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- 51 Case Files of Crime: The Punisher 猎罪档案:惩罚主 [Detective and police procedural + pure deduction + no romance! + no female lead + standalone cases + criminal investigation + realistic crime-solving] “Zhou Qi, an obscure detective who quit his job to start a business, teams up with his police friend Li Wushang to crack one bizarre case after another.” P.S. This book has no romance. If you like stories about two male leads with a romantic subplot, try another book: Hunting Crime Files: Bloodied Angel (also known as Nameless Detective Agency) " 293Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 52 The Headless Bone Sculptor 无头雕骨师 He is a bone carver who inherited secret arts passed down for a thousand years. He is the headless ghost said to haunt a legendary haunted house. Walking the line between light and darkness, he hunts down the culprits behind bizarre murder cases: the taxidermist who makes specimens from human skin, the murderous doll that whispers, the mushroom man lurking in the ruins, the ghostly face on an exam paper, the ice-sculpture lovers who will stop at nothing, the faceless demon who steals organs... J 909Reads7.3Score12314d adds
- 53 Thriller: I Became the Person in the Mirror 惊悚:我成为了镜中人 Yang Feng, who has no idea how he died, opens his eyes and finds himself in a world inside the mirrors. He can travel freely from one mirror to another. Whenever someone looks in a mirror, he appears and flashes them an eerie smile. This is a world already rotting away, doomed to destruction. And Yang Feng thinks he should hasten its end. So he chooses slaughter! Be destroyed! You ruined world! Humanity trembles before the being in the mirror! 21Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 54 One Goal: Stay Alive 唯一目标:活着 (Survival + high intelligence + deduction + no saintly protagonist + mild horror. Read with caution if you’re sensitive to these elements.) A stream of fire pierced the atmosphere and struck the ground. In an instant, the world was plunged into chaotic darkness, and the buildings of civilization people had once taken pride in became lifeless ruins. Yet among the ruins, one building alone remained standing, like a watchtower surveying all the darkness. Beneath the apocalypse, strange phenomena we 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Miss Chuntang's Diary 春棠小姐记事簿 Xing Sili gazed out the window. “Do you know how peaceful Fushui City was before you came here?” Shi Chuntang looked a little wronged. “That was just the calm before the storm. Besides, it's not like I egged everyone on to commit crimes.” Xing Sili looked at the several case reports he had yet to finish. “Please, can you stop going out until I've finished writing them?” Shi Chuntang flashed her gleaming white teeth in a perfect smile. “Nope.” Content warning: The male and female leads have quite 482Reads9.1Score10314d adds
- 56 Murder Without Guilt 无罪谋杀 The most horrifying murders, the most unfathomable truths!! Cannibal banquets, the silenced woman, the frozen lover, the Nanda murderer turning himself in, sacrificial paintings made of human skin, ghostly figures in mirrors... You could never understand, by ordinary reasoning, the true motives hidden behind these terrifying and bizarre murder cases. Let a psychiatrist skilled in hypnosis guide you, from a unique perspective, into the minds of these terrible criminals and uncover the chilling tr 446Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 57 To Obtain the Sharingan, I Turned Myself into a Living Curse 为了获得写轮眼,我以自身为蛊 [Urban supernatural powers + Sharingan + pitch-black tone. Don't read if that's not your thing!] Everyone undergoes a class change, and each person can gain a different ability. But Meng Hang, who had once been expected to achieve great things, receives no ability at all and is mocked by the entire school. Then he awakens the Raising Gu System. Those chosen by the System are sent to a different dimension, where only one person can make it out alive. [Host, want to get the Sharingan? You must be 36Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 58 Dancing with the Dead 与尸共舞 15.5kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 59 From the Start, I Simulate a Bank Heist: Robbing the Robbers Stuns Everyone 开局模拟抢银行,黑吃黑震惊众人 Friendly reminder: Please don’t use your brain while reading this book. Ultimate Escape: A show simulating criminals on the run. Qin Yun awakens a System from the start, and as a fugitive, he manages to eliminate every other contestant all by himself. The production crew is forced to change the rules just to target him. Qin Yun: “Hey, that’s not playing fair! In that case, I’ll just...” Qin Yun’s smile grows more and more deranged. Next up: the pursuit team’s instructor quits on the spot, and th 374Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 60 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
