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.
- 151 The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion: I Rule the Skies. Who Dares Call Themselves an Immortal? 天机阁，吾掌一片天，何人敢称仙 [No female lead] [No System] [Fast-paced traditional fantasy] [A different kind of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion] Ten years ago, the Jun family, the most powerful clan in the Eastern Continent, was wiped out over a treasure from beyond the heavens. The family's two prodigies survived by sheer luck and left home to face the trials of the world. Ten years later, Jun Tianchen has become a revered sovereign. He founded the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and became its mysterious master. Returning to his home 7.2kReads8.0Score46114d adds
- 152 Warhammer Fantasy: Journal of Infinite Clones and Farming 中古战锤之无限分身种田日记 Feel-Good Power Fantasy | Fantasy War Wang Lei transmigrated, only to find himself inside a giant pot. The greenskins greeted him with welcoming smiles. Wang Lei returned their friendly smiles, unwilling to be outdone. Infinite items Infinite clones Grow all kinds of greenskins Fight all kinds of rats Plant trees and get greening 257Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 153 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Love, The Person Behind the Mirror 过客十三签·爱之卷·镜背人 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Love: The Person Behind the Mirror 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Secret Notes of a Feng Shui Master 风水师秘记 My grandfather left me a handwritten ancient manuscript. When I turned eighteen, a dream of mine shook the entire world of feng shui... Liu Bowen severing dragon veins, feng shui guiding a celestial dragon, paper figures controlling one's fortune, plum-blossom tattoos, the dead seeking justice... Everyone knew Yang Qingtian was a legend, but no one knew that I was him! 3.7kReads8.2Score39614d adds
- 155 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Sorrow, Saving a Meal 过客十三签·哀之卷·留饭 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Grief: Saving a Meal 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Anger, Whip Beneath the Pagoda Tree 过客十三签·怒之卷·槐下鞭 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Anger: Whipping Beneath the Pagoda Tree 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Fear, Night Suona 过客十三签·惧之卷·夜唢呐 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Fear: Night Suona 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Joy, Paper Groom 过客十三签·喜之卷·纸新郎 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Joy: Paper Groom 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 EN I, the Great Dao Saint Venerable, Exposed by the Hongmeng List! 我，大道圣尊，被鸿蒙榜曝光了！ The Supreme Hongmeng Ranking, Volume One: The ranking of primordial treasures begins updating! Every treasure that makes the list will receive an extraordinary reward! The names of mighty figures everyone thought had perished appear one after another, and unbelievable rewards keep being handed out. “What? We Heavenly Dao Saints didn't even make the top three of the Supreme Hongmeng Ranking?” “What? The Beast Emperor Shen Ni is actually a guard of the Primordial Dao Lord in the Hongmeng Palace?” 2.5kReads7.2Score23414d adds
- 160 Fifteen Years in Hiding in the Capital, Now They Call Me the Night Emperor 京中蛰伏十五载，世人唤我夜天子 In this life, Xiao Yi transmigrates and is reborn as the heir of Prince Yuan of the Great Yan Dynasty. After wandering the martial world for five years, he returns to the capital, where Emperor Wu arranges his marriage to the Butcher Commandery Princess. The people of the realm laugh at him for clinging to a female warlord, never realizing that... Even the blind old servant by his side is a peerless spear immortal who once made every swordsman in the world bow! A casual move of his pieces can gi 6.9kReads8.5Score55514d adds
- 161 The Grand Feng Shui Master 大风水师 The living are coffined, the dead are entombed; yin and yang are reversed to establish the four pillars. A mirror that repels yang, cloth that draws in yin, and money trees lined up outside the door. A beautiful woman, plenty of money, yet worldly pleasures are not to be enjoyed. Walk between yin and yang, uncover Heaven’s secrets; every feng shui master is doomed to a short life! 13.9kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 162 On the Day My Engagement Was Called Off, My Parents Revealed We Come from the Supreme Imperial Clan 退婚当天，父母坦白来自无上帝族 Wu Ning transmigrated into a fantasy world. He had planned to laze around and wait for death, but who could have guessed his parents came from the supreme imperial clan of the Greater Thousand Worlds! On his eighteenth birthday, his fiancée showed up to break off their engagement. His parents revealed their identities, and Wu Ning awakened the Invincible Sign-In System: [Ding! Sign-in successful. Obtained ten thousand years of cultivation!] [Ding! Sign-in successful. Obtained one innate supreme 6.5kReads8.9Score52614d adds
