Novels like The King of Con Artists
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- 1 Cardsharp: The Road to Rising 老千：崛起之路 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Rise and Fall of a Cardsharp 老千沉浮录 In 1995, on a street in Guangzhou, a fifteen-year-old boy stumbled into a gambling game and witnessed an incredibly clever scam. From that moment on, his life was changed forever. After bouncing from place to place, he became the student of a retired master of cheating at gambling and began a life of contests involving human nature, desire, and money. After three years of grueling practice, he surpassed his master and made the rounds of gambling dens across the country, Hong Kong, Macao, and Tai —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Thousand Gates: A Thief Has His Code 千门：盗亦有道 [No System, Ruthless, High-IQ, Mind-Bending, Not Your Traditional Power Fantasy] I was born into the world of con artists and raised among thieves. I’m not only a top professional cardsharp, but also a “high buyer” in the thieves’ underworld. At the gambling table, I can turn the tide with a flick of my hand. Away from it, I move through all kinds of circles. I’ll use my own experiences to tell you this: never gamble, and never get involved in a rigged game. Because every bet ends in a loss, and 754Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 4 The Fall of the Thousand Sects 陨落千门 By the time you read this, I'll already be dead. (How can you be sure I'm the one who died?) My hands and feet were severed, leaving me a gruesome sight. I spent my whole life setting people up, only to fall victim to my own schemes! I should never have joined the Thousand Doors or taken the gambling road. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have met my end at the hands of the Thousand Doors. This is a warning to everyone: stay away from gambling. The Thousand Doors are full of tricks. Nine times out of ten 139Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Thousand Gates, 1989: The Reborn Never Walk into a Dead End 千门1989：重生者不入死局 #Transmigration and Rebirth #The World of the Thousand Gates #Gambling Showdowns #Redemption of Human Nature #High-Stakes Plot #Hardcore Expertise #The Struggle Between the Upper and Lower Eight Generals He jumped off a bridge over gambling debts, only to be reborn as the King of the Thousand Gates. In this life, armed with peerless gambling skills, he navigates both the underworld and the legitimate world. A blood feud against his school, the code of the jianghu, and the demons of his past life 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 My Life as a Gambler III 我的老千生涯III Teng Fei no longer explains the tricks used to cheat at the gambling table as an onlooker. Instead, as the “mastermind,” he recounts how he himself set up marks to fleece them, giving us a “live demonstration” of the scams cheats routinely pull. Cheats know how to exploit people's greed, making them lose their judgment one step at a time. In Teng Fei's stories, the victims, Chuanyong, Bao Hai, and Yang Tao, are all shrewd people. Yet the cheats' carefully laid plans still trap them, leaving them 1.4kReads9.3Score204Shelves
- 7 A Life of Gambling 赌涯人生 I'm a card cheat! Behind the seemingly glamorous card tables lies a world of knives and swords, where every step could be deadly. I thought I'd learned how to rig the game and deceive others, but I never realized that perhaps I was just a pawn on someone else's board. 343Reads9.0Score130Shelves
- 8 A Cardsharp’s Life in the Jianghu 老千之人在江湖 Cheating at games? Rigged contests? Professional swindlers? They say those caught up in the game are blind, while onlookers see clearly. The moment you sit down at the gambling table, you’ve already lost. Ever since I was little, I, Lin Chujiu, lived with my second uncle. If it weren’t for him, I swear I would never have become one of the Eight Gates who make their living wandering the jianghu... I’ll use stories from my life in the jianghu to show you how terrifying gambling is... Please! Stay 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Thousand Generals 千将 Five young men become sworn brothers, but disaster strikes: the eldest is murdered, the second is gravely wounded, and the third is sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Inside, the third brother becomes a disciple of Yuan Hanlin, a master of the Thousand Gates. Fifteen years later, Shen Hao, loyal and true to his friends, is released with gambling skills that surpass his master’s, unshakable convictions, and a superhuman memory. Watch how he uses his abilities to hunt down the person who framed —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 One Gamble for the Thrill 一赌为快 A casino-boat dealer is drawn into chaos by the lure of money. After he's caught cheating, he escapes the gambling boat and drifts across a desolate sea... Seeking revenge, love, friendship, and family, he embarks on an extraordinary path. What awaits him in the future? This is the story of young Fu Ming's journey from a naive boy into a true man, exploring responsibility, relationships, human nature, and his clashes with other powerful figures. Its vivid cast will draw you in. When I talk about 4Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 11 The Rise of a Northeast China Cardsharp 东北老千成长之路 The story of a young cardsharp from the Northeast countryside who fights his way to success, making his way from rural gambling games to the ups and downs of the big city. It exposes the harms of gambling: nine out of ten games are scams. Stay away from gambling. 2.2kReads7.1Score105Shelves
- 12 Scam Journal 诈骗笔记 Pyramid schemes, lottery-number scams, fake doctors, counterfeit money... Pig-butchering scams, feng shui scams, rigged card games... Human trafficking, dreams sold to aspiring stars, corpse trafficking... After-school tutoring centers, unfinished real estate projects, money laundering through art... A book called A Scammer’s Notes records the scams one fraudster has experienced or planned, as well as the truth about society. I got tangled up with that fraudster many years ago, too, and that bec —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 God of Gamblers: Turning My Life Around with a One-Yuan Coin 赌神：从一元硬币翻身开始 Zhang Huailuo worked as a traffic cop for four years, diligently and conscientiously doing his duty. But after stopping a car he should have left alone, he was sent the very next day to watch over a reservoir in the countryside. While passing through a village, he spotted several slot machines. The sight brought back memories of playing them as a child and getting chased around by his parents. With a one-yuan coin in his pocket, he went in for a game, hoping to relive those childhood thrills. Bu 16Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 14 My Life in the World of High-Stakes Gambling 我的老千江湖 [Based on a lifetime of gambling experience, revealing the secrets behind a hundred cheating techniques] I grew up in casinos. In the noisy halls, the lure of money blinded people to everything else: cheating, feuds, traps... They sank deeper and deeper into gambling, losing everything they owned, destroying their families, and plunging toward the abyss! After years of rising and falling, I became a professional cheat-catcher, feared throughout the gambling world! In this seemingly glamorous wor 2.3kReads8.8Score197Shelves
- 15 You Sent Me Down the Mountain, and I Took Over the Ancestors' Hideout 让你下山，你把祖宗老窝给端了 [Master Returns from the Mountain + Invincible Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + System + Treasure Appraisal + Gambling Skills + Investigations + Tomb Raiding + Immortality] Everyone in the world pursues longevity and seeks to become an immortal. Yet the long-lived are not truly alive, and immortals are not truly human. Xiao Long, a simple young man from a mysterious mountain village, and Xue Yao, a scheming girl of unknown origins, set out under the clan chief’s orders to experience the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Book Above the Clouds 云上的一本书 1.8kReads9.0Score161Shelves
- 17 My Life in the Underworld of Cardsharps: Unstoppable 我的老千江湖之所向披靡 A showdown between professional cardsharps isn't just about winning or losing. It can mean the difference between life and death. My name is Lin Lingdong. I'm a professional cardsharp and a powerful gang boss who commands respect throughout the underworld. As the saying goes, one thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. The underworld is a place where the strong prey on the weak, and in the world of cardsharps, you can get rich overnight or lose everything just as fast. Where do we go from h 3.9kReads8.2Score186Shelves
- 18 Tales of the Thousand Gates 千门之往事 My name is Chen Xiang, and I'm a professional card sharp. Back in my hometown, there's a saying: The Outcast, above one person and below ten thousand! It means that whenever a gambler strikes it lucky at the table, tens of thousands of others are bound to lose and be trampled underfoot. If one person wins, ten thousand lose! That's gambling! Treasure your life and stay away from gambling! 1.5kReads8.5Score119Shelves
