Novels like A Record of Strange Tales from Ancient Times
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Record of Strange Tales from Ancient Times, best match first.
- 1 The Yuan Family Pawnshop 元家当铺 Supernatural folklore + food + episodic cases + palace intrigue + ancient secrets + emotional growth In an alley deep in the heart of the capital lies a pawnshop. It takes more than gold and silver: it accepts your memories, love and hate, luck, and years of life. The owner appears to be a gentle cook, but she is actually the pawnshop’s guardian, versed in the forces of yin and yang. With a pot and spatula, she can make spiritual dishes that soothe restless souls, or simmer the deepest desires o 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Mysterious Case Special Unit 9 诡案特九组 Adapted from real cases. The first thing you do when you start working as a police officer is pay respects to Zhong Kui? If you're going to do things like that, I'm wide awake now. Demons, monsters, ghosts, goblins, sorcerers, and evil spirits: anyone who commits evil will be arrested. One bizarre, worldview-shattering mystery after another follows in quick succession. This work was created after more than 20 years of research. It once attracted attention as a comic, and also caused trouble, but 6.7kReads8.2Score77414d adds
- 3 Heaven Won't Let the Fox Clan Ascend, So I'll Defy Fate 天庭不许狐族飞升，我偏要逆天命 The Heavenly Court forbids the fox clan from ascending. I'll defy fate and ascend anyway. 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 May You Be Safe for the Rest of My Life 蛊尽余生许君安 With Gu Left in This Life, I Wish You Peace 19Reads—Score214d adds
- 5 New Era Police: The Special Informant 新时代警察之特殊线人 In his reckless youth, Wang Qin got caught up in a baffling case after committing theft and was sentenced to life in prison. He thought he would grow old and die behind bars, until one day a classmate who had become a police officer came looking for him. His fate changed from that moment on. He became an informant for the police and began a life on the fringes of the dark underworld. 4.3kReads8.9Score30414d adds
- 6 My Best Friend's Scheme Failed, and I Became the CEO's Beloved 闺蜜设局失败，我成了霸总心上人 My Best Friend's Scheme Failed, and I Became the CEO's Beloved 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 7 After Learning I'm a Divine Maiden, the Clan Chief Regretted It Too Late 知晓我是神女后，族长他悔疯了 After learning I was the Goddess, the clan chief regretted it bitterly 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Married a Spoiled Playboy from the Mortal Realm, Only to Discover He Was a Heavenly God 嫁给凡间纨绔，不料他是天界上神 She married a spoiled young noble from the mortal realm, only to discover that he was a High God from the Celestial Realm. 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Play Dirty in the Immortal Heroic World 我在仙侠世界打闷棍 Zhao Fantian, a security guard famously known as a good-for-nothing, is forced to transmigrate into a world of immortals after performing a heroic deed. The worst fate most people face when they transmigrate is starting out with just a dog. But he starts out in a situation that means certain death. Where are the legendary old masters and golden fingers? Even worse, he discovers that he has transmigrated into a book, and apparently it’s a horror novel. In a world where fox spirits are everywhere 6.8kReads8.8Score55614d adds
- 10 The Eerie Carver 诡雕 The sequel to this book, Strange Carvings 2, is now being written. It picks up seamlessly from where this story ends, so read on with confidence. A world of evil gods, demons, and strange creatures. One dynasty gathers the people's hearts, hopes, and will into the nation's fortune and dragon qi, then uses them to forge a divine artifact that protects the realm and safeguards humanity. Cultivators use their souls as a foundation, casting spells through objects and commanding supernatural power. M 2.4kReads8.8Score15014d adds
- 11 The Beautiful Leader's Personal Secretary 美女领导的私人秘书 [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] By chance, Zhao Ming saved the life of a divorced female mine manager. She offered him a permanent position, a promotion to supervisor, and even her beautiful daughter’s hand in marriage. Zhao Ming shook his head. No, plenty of people are after me. I can’t hang myself from just one tree. His new book, The Wealthy Family’s Dad, is now a hit! Same modern setting, a whole new kind of excitement. Readers are welcome to check it out. 8kReads9.0Score86614d adds
- 12 Journey to the West: I Begin as the Emperor of All Demons 西游：我万妖之皇开始 There’s a group of little monsters in the mountains: loyal, and tough as nails. The story of an ordinary little monster who leaves the Hundred Thousand Mountains... Are monsters who come out of the mountains really all this fierce? Sometimes I really admire you little mountain monsters. You’re willing to risk your lives just for a bite to eat. 4.8kReads8.6Score47914d adds
- 13 The Wine Gourd Talisman 酒壶箓 [Charming, sweet young heiress VS scheming Taoist who dotes on his wife] [A formidable pair | Mutual attraction | Mysticism and demon-hunting | Sweet, swoony romance] The Taoist next door kept making me run into ghosts. Later, he became my husband. My name is Jing Shu. A handsome young Taoist moved in next door and became the adopted son of the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Eunuch. When we first met, he chopped down my peach tree, said my star of romance was in the ascendant, and told me I was about to 992Reads9.1Score18714d adds
