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Nuclear Pollution Crisis: The Zombie Horde Is Coming 核污危机：丧尸狂潮来袭
[Apocalypse + Zombies + Campus + Strong Female Lead + Strong Male Lead + No Saintly Protagonist] Nuclear wastewater from the island nation pollutes marine life, causing all kinds of mutations. Unexpectedly, humans who have eaten seafood begin mutating just like the creatures of the sea. The mutated humans become vicious, bloodthirsty monsters, stripped of reason and ready to bite anyone they see. Shen Yuxi’s parents divorced, and she was abandoned. She thought things couldn’t get much worse. The
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- 2 Unbelievable! The Soul Reaper Calls Her Granny?! 离谱！勾魂使者见了她叫祖宗？！ (Also known as “Ridiculous! The Soul-Guide Calls Her Ancestor?!” and “A Plain White Lantern in Hand, Guiding the Ten Thousand Ghosts of the World”) [The heroine is no helpless flower + the hero isn't really a playboy] Twelve years ago, at the words of the Great Qing nation's Imperial Preceptor, the imperial army marched south and wiped out the “remnants of the foreign enemy” hiding deep in the mountains. Twelve years later, a woman carrying a plain white lantern strolled out of the forest and m 5.1kReads9.1Score759Shelves
- 3 Snake Spirit 蛇灵 When I was three, I came down with a strange illness. My whole body felt as if it had no bones. The rice-reading granny said something was at work, occupying my body and borrowing my lifespan. After she splashed a basin of blood toward the northeast corner, a black snake with red markings and a long beard burrowed out of the earth. Sixteen years later, the snake spirit returned. “Xiao Yu, you were the one who came after me first. If we don't get married, this is going to end badly...” [Snake Hus 1.8kReads9.3Score228Shelves
- 4 The Quagmire 泥沼地 Also known as: “I Miss Home Amid a Mountain of Corpses” [Apocalypse + zombies + strong female and male leads + no supernatural abilities or golden fingers + ensemble cast + romance, but not much of it] The apocalypse arrives, and zombies run rampant. The dark hand of disaster has reached Liyang No. 1 High School on the outskirts of the city. A piercing announcement over the school PA wakes all the students on their lunch break. When they open their eyes again, they no longer see their teacher wa 1.4kReads8.9Score182Shelves
- 5 Zombies Run Amok: The Great Escape from the Women’s Dorm! 丧尸横行：女寝大逃亡！ [Apocalypse + zombies + no male lead + power fantasy + abilities + base] Monday, September 21. Sunny. Su Yu was still in class when her roommate hurriedly called her back to the dorm. There, she was told that a zombie outbreak would erupt around the world in just two hours, turning the entire campus into a living hell. Though skeptical, she stockpiled supplies, bought a car on the way, and got ready to flee at a moment’s notice... Early on, she hoards supplies and holes up in the dorm. In the m 2.8kReads7.9Score381Shelves
- 6 I Slept In, Then the Campus Zombie Outbreak Began 睡过头后，校园丧尸爆发 [Apocalypse + escape + zombies + wasteland + strong male and female leads] On the day of her exam, Mo Xiao overslept. She woke up after a nap in her dorm to find that all internet and communications had gone down. The messages in the class group chat had stopped two hours earlier. The once bustling campus had fallen into an eerie silence. Just then, a knock came from the door... [No System + no cultivation + character growth. The whole school flees together in the early stages; later, they defen 13.2kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
- 7 In the Age of Zombies, I'm Busy Surviving! 丧尸时代，我忙着生存！ [A zombie story focused on survival] For several days in a row, Su Yu is haunted by a nightmare. Only when she really opens up a pocket dimension does she realize it wasn't a dream. Everything in it may truly have happened to her before. There's very little time left before the events from her dream come to pass. With time running short, Su Yu can only stock up on supplies while waiting for her younger brother to return. In the end, Su Yu and Su Yuan set out to survive the zombie apocalypse alon 52Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 8 Zombie Apocalypse: Survival on Campus 末世丧尸：校园求生记 [Apocalypse + Zombies + Campus + Farming + No Superpowers + Strong Heroine and Hero] When the apocalypse struck, zombies suddenly overran the school. Su Ziluo and her roommates had only planned to hole up in their dorm and wait for rescue, but then her boyfriend showed up, and they found themselves going further and further down the road of stockpiling supplies and saving their classmates. [Note]: This story is set in a fictional world. Please don’t compare it to reality. No rebirth, no transmig 282Reads—Score—Shelves
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Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺
In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse!
