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- 1 I Run a Coffee Shop and Work Part-Time for the Underworld 我开咖啡店，顺便给冥府打工 The Elk Coffee Shop has one rule: anyone who comes in after midnight isn’t alive. A water ghost orders an iced Americano without ice, saying it was always his favorite when he was alive. A boy who died in a car accident spends seven days’ worth of merit just to buy a cup of hot milk for the mother who cried all night outside the operating room. By day, Liu Ran sells coffee to the living; by night, she runs errands for the dead, earning a warm stream of merit to mend the piece of her immortal bon 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Subject Number Five 第五号猎物 Touch a dead person’s belongings, and replay the final thirty minutes of their memories. Every time, you gamble with your life. Three years ago, his fiancée died in an “accident.” After replaying a corpse’s memories, he discovered the killer had been by her side all along, three years ago. [You are the fifth target.] The first four are all dead. His mentor has spent thirty years researching mental energy. His fiancée had an exceptionally high concentration of mental energy. A person know —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 My Years as a Princess Regent 我当监国公主的那些年 [A powerful heroine and political intrigue; a story of growth; a fictional mid-to-late Ming-inspired era; nation-building; two strong leads; building a career.] [The male lead appears late, and the romance begins late. This can pretty much be read as a no-romance story.] Wei Zhuang, a princess who had transmigrated to the Great Xia dynasty twenty years ago and spent her days lying flat, is struck by sudden upheaval. Her father and brothers are dead, her nephew is still a child, and fate pushes h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Stealing His Wife! The Mad Powerbroker Woos His Beautiful Bride Night After Night 夺妻！疯批权臣夜夜诱哄美娇娘 [Possessive Love, Mutual Firsts, One-on-One, Happy Ending] [Gorgeous Foodie Little White Rabbit × Unhinged, Rugged Powerful Official] [Forced Love + The Ex’s Regret] The granddaughter of the former dynasty’s Imperial Tutor, yet she lived as a nobody in the Lin residence. Lin Baozhu didn’t mind. After all, she’d inherited her family’s carefree, thick-skinned nature. Thrown into a ruined temple on a rainy day? No problem. She’d simply rescue a seriously injured, handsome yet tragic bandit leader. 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Scapegoat on the Autopsy Table 解剖台上的替罪羊 The Scapegoat on the Autopsy Table 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 She Risked Her Life to Help Me Escape That Village 她用命换我逃出那个村子 She gave her life so I could escape that village. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Your Majesty, I Want to Be a Treacherous Consort 陛下，臣妾要当奸后 Your Majesty, This Consort Wants to Be a Wicked Empress 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Echoes of Blood 血字残响 A plain silver band links a bloody, unsolved case spanning twenty-seven years. A family slaughtered on a rainy night, power that reaches the heavens, and a revenge plot that leaves him transformed from victim to prisoner. Fine scratches serve as evidence, skin flakes as proof. Every crime hidden in the darkness will eventually be exposed in the sunlight. The last echoes of blood-written words fade, and justice finally finds its way home. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Clouds Return 阙云归 A frosty blade hidden in her sleeve, her delicate hands turning the tides. When Zhou Shuyun was young, the final copper nail was driven into her mother's coffin. From then on, the deep and secluded mansion became a prison. She tread carefully at every turn, yet was still driven to the brink. She could either become a pawn in a marriage alliance or die amid the schemes and secrets of the inner household. But she was determined to fight for a way to survive, honing her edge in blood and fire. She —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The CEO, Top-Tier Star, and Rich Heir Are All Waiting for Me to Divorce 总裁顶流富一代等着我离婚 The CEO, the top-tier star, and the rich heir are all waiting for me to divorce him. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Two-Sided Mirror: Blossoming in Secret 双面镜：暗自生花 A crime story grounded in reality [Suspense + twists]. A carefully orchestrated game of murder begins in secret. Behind the mask, is someone hunter or prey? When the perfect facade falls away, what emerges is hidden evil and a cold reckoning. Some seek the truth, while others lay traps. At the edge of the abyss of desire and revenge, anyone could be a pawn, and anyone could be the one moving the pieces. One wrong step, and there is no coming back. