Novels like How to Play a Corpse
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as How to Play a Corpse, best match first.
- 1 Baozi in a Van 面包车上的包子 A college student looks through her window and sees a homeless man lured into a van with buns by a "neighborhood committee auntie." A reporter suspects a cross-province trafficking ring targeting homeless people with intellectual disabilities, so she disguises herself as a mentally ill homeless woman and puts herself in danger. When she gets her wish and is taken aboard, she discovers that something even darker may be lurking behind it... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Clean 清洁 Cleanliness —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Quantum Debt 量子债 Quantum Debt —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Incense Shop Heir's Soul-Guiding Road 香铺传人引魂路 Lin Xiaoxi, heir to an incense shop in an old alley, breaks her grandmother's rules for lighting incense and becomes a substitute for a vengeful spirit who died unjustly. From then on, she carries soul-guiding incense and a peachwood sword, following a mysterious little boy named A Nian as she ventures into mass graves, battles spirit-raisers, and unravels sinister feng shui plots. She uses incense to guide the way and blood as her pact, guarding the old alley, suppressing evil, and leading lone —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Four Sisters on a Deserted Island: A Doctor and a General Conquer Ancient Times 海岛四姐妹：博士将军玩转古代基 A shipwreck casts four modern women from different fields into a desperate situation. They become exiles of the Great Sheng Dynasty, stranded on a mysterious island far from the shipping lanes. Just as they fear they’ll be forced to repeat the tragic fate of women in ancient times, they discover they aren’t the only ones who have transmigrated. Lin Qi, a PhD in marine geology; Qin Zheng, a retired military doctor; Su Jingyi, a business prodigy; and Zhao Mingwei, a materials engineer. These four —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 From Convict Maid to Grand Empress Dowager: I Survived Three Reigns 从罪婢到太皇太后，我熬了三朝 [A careful plan at every turn] [Deep devotion] [Power over the court] She was the orphaned daughter of a disgraced official, the lowliest palace maid in the palace laundry. To find her younger brother, who had been missing for eight years, she saved up her meager earnings for half a year and begged the eunuch in charge to assign her to the State of Zhao. He took her money, got drunk, and casually entered her name on the roster for the frigid, desolate State of Xing instead. One wrong step, and s 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Spirit Springs and X-Ray Vision: A Perfect Life 灵泉又透视，超圆满 Ling Xinyao, the cherished daughter of a family of physicians, was about to graduate from college when she went on a trip to her best friend Huang Xiaoxiao's hometown. She bumped her forehead while picking fruit, and her blood fell onto a heart-shaped bracelet, unexpectedly granting her a spirit spring dimension and X-ray vision. After that, she planted ginseng as thick as a baby's arm, lingzhi mushrooms as large as washbasins, human-shaped he shou wu, the almost impossible-to-find Tianshan snow 1.3kReads8.0Score216Shelves
- 8 To Solve a Major Case, I Have to Get Close to My Nemesis 为查重案，我被迫和死对头贴贴 [The cold, iron-willed female deputy minister × the smooth-talking male vice minister] [An unwilling partnership decreed by imperial edict | Bickering partners solving cases together] Shen Ciwan, deputy minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and Pei Yan, vice minister of the Ministry of Justice, are the capital’s most famous rivals in government. She thinks he’s a slick-tongued, shameless rogue; he thinks she’s cold-hearted and has no human feeling. They routinely submit memorials accusing 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Notes on Life Eight Years into My Second Marriage 再婚八年后的生活随笔 A record of the little moments in my life, eight years after remarrying. My second husband and I met when we were young. We worked at the same factory. He had a girlfriend at the time, and I had a lousy boyfriend. Back then, we were ordinary friends who could talk about anything. Neither of us ever imagined that one day we would become husband and wife and build a life together. After getting married, having a child, and divorcing, I rekindled my old romance with him. We chose each other, and ou 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 You Do Your Thing, I'll Do Mine 你逃你的，我搞我的 One cry of "Take off your pants!" leaves the bride brought in to bring good fortune stunned. She has barely transmigrated when bandits block the road, her groom runs off, and she is forced to wed a rooster. She kicks the ceremonial rooster to death and is made to kneel in the ancestral hall. Men can't be relied on, so she'll guard the family fortune herself! He can run away, while she gets on with her own plans! With a set of peerless silver needles, she cures her paralyzed father-in-law and sec 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Became a Tutor