Novels like Rule Horror: Survival Guide to the Criminal Hall of Fame
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Rule Horror: Survival Guide to the Criminal Hall of Fame, best match first.
- 1 Transmigrate into a Book: The Cannon-Fodder Girl Defies Fate 穿书八零：女炮灰逆天改命 [A school queen bee transmigrates into a book set in the 1980s. At first, she outsmarts the scheming green tea, awakens the male lead, wins over the second male lead, and reforms her mother-in-law. Later, she dives into business, brings the underworld to heel, and thrives in both the legal and illegal worlds, making her mark on the era.] [More than a story about transmigrating into a book and changing one's fate, this is a story of a woman's growth. Watch our strong female lead take the 1980s by 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Save the New World? Piece of Cake! 拯救新世界？不在话下！ Welcome to the [New World] Dear [Player] Come and embrace a new [Life] Face new [Games] Take part in cruelty and slaughter! Countless dead servants are waiting for you In this place that belongs to you alone: the “Land of Decisions” You’ll live a very good life here. I’ll take good care of your dear parents. Oh, your friends? I’ll make you forget them. As for you, take the [Crime] and run! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Immortal Path of the Heavenly Dragon 天龙仙途 In 3078, during a photon-collider experiment on Earth, a photon particle escaped and carried an AI through time and space to a cultivation kingdom. It entered the body of the fifth young master of the Spirit Taming Sect, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy he cultivated and leaving him branded a good-for-nothing. But as it continued to recharge, the AI eventually rebooted. From then on, it helped the fifth young master embark on a path to greatness, level up, and defeat demons and monsters 102Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 4 Like Fish, Like Dragons 如鱼如龙 One is Song Zhi, a down-and-out prince born to a Hu concubine, peerlessly handsome. The other is Li Qian, the chancellor's beloved son and the empress's younger brother, unmatched in his noble bearing. In an instant, the winds shift, the sun and moon seem to turn upside down, and the realm falls into ruin. The truth behind the national vendetta and their family feuds remains shrouded in mystery. Watch as the two solve strange cases together, hoping only that the realm may know peace and that tho —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Nine Lives of Tangerine the Cat: Finding You 猫咪橘子的九世轮回之找到你 I am Juzi the cat. In my first life, I helped my owner, but a villain tricked me. I was stuffed into a bag and beaten by several people, dying a gruesome death on the spot. My owner's anguished cries and desperate pleas could not save me, and so I left behind the person in this world who loved me most. Seeing what had happened to me, the Creator gave me a chance: if I traveled to another world and gathered five energy gems, I could open the Mirror of Rebirth and pass through it to reach the worl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Secret Crush Hides in the Moonlight 月光藏着我的暗恋 [A school-years secret-crush story] [A reserved, adorable top student × a gentle, shy girl who struggles with her studies] Love rises with the wind, but when the wind dies down, the longing remains!! Did he ever like her? If she had been a little braver, would he have liked her? The young girl’s feelings stay hidden between the pages of her textbooks. That unspoken crush becomes an unforgettable memory of my life!!! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Cultivating Immortality: My Master Is a High-Risk Occupation 修仙，师尊是个高危职业 Have you ever wondered? In that vast, boundless fairyland, sects stand everywhere. Even the most ordinary among them can command mountains and travel thousands of miles. The most powerful create worlds of their own, vanquish evil, quell disasters, and bring peace to the land. There, a farce of love and deceit unfolds. He asks in despair, “Where is my little junior brother?” There, it seems that a trace of warmth survives within the boundless world of immortal sects. He takes him home and gives h 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Little Noodle Shop at Jin Beibei's 金贝贝家的小面馆 The Little Noodle Shop at Jin Beibei's 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Midsummer That Doesn't Let Time Go to Waste 盛夏不负时光 If we had both been a little braver back then, would we have avoided missing out on all those years? Years later, when