed : Guardian Of The World

MDW
Expelled and humiliated, Hazeed was shattered and broken. He finally accepted a mysterious offer that had come to him two weeks earlier. The two options that emerged would give him both bonuses and sanctions. It all depended on what he accomplished. One by one, he completed the missions. Hazeed began his revenge. A gaming system that changed his life one hundred and eighty degrees never stopped giving him missions that involved Hazeed in many other problems. At the same time, someone discovers him as the hidden heir to a scientist's vast fortune. Hazeed is not an ordinary man anymore!
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The Supreme Power Behind a Wheelchair - Urban novels & stories

The Supreme Power Behind a Wheelchair

Nameless Swordman
Three years ago, a once-mighty warlord married the heiress of a powerful family to honor his late grandfather’s will. What was meant to be a shield of protection soon turned into a personal hell. Weakened and stripped of his former glory, he became the target of scorn and cruelty from his wife’s family. When betrayal struck from those closest to her, tearing apart everything she had built, walking away seemed like the only option. But her husband refused to give up—on their marriage, on her, or on himself. With the brilliant mind and tactical genius that once made him a legend, he vowed to take back everything that had been stolen. Amid family intrigue, hidden conspiracies, and enemies lurking in the shadows, they uncover a truth: true strength isn’t found in the body, but in an unyielding heart. And as betrayal pulls them closer, could the love they’ve long ignored finally take root?
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Double Agent: Stuck Between the Villain and Protagonist Camp - Urban novels & stories

Double Agent: Stuck Between the Villain and Protagonist Camp

Antonigiggs
I'm thankful that you freed me from that f**kin' mountain, but..." Axl finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict between the protagonist and the villain. Due to his past, Axl finds himself entrenched in the villain's camp where he is assigned as a double agent to spy on the protagonist. The problem is that the protagonist is his older brother who had lived with him in the mountains for seven years! "What a wretched plot," Axl sighed as the realization of the dangerous game he had been pulled into. According to the plot in his memory, he only has a few chapters left as his identity will be revealed because of a certain moron, which will invite the wrath of the protagonist. Thinking of this, Axl couldn't help but feel a heart attack. There is no way to escape; he is trapped here. The villain camp background is simply too much for him to handle, and as for joining the protagonist camp, looking at how his master and senior brother treat him like a servant, he would rather die again rather than become someone's servant. "Never mind," he tells himself. let's take this one step at a time. I know the plot already, so I should be able to make it through. He resolves focus on surviving the conflict between the two opposing factions. Despite the odds, Axl believes in his abilities and feels confident that he can navigate the dangerous landscape.
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One True Heir - Urban novels & stories

One True Heir

De Castro
Jake was the last son of Robinson Osborne, the popular billionaire in Luckham. Despised and hated by everyone, even his father, he was forced to flee from his family after the shocking demise of his mother, the only person who cared about him. He met Georgina, a beautiful college girl and fell in love with her. Out of his love for her, he sacrificed his life savings to ensure that she completes her education. A few years later, they got married, but his true identity remained a secret known to him and him alone. He submitted everything he had left home with, just to make sure that Georgina succeeded in her dreams. After all his sacrifices for her, on the 3rd marriage anniversary, he came home and caught his beloved wife cheating with Jackson, a wealthy gold merchant. Worse came to worse when she shoved a shocking divorce letter to his face, ignoring the heartbreak she had caused him. Just when he thought all hope was lost, here comes his father, apologizing for his mistakes and offering him the position of the ONE-TRUE HEIR of his empire.
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EX-WIFE REGRET, NO TURNING BACK! - Urban novels & stories

EX-WIFE REGRET, NO TURNING BACK!

PRESTIGEEE
They broke me, but I conquered… After my father sent me and my mom away for being worthless to him, I met her–Diana, the one woman that showed me what true love was after Mom passed on. But shortly after everything, after Mia was born, she left for another man, still repeating how I was useless. But everything changed when I met her, the one woman with a pure heart. However, family secrets won't stay down forever. When old lies and family drama threaten to destroy everything, will love break me or make me?
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The Return of Billionaire Quincy - Urban novels & stories

The Return of Billionaire Quincy

Tianah
Quincy who has been unconscious for a while, he became a vegetable and a burden to his wife, despite that she made efforts to stick with him, though her family kicked against it and insisted she gets married to a billionaire. Kohler's family was bankrupt after spending so much on Quincy's health. Her mother was forced to go after her daughter who wasn't ready to let go of a husband who has been in coma for long. Quincy's regaining consciousness was one of the most beautiful moments for Kohler. Would that stop her family from the decision they made? Or does Quincy still have to let go of his wife to save her family which was bankrupt?
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CERTIFIED THIEF - Urban novels & stories

CERTIFIED THIEF

Olowoyo David
Maverick was the managing director of a bank. He obtained many certificates to qualify for this post, ranging from a bachelor's degree to a doctoral degree. He was thirty-year-old when he married Sophie. The twosome lived in Hawaii and had to wait for years before they could give birth. When Maverick was growing up, his father loved him to become a gynecologist and he opted into the wish willingly. He was denied admission the first time he applied to a university. On the second attempt, his course was changed. He had to run away from home because his father wanted him to wait for the coming term. Maverick did some silly things and he lost his job. He lost his father's heritage too. He had no option than to join a cult. The cult members engaged in various social vices. Surprisingly, he later joined the United States Army. What impact can a thief make on the military?
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The Fury Of Andi Emerson A.K.A Zeus  - Urban novels & stories

