Novels like Song Corpses
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Song Corpses, best match first.
- 1 Starlight 星际光明 A virus outbreak. Zombies everywhere. The apocalypse has arrived. Qin An becomes the last immortal on Blue Star's final disciple, leads humanity in uncovering secrets from the stars, and ultimately guides them toward a bright new home. No saintly do-gooders, no brainless characters, an invincible protagonist, a gentle heroine, and intelligent villains. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 In the Apocalypse, Are Zombies Really All We Have to Worry About? 末日里，难道只需要担心丧尸吗？ In the apocalypse, are zombies really the only thing you need to worry about? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Great Tang's Grand Chancellor 唐朝大相公 Liang Erhu, a history student, transmigrates to early winter in the first year of the Zhenguan era, to Xia Liangjia Village on the banks of the Ba River. At home, he has a lovely wife and a widowed sister-in-law; above him is his elderly father, and below him are three stepchildren. What’s that? He also has a younger brother who attends a private school. He’ll have to make sure the boy gets a good education. From then on, the Tang Dynasty gains a man working behind the scenes. Li Shimin: My dear 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Doomsday Ruffian 末日丧彪 This is a novel about surviving the apocalypse. It tells the story of Zhang Biao, an ordinary man who gradually leads humanity in its fight against the zombies. There is no spatial system; the story aims to portray a realistic apocalypse as closely as possible. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Beneath the Zombies 丧尸之下 Also known as: In the Apocalypse, Fighting Zombies with My Friends [No supernatural abilities + 1v1 romance] An escape room turns into a zombie crisis! With no food, water, or toilet, the group works together and struggles to survive while trapped. Wait... Wasn't this supposed to be an extreme survival challenge? A wooden stick and a scalpel are one thing, but what's with this whole row of hooked spears? As a successor of socialism, I say: “Sure enough, only by following the Party can we greet t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Kissed a Male Zombie, and the System Gave Me Unlimited Mods 强吻男丧尸，系统送我无限MOD [Post-apocalyptic survival + wild imagination + hard-core action + funny characters who feel real] My name is Qin Feng, and I'm a man. A bug between a game and its mod sucked me into a zombie-ravaged world on the very first day of the outbreak. Then the infuriating System told him he had to perform a “data repair” by kissing a zombie mouth to mouth within 30 seconds, or the game world would crash and format everything. With no other choice, the male lead starts by passionately kissing a male zom 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋霸主 A modern man transmigrates to the Spring and Autumn period, when the Six Ministers are about to seize power and the Three Families divide Jin. He seizes the opportunity, purges the influence of the outside ministers from within, expands his territory, and ultimately becomes hegemon. Other people who transmigrate invent advanced technology and lead their armies to wipe out every enemy. He, on the other hand, uses spies everywhere, exploiting historical events to weaken the feudal lords across the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Redemption in the New World 新世界救赎 Keywords: zombies, apocalypse, no System, no supernatural abilities, survival, plot When a real zombie crisis strikes, you won't have various systems and supernatural abilities like the characters in other books, and you certainly won't get the chance to be reborn. When people die, their souls vanish. They may become mindless undead, wandering the streets and attacking those who were once their kind, or turn to a pile of dust, living on only in the memories of others. As the apocalypse descends, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Zombie Outbreak! How Long Can a Nobody Like Me Survive? 丧尸爆发！看我一屌丝能活多久 [One Female Lead] [No System] [An Utterly Ordinary Nobody for a Protagonist] Money and fame have become worthless. When social order collapses and the law can no longer restrain the evil in people's hearts, how low can the moral bar be set? How long can Gao Xiaofeng survive in a world where human hearts are ten thousand times more sinister than zombies? Can he hold on to his principles and morality? Will he choose to scrape by, or become a selfish, decisive, self-serving man who lives safely thr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Doomsday Runaway 末日亡命徒 No System! No rebirth! No saintly protagonist! The zombie virus breaks out, and the world ends. Social order collapses, and human nature’s darkest side is magnified without limit. If you want to stay alive, you have to risk your life. This is a road of survival and escape. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Have a Garden on the Rooftop 我在楼顶有块田 [Zombies, surviving the apocalypse, no System, no supernatural powers, no harem, multiple perspectives] [A character-driven story: the protagonist’s mindset and personality change as events unfold, and the antagonists aren’t idiots] [Not a formulaic power fantasy. Everything is about survival] When the city became an open-air graveyard for zombies, the protagonist’s 50-square-meter rooftop vegetable garden became his lifeline in the apocalypse. When resources run short, will scarcity become the 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Warlord at the End of the Qin Dynasty 秦末枭雄 A xiao is a bird of prey; xiong means mighty. I, Zhang You, may be a nobody, but I swear to become a formidable hero of the late Qin. Zhang You taught his son: “Governing is like playing chess. You must plan ahead and keep a clear strategy in mind.” 15Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 13 The Apocalypse Overlord's Path 末世枭途 [No System] [No Superpowers] [Readers who prefer saintly characters or timid protagonists, beware] The ultimate feast of violent aesthetics; The bloodline of ancient creatures awakens; A song of ice and fire, where moral convictions clash with humanity’s distortions! Zombies arrive, order collapses, and civilization falls. As all kinds of factions rise in the apocalypse, will Su Xu struggle to survive at any cost while fleeing, or will he rise step by step, become a powerful overlord, seize th 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Cold of the Apocalypse 末日之寒 A zombie-apocalypse survival story about teamwork. No rebirth, no special powers, no evolution, no cheats, no harem, no self-sacrificing saint. Everyone is smart and capable. Pure-love warriors! A sweet romance and realistic survival. My name is Han Feng, and I'm a third-year college student. One ordinary day, a terrifying zombie crisis erupted all around me. My teammates and I fought on, for survival and for the light of humanity! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Apocalypse: A Dead End 末日穷途 One day, Qi Lin awoke from a dream and suddenly discovered that the entire world had fallen into the apocalypse. By chance, he also discovered what made him different. And so began a journey of pressing on and fighting to survive amid despair. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Revelation of Dead Silence 死寂启示 No rebirth, no System, no superpowers This story is all about keeping it real. Qin Ning is a young wage earner. One day, by chance, he came across a report about a biting incident while scrolling online. At first, Qin Ning didn't think much of it. But as time passed, more and more strange things happened around him. He realized that, amid his ordinary days, something he knew nothing about was quietly brewing. What he didn't know was that this would change his life, and the lives of everyone else —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Flare-Up 发病期 "In this zombie-infested wasteland, the only thing I care about is my little sister." Apocalypse + level-headed protagonist + running away + siblings + survival + slow burn, not a power fantasy + not a saint Chai Yu's smile never fades. His teacher scolds him, and he smiles. His parents go missing, and he smiles. His heart hurts as if a wire were being threaded through its chambers, and he still smiles. Everyone says he's bipolar, that he's in a manic phase. On the first day of the apocalypse, h 190Reads8.1Score129Shelves
