Novels like Reading Faces
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Reading Faces, best match first.
- 51 A Handbook of Feng Shui, Destiny, and Fortune 风水命理运势手册 [A beginner's guide to feng shui, requiring no prior knowledge]. After reading it, life will no longer feel so confusing. How can you put feng shui's energy to work for yourself? What are the principles and rules behind feng shui? How can you tell a genuine master from a fraud? Can feng shui really change your luck and bring you good fortune? What is each person's destiny? 2.3kReads7.1Score259Shelves
- 52 The Yi Realm Mystery (The Eight Trigrams' Void Labyrinth City) 易境迷局（虚空八卦迷城） The Lost Realm of Divination (The Void Bagua Maze) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 The Unscientific Feng Shui Master 不科学风水师 Ji Yan, a top physics student, gains the ability to read the land's feng shui after an unexpected accident in the laboratory. He can find dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, dispel ill fortune and attract prosperity, bring wealth and status, and defy fate itself. With his mastery of feng shui, Ji Yan wins over business tycoons, helps ordinary people, punishes corrupt villains, and becomes a legendary feng shui master. 220Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 54 Real-Life Tales of Feng Shui and the Metaphysical Arts 风水玄学之实录杂谈 After eight years, I’m starting a new book. No System, no cultivating immortality. Just a straightforward account of an ordinary person’s everyday experiences with the occult. Impatient readers can start from Chapter Two. Suitable for occult enthusiasts to learn from as they read. Of course, if anything seems familiar, it’s purely a coincidence. These are just casual notes, written on a whim. 16Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 55 I’m a Yin-Yang Fate Judge in Qingshi Town 我在青石镇当阴阳裁命人 Metaphysics + yin-yang eyes + the Five Arts of Chinese Tradition + a terrible start from the start There’s an inconspicuous incense and candle shop in Qingshi Town, run by Lin Qiu, a young woman who can see beyond the divide between the living and the dead. She inherited the Lin family’s ancestral Five Arts of “mountain, medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination.” Her yin-yang eyes can distinguish the golden glow of merit from the bloody aura of ill fortune, and she specializes in resolving st —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Fortune-Telling at a Mental Hospital, I Got Rich by Accident 精神病院内摆摊算命，意外暴富了 {Transmigration + wild imagination + ancestral patriarch + invincible + fortune-telling + making money + one female lead} The Ye family’s ancestral patriarch failed his tribulation and was struck by lightning back into the world, reborn in the body of Ye Gu, his eighteenth-generation great-grandson, who had died tragically in a psychiatric hospital. The Ye family patriarch had once served as the Imperial Preceptor. A master of mystical arts and fortune-telling, he could cure all kinds of strange 133Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 58 The City’s Evil Feng Shui Doctor 都市风水邪医 Fifteen years ago, Qin Yu was a beggar on the verge of freezing to death on the street, until an old Taoist priest saved him. Fifteen years later, having mastered the Taoist arts of geomancy, medicine, physiognomy, fate-reading, and divination, he returns to the city. He commands the forces of yin and yang, reads feng shui, wards off disasters and misfortune, and heals the sick to save lives. He soon makes a name for himself in the city... 3.3kReads8.6Score365Shelves
- 59 Reborn, I Became a Billionaire Through Fortune-Telling 重生后，我靠算卦成为亿万富翁 Chu Qianxing, a gifted fortune-teller who studied under the old man Gui Chong, can cast a reading worth a fortune. After falling victim to a villain’s scheme, he plunges off a cliff. By chance, during a rare alignment of seven stars, he transmigrates to the modern world. The original Host was killed by his wife and her lover. He begs Chu Qianxing to avenge him, offering him his body in return. As Chu Qianxing takes his revenge, he also sets up a fortune-telling stall. Not only does he read himse 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Strange Tales with a Twist 怪味聊斋 By the banks of the River of Forgetfulness lives a ghost doctor who treats spirits. He has one rule: Anyone who seeks his care must follow three conditions. First, swim across the River of Forgetfulness. Second, tell him your story. Third, leave behind something you carry close to you. No one knows where he came from, or why he does this... 571Reads7.1Score103Shelves
