Novels like Yangcheng's Ten Great Unsolved Cases
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Yangcheng's Ten Great Unsolved Cases, best match first.
- 1 Memory Fragments: Hunting the Killer in a Frame-Up 记忆碎片：替罪追凶 “If you can’t even trust yourself, who can you trust?” Five years ago, criminal police captain Lu Chen went undercover in a criminal syndicate trafficking human organs. Five years later, he is gravely injured in an explosion while investigating a serial murder case. When he wakes up with no memory, he finds himself the prime suspect. Every piece of physical evidence points to him as the killer. The only things that could prove his innocence are a stranger’s fingernail clenched in his hand and th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn as Uncle Jiu's Junior Disciple 重生之我是九叔小师弟 735Reads—Score106Shelves
- 3 Moka 墨卡 Moka —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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
- 5 Record of Injustice: The Cycle of Malice 沉冤录之恶念轮回 In a bandit stronghold, a woman has had her tongue cut out and been nailed to a wall. Outside a temple, beneath a dead tree, a seeker lies dead with his eyes still open. And there are good people whose entire families were executed by slow slicing three hundred years ago. Behind every injustice is a villain who refuses to admit their wrongdoing, even on the brink of death. Li Daniu and Wang Xuan repeatedly venture into the past, steeped in resentment, using the truth to set tormented souls free. 4Reads—Score100Shelves
- 6 Seven-Day Soul-Returning Office 七日回魂事务所 The male lead inherits a mysterious funeral shop and gains the ability to bring the dead back for seven days, allowing them to fulfill their final wishes. But he is drawn into a great secret surrounding the boundary between life and death. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Haunting Demolition: Strange Tales from a Mountain Village 拆迁诡事：山村怪谈 What seemed like an ordinary demolition project unearthed a Ming Dynasty coffin sealed away for hundreds of years. A woman from the Republican era wanders the lanes of Qing Alley, an ancient corpse sprints through the rain at night, a strange little braid clings to people and demands their lives, and the Shen family's treasure has vanished without a trace... One eerie tale follows another, each bizarre incident linked to the next. This chilling Chinese-style horror seeps into your very soul, and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Roses in the Heart 心脏里的蔷薇 [Mystery + dark themes, tags are inaccurate] I often asked him, “What exactly are you afraid of? Anxiety, depression, or panic?” He didn’t answer. He just gripped the cigarette butt tightly as he sat on the hillside, and a tear fell. He said, “It’s been so long since I sat here and let myself take in the view. The last time I sat here so carelessly, I think it was twenty years ago...” He had become the very sort of person he used to hate. Before he turned twenty-six, he started smoking like tho 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 My Dog, Armed With a Sword and Shield, Is Actually an Ancient Evil God 我养的刀盾狗，原来是上古邪神 The Shieldhound I Raised Turns Out to Be an Ancient Evil God 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Can See the Loopholes in the Rules 我能看见规则的漏洞 It has been 127 years since spiritual energy revived, and cultivating immortality is no longer a matter of fated encounters and lucky breaks. Want to establish your Foundation? Take out a loan. Want to buy a cultivation manual? Pay in installments. Want to join a sect? Sign away your freedom first. Lin Yuan, twenty-four years old, is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, stuck at the bottleneck to the Golden Core realm with no end in sight. Burdened with 280 spirit stones in student loans, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Mind-Reading Detective: The Killer Without a Trace 读心神探：无证之凶 A body without a wound, a crime scene splattered with someone else’s blood, and a wedding ring that appeared out of nowhere. The bizarre murder at the Feng family compound in Yuezhou leaves the police force’s two top investigators, Ren Jie and Song Zhun, at a dead end. With no other choice, they turn to Dong Yiting, a psychological analyst with an almost uncanny eye for detail. She can spot everything others overlook: the time hidden in footprints, the past etched into scars, and the cracks in h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Life Thief: Secrets of the Time Pawnshop 窃命者：时间典当行的秘密 Lu Ming believed the power of retrospection he had traded his future for was his only hope of finding his sister. He followed the clues and fought the vast organization known as Ouroboros, gradually uncovering a terrifying ritual that collected time. He thought he was the hunter, the savior. Then he stood at the heart of the ritual and saw the same power of time flowing in his sister's eyes. Every search had been in vain. Every effort had been a sacrifice. The fate he fought against was one he h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Proving Her Innocence 为她证无罪 When her closest family member becomes the prime suspect in a perfect crime, when every piece of evidence points to her sister’s already shattered soul, a younger sister who is a forensic pathologist decides to use science, faith, and unwavering love to fight through the fog for her sister’s chance to live. