Novels like Death’s Homework
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Death’s Homework, best match first.
- 1 Horror Game 恐怖游戏 Horror Game 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Class Vote: Battle Royale 班级投票大逃杀 [Battle royale + mild horror + strong female perspective] [From Volume Two onward: alternate world + school setting + soft sci-fi + yandere + girls' love] On the coming-of-age ceremony festival at Hezhou Experimental School, selected students and teachers are transported to classrooms in another dimension to take part in a brutal battle royale survival game. They are forced to play an anonymous voting game called “Class Death Vote.” The class with the most votes will be executed, and the last su 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Deadly Classroom 致命教室 During morning study hall, a stranger with the username Punisher added the entire class to a WeChat group. From then on, all kinds of bizarre things began happening... 621Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Global Ghost School 全球鬼校 After Liu Bowen severed the dragon veins, dragon qi vanished from the world. With dragon qi no longer holding it in check, the six paths of the underworld collapsed, and ghosts roamed the night. Faced with a living hell on earth, the Daoists emerged from seclusion, while the Buddhists came to save the world. Liu Yi also acquired ghost qi in a deadly game at a haunted school, and used it to suppress the underworld and reshape reincarnation. (Note: This story takes place in a parallel world unrela 281Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 School Horror Game 校园惊悚游戏 A horror game quietly begins in a silent classroom. Complete a task successfully and you’ll receive a reward. Fail, and you’ll be punished, or even killed! My name is Hu Ye, and I’ve been dragged into this game. I want to survive, so I keep exploring. In the end, I uncover a shocking secret! Everyone is a chess piece! 333Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Death Game: Starting with Class Red Envelopes 死亡游戏：从班级红包开始 On his first day at a new school, Lin Jin is added to the group chat for Class 7, Grade 11. An account named “Little Devil” suddenly appears in the chat and sends a red envelope. It must be claimed within three minutes. Anyone who fails to claim it will face the consequences. Leaving the group is forbidden. At first, everyone thinks it’s just a prank. That is, until the first person who misses out on the red envelope dies in front of the entire class. From that moment on, the class group chat be 124Reads—Score110Shelves
- 7 There's Something Eerie in the Group Chat 群里有诡 While grabbing red envelopes in a WeChat group, I accidentally got caught up in a bizarre game. Everyone has to complete the group owner's tasks to earn rewards and stay alive. Fail a task, and you'll die in a bizarre way. Everyone is desperately trying to escape the game, but then they discover... 282Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Haunted Apartment Red Envelope Group 诡寓红包群 When he woke up, Immortal Venerable Mo Yuan had become a new resident of a haunted apartment building. His phone was forcibly linked to the “Happy Home” Red Packet Group, whose rules were as chilling as they were bizarre: The “lucky one” who received the smallest red packet would be given a death tailored just for them. A neighbor was twisted into a pretzel amid screams. An old man melted into bloody sludge in a pool of filth. A heavily made-up woman brushed her hair in front of a mirror, only 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Midnight Classroom: Curse of the Death Game 午夜教室：死亡游戏的诅咒 One day, Lin Mo receives a mysterious letter demanding that he take part in a “Death Game.” He has no way to refuse and must see it through, or face the threat of death. Can Lin Mo survive to the end? Can he uncover the school’s hidden secrets and history? And can he discover the truth lurking behind the game? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Haunted House Livestream: I Went Viral Thanks to Cursed Artifacts 凶宅直播间：我靠阴物爆红全网 While other streamers broadcast beauty tips, outfit ideas, and games, Su Qinghuan livestreams from century-old haunted houses no one else dares approach. The platform throttles her traffic, fellow streamers smear her, and viewers mock her for chasing attention and pretending to deal with ghosts. Then they see her dispel a century-old vengeful spirit with her bare hands, subdue a red-clad ghost bent on claiming lives, and uncover the remains of a decades-old murder buried beneath an old mansion. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Soul Ferry Bus 灵魂摆渡大巴 My name is Lin Xiaohan. Believe it or not, I transmigrated into the body of another version of myself in a parallel world. It all started with that damned bus. I'd signed up for a tour group at the time... Great. The version of me in this “world” is now a college student, part of the demographic most likely to die in a Chinese horror movie. The good news is, I've lived for over twenty years without seeing a ghost. The bad news is, this “world” has ghosts. Forget it, I can't talk now. I'm about t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Horror Game 恐怖游戏 I’m a horror novelist, and I was desperate for inspiration when I was suddenly pulled into a horror game instance. So I gathered material while relying on years of writing experience to stay alive in each instance. After I escaped, the instance’s final boss actually followed me out... 