Novels like A Book by Black Shackles
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Book by Black Shackles, best match first.
- 1 The New Folk Tales of the Old Eight Gates 新民间老八门 My name is Nan Haohan, and I’m a man of the underworld. Every year on Tomb-Sweeping Day, I visit the graves of the “living.” Some people may still be alive, but they should have died long ago! You have to gamble in life. If you don’t, you’ll never get the chance to win! The final installment in Hei Se Jia Suo’s Underworld Trilogy. The first two books are The Life of a Card Sharp and The Underworld of Card Sharps. 119Reads7.5Score414d adds
- 2 A Different Path Through the Martial World 不一样的江湖路 My new work is here! You can find 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! 18Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 3 Little Lie's Tenth Book 小列第10本书 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Thousand Gods of the Republic: I Shape the Nation with My Gambling Skills 民国千神：我以赌术定山河 The flames of war rise across the Republic, and undercurrents churn through Shanghai. Deep in the French Concession stands the Exquisite Pavilion, a tranquil sanctuary where the righteous arts of sleight of hand are preserved. Master and disciples live in harmony, and childhood sweethearts lean on one another. But the human heart is hard to fathom, and wolves lurk within the sect. Eldest disciple Chu Lingxiao is consumed by ambition. For wealth and status, he betrays his country and becomes a la 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My Life in the World of Cardsharps 我的老千江湖 My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.1kReads7.1Score12314d adds
- 6 Lord of Eternal Immortality 永恒不灭之主 By day, I ride a blue shared bike to school. By night, I drive a Lamborghini to pick up girls. My life is a blank sheet of paper. You won’t find a single story about me. All right, I’m going to start lying now. 6Reads—Score214d adds
- 7 Zi Ye's Book 紫夜的一本书 My new work is out! You can 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! 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 My Years as a Cardsharp 我当老千那几年 Before I turned eighteen, I lost every time I gambled. Then, the year I turned eighteen, I got rich overnight... My master said there’s no such thing as a surefire gambling trick. Nine times out of ten, gambling is cheating, and nine times out of ten, you’ll lose. At the card table, what’s at stake isn’t just skill, but fate... Treasure your life and stay away from gambling! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Book by Yan Yu Ru Xi 烟雨如昔的一本书 A new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Isn’t It Just Jail Time? Why Am I Getting Shot? 不是就坐牢吗？怎么让我挨枪子？ Isn't prison the worst I can get? Why are they making me face a firing squad? 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Legendary Mei Luo, Master of a Thousand Tricks 千门圣手梅洛传 On New Year's Eve, a gang of thugs shoot his father and grandfather dead, leaving him an orphan. With smuggling and illicit trafficking running rampant, a certain department secretly establishes a training base to cultivate experts in every field. There, the young Mei Luo masters all kinds of gambling tricks. Watch as he makes his way through the underworld and into the Star-Picking Club. Though he loved playing the hero, in the end he made his living through gambling. As he lay dying, he repea 5.7kReads8.9Score59814d adds
- 12 The Big Winner 大赢家 As the old saying goes: nine out of ten gamblers get cheated; the only way to win is not to gamble. Many people don’t believe it, thinking it’s just a stock phrase used to warn gamblers. As a professional cardsharp, I can tell you with complete certainty: every gambling game is rigged, and the tricks run deep. The moment you step into the game, you’re already meat on a cardsharp’s chopping block. In the story that follows, I’ll expose one scam after another, and unravel every layer of the trap! 399Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 13 Hunting Card Sharps 追捕老千 As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers get cheated. Sometimes it’s not that you’re unlucky; someone has rigged the game. I’m a professional cheat catcher who once struck fear into the hearts of casino cheats. Let me reveal my past catching cheaters. 2.7kReads9.1Score17714d adds
- 14 The Gambler: A True Autobiography 老千，真实自传 My life changed in the winter of 2008. With nothing to my name, I relied on cheating at games to get a mansion, four cars, and savings nearing eight figures. It all started with a disc covered in static. Shuffling, keeping track of cards, cutting, dealing, switching cards. Poker, mahjong, pai gow, Chinese dominoes... They built my life from the inside out. This novel is for reference only. I accept no responsibility if anyone tries to imitate it. 22Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 15 My Life as a Con Artist II 我的老千生涯II He’s an expert who specializes in catching card cheats. In the past, he struck fear into the hearts of gamblers and cheats at underground casinos of every size. The seemingly miraculous sleight of hand that fools outsiders, the street scams that ruin lives, and the ever-advancing high-tech cheating devices: Teng Fei will expose every trick behind them. The contest between setting a trap and breaking it isn’t just a battle of wits and courage. It’s also a vivid display of greed, deception, and tr 2.4kReads9.3Score27014d adds