- 18 Apocalypse: I Lead My Classmates in a Desperate Fight for Survival 末世：我带同学极限求生 [Intelligent zombies + no rebirth + no supernatural abilities + no System + no female lead] Lu Tianyi wakes up one day to find that the world is about to change! “Ahhh!” A piercing scream rings out. Zombies begin spreading across the campus. With so many different sources of information, there’s no way to tell what’s true and what isn’t… Fear, darkness, and uncertainty fill people’s hearts. Where can they go from here? Sometimes kindness gives others the weapon they need to kill you. Pain a 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Zombie Horde Incoming: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse on Campus 丧尸潮来袭，末日校园生存指南 [Apocalypse + Easygoing Daily Life + Sweet Romance + Growing Heroine + Gloomy, Contrasting Male Lead] Sunny high school girl He Tiantian x base’s young master Bai Yuli A catastrophe forced a high school girl, who had once lived a peaceful life, to grow up. Terrifying zombies and brutal tests of human nature. The polite upperclassman turned out to be the heir to a powerful organization; The taciturn, poker-faced upperclassman was actually a rather useless young Taoist priest; All kinds of sec 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Zombies 丧尸 The apocalypse has arrived, and zombies are everywhere! This apocalyptic disaster will reveal another side of human nature: redemption, justice, and struggle! The most terrifying thing isn't the zombies, but the human heart. Humanity is confined within shelter bases, and a new order is about to be established! This is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Will you settle for a quiet, safe life, or risk everything to fight for what you want? … When you gaze into the depths of space, every u 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 An Office Worker's Doomsday Survival Log 打工人末日求生日志 [Strong Female Lead + Zombies + Apocalypse Survival + No Superpowers + Not a Power Fantasy + Survival Against the Odds] When zombies break out and the apocalypse descends, how long does it take to go from struggling to survive to holding up the sky? Yun Wei was just an ordinary office worker, until one day, zombies appeared in the office building where she worked... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Official History of the Two Song Dynasties 两宋正史 Three hundred years of the Two Song Dynasties, an era of shifting fortunes and exceptional heroes. In the early Northern Song, Zhao Kuangyin seized power in the Chenqiao Mutiny and founded the Song Dynasty. He then disarmed his generals over a cup of wine, establishing a policy of favoring civil officials over military ones. During Emperor Taizong’s reign, the defeat at the Battle of Gaoliang River forced the Northern Song onto the defensive against the Liao. In the years of Emperor Zhenzong, th 6.8kReads7.9Score275Shelves
- 23 It’s Almost Vacation, and Now There Are Zombies? 要放假了，丧尸来了？ [Apocalypse + hellish start + no System + no superpowers + team survival + ensemble cast + moral choices] No cheat System, no special abilities, just a bunch of shut-ins forced to fight tooth and nail to survive Playing co-op against zombies during advanced math class? The next second, the game becomes reality! Who would have thought that Zhou Gong, Fatty, and Old Liu, kicked out of the classroom for gaming, would become the first “survivors” at their school to realize the apocalypse had begun? 73Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 24 Pingjiang 平江 Lin Chen, a rising star of the Hanlin Academy, was known as a staunch supporter of the Crown Prince. But one day, he killed his teacher, betrayed the Crown Prince, and joined Prince Qi's faction. Later, Lin Chen betrayed his new master a second time and framed Prince Qi. People called him a fence-sitter, a heartless traitor, and a wicked, treacherous minister. Little did they know that Lin Chen had spent seven years patiently plotting to help the Xuan family avenge themselves. * Lin Chen first s 51Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 25 The Forbidden Zone of Blood and Light: City Under Siege 血与光的禁区：丧尸围城 A Hardcore Survival Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse! A Must-Read for Men: Three Hot-Blooded Heroes Charge Through the Horde Why you should read it: A perfect end-of-the-world trio: a tough guy, a comedian, and a high-powered female archer! Every chapter is an adrenaline-fueled battle against swarms of zombies, with seamless shifts between melee and ranged weapons. Watch a high-IQ squad show you all kinds of ways to grind zombie dungeons! #ApocalypseSurvival #Male-OrientedNovel #ZombieSiege #Hardc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Zombies: Breaking Through the Encirclement 丧尸：突出重围 Synopsis They say there are too many people, so the population needs to be controlled. So someone pretended to be God and began to punish humanity. But do they have the right to do that? 