Mystery and Suspense, No Supernatural Elements 悬疑，不灵异

1. 1 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员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 1.7MReads9.9Score231.9kShelves

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   1. "The End of Ten Days" can be called a masterpiece. The plot is novel and unique, taking the ten-day cycle of reincarnation in the Land of the End as the background, incorporating multiple traditional cultural elements, with a compact rhythm and interlocking plots; the characterization is brilliant, the protagonist is charming, and the supporting characters also have their own merits; the writing style is clever, lowering the reading threshold and the person can be switched freely; in terms of emotions and philosophy, it can arouse strong resonance among readers and bring profound life revelations. I highly recommend, highly recommend, highly recommend. 2. "What's wrong with me being an autistic person who can dissect a corpse at 100 million points" cuts through it from a unique perspective, focusing on the special group of autistic protagonists and breaking the conventional cognition. Although the protagonist has autism, he has extraordinary talents in the field of autopsy. This contrasting setting is extremely attractive. While showing special skills, the story also delicately depicts the inner world of autistic patients, the difficulties they face, their unique way of thinking, and their isolation and integration with the outside world. The plot may be full of excitement and mystery due to the element of autopsy. In the process of exploring the case or related situations, it gradually penetrates into the soul of the protagonist. It not only brings the pleasure of reading suspense and solving puzzles, but also triggers understanding, sympathy and thinking about special groups.

2. 2 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery548k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 76.2kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves
3. 3 诡 The Creepy National Fortune Game: My Chinese-Style Horror Terrified the World 诡异国运：我的中式恐怖吓哭全球 Deng Tianye登天野Mystery604k WordsOngoing The supernatural invades the real world. Every country on Blue Star must design supernatural dungeons. Conquering another country’s dungeon lets you seize some of its national fortune, while a country whose dungeon is conquered will face all kinds of supernatural events, which may eventually lead to its destruction. For special reasons, the Dragon Kingdom has lost much of its supernatural culture and is at a disadvantage now that the supernatural has returned. Then Su Yi transmigrates here with 8.5kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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   This book tells the story of the male protagonist in the national destiny, using medieval horror to scare others. The highlight is that the atmosphere is very well rendered, and the horrific details are very well described, giving people a feeling of being extremely frightened if you think about it carefully. I really like it and highly recommend everyone to watch it.

4. 4 言 Words Bloom Beneath the Seventh Month Moon in Nanzhou [Criminal Investigation] 言花七月下南州【刑侦】 Liang Xiaoyu梁小渔Mystery255k WordsCompleted On Yan Cen's first day at work, before she'd even officially checked in, she happened to give her new boss a thorough “investigation” while mistaking him for a stranger. She thought she'd been discreet inside the car, but she'd been spotted long ago and thoroughly investigated herself. Jiang Junzhou went for his usual morning run, only to find himself inexplicably under someone's scrutiny. When he looked into it, he discovered she was a “nepo hire” who'd been slipped into the department. It was 1.6kReads8.9Score247Shelves

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   There are really few good suspense stories, so I'll just make do with this one.

5. 5 诡 The Bizarre Case Investigator 诡案惊探 Yu Shen予申Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Supernatural]+ [Deduction]+ [Crime Solving]+ [Male lead versed in both Yin and Yang] After his girlfriend vanishes under bizarre circumstances and every effort to find her comes to nothing for two years, Qin Zhong loses heart and takes a job as a police officer at a remote township station. One day, he suddenly receives a bizarre case. The entire village of Niewa has vanished. As the investigation deepens, one strange Supernatural incident after another unfolds. Along the way, his pa 2.8kReads8.4Score325Shelves

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   Although there are supernatural suspense stories, they are told one story at a time. There are suspense stories but not supernatural stories.

