Novels like Friends with Demons: The Monsters Are Here to Help
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Friends with Demons: The Monsters Are Here to Help, best match first.
- 101 A New Generation in the World of Magic 魔法世界新青年 Here comes a cutie! Multiple races, no bleeding-heart heroics, a farming story, an invincible protagonist. The male lead is a little crazy, with occasional episodes that happen often. The heroine is having a family dispute? Easy. Get rid of her whole family and there's no dispute anymore. A family isn't harmonious because there are too many people. Leave the heroine as the only one, and they'll get along just fine. A second-generation official is trying to steal my wife? Easy. Get rid of the fir 19Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 102 Tales of the Countryside: My Grandma Was a Midwife 乡野怪谈之我的姥姥是稳婆 At the foot of Mount Maqi, midwife Zhang Guilan spent her life delivering babies on nighttime roads. Other midwives delivered human babies. The ones she delivered were ghosts, demons, and wronged spirits from the wilderness. Road-blocking skin-sellers, water ghosts demanding souls, Pixihuzi repaying a debt of gratitude, and Li the Bald-Tailed Dragon making his presence known. She didn't believe in the supernatural when she was young. Only after surviving countless dangers did she understand t 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Going to the Countryside to Collect Ghosts: A Feng Shui Master for Just 9.9 Yuan, Shipping Included 下乡收诡：九块九包邮的风水师 A supernatural resurgence? No, feng shui has gone wrong. A forty-year-old fat man will help you deal with ghosts for just 9.9 yuan. He contains them; while others talk about karma, he talks about money. With his compass and geomancy, he examines the water outlets of burial sites and the baleful energy in the earth’s veins: the ancient well in Tonghua Village, the old house in Huang Village, the looping ghostly shadows at the old ferry, the mountain range where a grave was relocated, the yin ener —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 There's a Little Ghost at the Bottom of the River, and He Calls Me Dad 江底有个小鬼，他喊我爸爸 Blurb One: The corpse retrievers of Cangjiang have one rule: never look back. That day, I broke the rule and turned to look at the river. A child stood beneath the water, his face deathly pale as he smiled at me. That night, he crouched beside my bed and timidly called me “Uncle.” I didn’t think much of it until he told me, “You look like my dad.” Only later did I learn that this little ghost was the corpse I had pulled from the river with my own hands three years earlier. He called me Dad for t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Multiverse of Dreams 多元梦境 (A summary of the full story: Mild horror, mystery and escape, two male leads, no cultivation, no System. There are multiple scene transitions to fit the dreamlike theme.) “Run from the dream!” These four words were written in code on the inside of a discontinued cigarette box. Who wrote them? And how did it end up in my hands? What were those four words supposed to mean? My memories seemed hazy. I felt as if I should know, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t remember. On a rainy night, W —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Morgue Notes: I Saw Messages from the Dead 太平间手记：我看见了死者留言 Chen Ye, an ordinary medical school graduate, took a well-paid job as the night-shift attendant in the city hospital morgue. On his very first night, he discovered that the rules here were absurdly strict: the lights had to be turned off at three in the morning, refrigerator number three was never to be used, and he must never respond to even the faintest sound. He thought it was just a prank to scare the new guy, until he found a line of new writing formed in frost on the back of an old autopsy 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 I Became a Skinner After Moving Into the Apartment 入住公寓后成了剥皮匠 On the day I moved in, the building manager handed me a rusty key and a yellowed set of house rules. “Light the red lantern in the living room every night. If it goes out, hide under the bed immediately.” Next door lived a qipao-clad female ghost who loved to sing. Downstairs was a doctor with a peculiar taste for blood. To stay alive, I lit the lantern on time every day, until the power went out on the seventh night. The instant the lantern went dark, I saw the dried corpses of the previous ten 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Heavenly Pivot at Dawn 天枢破晓 On the frontier of the Great Xia