Novels like The Unusual Case Investigation Bureau
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- 1 Secrets of the Anomaly Investigation Bureau: The Dragon Scale Files 异调处秘闻：龙鳞档案 An old man from the Paranormal Investigation Bureau tells the story of Research Institute 507 and Bureau 749, the dragon-fall incident in Yingkou before Liberation, China's qigong craze in the 1980s and 1990s, extraordinary human abilities, and the secret files behind human survival. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Jiuzhou Investigation Bureau 九州调查局 I’ll use the eyes I have now to tell you stories from the past. From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, through the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, all the way to the present, countless secrets lie hidden in the gaps of history. They wander between reality and illusion, concealed from the world. They are legends who have transcended reincarnation and blended into the mortal realm. A flower blooms with five petals, and the fruit comes naturally. The story of the Jiuzhou Investigation Bureau 281Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Interstellar Affairs Investigation Bureau 异星事务调查局 A Chinese take on Men in Black meets The X-Files, focused on dealing with extraterrestrial affairs on Earth. [No harem, no System, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no mindless plot, and no wish-fulfillment. Please read with care if these bother you.] [Urban + aliens + parasites + light horror] Chen Le never imagined... that when he went to the teachers' office to hand in his homework, he would see tentacles emerging from beneath his homeroom teacher's pant leg! As more and more bi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Paranormal Affairs Office 灵异管理处 My name is Yin Yu. I'm a Taoist priest. I used to be just an ordinary person among the masses. By a twist of fate, I joined a special department called the Paranormal Administration. The five arts of mountain, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination; the shamanic spirit mediums of the Northeast; the Hunan and western Hunan arts of gu poison and the Flower-Falling Cave Maidens; reincarnated tulkus of Tibetan Buddhism; protecting a flood dragon as it enters the sea and transforms into a dra 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Ancient Demon-Suppressing Temple: The Ma Family’s Hidden Secret 镇妖古刹：马家遗秘 The Ancient Temple That Suppresses Demons: The Ma Family's Hidden Legacy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Ghost Stories: The Painted Soul Mystery 鬼话怪谈：画魂迷局 Ghost Stories: The Painted Soul Mystery 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Ghost Stories: The Evil Shadow Beneath the Temple 鬼话怪谈：寺下邪影 Ghost Stories: Evil Shadows Beneath the Temple —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Ghost Stories: The Monster’s Shadow Beneath the Stone Lion 鬼话怪谈：石狮下的妖影 Ghost Stories: The Demon Shadow Beneath the Stone Lion 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Tales of Strange Events 诡异事件见闻录 A bizarre murder case turns Lin Yi into a murderer for no apparent reason. His parents have vanished. Strange old coins lie in the house, and a pair of rain boots keeps walking on its own. Lin Yi slowly sinks into a vast quagmire. One chilling, hair-raising case follows another. The secret hidden behind Lin Yi is like an invisible hand, dragging him ever deeper. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Major Crime Tracker 重案追踪 This book compiles some of the most shocking, suspenseful, and complex real criminal cases in China in recent years. Presented as documentary-style fiction, it probes the motives behind the crimes, vividly recreates how they unfolded, and offers an in-depth examination of the criminals' psychology, piecing together the full truth behind each baffling and complicated case. As a model record of crime, this book offers an authoritative reference for the study of criminal behavior. —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 11 749 Bureau: Classified Files 749局秘闻 Have you heard of Bureau 749? Some say it’s a classified agency. Others say it’s a mysterious organization that researches supernatural phenomena. Still others believe Bureau 749 investigates and covers up cases involving extraterrestrial life forms appearing within the country. Which of these rumors is true? I didn’t know either, until I got caught up in a bizarre murder case and became a member of Bureau 749. That’s when I discovered that the bureau was far more complicated than anyone could i 328Reads7.7Score103Shelves
