Any Horror Novels Based on True Events, Like Ten Deadly Sins? 有没有和十宗罪一样是真实事件改编的恐怖小说

1. 1 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves

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   This is seriously, a secret art of feng shui! It's super good! This is part one, parts two are finished, and part three just started! Definitely worth watching!

2. 2 活 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted Living Sacrifice 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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   This is absolutely amazing! It's an incredible novel that could totally be adapted into a movie. It's a true masterpiece, no exaggeration, it's just so good! A pinnacle of excellence!

3. 3 我 My Years as a Ghost Constable 我当鬼差的那些经历 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士7k WordsCompleted My Experiences as a Ghost Constable 547Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Just a heads-up, whatever you do, don't watch this at night! Whatever you do, don't watch this at night! Whatever you do, don't watch this at night!!! I'm saying it three times because it's so important! The comments section is full of goodies... Amazing...!!

4. 4 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves

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   😱😱😱😱😱😱 Help! These horror novels by Juejuezi are absolutely terrifying, the fear of the deserted village is off the charts. I was too scared to breathe while reading them, I felt a chill down my spine, like I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Do not read if you are easily scared!

5. 5 我 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 Nalan Xi纳兰惜Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 4.2kReads8.8Score217Shelves

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   Based on true events from a rural horror story. [Salute]

6. 6 民 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 Alone Through the Cold Autumn独过寒秋Mystery845k WordsCompleted [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 26.1kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves
7. 7 重 Major Case Files: Criminal Psychology 重案录：罪恶心理 Mad Wolf发癫的狼Mystery615k WordsCompleted [I’m going to write a novel modeled on Ten Deadly Sins] [Mystery + deduction + crime-solving + mind-bending twists + unit stories, focused mainly on solving cases, with a bit of a disturbing edge] Four top detectives, brought together from across the country to form a major crimes unit, investigate the most serious cases nationwide. Have you ever seen someone born with two sets of reproductive organs? Have you ever seen a girl planted in a flowerpot? Have you ever seen a dairy farm that produces 18kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves

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   Although it has a low rating, it's really good. Every story is shocking! It's so good!

8. 8 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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   😱😱😱😱Help! These horror novels by Juejuezi are absolutely terrifying. The fear of the deserted village is off the charts. I was too scared to breathe while reading them. I felt a chill down my spine, as if I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Do not read if you are easily scared!

9. 9 重 Major Crimes Unit One: Six Together 重案一组：六人行 Candied Sweet Potato Cake拔丝蛋糕地瓜Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch, read with confidence, and discussion is welcome] The Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment, Major Crimes Unit One, has six people. They handle the city's toughest homicide cases, with one case barely solved before another comes along. There are no genius detectives or prodigies of deduction, just repeated trips to crime scenes, scrutinizing details, and painstakingly following leads. Team leader Old Fu says solving cases doesn't depend on 14.1kReads—Score938Shelves

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   I highly recommend this detective novel! Each case is a standalone unit, with no filler or dragging down the main plot. The reasoning logic is consistently strong, and there are no forced attempts to make the suspects seem less intelligent. The foreshadowing and details are incredibly well done; all the subtle hints planted earlier are precisely resolved later. It's a gripping read from beginning to end, and extremely satisfying.

10. 10 凶 Murder Investigation Squad 凶案调查组 Candied Sweet Potato Cake拔丝蛋糕地瓜Mystery603k WordsOngoing [Detective Captain vs. Genius Forensic Pathologist] [Standalone Horror Cases] There are two kinds of people Lu Chen hates most: self-important know-it-alls, and forensic pathologists. Lin Che happens to be both. One is a detective captain who solves cases with his fists and instincts: rough, hot-tempered, and never without a cigarette, he believes human nature is wicked. The other is a genius forensic pathologist who speaks through scalpels and microscopes: fastidious, aloof, and distant, he b 5kReads—Score152Shelves
11. 11 凶 The Murder Case Detective 凶案大侦探 Candied Sweet Potato Cake拔丝蛋糕地瓜Mystery374k WordsCompleted Hard-hitting criminal investigations + team-based case-solving + standalone murder cases + high-stakes plots, with a tight pace and nonstop twists The six-member major crimes unit trusts only evidence, never appearances. A locked room, a woman with slit wrists, and an entire city convinced it was suicide. One word from the medical examiner exposes the lie: the fatal blow to the back of her head could not have been self-inflicted! Team leader Zhou Ke leads the investigation. Fingerprints, fibers, 6.2kReads—Score471Shelves
12. 12 被 Tricked by My Best Friend into Going to Myanmar's North to Make Fast Money 被闺蜜骗到缅北赚快钱 Clear Mountain Spring山清泉Modern Romance760k WordsCompleted I wrote down this experience to warn everyone. There's a saying: You haven't been scammed because you haven't encountered the scam that's right for you. Zhou Chengcheng could have had a bright future, but the double blow of career and family troubles sent her down a path of no return. She trusted the person she had once trusted most and ruined her life. She was thrown into a living hell, where she witnessed humanity at its most twisted. These carefully tailored scams left no one able to escape. 135.2kReads9.1Score11.1kShelves

