An Utterly Insane Man, a Powerful Puppeteer, and Terrifying Elegance 极致的疯子，强大的傀儡师，恐怖的优雅

1. 1 蛇 The Ruthless Puppeteer, and the Mad Dog Who Wants to Imprison Her Every Day 蛇蝎心肠傀儡师，疯狗日日想囚禁 The Hexagram Says I’m Broke卦象说我没钱Two Male Leads531k WordsCompleted [Main story complete: wicked, purely evil puppet-master bottom x scheming, rabid-dog, resentful top + Villain protagonists + evil couple + no moral compass + Top’s mom, run! + both pure and faithful, happy ending] The defining trait of Xi Rong is that he is a bad person. He is devious and treacherous, with a poisonous heart. The slightest displeasure sends him off to wreak havoc on the world. He is universally recognized in the Daoist sects as the biggest menace around! But everyone knows evil d 2.5kReads8.9Score437Shelves

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   Puppet Master, I know this question well.

2. 2 傀 Puppeteer: The Broken-String Marionette Show 傀儡师：断线偶戏 I’m Li Ke我是李柯Urban201k WordsOngoing [Puppeteer, dark fantasy, no goody-two-shoes, villain protagonist, decisive and ruthless] A dead world of the living, a living realm of the dead. I clutch two stalks of straw, living in this dead world... I can't think of how to write the blurb anymore, but: I want to create a villain who was not irredeemably evil from the start. He has feelings of his own, and things he holds dear. I want to create a dead world, a dark whirlpool that constantly tears at people's hopes. People are bound to one a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   They're all pretty good, these

3. 3 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves
4. 4 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 535.6kReads9.3Score87.5kShelves
5. 5 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.4kReads8.9Score24.5kShelves
6. 6 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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   An elegant, madman with elegance to the core, not a puppeteer.

7. 7 诡 The Supernatural Is Hard to Kill? This Trickster Plays by No Rules 诡异难杀？这个老六不按套路出牌 Kaiwu开物Urban1.8M WordsOngoing He is the most dashing fishmonger in the eyes of the aunties. In the eyes of his psychiatrist, he is a completely unhinged schizophrenic. To the police, he is the unparalleled thug who chased a dog for seven blocks, wielding two knives. And in the world of the bizarre, he is the master of outrageous tricks, a name that makes everyone tremble. What? This bizarre thing is too hard to kill? Move aside and let me play with it first! 5.8kReads8.2Score482Shelves
8. 8 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 269.6kReads9.5Score22.3kShelves
9. 9 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
10. 10 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves

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    You can tell just by the name, right? Terrifying elegance. [Learned it]

11. 11 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.2kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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    These should count, right? The first book's illusionist is a puppeteer, a perfectionist madman, illusionists are awesome! I can't remember the others, but they should count too.

12. 12 操 Controlling the World: I Create Every Supernatural Being 操控全球：所有超凡由我缔造 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Urban300k WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Power Fantasy + Role-Playing] Shen Wuxu was forcibly bound to a System and transmigrated. After killing the System, he became anchored by an unknown force, and his sanity teetered on the brink of collapse! He decided to summon players! On the verge of madness, he played the part of a musician who had fallen into darkness. With a hoarse voice, he raised the curtain on this world. “When crimson roses and thorns bloom, only fear can truly shake the heart.” “Pursue the thrill of 3.9kReads9.2Score290Shelves
13. 13 我 From the Start, I Created the Lord of the Weird 我开局缔造了诡异之主 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Urban510k WordsCompleted The uncanny descends, and alien horrors invade! This is a mad age, overrun by the uncanny and the mysterious. Unknown mists, scarecrows, birds of ill omen, flesh-eating wedding gowns... One bizarre, unknowable event after another unfolds. Humanity cannot fight back and can only struggle to survive! Then an ancient secret society slowly emerges from the shadows. Mysterious superhumans? Saviors? Beacons of light in the darkness? No! It is all because Shen Li created the most powerful and uncan 4.9kReads9.3Score453Shelves
14. 14 惊 Thriller Survival: Beating Up a Clown at the Amusement Park from the Start! 惊悚求生：开局游乐场暴揍小丑！ Lamplight Beneath the Moths飞蛾下的灯火Mystery521k WordsCompleted [Wish-Fulfillment]+ [No Simping]+ [System]+ [Hilarious] A mysterious force descended upon Blue Star, periodically choosing lucky people to enter a terrifying survival game! A mysterious livestreaming app let people everywhere watch the livestreams and recordings of those trapped in the game. Li Xiao, a man incapable of fear who looked downright terrifying when he smiled, entered the survival game. The clown was crazy, but he was even crazier! The evil spirits were terrifying, but he was even mor 3.1kReads9.2Score350Shelves
15. 15 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves

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    Isn't this referring to that certain Lin-surname biotech guy? [Evil laugh]

16. 16 诡 The Eerie Town: From the Start, I Became a Plague Doctor 诡异小镇：开局成为瘟疫医生 Buddha's Son of Loulan楼兰佛子Mystery500k WordsCompleted [No romance + infinite flow + paranormal horror + not a power fantasy + character growth + forced to become an all-round doctor] [Evernight Town] The dead disguise themselves as living people, a doctor who knows nothing, and a fishman who appears out of nowhere all vie for control of the town. [Spring Blossom Middle School] Thirteen eerie urban legends, a troublemaker who gets toyed with, and a doctor who never gets a moment's rest. [The Never-Ending Train] The nine carriages are all different. 1.4kReads9.2Score173Shelves

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    Very good 😊 My first fantasy novel yyds

17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: The Lovesick Big Shot Is Obsessive and Dangerous 快穿：病娇大佬他偏执又危险。 Seathead Whale座大头鲸Two Male Leads426k WordsCompleted [Yandere + Obsessive + Darkening + Both Devoted to Only Each Other] Su Su is reborn, but somehow she’s ended up in the wrong kind of rebirth. The crazed, obsessive Lord Fu: “Su Su, behave yourself and I won’t lock you up.” The cruel tyrant: “The Golden Throne Hall will be your cage for the rest of your life.” The enchanting Demon Lord: “You were the one who rescued me from hell, and now you’re the one pushing me back in.” Su Su is on the verge of tears. “If I say the System forced me to do all t 4kReads9.4Score371Shelves
18. 18 全EN Hunter x Hunter: Ultimate Elegance 全职猎人：极致优雅 Meow Nineteen喵十九Anime Fanfiction437k WordsCompleted 54Reads9.4Score—Shelves
19. 19 足 I’m Twisted Enough to Fight a Vengeful Ghost for Its Estate from the Start 足够变态，开局我与猛鬼争家产 Ke Xi珂西Mystery695k WordsCompleted [Horror Game + No Female Lead + Absurd Comedy + Elegant Madman + Infinite Worlds] Jiang Cheng: Not a saintly hero. Doesn’t like women, and doesn’t like men either. Jiang Cheng: A “newbie” player and a prolific ghost killer. He’s not afraid of failing a level, only of not being elegant enough! Jiang Cheng: He has plenty of dreams: chef, doctor, teacher... He helps make everyone’s dreams come true in the horror game! The 2174 Hearse Incident, the sharp-tongued bar-restaurant, the Third Alley Cont 335Reads8.7Score109Shelves

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    These two books are pretty good.

20. 20 恐 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Snow-Skin Lantern冰皮灯笼Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 64.7kReads9.6Score8.5kShelves
21. 21 恐 Horror: From Puppet to Demon God of Fear! 恐怖：从木偶到恐惧魔神！ Wenzhi Tianya文之天涯Mystery379k WordsCompleted When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he had become a puppet of the “paranormal” type. All he had to do was earn fear points to grow stronger and stronger. “When you see me, it means fear has arrived!” “Struggle! Scream!” “I am the Demon God of Fear!” An era of resurgent terror, an era when ghosts roam the night. Lin Qi commands fear! 1.8kReads8.5Score192Shelves

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    The protagonist of the first book is a puppet who becomes stronger by scaring others. The protagonist of the second book is passionate about creating perfect puppets.