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 School Survival: I Have a Supernatural App 学校求生：我有一个诡异APP [School Survival] [Death Game] [Not Mindless] [Not a Saint] [Infinite Flow] [Ensemble Cast] "Welcome to the death game!" A bizarre app, a game that demands lives. This is the story of someone who survived. And it all began one night during evening study hall, when someone suddenly sent a red envelope to the class group chat… 383Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Scarlet Otherworld 猩红异界 While playing chess against Li Rui, the chess player Wu Yu is ambushed by him and transmigrates to an ancient otherworld. Just as Wu Yu prepares to put his schemes to use and make a name for himself, he discovers that this place is not as simple as it seems. Nothing is ever more terrifying than the human heart. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Eerie Revival: I Devour the Weird by Dying, and It's a Breeze 诡异复苏：我靠死亡，吞诡嘎嘎乱 The paranormal returns, and the apocalypse descends. Zhou Xun was just an ordinary man who wanted to survive. But at a sacrificial ceremony held amid infighting between spirit tamers, he was killed by paranormal entities three times in a row. On the brink of death, he awakened the ability to rewind time after dying, seized the chance to devour a ghost fruit, and bound himself to the most powerful paranormal entity nurtured by the Ghost Kingdom: Gui Yinyuan. From then on, Zhou Xun embarked on a d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Death Classroom 死亡教室 Some games should never be played! Ever since our homeroom teacher went missing, our entire class has been caught up in a terrifying fight to escape with our lives… 291Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Deadly Game Chat Group 致命游戏群 A mysterious gaming group posts missions with cash rewards every day to lure people in. But Chen Xun soon discovers that money is easy to get, while losing your life is even easier. Figuring out how to survive becomes the most difficult challenge of all, let alone protecting the people around him... 286Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Deadly Assignment 致命作业 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 311Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 19 Welcome to the University of Strange Rules 欢迎来到诡异规则大学 The University of Eerie Rules: Welcome to the Examination Hall of Life and Death On the day he fails the college entrance exam, Su Zhe’s life is completely ruined. The school bully’s malicious ambush makes him miss one of his exams, destroying his future. Then a mysterious admission letter falls from the sky: the prestigious Imperial University is offering him a special place, with all tuition waived and a monthly allowance of one hundred thousand. The terms are so generous they seem downright e 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 A Deadly Feast 绝命盛宴 A mysterious figure appears on the classroom television. Anyone who volunteers to join the feast and completes a simple task will receive the latest model of phone, along with various cash rewards. The moment we joined the feast, we were plunged into utter panic. People around us began dying in bizarre ways. Who is he? The truth keeps taking unexpected turns, and astonishing secrets gradually come to light. 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 At Midnight, a Ghost Classroom Appears at School 午夜时分，学校出现鬼教室 At midnight, a classroom appeared at school out of nowhere. I wandered in by accident, and before I knew it, I could never leave. The crumbling walls, the yellowed lightbulb, the students and teacher steeped in yin energy. I couldn't leave. I couldn't escape. All I could do was stay in that classroom that shouldn't exist. I call it... the Ghost Classroom. The Ghost Classroom. 1.3kReads8.2Score148Shelves
- 22 Death Game 死亡游戏 Su Yi was supposed to enjoy a peaceful high school life, but a bizarre mobile game turned everything upside down. Murders, accidents... What is the purpose of the person pulling the strings? Or is it simply for the thrill of bloodshed? The game has begun. Are you ready? 131Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Campus Escape Game 校园逃生游戏 Liu Yuanyuan had just found a job when she received an invitation from her alma mater. Her entire class returned to the school, unaware that it was all part of a massive conspiracy. Everyone who came back was dragged into one escape game after another. Will they manage to escape the campus? And who is behind this deadly game? The truth is about to be revealed! 211Reads—Score101Shelves
- 24 A Food Courier's Path to Exorcism 外卖员的驱邪之路 Can you believe that Yu, the legendary Great Yu who tamed the floods, has become a delivery driver thousands of years later? And his time-crossing encounter with Nüjiao, daughter of the Tushan clan, is all the more heartbreaking! Follow the growth of a delivery driver across a thousand years! Was it fate, or a plan four thousand years in the making?! