Novels like The Great Mystery
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Great Mystery, best match first.
- 1 Memoirs of a Tomb Raider 盗墓者回忆录 [No System, not fanfiction, entirely original!!!] Tomb raiding is a technical craft. You must open a tomb without damaging it, and open a coffin without breaking it. This story begins in 1998 at Whitehair Mountain, on the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains. Pagoda of the Buddha, Mound of Ten Thousand Bones: a tomb-raiding adventure with a suspenseful edge. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Gold-Seeking Nightwalker 寻金夜行者 The times are always advancing. If you can't keep up, society will leave you behind. Only by continually working hard and learning can you improve and grow. The harsh realities of human nature forced me to enter this complicated society too soon, where I struggle, face setbacks, and keep moving forward… 3Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 3 The Dragon-Sealing Art 锁龙诀 My line of work isn’t exactly respectable. My name is Zhang Yimao, and I make a living buying and selling animal specimens and handicrafts. That’s what I do in public, anyway. In secret, I’ll deal in anything that can make money. But I never imagined that one day my fate would become entangled with a legendary divine beast like the dragon. Later, I joined an expedition team heading into the vast, remote mountains, only to stumble into an even greater crisis... 204Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 4 Notes on Searching for Dragons 寻龙笔记 In the early 1980s, everything was about money. It was an era of setting things right, an absurd era, an era of daring and fighting, and above all, an era full of opportunity. It was fate that led me into the world of antiques, where I took up archaeology, exploration, and treasure hunting. This suspenseful, perilous tale of twists and turns begins when the production team organized a river-repair project. 59Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 5 The Haunted Ancient Village 幽灵古村 Read the new book, Yin-Yang Geomancer, now: Chapter 1, The Tomb-Raiding Gang An accident during an expedition led them into a bizarre ancient village. At the village inn, there was a soul-stirring sound in the middle of the night, a strange white figure by the bed, an old woman whose whole family had died horribly, and a girl who kept a mysterious white fox. There was a mysterious spirit-summoning ritual, an ancient and horrifying sacrifice, and an old well shrouded in strange legends. After ret 1.3kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 6 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: An Autobiography 盗墓笔记：自传 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Early Growth + Later Power Fantasy] My name is Wang Yifan, and I’m a college student. One day, I saw my girlfriend, “Meng Yao.” Not just one, but two identical Meng Yaos. I wanted to investigate the matter, so I sought out the Faqiu Sect. Then one day, after making thorough preparations, I ventured deep into the uninhabited wilderness of Lop Nur and witnessed one strange event after another: “Snow monsters?” “The Demon Tomb of Cancong?” “Instant teleportation?” “The Twi 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Deep-Sea Mystery Map 深海迷图 Retired soldier Jin Zhongyi is tricked by his friend Jiao Ba into boarding a fishing boat under the pretense of going on a deep-sea fishing trip. He has no idea that they're really setting out to salvage an ancient shipwreck. A family heirloom, a nautical chart from the Ming Dynasty, sets off a series of eerie events and a terrifying voyage, launching a thrilling expedition focused on treasure hunting, with exploration as a bonus. Following the family-inherited Ming Dynasty nautical chart, the s 422Reads7.2Score105Shelves
- 8 Sin 罪 A death-row inmate’s monologue on the eve of his execution. From stealing and robbing, to stumbling into the underworld, going to prison for his lover, then tomb raiding, heading to the Miao borderlands in search of an antidote, and being poisoned with a Gu curse... And the strange adventures that followed. The story moves quickly at first, but gets better and better as it goes on. If you’re interested, please let me tell you the whole tale. 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Eye Beneath the Earth 入地眼 I was just seven when I crawled out of the tomb. Much later, when I looked back on it, it seemed as if everything had been arranged by fate. Perhaps from that very moment, it was predestined that I, who had crawled out of that tomb, would embark on an adventurous, mysterious, and utterly bizarre legendary journey. The dragon stirs, and the land is shaken! 1.4kReads8.6Score131Shelves