- 61 The Diviner of the Mortal Realm: I Use Liu Ren to Determine the Nation's Fate 凡人卜王，我以六壬定国运 [Metaphysics + Divination + Fortune-Telling + Reading Heaven’s Secrets + National Destiny + Technical] [A hard-edged epic metaphysical novel: the only contemporary work built on the true Liu Ren system, fueled by power struggles among mortals, and animated by questions of fate] [No transmigration, no golden finger. Just a left hand, a divination board, and a blood-soaked path to uncovering heaven’s secrets as a mortal] At eighteen, Yan Jidao searched for lost cats on the street and helped people 163Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Five Elements and the Art of Physiognomy 五行相术 Rumor has it that centuries from now, the Five Elements Art of Physiognomy will reappear in the martial world, sparking a scramble among heroes from every corner. Strange events from the decade of calamity, the Qinling Demon Tower, the ancient city of Fuxian, the Tianshan Blood Tomb, the ghost city of Miaojiang, and the haunted lake of Qinghai: after his grandfather mysteriously vanishes, Yuan Yuan must uncover a series of secrets. 121Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 63 The Hairpin Removal Chronicles 卸簪记 She is a smiling tiger with a peach-blossom face, the most wicked little official in Hengming’s bureaucracy. The pressure of officialdom is crushing. Want a promotion? “I’m honored by your favor, and I hope you’ll give me your support in the future.” It’s easy to paint the skin, but hard to capture the bones; it’s hard to judge a person’s heart. She has made several “old officials” secretly rub their hands in anticipation, eager to peel away her ever-immaculate official robes and see what kind o 220Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 64 She Can Suppress a Hundred Ghosts on Her Own, and You Still Dare to Act Arrogant? 她一人便镇压百鬼，你还敢猖狂？ [No Romance + Horror Mystery + Paranormal + Ghost Hunting + Yin-Yang Eyes + No Saintly Heroine + Always Gets Revenge] [Hundred Ghosts Hotel] [Death Amusement Park] [Mother-and-Son Evil Spirits] [Human-Faced Spider] [Snake Head, Human Body] [Blood Coffin Maze] Late at night, in a pitch-black dormitory, the sound of a ball repeatedly bouncing against the door came from outside. It was sticky and distinct, making everyone’s scalp prickle. Everyone in the room trembled with fear. Li Youqing told Fu 213Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Folk Secrets of Ghost Hunting 民间猎鬼秘术 Practical, hands-on content, focused on feng shui, ghost-hunting techniques, and other useful know-how! [Strictly traditional, no System, no wild fantasy, no saintly heroine! A technical, skills-focused story!] My name is Wang Nan. I’m 31, and I’ve been making a living from yin-yang work since I was 16. Now I want to sort out my love life, so I’ve decided to retire from the business. Everything I describe below comes from my own experiences over the past decade or so, or from things that have ha 413Reads8.0Score103Shelves
- 66 The Great Yan Female Chieftain 大燕女土司 Other people's farming stories are all about fighting with awful relatives. Xin Luo's farming life starts on hard mode... If she can't win the chiefs' support and become the head of the dong, will she be tied up, skinned, and burned alive as a human torch? As the only legitimate heir of the head of Xiyi's Xizhou Dong under the Tusi, Xin Luo says, “It's just farming, right? If we're doing this, let's go big. Everyone under my rule will have a home, food on the table, and clothes to wear!” 232Reads8.4Score112Shelves
- 67 Dead City 死城 In this book, I’ll take you in search of the eerie things hidden in the city, and the terrifying taboos lurking in everyday life. 1.7kReads8.4Score259Shelves
- 68 Free Public Course on Zi Wei Dou Shu 紫微斗数免费公开课 Zi Wei Dou Shu is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. China has a long and splendid history spanning 5,000 years, along with a rich and well-developed cultural tradition. Our ancestors taught us to approach things objectively, observe the world keenly, and experience the true meaning of life. This course will quickly introduce you to Zi Wei Dou Shu, helping you better understand the world, yourself, and life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Sanliao: China's Number One Feng Shui Village, a Thousand Years in the Making 千年三僚：中国风水第一村 [Feng shui + sacred sites of geomancy + geomantic arts + feng shui masters + feng shui knowledge, taboos, and ways to overcome them + mysticism, occult arts, fortune-telling, divination, and geomancy that can change both fate and fortune + no transmigration, no livestreaming, no female lead] In the chaotic final years of the Tang dynasty, Yang Junsong, also known as Yang Jiupin and Yang Yi, and later honored as Master Yang, carried a compass and led two boys into the mountains of Xingguo Sanliao 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Scarlet Brocade: Master of the Mystic Arts in the Kingdom of Chi 赤锦（锦掌赤国玄门） Chijin (Master of the Xuanmen of the Kingdom of Chi) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 A Life Borrowed from the Yin Realm 借阴命 To keep me alive, my grandfather borrowed someone else’s life for me. Years later, that person’s descendants came seeking revenge... 190Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 73 Five-Year-Old Cutie Ye Xiaoman: Blows Up the Yin-Yang Realm 五岁萌宝叶小满：炸翻阴阳界 Five-year-old Su Xiaoman was born with yin-yang eyes and destined to be short of money... After her parents are tragically killed, a Daoist priest saves her, takes her in, and teaches her his skills. She eats the mountain temple out of house and home, so her master sends her down the mountain, saying, “Your family is in trouble.” With osmanthus candies in her pocket, she sets off to find her relatives. Gazing at a grand villa, she sobs, “Waaah... I've finally found a meal ticket for life...!” Sh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 The City's Supreme Wizard Immortal 都市极品巫仙 [Four Pillars of Destiny + Feng Shui + I Ching + Family Witchcraft + Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism] Qian Yi was born with a perfectly Yang Four Pillars chart, with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches identical in his year, month, day, and hour pillars. A one-in-ten-thousand rarity. He bears the mission of carrying on an ancient tradition of witchcraft, and must find a girl with a perfectly Yin chart whose four pillars are all identical so he can find a partner. Only by joining Yin and Y 480Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 75 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
- 76 The Little Master of Physiognomy in Hemp Clothes 麻衣小相师 Li He, founding master of the Linen-Clad School, once left behind a remarkable book recording everything he had learned in his life. It was passed down to the disciples of his school and continued by them until it was eventually brought to perfection. When the nation fell, it was hidden beneath its covers and circulated through the world. At last, someone bound by fate offered it a blood sacrifice. It transformed into spiritual energy, fused with that person’s soul, and was reborn into the world 2.2kReads7.7Score268Shelves
- 77 The Ghost Doctor's Heir 鬼医传人 A reincarnated child can't live past twelve? At twenty-four, I was forced into the fate of a reincarnated child! From then on, I became a modern-day Tang Sanzang. Ghosts and monsters were drawn to me all my life! Fortunately, I met an old Chinese medicine doctor and a successor to the Celestial Master sect, and they saved my life! From then on, I set out on the path of healing the sick, saving the world, and driving out demons... 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 The Secrets of Qimen Fengshui 奇门风水秘术 Li Dingfeng learns his family's ancestral art of feng shui, mastering both landform and qi analysis. At a glance, he can read the terrain and water; with a gesture, he can tell fortune from misfortune. He only wants to live in peace, but one strange incident after another finds him, from the harmful influence of a shop's sharp corner to a sinister formation haunting an old family home. As one mysterious feng shui case after another comes to light, grudges buried for years resurface. He journeys 7.8kReads8.7Score675Shelves
- 79 My Ghostly Roommate 我的阴室友 [Paranormal mystery] [Updates daily, though not on a fixed schedule] [Thanks for your support ❤️] Over the summer after my college entrance exams, I kept having the same dream about my college dorm and roommates. Then I dragged my suitcase into Room 304 and saw those familiar yet unfamiliar faces, along with an empty bed. I was stunned. They were Yaoyao and Xinxin, the girls in the photo from my dream. Was the empty bed Qingqing’s? She hadn’t shown up for months after the school year began, so w 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Strange Feng Shui Affairs 风水异事 My grandfather is a feng shui master. While he was away, a woman came looking for him. After I greeted her, I saw purple-black veins of blood on her face, writhing on their own… 1.5kReads8.8Score484Shelves
- 81 Thirty Years of Strange Tales from the Northeast 东北异事三十年 Forty years ago, the old man ventured into Ghost Mountain at night and negotiated with the ghosts, winning Dongshan Village forty years of peace. Forty years later, a lone grave has thrown the whole village into chaos. A tragedy from forty years ago has claimed nearly a hundred innocent lives! What started it all? Why has a corpse's white hair turned black, and what is the red-clad female ghost trying to point to when she appears at midnight? 178Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 82 The Bride in the Red Coffin 红棺里的新娘 The first book: horror, terror, and the uncanny. The sequel: comedy and humor! Two stories: The Bride in the Red Coffin + its sequel, also known as My Ghost Wife Keeps Trying to Scare Me to Tears. When crimson ripples spread across the deep pool, I finally saw the bone comb in the hands of the bride in the sunken coffin. Carved into it were my birth details, even though I had been missing for three years. Xu Xiaomo was drawn home by tales of the Sunk 182Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Secrets of Feng Shui: Turning Fate and Fortune 风水秘术之命转乾坤 When I was little, my grandfather told me that there was no man who wasn’t greedy for money and lust, and no woman who didn’t crave vanity. What you see isn’t necessarily the truth; there may be more to it than meets the eye. Feng shui can change everything. As the saying goes, gods heed the ritual master, the wood spirits heed the carpenter, and the dragon spirit of the earth’s veins heeds the yin and yang. The Three Primordials hold the secrets of kings, nobles, generals, and ministers! From t 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Don’t Call My Name at Midnight 半夜不要喊我名字 Believe it or not, this is a true story. She is Yang Xiaofan, dumped by a man who had been using her for her money, then left with nothing. With almost no savings left, she had no choice but to move into a deserted house. The mysterious landlord disappeared without a trace after his first appearance. After midnight, terrifying knocks and calls to summon spirits put her life in danger. A black cat that comes and goes appears at strange moments, then vanishes without a trace. Again and again, I wa 1.2kReads8.3Score—Shelves
- 85 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Your Boyfriend Has a Boyfriend Too 直播算命：你男朋友还有个男朋友 [No Female Lead] + [Twists] + [Comedy] + [Metaphysics] Li Junyao is a psychologist with the ability to tell fortunes using the Ma Yi divination method. After he starts livestreaming consultations online, he goes viral. During one call, he speaks with a viewer who claims to be very much in love with her boyfriend. "My patient, you're depressed. Don't believe me? I'll say one thing and you'll be miserable: your boyfriend has another boyfriend." Not long afterward, the viewer confirms it. "Waaah, I 79Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 86 Ghosts in Yanjing: Second Miss Xie Came from Hell 燕京有鬼：谢二小姐她从地狱来 [Mysticism + ghost hunting + plot-focused + mild horror + heroine grows over time] This story is really good! Fifteen years ago, the First Madam of the Xie family gave birth to twin girls. But when they were born, they were treated very differently. One stayed by her side, cherished beyond measure and spoiled without restraint. She grew up to be Xie Ningshuang, the only legitimate eldest daughter of the Duke of Xie’s household in Yanjing. The other was rejected by her own parents from the moment 20.3kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves
- 87 Who Dares Bully Young Madam Gu? The Entire Ghost Realm Won't Stand for It 谁敢欺顾少夫人？鬼界全体不答应 [Two powerful leads + sweet romance + metaphysics + secret identities + livestreaming + 1v1] Jiang Wanning, an ancestral talisman master, transmigrates into a new world and becomes a poor girl with nothing to her name. To support her family, she decides to livestream ghost hunting. Who would have thought that this seemingly delicate, cool beauty of a streamer would have so many tricks up her sleeve, and strike so mercilessly? The entire internet is stunned! Only then does everyone realize that t 191Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 88 A Taoist Priestess’s Everyday Ghost Hunts 女道士捉鬼日常 From the moment Mu Xinshi was born, all the ghosts wailed. Her parents died when she was young, and with the fate of a lone star of misfortune, she could only follow her master and study Maoshan arts. By chance, she meets Wei Xianyang, the immensely strong owner of an antique shop, and Chen Hai, her goofy younger cousin. The three of them form a ghost-hunting team and explore tombs, even bringing a strange doll back from an ancient grave. Bloodsucking bats, infant-headed corpse demons, painted-s 418Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 89 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score121Shelves
- 90 Terrifying Tales 惊魂诡事 Deep, silent alleyways, eerie, terrifying deserted villages, reed marshes choked with weeds... Every scene holds some of my most unforgettable memories! Everything that happens in this book is something I saw or heard myself. You can also read it as a story. Curious about the supernatural tales that have taken place in rural villages and mountain hamlets? Have you ever heard of or seen something that made your hair stand on end? If you find yourself sleepless in the dead of night, put on your he 314Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 91 The Abandoned Heiress Goes Viral Fortune-Telling on Livestream 豪门弃妇她靠直播算命火爆全网 A metaphysics master failed her tribulation and returned to her previous life. In her previous life, Jin Xia was a discarded rich-family wife who had her fortune drained, was imprisoned, and died there. From the day she was born, she had been treated as a vessel for good fortune, nourishing the entire Jiang clan. She watched them build their mansions and entertain their guests. In the end, she was branded a leech on the Jiang family and a useless, ungrateful wretch, then imprisoned until she die 2.4kReads7.7Score227Shelves
