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- 101 A Murder Mystery About Evil Spirits? The Master of Lies Exposed! 恶鬼剧本杀？假话拆穿家！ (No mindless plot, no wish fulfillment, no System, no invincibility, no clichés) [Mystery + Loops + Horror + Retribution + Deduction] (Please, someone write a review! 🙏) Evil spirits lurk among humanity, posing a grave threat to human existence. For a thousand years, the Eight Ancient Clans have fought to keep them in check and preserve the world's stability. But in these dark times, the Eight Ancient Clans have foreseen that the Ghost King is about to destroy the world! With no other choice, th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 I Delivered Food to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 我给死人送了23次外卖，第24次收件人是我自己 I Delivered Takeout to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 After My Sister Vanished, My Prosthetic Eye Started Sounding the Alarm 妹妹失踪后，我的义眼开始报警 Synopsis [Urban action and adventure + anti-scam survival + suspense] Former special police officer Jiang Che's younger sister, Jiang Yao, was lured by a high-paying job offer to the “Jinlan Federation” in Southeast Asia. He goes undercover alone to Blackstone Valley to search for clues. The tactical lens over his right eye can map the terrain, but it can't stop bullets. At the compound, he meets Cheng Ye, an imprisoned programmer; Wen Xi, an undercover female doctor; and Lao Zhong, an informant 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Dark Fairy Tales: Modern Day 黑童话【现代】 Human teeth floating in a can of yellow peaches, pig's head meat coming back to life in a supermarket at midnight, a beautiful woman in an old photo album growing younger and younger... A collection of short stories that push the limits of imagination and horror, covering every kind of strange tale. If you enjoy horror and stories that defy expectations, these hundred-odd tales won't disappoint. 270Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Tales of Folk Monsters: Ghosts and the Supernatural! 民间怪谈录，灵异鬼怪！ A forbidden book recording eerie tales and strange rumors from Chinese folk tradition · Wet footprints in an old house late at night · A stranger in an ancestral mirror · Footprints walking backward on the seventh night after a death · A packed audience in an abandoned theater What makes this book special: · Each story stands on its own · Based on real folk legends · Authentic Chinese horror atmosphere · Short and gripping, perfect for reading on the go Reading warnings: · Best read during the d 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Atonement Darwin 赎罪达尔文 What do you mean, I transmigrated, then transmigrated again? (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no System. An ensemble cast with a focus on characters and plot. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read.) “My life ended yesterday, but my story begins today.” Lu Wei was an ordinary second-year college student on Earth, but every night he entered another world of immortal cultivation in his dreams. When he was certain the world in his dreams was fake, he found himself trapped i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Grading Essays, I Uncovered a Murder from Three Years Ago 批阅作文，我查出了三年前的人命 Chen Mo, a Chinese teacher, discovered a murder case in an essay. A student described in detail how a girl from the same school had been bullied to death three years ago. The victim was the older sister of Su Qing, the transfer student in his class. When he started investigating, the principal handed him a thick red envelope. “Mr. Chen, let the past lie quietly. This is the ‘rational good.’” His mother was gravely ill and urgently needed money. And the fate of whistleblowers? Shen Xiao, the form —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Tales of Folk Ghosts 民间鬼故事说 Each story stands on its own. Leave a comment about what you'd like to read, then pick whichever ones you like. There's no need to read them in order. Some parts are bound to be less well-written, but others may catch your interest, so browse around. 