Novels like The Midnight General Store
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Midnight General Store, best match first.
- 1 I Open a Convenience Store in the Underworld 我在阴间开便利店 In a parallel world, the realms of yin and yang are connected by hidden points of passage. Due to unresolved problems inherited from its past, parts of the underworld suffer from shortages and chaotic rules. Ordinary people in the mortal world know little about the underworld, but those with special constitutions can sense it and travel between the two realms. After Lin Xiaoman unexpectedly gains the "Underworld Convenience Store System," she becomes a unique link between the realms of yin and y 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 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
- 3 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
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 6 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
- 7 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
- 8 A Modern Narrative of Supernatural Horror 灵恐现叙事 Original horror and paranormal fiction. Horror stories are only meant to help everyone unwind, not to make you more afraid. We welcome discerning readers to come and help answer everyone’s questions... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I Joined a Yangtze River Sand-Dredging Crew and Pulled Up a Ghost Bride with My Own Hands 我在长江捞沙队，亲手捞上鬼新娘 “Folklore,” “ghosts and monsters,” “the supernatural,” “mythology” The sand-dredging crew pulled up a ghost bride who had been offered to the River God. From then on, the bride began haunting them, and strange things kept happening. The River God was furious, too, and demanded that we give him an explanation! With no other choice, I went with the crew to the River God’s lair. There, we came across countless monsters from legend: yuan dragons, flood dragons, corpse-liberation rings... We also unc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Midnight in the Countryside 午夜乡村 My parents' job transfers sent me to live and study at my grandmother's house. Before bed, she warned me not to go and look, no matter what sounds I heard. From then on, one strange event after another came crashing into my life. Then, one day, my grandmother suddenly told me the secret about who I really was... 550Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 A Collection of Urban Legends and Folktales 民间都市传说合集 This work is a collection of urban legends and folk tales from around the world, mainly introducing how to experience these urban legends. They are all real. After each urban legend, there’s a short story, some real and some fictional. I hope you enjoy them. 183Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Hearing the Strange, Seeing the Uncanny 听诡见异 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? Maybe you’ve seen one already, or perhaps one is right beside you. You just don’t know it. Let me tell you: ghosts really do exist! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Live Restoration: Old Heraldic Treasures Hold Clues to My Parents 直播修复：纹章旧物藏爹娘 Two treasures are hidden inside Gu's Antique Restoration Shop in Qingguo Alley: a pearwood carving knife engraved with hibiscus flowers, and a copper thimble engraved with the character “Man” on its inner rim. Twenty-six-year-old Gu Ci has run the shop for three years, daring to restore only ordinary old objects. Ever since her parents vanished without a trace, taking the Gu family crest with them, she has made one rule: never touch anything bearing the crest. Then one day, an old man leaning on —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Pill Mirror: A Good-for-Nothing Apothecary's Reversal 丹镜：废柴药师逆袭记 Humiliated in front of everyone when his engagement is called off, Shen Yan, a cultivator with an incomplete four-element spiritual root, becomes the laughingstock of the entire town. Li Rong tramples the betrothal gifts and sneers, “A worthless loser could never measure up to a genius!” She has no idea that the bronze alchemy mirror hidden in Shen Yan’s sleeve can see through the very foundations of alchemy. A pharmacy apprentice armed with a fragmentary recipe, he will refine divine pills. Tho 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Hundred Arts of Qingyun 青云百艺录 The Record of a Hundred Arts in Qingyun: Lin Yan, a handyman disciple of the Qingyun Sect, is stuck at the third layer of Body Tempering and has become a laughingstock. His only companion is a small bronze cauldron. When the secrets of a hundred arts emerge from within it, he joins forces with a green-patterned fox spirit beast and allies skilled in alchemy, formations, beast taming, and more, using strange arts to thwart the schemes of evil cultivators. Thirty years east of the river, thirty ye —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 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
