Novels like The Ghost Tamer
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Ghost Tamer, best match first.
- 1 The Last Female Demon Catcher 最后一个女捉妖师 [Hilarious comedy + supernatural mystery + strong female lead + arrogant, sharp-tongued male lead] The demon hunter and her handsome little sidekick are here! Monsters and demons, get on your knees and wail! One demon caught, then another; one monster beaten, then another. Come on, little money pouch, fill up fast! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Underworld Headlines 地府头条 [Demon Lord: Tough on the Outside, Adorable Within VS Underworld King: Gentle on the Outside, Ruthless Within] [Historical Romance + Xianxia and the Supernatural + Comedy + Bickering Couple + Sweet Romance + Heartwarming Healing + Love Blossoms Over Time] A quirky, oddly harmonious cast: the Underworld King, gentle on the outside and ruthless within; the Demon Lord, tough on the outside and adorable within; Meng Po, a ditzy, emotionless little girl; the domineering, sharp-tongued Black Impermane 780Reads9.2Score103Shelves
- 3 A Wolf Sister with a Rebellious Streak, Going Wild from Nine to Five 狼姐一身反骨，发癫朝九晚五 [Dating Show + Unhinged Antics + Goofy Comedy + Secret Identity Revealed + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + A Hint of the Supernatural + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + Livestream Variety Show + A Cast Full of Attention Seekers] The renowned mercenary Yu Jiao dies unexpectedly and wakes up as the love-struck daughter of a movie star who is cannon fodder in a wish-fulfillment novel. She goes crazy as a stand-in for the male lead after he runs away from their wedding, and even a bowl of plain congee 120Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 4 Paranormal Variety Show: My Identity as the Living King of Hell Is Exposed 灵异节目，我活阎王的身份曝光了 [System + Livestream + No Female Lead + Ridiculous Comedy] Blue Star. A street-prank show has taken the internet by storm! The crew dresses up as ghosts late at night to scare passersby, livestreaming their reactions! Liu Feng has just transmigrated here, and is completely dumbstruck when a terrifying ghost suddenly appears before him! [Ding!] [Sign-in successful. Host has received: Evil-Warding Talisman!] So, to the amusement of countless viewers, Liu Feng performs an exorcism with a talisman! 1.2kReads5.4Score127Shelves
- 5 The System Is Born Rebellious, and Its Created Demonic Arts Are Too Deranged 系统天生反骨，创的魔功过于鬼畜 [Eight years old + mortal body + heaven-defying comprehension + hilarious and ridiculous + creating bizarre cultivation techniques + unorthodox demonic arts + multiple heroines] Also known as The Bizarre Chronicles of Abnormal Humans and My Disciples Are Getting Less and Less Human The demonic path flourishes while the righteous path declines. Ye Xiaoyao transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the young patriarch of the righteous Tai Xuan Holy Land. He has heaven-defying comprehension, bu 6.9kReads9.0Score690Shelves
- 6 What’s a Ghost to a Villain? 在恶棍面前，鬼算个啥 [Supernatural] [Comedy] [Transmigration] [Villain] [Capitalism] As the supernatural resurges and evil spirits run rampant, the System’s mission deadline is fast approaching. Fresh out of prison, Chu Feng can only quietly pinch out his cigarette. “I wanted to be a good person, but now I don’t have a choice.” Beautiful female ghost: “Find a cutie online, trick her into coming over, then make her a factory girl.” Red-clad Ghost King: “Help! This guy beats ghosts like they’re people!” Little ghost: 2.4kReads9.0Score165Shelves
- 7 I Keep Showing Up at Murder Scenes 我总出现在命案现场 [Shanghai's most shameless man + Underworld Judge + KPI + the Netherworld + supernatural events] I almost ended up in an incinerator, you know? When I came to, I somehow became a Judge of the Underworld in charge of guiding souls. From then on, I was saddled with an enormous burden of performance targets! So I was forced to go to all kinds of murder scenes to collect souls. That's why the public sees me as an omen of death, the police see me as a godsend, and the King of Hell sees me as a model 936Reads8.0Score140Shelves
