Novels like The Keeper of Fate
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Keeper of Fate, best match first.
- 1 The Singing in the Tomb 墓室里面的歌声 The Singing in the Tomb —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Woman Who Crawled Out of the Dry Well 枯井里爬上来的女人 The Woman Who Climbed Out of the Dry Well —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Legends of Funiu Mountain: Body Snatching 伏牛山异闻之夺舍 Strange Tales of Funiu Mountain: Body Snatching 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Legends of Funiu Mountain: Mother's Wedding Robe 伏牛山异闻之娘的嫁衣 Strange Tales of Funiu Mountain: Mother’s Wedding Dress 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Turned My In-Laws' Home into a Joyful Tomb 我把婆家变喜坟 I Turned My In-Laws’ Home into a Joyful Tomb —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Legends of Funiu Mountain: Strange Whispers Beyond the Door 伏牛山异闻之门外的诡语 Strange Tales of Funiu Mountain: The Eerie Words Outside the Door —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Strange Tales of the Maze City: Spirit Detective 迷城诡事之灵探 Mysteries of the Haunted City: Spirit Investigator 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Nine Sins of the Human World 人间九罪 There are nine great sins in the world: murder, greed, cruelty, deceit, envy, sloth, lust, arrogance, and vanity. Every one of us is guilty. 440Reads6.5Score105Shelves
- 9 Ghost Executioner, Coffin Bearer 铡鬼人，抬棺匠 I'm an ill-starred man who brings death to everyone in my family. I see the dead off and grant the living their wishes. A single dragon pole can hoist countless ghosts and fiends; a single executioner's blade can cut down thousands of evil spirits. A coffin maker, a ghost slayer, walking the road of the living with the gate of reincarnation on my shoulders. The dead are passing through, the living stand aside 197Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 10 Heir to Maoshan’s Exorcist Tradition 茅山驱邪传人 As the saying goes, the Dao gives birth to one, one to two, two to three, and three to all things. Of all the Taoist sects in China, the Maoshan lineage is perhaps the most shrouded in mystery and legend. Maoshan arts have been passed down since ancient times to benefit the people, with all paths returning to the same source. Every night at midnight, a woman dressed in white appears in the school building. Most disturbing of all, she has no head. A strange paranormal rumor sets off a terrifying, 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Faked an Illness to Skip the Team-Building Trip, Yet I Was the Happiest One in the Group Photo 部门团建我装病没去，合照里的我却笑得最开心 I pretended to be sick and skipped the department outing, yet in the group photo, I was the one smiling the brightest —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Strange Tales from Japan 日本异闻录 Japan is a country with a long history, deeply influenced by Chinese civilization. Tales of the supernatural have circulated in Japan for almost as long as the country itself has existed. Japan has a great many kinds of yokai, most of which originated in China. But through their own rigorous reinvention, Japanese yokai eventually surpassed their predecessors. In modern Japan, this has given rise to a consumer culture centered on yokai, with books, comics, films, TV dramas, and games appearing on 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 My Profession Is a Little Unorthodox, but There's Nothing Wrong with Me 专业不太正经，人没毛病 Li Tianyu was born into a family of scholars. His grandfather is a renowned Confucian scholar, his father has a doctorate, and his mother has a master's degree. And Li Tianyu is even more impressive: he's a Taoist priest... Although he doesn't quite fit in with his elders, Li Tianyu also attended a legitimate Taoist academy, one recognized by the state and authorized to issue diplomas. 14Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 14 The Funeral Clothing Shop 有家寿衣店 In a small city in Northeast China, at the entrance to Tie Gong Street, there’s a funeral-clothes shop with an unremarkable, old-fashioned name: Benefiting the People. The two male leads go through all kinds of thrilling and dangerous adventures together. Tell me how much you want to read, and I’ll write as much as you like… 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Strange Tales from Thailand 泰国异闻录 Thailand, known in ancient times as Siam, is an ancient land steeped in mystery. Nangua and Yue Bing travel to distant Thailand to complete their studies. Before they can enjoy their wonderful life abroad, they are drawn into a series of inexplicable events: a witch whose body is covered in beautiful human skin aboard an airplane, a snake spirit flickering in and out of sight in