- 163 I'm Really Not a Hidden Master 我真不是隐世高人 [Invincible protagonist, sign-in System, mistaken-identity comedy] He is a mortal, yet possesses powers so wondrous they seem beyond gods and ghosts. He grows vegetables that become precious medicines and raises fish that transform into divine dragons. Even the chaos sacred beasts rush to recognize him as their master. Ji Mo: “So even a mortal body can crush the gods…” 467Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 164 Xuanhuan: Burning Bright to Slay the Gods, Starting with Sacrificing Pain 玄幻：火旺斩神！从献祭痛苦开始 A mad genius slaughters his way through the Three Realms! The more it hurts, the more berserk his combat power becomes! [Madness from the start] He is Patient 07 at a psychiatric hospital, and also the “mad dog” outer disciple of the Cangyang Sect in another world! When the red fog infects Earth, he tears through space and time amid the smell of disinfectant and rust. With his left hand, he subdues Elder Deadwood and makes him bark like a dog; with his right, he snuffs out the Purple Moon Phoeni 204Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 165 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 5.5kReads9.0Score38814d adds
- 166 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score97814d adds
- 167 The Yin Son of Heaven: From the Start, I Summon Black and White Impermanence 阴天子：开局召唤黑白无常 [System + passionate action + feel-good power fantasy + invincible protagonist + Underworld + Yin Heavenly Son + adventure + wild imagination] Shen Lian transmigrates to a fantasy continent and awakens the Yin Heavenly Son System. He slays vengeful ghosts, eradicates demons and evils, revives myths, and descends upon the mortal world. He obtains the Black and White Impermanence: vengeful ghosts are seized by the soul, and the Impermanence spirits claim their lives. He obtains the City God’s divi 2.8kReads7.6Score21114d adds
- 168 After Joining the Supernatural, Even My Farts Smell Good to Everyone 加入诡异后的我，放屁别人都说香 [Eerie Revival] [Apocalypse] [Light humor] [Evolution] [Behind the scenes] Eerie Revival began, the Apocalypse arrived, and everyone struggled desperately to survive. Social order collapsed and morality crumbled. People betrayed one another to stay alive, laying bare the worst of human nature. In his previous life, Si Ming was betrayed by a treacherous enemy and died with bitter regret. Reborn, he learned from his painful experience and decided to stop acting human! A woman? Better to find an ee 11.2kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 169 The Fairest Is That Crimson Flower 最美是那一朵血花 The Most Beautiful Flower Is a Bloodstain 58Reads—Score214d adds
- 170 A Max-Level Expert Pretends to Be a Newbie, but Her Secret Identities Keep Getting Exposed 满级大佬装萌新，马甲掉不完 Invincible + Cautious + Comedy + Multiple Secret Identities + Absolute Control He is a creator-level powerhouse among the myriad heavens, yet he prefers to pose as a weak newbie and take it easy. The God King is a clay figure he molded, the Immortal Emperor is one of his split incarnations, and every legend in the world is one of his secret identities. At the sect tournament, he “narrowly beats” the last-place contestant, while the Grand Supreme Elder kneels to watch a divine technique. When t 3.1kReads—Score33914d adds
- 171 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.2kReads9.1Score94114d adds
- 172 Xuanhuan: I Became a Minor Villain from the Start 玄幻：开局成了小反派 Chen Su transmigrates into the body of the heir to the Prince of Zhennan, a top-tier aristocrat who is handsome and rich. But he soon discovers that he’s a minor villain who won’t survive past the third episode! And the original owner has left him a mountain of messes to clean up... He beat up a young supreme prodigy whose foundations had been crippled. He stole the girl from a poor boy who was determined to rise above his station. He picked a fight with the Su family’s live-in son-in-law... “Le 21.7kReads8.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 173 Journey to the West: Tracing All Worlds to Attain Enlightenment 西游之万界归源证大觉 The main setting is the world of Journey to the West, with elements from Black Myth, Primordial Journey to the West, The Four Journeys, Dragon Ball, and other works inspired by Journey to the West... Li Haiyi transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West. With his golden finger, he joined Fangcun Mountain. He learned the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations and the Northern Sea Cloud-Roaming Art, thinking they were ordinary transformation techniques. He never expected that the Heavenly Stem 10.4kReads8.5Score83814d adds
