Novels like Strange Tales with a Twist
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Strange Tales with a Twist, best match first.
- 51 Zero Hour 零点 Through the formal establishment of Unit 5619, code-named “Zero Point,” a team is tasked with protecting a group of scientists carrying out a mysterious mission as they explore the Great Abyss of the World in Lop Nur, the Ear of the Earth. Along the way, they encounter a sandstorm, and the ruins of a thousand-year-old city suddenly appear. They trace a DNA mutation and unravel the mystery of the beast-like transformation in the ancient Demon Luo Kingdom. Faced with an enigmatic prehistoric civil 1.7kReads8.1Score186Shelves
- 52 Reading Faces 观相 My grandfather is deaf, my grandmother is mute, my father is blind, and my mother is a fool! I was born with four white eyes, with tiny pupils that make me look like a ghost! I didn’t know why misfortune kept haunting our family, until one day, I met him... 439Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 53 My Wife Is a Fox Immortal 我的老婆是狐仙 By chance, he obtained the Seven-Treasure Exquisite Pagoda and learned the Heavenly Eye ability from a breathtaking fox immortal. It could identify treasures and read people's minds. From that moment on, the poor young Xu Fei turned his life around and rose to success... 87Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 54 From the Start, I Thought It Was a Strange Tales Story, but After Breaking Through, I Found Out It Was Journey to the West 开局以为是聊斋打穿后发现是西游 What? You’re fighting the Bull Demon King over a woman? Whoa! Princess Iron Fan wants to have your child? Huh! You actually stole the heavenly treasures of Princess Jade Face? Good grief! You even swindled Princess Wansheng out of her treasures? What? Chang’e and Yang Chan, the closest of sisters, fell out because they were fighting over you as their man? Pfft!” The broken half of the Snow-Night Saber plunged deep into Madam White Bone’s chest. Its blade pierced her demon core and sank in all th 1.3kReads—Score136Shelves
- 55 Seeking Immortality, Starting by Becoming Yan Chixia's Disciple 证道长生，从拜师燕赤霞开始 Also known as: Attaining Immortality, Starting by Becoming Yan Chixia’s Disciple An overpowered System and a path to immortality. Lin Yu transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and is reborn as a seventh-rank county magistrate. He thinks he has landed a civil service job that will keep him fed and clothed, only to discover that he is actually in the world of A Chinese Ghost Story. What good are money and power here? When ghosts and monsters show up, won’t they just suck him dry and leave him a corpse? 742Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 56 Raising a Fox Brings Disaster 养狐为祸 He went hunting in the mountains and found a white fox, which he brought home. That night, he met a breathtakingly beautiful woman… She was gorgeous and gentle, and said she wanted to marry him and bear his children. He thought it was a stroke of luck, but then came corpse poison, grinning dolls, and women in red, one after another!! 119Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 57 Forbidden Ground for the Living 活人禁地 Seek out the world's rare treasures, and plunder its hidden relics. The living should stay away from these places... 1.4kReads7.2Score133Shelves
- 58 You May Speak of Strange Forces and Chaotic Gods 子可语，怪力乱神 To Jiang Xiyan, ghosts come in two kinds: those who can speak and those who cannot. The first kind are all honest ghosts. They know the story of their lives and deaths and are content to be reborn. The second kind are vengeful evil spirits, bent on finding someone to take revenge on. Unfortunately, every client who comes to her door wants her to deal with evil spirits. But she really has no idea what these ghosts are thinking, aaah! Until one day, a fortune-teller started working part-time at he 135Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 59 Twenty Years of Sign-Ins at Lanruo Temple, Then the Mighty Heavenly Dragon Descends! 兰若寺签到二十年，大威天龙降世！ After transmigrating into a mythological world overrun by monsters, he starts out as a disciple of Lanruo Temple! Fortunately, he awakens a god-tier sign-in System. By checking in at a different location every day, he can earn all kinds of rewards! Sign in at the Scripture Pavilion and receive the Great Might Heavenly Dragon! Sign in at the Hall of the Great Hero and receive the Tathagata Palm! Sign in at the City of Wrongful Death in Hell and receive the Diamond Dharma Body! Twenty years later, 3kReads5.3Score225Shelves
