Novels like Escape from Childhood Nightmares
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Escape from Childhood Nightmares, best match first.
- 51 My Spirit Beasts Slaughtered Their Way Through This Dark World 我的御兽杀穿了这个黑暗世界 [Beast Taming + Evolution + Otherworld + Academy + No Harem] Transmigration-style thinking + a high-martial-world-style otherworld + beast taming like Charm of Soul Pets + attaining the Dao like Shrouding the Heavens + survival like Humanity's Great Sage Otherworldly soul beasts are borrowing Blue Star to attain the Dao, and Blue Star is on the brink of disaster. At this critical moment of life and death, watch the protagonist fight for a chance to survive without any cheat abilities. 202Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Shocking! The Entire Legion Was Wiped Out, and I'm the Only Survivor! 震惊！军团全灭唯我独活！ [Reborn + No System + Powered Armor + Passionate Action + One Female Lead] Shocking! The entire legion was wiped out, and I was the only survivor! That man right there will reveal the whole secret to you. In his previous life, he was a soldier in the Imperial Guard. After returning to his hometown, he found his younger sister and fellow villagers slaughtered by exotic beasts. He fought the beasts and died on the battlefield. After death, his soul was reborn in what seemed to be a future world. W 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Tide of Pus 脓潮 [No System + No Rebirth + Hard-Core City Defense + Worldbuilding Foreshadowing] Low-level filth beasts shouldn't have eyes. Three days after he encountered one, people began dying in that city. His adoptive father pressed a pocket watch into his hand and managed to say just one thing: "Take this to Yunqi." Inside the watch was a secret that even monsters couldn't digest. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 I Didn't Want to Work in a Factory, So I Became a Security Guard 不想进厂打螺丝，选择干保安 Didn't Want to Work on an Assembly Line, So He Became a Security Guard 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 A Floral Tale of Fragrant Blossoms 芳菲馥郁花之物语 In a world of flowers, every blossom carries its own unique meaning, expressing a different kind of affection. Some are passionate, some pure, some noble, and some modest... Each blooms in its own distinctive way. The beauty of flower language lies in its ability to touch the softest places deep within us and help us find a place of peace. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong 甄嬛传：安陵容 The rating has only just appeared, so it’s low for now. Thanks for reading (❁´ω`❁) Note: If you’re a Zhen Huan fan, please don’t read. An Lingrong was reborn on her way to the selection ceremony. In this life, I won’t be anyone’s pawn, and I won’t let those who hurt me get away with it. Sister, in the world I hate most, you are the person I love most. 1.6kReads8.4Score103Shelves
- 57 A Young Rich Heir Falls for His Forty-Year-Old Tenant 年轻富少爱上四十岁租客 A Young Rich Man Falls for His Forty-Year-Old Tenant 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Everyone Sails the Seas? What a Coincidence, I'm a Sea Demon! 全民航海？巧了，我是海妖！ [Fresh Premise] [Wish Fulfillment] [Comedy] [All-New Setting] Nearly ten billion people around the world are transported in an instant to an unfamiliar place. There is no civilization, no order, only an endless blue ocean and the law of the jungle! Haoran, an ordinary office worker, lies down after being berated by his parents. But as he sleeps, he starts to suffocate. It turns out he’s transmigrated, along with everyone else in the world! [System prompt: A ship has been automatically selected f 340Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 59 I Devour All Things and Rise to the Top of the Heavens Through Feedback 吞噬万物我靠反馈登顶诸天 An overworked factory hand transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing disciple and awakens the Devour All Things System! Plants and herbs, pills, monsters and enemies, treasures and techniques: whatever he devours makes him stronger, letting him fuse them straight into Heaven-ranked martial skills and high-grade spiritual treasures! He hides his strength in the outer sect and trounces the sect’s geniuses. Eight grand elders compete to take him as their disciple and give him divine weapons 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Tower of Dark Dust and Bright Moon 暗尘明月楼 He spent his whole life achieving nothing, made it to the age of forty-nine, and then transmigrated. As if transmigrating weren't strange enough, he transmigrated into someone his own age. The average life expectancy in this world was only forty-eight, so he'd already lived to a ripe old age. Worse still, he had a whole family to support. In his new life, he had no official position or power, no land, and no money. He was dirt-poor, with nothing but the title of marquis to his name. The title wa 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 A Twenty-Year-Old College Student Falls for a Middle-Aged Security Guard 二十岁女大学生爱上保安大叔 A 20-year-old college student falls in love with a middle-aged security guard. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Tenth Day's End: A Troublemaker's Paradise 十日终焉乐子人 The End of Ten Days: Mischief Maker 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 A Gambling Addict's Return to the Right Path 一个网赌仔的浪子回头 A Gambling Addict's Turnaround —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Sister Ting's Love Story 婷姐的爱情故事 Sister Ting’s Love Story 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 The Great Dao From the Start: I'm So Bored! 开局大道：我好无聊！ [The Myriad Worlds + scheming + lighthearted comedy + loves making mischief + no female lead] What’s it like to become the Great Dao from the start? Su Nan can tell you: it’s worse than working 996! o(╥﹏╥)o After becoming the Great Dao, Su Nan was terribly bored, so he created clone after clone to explore the Myriad Worlds... Su Nan: “Explore what? Nobody’s allowed to go!!” Su Nan: “Who’ll play with me if you all leave!!!” Su Da: “Boss, I want to go.” Su Nan: “Take this flying kick!” Su Da: “Aah 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 The Gene Crucible: The Ancestral Devourer Wolf Gene 基因之锲：返祖噬神狼基因 [Over one million words, complete and guaranteed. The pacing is a little slow, but readers can dive in with confidence.] Every living creature in this world struggles to survive. The strong rely on their own power to dominate their territory, while the weak band together, making use of everything around them to stay alive. The difference between the strong and the weak is the divide between magical beasts and humans. In a world where countless races vie for supremacy, humanity has gained the abi 151Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 67 How Did My Precious Little Princess Run Off to the Modern World Again? 朕的宝贝小公主怎么又跑去现代了 (I wrote this myself too. It’s not AI-generated. The Qing dynasty, transmigration between ancient and modern times, adorable and cute, and the princess really is three years old.) The little princess accidentally transmigrates to the modern world through a portrait her mother had painted of her. There, she meets four handsome modern men. This adorable, soft-hearted little princess, only three years old, travels back and forth between the ancient and modern worlds. 700Reads8.0Score104Shelves
- 68 Oops, I Got Pregnant with a Random Guy's Baby 一不小心，怀上了路人甲的崽 (Complete) [Transmigrates into a Book + Villainess + One-Night Stand + System + Adorable Baby] Xu Zhaodi worked herself to death from overtime and transmigrated into a book as the villainess Nan Ruyan. She didn’t want to work hard, only to lie low and slack off. After learning she could live a long life, she started looking for loopholes in the plot so she could survive it. She was bound to a target she had to win over. She hadn’t even started pursuing him, yet her progress was already at 90%? T 1.8kReads8.3Score100Shelves
- 69 Together, We Conquer the World 倾尽天下携手山河 In the year 399, in beautiful Zhangjiajie, the Seven Swords, led by Hongmao, overcame countless dangers and finally joined their swords together, defeating Black-Hearted Tiger, the leader of the Demon Cult, and wiping him from existence. After the battle, the Seven Swords left Valley of Love's End with the Qilin and went their separate ways. Seven days later, a badly wounded young man slowly awoke in the Ten-Mile Gallery. With his awakening, the peaceful martial world fell into turmoil, as one d 153Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Demon Catcher of Great Qi 大亓捉妖人 Demons run rampant across Great Qi, bringing misery to the people. Ding Fan, a demon hunter in the Imperial Demon-Suppression Bureau, is driven by a deep-seated hatred of demons and travels far and wide to hunt them. At first, his cultivation is weak, and powerful demons often abduct him. Though danger lurks everywhere, he also encounters countless opportunities. He joins a sect, obtains a famed sword, and masters the Nine Swords of Tai Bai. From then on, he cuts down demons and cultivates along 3.8kReads9.2Score367Shelves