The Fury Of Andi Emerson A.K.A Zeus

Quinn Writes
Life they say is filled with ups and downs but what do you do when it seems like your life is stuck at the downs?  From the heir of a prominent family to a useless live-in son -in-law with nothing acclaimed to his name, Andi Emerson went from riches to rags overnight and his wife's family showed him the true meaning of hell.  After his family went bankrupt suddenly, his father disappears into thin air and his mother gets laid back by a grave illness.  The people who once smiled at him and bowed at the feet of his family now mock him and maltreat him. But Andi didn't mind because amidst those turbulence of hate and underserved punishment laid a place called hope.  His wife, Taylor Simmons remained nice to him even after he lost everything but it was only a matter of years before she showed him her true colors and dumped him into the streets.  With nothing to live for and an ever piling debt at an hospital, Andi believed that alas, the turbulence had swallowed up his safe place and there was nothing worth living for but a face from his past resurfaces and that meeting changed his life forever.  Now he is no longer a useless live in son in law or a man to be maltreated but that wasn't the end of his journey.  With the mystery of his family's bankruptcy and his father's disappearance, Andi decided to solve it all and bring back glory to his home once more.  Trials and tribulations will come at him like the wind but Andi is ready and standing strong. He will never let the waves shake his boat. "Zeus has arrived and he's... Furious."
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Xavier's Ultimate Return To Glory - Urban novels & stories

Xavier's Ultimate Return To Glory

Bellaire
Xavier lost his company and since then, he has been treated like trash by his wife and her parents. Insulted, mocked, fooled and sold into a job that was practically slavery. Little did they know, that the evil they had done to him had only led to his return as an heir to the Kaarel family. Although he acquired great power and is out for revenge, other eyes are lurking behind him, plotting his downfall. Will he overcome the enemies that come with his ultimate return to glory Or will his downfall be inevitable?
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His Influence  - Urban novels & stories

His Influence

Christy I.
Even when he was pretending to be poor, Prince helped place his wife at the peak of her career the moment they got married and she thought he was his lucky charm. However, his mother in-law would see to it that Lara divorces him so he would be kicked out of the house. In time, Lara gave in to her mother's pressure and got pregnant for her colleague while still married to Prince. She even had to break the news to him in the most ridiculous way and on his birthday. Angrily, Prince retorted and tried to settle the scores with the man who had been sleeping with his wife. He was humiliated by his mother in-law and made to sign the divorce papers after which he was thrown out of the house. Leaving the place in disgrace, Prince decided to return back to his life after promising to take everything away from them.
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Son of Eros - Urban novels & stories

Son of Eros

Wichser
Pan is bullied and humiliated by his classmates and his family. At the breaking point, he realizes he is the heir of a powerful god, and his destiny lies in ruling the universe. But first he needs to conquer the girls.
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Jack Adams; Secretly Incharge - Urban novels & stories

Jack Adams; Secretly Incharge

Alex Alfred
Betty Thomas's unexplainable rise to influence and power in Blue Haven City led her to publicly humiliate and divorce her husband Jack Adams who worked as a janitor in her office on the same day that he was mourning his mom's 15th death anniversary. What she didn't know was that all she ever got and had was put in play by the man she just kicked out of her life. What no one knows is that he secretly ran the whole city and was the most influential man on the continent. Now everyone who had ever despised him will lick the dust off his feet, especially his evil uncle Lord Steven who masterminded his family's death some years ago.
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DeVil in the Details. - Urban novels & stories

DeVil in the Details.

Diallo Strange
Don't fear the face of Death, for he is the face of all man. • Some say that hell is other people; that hell is but only in the mind, and that hell is a place...but in this case it's all of the above, though just far between the cracks of life's façade. And it all starts in a town, called (S)hellville, U. S. A. Rowland DeWilliers is a South African born artist who resides in this blue and yet dry American coastal haven with a lust and desire for life despite his inability to chase after it , as he scrubs dishes and tries to pay his bills. Upon meeting a dark stranger by the name of Nick, his dreams suddenly seem achievable and on his way to distinguished fame, he, along with the haphazard guidance from his new aquiantance, starts to see the world anew. But with such enlightenment, comes the price of the shadowy darkness that which surrounds him. Until he is faced with the choice of being DeWilliers/Machapela or becoming DEVILE.
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His Legacy - Urban novels & stories

His Legacy

Julie Paola
Born in an abusive home, Steven Gold hated his Mafia Dad. He hated the wealth it brought and the sleepless nights it caused. He hated the man’s bloodshed, his cruelty, his abusive tendencies and his crying mother. He hated being born in a world of wealth. He hated being seen as his father’s disgraceful legacy; a weakling who could barely survive on his own. Now Steven will explore the world he hates to prove a point to his father. To prove he could be a better mafia and not hurt people. But with the journey comes painful discoveries, unexpected twists, an evil entanglement and deadly decisions which leads to more destruction. His father’s blood still runs in his veins and if Steven isn’t careful, he might end up being the mirror of his father.
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Elijah Schwarzenger Rises To Power - Urban novels & stories

Elijah Schwarzenger Rises To Power

YEMII WRIITES
"You’re not just a son to him, young Master. You’re the breath my boss has been choking for twenty-three years." When Elijah rushes to the hospital to save his fiancée’s mother, he is treated like dirt. She denies knowing him and labels him a violent ex, prompting her wealthy new partner to have him arrested and left to languish in prison. Elijah believes this is the end—until a mysterious old inmate reveals an unimaginable truth that changed his reality forever. From cold prisons to bulletproof cars, and from betrayals to boardrooms, watch out as Elijah Schwarzenger rises to power!
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