- 60 So What If I Like Fox Spirits? 我就喜欢狐妖怎么了？ Since I’ve transmigrated, I might as well set myself a small goal. Is it too much to ask to marry a fox demon? Fang Chang transmigrated to a world much like Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. After ten years of seeking immortality and the Dao without a single result, he gave up on the immortal path. He planned to use his ability to reload saves to make a little money and live an ordinary life, but just when all hope seemed lost, he unexpectedly became a rogue cultivator while escorting a carav 474Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 61 Divine Inheritance 神传 My mother went up the mountain for three days, and when she came back down, I was born. Ever since then, she has gone up the mountain once every month, on the third. I thought she was going to see my father, until one day I followed her... 1.4kReads8.7Score174Shelves
- 62 I'm Xu Xian, and I'm Going to Change My Fate 我是许仙我要改命 Xu Xian died after getting carried away celebrating his wedding and drinking two glasses of baijiu. Xu Xuan, a man from Earth, merged with his soul. Xu Xuan became Xu Xian. Knowing that his new wife, Bai Suzhen, was a snake, he was torn: should he sleep with her or not? It was a test of character. What troubled him even more was that this was a mythical world where mortals were tools of the gods and Buddhas in heaven. And the owner of his body, Xu Xian, was an important tool. “Ding! Fortune Enha 3.5kReads8.8Score259Shelves
- 63 Reborn as a Flood Dragon: I Take Wives and Concubines in Liaozhai 重生蛟龙：我在聊斋娶妻纳妾 More children, more blessings + Dragons + Cultivation + Bloodline Evolution In the world of Liaozhai, the gods and Buddhas of the heavens have mysteriously vanished, leaving the world to demons and monsters. Ye Yan transmigrates here and becomes a flood dragon demon king, gravely wounded and on the verge of death. At this very moment, the centipede demon Pudu Cihang is trying to kill him and take his core, while the Black Mountain Old Demon of the underworld covets his powerful demonic body. Ye 11.9kReads7.2Score1kShelves
- 64 Wang Fengfeng's Ninth Book 王锋锋的第9本书 A suspense novel based on Ghost Blows Out the Light. It follows the three tomb raiders Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and Shirley Yang as they embark on a series of thrilling and perilous tomb-raiding adventures, guided by a fragment of a family heirloom manuscript. Seeking to lift the curse afflicting them, they explore ancient tombs across the land and encounter countless mysterious dangers. Their journey takes them through the Ancient City of Jingjue, the Longling Labyrinth, the Insect Valley of Yunna 435Reads—Score101Shelves
- 65 Black Lotus Wutian 黑莲无天 Before Hongmeng came into being, the Great Emperor Pangu wielded the ancient primordial artifact, the Pangu Axe, and cleaved apart the primordial chaos, creating the Nine Ancient Realms! First: the Divine Realm; second: the Immortal Realm; third: the Human Realm; fourth: the Demon Realm; fifth: the Buddha Realm; sixth: the Shaman Realm; seventh: the Devil Realm; eighth: the Netherworld Realm; ninth: the Nine Suns Realm! After Emperor Pangu gave form to the Nine Ancient Realms, extraterrestrial d 1.7kReads8.0Score193Shelves
- 66 I Was Born an Immortal of Strange Tales 我本聊斋仙 A foolish ruler sits upon the throne, while his ministers attack one another with accusations. Corrupt officials scheme to line their pockets, and powerful clans seize the people’s farmland. The human way wanes, and the people suffer. In the shadows, all manner of demons and monsters gradually emerge, along with countless strange tales and uncanny happenings. Gao Ge finds himself in such a world by accident. True to his carefree nature, he becomes an immortal traveler, wandering the four corners 4.7kReads8.8Score381Shelves
