Novels like The Sleeping Volcano
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Sleeping Volcano, best match first.
- 151 Beyond Redemption: An Unconventional Guide to Getting Rich 万劫不复，另类发财学 People often say, “If hard work paid off, the richest soil should belong to the hardest-working laborers.” That only shows they don’t understand what hard work means. You have to put in the effort to learn which pits are traps and which cakes are real. See through the wrong paths and find the right one: that’s a practical way for ordinary people to turn their lives around. If you don’t agree with this philosophy, please move along. Warren Buffett said you only need to do it once in your life. D 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 The Journey Through Fuchuan 府川行 (A historical mystery with no special abilities and no transmigration. Every case is solved through logical deduction, and the schemes and power struggles are grounded in real insight.) Lin Wuwei looked at the corpse before him and said, “If this were the only corpse, it would be far too simple!” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 Years on the Police Beat: Setting Out in 1983 警途岁月：从八三出发 Zhou Jianshe had spent his whole life being a pushover. The day after he retired, he suffered a heart attack, and when he opened his eyes, he was back in 1983, once again twenty-one years old and freshly graduated from the police academy. The major cases and cold cases he failed to solve in his previous life, he closed one by one with his own hands this time. In this life, he would no longer be a pushover. 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The Silent Killer 沉默的凶手 Psychologist Xu Feifei thinks the Voldemort she sees is a hallucination. Then Voldemort writes a line on the mirror: “I have always been right behind you.” After that, Voldemort follows her everywhere, like a shadow. The human bones inside a sculpture, the rabbit-head mask in the maze, the invisible man in a single office worker’s home, the woman bricked into a wall, the novelist’s second personality, the remains in the basement: the murder cases encountered by the police captain and the psychol 147Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 155 Judge Bao Wisely Solves the Xiangguo Temple Fake-Death Mystery 包拯智断相国寺假死谜局 Late at night at Xiangguo Temple, I crunched across the frost covering the ground and stopped before a scholar’s corpse. His lips were purplish-black, and his palm clutched an embroidered shoe and a perfumed handkerchief. A sacred Buddhist sanctuary had become a slaughterhouse. A young qin player wept as he identified a monk. Three close friends pointed fingers at one another in court, while the daughter of a rouge-shop owner wept as she recounted her love affair. It looked like a crime of passi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 On My First Day as a Constable, I Got a Headless Corpse Case 当上捕快第一天，就遇上无头尸案 On her first day as a constable, Xiao Qin encounters a headless corpse case. Madam Zou comes to identify the body. The moment she sees it, she bursts into tears. But after she gets home, there isn't a trace of grief on her face. Instead, she buys the finest satin to make clothes for her husband. Da Hu suspects she murdered her husband and is questioning her when a report comes in: another male corpse has been found in the western suburbs. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Judge Bao's Divine Verdict: The Bloody Case on the Bian River 包拯神判之汴河血案 A bloodstained secret letter arrives in the dead of night, and two bodies are discovered in a powerful minister’s household. The moment Bao Zheng takes the letter sealed with wax, he has no idea that this seemingly ordinary maid’s disappearance will uncover a shocking scandal in Bianjing’s canal transport system. A deadly secret lies in the black mole on the emperor’s throat. The golden hairpin worn by the wife of the surveillance commissioner, who loves feeding birds, drips with human blood. An —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 A Marriage Mystery in Kaifeng: The New Graduate's Fifty-Tael Wife-Murder Pact 开封府婚嫁疑案：新科进士五十两杀妻协议 On the eve of her wedding, the daughter of the Wang family catches her fiancé with a beggar girl clutching his wrist. The woman’s face is contorted, and she rasps the name “Wang Kui.” The words “wronged” are written in blood, seeping into the blue bricks of Kaifeng Prefecture. Bao Zheng grips the marriage contract from three years ago and sneers. “An empty coffin with no corpse. Was the scholar’s betrothal gift a human life?” The gold hairpin still lies in its box, while Sun Die, his childhood s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 The Fake-Bone Mystery: Judge Bao Exposes a Tycoon's Filicide 假骨迷局：包公智破豪门杀子案 A five-year-old vanishes without a trace, and his birth mother is accused of killing him for his inheritance and sentenced to execution? A single ox bone reveals a shocking miscarriage of justice! During the Northern Song dynasty, Bao Zheng, prefect of Kaifeng, visits