Novels like The Book of Life and Death
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Book of Life and Death, best match first.
- 101 The Exorcist from a Poor Family 寒门镇邪师 The three-year-old daughter of Lin Yan, a poor woodcarver, grows a fragrant green shoot in her palm, just as three golden lines appear in a crack in a copper lock passed down through his family. Only then does Lin Yan realize that a peddler's prophecy from three years ago has come true. His daughter, Nian'an, is the Chosen One of the Dao Fruit, but this divine gift is also a death sentence. Evil spirits from the outer city knock at the door in the dead of night, while members of the Spirit Infan 15Reads—Score214d adds
- 102 You Said Beast Taming Was for Battle, So Why Did You Shatter the Galaxy with Your Fist?! 说好御兽战斗，你却拳碎星河！ [Tens of thousands of words per update + unhinged + hilarious and action-packed + no System, but with a golden finger] (Just started receiving ratings, please leave a five-star review) In the future, demonic rifts have appeared. Corpse controllers cultivate the Dao by refining corpses, while demonic cultivators worship evil gods in the mortal world and extend their lives by borrowing years from others! Universities must burn through tens of billions every few days, or they'll be branded unfilial 12.2kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 103 The Unlucky Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 冤种天师走人间 The Maoshan Celestial Master holds yin and yang in check, slays ghosts, banishes demons, and dispels ill omens. A three-foot peachwood sword, a stick of incense for virtue! My fate is unusual: I court death but never die, so my master took me in as a disciple and taught me the secret arts of Maoshan. After descending the mountain, I met a beautiful older girl I knew as a child, and she led me down a road of no return. A beauty in an ice coffin, a snow-mountain witch, a fox spirit beneath the moo 714Reads7.4Score10114d adds
- 104 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.6kReads8.8Score11314d adds
- 105 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 106 Paper Effigy Maker: From the Start, I Summoned a Hundred Ghosts! 扎纸匠：开局扎出百鬼夜行！ Su Changsheng transmigrates to Blue Star, where horror is on the rise, inherits a funeral shop, and obtains a divine paper effigy System. With only an illustrated guide, Su Changsheng can craft the corresponding ghosts and gods of the underworld. Craft ghost soldiers and ghost generals: a procession of a hundred ghosts, ghost troops crossing the land! Craft Black and White Impermanence: seize souls and punish evil spirits! Craft the Ten Great Judges: distinguish good from evil and decide who liv 8Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 107 Kidnapped for 24 Years, Her Sister Reveals Her Shocking Past 被拐24年，惊天身世被姐姐曝光 [Reborn Ancestor + The Whole Family Favors Their Adopted Son and Regrets It Too Late + No Forgiveness] The whole family favored their adopted son, hiding the truth as they imprisoned Lu Hua in a mental hospital and tortured him. He never understood why his parents were so cold-hearted. That was until today, when his powerful sisters came to find him and revealed his shocking identity... 6.3kReads8.7Score91014d adds
- 108 Asura Blade Emperor 修罗刀帝 On the Tianhuang Continent, Emperor Qian Yun Chen, the foremost among the Nine Supremes, is betrayed by his beloved and closest friend. He dies fighting an unparalleled demon from beyond the realms. Four hundred years later, he is reborn into the body of a young master from a declining family in the Kingdom of Qingyue. The Supreme has returned, but he no longer has the strength that once let him dominate the world, nor the world's greatest Imperial Heaven Saber. So what? With an invincible heart 17.2kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
- 109 A Rogue of the Mortal World 俗世妖人 Xiu Xu from Bazhong is in the mountain city, where he owns an offline murder mystery game shop. He was once a top-tier Werewolf player, comes from a family of feng shui masters, and is suffering from end-stage pancreatic cancer. When his grandfather died, he left behind a peerless beauty with no sign of life. To stay alive, Xiu Xu had no choice but to bring his whole family along, leading a group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled relatives as they punched their way through the South Heaven Ga 6.5kReads8.7Score62214d adds
- 110 I Was Once a Man of the Mortal World, So Where Did I Go Wrong in Seeking Immortality? 本是红尘客，何处惹长生 A Daoist who came to this world was born immortal, yet always feared the vast mortal world below the mountain. Only after his master passed away did the Daoist finally venture into that world, following his master’s dying words. “Where the mountain grows fusu, the marsh holds lotus blooms.” Only after descending the mountain did the Daoist slowly begin to understand the words spoken in the past. Yet the Daoist remains trapped in immortality, unable to find release. This is the story of a Daoist 1.4kReads8.7Score13614d adds