- 67 I Play Dirty in the Immortal Heroic World 我在仙侠世界打闷棍 Zhao Fantian, a security guard famously known as a good-for-nothing, is forced to transmigrate into a world of immortals after performing a heroic deed. The worst fate most people face when they transmigrate is starting out with just a dog. But he starts out in a situation that means certain death. Where are the legendary old masters and golden fingers? Even worse, he discovers that he has transmigrated into a book, and apparently it’s a horror novel. In a world where fox spirits are everywhere 6.9kReads8.8Score557Shelves
- 68 The Lu Ban Book 鲁班书 "The world knows only about Gongshu Ce, not the Book of Lu Ban. Gongshu Ce originated from the Book of Lu Ban, but only carried on its outward form. My family, however, possesses a peerless edition of the Book of Lu Ban. My ancestors were carpenters for generations. By my time, the craft had fallen into decline, but my family never gave up. Even I took over my father's carpentry business after graduating from university, following the usual path. Outsiders only know that my family works as carpe 1.5kReads8.7Score233Shelves
- 69 Traveling Through the Heavens, Starting in Uncle Jiu's World 从九叔世界开始穿梭诸天 Xie Wen transmigrates into the world of Uncle Jiu, becoming another disciple under the tutelage of the Sages of the Heavens. He gathers the Five Qi in his chest in Uncle Jiu’s world, opens the Three Flowers Above the Head in The Outcast, transcends tribulation and becomes an immortal in the Strange Tales world, then travels through endless worlds to become a Great Luo being, transcending everything. 2.9kReads7.9Score146Shelves
- 70 Ancestral Master of the Strange Realm 诡境道祖 A parallel world, overrun by the supernatural. Cities may sleep through the dead of night, but the supernatural invasion never stops. You can’t tell whether the person beside you will still be themselves tomorrow. You can’t know whether the terrifying dark gate will open beside your bed tonight. And you can’t imagine the endless, terrifying unknown that awaits every eighteen-year-old in the “college entrance exam.” In this horrifying world, Ye Bai discovers, “Huh? I have a golden finger!” … A c 828Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 71 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 1.9kReads8.2Score130Shelves
- 72 Strange Tales from the Start? But I’m Yang Jian! 开局聊斋？但我是杨戬啊 [No System + Chinese-Style Horror + Time-Limited Transformation + Yang Jian + Extreme Contrast and Thrills] After transmigrating into the demon-infested world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Yang Jian runs straight into a century-old Painted-Skin Ghost that specializes in tearing out human hearts. There is nowhere to run! No System chiming in. No old master living in a ring. His only trump card is the Holy Erlang True Lord sleeping inside him, whose name sounds just like his own: Yang Ji 6.4kReads8.2Score636Shelves
- 73 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The Dragon-Seeking Map 盗墓笔记之寻龙图 The Dragon-Seeking Chart was first written by Yin Yangzi, a feng shui master of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It recorded the locations of two great tombs and an ancient ruin altar from that era. Later, further calculations revealed three auspicious sites of true dragon energy. A note claimed that whoever obtained all three could rule the world. The chart was later studied and continued by Yang Yanzi, a Taoist priest of the Ming dynasty. The priest eventually changed his surname to Liu and becam 877Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 74 Me: From a Little Mulberry Tree to the World-Piercing Fusang Tree! 我：从小桑树到通天扶桑树！ When he opened his eyes, he had become a little mulberry tree beside Lanruo Temple. Yan Chixia: “Monster! Stay away from the sacred tree!” “That's right, I am a sacred tree who has attained immortality!” Jiang Bo quickly caught on. The Tree Demon Grandma was dumbfounded. “Wait, why is he a sacred tree while I'm a monster?” [Ding! You plundered and devoured a locust tree with a thousand years of cultivation and gained 1,103 evolution points.] [Ding! You spent 1,000 evolution points, and your spir 1.4kReads8.3Score125Shelves