- 8 Horrifying! I'm the Holy Father in a World of the Weird 惊悚，我在诡异世界当圣父 Liu Shu is a young man who grew up in a village. He is determined to become a respected paragon of virtue, just like his father! To achieve this goal, he leads by example! He treats a deaf-mute uncle who refuses to see doctors for his toothache! Zombie: “He pulled out every single one of my teeth. How can they still hurt when they’re all gone? What? My gums hurt? That’s not his problem. He only deals with toothaches!” He builds houses for the lonely elderly in town! Cannibal chef: “The bricks yo 10.4kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 9 I Find Treasures at the Junkyard, and One Glance Tells Me Their Past and Future 废品站捡宝，我一眼断古今 I Find Treasures at the Scrap Yard, and Can Tell an Antique's Age at a Glance 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Zhu Bajie Takes on Journey to the West: I’ve Attained Enlightenment, Now I’m Going Back to Gao Village to Slack Off 八戒闯西游：修成正果，俺回高老庄摆烂 Bajie Charges Into the Journey to the West: After attaining enlightenment, I’m heading back to Gao Village to slack off —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Don't Lie Flat on the Path to Buddhahood! Zhu Bajie Helps the Great Sage Open a Huaguoshan Tourism Company 成佛别躺平！猪八戒帮大圣开个花果山旅游公司 Don't Lie Flat on the Road to Buddhahood! Zhu Bajie Helps the Great Sage Start a Huaguo Mountain Tourism Company 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Sect Has Eleven Graves 我的门派有十一座坟 Fantasy and the supernatural, with a lighthearted, humorous tone and a touch of horror. My name is Zhang Shiyi. I have ten senior brothers, so my name is Zhang Shiyi. But all ten of my senior brothers are dead. They’re lying in the graves outside. What? My master? He’s dead too. The biggest, roundest grave is his. Haha~ Well, congratulations, then~ Get ready to sing: Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to you, hey! Congratulations, congratulations to you~ 24.2kReads9.1Score2kShelves
- 13 Dragon Cub in the Heavenly Prison: I’m Emperor Wu of Han’s Great-Grandson 天牢龙崽：我是汉武帝的皇曾孙 Little Dragon in the Celestial Prison: I’m Emperor Wu of Han’s great-grandson 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Zhu Bajie Takes on Journey to the West: I Tear the Scumbag Bull Demon King Apart 八戒闯西游：手撕渣男牛魔王 Bajie Charges Into the Journey to the West: I Tear the Scumbag Bull Demon King to Pieces 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Are You a Spirit Medium? No! I Deliver Takeout 你是出马仙么？不！我是送外卖的 [Humorous comedy] [Traditional supernatural horror] [Spirit-medium tradition] [No System] You’ve got to be a little crazy to write novels. Ever since deliveryman Yang Ergou encountered a ghost for the first time at twenty-four, he’s gradually let loose. When faced with a ghost: “Bro, you’ve hit me and beaten me up, and I found my phone. Just let me go, okay?” Yang Ergou looks down at his phone. “Cut the crap. Help me deliver this order first.” When faced with an immortal spirit: “You reckless sp 31.7kReads9.2Score3kShelves
- 16 I Drive a Taxi, but I Don’t Pick Up Passengers, Only Female Ghosts and Models 我开出租不拉客，只拉女鬼和模特 Pan Mudan kept her lips pressed tightly together, not daring to make a sound in case her husband heard... I used to be a company driver at a steel mill. Then the company laid people off. I spent eight thousand yuan on an almost-decommissioned commercial vehicle and started driving a taxi. My friends all said I'd struck gold! Even without the air conditioning on in summer, the car was chilly inside! 6.4kReads8.9Score577Shelves
- 17 The Empress Fell Among the Commoners, and I Took Her Home 女帝流落民间，被我捡回家 Li Qingxuan arrives in a fantasy world and is rescued by a masked woman. They depend on each other, marry, and live a peaceful, happy life. But his wife never lets him see her face. Then one day, his wife disappears without a trace... Three years later, a fully armed group arrives at Li Qingxuan's thatched cottage. At their head is a female Valkyrie, breathtakingly beautiful. She enters Li Qingxuan's home and falls silent as she looks at the portrait he painted of his wife. “Do you live here alo 7.3kReads8.7Score734Shelves
