Novels like The Years I Spent Raiding Tombs
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- 1 Above the Snowfields 雪域之上 In 1969, as preparations were made for a possible war with the Soviet Union, an engineering unit entered the Kunlun Mountains under secret orders. There, they stumbled upon an astonishing secret hidden in the mountains... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Secret History of the Tomb Raiders 发丘秘史 Moving mountains and draining ridges, discovering ancient tombs and searching for buried gold: the Four Great Tomb-Raiding Schools, once the most renowned in history. As the saying goes, “Faqiu has its seals, Mojin its talismans, Banshan its arts, and Xiling its armor.” Legend has it that during the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Four Great Schools destroyed: “Destroy the seals and talismans to eliminate Faqiu and Mojin; strike down the mounted bandits to suppress Xili —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Archaeological Notes 考古笔记 In a mountain village shrouded in an unknown conspiracy, people are unable to escape. Their story is about to unfold... In 1987, a rising star in archaeology suddenly died while surveying the Xing’an Mountains, burned to a crisp, clutching an archaeological journal in his hand. Thirty years later, a Beijing antiques dealer accidentally discovered the locations of several hidden tombs in his ancestor’s notes. Hoping to find the legendary, astonishing treasure, he invited the protagonist to join h 6Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 4 My Tomb-Raiding Life 我的倒斗生涯 Tomb raiding is said to have originated during the Cao Wei dynasty and continued for a thousand years. It has both official recognition and civilian organizations. A thousand years have made this illicit trade a fully developed profession, with an astonishing number of tricks and secrets. Literary works have told and retold its tales. But what is tomb raiding really like? I entered the trade at fifteen and led my first expedition into a tomb at sixteen. I saw its dangers with my own eyes... 103Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 5 Life in the Burial Ground 葬地生 When a fragment of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon surfaces, a deadly game spanning a thousand years quietly begins! The life-and-death secrets of ancient tombs, a companion's betrayal, and the human choices people make when offering sacrifices to survive. With the ultimate secret pointing toward... can they make it out of the tomb alive? Will they become the next immortals, or remain trapped forever in an underground world riddled with mechanisms? 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Secret Record of Tomb Robbing 摸金秘记 [A premium, exclusive Tomb Raiding novel] [Zhang Jia Sishu's latest masterpiece of 2016, set to become the ultimate Tomb Raiding novel!] The appearance of an exceptionally beautiful female corpse shattered my ordinary life. Armed with a family-inherited secret art of Tomb Raiding, I opened an ancient imperial mausoleum sealed for a thousand years, seeking rare treasures buried underground and unraveling a mystery beyond anyone's reach. 184Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 7 Tomb Raiding: The Yin-Yang Dragon-Seeking Secret 盗墓：阴阳寻龙诀 [Red Moon Ghost City]+ [Black Mountain Beast Cave]+ [Shuhai Mysterious Coffin]+ [Fengdu Ghost Seal]+ [Snow Ridge Divine Statue]+ [East Sea Dragon King]+ [One Hundred Thousand Yin Soldiers] In a world of tomb raiding, there are arts to finding gold. Read yin and yang, seek dragons, and roam heaven and earth. My background is a mystery, and anyone who tells my fortune dies within three days. 793Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Notes from a Northern Tomb Raider 北派盗墓手记 As I write these words, the joints of my right index and middle fingers are already deformed. It's an occupational ailment from years of gripping a probing shovel. The doctor says it's rheumatoid arthritis, but I think it's a chill I brought back with me from underground. After doing this job for long enough, it would be strange not to have something wrong with you. Just think of this as a story, and forget it once you've heard it. Some paths, once taken, leave no way back. Some people, once met 101Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 9 I'm Not a Tomb Raider 我不是盗墓者 I'll tell you a secret: history is alive. Li Bai's friends and the emperor's fellow players may still be right here among us. The strange beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas have never left, either. It all began with an extraordinary encounter I had on the Tianshan Mountains. An old man gave me his memories. Now, the story begins. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Was Just Bitten by Jiang Chen, and Old Hu Wants Me to Go Tomb Raiding 刚被将臣咬，老胡喊我去盗墓 After transmigrating into a world that mashes together tomb-raiding stories, Yu Qi'an wanders into a cave and gets bitten by Jiang Chen, turning into a second-generation vampire. In search of more blood, he goes to join Hu Bayi, a fellow villager rumored to be making big money in the capital. But the very next day, Hu Bayi plans to take him tomb-raiding. 13Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 11 King of Tomb Raiders 盗墓之王 An epic tomb-raiding adventure follows in the footsteps of the Tomb-Raiding King, from the pyramids of Egypt to a sea-buried tomb in Hokkaido and the Epang Palace in southwestern China: Yang Feng, brother to the Tomb-Raiding King, is a newcomer, yet remarkably clever and brave, with extraordinary gifts. He ventures into mysterious and eerie ancient tombs around the world, including the Egyptian pyramids, the depths of the Bermuda Sea, and the Qin King's Epang Palace. After surviving one disaster 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Autobiography of a Wandering Earth Immortal 走地仙自传 [Tomb robbing is illegal. Do not put yourself to the test of the law.] [Tomb Robbing + Mystery + Antiques Appraisal + Stories + Alternate History] I once took the blame for someone else and quietly spent three long years in prison. I never imagined that the moment I stepped out of that cage, the course of my fate would change so quietly. I entered the trade of “earth-walking immortals,” thinking it would only be a brief detour. Little did I know that once I entered this line of work, I’d be enta 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Yin-Yang Secret Records: The Old Man Won’t Let Me Open That Coffin 阴阳秘录：老爷子不让我开那口棺 The Secret Record of Yin and Yang: The Old Man Won’t Let Me Open That Coffin 139Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Last Tomb Raider 最后的摸金传人 In the 1990s, my family was so poor that my parents abandoned me. By chance, I met a group of tomb raiders. I joined them just to get a meal and became the last inheritor of their craft. They took me all over the country: through primeval forests and snowy plateaus, along rivers and lakes, across dry deserts. Their footprints covered the land. One tomb expedition after another showed me countless bizarre and wondrous things and brought me face-to-face with all manner of demons and monsters. My m 7.1kReads8.7Score432Shelves
- 15 Real Tomb Raiding: The Black Ghost Awl 真实的盗墓：黑鬼钎 To repay the debt of gratitude he owes his late company commander, who saved his life, and help raise the astronomical sum needed for his mother's medical bills, Hu Yutian returns from the Vietnam War carrying his black ghost pick and joined by the brothers who have stood by him through life and death. Together, they embark on the most authentic and thrilling tomb-raiding adventures imaginable. By chance, Hu Yutian discovers the location of the ancient city of Loulan in an old book. Bound by bro 1.2kReads7.2Score107Shelves
- 16 I Transmigrate into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: This Time, No One Is Allowed to Die 穿越盗墓笔记：这次一个都不准死 What does it mean to be truly unlucky? You transmigrate to 2003 carrying an ID card from 2007 and a hundred-yuan bill from 2011. Does that count? You want to sleep under a bridge but can't find one. Does that count? With no other choice, you settle down for the night in some random alley, only to have a scar-faced thug hold a knife to your throat. Does that count? After looking into it, Chen Mo discovers by chance that he has transmigrated into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. In his previous life 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Old Ninth, the Tomb Raider 盗墓老九 [Tomb raiding + adventure + treasure hunting] A centuries-old mystery ordained by Heaven, the fabled ancient kingdom of Loulan, the secrets behind the ancient Silk Road, and even the Black Mountain, where legend says the rocks, plants, rivers, and soil are all black, shrouded year-round in an air of death... I was just an antique dealer in Panjiayuan, but somehow I got swept up in one strange adventure after another. It all began with my grandfather, a eunuch from the previous dynasty... 317Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 18 A Tomb Raider's True Account 盗墓者的纪实 After thinking it over for a long time, I finally decided to write this book. It is told in the first person. I came into contact with ancient tombs when I was very young, and after becoming addicted to gambling, I plunged into the abyss of tomb raiding to pay off my debts. Our crew traveled far and wide, encountering inexplicable things, as well as human indifference and greed. I also experienced the temptations of money, the ferocity of wild beasts, and every side of society. This book covers 2.8kReads6.9Score191Shelves
- 19 Notes of a Northern-School Tomb Raider 北派摸金笔记 [Mystery + tomb raiding] I was born in a small county in Northeast China, and my origins are shrouded in mystery. After dropping out of school and growing dissatisfied with my life, I headed alone to Beicheng to make a living. But on the train there, the most extraordinary turning point of my life took place: I joined the Gold-Touching Sect. I met all kinds of people and got caught up in all sorts of events in the jianghu. I have plenty of stories to tell, so let me share them with you bit by bi 644Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 20 Secrets of the Black Dragon: A Feng Shui Tomb-Raiding Chronicle 玄龙秘藏：风水盗墓录 Beneath the land of Huaxia lies the “Nine Twists of the Dragon Vein.” Deep within each twist are secret burial sites dating from antiquity through the Ming and Qing dynasties, holding the secrets of feng shui, tales of immortality, dynastic treasures, and forbidden curses. Folk feng shui masters are divided into three factions: the “Tomb Guardians,” who protect the dragon veins and the order of ancient tombs; the “Tomb Raiders,” who use feng shui to find tombs and make a living; and the “Evil-Br —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Inheritor of the Gold-Sifting Tradition 摸金传人 Zhu Xiaodong, a rich second-generation heir from a family of pawnbrokers, had ancestors who were bona fide tomb raiders. He had expected to coast through life doing nothing, but his fiancée and childhood friend teamed up to throw him into the mass grave of the Tianqi Emperor. Refusing to wait helplessly for death, he drew on his family’s inherited knowledge and escaped the tomb after narrowly surviving countless dangers... His brush with death changed Zhu Xiaodong’s life completely. He traveled 952Reads8.7Score139Shelves
- 22 The Tomb Raider Ninja 盗墓忍者 After transmigrating into the world of Naruto, I thought I'd be able to lie low until after the Fourth Great Ninja War. But I never expected to die in a trap during the Third Great Ninja War. Just as I was regretting it, I suddenly discovered I'd transmigrated again, this time into the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light. As the only ninja in this world, I join a trio of tomb raiders... 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 A Divine Start: Setting Up a Street Stall at Panjiayuan 神开局我在潘家园摆地摊 Ghost Lantern + The Grave Robbers' Chronicles + The Mystic Nine + New Moon Hotel + Dungeons + Adventure Squad In this vast antiques trade, ask around and you’ll find there’s nobody who hasn’t heard of Master Li of Panjiayuan. Master Li truly lives up to his name. If you have a problem, go to Master Li. You can’t go wrong with that advice. In this combined tomb-raiding world, a reborn man suddenly appears. Because he knows the plot so well, Hu and Fatty end up admiring Li Yu to no end. He makes a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Tomb Raider's Life 盗墓生涯 In 2013, I unexpectedly went bankrupt, and my girlfriend left me. With no other options, I took this path, and a strange, eerie world opened up before my eyes. Beneath a mysterious thousand-year-old tomb, half were tomb raiders, and the other half were... 561Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 25 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓笔记 From a “master of antiquing” to the “Divine Eye Beyond the Pass,” one thought is all it takes for Xiao Xu to embark on a dangerous road of no return. In the perilous underground world, friendship and loyalty are cheap, while profit and betrayal are the order of the day. Only by letting go of desire can you make it out unscathed. 1.1kReads8.8Score125Shelves