- 10 The Secret Burial Heavenly Tome 秘葬天书 Emperors and ministers relied on the Daoist art of geomancy to find their final resting places. Every imperial tomb is a miniature of its age, embodying the highest craftsmanship of that era. My great-grandfather left behind an ancient book called The Secret Burial. It covers an astonishing range of subjects, with especially detailed explanations of feng shui and mountain terrain, finding dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, locating stars, and secret burial customs. By chance, this ancie 58Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 11 Recollections of the Tomb-Raiding Years 追忆盗墓年月 In the early years of the Republic, tomb robbing was all the rage. The trade was split between northern and southern factions, each further divided into more than a dozen gangs, with countless complications within every group. The ancient tombs were strange and uncanny, their twists and turns shrouded in mystery, and every one of them perilous! The suspicious tomb of Fengdu will reveal a hidden chapter of human history... 573Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Dong Wuhai 东吾海 [Mystery and deduction + tomb-raiding adventures + mysticism + social customs] Chen Jiu increasingly suspected that the Chen family were flawed attempts at immortality. The elders of the Chen family could foresee the time of their own deaths. After dying, they could not be cremated and had to be sealed in iron coffins. The mystery began with a Ming-dynasty expedition to find a dragon-shedding stone coffin. Only fragments of information could be gleaned from a ship’s log. Beneath the East Wu Sea 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Tomb Raiding: The Secret Realm of Tianshu and the Seven-Star Lamp 北派盗墓：七星灯之天枢秘境 In 2003, northern China stood at a delicate turning point between old and new. The tide of reform and opening up was reshaping traditional industries, while thousand-year-old tombs buried deep underground still concealed secrets and temptations yet to be unearthed. Across this vast region, stretching from the black soil of the Northeast to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi and Gansu, a special group of “dragon seekers” plied their trade. They inherited the ancient 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Trails Through the Haunted Domain 诡域迷踪 A personalized writing contest: an obscure underground city, strange flowers that imprison souls, a mysterious lost civilization, an ancient sect stretching across Europe and Asia… Two former soldiers only wanted to work as tour guides and make a little money by tricking tomb raiders. But a twist of fate branded them with a mysterious curse and inexplicably dragged them into a deadly crisis. As the veils of history are lifted one by one, life and death seem to matter less and less… 96Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 15 Strange Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Southern School 南派盗墓异事 [Real Tomb Raiding + No AI] My name is Zhou Quan, and I'm from Guangxi. Here I recount the supernatural and bizarre events that really happened during my tomb-raiding adventures. I've read a few web novels in my spare time, and it seems AI-written web novels are everywhere these days. I want to tell this story from the perspective of someone who was actually there, as a record of things past. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 My Tomb-Raiding Life 我的倒斗生涯 Tomb raiding is said to have originated during the Cao Wei dynasty and continued for a thousand years. It has both official recognition and civilian organizations. A thousand years have made this illicit trade a fully developed profession, with an astonishing number of tricks and secrets. Literary works have told and retold its tales. But what is tomb raiding really like? I entered the trade at fifteen and led my first expedition into a tomb at sixteen. I saw its dangers with my own eyes... 103Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 17 Traces of Yin 殷迹 An account of travels from the Ming dynasty and a carved black bird statue from the Shang dynasty are unexpectedly connected, pointing to the secret behind the cycle of civilization’s destruction. As dark clouds gather and the prophesied apocalypse arrives, will the legendary guardian deity of humanity appear? 582Reads8.7Score106Shelves