they meet again, Sheng Tianli’s gaze at Lin Zhixia carries a trace of sadness. But Lin Zhixia smiles and says, “Love isn’t about charging ahead alone. We met and parted during the best years of our lives so we could become better versions of ourselves, and have the confidence to stand by each other’s side.” “But the road I took to reach you was so long, so long. It feels like I 8Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 10 The Heavenly Hound Devours the Sun and Moon 天狗食日月 The Heavenly Dog devours the moon, the Heavenly Dog devours the sun. Do you know where this expression comes from? And there’s the famous Buddhist tale “Mulian Rescues His Mother.” This story is adapted from these legends. Come, let’s find out together! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Alone in This World 独身在世 How can a young man with no family, no support, and no knowledge of his origins go from a complete beginner to a top student at school? And how can he carve out a new life for himself in society? Who is he, really? When he learns the truth about his origins, how will he face it? Success comes from repeated failure. It's not that we're not good enough or not lucky enough; it's that we haven't worked hard enough! Keep it up, friends! Keep striving in your own real lives, too, and carve out a place —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Apocalypse: Blood Moon Descends, Tempering the Body in Lava to Survive 末世：血月降临，熔岩淬体求生 [Lone Wolf] [System] [No Female Lead] [No Harem] [Lava Ability] On the night the blood moon rose, the entire city became a zombie playground in a single night. Inside the shelter, Ye Chen risked his life by injecting himself with zombie serum. With a 70 percent fatality rate, he survived and awakened an earth-type ability. But that very day, the zombie horde broke through the wall. Second-order zombies slaughtered everyone, his companions died one after another, and his energy ran out. As a tent 11Reads—Score11214d adds
- 13 My Beauty Is Unmatched Under Heaven 朕的美貌天下无敌 My Beauty Is Unmatched Under Heaven 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Apostle of the Dragon Soul Continent 龙魂大陆使徒 Mo Yi, an outer disciple of the Mohist School, secretly learned the core of its mechanical arts. The family elders forced him to his death, but he unexpectedly entered another world under a different identity. This was a world ruled by dragons, with no magic or martial arts, but strange dragon souls and essences. Together, dragon souls and dragon essences formed what was known as the Soul Warrior path! When Mo Yi, carrying the Mohist School’s mechanical arts, arrives in this strange world, can h —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 15 Once, There Was a God 曾经有一个神 [Technology Meets Flesh] [Explosive Payoff in the Later Story] [Strong Female and Male Leads] [Survival War] [Lighthearted and Funny] [Vast Worldbuilding] [Cthulhu] [Disasters] [Plot Twists] [Insectoid Hordes] [Sweetness and Angst] [Wild Imagination] [Sci-Fi] [Romance] [A Touch of Horror] “Your existence is like the most special line of code in my program. Every time it runs, my ‘heartbeat’ goes out of control.” This is a plan for interstellar colonization. Humanity sets off on a long voyage, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Phoenixes Entwined, the Fate-Defying Demon Consort 凤凰交错，逆命妖妃 A car accident completely upended the fates of a man with an engineering background and a woman with a humanities background. The man became Chu Qianyue, a concubine of the young emperor, while the woman transmigrated into Emperor Xiao Yousheng. Their souls had switched bodies, but their genders were now completely different from their previous lives. With imperial power unstable, the emperor and his consort joined forces. Chu Qianyue disguised herself as a man and took on multiple identities to 11Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 17 I Tried to Give Up, But Things Didn’t Go as Planned 摆烂但是事与愿违 Girls, girls! It’s all girls! I, Lin Heitu, just want to slack off. What? You want me to spend time with the girls? Then I choose drifting a hearse, blowing myself up on the spot. Slacking off is the only way to go. But will things really go as smoothly as I expect? 216Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 18 Reborn, I Refuse to Chase the Ex Who Spent Four Years Pursuing Me 重生后我拒绝追了自己四年的前任 [Reborn + Entrepreneurship + Business Tycoon + Face-Slapping + Revenge + Reincarnation + Two Strong Leads + Dual Male Leads] An Xiaoxiao, born into an ordinary family, was drugged to death by a scumbag in her previous life. After being reborn, she completely changes her fate, becoming a leading scholar and a business tycoon. She unexpectedly meets Xiao Shiyu, the heir to a powerful family in the capital, and the two fall for each other. Just as she thinks this will be the happy ending of her new 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I'm a Security Guard in Heaven: I Alone Decide Who Becomes a God 我在天庭当保安：成神唯我说了算 (Invincible) (Lighthearted Comedy) (No Female Lead) (Security Guard) (Sun Wukong) (Yang Jian) (Heavenly Court) The gateway to the path of godhood, the route from the mortal world to the Heavenly Court, is a modern skyscraper. The Ascension Gate is on the top floor, while Chen An sits in the security office on the first floor. In his own eyes: a temp, slacking off and eating instant noodles until he gets fired. In the eyes of mortal cultivators: a hidden powerhouse, unfathomably deep. In the e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Lost Star Marks 失落星痕 In an age of splendid prosperity, beneath the star-studded sky, all living beings abound. Everything in this world that is alive is born to die. Each person’s life is like a script already foretold, playing out ever more intensely along a predetermined path until it reaches an unavoidable end. The world is ordinary, an age of human civilization. If ancient relics bear souls, then the chapters of fate are about to unfold. A life whose destiny has gone astray, pupils drained of starlight. History’ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Ailing Prince Ventures into the Jianghu 多病王爷闯江湖 While exploring the desert, Zhou Xiaoqi accidentally falls into a sand pit and unexpectedly becomes the chosen one of a mysterious research base, the first human to test a “time machine.” From that moment on, his fate, fortune, and luck in love all take a turn for the better... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Beast World: The Snake Husband Knows How to Flirt 兽世：蛇夫撩人 [Strong male and female leads + one-on-one romance + sweet love + beast world] M, an assassin from a mysterious organization, is betrayed by her partner. Ambushed during a mission, she is drugged, and her partner helps the organization hand her over to someone who has coveted her for a long time. To make a clean escape, M tosses a grenade before leaping out of a window. Who would have thought she would land right on top of a man? Her consciousness fading, M thinks she must be hallucinating. But 696Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 23 Whispers of the Fallen Dragon Star 龙陨星的低语 [No instant kills, no golden finger, no leveling System, no transmigration] [Just steel, gunpowder, faith, the Warp, and cultivation magic colliding] Lin Lan, a cultivator at the Deity Transformation stage, was struck by a tribulation bolt while breaking through his heavenly tribulation and ended up in Warhammer 40K, on the Imperium's remote planet, Dragonfall. What happens when a weakened cultivator faces a boltgun at point-blank range? What will happen when his once-elegant spells clash with 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Three Thousand Miles of Steel: A Machine Gunner’s Wartime Years 铁流三千里：机枪手的烽火岁月 In 1936, the Japanese captured him. In 1949, he picked up a machine gun and fought the enemy. In 1950, he crossed the Yalu River and used a machine gun to take on tanks. In 1997, leaning on a cane, he stood outside the county government offices for five days. In 2020, he brought Made in China to the world and crushed a century-old American company. Jin Yonghao's collar tabs, Li Xiangyang's glasses, Chen Shitou's certificate of merit: he took them all to his grave. Then he woke up and discovered 5Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 25 Ghost Story Survival Game: Starting at the Postpartum Care Center 怪谈生存游戏：从月子中心开始 [Rule Horror] + [Standalone short stories in separate volumes] + [Collection] + [Light thrills] + [First/third person] Have you ever wondered whether the world you take for granted is filled with invisible “rules”? When the blood moon rises, you receive a bizarre [New Student Handbook]. Every school rule is written in scarlet ink, and anyone who breaks one... will be “cleaned up.” When you walk into a 24-hour convenience store in the middle of the night, the [Employee Handbook] warns you that 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Dragon King: The Iron Throne 龙王：钢铁王座 It began with that iron throne and ended on this one. The anchor of time, the meeting ordained by fate, the final ending is already set. The story's journey there must still be thrilling. The old tyrant is dead; now it's our turn! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Northeastern Tales: The Shaman’s Heir 东北往事之萨满传人 Heaven’s secrets are revealed, calamity cannot be escaped, fate is set, and fortune follows its course. Some things can’t be said out loud, but I can’t keep them to myself. Today, I’ll take a chance and tell you about the many things in this world that defy explanation, yet truly exist… 539Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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—14d adds