- 16 The Gambling Demon: Reborn for a Comeback? A 100% Win Rate Wipes Out the Table 赌魔：重生翻盘？百分百胜率通杀 [Invincible Thrills + Decisive and Ruthless + High IQ + A Gambling Fiend Reborn] Ling Xiao, a lifelong gambler, was schemed against by his partners and lost his last penny. He jumped to his death! But the jade bangle his mother left him activated the System, allowing Ling Xiao to be reborn and gain the power of a gambling fiend... Reborn, Ling Xiao is decisive and ruthless. He takes on casinos of every kind, matching wits with countless experts. His journey is full of fireworks and lightning, an 261Reads8.0Score1914d adds
- 17 The Superpowered God of Gambling 异能赌神 Reborn as a legendary gambler, watch him play the pig to eat the tiger and turn the tables... 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Thousand Paths 千道 [Wits and strategy + gambling techniques + urban life] Read the signs, spot the tells, and cut through the rumors. The world of gamblers has its own code, and its eight roles are celebrated far and wide. Once you spend a day as a professional cheat, you’re one for life. If you enter the wrong door, there’s no turning back. 993Reads7.5Score10114d adds
- 19 My Texas Hold’em Career 我的德州扑克生涯 Texas Hold’em is an incredibly dark game, and more than 90 percent of players lose. The outcome of a single match depends on luck. Long-term wins and losses depend on skill. The rules are simple, but mastering the game is difficult. Simple mathematical probabilities, and the most complex human nature, impossible to see through. Bankroll management, emotional control, hand analysis, and reviewing past games. Luck, restraint, courage, patience, and calculation are all essential. This book tells th 122Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 20 Who Can Stand Against Me? From Street Punk to Man of the People 谁与争锋：从江湖混混到万人敬仰 Wherever there are people, there’s a jianghu. After an accident landed me in an electronics factory, I went from being bullied to being admired by thousands. Surrounded by beautiful women, I gradually found my way into the jianghu, and a legend began... —Reads—Score214d adds
- 21 The Gambler's Book of Life and Death 赌桌生死簿 Orphan Gong Jiudeng became the apprentice of Mr. Yi, a master of the underworld, at a young age. At the gambling table, he’s a top cardsharp. But out in the world, life and death aren’t decided by the cards alone. Danger lurks around every corner. How will he face the trials of the gambling table and the underworld, time and again? How will he find a way out? His life is both legendary and tragic... A dark underworld tale blending suspense, political intrigue, and action. It features card-sharp 167Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 22 My Boyfriend Tricked Me Onto a Gambling Ship on Valentine's Day 情人节我被男友骗上赌船 My Boyfriend Tricked Me onto a Gambling Boat on Valentine's Day 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Poker God 德州扑克之赌神 The only Texas Hold’em novel on all of Tomato! Some say he’s a bluffing fiend at the poker table. Others call him the face of honest Texas Hold’em. Some hail him as the God of Gambling, saying there’s no poker game he can’t win. He changed the landscape of the poker world. To many, he’s a legendary player, the new generation’s King of Poker, the God of Gambling. But Chen Ren introduces himself this way: “They call me Blackjack’s sweetheart. Twenty-One is my game. My name is Chen Ren. You can cal 48Reads6.6Score214d adds
- 24 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 112Reads—Score714d adds
- 25 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 4Reads7.4Score514d adds
- 26 The Gambler: Ruling the Four Seas 老千之纵横四海 My master often said, “Where there are people, there are grudges. Where there are grudges, there is the jianghu. People are the jianghu, and the jianghu lives in the grudges between people. A lifetime as a person is a lifetime in the jianghu.” The jianghu stretches far and is impossible to predict. Truth and lies blur together: the false may be true, and the true may be false. (This book has no playing the pig to eat the tiger and no face-slapping plotlines. The early chapters are harsh. This is 426Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 27 My Life as a Con Artist IV 我的老千生涯IV Through the author’s candid accounts of little-known gambling experiences, this book portrays the warped lives of gamblers, exposes the tricks used by cheats to swindle their victims, and reveals the tragic, at once hateful and heartbreaking endings of gambling addicts. It offers a heartfelt warning to those hooked on gambling: the more you gamble, the less you have! 1.4kReads9.3Score15314d adds
- 28 1995: The Underworld of a Thousand Doors 一九九五，千门江湖 Memoirs of an Old Cardsharp: 1995–2015 More than card tricks, this is the underworld My name is Lin Tianfeng. I'm an old cardsharp... I started learning card tricks in elementary school. This craft brought me into the orbit of powerful people, and that's what kept me alive. From an innocent boy in an arcade to a feared figure in international casinos From a reckless street tough to an underworld kingpin in the Golden Triangle In eighteen years, I traveled a road that takes others s 25Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 29 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 1.4kReads9.3Score20414d adds
- 30 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 2.3kReads8.8Score19714d adds
- 31 A Book by Xiao Yulong 萧玉龙的一本书 555Reads8.5Score12014d adds