Kingdom, ordinary youth Ye Chen emerges from the wilderness into a world filled with powerful figures and overrun by the rich and influential. Though born with poor aptitude, he carries an undying resolve. With his own strength, Ye Chen stirs up the world and rises from humble beginnings, vowing to reach the summit of the path to immortality, gaze down upon the myriad realms beneath the heavens, and write a glorious legend of his own! 4Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 109 Peering into Immortality: The Eye That Sees Through Illusions 窥仙：破妄之眼 Gu Xian, a college student, never imagined that his closest roommate would vanish completely from everyone's memories overnight. His classmates don't remember him, he's missing from the photos, and even their social media history has been erased. Gu Xian is the only person in the world who remembers that he ever existed. At that moment, a pale blue-white light blazed in Gu Xian's eyes. He saw another face of the world: the hidden realm of cultivation, concealed beneath ordinary cities and foreve —Reads—Score18214d adds
- 110 With a Fallen God as My Backer, I Rule Both the Yin and Yang Worlds 我靠着堕神大佬，阴阳两界横着走 [Metaphysics]+ [Comedy]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]+ [Ghost Hunting] No romance I’m Sang Yu. I’ve been with a fallen-god big shot since I was eight, and ever since, I’ve ruled both the worlds of the living and the dead! What can I do, you ask? Fortune-telling, face-reading, drawing talismans, and ghost hunting. I know a little of everything. Most importantly, I have a golden finger! Zhao Qingxun: Wasn’t I supposed to be the one hiring a servant? Why am I the one fighting, catching ghosts, and ear 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Lost Antelope 迷失的羚羊 Also known as: The Divine Girl or the Hellish Killer? Beware, Judgment Is at Hand [Mystery + deduction + supernatural + adventure] [Strong male and female leads, both devoted and decisive, with hearts of gold. Earlier mysteries will be resolved later.] [Episodic stories + an overarching plot] An immortal girl? A young man who runs a guesthouse on the grasslands? And a student in glasses who wanders everywhere? What brought them together? A man-eating flower in a strange cave, the cries of a baby —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Hunting the Killer: Where Is Father? 追凶之父亲在哪 A former top student at the police academy, forced to drop out after his father, a former criminal investigator, mysteriously disappeared ten years ago while investigating a cold case. He reinvented himself as an investigative journalist. Sharp-eyed, tenacious, and obsessive, he excels at piecing together the truth from small details and uses his online network to uncover leads. He is determined to find out what happened to his father, even as he struggles with the boundary between justice and t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Heir of Coffin Mountain 棺山传人 That day, Bai Liu, the grayish-yellow fox spirit, and the Five Immortals carried my grandfather into the mountains. Keeping the promise I had made at the Fox Immortal Temple, I embarked on an unseen journey between the worlds of yin and yang... 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Grandma's Yin-Yang Eyes 奶奶的阴阳眼 When I was little, I didn’t understand anything. I just thought it was fun. I remember when Second Grandma died, even Second Grandpa, who slept beside her, didn’t know. But Grandma woke Dad up and told him to go pay his respects... 672Reads7.8Score10314d adds
- 115 A Northeastern Taoist in the City 东北道士在都市 This book contains some Taoist cultural elements. It is entirely fictional, so please do not imitate it. Zhao Tiesheng is a young Taoist priest raised in the Qingxin Temple deep in the Changbai Mountains. Born with the “Yin-Yang Path” fate, he can see ghosts by nature. His eight characters are extremely yin, yet contain a trace of pure yang, making him a once-in-a-century anomaly. When he turned eighteen, his master ran off, leaving him three thousand yuan, an old Taoist robe, and a parting in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I’m a Literary Genius in the Underworld, and the Three Realms Can’t Stop Reading 我在地府当文豪，三界追更乱套了 I’m a Literary Master in the Underworld, and the Three Realms are going wild waiting for updates —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Can’t Beat People in a Fight? Catching Demons Should Be a Piece of Cake, Right? 斗人斗不过，抓妖还不手到擒来？ A ghoul is a creature of lack. Whatever it lacked in life, be it wealth, health, or fortune, it must seize from others after death to make up for it and rest in peace. In 2009, five homeless children were suffocated in a dumpster. I was the sixth, and the only one who survived. I was never meant to become a Yin-Yang Celestial Master. Until I discovered that what happened that year was no accident. Some ghosts are bottomless pits, plundering without restraint. Some people once swept away an entir 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Notes of a Yin-Yang Master: Northeast China Paranormal Tales 阴阳先生笔记：东北灵异录 This story is entirely fictional. All place names in it refer to cities with the same names in a parallel world. Also, please do not imitate any folk customs or practices described in the story. Zhao Gandang is a bona fide Northeastern Chinese man: he can handle trouble out in the world and cook at home. He has yin-yang eyes, knows feng shui, can draw talismans, and summon gods. Of course, summoning the gods too often shortens your life, and using the yin-yang eyes too much gives you a headache. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Endland: Infinite Flow 终末地【无限流】 Dungeon One: [Hidden Heart] has ended [Infinite Flow + A Few Lovecraftian Elements + Includes a Side Couple] In the gaps between shadows, what you see: darkness, or eyes that have been covered? When a voice comes from your throat, how can you be sure it was you who spoke, and not your tongue acting independently of you? Ruan Zhijiang thought she would live an ordinary life, neither an absolute success nor an absolute failure. Then, one day, she stepped into a world beyond the world and suddenly —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Folk Feng Shui Taboos: I Can Expose Life-or-Death Traps 民间风水禁忌：我能点破生死局 He can see at a glance the deadly traps hidden in homes and burial grounds, but he never dares speak up. Every taboo he exposes costs someone a life. Until the night he revealed the “blood coffin crushing the pulse” to save an orphan girl. Seven people in the village died violent deaths, and with their dying breath, they all pointed at him: “It was you... You should have died long ago.” The truth was, he wasn’t a feng shui master at all. He was the “Life-Substitution Judge,” chosen by the ancien —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Village Tales of the Chosen One 乡村怪谈之天命人 Programmer Wu Jie possesses the ancestral “Truth-Piercing Eye” and is forced to return to the isolated mountain village of Shoushan to inherit his family home. By day, the village seems perfectly normal, but at night it is shrouded in eerie taboos. Every night beneath the old locust tree at the village entrance, a woman in red appears and asks, “Am I more like a human or a god?” Anyone who answers incorrectly either dies or goes mad. While the villagers tremble and obey rules that have been foll 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 A Sword to Cleave the Sky, a Strike to Shatter the Cosmos 剑斩苍穹，一剑破乾坤 [No Transmigration, No Rebirth, No System] What is a mortal? A mortal has an ordinary body and a lifespan of only a few decades. Yet a mortal’s body may be ordinary, but their fate is not. Even an ant dares to shake a tree, and to challenge the heavens. Mysterious energy? Mysterious runes? They all lead to a world-shaking secret about their origins. How can they break the game when a hidden hand controls everything? To wear a crown, one must first bear its weight; to reach the summit, one must e 187Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 123 The Last City God: Turning the Taboo on Its Head in Mountain City 末代城隍：我在山城逆转禁忌 Three years after his grandfather went missing, Shen Shu, who films videos about intangible cultural heritage, found a sheet of yellow paper in an old trunk. It bore just one sentence: Don’t go to the Old Stone Bridge. But his camera had already captured a white figure beneath the bridge. From that night on, the old rules of the mountain city, torn down, forgotten, and exploited for profit, came looking for him one by one. Shen Shu could see taboos others couldn’t, and even reverse them. But eve 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Case Seven: From a Ghost's Last Wish to a Cult Mystery 第七单：从亡魂心愿到邪教迷案 Case Seven: From a Dead Soul's Wish to a Cult Mystery —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 After a Ghost Hit Me While Delivering Takeout, I Became the Underworld's Top Mediator 送外卖撞鬼后：我成了阴阳界金牌调解员 After Running into a Ghost While Delivering Food, I Became the Underworld's Top Mediator —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 As Long as the Heart Lamp