- 61 Horror Street 恐怖街 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Mind Games + Original Worldbuilding + Tight Logic + Ensemble Cast + Cthulhu Mythos + Every Mystery Gets Solved + High-IQ Characters] On Zhongshan Avenue, a dilapidated bus carrying eight passengers drove into a sinister place… The missing passengers’ relatives wept and wailed, but their cries were helplessly swallowed by the tide of the times… As the years passed, the case file eventually lost its validity and became an unsolved cold case. But one passenger was not 1Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 62 The Perfect Crime 完美犯罪 I have a criminal gene. I was born a criminal. Fate led me to meet Lü Jie, and I followed her into the field of forensic medicine. Just before graduation, a horrific bloodbath took place on campus. Lü Jie vanished, her fate unknown. I fell from heaven into darkness, and a demon stirred in the depths of my soul. After graduating, I became a forensic doctor. On my first day at work, I was confronted with a shocking case: the Red-Clothed Killer, who had disappeared for years, was back. As I went a 11.3kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
- 63 After Awakening the Serial Killer Talent, I Became a Psycho 觉醒杀人魔天赋后,我成了疯批 [No System + No heroine + Villain protagonist + Madman + Dark + Ruthless] My name is Shi Qian. I'm an ordinary office worker, and in my spare time I enjoy creating a little “art.” Of course, I have another name too. You can call me, the Prisoner. (Positive characters may also meet tragic ends in this book. If that bothers you, don't read.) 675Reads9.3Score10314d adds
- 64 Long Night Walk 2: A Portrait of Human Evil 长夜行2:人间恶绘 “The eyes are the angle observers are most accustomed to scrutinizing, so you must learn to disguise your eyes.”, Li Mu The sequel to Long Night Walk, Season Two: The Evil Portraits of the Human World! 164Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 65 New Cop on the Job: Two Wanted Criminals as My Welcome Gift 新警入职:抓两个通缉犯当见面礼 Zhao Yichuan accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a rookie police officer, then successfully awakens the Heaven's Eye System! Every criminal he catches raises his Heaven's Eye permissions, and he can grow stronger without limit! On his first day at work, he runs into a child kidnapper? What? The kidnapper is holding a child hostage? No problem. I'll fight fire with fire: I'll disguise myself as a kidnapper and “kidnap” the hostage back! A quick sweep of the streets is enoug 13Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 66 Global Manhunt: I'm Playing a Mouse, So Why Am I Chasing Cats? 全球追捕:明明扮演老鼠却追着猫打 [A completed novel, a great read: high-IQ characters + endless twists] A battle of wits between pursuer and fugitive. A fierce clash of deduction and logic. A contest of tricks and countertricks. The Cat-and-Mouse Game begins now. Are you ready, dear little mouse? 1.6kReads8.8Score14714d adds
- 67 Good Girl, Did the Pretty Little Demon Cuddle Up to Her Master Today? 乖,今天漂亮恶魔跟主人贴贴了吗 [Dual Male Leads + Transmigrate into a Book + Yandere and Unhinged] Powerful, Ascetic Deity X Pitiful, Scheming Little Demon “Hey, want to draw a card?” “My dear, you chose love.” “A demon's love? How interesting. Haha.” “Little demon, you belong to me now.” Yin Xiu always carried a deck of cards and loved playing card-drawing games. Then, after he transmigrated into a book, the battered little demon drew the card representing love. “With this card, I offer my god the heart that burns with desir 290Reads9.3Score10514d adds