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Handbook 末日丧尸生存手册 (Also known as A Zombie Survival Handbook, an award-winning entry in the Lenghu writing contest) The apocalypse arrives, and a little zombie gradually carves out a place for itself through ruthless decisiveness. But danger is always just around the corner. Human organizations trying to launch a counterattack, powerful mutant beasts, and mysterious little gray men. Behind the apocalypse’s secret realms, there may be an unseen hand pulling the strings. 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Chronicles of the Dead Tide: The Day of the Arrival 尸潮往生录：降临之日 [No System + Story-Driven + Apocalyptic Survival + Mystery and Twists] [Ensemble cast, multiple protagonists, told in arcs that advance the story in turn] [But every storyline will have a proper beginning and end] The earth split apart, and a raging tide of corpses surged forth. Civilization’s last spark flickered precariously, with nowhere left to turn. I, a survivor beneath the horde, decided to fight back and save humanity’s fate... Wait a second, zombies can talk? They even have a neural net 29Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 29 Thirty Days at the Convenience Store 便利店30天 The most realistic story of surviving the apocalypse: how can ordinary people make it through the end of the world? No golden finger, no conventional tropes. Follow Xiao Cheng, a convenience store clerk, and experience the apocalypse from a fresh perspective. Xiao Cheng, Uncle Qin, Wu Zhe, and the others are trapped in a tiny convenience store, short on food and clothing and beset by troubles within and dangers without. Can they rely on their own strength to escape alive? 104Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 30 Biochemical Apocalypse: Six Survivors' Desperate Fight to Live 生化末世，六人众绝路求生 [Ensemble cast, biohazard apocalypse, no one reborn, no golden finger, no System, no supernatural powers] An intensely realistic apocalypse novel, all about the thrill! A graduate, a prisoner, a doctor, an amnesiac girl, a crack shot, and a special forces soldier. Six strangers from different backgrounds who have never met share one goal in the apocalypse: to survive. Through an ensemble-cast perspective, this book takes you along on six protagonists' different journeys to survive the apocalypse 88Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 31 Apocalypse: The Road of the Dead 末世：尸途之路 [Realistic Zombie Fiction + Zombies + Apocalypse + No Superpowers + No System + No Golden Finger + The Protagonist Isn't All-Powerful + He Gets Hurt Too + He Won't Die + Don't Be Fooled by the Title + Please, I'll Get on My Knees if You Don't Read It + Realistic, Walking Dead-like Style + Best Savored Slowly + Slow-Paced] Don't fall for the superpower cliches! The real apocalypse doesn't pull its punches. No System, no superpowers, just zombies tearing into people and struggles over human nature 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Common Man in the Great Ming 大明匹夫 An indecisive, self-important emperor? Courtiers with their own agendas, hell-bent on bringing about their own ruin; Common folk starving and suffering in dire straits! Are they bandits or rebels? Heroes or do-gooders? He flew into a rage for the sake of a beauty, only to find it no match for fame and fortune. The country fell and the ruler died, leaving the great principles of history buried. He struck back only to give the weary Han people a place to rest. His love for family and country was a 2Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 33 Apocalypse: Stop Trying to Make Me Fall in Love 末世：别再逼我谈恋爱 [Apocalypse] [Zombies] [Global Cataclysm] [Urban Romance] [Urban Cultivation] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Superpowers] [Romance] [Sweet Romance] [Angst] [Satisfying Story with a Smart Protagonist (or a Mindless Power Trip)] [Past and Present Lives] [Science Fiction] [Single Female Lead] [Multiple Female Supporting Characters] [Devotion] [Boarding House Vibes] [Healing] [The Long Road to Winning Her Back] [Redemption] After his beloved died, the world seemed to have changed, little by little, into so —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Emberbound Journey: Chronicles of a Lone City's Father 余烬征途：孤城父本纪 The flames of international conflict ignite a bioweapon hell, turning bustling cities into zombie hunting grounds. Xiao Yuanzheng, an ordinary middle-class man caught between office politics in the system and the aftermath of a divorce, witnesses the complete collapse of the world of rules at the moment the apocalypse begins. The scheming of office politics, the pressure of mortgage and car payments, his distant yet unbroken