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  1. 101 I Can Rewrite My Epitaph After I Die 我能修改自己死后的墓志铭 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Did the gods create the world, or did humanity unwittingly create the gods? One god after another emerged from dreams and claimed territory as forbidden zones. Was this the gods' return, or had humanity accidentally replicated their genes? Winter descended, and the long night drew near. Chen Fan kept dreaming of his own solitary grave. Was it an ill omen, or a prophecy from the future? When Chen Fan bowed once before his own grave, all the gods began to tremble! 2.2kReads8.9Score215Shelves
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  2. 102 Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我 Mystery644k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away... 124Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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  3. 103 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 214Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  4. 104 The Loop 循环 Mystery133k WordsCompleted From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 272Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  5. 105 Out of Control 失控者 Mystery100k WordsCompleted [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 12Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 106 I Was a Detective in the Republic of China 我在民国当侦探 Urban146k WordsCompleted [Republican-era investigations + Anthology stories + Male leads + Strong leads + Folk customs] Gao Ren has been having an awful run of luck lately. He accidentally offended a rich young master and nearly got thrown in jail! Luckily, while making his escape, he ran into a gullible little Taoist priest. The little priest wasn’t just good-looking, he was also willing to be Gao Ren’s money tree! He could perform rituals and solve baffling cold cases, too! Gao Ren stuck close to the little priest, se 247Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  7. 107 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5:权势局 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 156Reads9.2Score100Shelves
  8. 108 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4:恨海潮 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 217Reads9.3Score103Shelves
  9. 109 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3:欲望渊 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 204Reads9.2Score109Shelves
  10. 110 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2:名利场 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 279Reads9.3Score104Shelves
  11. 111 Record of the Spirit Seekers 2: Farewell to the Mortal World 访灵笔录2:入世辞 Mystery196k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + powerful partners + lively humor + episodic stories + ghostly tales + an ensemble cast hunting ghosts] “Nothing brings greater joy than meeting a new friend; nothing brings greater sorrow than parting from a loved one.” A chance encounter with a beauty on Ghost Wasteland Mountain turns out to be a deadly ghost's attempt to claim a soul! Karmic ties from a past life and entanglements in this one: whose mistake is it, and whose fate? Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi are accidenta 33Reads7.9Score—Shelves
  12. 112 I Just Want to Be a Slacker, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 我只想当咸鱼,偏偏要我玩惊悚 25k WordsCompleted All I Want Is to Be a Couch Potato, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 66Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 113 Ghosts: They Exist If You Believe 鬼魂:信则有,不信则无 Mystery293k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Thriller + The Bizarre + Horror] Do ghosts really exist in this world? Some say they’re hallucinations; others call it delusion. Yet all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events remain shrouded in mystery, their truth impossible to discern. If you insist on believing there are no ghosts, some things become impossible to explain. That’s why many old folks tell us: Believe, and they exist; don’t believe, and they don’t! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 114 Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 161.9kReads9.5Score18.2kShelves
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  15. 115 Yin-Yang Ghost Embroidery 阴阳诡绣 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Some taboos must never be broken, no matter what. Before my grandfather died, he warned me never to make money from the skills he taught me. But one night, a woman from my hometown collapsed outside my door and begged me to help her keep the child in her womb. My heart softened, and from then on, there was no turning back. 26Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  16. 116 Fortune-Telling: You Won’t Pay the Fee? I’ll Scatter Your Ashes! 算命:不付卦金?骨灰给你扬咯 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Fortune-telling + livestreaming + comedy + ghosts and monsters + female lead? (There is romance, so please don’t attack me if it’s not your thing.)] After pretending to be crazy in an asylum for ten years, Xu Lang is finally released and awakens the “Make Your Tall Tales Come True” System. With his mastery of the mystical art in Questions to Heaven, and the System’s support, Xu Lang sets off on an extraordinary life! He’s barely set up his fortune-telling stall when a fugitive who’s been on the 3.4kReads8.9Score307Shelves