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 From the Start, I Explored Dreams for Three Hundred Years, and the Ascetic Imperial Preceptor Lost Control 开局探梦三百年，禁欲国师他失控 I woke up as a good-for-nothing female tutor, and from the start I was expected to bring good fortune through marriage to a seventy-year-old man. At my most desperate, I bound myself to the [Dream Tracing System]. Enter other people's dreams, uncover secrets from their past lives, solve a strange case, and earn three more days to live. I thought I was just solving cases to stay alive, until I entered the mute bodyguard's dream for the first time... A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Everyone Transmigrates! Where Are the Ghosts We Were Promised? Why Are They All Cases? 全员穿越！说好的鬼呢咋都是案子 Everyone Transmigrates: Where Are the Ghosts We Were Promised? Why Are They All Murder Cases? I had barely transmigrated before bandits dragged me up a mountain and demanded I become their captive bride? Top forensic pathologist Lin Qingge says: No problem. First, let's use science to humiliate you all. [Ding! Golden finger “Voices of All Things” activated. Three uses per day. Hear the final words of all things!] The bandit chief raised his blade. “You little brat, prepare to die!” I looked up a 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Nine-Pearl Powder 九珠散 During the Republican era, my great-grandfather was lured by members of the Fu family into exploring the Song Dynasty tomb in Luoyang and an underground ancient tomb beneath a temple on Mount Jiuhua. There, he accidentally discovered a mysterious Buddhist bead. Years later, in 2002, the same kind of bead appeared again in a Six Dynasties tomb beneath an abandoned chemical plant in Nanjing. In 2003, I found my great-grandfather's notes and two Buddhist beads back in my hometown. Gradually, I real —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Seventh Layer of Fiction 第七重虚构 My father disappeared twenty years ago, leaving me only half of a bronze mirror. Everyone said he had run away and abandoned me. I believed them for twenty years. Until the day the mirror cracked, when I saw someone kneeling in the darkness. Six hundred years had passed, and he was still alive. Blue-green patterns began to grow across the back of my hand, creeping upward a little farther each day. When they cover my whole body, I will vanish from this world completely. Not die. Be erased, as i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Boat That Ferries the Dead 渡亡之舟 Dense fog seals off the sea, and a battered wooden ship drifts aimlessly. When Ya Heng wakes on the icy deck, he knows he has become a “Ferryman of the Dead.” The first stop is called Happiness Town. Welcome to Happiness Town, where the villagers always wear blissful smiles, as if they have no idea what sorrow is. When Butcher Hu sheds his human skin, when broken bones float up in Chef Zheng’s wine jar, when the “fourteen years” curse from the comic comes true... Only then does Ya Heng understa 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 19 So Satisfying! I Reincarnated as a Doormat and Started Going Wild and Giving Up 爽翻天！穿成受气包开始发疯摆烂 [Transmigration + unhinged fiction + no romance + no moral compass] Zhu Yu had spent her whole life being pushed around in the modern world. After she transmigrates into a novel about a doormat, everyone there is just as cruel to her. Having endured their abuse for far too long, this time she refuses to put up with it and takes everyone down without discrimination. Her parents dote on her younger brother to an extreme while abusing Zhu Yu. She won't take it anymore, and slaps them right back. He —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Two Million in Bride Price, and I Brought Home a Living Ancestor 彩礼200万，娶回个祖宗 Two Million in Bride Price, and I Married a Little Tyrant 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Third Hand in the Old Building 旧楼里的第三只手 Because the rent was cheap, Lin Wanqiu moved into an old apartment complex in the western part of the city. During her first week there, she noticed something was wrong: food kept disappearing from the fridge, the bathroom tiles were wet when no one had used it, and strangest of all, at three in the morning she kept hearing the sound of fingernails scraping the wall from the empty apartment next door. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 All Are Villains: You're the Next Victim 全员恶人之：你，就是下一个被害者 All Are Villains: You’re the Next Victim 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Deadline: Something’s Wrong with My Phone Pet 死线：手机宠物不对劲 Wang Ping was just an ordinary college student. He stayed up late, put everything off, and led a life that was utterly unremarkable. Then he downloaded a seemingly ordinary virtual pet app called Xiaohei from GitHub. Late one night, Pet issued a task: Enter Changming Supermarket. From then on, he was dragged into a series of scenarios known as the “Deadline”: A supermarket open late at night, a missing college student, deleted surveillance footage, a bizarre receipt, a basement no one can escape —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 You All Have a System? I'll Refine Them All in an Instant 你们都有系统？