Burns, His Delivery Box Carries Unfinished Wishes 心灯不灭，他的外卖箱里装着未了的心愿 As Long as the Heart Lantern Burns, His Delivery Bag Carries Unfulfilled Wishes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 A Crime Guide Group from the Start 开局犯罪指导群 When logic is the only weapon, who can glimpse the truth at the edge of the abyss in a maze woven from lies? On a rainy night in the old city, there is a corpse and a picture frame deliberately set straight. To criminal investigation captain Chen Xi, the evidence clearly points to a burglary. But to forensic evidence expert Lin Jianshen, it is a chilling ritual, meticulously staged. He never believes in coincidence. He trusts only the ironclad logic behind people's actions. The angle of a tilted —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 This Killer Isn't So Cold 这个杀手不太冷 "Cold-Blooded Killer" VS "Absurd Missions" A devastating blow of lethal tenderness! He is Ling Ye, an experimental subject who crawled out of hell, a ruthless weapon tempered by the “Gu King Trials.” Yet the “Jack of Spades” has shackled him with an inhibitor. When the flames of revenge collide with ridiculous missions... The cold-faced killer is forced to pose as the most devoted suitor of a wealthy heiress. His scalpel brushes her swanlike neck. “If you want to live, don't move!” The lethal po 63Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 129 True Strange Tales from the Folk 民间真实奇异怪谈 At midnight every night, we’ll take you through the door of forbidden secrets for spine-tingling thrills and mind-bending twists. Are you brave enough to test your limits? From folk ghost stories to strange urban cases, from deserted village houses to sealed train compartments, every tale is an immersive horror adventure. Just when you think you’ve uncovered the truth, the story suddenly turns upside down. The killer could be right beside you, and the deadliest danger is often hidden where you l 20Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 130 In This Life, I Shall Suppress Yin and Yang 这一世，镇压阴阳 [Urban high-martial arts, reincarnation and rebirth, one heroine, a touch of the supernatural, lighthearted and passionate.] In their previous lives, he was an orphan, and she was a ghost. An orphan and a ghost, from meeting and understanding each other to relying on and keeping one another company. Then, their feelings quietly blossomed, and they became lovers... after overcoming countless hardships. But what happy ending has there ever been for a human and a ghost in love? Every union between 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Simulator: The Rebellious Boy Band Becomes a Global Legend 模拟器：逆世男团，全球封神 “Please choose the career you want.” “Then I'll be an idol.” “Congratulations, Mr. Luo. You've taken first place in the World Talent Competition.” “What about the scripts I write?” “Number one in the world.” “What about the stage plays I perform in?” “Number one in the world.” “Simulator, what other skills can I improve?” “Only painting, acting, singing, and cooking remain.” “Great. I'll go earn some coins first, then come back and max out those skills!” —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 132 Inherit the Glory 承辉 [Satisfying power fantasy]+ [Not mindless]+ [No System]+ [No harem] In the post-nuclear-crisis era, two factions bent on controlling humanity's fate continue to infiltrate countries around the world. Lu Ran starts out with nearly all his attributes maxed. How will he play the hand he's been dealt? “Never use your full strength” is also his superior's instruction to Lu Ran. —Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 133 Flowers Adrift 繁花搁浅 [Quiet, reserved young literary talent vs. math guy who never says what he means] What is a secret crush? It’s when a boy gives up the science subjects he excels at and chooses the humanities she’s good at, all because she called him “classmate,” just so he can stay by her side. The person who once said he would never fall in love planted a seed in his barren heart. Nurtured by his boundless affection, that pure white gardenia eventually fell into the warmth of his embrace. When we were young, a 8Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 134 Slay Demons and Exorcise Evil: I Bring Peace to Humanity 斩妖除魔：我为人族开太平 Transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty, where demons run rampant and humanity is as powerless as ants, with life hanging by a thread! Lin Yuan awakens an astonishing golden finger: killing demons earns him baleful energy, and his martial cultivation advances by leaps and bounds. Kill