- 19 My Paranormal Memoirs 我的灵异自传经历 The story follows the male protagonist through a series of supernatural and terrifying events he personally experienced as a boy and later as an adult. Each chapter is a new story, beginning with memories from his childhood, as the paranormal incidents grow steadily more frightening. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I Run a Supermarket in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界开超市 [Cultivation + System + Shopkeeping] Liu Yun transmigrates to a cultivation world with a small supermarket in tow. He thought he would be selling cultivation supplies, but the damn System insists that he sell products from the modern world instead. To save his own skin, Liu Yun, a master of spin, reluctantly starts selling modern goods to cultivators. And then... The toilet plunger works wonders for Fairy Qin Xiang! The young master of the Gongsun family actually repairs his spiritual roots with 209Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 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
- 22 Pawnshop No. 14 十四号当铺 I’m Chen Gui, a folklore graduate student who researches urban legends. It wasn’t until I inherited the Number Fourteen Pawnshop left behind by my missing uncle that I learned the truth: the shop doesn’t take gold or silver. It only accepts rule-based ghost stories that “eat people.” The third step from the bottom on the midnight staircase, the Mirror Immortal’s invitation to comb your hair, the ticket to an empty screening at the Blood-Red Cinema… All the taboos from urban legends have become —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Own a Monster Shop 我有一间魔兽店 [What? You're acting tough? Watch Mo Fan help you kick your gambling habit, live!] Mo Fan, a layabout with no place in society, somehow transmigrates to another world of spiritual cultivation and inherits a shabby little magic beast shop left behind by his great-grandfather. He only wanted to keep slacking off and live like a corporate drone, but there are always troublemakers trying to mess with him. No more hiding it. I'll come clean: I've been blessed with a divine hand by the Heavenly Dao 28Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 24 Stop Making Things Up, My Little Shop Really Doesn’t Sell Cheats 别脑补了，我这小店真的不卖挂 On the Tianlan Continent, there's a magical little shop called the Moxiang General Store. Its plain noodles nourish the meridians and calm inner demons; its tea eggs stabilize cultivation and help break through bottlenecks; its braised ribs strengthen the body and build a solid foundation; its Sprite can instantly heal grievous wounds and restore spiritual energy; its games improve combat experience and hone fighting skills; its drinks clear the mind and nurture the spirit… The store sells count 124Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Paranormal Investigator 探诡达人 My name is Qi Yue. I was born in the seventh lunar month, so that’s how I got my name. I’m a restaurant reviewer, and I’ve been doing this for five years. I made a little money in the first few years, but after the pandemic, the jobs became fewer and fewer. I wanted to switch to another line of work, but I didn’t know how to do anything else, so I had no choice but to keep struggling. With my pockets nearly empty, I desperately searched online for similar jobs. At last, I found a well-paid posit 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 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
- 27 I'm Broke, Why Should I Be Afraid of Ghosts? 我穷鬼，岂会怕鬼？ [Goofy] [Funny] [Irreverent] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Hop in] [No System] [A fish that slipped through nine years of compulsory education] Wang Ling landed a job paying 18,000 yuan a month as a security guard at a private hospital. On his first day, he was left completely stunned! Each floor of the hospital's inpatient wing had a special passage enshrining one of the underworld's yin deities. The morgue even had butcher's knives inexplicably lying around. Wang Ling put up with all of that. Then 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 My Dopamine Black Market: Midnight Collection of Folk Horror 我的多巴胺黑市：午夜民间惊悚集 I’m the owner of the Midnight Dopamine Black Market. I don’t sell antiques or talismans. I deal in just one thing: those few thrilling seconds when your heart stops after waking from a midnight dream. There’s only one rule for entering this black market: trade your courage for the dopamine you desire. Here you’ll find folk horrors that make your scalp crawl: a headless sacrifice beneath the old locust tree at the village entrance, paper figures carrying a bride in a sedan chair, and the “passing 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Songs of the Underworld 冥歌 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] It’s a tangled, lengthy story, not one about a loser turning his life around by fawning over women. [There is a heroine] I’m new to this, so I don’t understand why novels have to be tagged as having no heroine. To be honest, mine has one, though she doesn’t appear much. [Not necessarily funny] Hard to say. The author has a strange sense of humor. [Neurotic] The author is a little crazy, with a mind that keeps jumping around, so the plot can sometimes feel erratic. 