- 29 The Sweet, Soft Educated Youth Is Irresistible 娇软知青最勾人 [Period Setting] [Both Leads' First Love] [Sweet Romance] [Building a Fortune] [No Rebirth] [No Golden Finger] A sweet, gentle yet stubborn educated youth vs. a blunt country boy who says one thing and means another Lin Shuwan secretly signed up to go to the countryside without telling her family. Everyone thought the delicate, soft-spoken girl would have a hard time in the countryside. Little did they know that Lin Shuwan would soon completely change their opinion of her. Lin Shuwan only wanted 799Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 30 Sword's Edge 剑端 A battle for the Holy Hall has raged for a thousand years. As the secrets of the fourteen holy swords are gradually revealed, the legend of the Sword Tomb Hall emerges. Former comrades turn against one another. Can newly formed bonds withstand the temptation of power? In this age of depleted spiritual energy, fate and ambition intertwine, and a struggle over the destiny of the cultivation world is unavoidable. The various factions are on the verge of a final confrontation in this age of depleted —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Ridiculous! The Whole Internet Calls Me a Has-Been, but I Reach the Top by Getting Cursed At 离谱！全网黑我糊咖，我靠被骂登顶顶流 Unbelievable! The whole internet calls me a washed-up nobody, but I became a top-tier star by getting roasted 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Early Spring Sunshine: Shang Zhitao Is Reborn and Gets Her Face-Slapping Revenge on Luck 早春晴朗之尚之桃重生打脸luck Bright Early Spring: Shang Zhitao's Rebirth and Face-Slapping Luck 104Reads—Score314d adds
- 33 A Knock at Midnight 午夜门响 The Door Rang at Midnight 8Reads—Score214d adds
- 34 White Tiger Calamity: The Ten Divine Records 白虎劫：十神录 “The deadliest poison in this world is the human heart; the sharpest sword is cause and effect.” White Tiger City, a mighty fortress forged by divine power and war. Within its walls lie the legends of the Ten Imperial Princes; beyond them, foreign tribes watch hungrily. Li Danggui, a boy who grew up in an apothecary, has a divine power sleeping within him called “Averting Calamity.” It lets him bear another’s disaster, but only by making himself pay the price. Ning Fu, a cold and distant general 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Three Days After Being Reborn, I Blew Up My Doomsday Social Circle 重生三天后，我炸了末世朋友圈 Three Days After I Was Reborn, I Blew Up My Apocalypse Moments —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Three Days After Being Reborn, the Apocalypse Exploded 重生三天后末世爆了 The Apocalypse Broke Out Three Days After I Was Reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Battle Through the Heavens: The Emperor's Path Burns the Sky 斗破苍穹之帝路焚天 Battle Through the Heavens: The Emperor's Path Burns the Skies 943Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Horror Livestream: The Unhinged, Amnesiac Beauty Gets Fooled Again 惊悚直播：疯批失忆美人又被画饼 The rating was just posted; it may go up later. [Infinite flow, 1v1 male leads, evenly matched, hilarious wish-fulfillment story] [Unflappable psycho on the inside X nonstop flirtatious banter on the outside]→ Both are sharp-tongued!! -- From the bottom’s POV As a Bug split off from the Main System, it gained self-awareness and merged with a beauty NPC from a certain dungeon game. Since this Big Bug knew the script, the helpless Main System wiped its memories and tossed it into an infinite-flow 6Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 39 The Demon Lord Sacrifices Himself to the Three Realms to Win Back His Wife 魔尊为了追妻拿自己献祭三界 He shattered a realm for her, and guarded a realm for her. In the first life, he was a young general who had distinguished himself protecting the emperor. She was an upstart who'd kicked her way to fame in the capital, taking up armor and sword for wealth and status. He died tragically amid