and Got Caught Up in an Imperfect Revenge 我做家教，卷入了不完美复仇 [Realism] [High-IQ Crime] [Ultimate Battle of Wits] [No Female Lead] [For Logic Lovers] Li Hongjian, a top-tier star influencer with tens of millions of followers, is enjoying a relaxing seaside vacation when an uninvited guest interrupts him: Che Xinggang, the police officer who investigated that serial murder case years ago. Did it all begin with that accidental fall from a building? No. It began even earlier, with an invitation to tutor someone for half a million yuan. A poor-born top stud 105Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Little Galactic Gardener: My War God Husband Spoils Me Rotten 星际小种植师：战神老公超宠我 A good-for-nothing girl from the stars awakens an incredible ability to communicate with plants, making even mutated plants act cute and cling to her! Forced into a marriage alliance with a cold-faced marshal, she lies flat, growing vegetables and cooking delicious food, unaware that she has become the Federation’s ultimate trump card. When the insect race unleashes a plant frenzy and every plant communicator in the Federation loses their power, she alone can make all plants submit with a wave o 1.4kReads—Score109Shelves
- 13 The Red Flag over the Black Soil 黑土地上的赤旗 [Ensemble Cast] [Conquest] [Anti-Qing] After the Opium War, the Qing government intensified its exploitation of the common people. To resist its oppression, Hong Xiuquan preached in Guangxi in the southwest, while Li Changgeng cleared land in Liaoning in the northeast. Everyone, come and see how I will, in the northeast, keep the Russian Empire at bay in the north, subdue Korea in the east, cross the sea to conquer Japan, and march through the pass to destroy the Qing! 1kReads—Score100Shelves
- 14 Surviving the Apocalypse: I Become a God Through Supernatural Power 末世求生：我靠超凡成神 No romance. Migration, strong female lead, System, no saintly heroine, ensemble cast, team-focused. When the apocalypse strikes without warning, Su Xi awakens a System as she struggles to survive. But she can’t shake the feeling she’s a pig that’s been picked out and is just being fattened up for slaughter! Her fate is hers alone to control. She’ll grow stronger and ferret out the hidden hand behind it all! Only in the end does she discover the truth: the apocalypse is a game played by beings fr 693Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 October's Gentle Breeze 十月微风起 Lin Muqing, a warm and cheerful middle school Chinese teacher, was accosted by a thief on her way home from school. Fortunately, Ji Shaofeng, a criminal police officer passing by, came to her rescue. A man of few words but great reliability, he appeared at her most helpless moment and became part of her life from then on. From a chance encounter on the street to a confession at home, from strangers to people who understand each other, this is a story of an ordinary meeting and a gentle love. The 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 After Becoming a Scumbag, I Support My Family with a Spatial Supermarket 穿成渣男后，我靠空间超市养家 The rating has only just come in, so it’ll go up later. ...Yan Shuang transmigrates, and the bad news is that he’s become a deadbeat gambler buried in debt, a scumbag who abuses his wife and daughter. The good news is that he brought an entire building with him: a three-story supermarket packed with supplies, with the fourth and fifth floors crammed full of medicine and books. In an age when human lives are worth less than grass, he’s terrified that others will notice something strange about him 4.6kReads6.9Score477Shelves
- 17 I Turned My Vegetative Wife's Workplace Upside Down 我替植物人老婆整顿职场 The protagonist is a top student and highly educated, but his day job is backbreaking construction work. He married a perfect wife, and their life together was pretty good. But one day, disaster struck: his wife attempted suicide and became a vegetable... After learning that workplace bullying had driven his wife to take her own life, “I” quit my day job and successfully applied for a position at her former workplace. With my own hard work and the help of a mysterious System, I track down the pe 55Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 18 Idle Hours 间间闲闲 A very old-school romance story, a little spark of inspiration in my spare time, and the third pit I've dug. The tycoon Yu Zhixian meets Mu Jianjian, an ordinary woman with nothing going for her. Mu Jianjian is a modern-day alchemist who has gone unnoticed by the world, and she yearns for the Western Divine Realm. Ever since her attempt to become an immortal failed, she has had no choice but to take the perilous path of overcoming her romantic tribulation. She decided to date Yu Zhixian while fe 211Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Unorthodox Path to Immortality: A Road to Ascension Unlike Any Other 偏门仙途：非主流的登天路 Lu Siyuan transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. Born into poverty, he joins the Xuanhuo Sect, the largest sect in the Holy Flame Alliance, a demonic cultivation faction. After joining the sect, Lu Siyuan activates the System. He learns how to blow