Novels like The Sleeping Volcano
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Sleeping Volcano, best match first.
- 1 What Happened That Night 那一个晚上的事 A former couple reunites ten years after they separated. That day, the man's wife has gone back to her hometown, and the woman's husband is away on a business trip in Beijing. The man takes the woman home, but just as the bedroom light goes out, her husband knocks on the door... The next day, the woman's husband is stabbed to death with the fruit knife he brought himself. The man turns himself in, but the woman claims she killed her husband. Xu Changsheng, a young criminal investigator, joins th 272Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Case of the Six-Petaled Snowflake 六角雪花迷案 A fire breaks out at a villa, and a dismembered corpse is discovered inside. Yet the scene where the body was cut apart is a hundred li away. How did the killer travel between the two places using an invisible thread? And why are the survivors of the fire dying one after another… As the investigation gradually deepens, more and more clues emerge, yet the case continues to move toward an impossible dead end… 119Reads—Score102Shelves
- 3 Psychic Variety Show 通灵综艺 [Mystery, deduction, twists, and a plot-driven story] “Zhou Ying! Zhou Ying! Zhou Ying!” Beneath a beam of light, the Muse slowly approaches. “Big sister…” Zhou Ying opens her eyes. It's Jiang Shiyue again. “Why is it you again?” The same setting, the same characters, a similar story. Is this a parallel universe, or the Truman Show, deliberately staged by someone? “Zhou Ying, not everyone can become Zhou Ying.” “Sisi, are you still there?” “Do you believe in communicating with spirits? Do y 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Road to Hot-Money Trading: Starting from Scratch 从零开始的游资之路 Fivefold in one year, twenty-fivefold in two. The road from zero to a major player in the stock market, with real trading records. Stock investor Yang Ping'an: In the market, every trade should make a profit! Everyone is on the path to enlightenment. Why can't you be the next generation of market legend? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 When an Honest Man Picks Up a Knife, You Won't Have Time to Kneel 当老实人拿起刀，你来不及跪下 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 15Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 6 Bull Market Superman's First Book 牛股超人的第1本书 A new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read my story. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 919Reads7.3Score100Shelves
- 7 I’m Just an Auxiliary Police Officer. You Want Me to Investigate a Case? 我只是个辅警，你让我查案？ A short crime-solving novel with a single male protagonist and a series-of-cases format. There’s nothing but cases to solve! It’s that simple: just pick whichever case you want to read. You don’t have to worry about the plots not connecting. Chapters without titles are part of the main storyline. You can skip them without affecting your enjoyment. 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Against the Current, I Will Strike Gold 逆流而上，终将成金 Quit her state-owned bank job + workplace bullying + stock trading + comeback + women's growth + female private equity boss. Su Jing had just graduated from college when she landed a job at the state-owned Dazhong Bank through campus recruitment. New to the workplace, she was obedient, capable, compliant, and unable to say no. A young woman from out of town with no connections or family background, she became an easy target for workplace bullying by her superiors and colleagues. She was the one 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Reborn in 2009: The A-Share Market Became My Cash Machine 重生09：A股成了我的提款机 [Overwhelming dimensional superiority + extreme twists + maximum swagger + multiple heroines + pure wish fulfillment] Back in 2009, he was fired by his company, and his gold-digging girlfriend broke off their engagement. His crushing comeback began right there. Starting with his first sale of a "market-depth alert plugin," Qian Jing built an AI financial empire that left everyone in despair, one step at a time. He treated China's hot-money traders like ATMs, withdrawing cash from them at will. H 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I’m a Yin-Yang Master at a Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院当阴阳先生 [Modern Urban + Cthulhu-Style Psychiatric Hospital] When Chen Sanmu was carried into Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital by paramedics, clutching his family's ancient book, Records of the Strange from the Yellow Springs, he swore he'd show those white-coated doctors what it meant that "at the end of science lies the occult." In the intensive care ward, he mixed sedatives with black dog blood to draw talismans, used the electroshock machine as a ritual implement to command the Five Thunders, and turned —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Deadly