- 26 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles of a Loser 屌丝盗墓笔记 [Tomb raiding + suspense. No fantasy, no System, guaranteed to be good! If you don't like it, roast me!!!] Would you dare go tomb raiding for a million yuan in blood money? Who really built Sanxingdui? Did the ancient divine tree Jianmu really exist? Has the bird-bodied, human-headed monster come back to life? Has Genghis Khan become a zombie? What secrets lie inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang? … Keyboard tomb-raiding king Jiang Xing is getting serious this time! 1.6kReads8.2Score100Shelves
- 27 The Legend of Lao Wu 老五的传奇 In 1980s China, there was a mysterious and thrilling world: the tomb-raiding underworld. In this world lived a young man named Han Wu, nicknamed Lao Wu. His fate was entwined with tomb raiding from the moment he was abandoned at the age of one. Following his master, Lao Wu saw creatures he'd never encountered before and the legendary zongzi. One tomb after another seemed to follow the workings of fate... So what if the Four Great Families are involved? I'm Lao Wu. My boss taught me how to raid t 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Complete Ghostskin Book 鬼皮书全册 This book consists of eight volumes: Black Moon Mountain, The Ghost Coffin of Mountain Lingzhi, The Yin-Soaked Flower, The Martyrdom in the Sacrificial Forest, The Sea's Secret and the Returning Elixir, The Fiery Tomb, The Mystery of the Immortal Gu, and The Ghost-Skin Book: Aftermath. Black Moon Mountain: Does it hold the secret to immortality? They set out to find the Immortal Clan mentioned in the Ghost-Skin Book and the elixir of eternal life. Along the way, they meet Su Keli, a Soviet Russi 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Tales of Tomb Raiding in Southern China 南派盗墓往事 [Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Suspense] In the 1990s, I was just a minor antique dealer who traded in bones. Then I mistakenly bought a burial object, and from that moment on, I embarked on a one-way journey across a thousand years... To find the answers, I had no choice but to wander between the worlds of the living and the dead, crossing mountains and seas and traversing deserts and wastelands. At the very source of it all, I finally uncovered the truth behind the baffling mystery... 1kReads7.3Score141Shelves
- 30 A Grave Robber's True Records 盗墓贼的真实笔录 No romance. A true account of grave robbing. Follow my perspective and see the most authentic world of tomb raiding. Want to get rich? Rob a tomb. Make ten thousand yuan overnight: that was life back in our day. One trip into a tomb could earn you tens of thousands at the very least, or hundreds of thousands, even over a million. There’s not much startup capital needed for this line of work, and it’s more thrilling than gambling. There are no traps or ghosts in these tombs. The ones you need to 32.5kReads7.6Score2.6kShelves
- 31 The Archaeological Diviner 考古神算 The Archaeological Diviner is being adapted into a web drama. It's based on an IP novel. (Search for it and you'll see.) A professor in the archaeological world of Huaxia has a grandson named Li Bagua. Following his grandfather's wishes, Li Bagua goes into archaeology, but encounters all sorts of strange things during his work... Each archaeological expedition helps him grow more mature! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Walking Corpse Files 走尸档案 I knew a group of people like this, and accidentally became one of them. They knew ancient secret arts for finding people through corpse refinement. With a person's birth date and time and an item belonging to someone who had gone missing, they used divination, the Eight Gates and Hidden Armor, and the arts of ghosts and spirits to make nowhere safe for the missing, whether living or dead! 658Reads8.1Score103Shelves
- 33 The Secret Records of Evil Spirits 邪灵秘录 A healer saves lives, but medicine is divided into “living medicine” and “dead medicine.” A group of young people journey through remote mountain valleys, deserts, and snowy wilderness. They venture along the boundary between life and death, exploring lost techniques. This is a shocking mystery hidden among mountains, rivers, and vast wilderness... 695Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 34 The Western School's The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 西派盗墓笔记 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Supernatural] A child born under an ill omen is one Heaven dares not claim and Earth dares not nurture. When I was born from a corpse’s belly, a yellow immortal fox worshipped the moon and the wild beasts wailed. It was decided then that I would spend my life dealing with the dead, never seeing the light of day. To escape this fate, I joined forces with my taciturn master and a jovial fat man, forming the West Faction’s iron-triangle tomb-raiding team. Over the years, I 1.4kReads8.8Score127Shelves