- 111 Taking Everything from the Family, Only to Lose Everything 吃绝户成绝户 I Was Left Destitute After Trying to Inherit Everything 282Reads—Score414d adds
- 112 As a God of Slaughter, What's Wrong with Having a Slightly Stronger Bloodlust? 身为杀神，我杀心强亿点怎么了 [No System, decisive and ruthless, unwavering Daoist heart, traditional fantasy, on the dark side. If that’s not for you, don’t read!] In ancient times, everyone was a dragon. The Three Sovereigns ruled heaven and earth, divided the Three Realms and Six Paths, and cast their light across the myriad worlds. After the great calamity, the Three Sovereigns fell, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and both Heaven’s Court and the underworld were reduced to dust. In the chaotic modern era, the laws had grown 27kReads7.9Score2.2k14d adds
- 113 After My Sister's Death, I Became Yama and Unleashed Carnage on the World! 妹妹死后，我化身阎罗杀戮世界！ [Revenge Satisfying Read Ruthless Protagonist] That day, Lu Ziye was wrongfully imprisoned and tortured, reduced to a hyena with a broken back. His younger sister, already gravely ill and hospitalized, died after a heart attack brought on by his enemy, despite attempts to save her. The news struck him like a bolt from the blue, extinguishing his only reason to keep living. Despair filled Lu Ziye, and he roared in anguish, “Just because I'm poor, have no connections, and no power, you help the wi 256Reads5.0Score12114d adds
- 114 Building a Super Family, Starting with Seclusion in the Mountains 建立超级家族，从隐居山林开始 (Golden finger + invincible protagonist + behind-the-scenes scheming + seclusion + multiple heroines + spatial storage + hoarding supplies + villain protagonist + building a faction + pursuing immortality on his own + Republic of China era.) A new novel from a five-star author. The plot is guaranteed to deliver, so read with confidence. The protagonist transmigrates to the parallel-world Blue Star and gains a golden finger that lets him collect taxes from the entire world. But his original body 2.5kReads8.7Score15214d adds
- 115 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.2kReads8.0Score25314d adds
- 116 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.4kReads8.6Score15514d adds
- 117 The Lamp in the Raging Storm 狂风暴雨中的那盏灯 The Lamp That Shone Through the Storm 59Reads—Score114d adds
- 118 Womb Simulator: Born as a Fully Realized Saint Physique 娘胎模拟，出生即是大成圣体 [Primordial World Simulation + Invincible + Female Emperor + Lighthearted Power Fantasy] Ying Yi transmigrates as a baby still in the womb. He comes with a Simulation System that lets him grow stronger by simulating the primordial world. What he never expected was that there’d be a rebellious little sister in the womb, constantly trying to trample him underfoot. … My name is Ye Qingluan, an unparalleled female emperor who is halfway to becoming a True Immortal. Reborn for a second life, I’ve awa 4.7kReads6.9Score38014d adds
- 119 My Daughter Was Murdered, So I Turned Evil and Became a Max-Level Celestial Master to Get Revenge! 女儿被害，我黑化满级天师复仇！ “Dad... I’m sorry. I’ll be a good daughter to you in my next life!” “In that other world, there shouldn’t be any more pain.” “Dad, please forgive me...!” Chen Feng is a single father who has lived his entire life for his daughter, Chen Xiao. He went to great lengths to get her into an elite school, but who could have known that the news awaiting him would be so devastating? Chen Feng received a call from his daughter just before she jumped to her death. Only after arriving at the scene did Chen 9.8kReads8.2Score78214d adds
- 120 The Supreme Venerable of Alchemy and Martial Arts 丹武宇尊 The continent has gone tens of thousands of years without producing a single Supreme. The Supreme inheritance has been lost. An alchemy emperor of his generation, devoted to refining pills, uses all his talent to create a Supreme Pill. Just as he is about to help the continent produce another Supreme, he is betrayed by his disciple and dies beneath the pill tribulation. After being reborn, he focuses on his martial cultivation. While obtaining an inheritance, he unexpectedly discovers that the S 30.3kReads9.0Score3.4k14d adds
- 121 Horror Revival: Sign-In for a Gatling Gun from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局签到加特林 Horror has returned, and ghosts and monsters are running rampant. Humanity has no way to guard against them! Huang Shaofeng had only just transmigrated when he ran into a vicious ghost. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakened a System and embarked on the path of physical exorcism. The great and merciful Gatling, delivering all beings to salvation! Three thousand six hundred rounds a breath, and all six roots are cleansed. Physical exorcism is the deadliest kind. 675Reads7.8Score10514d adds
