Novels like Forensic Files of the Supernatural
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- 1 Paranormal Investigation Team 灵异侦查组 A headless statue streaked with blood, a mysterious ancient tomb of unknown age, and criminals with special abilities; The handsome senior I secretly admire shows up and takes me into a strange ancient tomb; I find a top-tier handsome guy in the tomb, and he’s skilled in a fight, too; From then on, I set off on a wondrous crime-solving journey with him; The only downside is that I have to keep myself chaste from now on... 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Tang Detective: The Nameless Demon Detective 唐探之无名魔探 “I love nothing more than investigating the stories behind cases and bringing them to light.” That’s Kong’s catchphrase. Whenever he solves a case, he writes a diary entry about the story behind it. To him, solving cases isn’t just about processing data, it’s about human nature. In this book, you’ll follow the story of a detective from the Detective Chinatown universe. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Occult Murder Task Force 诡秘谋杀专案组 I’m an ordinary food delivery guy. One night, I ran into a beautiful woman wearing sexy pajamas. I thought I was in for a passionate encounter, but a few minutes later, the woman was found decapitated... 36Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 4 Code Name: Detective 代号：神探 A humorous man who appears to run a Japanese restaurant is actually a former national security agent. As he helps the police solve cases, he gradually uncovers the truth about his missing father and faces off against the massive transnational criminal organization known as the Phantom Society. 711Reads—Score10314d adds
- 5 Hunting Down the Killer 缉凶 The author has just uploaded two short stories, both free to read! The Shocking Scam and The Eerie Elevator When hatred escalates, it becomes a crime, and criminals must be punished. There are no colorful tales here, only bizarre and terrifying cases: a killer who vanished, a murder with a tissue, a rabid patient with a thirst for blood... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 W Is Guilty W有罪 An exploration of criminal psychology from the criminals’ point of view. Watch as they step by step descend into the abyss. There are no puzzles, because the one setting them is me. Follow the criminal protagonist as they explore the dark depths of the abyss. Coercion, desperation, fear, or self-preservation: any of these can be the beginning of a crime. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Miss, Your Time Is Up 直播算命：姑娘你气数已尽 By a twist of fate, Chen Yu obtains the Wordless Heavenly Book and activates the Ultimate Fortune-Telling System. He masters everything from Qimen Dunjia, the Six Lines, and Zi Wei astrology to the Four Pillars of Destiny! In the System shop, he can trade merit points for spiritual treasures and magical artifacts! He can find the perfect burial site in the mountains and locate veins of gold beneath the waters. To earn more merit points, he starts livestreaming fortune-telling and changing people 112Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 8 Paranormal Special Operations Bureau 灵异特务局 The supernatural and terrifying events that happen in real life, the sixth sense that fills people with dread, the feeling of being followed in the dead of night, someone standing there watching you when you blink, or waking suddenly from sleep, unable to move: these things are not as easy to explain scientifically as they seem. I have not only a Taoist master whose soul is barely intact, but also a godmother who is a Willow Immortal. I travel far and wide, exorcising ghosts and bringing togethe 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Criminal Investigation Tales: My Years as a Forensic Pathologist 刑侦异闻录：我当法医这些年 Three years ago, I joined the Major Crimes Unit as a trainee forensic pathologist. I never imagined that the very first case I worked on would leave me helpless and terrified. Every clue seemed to point toward hidden supernatural forces! “The Headless Woman in Red,” “The Death Trap,” “Human-Flesh Buns,” “The Route 303 Bus Case”… Behind countless major cases lie truths no one knows, secrets that have never been made public, terrifying enough to leave you breathless! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Undercover Currents in Linjiang 临江暗潮 On a rainy night, the river reeks of blood. A corpse washes ashore, and a thirty-five-year-old debt of blood buried beneath the river is finally due to come to light! An unidentified man's body turns up on the Linjiang riverbank, his right hand hacked off. The only thing in his pocket is the address of a detective agency: Lu Chen, a former head of the serious crimes unit, was dismissed three years ago over an unsolved case. Now he runs a detective agency in an old alley, investigating dead cases 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Forensic Doctor Jiang Xuning: The Mystery of the Fall 法医江絮宁之坠楼迷局 Jiang Xuning, a chief forensic pathologist assigned from the provincial department to the G City Forensic Center, has a pair of “eyes” that can see the details of death. A seemingly flawless suicide case involving a wealthy heir lets him spot traces of a carefully concealed murder on the cold autopsy table. When every piece of evidence, every report, and even his senior colleagues’ conclusions seem to point to an “accident,” only the scalpel in his hand insists otherwise. Facing powerful adversa 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 12 The Victim Is to Blame 被害者有罪论 Some cases are based on real cases, including the Father’s Love arc in Volume One, the Anti-Drug Police arc in Volume Two, and the Married Couple arc in Volume Five, among others. Amid the teeming masses, evil keeps rearing its head: A father and son die together, yet their portraits were prepared a month earlier. What was the killer’s motive? A woman’s body is found on the street late at night, and countless citizens take her to court. But when her true identity is revealed, everyone is left —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Where the Heart Finds Peace 何处心安 The facts of a crime are not what is frightening. What is frightening is the humanity behind it. Ling Anan, a Cambridge University PhD in criminology, remained in China after an accident and set out to analyze baffling crimes. How can a killer's life be read from a crime scene? How can criminal profiling help the police find the culprit? After becoming entangled in a world of crime, how will Ling Anan save himself? 173Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 14 Psychological Showdown 心理暗战 What is human nature? Gaozi said, “Eating and sex are human nature.” The essence of humanity is morality: what makes us human is mastering our instincts. Human nature is driven by desire: when we lose our essence, we become beasts. “Preserve heavenly principle, extinguish human desire.” “Preserve benevolence and righteousness, extinguish the appetite.” When long years of dark thoughts and spiritual torment wear away at a person, their natural instincts erase their social nature, turning them int 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 15 A Crime Without Cause 无妄之罪 Recently, several women have been murdered in Heijin City, G Province. All the victims were dressed in red, and their deaths were horrific. By a twist of fate, I got involved in the case. But the truth was far more complicated than I had imagined… “The Red-Clad Woman Case,” “Spontaneous Human Combustion,” “The Cat-Faced Old Woman”… Every case is shrouded in secrecy among the locals and distorted by rumor. What truth lies behind them? And why did the victims have to suffer such undeserved death 106Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 16 Who Is the Killer? 谁是凶手 A brutal murder in a private residence: a crucifix, a cultist's clothes, a mistress. I wake up one morning to find that I'm a criminal investigator turned murderer, betrayed by my brother and abandoned by my wife. The struggle between justice and evil, the battle between human nature and the heart: who is behind it all, and who is the killer...? Let me play Detective Conan for once. The truth behind the case will be brought to light... 130Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 17 The Case of the Vanishing Female Corpse 女尸蒸发记 During an ordinary long-distance drive, two drivers were suddenly asked to give a young woman a ride. Wanting to help and ease her troubles, they agreed out of kindness. But they soon found themselves caught up in one bizarre incident after another, which ultimately led them to a series of murder cases buried deep beneath the surface. Along the way, they also unwittingly reopened another unsolved case from before Liberation, revealing the timeless truth that justice will ultimately triumph over 9.1kReads6.2Score45214d adds