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    Absolutely true, chilling to the bone upon closer inspection

13. 13 无 Infinite: A Death Script from the Start 无限：开局即死亡剧本 Chatterbox Salted Fish咸鱼唠闲Mystery228k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [Original Scenarios] + [No Romance] + [Protagonist Has No Golden Finger] An impossible phone call comes in. When they open their eyes again, they are already trapped in an abyss haunted by ghosts... They are forcibly dragged into a bizarre world to complete terrifying missions. Every mission is a brush with death. The station must have an end, and they believe they will be able to escape once they reach it... 762Reads—Score112Shelves
14. 14 恐 Horror Academy: Dormitory 404 恐怖学院：404凶舍 There Are Fusu Mountains山有扶苏Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted A sensational incident once occurred at the academy. It was later completely covered up. Five years later, the academy opened its doors again. 2kReads—Score182Shelves
15. 15 你 Hello, Creepy Boss. I'm Here to Work 你好诡异Boss，我是来打工的 Qi Yi Zi七一子Fantastical Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Female-oriented, no romance, infinite-flow + plot-driven + mildly horror] On the first day after losing her job, a mysterious app appeared on Li Wu's phone. The jobs listed were simple and paid well. They were obviously a scam. Li Wu: “I'm in! A scam is exactly what I'm looking for.” Her job duties were simple: [Little Girl's Nanny: 5,000 yuan/day] [Plastic Surgery Clinic Nurse: 10,000 yuan/day] [Village Watcher: 30,000 yuan/day] The work was clearly described and 115.4kReads9.2Score17.3kShelves
16. 16 猎 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 5.9kReads9.4Score819Shelves

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    This is so incredibly beautiful, I can't stop watching!

17. 17 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
18. 18 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 31kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
19. 19 凶 Code of the Crime Scene 凶案密码 Wind-Dancing Clouds风舞残云Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + dark themes + horror + human nature + crime + serial murders + social issues] This collection brings together five books in the Case Code series: Case Code, Echoes of Death, Vested Interests, The Black Corpse Mystery, and Sleepless Murder Island. Mutilated bodies in the city center, prisoners in a cellar, and urban mysteries return as a veteran cop unravels the truth behind the crimes. A classic crime procedural! The city is shrouded in criminal conspiracies, 40.6kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    I've finished watching them all. They're similar to Ten Deadly Sins, mostly crime-solving stories. Some are based on true events, some aren't, so it's hard to say, but they're all very good. Highly recommended!!!

20. 20 法 Forensic Bone Evidence 法医骨证 Wulilong五里珑Mystery164k WordsCompleted A torrential downpour triggered a landslide, and a young woman's hip bone was swept into a vegetable garden in Dongjia County. Su Tianyi, a forensic bone-evidence expert with the Public Security Department, discovered marks indicating the body had been dismembered with a chainsaw. Alongside Miao Xiaoyu, a local female forensic examiner from Dongjia County, he dug up three more bags of remains at the scene, but found no skull. The garden's owner, the prime suspect, suddenly hanged himself. The ca 8.5kReads9.4Score962Shelves
21. 21 犯 Crime Scene: A Homicide Captain’s Casebook 犯罪现场：刑警队长的死亡手札 Little Master小师傅Mystery257k WordsCompleted Tension! Suspense! Thrills! Disappearances! Kidnappings! Murders! A sealed room used to kill, cursed villagers, a sinister mirror... Who is the real culprit lurking in the darkness? 734Reads9.1Score112Shelves

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    Three pieces of inexplicable physical evidence, two suspects with perfect alibis, and one fatal detail overlooked by everyone. Turn the page and challenge the limits of your IQ!