the student dormitory, a remote primeval forest rarely visited by travelers, and a two-headed snake god in an ancient 12Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 16 Seeking the Dao, Searching for the Path 寻道觅途 Li Wuchen chuckled softly, as he often did. “Heaven's will must not be defied.” Until his parents' blood ran cold, his closest friend turned against him, and his beloved disciple died a tragic death... Until he saw, in the pages of a fragmentary history book, the woman he loved more than life itself. They had crossed a thousand years together, yet remained forever full of regret... Doubt stirred in his heart. “Fate... can it truly not be defied? Heaven's will... can it truly not be overturned?” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 They Call Me the Great Master 他们叫我大先生 You surely know about the shamanic horsemen beyond the passes, but have you heard of the Four Great Houses within the passes? In the 1990s, Yang Wanli was born in a village in northern China. A fortune-teller said he was the reincarnation of an evil ghost and was destined to stir up trouble. By a twist of fate, he became a disciple of the Daoist school and got entangled with the Four Great Houses. Strange and sinister things kept happening around him. A fallen dragon, an immortal who has shed th 801Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 18 Nine Out of Ten Divinations Are Wrong 【十卦九不准】 [No heroine, not a power fantasy, no tired tropes. A sequel to The Nether Road, also known as Strange Tales of the Spirit Road.] Read people's fortunes when you meet them; divine the dead's paths when you encounter ghosts. Use yarrow stalks to cast hexagrams, and pluck gold to change fate. Walk among the corpses without fear, and never lose your way in the underworld. The practitioners of yin and yang arts investigate strange cases, while ancient mystic traditions probe the hearts of humankind. 533Reads8.7Score107Shelves
- 19 The Living Must Keep Away: The Underworld Chef 活人回避：冥厨 “Kill ninety-nine, then stop!” My grandfather was the last executioner in history. He beheaded hundreds of people in his lifetime and was burdened by countless sins. To atone for them, my father opened a restaurant for the living and the dead, cooking for the living by day and the dead by night. Nine-Thread Corpse Cake, Grasshopper-Skin Juice, Blood-Fried Rotten Flesh, Crispy-Bone Human Soup... If I make it and you refuse to eat, my ghost-head executioner's blade will strike down evil men above 130Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 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 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Corpse-Eater Inn 尸人饭店 Driven by greed, I took a job at a restaurant that paid 50,000 yuan a month. I rested during the day and worked between midnight and 2 a.m. On my very first day, the chef told me I had only seven days left to live... 517Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 22 The Midnight Last Train 午夜末班车 He was on the last bus home late at night when a beautiful woman got on. He was about to confess his feelings, but then he noticed how sinister her reflection looked in the window. He got off the Route 155 bus and instinctively looked up, meeting her gaze... 721Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 23 The Soul-Suppressing Stele 镇魂碑 Telling the eeriest stories and exposing the most unfathomable human hearts! The final installment in the Evil-Quelling Trilogy! (The first two, Evil-Quelling Notes and Thousand Corpse Town, are both complete.) After the first thirty thousand words, there will be three updates every day! No delays, guaranteed! Thank you all for continuing to support Lao Zhang! 687Reads7.8Score101Shelves
- 24 The Last Corpse Driver 最后一个赶尸人 The dead march on; the living must keep their distance. If they don't, disaster is sure to follow! I'm a corpse driver, and this is my story! 731Reads8.0Score101Shelves
- 25 A Collection of Folk Tales 民间故事会合集 Open this book, and you’ll find that its folk legends and tales are unlike any you’ve read before. These stories are full of fantasy: some are terrifying, some suspenseful, some explore the ugliness of human nature, and others deal with karmic retribution. In this vast world, what hidden folk tales and legends do you know? Step into an ancient, mysterious world and join the author in discovering and experiencing these extraordinary folk stories! 