Novels like The Pawnshop of the Dead
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Pawnshop of the Dead, best match first.
- 1 Insect Life: A Journey to the Brink of Death 蟲生：绝命之旅 Thirteen bodies are discovered in a derelict mansion on the outskirts of the city. The victims are from different walks of life, and their deaths are bizarre. I am ordered to investigate the case, only to discover that all kinds of details at the crime scene are eerily similar to last night's nightmare... The strangely arranged bodies, the colleague who seems to have something to say, the girlfriend acting strangely, the ancient sacrificial ritual... As the investigation deepens, more and more c 98Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 2 The Strongest Convenience Store in History 史上最强便利店 The rise of online shopping and Tmall Supermarket’s encroachment on brick-and-mortar stores have left the retail sector in despair. Lu Ming, who runs a small chain of convenience stores under his own brand, has poured more than 200,000 yuan of his savings into the business. After barely holding on for three months, he can’t take it anymore. Meanwhile, his younger brother Lu Zhao has been in a car accident, and the surgery will cost 180,000 yuan, or he may lose the use of both legs… Exhausted an 540Reads6.9Score11714d adds
- 3 The Bus at 4 A.M. 凌晨4点的公交车 At dawn in the university town, there’s a bus with no listed schedule. The passengers aboard have all been dead for a long time~! That day, I boarded that bus. This is where the story began... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop 黄泉当铺 Here, you can get anything you want, whether it’s power, money, or status. If you can imagine it, you can trade for it. But you must pay the appropriate price. That price might be your limbs, your emotions, your senses... or even your soul! 315Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 5 Curse of the Sinful Shadow: The Sinner's End 孽影咒怨之罪者的末路 In the shadowy corners of a bustling city, evil grows unchecked like a cancer. Driven by greed, some resort to the most despicable means to line their pockets, while others lose themselves in an abyss of desire, unable to climb out. Little do they know that retribution is already drawing near. Each sin has finally awakened a curse lurking in the unseen world. This is a horror story about evil and retribution. Every sinner pays a terrible price for their misdeeds, while the resentment hidden in t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Yin-Yang Pharmacy 阴阳药店 When people get sick, there is medicine to treat them. But when ghosts get sick, is there medicine for them? There is, and you can find it right here. What can't you buy at One-of-a-Kind Pharmacy? We have Granny Meng Pills, Regret-Banishing Pills, Worry-Relief Wine, and Resurrection Capsules. Whatever you want, as long as you can pay the price, your wish can come true. 851Reads9.0Score10514d adds
- 8 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score12114d adds
- 10 The Eerie Realm: It Starts with an Elevator 诡界：从电梯开始 [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Dungeon Progression]+ [No Saintly Protagonist]+ [Eerie]+ [Original Dungeons] Have you ever wondered? Beneath the neon lights and atmosphere of this city, things lurk that defy all reason. They were chosen by the Eerie [Elevator] and marked by a terrifying curse. Again and again, they must take part in death games, until death claims them. 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Forbidden Secrets of the Yellow Springs 黄泉禁忌 My family runs a coffin shop. For several days in a row, a strange woman came by asking whether we had seven large, unpainted red coffins. And then... I have a book called Yellow Springs. It records the forbidden secrets of this world that no one else knows! 4.7kReads8.8Score36914d adds
- 12 This God of Cooking Really Wants to Teach Everyone 这个厨神真想教会大家 [Cooking + Dad Life + Technical Skills + No System] Feng Zheng only wanted to run his family’s little restaurant well, win back his first love, and give his daughter a warm, complete home. He never expected that livestreaming his cooking to attract customers would make him an internet sensation. His dish of eel in sizzling oil taught housewives across the country how to prepare eel at home. His delicate tofu soup became the standard for knife skills among the nation’s top chefs. His braised pork 184Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 13 Reincarnated as the Shadow, I Call the Shots at Pawnshop No. 8 身为黑影转世，八号当铺我说了算 After the great battle between light and shadow, the Shadow was reincarnated and the Bai family passed into the Dao. Shen Yinuo, the Shadow’s tenth reincarnation, awakens once more and takes over Pawnshop No. 8, an establishment that has existed since ancient times. Thus, the legends begin anew. Shen Yinuo: “Nine times out of ten, life doesn’t go as you wish. Come to Pawnshop No. 8! Every wish you have will be granted.” Pawnshop No. 8 accepts anything of value. Intelligence, luck, emotions, year 615Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 14 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 