  17. 117 The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播 Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I 25.7kReads9.1Score3kShelves
  18. 118 The Spirit Burying Master 葬灵师 Mystery506k WordsCompleted Every year since the year I was born, someone in the village has died. To keep me alive, Grandma arranged a marriage for me, and my betrothed was supposed to come for me when I came of age. On my eighteenth birthday, I discovered that the one who had come for me wasn't human... 208Reads7.9Score263Shelves
  19. 119 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 Mystery408k WordsCompleted A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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  20. 120 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 56Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 121 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [Campus Opening] [Wild Imagination] [Feng Shui Mysticism] [Paranormal Mysteries] [Huxian, Huangxian, Baixian, Liuxian, and Huixian (Spirit Mediums)] [Bureau 749] [Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, and Legalism] [Gu Poison Duels] [Qimen Dunjia] [Mohist Mechanisms] [Lu Ban Crafts] [Reincarnated Living Buddha]! Pitched as Marvel's Avengers and DC's Justice League Cultivate a body of righteousness to uphold heaven and earth, and keep a touch of bandit spirit to cow the wicked. Nurture a chival 2.7kReads8.3Score365Shelves
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  22. 122 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 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 7.3kReads9.4Score890Shelves
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  23. 123 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 261Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 124 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几? Mystery538k WordsOngoing On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 72Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 125 Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记 Mystery95k WordsCompleted [Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but 474Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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  26. 126 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 Mystery806k WordsCompleted I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan 403Reads7.7Score—Shelves
  27. 127 I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命 Mystery808k WordsCompleted When I was little, my mom asked a Taoist priest to tell my fortune. He said I'd face a calamity at 26, and that he'd come help me get through it the day before my 26th birthday. When the day finally came, the priest really did show up to change my fate. He even gave me a “Fate-Changing Ruler” and told me I had to change the fates of seven people with different destinies to survive the calamity. Otherwise, I'd only have five years left to live. So much for changing my fate for me! Did he only cha 73Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  28. 128 The Netherworld Inn 阴间客栈 Mystery814k WordsCompleted My name is Qin Yu. While on a business trip, I checked into a uniquely styled inn called the Yin Room Inn. It even offered “special services” in the middle of the night. Little did I know it was an inn from the underworld. I began having nightmare after nightmare, and my friends kept getting into trouble... 2.7kReads9.0Score129Shelves
  29. 129 My Years as a Buddhist Nun 我当师太的那些年 Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was born a girl with a Pure Yang fate into a family of feng shui masters. For generations, my family had practiced feng shui in the countryside. My grandfather had hoped his eldest grandchild would be a boy, so he could pass down his skills to the eldest son and grandson. But I turned out to be a girl. Grandfather never took a liking to me, so my parents could only take me to live in the city. No one expected that, during the Ghost Festival in the year I turned twenty-five, Grandfather would s 364Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  30. 130 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 Mystery806k WordsCompleted I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 134Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  31. 131 It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸 Mystery907k WordsCompleted I'm a mystery writer. In search of inspiration, I moved into a house rumored to be haunted. Every night, a horribly disfigured face appeared in the window, and outside, the rotten corpse of a woman hung from a tree. I realized then that this really was a haunted house! Gradually, my family began acting strangely, and we even found a mummified corpse sealed inside the wall for years! As I investigated further, I came across something even more terrifying… 127Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  32. 132 The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong 上官昭容诡事录 Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Strong female lead, no romance, Chinese-style horror, transmigration through history, numerous foreshadowed clues, coherent plot, no System, not a power fantasy] [The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong] [Also known as: Old Tales from the Yellow Springs] [Reader’s guide: The main plot and the individual arcs are interconnected, with plenty of clues and foreshadowing. Almost every character who appears has a role to play, though each arc can also be read as a standalone story.] Th 1.6kReads9.3Score300Shelves