Mystery: The Murder Code 致命迷局：凶案密码 [Mystery + Deduction + Nonstop Twists + Horror + Serial Murders + Dark Themes + Social Issues] Experience the hunt for a killer and the process of deduction through the eyes of a psychologist. My name is Lin Shen. There’s always been a melody in my mind. Whenever I wake from a nightmare, it plays on a loop in my head. I’m the youngest criminal psychology expert in the criminal investigation department, but one mistake turned me into a public enemy. Then I was assigned the “Mirror Murder Case”: t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Testimony of a Burning Lie 谎焰证词 There is no truth in the ashes, only deeper lies. When your best friend dies for you twice, only then do you understand: being alive is the ultimate revenge. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Wrong Body: A Deadly Game of Two Faces 错躯：双面死局 [Mystery + mind-bending + body swap] It seemed like an ordinary kidnapping spree, but it dragged him into an endless abyss... When he woke up, police detective Chen Yuan had switched bodies, and with none other than the kidnapper he was hunting... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Case Files: Wanted, All Suspects Are Guilty 追凶档案：全员恶人通告 [Criminal Investigations and Crime Solving + Social Maneuvering + Logical Deduction + Support System] 80% criminal investigations and crime solving + 10% scheming and infighting + 10% social maneuvering = 100% exhilarating fun! Note: This book prioritizes logic. The System has a low profile and serves only as an aid! Criminal investigation prodigy Lin Jing was snapped up by municipal police departments across the country just before graduation. To everyone's surprise, Lin Jing turned down a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Great Case of Xijin 西金大案 In 1997, a dismemberment case at Xijin University caused a nationwide sensation. The case remained unsolved for 27 years. Against the backdrop of criminal investigation innovation at the Provincial Public Security Department, it has now resurfaced as a landmark case. The case forms the thread running through the whole novel, whose story weaves together suspense and deduction, archaeology, cutting-edge technology, love and family, and documentary realism... It paints a picture of the times from t 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Phantom in the Night Rain 夜雨魅影 A charming little city in the south. A sudden shower of rain. Hidden in the rain-soaked city are secrets no one knows. A lonely soul is often jolted awake by bloody, terrifying nightmares. Now, he is waiting for someone. A shocking murder case has continued for years. When the truth finally comes to light, no one can believe that the killer had been plotting for a full twenty years… 31Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 17 Dreambound Bookshop 缘梦书局 A gifted detective with special abilities teams up with a beautiful agent of extraordinary strength. Using a bookstore as their base, they investigate the dark side of society. One baffling case after another, layer upon layer of domestic and foreign forces lurking in the shadows: whether through perfect teamwork or overwhelming ability, neither corrupt power brokers, rampant criminal gangs, nor traitors within national security can escape the bookstore’s scrutiny. French gangsters, Vietnamese p 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Warren Buffett, the God of Stocks 股票之神巴菲特 This book shares the investment experience of stock market god Warren Buffett, giving readers a chance to learn about his investing habits from childhood to adulthood and avoid suffering losses themselves. 802Reads—Score100Shelves
- 19 Tenfold Returns in a Year: The Secrets of A-Share Market Winners 一年十倍，A股牛股密码 I had a stroke of luck and a sudden revelation: I discovered the secret behind A-share market winners! What is the secret behind winning stocks? What's the scientific way to trade stocks? To answer these questions, I'll review nearly thirty years of real-world cases, including: Why are most people unsuited to stock trading? What does it take to trade stocks? Why do seven out of ten stock traders lose money, two break even, and only one make a profit? What's the real reason? How can you avoid the 67Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 20 Stock-Picking Logic: The Youzi Strategy 选股逻辑：柚子战法 Stock-picking strategy: the Youzi method 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Legend of the Stock Market God 股神传说 This book follows Bai You, a wage earner who refuses to settle for an ordinary life and decides to learn stock trading. He loses everything at first, then meets a master and eventually becomes a top market operator, reaching the pinnacle of life. The book covers the logic behind real trades for each day. It is not a stock recommendation! But the strategies in the book are enough to help you profit in the stock market. The book also includes a few storylines, simply to make it a little less dry. 7Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 22 Major Crimes: The Mystery Behind Massacres and Torture 重案组：灭门、虐杀背后之谜 A campus romance sparks a bloody massacre. What did the killer mean by leaving seven blood-red characters on the wall? A refined psychiatrist repeatedly violates his beautiful patients, while a ruthless serial killer hides profound affection behind his brutal murders. When legal punishment and psychological desire cannot be brought into balance, must human lives be sacrificed to bridge the gap? This world is nothing like a yin-yang fish: things are never simply black and white. 1Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 23 Detective Jia 贾案侦探 [Mystery + detective + case-solving + deduction + no System + mind-bending cases + steadily unfolding plot] A locked-room murder leads to an antiques donation case from years ago. A ruthless killer lurking in the shadows carefully assassinates the people who know what the police have discovered, cutting off every lead. But evidence of a crime never disappears, and the law's net may be wide, but no criminal can slip through forever. 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Hidden Killer 隐匿的凶手 Fifteen years ago, a devastating explosion destroyed five once-happy families. Fifteen years later, a graceful, confident young woman walks into the police station, and a long-sealed string of numbers is brought back into use. A deadly struggle of love and hate, gratitude and grievance, life and death, good and evil is about to begin... 469Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 25 Evil Buried Deep 深埋下的罪恶 My new novel, The Silent Boy, is a sequel series to this book. If you’re interested, you can find it on my profile. Many thanks! ♥♥♥ (Mystery + criminal investigation + coming of age + human nature. The male and female leads are drawn into the case because of the people they each love. The investigation takes center stage, with romance as a supporting element.) A scandal-hit actress is found brutally murdered at home, setting off a storm of rumors and a chain of events. The culprit seems to be r 280Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 26 1993: Back on the Police Beat 1993重走警途 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Episodic Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Twists + No Golden Finger] The rating has just come in, and it will rise later “I wanted to be a good person too, but the nights in that era were so dark that I had no choice but to be more ruthless than the criminals.” In 1993, Binjiang County had no surveillance cameras, no DNA technology, and no big data. It was a golden age for crime to flourish unchecked, and the darkest of times for criminal investigators, who co 3.1kReads7.5Score262Shelves
- 27 You Asked Me to Solve Cases as an Intern, and from the Start I Arrest Two Wanted Criminals? 让你实习破案，开局抓俩通缉犯？ After transmigrating, he gets the System on his very first day as an intern! All he has to do is solve cases and capture criminals alive to earn points he can exchange for all kinds of skills, making himself stronger along the way. He hasn't even been here for half an hour, and he's already bagged two wanted criminals... 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Evidence Rewind! I Solve Cases at Lightning Speed! 证物回溯！我，破案飞速！ (Reborn + Criminal Investigation + Solving Cases + Deduction + Golden Finger + No Romance) After transmigrating and being reborn, Lin Que wants nothing more than a quiet, low-profile life. But he unexpectedly acquires an Evidence Replay System: simply by touching evidence, he can revisit the crime scene. Lin Que establishes a detective agency and sets out on a path of fighting crime. The word among criminals is: If you don’t want to die, never mess with Lin Que! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 It Wasn’t Him 不是他 Choices: we face many of them over the course of our lives. Have you made the right one every time? Will the road ahead be smooth, or will it lead to ruin? In the storm, some are soaked to the skin, some emerge unscathed, and others lose everything in the whirlpool of the raging current! When the person you trust most, even the person you idolize, is exposed as someone entirely different, what will you choose? Perhaps holding fast to a corner of purity within your heart is what you strive for al 252Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 30 Zhu Yuanzhang's Iron-Fisted War on Corruption 朱元璋铁腕反腐 Born into a farming family, Zhu Chongba was left without money to bury his parents when famine struck. Zhu Liujiu’s father, a fellow villager, paid for the land and helped build a grave and erect a headstone for them. To survive, Zhu Chongba became a monk. Later, he joined Guo Zixing’s forces, became a soldier, and fought against the Yuan dynasty. Gradually, he rose to become a regional warlord and eventually united the country. In the early Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the fou 1.7kReads7.2Score102Shelves