- 14 Moonlit Shadows, Clear as a Dream 月影浮生，清如梦 Moonlight on a Floating Life, Clear as a Dream 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 My Black Impermanence Can Beat Ghosts to Tears 我家黑无常，能把鬼打哭 [One female lead, no harem, one flip-flop to conquer the ghost realm] Guys, you won't believe this. I rescued the campus belle from my school in a pitch-black alley. She said she was the King of Hell, and that she'd come to the human world to toughen up because she was afraid of ghosts. She also said supernatural horrors were descending, the whole world was haunted, and she was going to appoint me as the Black Impermanence. What should I do? Asking online, and it's kind of urgent. … 1.2kReads9.1Score14414d adds
- 16 Those Years I Was the Big Brother 我当的哥那些年 Yang Rui, a struggling online novelist, applied to become a Didi rideshare driver so he could make ends meet and stop sponging off his parents. He thought it would just be a way to earn some extra money, but he never imagined that over the years he spent behind the wheel, he'd enjoy one stroke of good luck after another and meet benefactors who would help him rise... 192Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 17 Pisces: We Refused Meng Po's Soup and Stayed Together for Ten Lifetimes!!! 双鱼：拒饮孟婆汤，我们十世都在一起！！！ Pisces: We refused Meng Po's soup and stayed together for ten lifetimes!!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Bloody Romance: On the Road 血色浪漫之在路上 The romance of the powerful, the bloodshed of the common folk. I’m still young, and I long to set out, carrying my original passion with me as I search for my original dream and seek out new experiences. Come on, let’s hit the road! 17.7kReads9.2Score88414d adds
- 19 After Exposing My Drama Queen Roommate's True Colors, She Became Well-Behaved 揭露作精室友真面目后，她变乖了 After exposing her nightmare roommate for who she really was, she started behaving herself 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 My Drama King Boyfriend Set Me Up to Force a Wedding, So I Sent Him to Jail Instead 戏精男友设局逼婚，我反手将他送进局子 My Dramatic Boyfriend Set Me Up to Force Me into Marriage, So I Turned the Tables and Had Him Thrown in Jail 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Won a Sect Leader Husband with a Roasted Sweet Potato 我用烤红薯拐了个掌门夫君 I Won a Sect Leader Husband with a Roasted Sweet Potato 266Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Underworld of a Small Town 小镇江湖 Summer, 1997. Chengxiang Town, Sichuan. Chen Dong, a young hoodlum, guarantees a loan for someone and ends up owing thirty thousand yuan, unaware that it is all a trap set by Bai Laosan. What Bai Laosan wants is the storefront his family owns in the heart of the old-town redevelopment zone. Lawyers, police officers, and thugs armed with paint take turns showing up at his door... With nowhere left to turn, Chen Dong clings to one stubborn belief: the shop is the last spark he can give Ye Qiong, a 41Reads—Score10614d adds
- 23 I Cut Off a Toxic Romance and Enter a Taoist Temple to Become a Plum Blossom Fairy 怒斩孽缘，我入观修成梅花仙 I Cut Off My Ill-Fated Romance and Entered a Taoist Temple to Become a Plum Blossom Immortal 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Officialdom: Starting as a Village Official 官途：从村官开始 (Period setting + urban + farming + no wish fulfillment) Wang Xinghan is reborn in 1990. In his previous life, he was a successful businessman, but he always felt that something was missing. Faced once again with a choice between government service and business, he finally understands that sharing joy is better than enjoying it alone. He resolutely chooses a career in government. This time, he'll turn his ideals into reality, bring prosperity to the people, and help them live in peace and conten 1.7kReads9.3Score20014d adds
- 25 I Died the Day He Decided to Abandon Me 我死在他下定决心要抛弃我的那一天 I died on the day he made up his mind to abandon me. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Am Not a Paper Spirit 我不是纸仙 A paper effigy is made by folding paper into the shape of a person, so it can take on another's sins, endure their punishment, and bear the consequences of their karma. I was an orphan from a young age, adopted by my master. He was a paper effigy maker, and when I was nineteen, I learned his craft. That set me on a road of no return and turned me into a jinx. Before long, I brought about my master's death. Through one mistake, I turned a “Lovers' Fold” into a “Life-Damaging Fold,” creating a pap 50Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 27 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Hit Me 我真没想中奖却被10亿大奖砸中了 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Fell into My Lap 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 After I Chose Divorce, My Wife Regretted It 我选择离婚后，老婆她悔疯了 After I Chose Divorce, My Wife Regretted It Too Late 295Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Whole Sect Is Chewing Tree Bark, and You Say Spirit Rice Yields Thirty Thousand Pounds Per Acre? 