up furnaces at the Pill Sage Sect, how to calm his mind at the Joyful Union Sect, and healing at the Fist Overlord Sect. He learns sword techniques at the Demon Blade Sect, detoxification at the Nether Poison Sect, and even the beast-taming 196Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Everyone Called Me an Idiot, Until I Earned My Professional Title 都说我傻，直到评上职称那天 Before starting work, Jia Sha had a dream. He dreamed of a mighty river, broad and shrouded in mist. On the opposite bank stood a towering ceremonial arch with three large characters on it: Ziyuan Pass. The river teemed with fish, all swimming upstream. Farther up stood a towering Dragon Gate spanning the water. Some fish leaped right over it. Others fell and were swept away. Some jumped hundreds or thousands of times, losing every scale, yet still kept leaping. Some were lifted up by people, th 145Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 21 I Live, I Die I活I This story has a fragmented, fast-paced feel. The heroine is forced to take over her entire family in the middle of an extremely chaotic emergency. I want you to experience alongside her that suffocating feeling of not even having time to catch your breath. Take your time reading, and don't rush. Historical Fantasy | Female Lead | Tragedy | Ensemble Cast | Political Intrigue | No Romance “What does it mean to be alive?” A little girl answers with a curse that lets her remember everything she 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Retiring from Showbiz to Recover: CEO Qin Gives Up His Career to Spoil Her 爆甲退圈养伤，秦总弃业独宠她 [Mutual Devotion] [Secret Identities] [Strong Female Lead] [Modern] [Some School Life] Ruan Xia'an was kidnapped as a child and fortunately rescued by a powerful figure. Her intelligence won his favor, and she grew up by his side, eventually establishing her own mercenary group. Unpredictable by nature and exceptionally gifted, she inspired fear in others even as she rapidly expanded the group. This also made her the target of jealousy, and she was repeatedly ambushed. She had become the top fig 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Fairy Tales Really Are Lies [Infinite] 童话故事果然是骗人的【无限】 Cao You was just an ordinary office drone. One day, he fished a card out from under a door. It read: “Someone wants to kill you. Run!” He sneered. What kind of bored idiot would pull a prank like that? Until, eventually, he really did die... He transmigrated into an Infinite Flow game. Its utterly unremarkable name was “Fairy-Tale Town.” “Congratulations, User No. 222, you have entered Fairy-Tale Town,” a System voice announced. From then on, Cao You embarked on a one-way path, with no turning b 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 If Wang Ruofu Turns Violent, Empress Guo Is Doomed: Renzong, I Suffer 王若弗成暴力郭皇后：仁宗，朕苦 [Historical comedy] [Lighthearted] [Blunt, hot-tempered matriarch Wang Ruofu × kindhearted, somewhat spineless Zhao Zhen] [Inspired by Serenade of Peaceful Joy, The Story of Minglan, and the historical Song dynasty] A domineering empress takes charge of the emperor, sending history down a turbulent new path. Wang Ruofu is reborn as Emperor Renzong’s empress, Guo. This not-so-bright matriarch spends her life rampaging through the palace, ruling by sheer volume and overwhelming force. To hell with 1.8kReads8.7Score102Shelves
- 25 A Clear Breeze Carries Me Down an Open Road 步步清风迈坦途 [No transmigration into a book + no rebirth + no System + no spirit spring] She traded a meal of sweet potatoes for a new dad? No problem. Who says you can't win with a terrible hand... When it's time to be ruthless, who would dare go soft? Take her, for example: she became the “pack leader.” 955Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 A Lifetime of Humiliation, All for the Day of Reckoning 半生忍辱只等清算时刻 As a child, he lost his mother, who called him a good-for-nothing, and his father, who was useless alive. He barely survived the beatings and abuse from his stepfather and the others. Later, he discovered that his father hadn't actually died by suicide. He endured countless humiliations, and over 37 years, through patience and cunning, rose from an insignificant nobody to a wealthy power broker. He pulled off a breathtaking comeback! He spent half his life enduring humiliation, not just to survi 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 880Reads6.5Score108Shelves
- 28 Reborn in the 1980s: I Became a World-Famous Doctor Through Chinese Medicine 重生八零我靠中医绝世医名震天下 Reborn in the 1980s, a story of traditional Chinese medicine saving lives, face-slapping satisfaction, rural revitalization, fame in the city, and the passing down of traditional Chinese medicine. Grounded in professional expertise, not quackery; packed with satisfying moments without resorting to melodrama. It balances real-life resonance with cultural heritage. Its core tone is heartwarming healing, satisfying triumph, and professional expertise. It does not smear Western medicine or indulge i 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Survival Journal: Back to the World of Ordinary Life 求生日记：重返烟火人间 Not a wish-fulfillment story, no cheat powers, no rebirth: a realistic struggle to survive against the odds. An innocent only daughter meets the ultimate scumbag. He tricks her into love, saddles her with debt, then runs off, delivering a triple blow. She tries to take her daughter into the lake with her, but survives. Having died once, she finally comes to her senses. There’s no one to catch her when she falls and no one to save her. Every meal and every bit of warmth must be earned with her ow 5.9kReads8.8Score425Shelves