22. 22 极 The Ultimate Evil Demon Cultivator: Me and My Ten Demon Puppets 极恶魔道：我与我的十个魔偶 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Urban302k WordsCompleted This is a world with a hundred-tier ladder. Every tier is filled with countless secret realms waiting to be conquered. And I, Su Xie, am a friendly outsider who transmigrated here and loves dolls. Burdened with the Villain System, I often do good deeds. The unscrupulous media outside have given me plenty of names, too. The Brutal King, scumbag, pervert, chuunibyou, menace to society. As for whether any of those names are true... When he cut off the first tier ruler's head, Su Xie laughed wildly, 48Reads9.2Score—Shelves
23. 23 无EN Infinite Horror Game 无限诡异游戏 Mocking Laughter笑讽嘲Mystery245k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + horror game + dark fiction + no female lead + ruthless protagonist] This book was originally titled Infinite Strange Games, and is also known as As Long As I'm Twisted Enough, Even Ghosts Fear Me and I Will Rule the Bizarre. Thirty-six years after the Bizarre Game descended upon the world, it continues to select players and send them into instances full of horrors and strange tales, where they struggle to survive. Specimen maker Si Qi enters the game of his own accord. From that 331Reads8.9Score135Shelves
24. 24 优 My Elegance Strikes Fear into the Whole World 优雅的我让全世界都害怕 Miyazawa Qing宫泽清Mystery148k WordsOngoing (Dark, bizarre, split personality, elegant) One day, a livestream room called Heaven and Hell suddenly appeared before the eyes of the world. The room brought together people from all walks of life around the globe. Some were celebrities, some were wealthy, and some were just ordinary people. Everyone was forced to take part in a series of games where one wrong move could cost them their lives. Win, and you get to live. Lose, and not even your bones will be left behind. There was no other way. . 1Reads6.9Score—Shelves
25. 25 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sickly Host Is Driving the Bigwigs Crazy 快穿：病娇宿主在线逼疯大佬 Jiang Wuyin江雾隐Two Male Leads295k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Two Yanderes + Sweet, Flirtatious Romance] The System sends Qiao Jue to approach powerful figures afflicted with strange illnesses, earn their trust, and complete a compendium of bizarre diseases. But once again, he drives the big shots insane. The three personalities form a united front: "Even if you die, your ashes are going in my belly." His corrupted disciple gives him a dangerous look: "Master, you are not allowed to run away." A top-tier celebrity, possessive and twisted: 1.5kReads9.4Score190Shelves

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    The male protagonist in this second dimension is a puppeteer, but he's a bit ruthless in some parts. However, thankfully, the ending is relatively good. The beginning of this second dimension might be a little humorous. The first back view is also very good; I'm currently following this book.

26. 26 可 Criminally Good! This Underworld Doctor Is Way Too Brutal and Low-Key! 可刑！这位冥医过分凶狠且低调！ Sweet Sweet Sweet Stories甜甜甜故事Urban298k WordsCompleted [Global Superpowers + Spiritual Qi Revival + No System + Two-Faced Protagonist + Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger + Intelligent Cast + Decisive and Ruthless + Comedy] Lin Chujiu transmigrates to a continent of superpowered beings, becoming the only doctor who treats ghostly entities there. By day, he appears reserved and harmless, just an ordinary clerk at the Bureau of the Strange. But at night, he puts on a bird-shaped mask, transforms into the Phantom Doctor Blackfeather, and becomes the e 813Reads9.0Score100Shelves

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    The first book features a protagonist with a slightly twisted mind who wants to create his own perfect doll. He is then taken to another world by a woman to create a magical doll. Book 2: [Global Superpowers + Spiritual Energy Revival + No System + Two-Faced Man + Pretending to be Weak While Actually Weak + Everyone Has High IQ + Decisive Action + Humor]. Lin Chu Jiu transmigrates to a continent of superpowered individuals, becoming the only ghost doctor on this continent. In a world where, according to legend, the Phantom Doctor is an enemy of the supernatural, he chooses to stand on the side of the supernatural.

27. 27 综 Tomb Raiding Crossover: I Transmigrated Straight into Little Brother’s Princess Carry 综盗墓：刚穿越就被小哥公主抱了 Jun Ruofeng君若枫Two Male Leads851k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s favorite little Taoist] Jun Mo, a little Taoist from the Three Pure Ones Temple, was struck by a meteor and unexpectedly gained the abilities of Word Spirit and Heavenly Eye. From then on, he and Wu Xie became the twin terrors of the tombs, making every tomb raid far more dangerous. To stop their whole group from getting wiped out, Zhang Qiling has to manually mute them every time. 62Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it][Learned it][Learned it][Learned it] I highly recommend the third and fourth books. I think the fourth one is a bit too scheming.