顷刻之间全部炼化 [Also known as "Do My Disciples All Have Systems? I Refined Them All in an Instant"] [Comedy] [Invincible] [Name: Xu Nian.] [Gender: Male.] [Level: Lv999?] [Power: You think a lousy System like you can even measure it?] Xu Yu Ran, who had transmigrated here, was dumbfounded. She had awakened the Demon-Slaying System and thought she was the chosen one. But what was going on with this guy in front of her? Lv999? Wasn't the maximum level only 99? What was this person? He even had a "?" "Master, 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Hungry Ghost Festival Calamity: The Old Flea-Catcher of the Village 中元劫之老村跳蚤老人 The Hungry Ghost Festival Calamity: The Old Flea-Ridden Man of the Village —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 This Detective Is Rather Eerie 这个侦探很邪门 Zombies are born from the resentment, filth, and deathly energy of heaven and earth. They neither age nor die, and cannot be destroyed or extinguished. Rejected by heaven and earth, they are ill omens cast out by the Three Realms and Six Paths. They bear none of the world's karmic ties, endure countless tribulations of lightning with their own bodies, and feed on the blood of the living, keeping their lonely vigil through the ages... In the cold night, ghosts howl through the desolate city; the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Night Shift Big Shot 夜班大佬 My mother died of a strange illness, leaving behind nothing but debt and an old bronze mirror. That night, Su Yue's eyes were opened. Beneath the city's neon lights, he could see the uncanny, and the "rules" each of them followed. He was terrified of dying, terrified to the point of trembling. Yet every time he solved a crisis, he did it too cleanly and too decisively. Survivors fell to their knees and worshipped him on the spot. Fake masters went out of their way to avoid him. Even the official —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Mirror-Crossing Record 渡镜录 [Historical political intrigue + mystery] The entire army was wiped out. I alone survived, only to be condemned for all eternity as a traitor who colluded with the enemy! Behind the Canglang Valley massacre lay a monstrous plot by the Marquis of Jing'an, who falsified military intelligence and trafficked in weapons. He goes undercover at the marquis’s manor under an assumed name, tearing apart, layer by layer, the outrageous lies woven by the powerful. Undercover agents, forensic examiners, vete —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Search for Collapse in the Eerie World 我在诡异世界找崩坏 I transmigrated into a world where urban legends can kill and conceptual rules are power. People here fear the paranormal, wield supernatural entities, and struggle to survive under a fixed set of rules. And me? I'm just a passerby looking for a bit of fun. When the “Infinite Corridor” traps and kills everyone who enters, I softly ask the wall, “Do you know what a Klein bottle is?” When the rule of the “Echo of Death” is “understanding means death,” I raise a mirror toward the void. They say I d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 In the Dark Age, Seeking Truth Through the Gateways 黑暗时代，于门径寻求真理 The world is shrouded in the mutterings of gods, and mortals compose hymns to survive. The Old Ones slumber in the abyss, and every breath stirs up a tide of corruption; In a realm of twisted rules, you must survive against impossible odds to earn your trump card: Elements. A virologist who should have died awakens in another world, able to make a contribution to human civilization... This world doesn’t need heroes. It just need —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Code of the Shadow Soldiers 阴兵密码 A blood-soaked dossier deliberately erased from history. A deadly hunt for the truth spanning forty years. Li Wu, a veteran, returns to his hometown carrying the mystery of his father's strange death and a rusted five-pointed star cap badge from the People's Liberation Army. The village lies forgotten in the folds of the mountains. What awaits him is no warm homecoming, but a world-shaking secret soaked in blood: a ghost woman in a red gown weeps blood night after night; Nanyang sorcery is used —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Gaze Bought with Death 死亡换来的凝视 The Gaze Bought with Death —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Embalmer's Ten Rules 入殓师的十不准 The Mortician’s Ten Prohibitions 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Fetal Movement Livestream 胎动直播间 The Fetal Movement Livestream Room —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Heir to the Family Business 守业人 The Keeper of the Family Legacy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Once Read the Fortune of a Dead Man 我给死人算过一卦 I Once Read a Fortune for the Dead —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 At Two in the Morning, No One Can Stay in the Autopsy Room 凌晨两点，解剖室不能留人 At Two in the Morning, No One Is Allowed to Stay in the Autopsy Room —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 From the Start, an S-Rank Horror Tale: I Only Have One Block? 开局S级怪谈：我只有一个方块？ (Comedy, plot twists, wild imagination and logic, mild horror, and smart protagonists and antagonists) My name is Shen Mo. It sounds cool, but things went horribly from the start: no memories, no teammates, and a block… But! What do you mean, you can jump from dozens of stories up and land in water? What do you mean, you can blow up eerie scenes with TNT? What do you mean, you can beat Cthulhu senseless with the Sword of Cosmic Dominion? Oh, right. One more thing you should know: this is —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 At the Crime Scene, a Prompt Appears Above the Victim’s Head 命案现场，死者头顶飘出提示框 [System-focused] [Crime solving] [Urban] Three months into the job, Gu Bei, a trainee forensic technician, was examining a hanging scene when a line of blood-red words appeared out of thin air above the victim’s head: [She didn’t tie the knot]. Using the bizarre clue, Gu Bei applied his forensic knowledge to reconstruct the scene and expose the truth behind the staged suicide. Then came [It fell twice] on the face of a car-crash victim, and [Died before the fire] on a charred body at a fire scen 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Housewife Detective Case Files 名侦探主妇事件簿 After her husband cheats, a housewife unexpectedly discovers she has a talent for detective work? Join a famous Japanese high school detective and a certain compensated-dating girl detective to crack a baffling cold case!! Watch me turn my life around and rewrite my destiny against all odds! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 From the Start, I Was Crippled, but I Survived by Devouring Spirit Runes 开局被废，吞噬灵纹活下去 He transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old servant, only to be hunted down from the start. Lu Chen discovered that a fragment hidden inside him could devour spirit marks. It was something his mother had left in his body, and something everyone was searching for. But every time it devoured a mark, there was a price to pay. His lifespan was counting down, his enemies were on his heels, and the steward was investigating the origin of the mark on his body. And the secret hidden deep within —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 After Transmigrating, the Forensic County Magistrate Becomes a God! 穿越后，法医县令成神了！ After transmigrating, the county magistrate and forensic examiner became a god! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Armor Hero: After Signing the Overlord Contract, I No Longer Believe in the Light 铠甲：签完霸王合同后，我不信光 [Armor Hero 1 + Behind-the-scenes power plays + Mystery and the supernatural] Lin Yu transmigrates as the son of D City's richest man. He doesn't wear armor or fight supernatural beasts. He sets the rules, draws the game board, and manages the ledgers. Relying on connections, information asymmetry, and analytical skill, he turns the battlefield into a chessboard. Someone in the morgue's cold storage refuses to wake. Something in the depths of an abandoned well has been painted over and concealed 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Haunted Cellblock: I Am Thailand's Chao Fa 监舍诡事：我是泰国昭法 A strange female resident arrives at a drug rehabilitation center. She comes from a remote town and has never left the country, yet insists she is a Thai Chao Fa, a princess. Dressed in the coarse clothes of a rehab patient, she carries herself with the poise of royalty. In a two-second news clip, she instinctively performs a deep-palace court ritual. She casually reveals long-buried royal secrets, and with a few strokes, sketches the layout of a palace. She can’t remember her ordinary life, yet —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 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
- 46 The Seven-Day Mystery: Countdown to Judgment 七日迷局：审判倒计时 [When death becomes a bargaining chip in solving a mystery, would you wager your life to uncover the truth?] When Lu Chen received the last message from his missing sister, the phone screen was flashing a blood-red countdown: 7:00:00. The moment he stepped into the isolated island’s ancient castle, the iron gate slammed shut. Static crackled from an old radio: “Welcome to the 307th trial. Find the killer, or everyone will be buried here.” In the sealed dining room, seven wax figures represented 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Book Behind the Veil 帷后之书 I hope to tell this story slowly to every listener. But when you hear it, the curtain will hear you too. I hope you enjoy my new work. I’m new to this, so please be kind. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 She Judges the Dead in Hell and Kills for a Living 她在地狱当判官，在人间当杀手 Misheng, the judge of the First Hall of the Underworld, altered the Book of Life and Death and was banished to the mortal realm to atone for her crime. Heaven's punishment: within one year, she must personally kill seven heinous criminals. When she opens her eyes again, she is Wang Fang, a judge at the Jiangcheng People's Court. By day, she presides over court and judges cases according to the law; by night, she commands the Underworld and punishes the guilty. The Mirror of Retribution settles a 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 49 I, a Criminal Mastermind, Became the Nightmare of London's Criminals 犯罪天才的我成为伦敦罪犯的梦魇 [Dual Male Leads + High Intelligence + Handsome Men + Victorian England Setting] Ewan Montague, the youngest professor in Cambridge's criminology department, is hired as a special consultant to Scotland Yard. He solves countless cold cases and mysteries, but at the same time, a brilliant criminal known as the Jubilee Line Butcher begins his activities. The two seem to be locked in a fierce rivalry. Or perhaps they are simply two identities belonging to the same person. 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Seventy-First Knife Scar 第七十一道刀痕 The Seventy-First Knife Mark —Reads—Score—Shelves