- 30 Building Terraced Fields on the Loess Plateau 黄土高原开梯田 [No System] [Period Novel] [Upright Values] He carved out a place for himself with his own hands. He made the yellow earth bloom with his sweat. This is a farming novel about changing the whole world through hard work! 4.1kReads8.2Score211Shelves
- 31 My Wife Is Timid and Unassuming 夫人胆小木讷 Two people born to concubines were forced together for the sake of their family’s interests. One was a talented young man, the other bland and taciturn; one had genuine ability, the other only pretended to be dull; one wanted to make a name for himself, the other just wanted to play dumb… 9.4kReads8.4Score881Shelves
- 32 This Ghost Has a Heart of Gold 这个鬼的圣母心爆棚啊 [Fresh new premise, a protagonist who doesn’t get caught up in angst, one heroine, ensemble cast, apocalypse, eerie phenomena, and a cast of smart characters] The story itself is great, but the writing isn’t good enough to do it justice. It’s such a shame. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Salt and Iron 盐铁 Liaodong is bitterly cold, and salt is worth its weight in gold. To save his parents, young Shen Huai pawns his hairpin for salt. But without a permit, the officials seize it. His father dies in prison, and his mother’s blood stains their doorstep. After a blizzard, he leaves his home behind and follows his uncle, a wandering man of the jianghu, onto the path of the black salt trade. From then on, he is drawn into the fateful abyss of salt and iron, military funds, and political power. At first, 453Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The System Bound the Wrong Person, Forcing a Side Character to Follow the Protagonist's Script 系统绑错人，龙套被迫走主角剧本 After transmigrating to the world of cultivation for eighteen years, Long Tao had accepted his fate and was ready to lie flat. Then, at long last, a System suddenly appeared! But instead of getting the treatment reserved for a protagonist, he got… “Binding error. Host is not the chosen one. Your luck is too low to unlock the shop.” “Unbinding is impossible. Host must complete System missions in place of the chosen one, then hand over any opportunities and rewards obtained along the way. Mission 113.8kReads8.7Score9.1kShelves
- 35 When I Turned Around, That Person Was Still There 蓦然回首，那人依旧 After leaving her child behind and being forced out, she has returned to settle the score... "From beginning to end, all I wanted was to hold on to his sleeve and follow him to become immortals... But... I can never hold on to that sleeve... I thought fate had finally smiled upon me, but what awaited me was an imperial decree ordering that I be killed after giving birth, while my child was kept... A person whose life is as worthless as grass has only one way to stand tall before others..." 38.9kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
- 36 After Prison, I Erased My Identity 出狱后，我注销了身份 After Getting Out of Prison, I Erased My Identity 15.8kReads—Score624Shelves
- 37 Reborn and Losing My Mind for Money, but the CEO Loves My Madness 重生发癫只搞钱，霸总偏爱超癫狂 Jin Chan Chan, 35 years old, died a miserable death in her previous life because she was hopelessly love-struck. Now she's reborn on the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. She tears up her love letters and swears she'll focus on making money, not romance! On her first night reborn, she fills in as an emergency replacement, singing funeral songs all night and earning her first pot of gold. Next, she cashes in on the lottery, building up her second fortune! She seizes the opportunity of so 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 It Was Just for Fun! The Crown Prince Is a Top-Tier Incubus 玩玩而已！太子爷可是顶级魅魔 [Dual Male Leads + Instance-Based Stories + Revenge + Taking Down Scumbags + Supernatural Powers] At an upscale entertainment club, Police Superintendent Shen Lingyu met Lin Zhi, the heir to the Lin family, while on duty. The other man sidled up like a ghost and chuckled, "Officer, it's all a misunderstanding!" From mutual suspicion to standing side by side, they repeatedly raced to crime scenes, supporting each other as they cracked one major case after another. Why did a girl from a single-p 388Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Sang Sang and Xing 桑桑与行 [Ancient-Style Business and Prosperity] + [Everyday Life and Business] + [Heartwarming and Joyful] + [Slow-Burn, Relaxing] Qin Mianmian, a 32-year-old modern office worker with a calm disposition, inexplicably transmigrates into the body of Qin Nansang, a 12-year-old girl in an alternate historical era. A peaceful and prosperous age, a harmonious family. Starting with a journey to the capital to find her father, she grows step by step and lives each day as it comes. Stay true to herself, avoid w 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I Get One Day a Month to Do Whatever I Want 我每月拥有一次，为所欲为日 A real-world sandbox. On the last day of every month, the world freezes, and only the protagonist can move. He can do whatever he wants, treating the whole world as his private sandbox. He thought he could keep this bug to himself forever, but it turned out others could move too: the Month-End Man, the Faceless Man, the Parasites, the Gravekeeper, and more, appearing one after another as the story unfolds. 740Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 41 Lida's Wish 丽达的心愿 [A serf girl accused of witchcraft after breaking up a couple from the start: how can she survive the medieval witch-hunting frenzy?] [Alternate history | Western Middle Ages | A turbulent era and its many characters | Vocational ideals | Love and friendship | Realism] [If this time we choose love, kindness, and courage, could things turn out differently?] Theme: A story about love, growth, understanding, and healing Events: The witch hunts, the Renaissance, the Reformation Elements: A serf r 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 A Hotpot Through the Ages 火锅春秋 The state is founded on its people, and the people put food first. Transmigrating into the turbulent Spring and Autumn period, a master chef stirs up the world. Follow the protagonist across the river of time as, armed with culinary skills and the Zuo Zhuan, he rewrites the course of Chinese civilization and creates an epic “Spring and Autumn of Fine Food”! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Survival by Sequence: The Money-Spending System 序列求生之消费金钱系统 [Written by the author personally + not mindless + not invincible + Sequences + the eerie + road survival + apocalypse survival + sci-fi + clear logic] The world suddenly plunges into an eerie apocalypse. The only way to survive is to awaken a Sequence, join a convoy, and obtain a ghostly artifact. All kinds of powerful horrors attack the convoys, which also encounter other groups on the road. Survivors scheme against and slaughter one another. The protagonist, Yue Nan, obtains a System that let 2.1kReads5.9Score104Shelves
- 44 I Joined the Long March and Trade Step Counts for Supplies 穿进长征路，我靠刷步数换物资 Transmigration + No Romance + System + Long March + Patriotism + Supplies “I'm so hungry!” He stumbled along, looking as if he might collapse into a snowdrift and never wake again... Bu Yanxing, male, marathon champion and climbing enthusiast, accidentally transmigrates onto the Long March route. He crosses snowy mountains and grasslands and encounters countless soldiers. Fortunately, he binds himself to a Step Counter System. By racking up steps to exchange for supplies, he successfully reunite 3kReads6.1Score185Shelves
- 45 A Geisha’s Dream 瑰夏之梦 One midsummer day in my second year of high school, I glimpsed Xiao Ruohua at the library, bent over her books by the window. She became the Guixia rose I kept hidden in my heart. For twelve long years, I watched her from afar. I saw her shine as she sang onstage and dazzle everyone in debate competitions. I also saw her hide beneath the protection of the Chu family, suppress all her talents, and become an obedient, almost invisible stepdaughter. I watched in silence and quietly made my way towa 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Divine Phoenix's Gift 神凰赋 A garden needs roses! But roses don’t need gardens. A rose is a rose wherever it grows: proud, radiant, and brilliantly independent. In the wild, in the fields, in a free and unrestrained world, she lives as a goddess who strikes decisively and without hesitation. 12.2kReads9.3Score105Shelves
- 47 My Affairs With Divorced Women 我和离婚女人那些事 My Story with a Divorced Woman 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Why Vampires Need to Read Their Blood Test Reports 论吸血鬼看血检报告的重要性 On Why Vampires Should Pay Attention to Blood Test Results 246Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Tomb Raiding Tales from Western Henan 豫西倒斗往事 [Tomb Raiding] [Appraisal] [Period Piece] [Supernatural Mystery] [Feng Shui Secrets] My name is Jin Hai. My grandfather was one of the most skilled tomb raiders of the Republic of China era. While he was alive, he repeatedly warned me never to get involved in tomb raiding. But after he died, I had no choice and ended up taking that path anyway. In the early 1990s, I went against his dying wish and followed in his footsteps, bringing along my childhood friend Wang Ping. Our Luoyang spade plunged 6.3kReads8.6Score425Shelves
- 50 A Female Feng Shui Master's Work Diary 一个女风水师的工作日志 The author met a feng shui master and exchanged contact information with her. After seeing her work journal, the author found some of its contents worth reading. They also carry on traditional culture, so the author is sharing them here with her permission. 426Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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