court intrigues, while she waited for him all her life. In the second life, she was a fox who stayed by his side, accompanying him through both his rise and his lowest moments. Only when he died was she not t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Sora’s House 索拉的房子 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Blood Moon, Ashen Flame: I Command the Nine Luminaries 血月烬火，我掌九曜 Blood Moon Fantasy. A parallel world, parallel year 2025, the Ghost Festival. The sky is unusually clear. That night, a huge red moon suddenly appears across the globe. Another blood moon? Another great cataclysm? Is the parallel universe being reshuffled once more, fragments piecing together to form a new world? Parallel year 2025, Ghost Festival. The blood moon returns. The sky is crystal clear, but a red moon suddenly appears across the globe, and an ancient prophecy comes true: “When the blo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Return of the Beast Star: The Mecha Queen Nine-Tails Is Unbeatable 兽星归来，机甲女王九尾无敌 This is a galaxy where mecha are the norm, and the Landa Galaxy is poor and chaotic. At five years old, the heroine has an E-grade genetic rating. Her younger sister, Mo Xinxin, often bullies her, and Sam constantly berates her. Then she unexpectedly meets the male lead, “Awu,” and learns to stand up for herself. Later, Awu leaves, and she suffers through one hardship after another, from being framed by her sister to being adopted and then abandoned. By chance, she undergoes a beast transformati —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Farming? No, I'm Building a Financial Empire in Ancient Times! 种田？不，我在古代搞金融！ Shen Yanshu, a certified public accountant, suddenly dies and awakens in the northwest of the Great Yin dynasty, where she becomes an orphan with no one to rely on. A dilapidated thatched hut, a vicious uncle pressing her for money, and not a penny to her name. She has no miraculous advantage, only modern financial know-how. She earns her first capital selling goods from a stall, then opens a money exchange and builds an ambitious chain of exchange houses along the northwestern frontier. 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 After a Tumultuous First Half of Life, I Never Expected Both My Parents to Be Kings 颠沛流离前半生，没想到父母双王 [Trials] + [Oppressive] + [Both Parents Are Powerhouses] + [Fleeing] + [Extremely Slow Pace] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Multiple Races] The pace is incredibly, ridiculously slow. Maybe I just can't write fast-paced stories, so please be patient! 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn as Cannon Fodder in a Palace Intrigue Novel, I Turned the Noble Consort into the Kneeling Consort 穿成宫斗文炮灰，我把贵妃改成了跪妃 Reborn as a Cannon Fodder in a Palace Intrigue Novel, I Turned the Noble Consort into a Kneeling Consort 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Script Says: The Villainess Is Having Another Social Death Today 剧本说：恶毒女配今天又社死了 The Script Says: The Villainess Has Embarrassed Herself Again Today 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 47 The Top-Tier Star Is Face-Slapping Again Today 顶流她今天也在打脸 The Top-Tier Star Is Face-Slapping Again Today 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 48 Tales from the 1980s: Starting with Breaking Off the Engagement 八零记事：从退婚开始 Memories of the Eighties: Starting with a Broken Engagement 18Reads—Score114d adds
- 49 The Arrow of Time 光阴的箭 The mountains are high and the rivers long, and the road through the martial world stretches far, but one day we will meet again. All things move through endless cycles of renewal. Mountains rise, streams flow, and birds sing. A new beginning has arrived, and the next chapter of his story is unfolding. An ending does not have to mean the end. His name is Lu Jian. Jian, as in “simple.” An event five hundred years ago led him to choose nirvana. Now, returned from that rebirth, he shines once more 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Turnaround Memoirs of Cai Gen 菜根逆袭回忆录 Half a lifetime gone, my heart is calm as still water. Dreams rise and desires fade; success and failure come to the same end. At ease through fortune and adversity, I quietly watch the tides rise and fall; Fearless of gain or loss, I talk of life's dawn-to-dusk toil and rest. A novel exploring human nature and the clash of different ways of life. The Ming dynasty thinker Hong Yingming once said, “To forge a character of pure gold and flawless jade, one must temper it in raging fire. To accompli —Reads—Score—14d adds
