Madness, Horror, Rationality, Elegance, Rated Above 9.0 疯子，惊悚，理知，优雅，9分以上

1. 251 从 Starting at the Cheater's Tavern, I Deceive the Gods! 从骗子酒馆开始，欺诈诸神！ No Admiring at Dusk日暮不赏Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A satisfying power fantasy + mind-bending twists + reversals + slow burn + battles of wits + nonstop thrills] When people all over the world were “kidnapped” and locked in a prison, they were forced to take part in a game of death. In this game, only the winners had the right to survive. Su Yang received the talent “Call Your Enemy Dad” from the start. [Call Your Enemy Dad: After activation, if you make another “player” call Su Yang “Dad,” you can control their actions.] But when the talent fai 47.5kReads8.6Score4.1kShelves
2. 252 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 162.1kReads9.5Score18.1kShelves

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   Two books, different styles

3. 253 盗 Tomb Raiding: They Went Mad After I Died Right in Front of Them! 盗墓：死在他们面前后，都疯了！ Ode to Lingzhi灵芝赋Mystery470k WordsCompleted The rating has just come out; it’ll go up later. [Some angst + darkening + out-of-character elements] Kidnapped by an emotion-collecting System and dragged into the world of tomb raiding, Chao Ruyuan’s first life ended at the hands of Wu Sansheng. Her second life ended after she was tortured to death in Xie Yuchen’s secret chamber. All she ever wanted was to go home, yet she was forced to endure the most unbearable suffering in the world! When her final life began anew, she decided to direct thi 6.6kReads8.7Score773Shelves
4. 254 开EN A God-Tier Hidden Skill from the Start! I've Seen Through Everything 开局神级隐藏技能！我已看透一切 Thin Porridge Shizhou稀粥世洲Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Female Lead] [Livestream] [Feel-Good] Left Cheng'an was pulled into a world survival game and awakened the game's only god-tier skill, "True Sight"! From then on, he could see the other side of the game! A branch lay by the roadside. Ordinary players: "What's this thing underfoot? Get it out of the way!" What Left Cheng'an saw: [A locust branch loved by the imprisoned Eight-Legged Countess. Give it to her and you can get the quest item, "Secret Room K 70kReads8.7Score7.6kShelves
5. 255 S S-Rank Bandage Man: My Road to Stardom S级绷带人：我的影帝之路 Didi Doudou地地豆豆Mystery994k WordsCompleted “Once a phantom beneath the spotlights, now a wailing figure wrapped in bandages.” A work inspired by the game Identity V. The novel’s characters are only loosely connected to their in-game counterparts; the characters are used to explore human nature, and the pacing is unhurried. Dark aesthetics, dual personalities, horror games, twisted humanity, and dystopia. Welcome to the Oletus Manor, a “hellish stage” that feeds on fear to entertain its audience! Start reading and unveil the manor’s blood 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Thriller game, elegant suited thug, dual personality, Identity V derivative, twisted humanity.

6. 256 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 293Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 特 Special Cleaner, Occasional Crime Scene Stager 特殊清洁员，偶尔也布置案发现场 South Morning, North Moon南晨北月Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (Content warnings: no female lead, no romantic ambiguity, dark plot, protagonist is not a good person, lighthearted everyday tone) (No female lead does not mean no female supporting characters. Recommended that you stay away. The male lead is very much a criminal, not a positive role model, and people get killed on a regular basis.) Good news: He transmigrated. Bad news: The body’s original owner seems to have just killed someone. Is Qi Shu panicking? He’s practically panicking to death. After a 511Reads8.6Score102Shelves

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   Trust me, this book is worth reading.