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Cold Fox Bones: Spring with Embroidered Uniforms and Blades 青狐骨冷：锦衣绣刀春 A frail, sickly fox-like beauty × a ruthless, cold-hearted, money-loving Embroidered Uniform Guard Investigations + everyday life + mutual teasing + secret devotion Guo Ke: Frail and sickly, with a fondness for smiling. When she gets close to the truth, she unconsciously smiles like a little fox. She loves blue-green clothes and wears her long hair loose. (Lu Bing always says she looks like a female ghost.) Lu Bing: Ruthless and cold-hearted, walking the line between good and evil. Their unspoke 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Red Conspiracy: Echoes from the Abyss 红色迷局:深渊回响 The Red Conspiracy: Echoes of the Abyss 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 After Divorcing Him, the Demon God Descended Upon My Home 休夫后，魔神大人降临我家 After Divorcing Her Husband, the Demon God Descends Upon My Home 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 I Attract Evil, So I Married a General Who's a Walking Calamity 招邪的我嫁了个将军煞星 This is my story: My name is Pei Heng. I was born on a yin year, yin month, and yin hour. My father said that my birth had killed the wife he loved. After my aunt took her place, I said I could see ghosts when I was five, and they locked me away as a monster. When I was seventeen, I was sent away as a pawn, and my life took a new turn... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Transmigrated to a Famine Year, and the Powerful Minister Wants to Force His Love on Me? 穿越灾年，权臣想对我强制爱？ [Transmigration + strong female lead + power struggles + System + alternate history + reincarnation] [A resilient farmer girl VS a sharp-tongued but soft-hearted nobleman] [The leads never misunderstand each other; they both know how to ask questions] Save a nobleman, only to get stuck with him? Zhang Xiaoliu: You can keep that kind of luck! To survive a famine in ancient times, Zhang Xiaoliu has no choice but to sell herself into servitude! On the way to her older sister’s homecoming banquet, s 4Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 17 What If I Were Cannon Fodder in a Mystery Novel 如果我是悬疑文炮灰 If I Were a Cannon Fodder in a Mystery Novel 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 After My Kingdom Fell, I Tamed the Tyrant with Sweet Talk 亡国后，我靠撒娇驯服暴君 She was a tribute consort sent by a fallen kingdom. In front of everyone, the new emperor coolly remarked, "She's nothing but a plaything." They laughed at her, certain she would wither away in the depths of the palace. Little did they know that every night she clung to his imperial robes and whispered, "Your Majesty, I'm cold..." Later, courtiers were stunned to see the tyrant himself peel grapes and feed them to her, softly coaxing, "Good girl, try one more." In the deathly silence of the hall —Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 19 My Sister Had a Birthday Party and Wedding Anniversary Gala, So I Ripped Her Dress to Shreds 妹妹生日派对加结婚周年纪念晚会，我把她礼服直接撕烂 I tore her dress to shreds at my sister's birthday party and wedding anniversary celebration 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 He Called Me Filthy and Said He Didn't Know Me, So I Livestreamed His Voice Messages with His “Little Sister” 他说我脏说不认识我，我就把他和“妹妹”的语音直播了 He said I was dirty and claimed he didn’t know me, so I livestreamed his voice messages with his “little sister.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 A Dark Kiss Beneath the Deep Lake 深湖之下的暗吻 On the glittering annual gala night at Xingguang Group, senior finance executive Lin Wei “accidentally” falls into a lake and dies. While sorting through her belongings, her younger sister Lin Yue finds a bloodstained encrypted USB drive. On the night she died, her sister sent one last message: “They’re here.” Lin Yue’s investigation hits a hidden reef. Witnesses are silenced one after another, and every lead is cut off. Then Song Feng, just back from studying abroad, enters her life with perfe 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 No Snow at Dawn 黎明没有雪 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Heartbeat Concerto 心跳协奏 There are two kinds of people heart surgeon nurse Lin Xue wants nothing to do with in this life: police officers, and people even more stubborn than police officers. When Lu Jun, deputy captain of the criminal investigation squad, bursts into her emergency room with a gunshot wound, the two become one. He investigates cases with decisive efficiency, yet cannot understand why she resents the badge. She stitches wounds with calm