15 A Fading Lamp Shines on the Lonely Dead 残灯照孤冥 (Mystery + supernatural + no female lead) (Ghost case files + Taoist arts) (Tomato Original) The male lead is born under the fate of a lone star of calamity, destined to walk alone. A dying lamp lights the lonely darkness, and that darkness lights me in turn. 331Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 My Ancestor Is a Pot 我的祖宗是口锅 Xu Jingqing accidentally awakened the spirit of an ancestor who had been sleeping inside the family heirloom, an iron wok. Under the old ancestor's “loving” tutelage, Xu Jingqing honed extraordinary cooking skills and opened a humble little eatery. At first, people were skeptical of a restaurant run by a college girl who had never lifted a finger around the house. Then came the verdict: “It's so good!” “Mom, I want to eat big sister's cooking every day.” “What smells so good in the middle of the 396Reads8.7Score10614d adds
- 18 Mysterious Curse 1 神秘诅咒1 [Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Folk Taboos + A Passionate Coming-of-Age Story] Enter a sinister world concealed beneath the bustle of the modern city! I have no control over life or death. My name is Zhang Wen. I thought getting into college would let me escape that bleak village in the southwest. Then my grandfather died suddenly, with these words written in cinnabar on his palm: "Dig three feet down at the southeast corner of the wall." I unearthed a bloodstained notebook. Its fir 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I Inherited a Tailor Shop, and the Nation’s Goddess Wants Me to Make Her Clothes Personally 继承裁缝店，国民女神求我贴身制衣 Hao Yiba transmigrates and inherits a tailor shop that's on its last legs, but unexpectedly obtains a God-Tier Clothing System. He goes from an inconspicuous tailor at the bottom of society to a clothing master celebrated around the world. His elegant tweed suits become the very definition of sophistication. Burberry trench coats are hailed as masterpieces by fashionable men and women alike. The Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix gown, the Rainbow Feather Robe, the Plain Gauze Cicada Rob 1.9kReads8.9Score18414d adds
- 20 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Cannon Fodder Wins by Doing Nothing Thanks to a Vending Machine 炮灰靠自动贩卖机躺赢了 [System + Farming + Infrastructure + Interdimensional Trading] Qin Shiyue, a native of an ancient world, is bound to a System and discovers that she is an early-death cannon-fodder character in a harem novel. Is her fist not hard enough, or is making money and leveling up not just too good to pass up? She sets up vending machines that bring in huge profits, and the Myriad Worlds go wild for them. Qin Shiyue gradually lets loose, too. Apocalypse world: Qin Shiyue: Water from the well in my backya 298Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 22 Grandma’s Ghost Stories 听奶奶讲灵异故事 I was raised by my grandmother. The bedtime stories I heard as a child were all supernatural events she had experienced herself. They scared me so badly I was afraid to go to the bathroom, but I could never resist listening to the end. What I didn't know was that the more stories I heard, the more likely they were to come true, and that I had plenty of secrets of my own. 152Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 23 Rule Horror: The Strange Happy Family 规则怪谈：诡异的幸福之家 [Horror + Brain-Bending Mystery + Livestreamed National Fate] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. As one of the chosen, Ling Xiao enters the horror realm to survive. At the critical moment between life and death, he unexpectedly awakens a Rule System. If he survives, the whole nation celebrates. If he fails, the horror realm descends upon the real world. 1. You live with your wife, child, and parents. Remember, there are only five people in the household. 2. Your child goes to school at e 1.1kReads6.1Score10414d adds
- 24 National Destiny Thriller: Escape from Bear Ridge from the Start 国运惊悚：开局逃出狗熊岭 The end of the Yi-Hai year, the spring of the Geng-Zi year! In 2019, a viral crisis swept across Blue Star. The United Nations proposed a century-long plan! For the next hundred years, they would use up Blue Star’s resources and make it their mission to let people around the world enjoy their remaining time. By the ninety-ninth year, the ravaged Blue Star bore no trace of its former glory. With no laws to restrain it, the planet had become a world of crime. The process of rebuilding civilization 162Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 25 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 712Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 26 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 891Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 27 Strange Yin-Yang Tales: A Half-Immortal’s Records 阴阳诡事：半仙诡录 [This is no ordinary supernatural story. It’s all about horror and suspense: no mindless power fantasy, just yin-yang taboos, the Grinning Fiend, the Ghost Bride’s Gown, eerie shadows in an ancient mansion, and the Mandarin Duck Pendant. If it’s not good, you can break my legs!!] There’s no shortage of bizarre happenings between the worlds of yin and yang. The Grinning Fiend: what unknowable resentment lies behind that sinister face? The thousand-year-old fox: what cunning schemes hide beneath h 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Delusions: The Book of Ghostly Grudges 诡妄：鬼怨书 [Two heroines + Lovecraftian horror + thrills + madness + mutual devotion + smart leads] A meteorite resembling a ball of flesh crashes into Earth, bringing with it a god from another planet: the Mad God Mo Shanshan. The arrival of this uninvited guest awakens supernatural evils that have slumbered for ages, and a bizarre, terrifying feast of “god-making” is about to begin. 