28. 28 凹 Aotu World: I Am the God 凹凸世界：我即是神明 Su He涑河Anime Fanfiction416k WordsCompleted [No romance + System + gods + Aotu Tournament + scheming + redemption] (Warning: this is really cringey!!) Shen Mo accidentally transmigrates to Aotu World and becomes Jin’s older brother. To help Jin find his sister, Shen Mo also enters the Aotu Tournament. But during the competition, he discovers that his arrival was no accident: the Creator deliberately brought him here... · The gods say that the young fear nothing! “My beloved ones, if you need salvation, tell me. I’m willing to become the g 3kReads9.5Score385Shelves
29. 29 搜 Loot, Shoot, and Escape: A Million Puppets in My Shelter 搜打撤：我的庇护所百万傀儡 Big Lazy Cat66大懒猫66Sci-Fi & Apocalypse258k WordsOngoing (Self-serving protagonist + cold and efficient + play the pig to eat the tiger + quietly amass a fortune + one heroine) The apocalypse's loot-and-escape survival game has begun! Ye Chen transmigrates and awakens a hidden god-tier class: Puppet Master! While others struggle to survive, he summons puppets to sweep through monsters. While others painstakingly scavenge for resources, he lounges around as his puppets make him rich. While others fear death, he kills his enemies and turns them straight 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A masterpiece combining post-apocalyptic survival and puppet raising, the protagonist possesses a unique class across the entire server, builds his combat power using a shelter, and delves into the mines to explore and develop his strength. The plot flows smoothly and without dragging. A must-read for anyone looking for something to read.

30. 30 病EN The Sickly Beauty Is the Infinite Game's Ultimate Boss! 病美人竟是无限游戏大BOSS！ It's L是L啊Two Male Leads230k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Infinite-Flow, Two Male Leads + Two Powerful Leads, 1v1 + Younger, Bigger-Built Partner + Shamelessly Indulgent Power Fantasy + Love-Hate Relationship + Soapy Push and Pull + Boss × Player] [The romance is the focus; the plot is weak and won't stand up to close scrutiny] [Second book in the Dungeon series] [The author's bio is useless. See the beginning of Chapter One and the reviews for content warnings.] [Cool on the outside, warm on the inside, sickly white-cut-black, seductive, 11.2kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
31. 31 我 I Reached the Pinnacle of Superpowers Through a Comics Forum 我靠漫画论坛登顶异能之巅 Dare Not Act Recklessly不敢放肆Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Comic / Superpowers / Forum posts / Slightly glorified character / No CP / Ensemble cast] After An Luo awakens to his true nature, he discovers he’s in a comic book world and is a cannon-fodder character who dies from the start. The consciousness of the comic tells him that the author will eventually ruin the ending, and only he can change it. To stay alive, An Luo agrees. He walks up to the protagonist. “Excuse me, coming through.” He bends down, picks up a female corpse, and begins stitching 70.4kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves
32. 32 死 Death Game: The Beauty Is Deceiving the World 死亡游戏：美人她欺诈世界 Yi Xiao已晓Mystery688k WordsOngoing [The author’s note at the end of Chapter 1 contains content warnings. Please remember to read it, thank you.] [The author’s brain doesn’t work right. The first instance is deliberately obscure, which means players can’t clear it. If you don’t understand it, feel free to skip straight to the second instance. The overall tone of this story is: secret identities, a heroine adored by everyone, an airheaded goofball, and hilarious love-triangle drama. (I already put that in the blurb, so if you still 7kReads9.2Score709Shelves

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    Xiaoxiao is recommending a book! I'm a newbie, so please be kind! Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Story: The female protagonist uses her superb puppetry skills to deceive the world! Silly antics, exquisite craftsmanship, ingenious ideas—she decisively tricks others!!! And when it comes to survival, she sacrifices her puppets! Their power is boundless! Lastly, I hope everyone will support and enjoy Xiaoxiao's recommendation!