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Maoshan Occultist: Tales of the Underworld and Evil 茅山诡术师：幽冥话邪 Maoshan's arcane arts have returned to the world, as demons and evil spirits run rampant. What bloody storm will rise this time? In this cruel world, with its tumultuous lives, who will pay for each and every blood debt? Behind the layers of eerie schemes, who is righteous, and who is evil? I, Fang Gui, have a strange past. By chance, I was drawn into a spiritual calamity. How can I break free of this trap? How can I defy fate and change my destiny? Gather spirits, exterminate evil, and dispel c 366Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 27 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Evil-Breaker 行走阴阳：破邪 There is a group of extraordinary people who walk between yin and yang, slaying demons and breaking evil curses to maintain the balance between the two worlds! Devoted to the Dao, they battle evil men, seal away vengeful ghosts, and uphold the path of righteousness. They are all nobodies, with just one mysterious connection: the Dragon Group! 187Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 28 Forbidden Tales of the Desolate Village: A Midnight Whistle, and a Shrouded Corpse Spirit at the Door 荒村禁忌：夜半吹哨，白布尸魂找上门 Taboos of the Abandoned Village: A Whistle in the Dead of Night, and a White-Cloth Corpse Spirit Comes Calling —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Daoist, What Kind of Immortal Are You Trying to Become? 道爷，你修的哪门子仙？ [The new book, “I Awakened a God-Tier Talent from the Start, But I'm a Calamity,” is ready to binge] [Tales of ghosts and gods] [No female lead] [Otherworldly cultivation arts] [Decisive and ruthless] [Doesn't buckle under pressure] I'm Zhao Huai'an, a young Daoist. I've transmigrated for eighteen years, made countless powerful connections, and mastered all sorts of underhanded techniques. You ask how shady I am? What kind of Daoist gouges out his own eyeballs in a fight? What kind of decent per 1.2kReads8.0Score135Shelves
- 30 Maoshan Ghostcraft 茅山鬼道 Among China's many Daoist schools, none is more renowned for catching ghosts and subduing demons than the Maoshan Celestial Masters. The title of Ghost-Hunting Celestial Master is known to all. With sword, talismans, incantations, and a Bagua compass, all four treasures brought to bear, even spirits and demons flee. See how a true disciple of Maoshan drives out ghosts and vanquishes demons. Zombies, strange spirits, vengeful ghosts, sorcery, and evil Daoists wreak havoc across the land, only to 1.6kReads—Score153Shelves
- 31 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Rift in the Abyss: We Awakened the Old Ones 深渊裂隙：我们唤醒旧日支配者 In 1992, U.S. Army Major Austin takes charge of the top-secret project "Abyss Watch." One hundred and thirty meters beneath the desert, a strange fissure spreads madness into the world above. Five elite soldiers are ordered into the abyss, with Austin directing their investigation remotely. A videotape that appears out of nowhere exposes a horrific secret from the past: To spy on the secrets underground, the military sacrificed living people. A thousand meters below ground, an ancient stone gate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Century of the Supernatural 百年灵异 This is a truly unusual book, recording the supernatural events that took place in a village over the course of a century. These events are unlike traditional tales of ghosts, fox spirits, demons, and immortals. There is none of the vulgar promotion of superstition or idealism found in popular culture. Instead, the book is filled with the world's strangeness and unknowns, leaving readers baffled. After the shock and terror, you can't help but question and imagine what lies beyond, and find yours 8Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 35 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score126Shelves
- 36 The Third World You Don't Know 你不知道的第三世界 Have you ever doubted the world you see with your own eyes? Have you ever experienced a supernatural event? Are you curious about unknown creatures? Open this book and step into the mysterious, unknown Third World! 838Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 37 Exorcising Evil 诛邪 When I was twenty, I went into the river to catch fish, never imagining I’d pull out… It became the nightmare of my life! This is a book about the strange things in rivers that you probably never knew about! 789Reads6.7Score109Shelves
- 38 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 422Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 39 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 274Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 40 Adventures of the Mystic Sect 玄门奇遇记 As for me, I'm someone who really loves telling stories, especially true stories about the people around me. Even if you don't have a drink or anything to snack on, you're still welcome to come listen to my stories. 184Reads6.7Score100Shelves