- 18 Bloodline Awakening: The Lost Tomb 血脉觉醒，古墓迷踪 Right after graduation, Fang Yaoyang is drawn into a thousand-year-old mystery and forced to swallow a mysterious pill. His awakened bloodline feels more like a curse. To find an antidote and his missing father, he ventures deep into an ancient tomb, solves a deadly astrological formation, and battles uncanny creatures. But behind the tomb, undercurrents swirl among international organizations, guardian clans, and government forces. And Fang Yaoyang himself turns out to be the most important pie —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Tomb Raiding: Martial Arts Sign-In, My Ancient Tomb Strikes Back 盗墓：武道签到，我的古墓逆袭 Gu Shun was reborn into a world where tomb-raiding stories converged, and was fortunate enough to awaken a Martial Arts System, beginning an extraordinary legendary journey. All he had to do was visit the various ancient tombs and sign in to obtain rare treasures from the myriad heavens. From the start, he signed in for the Nine Yang Manual, instantly gaining formidable inner strength and the ability to summon nine blazing suns to subdue his opponents. From then on, he left his mark on places su —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 My Life as a Tomb Raider 我盗墓的人生 Don't talk to me about some damn love story. All I want now is to make money! What's the point of envying other people? We need to take action too. Whether it's robbing people or raiding tombs, once the money's in our hands, we'll have everything! Stop worrying all day about who loves you and who cares about you. That's all nonsense. Here's a rule of thumb for you guys: men follow women, women follow money, and money follows men. Keep that cycle going if you want to live like a proper human bein 952Reads6.9Score100Shelves
- 21 Tomb Raiding: The Tides of Terror in the South Seas 盗墓之南洋惊潮 I ran into trouble in the western territories and couldn’t stay there any longer, so I went to seek refuge with my maternal uncle in Vietnam. I became an antiques appraisal expert in his business smuggling cultural relics, started a new life abroad, and joined the ranks of treasure hunters. That also gave me the chance to search for tombs underwater. But I never expected to stumble upon a great tomb in a border town. At its entrance was an unmistakably ancient mark: the family emblem of the Ghos 7Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 22 The Last Tomb Raider 最后的摸金传人 In the 1990s, my family was so poor that my parents abandoned me. By chance, I met a group of tomb raiders. I joined them just to get a meal and became the last inheritor of their craft. They took me all over the country: through primeval forests and snowy plateaus, along rivers and lakes, across dry deserts. Their footprints covered the land. One tomb expedition after another showed me countless bizarre and wondrous things and brought me face-to-face with all manner of demons and monsters. My m 7.1kReads8.7Score432Shelves
- 23 Don't Compare Tomb Raiders! The Guanshan Taibao Have No Taboos! 别拿摸金比！观山太保百无禁忌！ My name is Jiang Jiuhe. My ancestors were the Guanshan Taibao, who built and guarded imperial tombs to keep tomb raiders away. But by the time the duty passed down to me, I'd spent twenty-five years on guard and still couldn't get a decent meal. I looked at our ancestral copy of The Guanshan Guide to Mysteries and spat. To hell with the ancestral rules! In this world, starving to death is no better than gambling everything, even your life. But I never imagined that by tearing it up, I would be r 662Reads—Score106Shelves
- 24 Secret Records of Northern Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓秘录 [Hardcore Tomb Raiding]+ [Suspense at Full Throttle]+ [Utter Terror] Before my master disappeared, he sent me only a stone shard carved with a black dragon coiling around a coffin, along with a bloodstained prophecy: “When the Dragon-Suppressing Coffin stirs, the nine lineages return to their source; when the black dragon opens its eyes, the secret map will emerge.” To find my master, I set out with the black dragon shard and my childhood friend Wu Nianjiu for a suspected Liao-dynasty tomb benea 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Northern School's Tomb Raider: Searching for Dragons 北派盗墓寻龙记 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Adventure + Underworld + History] Adapted from true experiences. That year, I was no master appraiser fresh out of prison. I was just a poor kid who identified soil by smell and felt his way along tomb passages with his fingers. I drifted through a hazy youth and into middle age, enduring hardship and uncertainty all the way. Over half a lifetime, I witnessed all sorts of people from all walks of life, and heard tales of the underworld you have never heard before. If yo 49kReads7.8Score4kShelves