- 32 Xie Shuhuan Wangdai's 21st Book 谢熟缓忘呆第21本书 My new work is here! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 86Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 33 The Return of the Gambling God 赌神归来 A croupier is drawn into a chaotic affair by the lure of money. After being caught cheating, he escapes from a gambling ship and drifts across a desolate sea... [Author's note: Gambling is harmful! Gambling is harmful! Gambling is harmful! Don't gamble! Don't gamble! Don't gamble!] 1.5kReads8.9Score10714d adds
- 34 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. 2.2kReads7.1Score10414d adds
- 35 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 3.9kReads8.2Score18614d adds
- 36 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 15.5kReads8.4Score98714d adds
- 37 A Book Above the Clouds 云上的一本书 1.8kReads9.0Score16114d adds
- 38 Back to 2005 to Become the King of Gambling 重回05做赌王 Quit gambling. Quit gambling. Quit gambling. They say important things three times. Small bets break your heart; big bets can cost you your life. This book is written as a warning to those of you who have fallen into gambling and cannot stop: turn back before you go too far, and there is still hope. Han Bing, a casino cheat forced by a gang boss to take the fall, is reborn in 2005. In his previous life, he was controlled by others and turned into a puppet addicted to every vice, committing one c 22.8kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 39 You Won at Mahjong, but What About Your Life? 麻将胡了，可你的人生呢？ My name is Li Yang. I dropped out of high school and became a good-for-nothing, just wasting my days. Then one day, a buddy sent me a link, and from that moment on, my fate spiraled out of control. Red-envelope Minesweeper was the bait. A triple in a one-minute lottery made my blood race, while long streaks in Dragon-Tiger Duel repeatedly left me shattered. Bro, no, everyone reading this: I'm begging you, don't touch it. At the end of that road, there's no fortune, only destruction. 3.6kReads8.9Score18714d adds
- 40 A Cardsharp's Hands, Touched by Victory, Defeat, and Fate 老千的手，沾着输赢与命运 [Gambling tricks, schemes, tactics, exposing scams, the underworld, comebacks, love and hatred, a battle of wits] Your heart is your underworld, and your hands are weapons forged from human nature. From that day on, Yan Nan dropped out of school and joined the world of gambling. Just like that, five years went by. He was once a boy dealt a cruel hand, but his mastery of gambling tricks and extraordinary intelligence changed his fate. The world of professional cardsharps is a one-way road, but Ya 2.3kReads—Score10114d adds
- 41 The 13th Book by Black Marlin Fan 喜欢黑枪鱼第13本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 220Reads—Score10014d adds
- 42 No Shore in the Underworld: An Undercover Agent's Fight to Survive 江湖无岸：暗子求生 I am a hidden operative, a ghost living inside someone else's script. To keep my mother safe, I went from Chen Jianguo, a gambler in Bincheng, to Chen Guohua, a courier in Hong Kong. My memories are fake, my identity is fake, even the scar on my forehead is a carefully designed brand. My mission: get close to Song Wenchang, a Southeast Asian crime lord, press the button on my watch, then disappear “quietly.” But I didn't press it. Because in the darkness aboard a yacht, he looked at me and sudde 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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 8.3kReads8.2Score60214d adds
- 44 The Thousand Gates 千门 There's an old saying: nine out of ten gamblers get cheated. Wrong. All ten get cheated. My name is Chen Jiu. I'm a card sharp, and I'll use my own story to show everyone that not gambling is the real win. 2.6kReads8.4Score17714d adds
- 45 My Years as a Gambling-House Host and Companion in Macau 我在澳门叠码陪玩儿的那几年 I'm Chen Jun, a Hebei native who has worked as a junket agent in Macau for five years and is still in the business. People think our line of work is glamorous: we meet wealthy bosses every day and make money just by talking. But only I know the abyss of human nature I face every single day. 1.3kReads8.0Score10414d adds
- 46 A Life Ruined by Gambling 被赌博毁掉的人生 This is a true recollection! One greedy impulse drew him into a Macau gambling den. Old brothers turned against each other, and a love affair teetered on the brink. Some wagered their entire fortunes, while others sank into the abyss. Gambling crushed countless ordinary lives and laid bare the endless regrets of gamblers. 1.7kReads—Score10614d adds
- 47 The Legendary Life of Macau’s Wash-Money Hua 澳门洗米华的传奇一生 "Wash Yinhua" was once a legendary figure in Macau's gambling industry, known as the "New King of Asian Gambling." His life was full of drama. Starting out as an ordinary casino loan shark, he built a vast junket empire before ultimately landing behind bars for cross-border gambling crimes. 607Reads—Score10014d adds
- 48 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. 343Reads9.0Score13014d adds
- 49 After Gaining X-Ray Vision, I Went on a Rampage at the Casino 获得透视功能后，我在赌场杀疯了 What? My girlfriend took out an online loan using nude photos? Zheng Qian is stunned when he gets the call. To help his girlfriend pay off the debt, he can only take a risk and try his luck at a casino. Unexpectedly, he gains the power to see through things and cleans out the casino... "How much did this beauty borrow against her photos? I'll pay it off for her... A hundred thousand? Fine, she's coming with me!" "This girl's pretty too. How much does she owe?" Having money really makes a 849Reads5.9Score10214d adds
- 50 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—14d adds