- 75 Bold Demon! I Am Monk Fahai 大胆妖孽，贫僧法海 Reborn in a vast mythical world, he becomes a disciple at Jinshan Temple and takes on the identity of Fahai. Blessed with heavenly wisdom and extraordinary insight, he instantly comprehends Buddhist teachings and divine powers, opening the Five Eyes and attaining the Six Supernatural Powers. His Arhat’s golden body suppresses every evil under heaven, unmoving as a mountain. With the Great Freedom Contemplation, he beholds the Buddhas and deities of the heavens and comprehends divine powers. The 75Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 76 Infinite Flow: She's Just Too Badass 无限流：大佬她太过彪悍 An ordinary game somehow became bound to a survival game, setting off a series of heart-pounding fights for survival. What do you do when you run into a deranged chainsaw killer? Ling Yue: “Steal his chainsaw and chase him with it!” What do you do when some female ghost shows up in the middle of the night to scare you? Ling Yue: “Who cares if she’s a monster or a ghost? The first thing to do is beat her up.” At last, she escaped the game world, only to be told that this was just the first level? 56Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 77 There's a Fox Spirit Living in My House 家里养个狐狸精 After getting drunk, college student Li Yundong obtained a Human Origin Golden Elixir, which transformed his body. When he woke up, he found a cute, alluring fox spirit beauty sleeping beside him, and his life changed forever! With the power of the Human Origin Golden Elixir, he became invincible, and joined forces with the little fox spirit in dual cultivation to create a legendary romance between humans and demons! 1.2kReads9.0Score205Shelves
- 78 The Fox Bride 狐嫁 Ye Zier is a half-yin person, born with a tendency to attract evil spirits. After finally getting married to her boyfriend, she’s kidnapped along the way by a fox spirit who insists on having little foxes with her. What is she supposed to do? 370Reads9.1Score100Shelves
- 79 Folk Tales of the Mountain Wilds 民间山野怪谈 A lifetime spent roaming the martial world, telling tales of ghosts and strange happenings from the countryside. Stories of spirits and monsters in the wilderness have always been a staple of people's conversations over tea, and folk tales about mountain ghosts and gods come in every variety. There is a kind of extraordinary man who can help people choose burial sites and homes, divine life and death, reveal the secrets of fate, dispel evil spirits, travel to the underworld, save lives, and ward 1.1kReads8.9Score151Shelves
- 80 Crime Scene 凶案现场 Take a close look at every crime scene. With unconventional investigative methods and a uniquely compelling perspective, you'll feel as if you're right there experiencing each murder. Keep some fast-acting heart medication nearby, just in case. Case one: A 19-year-old high school student is found dumped in a park, with his mouth full of feces. What did the victim do before he died? Case two: A top domestic actress is brutally murdered in her home. The scene is horrifying, and her body has been m 90Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 81 Everyone in the City Thinks I'm a Peerless Master 全城武者都以为我是绝世大佬 Everyone in the City Thinks I'm an Unparalleled Expert 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Crazy Paradise 疯狂乐园 (This is a sci-fi novel. Tomato refused to give it a sci-fi tag, but it really is sci-fi.) Have you ever been to an amusement park? We have a crazy amusement park with all kinds of attractions and extraordinary ways to enjoy them. I guarantee they're unlike anything you've tried before! Want to come take a look? Welcome to Crazy Park! I'm JJ the Clown. We have everything you could want: carousels, roller coasters, haunted houses. But remember, the stakes are your life! Death-row inmates, ser 4.6kReads8.4Score436Shelves
- 83 My Phone Can Unlock Ancient Martial Arts Legacies 我的手机能解锁古武传承 My Phone Can Unlock Ancient Martial Arts Legacies 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Strange Tales from Liaozhai 聊斋奇谭 Pu Liuxian's greatest wish was once to explore the world's most wondrous and mysterious places and phenomena. Then one day, he found himself in a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. Here there were immortals, demons, ghosts, and monsters. At first, he traveled everywhere in search of the world's ghost stories, hoping to make a fortune from them. Later, he met more people and more ghosts, and glimpsed hidden truths about the world through his own stories. It turned out that the ghost realm was 260Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 85 Suppressing Yin and Yang 镇阴阳 [Supernatural The Underworld Comedy No female lead Not human] I used to think I was just an ordinary person. But on the day I was born, Yama sent a child into the world, ten thousand ghosts entered my body, and every ghost within a hundred miles hid in fear. The Underworld’s gods of the dead avoided me like the plague. In this life, I shall command yin and yang and tread the cycle of reincarnation. I only hope this song of sorrow ends in splendor… 4.1kReads9.0Score377Shelves