6. 6 直 My Fortune-Telling Streams Are So Accurate, the Government Recruits Me 直播算命太准，被国家收编了 Fourteen White十四白Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted To earn a billion and buy an immortal mountain, Xuanmen prodigy Jiang Qingci starts livestreaming fortune-telling. She makes the shocking prediction that a top-tier star idol is already dead, nearly getting reported and banned by his fans. But ten minutes later, the authorities announce that the star has died in an accident. In another livestream, she summons heavenly lightning to strike an evil spirit, only to be mocked for being less impressive than firecrackers on New Year's. The next second, 516Reads8.4Score111Shelves
7. 7 阎 The King of Hell's Junior Sister: One Verbal Takedown at a Time 阎王的师妹，怼死一个是一个 Fairy Xin馨小仙儿Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted “Holy crap, Senior Brother, you actually mean it? All I did was lose your lousy old brush. Did you really have to dump me in the human realm?” “Senior Brother... Sob, I was wrong. Just let me come back.” “I promise I'll listen to you from now on, really~” “I'm your own junior sister, after all~” Your own junior sister? No, no, no. You're my own ancestor! The ghost official stood to the side, trembling as he asked, “My lord, is it really all right to just dump Xun'er in the human realm?” Ya 21.4kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
8. 8 国 The National Team's Top Mystic Master, Commanding a Hundred Thousand Yin Soldiers 国家队顶级玄师，手握十万阴兵 Little Wildcaty小野猫yModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Completed]+ [Livestream]+ [Metaphysics]+ [Crime Solving]+ [National Team]+ [Reforming the Entertainment Industry] Shen Sangning has a rare Daoist constitution. Just as she is about to ascend, she transmigrates back to when she was eighteen. A murderer lives downstairs and keeps cornering her on the stairs to grope her? Shen Sangning greets him politely: “Back from your walk, old geezer? Off to prison with you!” A female ghost is haunting the PE teacher, but Professor Wang says it’s a surgical c 9.8kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
9. 9 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! 81.4kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves

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   These two books are really good to read, and one of them has two male protagonists. The plot is compact, which makes people attracted immediately, and they can't stop watching it.

10. 10 读 The Corpse Reader 读尸人 Tong Xiaoxiao桐筱筱Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Standalone cases + criminal investigation + two male leads + mind-bending mystery The Linghai Public Security Bureau established a major crimes unit. Just as everyone was wondering which criminal investigation captain would be given the job, they were told that the provincial bureau had parachuted someone in directly. Everyone was curious about the new head of the major crimes unit. Cases piled up, from opening coffins for autopsies and childbirth after death to missing wives. See how a forensic 58kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves
11. 11 伪 The Pretender’s Contract: Hunting Shadows in the Lost City 伪装者的契约猎影迷城 Cute Mayday萌萌的五月天Mystery420k WordsCompleted Sheng Ruyan is an undercover agent who has just graduated from the International Police Academy. She is sent to infiltrate the Security Bureau and investigate criminal activity within its ranks. To carry out her mission, she poses as a forgery expert and delves into a complex case involving forged bonds and the production of A-country banknotes. Along the way, she must face all kinds of danger and work with Han Xiaoling of the Security Bureau. Brilliant and shrouded in mystery, Han Xiaoling is s —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    CP has participated in many scenes, suspenseful and thrilling, not sadistic, with fresh themes. Urban suspense intertwined with multiple perspectives, far away from the constraints of a single protagonist. If you are tired of those romance novels that blindly revolve around the protagonist, and want a little suspense, thrills, and freshness, this book will definitely meet your expectations. Although Sheng Ruyan and Han Xiaoling are outstanding as CPs, the story does not focus solely on them, but gives each independent story a new protagonist, giving you a different surprise in every paragraph.

12. 12 我 With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.2M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 803.7kReads9.4Score54.6kShelves

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    Believe me, it's really beautiful [face covering]

13. 13 夜 Nightcry Tower: Eleven Horror and Suspense Stories 夜哭楼：十一个恐怖悬疑故事 Han Shisan韩十三Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Horror | Suspense | Mystery | Folklore | Short story collection] The green lamp, a ghost knocking at the door in the dead of night, the Golden Buddha, a female ghost... As everyone knows, what is truly terrifying isn't seeing a ghost, but the human heart! This collection brings together eleven horror and suspense stories by Han Shisan, originally published in well-known magazines across China. They'll send chills down your spine and turn even the fainthearted into brave souls! 733Reads9.3Score101Shelves

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    High score suspense essay

14. 14 鹿 Lu Ling Feng Shui Shop 鹿灵风水铺 Silent Worry不语忧Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted paranormal suspense + mild horror + one-on-one romance + episodic stories] Lu Ling is forced to take over the feng shui shop her father left her and shoulder the Lu family’s duty as spirit-contractors. Only after she starts taking on cases does she realize that people can be far more terrifying than ghosts. 7.5kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    "A fantasy journey to explore the unknown world. This novel takes you through the legendary story of love and hate. Don't miss it!"