Xiangfu County and encounters an old servant pleading his case through tears of blood. An autopsy reveals that the remains of “Shennu’er” are ox bones, not human. The county magistrate rushed to judgment, and the case files are rid —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Judge Bao's Divine Verdict: The Serial Murders at the Ancient Temple 包公神断古庙连环杀人案 Deep in the mountains, an ancient temple stands beneath a weeping downpour. While taking shelter, Bao Zheng witnesses a bizarre scene: a monk murmurs Buddhist prayers as he holds a tiger-head shoe; a scholar trembles with a poisoned pastry tucked in his clothes; a beautiful woman conceals a cold blade up her sleeve; and the tyrant Lu Zhailang curses arrogantly, “I am the law!” Lightning strikes. His attendants lie in a row, charred corpses. A baked cake rolls across the ground, and Lu Zhailang’s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 A Strange Case in the Northern Song: Judge Bao Solves the Mystery of the Noblewoman's Beheading 北宋奇案：包拯智断员外夫人断头谜案 During the Northern Song dynasty, a bizarre murder case shocks Kaifeng Prefecture: the wealthy merchant’s wife, Madam Lu, is found decapitated, and her bed is soaked with blood beneath the brocade covers. On the night of the murder, her husband, Huang, and his sworn younger brother, Zhang Dalian, drink together until dawn, yet both claim they “never left their seats.” The household cook, Wu Laosan, watches with cold indifference, and his technique for killing chickens is uncannily like beheading 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 Fallen from Grace 坠落失格 Psychological suspense | High-IQ battle of wits | The boundary between reality and illusion collapses | Criminal profiling “My name is Chi Xiaochuan. I’m 26 years old, a hyperthymesia patient, and a full-time writer. Years from now, when I write this book, I’ll still remember that rainy night ten years ago. When the creator becomes the one to solve the puzzle, will the words on the page bring salvation, or lead to an even deeper trap? I’m not a profiler. I’m just someone who writes stories. I do 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 The Death Code on the Shipping Label 快递单上的死亡密码 A shipping label from three years ago is the key piece of evidence in Su Ming’s murder. Following the invisible writing on it, Lin Ye investigates and gets caught up in a deadly struggle between the “Black Fox” and the “Protection Umbrella Alliance.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 Case Files of a Homicide Detective 缉凶笔记 I’m a college student, and fate has entangled me in one bizarre murder case after another! A woman’s corpse sealed in concrete, an unidentified charred body missing its genitals, a deranged killer who feeds on human brains… One brutal, bloody murder after another, and one appalling mastermind after another! Driven by the fire of justice in my heart, I’m caught up in a series of dangerous, thrilling hunts for the killers… 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 My Four Million Became the Center of a Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Conspiracy 我的四百万，成了婆媳局中局 Four million yuan: the down payment my husband and I had saved for five years. That morning, it was transferred from my mother-in-law's account straight into my brother-in-law's card. At the time, I thought it was just a simple family dispute. Only when the police investigation concluded did I understand that we were merely the latest victims of a scam that had been going on for twenty-five years. This story is filled with countless tears, but in the end, I learned that some wounds lead to redem —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 Lights Shine Across a Thousand Homes 万家灯火通明 Xu Yang attended the top-ranked police academy in the country, yet somehow always managed to finish his exams at the bottom of the class. There seemed to be more to it than met the eye. After a word from the principal, Xu Yang packed his things and reported to the municipal Public Security Bureau. By a twist of fate, he began his career as a criminal investigator. As he solved case after case, Xu Yang gradually came to understand what it meant to be a police officer. Many years later, someone as 3.4kReads8.4Score308Shelves
- 167 Traces of Guilt 罪迹 Humans are the world’s most complex tangle of contradictions; lies are the warm womb in which evil is born. A man whose heart was cut out while he was still alive, a woman submerged in a blood-filled bathtub, a corpse chewed beyond recognition... Could these eerie crime scenes be the killer’s arena? What lies behind these baffling cases? A victim who foresaw their own attack, a hacker lurking in the shadows, twisted family bonds and love... Who is the true source of the evil? When night falls, c 148Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 168 The Major Crimes Unit on the Hunt 追凶重案组 The cool-headed and rational Shen Jin meets the lively, cheerful Shi Ye. The two go from strangers who don’t believe each other to partners who solve cases and grow together. Shen Jin’s scar becomes a mystery for Shi Ye to investigate... 1.3kReads—Score122Shelves