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Death Academy 死亡高校 At our school, there's a strange rule: don't dig up the grave post at the very bottom of the school forum. They say it was left by a senior who jumped to her death. I didn't believe in that sort of thing, so I replied to it just for fun. By the next day, I was a complete wreck. A red high heel on the upper bunk, a roommate gone mad, a notebook filled with the word “pain”... With every passing day, that post I couldn't delete tormented me more. No, I had to survive and get out of this school of d 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Thriller: Nothing About This Game Feels Right 惊悚：这个游戏哪都不对劲 [Cthulhu Mythos + sci-fi (supernatural) + goofy humor + a nobody author] My name is Meng Jiang. Life is unpredictable, and the worst always seems to happen. One day, I was happily gaming with my “good friends” when, whether I was possessed or what, a flash of white light suddenly transported me, along with the game, to a completely different world… We all spent the same amount of money, so why are you playing Cyberpunk 2077 while I’m stuck with Cyberpunk 2451? And why is this thing’s art styl 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Whole Class Is Transported to Monster Island: A Daily Lottery System 全班转移怪物岛：每天一抽奖系统 [Not a bleeding-heart hero, no harem, ruthless, island, System, survival] The students of Class Six, Grade Ten, were transported to an island by a mysterious force. Everyone on the island received a lottery System. Anyone who failed to reach the teleportation point at the island’s center within five years would be erased. There was no food here. Everything had to be obtained through the System’s daily lottery. You might win a whole bucket of fried chicken, or you might get a turd. Or you could 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Ten Thousand Souls Tribulation 万魂劫 In a lively school, paranormal incidents break out without warning: crying in the middle of the night, a terrifying ordeal in the boys’ dormitory, and the mysterious disappearance of a veteran student council member... As time passes, the terrifying memories sealed away for years gradually come to light... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Supreme Cinema 至高影院 [Pure paranormal]+ [Horror]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [Mind-bending]+ [Slow burn]+ [Not a power fantasy] A rotting baby, “that thing” covered in rats and ants, a distorted and grotesque figure in the mirror, memories that seem strangely familiar... Welcome to the Supreme Cinema. There’s no popcorn or soda here, only fear that seeps into your bones. When the theater lights go out and the screen comes to life, your name appears in the cast list. The escape begins. Here, every film is a tailor-made execut 18Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 30 The Deadly Game 致命游戏 He couldn't understand what people said. Sixty people were bound together, their lives hanging in the balance, but by the time they reached Bai Village, only five were left... She smiled like Su Daji, and they took her as their master. 152Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 31 Scrambling to Survive 攀草求生 (Mystery + Supernatural + Horror Game + Horror Revival + Not a Power Fantasy) Clinging to grass while drowning, fighting for survival in a desperate situation. A mysterious tycoon appears in the class group chat. Accept his red envelope, and you have to take part in his game. After barely escaping the deadly game, Xia Yu is pulled into a terrifying world once again. 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Demon Ghost School: I Can See Through the Ghosts' Eyes 恶魔鬼校：我看见了鬼的视角 [A fresh new concept: wild imagination on campus + mild horror + demon games + paranormal exploration + a rich, well-developed system + an actual plot] Welcome to Demon Ghost School. Our curriculum is simple... death, gamesmanship, and slaughter! Here you’ll find all kinds of “fun” demon classes, thrilling demon games, brutal school competitions, chandeliers that guard the dormitories, and talking wardrobes... My name is Su Yun. One day, I received an admission letter. When I w 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Class of Death 死亡班级 Their class used to get along just fine, but money and self-interest ruined everything. Now they even come to blows over a single meal, turning on their own classmates. 2.1kReads5.9Score114Shelves
- 34 Death Game: The Great Escape 玩命游戏，大逃亡 A WeChat group, forty-four deadly missions. People are constantly erased for failing to complete them, and I might be next... 839Reads6.5Score102Shelves
- 35 Horror Game 恐怖游戏 Xiao Yan joined a public account, and it sent him a message: “This is where horror and death begin. This is where your life takes a new turn. Are you ready?” He thought it was a scam, but from that moment on, his life really did change beyond recognition... 224Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Rules 101: The School Survival Guide 规则必修课：校园生存守则 (The rating has just come in and is rather low, but it will rise later.) [Rule-based horror, deduction, suspense, terror] Upon opening her eyes, Lu Wanxing finds a set of weekend dormitory rules popping up on her phone. She and her two roommates proceed with utmost caution, searching for the rules’ limits on the brink of death. Human nature, resources, ghosts and monsters… After barely making it through two days of life teetering on the edge of death, Lu Wanxing finally lets out a sigh of relief 1kReads8.2Score124Shelves