- 12 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. 532Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 13 Demon-Slaying Journal 除魔手记 Are you sure that everything you see is real? Do you believe that people who live forever really exist? Can everything you've encountered be explained by science? Fortune tellers, Taoist masters, monks who cultivate in temples: they all appear in the mysterious cases of history... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Paranormal Investigation Notes 探灵笔录 A fortune-teller said I was a child sent by a hundred ghosts, and that I was destined to deal with the dead all my life. So I chose to become a forensic pathologist, working at the boundary between life and death. In ancient times, people called this profession a coroner’s. We were considered ill-omened and ranked among the lowest of occupations. Over the years, I’ve handled all kinds of bizarre and uncanny cases. I’ve recorded these terrifying incidents, which no living person should get involv 31Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 15 The Chaos Left Behind by Immortality 长生遗乱 I thought I was just being haunted, but who would have guessed that I’d be exceptionally recruited by a mysterious organization called the Huaxia Bureau of Religious Affairs? From then on, ghosts and goblins among the living, fiends and curses in haunted places, old supernatural cases, and strange feng shui formations all became our everyday assignments. Later, I discovered that all the bizarre chaos we were now working so hard to clean up was the remnant disorder left behind by immortals over t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 On the Edge of Death 死亡边缘 His cousin marries a stunningly beautiful woman, but on their wedding day, the bride dies! Then strange things begin happening in the village, and the villagers start dying one after another... 136Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 17 Ren's Storytelling 持仁讲故事 An 80th-generation disciple of Maoshan Shangqing, long resident at the Jade Emperor Palace. Recording strange tales heard from my senior brothers, along with stories submitted by netizens. None have been verified, so please don’t take them as fact. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Bureau Zero-One 零一局 The Zero-One Bureau handles paranormal incidents. After the protagonist, Liang Yuzhang, was born, an old Daoist recognized his exceptional nature and took him in as an apprentice to learn Daoist arts. Starting in kindergarten, he helped people deal with paranormal incidents, becoming a minor celebrity in the surrounding villages. He joined the Zero-One Bureau in middle school, and after joining, handled all sorts of supernatural cases involving ghosts, demons, and monsters. These events also dre 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Supernatural Incident Investigation Bureau 灵异事件侦探局 I was just an ordinary junior police officer, but I couldn't fight fate's wheel and got swept into a department I'd never heard of: the Paranormal Investigation Bureau. Joining the Bureau opened the door to a whole new and exciting life, but as one bizarre case after another came along, I gradually realized that everything had been predestined. None of it was a coincidence. 14Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 20 The Story of an Ordinary Office Worker 一个普通上班族的故事 The story of an ordinary office worker. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Grudge: A Dire Omen on the Dark Web Livestream 咒怨直播暗网凶兆 Curse, Grudge, Livestream, Dark Web, Ominous Sign —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 I Test-Sleep in Haunted Houses: My True Accounts of Ghostly Encounters! 我做凶宅试睡员，口述撞鬼实录！ [As long as you’re not afraid of ghosts, you can make money even while you sleep.] My name is Ma Jun. Two friends and I run a real estate agency. We make plenty of money, but we keep running into ghosts because all the properties we sell are haunted houses... 468Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 23 I Run a Pawnshop at the Border Between Yin and Yang 我在阴阳交界开典当行 City Life + Making Money + The Supernatural + Bureau 749 The rating has only just come in, so it will gradually rise. The living pawn their possessions to buy more years of life; the dead pawn theirs to make wishes come true. Whether in the underworld or the world of the living, desire is always endless. At a pawnshop on the boundary between yin and yang, the living come by day, and the dead arrive at night. 6Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 24 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—Shelves
- 25 Special Incident Investigation Bureau 特殊事件调查局 Heaven has its yin and yang, and the earth has two sides. Our society is no different. Joining the Special Investigations Bureau means living alongside the dark side of this world. Murderous curses, midnight phone calls, Meng Po’s soup... Behind these chilling cases, are we dealing with supernatural forces, or is there a mastermind pulling the strings? The Special Investigations Bureau exists to stir up the turbulent currents of this shadowy world and uncover the black hand reaching out beneath 11Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 26 Bureau of Paranormal Investigations 特异事物调查局 [Mystery + horror + sci-fi + adventure + wild imagination] Before graduating, forensic science student Ren Lin dissects a beautiful female corpse. Not long afterward, he meets a woman who looks exactly like the corpse, with a horrifying scar beneath her neck. A voice keeps echoing in his ear: “Did the corpse you dissect feel pain?” This is only the beginning, just the tip of the iceberg! Ren Lin joins the Bureau of Special Affairs and rises from a low-ranking agent to a legend! 45Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 27 507: Top Secret Files 507绝密档案 I had only just graduated from police academy when I witnessed a bizarre car crash with my own eyes and came into contact with the legendary Bureau 507. From then on, my career as a police officer changed forever... 958Reads6.8Score136Shelves