22. 22 致 Deadly Scorpion 1: A Male Criminal's Case Files 致命毒蝎1：男子犯罪档案 Yingzhong and Wu应钟和伍Mystery170k WordsCompleted 3.3kReads9.2Score367Shelves
23. 23 刑 A Crime Reporter’s Notes: The Ledger of Life and Death in Real Cases 刑侦记者手记：真实罪案的生死簿 Ask the Cold问冷Mystery58k WordsCompleted Where there are people, there's not only the “jianghu,” but also life and death. How long life lasts, we cannot know. But death comes at its own pace for everyone. One case after another unfolds, and killers spring up like bamboo shoots, piercing the calm surface of the world. As layer upon layer of real evidence is stripped away, their ugly faces are exposed. What happened to the missing young couple during their final eight hours? A pair of lecherous eyes follows a young woman's skirt, trailin 436Reads9.1Score—Shelves
24. 24 阴 The Yin-Yang Lady Seer 阴阳女先生 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted I accidentally brought a female ghost back to life, even though she’d been dead for three years. But her fingernails were rotten, and she grabbed me, asking if I could treat them. I rolled my eyes. Lady, I’m a yin-yang practitioner, not a dermatologist. I can draw talismans, send spirits on their way, read feng shui, and pass messages between the worlds of the living and the dead. The one thing I never learned was how to treat skin diseases in the newly revived dead. The longer I worked in this 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The opening is explosive: the yin-yang master Xu Nian unintentionally resurrects a female ghost.

25. 25 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves

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    These novels take horror to the extreme. When I read them, I felt short of breath and cold all over, as if I were being haunted by an evil spirit. It was so terrifying that I didn't even dare to go to the toilet. Anyone who reads them knows how terrifying they are.

26. 26 午 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 Rose蔷薇Mystery802k WordsCompleted A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 6.1kReads8.5Score324Shelves

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    🔥This is terrifying!😭 I was so scared I couldn't go to the bathroom at night! Anyone understand?! I wish I had watched it during the day!😭😭

27. 27 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
28. 28 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves

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    After reading the first story, I got goosebumps 😭😭😱😱

29. 29 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves

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    My palms were sweating and my heart was pounding. The plot was so tight and exciting that I couldn't stop watching.

30. 30 山 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Mu Xue牧雪Urban893k WordsCompleted Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.1Score428Shelves

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    It's not just scary, it's even scarier! It made my heart race!

31. 31 特 Special Investigation Unit: Strange Cases, No Ghosts 特侦组：异案不诡 An Xia Chen Hang暗夏辰航Mystery403k WordsOngoing [Urban Legends + Hard-Core Criminal Investigation] Two nine-year-old students are found dead in a desolate mountain range, with not a drop of blood left in their bodies. A witness claims to have seen a vampire with their own eyes... A speeding car repeatedly runs down the children of wealthy families, yet the driver's seat is empty. The door opens by itself, revealing nothing but a rag doll sitting inside... At midnight, a beautiful woman appears in the river. Two night swimmers have their heart 2.3kReads—Score255Shelves

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    The new book is out, and each of the bizarre cases is over 80,000 words long—it's a really enjoyable read! Now the fifth case has begun.

32. 32 送 I Got Lost While Delivering Takeout? You've Got to Be Kidding! 送个外卖把自己弄丢？真有你的！ Zhe Gu Yue鹧鸪越6k WordsCompleted You got yourself lost while delivering takeout? You've really outdone yourself! 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two are realistic horror films.

33. 33 楼 After the Upstairs Neighbor's Leak, the Police Kicked Down My Door 楼上漏水后，警察踹开我家门 Zhe Gu Yue鹧鸪越6k WordsCompleted After a leak from upstairs, the police kicked down my front door 8Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 暗 Dark Web 暗网 Your Highness Persimmon柿子殿下Mystery439k WordsCompleted How terrifying is the dark web? You may have brushed against its edges without even realizing it... Have you heard of the dark web? Hackers call it the other side of the internet. Every day, things that seem impossible to ordinary people happen there. A young woman goes missing for seven days. By the time we rescue her, she can hardly be called human. Then she tells me something so outrageous it makes my blood boil. She stumbled onto the dark web and was sold by human traffickers. She saw what s 8.3kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    For suspense and mystery, these books are a must-read. The plots are fast-paced and incredibly engaging, though there are a few minor flaws, but they're insignificant. (What is the true nature of humanity?) You can also learn some forensic knowledge for a more comprehensive understanding.