- 18 The Ghostly Chief Forensic Doctor 猛鬼大法医 Intern forensic examiner Lin Tianyi accidentally saved the younger sister of the King of Ghosts from the Underworld. The King took him in as a disciple and taught him the Ghost King Sect’s arts. Armed with the Ghostly Eye and Ghost Claws, he became an inspector for the Special Case Investigation Unit. Serial murders, bodies that smolder from within, poison arts from the southern frontier, a ghost woman with a guqin, a princess from the Warring States period... Behind every bizarre case lies an u 142Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 19 Death Notice 死亡讯息 I'm a forensic examiner, the person who has the most contact with the dead after they die. They leave me messages, yearning for justice and fairness. Many criminals are psychologically twisted. They cruelly murder their victims and may even abuse their corpses. Their strange actions are hard to understand, yet they truly happen. If there is no light in this world, and darkness is filled with sin, then I will hold fast to the light within me. 4.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Beginning of the Abyss 深渊之开端 [Mystery + deduction + criminal investigation + transmigrate + another world] There's a reason people tell you to watch where you're going and not play with your phone! Look, one careless step and you fall into an underground passage! From then on, your family is ruined and your loved ones are lost! One murder case follows another! In the end, you even lose yourself! Are you an idiot? You'd really tap to connect to a red Wi-Fi signal? And add a stranger on WeChat just like that? You'd get sold a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Criminal Cases 刑案 Is the Major Crimes Unit a witness to death, or a savior of humanity? Bringing criminals to justice is their only mission. Demons and monsters are nothing compared to the terror of the human heart. Unsolved cases keep cropping up, each beset by countless obstacles, while difficult and bizarre cases emerge one after another. How will the Major Crimes Unit resolve them? What they reveal is a dark world you never knew existed, along with the twisted depths of the human heart you dare not face. 367Reads7.2Score10514d adds
- 22 Never-Ending Plum Blossoms 梅完梅了 Years ago, the powerful businesswoman Dong Zhenzhu was brutally murdered in her home. Mei Changqing, who had only just joined the police force, accidentally caught a glimpse of the culprit's back during an emergency assignment, but an unexpected mishap let the killer slip away. In the end, the police closed the case as a suicide. Years later, after weathering all kinds of hardships, Mei Changqing is no longer the inexperienced young officer he once was. He has become a middle-aged man with a bee 2Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 23 The Talking Dead 会讲话的死者 The Talking Dead is a collection of stories including The Viliton Murder Company, The Killer in the Gray Raincoat, The Black-and-White Teahouse, The Yunwu Mountain Hotel Serial Murders, Reborn with a New Life, The Talking Dead, Who Will Put You in Your Grave, I’ll Be Waiting for You Below, and more. 58Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 24 A Toast of Poison, A Drink of Reckoning 以毒为礼一饮清算 A toast of poison, a reckoning with every sip —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Number One Tracker 第一追踪者 Bai Fei is a fighting champion with extraordinary abilities, undefeated under heaven. She’s set her sights on Shen Chengfang, a proud criminal investigation captain who has just returned from studying abroad. When a scholar meets a soldier, there’s no reasoning with them. But Bai Fei can hold her own and protect herself, so he might as well give in to her. Everyone says: Captain, no public displays of affection on duty! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Detective Chinatown: The Justice League 唐探，正义联盟 This story picks up after Detective Chinatown 3 and includes the TV series. I haven't added any other characters, since we've been waiting ages for more Detective Chinatown and 1900 came out, so I thought I'd try writing about him first. If you like it, please follow along. I really hope Kiko and Qin Feng get together, and I'll do my best to make that wish come true. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 My Wife, Who Loves Night Jogging 爱上夜跑的妻子 The Wife Who Fell in Love with Night Running —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Case File No. 37 三十七号档案 A headless female corpse hanging in a medical school anatomy lab, a woman’s body in a box floating at sea, an innocent girl held captive for years, and university students dying by suicide one after another… Behind these horrifying events, killers lurking in the darkness turn into demons and devour people’s souls. Follow Shen Zezhi and his team as they untangle the clues and uncover the truth behind each case. 91Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 29 Detective Di Renjie: The Gilded Riddle of the Half-Torn Scroll 狄仁杰探案·半页残卷金漆谜 Detective Di Renjie: The Mystery of the Half-Page Fragment in Gold Lacquer 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 30 True Criminal Investigation Cases 真实刑侦案件 For more than 30 years, Zhou Xianliang, head of the Major Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Yuezhou Public Security Bureau, has remained on the front lines of the fight against crime. He has solved more than 3,000 major, serious, and difficult cases, quietly living by a criminal investigator’s creed: “Speak for the dead and defend the rights of the living.” More than 70 notebooks sit neatly arranged on the shelves in his office. Hand-drawn crime-scene sketches, accounts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 After Medical School, I Gave Everyone in My Village Vasectomies 学医归来我给全村人打绝育针 After Returning from Medical School, I Give Everyone in the Village Vasectomies 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Crossing Over: Sin 渡·罪 Crossing Sin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Forbidden Forensic Files: The Poisoned Corpse in the Theater 法医禁忌档案：剧院毒尸 Forensic Files of Forbidden Cases: Poisoned Corpse at the Theater —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Chinatown Case Files 唐人街探案实集 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Paranormal Files 灵异档案 In a strange era, strange events unfold across the country: ghosts, mountain spirits and water monsters, yin beings, zombies, and all manner of evil spirits and monsters. A series of major supernatural incidents will be brought before you. 530Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 36 Dream Thief 盗梦魅影 After starting university, Yueban, a tomboyish student, finally lets herself relax. She loosens up and starts chasing new and exciting experiences. Little does she know that her sunny disposition will also attract countless pairs of eyes lurking in the dark. Gradually, Yueban encounters a drowned ghost at the bottom of the school lake in her dreams, an upperclassman who keeps jumping from the teaching building, a wronged spirit in the campus radio station who refuses to face the news of her own —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Criminal Police Case Files: Strange and Baffling Crimes 刑警奇案：那些诡异离奇的案件 I'm a police detective, Wei Tie, responsible for investigating and solving all kinds of horrifying, brutal, bizarre, and strange criminal cases. This story contains no political or official corruption, no pornography or crime syndicates, and no ghosts or gods. The cases, characters, and events are entirely fictional! 88Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 38 Case Files: Wanted, All Suspects Are Guilty 追凶档案：全员恶人通告 [Criminal Investigations and Crime Solving + Social Maneuvering + Logical Deduction + Support System] 80% criminal investigations and crime solving + 10% scheming and infighting + 10% social maneuvering = 100% exhilarating fun! Note: This book prioritizes logic. The System has a low profile and serves only as an aid! Criminal investigation prodigy Lin Jing was snapped up by municipal police departments across the country just before graduation. To everyone's surprise, Lin Jing turned down a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Criminal Police: A Storm of Cold Cases 刑警之悬案风云 I can see through your methods. You think you've covered your tracks perfectly, but even the dead can speak. The soil, the light, and the smells all leave behind the answers I need as time passes. Time is a one-way record that can never be changed. Don't forget, the world follows the simplest logic: what has happened and what hasn't are ultimately different. 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 I Am the God of Detective Work Across All Worlds! 我！万界探案之神！ After his soul transmigrates into the body of an abandoned family orphan, he finds himself a junior police officer. When he awakens the Super Crime-Solving System, he decides his first step will be to wipe out his own family! “I’ll make you see that every choice you made was wrong!” He also gains the Myriad Worlds Detective Plot Transmigration System. He solves cases in the real world, then visits detective settings at night: Chinatown, Criminal Minds, and Sherlock Holmes, where he helps solve c 110Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 41 In Search of the Truth 寻罪 Beneath the gloom, a pair of eyes is always watching you. One deadly mystery follows another. The killer, the victim, even the police are nothing but pawns. Who is the shadow lurking behind the gloom? 33Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 42 Paranormal Detective 灵异刑警 How many kids in the world are unlucky enough to run into a monster on their very first day at work? And how many are so unlucky that they keep running into powerful monsters, time after time? Even with countless experts around me, something always goes wrong. I just want to be a handsome, quiet detective. Why is that so hard? 12Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 43 Case Files of the Eerie 诡案录 The Jiangzhou City police force has a mysterious department called P.C.I, dedicated to investigating strange cases that science cannot explain. Its members are a handful of young people with special abilities. Because Qin Lang has a pair of yin-yang eyes that let him see ghosts, he joins the department through a twist of fate, embarking on a journey into the uncanny world of bizarre cases... 101Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 44 I Cheat in the Death Game 我在死亡游戏开挂 After nine days with the sun hanging overhead, the world falls to ruin. The only way to survive is to clear the “Game of the Gods.” Ji You draws the high-difficulty “Judgment” dungeon from the start. What he never expected was this: Starting in 1937, Japan, the Qing dynasty, and Britain and France, eras collide, and every corner of the dungeon bears the deepest scars of Chinese history. Faced with immense disasters and invasion, he could complete the mission and survive alone. But Ji You chooses —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Ghost Hand Murders: Selected Detective Stories of Sun Liaohong 鬼手谜案：孙了红侦探小说精选集 “He climbed out of his grave and strangled the enemy who had framed him with his bare hands!” Sun Liaohong was a bestselling detective novelist during the Republican era. He entered the literary scene in the 1920s and reached the height of his career in the late 1940s. His “The Strange Cases of the Gentleman Thief Lu Ping” series became one of China's best-known detective series, as celebrated as Cheng Xiaoqing's “The Huo Sang Cases.” This collection brings together several of his classic detect 7Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 46 The Forensic Pathologist's Return 法医归途 (Mostly adapted from real cases. Each case stands alone. No dragging things out, no formulaic plots, no System, no mindless characters, and not a power fantasy. Readers who may be bothered by this, please proceed with caution.) My name is Tang Bei, and I’m a forensic pathologist. Every case is etched in my memory. The Dissolved Body in the Unfinished Building... The Poisoning for Revenge... The Murderous Love Affair and Dismemberment... I don’t know how much longer these stories will continue. B 1.5kReads—Score16814d adds
- 47 Major Crimes: Keeping Night Watch in the Forensics Lab 重案追凶：我在法医室守夜 The protagonist, Lin Yebai, is the chief forensic pathologist of the Major Crimes Unit at the Jianghai Public Security Bureau. With his exceptional expertise, meticulous reasoning, and keen insight, he leads his team in uncovering the truth behind one seemingly impossible case after another. At the same time, he is investigating the truth behind his father's accidental death ten years ago. 4Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 48 The Ultimate Manhunt 绝地追凶 A contemporary criminal investigation mystery, full of unexpected twists and deductive case-solving. Feel free to dive in. The story will never go on hiatus. Entirely original, with a deliberate pace. Take your time and follow the investigation. Pay attention to the casual remarks and gestures of certain people. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 A Dream You Never Wake From 永睡不醒的梦 (I wrote this novel in a notebook when I was in middle school a couple of years ago. I’m posting it on Fanqie as a keepsake.) I can no longer endure nights like this. The desolate old days, their mottled traces reflecting the weight of time. Again and again, I return to this empty old house, covered in dust and spiderwebs. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Ashes of Memory: The Ten-Year Cold Case Killer Was Me 记忆灰烬之十年悬案凶手竟是我 “In 2033, genius programmer Lu Ming vanished mysteriously from a memory treatment center, leaving behind nothing but a sketch of the seaside. > Ten years later, detective Chen Hao reopens the investigation and discovers that all the evidence points to a villa facing the sea, and a diary filled with crimes. > When he finally stands before the truth, he sees his own name on the diagnosis form: > Patient: Chen Hao. Diagnosis: Dissociative identity disorder, antisocial tendencies. Treatment plan: eu —Reads—Score—14d adds