33. 33 戏 Playing With the Mortal World, Paying Homage to Ghosts and Gods 戏红尘，拜鬼神 Auspicious Day, Congratulations and Get Rich黄道吉日恭囍发财Mystery963k WordsOngoing ♦Deranged, erotic corpse fiction [Miaojiang-born eunuch opera performer] [Porcelain doll, Guanyin's face and a viper's heart] [Two protagonists, no CP and no female lead] [Everyone's here for a good time] [Folk horror] [Everyone is wicked] ♦The concise version [Opera Performer] is an actor who sings ghost operas and the head of an ancient clan. He's also a narcissist who believes in chastity above all and refuses to leave descendants. The ghost god worshipped by the performer is a porcelain doll 2.1kReads8.1Score422Shelves

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    Very unconventional. No romantic pairing. The protagonist is a porcelain doll who plays with puppets, and she's also a beautiful young ghost beauty—a born evil spirit, her heart filled with nothing but wicked deeds. Warning: Very unconventional.

34. 34 假 No Way? Stop Dreaming 假的吧？别做梦了 All the Good Names Are Taken好名字都被人取完了Mystery176k WordsOngoing [No System + Time Transmigration + Family Bonds + Various Paths + Nearly Invincible + Ensemble Cast] It's hard to say what's true and what's false, what's false and what's true. How can you be sure you're not dreaming? A village full of ghosts, bloodthirsty butterflies, bizarre cases, Are they companions who have traveled together for a thousand years, or is one just a pitiful substitute? Zhuang Yihui thinks that dreams, well, first of all, they shouldn't be real, and secondly, they should be ab —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She can elegantly manipulate others, possesses full conceptual abilities, has no system and cannot be reborn, dreams and reality intertwine, is invincible and has a large cast of characters, there will be organization creation, a single female lead and no harem, a story about dreams coming true, a story about companionship and abandonment.

35. 35 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score376Shelves

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    These are the books I've read, though I don't remember reading a few of them. I do remember one more, but I can't find it.

36. 36 诡 A Strange World: I Draw the Clown as My Identity 诡异世界：抽取身份为小丑 Lu She鲁舌Mystery124k WordsCompleted [Supernatural World, Split Personality, Horror, Thriller, Comedy Elements, Survival and Escape, Slaughter, A Gradual Descent into Darkness] Note: The early plot moves rather slowly! “What makes you think you’ll get out alive?” “What makes you think they’ll spare you?” “If you don’t strike first, you’re the one who dies!” “When you meet a few kind people, you start thinking the whole world is full of angels. So when you meet evil people, do you decide the whole world is full of demons?” “Don’t go 227Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ☘️"The eerie game begins, draw your identity!" [The Joker] Reason or madness! Enjoy the thrilling game before you run out of fifty-four cards! "Cherish your last card!"

37. 37 网 Online Game: Divine Puppet Master, I Deceive the Gods! 网游：神级傀儡师，我愚弄诸神！ Qi Zi岐子Sports526k WordsOngoing [Lone-wolf protagonist, decisive and ruthless, stats-focused, puppeteer, no female lead, meticulous details, no forced dumbing down] The online game Nightfall Redemption descends upon Blue Star, and Fang Mo is transported into the game world. He can return to reality only after unlocking the entire map and defeating the Twelve Gods. In his previous life, Fang Mo chose the Warrior class. After obtaining a rare item, he was ruthlessly betrayed by Su Mengqi during a boss fight and died on the spot. 74Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    ✨I'm a book recommender, please follow me!✨ 1️⃣My profession is a clown [think about it]. Reason and madness coexist, elegance and insanity are intertwined. Let's forget the pressure of the boss and the stress of studying and fall into a bizarre and eerie world together. [Got it][Got it] 2️⃣When a bizarre game descends into reality, how can there be a psychologist who's even weirder than the monsters themselves? [Laughing][Laughing] 3️⃣This is a reincarnation story about getting revenge on scumbags. You can check it out when you're looking for something to read, but remember not to use your brain. [Smiling][Smiling]