- 41 The Otherworldly Netherworld 异站冥途 A bus bound for reincarnation, visible only to those on the brink of death. Every stop beyond the platforms brings an unknown crisis. At the Netherworld bus stop, queue up and board; the living get off, the dead stay behind. To find his long-lost girlfriend, Zhao Jichuan unhesitatingly boarded the bus. In an ocean of blood and tears, in a world of pain and fear, betrayal was commonplace and screams were nothing unusual. Just as he was about to despair, he thought he saw a ray of light... 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Exorcist Celestial Master: Starting Out as a Red-Robed Ritual Master 镇邪天师：从红衣端公开始 Duan Gong are a distinctive group, their traditions passed down from generation to generation among the people. They worship the gods and entertain the people. They have dealings with spirits year-round, performing the mysterious village rites of “exorcising ghosts, warding off evil, and praying for peace.” They are regarded as intermediaries who communicate with the divine. Duan Gong wear red ritual robes. Red represents vitality and masculine energy, used to suppress evil spirits, while also f 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Ghostly Side of Humanity: Mad Stories You Never Knew, Volume 1 鬼味人间：你不知道的疯人故事1 Believe me, this world has another face. What seems insane to you may be perfectly normal to someone else. The eerie, unsettling stories of human life, the sinister and unfathomable depths of the human heart, and tales of madness you’ve never heard before are all hidden in this book, Ghostly Flavors of the Human World. 3kReads9.2Score269Shelves
- 44 Haunted? Don't Worry, Grandpa Can Summon the Gods 闹鬼？没事的，阿公会请神 Have you ever heard that you shouldn’t pick up red envelopes you find on the road? You might accidentally claim a partner from the underworld. Want to talk to your departed loved ones again? Then… let’s try a spirit-world séance. Worship at the Yin Temple and grow rich. If you’ve got the guts, come give it a try! 161Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 I Came from the Taoist Sect, Call Me the Dao Lord 我从道门来请叫我道君 [Supernatural] [Modern] [Daoist priest] [Ghost hunting] [Demon slaying] Zhang Qingyuan was born with yin-yang eyes. To keep him safe and healthy, his parents sent him up a mountain to become a Daoist priest. After graduating from university, he returned to the temple and inherited his master's affairs. He thought demons and ghosts had become exceedingly rare in this day and age, leaving him with no chance to put his skills to use. Then a chance encounter showed him a different world. Demons were 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 46 Notes on Suppressing Evil 镇邪笔记 The four infamous evil objects passed down in folk legend are the Red-Clothed Fiend, the Grinning Corpse, the Bronze Coffin, and the Upright-Burial Grave. I’d only just graduated, and I’d already run into two of them… 4.4kReads8.7Score442Shelves
- 47 Born of a Corpse 尸生子 My mother-in-law was a midwife. When I grew up, I took over and delivered babies for women, becoming a male midwife. I deliver babies for the living, but I also deliver them for the dead... 172Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 48 The Ghost Bridegroom in Burial Robes 麻衣鬼婿 My grandfather was a feng shui master renowned for his almost supernatural abilities. For my sake, he traded his life for a divination and arranged a marriage for me through a reading. Nine years later, thanks to a stroke of fortune brought about by my grandfather, the Ye family had become the richest family in the land. But because of my identity, they broke off the engagement, only to suffer the consequences… 6.2kReads7.6Score345Shelves
- 49 She Can Suppress a Hundred Ghosts on Her Own, and You Still Dare to Act Arrogant? 她一人便镇压百鬼，你还敢猖狂？ [No Romance + Horror Mystery + Paranormal + Ghost Hunting + Yin-Yang Eyes + No Saintly Heroine + Always Gets Revenge] [Hundred Ghosts Hotel] [Death Amusement Park] [Mother-and-Son Evil Spirits] [Human-Faced Spider] [Snake Head, Human Body] [Blood Coffin Maze] Late at night, in a pitch-black dormitory, the sound of a ball repeatedly bouncing against the door came from outside. It was sticky and distinct, making everyone’s scalp prickle. Everyone in the room trembled with fear. Li Youqing told Fu 213Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Have a Ghostly Wife 我有鬼娇妻 [Mystery] [Comedy] Have you ever experienced something like this? I mean, asking for a wife at the bottom of a dry well! I live in a small village in the mountains, cut off from the outside world. No outsiders have visited in hundreds of years. Maybe it's because of a curse, but no baby girls have ever been born in our village. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