- 35 The Thief’s Disciple 盗徒 (A new author and a new book. The rating has just come out, but it will gradually rise.) My uncle said I wasn't cut out for this line of work, but he was the one who took me into my first tomb. My name is Li Wuming. I've been called an ill-fated loner since I was a child. When my grandfather forced me to memorize the feng shui formulas in the Book of Origins, I thought the most I'd ever become was a fortune-teller. Some roads aren't ones I choose to take. Fate forces me down them. 387Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Western Frontier 西境盗墓往事 The internet's most professional firsthand account of tomb raiding!~ My family has passed down a book for generations, called The Lan Clan's Dragon-Treading Art. To me, it's a priceless trove of knowledge!~ During the Qing dynasty, Nian Gengyao presented Yongzheng with the only surviving copy of The Outer Canon of the Yellow Emperor, which the martial world had fought over. But Yongzheng had already decided to kill him, so he locked the book away in the imperial library. My ancestors were a fami 840Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 37 Tales of Northern Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓往事 My name is Yao Yuan. I used to be a tomb raider. In December 2014, after the shocking nationwide Red Mountain Case was solved, I was arrested at Tianyi Hotel in Ningcheng, Chifeng. I was ultimately sentenced to six years in prison for crimes including looting ancient cultural sites and tombs and trafficking in cultural relics. Now I have served my sentence and been released, ready to start a new life. If you're interested, why not hear me tell the stories of tomb raiding that happened to me? 556Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 38 Ghost Lantern: The East Sea Art Realm 鬼点灯:东海术境 Beneath the deep sea lie a colossal bronze coffin, seven-star pearls, and a thousand-year-old curse... While exploring the secret realm of Guixu, Hu Bayi's team accidentally triggers a terrifying mechanism left behind by Xu Fu. When the human pupae awaken and the starry sky pours down, they discover that the so-called “Guixu” is actually an Observer's Eye connecting to the universe! The bloodlines of three clans, ancient runes, the whispers of the Faceless Ones: this game spanning a thousand yea 558Reads—Score104Shelves
- 39 Tomb Raiding: The Great Qin Mausoleum 盗墓之秦陵大墓 Another thrilling expedition for Sixth Master, Fatty Ma, and Xiao Yang, the three tomb raiders. After stumbling upon an ancient clue, they set out to find a mysterious treasure trove connected to the Terracotta Warriors. Amid the vast wilderness and ancient ruins of the Guanzhong region, they encounter all manner of supernatural phenomena and deadly traps. They must fend off attacks from resurrected Terracotta Warriors while solving the mysterious riddles left behind by Qin Dynasty alchemists. A 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Northern Tomb Raider’s Spatial Realm 北派盗墓空间 Wang Ling, an heir to the Northern School of tomb raiding, had always upheld the order of the tomb-raiding world in accordance with his family's legacy. By chance, he discovered clues to a mysterious ancient tomb in Changbai Mountain among his family's heirlooms. With his childhood friend Zhang Kui and archaeology enthusiast Su Yao, he set off on a perilous tomb-raiding adventure. In the ancient tomb in Changbai Mountain, they faced deadly traps and arrows, man-eating fish in underground rivers 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The True Record of a Tomb Raider 来至一个盗墓者的纪实录 [Real tomb raiding + suspense + antiques appraisal] Starting in the 1990s, this story follows Wei Yonggang, a young man from the countryside, as he rises swiftly through the tomb-raiding world, going from accidental participant to an underground legend thanks to his “guts, attention to detail, and expertise.” He is sworn brothers with Tian Sanjiu, the last disciple of Silver Fox, and his junior fellow disciple is the sharp-eyed Feng, known as Fengzi. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Ancient Tomb Code 古墓密码 I was sentenced to life in prison for tomb raiding. I thought that was bad enough, but then The Dragon Head Maze, the Flying Ancient House, the ghost ship at sea... They all led me to a huge secret. “Open this door. Everything you want to know and everything you want is inside.” 4.9kReads8.1Score758Shelves