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  33. 133 The Art of Fortune-Telling by Chinese Characters 测字有术 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 161.9kReads9.6Score39.2kShelves
  34. 134 Urban Legends Invade: She Goes on a Rampage by Exploiting Hidden Rules 怪谈入侵:她靠隐藏规则杀疯了 Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Dad is Dad. He’s holding a knife. Mom is Mom. She takes the knife from Dad. Grandma has just reached the doorway, her eyes filled with confusion and worry. The younger sister has only her older sister by her side, the older sister she loves most… And then? What happened? You’ve forgotten…] [Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom: Welcome to the first rules-based horror scenario.] [Stage cleared! The Chosen One receives a supernatural value reward, while their bound nation receives national fortune an 22.5kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
  35. 135 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 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 1.8MReads9.9Score184.7kShelves
  36. 136 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score232.4kShelves
  37. 137 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢,长生不死 Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 328.7kReads8.7Score15.8kShelves
  38. 138 The Dark Realm of the Uncanny 谲暗物境 Mystery118k WordsOngoing Lin Xue, a classmate of Qin Chuan and Ye Xin, mysteriously vanishes inside an abandoned old school building. Even stranger, everyone around them except Qin Chuan and Ye Xin has forgotten that Lin Xue ever existed. Determined to uncover the truth, Qin Chuan and Ye Xin embark on a strange and unsettling investigation. One inexplicable event after another follows. Yet when the truth finally comes to light, it turns everyone's understanding upside down! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 139 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 99Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 140 Something's Haunting Us! But It Seems to Be a Friend 有诡!但好像是朋友 Mystery294k WordsCompleted (No harem) + (Two male leads; the second male lead joins the ghost faction later) + (Urban paranormal early on, wasteland apocalypse later) + (Cunning protagonist) As paranormal phenomena spread, humanity uncovers the truth about the world through one clash after another with ghosts. Yang Feng: “There are ghosts? Where?! Kill, kill, kill…” Ghost King: “No way! We're friends!” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 141 Do You Believe There Are Ghosts in This World? 你相信,这个世界上有鬼吗? Mystery896k WordsOngoing [Mind-bending] + [Slow-paced] + [Not for the faint-hearted] Thirty-six years ago, deep in the Tibetan grasslands, a secret research base studying the paranormal was rocked by a massive explosion. Only one person managed to escape alive. The male survivor not only made it out, but also brought a pair of pitch-black eyes from the secret base. Even after being removed from their body, they seemed alive. After this devastating disaster, the man deliberately avoided a mysterious organization and went 30Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 142 The Blind Woman’s Wedding 盲女的婚礼 14k WordsCompleted The Blind Girl's Wedding 21Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 143 Terror at the Luxury Estate 豪苑惊魂 16k WordsCompleted Terror at the Grand Estate 17Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 144 The Mysterious Corpse Retriever 诡秘捞尸人 Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Mysterious Corpse Retriever 20Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. 145 The Secret of the Buddha Mother 佛母的秘密 18k WordsCompleted The Buddha Mother's Secret 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 146 The Qingling Rankings 清凌榜 43k WordsCompleted The Qingling Rankings 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 147 The Strange Sword 诡剑 98k WordsCompleted The Ghost Sword 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. 148 The Girlfriend Who Disappeared 我消失的女朋友 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse14k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Who Disappeared 14Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. 149 The Mysterious Domain City 诡秘域都 99k WordsCompleted The Mysterious Domain City 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 150 Snake's Seduction 蛇诱 Mystery929k WordsCompleted I was born deaf and unable to speak. After my parents abandoned me, my grandmother raised me on her own. Strange things often happened wherever I went, and the villagers called me an evil spirit who brought misfortune to others. When I was seven, they locked me in the River God's temple. Eleven years later, they threw me into the river as a sacrifice to the River God. But when those cruel villagers tossed me into the Changyun River, a snake suddenly appeared and saved me. And that was how our ta 5Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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