35. 35 恶 Evil Bones 2: The Ashen Mystery 恶骨2：灰烬谜踪 Liu Gang刘港Mystery102k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation + Criminal Psychology + Hard-Core Deduction + Genius Detective + Serial Murders + Fighting Side by Side + Ensemble Cast] The dead can speak, and clues never lie! Thirty years ago, a shooting sent shockwaves through the entire town. A man and a woman died on the spot, while the killer remained at large. Years later, another case brought the true culprit behind the cold case to light! At the same time, a young girl vanished under mysterious circumstances, and every suspect 3.2kReads9.3Score716Shelves

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    I won't allow anyone not to have seen these! Please bookmark them now! These are the kind of shows you'll regret not watching—absolutely amazing! Fast-paced, incredibly mind-bending, intellectually stimulating, and not at all overly sentimental! [Masterpiece by Sparrow Food][Masterpiece by Sparrow Food][Masterpiece by Sparrow Food]

36. 36 恶 Evil Bones 4: Partners in Crime and Love 恶骨4：罪爱同谋 Liu Gang刘港Mystery134k WordsCompleted [Mind-Bending Mystery + Case-of-the-Week Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Stunning Twists + Fighting Side by Side] A shadowy hand controls a deadly game. Out on the sea, a white suitcase drifts slowly across the water. When it's opened, it reveals the bloated, headless corpse of a woman! Is the butterfly tattoo on the body a clue to the victim's identity, or a warning from the killer? A blood-soaked coffin appears on a stormy night, its oozing blood horrifying against the darkness! The 1.3kReads9.3Score482Shelves
37. 37 破 Dawn of Murder 1: Undercurrent 破晓杀机1：暗潮 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery165k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation and Deduction + Criminal Psychology + Stunning Twists + Horror + Wild Imagination] On the square of the Police University, a horrifying corpse lies curled inside a shattered sculpture, its face contorted as if frozen in a silent scream. Even more unsettling, a note found in the victim's stomach eerily foretells the crime scene. Chen Ye has only just become a police officer when he is handed such a difficult case, and this is only the beginning. A string of deaths shatters 737Reads8.9Score120Shelves
38. 38 恶 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2：名利场 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery267k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe 257Reads9.3Score104Shelves
39. 39 恶 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3：欲望渊 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery209k WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 184Reads9.2Score109Shelves
40. 40 恶 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4：恨海潮 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Urban175k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 246Reads9.3Score103Shelves
41. 41 恶 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5：权势局 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery243k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l 131Reads9.2Score100Shelves
42. 42 长 At the End of the Long Night 长夜尽头 Su Baibai苏白白白Mystery182k WordsCompleted [Crime Investigation + Based on Real Cases + Two Male Leads] After moving to Yucheng, Bai Li runs into Ji Yunshu, his childhood friend who is now a police captain, during a robbery investigation. A murder takes place at Bai Li's pet hospital. The crime scene has been meticulously staged, with no clues to be found, and Bai Li himself becomes a suspect! But when investigators follow the trail from the crime scene, they discover that the killer is a psychiatric patient?! And the seemingly insignifi 603Reads8.3Score100Shelves
43. 43 一 One Thousand and One Modern Tales of the Supernatural 一千零一个，现代灵异故事 Chen Shide陈师得Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Based on True Stories] [Folktales] [Horror and the Supernatural] The stories in this novel feel full of everyday life. The people and events in every story are portrayed in a realistic way, bringing to life the supernatural experiences of all the main and supporting characters. If you’re a horror story fan, don’t miss this novel. (If you get scared, call your best hapless friend over… so you can be scared together.) 5.2kReads7.0Score221Shelves

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    I recommend a completed supernatural novel based on true stories, making it an easy read.

44. 44 诡 Grim Murder 诡殺 Chen Shide陈师得Mystery204k WordsCompleted [Horror + Paranormal + Murder Cases + Survival + Mystery + Scenarios] A murder investigation turns into a fight for survival. Long Jie and the others are trapped in a haunted villa. Only then do they realize someone has carefully laid out this sinister trap to carry out some kind of terrifying human sacrifice. Afterward, his younger sister, a hotline operator, receives another bizarre case involving an extremely terrifying escape room. Long Jie and the others, however, find themselves trapped in 5Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 第 The First Piece of Evidence 第一罪证 Persimmons Can Grow on Trees柿子会上树Mystery481k WordsCompleted My name is Ye Fan, and ever since I was young, I was determined to become a forensic pathologist. But the year I passed the entrance exam for police academy, a car accident and a severed finger ultimately kept me out of law enforcement. I never imagined that after I was discharged from the hospital, Li Ming, captain of the city criminal investigation brigade, would seek me out and specially appoint me as a consultant on the team. From then on, I experienced countless cases that I will never forg 2.5kReads8.4Score249Shelves

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    This book is good. I'd also like to ask if anyone knows of any similar first-person narratives, featuring high-IQ characters, longer lengths, no romance, a coming-of-age story, and no irrelevant descriptions.