- 68 Fortune-Telling with Incense: A Life-or-Death Incense from the Start 看香算命:开局生死香 [Mystery] + [Fast-Paced] + [Extremely Satisfying] Fresh out of college and unemployed, he is forced to inherit the family business of incense reading and fortune-telling. At the City God Temple, he meets He Hui and they set up an incense-reading studio. When someone frames them, they turn the tables and earn their first fortune. Later, he heads to the countryside to lay low, encounters all kinds of strange happenings, and learns to manipulate people, creating plenty of money-making opportunitie 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Wanted Worldwide 全球通缉 With an almost demonic IQ, Song Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and joins four celebrities, including Yaya and Huang Bo, in a reality survival show, Global Escape! The show aims to educate the public on how to balance crime, freedom, and security. Faced with an inescapable net woven by the world's top special agents, intelligence experts, famous detectives, and network hackers, will the fugitives surrender or fight against the tide? When their fangs are bared, will the roles of fugitive a 533Reads9.2Score10114d adds
- 70 SSS-Rank Talent from the Start: Turning the School Belle into a Puppet 开局SSS天赋:把校花做成傀偶 [Spiritual qi revival + ruthless and decisive + urban + supernatural abilities + no female lead] After experiencing life and death, Qi Yan awoke again in a completely new world. This place was filled with all kinds of innate abilities and bizarre beasts. From the start, Qi Yan awakened a top-tier talent: an SSS-rank Puppet Master. Before he could even take it all in, his awakening brought a constant stream of assassinations, domestic scheming, and more... Qi Yan: ...What a pain. His hands were s 2.5kReads8.3Score36314d adds
- 71 The Personality Deception 人格骗局 Late at night on August 19, 2018, psychologist Tang Xin was murdered in her study at home. On the night of the murder, two people had visited Tang Xin’s home, one after the other: her ex-boyfriend, Ye Qingcheng, captain of the S City Criminal Police Unit, and her patient, Su Ming. Su Ming used to be a police officer under Ye Qingcheng. After suffering physical and psychological trauma in a hostage-taking case, he left the criminal police unit. He was being treated at Tang Xin’s clinic for dissoc 2kReads9.2Score46214d adds
- 72 Shadows All Around 暗影重重 [Criminal Investigation] [Mystery and Deduction] [Murder-Mystery Game] [Romantic Suspense] [Strong Leads Clash] [Social Realism] [A Cross-Section of Humanity] Some lose the love of their life. Some commit murder in a fit of passion to protect the person they love. Some hurt everyone around them in the name of love. Some are willing to give up everything in pursuit of a little light and warmth! This is a tribute to Keigo Higashino. The writing is delicate, the emotions profound! The plot is tight 674Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 73 The Ultimate Evil Demon Cultivator: Me and My Ten Demon Puppets 极恶魔道:我与我的十个魔偶 This is a world with a hundred-tier ladder. Every tier is filled with countless secret realms waiting to be conquered. And I, Su Xie, am a friendly outsider who transmigrated here and loves dolls. Burdened with the Villain System, I often do good deeds. The unscrupulous media outside have given me plenty of names, too. The Brutal King, scumbag, pervert, chuunibyou, menace to society. As for whether any of those names are true... When he cut off the first tier ruler's head, Su Xie laughed wildly, 48Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 74 The Female Police Chief's Major Cases Series: Undercurrents 女公安局长大案系列之暗流 On a stormy night, two murder cases erupt at once in Handong Province. Criminal investigation captains Lu Chen and Chen Feng follow separate leads: one investigates a red ribbon on a wedding bed, the other a carcinogen in a teacup. The two trails converge on the same name. Gu Qingling. Thirty-one years old, a first-class merit recipient, and former commander of a special operations unit. Meanwhile, the real killer watches it all from the shadows. As the undercurrents of power swallow up every pi 3.5kReads—Score19514d adds
- 75 Rule Horror: It Begins with My Wife’s Secret 规则怪谈:从妻子的秘密开始 Rules-based horror descends upon the world. Challengers must clear trials on behalf of their countries. If they succeed, the horror disappears; if they fail, it descends upon their country. After enduring four descents, the Flame-Summer Nation is on the verge of collapse. Just then, Qin Hao transmigrates into this world and becomes its challenger. [You have entered the rules-based horror: The Wife’s Secret.] [You have a wife as beautiful as a celestial maiden, but she seems to be hiding a deep s 7kReads8.3Score60714d adds