- 26 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓笔记 From a “master of antiquing” to the “Divine Eye Beyond the Pass,” one thought is all it takes for Xiao Xu to embark on a dangerous road of no return. In the perilous underground world, friendship and loyalty are cheap, while profit and betrayal are the order of the day. Only by letting go of desire can you make it out unscathed. 1.1kReads8.8Score125Shelves
- 27 The Legend of Lao Wu 老五的传奇 In 1980s China, there was a mysterious and thrilling world: the tomb-raiding underworld. In this world lived a young man named Han Wu, nicknamed Lao Wu. His fate was entwined with tomb raiding from the moment he was abandoned at the age of one. Following his master, Lao Wu saw creatures he'd never encountered before and the legendary zongzi. One tomb after another seemed to follow the workings of fate... So what if the Four Great Families are involved? I'm Lao Wu. My boss taught me how to raid t 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Tales of Tomb Raiding in Southern China 南派盗墓往事 [Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Suspense] In the 1990s, I was just a minor antique dealer who traded in bones. Then I mistakenly bought a burial object, and from that moment on, I embarked on a one-way journey across a thousand years... To find the answers, I had no choice but to wander between the worlds of the living and the dead, crossing mountains and seas and traversing deserts and wastelands. At the very source of it all, I finally uncovered the truth behind the baffling mystery... 1kReads7.3Score141Shelves
- 29 Evil Fish 邪鱼 Feng Shui fish are also known as yin-yang fish. Choose the right one, and it can change your luck and bring blessings. Choose the wrong one, and it can bring disaster. 1.4kReads9.0Score140Shelves
- 30 Tales of Strange Northern Tomb Raids 北派盗墓诡事录 In the early twenty-first century, I was just a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. Determined to make something of myself, I threw in my lot with a northern tomb-raiding gang and set out on a road of no return. I traveled far and wide across the north and south, saw ancient tombs where the dead came back to life, and learned just how treacherous people in the underworld could be. From an ignorant boy to a weathered middle-aged man, the strange people and events I've encountered 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Tomb Raider's True Account 盗墓者的纪实 After thinking it over for a long time, I finally decided to write this book. It is told in the first person. I came into contact with ancient tombs when I was very young, and after becoming addicted to gambling, I plunged into the abyss of tomb raiding to pay off my debts. Our crew traveled far and wide, encountering inexplicable things, as well as human indifference and greed. I also experienced the temptations of money, the ferocity of wild beasts, and every side of society. This book covers 2.8kReads6.9Score191Shelves
- 32 The Cage of Rules: I Use the Brush of History to Break Every Deadlock 规则囚笼：我以史笔破万局 High-IQ mind games + infinite-loop survival + rule-based horror + historical research + smart characters + fast-paced plot + battles of human nature + no saintly protagonists + satisfying wish fulfillment + everyday warmth When a higher-dimensional civilization turns Earth into a game board, every rule is a blade aimed at your life, and every scenario is a gamble with death. Zhang Mingyong, a historical document archivist who has spent ten years poring over old records, is thrown headfirst into —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The True Record of a Tomb Raider 来至一个盗墓者的纪实录 [Real tomb raiding + suspense + antiques appraisal] Starting in the 1990s, this story follows Wei Yonggang, a young man from the countryside, as he rises swiftly through the tomb-raiding world, going from accidental participant to an underground legend thanks to his “guts, attention to detail, and expertise.” He is sworn brothers with Tian Sanjiu, the last disciple of Silver Fox, and his junior fellow disciple is the sharp-eyed Feng, known as Fengzi. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Last Grave Chaser 最后一个撵坟人 [Tomb raiding + the supernatural + suspense + Taoist arts + feng shui + spirit-walking + witchcraft + no System + original, not fanfiction + slow burn] In southwest China, there is a little-known profession whose practitioners are called grave chasers. They read the flow of qi and water, scour the mountains and track down tombs, and are experts in feng shui, burial sites, Taoist arts, and witchcraft. What are grave chasers really looking for? How did I get dragged into all this? It all began whe 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Unrivaled Master: From Hauling Bricks at Construction Sites to Urban Kingpin 无双国手：从工地搬砖到都市枭雄 God of War + Divine Physician + Live-in Son-in-Law + Suspense + Emotional Entanglements A double knockout of a God of War and a divine physician! When a battle-hardened soldier living under an assumed name is arrested by his own ex-wife, a bloody trial that will sweep across the entire city begins. The day my ex-wife personally cuffed me and dragged me into the interrogation room, she said through red-rimmed eyes, “Zhang Mingyong, you deserve to rot in the mud for the rest of your life.” I lowe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Path to Godslaying Begins with Ghost Blows Out the Light 从鬼吹灯开始的弑神之路 History has been turbulent and magnificent, yet throughout the dynasties, from emperors to local gentry, it seems everyone has kept silent about the gods. It is as though there are no gods in this world. But is that really true? Zhang Yunting, who has arrived in the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light, has no comment. This world really does have gods. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Tomb Raider's Life 盗墓生涯 In 2013, I unexpectedly went bankrupt, and my girlfriend left me. With no other options, I took this path, and a strange, eerie world opened up before my eyes. Beneath a mysterious thousand-year-old tomb, half were tomb raiders, and the other half were... 561Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 38 After I Started Slacking Off, All Humanity Begged the God of War to Return 我摆烂后，全人类跪求战神出山 High Martial Arts + System + Subverting Expectations + The God of War Returns + Getting Stronger by Slacking Off + Hidden Powerhouse + The Ex-Wife Regrets It Too Late + Global Crisis + Sci-Fi Apocalypse He was once the Dragon Torch God of War who guarded the nation's borders. After retiring, all he wanted was to fix cars and take it easy. His ex-wife thought he was a good-for-nothing and divorced him. Then the beast tide breached the city, and during a global livestream, he shattered countless s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A Grave Robber's True Records 盗墓贼的真实笔录 No romance. A true account of grave robbing. Follow my perspective and see the most authentic world of tomb raiding. Want to get rich? Rob a tomb. Make ten thousand yuan overnight: that was life back in our day. One trip into a tomb could earn you tens of thousands at the very least, or hundreds of thousands, even over a million. There’s not much startup capital needed for this line of work, and it’s more thrilling than gambling. There are no traps or ghosts in these tombs. The ones you need to 32.5kReads7.6Score2.6kShelves
- 40 Tales of Feng Shui and Tombs 风水墓事 My name is Gu Xiaochuan! I went to move a woman’s grave, and then… 8.6kReads8.7Score809Shelves
- 41 The Secret Records of Evil Spirits 邪灵秘录 A healer saves lives, but medicine is divided into “living medicine” and “dead medicine.” A group of young people journey through remote mountain valleys, deserts, and snowy wilderness. They venture along the boundary between life and death, exploring lost techniques. This is a shocking mystery hidden among mountains, rivers, and vast wilderness... 695Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 42 The Silent Pact 不语契 I thought I would follow in my god-grandfather's footsteps and calmly enter Peking University's archaeology department. Then an unexpected ancient clay tablet, covered in strange runes, changed everything. Its cryptic clues, like hooks of fate, dragged me from the misty rain of Jiangnan to the mysterious, sweltering lands of Dian in Yunnan. Buried beneath the miasma-choked jungle was not only the legendary tomb of the ancient Dian king, lost for a thousand years, but also the start of a breathta —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Tracking the Ancient Tomb 古墓寻踪 [The aloof antique restorer vs. the bold, fearless tomb guardian] [Tomb raiding + treasure appraisal + mystery solving + feng shui and occult arts + folk legends. Two formidable leads, with adventure and romance in equal measure!] When her gambling-addict father mysteriously disappears, Ding Shi'an sets out on a journey and meets Song Chuang, a cool and reserved antique restorer. As they follow the clues, they uncover a shocking secret. The father she has lived with all her life turns out to hav 323Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 44 A Zombie? Leave It to Me! 