Novels like Calamity
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Calamity, best match first.
- 1 Reborn, I Sent My Evil Sister to Prison 重生后，我把恶姐送入监牢 [Reborn + Revenge] After being executed by lethal injection, Su Yumo was reborn at the age of twelve. Before her, her twin sister, Su Yutong, smiled sweetly as she handed over her exam admission ticket: “Take the exam for me, or I’ll tell Mom to kick you out!” In her previous life, she believed her. From then on, she became her sister’s shadow: Doing her homework, taking her exams, and even taking the blame for her as a “serial killer,” a crime punishable by death. Her life ended in a cold execu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Chronicles of the Silent Abyss 寂渊编年史 "Cultivators spend their entire lives climbing toward the Spirit Pivot (the completion of the Dao Domain), only to find annihilation beyond the summit. The more power seekers pursue, the closer they come to the threshold that turns them into Silent Spirits." Even if no one dares provoke the Silent Abyss anymore, it remains an invisible force, lurking beyond the next step of any exploration. Civilizations open the abyss because they "seek to go further," then encounter it again because they " —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Lone Daughter of the Northern Frontier 镇北孤女 Nine years ago, all 103 members of the Prince of Zhenbei's household were executed. She was the sole survivor. Nine years later, a female physician named Bai Zhi appears in the border city of Linyuan. The martial world calls her the "Ghost Mother": one needle can bring the dead back to life, and another can kill without mercy. No one knows she is Gu Nanyuan, who crawled out of a sea of flames, carrying the bloodline of a sacred maiden of Nanjiang. For nine years, she has lived under an assumed n —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 He Pretended to Be a Temp Worker Just to Be My Assistant 他装成临时工，只为给我打下手 He pretended to be a temp worker just so he could help me out. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 From Street Stall to Queen of Business 从摆地摊逆袭成商界女帝 The night her uncle schemed to throw her out of the family home, it was pouring rain. She left with nothing, while the whole city watched the livestream, waiting to see her sleep under a bridge. What could a down-and-out heiress who survives by collecting bottles and running a street stall possibly do? No one knew she had eyes that could see through everything. What everyone else saw as trash was her ticket to turning her life around. A stepping stone worth fifty yuan turned out to be a piec 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 All-Purpose Mall 全能商城 One day, the unlucky young Qin Feng became host to a System. From then on, he frantically gathered resources to earn points. A few years later, the Silver Wolf Clan, a first-tier race, invaded Blue Star. Qin Feng led his genetic warriors aboard a spacecraft and intercepted the invaders in space. From that moment on, Blue Star entered a brand-new era. See how Qin Feng conquers the other races of the universe, leads humanity to the pinnacle of all races, and rules over all the universes as their s 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Road to Redemption 人生救赎之路 The girl he loved so deeply died suddenly, just one character away from becoming his wife. “The mountains and rivers don’t go on forever. Surely people will meet again someday. If I could see her just once more, I’d gladly die right afterward!” So he went searching for the kind of incense that could connect him with ghosts and spirits. But will he really get what he wishes for? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Great Qin Blacksmith 大秦铁匠 Shen Tie transmigrates into the Qin dynasty as a mine slave. Pressing his nearsighted eyes to the rock face, he sees that the entire mine is about to collapse. The old foreman insists that forty years of experience can’t be wrong. Shen Tie retorts that forty years of luck can’t beat a single look at the structure. After the cave-in, he becomes the “Immortal Master of Physics”; after smelting iron, he becomes a “Mathematical Prodigy.” The Six States steal his techniques, send assassins, and raise 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Thirteenth Tear 第十三次眼泪 [Secret Crush | Angst | Golden Boy × Wallflower] Liang Shu’s youth began in her second year of middle school. It began on the first day a boy named Zhou Beichen transferred to her school. He was the golden boy, the kind of person everyone noticed first in a crowd. She was just an ordinary girl in the corner, so insecure she was like a faint shadow on the wall. From that day on, she secretly kept an eye on him. There was no particular reason. She just couldn’t help herself. In high school, she wo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Rifts in the Kingdom 王国裂隙 [Devouring Magic]+ [Sword and Sorcery]+ [Ensemble Cast Growth]+ [Mystery of His Origins] Noah had been warned since childhood never to remove the seal on his right hand. When he was sixteen, a red-horned deer that had been dead for half an hour suddenly came back to life and bit down on his right hand. That was when Noah discovered his hand could devour magic. Fire, wind blades, barriers, even intricate spell structures could all become its food. But the more it devoured, the “hungrier” it bec —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Marks of Calamity: A Concept-Level Ability from the Start 劫痕：开局获得概念级能力 My new work is out! Please visit 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 As the Supernatural Returns, Others Pray to Gods for Survival, but I Became One 诡异复苏别人唤神求生我成了神明 [Eerie Revival] [Beast Taming/Summoning Gods] [Mastermind Behind the Scenes] [Invincible Power-Up Story] The eerie returns, and rule-based horror games descend upon the human world. Humanity enters the "Age of God Summoning." Only by making a contract with a god and becoming a "God's Envoy" can people survive when backed into a corner. God's Envoys are ranked in a strict hierarchy: F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS. Countless people risk death in summoning rituals, hoping to obtain the protection of 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Adventures in the Paranormal: My Partners Are a Taoist Priest and a Yellow Immortal 诡事冒险，我的搭子是道士和黄仙 [This Book Is Not Scary] [Humor Amid Grief] [Bickering] [A Little Urban Slice of Life] [Relaxed Vibes] [Reflections on the Way of Heaven] [A Battle of Human Nature] What is fate? Change your fate, and you can live to a ripe old age. Change your luck, and a worm can become a dragon. One year, I met a Taoist priest who said I wouldn't live to see my twentieth birthday. Of course I didn't believe him. The priest also said my luck had been switched. I still didn't believe him. And then... I really d 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Plump Consort Is Blessed, and the Two-Faced Prince Is Her Match Made in Heaven 肥妃有福，双面王爷倾世妃 [1v1, both leads are pure, sweet romance: a lucky, lovely young woman vs. a two-faced male lead who plays the pig to eat the tiger] Shi Yiwei transmigrates. She expects to be a stunning, talented young lady from a prestigious family, but instead finds her hands piled with fat like steamed buns. What the heck? Why does everyone else transmigrate into being a princess or a favored consort? If nothing else, couldn’t I at least be a beauty? No way! Better to die beautiful than live ugly! [Ding! Host 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 I Wish You Peace and Safety 我想你，平平安安 Jiang Lin grew up with his friends and had never met anyone who seemed to have come straight out of a hellish battlefield. The first time I saw him was when I was a child, sneaking off to play and getting cornered by wild beasts. He stepped in and saved me. The next time I saw him, it was during a deadly mission. We had wandered into a different group and ran into him. He didn't attack me. Instead, he led me all the way to the exit. I knew he had carried a mission on his shoulders since childhoo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Hundred Acts of Life: Notes from the Mortal World 人间百戏笺 The Human World's Many Plays contains fragments of the past, tucked away in the folds of time. Love went unreturned, and fate intervened. What should never have come to this became the story's ending. Lovers were separated by death before the red candles could warm, carving “We'll meet again in the next life” into the wind of their farewell. The passion of a rebellion once set half the realm ablaze, only to die out as embers in the mire of reality. Begonias bloomed and fell, then bloomed aga 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Jade Rabbit's Five-Year Secret 玉兔的五年秘密 The Jade Rabbit’s Five-Year Secret —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 After Leaving with Nothing, I Was Proposed to by a Trillionaire CEO 净身出户后，我被千亿总裁求婚了 [Overbearing CEO + adorable child + secret identity + sweet romance + first-person narration] Less than three years into their marriage, Xiao Zhen, the lucky Cinderella envied by the entire internet, was thrown out of the Wang family with nothing. Everyone was waiting to see her make a fool of herself. But after reporters camped outside her home for three days and nights, all they captured was Song Yuancheng, rumored to have a fear of women and owner of half the city, gripping Xiao Zhen by her s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Drawing the Past 笔绘前尘 (Signed on 2024.10.14. All unauthorized use is prohibited.) A "Journey to the West: Painted Journey" fanfiction--- “Immortals and monsters, carefree alongside Silver Horn: that's what makes for a truly heavenly life.” “My elder brother often says things he doesn't mean. If he has offended you, allow me to