- 92 365 Nights of Corpse Tales from the Gorge 峡江尸话365夜 The poorer and more desolate the land, the stranger the tales; deep in the gorges along the river, there are stories of the supernatural. My hometown lies in the mountains of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in an area where several ethnic minorities live together. Before Liberation, it was a backward wilderness beyond the reach of government control. Over the long course of history, many baffling things happened here. After I was born, I heard plenty of chilling tales of strange happeni 117Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 93 The Feng Shui Master of Qingwu 青乌风水师 My grandfather tells the fortunes of the living. I tell the fortunes of the dead. One day, my grandfather forced me to read his fortune... 1.2kReads8.8Score129Shelves
- 94 An Extraordinary Immortal Destiny 不凡仙缘 [Mortal Cultivation + No System] A young man is caught in a sudden, thick fog and inexplicably transported to a strange world. After receiving a celestial maiden’s teachings, he embarks on the path of cultivation. Many years later, having achieved success in his cultivation, he returns to his hometown, only to uncover its shocking secret... Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification 493Reads8.5Score104Shelves
- 95 Judge's Darling Wife, Behave Yourself: Your Husband Is a Jealous Man 判官娇妻安分点，你老公是醋精 [Metaphysics + domineering CEO + ghost hunting + revenge + everyone’s favorite + power couple + satisfying read + secret identities] My new novel, The Ghost King Spoils Her Sickly Husband, Shaking Both the Yin and Yang Worlds, is updating regularly. Come give it a read! Shen Ci spent over ten thousand years in Fengdu, eventually becoming a judge of the underworld. She never expected a botched soul-summoning to leave her stranded in the mortal world. Her unlucky ghost of a brother is being bullie 45Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 96 In Taoist Robes: I Counsel Students, Then Spirits 道袍加身：劝完学生劝鬼神 An art teacher unexpectedly becomes a Taoist exorcist. The colors in the classroom give way to the cinnabar of talismans, and one supernatural incident after another, once dismissed as impossible, begins to unfold. All the ghost stories he had heard were never mere fabrications. Beyond the mist where yin and yang meet lies a truth far more terrifying than anything on canvas. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Code to Breaking the Deadlock: Feng Shui Taboos You Should Never Violate 破局密码：那些被触犯的风水禁忌 The seventh day of the seventh month, at the Wuyu Pavilion teahouse. “Master Yunwu, every night we hear a baby crying in our home, but there isn't a single baby in the entire building.” When Zhao Mingcheng and his wife said this, Yunwu laid out their birth charts on rice paper and asked just one question: “Does your front door face the balcony?” Behind every strange occurrence lies a feng shui taboo that has been violated. Yunwu, owner of the Wuyu Pavilion, was born into a family of metaphysics 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 A Little Metaphysics: Feng Shui for Wealth Comes to Your Home Today 玄学点滴，财富风水今天到你家 This book is a real page-turner! Everyone can read it, no matter how old you are or whether you're a man or a woman. Learn some of the knowledge in these pages, and you can turn your fate around. Discover where your wealth and good fortune lie. Do you need more wealth? Open the book now! Miss it, and you'll regret it for the rest of your life! 245Reads7.5Score1.1kShelves
- 99 The Divine Mortician 神葬师 I am the peerless Divine Burial Master. I use heaven and earth as my coffin to bury every ghost and god in the world, and feng shui formations to safeguard the nation’s fortune for generations to come. The world honors me as the National Feng Shui Master. Bureau 749 regards me as its pillar of support, and I trounced the Kiku Sect. Yet in the ultimate battle ten years ago, I won but still lost everything. With my cultivation gone, all I could do was return to my hometown and wait to die. Then, o 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 A Noble Wife from a Humble Family: The Immortal Master Marries In to Farm 寒门贵妻：仙师大嫁来种田 Qin Se, a master of the esoteric arts, transmigrates into the body of a farm girl everyone loves to hate. She’s aloof and proud, and never lifts a finger around the house. The villagers all dislike her? No problem. With feng shui, face reading, fortune-telling, unerring predictions, and dragon-vein detection, she’ll make them all see reason until they’re crying and calling her their ancestor! Qin Se strides confidently forward, but her husband comes trailing along behind her. He’s perfect in eve 28Reads8.5Score—Shelves