- 169 Stock Trading System: After Quitting My Job, I Become a Top Speculator 炒股系统：离职后成为顶级游资 After being laid off, I bonded with a stock-trading System and started crushing the market! Lin Yuan, an ordinary programmer who had just been laid off, invested all his savings in the stock market, only to lose every last cent and hit rock bottom. Just when he was on the verge of despair, he unexpectedly bonded with the “Super Trader System”! With the System in hand, the world is mine! Read the market’s emotions, time every trade perfectly, and keep the whole stock market at my fingertips! When 1.1kReads5.6Score—Shelves
- 170 You Asked Me to Fight Crime, So Why Am I More Ferocious Than a Bandit? 让你打击犯罪，你比悍匪还猛？ After transmigrating, Zhou Ye once again chooses to become a people’s police officer. On the day he goes to report to the police station, Zhou Ye gets robbed. The criminal is brazen, and then the System suddenly awakens. [Ding! Host detected maintaining public order!] [Congratulations, Host, on awakening as a special type of police officer: the Hardline Cop!] Looking at the criminal who refuses to accept the law, Zhou Ye decides to reform him with love. From then on, criminals call Zhou Ye a vic 50Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 171 Stock Trading Made Me Rise from the Ashes! 炒股，让我涅槃重生！ [Debt] [Stock Trading] [Playing Weak to Catch the Strong] [Urban Wish Fulfillment] Because his twin brother owed 300,000 yuan, A Xing's wife demanded a divorce and he was fired from his job. He began trading stocks full-time and turned his life around. Along the way, he helped victims of scams such as Ponzi schemes and pig-butchering scams, while his own success brought him all kinds of romantic complications... 156Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 172 The Stock Market Has No Shore, So I Must Save Myself 股海无涯，唯有自渡 Just as ordinary young Li Heyi enters the working world, he is confronted with life’s challenges. He works hard and keeps his feet on the ground, yet still struggles to get by and feels utterly lost about the future. Life at the bottom forces him to change. His youthful ambition clashes with his meager circumstances, and life pushes him into the stock market, setting him on a path of enlightenment he both loves and hates. Amid the constant bustle of people, he also meets a domineering female tra 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Jottings from the Sea of Stocks 股海随笔 Based on the author’s real-life experience investing in the stock market, this book offers a detailed account of the ups and downs along the way. Follow the author through thrilling moments of trading and experience the stock market’s sweeping tides and ever-shifting winds. The author shares hard-won insights without reservation, from the uncertainty and excitement of entering the market for the first time, to reflecting and growing after setbacks, and gradually finding a trading strategy that w 40Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 174 Di Renjie Investigates: Chronicles of the Drought Demon in the Divine Capital 狄仁杰探案·神都旱魃录 Di Renjie Investigates: The Drought Demon of the Divine Capital 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 Real Case Files from a Homicide Detective, Forensic Doctor, Trace Evidence Analyst, and Profiler 刑警、法医、痕检师、侧写师的真实破案手记 A string of bizarre disappearances involving young women: who is watching lost souls from the darkness? Everyone has secrets they don't want known. The line between darkness and light is crossed in a single thought. Step into the crime scene and see it through a professional's eyes as the truth and lies of human nature are exposed. This collection includes 18 books, featuring the Qin Ming forensic pathologist series, The Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Criminal Profilers, The Punisher, and True —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 176 Finding My Own Stocks 找到自己的股票 Everyone talks about value investing. Everyone knows that buying stocks means buying companies... But what kind of company should you buy? What makes a company valuable? This book has the answers you're looking for! 779Reads9.3Score153Shelves
- 177 The Scrap Collector's Fourth Book 收破烂捡破的第4本书 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 Blind Passion 盲眼迷情 One was gentle with me, the other cold. “Brother, please. Can’t you let me have her?” “Bullshit. You killed her sister. It’s too late to grow a conscience now!” “She has to die tonight!” Hmph. We’ll see who kills whom. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 Reborn: Conquering China's Stock Market 重生后，叱咤华夏股市 A young man with no sense of purpose repairs bicycles. People call him Tang Poyun. Then, one day, he transmigrates, and from then on, his fortunes soar. From the futures market to the A-share market, he single-handedly pioneers sentiment-driven trading and the limit-up board strategy, sparking a new wave in the world of speculative investors. They call him the Grand Helmsman of the hot-money trading scene. As a Chinese patriot, he takes part in the Thai financial crisis; he boldly takes on Weste 321Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 180 The Stock Market God: From Retail Investor to Billionaire 股神：从散户炒成了首富 In 2022, blue-chip stocks on the Huaxia stock market collapsed, wiping out value investors. Stock market legend Jiang Chen was soaking up the air of grief on Financial Street when he was struck by someone who had blown up their account on a rooftop and transmigrated. Starting out as the lowliest retail investor, he rose rapidly with a limit-up trading strategy. He competed in a stock trading championship and became a market giant, stepping in to rescue Zhongke Chuangye after a major player had t 756Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 181 The Female Forensic Doctor of the Republic of China (2 Books) 民国女法医（全二册） Word has it that a cold-faced female forensic pathologist has joined the Little East Gate police station in Shanghai. She can make the dead speak, voice their grievances, distinguish truth from lies, and track down the real killers! The Republican era is a time of upheaval. A dancer dies under mysterious circumstances, crimson roses bloom with icy beauty, and blood stains bone carvings... One murder follows another, yet the truth remains shrouded in mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind th 112Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 182 The Prison of Grievance 怨狱 During the festive seventh month, at a lavish banquet, Shen, the wealthy host who was supposed to be entertaining his guests, was brutally murdered. His body was cooked into fine roast meat and served to the guests... Chunshao, a courtesan who had been taken in, was inexplicably implicated. To prove her innocence, she joined the Court of Judicial Review in investigating the case, only to bring deadly danger upon herself... The Prince of You, the Crown Prince, the Court of Judicial Review... One —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 True Crime Files 真实罪案录 No more talk, let’s get straight to the cases... The most horrifying family massacre; A couple dismembered; A string of murders involving silver; Brutal bandits, demons, kings of murder... Over 100 true crime stories... (Some people in this book are referred to by aliases.) 12.4kReads8.8Score745Shelves
- 184 Fighting Again in the Martial World 再战江湖 A story about life's brevity and the fickleness of the world, exploring stock investment strategies and turning one's life around. Stocks are the main focus as the protagonist faces setbacks in life, draws on his own investment experience, and reclaims the heights of success. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 Tales from the Stock Market 股海篇章 Little stories about the stock market. Entirely fictional; if anything sounds familiar, I'll be honored! I post two chapters a week and take Saturdays and Sundays off. Saturdays and Sundays off! Saturdays and Sundays off! Saturdays and Sundays off! Saturdays and Sundays off! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 Undercover Detective on the Killer’s Trail 暗探追凶 (No System, pure deduction, no female lead, somewhat graphic, mind-bending twists and turns) The darkest corners of human nature harbor the most unspeakable evil in the world. Serial dismemberments, near-perfect high-IQ crimes, and a depraved pervert addicted to mutilating corpses. One bizarre murder after another leads to a fated nemesis... A deeply cunning psychiatrist and an upright, principled police captain join forces to uncover the thought-provoking truth behind these bizarre and baffling 758Reads8.2Score143Shelves
- 187 A Flick of the Wrist, a Stroll Through the Futures Market 弹指一招期海游 Pangu split heaven and earth with a single axe; with a snap of his fingers, he can roam the futures market. His heart holds lofty ambitions. Why should he care about market swings? At thirty, Tan Zhili is working in the futures market when a classic exchange involving “K-kill” suddenly brings him to an epiphany. And so begins his thrilling journey through this dazzling world... 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 Di Renjie Investigates: Snake Tracks on a Rainy Night 狄仁杰探案·雨夜蛇踪 Di Renjie Investigates: The Snake’s Trail on a Rainy Night 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 The Missing Detective 消失的刑警 [Criminal investigation + solving cases + strong partners + mind-bending + suspense] The “dead” return, all for one deadly truth. While everyone is attending Zhong Yue’s memorial, he opens his eyes in a small hospital room. The criminal investigation squad captain Zhong Yue has “died.” He is now Zhao Yanqin, Zhong Yue’s cousin. Zhao Yanqin is a police officer too, so the supposedly “dead” Zhong Yue naturally returns to the force. With danger all around and lies everywhere, can he escape the trap 6Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 190 The Bloodthirsty Nanny 嗜血保姆 This is a story