全宗啃树皮，你说灵稻亩产三万斤 After transmigrating into the body of a destitute sect leader buried under a debt of thirty million spirit stones, he finds that the entire sect has only one little disciple left, so hungry he's chewing tree bark. Chen Mo looks at the mutated spirit rice in his storage space, yielding thirty thousand jin per mu, and smiles. “Let's start with a small goal: making sure everyone in the sect has enough to eat.” Three months later, Qingyun Sect is making a million spirit stones a month selling spirit 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Red Mist Descends: The Star Abyss Rift 红雾降临，星渊裂隙 The Red Mist Descends, the Star Abyss Rift Opens 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I Love You So Deeply, So Sincerely 爱你那么深那么认真 I Loved You So Deeply, So Sincerely 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Traditional Chinese Medicine Gravekeeper 中医守墓人 The rating has only just opened, and it will gradually rise, so feel free to enjoy! [A book that will help you rediscover Treatise on Cold Damage] [No System, no cheats] Young miracle doctor Jiang Chen runs the old clinic his grandfather left behind, using his peerless medical skills to take the Chinese and Western medical worlds by storm. The old-school doctors in the field look down on him for being young, while Western medical bigwigs mock Chinese medicine as useless. One difficult case after 5.4kReads6.6Score74314d adds
- 33 Three Kingdoms: Your Majesty, Why Have You Rebelled? 三国：陛下何故造反 "No Harem" "Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel" "No Overwhelming Power Trip" "Enter at Your Own Risk" “My name is Dong Mo. One day ago, I was a well-rounded young man in the twenty-first century. One day later, I found myself in Luoyang on September 25, 189 AD. The man before me is my grandfather. His name is Dong Zhuo, courtesy name Zhongying. Three days from now, he'll do the idiotic thing of deposing Emperor Liu Bian and enthroning the Prince of Chenliu, Liu Xie. To prevent history's tragedy from r 4.3kReads8.6Score38814d adds
- 34 Reborn in Another World as a Live-In Son-in-Law 魂穿异世成赘婿 Reborn in Another World as a Live-In Son-in-Law 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Zither Plays Without Cause, and the Emperor and His Consort Bleed Along the Road 锦瑟无端，帝妃喋血路 The Zither’s Strings Ring for No Reason, and Emperor and Consort Spill Blood Along the Road 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 She Doesn’t Want Eternal Life, She Only Wants Me 她不要永生，只要我 She doesn’t want eternal life. She only wants me. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Corpse on the Ground Has My Face 地上那具尸体长着我的脸 The corpse on the ground has my face 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn in 1982, I Ran Away from My Wedding 重生82，我逃婚了 Reborn in '82, I Ran Away from My Wedding 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.5kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 40 After My Younger Sister Died, I Became His Wife 妹妹死后，我成了他的妻 After my younger sister died, I became his wife. 324Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Global Blackout: Back to the Age of Cold Weapons 全球断电：重返冷兵器时代 [No System, no rebirth, no showing off and humiliating others, not a power fantasy. The story of an ordinary person surviving in a time of chaos.] When electricity vanished worldwide and gunpowder and fuel stopped working, Xia Zhi carved out a kingdom in the midst of chaos with nothing but a bow. With transportation and communications cut off, humanity's ambitions began to grow. Everyone wanted to be emperor; even a village chief dared to call himself king. Xia Zhi had wanted to stay home in the 6.3kReads8.2Score47014d adds
- 42 The Seventy-Two Transformations of Tiangang and Disha 天罡地煞七十二变 Demons run rampant, and ghosts devour people. Wild dogs dig up graves, fox spirits knock on doors, and eerie spirits wear painted faces! The calamity of heaven and earth has arrived, and all living things are as insignificant as ants. With a manual for slaying demons in hand, Jiang Chen will carve a brighter world out of this dark age! In this life, I ask nothing of the next. I seek only eternal life! 24.5kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 43 Transmigrate to the Tang Dynasty: From Good-for-Nothing Scholar to Pillar of the Nation 穿越大唐，从废柴书生到护国柱石 Transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty: From Good-for-Nothing Scholar to Pillar of the Nation 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Liu Ruyan's Bewitching Captive Love 柳如烟的蛊心囚爱 Liu Ruyan’s Enchanted Captive Love 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Brain-Computer Interface Doctor 脑机医生 Her ex-boyfriend sold the secret she had guarded most closely to secure an investment. When they broke up, he even threw this at her: “No man could put up with a woman like you.” Her father climbed the social ladder and asked for a divorce. As he left, he said only, “People who look ahead don’t turn back.” Everyone was certain Su Jianwei had lost her backing and was bound to fall sooner or later. But they forgot that she was a doctor in functional neurosurgery at Huaren Hospital, determined to t 4.2kReads6.4Score16.2k14d adds
- 47 Come to My Xifeng Stronghold 请君入我溪风寨 Please Come to My Xifeng Stronghold 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 After I Was Struck by Lightning, the Thunder God Fell for Me 遭雷劈后，雷神大人他对我心动了 After Being Struck by Lightning, the Thunder God Fell for Me 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Falling for Him at a Thousand Years Old 心动一千岁的他 The One Who Makes My Heart Flutter at a Thousand Years Old 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 My In-Laws Demand I Give My Younger Brother-in-Law Our Wedding Home on New Year's Eve? I Make the Whole Family Kneel and Beg for Mercy! 除夕逼我赠婚房给小叔子？我反手让婆婆全家跪地求饶！ My in-laws pressured me on New Year's Eve to give my brother-in-law our wedding home? I made the whole family kneel and beg for mercy instead! 28Reads—Score—14d adds