- 122 From the Start, Everyone Mistook Me for an Otherworldly Heavenly Demon 开局就被当成了域外天魔 [Xuanhuan Cultivation + Incredibly powerful background + Hidden big shot + Cultivates body and magic + Invincible wish fulfillment + Playing the pig to eat the tiger] Lin Dongqing stayed up all night reading a novel. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into a newborn baby. No golden finger, no System, just an ordinary mortal body. But can someone tell him... Why does Daoist Taiyi look at him as if he were an otherworldly demon? When Taiyi tries to examine him, the spiritual energy of h 917Reads5.7Score11514d adds
- 123 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… 3.9kReads9.0Score35914d adds
- 124 Burning Through the Starry River 燃尽星河 (This is the third book in the Dangdang Ji Xinghe trilogy, following Starship Breaker and Explosive War God: Burning Star River.) [Invincible protagonist]+ [No System]+ [Reborn God-King]+ [High-Martial Arts in the Stars]! Time turned back, and the last wanderer of the human race returned to his homeland after a thousand years away. Divine fire flickered in his eyes as he gazed up at the tranquil starry sky. “Even the faintest flame must not be extinguished by darkness.” “Even the smallest ho 2.3kReads8.7Score13914d adds
- 125 High Martial: The Young Demon King 高武：少年魔王 Years ago, a New World arrived, connecting Earth to millions of different Earths. The rifts hanging high in the sky became a paradise where people could pursue their dreams. Born without emotions, the monster Zhang You set out for the New World in hopes of becoming an ordinary person. Was his unmatched talent a blessing or a curse? 8.1kReads8.1Score44914d adds
- 126 Exposed by a Hit Variety Show After Five Thousand Years of Seclusion in Ghost Valley 隐居鬼谷五千年，被向往曝光了 The crew of the sixth season of Yearning for a Better Life came to Yunmeng Mountain to film, and accidentally wandered into a valley. There, they found an old man with a youthful face and white hair fishing with a hookless line. To their amazement, he actually caught a huge fish! They discovered that the old house where he lived was built from top-grade golden-thread nanmu, worth an estimated 1.5 billion yuan! They also found that the flowerpot he used for gardening was a blue-and-white Yuan dyn 1.4kReads7.8Score10114d adds
- 127 The Village of Terrifying Women 恐怖女人村 The women were so beautiful they were a feast for the eyes, yet they would not even let the men touch their hands. At first, I thought it was a feudal custom. As it turned out, it was part of a terrifying conspiracy. In this dark chapter of history, human nature erupted and was snuffed out again and again, without end. 412Reads8.5Score10714d adds
- 128 I Am Not a Paper Spirit 我不是纸仙 A paper effigy is made by folding paper into the shape of a person, so it can take on another's sins, endure their punishment, and bear the consequences of their karma. I was an orphan from a young age, adopted by my master. He was a paper effigy maker, and when I was nineteen, I learned his craft. That set me on a road of no return and turned me into a jinx. Before long, I brought about my master's death. Through one mistake, I turned a “Lovers' Fold” into a “Life-Damaging Fold,” creating a pap 50Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 129 The Demon Venerable of Three Thousand Years Is Writing a Thesis at the Academy? 三千载魔尊竟在学府写论文？ Urban cultivation + subverting tropes + invincible protagonist + hilarious comedy + the Myriad Worlds The Eternal Night Demon Venerable wakes from a three-thousand-year slumber during an archaeological livestream. His first words: "What's the Wi-Fi password?" He's shoved into a university for "reeducation." The professor's laws of the universe are just his old drafts. He gets reported for cheating after taking on five players in an esports match, and draws a circle on a soda can to seal a camp 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Midnight Spirit Shop 深夜灵店 I'm neither a yin-yang master nor an exorcist, but I do have an unusual left eye. I run a shop that opens only at midnight, serving customers who have run into special troubles. A little shop, a cup of tea for a guest, and so my story begins... 1.7kReads8.6Score19414d adds