- 86 Tales of Tomb Raiding 盗墓往事 This is a story recounting the author's own experiences robbing tombs. It describes how, during the summer break after graduating from high school, the author went with his family into the deserts of Xinjiang and the ancient city of Loulan to explore tombs and steal treasures. Later, while at university, he found a master to teach him the trade, recruited a crew, and became skilled at locating dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, dating artifacts to dif 241Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 87 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 When Grandpa died, the whole city was in an uproar... 9.9kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
- 88 I Can Only Fight Monsters, and That Lets Me Cultivate? What Is This, Liaozhai? 只会打怪，就能修仙？什么聊斋！ From the start, he accidentally eats a dragon's egg, gets chased by the dragon, and stumbles into the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Kill the monsters, keep the pretty spirits! Then he discovers that killing ghosts and monsters lets him gain their abilities! Magical treasures, cultivation techniques, buried riches? Wait, can he also score treasures and techniques by taking in spirits? Any way of recruiting them works~ 160Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 The Judge Is Still Trying to Retire 判官他仍在努力退休 [One-on-One Romance + Two Male Leads + Infinite-Flow + Sweet Romance + Power Fantasy] [High-Combat-Power, Violent, Devoted Top × Vengeful, Flighty, Theatrical Bottom (A Little Neat-Freakish and Delicate)] After working year-round for tens of thousands of years, Li Qing finally earned his honorable retirement! He could freely choose an identity in the human world and enjoy a long, leisurely retirement. A happy vacation, carefree idleness! But he had only enjoyed this life for a moment when Li Qin 354Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 90 Tomb Raiding: Master Hua Is Everyone's Favorite Again Today 盗墓：花爷今天也是万人迷 The pampered Lord Hua, Hei Hua 1v1, Blindie gets together with Lord Hua after three chapters Hua Hua is the prettiest. Most importantly: Lord Hua is everyone's favorite. Hei Xiazi grinned smugly: “As long as I live, the rest of you will always be concubines!” When Xie Yuhua was twelve, a creature calling itself the System spoiled the plot for him. He discovered that his childhood friend's uncle was actually his adoptive father, and his life took a new turn. Xiaohua joined Wu Xie and the others o 471Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 91 Tomb Raiding: The Girl Who Rules the Ultimate 盗墓：主宰终极的少女 [Tomb Raiding + Strong Female Lead + Unhinged + Love Rivals + Choose Your Favorite + Everyone Dotes on Her] “Then we have South Blind, North Mute, East Evil, West Flower, and Lord Fat in the middle.” “What about Nan Qiao?” Fatty covered his mouth, chuckling. “She's the blank tile.” Heaven's Will: [Remember, never meddle with other people's destinies again.] Nan Qiao: “What? Blow up the Bronze Gate and plant apples?” The story spans “Sand Sea,” “Ten Years,” “Rain Village,” and “Restart.” A 1.3kReads7.9Score134Shelves
- 92 Major Crimes Unit Three: The Borrowed Corpse 重案三组之借尸还魂 Three bizarre murder cases, each victim wearing a strange smile. Through deep psychological profiling, forensic pathologist Song Ci discovers that each victim’s final actions imitated a tiny habitual gesture their long-deceased relative used to make. Bai Ye’s technical analysis confirms that traces of brain waves that could not belong to the living, already “formatted,” remain at the crime scenes... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 How Could the Senior Brother Possibly Be the Villain? 大师兄怎么可能是反派？ After transmigrating to another world, Feng Shao devoted himself to making his sect flourish. But little by little, he realized something was off. Why did some people have such terrifying luck? Why could some people win beautiful women over so easily? Why did treasures simply come looking for certain people whenever they took a stroll? And why were these guys always picking fights with him? Even his master, who had always favored him, had started looking down on him! Bearing the mysterious divin 3.7kReads7.1Score367Shelves