of criminals and police matching wits. Xiaocui, a serial killer, happens to meet a woman who looks exactly like her. So she pulls a switcheroo and takes the other woman's place. When she gets home, the man her parents introduce her to turns out to be a police officer. He has been investigating a long-unsolved case, and soon the two are locked in a battle of wits. Will the criminal finally be brought to justice, or will she escape once again and assume another identity? Read on an 58Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 191 The First Book by Pojian Chengxian 破茧成仙的第1本书 A stock-trading diary by an internet-addicted teenager! There are some feel-good chapters about picking up girls along the way. That's not too much, is it? Later on, there are also some personal biases and assumptions. Don't laugh when you read them! And finally, there are some reflections on life! My final advice to everyone: if you want to change your fate, don't complain, don't rush, don't take excessive risks, and don't blindly follow the crowd. Calm your mind, and you'll find a way, one tha 26Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 192 The Nineteenth Act of Domestic Violence 第十九次家暴 The Nineteenth Beating 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 Returning Home at Night to Ning 夜归宁 Ever since the first victim appeared in Changyuan Town, many people had already been caught in a trap. As the number of victims kept growing, the task force officers grew increasingly convinced that the killer was right beside them. Yet every time they got closer to the killer, they discovered that everything they had seen and uncovered was merely another step the culprit had planned in advance... 19Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 194 The Mysterious Pry Marks 神秘的撬痕 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Major Crimes Unit: The Struggle Between Good and Evil 刑侦重案组：正与邪的博弈 [High-Stakes Suspense] [Mystery] [Forensic Medicine] [No Romance] [Clash of Wits] At the heart of this novel is the political protection shielding a cross-border organ trafficking network, along with the infiltration of foreign forces. The provincial public security department's Criminal Investigation Corps has a Major Crimes Special Operations Unit. Using a big-data analysis platform, it investigates cases through an integrated approach combining crime-scene examination, psychological profiling 2.8kReads6.9Score179Shelves
- 196 Case Files: A Collection of Dark, Suspenseful, and Terrifying Short Stories 诡案录：暗夜悬疑惊悚短篇集 In the rearview mirror on a rainy night, his missing ex-wife’s reflection overlaps with a victim from a serial dismemberment case. Beside the stitches in the emergency room, a stranger’s tattoo bears the same blood-written code found on the wall when his sister disappeared. In a locked room at a rain-lashed manor, a photograph of his late father turns up in an enemy’s files. The massacre that wiped out an entire family twenty years ago was only the beginning of a deadly game… A series of bizarr 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 The Ghost Hand Murders: Selected Detective Stories of Sun Liaohong 鬼手谜案：孙了红侦探小说精选集 “He climbed out of his grave and strangled the enemy who had framed him with his bare hands!” Sun Liaohong was a bestselling detective novelist during the Republican era. He entered the literary scene in the 1920s and reached the height of his career in the late 1940s. His “The Strange Cases of the Gentleman Thief Lu Ping” series became one of China's best-known detective series, as celebrated as Cheng Xiaoqing's “The Huo Sang Cases.” This collection brings together several of his classic detect 9Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 198 Major Crimes Detective: From Trainee Officer to Crime-Solving Genius 重案刑警：从见习警员到破案神探 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 208Reads6.8Score100Shelves
- 199 The Truth in the Ruins 废墟里的真相 Ganzhou is a city where prosperity and decay intertwine, its secrets hidden in every street and alley, unknown to all. Yu Lin is an ordinary beggar, living a life everyone overlooks and spending his days wandering the city's darkest corners. Yet Yu Lin has extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, often spotting the truth hidden in people's most casual gestures. One cold, snowy night, a bizarre murder takes place in Ganzhou. A man is found dead inside his own wardrobe, wearing a strange 6Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 200 God-Tier Trader Lu Chen 神级操盘手陆沉 The financial world is in turmoil. A master trader makes the dragon rise and sweeps the globe! “That year, in an internet cafe in the urban village, she left behind her campus ID.” “Now, in a VIP seat at the New York Stock Exchange, she personally fastens a Patek Philippe on my wrist.” “From instant noodles that cost five mao to managing a trillion in capital, everyone called me a gambler.” “Only she knew that every number I tapped out on my keyboard was a crazed bullet.” “When the candlestick 72Reads—Score—Shelves
