Novels like The Book of Life and Death
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- 1 The Yin-Yang Ghost Sculptor 阴阳鬼雕师 I was born with a pure Yin birth chart, and the villagers said I was an ill omen. To save my life, my grandfather placed a statue of Black and White Impermanence at my bedside. Only then did I learn that he was a sculptor. But the things he carved were actually ghosts... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Noble Consort Wants My Life in Exchange for Becoming Empress 贵妃说要用我的命，换她当女帝 The Noble Consort Says She'll Trade My Life for the Throne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Double Life Is Being Reset 我的双面人生重置中 My Double Life Is Being Reset —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Maoshan Ferryman 茅山摆渡人 Since ancient times, there have been many people among the common folk with extraordinary skills. They are mysterious and unpredictable, yet everything they do revolves around one thing: life and death! Corpse drivers, ghost painters, corpse menders, guides to the underworld... But the most mysterious of them all are the Maoshan Taoists. They can connect the realms of yin and yang above, and slay demons and banish evil below. Meng Yan is the latest inheritor of the Maoshan tradition, entrusted w 125Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 5 After My Replacement Quit, the CEO Went Crazy 替身离职后，霸总他疯了 After the Substitute Quit, the CEO Went Mad —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 You Got a Favorability System, So Why Are You Disgusting Everyone? 拿好感度系统，你却到处恶心人？ [You were told to play the villain, but you infiltrated the official organization and became everyone’s darling?] [High Martial] [Power fantasy] [Troublemaker] [Unhinged] [Never takes a hit] He can gain System points to improve his attributes whenever he earns someone’s favor. But Lu Zhinian was at a loss. He had no idea how to make people like him. Until one day, he discovered that earning people’s disfavor also gave him System points. Lu Zhinian’s smile gradually brightened. Getting people to 24Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn in the 1980s: The Pickled Vegetable Seller’s Comeback 重生八零：咸菜西施的逆袭人生 Reborn in the 1980s: The Pickled Vegetable Seller’s Comeback —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Regent Has Two Faces 摄政王他有两幅面孔 The Regent Has Two Faces —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 My Son Is the School Bully, and His Mortal Enemy Is My Ex-Husband 儿子是校霸，他的死对头是我前夫 My Son Is the School Bully, and His Archenemy Is My Ex-Husband —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Yandere Ex-Boyfriend Became My Client 病娇前男友变甲方 My Obsessive Ex-Boyfriend Became My Client —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Young Tianxin (Digging Bamboo Shoots) 少年天心（挖竹笋） The Young Tianxin (Digging Bamboo Shoots) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Dragon Raises the Coffin 龙抬棺 There is an ancient stone stele in Qinglong Mountain. Its inscription reads: “The living must not enter; the dead must not be buried.” The local county records state that during the Hongwu era of the Great Ming, a coffin pulled by nine dragons descended from the heavens and landed on Qinglong Mountain. And I am the child of the person in that coffin. 418Reads9.0Score4214d adds
- 13 Young Tianxin (Gathering Tea Seeds) 少年天心（捡茶籽） The Young Tianxin (Gathering Tea Seeds) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 My Mother-in-Law Demanded I Have a Son, So the Next Day I Handed Her Divorce Papers 婆婆逼我必须生儿子，第二天我递了离婚协议 My mother-in-law insisted I had to give birth to a son. The next day, I handed her the divorce papers. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Three Years of Marriage Far from Home, I Threw the Keys to Our Bridal Home in My Mother-in-Law's Face 远嫁三年，我把婚房钥匙扔在了婆婆脸上 Three Years After Marrying Far from Home, I Threw the Keys to Our Bridal Home in My Mother-in-Law's Face —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Thriller Game: What Should I Do If I'm Too Reckless? 惊悚游戏:我太莽了怎么办 A mysterious force descended, randomly selecting players to join a horror game. Wang Mang, a transmigrator with a sign-in System, was chosen by the mysterious force to join the horror game. But the horror-game world, where everyone else had to tread carefully just to cling to life, was completely transformed by Wang Mang. Don't ask. The answer is simply that he's far too reckless. (No female lead) 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 17 Young Tianxin (Chopping Bamboo) 少年天心（砍竹子） The Young Tianxin (Chopping Bamboo) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 You Took My Farmland and Swallowed My Money? An Old Farmer's Desperate Counterattack Ruins the Village Tyrant and the Village Chief 推我良田吞我钱？老农的绝地反击，让村霸村长身败名裂 You Took My Farmland and Swallowed My Money? This Old Farmer's Desperate Counterattack Ruins the Village Tyrant and the Village Chief —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Hundred-Ghost Storyteller 百诡传人 To solve the mystery of the Seventy-Two Ghost Mounds, Yang Tianming descends the mountain with the Hundred Ghosts Register, ventures into the city, and meets beautiful women. He rescues a Corpse Sister, practices forbidden arts, and guides wandering spirits to the afterlife. With the Soul-Whipping Whip in hand and the Hundred Ghosts Register at his side, when the Dragon Soul returns to his body, he won’t be alone! 74Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 20 Ms. Shen’s Divorce Gift 沈女士的离婚礼物 Ms. Shen’s Divorce Gift 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Took My Kindergarten Class into a Cultivation Apocalypse 我带着幼儿园，穿进修仙末日 I Brought My Kindergarten with Me When I Transmigrated into a Cultivation Apocalypse 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The School Bully Keeps Trying to Pay My Hospital Registration Fee 校霸他总想给我交挂号费 The School Bully Keeps Trying to Pay My Hospital Registration Fees —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 From the Start in the Cold Palace, My Maxed-Out Medical Skills Conquer the Harem! 开局冷宫，满级医术通关后宫！ From the Start in the Cold Palace: Max-Level Medical Skills Conquer the Harem! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Last Disciple of the Daoist Sect 最后一个道门弟子 When I was born, all the ghosts bowed to the ancestral shrine. My family was burdened by a curse that weighed heavily on me. Then, when I was sixteen, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, and my uncle vanished without a trace. It all began with that curse... 517Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 25 My Whole Family Is Reborn, but I'm the Only Real Heiress 全家都是重生者，只有我是真千金 My Whole Family Was Reborn, but I'm the Only Real Heiress —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Young Tianxin: Gathering Field Snails 少年天心-捡田螺 Young Tianxin: Picking Up River Snails —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Thriller Game: I Can See Malice Levels 惊悚游戏：我能看到恶意值 A dangerous game, and countless unhinged streamers. A doctor is pulled into the game without warning. Fortunately, he can see the malice others direct at him. That gives him the means to escape danger and steer clear of trouble. In the players’ eyes, he’s a streamer who’s always pulling stunts. In the NPCs’ eyes, he has a pure and sincere heart. The people he treats always feel they owe him something. Yet no one has a bad word to say about him. A department head: “Yes, he’s the best doctor in ou 21Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 28 I Livestreamed My Entire 996 Company Transmigrating 我向全网直播996公司集体穿越 I Livestreamed My Entire 996 Company Transmigrating to Another World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Everyone Knelt and Begged Her to Become Empress 全员跪请她做女帝 Everyone Kneels and Begs Her to Become Empress —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 EN Otherworldly Merchant 阴间商人 I’m a merchant who specializes in collecting sinister, supernatural objects. Anything that belonged to the dead is valuable! In the hands of ordinary people, these things can bring anything from a haunting to the ruin of an entire family. But in my hands, they can help you get promoted, make a fortune, defy fate, and meet every need a client could have. Want to know why? Shh. If you’re brave enough, come hear about the first terrifying deal I took after entering the business... 188Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 31 The Boundless Way 道法无边 From the moment I met my godfather, my life was destined to be extraordinary! Strange things are just part of everyday life for me, and all my friends are unusual too! There's the handsome, aloof cat demon, the seductive fox spirit, and the honorable Ghost King! Watch as I lead my powerful companions to slay evil demons and crush every wicked path! When the talisman rises, demons fall; when it descends, heaven and earth are set in order! 88Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 32 Young Tianxin (Harvesting Rice) 少年天心（收割稻谷） The Young Tianxin (Harvesting Rice) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Stars Shine in My Name 以我之名，星空闪烁 (No one reads it because it was left on hiatus) (Urban supernatural powers + xuanhuan + sweet romance + multiple heroines + passionate battles + invincible protagonist) Ye Ling always thought he would live out an ordinary, peaceful life. But after experiencing so much, the world of order, the demonic city swallowed by the sea, the fallen imperial capital... he finally understood that behind it all was a giant hand. He was both caught up in the game and one of the players moving the pieces. Still 10Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 34 Young Tianxin (Catching Loaches) 少年天心（捉泥鳅） Young Tianxin (Catching Loaches) 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 He Wrote His Love Into His Diary 他把爱写进了日记里 He Wrote His Love in His Diary 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Ten Years After Graduation, the School Bully Insists I’m His One True Love 毕业十年，校霸非说我是他白月光 Ten Years After Graduation, the School Bully Insists I Was His White Moonlight 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 After Being Sent as a Substitute Bride, the Sickly Prince and I Schemed Against Each Other 替嫁后，我和病娇王爷互相算计 After Becoming a Substitute Bride, the Sickly Prince and I Schemed Against