8. 258 穿 I Was Reborn as a Little Sheep, and the Protagonist Crew Keeps Me Alive 穿成小羊后，我靠主角团续命 Gray Nightfall夜色灰Anime Fanfiction820k WordsOngoing [Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf fanfic + original transmigrated female lead + adored by all + frail health + a happy, peaceful couple] [The characters belong to Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf; any out-of-character writing is on me] [The story begins with Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The First Guardian. Plot > romance] Ning An opened her eyes and found she'd transmigrated into a little sheep. Ning An: …Was she dreaming? Maybe she hadn't opened her eyes the right way. She opened them again, and 9.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
9. 259 疯 My Unhinged Persona Can't Crack [Infinite Flow] 疯批人设不能崩［无限流］ Da Yao大夭Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted [Infinite quick transmigration + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + no romance. The heroine acts like a lunatic, but she's absolutely sane! Slow-paced! Slow-paced! Slow-paced!] After the S-rank felon Ye Li is forcibly bound to a Punishment and Rehabilitation System, she's exiled to countless perilous worlds created in virtual reality to serve her sentence and undergo punishment. The more she suffers while serving her time, the more of her sin points are deducted. During her sentence, Ye L 4.4kReads9.5Score627Shelves
10. 260 给 A Taste of Chinese Horror for the Galaxy! 给星际一点中式恐怖的震撼！ Sound Has No Sorrow or Joy声無哀樂Modern Romance286k WordsOngoing [Languid nonhuman heroine VS human-but-inhuman hero] Jiangyi is a wedding dress. She is also the final boss of the horror game level “Xi.” - After the horror game collapsed, Jiangyi fell into a deep slumber. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself awakened in a human body. No, more accurately, a “corpse.” - The “vitality” that sustains her body requires human fear, so Jiangyi, the former retired boss, has no choice but to return to her old line of work - In the Interstellar Age, humans 1.7kReads8.2Score186Shelves
11. 261 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Helped Monsters Make Choices 惊悚游戏：开局帮鬼怪做选择 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing [Horror game dungeons + career-based progression + NPCs caught in a rat race + livestreaming + everyday-life style] Jiang Ye’s daily routine consists of working, studying, working... Then one day, he’s pulled into a horror game during class and awakens an all-career talent. He discovers that all his career skills are a little strange. From the start, he unlocks the career “Small-Town Exam Machine,” with an added skill that lets him make choices for ghosts and monsters. [A difficult choice has ap 67.9kReads9.4Score7.9kShelves
12. 262 从 After Returning from Infinite Flow, I Became the True Young Master 从无限流回归后，我成了真少爷 The Bandage-Wrapped Black Cat缠绷带的黑猫Urban1.4M WordsOngoing (No romance, semi-ensemble cast, infinite-flow, real and fake young masters, supporting characters have romantic pairings) Shen Chifan is a famous powerhouse in the infinite game “Pure White World.” After defeating the main god of “Pure White World” alongside his fellow players, he earns the ultimate reward and returns to the real world. At last, Shen Chifan can relax. Three months later, someone shows up at his door claiming to be family. Shen Chifan, who has been an orphan his entire life: ? H 8.3kReads8.8Score924Shelves
13. 263 刀 Brother Dao Goes Viral in Showbiz, and Fans Beg Me to Stop Killing 刀哥爆红娱乐圈，粉丝求我别杀了 Drunk in Solitude孤风一醉Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + no romance + absurd comedy + entertainment industry] [Print edition published | Comic adaptation released] Xiao He acquired a criminal golden finger that let him learn all kinds of criminal skills. But he could only stay alive by continually stabbing people. Xiao He: “I’m a perfectly decent college student. Who’d want to become a criminal?!” Wait, there really is a way! After an accident, Xiao He successfully exploited a bug in his golden finger. By acting instead of committing r 170.1kReads9.3Score14.1kShelves

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    The novels here portray madmen as gentlemen, horror as aesthetics, and reason as a countdown. Absolutely brilliant! ૮₍♡♡₎ა

14. 264 无 Infinite Livestream: She’s Incredibly Powerful Yet Ridiculously Goofy 无限直播：大佬她超强却过分沙雕 Cola with Ice阔乐加冰Mystery345k WordsCompleted [Infinite livestream + sweet, satisfying romance with a couple + suspense and mild horror + even the easily frightened can read] What’s it like to transmigrate into a horror livestream novel before you’ve even finished skimming the blurb, and get bound to an infinite-flow System on top of that? Lin Xingqian: Thanks for asking. Just got here, and I’m still alive. Whether it’s a terrifying little town, a haunted house, or a city of desire... Lin Xingqian stays cool as a cucumber, pulling off one o 7.5kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
15. 265 死 Death Livestream: I Inherited Their Madness 死亡直播间：我继承了祂们的疯 Drowsy Cat呆呆困猫Two Male Leads197k WordsCompleted [Unhinged beauty bottom × cold-blooded mad dog top | Infinite livestream game + gods’ battle of wits + high-IQ lunatic showdown] Welcome to the “Death Livestream.” Here, the lunatics’ game has only just begun. Yu Xin has known since childhood that he isn’t normal: his intelligence is almost chilling, his schemes and methods far beyond those of his peers, and… he has two “fathers.” He inherited their madness perfectly. One day, Yu Xin is dragged into a bizarre [infinite livestream game]. Here, d 274Reads7.8Score102Shelves
16. 266 西 Western Fantasy: Let the Villainess Conquer the Mad Demon 西幻：让恶女攻略疯批恶魔 Garlic-Scented Girl蒜香少女Modern Romance820k WordsCompleted [Dark Atmosphere, Sinister Demon Male Lead, Growing Female Lead, Western Fantasy Beastfolk, Original Western Fantasy World] Out of sympathy for the demon supporting character in a Mary Sue Western fantasy novel, Bei Li unfortunately transmigrates into the story as the vicious villainess. In this Western fantasy kingdom of magic and people with animal forms, she must not only save the demon, who seems like a shy, introverted stutterer but is actually a bloodthirsty, deranged man who loves gouging 10.2kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
17. 267 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 63.9kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
18. 268 不 The Undying Starveling 不死饿殍 Yu Jinhe余瑾和Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing Tomato Original: They all call me Shen Qianqiu, or the Undying Wretch. I survived the meat hooks used to butcher people for food, weathered the storms of the Tang and Song dynasties, and witnessed the flames of war under the Yuan and Ming... I have walked this mortal world for a thousand years. “They ate me for a thousand years. At last, they ate me into a god.” 3.2kReads—Score235Shelves