bond with his ex-wife Lin Yue, and his deep but unspoken guilt toward h 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 A Tang Dynasty Official's Rise to Power 大唐升官记 Starting in the first year of the Zhenguan era, the protagonist transmigrates into the county magistrate who has been made the scapegoat. Drawing on his experience in government from a later era, he builds the strongest county in Zhenguan, rises steadily through the ranks, and ultimately transforms the Tang dynasty. Until one day, Li Shimin finally says, “It's time for us both to abdicate and let the next generation carry on the work.” This novel is grounded in a carefully researched historical 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
- 36 Infection: Survival Diary 感染：求生日记 (Apocalypse + zombies + survival + no special abilities + no System) A once-peaceful life was suddenly shattered by chaos. The people around him were infected and turned into mindless, bloodthirsty monsters that devoured human flesh. Lin Yun had no choice but to survive in a zombie-infested world with his younger sister. In a world without order, the danger came not only from zombies, but also from the darkness in people's hearts... From then on, his only belief was to keep his sister alive. 2.6kReads8.7Score155Shelves
- 37 Chronicles of the Zombie Apocalypse 丧尸末世录 [No do-gooders!] This is a traditional apocalypse story. There is no System and no cheat ability. Anyone who survives is lucky, but luck does not last forever. One day, when the Goddess of Fortune no longer smiles on you, that is when you start losing everything. Even if you have already tried every means imaginable, there will be no turning things around. A friendly warning: the male and female leads are not do-gooders. There are do-gooders in this story, but they will not get a happy ending. 127Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 A Zombie Horde Breaks Out, and I Start Reclaiming the Wasteland 丧尸潮暴发，我在末世开荒 Zombies erupted without warning, and the apocalypse threw the world into chaos. The long-awaited weekend of Su Hang, an ordinary office worker, was ruined by the hordes of zombies, forcing him to struggle for survival. He and his companions fought their way out of the city, overcame countless dangers, and rebuilt their home. No supernatural abilities, no golden finger, no System, no spatial storage, no saintly protagonist, and no massive stockpiling. This story is all about realism. P.S. The mai 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Song Dynasty Scholar 宋士 In the final years of the Northern Song, the imperial court was corrupt, and the Jin invaded from the north. Across the realm, bones lay in heaps and corpses piled like mountains. There were scholars in flowing robes and sashes, basking in their own success after being named at the Donghua Gate; patriots seething with fury and passion, with no way to serve their country; fallen talents who had left only faint traces of their names in the pleasure quarters, drinking lightly, singing softly, and l 11Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 40 Apocalypse: Zombies Are Coming, and Humanity Begs Me to Bite Them 末世：丧尸来袭，人类求我咬他们 [Comedy + Absurdity + System + Slow Burn] Overnight, the entire world is infected with a zombie virus! Lin Ran awakens as the Zombie King from the start, but all his zombie kids are dimwitted. “Don’t call me Dad. I don’t have kids as rotten as you!” Lin Ran said, looking disgusted. He thought he could live a carefree life with his big boys, but instead he was swept into the maelstrom. “Your Majesty, for the zombies, for all of humanity, please bite a few more people…” “For what, exactly? Biting 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The World of the Doomed Dead 末日丧世界 Severe industrialization and technological development have damaged Earth, leading to global warming. A virus arrives silently, spreading slowly at first but mutating at an astonishing rate. Ninety percent of the world's humans and animals turn into zombies. How will they survive? Wait and see. No superpowers, no System, no self-righteous do-gooders. 39Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 42 Surviving Alone on an Island in the Zombie Apocalypse 丧尸末世孤岛求生 (Zombie apocalypse + shelter + hardcore survival + solo protagonist + no special abilities + no golden finger + no female lead + slow-to-fast pacing) The zombie apocalypse begins. The civilization humanity built over thousands of years is wiped out in an instant. But what does any of that have to do with one island keeper? There are no heroic legends here, only the small, genuine struggles of everyday life. 1.5kReads8.0Score150Shelves