- 18 The Pig Who Couldn’t Escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie Works Like a Beast at Gao Laozhuang 逃不出高老庄的猪，八戒在高老庄当牛马 The pig who can't escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie works like a beast of burden at Gao Laozhuang 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 While Others Build Careers, She Chases Handsome Men: Princess Taiping Turns All of Tang China Into Her Playground 别人搞事业她搞帅哥，太平公主渣翻全大唐 Everyone else builds careers, but she goes after handsome men: Princess Taiping wreaks havoc across the Tang Empire 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Paper Effigies and the Yin Shop (Part One) 纸扎阴铺(一) Paper Effigies and the Yin Shop (1) 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Celestial Master: Carve Talismans on Guns, Use Vermilion Sand on Bullets 天师：枪上刻符箓，子弹点朱砂 [Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain] + [The Times Have Changed] + [Five Thunders Technique] + [Decisive and Ruthless]! Zhang Qingxiao transmigrates to a parallel world, inherits the Longhu Sword Seal, and becomes the 99th Purple-Robed Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. He thought that being a Celestial Master meant he could spend his days drinking tea, staying healthy, and taking it easy up on the mountain. Who knew that on his very first day, zombies would start causing trouble at the foot o 15.4kReads8.4Score1kShelves
- 22 I Asked You to Livestream Picking Up Junk, So Why Are You Cleaning Up a Battlefield? 让你直播捡破烂，你去打扫战场？ [Hilarious + sly trickster + livestreaming + sunny young man + professions + no female lead] Su Bai transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a contestant on an observational reality show. From the start, he draws the “scavenger” profession. Then he finds a wanted item from the Public Security Bureau in a street-side trash can. The whole show takes a turn. “My God, I’ve worked at a recycling center for years, and this is the first time I’ve found out there’s such a huge bomb buried in our ga 7.2kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
- 23 Urban Demon Martial Arts: Where Martial Arts and Monsters Coexist 都市妖武：武道和妖怪共存 Urban Demons and Martial Arts: Martial Arts and Monsters Coexist 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Honor of Kings: While Others Become Heroes, I Become a Minion and Slack Off 王者：别人穿英雄，我穿峡谷小兵摆烂 Honor of Kings: Everyone else becomes a hero, but I become a minion in the Rift and slack off 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Excuse Me, Do You Have a Corpse at Home? 请问你家有尸体吗 [A laugh-out-loud story, don't let the title fool you] A sorceress from another world was hit by a rock and landed in ours. She spent two hundred years stuck inside it. At last, she borrowed the body of a woman in a vegetative state to get out and stretch her legs, but she was born with Conan's knack for stumbling into mysteries. What? The beautiful female ghost's body was chopped to pieces! The pure, innocent college student's body was soaked and bloated! This world is out to get me! But I can' 1.2kReads9.3Score182Shelves
- 26 A Laid-Back Golden Core, Refusing to Ascend 摆烂金丹，拒绝飞升 A Laid-Back Golden Core Cultivator Refuses to Ascend 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Red-Browed Rebellion’s Greatest Heroine 赤眉第一女枭雄 The Red-Browed Rebellion’s First Female Warlord 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Captain of the Faqiu Order: The Lost Coffin of Mount Mang 发丘中郎将·邙山遗棺 The Tomb Raider General: The Ancient Coffin of Mount Mang 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Wrongfully Imprisoned for Five Years, the Business World's Disowned Son Returns in Triumph 蒙冤五载，商界弃子强势归来 Falsely Accused for Five Years, the Business World's Castoff Returns in Force 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Journey to the West: Everyone Lands in the Kingdom of Women, the Streets Are Full of Beauties, but Zhu Bajie Just Wants to Cry 西游：全员掉进女儿国，满街美人猪八戒却只想哭 The Whole Journey to the West Cast Falls Into the Kingdom of Women, and the Streets Are Full of Beauties, but Zhu Bajie Can Only Cry 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Ferryman: From the Start, Keeping Watch Over the Campus Beauty at the Crematorium 摆渡人：开局在火葬场给校花守灵 [Urban + campus beauty + college life + supernatural + ferryman + underworld + firearms] Heavenly Funeral Home Hiring Notice: Location: Cremation Room Job: Corpse Handler Pay: Day shift, 800 per day; night shift, 1,200 per day (must work at least seven days!) Requirements: Brave, no high blood pressure, heart disease, mental illness... Netizen 1: "Is anything scarier than being broke? 1,200 for one night? I'd not only carry corpses, I'd chase them down if they ran away." Netizen 2: "1,200 fo 5kReads9.0Score336Shelves