- 71 Urban Temptations: Love, Intoxicating as Poison 都市诱惑，人间中毒 Urban temptation, intoxicated by life. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Food Delivery Uncle Is Reborn as a Goddess 外卖大叔重生成女神 After his business failed at fifty, Wang Defa became a delivery driver and got into a car accident. He bound to a down-and-out Sumeru Mustard-Seed System and was reborn in a young girl's body. In the end, Wang Defa accepted his new reality, cast off the shackles of his former life, became a scheming green tea beauty, joined a sect, and set out on the road to a comeback. 133Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Keep Sleeping, Don’t Wake Up 继续睡，不要醒 [Infinite Dreams + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Horror + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Bizarre + Romance + Sophisticated] Lin Du has been dreaming ever since he was born. He often wakes with a start in some strange room and desperately flees to a subway station, only to discover that his every move is being livestreamed and everyone is watching. When he rushes out of the subway, he finds himself sitting in a car with no end, where every passenger is horrifyingly strange. The car stops at one st 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 My Deskmate Is Actually the Crown Prince of the Capital's Elite Circle! 我同桌，竟是京圈太子爷！ [Two male leads + school life + coming of age + secret crush + mutual devotion] [Shameless young master relentlessly pursues aloof academic ace] Ding is sent by his dad to an ordinary school to experience life. On the very first day, he falls out with Dai, but the teacher assigns the two of them to sit together 563Reads—Score107Shelves
- 75 I Cultivated in the City Until I Reached the Immortal Emperor Realm 我在都市修行到仙帝境 [A reborn Immortal Emperor returns to Earth, only to become the Third Human Emperor! One sword strike severs three hundred thousand years!] The greatest Immortal Emperor of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands was betrayed and had his soul refined by the Imperial Sovereign! Yet a wisp of his shattered soul awakens inside the body of a young Earthling, Ye Haotian. Even more astonishing, the blood of the Human Ancestral Dragon flows through his veins. He is the very Third Human Emperor foretold by Ying 253Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Awakening Superpowers: Blade Shadow War Soul 异能觉醒：刃影战魂 The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Derivation forty-nine, and man escapes through the one that remains. All things have a glimmer of hope. Lin Ye has just graduated and entered the workforce when, one day, he is suddenly attacked by an unknown assailant. On the brink of death, Lin Ye awakens a supernatural ability: with his naked eye, he can visualize his opponent’s attack trajectory in midair. After successfully evading one attack with this power, he is beset by more attacks, each stronger, m 368Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 77 I Want to Be Rich 我要做个有钱人 In 2023, Lin Hua was buried in debt because of the mask shortage during the pandemic. While hiking on Baiyun Mountain, he heard a debt collector harassing him over the phone. He accidentally fell from a high stairway near the summit and crashed into Chen Nan, a simpleton. Their souls switched bodies. There was no transmigrate, no System, no reborn, and no golden finger. It was simply an ordinary soul swap between two people, in a story of urban life, entrepreneurship, romance, and messy love and 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 All Forms Are Mine: The Way of the Master 万相唯我：师道天下 [Supernatural Powers + Boundless Imagination + Infinite Possibilities] All forms are born of the heart, and the Great Dao can only be walked by people. The sages of old proved the Dao through forms. One path opened the heavens, bringing freedom and ease. Hu Yan, bearing the karmic ties of two worlds, manifests countless forms in the mortal realm. He combines the supernatural arts of a hundred schools and creates boundless worlds. Every one of his disciples is extraordinary. His eldest disciple, 3.4kReads8.1Score319Shelves