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    The part about Yama (the King of Hell) taking a stake is so darkly humorous. You think the protagonist has won, the accounts are even, and the game is over. But then the underworld rushes to deliver an agreement, demanding 20% ​​right off the bat, and threatening "key tax monitoring" if you refuse to sign.

19. 269 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈 Wish You Happiness祝你快乐呀Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t 143kReads9.6Score18.8kShelves
20. 270 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 177.9kReads9.4Score16kShelves
21. 271 斩 Slay the Gods: Madman? Con Artist? Is This Novel Even Serious? 斩神：疯子？骗子？这小说正经吗 Potato Sweeps for Landmines土豆扫地雷Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsOngoing (Daoist horror + the Myriad Worlds novel + haven’t decided what comes after the first Daoist horror novel yet + System + ensemble cast; don’t read if that’s not your thing) Li Zang transmigrates into the Slay the Gods world and binds to the Myriad Worlds Leisure System. He can’t cultivate by himself, but simply reading the novels supplied by the System makes him stronger, grants him the protagonists’ abilities, and can even let him summon those protagonists for help. The very first novel is Daoi 16.5kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
22. 272 斩 Slay the Gods: Climbing the Ranks Like a Dung Beetle in the World of Slay the Gods! 斩神：我在斩神世界苍蜣登阶！ Fan He凡河Male-Channel Fanfiction991k WordsCompleted [Slay the Gods + comedic fan fiction + Huozige's golden finger] (Just turn your brain off and enjoy! No idea if it's good, but it's definitely crazy and hilarious. Some original-world details have been altered, so don't take them too seriously.) Chen Li transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and waits for eighteen long years. At last, the System arrives, and the protagonist, Lin 10.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
23. 273 给 Put a Mask on the Prince and Goof Around with Him 给王爷戴上口罩，和他一起沙雕 Mountain Demon山魅Ancient Romance274k WordsCompleted [Goofy heroine × unhinged hero, a hilarious fantasy ride. All aboard!] The Regent of Great Li had a twisted personality, and was seriously unwell. Ye Piaoling received a task from her ridiculous System: collect the Regent’s Four Treasures, meaning four items he kept close to him! His mask, his belt, and… Ye Piaoling: “What do I get if I complete such a dangerous task?” Ridiculous System: “You can ascend on the spot!” Ye Piaoling was delighted to hear that. From then on, she ignored her tasks and 8.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves

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    Wow! How many times have I laughed so hard I rolled on the floor because of this book? 🤩 While reading it, I was laughing the whole time! It's so good, I love reading it, it's hilarious! The male and female leads are both incredibly witty, and the female lead is absolutely hilariously silly. She's the comedic relief in Tomato Novels' collection. I highly recommend everyone check this out.

24. 274 我 My Best Friend Is Such a Stud, and She Hits So Hard 我闺蜜超man，她打人老疼了 Big Dragon Fruit大那火龙果Urban619k WordsOngoing [Man transmigrates into a woman] [Strong heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Gender-bending romance] An ace agent's soul transmigrates into a young girl. She doesn't shrink back or lose heart, but calmly accepts reality. Let's stick to one principle: The strong never complain about their circumstances. Even if I've become a woman, I'm going to be the female lead of a male-oriented power fantasy! When it's time to be decisive, she's decisive. When it's time to take down scum, she does so without me 245Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ \|/. ♡ ✨Happy New Year 🐍 ♡. /|\. ♡ ♡ . ♡. Marriage, transformation, ♡. ♡

