Novels like The Pawnshop
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Pawnshop, best match first.
- 1 I Own a Pawnshop That Grants Immortality 我有一座长生当铺 After Mu Changsheng was framed by a servant and narrowly escaped death, he opened the Immortality Pawnshop in a mass grave and embarked on a path of pawning the whole world. He collects debts dating back to time immemorial and binds peerless powerhouses by contract. “Blood Fiend Patriarch, the Nether River Saint Source you put up as collateral has come due. Time to repay the principal and interest, right?” “Holy Mother of the Azure Sky, you haven’t forgotten the Eternal Youth Daoist Art you put 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Number One Pawnshop Across All Worlds: Pawning Gods and Spirits, Here and Now 万界第一当铺，当天当地当鬼神 On the Continent of Myriad Beasts, Divine beasts reign supreme, all beasts serve as soldiers, and humans are slaves. Of the countless humans, fewer than a thousand can cultivate. Every step is a struggle, and endless slaughter leaves corpses strewn across the land. Shen Shu transmigrates to the Continent of Myriad Beasts by accident and obtains a pawnshop System, rising to power step by step. After witnessing the ancient sages and mighty cultivators fearlessly giving their lives for humanity, pr 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Drunken Cat Doesn't Touch Alcohol: Book 10 醉猫不沾酒第10本书 Have you ever imagined a pawnshop that lets you trade in things you don't need for the things you need most? You could pawn your sadness, miserable childhood, painful memories, stupid brain, or any unnecessary body parts, all of it! In exchange, you could get the money, lifespan, happiness, wisdom, attribute points, supernatural techniques, firearms, melee weapons, miraculous medicines, skill scrolls, and more that you need most! Now, at midnight, step outside your home and stand anywhere. Get i 13Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 4 The Soul Pawnshop: An Eight Pawnshop Fan Novel 灵魂典当行【8号当铺同人文】 In the final years of the Qing Dynasty, the world was in turmoil and ordinary people’s lives were falling apart. People struggled through poverty and hardship, while their desires grew without limit. Rumors of a soul pawnshop spread quietly among the people. This mysterious place was said to grant any wish, but only in exchange for an equivalent price. The final years of the Qing Dynasty were hard. Han Nuo, a gifted scholar who never got his due, suffered one family misfortune after another. In 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Yellow Springs Shop 黄泉店铺 On the night of the Ghost Festival, as ghostly wails echoed all around, Ox-Head and Horse-Face suddenly delivered a “wife” to me. She was petite and fair, and had been raised on the milk of a Di Ting beast… So she gave off a strange fragrance that made all the ghosts fight over her. To keep her safe, Ox-Head and Horse-Face brought her straight to my door. But this wife of mine doesn’t play by the rules. She stole my evil-ghost golden core and instantly grew up, then began helping me run the “Yel 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Pawnshop No. 8 in the Cultivation World 修炼世界的八号当铺 When a young man finds himself in dire straits, an unexpected stroke of luck makes him the owner of Pawnshop Number Eight in the cultivation world. Gods, humans, ghosts, and demons can all trade there, under the principle of fair exchange. In this turbulent world of the strong preying on the weak, can he recline in a beauty's arms, reclaim everything that belongs to him, and regain true freedom? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 I Own a Pawnshop for All Worlds 我有一间万界当铺 Ling Yun transmigrates to a fantasy world and unexpectedly activates the Myriad Worlds Immortal Pawnshop System, gaining a pawnshop. This pawnshop connects to all worlds and holds countless rare treasures, cultivation techniques, and divine abilities. Even more astonishingly, anything can be pawned there. The System lets people exchange items for points. Whenever a customer pawns something, Ling Yun earns a pile of exchange points. He can then spend those points to exchange for the countless rar 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Everything Pawnshop: Anything Can Be Pawned 万物典当行：万物皆可当 Do you believe anything can be pawned? As the new acting agent of a pawnshop, I've met all kinds of customers. There's the CEO willing to trade twenty years of his life to take his company public, the girl exchanging her family ties for beauty, and the politician pawning his conscience for power... What they don't know is that every transaction earns me a corresponding “reward.” Then one day, a girl walked in and said she wanted to pawn her “love.” The System's warning rang out: “Warning! The it 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Murderous Demoness General Is Creating Dreams in the Modern Age 杀人魔女将军竟在现代造梦 [Urban fantasy] [Episodic stories] [Crossovers with Hotel Del Luna and The Eighth Pawnshop; read with caution if that bothers you] Su Xiaoxiao, an undefeated female general, was tricked and coaxed by Meng Po into becoming the owner of the Dreamweaver Time Hall. She is the master of human