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 30 Forbidden Strange Tales: The Taboos of the Folk 禁忌聊斋：民间禁忌的那些事 What you’re reading isn’t just an ordinary supernatural story. It may be a set of rural survival rules that can keep you safe. The taboos of the countryside aren’t just old people’s nagging. Every “don’t touch that” carries the weight of lives lost long ago. When dusk seeps into an abandoned village, the names on the road markers glisten with a deathly aura in the rain; white crows on the eaves of a birthing room beckon a newborn’s soul; copper coins in an old mansion rust into blood scabs; an 670Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 31 You Asked Me to Mind the Shop, So Why Did the Pets Turn into Ferocious Beasts? 让你看个店，为毛宠物变凶兽了 [Fierce Beast Raising], [System], [Spiritual Qi Revival] His parents went exploring in the primeval jungle, leaving Chu Ge at home to look after their pet shop. Just as he was complaining that no one would buy these strange and exotic pets... [Ding! Fierce Beast Raising System awakened!] With Spiritual Qi Revival, any living creature can be raised! “Boss, is this cat fierce?” “It’s fought a dragon and won. What do you think?” “Boss, you’re such a show-off! But I like it!” Chu Ge: “...” “Mr. Chu 37Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 32 Greetings, I'm in the Immortal Realm, and My New Shop Just Opened 谢邀，人在仙界，新店刚开张 In the Immortal Realm, where immortals are as common as dogs and Golden Immortals roam everywhere, legend speaks of a certain shop. There, you can drink a bottle of Nutritional Express and instantly restore your immortal energy. It is said to be made from the waters of the Jade Pool, ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk, and the essence of heaven and earth! There, you can eat a plate of egg fried rice and instantly increase your cultivation speed tenfold. It is said to be made from Azure Dragon 254Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 33 The Underworld's Sales Rep 地府带货人 He was born under a twin-virgin curse, destined to be widowed, lonely, and die young. But an unexpected visitor set him on a road of no return… 56Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 34 The Pawnshop of Obsessions 执念当铺 [Mystery and the supernatural + urban legends + all beings of the three realms + pawning obsessions] I took over my grandfather’s midnight pawnshop. This pawnshop has no boundaries, and accepts anything. The living must stay away; we only take obsessions. In some corner of the city lies an unremarkable shop called the Obsession Pawnshop. It takes no gold or silver, only the obsessions people cannot let go of deep in their hearts: a memory of regret, a false mask, an unrequited longing. All can b 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Xuanhuan: My New Supermarket Multiplies Its Products’ Value a Hundredfold 玄幻：新店开业，我的超市商品百倍增幅 Can running a supermarket really let you thrive in another world? Whether you believe it or not, I do. The amazing supermarket is open for business, and all kinds of bizarre products are here. A cashier? No need. Even a dog can handle that, so why bother hiring anyone... 570Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 My Interdimensional General Store: Customers Beg Me to Reopen 万界杂货铺：顾客跪求我回去开店 [No romance] [Comedy] [Shopkeeping] In his previous life, he worked himself to death from overtime. He thought he’d be reincarnated into a rich family and become a trust-fund kid in his next life, but instead he ended up bound to a random shop-opening System. Apocalypse: “Boss, do you have any sandwiches left? I’ll take a hundred!” “Who tore down all the flyers? Why didn’t you leave one for me!” “Where’s the boss who sells sticky notes? I fought my way through a horde of zombies to get here, and 137Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 37 The Eerie Game: From the Start, I Picked Up a Top-Tier Star 诡异游戏：开局捡个顶流女星 [Horror game + dark tone + unscrupulous tactics + Infinite Flow + one female lead] Could the strange creature Gu Changqing brought out of a haunted villa really be a top-tier star and a high-level player in the horror game? And does she really need to form a "deep connection" with Gu Changqing and devour his "life essence" to maintain her human form...? 9Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 38 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