- 174 Lu Ban's Secret Art of Feng Shui 鲁班风水秘术 Carpenters revere Lu Ban as their patriarch. He left behind the Lu Ban Book, divided into two parts. The first contains carpentry techniques, while the second is a collection of secret spells, never to be shared with outsiders. The patriarch also left a curse: anyone who learns the spells in the second part must suffer one of the fates of being widowed, orphaned, childless, or disabled. That is why later generations called the second part of the Lu Ban Book the “Missing One.” In the old days, mo 5.7kReads9.1Score78414d adds
- 175 Tales of the Taoist Sect 道门往事 Cha Wenbin holds the ancestral seal of the Maoshan sect and is the last heir to the position of sect leader in the Orthodox Way. He saves people caught between yin and yang, but brings disaster upon himself and suffers Heaven’s punishment. With a chivalrous heart and a mastery of Taoist arts, he rescues the living from the cracks between worlds and guides the dead through the endless hellish roads! Who are the ancient Di people clad in fish scales, the mysterious king brought back to life, and t 24.1kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds
- 176 Sculptor: I Create the Perfect Crime Scene 雕刻师：我制造完美死亡现场 Shen Chaoge is a sculptor. It’s a craft that takes skill. Unlike the work of traditional sculptors, his creations are infused with the uncanny… Some people are frightened to death in broad daylight. Some drown in dry rooms. Some freeze to death in the heat of summer. Some burn to death in the pouring rain… I am a sculptor, and a “demon” who walks among the living… I bring salt to death… It is as if someone is murmuring. I’m setting up the next death scene. You, whose sins are so grave, will you 8.8kReads7.8Score81314d adds
- 177 You Asked Me to Open a Pet Beast Shop, So Why Did I Create a Mythic Beast-Taming Era? 让你开宠兽店，你缔造神话御兽时代？ [Beast Taming + After the College Entrance Exam + Academy + God-Tier Talent + Pet Shop + Wild Imagination + Divine Beasts] “You’re selling a lowest-grade slime for three million? Are you crazy for money?” The girl glares at the young shopkeeper in front of her and fumes, “This place is a rip-off! You’re running a scam!” Lu Yu remains perfectly calm. “This is an incredibly special slime. It can devour resources and grow stronger without limit! Just imagine it: the weakest pet, a slime, beating up 8.3kReads7.5Score78614d adds
- 178 The Young Friends of Old Return 少年故人归 [Slow-Burn Setup] [Wuxia] [Revenge and Retribution] [Hatred of Evil] [Chapter One is a “Prologue,” optional reading. The real climax comes later.] Why do I fight to the death without retreating? Because all my brothers are buried here. How could I bear to be the only one left alive? How could I spare my own life? And besides… who says a ruler of a fallen kingdom has to be a fool? And who says that if you love someone, you have to let them know? Sometimes it can be for “that one glance” alon 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 1.8kReads9.0Score13514d adds
- 180 All the Livestock I Raise Are Great Emperors! You Call Him an Ordinary Village Guardian? 饲养的牲畜都是大帝！你说他是普通守村人？ Also known as: So I Really Am a Hidden Master. An accident brings Ye Fan deep into the mountains. There is a small village here. He lives in the village as its guardian and raises a herd of livestock. Then one day... a group of people calling themselves revered masters arrives in the village. The moment they see the pets he raises, they tremble in fear. Only then does he understand... How dare you call those chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs livestock! Your whole family is... 547Reads9.0Score11814d adds
- 181 My Wife Stayed Out All Night, So I Leapt Up and Kicked Her 妻子夜不归宿，跳起来就是一脚 My Wife Didn't Come Home All Night, So I Leapt Up and Kicked Her 233Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 EN Starting with Ten? You're Really Exploiting a Bug! 起手乘十？有BUG你是真卡啊 [Master schemer] [Wild draws] [Unhinged] [Exploiting a bug] [Multiply anything by ten] … System: “Ding! Host has only ten days left to live. The Multiply by Ten System is now bound! You can multiply any one thing by ten.” Jiang Fu: “Multiply by ten, multiply by ten, multiply by ten, multiply by ten, multiply by ten, multiply by ten…” System: “Wait! You only get one chance to multiply something by ten!” Jiang Fu: “Multiply by ten, multiply by ten, multiply by ten, multiply by ten, multiply by t 127.2kReads7.0Score15.3k14d adds
- 183 I Sell Fate Across the Heavens 我在诸天售卖命运 [Urban Imagination] + [the Myriad Worlds] + [Invincible Mastermind] + [System Management] + [Trading in Fate] I am Shen Yuan, a merchant of fate who walks through the cracks in time. One bottle of antibiotics buys Chongzhen the Forbidden City. A piece of intelligence from the future swipes ten billion dollars from Wall Street, with twenty extra years of life thrown in for a financial tycoon. Wealth, power, love, lifespan, even the desire to rewrite history... Everything on my shelves is up for 4.6kReads—Score48014d adds
