Novels like Marks of Guilt
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Marks of Guilt, best match first.
- 51 Tales of the Tang Mysteries: Forensic Doctor Di Wanli 唐诡录：法医狄万里 Di Wanli is a top modern forensic science student and a direct descendant of Di Renjie, with a natural talent for solving cases. After an accidental laboratory incident, he carries all his modern forensic knowledge with him, including DNA testing, bloodstain analysis, toxicology, and facial reconstruction, as his soul travels back to the Wu Zhou era in 690 AD. He becomes a marginalized branch member of the Di clan. At the time, ruthless officials like Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing are running rampan 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 I'm a Trainee Police Officer Who Scared the World's Most-Wanted Criminals Out of Their Wits 我，实习民警，吓尿全球通缉犯 Jiang Fan transmigrated to a parallel world and obtained the Fugitive-Catching System. At a music god's concert, he casually caught a wanted criminal. From then on, Jiang Fan began catching criminals as part of his everyday life! He caught an escaped convict while out for skewers, and another while walking down the street. In short, no fugitive could escape Jiang Fan's watchful eye. He cracked one cold case after another. He is a guardian of the night, a nocturnal hunter who protects the people 582Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 53 I Rule the Underworld 阴司任我行 Can you see spirits? I don't know what I did to deserve this, but the souls I've never met before come in all shapes and forms. Being around them is like meeting all kinds of people in everyday life. Every day, I witness strange stories and bizarre ways of expressing themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Ten Notorious Bandit Cases in China 中国大案纪实十大悍匪之系列 Here is a ranking of the ten most notorious bandits to emerge in modern China since the founding of the People's Republic: 1. Bai Baoshan, China's top case of 1997; 2. Liu Jinrong, Hainan's most notorious bandit; 3. Wan Guangxu, a special-forces-level talent in the eyes of military experts; 4. Zhou Xiangyang, the first armed kidnapping case in the People's Republic; 5. Zhang Jun, China's most serious criminal case since the founding of the nation; 6. Sun Delin, leader of a rare, exceptionally vi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 My Roommate Is a Paper Doll 我的合租室友是纸人 My Roommate Is a Paper Effigy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Your Wi-Fi Neighbor Is Watching You 你的Wi-Fi邻居正在看着你 Your Wi-Fi Neighbor Is Watching You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 My Shadow Is Livestreaming 我的影子在直播 My Shadow Is Live-Streaming 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Witch of the Human Heart: Cell 7 人心之巫，7号隔间 Witchcraft of the Human Heart, Compartment 7 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Midnight Terror 午夜惊魂 Midnight Terror 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Half-True Hauntings 半真诡事 [Urban] [Ghosts and Monsters] [Horror] [Supernatural] I've been working in the industry for nearly three years, ever since I became an editor at a small media company. But with the industry in a slump, I recently lost my job. While staying at home and looking for work, I came up with the idea of compiling some true stories I'd heard over those three years alongside stories I'd made up. And so Half-True Strange Tales was born. Simply put, half of this book is fiction, and half is true. How much o 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 61 The Haunted Elevator 诡异电梯 The Eerie Elevator 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 I’m a Sleep Coach 我是哄睡师 I’m a Sleep Coach —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Delusions 妄想症 Delusions —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Echoes of Blood 血字残响 A plain silver band links a bloody, unsolved case spanning twenty-seven years. A family slaughtered on a rainy night, power that reaches the heavens, and a revenge plot that leaves him transformed from victim to prisoner. Fine scratches serve as evidence, skin flakes as proof. Every crime hidden in the darkness will eventually be exposed in the sunlight. The last echoes of blood-written words fade, and justice finally finds its way home. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Forensic Pathologist's Return 法医归途 (Mostly adapted from real cases. Each case stands alone. No dragging things out, no formulaic plots, no System, no mindless characters, and not a power fantasy. Readers who may be bothered by this, please proceed with caution.) My name is Tang Bei, and I’m a forensic pathologist. Every case is etched in my memory. The Dissolved Body in the Unfinished Building... The Poisoning for Revenge... The Murderous Love Affair and Dismemberment... I don’t know how much longer these stories will continue. B 1.5kReads—Score16814d adds