- 19 My Casino's Golden Eyes Can See the End of All Life 我的赌场金瞳，能见众生末路 I’m Zhao Fan. I make my living in casinos, with a pair of eyes that can see through fate. But who knew this wasn’t some divine power? It was nothing but a shackle, one that bore the weight of human hearts and human nature. After spending enough time around gambling, I came to understand: Nine out of ten games are rigged, and every gambler loses in the end. Stay away from gambling. The moment you sit at the table, you’re taking the first step toward ruin. You’re after money, but everyone else is 15.5kReads8.4Score987Shelves
- 20 The Cheat's Underworld 老千蓝道 Trained in the Southern School, with knowledge of both Chinese and Western methods. This is my true account of years spent as a professional swindler! Using all kinds of cheating techniques, I’ve fought my way through casinos large and small across the land. Burning with ambition, I clawed my way upward, enduring the hardships of the underworld and a life of wandering with no way back! Schemes within schemes, tricks within tricks, and all kinds of dark and shady memories: I’ll expose every techn 1.6kReads7.1Score107Shelves
- 21 The Thousand Gates Saga Continues: After Chu Liu 千门未了：初六之后 Important Announcement: Now that Teacher Ma Xiaohu has resumed updating, I won't presume to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. I only regretted the hiatus and wanted to chat with fellow Qian fans. Starting today, I will stop updating permanently. Anyone who wants to discuss the continuation of my story or the plot of Old Qian is welcome to join the group. Next month, I will take this book down. The unpublished content will stay buried in my gut. I'll write a new book called Midnight, with an up 8.7kReads8.2Score638Shelves
- 22 My Years as a Cardsharp 我当老千的那些年 Nine out of ten gambling games are rigged. The cheat plays to carve out a way to survive for himself, while dealing others a losing hand. Step into the world of the Thousand Gate and grudges run deep. The ways of the world reveal people's true hearts. Goodness and kindness were the original intentions, but alas, the ways of the world leave their mark. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Treasure-Hunting Con Artists 老千护宝团 Across ten miles of Haojiang, undercurrents run deep. Neon lights and wild revelry mean nothing to him. Neither does a life of drunken excess. Wu Qiliu, heir to the Qianmen tradition, drifts through a chaotic age, navigating casinos and the streets. Caught between rival gangs, he searches for his missing master and protects the nation's lost treasures. The Zhongyi Gang secretly has his back, but friend and foe are hard to tell apart, and every game of chance could be a deadly trap. Gambling-tabl 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 King of Gambling 赌王 Macau, a city where gambling is legal. You think gambling is all about luck? Actually, it isn't. Skill, probability, cheating… Often, a game is already decided before it even begins. And that means one thing: you lose! Anyone who comes here and gets hooked on gambling will never get back on their feet! Gambling isn't a game for ordinary people to dabble in. In the hands of those with an agenda, it's a blade that kills without drawing blood! 11.9kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
- 25 The Winners' Club 赢家俱乐部 He can predict the outcome of a match with near-perfect accuracy. But if the stake is your conscience, would you still place a bet? A born cardsharp, the likes of whom appear only once in a thousand years, spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the crimes he committed before becoming a crime boss. Does that make him a good person? A group of nobodies, caught up in gambling and the underworld, find the good and evil in human nature magnified. How should they choose, how should they liv 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Cardsharp: Back to the Underworld 老千：重返江湖 11.5kReads9.0Score966Shelves
- 27 The Scoundrel Immortal's Eight Gates and Generals 贱仙千门八将 [Comedy + Fortune-telling + Sleazy antics + Con artist + Flashy face-slapping + Demon-catching + Ghost-slaying + Cunning schemes + Outrageous stunts + Memorable one-liners] Wu Xuanye, Blue Star’s “Prince of Trash Talk,” stays up all night in a fierce battle and transmigrates into the cultivation world, where he becomes “Wu the Half-Immortal,” a third-level Qi Refining cultivator from Backing Mountain Village. Armed with an ancestral tortoiseshell that works only some of the time, and carrying a 169Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 28 The Swindler: Through Fire and Water for You, Uncle! 老千：赴汤蹈火啊，二叔！ If you learn the art of cheating, you’ll see me as a mayfly sees the heavens. My name is Feng Shiqi, a veteran swindler who came out of the mountains. PS: The best quit-gambling novel on the whole internet, and the most wholesome swindler story online. ⚠️ Don’t open it at night, or you won’t be able to sleep. 18.5kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