- 39 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Hundred-Year-Old Villager’s Tales of Ghosts and the Supernatural 农村百岁老人口述鬼怪奇谈 I grew up in the countryside, and whenever I had free time, I liked listening to centenarians in the village tell strange tales of ghosts and other uncanny events from days gone by. I have collected, recorded, and adapted these folk stories. There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story. Not for the faint of heart!!! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Urban: I Built Pawnshop No. 8 都市：我打造了8号当铺 Pawnshop No. 8 is a one-way street. Once you pawn something, you can never get it back. It can grant any wish, but you must pay an equal price. If it were you... what would you pawn? 515Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 42 A Lifelike Journey: Studying the Tao and Slaying Evil as an Apprentice 栩栩如生之拜师学道斩妖邪 Black mist swirls day and night at the mouth of the Ten Thousand Souls Cave, unleashing a supernatural catastrophe that throws both the mortal world and the underworld into turmoil. Lin Xu, a feng shui master, wields a bronze sword to ward off evil and uses a compass to detect danger. Along with the hapless Ma Mingyu, the spirit fox Bai Ling, the sentient Tanggao, and the jittery Maozaojing, he enters this forbidden place filled with vengeful spirits. The bone-corroding vines ensnare people and 189Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Ditsy Girl Awakens Yin-Yang Eyes, Hunts Ghosts to Prolong Her Life, and Ventures into the Underworld 呆女觉醒阴阳眼，捉鬼续命闯阴间 I’m a clueless village girl, and at twelve I awakened as a ghost-hunting powerhouse. On the day I was born, every creature on the mountain stood guard for me, and I wouldn’t open my eyes until thunder struck! For the first twelve years, the whole village took me for an idiot. Then, once I came to my senses, an old Daoist declared I wouldn’t live past twenty-four! Forced to become his apprentice, I discovered that my master’s shop was connected to the underworld at night! I lazed around and doz —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Midnight Funeral Shop 午夜白事铺 A secluded funeral shop, where a single stick of incense can sell for over a thousand yuan. It opens for only three hours a day, yet people still crowd its doorstep. Today, the funeral shop welcomed its first customer. A woman in a red dress, her face deathly pale. As the candlelight flickered, she cast two shadows... 8.2kReads8.1Score498Shelves
- 45 The Ultimate Ghost-Raising Master 极品养鬼师 [Adult] + [Adorable Pets] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Making Money] + [Secret Arts] Do you know how to raise ghosts? No worries, I do! Do you know how to catch ghosts? No worries, I do that too! Do you know where to find ghosts? No worries, I’ll take you there! Watch your step. Get in! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Gu Gu Fang: Settling the Karma of Antiquities 缚古坊：了断古物因果 An antique shop on Funeral Street settles the worldly karma of spiritual artifacts. Using their special powers, it helps those destined for them advance their official careers. Azure Dragon God, Swollen-Belly Ox, Chicken Spirit Protector, Nine-Tailed Fox Who Changes Fate, Azure Sky Serpent... They say a new owner has arrived at Fugufang, and a god is always at their side... 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office 阴阳事务所 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office is closed during the day and open at night. We don't take cases from the living, only from ghosts. I'm a man of principles. What? A pretty young lady wants to come visit? Yo, I might consider it! A bewitchingly beautiful, sultry red-robed female ghost; a headless ghost whose head was chopped off with an axe; the Black and White Impermanence from the underworld... They're all regulars here. To tell you the truth, even the King of Hell was raised by me! 354Reads7.8Score101Shelves
- 48 Curse of the Sinful Shadow: The Sinner's End 孽影咒怨之罪者的末路 In the shadowy corners of a bustling city, evil grows unchecked like a cancer. Driven by greed, some resort to the most despicable means to line their pockets, while others lose themselves in an abyss of desire, unable to climb out. Little do they know that retribution is already drawing near. Each sin has finally awakened a curse lurking in the unseen world. This is a horror story about evil and retribution. Every sinner pays a terrible price for their misdeeds, while the resentment hidden in t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Pawnshop: Trading for the Twelve Talismans from the Start 当铺：开局当出十二符咒 Decisive and ruthless + Watching the world with a smile + Standing above all When the uncanny invades the entire world, a mysterious Tenth Pawnshop quietly appears amid the fog. If you could pawn your soul, your merit, or your desires in exchange for powerful Twelve Talismans, Devil Fruits, teleportation arts, divine abilities, and martial arts, would you be willing? Every completed transaction grants a chance to draw a prize: Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, the Calabash Brothers’ gourd, perfect 109Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 50 Xuanhuan: I Open a Supermarket in Another World 玄幻：我在异界开超市 On the wondrous Tianxing Continent stood a wondrous supermarket. A bottle of honey green tea could help someone break through a bottleneck that had troubled them for ages. The snacks here could instantly restore a person's energy and help them comprehend the martial way. The arcade games had special effects: beat a game and you could win a wondrous reward. Even a random bag of pet food could give a spirit beast a chance to awaken its divine beast bloodline. The store stocked all kinds of goods. 203Reads7.9Score—Shelves