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Chess-Playing Goose at the Village Entrance 村头那只会下棋的鹅 The Chess-Playing Goose at the Head of the Village —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Neon Tokyo: The Faceless Man 霓虹东京：无脸男 A dead man’s body is discovered in an apartment in Tokyo. What makes the scene horrifying is that the skin has been expertly cut from his face. Yet on the low table beside him sits his black wallet. The identification inside, along with confirmation from the apartment’s landlord, establishes his identity as Zhang Benyazhi, a Japanese national and employee of a multinational company. If his identity is clear, why did the killer murder him? Meanwhile, Zhang Zicheng, a Chinese woman who worked at t 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Mysterious Case Files: The Strange Mark 破案迷踪之诡异的印记 The restaurant’s delicious “ostrich meat,” a husband drowned in the bathroom, half a charred foot in a trash can, a woman hanged in a roast duck oven, a dead woman giving birth, raising little ghosts, “human centipedes,” burying people alive as construction sacrifices, and a cat abuser. The methods of murder are endlessly varied: killing by chance, hypnosis, drugs, dismemberment, murder, suicide, crimes of passion, and revenge killings. The victims bear eerie markings. Little fingers go missing. 576Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 112 A Qi, the Nameless Petty Official 无名小吏阿七 A Qi, a low-ranking Tang dynasty post-station clerk, is so poor he can’t afford medicine for his sick wife. Forced to smuggle contraband salt, he soon learns every loophole in the post-road system. Through the tangled web of power and money, he rises from a lowly nobody to an invisible force. But when the An Lushan Rebellion breaks out, his vast fortune becomes a disaster overnight. When the treacherous eunuch Li Fuguo throws the realm into chaos, this once-greedy, death-fearing little man does 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Su Xiaochun 苏晓春 Starting at the end of the story, we’ll work backward, step by step, along the path the heroine once walked. There is no male lead in this story. No romance. Mystery, crime, investigations, deduction. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Ancient Soul’s Divine Pact 古魂神约 [Mystery + Mythology + Fated Love + A Hero Who's Hopelessly in Love] At seventeen, Kong Luo lost her memory in an accident and drifted through life in a daze. Ten years later, across the ocean, she met the man destined to love her, a man etched into her very soul. A series of mishaps brought them closer and closer, gradually exposing a conspiracy behind their origins that had been unfolding for tens of thousands of years. The stories in the ancient book Classic of Mountains and Seas blur the lin —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 115 On an East Wind Night, a Thousand Blossoms Bloom 东风夜放花千树 A Divorced Young Woman vs. a Prince Who's Just a Tool Alternate Universe Li Yunshu: He's just a man. If you don't want me, I'll leave. Divorce me? Ha, around here, we get a divorce by mutual agreement. I can live freely on my own... But what's with this man next door? Yun Yin: Love? Ha, he barely knows what it means to have a family, so how could he care about something as ethereal as romantic love between a man and a woman...? A woman has moved in next door. They say she's the former wife of th 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Cai Jun's Must-Read Mystery and Horror Collection: 11-Book Set 蔡骏悬疑恐怖小说必读精选（套装十一册） Want to experience the ultimate atmosphere of suspense and terror? Renowned suspense writer Cai Jun invites you into his world of mystery through a collection of stories that will make you feel as if you’re right there. This set includes 11 of Cai Jun’s works. It features Virus, his first “suspense and horror” novel, originally published on the Chinese internet; Curse, a classic that layers mystery upon mystery and pushes suspense to its limits; Cat’s Eye, a defining example of Cai Jun’s “psycho 51Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 117 The Half-Soul Wasteland 半魂荒原 Alive, he takes revenge with his own hands. Dead, he rules the underworld. Who says you can’t start a business in the land of the dead? His teammates hail from different eras, each with their own talents. As long as they’re not completely dead, this bunch can tear the underworld apart! A true male lead is a male lead wherever he goes. No romance, just conquest! [Strategic mind games] [Male lead and ensemble cast] [No harem] [Long-term foreshadowing] 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Haunted House Mystery: I Am the Killer 鬼屋谜案之凶手是我 The Haunted House Mystery: I’m the Killer 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Selling Myself to a Rich Woman to Pay Off My Girlfriend's Debts 卖身富婆给女友还债 Selling Myself to a Rich Woman to Pay Off My Girlfriend’s Debt 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Long Night Dawns: Silent Testimony 长夜将明：无声的证词 [Mind-bending mystery | Case-by-case investigations | Hard-core criminal investigations | High-stakes twists | A tender-hearted police team] The long night looms like a mountain, and mist engulfs the city. When every clue points to the person who seems least likely to be guilty, Leng Hanzhou is forced to make the hardest choice, on the fine line between justice and the law. Because some silent testimony has always been hidden in the darkest depths of human nature. Ningzhou, a prosperous economic 851Reads—Score10514d adds
