Novels like Republic-Era Mysteries, Volume One
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Republic-Era Mysteries, Volume One, best match first.
- 1 Night Shift Rules for Nurses 护士夜班守则 Night Shift Rules for Nurses 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Enter at Midnight: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 7) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第七季) Enter at Midnight: Clear the Instance to Survive (Season 7) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Ghost-Reading Master: I Can See Through the Thoughts of Every Ghost in the World 《读鬼大师：全世界阿飘的心思被我看穿了》 Ghost-Reading Master: I Can See Through the Thoughts of Every Ghost in the World —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 After Evening Study, an Extra Floor Appeared at School 晚自习后，学校多了一层楼 After Evening Study, the School Had Gained Another Floor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon to Survive (Season 4) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第四季) Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 4) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Everyone in the City Thinks I'm a Peerless Master 全城武者都以为我是绝世大佬 Everyone in the City Thinks I'm an Unparalleled Expert 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon to Survive (Season 3) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第三季) Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 3) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 My Phone Can Unlock Ancient Martial Arts Legacies 我的手机能解锁古武传承 My Phone Can Unlock Ancient Martial Arts Legacies 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon or Die (Season Two) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去（第二季） Midnight Entry: You Can Only Survive by Clearing the Dungeon (Season 2) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Grandpa Started the Trouble, Three Generations Must Pay 爷爷闯下的祸，三代来还 The trouble Grandpa caused will take three generations to repay. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Martial Arts Recovery System 武道回收系统 Martial Arts Reclamation System 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Mother-in-Law Used Dark Tricks to Force Me Out of the House, So I Let the Whole Village Hear My Late Husband's Last Words 婆婆放阴逼我让房，我让全村听见亡夫遗言 My mother-in-law used shady tricks to force me out of the house. I made the whole village hear my late husband's final words 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事，千万别深夜翻看 These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon or Die (Season One) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第一季) Enter at midnight. Clear the instance to survive (Season One) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 115Reads—Score121Shelves
- 16 I'm the Black Sheep of Chinese Entertainment. What a Coincidence, So Are You 内娱害群之马，巧了，俺也一样 [Ensemble cast × livestream variety show × goofy daily life × sharp tongues × farming storyline] Who would've thought a female bodyguard could get dragged into a lawsuit because of her lousy employer? Those damn capitalists promised a variety show. Besides letting me live out my farming fantasies now that my DNA's awakened, I was supposed to get to beat up my enemies. But when I got there, my whole world came crashing down! There's never enough to eat, and you can't get a decent night's sleep! J 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 After a Female Ghost Got Pregnant, I Became the Scapegoat 巜女鬼怀孕后，我成了替罪羊》 After a Female Ghost Got Pregnant, I Became the Scapegoat —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Survival Game: One Extra Save Slot Every Day 生存游戏，每日读档次数加一 A mysterious game. Memories erased. Ghostly figures hunt the players by a set of rules. Will they choose cruelty, despair, or insight? Death, a reset, starting over again. The cold, bespectacled beauty grows passionate, and the terrifying game seems to conceal a delightful thrill. On the island, supernatural sequences lie in wait: werewolves, witches, gunslingers wielding revolvers... A terrifying owl king that blots out the sky, a silver-furred Wolf King and its pack of giant wolves, black-sca 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 As the Whole Village Called Back the Soul of His Missing Son, He Came Home Through the Door 全村替失踪的儿子收魂时，他从门外回来了 As the whole village performs a soul-summoning ritual for their missing son, he comes home through the front door. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 99.98% Comedy Series: Working as a Security Guard in Heaven, Catching Taibai Jinxing from the Start 99.98%搞笑系列之巜天庭当保安:开局抓了太白金星》 99.98% comedy series: "Working Security in Heaven: I Arrested Taibai Jinxing from the Start" —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Invincible, Starting with Multithreading 无敌从多线程开始 Chen Tian, a gaming addict, unexpectedly transmigrated into another world and became a cultivation waste, the kind seen only once in a thousand years. Just as he was despairing, he suddenly discovered that he could apply the rules of the games he'd played in his previous life to the path of cultivation. And so, the tale of an invincible powerhouse began! Note: The protagonist is an absolutely terrible person. This has nothing to do with the author. [Shameless] + [Funny] + [Sneaky] + [Meme Refe 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Celestial Tribulation Inspection Bureau 天劫巡检司 Whenever a cultivator in Linchuan City undergoes tribulation, the Heavenly Tribulation Inspection Bureau must survey the area in advance and verify the tribulation order to prevent stray lightning from harming innocent people. On his first solo night patrol, trainee inspector Shen Yan encounters a tribulation that should never have happened. The order calls for three bolts of lightning, but the scene bears seven scorch marks and eight