- 29 Fox Ji Mi's Fifth Book 狐姬幂的第5本书 My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Tales of a Con Artist 老千故事 Su Qing challenges the legendary gambler Mei Luo, hoping to avoid falling into someone else's trap. But her actions lead to her father's tragic death, and Su Qing herself is left in grave danger. After repeatedly risking her life, she sees the good and evil, and the injustices, in the world. To survive and avenge her father, Su Qing pushes herself to the limit again and again, ultimately escaping death by a hair. 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Zhu Xian: Heaven’s Mandate 诛仙天命 Ten years of wind and snow, one bowl of steaming food. I thought it was the end, only to learn it was the beginning. Where will the soul return? Where will love lead? At the end of death, is there only oblivion, or a new hope? Five volumes of heavenly scripture conceal every secret of heaven and earth. You may understand the words, yet still fail to understand yourself. The abyss gazes into you only because there is an abyss within you, too. Blood stains the blue sky, and the sword shatters Kunl 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Thousand Paths 千人有道 [Modern underworld] [Stories of crooked gambling] [Gambling scams] [Anti-gambling] When I was six, my grandaunt said I was doomed to a life of loneliness. She sold me. She sold me to an old man who had lost one hand. An old man who made his living as a swindler. From then on, I learned how to cheat at gambling from him. The old man became my master, but he told me to call him Fourth Master. I became a professional swindler, too. But on the day I graduated from my apprenticeship, Fourth Master di 12.9kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 33 The First Book by Jianghu Laoliu 江湖老六的第1本书 Stay away from gambling, or you’ll ruin your family. This book exposes all kinds of cheating tricks at the gambling table and reveals one rigged scam after another. Nine out of ten gamblers lose. The underworld isn’t just about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social savvy! 2.6kReads9.1Score268Shelves
- 34 How to Make a Gambling Addict and a Scumbag 赌鬼，渣男是怎样炼成的 Poor, and you're a factory girl; rich, and you're a domineering CEO. A quick look at casino rules, and a chat about foot-bath culture. Let's talk about casino secrets and help you stay away from gambling! Those who love me break their hearts for me. Those who hate me fall apart over me. If life deceives you, don't be sad or lost. Just let it fool you a few more times... If I can't be your Yang Guo, then let me be your Yin Zhiping! 14.7kReads8.8Score966Shelves
- 35 The Dashing Gambler 风流赌神 Synopsis: [Not a System novel, please don't complain if it's not for you] [High-stakes gambling] [Stories from the bathhouse] [Everyday scams and fraud] [Male lead grows from weak to strong + gives back to society] Chen Zhongchuan is an abandoned orphan, raised by his grandfather from childhood. When he boards the train to Nanshan, his grandfather tells him the truth... This book explores gambling and the many scams found in real life, warning readers to stay away from gambling. At best, it can 3kReads8.8Score242Shelves
- 36 Ghost Hand Chen: The Eight-Gate Lockdown 鬼手陈：八门锁局 Every gambler has three defining traits: First, they’re lazy and gluttonous, dreaming of getting rich overnight. Second, they think they’re clever and see everyone else as an idiot. Third, they’re missing a screw and never consider the consequences. Third Master Chen makes a living fleecing people like that... 23.9kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 37 Making a Living on the Side in Australia 我在澳洲捞偏门 This story is based on real events. I came to Australia with a dream of studying abroad, only to be driven to the brink by reality. From a lowly street-level smuggler to a force to be reckoned with, commanding the underworld and crossing the world, I paved my way to power with cunning and bloodshed. Only when I stood at the summit and looked back did I realize that the most dangerous gamble of all is the one you make with human nature. This is a road with no turning back, but who knows which cor 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 A Book by Black Shackles 黑色枷锁的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3.1kReads9.1Score243Shelves