- 121 On My First Day, I Made It Impossible for Criminals to Escape 报到当天，我让案犯无处遁形 After transmigrating and being reborn, Li Xu binds himself to a detective System. From the start, he catches thieves, captures the real culprit in the mountains, quickly solves a case involving a pile of bones, and opens coffins to examine mummified corpses. Together with a female forensic doctor, he embarks on a path of solving cases and hunting down criminals. 142Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 122 Hong Kong’s Ten Great Mysteries 香港十大奇案 This book focuses on ten notorious violent crimes that took place in Hong Kong during the last century. Together, they are known as the “Ten Great Hong Kong Cases.” The book explores the cases’ impact on society and the lives of the main figures, including why the perpetrators committed their crimes. By objectively analyzing public opinion and presenting my own views, it seeks to faithfully reconstruct the circumstances and nature of all ten cases. Drawing on the facts and looking at them from b 3.1kReads8.2Score51914d adds
- 123 Strange Tales of the World 世奇怪谈 [One Thousand and One Nights of Terror] A deranged pregnant woman, abnormal growth, a horrifying circus, money paid to buy a life, a bizarre matchmaking gathering, an endless staircase, a rule-based horror story at a nursing school, a haunted snow mountain, a human-faced badger, strange happenings in a rented apartment, dog-headed men... Bizarre tales you’ve never heard before, wildly imaginative premises, plot twists layered upon plot twists, and endings you’ll never guess. A cup of tea, a cig 2.4kReads8.5Score36114d adds
- 124 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—14d adds
- 125 I’m a Bone Remover 我是脱骨仔 (No System, no brainless wish fulfillment, no power fantasy: a return to classic urban fiction.) In this line of work, a “con man” is what people commonly call a swindler. To “con” you means to cheat you. Chen Feng is just over thirty this year, but he has already spent ten years as a swindler. He has roamed the world, meeting hundreds upon hundreds of all kinds of people. He has cheated others, and been cheated himself. It’s a long story. Where should it begin? Perhaps with him... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 A High-IQ Madman Designs Hundreds of Announced Murders 高智商疯子，设计百起预告杀人案 [High-IQ crime] [Ruthless, cold, calculating, and mad male lead] [Not reborn] [No System] [No female lead] A mysterious murderer who is rarely seen suddenly appears in Jiangcheng, calling himself the Judge. The Judge's days are always full. Monday: He judges a popular young actor who preyed on female college students. What a lovely day. Tuesday: He judges a billionaire who has committed every kind of evil, leaving himself refreshed and invigorated. Wednesday: He calls the task force directly. 4.8kReads—Score37014d adds
- 127 The Truth Buried by Time 被岁月掩埋的真相 The Truth Buried by Time 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Infinite Game, With Lifespan as the Stake 无限游戏，筹码是寿命 A pure battle of wits, with no superpowers and no System. Born from the Human Genome Project, the protagonist possesses absolute intelligence, putting him at the very pinnacle, like a god. His endless battle of wits begins the moment he enters the Domain of Fate. Genius is merely the entry ticket to this gamble. What does true peak intelligence look like? What is the truth about this world? And it turns out the final opponent is… [Some readers may worry that the protagonist’s zero personality a 213Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 129 The Time Amber 时间琥珀 Lin Wan discovers that she is trapped in a bizarre seven-day loop. The end of every cycle comes when her best friend, Su Qing, raises a dinner knife and plunges it into her heart. As one sensation after another is stripped away from her, sweetness, the warmth of her mother, her sense of safety, she gradually realizes that none of this is a coincidence. With the help of the mysterious butler Uncle Chen and Gu Yan, a guardian of time, Lin Wan enters a rift in time and sees the true face of the “H 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Love, Death, and the Future 爱，死亡，未来 Suddenly, I discovered that I could foresee the next three days of other people's lives, but not my own. I foresaw the futures of many girls and found that some wanted to kill me, some wanted to deceive me, and some were walking straight into a trap of death... But I'm going to make them all fall in love with me... 