- 32 A Marriage Contract, and the Cold CEO Secretly Falls for Me 合约成婚，冷面总裁悄悄动心了 A Contract Marriage, and the Cold-Faced CEO Secretly Falls for Her 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Mad Consort by Proxy: Prince, I Hope You're Well 《替嫁疯妃，王爷别来无恙》 My Replacement Bride Is a Madwoman, Stay Away, Prince! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Old Sword of Duling: The Chronicle of Emperor Xuan of Han 杜陵故剑：汉宣本纪 The Sword of Duling: A Chronicle of Emperor Xuan of Han 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 After Coming Down the Mountain: Four Dads and Nine Masters Spoil Me Rotten 下山后：四个爸爸九个师父团宠我 Original novel of the short dramas Soft and Sweet Little Dumpling Wins Daddy’s Heart and A Cute Baby Falls from the Sky: Daddy, Come Run a Street Stall with Me [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Baby + Secret Identity + Wish-Fulfillment + Metaphysics] Nuonuo was born with a “destiny that leaves her short of money.” After all nine of her masters went bankrupt one after another, she was finally sent down the mountain to find her dad. But she accidentally latched onto the wrong powerful man, mistaking 4.6kReads9.3Score673Shelves
- 36 Fortune-Telling Is Forbidden! 禁止算命！ Fortune-telling is prohibited! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Immortal King, Please Hurry Back! 仙王，求求您快回去吧 To better temper himself in the mortal world, a generation's Immortal King entered a world in the Age of Declining Magic. Little did he know that once he went, he would never want to return. "Immortal King, have you had your fun? If you have, hurry back! The Immortal Realm can't do without you!" "No way. There are no short videos or games in the Immortal Realm. I've spent billions of years there. I've had enough!" "I want to see for myself what this world has that's worth staying for!" From then 12.2kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
- 38 Transmigrated to the Viking Age: I Conquer the North Sea by Playing It Safe 穿越维京：我靠苟道称霸北海 Transmigrated to the Viking Age: I Rule the North Sea by Keeping My Head Down 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 坊市三贱客 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 You Reported Me for Practicing Medicine Without a License? Then I'll Give Your Illness Back 告我无证行医？那就把病还给你们 [Dark transformation and revenge + satisfying comeuppance + miracle doctor + obsessive love + no saintly heroine + wild imagination + comedy] Song Bing, born with a disease-attracting constitution, gains a Disease-Transferring System. (Chronic illnesses? Female infertility? Androphobia? Come touch me. Touch wherever you’re sick. Song Bing can easily absorb and cure any illness he touches, then pass the absorbed diseases on to other people.) [Ding! Successfully absorbed irregular menstruation. Me 23.9kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
- 41 The Charlatan Stirs Up Heaven 神棍搅天 Master says disciples of the Way of the Sublime must not marry. But Master has a whole harem of lovers. At just eighteen, this young Taoist is cursed with irresistible charm. Beautiful women of the mortal world, seductive ghosts from the underworld, and celestial maidens keep him constantly occupied. Watch him get face-slapped by reality as he transforms from a simple, honest man into a shameless Taoist. He plays at life, and toys with people, ghosts, and immortals. Have a laugh, and don't take 1.6kReads6.6Score156Shelves
- 42 The Empress Reincarnates and Is So Upset She Gives Birth Prematurely 女帝转生：被气成了早产儿 (Invincible + Empress) Ye Tian transmigrated into the womb as an unborn baby, but to his surprise, there was also a reincarnated female emperor in there. The two often fought over resources, until their tussles finally led to trouble. Female Emperor: “This is so humiliating! I actually became a premature baby. I must teach that scoundrel a lesson!” Ye Tian: “My little sister, the female emperor, is a bit too proud. She needs a good talking-to!” 6.5kReads8.8Score895Shelves