- 184 Supreme God of Slaughter 无上杀神 Killing one is a crime. Killing ten thousand makes you a hero. Kill hundreds of millions, and you’re a hero among heroes! A lowly servant is beaten to death on the spot, only to unexpectedly inherit the legacy of the God of Slaughter. He cultivates the Five Palaces God-Slaying Art, and across the Myriad Worlds, among all the gods and demons, there is none he cannot kill! 15.8kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 185 The Immortal Path of the Elixir Scripture 丹经仙途 A humble young man happens upon an alchemy manual. Relying on his natural talent, he practices alchemy and cultivation, joins a sect, and successfully establishes his foundation. He ventures into secret realms, claims rare treasures, and has a beautiful companion by his side. After a difficult journey, he forms a Golden Core, forges a Nascent Soul, and ultimately becomes a legendary figure of his era. 5Reads—Score314d adds
- 186 After the Chubby Kid Took a Knife for Me, I Kicked My Best Friend Flying 小胖子帮我挡刀后，我一脚踹飞了我的好闺蜜 After the Chubby Kid Took a Knife for Me, I Kicked My Best Friend Flying 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 EN Dad, Just How Powerful Is Our Family? 爹，咱们家势力到底有多强？ [Lighthearted + Invincible Hero + Overwhelming Faction + Decisive and Ruthless] Ye Changan transmigrates to a fantasy world, marries a woman, and has a daughter with her. Later, the woman awakens her memories and leaves, abandoning Ye Changan, who cannot cultivate, and their daughter, Ye Xinran. One day, Ye Xinran decides to venture into the world of immortal cultivation. After she leaves home, Ye Changan’s System arrives. The System stipulates that Ye Changan’s cultivation will always be ten 17.1kReads7.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 188 From the Start, I Was the Supreme Great Emperor, Crushing Every Foe 开局无上大帝，横推一切敌 [Starts at the Great Emperor level + System + behind-the-scenes mastermind + power fantasy + ensemble cast + summoning + crushing all beneath the heavens + iron-blooded conquest + building a faction] Li Qingjun transmigrated into the Great Wind Dynasty eighteen years ago. Just as he faced a life-or-death crisis, the System finally finished loading! [Reward for Host: peak cultivation of the Supreme Great Emperor!] [Reward for Host: Heavenly Emperor Dao Sword!] [Reward for Host: Supreme Immortal P 11kReads8.3Score78714d adds
- 189 Villain: I Am the Eternal Number One Mastermind 反派：我，万古第一黑手 When Jiang Mingdao woke up, he discovered he had become the Divine Son of an Ancient Immortal Clan. He had a Chaotic Dao Body, exceptional talent, formidable influence, and an extraordinary family background. At first glance, he seemed to have reached the pinnacle of this world, a top-tier rich heir. But after carefully reviewing his memories, he realized things weren’t quite as they seemed. From the start, he had a twin clansman who had read a “novel” and started stealing his opportunities. The 15.3kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 190 A County Magistrate Fell from the Sky 天上掉县令 “Your Majesty! The last six magistrates appointed to Nantang County have all been murdered. Now no one dares accept the post. Please decide what to do!” “How were they killed?” “It's said to be connected to a poisoning case at a tavern.” “Who owns the tavern?” “A young scholar.” “If no one else will take the post, then make the scholar the magistrate!” “But...” And so the young man, a doctoral student from Huaxia who had transmigrated here, found himself a county magistrate... A year later, Nant 66.8kReads9.2Score4.1k14d adds
- 191 Terror in the Haunted Dorm 诡寝惊魂 I got a job as a dorm supervisor in a university women’s residence, but the girls there were a little too friendly… Crying in the middle of the night, dorm rooms catching fire, rooms that don’t exist. Hidden in the deepest corners of memory is a bizarre and fantastical world… The night is deep, the dream unfinished. A mountain spirit blows out the lamp. Where can a lonely soul return? 10.4kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 192 God of War: Storm X 战神风云X [The fate of a so-called God of War...] [Is to sleep alone in endless darkness...] [Until the dawn arrives...] [Then raise the battle flag once more...] [And return to the battlefield...] [The solitude of darkness is nothing to fear...] [It is like having a long, long dream...] [Until we have enough strength to wake...] [All we need to do is wait quietly...] [We will awaken in the end...!] 230Reads9.6Score—14d adds