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Sorry, Mr. Shen, the Child Isn’t Yours 抱歉沈先生，孩子不是你的. Sorry, Mr. Shen, the Child Isn't Yours. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Starting Out as a Maggot, I Get Beaten Up by Demon Lords for All Eternity 以蛆开局，万世魔尊排着队揍我 I'm a good-for-nothing from Planet X, and my dream is to lie flat. Every day, I do nothing, mooch off others, and wait to live to a ripe old age. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned... My home planet exploded, and I was flung out into space. My good days were over. I became a wisp of spirit and landed on some backwater planet. I gained a superpower: whoever kills me, I become. So my goal is to find the strongest person, let them kill me, and then go back to mooching and waiting to die. Jus 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Where the Brush Goes, Heaven and Earth Are Born and Die 画笔所至，天地生灭 [One Heroine]+ [Intricate Schemes]+ [A New System] The art of painting is not about killing, but about protecting the Dao and all living beings. A young man transmigrates into another world and enters the Dao through painting. Wherever his brush reaches, it does not extinguish life, but brings it into being. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Mushroom Immortal 菌真人 Humans are the spirits of all things, while mushrooms are the true fungi of heaven and earth. For mushrooms, you need to know how to identify, pick, and eat them. If you can't identify them, don't pick or eat them. [Transmigration + Cultivation + Apocalypse + Comedy + Mushrooms + No Female Lead] A new work is here. This isn't just a cultivation novel, it's also a complete encyclopedia of mushrooms! So my transmigration and rebirth were actually part of the Immortal Venerable's scheme! I return f 46kReads—Score15514d adds
- 135 A Young Man True to His Ambitions for All Under Heaven 少年不负苍生志 This is purely the author's own creation, a thrilling wuxia story. Fifteen-year-old Xiao Chongguang, a boy from a mountain village, spends his days guarding his family's ancestral tombs and dreams of saving lives. Then one night, he rescues Dongfang Jian, the dying heir to the Prince of Nanling. In a single night, peaceful Wolong Village is turned into a hellscape. Three groups of attackers slaughter the villagers, and Xiao Chongguang is the only one left to take in five-year-old Zhao Zihao, the 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 136 Paranormal Investigation Bureau: Blackthorn Security Company 诡异调查局：黑荆棘安保公司 [Bizarre plot] + [mild horror] + [749] + [coherent story, no convoluted loops] + [high-stakes mind games] + [no female lead] When I was very young, I witnessed those things. They took away the happy childhood I should have had. As time passed, I gradually began to realize that my past might have come from some kind of [recovered object]. [It] fabricated the false past I remembered. Years later, I finally became a Level One investigator at the Bureau of Paranormal Investigations. I recovered one 1.3kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 137 The Time-Traveling Crime Casebook 超时空罪案事件簿 To save my critically ill girlfriend, I accidentally activated a mission System. Every time I travel to a crime scene, I take on a completely new identity at random. A female corpse case from the Tang dynasty, a locked-room mystery from the Republican era, an AI murder case... I can trade points for wishes. The stranger the case, the greater the reward. I thought I was a crime-solving genius, until the System’s final message appeared: “Your girlfriend’s illness is actually connected to you...” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Southern City Mystery Files 南城诡案集 [Urban] + [Mystery and deduction] [No romance, logic-driven cases, twists and mind-bending puzzles] A woman cursed to death… The Lord of Yashan, who uses ghost marriage as a sacrifice… Mysterious meat-filled sausages… A Gu Man Tong that eats away at its victim’s mind… A female campus ghost comes to claim a life… Facial skin turned into a work of art… A human body cut in half and made into a deck of playing cards… Minced flesh in the belly of a child’s corpse… Can someone help Ye Huai figure out 41Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 139 The End of Ten Days: Dawn of the Eleventh Day 十日终焉：第十一日黎明 Ten Days to the End: Dawn of the Eleventh Day 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 I Work as a Bounty Hunter in the Ghost Realm 我在鬼界当赏金猎人 [Max-Level Ghost Tamer + Mystery-Solving + Love Triangle Showdown + Unraveling Mysteries] Hell is empty, and monsters and ghosts roam the mortal world! The uncanny has descended, and evil spirits run rampant. Countless mortals and ghost clans struggle to survive in this world. Though still young, Yun Fu has already risen to second place on the ghost-and-monster bounty list. Her name, “Zhe Mei,” resounds across both realms of the mortal world. At first, despite her naturally immense ghost power, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 I Was Supposed to Be Reborn, But Is This a Mission Anyone Can Accept? 