dreams. For a thousand years, she has crafted dreams for the living, using a dream of Nanke to make up for the regrets her customers carry in this life. The Dreamweaver Hall’s owner serves for a thousand years a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Urban Legend: The Demon Slayer Becomes the Ghost King's Heir 都市传说：除妖师成为鬼王继承人 Shanhai Star: A thousand years ago, someone broke the seal on the Ghost Realm, and the twelve spirit pearls that kept it in balance vanished without a trace. Since then, the boundary between the human world and the Ghost Realm has grown blurred. A thousand years later, Yuan Zipuo, the second son of a family of demon slayers, accidentally stumbles into an ancient ruin while investigating a demon. “What is this?” Yuan Zipuo bends down curiously. Strange, unreadable characters are carved into an an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Journey to the West: I'm a Pawnshop Owner, Known as a Swindler 西游：我，当铺老板，人称奸商 Ye Xuan transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and opens a magical pawnshop that can grant wishes. Pawn treasures of sufficient value at the shop, and any wish can come true. From then on, you can turn your life around and reach the peak of success. Sun Wukong: Boss, I'll pawn my Golden Cudgel to you. Hurry and get me out of Five Elements Mountain. I want to settle the score with that old fool, the Tathagata. Tang Sanzang: If your fists can't get you down the road, then punch your w 3Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 12 Pawnshop No. 8 第八号当铺 Legend has it that an ancient, mysterious organization exists in this world: the Eighth Pawnshop. If you can find it, you can obtain anything your heart desires. “Academician Tu, hello. You have three days left to live. Would you like to join our Eighth Pawnshop? Our Eighth Pawnshop is dedicated to world peace, scientific progress, exploring the cosmos, and sailing toward the vast sea of stars. Our Eighth Pawnshop is home to scientists, philosophers, and educators from human history who vanished 311Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Haunted Pawnshop: The Living Die in Place of Others, the Evil Dead Live in Their Stead 恐怖当铺：活人替死，恶鬼替生 There’s a pawnshop that sits empty during the day but is packed with customers at night. The living are better off dead, while evil spirits revel until dawn. Maybe from the moment you step into this pawnshop, you’re no longer yourself. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Xuanhuan: A Myriad Worlds Pawnshop from the Start 玄幻：开局一座万界当铺 After waking up, Qin Yi found that he had transmigrated to the Tian Du Realm and become the tenth Host of the Myriad Worlds Pawnshop. Inside the pawnshop, Qin Yi was invincible. The pawnshop had everything imaginable. Heavenly treasures, ancient artifacts and secret books, even bodies, memories, and souls, could all be pawned for equivalent value. Qin Yi took ten percent of the profit from every transaction. “There are bad debts too?” “And once I collect them, the profits are all mine?” Looking 130Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 15 Exchange No. 9 九号交易所 Chen Xiping inherited a pawnshop that could do anything, and in doing so, discovered the other side of the world. The underworld and the human realm have overlapped. Evil ghosts are invading, and the human world is about to become a living hell… With a pawnshop that grows stronger through trades, he moves between the world of the living and the underworld, gradually uncovering the great secrets lurking beneath a series of hidden schemes, secrets powerful enough to bring down the world at any mom 56Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 16 The Ghost-Eyed Pawnshop 鬼眼当铺 Ghost-Eye Pawnshop is a novel of everyday life, history, resistance against the Japanese, and transmigration. It tells the story of a street drummer and his experiences across two lifetimes. Xiao Liuzi is the protagonist. In his previous life, he worked at a pawnshop. After making a serious mistake that caused the shop great losses, the stress overwhelmed him. He was hit by a car and died. He transmigrates to the period when the Qing dynasty is collapsing. He begins drumming on the streets, foll 35Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 17 The Family Portrait in the Cesspool 化粪池里的全家福 [Each chapter is a standalone story] There is no savior’s halo here, only humanity’s most naked evil. No heartwarming redemption, only terrifying truths that chill you to the bone. When taboos are broken and crimes brought to light, you’ll discover that the most frightening thing has never been ghosts or monsters, but the darkness buried deep in the human heart, beyond the reach of any light. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Wish-Granting Pawnshop 如意当铺 The Ruyi Pawnshop accepts anything as collateral: scrap metal, antiques and paintings, mechs and chariots, spirit pills, and even happiness, sadness, taste, sensation, and life. Anything you don't want can be pawned here. What would you like to pawn? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Forensic Files' Forbidden Cases 法医禁忌档案 That morning, Brother Liu, the forensic pathologist, burst out of the autopsy room, wildly waving his scalpel at everyone he met. He had gone mad! That same day, a woman's body lay quietly on the autopsy table. The bones of both arms were starkly exposed, and all the evidence told me she had eaten herself before she died! I'm just a forensic pathologist, a technical police officer who works behind the scenes. But now trouble has come knocking at my door. The sound of grinding teeth at night, 15Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 20 Twenty Years of Recovering Bodies from the Yellow River 黄河捞尸二十年 When it comes to the forbidden legends of the Yellow River, you’d be better off never asking. The corpse mane of the Yellow River, the ghost millstone, the Dragon Bone Temple, the stairway to the underworld… The old river workers of the Yellow River are the most mysterious people along its ancient course. Their families have guarded the river for generations, but what are they protecting it from? And what earth-shattering secrets lie beneath the ancient river, where hidden currents churn? 9Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 21 I Run a Pawnshop Between Two Worlds 我在两界开当铺 Turn dead money into living cash, and don’t fret about whether you’re getting ripped off. This pawnshop doesn’t take houses, cars, or jewelry of any kind! What about your life span? Young man, one year of life, one thousand merit points! Beautiful lady, five points for looks, five hundred merit points! Master, evil spirit essence, three thousand merit points! Elementary school student… a dead person’s poison gaming skills? Get back to your homework! Brother, I can see the darkness between your b 22Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 22 The Number One Pawnshop Across the Heavens 诸天第一当铺 The shopkeeper fled, leaving the young clerk to take the fall. But as a result, he came into possession of a damaged Heavenly Dao pawnshop. The place was completely empty. Where were all the treasures? Ao Lie of the Dragon Clan put up half of his clan's fortune as collateral and pawned a supreme immortal artifact, to be redeemed within a hundred thousand years, with three high-grade immortal artifacts as interest. The Lord of the Frost Realm put up fifty thousand years of lifespan as collateral 124Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 23 The Heavenly Pawnshop: Shopkeeper, I've Come to Redeem My Life 天字当铺：掌柜的，我来赎命 Legend has it that there is such a place in this world... Anyone who finds the Second Watch Pawnshop can bridge the worlds of the living and the dead. Whether it’s a dead person’s unfulfilled wish or a living person’s lingering regret, there’s nothing that can’t be done, as long as you pay a sufficient “price.” But few people ever manage to find the Second Watch Pawnshop, and whether it truly exists has long been a matter of debate. Zhan Qingfeng is the chief appraiser of the Second Watch Pawnsh 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Transmigrating to the Great Song: I Get Set Up by a Beautiful Woman from the Start 穿越大宋：开局被美女仙人跳 A tree without bark is doomed to die. A person without shame is invincible! When a top 21st-century special agent transmigrates to a parallel version of the Great Song and becomes a hostage prince, he opens his eyes to find a beautiful woman who has tied him up and insists he take responsibility for her! What is this? Trying to play games with me? Since you’ve come knocking, I won’t hold back! 72Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 25 Human Prison 人牢 Supernatural fantasy stories often spring from the ugliness of human nature. Only against that ugliness can the light of kindness shine, leading the weary masses to bloom like lotuses in a raging fire. Not everyone has seen a ghost, but some people have unusual constitutions. Under the right conditions, they can truly feel that despair, that chill, that helplessness, that sorrow... —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 26 Folk Mystical Arts 民间奇术 I’ve been blind since childhood. My grandfather told me that we carvers are different from those people cursed with the Five Afflictions and Three Shortcomings. I didn’t believe him, not until... 79Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 27 Pawnshop No. 18 十八号当铺 Lin Zheng, who runs a pawnshop alone on Flower Street, receives an invitation from Zhang Xiaorou, the young lady of the Zhang family, and gets caught up in a scheme of intrigue within the family. As they painstakingly unravel it, layer by layer, was the plot the work of human malice, or is there something else behind it? Zhang Xiaorou's betrayal leads Lin Zheng into a world unlike any he has ever known. A silver needle can sew, and it can seal. Number eighteen is also the eighteenth floor. In th 201Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Be Home Before 4:44 A.M. 