46. 46 袁 Yuan Tiangang: The Divine One Imprisoned by the Emperor 袁天罡帝囚封神 Hot-Blooded Assassination Squad热血刺杀团Eastern Fantasy364k WordsCompleted The entire Zixiao Soul-Locking Prison stretched for countless miles through chaos. It resembled an ancient colossal Buddha seated in the void, or a fearsome beast of chaos lying in wait to awaken: silent, imposing, lifeless, and cold. It bore the heaviest secrets of the Three Realms and Six Paths, and held the most extraordinary prisoners from the Myriad Worlds. At the heart of this supreme prison, on the ninety-ninth level, lay its central zone, known as the Imperial Prison Layer. The Imperial 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Zhunti Daoist's body surged with Buddhist light, and with a gentle tremor of his Seven Treasures Tree, the seven treasures on its branches—gold, silver, lapis lazuli, tridacna shell, agate, pearl, and rose—flowed with light, transforming into a sky full of seven-colored Buddhist light. This light, carrying unparalleled saintly pressure, swept towards Ying Zheng at the front of the human camp! How terrifying was the power of a saint? Even though Zhunti hadn't used his full strength, the supreme pressure originating from a Heavenly Dao Saint still instantly distorted the entire space, causing ripples to spread across the void like waves on water, crushing towards the human allied forces. Wherever the Buddhist light passed, space shattered inch by inch, revealing dark spatial turbulence. Within this turbulence, fragments of spacetime howled past. Even the elite soldiers of the Eastern Prison felt their souls tremble; their battle spirits seemed to be forcibly torn from their bodies by this saintly pressure. Many weaker soldiers coughed up blood, flying backward, their weapons shattering with a crash. Even more terrifying was the intense, almost overwhelming, Buddhist karmic force contained within the Buddha's light. This karmic force, formless and intangible, clung to the body like a malignant tumor, seeping into the bodies of the human warriors along with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, attempting to erode their souls and corrupt their fighting spirit. It even targeted Ying Zheng's Qin Dynasty imperial soul, aiming to obliterate the First Emperor's eternal imperial soul with its Buddhist karmic force, severing a major pillar of humanity. The power of karmic force specifically counters the divine and imperial souls; once corrupted, even with Ying Zheng's profound cultivation, his soul would be damaged, his cultivation level would plummet, and he might even become a cripple.

47. 47 谷 Flowers at the Bottom of the Valley 谷底的花 Li Shixin立十辛Mystery367k WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life mystery + deduction + crime solving + case-of-the-week + serious drama] Main characters: Lu Jun (forensic pathology intern) vs. Chen Zhou (criminal investigation team captain) Six years ago, a family upheaval completely changed Lu Jun's personality, and his family sent him abroad. Six years later, Lu Jun returned to China and voluntarily joined Chen Zhou's workplace. The two are twelve years apart in age. Their relationship shifted from close friends to an awkward “uncle and nephe 1.2kReads—Score132Shelves

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    A social realist mystery novel, episodic in nature, with some cases adapted from real events. No romance, plot-driven, and completed.

48. 48 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves

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    For most people, a crematorium is a mysterious and terrifying place, cold and silent, too dangerous to approach. Yet, most are also filled with curiosity about the daily work and the staff. In reality, a crematorium is not just the end of life for some, but also a "paradise" for others. This book, written from the perspective of a seasoned crematorium worker, details my personal experiences and observations at the crematorium, revealing the most authentic and disturbing aspects of my life. During my work, I witnessed various gruesome corpses: naked, rotting, and dismembered; I drove a hearse to collect bodies and experienced "paranormal events" on the way; due to carelessness, I once cremated the wrong body and another time filled the wrong container with ashes; I witnessed someone stealing a corpse to participate in a ghost marriage; I felt unbearable despair during my first cremation of an infant; I fell in love with a beautiful colleague—a mortician—and proposed to her at the cemetery.

49. 49 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 51.2kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
50. 50 陆 The Luqiao Murders 陆桥谋杀案 Ronald A. Knox罗纳德·A.诺克斯90k WordsCompleted A classic of the inverted detective story. Four devotees of Sherlock Holmes consider Holmes a fool! In their eyes, if a corpse appeared before them, any one of them could do a better job than Holmes. One day, a body tumbles from a railway bridge beside a golf course, and the four “Sherlocks” rush to the scene... Anonymous letters containing nothing but numbers, a possible locked-room mystery, timetable deduction, alibis created deliberately or otherwise, coded messages... The “Four Great Detecti 49Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    Suspenseful, mind-bending, logically sound, full of plot twists, and an immersive experience, this game will take you into the world of detective work.

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