- 43 She’s Short on Money in the Five Elements 她五行缺钱【玄学】 Jiang Yi was kidnapped at the age of five and unexpectedly became the 108th successor of an obscure Daoist temple. The one who raised her and taught her everything was a wisp of the temple’s founding matriarch’s soul, which had remained inside her memorial tablet. Her temple was nothing more than a ramshackle shack made from discarded boards that mountain hunters didn’t want. It had no running water or electricity. Even dog-litter mushrooms grew between the floorboards. After they came down the 931Reads9.4Score198Shelves
- 44 I’m the Trickster in the Rule-Breaking Horror Tales 我在规则怪谈做老六 [Complete, with a universally praised ending] [Rebellious Oddball + School Oddball + Lin Chen the Oddball + Comedy + Crazy Antics + The Uncanny + National Fortune + Mental Illness] [Readers say it becomes legendary from the third instance onward] He swaps a hen’s eggs for pebbles and lets her sit on them for half a month, hands sandpaper to his roommate while he’s on the toilet, and buys ten steamed buns for a beggar who asks for money to eat, then watches him finish them… Lin Chen is an oddba 9.3kReads9.4Score1kShelves
- 45 Starcore Prison: A Pact of Steel and Blood 星核囚笼：机械与血契 Starcore Prison: Machine and Blood Pact 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 A Country Bumpkin Comes to the City, Nothing Is Off-Limits 山炮进城，百无禁忌 Dapao guards the village. Evil spirits stay away, and a hundred ghosts give it a wide berth! Chen Dapao was born and his parents died. At four, he sent off all twenty-four members of his clan. Raised on meals provided by the villagers, he leaves for the city after guarding his village for eighteen years... His motto in life: Make money, make money, and make more money; chase women, chase women, and chase more women... Now, please join us in enjoying this rare and refreshingly unconventional nove 12.1kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
- 47 Wasn't This a Dating Show? How Did It Turn into a Battle Royale? 不是恋综吗？怎么整上大逃杀了 [Ridiculous comedy + mildly spooky supernatural elements + unhinged antics] [Unhinged queen VS pretentious guy] The good news: Yun Yu transmigrated into a book and became a rich, beautiful heiress! The bad news: her family went bankrupt right before her eyes. Even worse, her husband was about to divorce her, and she wouldn’t get a single cent! She might as well not have transmigrated at all. To pay off her debts, Yun Yu was forced to join a dating reality show that would have the original owner 16.9kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
- 48 I Never Thought My Wife Was the Female Emperor 我真没想过妻子是女帝啊 [Plot-driven story + comedy + everyday life + one heroine + pets + invincible heroine] In a fantasy world, hunted by all the races, I, Ye Chen, have but one thought: I could crush mountains, churn the seas, and destroy gods… Forget it! Wife, save me! After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Ye Chen goes into the mountains to hunt and accidentally finds himself a sweet little wife. He had planned to farm, get rich, and grow old with his wife and children, never imagining that his wife wou 29.1kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
- 49 Reborn One Month Earlier: The Heart I Gave Away Will Find Its Home at Last 重生一月前：错付的真心终有归处 Reborn One Month Earlier: At Last, My Misplaced Love Finds Its Home 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Beloved by All: The Three-Year-Old Regent Wants to Retire 团宠：三岁摄政王想退休 The lucky star Jiang Yueyao was reborn as the little princess of Prince Jing's manor, born with the ability to see the fortune surrounding others. Because of one remark from a holy monk, the newborn became the youngest regent in the history of the Qinglong Kingdom. Before she could even speak properly, the emperor was already carrying her to court, claiming that handling state affairs should start in infancy. Three years passed. The little girl got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed la 13.1kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