凌晨四点四十四前回家 Lin Shen works overtime until 11:58 p.m. His phone has no signal, and the streetlights outside turn a blood-red color. [No-Return Time Zone activated. Effective at 00:00. Please return home before 04:44.] He rushes through the revolving door and looks back to see another version of himself standing outside, wearing the same clothes, with a shadow at his feet that has risen to its feet. The streets are empty. In taxis with the number 4 on their license plates, “things” in red raincoats sit in 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Wandered into an Old Street and Somehow Became the Owner of a Wish Pawnshop 误入古街，我竟成了愿望当铺掌柜 Invincible + heartless + treating the world as a game + no romance + fatalism + ensemble cast + collection of stories They say there is a mysterious place somewhere in the world where any wish can come true, as long as you can afford the price. One person stakes their family ties to reclaim ten years of youth. Another stakes their love, all to avenge a blood feud. Someone pays with their fortune to become breathtakingly beautiful. Someone leaps into the underworld and sinks into eternal dam 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Heavens Pawnshop 诸天当铺 On dark streets and in shadowy voids stands a mysterious pawnshop. Legend has it that only those who receive an invitation can find their way to it. Of course, the pawnshop takes things in exchange: lifespan, health, emotions... Anything can be pawned... 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Pawnshop No. 9: From the Start, I Pawn Yang Guifei 第九号当铺，开局典当杨贵妃 Pawnshop No. 9 can fulfill any customer’s request, but only in exchange for something of equal value. Anything can be pawned here: lifespan, health, love, family ties... Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji: I’ll pawn Yang Yuhuan in exchange for my Great Tang dynasty lasting for all eternity! Old Ma: I’ll pawn my business empire. Make me handsome! Du Shiniang: I’ll pawn my love. Give me back my treasure chest! Yue Buqun: Help me unite the martial world, and Ning Zhongze is yours, boss! Murong Fu: 1.4kReads—Score143Shelves
- 32 Ailao Mountain: The Ninth Dragon 哀牢山：第九龙 Ailao Mountain: The Ninth Dragon —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Qinling Mysteries: The Death of the Mountain Keeper 秦岭诡事：守山人之死 Strange Tales of the Qinling Mountains: Death of the Mountain Keeper —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Chronicles of the Qinling Mysteries 秦岭诡事录 Chronicles of Strange Tales from the Qinling Mountains —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Huaiyin Crossing: The Cursed Pagoda Tree 槐阴渡·阴槐咒 Huaiyin Crossing: The Cursed Yin Locust Tree —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Own a Devil's Pawnshop: Anything Can Be Pawned 我有一座魔鬼当铺：可典当万物 [Mightiest Boss + Invincible + No Saintly Good Guy + Devilish + Master Strategist] There is an ancient, mysterious Devil's Pawnshop in this world. If you can offer a valuable enough bargaining chip, you can get anything you want! Qin Yang is the owner of this shop! With feng shui geomancy in his left hand and the power to capture demons and banish evil in his right! Whether you're a prominent business figure, a local big shot, a celestial master in the mortal world, or a demon in the underworld, 851Reads6.1Score100Shelves
- 37 Demons Born into the Mortal World 浮世生妖 During the Jingyan era, a tale about a pawnshop whose business was steadily declining spread through every street and alley. They said the place was shabby and run-down, and its owner was a tiny, skinny young woman who spent her days outside, disheveled, scavenging for odds and ends. There were hardly any antiques worth looking at in the shop, just junk. The only thing that gleamed was the bronze Pixiu hanging from the owner’s waist. Yet this poor young woman had hired a strikingly handsome mana 6Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 38 The Years I Spent Handling Supernatural Cases for the State 我帮国家处理灵异事件的那几年 By a twist of fate, I was drawn into a bizarre murder case. From then on, I found myself caught up in one paranormal case after another across the country. I’ve experienced so many strange and eerie events that some still make my skin crawl and my hair stand on end when I think about them. Lend me your ears, and hear about the bizarre experiences I’ve had over the past few years. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Homecoming in a Bountiful Year 丰年归家 Qingshi Town was small. To the north stood Niuer Mountain, hunched like the back of a bull. To the south flowed Baixia River, known for its white shrimp. The townsfolk went to market, farmed, and did business. Year after year, life went on without anything unusual. Sixteen-year-old Ning Chuan had always thought so, too. Until someone ate every last bite of a bowl of noodles left beneath Qingshi Bridge as an offering for the dead. After that, he began to notice that the mountain paths, riverbanks —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Yin-Yang Realm: The Wish-Granting General Store 阴阳界：圆梦杂货铺 If you had to pay the price yourself, would you come to this little shop on the boundary between yin and yang and trade for the fulfillment of a wish? There is a folk rhyme: "On the border between yin and yang, there's a shop that grants dreams. Whatever you ask for, you shall receive. When midnight comes, by the locust tree, burn incense, and the shop will appear." Shopkeeper Xiao Yan runs the Dream-Granter General Store alongside Huang, a "feifei," and Little Peach, helping customers make thei 595Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I Own a Pawnshop That Spans Ten Thousand Worlds 我有一座万界当铺 Across the Myriad Worlds stands a mysterious pawnshop where anything can be pawned to complete a deal. The Sword Emperor Ling Tian owes the shop an imperial sword, and repays his debt with a swordsmanship legacy. The Chaos Ancient Sage owes a thousand years of life, and repays it with the Chaos Scripture. The Ten Thousand Poisons Daoist owes a poison manual, and repays his debt by working for the pawnshop for a thousand years. An ordinary cripple becomes the tenth owner of the Myriad Worlds Pawn 588Reads6.3Score104Shelves