- 76 Global Manhunt: Crushing the World's Viewers with My Genius from the Start 全球追捕:开局智商碾压全球观众 Ye Lin wakes up after transmigrating to a parallel world with an extremely high crime rate. He is suddenly selected as an amateur contestant with the highest bounty on his head for a reality show about pursuit and escape. His opponents aren’t just the other dangerous contestants, but also pursuit experts from all over the world. Award-winning actresses, hackers, criminal investigators, detectives! A 24-hour citywide escape! A thrilling game aboard a luxury cruise ship! A countdown to survival on 969Reads7.8Score14514d adds
- 77 Crazy Paradise 疯狂乐园 (This is a sci-fi novel. Tomato refused to give it a sci-fi tag, but it really is sci-fi.) Have you ever been to an amusement park? We have a crazy amusement park with all kinds of attractions and extraordinary ways to enjoy them. I guarantee they're unlike anything you've tried before! Want to come take a look? Welcome to Crazy Park! I'm JJ the Clown. We have everything you could want: carousels, roller coasters, haunted houses. But remember, the stakes are your life! Death-row inmates, ser 4.5kReads8.4Score43414d adds
- 78 I, Ghost Cicada, Sweeping Through the Cultivation World Is Perfectly Reasonable 我,鬼蝉,杀穿修真界很合理吧 [Villain Protagonist + Never Takes Human Form + No Female Lead + Not a Do-Gooder] After transmigrating into a cicada, Chen Yun will stop at nothing to collect evolution items, committing every manner of evil and using any means necessary. The reverse scale of a waning-moon wind dragon + the soul of a Tribulation Realm cultivator = ??? From then on, the cultivation world gained a cicada that slaughtered countless people. Since this world has no place for me, I’ll carve a path through it with bloo 1.1kReads8.4Score10914d adds
- 79 The Police Chief’s Shocking Crackdown on Organized Crime 公安局长惊天扫黑大案 Han Shuang arrives in Changhu City and takes up her new post. On her very first day, the heiress of Changhu Group dies under mysterious circumstances, and a forensic examiner carrying evidence climbs into a restricted area, their fate unknown. Wu Gang hides a blade behind his smile. Deputy Director Gou Jianxiao sets traps at every turn, while the three great families are entangled in a web of influence. With two capable women at her side, Han Shuang steps into this isolated city woven from power 6.4kReads7.5Score32414d adds
- 80 Criminal Psychology: The Mind-Reading Detective 罪案心理:读心神探 Also known as The Mind-Reading Detective. Chen Luo is an expert in criminal psychology and body language. After graduating from the academy, he became a consultant for the criminal investigation department. To ordinary people, the motives behind serial murders seem bizarre, twisted, and impossible to fathom. To Chen Luo, they’re clear as day, and the hidden killer is exposed in an instant. The lies and secrets people try so hard to conceal cannot escape Chen Luo’s notice. He sees straight throug 2.4kReads8.7Score22114d adds
- 81 Cultivating Immortality, Starting as a Villain 从反派开始修仙 [No female lead + villain protagonist + no sanctimoniousness + ruthless and decisive + no System + handsome, white-haired male lead] A guide to this book: The protagonist is a thoroughly evil person. It's dark, so please stay away if that's not your thing. Thank you. To obtain purer and more powerful strength, and to live forever, Xin Wuyu murdered his father and brother, wiped out his clan, and slaughtered entire cities. He committed every evil imaginable for his own selfish ends, making every 1.1kReads8.2Score10114d adds
- 82 Code of the Killer 逐凶密码 130Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 83 Urban Superpowers: Revenge Begins with Pretending to Be Ordinary 都市异能,从伪装普通人开始复仇 [No System + Superpowers] Starborn: a special group that has only recently emerged. They possess abilities and physiques far beyond those of ordinary people, as well as special benefits granted by the authorities. But emboldened by those benefits and the trust placed in them, they recklessly flaunt their powers without regard for ordinary people’s lives. That is, until they “accidentally” kill Lan Ge’s father, Lan He… 498Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 84 A Master Plan 深度布局 A High-IQ Revenge With a single move, the “Soul-Severing Meridian Needle,” he can kill without a trace. On a crowded bus, he makes his target die silently, without anyone noticing. Police captain Zhao Gang sees everything clearly on the surveillance footage, yet is powerless to act. This is the third unsolved case, and every clue points to his own older brother, missing for twenty years... When the person closest to him becomes the prime suspect, how will he choose between the law and blood ties 887Reads6.4Score10014d adds