apologize on his behalf.” “Yi, will we meet again?” “All things in this world are ever-changing, but I never imagined that the peaceful life on Peach Mountain would ultimately become a mere fan 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Seven-Layer Cycle 七层溯环 [Urban mystery + otherworldly fantasy + coming-of-age + ensemble cast of different races + a touch of Lovecraftian horror with a vast world + laugh-until-you-drop comedy] The world is made up of seven rings layered on top of one another, and humanity occupies just one of them. Ghosts, demons, monsters, devils, and gods each live in their own worlds and go about their own business. None of them can be bothered with the others. Then a rift appears, and some things crawl over from the other laye —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Substitute: The Day I Buried Myself (Part 1) 替身：自葬之日（上） The Substitute: The Day I Buried Myself (Part 1) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Substitute: The Day I Buried Myself (Part 2) 替身：自葬之日（下） The Substitute: The Day I Buried Myself (Part 2) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Radiant Soul 曜魂 The Soul Dao wilderness. Soul seals determine a person's fate. Lu Zheng was born with a defective soul seal. The moment he joined the sect, he was branded useless. His fellow disciples bullied him without restraint. The elders watched with cold indifference. Everyone said he would never cultivate the Soul Dao in his entire life. Then danger suddenly loomed overhead. The sect faced an attack by powerful enemies. To ensure the sect's survival, they planned to offer up Lu Zheng and appease the c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Mom, I Repair Elevators in the Big City 妈，我在大城市修电梯 Mom, I Fix Elevators in the Big City —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 I Called Out, "Xiao Ma," and Something in the Water Answered 我喊了声小马，水里答应了 I called out, "Little Ma," and someone answered from the water. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Chased Down to the Fourth Floor by a Monster, I Nailed It Through 被诡异追下四楼，我反手一钉子钉穿了它 A monster chased me down to the fourth floor. I turned around and nailed it right through. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 My Relatives Want Me to Marry His Thirty-Eight-Year-Old Son 亲戚要我嫁给他三十八的儿子 My relatives want me to marry their thirty-eight-year-old son. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Divine Stairway 神明阶梯 [Lovecraftian + transmigration + slow-paced + magical powers] A cruel world, strange races... A group of transmigrators gathers here, bringing both dawn and despair. But they are nothing more than beasts in an arena, toys ruled by the Old Ones. “Past and future should indeed be firmly held in our own hands, but time washes everything away. Reason, desire, even the self will all bear witness to time. And I, as the master of time, have witnessed it all. I and I are both me.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Reborn: The Forensic Empress Returns to the Modern World with Her Child 重生之法医皇后带娃回现代 [Forensic medicine + transmigration + rebirth + household intrigue + power plays + struggle for power + adorable child + empress + reverse transmigration] In her previous life, Su Zhumeng was manipulated by her twin sister and forced to take her place as the bride of the debauched Prince Yan. She suffered endless humiliation in his manor and died a tragic death. Reborn in another world, she returns with her modern forensic knowledge and vows to rewrite her fate. As Su Zhumeng gradually makes he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 All My Disciples Became Great Emperors, Yet I'm Still a Mortal 徒弟都成大帝了，我却还是个凡人 [Xianxia + Invincible Protagonist + Transmigration and Rebirth + No System + Mysteries] I just wanted to cultivate immortality. How did I end up becoming a god? Ye Qing, an ordinary man from Tiannan, helped the Holy Maiden of the Lingxiao Sect reach the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms with a cup of tea, and was rewarded with admission to the sect. But three days after joining, his fiancée broke off their engagement, and he later accompanied the Holy Maiden down the mountain. Yet powerful fig 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 An Adventure That Began After I Went Home with My Rival 和对家一同回家后开始的冒险 Male-male romance + Western fantasy + expansive world + mystery-solving + ensemble cast “Do you think we’ll defend justice forever?” “Of course, just as we’ll be together forever.” Upright, proud, and innocent bottom × scheming, cool-headed, slow-to-warm top More couples to come (A first-time writer, updating irregularly) An adventure through the Kingdom of Evernight, set in motion by a rebellion. As the group sets out on their journey, the gears of fate begin to turn, and the story begins. Ques —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Redemption of the Chen Alliance 宸盟救赎 [Mutual healing + pure love + coming of age + period setting + lost contact + reunion years later + a model and an editor] The wind blew in just as it always had, following its familiar course into the story of Ning Meng and Lian Chen. Ning Meng’s life was full of hardships. By a twist of fate, he never went to college and instead became a model, with Jiang Zhe as his agent. Lian Chen had a smooth journey, earning a place in a master’s program and eventually becoming a top editor. Ling Lin staye —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Urban: I Reached the Pinnacle of Life Through Sign-In 都市：我靠签到走上人生巅峰 Gu Dezheng, a law graduate, activated the sign-in System. From then on, Gu Dezheng worked (hard) to succeed (by lying flat). Ex-girlfriend: "I regret it. Can you give me another chance?" Rival: "How does he not have a single weakness?" Classmate and friend: "Brother Gu is the MVP. I'm just a freeloader who wins by lying flat." Gu Dezheng says there's nothing a sign-in can't solve. And if there is, just keep signing in. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Letter from the Fire 火的遗书 A Letter from the Flames —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 From the Start, My Family Was Slaughtered: I Hunt Demons and Collect Countless Divine Abilities 开局灭门，追捕妖邪收集万千神通 [Folklore and Strange Tales + Mystery + Adventure + Detective Investigation + Supernatural] “On a desolate mountain, a dog carries a coffin past a lonely grave. At midnight, ghosts knock at the door. Yellow paper seals strange happenings for a hundred years. Who will enter the ruined temple and question the restless spirits?” The Shadow Deity Illustrated Record is an encyclopedia from Black Myth that documents the lives of demons and ghosts. It sends Jiang Ming back to an ancient age of chaos, w 1Reads—Score105Shelves
- 36 Endless Conquests: I'm a Good Priest, You Know! 无限攻略：我可是个好牧师！ [Dual Protagonists] + [Two Souls in One Body] + [Normal People] + [World Conquest] + [Infinite] + [Do as One Pleases] + [No System]! When the souls of two worlds collide, will they grow suspicious of each other, or accept one another? Zhou Xiaoyao's ideal is simple: find a good job with a high salary and do his best to make it through each day. Zhou Xiaoxiao's ideal, on the other hand, is to make money, make money, and make even more money! She wants to use the resources she earns to become an A 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 An Xiuxi’s Misplaced Life 安秀希的错位人生 Abandoned on a rainy night, she spends half her life adrift, her true identity obscured. An Xiu Xi, a country girl with no family, stumbles into the tangled feuds of a wealthy family and becomes trapped in a fated, heartbreaking romance with Li Zhi An, a man born to shine. A rival frames her, her family misunderstands her, and her lover is deceived. After falling into the river, she loses her memory and assumes a new identity. Li Zhi An believes he has lost the love of his life forever. Driven —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Love on a Blank Page 白纸恋爱 [Clearheaded, Kindhearted, Healing Angel vs. Slow-to-Warm, Sensitive Puppy] [Long-Planned Love | He Secretly Loves Her | Healing and Redemption] On the day the college entrance exams ended, her social media feed filled with relationship announcements. Shi Yuan, who had been single for eighteen years, decided she wanted to date. She put up a post on the confession wall looking for someone, never expecting anyone to actually contact her. Chen Zui had never dated before. He was as awkward as a pen —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Gods Die at Dawn 神明死于黎明 Seven hundred years ago, twelve suns fell from the sky. Humanity rebuilt civilization with the help of a mysterious energy called Lawfire, and unearthed twelve colossal weapons from the ruins, weapons capable of deciding the outcome of wars: the King’s Remains. Seventeen-year-old clockmaker’s apprentice Yin Yao wants nothing more than to live in peace in the border city of Mistport. Then war arrives, and the pocket watch his mother left him suddenly awakens. It leads him beneath a church and st 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I'm Seriously Ill, So Why Do I Want to Become an Immortal? 我病的不轻，竟然想要成仙？ [Read with caution! Cthulhu | No cultivation levels | Insect Path's supreme grandmaster | Enlightenment-focused | Imperfect ending | Novel setting | No female lead | No System | No golden finger | The real world is rarely mentioned, with the story focused on another world. Battles of wits!] What would you do if you were facing certain doom? Marry Madam White Bone just to get your original wife back. Experiment with an evil cultivator of the Insect Path just to hurt others without benefiting your 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Void Jade Mirror 虚空玉鉴 Lin Mo is an Earthling and a graduate student at the Physics Research Institute of the Longguo Academy of Sciences. When his father was young, he was conducting research in the Kunlun Mountains when he accidentally entered a cave and witnessed a series of bizarre, unnatural phenomena. No one believed him, but he brought back a black, jade-like stone, which was later made into a pendant and given to Lin Mo. Later, Lin Qing returned to the Kunlun Mountains to conduct another investigation and was —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Way of Light 光明道 Since ancient times, no poison, no true hero; the truly unfeeling are the true immortals. Look where they bow before the lotus: deep ink stains the green bricks and rice stalks. Seeking the cauldron beneath heaven, wandering without a plan; three thousand great paths converge into a speck of dust. Looking back on the bleak place we passed, beneath the shade of green willows, drunk on heaven and earth. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 I'm Not a Novelist 我不是小说家 This is not a wish-fulfillment story, not mindless, and not formulaic. If that's not your thing, don't read it. A transmigrator or a native? Survival or death? A lone star drifts through this chaotic world. The gazes of the Seven Lords of Fate, a mysterious figure who controls truth and falsehood, and a strange, deranged organization all drive Wan Yiqiu step by step toward the abyss. He went mad, completely mad. He lost everything, and gained everything. Beneath the false sky screen, the youth s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Fallen to Earth: In Two Thousand Years, I’ve Loved Only One Fool 星落人间：两千年只爱了一个笨蛋 Also known as: I'm Alive, and I'm the Manager of a Haunted Hotel! After Xinglan slays a god, she is cursed with immortality and forced to stay at a nine-story inn, receiving the dead. Loneliness makes her seal off her heart, turning her sharp-tongued, haughty, and money-loving, until one day, a young man who is trying to save his younger sister enters her world. Not a feel-good power fantasy. Past and present lives + fated encounters + the supernatural + happy ending Written entirely by hand. Or —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 An Unbreakable Bond 绝对的羁绊 Wang Zihan is forcibly dragged into a virtual otome game world. Even more terrifying, a hundred players named Zihan are trapped there with her. The gentle, devoted male leads from the original game have all become dangerous captors. The only way to survive is to fight. Of the hundred Zihans, only one can escape this twisted game prison. Wang Zihan must find a way out. Infinite flow, otome game, survival game, strong female lead, everyone's favorite, love triangle chaos, dungeon challenges, unhin 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 A Guide to Running for King of the Lemur Kingdom 狐猴国王竞选指南 A Guide to Running for King of the Lemur Kingdom —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 After Being Possessed, I Became an Immortal 被夺舍后，我成了仙人 The world's average temperature is rising slightly year by year. People discovered a new force emerging in the air: qi. In some places, its concentration far exceeded that of other regions: the ruins of ancient civilizations. Jiang Cheng, a young man who made a living robbing tombs, encountered a series of strange events while exploring a tomb with his senior, Zhang Gu. From then on, he embarked on the path of cultivation and became a qi refiner. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Fang Jian's Journey of Cultivation in Another World 方茧的异世修仙之旅 [Soul Transmigration] [Companion System] [Cultivation] [Single Earth Spiritual Root, the only one left after acquired purification] [Heavy Rock Physique] [Romance] [Spirit Pets] Fang Jian inexplicably transmigrates into the body of Wang Xiaoya on the Illusion Spirit Continent. While struggling to survive alongside her older sister, she unexpectedly discovers that she has a spiritual root. Thus begins her path to cultivation in another world. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 In This Mortal World, Seeking Flowers 红尘若几许之寻花 Revenge or romance? “I’m the one in control of my own life.” This is an imaginative, original novel. Starting with a fantastical realm and moving into the world of antiquity, it gradually uncovers the stories behind the protagonists. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I'm Just a Mutt, So What If I'm Erlang Shen's Dog? 我一个土狗，是哮天犬咋了 In the age when everyone tames spirit beasts, Ye Chen turns eighteen and awakens his powers, only to form a pact with a crippled stray dog on the brink of death. His childhood sweetheart humiliates him in front of everyone: “A loser belongs with a loser. Let's break up.” The whole school laughs at him, calling him a “garbage beast keeper.” Who could have guessed that Ye Chen would activate the [Mythic Template System], letting him evolve any ordinary spirit beast into an ancient divine beast! Cr 7Reads—Score—Shelves