25. 275 打 I Lost a Fight, So I Deserved to Become a Peerless Fairy Monster 打架输了活该穿成绝世大妖精 Big Dragon Fruit大那火龙果Ancient Romance566k WordsCompleted [Male-to-female transformation, gender-bender, exclusive romance, brainless fun, thrilling throughout with a touch of angst.] [Fantasy immortal-demon world meets ancient reality] [forced love + sweet romance + no saintly heroine] [Insight + bewitching charm + dazzling beauty + demonic physician + lightning-fast makeovers] Before transmigrating, he was a ruthless demon lord. Afterward, she became an ordinary young woman. The original owner was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's house 457Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 九 The Nine Needles of Heaven and Earth 九针乾坤 Ghost Hand Avenue鬼手大道Urban443k WordsCompleted He is the last heir to a secret lineage of medicine and martial arts, sent by his master to hone his skills in the mortal world. On campus, he is a poor student mocked by rich heirs. At the hospital, he is an intern bullied by the experts. Until he cures an underground boxing champion’s chronic illness with a single needle, and pulls a dying business tycoon back from the brink of death... Only when powerful figures from every walk of life come flocking to him do they realize that winning this gr 6Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    A thrilling novel worth staying up all night to read

27. 277 都 The Supreme Urban Mystic Healer 都市至尊玄医 Ghost Hand Avenue鬼手大道Urban874k WordsCompleted He was once the cast-off son of a wealthy family, forced to marry into another household and reduced to a useless son-in-law in everyone's eyes, enduring endless contempt and mockery. He is the sole heir to the ancient and supreme Xuan Medical Sect, with peerless mastery of medicine, martial arts, and alchemy. Feng shui and formations are all at his fingertips. To temper himself in the mortal world and uncover his sect's secrets, he hides in the city, willingly playing the son-in-law while quiet 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 278 天 Weaving the Stars of Destiny 天命织星 Ghost Hand Avenue鬼手大道Eastern Fantasy717k WordsCompleted This star-filled sky is no natural creation of the Heavenly Dao, but a cage woven by the first gods. All things are mere actors, playing out one predetermined joy and sorrow after another in the script of “fate.” Yun Shu, a bit player fated to “perish, body and soul,” unexpectedly awakens and sees through this age-old deception. While the gods sit high above the clouds, manipulating fate like threads, and heroes are nothing but puppets in a script, he takes up the “villain” piece that all beings —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 疯 I’m the One Who Opened the Asylum 疯人院是我开的 Ghost Hand Avenue鬼手大道Xianxia652k WordsCompleted Everyone knows that outside Longcheng there’s a place called the Wangchuan Institute, a forbidden institution for martial arts madmen and occult lunatics. What they don’t know is that I founded the asylum. Three hundred years ago, when the spiritual qi revival began, cultivators started losing control and going mad. I built this facility with my own hands to take them in. The Sword Saint destroyed his own eyes after glimpsing the Heavenly Dao. The Gu Immortal was consumed by backlash from his bo —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 规 Rule Horror: All of You, Turn into Birds 规则怪谈：你们都给我变鸟 I Eat Crayfish我吃小龙虾Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [No heroine + mystery-solving + brains over brawn + interstellar + livestreaming + national destiny + power fantasy] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. Those selected are sent into a bizarre world to face challenges on behalf of their respective countries. While every other contestant fights for their country, one gentle young man says his wish is for everyone to get along peacefully. Everyone: "Peaceful my ass! Do you think this is kindergarten?" Then they watch as this mild-mannered young 14kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
31. 281 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 987.7kReads9.3Score121.8kShelves
32. 282 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves
33. 283 发 Go Crazy and Take Down the Entire Galaxy, Just Do It, Don't Hesitate 发疯干翻全星际，干就完了别犹豫 Huahua Is Slacking off ing花花摸鱼ingModern Romance785k WordsOngoing [Click to read the villainess’s entrepreneurial saga] [I’m bad at writing blurbs, but it has melodrama, Mary Sue elements, a universally adored protagonist, immortal species, power plays, unhinged characters, moonlit hatred, an all-villain cast, and more. A space opera with a serious tone.] One-line synopsis: A dreary, humble fate is beneath me. Formal synopsis: From the moment she could remember, Lillian knew she had been born to be a pawn in her family’s power games. But so what? Lillian saw t 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Nice!!!

34. 284 惧 Afraid of Her 惧她 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance145k WordsCompleted [Villainous heiress × younger loyal puppy × unhinged fiancé] [Modern romance + premium novel + sweet romance + devoted boyfriend + satisfying read + happy ending + strong heroine] If you met Qiu Ji for the first time, you'd never imagine she was a madwoman. She's a demon wearing a saint's face, a ruin built with money, a monster who takes pleasure in tormenting others. Even when she stands smiling brightly in the sunlight, she's like a sinister ghost, using false light to drag you into bottomles 17kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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