a vicious wolf demon: a hundred points of baleful energy, and Iron Shirt reaches mastery, making him impervious to blades and spears! Kill a ferocious tiger demon: a thousand points of baleful energy, and Golden 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Life at a Crossroads 岔路人生 If you could truly live your life over again, would you regret the choices you made? Shen Que never imagined there could be a real answer to that question. That day, the subway stopped at 5:42 p.m. Two people with the same name and the same face, each having lived through twenty-seven years that were almost, but not quite, the same, appeared before him at once. Only then did he learn the truth: Every truly important choice could allow another version of your life to keep going. They weren' —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Fog City Funeral Director 雾都殡葬师 A strange fog has engulfed the city for three years. Daylight looks like dusk, and the nights are pitch-black. The living dare not venture outside at will. There are things in the fog that devour people and imitate the voices of their loved ones to call them by name. The authorities can do nothing, so all kinds of folk practitioners have emerged: exorcists, feng shui masters, dream interpreters, talisman makers, and funeral specialists who guide souls to the afterlife. The protagonist, Pei Wujia —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Rule Horror: I Turned My Fate Around with Spicy Strips 规则怪谈：我靠辣条逆天改命 [Clever + Hilarious + Sneaky + Rule-Based Horror + Infinite-Flow + High-Stakes Later On + Spicy Strips] The early dungeons seem simple: avoid the school bell ringing at the wrong time, resist the midnight cafeteria's temptations, and deal with the eyes in the portraits as they turn to follow you… With his cleverness and rebellious way of thinking, Cheng Yi easily overcomes each crisis. He thinks rule-based horror is no big deal, unaware that the real challenges are only just beginning. As he del —Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 138 Annihilate the Dao, Burn the Heart 灭道焚心 Yang Fan, a peerless prodigy and once an immortal, gave up his immortal body after his beloved Luo Xue fell, choosing to be reborn alongside her. In this life, he returns with the memories of his past and resolves to break the shackles of Heaven’s Path and restore his beloved’s soul. He has only one goal: destroy the Dao! 3Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 139 The Sinful Eye 罪业视界 The people they're hunting aren't the killers, but the dead. There's a rumor at the local police station that no one dares discuss openly: retired veteran detective Yan Mingguo can see the "sins" people carry. Faced with the baffling "Red-Clad Bride Serial Murder Case," rookie officer Lin Fan knocks on Yan Mingguo's battered iron door, having run out of options. After touching the evidence, the old man delivers a chilling verdict: "The killer isn't human..." "But it isn't a ghost, either." He —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 A Stranger's Path Through the Ghost World 鬼途陌路 Modern setting + horror + suspense + supernatural + strong female lead Hu Ying is a funeral makeup artist who just wants to earn a little money and lie flat. Who would have thought that after an accident, she’d be forced onto a one-way road where she’d have to live among ghosts? From then on, she uncovers conspiracies and fights evil cults, and somehow ends up at the very peak of life... 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Six Relics to Banish Evil 六器渡邪 On a stormy night, the evil box passed down through my family shattered on its own, and I became a wanted fugitive accused of several murders. My only chance of survival was to recover the six cursed artifacts scattered across the Lin family. But they weren't treasures. They were instruments of torture, each one imprisoning the soul of someone our ancestors had tortured into becoming an artifact. Soul-harvesting rice from the Hungry Ghost Realm, a mending needle used to sew together a hundred —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Returnee from Hell 地狱归客 He once fell into the Inferno, enduring nine near-death trials amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. At last, he returned to the human world bearing the brands of Hell and the power to devour souls. That power can see through the hidden sins of sinners and turn their past misdeeds into pain they must suffer themselves. It is a “gift” Hell bestows upon its judges. The human world is no paradise. Evil lurks in the shadows of neon lights: a hypocritical principal who abused children is still 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 I’m Just a Middle Schooler, Why Do You Want Me to Stand Up for Ghosts! 