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- 10 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 68.4kReads9.3Score10.6kShelves
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Weasel Spirit! Do I Look Like a Human or a God to You? 黄皮子！你看我像人还是像神？
No specialist knowledge here, just a story. [A little horror + a whole lot of comedy + no female lead, no romance] When I was a kid, I took a nighttime shortcut and saw a weasel worshipping the moon. Remembering a story my grandma had told me, I worried it might ask me to grant it a title, so, on a whim, I shouted at it first: “Weasel! Do I look more like a person or a god to you?” The weasel froze for a moment, then said I looked like a dumbass! But from that day on, I really did become an idio
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The Capitalist's Daughter Liquidated Her Family Fortune and Joined the Army to Find Her Husband 掏空家产，资本家小姐去部队寻夫
Original title: “Emptying the Family Fortune: The Capitalist's Daughter Goes to the Army to Find Her Husband” [Military marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket dimension + Putting scumbags in their place + Love grows over time + Exceptionally fit military officer, her childhood betrothed VS dazzling capitalist's daughter] Jiang Si was fair-skinned, beautiful, and radiant. Who would have thought that after waking up, she would find herself in a period novel, as a well-known capitalist's daug
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- 13 Pregnant in Exile, Then Divided from Her Family? The Father Is Unknown, but the Mother Grows Stronger 流放怀孕被分家？父不详，母越强 Adapted into short dramas and animated dramas of the same name. Live-action short drama: Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields: I Raise the Kids and Feed the Whole Family Meat Every Meal Animated dramas: Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields; Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields: Hot Springs Emerge in the Frozen North [Starting from Nothing] [No System or Pocket Dimension] [Streetwise Commerce] [Everyday Family Life] [Raising Kids] Cool, beautiful woman vs. strong but goofy young man (not actually stupid) I wake u 16.1kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
- 14 We've All Transmigrated, So Who Still Wants One Love for a Lifetime? 都穿越了，谁还一生一世一双人 Ancient setting / farming / transmigration / romance, multiple male leads / all male leads are virgins / romantic rivalry / green-tea heroine The male lead won’t stand out much at first. It’s only later, when he sees the heroine being bullied, that he decides to make something of himself. In the modern world, Shen Xia’s seven-year relationship finally ended with a sudden, brutal breakup in its seventh year. After the breakup, she spends every day moping around at home and scrolling through Douyi 806Reads8.9Score229Shelves
- 15 Four Sons and a Daughter, Yet No One to Bury Me. This Old Woman Has Disowned Them All 四儿一女无人送终，老娘六亲不认 Song Chunxue had four sons and a daughter, yet not one of her children was by her side when she died. After death, she became the poorest, loneliest ghost around. The eldest son she once loved most treated her like a stranger. Her second son became a live-in son-in-law. Her third son, who was supposed to care for her in her old age, made his living away from home. When he came back, he had no spare money to buy her funeral paper offerings. Her fourth son arrived late, blamed her for dying at 34.8kReads8.9Score781Shelves
- 16 Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉 No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but 247.2kReads9.5Score26.9kShelves
- 17 Reborn in 1980: I Give My Pregnant Wife a Better Life 重生80，给怀孕媳妇过上好日子 Urban rebirth + a scumbag turning over a new leaf + doting on his wife + navigating the business world + ruling it all “Chen Tong, you ruled the business world with an iron fist in this life. Do you have any regrets?” As he lay on his deathbed, a voice as beautiful as music came from somewhere... 5kReads8.9Score329Shelves
- 18 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8kShelves
- 19 One Move from Victory: Qi Tongwei's Glorious Political Career 胜天半子：祁同伟的荣耀仕途 "Defy fate by half a move? No. In this life, I'll fight Heaven for my destiny and win by a whole move!" At Guxing Ridge, Qi Tongwei pulls the trigger and returns to the turning point of his fate. That year, after rejecting Liang Lu, he is banished to a judicial office in a remote, impoverished village. He turns the Liang family's oppression into a ladder to success, relies on Pei Yihong's support, and rises rapidly on the strength of his impressive record. From the judicial office to the pinnacl 39.4kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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- 21 EN Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀 Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in 209.6kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
- 22 I Have a Pagoda That Buries Immortals, Gods, and All the Myriad Worlds 吾有一塔，葬仙，葬神，葬诸天 [Work by a renowned author + invincible protagonist + thrilling power fantasy + highly recommended] In the eternal river of time stood the supreme treasure, the Heaven-Burying Tower. It had once buried the heavens of ages past and imprisoned the strongest beings of every era. Among them was the Sword Demon, whose swordsmanship had dominated an entire age. The Taixu Alchemy Saint, the greatest alchemist of all time. The Emperor of Refining, who could temper all things in heaven and earth into art 103.8kReads8.8Score9kShelves