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Classroom of Death 死亡教室 When you receive a strange letter of admission, you have set foot on a road of no return. No one can escape! At this university of death, the moment your name appears in bloody letters on the classroom blackboard, class has begun. And once class begins, you will enter an unknown world of terror, where you must face bizarre and horrifying ghosts. They will be everywhere, coming to claim your life. Even if you are lucky enough to survive that deadly class and return to the classroom, you will stil 1.9kReads7.1Score10814d adds
- 30 The Deadly Taboos of Horror 惊悚死人禁忌 [Definitely not ordinary paranormal fiction. Focused on horror and suspense, not mindless wish fulfillment. Folk tales of the supernatural, ghost babies. If you don’t like it after reading, feel free to criticize it.] A mountain village shrouded in mystery is beset by one strange incident after another. A coffin that cannot be lifted at a funeral, children mysteriously drowning, and the question of why a water ghost has appeared. What truth lies behind the deaths? A baby’s anguished cries ring o 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Yin and Yang of the Mist 迷雾阴阳 The Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Cases Investigation Division, or Special Investigations Division for short, specializes in supernatural incidents that defy rational explanation. Shen Yanzhi, an officer in the division who is calm, rational, and skilled in talismans and spells, meets Lin Mo, a descendant of a family of yin-yang masters whose bloodline can suppress evil forces and whose gentle nature conceals a stubborn streak, while investigating a case. Together, they gradually un 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 You Asked Me to Open a Shop, So Why Am I Restocking in Bear Ridge? 让你开店，你去狗熊岭进货？ [System + transmigrate + shopkeeping] (The plots of animations and movies are interwoven) Chen Daming runs a fruit shop in Jicheng. One day, as he was closing up as usual to get some rest, the Myriad Worlds Supply System appeared. And so Chen Daming began his journey to source goods from animation worlds. But after Chen Daming entered those worlds, things seemed to take a strange turn. In the Boonie Bears world, Logger Vick stops cutting down trees, becomes a forest ranger, and even starts growi 201Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 33 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 Twenty-three years ago, his father died under mysterious circumstances. His skin was hung from the old locust tree at the entrance to the village. Twenty-three years later, the eldest brother who had been given away as a child returned. His banner read: Corpse Retriever. 3.2kReads8.3Score48014d adds
- 34 The Little Chef God of the Song Dynasty 宋朝小厨神 After waking up drunk, Yang Donghao, a graduate of New Oriental Culinary School, discovered that he had somehow transmigrated to an unfamiliar dynasty: the Song Kingdom. And so... Popcorn became all the rage in the capital, beloved by everyone from princes and nobles to ordinary folk. Mixue milk tea won over even the fussy palates of princesses and the empress. As for jianbing guozi and youtiao with soy milk, they became the emperor's daily breakfast. Food is the people's first necessity, and go 7.8kReads8.8Score86314d adds
- 35 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 What began as a prank voting game set off a string of tragedies. One classmate after another died, yet the voting continued. I knew that maybe I would be the next one to die… 671Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 36 Death on Delivery 死亡外卖 Never try to save money when ordering takeout! After ordering a meal that wasn't clean, strange events keep happening, and his coworkers begin dying one by one. Some takeout costs you money. Some takeout costs you your life. My other completed novel, The Hell Company, is over a million words long. Come check it out, dear readers~~ 2.4kReads8.7Score22614d adds
- 37 It's Only Natural for a Toy Factory to Build Mechs 玩具厂造出机甲很合理吧 What? A toy plane has outperformed a real fighter jet. You call that a skyrocketing monkey? The Eagle is scared stiff! Is your toy Mars rover even working properly? ... That laser pointer a kid was playing with really scared the Sakura Nation to tears! To save his toy factory from going under and help it thrive, Jiang Lin decides to sell products through livestreams. But why does everything seem so off? Jiang Lin: Everyone, listen. I really am just making toys... The whole internet erupts: “ 1.5kReads8.6Score14314d adds