38. 38 傀 Puppet Cultivation: Who the Hell Is Going to Fight You One-on-One? 傀儡修仙，谁特么和你单挑？ Warehouse Bro仓库老弟Eastern Fantasy409k WordsCompleted [System Kept in the Background] + [No Mindless Decisions] + [Focus on Artifact Refining and Puppets] + [Prodigy Rivalries] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Slow-Burn Power Fantasy] The Jiuzhou Mountain and Sea Continent is divided into nine regions: Huang, Jin, Xu, Shang, Zhong, Man, Lan, Yue, and Qing. In Huangzhou, people seek immortality. Jinzhou reveres martial arts. Xu Zhou is overrun with demons and monsters, while gods and Buddhas fill the skies... Xiang Mo was born into a great family in Hu 136Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    🍬A mysterious puppeteer, 😈capable of manipulating invisible threads, controlling the destinies of others. 👻A sudden tragedy caused him to lose everything, plunging him into a dark abyss. 🍃In pursuit of revenge, he embarks on a long and perilous journey.

39. 39 那 The Legendary Puppeteer 那位传说中的傀儡师 Zi Qi Ye子柒夜Modern Romance198k WordsCompleted [Rekindled Romance] + [Both Leads Reborn] + [Anthology] + [Strong Leads] + [Western Fantasy] [Seven short stories in total, some sweet and some heartbreaking. If you prefer happy endings, you can start with “Love and Farewell.” The stories have little impact on one another, and the main couple appears in the final story.] Walk through the rose garden behind the church and into the wooden house. There, you'll find a delicate young woman sitting in a wicker chair. She holds out her wooden hand and 22Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 稳 Steady Cultivation: My Fairy Doll Is a Little Too Powerful 稳健修仙：我的仙女傀儡有亿点强 Clouds Flow for Thousands of Miles流云万里Eastern Fantasy258k WordsOngoing (Mortal's Immortal Cultivation, Easygoing and Passionate, Puppet Arts) Immortal cultivation flourishes across the land of Shenzhou, where geniuses emerge in droves. Zhuo Bufan transmigrates and becomes a disciple of Puppet Peak. "I'm a puppeteer. Using tens of thousands of puppet beasts to fight is perfectly normal, right?" Zhuo Bufan says mildly to his enemies with an utterly harmless smile. 46Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 全 Global Class Awakening: Puppet Masters Are Weak? From the Start, I Get Sasori of the Red Sand 全民：傀儡师弱？开局赤砂之蝎 Flash Wanderer闪客游神Sports481k WordsCompleted Chu Tian transmigrates to a parallel world called Blue Star, where games have descended upon reality and dungeons, secret realms, and monster bosses run rampant. At eighteen, everyone awakens as a class-holder to fight the monsters. On the day he changed class, Chu Tian became a hidden-class puppeteer. Puppeteers have a low success rate when making puppets, consume enormous amounts of materials, struggle to get started, deal too little damage, and have poor defenses. They've always been consider 373Reads6.8Score—Shelves
42. 42 震 Shocking! The System Turned into My Puppet from the Start 震惊开局!系统被我变成傀儡 Low-Key Tadpole低调的蝌蚪Urban132k WordsOngoing [Puppeteer + Behind the Scenes + (Pseudo) Spiritual Qi Revival + (Pseudo) System + No Romance] Zhang Chi is a puppeteer. After dying alongside an unknown enemy, he discovers that his spirit has appeared in an unfamiliar world, and that he no longer has a body. Just then, a System comes knocking. [Ding! Binding successful...] Zhang Chi: “Sorry, I don’t care what kind of System you are. You’d better turn into my puppet.” Afterward, Zhang Chi discovers that this world has no supernatural powers at 4Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    I'll recommend something, some of which might not be on that theme, or something like puppets or something.

43. 43 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Tragic-Novel Heroine Gets a Unhinged Script 快穿：当虐文女主拿了疯批剧本后 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted In every tragic romance, the heroine is tormented by the hero until her heart is torn apart, and her heart, kidneys, and brain are cut out. Yet the heroine loves the hero without fail, devoting herself wholeheartedly to her career as his doormat. Now Jingsha has become the heroine of a tragic romance. She's obsessive, unstable, scummy, and downright crazy. She torments the male lead, then the male supporting character, then the female supporting character. In the end, they all love her but can n 8.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    Each book is quite good, both crazy and cool, with high intelligence, and very enjoyable to read.