- 85 A Disastrous Start: I Risk My Life to Survive with the System 天崩开局,我和系统玩儿命求生 [Lighthearted Early On] While the reborn cowherd boy Chu Mu was unconscious, he had a long dream. In it, he stopped at nothing to achieve his goals, betrayed his master and ancestors, and framed his fellow disciples. He cultivated an evil dual cultivation technique, toyed with his master and fellow disciples before draining them dry, and died. He refined heaven and earth until he reached the realm of immortals, but for some reason, just as he was about to ascend, his body began cracking apart la 1.9kReads8.6Score20814d adds
- 86 Logical Trap: Extending My Life in a Game of Human Nature 逻辑陷阱:我在人性游戏中续命 Also known as: Logic Trap: I Keep Myself Alive in a Game of Human Nature [No humanity + original game scenarios + mind-bending games + survival through non-horror psychological battles] Human nature? Sorry, I don’t have any! I just want to survive! Yu Tu, who has terminal cancer, unexpectedly enters the mysterious Divine Cage: a ball-splitting game, the prisoner’s dilemma, Mafia… Clear the games, and you can extend your life! To stay alive, to hell with human nature! Gradually, even Yu Tu can’t 433Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 87 I’m a Cop, and You Gave Me the Skills of a Psychopathic Killer 我是警察,你给变态杀人狂的技能 My new work is here! You can find 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! 1.8kReads8.0Score15314d adds
- 88 Suspicious Homicide Cases: A Police Chief's Major Crimes Notebook 悬疑凶案:公安局长重案手记 An assassination attempt targeting the county magistrate ends with the accidental killing of the only daughter of Qingjiang's richest man. After five years as strangers, the husband and wife join forces again following their daughter's tragic death. The mother launches a forceful counterattack in politics, while the father brings the full weight of his business empire to bear. They swear to make the killers pay in blood. To crack the case, the female God of War Lu Qingshuang is parachuted into t 44.8kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 89 Detective: I’m a Helpful Local from Chaoyang 神探:我,朝阳热心群众 Wang Ting was reborn into a strange new world with an exceptionally high crime rate. Though he was a complete novice at solving cases, he awakened the Great Detective System. Through the System, he could exchange for all kinds of investigative techniques: Forensic mineralogy! Bloodstain pattern analysis! Forensic toxicology... To help Wang Ting solve cases, the System also opened a detectives’ group chat. It was filled with famous detectives from different eras! Love and hate, wealth and beauty, 50Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 90 I Have 99 Kinds of Twisted Personalities 我有99种变态人格 What would you do if one day 99 different psychopaths appeared in your mind, and you could return to normal only by perfectly acting out each and every one of their personalities? Su Mo smiled wickedly. “This sounds fun.” The cases in this book are based on real events, taking you into the strange world of psychopathic personalities. 419Reads9.2Score10714d adds
- 91 The Real-Life Inspiration Behind I'm a Detective 我是刑警原型揭秘 The series I Am a Police Officer could be called a documentary about major criminal cases in China. Its popularity has drawn more and more attention to safety concerns in society. This book reveals the real cases behind those depicted in the show and recreates the crime scenes. Let's take a closer look! On January 28, 1995, eleven people were killed at a mine in a single night. Four disguised men stormed the mine's guardroom and went on a killing spree, leaving bodies everywhere they went. This 1.5kReads9.5Score15014d adds