- 43 Star Official of Treasure Hunting 盗墓之探宝星官 I was inexplicably dragged into a tomb-raiding expedition. I thought that if I made it out alive, it would all be over. I never imagined that this was only the beginning. The Shu King’s Hidden Treasure, the Ascension Immortal Palace, the Ancient Temple Facing Heaven, the Nine-Eyed Daoist Grotto... One life-and-death adventure after another, one entanglement of love and hate after another. Just when I thought I was getting closer to the truth, the truth kept moving farther away. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Path to Godslaying Begins with Ghost Blows Out the Light 从鬼吹灯开始的弑神之路 History has been turbulent and magnificent, yet throughout the dynasties, from emperors to local gentry, it seems everyone has kept silent about the gods. It is as though there are no gods in this world. But is that really true? Zhang Yunting, who has arrived in the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light, has no comment. This world really does have gods. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Gu Watch 蛊观 [Folklore and the Supernatural + Urban Superpowers + Gu Poison Mysteries + A Young Man’s Coming of Age + Family Revenge] Want revenge? Want to change your fate? Want to take back everything that should have been yours? Then come raise gu. Each talisman bears a karmic debt; each gu can end a life of suffering. The upper three talismans can alter life and death, the middle three can transform the body, and the lower three can change the heart. Which will you choose? The Life-Bearing Talisman takes 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Southern School 南派盗墓笔记 Xiao Wangchuan, grandson of a master tomb raider from the Southern School, unexpectedly discovers his grandfather's old tomb-raiding journal in the family home: The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. He joins forces with Chu Ya, the granddaughter of his grandfather's sworn brother, to uncover the terrifying curse his grandfather incurred on a tomb expedition long ago. Together, they embark on a perilous journey and endure countless hardships. But the dangers they face are not limited to the traps in anc 1.6kReads6.4Score163Shelves
- 47 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Rhino Island 续盗墓笔记之犀牛岛 The original cast returns, with strange arts, ingenious mechanisms and traps, and first-person exploration. A breathtaking secret lies hidden on an island off the southeastern coast, shaped like a rhinoceros! Come explore all kinds of unknown places! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 I'm Zhao Jia. Let Me Tell You About the Ancient Tombs I've Raided 我叫赵甲，讲讲我盗过的古墓 My name is Zhao Jia, an obscure black-market trader in Shancheng. My master, Liu Banchi, spent his whole life hunting with eagles, only to have one peck out his eye in the end. He died at the hands of his own people. Since then, I've been afraid. Not of ghosts, but of people. I washed my hands of the trade, hoping to live in peace, but trouble came looking for me. A map with a sinister secret, a wealthy man with connections everywhere, and a deadly game I can't escape. To stay alive and uncover 25.9kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
- 49 Tomb King of the Imperial Capital 帝都墓王 The Mo family tomb-raiding syndicate is the only force descended from the Faqiu Zhonglang tradition. Beneath the capital's turbulent surface, the family battles over the clan head's position, while tomb raiding brings thrills and danger and tangled relationships grow ever more complicated. Can Mo Xunhun, the Mo family's illegitimate son, fight his way through every obstacle? 275Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 50 Kunlun's Hidden Treasure: The Mystery of the Ancient City 昆仑秘藏之古城谜踪 In the sweltering summer heat, Chen Yu, the owner of an antique shop, was listlessly wiping the porcelain on a shelf. Suddenly, his assistant rushed in, flustered. “Boss, someone brought in a strange object!” 514Reads—Score101Shelves