professionalism, yet cannot escape the truth closing in as he reopens —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Shen Family Daughter Clause 沈氏女儿条款 In the depths of winter by the sea, due diligence tears open a breach in the Shen Group. An intern named Li Li joins the risk-control team, but her goal has nothing to do with her resume: she wants to find her adoptive father, Li Shouyi, who has been missing for three years. All she has is an iron box, a string of numbers, a key, and an old index deliberately "sealed away." The deeper she digs, the more she realizes she hasn't stumbled upon a family matter, but an old ledger written into proced 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Splendor of Daying 大瀛风华 (Dual transmigration, ensemble cast, slow burn, slice of life) A couple argues on a bridge, then transmigrates together. Transmigrating as the crown princess, Zhao Mingxi discovers that her family were invaders. Three hundred years ago, the Yuan clan crossed the sea from Dongying, slaughtered the people of Shenzhou, and secured their rule. Now she sits in court, facing pressure from the noble families to abdicate and being mocked with the claim that “a woman is unfit to be heir.” As she looks —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Every Beginning Has a Cause, Every Rebirth Its Consequence 终始有因，轮回有果 This is a mystery novel. There is no paranormal content. The 1997 Asian financial crisis had a severe impact on every aspect of life for the people of Thailand. As the financial tycoon Soros plundered the economy, a series of stories that should never have happened began to unfold. Their effects can still be felt today. This novel follows two high school students whose misguided actions during the financial crisis set off a chain reaction, ultimately leading to a terrible catastrophe. Even twent 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Jerk Wants to Apologize? Get in Line, You Don't Get a Turn. See You in Court. 渣男想道歉？排队都轮不到你，进局吧 That scumbag wants to apologize? Get in line, you don't stand a chance. Off to the station with you —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Tales from the Tranquil Heart Teahouse 清心茶馆故事 In certain corners of this city, a saying has made the rounds: “If you’re out of options, if the truth you’re searching for has sunk without a trace, go to the Qingxin Teahouse and find Mr. Zhou.” This is the last stop for the lost, a crossroads of secrets. By day, it welcomes ordinary tea drinkers and offers a taste of life in all its variety. By night, it lights a solitary lamp for those shrouded in darkness. Whether it’s a bizarre disappearance, a business conspiracy, or a long-buried cold ca 1.8kReads8.4Score167Shelves
- 29 I Wield the Power of Time and Become a True Goddess 掌握时间之力的我做真神女 [Alternate-universe mystery] [Mild horror] [Case-of-the-week] The Moon-Gap Mirror, a mirror that can control time. When its fragments scatter across the world, what will those who briefly gain its powers use them for? To kill? To save someone, or to fulfill a small, lingering wish? Gather the fragments one by one and piece together the truth from ten years ago. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Disfigured 破相 A mysterious new tenant moves into the apartment above Xu Ying. He leaves early and comes back late every day, sometimes making a terrible racket in the middle of the night. Yet Xu Ying doesn’t seem to mind. Lin Qiao, a young detective, has been haunted for years by the suspicious suicide of his younger sister, Li Wen. His investigation has recently made a breakthrough, but at the same time he has found himself in another predicament. Ten years after Li Wen’s death, another woman’s body is disco 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Stealing Fortunes and Seizing Destiny? I'm Heaven's Own Daughter 抢机缘夺气运？我是天道亲闺女 Shen Xiangling is a lucky girl of Great Zhou, born into nobility and blessed with peerless beauty. Her father commands the Six Ministries and wields immense power, while her mother is the legitimate daughter of a great clan, wealthy enough to rival a nation. Power, money, and beauty: things others can only dream of were hers from birth. Her first fifteen years went smoothly, and she was famous in the capital for being a little tyrant. Then one day, all sorts of inexplicable people began appearin 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Days of Solving Cases and Catching Ghosts at the Bureau 在有关部门破案和捉鬼的日子 Do you believe ghosts exist in this world? Sometimes the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts and monsters! We’re from a special government agency, and we deal with the paranormal incidents happening around you! Shh! Don’t say a word! 