Each Other 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office 阴阳事务所 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office is closed during the day and open at night. We don't take cases from the living, only from ghosts. I'm a man of principles. What? A pretty young lady wants to come visit? Yo, I might consider it! A bewitchingly beautiful, sultry red-robed female ghost; a headless ghost whose head was chopped off with an axe; the Black and White Impermanence from the underworld... They're all regulars here. To tell you the truth, even the King of Hell was raised by me! 355Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 39 The School Bully Comes Looking for His Child’s Mom 校霸带娃找妈 The School Bully Shows Up with a Kid, Looking for the Kid’s Mom —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺匠 My family has dealt with the dead for generations. Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a coffin bearer. Before carrying a coffin, I always offer the deceased five incense sticks. When offering incense to the living, three long sticks and two short ones are taboo. When offering incense to the dead, three short sticks and two long ones are taboo. That day, I carried a coffin, and the dead pregnant woman inside gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! [Shh, keep quiet! We’re settin 2.8kReads8.3Score18414d adds
- 41 After a Year of Sign-Ins at the Sword Sect, I Became a True Martial God 剑宗签到一年，我成就武道真神 Li Yuan transmigrated into a perilous fantasy world filled with countless heavens and domains, sacred clans of the Heavenly Domain, true immortals of the Immortal Domain, and evil gods of the Strange Cosmos. Humanity was barely surviving in the vast universe, until Li Yuan arrived! After one month of sign-in, he became a Martial Dao Grandmaster! After two months of sign-in, he became a Martial Dao Great Grandmaster and changed the ruling dynasty! After four months of sign-in, he became a Martial 1kReads7.8Score11014d adds
- 42 A Baby from Heaven: My Ghostly Husband Is Hard to Handle, So I’m Taking It Easy and Guarding the House 天降萌宝：诡夫难哄，老娘摆烂镇宅 A Baby from the Sky: Taming My Hard-to-Handle Ghost Husband? I’m Done Trying, So I’ll Keep the Home in Line 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The King of Hell Says You'll Die at the Third Watch, and He Won't Let You Live Until the Fifth 阎王要你三更死，不会留你到五更 [Demons + Light of the City + Judgment + Underworld + Invincible] Demons roam the human world, while Hell lies empty. With an Eye of Judgment, a Soul-Reaping Brush, and a Book of Sin and Life and Death, ordinary young man Cui Yi inherits the legacy of the Underworld and restores its order. The sins the world cannot punish? The Underworld will handle them! And the ones the world can punish? The Underworld will handle them all the more! No evidence? Does that mean you can do whatever you want? Are 539Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 44 I Was Just Taking Some Advice, So How Did I Become an Immortal Emperor? 我就随便听下劝，咋就成仙帝了？ Lu Chen transmigrates into a novel and becomes the useless heir of the Prince of Zhenbei. Just as he is about to become a villainous cannon fodder, he is fortunate enough to awaken the Advice-Listening System! As long as he follows someone’s suggestion, he receives a reward from the System! “The Great Zhou Emperor’s Art isn’t hard to practice. You just need to sit in meditation and focus your mind.” “With foreign tribes watching us like a hawk, why not train the troops yourself and lead them int 542Reads7.5Score10214d adds
- 45 The Yin-Born Child 阴生子 Before I was even born, someone plotted against me. I was cut from my mother’s womb before I was full-term, born with a congenital defect, and prone to attracting evil spirits. My fate was cursed, and I was destined not to live past a hundred days. To stay alive, I went to live with my maternal grandfather, a medium who could travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. After years of learning from him, I became a medium myself. From then on, I could communicate with the gods, enter the 110Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 46 The Whole World Can Hear My Thoughts: I Became a God 全世界都能听见我心声：我成神了 1.7kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 47 The Seventh Day the World Went Silent 被世界静音的第七天 The Seventh Day the World Went Silent 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Time-Stop Hero: A Trouble-Maker Who Puts Every Challenge in Its Place 时停勇者：爱搞事，专治各种不服 Time stop + invincible protagonist + Western fantasy + the Myriad Worlds + magic world The entire continent laughs at Lin Yi for being useless. In an era of elemental magic, everyone can command water, fire, wind, and lightning. He alone awakens the universally despised power of “Time Stasis.” “This ability can't even freeze a fly. It's completely useless!” His mentor shakes his head and sighs, dumping him into the worst class in the school. Then the demonic dragon burns a city to the ground, a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score32714d adds
- 50 Young Tianxin (A Day of Herding Cattle) 少年天心（放牛的一天） Young Tianxin (A Day of Herding Cattle) —Reads—Score—14d adds