15. 15 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, 40.3kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
16. 16 穿 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: The Spy Enters the Game 穿越民国：谍影入局 One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration to the Republic of China era + resistance-war espionage + multiple identities + spies within spies + mutual devotion (Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress) One day, Lin Ruotang suddenly transmigrated to the Republic of China era. She wasn’t a young lady from a wealthy family, a concubine, or a schoolgirl. She was a refugee who had nearly starved to death. She had barely transmigrated before she was on the brink of starvation. Luckily, a kind stranger gave her a sesame f 30.5kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
17. 17 恐 Horror Camgirl 恐怖女主播 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩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 20kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
18. 18 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 20.8kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves
19. 19 重 Reborn in Love: Young Master Mo Spoils His Wife to No End 重生蜜恋：墨少宠妻超级甜 Flourishing Flowers and Beautiful Scenery繁花美景Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Completed, sweet romance) “Darling, do whatever you want with me. I was born in this life to repay you.” “Oh?” He raised his phoenix eyes slightly and looked at the little woman sulking in the corner. He laughed in exasperation. “You don't answer my calls, you don't reply to my messages, and you stay out all night. Is this how you repay me?” “I was wrong...” The young woman wrapped both arms around his leg. “Kiss me, darling. Please forgive me.” “Don't call me darling until you've explained you 3.6kReads9.1Score785Shelves
20. 20 偏 Pampered Little Bride in a Substitute Marriage 偏宠替嫁小娇妻 Young Master of the Li Family黎家公子Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted Ning Xia was adopted, and married off in her older sister’s place to a disabled man. But on their wedding day, the groom never showed up. She had to complete the wedding ceremony all by herself. As a junior assistant, she appeared before the CEO, who was rumored to be a tyrant. “Hello, Mr. Pei. I’m Ning Xia from Human Resources, assigned to assist you with your work.” “Tell me, who sent you to spy on me?” The tyrannical CEO Pei immediately made a move, leaving Ning Xia to wonder time and again i 723Reads9.1Score1kShelves
21. 21 天 The Huo Family’s Pricey Pampered Bride 天价宠婚：霍总的小娇妻 White Tea白茶Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted Before he knew Nian Yaxuan's true identity, the young master of Yuecheng, Huo Lingchen, would say: “Someone! Throw this woman out of Shangyang Mall!” “Someone! Toss this woman into the sea!” “Someone! Bury this woman alive!” One of his assistants muttered under his breath, “Mr. Huo, the woman you want buried alive is... your wife.” Huo Lingchen shot him a chilling look and kicked him in the leg. “Get out and haul bricks at a construction site!” Why hadn't he said so earlier? This was ruining his 7.1kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
22. 22 六 A Six-Year-Old Little Sister, Delivered Free and Extra Sweet 六岁妹妹包邮包甜 Zi Yin梓胤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Adored by Everyone + Sweet Romance + Secret Identity + Past and Present Lives] Le Xuan, a wild little country girl, survived by eating at one household after another, and every family looked down on her. One day, a young man as ethereal as an immortal came from the city. His name was Shen Yi, and he took her home. After a nightmare awakened one of Xuan Bao's special talents, the six-year-old girl proved a master of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She completely won over the hearts of t 14.3kReads9.4Score4.7kShelves
23. 23 绝 The Peerless Adorable Baby: Her Genius Mother Is Stunning 绝世萌宝：天才娘亲帅炸了 Not My Beloved非我良人Ancient Romance7.1M WordsOngoing Ye Chuyue, the notorious foolish and ugly woman of the Shenwu Empire, had an illicit affair and gave birth to an illegitimate child. On the day her fiancé was to marry, she leapt from the city wall in her wedding robes and died for love. When her beautiful eyes opened again, the ancient martial arts sect leader from the 21st century was ready to unleash a storm of blood and wash away her disgrace! A good-for-nothing? She can shake an empire with her bare hands and trample the world beneath her f 50.2kReads9.5Score8kShelves
24. 24 萌 The Little Heroes: Take This, Scumbag Dad! 萌宝特攻队：渣爹，接招吧！ Yun Xiangrong云想容Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Five years ago, Shen Qingran was tricked by her own family into an unexpected pregnancy and left the country. Five years later, she returned with her five-year-old son, Shen Xuanrui, hoping to have nothing more to do with the man from that one ill-fated night. But Shen Xuanrui had other ideas. “Little stock god, we found the scumbag who abandoned your mom back then!” “Good. Hack every computer in his company. I want to say hello to my scumbag dad.” “His company’s new product is doing well on the 114Reads9.0Score243Shelves

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