我一初中生，你让我为鬼撑腰！ My grandpa and I go ghost hunting in our daily lives... My two best friends and I go ghost hunting in our daily lives... I don't know how I ended up with a constitution that attracts ghosts. Wherever I go, there are ghosts... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Judge’s Brush: I Use Daoist Arts to Subdue Yin and Yang 判官执笔：我以道法镇阴阳 One case, one solution. Episodic stories, fast pacing, easy to get into. Wang Zhen was born with a fate tied to the Underworld, and holds the Judge’s Brush in his hand. He can see through the boundary between yin and yang, judge wicked spirits, and draw talismans with a fingertip. His strokes make them come alive. Curses that steal lives, girls in red at school, ghostly shadows in hospitals... One eerie, bizarre case after another, one vengeful spirit after another claiming lives. While others g 422Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 145 Yin-Yang Travels in a Mountain Village 山村阴阳行 My name is Chen Jiujin, and I'm a wandering tradesman. To put it plainly, when someone has a haunting on their hands, they hire me to take a look. This time, I came to Zhou Family Village. A seventeen-year-old girl had been followed by something foul. She drank chicken blood, dug up graves in the middle of the night, and kept repeating the same words: “Give me back my life.” I thought it was just an ordinary wandering ghost. But I was wrong. The thing inside that girl's belly wasn't a ghost. It 2.7kReads6.4Score22114d adds
- 146 Paranormal Master: My Yin-Yang Eyes Make Me Invincible 灵异师：我有阴阳眼无敌了 [Peer into yin and yang, defy life and death! When the blood moon hangs overhead, your name will be carved onto a stele along the Road to the Yellow Springs, ] Xiao Yu’s twin eyes of yin and yang can see through the true names of vengeful ghosts, yet he can’t figure out why he’s always caught up in deadly supernatural schemes. When the midnight bell tolls, his birth date and time are written in plain sight on the marriage contract of a red-clad ghost bride! “Those whose names are absent from the 13Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 147 Demon Slayer of the City: This Taoist Master Kills, He Does Not Save 都市斩妖人：道爷只杀不渡 In the modern city, all seems peaceful and prosperous on the surface, but demons lurk beneath. The Taoist sect has fallen into decline, and swindlers are everywhere. The protagonist is one of the very few heirs who possess true teachings and ruthless methods. Hardcore Taoist arts, meticulous folk customs, brutal aesthetics, no female lead, intelligent characters 237Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 148 I Have a Court Full of Famous Ministers and Fine Generals 我有一朝堂名臣良将 Chao Jinghong worked in countless subworlds across various planes. After finally saving up enough life points to buy her way out, the main System sent out a maintenance notice with the wrong time. Chao Jinghong opened a space-time passage three seconds early. A tiny miscalculation made all the difference: she collided head-on with a temporal rift and became a weak, pitiful, blood-spitting woman. Fortunately, the Main God still had a conscience. In recognition of how hard she had worked, it gave 1Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 149 The Spirit Pact of Sinister Schemes 诡谋之灵契 People often say that a person’s fate is decided by Heaven, but that is not entirely true. Mu Fan was born into a vast conspiracy. With a body of four yin and an utterly yin fate, his perilous destiny made an ordinary life impossible. A female ghost in the park tries to seize his soul, while a stunning ghost bride enters into a marriage pact with him. Corpses dance in the funeral home; teachers and students at a school haunted by vicious ghosts leap from buildings in eerie circumstances; deep in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Pawnshop No. 7 第7当铺 In the darkest corner of the city stands the Number Seven Pawnshop, which never closes. It doesn’t take physical objects as collateral, but rather the “sinful traits” buried deep in human nature. The owner offers unimaginable wealth, success, or wishes, but the price is your greed, arrogance, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. The rules here are cold but fair: the more “sin” you pawn, the richer the reward. But without your “sins,” are you still truly whole? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