- 131 Prisoner at Twenty: I Bore Through the World in Rebirth 二十岁囚徒：我在重生里凿穿世界 [Rebirth, Superpowers, No System, One Female Lead, Squad Captain, Squad Growth, Powerful Protagonist, Decisive and Ruthless] As he opened his eyes on the operating table for the 1,523rd time, Ye Xiu stared up at the swaying surgical light. He was starting to despair. He couldn’t stay dead, but he couldn’t live long either. He could only keep being reborn as one of countless people named Ye Xiu. Live long enough, and you really do lose your emotions and attachments. Your memories grow blurrier an —Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 132 From the Start, Armed with Just a Blade, I Slaughter My Way from Death Row to Regent 开局一把刀从天牢死囚杀成摄政王 [Ruthless] [Scheming] [Powerful Minister] [Fights Dirty] [Chinese-Style Enchantress] [Backstabbers Deserve to Die] Transmigration isn't about holding back. It's about doing whatever you please. The moment Chen Yan opens his eyes, he's in a prison dungeon, after his own father and younger brother reported him. With his life hanging by a thread, he doesn't hesitate for a second. He turns to a powerful minister and becomes his most loyal lackey! The powerful minister demands a token of loyalty. Che 11.2kReads8.9Score88514d adds
- 133 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 632Reads9.0Score11414d adds
- 134 Strange Happenings in the Ancient City 古城诡事 A mysterious phone call full of suspense and a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years draw him into a dangerous web of intrigue. Following the clues, he steps into one carefully laid trap after another. His friend, returned from the dead, Qin Zhijie, who clings to him relentlessly and seems neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and Shangguan Wan'er, whose identity is shrouded in mystery, all vanish without a trace at the most crucial moments. Why did Da Kui, who had braved life and death, come 50Reads8.8Score414d adds
- 135 I Guarded the City for a Hundred Years, Yet Everyone Blames Me? Don't Come to Me When Your Clan Is Wiped Out! 守城百年千夫所指？灭族别找我！ [Demonic Cultivation Big Shot] [The World Against Him] [Invincible, Wildly Satisfying] [His Entire Clan Gets Wiped Out] "You Don’t Need Me to Guard the Border? Now That the Great Demons Are at the Gates, You’re Scared" (Slow start, then all hell breaks loose after chapter 60.) When the demon race invaded, Lu Yang guarded a lonely city all by himself for a hundred years, bringing a century of peace to the Canglan Domain. But after the eight great demon clans launched a joint sneak attack, he was 12.5kReads7.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 136 1966: I Thrive by Making the Right Choices 1966我靠选择风生水起 This is a book with a strong moral compass. I hope you enjoy it! Take down some bullies and kill a few Japanese spies. Just read it as a fun power fantasy! Life is full of disappointments, but we must keep going and treasure what we have! May this book help you through your lows and welcome a brighter tomorrow with you! Brothers and sisters, let us work hard together! 871Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Nascent Soul Ancestor Becomes a Security Guard 元婴老祖当保安 He is the only Nascent Soul Ancestor in the Age of Declining Dharma, yet he chose to seal his cultivation and become a lowly security guard in a bustling city. Li Qingfeng had stood at the pinnacle of the cultivation world a thousand years ago. To break through to the Deity Transformation realm, he sealed his cultivation and plunged into the mortal world. By day, he is "Old Li," the cheerful security guard at the Shengshi Huating residential complex. He patrols, watches the gates, settles disput 411Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 You’re Dead, So Stop Flirting with Me 死人，别撩我 I never imagined that after being kidnapped, drained of blood, and stuffed into a coffin, touching the dead man would bring him back to life. And the whole thing was my dad's fault. He'd taken money from them and sold me to that dead man! 638Reads8.9Score10614d adds
- 139 The Banished Immortal: Poetry, Wine, and Sword Slashes Through the Ninth Heaven 谪仙：诗酒剑斩九重天 A banished immortal from the ninth heaven, trapped in the mortal world. Hunted across the nine heavens, bound by nine trials of love. One line of poetry can shake heaven and earth; one jug of wine can turn the cosmos upside down. One sword drawn, and the nine heavens shatter. I, Li Bai, with poetry in hand and sword at my side, take one person with me and return to Qinglian, drunk! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Eerie: I Just Want to Slack Off, but I’m Forced to Slaughter My Way Through the World 诡异：我想摆烂，却被迫杀穿世界 [Invincible + Hilarious + Slacker Lifestyle + Showing Off + Bizarre Story + Whether It’s Fun Depends on You] Ye Li transmigrated to a world where supernatural horrors were on the rise. With a body that naturally attracted spiritual energy, he became irresistible to countless monsters. Luckily, he awakened a point-allocation System, but the very next second, the System crashed. No matter. With the infinite points the System left behind, Ye Li maxed out all his stats. In an instant, he was invinci 3.9kReads8.2Score27814d adds