- 28 Blood Case Pursuit [On-the-Scene Coverage] 血案追凶【直击现场】 Beneath the dazzling neon lights... Among the weeds in a desolate wasteland... Lives, one after another, full of vitality... Multiple perspectives reveal the hidden stories behind them, stories no one was ever meant to know! 8.9kReads8.4Score593Shelves
- 29 The Dog That Was Eaten Has Returned 被吃了的狗又回来了 The dog that was eaten has come back 355Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Cai Jun's Must-Read Mystery and Horror Collection: 11-Book Set 蔡骏悬疑恐怖小说必读精选（套装十一册） Want to experience the ultimate atmosphere of suspense and terror? Renowned suspense writer Cai Jun invites you into his world of mystery through a collection of stories that will make you feel as if you’re right there. This set includes 11 of Cai Jun’s works. It features Virus, his first “suspense and horror” novel, originally published on the Chinese internet; Curse, a classic that layers mystery upon mystery and pushes suspense to its limits; Cat’s Eye, a defining example of Cai Jun’s “psycho 50Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 31 Abducted on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜里的拐卖 Abducted on a Stormy Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Went to College Orientation as a Corpse Driver, and the Director of Bureau 749 Wept 大一赶尸去报到，749局长哭了 [Urban Fantasy] [Corpse Driving] [Absurd Comedy] [749 Bureau] [Funny Horror] Zhang Wei, heir to the corpse-driving tradition of western Hunan, is kicked down the mountain by his father during his first-year summer break. His mission: take a "client" who died far from home back to their hometown, so they can return to their roots. To save on travel costs, Zhang Wei simply rides the talisman-covered "client" like a shared bike! On the road, he meets a weasel spirit seeking a title: "Do I look like 71.2kReads7.4Score8.3kShelves
- 33 The Dragon Coffin 龙棺 The day my mother gave birth to me, a dying giant snake frightened her so badly that she started bleeding. In a fit of rage, my father cut off the snake’s head. When I was born, birds and beasts took flight, and countless snakes gathered, surrounding our courtyard so tightly that nothing could get in or out. My grandfather asked a feng shui master to resolve the matter. He buried the giant snake’s remains in our ancestral graveyard, and only then did its resentment subside. Ever since I was old 310Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 34 Night Whispers in Qinghe 清河夜语 Night Whispers in Qinghe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Tales of the Supernatural in Rural Northeast China 东北农村诡事录 A collection of eerie and terrifying folk tales. Zhang Liang was born in the 1970s and was forced onto the path of exorcism by a curse. Every tale is full of danger and excitement, with an ending no one can predict. If you have the nerve, come take a look and experience a different kind of ghost story. Mildly scary, read with caution. 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 China's Mysterious UMA Files 中国UMA神秘档案 UMA, or Unidentified Mysterious Animal, refers to unknown life forms. My name is Su Lie, and I'm a forest ranger in the Greater Khingan Range. By a twist of fate, I met Wu Xianzhang, a biology professor, who asked me to guide his team into an uncharted region. I thought this was my chance to strike it rich, but I never expected to stumble upon the secrets of my own body. The eerie apparition in the Kunlun Mountains, the Xi in Hubei's Shennongjia, the monster of Tianchi Lake, the mysterious flyin 543Reads6.7Score103Shelves
- 37 365 Folktales of the Supernatural, All Come to the Human World 365个民间怪谈，皆来人间 [Standalone Stories] [Folk Tales of the Strange] [Rural Supernatural] [Horror Folklore] [Terrifying on Closer Thought] No overarching plot! Each chapter features a separate tale of strange events from local folklore, adapted from true stories passed down by elders in my hometown. Note: This story is entirely fictional and for entertainment only. Trust in science and reject superstition. 3.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Female Agent of the Paranormal Investigation Bureau II: Who in the World Doesn't Know You? 民调局女干员二：天下谁人不识君 [The Female Agent Who Joined the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, Part Two] [Folklore and the Supernatural + Crime Solving + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Adventure] Have you ever experienced something science can’t explain? Chen Putong is a female agent at the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, responsible for handling such cases. From feng shui and esoteric arts to supernatural incidents, it all falls within her remit. In her second year at the Bureau, just as she begins learning a technique call 4kReads8.9Score799Shelves