- 43 Apocalypse Campus: Realm of the Dead 末日校园：尸界 [No System, all zombie-chasing, bleak, fast-paced, first-person POV] The story of a student who suffers bullying at school and goes through revenge, awakening, and corruption during a zombie apocalypse. He witnesses firsthand the distortion and loss of humanity. This disaster has changed us all. How do we accept who we’ve become, and how do we face who we used to be? There’s no turning back… 558Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Apocalypse: After the Zombie Outbreak 末世：丧尸爆发之后 [Post-apocalyptic + zombies + survival + no hiding or playing dirty + modern/near future] Chen Sheng works as a programmer at a small-to-medium-sized company. He’s good at his job, but has a short temper and often snaps back at his boss. As the May Day holiday approaches, he stands up for a coworker and gives his boss another piece of his mind. But this time, in addition to confronting his boss, he witnesses something horrifying… After a massive zombie outbreak, Chen Sheng and his coworkers are 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Tiger Hunt 杀虎 Hunter Chen Erbao was killed by a ferocious tiger. On the seventh night after his death, the tiger came to the village and slaughtered its way through the people. As the villagers watched in terror, Chen Erbao slowly rose from his coffin… And so the apocalypse began. Zombies surged across the land like a flood, but humanity refused to give up. Armies, ghost hunters, and kindhearted people stepped forward to build bastions in lands doomed to fall, fighting back against the calamity. But they soon 100Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Apocalypse Arrives: A Struggle to Survive 末世降临，艰难求生 Synopsis: (Apocalyptic zombies + escape + no special abilities + strong male and female leads) Song Mo woke up to find that the world outside had completely changed!!! She had only just taken part in a sports meet and even won a medal in the women's 50-meter sprint... The apocalypse had arrived, and zombies were everywhere. See how a group of ordinary college students fight to survive! Just keep holding on, and the light of victory will come! (No saintly protagonist + realistic approach + no reb 42Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 47 The Tainted: Guardians of the Dawn 污核之众：曙光守护 [Apocalypse + zombies + no rebirth + no superpowers + no System + traditional realism + no mindless wish fulfillment] After completing a year as an intern, Xu Yi is hired as a police officer at the municipal bureau. He is immediately assigned to mentor a new intern, Liu Wanxing. Just as Xu Yi is worrying about whether he can handle training a newcomer, an even bigger problem quietly emerges. An unusual riot breaks out at the airport in Linhai City's Linnan District. Xu Yi, a police officer with 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Apocalypse: Taking Down an Entire Building from the Start 末世：开局杀穿一栋楼 Apocalypse, survival, passion, development, horror, no System, no supernatural powers An extremely dark thunderstorm descends, causing drastic changes to Earth’s magnetic field. In an instant, the civilization humanity was once so proud of is brought to the brink of total collapse. With zombies swarming everywhere and a mysterious virus that can get in anywhere, how are people supposed to survive?! … A post-apocalyptic survival story about nothing more than an ordinary person, with no System an 28Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 49 Apocalypse Zombies 末世丧尸 No superpowers, no System, no pocket dimension. A realistic zombie apocalypse story. In an apocalypse crawling with zombies, most survivors stockpile food and hide, or gather a few strong teammates to huddle together for warmth. I'm different: I go around collecting beautiful women! 582Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Apocalypse Survivalist 末世生存狂 No Superpowers + Realistic + No Saintly Heroics + Decisive and Ruthless Preppers are real. They are a product of the age of nuclear threats. They first appeared during the Cold War. They prepared thoroughly for the apocalyptic wars that might be coming. After the Cold War ended, they didn’t disappear. Instead, they became even more sophisticated and stockpiled more supplies for emergencies. They have always believed the apocalypse will come. Their rationality lets them see through the true natur 87Reads—Score—Shelves