44. 44 还 Thank Goodness I'm Seriously Ill 还好我病得不轻 Jiang Jiang Jiang江僵姜Modern Romance684k WordsCompleted [No romance + entertainment industry top-tier star + powerful female lead and satisfying triumphs + all kinds of art and craft] A dark story about a sociopathic, psychopathic personality in the entertainment industry, featuring a beautiful, fragile, sickly girl with a crazed persona! Li Yao transmigrates into the body of a minor celebrity named Li Yao in a parallel world. Facing a company-imposed blacklist and bullying from her seniors, the notorious Li Yao promptly terminates her contract. Feng 175Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    They're all crazy, especially the second and fourth books.

45. 45 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Goes Wild 快穿：宿主疯上天 Long Leg Hair脚毛长长滴Modern Romance4.6M WordsCompleted Di Shao, an SSS-level dangerous patient at a psychiatric hospital, was bound one day by a clueless System. From then on, she let loose. System Ball: Host, can we just do our missions properly? You're practically chopping everyone to pieces, sob sob sob~ Di Shao: Get lost. Keep whining and I'll chop you up too. When she met a heroine who brazenly played the other woman, Di Shao slapped her, then kicked away the brainless idiot of a man. You say domestic violence is justified? Di Shao pulled out h 1.7kReads9.2Score190Shelves

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    Madness is their synonym.

46. 46 傀 The Puppet Master 傀儡师 Robert Sawyer罗伯特·索耶尔Mystery205k WordsCompleted One winter morning, a corpse with its limbs twisted into bizarre shapes was discovered hanging high above the Brooklyn Bridge. Two characters were carved into its chest: “Bait.” Every sign pointed to a copycat serial murder, likely inspired by the “Rag Doll Case” in Britain eighteen months earlier. Sure enough, a week later, a similar murder took place in a British prison. The victim was Mars, a serial killer. “Bait” was carved into his chest, too. But this time, the killer had also died at the —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
47. 47 开 An Evil God Doll from the Start: Do I Even Have a Choice? 开局邪神人偶，我有的选吗 Liu Yuxing流御行Urban628k WordsCompleted Evil gods run rampant! Monsters are everywhere! Luo Ya transmigrates to a world of "Dollmasters." Here, people awaken different powers by imprinting their souls onto dolls, using them to resist the rampage of evil gods and monsters. But what Luo Ya never expected was to transmigrate into a doll on the verge of being scrapped, only to be contracted by a little girl?! Fortunately, the God-Tier Sign-In System activates. [Ding! Sign in by contracting with a girl. Reward: the power of an evil god, ac 99Reads8.7Score105Shelves
48. 48 我 I Changed Class and Became a Dark Taoist 我转职成了黑暗道士 Wilderness Wanderer荒野旅人Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Plot-driven story] The world’s first virtual online game, Immortal, is mysteriously released. Gaming addict Lin Yuan changes to the forbidden class: Dark Taoist. He awakens an SSS-rank talent: Dark Corpse Control! Dark Corpse Control: Use monster corpses to resurrect zombies that fight for you. No cooldown, and there’s no limit to the number of zombies you can resurrect. Countless elite monsters, lord monsters, and king-rank bosses… are all killed by Lin Yuan and resurrected as zombie beasts. W 6.6kReads8.4Score574Shelves
49. 49 傀 Puppet Theater: The Haunted Doll 傀儡戏之诡娃娃 A Thousand Feet of Moonlight月千尺Mystery286k WordsOngoing Behind every case is a killer. But a puppet show leads Yi Ziqian to discover, to his surprise, that every case seems to conceal another killer, one even the murderer doesn't know about. —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 傀 The Puppet Takes the Stage 傀儡入戏 Vitamin唯他命Historical149k WordsCompleted The Jiuyou Kingdom had an enormous number of puppets. The Puppet Bureau, which specialized in researching them, was unsatisfied with the status quo and sought power beyond the reach of the throne. So they decided to give a puppet consciousness. The chosen puppet was called Mo Shang. Granted consciousness, Mo Shang became a pawn in the struggle for royal power. When their plans were exposed and every faction began hunting him, he decided to fight to the death. Qian Su was another puppet sent to h —Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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