- 39 Zhu Xian II 诛仙贰 Five hundred years have passed. The glorious era of Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi, and the others has become legend. In this new age, ancient dangers hidden between heaven and earth are quietly awakening, heralding a catastrophe far worse than anything before. Yun Jinghong, an ordinary boy from Xiaochi Town, has mediocre talent but an unyielding spirit. Drawn into the path of cultivation by fate, he unexpectedly obtains the mysterious ancient sword Jiemie, which holds terrifying power of annihilation 2.5kReads6.6Score291Shelves
- 40 The Art of Deception! 千术！ As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers lose. You'll never see the knives hidden behind the gambling table! I have a plain name: Niu Tiezhu. Of course, you can also call me... A-Yao. 23.6kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
- 41 The Gambling Den 赌城 My new book, I’m a Proper Chinese Medicine Doctor, So Why Am I Being Treated Like a Gynecologist?, is out. As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers lose. But as someone who lost everything and worked as a junket agent, I can tell you for sure: every single gambler loses! Even if you can avoid a cheat’s tricks, you can’t escape the odds of the casino. Gambling is a game ordinary people should never touch. It’s a blade that kills without drawing blood! 5.7kReads9.1Score479Shelves
- 42 My Years Catching Cheaters at Cards 我抓老千的那些年 In gambling, deception, conflict, and traps cost more than just money. They can take away time, family bonds, humanity, and all the beautiful things we mourn losing. 210Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 43 There's No End to Gambling, Turn Back Before It's Too Late 赌海无涯，回头是岸 People often say that nine out of ten gambling games are rigged. There's another old saying, too: gamble long enough, and even the gods will lose. Even in our harmonious society, where material and cultural life are highly developed, the age-old scourge of gambling is still all around us. Countless people have lost everything to it, some even losing their families and their lives. Told from the perspective of someone who works in a casino, this book exposes the little-known shady dealings behind 14.8kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 44 Those Years I Spent Running with the Wrong Crowd 我混社会那一些年 As you wander the martial world, what kind of cunning, scheming, and vision do you need? As a child, I feared ghosts because they were hideous and terrifying. As an adult, I fear people because they look so respectable. This story is a reminder to everyone: Nine out of ten gambling games are rigged. The only way to win is not to gamble! 18.3kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 45 The Strongest Outsiders of the Martial World 最强江湖外八行 When the Qianmen rise in anger, the jianghu falls into chaos. Without conflict, there can be no Qianmen. If conflict rises again, the Qianmen will surely take the helm of the jianghu, restore order, and put an end to the fighting! When I was little, my grandfather read my fortune and said I was destined to “ride the wind to success.” After he died, I inherited his hardware store. Only when a beautiful woman came knocking did I learn that I was the heir to the Qianmen, a legendary jianghu school 607Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 46 Fortunes Rise in Macau, but the Road to Wealth Is a Little Rocky 风起澳门，暴富的道路有点坑 I was doing all right in the human world. Then, out of nowhere, I was dragged up to heaven, only to be kicked straight down into hell. Now I'm in hell, but my heart is in heaven. Going back to the human world is nothing but a distant dream... Gamblers want to win, but casinos don't want to lose either. In this vast world, people of every kind are busy, all scheming and calculating. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. Then a mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water 6.7kReads8.9Score385Shelves
- 47 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 454kReads9.5Score47.1kShelves
- 48 The Thief's Way 贼道 My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.3kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves
- 49 The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局 [Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra 99.7kReads9.4Score18.4kShelves
- 50 From Eunuch to Emperor 从太监到皇帝 Long Chen transmigrates to ancient times and finds himself in the castration chamber, about to be made a eunuch. Luckily, the man wielding the knife is an old acquaintance, and Long Chen narrowly escapes disaster. Using his wits, he rises step by step to the top and becomes the strongest emperor! 44.5kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves