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Forensic Examiner of Relics: Every Cursed Object I Autopsy Weeps 遗物法医：我解剖的凶物都在哭 Forensic pathologist specializing in haunted relics, rule-based horror, relics taking human form, two powerful male leads, criminal investigations, mystery and horror, supernatural tragic romance, episodic wish fulfillment, fated entanglements, the unattainable first love, unresolved regrets, a tragedy from ten years ago, life-and-death protection, heartbreaking angst, every character gets a moment to shine 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Nice Try, I'm Still a Little More Toxic Than You 小样儿，姑奶奶还是比你毒了点 Nice try, kid. Your auntie is still a little more poisonous than you. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Seventy-First Knife Scar 第七十一道刀痕 The Seventy-First Knife Mark —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Codename: Number Seven 代号：第七号 At two in the morning, a young man with a high fever and convulsions was brought to the emergency room at the Third Municipal Hospital. His body was covered in purplish-red, netlike rashes; his pupils had shrunk to thin slits, and his neck was stiff as a board. Lin Shen, an attending neurologist, identified the illness within two hours: anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. He began treatment. The patient woke up, but the rash vanished completely overnight. Then his fever rebounded, followed by mania —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Crime Guide Group from the Start 开局犯罪指导群 When logic is the only weapon, who can glimpse the truth at the edge of the abyss in a maze woven from lies? On a rainy night in the old city, there is a corpse and a picture frame deliberately set straight. To criminal investigation captain Chen Xi, the evidence clearly points to a burglary. But to forensic evidence expert Lin Jianshen, it is a chilling ritual, meticulously staged. He never believes in coincidence. He trusts only the ironclad logic behind people's actions. The angle of a tilted —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Grand Tutor, Please Show Me the Ropes 国师大人，请多指教 On our wedding night, the Grand Preceptor handed me a set of “Guidelines for Working Together as Husband and Wife.” Rule One: Keep me company on the fifteenth of every month while I detox. Rule Two: Help me uncover the truth behind the massacre twenty years ago. Rule Three: Pretend to be a loving couple when necessary. Yan Simiao signed, thinking this was nothing more than a transaction. Until... When we were attacked during the spring hunt, he took an arrow for me. “My lady, Rule One of the con 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Sandalwood and Chilling Surprise 檀香惊寒 A level-headed, unhinged healer × a surly, cold-blooded young assassin Shen Tan is a wandering physician who specializes in difficult cases and making assassins fall for her. Xie Jinghan is the young master of an assassins' guild. He kills without blinking, and no one does anything about his insomnia. He comes to see her for treatment, and she gets an idea: use him to deal with her enemies. Everything goes smoothly, so smoothly that she starts to suspect a trap. And sure enough, it is a trap. Th 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Nothing Happened That Spring 春无事 [Newly prominent female tutor of two dynasties × incorruptible censor] Song Yisui has always been cautious about staying alive, asking for nothing more than to survive in a chaotic world. Yet she can't bear to leave someone to die, so she saves the destitute Jiang Jinhuan. In Yuezhou, Jiangnan, tea-scented hills stretch as far as the eye can see. With a young man's faint smile, they share a carefree time together. They meet again in the treacherous capital, where the former tea picker has becom —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Strange Tales of Jincheng 锦城异闻录 Shen Qingyi, the Dali Temple's foremost female junior minister, solves seemingly inexplicable cases to protect the peace of Jincheng. Then one day, a man named Jiang Che is parachuted in as her superior through powerful connections. As she works with Jiang Che, Shen Qingyi discovers that he only seems unreliable: he does have a brain, and his background is immensely powerful. He could prove quite useful. As the investigations deepen, a string of events all point to one person: the regent of the 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 My Sister-in-Law's Lateral Thinking Puzzles Drove Them to Kill 嫂子的海龟汤让他们杀疯了 [Mind-bending puzzles + deduction + horror survival + urban legends + Turtle Soup] Qin Xuehua is a beautiful woman burdened with a blood feud. To find clues to the person who killed her sister, she marries into Turtle Soup Village. The men in the village spend all day thinking about how to make her theirs. Until that day. An indescribable monster takes over the isolated mountain village. The uncanny runs rampant, strange tales abound, and evil flourishes. To survive, the villagers are forced to 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Hidden Face 隐藏的脸 A mysterious woman. A series of terrifying nightmares. Years ago, the woman was murdered in a string of killings. Lu Hao has never met her, so why does she keep appearing in his dreams? Is this the work of the supernatural, or a memory he deliberately buried? What exactly connects Lu Hao, this mysterious woman, and the unending murders? Could one person be behind the series of killings spanning so many years? Can the truth hidden behind this bloody haze finally be revealed? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 After I Transmigrate into a Book, My Rant Burns Out the Tyrant's CPU 穿书后，我吐槽把暴君CPU烧了 She was a top-tier corporate management consultant in the modern world, specializing in turning around failing companies. After working herself to death under a 996 schedule, she transmigrated into the body of a princess sent off to die in a political marriage. He was a ruthless tyrant who had slaughtered countless people. No one in court dared speak the truth to him. Then he discovered that he could hear her thoughts. She trembled on the outside, while inside she ranted: “The military procur 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Even a Butcher’s Daughter Wants a Handsome Husband 杀猪女也想要俏夫郎 [Historical romance, sweet daily life, devoted couple, strong heroine, sweet romance (more or less)] Su Xiaohua is a butcher girl. With cloth wrapped around her head and a cleaver in hand, finding a husband has become a real challenge! She’s met more than a hundred men, and every one of them was scared half to death by the cold glint of her blade. Su Xiaohua is not impressed! If a man wets himself at the sight of a knife, he’ll raise a cowardly son. She wants no such husband! The matchmakers hav 142Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 46 After My Entire Family Was Executed, I Joined the Inspector to Solve a Cold Case 满门抄斩后，与巡察从事共探悬案 [Mystery and Investigation | Deduction | Light Political Intrigue | Linked Serial Murders | A Vivid Portrait of Society] Yun Shu, the legitimate son of a great general and once the crown prince's study companion, watched his family suffer a sudden calamity. His father was framed for colluding with the enemy and plotting treason, and the entire clan was sentenced to death. With secret help, he faked his death and escaped, abandoning his identity to drift among the common people. He endures humili —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Back to Republican-Era China to Solve a Bizarre Case: Bloodshed in the Bridal Chamber 回到民国破奇案之血溅婚房 Back in the Republic of China: Solving a Strange Case of Bloodshed in the Bridal Chamber —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Cube Mansion 魔方公馆 A reckoning for sins committed twenty years ago comes at last. Six people enter the Magic Cube Mansion after receiving a mysterious invitation... Amid hidden mechanisms and buried memories, the dark secrets of an orphanage and a young man’s wrongful conviction are brought to light... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 No Dreams When You Close Your Eyes 闭眼无梦 [A Newly Built World + Deeply Suspenseful Puzzles + Adventurous Action + Reflections on Life + Not a Power Fantasy] Three thousand years from now, the world consists of three realms: When people are awake, they are in the White Realm. When they fall asleep, they enter the Dream Realm. If they die in both realms, they enter the boundless Void Realm, and the cycle begins again. Two mysterious ancient divine beasts, the White Mo and the Black Mo, maintain the balance of energy between the White Rea —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Rule Horror: I Can Reproduce Fatal Injuries Without Limit 规则怪谈：我能无限复写致命伤 [Urban Supernatural] [Rule Horror] [Anomaly Investigation] [Unique Ability] On his twenty-seventh day of unemployment, Liang Nan'ai finally found a company offering a monthly salary of 9,000 yuan and full social insurance and housing fund benefits. The company was on a nonexistent sixth floor. Everyone who failed the selection process was bricked up inside the walls. Liang Nan'ai refused the job, then casually tore the company apart. He can take an injury off a dead person and inflict it on the 7Reads—Score108Shelves