- 31 A Futures Trader's Apprenticeship 一个期货妹妹的学艺史 If you love someone, let her trade futures. This is paradise, with masters of every kind sharing their unique skills and showing the way. There’s the eccentric uncle who rides the waves with nothing but a horizontal line, the short-selling master who only makes big bets on the downside, Brother Suo, who can make money without looking at the charts, and the beautiful, badass queen of day trading. A story about futures trading. 35Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 32 A Box Set of Highly Rated Mystery and Suspense Novels (3 Books) 高评推理悬疑小说套装（共3册） This work brings together three highly rated mystery novels: The Invisible Elephant, Plum Blossom Nail, and The Long Night Is Coming. The Invisible Elephant: Elephant, whose real name is Wu Xing, is a newspaper reporter with an extraordinary sense of smell. He needs eight and a half hours of sleep every day and is afraid of camera flashes. One day, while working, he comes across a bizarre murder. The victim was strangled to death with a rope, dressed in a red bellyband, blindfolded with black cl 15Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 33 Value Investing: Just for Fun 价投，就是玩 The stock market is unpredictable, with bull markets tending to be short and bear markets long. Few people manage to earn steady profits over the long term. This book introduces readers to genuine value investing in a simple, accessible way, helping them master the keys to building wealth. It offers useful guidance for stock market investors, covering everything from the basics to more advanced strategies in clear, easy-to-understand language. It is suitable for investors of all levels. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Find the Killer, Find the Killer 找呀找呀找凶手 [Mystery and Deduction]+ [No CP]+ [Anthology] A collection of short and medium-length mystery stories, with a focus on classic whodunits. Who can know for certain what the next moment of life will bring, or what fate has in store for you? The protagonist enters unsolved-case games firsthand, taking on various roles and drawing ever closer to death as they search for the truth about human nature hidden behind each case. 367Reads—Score100Shelves
- 35 Ma Long Investigates: The Three O'Clock Mystery 马龙探案之三点的迷案 Revision in progress, The format will be changed to one translation per sentence, with one Chinese sentence followed by one English sentence. Extensive English reading material, suitable for readers with a vocabulary of 3,000 words, and written according to the logic of how to say things in English. Contents Volume One: The Three O'Clock Mystery @ Chapter 1 Volume Two: The Missing Corpse @ Chapter 34 Volume Three: The Wrong Murder Case @ Chapter 68 Volume Four: The Right Murder Case A suspens —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Detective, Too 侦探者也 [The drama of the same name is currently airing on Mango TV] After an explosion he experienced as a child, young psychology PhD Zhen Yu developed hearing far beyond the ordinary. By chance, he receives a mysterious anonymous package. The information hidden inside suggests there is more to the explosion fifteen years ago that killed his father. The answer lies in the immersive deduction game The Detective Is Here. To uncover the truth, Zhen Yu enters the game, where he unexpectedly meets the easy 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Light of the Stock Market 股海之光 Practical stock-market techniques, the growth story of a top speculative trader, the Lotus Emerging from Water strategy, the market-leader strategy, an analysis of market sentiment cycles, and all the major events in the stock market from 2014 to 2022: it’s all in this book. 245Reads8.4Score113Shelves
- 38 The Peerless Stock God: The Ultimate Guide to Stock Trading 绝世股神：极品炒股术 The stock market is also known as the Stock World, and the Stock World is really just another jianghu. That night, during a once-in-a-century downpour in Yunxuan City, Lin Zhishuo, the “Grave-Robbing Stock Sage,” gave Lu Haoyang a silver metal box containing the secrets of stock-trading mysticism. His world changed completely from that moment on. He was no longer a penniless young man, but the legendary figure of the Stock World. Countless figures from the Stock World began appearing in his life 261Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 39 China's Strange Cases 中国奇案录 25Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 40 Storms in the City’s Stock Market: A Reborn Trader’s Comeback 都市股海风云：重生操盘手的逆袭 An unexpected car accident sends Li Mu, a top market trader, reborn to the eve of the 1998 Asian financial crisis. Armed with memories of his past life and the "Stock Market Rebirth System," he swears to defy fate and change his destiny! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I Lost Two Million in a Stock Market Blowup, Got Divorced, Then Met 20 Scumbags 炒股爆仓亏200万，离婚了后遇到20个渣男 I lost 2 million yuan in a stock market blowup, got divorced, then met 20 scumbags. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Stock Trading: I Stand Up for Retail Investors 炒股：我为散户做主 Zhang Wen transmigrated, and of course, a System came with the package. Other people’s Systems give them a building just for signing in, or let them buy a whole street for one yuan... Zhang Wen’s System isn’t nearly so flashy. He’s supposed to fleece the retail investors... I mean, help them, because the System is called “Standing Up for Retail Investors.” “What? You lost the price of two homes in the stock market? Come here. I’ll get justice for you. Today, we’re crushing the big players into t —Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 43 I Became a Stock Market God 炒股炒成了大神 This book is also known as: [The Ups and Downs of the Stock Market: Tales of Financial Scams] [Urban Finance: When the Prey Becomes the Hunter] Feng Yan is about to graduate from his senior year of college, facing all kinds of choices in life: parting ways, finding a job, navigating social relationships, and more... After being set up at his first job and getting his first taste of investing in foreign exchange and commodities, he loses everything in a pump-and-dump scam. Starting over from scra —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Fresh Out of School and a Homicide Detective, I Find a Body on Day One 刚毕业当刑警，第一天就碰上尸命 Lin Zhixia, a rookie policewoman newly assigned to the Major Crimes Unit, is sorting through old evidence from a decade ago when her fingertips accidentally brush against a long-buried knife sheath. It leads her to a secret clue that has been lurking inside the police station for ten years. Then there’s a scrap of adhesive left at a murder scene in a locked room, seven crooked characters carved into the victim’s blade, and the strange details of a suspect loudly proclaiming his innocence after b 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Murdering Eric 谋杀Eric On Monday morning, a murder took place in a bustling CBD. A partner at a globally renowned accounting firm was bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. The police questioned everyone connected to the case, only to uncover a suicide from many years ago... 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 A Survival Guide to the Blind-Box Life Under Seattle's Bridges 西雅图桥洞盲盒生存指南 Seattle, a steel jungle folded beneath the weight of capital. In hillside mansions, the plutocrats party through the night. Beneath the bridges, nameless bodies are tossed into the dark every day like industrial waste. Desperate for money, North American student Lu Di takes a low-level night-shift gig collecting bodies for the King County Medical Examiner's Office, just to stay alive. While everyone else avoids crime scenes, he sees them as untapped gold mines beyond the reach of the law. With 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Murder in Doubt 谋杀疑云 In September 2006, the body of a young man was discovered in an abandoned villa on the outskirts of town. His hands were tied, and his body was kneeling. The killer had been careful and left no traces. Before long, another young man’s body was found. The method of murder was almost identical. But as the police continued their investigation, Captain Ma Wenchao gradually began to suspect someone he knew well. Yet that person had a perfect alibi for every one of the crimes. 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Black Smoke 黑烟 Standalone Cases + Criminal Investigation + Crime-Solving A girl with all four limbs severed Bones smashed to pieces A puzzle that can never be completed A butcher's blade hidden behind a legend A bizarre art gallery A haunted school The good and evil in human nature, right and wrong, and all the gray areas in between What brings me into the light, and what will make us fall into the abyss? 174Reads—Score101Shelves
- 49 The Stock Market God Gets Out of Prison, with Ten Thousand Ways to Cash In on the Crowd 股神出狱，我有一万种方法割韭菜 [No System, no cultivation! Not a mindless power fantasy! Real stock market insights!] [Multiple heroines! A romance that’ll make you jealous! Stocks and career ambitions alongside plenty of romance!] [Slow burn! Please give it 50 chapters. If it’s not for you, feel free to send me a knife!] Ye Xiang, a legendary stock god, was worth over a hundred billion at just 22! But that year, his brother betrayed him without a second thought, his fiancée fled with his money, and he ended up behind bars! 1.9kReads6.5Score123Shelves
- 50 The Divine Ring of Destiny 命运神戒 Tie Fei accidentally obtains the Fate God Ring, which grants him the ability to glimpse the future for brief periods. By predicting the market makers' trading strategies each day, he makes his fortune in the stock market and rises to the pinnacle of life! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