- 38 Folk Horror Taboos 民间恐怖禁忌 Do you know the stories old people tell? Do you know there are many things in folk tradition that people say must not be spoken of? Do you know what the elders say about dreams? The elders say there are things you mustn't talk about at night. Did you know that? 121Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 39 The Night-Sealed Door 夜封门 Seven months pregnant, the woman was brutally hounded to death, and her seven-month-old baby was thrown into a well. Her wronged soul is cut off from the road ahead, and evil spirits come to claim their due. The gates of hell swing open, and the underworld seals its doors in the dead of night. 2kReads8.3Score15914d adds
- 40 The Midnight General Store 午夜杂货铺 “Welcome to the Underworld General Store. Here, you’ll find merchandise unlike anything else, along with extraordinary service…” I run a midnight general store and work as a professional spirit walker, moving between the worlds of yin and yang. In the pitch-black night, I deal in things that must never be spoken of. Then one day, a strange customer dressed head to toe in red came in, and that was when the real horror began… 7.4kReads8.4Score57414d adds
- 41 Journey to the West: Great King, This Is Bad! He's Here to Catch Ingredients Again 西游：大王不好，他又来抓食材了 [Journey to the West + Primordial Chaos + behind-the-scenes mastermind + secret schemer + System + invincible] Chu Feng transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and activates the God-Tier Gourmet System. Whenever someone eats his cooking, he can gain one of their supernatural abilities. So he opens a restaurant right next door to Patriarch Bodhi… Before long, a monkey seeking immortality and a master is drawn in by the aroma of beef noodles. After finishing a bowl, he awakens the Gold —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Haunted from the Start, I Dug Up Her Family's Ancestral Grave Overnight 开局鬼缠身，我连夜刨了她家祖坟 [Comedy + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Schemer + Wild Imagination + Ghosts’ Worst Nightmare] Supernatural incidents are breaking out all over Blue Star, and suddenly the whole world has become dangerous. Luckily, Qin Yuan has activated the Ghosts’ Worst Nightmare System. By collecting ghosts’ negative emotions, he can use them as points to draw prizes and obtain all kinds of items and abilities. As a result, ghost victims are starting to appear all over the place. Starved Ghost: “He tied me up and 9.6kReads8.5Score70614d adds
- 43 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
- 44 My Pale Life 我苍白的一生 My name is Zhang Yuan, though my childhood nickname was Ergou. I'm male, born in 1990. Everyone encounters all kinds of strange, inexplicable things in life. By the way, do you believe in ghosts? 491Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 45 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.2kReads8.3Score7k14d adds
- 46 It Started at a Stinky Tofu Stall, and Now the Owner's Acting Strange 从臭豆腐摊开始，这老板变奇怪了 [Urban rebirth + one heroine + sweet romance + career success and wealth + food] Top-notch stinky tofu, unbeatable river-snail rice noodles, super fresh fertilized duck eggs, secret-recipe braised intestines… On the street behind the university sits a little food shop famous for its stink. The owner loves flaunting his romance, and everything he sells reeks to high heaven. Yet somehow, it still sells out every day. Ning Yao: “You’re sweating buckets. Take a break first!” Ye Fei: “No need. Give m 574Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 47 I, a Crooked Merchant, Join the Chat Group 我，黑心商人，加入聊天群 Xiang Tian transmigrates to the Great Thousand World, where countless races thrive and planes converge. After awakening the God-Tier Jar System, he is wondering whether to become a shady merchant when... Ding! You are invited to join the Myriad Worlds chat group. Hongwu Emperor: I feel out of sorts if I go a day without opening a jar. Wu Yazi: So I could stand again, this shady merchant squeezed me dry... sob... The Most Beautiful Empress: I’ve decided to unify the world so I can open jars. Uncl 3.7kReads7.5Score16514d adds
- 48 12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分，请确认你的姓名 In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di 17Reads—Score17014d adds
- 49 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 377Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 50 The Haunted Houses I’ve Experienced 我经历的凶宅 The older generation often says that people who die violent deaths cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Their souls endlessly haunt the places where they died, seeking substitutes. Only then can they be reborn. That’s why we often hear in the news about car crashes that keep happening at certain locations. Sometimes the place isn’t even a proper intersection, yet terrible accidents leave cars wrecked and people dead. Some streams aren’t even as deep as a person is tall, yet every year there 2.1kReads8.9Score19914d adds