- 94 The Living Must Keep Away 活人回避 Originally titled Living People, Keep Away. An antique set me on a desperate path. From then on, just to stay alive, I became a yin walker who dealt with the dead and the walking corpses. Three years searching for dragon veins, ten years locating acupoints, roaming between yin and yang, dealing in ghosts and spirits. I kept walking, struggling my way to where I am today. 2.7kReads8.9Score327Shelves
- 95 Infinite Challenge Game 无限挑战游戏 He was an ordinary loser: no house, no car, nothing to show for himself, and a terminal illness that burdened his whole family. Then, one day, a stroke of luck fell into his lap. The goddess he had secretly loved for years suddenly invited him to a secret location to get a room. But just as they met, she was assassinated by a mysterious attacker who appeared out of nowhere... He was dragged into a deadly game full of endless challenges. To save the goddess and find a cure for his illness, he had 655Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 96 The Fox Bride 狐嫁女 Eighteen years ago, my grandfather offended a Hu fairy in the mountains and suffered its frenzied revenge. Eighteen years later, to settle the score, I was forced to marry the beast that ruined my family, serve as its spirit medium, and become the most powerful spirit medium across the vast black soil! Please help me with the spirit-invocation chant: Golden incense burner, silver incense whip, set aside the sea-sized bowl and let the incense smoke rise; Offer red beams and clear water to the 1.5kReads8.9Score211Shelves
- 97 The Strange Path to Immortality: Cultivating Begins with Selling Paintings on the Street 诡道长生：从街头卖画开始修仙 Gu Changsheng transmigrates to another world, the Great Shang Dynasty, where the Heavenly Dao has fallen into decline, demons run rampant, and cultivation techniques are perilous and uncanny. Fortunately, he awakens the ability to recreate portraits. Painting a portrait of a living being lets him acquire their techniques and skills, while also extending his lifespan. In Yinshan City, he paints a portrait of the Black Mountain Old Demon and comprehends a Heaven-tier cultivation art: the Yuan Moun 3.6kReads8.4Score226Shelves
- 98 Multiverse TV: From the Start, I Guided Sun Wukong to Find a Master 诸天电视机：开局指点孙悟空拜师 Lin Yi is watching TV at home when he discovers a bug that lets him connect to the worlds of movies and shows. While watching Journey to the West, he meets Brother Monkey and gives him pointers on finding a master at Mount Fangcun, cultivating the Way of Survival, and building high walls, stockpiling grain, and biding his time in East Victory Divine Continent. His rewards include an indestructible body, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Arts and Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, the Nine-Turn Mysteriou 4.3kReads8.3Score366Shelves
- 99 The Headless Bone Sculptor 无头雕骨师 He is a bone carver who inherited secret arts passed down for a thousand years. He is the headless ghost said to haunt a legendary haunted house. Walking the line between light and darkness, he hunts down the culprits behind bizarre murder cases: the taxidermist who makes specimens from human skin, the murderous doll that whispers, the mushroom man lurking in the ruins, the ghostly face on an exam paper, the ice-sculpture lovers who will stop at nothing, the faceless demon who steals organs... J 909Reads7.3Score123Shelves
- 100 Crime Scene 诡案现场 When he was twenty, a blank painting was enshrined in the ancestral hall at a crime scene. Why were two male corpses embracing beneath an ancient tree? Was the shadow inside the house a person or a ghost? After all the confusing clues, was the killer human or ghost? 374Reads8.6Score—Shelves
