Sodu is a Chinese-language online novel search and reading platform that helps readers find popular fiction and follow its latest chapters. Its catalogue spans genres including fantasy, martial arts and cultivation, urban fiction, historical stories, detective and mystery, online gaming, science fiction, horror, poetry, and other categories. Readers can browse new arrivals, recent updates, daily and all-time click rankings, recommendations, and popular titles, with chapter listings and reading activity displayed alongside each book.

The site promotes fast updates, an uncluttered reading experience, and pages without advertisements or pop-up interruptions. Registered members can use a personal bookshelf to collect novels and keep a history of books they have read, making it easier to return to a story or find its latest installment. Sodu describes itself specifically as a novel search engine, providing links to recently published works from various novel forums and online libraries.

It also invites copyright holders to submit valid documentation so that disputed links can be removed