- 42 The Strange Tales of Baize Pawnshop 白泽典当行异闻录 Bai Ze, under the alias Xuan Xiao, runs a hidden pawnshop in the mortal world. Only those burdened by unfulfilled obsessions can see its vermilion-lacquered gates on the night of a full moon. A boy named A He wanders into the shop and becomes an apprentice, gradually uncovering the secrets of the divine beast who guards the Book of Karma and gathers trials of human nature. The final chapter reveals that Bai Ze was punished with a thousand years of tribulations for secretly altering fate. A He tu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop 黄泉当铺 Here, you can get anything you want, whether it’s power, money, or status. If you can imagine it, you can trade for it. But you must pay the appropriate price. That price might be your limbs, your emotions, your senses... or even your soul! 315Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 44 Carrying a Pawnshop on My Back, Doing Business All Over the World 扛着一座当铺，满世界做生意 A Heavenly Dao pawnshop from the start! I'm invincible, and the rest is up to you! With the pawnshop in hand, the world is mine. I began by slaying the Demon Ancestor, defying life and death, and entering the cycle of reincarnation. The endless road to invincibility is truly lonely! Across the Myriad Worlds, I am the all-capable master of the pawnshop. As long as you can pay the price, you can pawn anything! Even the Heavenly Dao itself can be pawned at the Heavenly Dao Pawnshop! [No System + pa 144Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 45 The Curio Shop 奇物斋 One strange incident after another intertwines... One mysterious artifact after another is traded... A dismembered woman... an obsession unaware that its owner is dead... an inn that eats people... a rich girl who raises ghosts... a man with a manic disorder... people raised in pigsties... a game under attack from the apocalypse... a vanished mountain god... a land of nothingness... They say there is a wondrous place in this world called the Curio Shop. Its location is unk 204Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Pawnshop No. 8: From the Start, I Swindled Xu Jiang Out of Ten Million 八号当铺：开局就坑徐江一千万 A down-and-out young man from the 21st century was chosen by a shadow to take charge of Pawnshop No. 8. He thought he would meet the same fate as the previous proprietors, none of whom had come to a good end. Unexpectedly, he obtained the Key of All Spirits, which let him travel freely between minor worlds. From then on, Lin Han began reaping rewards across those worlds, undeterred by the meddling of his sworn enemies, the Bai family... Whether you want power, wealth, beautiful women, or a longe 393Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 47 The Ultimate Yin Warden: The 90s-Era City God Is No Pushover 极品巡阴人：90后城隍不好惹 Ever heard of someone born in the '90s becoming a City God? I, Han Jiuling, was blessed with extraordinary talent and became a City God at twenty, making quite a name for myself in the underworld! Think it's all glory and success? On my patrols through the netherworld, I see countless souls who died miserable deaths, and not one of the shocking tragedies behind them was an accident. The villains are cute? Who said that? How many times have I been one step from death, barely escaping with my life 5Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 48 The Manual of Hundred Demons: Unfulfilled Wishes 百妖谱之夙愿 Born with a demon mark and an aura of demonic energy, the young Song Qingyue sees her family destroyed in a single night by the bamboo spirit growing in her own courtyard. To find her beautiful mother, who was abducted, she follows the deliberate guidance of a mysterious demon hunter and takes up the same path. After three years of hard training, she descends the mountain astride a white tiger, carrying a profound bow. But along the way, she encounters one bizarre incident after another. Behind 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Sequel to Wukong: Breaking Through Realms to Seek the Dao for Eighty Thousand Miles 悟空后传：破界问道八万里 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Fanqie 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! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Lop Nur Code 罗布泊密码 Following a series of clues, an archaeological expedition sets out to investigate. Along the way, the team faces one terrifying predicament after another, using their knowledge, intelligence, and Feng Shui techniques to overcome each one. They uncover many long-hidden secrets as the mystery of Lop Nur slowly begins to unravel. 100Reads—Score100Shelves