- 79 Duchuan Agency 渡川事务所 The day Lu Jianxing receives his uncle’s final letter, there’s no vast inheritance waiting for him, just a yellowed IOU with his own name written in the debtor’s column. He hasn’t even figured out how to dodge the debt when his icy creditor shows up at his door. “Your uncle sold you to me.” So he goes. The agency called Crossing River is tucked beneath the shade of an old locust tree. It helps the restless dead fulfill the wishes they left unfinished. His new boss loves money more than life itse 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 A Guide to Everyday Life with Nonhumans 非人类日常注意事项 [Speculative sci-fi + urban + no System + one heroine + slice of life] After the world’s order collapsed and was rebuilt following the sudden appearance of monsters, an ordinary person who wanted nothing more than a quiet life gained the ability to turn into a monster. His everyday life was anything but ordinary. 25.9kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
- 81 It's You or No One, Even If I Have to Fight the Whole World! 非你不可，就算与全世界为敌！ You’re the Only One for Me, Even If It Means Defying the Whole World! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Rescuing Your Desert: I'm Your Guardian of the Galaxy 拯救你的荒漠：我是你的银河卫士 Saving Your Desert: I Am Your Galactic Guardian 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 I Regret Losing You 失去你，我追悔莫及 Without you, I regret everything. 122Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 The Missing Sister 消失的姐姐 The Missing Sister 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 How Could I Bear to Miss You? 怎么忍心错过你？ How Could I Bear to Miss You? 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 I Wish You Would Mend My Whole World 我多想你为我的全世界缝缝补补 He grew up in a completely free and open-minded family. Though his family was fabulously wealthy, he instinctively kept his distance from the glittering world. He wanted to find someone and build a life unlike his parents': simple and passionate. She was adorable and mysterious. He thought she was like a heroine from a martial arts tale. She told him, “The moment we met, my soul hugged you and said, ‘Please don't date anyone else.’” He told her, “Let's get married first, then fall in love.” What 38Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 87 From Hostage to Emperor for the Ages 从质子到千古一帝 Wei Huan, the ninth prince of Great Wei, was overlooked by his father. He volunteered to become a hostage in the state of Jin. After surviving countless life-and-death trials and experiencing one romance after another, he ultimately returned to Wei with the support of his many confidantes, brilliant strategists, and valiant generals. He ascended the throne, unified the realm, and became an emperor for the ages. This is not only a deeply moving, earth-shaking tale of love and passion, but also an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Imprisoned by a Yandere Young Lady, I Can Only Whimper 被病娇大小姐囚禁，我嘤嘤嘤 [Gender Bender + One True Pairing + Cuddling + Sweet Romance + The Ex-Chases-Her-to-the-Crematorium] [Useless Cute Little Girl x Scheming Older Woman] Jiang Xiaoyue transmigrates into a romance novel about a fake heiress and a real heiress, in the body of a little girl. To her surprise, she accidentally kisses her love rival right off the bat, then flees the scene. On her first day reporting to campus, she discovers that the other girl is actually her classmate, a cool, aloof, and cunning older 14.9kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
- 89 The Trouble-Making Disciple 惹祸的徒弟 Because of natural disasters, the people of Liangcheng in Tianguo suffer from severe hunger. With no choice but to leave their hometown to survive, they head for the prosperous capital. A mother and son cling to each other as they make the arduous journey of a thousand li. By the time they reach the outskirts of the capital, the unfortunate mother is on the verge of death from hunger. Looking at her young son, she hopes some kindhearted person will take him in so he won’t starve to death. After 1.7kReads6.9Score109Shelves
- 90 Dragon God Continent: I Know This World Inside Out 神龙大陆，这个世界我熟 [Passionate Legend + Game Enters Reality + Races Vie for Supremacy] In the year 3000 of the Blue Star calendar, a huge black rift appears in the sky above Blue Star. Hoping to discover why the black hole has appeared, countries across Blue Star send representatives inside. But they vanish without a trace, like stones sinking into the sea. Not until a year later, when Lin Changqing returns to Blue Star from the black hole with two babies, do people learn that a strange world lies within. But no o 8.4kReads8.3Score695Shelves
- 91 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
- 92 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves
- 93 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