- 23 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
- 24 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
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Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has Gone Fortune-Telling on the Street Again and Again 傅总，您夫人又又又去摆摊算命了
[Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + comedy + wish fulfillment] After her master passes away, mystic prodigy Lin Xi comes down from the mountains to set up a fortune-telling stall, earning money while searching for her fiancé. “Master, when will my son meet his destined woman?” Lin Xi: “There’s no destined woman, but there is a destined man.” “Master, I keep dreaming about a ghost. Please get rid of it for me.” Lin Xi: “The ghost is your father. You’ve been visiting the wrong grave. He
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- 26 Tales of Strange and Curious Wonders 惊奇诡异录 Paranormal stories often have their origins in ancient folk tales, mysterious regional cultures, or people's strange personal experiences. Their protagonists may encounter supernatural phenomena such as ghosts, eerie curses, mysterious prophecies, and unexplained sounds and lights. These stories might take place in a gloomy old mansion, a desolate cemetery, a deserted alley, or some forgotten corner of the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Spirit Medium's Strange Cases 通灵诡事 Parental love? I have none. From the moment I was born, they wanted to strangle me. Sibling affection? I have none. My own brother calls me a country bumpkin. Friendship with my peers? I have none. Everyone in the village says I'm a demon in human form who eats children. Love? What even is that? The first time I saw Qi Yue, I just thought he looked clean-cut and handsome. The next time I saw him, I found out his mother was the woman who had gone looking for Fourth Auntie years ago. Only now, she 1.9kReads9.2Score377Shelves
- 28 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 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
- 29 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
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I Went Down the Mountain to Catch Ghosts, So Why Are They All Female? 下山抓鬼，为什么都是女鬼？
Zhang Jian was banished from the mountain after catching his master and a nun having an affair. On his way down, he met Fu Dali, the perfect partner, and the two of them began their ghost-hunting journey…
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- 31 Reborn as a Black Python, My Beastmaster Is My Wife 重生黑蟒，我的御兽主人是老婆 Spiritual qi revives, ferocious beasts run rampant... and order collapses around the world. In this new era, Qingyang wakes up one day reborn as a black python, with his identity changed from husband to spirit beast. 840Reads7.8Score102Shelves
- 32 A Poor Girl’s Daily Life as a Rogue Cultivator 穷鬼女散修的修仙日常 Xiao Han never imagined that she, an ordinary working girl who hadn't even finished middle school, would transmigrate one day. Fine, she transmigrated. But she had neither a pocket dimension nor a System, let alone a handy golden finger. She got none of the perks or welcome gifts that usually came with transmigration. That would have been bad enough, but other transmigrators took over someone else's body and fit right into local society. She, however, arrived in her own body, unable to speak the 49.9kReads9.2Score7.1kShelves
- 33 The Falling Leaves Have Their Own Intentions 落苏有意 My background is a mystery, and I was born with Yin-Yang Eyes. After coming of age, I was chosen to enter the underworld and became a low-ranking official. All around me, a multitude of baffling, mysterious cases unfold... 7.5kReads9.1Score781Shelves
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My Soul-Guarding Wife 镇魂妻
When I was six, a beautiful woman gave me a hand drum. From that moment on, I was plunged into a devastating calamity. To avert it, my grandfather forced me to marry Cui Gu, the village girl who was both foolish and ugly. He said that if Cui Gu and I truly loved each other, one day she'd become the beautiful wife of my dreams...
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- 35 Dark Face Reading 黑相术 After I lost my sight, a matchmaker set me up on a date, and I met a girl. She wasn’t human… One night, as we slept, I touched her tail. 24kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
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Tattooed, Fighting for Turf, and Wielding a Machete: The Spirit Medium 纹身干架抢地盘，拎砍刀的出马仙
[Underworld Turmoil] [Northeastern Chinese Style] [Tales of Spirit Mediums] After being gravely wounded in a gang fight, small-time hoodlum Lin Tianhua accidentally awakened the immortals his ancestors had worshipped, becoming a spirit medium. After a sudden upheaval, his boss fled and his enemies came after him. To survive, Lin Tianhua decided to form his own crew and become the boss. From then on, Lin Tianhua beat people up by day and killed ghosts by night. He made his way through both the un
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