- 92 Detective: I Just Started the Job, and My Deduction Skills Are Maxed Out! 侦探:刚入职,推理能力点满了! Chen Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and activates a God-Tier Detective System from the start. Every case he solves earns him a new skill. So while his classmates spend their four years at police academy busy attending classes, Chen Mo is busy helping police stations across the country crack all kinds of cases. The body in a cardboard box, the headless woman in the elevator, the dormitory murder, and more... When he finally looks back, Chen Mo realizes that every one of his skills has reach 5.1kReads8.4Score35814d adds
- 93 Special Cleaner, Occasional Crime Scene Stager 特殊清洁员,偶尔也布置案发现场 (Content warnings: no female lead, no romantic ambiguity, dark plot, protagonist is not a good person, lighthearted everyday tone) (No female lead does not mean no female supporting characters. Recommended that you stay away. The male lead is very much a criminal, not a positive role model, and people get killed on a regular basis.) Good news: He transmigrated. Bad news: The body’s original owner seems to have just killed someone. Is Qi Shu panicking? He’s practically panicking to death. After a 502Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 94 The Female Bureau Chief: Storms in the Crackdown on Organized Crime 女局长:扫黑风云 A gritty novel based on real events: criminal investigations, officialdom, deals, and power plays. Justice comes at the cost of blood, and the true enemy is always hidden in the deepest fog. 196Reads7.0Score13814d adds
- 95 The Self-Cultivation of a Perfect Hexagonal Warrior 一个完美六边形战士的自我修养 (Requires a heart of steel. It’s very “healing.”) This is a story about an unknown world and a group of madmen who defy taboos to steal the power of demons. The blurb can’t do it justice. Read the story to find out. 927Reads8.6Score10714d adds
- 96 Psychological Crime: Ten Bizarre Cold Cases 心理罪:十大诡异悬案 A novelist’s bizarre suicide conceals the filthy ugliness of human nature, hidden from the world! A haunted murder house reopens a cold case buried for fifteen years. Is it the work of vengeful spirits, or a descent into an abyss of evil? On a remote island overseas, a terrifying priso 8.1kReads8.9Score86314d adds
- 97 The Celestial Mystery 天字号谜局 [Mystery + Supernatural + Thriller + Detective Work + Adventure + Clever Protagonist + Puzzles + Passionate + No Brain-Off Plot] Hu Tian has extraordinary powers of deduction, but his involvement in the Liu Group's disappearance case cost him both his mentor and his job. Determined to uncover the truth and find his mentor's killer, he goes so far as to live in a garage, barely able to afford three meals a day. As the case's layers of mystery gradually unravel, Hu Tian discovers that he is up aga 69Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 98 Card Apocalypse: The Madman’s Revenge 卡牌末世之复仇的疯子 [Mildly dark tone]+ [Self-redemption]+ [No female lead] A once-kind-hearted boy was abused for years by his adoptive father, a high-ranking official. After enduring such prolonged torment, his mind gradually twisted and turned extreme. He came to believe the world was full of malice. Then, on the brink of death, cards descended upon the entire world! Countless monsters flooded the land, and humanity struggled in agony through the apocalypse. Tao Qian also embarked on a path of revenge. Anger, 121Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 99 Xu Changsheng Investigates 许长生探案 Police Captain Xu Changsheng, known to his team as “Little Zhuge,” faces one tangled case after another. He always manages to unravel the clues, find the key evidence, and bring the criminals to justice. This book records several particularly challenging cases that showcase Xu Changsheng’s deductive skills. 11.4kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 100 Who Touched My Novel? 我的小说谁动的 Xue Mo sat at his computer, typing away with great concentration. “Knock, knock, knock!” A series of urgent knocks sounded at the door. “Who is it?” Xue Mo asked, puzzled, as he went to the door. “The police.” Through the peephole, he saw two people in police uniforms standing outside. One of them held up his police identification. “Does Xue Mo live here?” “Yes, that’s me.” Xue Mo hurriedly opened the door. “We’ve found that several recent murder cases closely match your novel. We need you to as 1.7kReads8.8Score23314d adds















