- 37 Horror: I’m Trapped in a Scripted Murder-Mystery Game 恐怖：我被困在剧本杀中 Lin Mo is a player obsessed with murder mystery games. After receiving an invitation to play, he heads to a little abandoned villa in the suburbs, only to become trapped in a deadly maze. Working together with his companions, they finally manage to escape, but discover that reality and the game have merged, and death lurks everywhere. Only then does Lin Mo realize he is trapped in a world made up of countless murder mystery games... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Horror WeChat 恐怖微信 Don’t claim red envelopes carelessly, and don’t accept missions on a whim! A character called “Ghost King” appears in the work group chat and starts posting red-envelope missions. Complete one after claiming it and you’ll get the money, but if you fail, the consequences... 164Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Haunted Classroom 幽魂教室 A mysterious classroom, 16 sets of desks and chairs, 16 sacrifices, and countless cycles of reincarnation. After taking the death exam again and again, how many people will ultimately escape alive? This is an eternal curse!!! 85Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 40 Death Classroom: Confess Your Sins 死亡教室：请说出你的罪恶 [Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Survival + No Female Lead] Here’s a quick introduction to me in two sentences: First, I’m not very capable. Second, I only have five golden keys. “Mr. Ye Tong, sorry to interrupt, but five golden keys are exceptionally rare across all the Death Classrooms. In other words, you’re already at the top.” “Oh, really? But I stole these keys from my senior fellow apprentice. Does that still count?” “???” Every Death Classroom is filled with all kinds of strang 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Eerie: Trapped on a Highway with No Exit 诡异：我被困在没有出口的高速 [Original Dungeons] + [Infinite Flow] + [Rule-Based Games] + [Ability Awakening] Lin Dong entered a strange highway. There was no daytime here, only eternal night. There were no exits or destination, only terrifying gales and blood rain. Here, he encountered creatures wearing eerie masks, a trunk stuffed with body parts, and a woman in embroidered shoes flagging down cars. As one bizarre and terrifying event after another unfolded, Lin Dong realized that everything seemed to be governed by some 90Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 42 Death WeChat 死亡微信 One death after another closes in around the protagonist. Will they find a way to survive these hardships, or fall into hell… 149Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 43 Hell's Class Five 地狱五班 Chen Yu is a transfer student who, through a twist of fate, enrolls at the biggest high school in Yunlan City. But strange things start happening on his very first day: a superstitious deskmate, a mysterious empty seat, and death messages sent in the middle of the night... At first, he thinks they're all just pranks, but things soon take a far more extreme turn. A student is found hanged in the empty seat, the owner of the eerie messages remains a mystery, and then there's a spring trip to Wildm 852Reads6.1Score101Shelves
- 44 Fate of Life and Death 生死命定 Mystery and the supernatural + horror-driven story + death games + no System + not invincible + ensemble cast + no romance + thrilling, satisfying read + battles of wits A group of ordinary high school seniors are drawn into a curse through an urban legend game. To survive, they have no choice but to keep taking part in voting missions and death games set by the dead... (All the students in Senior Class 3, Grade 7, are adults.) 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Tales of the Monstrous 怪形异传 In the forbidden zone of the Taklamakan Desert, the Cradle Project’s experimental base has become a living hell after its vacuum energy spiraled out of control. An unknown flying-saucer-shaped creature, covered in transparent, wet streaks, breaks through the barrier. It devours researcher Chen Ming in an instant and escapes into the ventilation ducts, leaving behind only a few drops of blood to announce the coming disaster. Three hours later, Chen Ming returns “unharmed.” His face is pale, his g 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 At Sunset, the Ghosts Come Knocking 日落西山鬼上门 [Mild horror + no System + no special powers + no female lead + not invincible] My name is Ye Chen. After coming back from the dead, I was dragged into a strange “company.” There are no equal contracts or transactions here, only missions and evaluations. In the familiar yet unfamiliar home, I have to obey the blood-red rules that suddenly appear everywhere... In an abandoned, decaying school, vengeful ghosts born from unbearable pasts draw closer and closer... Aboard a train bound for the apocal 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Room 414 at Three in the Morning: Four Best Friends 夜半三更414房四闺蜜 Three Roommates in Room 414 at the Dead of Night 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 One day, a classmate who had been dead for a long time dragged everyone in our class into a bizarre QQ group and forced us to take part in a death vote. After I managed to escape the Desperate Classroom, one massive conspiracy after another unfolded. To survive, I sold my soul… 143Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 49 Horror Train: Starting at the Haunted Manor 恐怖列车：从诡异庄园开始 [Infinite-Loop Game + Thriller + Survival + Instances] A train bound for an unknown destination. Platforms where it could stop at any moment. A group of people willing to do anything to reach the final station, with no idea what awaits them ahead... Step off the platform and enter an unknown world. Complete the mission, and make it back alive! Someone once told Bai Ye that at the train's final station, all regrets could be laid to rest! But after one terrifying mission after another, Bai Ye grad 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 19Reads—Score—Shelves