有粽子？放着我来！ Take a look! This man is called Xing Ze, an utterly ordinary person who has transmigrated into a drama. He’s here for just three things: Raiding tombs, raiding tombs, and more tomb raiding! The purple lotus manifests, driving away all evil; He steps into the uncanny and walks the cycle of reincarnation; He searches for his lost three hun and six po souls! A shared universe of Ghost Blows Out the Light and The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. No BL, no character pairings, no harem. The protagonist 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 45 The Eerie Tomb Raider 摸金诡医 Lin Jiu's grandfather, an old tomb raider who had been missing for many years, passed down a bizarre “Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate” tomb-raiding talisman to him through a blood curse on his deathbed. This drew him into a terrifying mystery that had endured for a thousand years: every generation of elite tomb raiders eventually became a “substitute” for some mysterious being. Lin Jiu must use extraordinary medical techniques to heal the “substitute” curse afflicting him while solving the my —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 A Little Tomb Raider from the Northern School 北派小小盗墓贼 [Tomb raiding + mystery + treasure appraisal] [First person!] There are no ghosts here, only one Wang's adventures in the underworld. In the early 21st century, I was struggling to make ends meet when I met an old man on Antique Street. Listening to him brag was what got me into tomb raiding. I once ended up a beggar, spent time on the wrong side of the law, and even made a name for myself in the tomb-raiding business. Grab a seat, everyone, and listen as I tell you some old stories from the und 2.7kReads7.7Score227Shelves
- 47 Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Western Frontier 西境盗墓往事 The internet's most professional firsthand account of tomb raiding!~ My family has passed down a book for generations, called The Lan Clan's Dragon-Treading Art. To me, it's a priceless trove of knowledge!~ During the Qing dynasty, Nian Gengyao presented Yongzheng with the only surviving copy of The Outer Canon of the Yellow Emperor, which the martial world had fought over. But Yongzheng had already decided to kill him, so he locked the book away in the imperial library. My ancestors were a fami 840Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 48 Tales of Northern Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓往事 My name is Yao Yuan. I used to be a tomb raider. In December 2014, after the shocking nationwide Red Mountain Case was solved, I was arrested at Tianyi Hotel in Ningcheng, Chifeng. I was ultimately sentenced to six years in prison for crimes including looting ancient cultural sites and tombs and trafficking in cultural relics. Now I have served my sentence and been released, ready to start a new life. If you're interested, why not hear me tell the stories of tomb raiding that happened to me? 556Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 49 Tomb Raiding: I Marry the Immortal Maiden and Recruit the Six Fiends of Pingshan from the Start 盗墓：娶妻仙姑，开局收瓶山六凶 [Tomb-Raiding Crossover + Invincible + Chinese Martial Arts + Taoist Arts + Spatial Powers + Beast Taming + Zombies + No Saintly Protagonist] Wu Jiang transmigrates into a world combining several tomb-raiding stories, becoming the older brother of the young Wu Laogou and the future strongest ally of Xie Di Tianzhen. This world has not only the ancient tomb at Pingshan, Zhelong Mountain in southern Yunnan, Snake Swamp Ghost City, and the mysterious Bronze Gate, but also bloodlines that grant long 30.1kReads6.4Score3.1kShelves
- 50 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles of a Loser 屌丝盗墓笔记 [Tomb raiding + suspense. No fantasy, no System, guaranteed to be good! If you don't like it, roast me!!!] Would you dare go tomb raiding for a million yuan in blood money? Who really built Sanxingdui? Did the ancient divine tree Jianmu really exist? Has the bird-bodied, human-headed monster come back to life? Has Genghis Khan become a zombie? What secrets lie inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang? … Keyboard tomb-raiding king Jiang Xing is getting serious this time! 1.6kReads8.2Score100Shelves