- 193 Xuanhuan: A Sword Immortal Raising Four Kids from the Start, Unrivaled Under Heaven 玄幻：剑仙开局养四娃，举世无敌 [Swordsmanship + Lighthearted Daily Life + Younger Siblings + Strategy + Dynastic Conflict + Passion + A World of Cause and Effect] “Boy, you’ve been thrown into the game all alone. Are you afraid?” “Afraid? I’ve got four little side accounts and one cheat. Even if the Heavenly Dao showed up, it would have to bow down. What do I have to be afraid of?” Ye Tingmu accidentally transmigrates to the Changhe Continent with a copy of The Art of War, adopts four children at the very start, and awakens a 4.7kReads8.8Score37114d adds
- 194 Special Affairs Bureau, Division Nine: The Nanhai Monster Uprising 特殊事物处理九科之南海妖乱 Do you really know the friends around you? The coworkers around you? Your own family? Do you~ know this world? Maybe the people you know, the ones you've met and fallen in love with, aren't human at all~~~ They're demons~! If it weren't for one extraordinary mission, none of this would ever have come to light. And if it weren't for the people who silently stood guard, the Jiuying Sect might already have severed the dragon veins and destroyed our nation's fortune of ten thousand years... 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Heavenly Dao, Prove Yourself 天道，请自证 You saved them, but he was the one enshrined in gold. After he has basked in the incense of countless worshippers, even your name will be erased without a trace. Su Yan is determined to tear down that golden statue. He tempers his bones with the dust of monuments, opens a realm with an old inkstone, and reveals the truth through white stone. Carrying fragments of masterworks, he uses evidence to break divine powers and strips away, layer by layer, the merit stolen by the powerful. From reclaimin 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 A Reversal System at Age Six? I Rise Straight to Earthly Immortal 六岁来逆袭系统？我直升陆地神仙 Wait, I'm only six years old. What is this comeback System doing here? Lu Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes a prince of the Great Qian Divine Dynasty! Looking at the comeback System that has activated decades early, the six-year-old Lu Chen scratches his head. [Congratulations! You got Luo Li, your childhood friend and a powerful expert at the Celestial Realm, to say “I like you.” Comeback mission complete. Reward: Earthly Immortal Realm.] [Congratulations! You defeated a little 42.1kReads8.3Score4k14d adds
- 197 I Have a Million Skill Points 我有百万技能点 What does it mean to start with a golden opportunity? Even the beginner's gift pack can give you a supreme reward, and you get one million skill points right away. Why bother cultivating techniques? You can max them out in minutes. Even ancient fragments that no one else can cultivate become treasures in my hands. Bloodline requirements, talent restrictions, none of them matter. The System says, “Daddy Host, please hurry up and finish the missions so you can help me level up.” Su Chen says, “We' 5.1kReads8.8Score57114d adds
- 198 Cutting Ties with My Past Life 了缘断残生 Li Qing was an orphan everyone felt entitled to slap! After both his parents died, people seized his family’s property and drove him out of the village. He’d been in a juvenile correctional facility, an orphanage, and, of course, prison! One day, by chance, he met an old swindler on the street, and his life seemed to take a different course! In a single night, he walked through a bone cave glowing with a sickly green light, received several inexplicable guests, and made it through a foul-smel 192Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 A Thousand Years for All the People 万民成岁 Can nine sacks of seeds topple a dynasty? With 117 living people written into the death registers, Xin Ye flees into the White Salt Wasteland and takes up the path of cultivation through farming once more. By farming with his own hands, he glimpses the earth's ley lines. When many people farm together, the furrows become an array. He wants the iron cavalry coming to collect grain to see that the ridges beneath their feet can trap an army, the hundred wells in the village can suspend rivers, and 23Reads—Score114d adds
- 200 Grandpa’s Starting a Rebellion in the Underworld, While I’m an Earthbound Yin Messenger 爷爷在地府造反，我在人间当阴差 “Grandson, burn me some money!” Every night, whenever Wang Ming fell asleep, he heard his grandfather, Wang Renyi, appear in his dreams and ask him to burn paper money for him. Wang Renyi said he had staged a rebellion in the underworld. He had beaten up the Ten Ghost Marshals and their underlings, kicked the Six Bureau Officers, and even demolished the halls of the Ten Kings of Hell. Then, out of nowhere, Wang Ming, who was still in the world of the living, activated the Netherworld Deity Syste 1.7kReads8.8Score17714d adds
