Novels like Escape from Childhood Nightmares
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Escape from Childhood Nightmares, best match first.
- 1 Reborn: Might Makes Right 重生之武力为王 In his previous life, Lu Li was a notorious school bully. He wasted his days, missed out on the love of his life, and was left with countless regrets, eventually meeting a miserable end in the mire of life. An accident sent him back to his school days. In this life, Lu Li resolved to change for his one true love, Luo Lan. Then fate delivered one surprise after another. After being reborn a second time, he unexpectedly gained supernatural abilities, and his physical capabilities increased several —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Starrail Divine Mecha and Livestreaming Across the Worlds 星穹神械与直播万界 The fires of war deep in the sea of stars couldn’t burn her away, but a conspiracy did. She was reborn on a cultivation continent called Xuanling. Qing Su, a former interstellar commander with a body full of cheat-level divine blood, is forced to return to her old line of work in this world. This time, though, her battlefield is a strange livestream room connected to the Myriad Worlds. The Sacred Lands are throwing their weight around? She pulls out a mobile suit and lets the cultivation world —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Or, The Fairy Tale Book That Writes Itself 或续写的童话书 On the anniversary of a loved one's death, a young girl suddenly barges into Qin Shu's home. Who would have guessed she'd want to marry him? Even more surprising, she turns out to be the “bro” he accidentally met online ten years ago. Ghosts and monsters run rampant throughout the world. Qin Shu has a book called the Tonghua Book inside him, but he never expected the girl to be a supernatural ability user who says she'll protect him from now on. So Qin Shu has no choice but to pretend to be an o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Detective Chinatown: My Cousin's Surname Is Zhang 唐人街探案之我的表妹姓张 Transmigration, no romance, Before they get close: Zhang Xiaochun: “Hello, everyone.” Qin Feng: “Old Tang, has, has Xiaochun always been like this?” Tang Ren: “Once you get close to her, you're done for.” After they get close: Zhang Xiaochun: “You want to hit me? Too bad you can't. Hehe.” Qin Feng: “Old Tang, she, she's gone crazy! Do, do something!” Tang Ren: “Don't ask me! Go get someone else! Especially someone who doesn't know her!” 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Thousand Mechanisms Manual: Assorted Tales 千机册：什锦 [Xuanhuan] [Demons and spirits] [Beautiful shou] [Loyal dog gong] [Multiple couples] A Shi (gong) × Su Fujin (shou) Three hundred years ago, Mu Liushu suddenly died. To investigate his teacher's death, Su Fujin faked his own death and went into hiding. Following a lead, he headed to the Southern Wilderness, where he picked up a wild boy and brought him home, naming him A Shi. The boy isn't as innocent as he seems… Schemes and counter-schemes, forces stirring beneath the surface, and a vast plan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Mandela Tales: Do You Trust Your Own Memories? 曼德拉怪谈:你相信自己的记忆吗 Mandela’s Strange Tales: Do You Trust Your Own Memories? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Master Fu 符真人 Yong Wuhuanben was an ordinary wage earner. But an accident sent him transmigrating to a world of talismans. How is he supposed to survive in this world? How can he establish himself? 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Eternal Calamity 永浩劫 He takes a difficult first step toward immortality, entering a cultivation world unlike any other. A merchant from the village accidentally discovers the threshold to cultivation. And so begins an extraordinary journey on the path to immortality... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 [Lobotomy Corporation AU] A Harry Potter Watch Party 【脑叶公司pa】hp的观影故事 When a third world appears in the magical world, when a world made from abandoned technology and magic comes into being, when the timeline is changed, and when a viewing screen appears in the Marauders’ Era... Heavily altered, massively altered, with a heavily altered Lobotomy Corporation background. OOC, lots of OOC. 181Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Backflip Into Youth 背越式青春 Promote positive, healthy attitudes toward sports and challenge the stereotype that only geniuses can compete in athletics. Show ordinary people pursuing their dreams and reveal the extraordinary within the everyday. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Break the Cycle! 轮回破局！ [Not a Frustrating Story, Not Mindless, Plenty of Foreshadowing, No System] I can't remember anymore. I don't even know when this damn apocalypse began. In this endless cycle, I die again and again, only to start over again and again... They say good people go to heaven after they die, and evil people go to hell. But why do people enter the cycle of reincarnation...? Who are they, and why do they say I'm in the wrong? Who am I, really? What have I done? Who is to blame, him or me? As my investig —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 After Slacking Off in the Eerie Realm, I Became the Escape Game’s Lucky Charm 在诡界摆烂后，我成了逃生吉祥物 When the blood moon shrouded the city, crimson alerts appeared on every electronic device: “Welcome to the Abyssal Corridor. Survive for 72 hours to return.” Food delivery rider Su Li looked at the countdown on his delivery order and calmly scanned the code on a street overrun with monsters. “Hello, your food has arrived.” While other players nervously searched for clues in the morgue, he napped on the autopsy table. While survivors struggled with ghosts in the mirror world, he fixed his hair in 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Was Reborn in High School 我重生回到了高中那时 In his thirties, Lu Xiaojia's life was full of heartbreak and helplessness. He lived in a cheap rental, worked a nine-to-five job, and was married to a woman he didn't love. Every day, he came home to a mess of household troubles. At a company dinner, he drank to drown his sorrows. When he woke up, he discovered he had been reborn in his high school days. This time, he was determined to change his fate, make up for past regrets, and chart a new course for his life. He would run with all his migh 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 A Forty-Year-Old Hakka Man Marries a Twenty-Year-Old Beauty 四十岁搭客佬迎娶二十岁小姐姐 A Forty-Year-Old Ride-Hailing Driver Marries a Twenty-Year-Old Beauty —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Chronicles of Four Gods and Demons 四重神魔录 I transmigrated into a world of immortal cultivation, and people laugh at me for being a good-for-nothing with multiple personalities? Sorry, every one of my personalities is a peerless genius! [Sword Maniac] emerges, his sword flashing with a chill that sweeps the skies. He defeats every prodigy, and heroes bow before me! [Formation Fiend] awakens, calculating the fate of all creation. Secret realms and wondrous encounters all fall into my trap! [Alchemy Addict] lowers his gaze. I can bring th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 My Exam Life 1: Wingless Rainbow Crow 我的考试人生1无翼彩鸦 There are no supernatural happenings here, no strange tales. Only dangerous and eerie chief examiners, sinister and scheming proctors, question setters beyond all comprehension, and candidates waiting like lambs to the slaughter. My name is Lin Ji. I am currently in the examination hall for the second mock exam of the Global Joint Entrance Examination, using a certain method to send a message to the unknown. Remember these words: “If you are a student, pay attention to whether strange incidents 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 After He Took My Core, He Sealed Me Beneath the Tower for Three Hundred Years 剖丹后，他把我镇在塔下三百年 A Heartless Daoist’s Bones × A Water-Dwelling Demon’s Heart I carved out my core to seal the tower, and now I’ve returned to kill Qing Lin carved out half her demon core to save the life of a frail, aloof young Daoist. She thought it was a secret act of protection, a bond between waters and mountain mist. Until the Demon-Sealing Tower of the Xuan Zhen Dao Sect came crashing down, pinning her beneath its depths. As the tower doors closed, she saw him standing at the head of the Daoists, his robe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Archrival, Stay Away from Me! 死对头你离我远点！ Pei Che, heir to a family business, is a handsome, roguish CEO with no scandals to his name. Shen Yan is a spoiled young master who joined the entertainment industry because he loves having fun. They’ve been compared to each other ever since childhood, leading Shen Yan to unilaterally declare them sworn enemies. 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Please Confirm Your Player Identity 请确认玩家身份 [Infinite-worlds survival, two male leads, mild suspense, mild horror, 1v1, both leads are each other’s first and only partner] One day, Song Shiqian is pulled into an unfamiliar group chat. Someone posts a game applet called "Horror Train". He clicks it on a whim, and the System forcibly drags him into a deadly escape-game world. Everywhere in the game world, eerie and terrifying things lurk. Song Shiqian repeatedly escapes death in this danger-filled horror game world... Could he be a chosen s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Squad 0241 0241小队 [Traditional fantasy + ensemble cast + no harem + no System + no clichés] Ye Liufeng forms Squad 0241 and heads to the demon realm on a mission. They encounter a demon uprising, a war between demons and monsters, the path to godhood, a tournament to win a bride, flowers grown among buried bones, and all sorts of other events. Their next mission takes them to the Netherworld. Where will they go from here, and what secrets does this world hold? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Barge and the Fading Lotus 兰舟残荷 “A leaf drifts away from Wanzhou at dusk; the orchid boat returns, ripples stirring among the withered lotuses.” [Fictional ancient setting / political intrigue / archaic style / presented as a pseudo-historical document / many original elements / two male leads] [The first half focuses mostly on everyday local affairs; political intrigue begins in the second half] [Unhurried storytelling, no AI] [Sharp-tongued and sinister] the disgraced crown prince sent to a remote posting [Cool-headed and ra 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Lingering Dream of Chen Lou 陈楼遗梦 [Light horror + folk customs + suspense + puzzle-solving + adventure + mystery + fantasy + supernatural abilities] A treasured pear-blossom jade pendant and a long-sealed book called Records of the Blue Collar lead Jiang Yichen to Chenlou Village, a place shrouded in mist all year round. In the village stands an ancient well known as the Dragon-Locking Well, forbidden for generations. Something unknown seems to be sealed beneath it. Is the ancient Pear Blossom Festival a dance meant to soothe th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Bought Talismans Online, and a Celestial Master Teaches Me to Catch Ghosts 网购符箓，天师在线教我抓鬼 I ordered ghost-repelling talismans online, but what arrived was a stack of children’s sticker toys. After I left a bad review and filed a complaint, the seller called late that night. “Fellow cultivator, wait!” The next day, a handsome man in ancient robes showed up at my door and solemnly took my hand. “Spiritual energy is thin in the modern world, so talismans need your blood.” Just as I bit my fingertip, he suddenly started a livestream. “Everyone, the top donor gets a ghost-catching experie 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Surviving the Three Kingdoms 我在三国熬命长 I transmigrated into a lowly soldier who dies on his first day on the Three Kingdoms battlefield, but I was bound to a “Live Longer, Grow Stronger” System. As long as I stay alive, my Strength stat automatically increases by one point every day. So I began my desperate campaign to survive at all costs I played dead at Changban Slope while Zhao Yun trampled my face, and held my breath; I prepared a life preserver in advance for the Battle of Red Cliffs; I even secretly brought Sima Yi blood press 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Matchmaker System: No Romance, No Luck 红娘系统：不恋爱就倒霉 [1v1 sweet romance | lighthearted comedy | System romance missions | fated encounter] A beautiful, sweet-natured art student with an incredibly active inner monologue, and an aloof CEO who acts cold but is actually shamelessly seductive toward his wife A matchmaking System with a screwball sense of humor, constantly getting roasted by the heroine until it cries System missions include, but are not limited to: Flowerpots falling from the sky, burping in public, meowing while speaking, and all kin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 High Martial: Child of the End 高武：终焉之子 (Modern Urban High Martial Arts + Decisive and Ruthless + Taciturn + One Female Lead) On this Blue Star, everyone has a chance to awaken their psychic powers at the age of eighteen. Some people awaken early and become psychics when pushed to the brink. 26kReads8.2Score4.1kShelves
- 27 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播：我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Song of Dreaming at Anchor 泊梦歌 Song of Dreaming at Anchor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Are You Crazy? Is This Really a Date with a Zombie? 疯了吧！这是我和僵尸有个约会？ [Transmigration + golden finger + apocalypse + fantasy + adventure + wild imagination] High school student Kuang Xuantian was an ordinary student until he witnessed the mysterious Ten Radiant Stars phenomenon and accidentally transmigrated into the world of My Date with a Vampire. But the story of this world did not unfold along the course he knew. When the apocalypse arrived and human civilization stood on the brink of destruction, Kuang Xuantian discovered that the mysterious sigil on his arm 168Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 To the Night, to the Dust 至夜至埃 A false vision, a real world. Evil spirits? The uncanny? Mythology? Some go mad, some remain composed. Some die, some live. The mad see the truth, and the truth creates the mad. The composed seek a way out, but the way out is nothing to fear. The survivors cling to life, only to become mad in the end. Stay ignorant, stay sane. Avoid contamination, know nothing of the truth, until death. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Global High Martial: The Dominant Female CEO Falls for Me! 全球高武：霸道女总裁爱上我！ [High-Martial Arts + Overbearing CEO + Groveling-to-Win-Her-Back + The Whole World Grovels] [Peak-strength, obsessive female CEO × Growing male lead with a mysterious past] That night, I crashed into her car. It was worth a billion. She glanced down at the shattered headlights, then at me. “If you can’t pay, you’ll spend the rest of your life making it up to me.” And so I went from a speck of dust delivering takeout to the “personal assistant” of the female CEO with the world’s highest combat 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 They All Call Me Useless, So I Pull Out a God-Tier Fusion 都说我废物，我反手掏出神级融合 [Campus + Superpowers + Apocalypse + High-IQ Protagonist + Card Fusion + Dark Style + Saving the World] Everyone says I'm an E-rank weakling? The scanner stays silent, my classmates laugh at me, and even the assassins on the dark web treat me like a livestream gag. Until I pull out “God-Tier Fusion.” Villain A: “I want to report him! He bet five bullets right from the start, then fired twice and took out my streamer, and he even insulted me!” Villain B: “He calls that fusion? I clearly saw him c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Creation Chronicle: 创神记： Who says mortals are powerless? I, Yu Chuang, can create gods... Brahma, the God of Creation, tried to reach the higher realm of the Infinite. But his attempt to separate a clone went wrong, giving rise to an evil force and the Demon God Os. Os tried to devour his original self, and Brahma used the last of his power to seal him away. Brahma's divine consciousness fell into the mortal Yu Chuang's body, and so began the path to godhood... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Demons and Dragons: The Last Transmigrator 魔与龙：最后的穿越者 [Coming of age] [Slow burn] [Fantasy] [Another world] [Laying the groundwork for a grand plot] [A satisfying ending guaranteed] [Happy ending] [A good-hearted protagonist] [Saving the world] This is simply the story of an ordinary person trying to find a way home. Of course, it is also a story about going from seeking salvation to saving others. At the same time, it is a story about changing from cowardice to rebellion; from insignificance to greatness; from dwelling on a sorrowful past to looki —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Supernatural Returns, and the System Forces Me into AFK Mode 诡异复苏，我被系统强制托管了 The supernatural has returned, and everyone is competing to become a god. As for me, I got bound to the [Slacker’s Nemesis System]. As long as I lie flat and keep my emotions steady, the System takes over and beats up the whole world for me. But they just had to force me to compete. My classmate destroyed my game console. The company sent a performance demon to hound me over my KPIs. The tower’s top genius called me a disgrace to humanity. So I lost my cool. System notification: "Emotional stabi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Struggle Between Love and the Past 爱与过往的挣扎 The Struggle Between Love and the Past —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Forced to Cultivate: My Fishing Rod Is a Divine Artifact 被迫修仙：我的鱼竿是仙器 [Casual cultivation + a touch of comedy + brainless System + female lead + don't think too hard] Ling Xian met an orphan in a small village who, after losing both parents, changed their name to Ling Xianyu. Their greatest dream every day was to go fishing and steal sweet potatoes from children. Born with an innate lie-flat immortal root, they were discovered by an elder of an immortal sect. Mistaking it for a peerless immortal root that had developed its own path, the elder took them back to the 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 A Young Lady's Secret Longing 闺秀情丝 [Romance + Secret Crush + Everyone’s Favorite + Political Scheming + Palace Intrigue] Zhou Jingxi was the beloved jewel of the Marquis of Beiwou. She was breathtakingly beautiful, brilliant, and gifted in both letters and martial arts. She excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and was a renowned talent. Countless noble young men had sent matchmakers to her, only to be turned away. In the eyes of the world, she was haughty and arrogant, and not a single young nobleman in the capita 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Cross-Dressing Star's Number One Fan 女装大佬的头号粉丝 [Two male leads + cross-dressing + sweet campus romance + secret crush comes true + both pure + mutual devotion] Flirtatious cross-dressing heartthrob on the receiving end × icy, jealous top student Chen Shuhan, a sweet boy in the fashion department, lives by one motto: “Cross-dressing is something you do either zero times or countless times!” After filling in at a cafe, he unexpectedly went viral for dancing to “Learn to Meow” in a lace dress. From then on, he was forced to keep it up and beca 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Tales of the Southern Dynasties 南朝异闻录 Jiang Ruobai is a network engineer who graduated from college two years ago. With the economy in a slump, his company puts him on the layoff list. Ruobai enters the freest period of his life, but while traveling and unwinding during his time off, he accidentally falls into Lake Tai. Unable to swim well, he loses consciousness. When he wakes, he finds himself in a place called the Southern Dynasty, where he experiences one bizarre event after another… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Human Survivors: A Collection of Fairy Tales 人类幸存者【童话集】 Who is the true survivor? The ageless performer onstage, or the audience that lives on forever below? Seen from above, the audience becomes part of the story too. In the very end, who is the survivor in this dreamlike illusion? This is an original work by Rabbit Vampire, now authorized for publication on Royal Road. Reproduction is permitted. All rights reserved. Infringements will be prosecuted. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Soul Tears 魂泪 Actor Xiao Shuhe × Sinner Yu Xi “Welcome to my script! I’m your host, TOPA. A warm welcome to my old friends as you enter this book. Now, turn the page and open the chapters written just for you. Follow the mission instructions and escape from the prison I’ve prepared with such care!” “We... have to survive!” “Get out of here quickly! TOPA is dead, and this script is about to collapse. If we don’t escape, we’ll all die here!” “Please... kill me... I can’t go on living. Hurry, kill me! Kill me!” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Love in the Courtyard: The Rogue Damao's Projection System 情满四合院：浪子大茂的放映系统 A modern-day corporate drone stays up late ranting about Xu Damao's ending in Love in the Courtyard, only to be struck by lightning and transmigrate into the body of a womanizing projectionist with the same name. He awakens the Future Movie Projection System: screening films from the future earns Popularity Points, while flirting with beautiful women (without going too far!) earns fragments of fertility remedies. That's right, he's going to cure infertility, win over Lou Xiao'e, and rewrite the 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 At Memory's End, the Lost Road Home 记忆之末，迷惘归途 (Dark suspense) + (memory erasure) + (a multi-path skill system), with a fresh setting. (Also known as Crimson Illusion: I Use Strategy to Break the Cycle.) Please, read a few more chapters. Once the story gets going, it’s amazing. The early chapters are just setup 😭😭😭 A pristine prison of illusions, a crimson ruler of reality, yesterday repeating without end, and a future stretching beyond the horizon. With his memories constantly crumbling, his pact hiding a betrayal, and reality shrouded in m 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Slay the Gods: In Costume, I Cut Down the Gods with My Sword 斩神：穿着戏服的我，剑斩神明 [Slaying Gods fanfic + God of Theater fanfic + Twelve Talismans + Six Braves + Wild and Satisfying Story + Action-Packed Opening + Suspenseful and Cerebral + No Angst x3 (Important enough to say three times)] A team of six, but somehow seven people appeared out of nowhere. So who exactly is the seventh person? Have you ever wondered how the stories continued along the other original timelines across billions of cycles? Have you ever wondered if the taciturn monk of fate left behind any other hid 732Reads—Score105Shelves
- 46 Born Exceptional 卿本卓然 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Apocalypse: I Just Want to Be with You 末日，我只想和你在一起 In a desolate world after the apocalypse, mutated creatures run rampant and human civilization has collapsed. Survivors struggle to stay alive in desperate circumstances. On this perilous journey through the apocalypse, can they find enough supplies and make it safely to Tianjing City? And how will they protect one another and keep hope alive in this cruel world? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Phoenix's Lament 凤泣凰 [Alternate history + xianxia fantasy + political intrigue + historical romance + heroes vying for power + country and people] A mutual journey of devotion and salvation between a general's orphaned daughter and an illegitimate son Set against a chaotic age, the male and female leads grow together. She was born into a general's family, but her father was killed on the border between two countries by a spy sent by the enemy kingdom to infiltrate their ranks. The spy fled into the depths of the for 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Chaotic Firmament: My Fateful Journeys with the Emperor 混沌苍穹，我与帝皇的宿命穿梭 (A weak System + Infinite Flow + a little Warhammer 40K + lighthearted + one female lead) (This is not an official novel or fanfiction. Although the story features a multiverse-travel System, the Emperor, that old geezer, and the Four Chaos Gods, who represent love and peace, will both be involved in the main quests from start to finish.) After Cui Ze unexpectedly obtains a System and begins taking on world quests, a teleportation mishap sends him to the Warhammer 40K universe. There, he “luck 511Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 To Hell with You! This Princess Is Taking the Throne 去你的吧，这龙椅该本公主坐了 [Reincarnated Before Birth + Empress + Childhood Sweethearts + Mutual Firsts + Height Difference + Nation-Building and Farming + Epic War] Reborn in the womb as a princess, all I wanted was to keep my head down. The noble clans bully my childhood sweetheart? Then I'll send their whole families to the grave. My dog of an emperor father wants to marry me off to secure his throne? I'll defy the decree and head north, then raze the Turkic royal court that meant to marry me as a wedding gift! With my 184Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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