说好的重生，这任务是人能接的？ (No System, not invincible, no mindless power fantasy. Read with caution if that bothers you.) I died for no apparent reason, only to discover I still had a chance to be reborn. When I embarked on a series of challenges, hoping to make my way back by overcoming them one by one, I realized this path was doomed to fail. I have no interest in becoming a lofty god. All I want is to return to the world I came from… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Cao Xi’s Regret Cure 曹溪的后悔药 On a winter night in the capital in 2025, Cao Xi was walking down the street with a close friend when he happened to catch sight of his ex-girlfriend, Gao Junyao, whom he hadn’t seen in three years. At his friend’s urging, Cao Xi worked up the courage to approach her. But just as he reached the corner, he saw Gao Junyao die a violent death right before his eyes. After searching the scene, the police found no eyewitnesses to the murder, yet the wound on Cao Xi’s hand contained Gao Junyao’s DNA! M —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Great Tomb of Ailao Mountain 哀牢山大墓 The Great Tomb of Ailao Mountain 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Sacrificial Red: Strange Tales from a Deep-Mountain Base Station 祭红·深山基站·诡事录 Offering Red: Strange Tales from a Remote Mountain Relay Station 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Great Song’s Hour of Peril 大宋危局时辰 The Song Faces a Crisis: During peace talks between the Song and Liao, a Western Xia assassination group massacres the diplomatic mission. The gold intended for the negotiations mysteriously disappears, and the two states wage war for four years, leaving a hundred thousand dead. A Vice Minister of Rites, a young general, and a mysterious swordsman join forces to investigate, only to discover that a traitor is hiding at the emperor’s side. The gold never left the Great Song! One person’s selfish 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 After Sending My Husband to a Psychiatric Hospital 把丈夫送进精神病院后 When I received my husband Zhou Huai’s psychiatric diagnosis, I sobbed so hard my whole body shook. Only I knew those were tears of excitement. After all, I was the one who had slipped drugs into his coffee every day for the past six months. He had it coming. His diary was filled with plans to use psychological manipulation to drive me to suicide and inherit the billions my parents left behind. I had him committed to the most heavily guarded psychiatric hospital in the city, thinking I’d won. U 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Hope, I Will Bring the Slaves the True Light of Fire 希望，我将带给奴隶们真正的火光 In a land reminiscent of medieval Europe, there are nobles, heroes who slay dragons, beastfolk, and elves. This fairy-tale world has no place for slaves. But one mine slave dreamed a different dream. He dreamed of a place called the New Homeland. He swore he would make his own homeland just like the New Homeland. In another world, he would establish a government dedicated to the awakened. How would this world change under his resistance? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 My Game Isn't That Scary, Really 我的游戏真没那么吓人 I hate horror. The hurried footsteps racing up behind me, the soft whispers circling my ears that send chills down my spine… Every bit of it. I hate it all. I hate it so much that once it reaches a certain point, I throw up. But I’m a horror game developer. So, since I’m not cut out for this, I’ve decided to quit. And yet… [Congratulations! You have activated the Horror Game Developer System] No, I don’t want it. Let me quit. ※Warning: Your world may undergo some changes. This is the story of a 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 404 Midnight Radio: The Underworld Frequency 404午夜电台之幽冥频率 [Mystery★Science Fiction★Supernatural★Wild Imagination★Social Commentary★A mind-bending story in every chapter] Have you ever been tuning through the radio frequencies at midnight when you suddenly heard a station that doesn't exist? The 404 Midnight Radio: Ghost Frequency broadcasts only on FM 404 MHz. It's a channel that doesn't exist on any broadcast spectrum and can't be received with ordinary equipment. You can't search for it or subscribe to it. You can only “stumble upon” it. The host, Li 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 There's a Killer Outside the Door 门外有个杀人犯 There’s a Murderer Outside the Door 923Reads—Score—14d adds