- 39 Embers of Another World 异界余烬 On a modern Earth under constant invasion from other worlds, Lin Yi becomes the Chosen of the God of Darkness. Will he be devoured and made into a vessel, or will he control this painful power and become the new Knight of Night...? [Ensemble cast] + [Two worlds] + [Anti-chosen-one] + [A painful journey of growth] + [Realistic institutions] + [Reality meets fantasy] In 2009, Tai'an County in Sichuan was reduced to rubble by a “major earthquake.” Seventeen-year-old Lin Yi survived, unaware that a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I Write Horror Novels on Tomato Novel 我在番茄写恐怖小说 A friendly heads-up: [This story is wildly imaginative] This novel brings together over a hundred stories, with elements of the uncanny, fantasy, and Lovecraftian horror. Unlike other novels, it has no long, tedious passages. Every story is full of eerie, fresh surprises. 107Reads—Score127Shelves
- 41 A Compendium of Strange Events in the Mountain Village 山村诡异事件大全 This book is adapted from true events recounted by Uncle Zhengyu. It comprises a series of separate paranormal stories, recounting the strange, unexplained events that take place in mysterious mountain villages… It has all kinds of unsolved mysteries! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Mysterious Department Jiuding: The Power of the Five Elements 神秘部门九鼎：五行之力 (This story is entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, trust in science.) By chance, I joined Jiuding, a mysterious national agency. There, I met a group of old monsters: Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, Zuo Ci, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, and Zhang Sanfeng. I also learned that other countries have their own mysterious agencies. For example, America’s S.H.I.E.L.D., Britain’s Knights of the Round Table, Russia’s Society of Nature, Japan’s Onmyoryo, and so on. I thought my future would be spent d 221Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 43 The Bureau of Foreign Affairs' Strange Tales 外事局诡闻录 All the petty affairs of the world are interactions between people. Whether good or bad, they belong to the realm of internal affairs. Anything beyond ordinary human life, anything ordinary people cannot accept, belongs to external affairs. That is the meaning behind the name of the External Affairs Bureau. Skin-Human Ravine, the Five Barbarians' Ghost Cave, a thousand corpses vying to steal fortune, a mother and daughter possessed by yin spirits, a ghostly yang infant... I experienced all kinds 3.3kReads8.6Score262Shelves
- 44 The Mirror Nightmare and the Bell's Curse 镜魇铃劫 The Mirror Nightmare Bell Calamity —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Ministry of State Security: Code 701 国安部【代号：701】 A mysterious branch of the Ministry of State Security, code-named 701, investigates all kinds of paranormal events. These so-called paranormal events are paradoxes banished by mainstream science, bizarre legends passed around the streets and dismissed as nonsense, and the spreading ink stains on the rulebook of the material universe. The members of 701 work together with dedication and face danger without fear, slowly lifting the veil on the mysteries of the unknown... 16Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 46 Top Secret: Paranormal Investigation Bureau 绝密：灵异事件调查局 To investigate and handle supernatural incidents, the nation established a special task force. All files, mission reports, and research are classified as the highest level of national secrecy. As a field operative, I was fortunate enough to take part in handling all kinds of cases: the madness of thousand-year-old corpses, the wonders of supernatural abilities, and incidents involving hybrids of spirits, demons, and monsters... 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Supernatural: I Am the Chief of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau 灵异：吾乃镇魔司司主 There is a book called "The Shang Dynasty’s Fall". It speaks of people honoring the gods, blood staining blue stones, and souls rising into the clouds. Demons lurk in the darkness, while mortals stand in the light. Monsters hide in the heart, while all things take shape before our eyes. Evil spirits lean on tables and laugh, while supernatural beings learn to act like humans. The world is ever-changing, and heaven and earth transform. Ying Wuxiu transmigrated to a parallel world, awakened a Syst 12Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 48 Soul-Locking House 锁魂居 The Soul-Locking Lodge —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 My 1990s Field Notes on Folk Ghost Stories 我的90年代民间志怪见闻录 Jia Nanxing, a young man from a mountain village, chance upon a stone statue and has an extraordinary encounter. Facing all kinds of strange events in the world, “zombies, evil spirits, witchcraft”, he braves countless dangers and later meets Jiang Wangyou, a mysterious female classmate. As they cultivate, the two travel around the world dealing with supernatural incidents. The story features transmigration, antique appraisal, and adventure. Supernatural fantasy all in one, along with all kinds 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 True Tales of the Strange: The Yellow Immortal Possesses Me 志怪实录——黄仙上身 Records of the Strange: The Yellow Immortal Possesses Someone —Reads—Score—Shelves
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