- 141 Forced to Drop Out, I Can Only Hunt Phantom Beasts 被迫退学的我，只能去猎杀幻兽了 (A quick heads-up: This isn’t a traditional pet-beast novel. The focus isn’t on contracting a bunch of beasts and evolving them like crazy. The pacing isn’t especially fast, and it probably isn’t a power fantasy full of face-slapping, so please read with that in mind.) [A wooden pistol triggers the Mythic talent “Super Evolution” and evolves into an M7 pistol!] [The skill “Rapid” undergoes Super Evolution... “Super Acceleration”!] After being forced to drop out of school, Lin Feng sets out on th 2.5kReads8.4Score18614d adds
- 142 Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2 Heaven Official's Blessing, no taboos under heaven. The second installment of Living People’s Taboos! 7.9kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 143 I Really Don't Want to Be the Dark Ancestor 我真的不想当黑暗老祖 [No System + Invincible + Villain] After Ye Feng, who died suddenly, wakes up again, he discovers that he has become the patriarch of a top-tier immortal clan. He thinks his luck has finally changed and that he can enjoy a carefree life at last, but memories surfacing in his mind reveal that something is wrong. The beings of countless worlds regard his clan as taboo. He himself is known to all the worlds as the source of darkness. Every living being hates him, fears him, and wants to tear him ap 13.2kReads8.4Score90514d adds
- 144 EN Who Let a Mere Martial Artist Cultivate the Sword? 你一个武夫，谁让你炼剑的？ [No System] [No transmigration] [Invincible physical body] [Supreme swordsmanship] [Ruthless and decisive] [Overwhelming victories from start to finish] Qin Guan is a powerful eighth-realm martial artist. Following his master’s orders, he descends the mountain to fulfill a marriage contract. The Nan family thinks Qin Guan is a good-for-nothing who can’t cultivate. They don’t want to break the engagement and earn a bad reputation, but they also don’t want to marry off their exceptionally ta 87.6kReads8.6Score29.8k14d adds
- 145 Strange Tales from Republican-Era Sanjiang 民国三江诡事集 Whenever Eunuch Li from the teahouse downstairs told stories about the many strange and uncanny things he had encountered in his youth, a crowd would always gather around him. Whenever I was bored as a child, I would run over to listen. A corpse that had been dead for days was pulled from the Yangtze River, yet bled when its relatives came to see it. The owner of Second Brother’s restaurant had a brother who was a sworn brother of the underworld. One night, he followed the gang’s leader to an ab 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Sixth Line: Initial Nine 六爻之初九 Lu Yao has shared a bond with Zhou Yi since childhood and is well versed in divination. But a college student from a remote mountain village who practices fortune-telling is an oddball in her classmates’ eyes, so she moves off campus and rents a place of her own. One day, she checks her bank statement and sees she’s in the red. She hops on the little scooter she uses to deliver packages. “Dear customer, you have a romantic disaster in store. Please don’t go out today!” Customer: “Are you crazy?” 1.5kReads8.5Score18214d adds
- 147 Someone Tried to Frame Me, So I Put on a Bandit's Mask! 被人碰瓷，我带上了劫匪头套！ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Jin is chosen to play a bank robber in a bank drill. On the day of the exercise, as he heads to the bank to carry out the “robbery,” an old woman falls right in front of him. Old woman: “You knocked me down. You’re not going anywhere until you pay me eight or ten thousand yuan.” With the planned time drawing closer, Lu Jin has no choice but to agree to take the old woman to the bank to withdraw the money. Once inside the bank, as the old woman urges L 2.7kReads8.7Score18014d adds
- 148 Old Tales of Jiangyang: The Evil Dragon of Sanjiang 江阳旧事之三江孽龙 Luzhou, in central Sichuan, was known in ancient times as Jiangyang Commandery and is also called the City of Liquor. The Yangtze, Tuo, and Chishui rivers surround the city, which also borders Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, making it an important transportation hub for the three provinces since ancient times. The constant streams of mule caravans within the city, cargo boats on the rivers, and merchants lining the streets, along with the local brotherhood halls where sworn brothers trained with f 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Thriller Game: Every NPC Wants to Kill Me 惊悚游戏：全NPC都想干掉我 [Horror Game + Battle Royale + Yandere NPCs + No Female Lead] “This is just an ordinary dating game. In it, I’m being pursued by more than a dozen high-quality human women!” From the start, a little girl NPC’s head falls off. Duan Jun helps the NPC in the beginner village pick it up, getting a head start. At Rose Manor, the maid wields a knife, the chef poisons the food, the butler tries to smash people with an axe, and the gardener wants to use him as fertilizer! He even gets intercepted on the 527Reads9.2Score11114d adds
- 150 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Evil, White Flowers 过客十三签·恶之卷·白花 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Evil: White Flower 4Reads—Score—14d adds