- 66 Crime Scene 罪恶现场 The story recreates crime scenes and explores the weaknesses of human nature. Behind every case lies a battle between the police and evil! Each case is adapted from a real incident. Any resemblance is purely coincidental! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 That Day, I Got a Call from a Classmate Who Had Died 那天，我接到了死去同学的电话 Months after a female classmate died in an accident, Su Mu unexpectedly received a phone call from her. In the midst of his terror, he had no idea this was the beginning of a series of bizarre and horrifying events. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Personal Notes on the Nanda Case 南大案个人猜想笔记 Personal Speculation Notes on the Nanda University Case 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Strange Corpse Case 奇尸案 Do you think there is such a thing as the perfect crime? If so, what would it look like? Would it make a body disappear completely? Make sure no one ever discovers it? Or leave no evidence behind? 1.9kReads8.1Score16514d adds
- 70 The Broken Mirror Murder Case 破镜缉凶 [Mystery + Criminal Investigation + Deduction + Case-of-the-Week + Long Main Plot + No Romance + Solving Crimes] On a livestream, a bride in red hangs herself from an ancient locust tree. A million viewers watch as her corpse follows an invisible track and “walks” back to the crime scene. I'm Qin Niu, captain of the criminal investigation team in Changping City. The people I'm up against aren't ghosts, but a group of “crime designers.” They use magnetic levitation to transport corpses, infrasou 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Ashes of Memory: The Ten-Year Cold Case Killer Was Me 记忆灰烬之十年悬案凶手竟是我 “In 2033, genius programmer Lu Ming vanished mysteriously from a memory treatment center, leaving behind nothing but a sketch of the seaside. > Ten years later, detective Chen Hao reopens the investigation and discovers that all the evidence points to a villa facing the sea, and a diary filled with crimes. > When he finally stands before the truth, he sees his own name on the diagnosis form: > Patient: Chen Hao. Diagnosis: Dissociative identity disorder, antisocial tendencies. Treatment plan: eu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Salvation in the Torrential Rain 暴雨救赎 [No System, no golden finger, no romance, mystery + deduction + main plot + standalone cases] Some people receive WeChat messages from their future selves. Some act in a feel-good web short drama and end up dead at the scene. Some think they can sit back and watch the drama unfold after mouthing off online, unaware that someone is watching them from the shadows... In this world, there are always people who use terrifying methods beyond ordinary understanding to murder their fellow human beings. 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Campus Belle Rejected My Confession, So I Blew Up the School 表白校花被拒，我反手炸了学校 At the graduation ceremony. At the urging of his best friend, Lin Yu confessed to the campus belle in front of everyone. To his surprise, she rejected him without mercy! Lin Yu promptly pressed the remote detonator! Boom! Boom! Boom! “That was brutal!” “He set off a bomb over a little disagreement!” “What else could he be but a terrorist!” Wait! Don't panic! Things aren't as simple as you think! Lin Yu's explosion unearthed a bizarre disappearance case from twenty-five 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Light in the Darkness: Forensic Investigator Xia Luo 黑暗中的光明：法医夏洛 Crimes set ten years in the future, with one case every three chapters. Pure crime investigation, no dragging things out and no romance-obsessed leads. Does rapid technological progress help criminals, or bring crime to an end...? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 You Were Supposed to Take the Arts Exam, So Why Did You End Up in Criminal Investigation? 让你艺考，你考到刑侦去了？ Li Guan has a secret: everyone looks like an old person to him. People say it’s hard to paint skin and harder still to capture the bones beneath. For him, it’s the other way around. The pretty campus belle looks like an old woman, and a strapping young man looks like an old man, making it remarkably easy for him to draw bones and muscles. He thought he would spend his life this way, different from others but otherwise uneventful. Then a young, handsome female classmate showed up, and with her ca 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 You Were Supposed to Catch Pickpockets, So Why Did You Catch a Wanted Criminal? 让你去反扒，你顺手抓个通缉犯？ [System] [Power Fantasy] [One Female Lead] [Mystery] After drinking too much, Zhang Chen accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world several years in the past. By chance, he became an auxiliary police officer in Dong City. He also awakened the Famous Police System, and from that day on, Dong City gained a legendary figure. On his first day on the job, the anti-pickpocketing squad took him along on an operation, and he accidentally caught a wanted criminal. The officers who heard the news were 96Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 77 After Medical School, I Gave Everyone in My Village Vasectomies 学医归来我给全村人打绝育针 After Returning from Medical School, I Give Everyone in the Village Vasectomies 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Crossing Over: Sin 渡·罪 Crossing Sin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Woman in the Rental Apartment 阿野探灵日记:出租屋里的女人 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Woman in the Rental Apartment —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Last Bus on Route 73 阿野探灵日记：73路末班车 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Last Bus on Route 73 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Dripping Sound in the Old House 阿野探灵日记：老宅滴水声 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Dripping Sound in the Old House —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 A Ghost's Greeting 幽灵的问候 A threatening letter from a mysterious ghost. An opening line that foretells murder. A man who came back from the dead seven years ago. A string of killings in the city center, full of baffling locked-room mysteries. What is the truth? Join the great detective Xia Luoke as he investigates! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Major Crime Files: Cui Baochun, King of the Violent Bandits 重案纪实：悍匪之王崔宝纯 Among the many notorious bandits of the early years of the People's Republic of China, Cui Baochun stood apart. Unlike Zhang Jun and Lei Guomin, who treated human lives as worthless, Cui Baochun was responsible for relatively few murders. Yet his crimes could all be called high-IQ offenses, and they are highly representative of China's criminal investigation history. Cui Baochun also led a remarkable life, and his female entourage was far more formidable than Zhang Jun's. Moreover, considering t 6.1kReads8.9Score36014d adds
- 84 Crime Scene 凶案现场 One strange and eerie case after another, one bizarre, twisting tale after another. Is it witchcraft, ghosts and monsters, or pseudoscience? Life and death, good and evil: sometimes everything turns on a single thought. A case may eventually be solved, but how can we truly see into the human heart? 219Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 85 All-Round Forensic Doctor: How Can This Guy Do Everything? 全能法医：这家伙怎么什么都会！ [Forensics] + [Crime Solving] + [Urban Criminal Investigation] + [Mystery and Deduction] + [Hardcore Crime Solving] Bad news: I awakened a System after the college entrance exam, but it did nothing for ten years. I nearly got myself committed to a psychiatric hospital! Good news: The System finally activated, but the activation requirement was... becoming a police officer?! Forensic genius Bai Qiulin spent ten whole years, from receiving his university admission letter to earning his PhD, with t 853Reads6.8Score20014d adds
- 86 I'm a Coroner, Pay Up 我，仵作，打钱 [Historical romance + mystery and crime-solving] A dozen young women have been brutally dismembered, yet no one has reported them missing. What conspiracy lies behind it all? A chilling children's rhyme spreads through the city from nowhere, followed by bodies that confirm its verses, one after another. Is this the work of ghosts and gods, or the wickedness of the human heart? Someone dances gracefully atop ruins scorched by fire. A husband returns from the dead, a giant infant kills in the dead 129Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 87 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 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 At Midnight, I Witnessed a Killer at Work 半夜，撞见杀手杀人 After accidentally stumbling onto a crime scene, he becomes a murder suspect. As he tries to clear his name, he realizes he never wandered into the scene by chance at all: someone had led him into a trap… No grand ambitions here, just a story that will uncover the truth. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Crime Evidence Exhibition Hall: Abyss Files 罪证陈列馆：深渊档案 “Every case is an exhibit. Based on true cases. ”Fast-paced, not mindless wish fulfillment. Every chapter is worth revisiting. “Welcome to the Crime Evidence Exhibition Hall. Please remember: every exhibit you see was once a living person.” “Some exhibits will never be put on public display. “The Deep Abyss Group's archives are opening to the public for the first time.” Volume Three. Minors should watch with a parent or guardian. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Diary That Doesn’t Exist 不存在的日记 The plot moves slowly. No romance, and no brainless characters. If that bothers you, please move on. Wang Nan is a police officer. A single emergency call unexpectedly draws him into a complicated murder case. The crime is closely connected to a case from twelve years ago, making the whole affair even more baffling. As the investigation deepens, a diary is discovered, and its secrets and the truth gradually come to light. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Blood Jade Feeds the Sinful City 血玉饲罪城 Seven bodies with their souls gnawed away are discovered in the morgue of a funeral home, and the shadow gu inside night watchman Mo Li stirs for the first time. The blind woman Jun Ying uses her blood as a medium to manifest a death prophecy: “The Seven-Day Feast.” Exorcist Bai Ye’s talisman gun shatters a vengeful spirit, but exposes a bullet casing engraved with “Killer of His Master.” The three are forced to enter seven haunted houses, each embodying one of humanity’s sins: the flesh-and-blo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 President Lu's Sweet Little Sugarplum 陆总的掌心小软糖 Synopsis: Xia Wanxing thinks the boldest thing she’s ever done is drop a file at Lu Zhiyan’s feet on her first day at work, then crash headfirst into the arms of the man rumored to be as cold as an iceberg. She expects to face “social death,” but instead... On a stormy day, he appears outside her office with an umbrella and says casually, “I’m going that way. I’ll give you a ride.” When she works late, he has his assistant bring her a warm dinner with a note: “Remember to eat on time.” When a pr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Detective Wu, Miss Ma Has Stolen Your Case Again 伍探长，马小姐又把案子抢走了 [Strong Female Lead] [Republic-Era Mystery and Crime Solving] [Main Plotline] “Among all the tangled lines, only one points to the right path.”, Ma Gerui. The heiress to Taihe Shipping, studying in France, receives devastating news and returns home to find nothing but the charred ruins of her family estate and a mountain of debt. To repay it, Ma Gerui accepts an invitation to stay at a famous painter’s home and becomes his exclusive nude model. But she soon gets caught up in a baffling disappear 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 94 A Sweet New Cop? He Blows a Criminal's Head Off with One Shot 新警软萌？他一枪爆头罪犯 Li Yichen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a police officer. At the station, all he's ever asked to do is serve tea and run errands, and nobody thinks much of him. But one day, while out picking up a delivery, he suddenly binds to the “System for Punishing Evil and Promoting Good” and brings an A-rank fugitive straight back to the station. Everyone is stunned. From then on, Li Yichen can't be stopped. He catches a wanted criminal while out for a meal, then nabs a thief on a trip to 205Reads6.7Score1314d adds
- 95 The Extraordinary Affairs Bureau 超凡事务所 [Detective work + suspense + passion + no female lead + plot-driven + campus beauty + high martial arts] At first, everyone thought it was just a meteor shower. That is, until the world changed completely more than a decade later. Forests, land, oceans, deserts, and snowy regions all underwent varying degrees of mutation, while strange phenomena erupted across the globe one after another. Humanity began a “new awakening,” gaining extraordinary powers! Meanwhile, the Extraordinary Affairs Agency 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Perfect Suspect 完美嫌疑人 Child disappearances are on the rise in Xingang City. Each missing child was wearing a red coat and vanished from a public place covered by surveillance cameras. Arabic numerals are left at every scene. Beyond that, there are no clues at all. Zhang Yiming, captain of the criminal investigation squad, is at a loss and turns to his former partner, Zhong Ning, a legend in Xingang's police force. The moment Zhong Ning takes over, he realizes that every clue points perfectly to his longtime friend an 10Reads9.2Score214d adds
- 97 The Immortal Insect Herbalist 虫草仙人 The Insect-and-Herb Immortal —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Walker in the Dark 黑夜行者 [Night Walker + No System + No Romance] is a continuation of the first book, "Murder in the Mist", but this is an entirely new storyline! Protagonist: Wang Youyong The story follows Wang Youyong, current deputy chief of the criminal investigation squad, as he pursues a small group of vigilantes led by Ma Wenchao. Five years ago, the vehicle transporting Ma Wenchao, then deputy chief of the criminal investigation squad, to prison was involved in a horrific crash. Against all odds, he survived. Ma 470Reads8.0Score12114d adds
- 99 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—14d adds
- 100 Case Files of the Eerie 诡案录 The Jiangzhou City police force has a mysterious department called P.C.I, dedicated to investigating strange cases that science cannot explain. Its members are a handful of young people with special abilities. Because Qin Lang has a pair of yin-yang eyes that let him see ghosts, he joins the department through a twist of fate, embarking on a journey into the uncanny world of bizarre cases... 101Reads6.7Score—14d adds