corpses. The dead have no names, the order lists no target, a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Midnight Taxi 巜午夜出租车》 "The Midnight Taxi" —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 After the Divorce, I Became the Artist He Could Never Hope to Win Over 离婚后我成了他高攀不起的画家 After the Divorce, I Became the Painter He Could Only Dream of Marrying 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Crossing the Pass: The Blood-Gold Mystery 闯关东之血金迷踪 Blood Gold Mystery in Chuang Guandong —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 They Stole My Family Home. I Awakened a Truth-Telling System and Gave Those Ungrateful Wretches a Thorough Face-Slapping 老宅被抢，我觉醒真话系统，狠狠打脸白眼狼 My Ancestral Home Was Seized, So I Awakened a Truth-Telling System and Gave the Ungrateful Backstabbers a Thorough Face-Slapping 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Godslayer of the Countryside 乡村弑神者 [Chinese-style horror + not a power fantasy + more terrifying the more you think about it] When I was eight, my maternal grandfather took my two uncles and me to Chang'an Village to help harvest rice. Not long after we arrived, someone died under mysterious circumstances. Worried something might happen to me, my grandfather told my eldest uncle to take me home first. Before we left, he repeatedly warned us not to speak to anyone we met on the road. My eldest uncle agreed, and we hurried back. Ha 735Reads8.9Score105Shelves
- 30 Xue Family Paper Effigy Shop 薛记纸扎铺 On the surface, this world is an ordinary modern city. But hidden from sight is something called “Filth.” A person’s obsessions, resentment, fear, regrets, and other powerful negative emotions can coalesce under certain conditions, attaching themselves to objects, places, or even people, where they can influence or even devour the living. Most people don’t know Filth exists, but certain specialized trades can deal with it. Paper effigy crafting is one of them. As the name suggests, paper effigy 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Yin Walker: The Last Stick of Incense 走阴人：最后一炷香 Xu Zhaolin makes a living with his ears. He is a sound documentary field recorder, traveling through the countryside with a recorder on his back to document folk crafts on the verge of disappearing and the oral histories of the elderly. Three years ago, his twin brother, Xu Zhaochuan, vanished near the reservoir in Baishi Town. No one had seen him alive, and no body was ever found. Three years later, Xu Zhaolin returns to Baishi Town to record the final oral history of an old man. A stretch of b 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Live-Streaming the Nine Dragons Coffin 巜直播九龙拉棺》 [Live Stream: Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin] 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Spirit-Sealing Corpse Shroud 镇灵尸衣 On the day I was born, ghosts surrounded our home. I only survived because a master gave his life to save me. Only later did I learn the truth: I was born on a yin year, yin month, and yin day, making me a Yin Child. My master said that anyone born under all three yin signs would have a life full of misfortune and spend their days wandering from place to place. 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Top-Rated Story: Death Replayed 高分榜之死亡重演 Death Reenacted: A Top-Ranked Mystery —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Growing Grass in the Eastern Wilderness 巜我在东荒种草》 I Grow Grass in the Eastern Wilderness —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Little Ancestress Descends to the Mortal World, and All Three Realms Tremble 小祖宗下凡，三界全员瑟瑟发抖 [Animated Series] Now streaming: The Little Goddess of Heaven Descends to the Mortal Realm Ling Xi is a carefree little ancestor, the only being in all of Heaven bold enough to crack melon seeds in the Hall of Miraculous Heavens and tug on the beard of the Supreme Lord Lao. She's at the very peak of power, yet lazy and easygoing. The gods are driven half-mad by her antics, so they conspire to trick her into descending to the mortal realm under the pretense of a "vacation to undergo tribulations. 1.6kReads8.2Score145Shelves
- 37 Immortal Isle City 仙岛城 Zhang Mei, 27, a copywriter at an advertising agency, had been working overtime for 38 days straight. While binge-watching dramas all night, her heart stopped. She died. When she opened her eyes, she had become Wei Qinghe, an 18-year-old village girl who had just been sold for ten taels of silver by her gambling-addict parents. She tried to escape by jumping into a river, but drowned. Zhang Mei cursed and died once more, then sank to the bottom of the sea, where a chatty dolphin named Moniu, wh 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Follow the Dormitory Rules 规则怪谈：熄灯后，请遵守宿舍守则 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Please Follow the Dormitory Rules 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Paranormal Investigation Bureau Needs Talents Like Me 怪谈调查科需要我这样的人才 [Handcrafted from scratch!]+ [Vengeful Ghosts Return]+ [Supernatural Escape]+ [Killing Patterns]+ [Rule Horror]+ [Mystery and Twists]+ [There’s a Romance, but It’s Not the Focus] [Please Give Me a Chance to Tell a Ghost Story] Doppelgängers, dismemberment cases, vengeful ghosts, whatever you do, don’t look back, a deadly exam, zoo horror stories… The world is being invaded by the supernatural, and ordinary humans can no longer survive. Lu Ming, a rookie at the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, di 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Damn! How Did a Manly Man End Up Reborn in a Woman's Body? 我靠！堂堂七尺男儿尽重生到女人身上！ Damn! A grown man, a full seven feet tall, has actually been reborn in a woman’s body! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Unorthodox Martial Arts: I Sweep Aside Fierce Beasts with Ridiculous Tricks 整活武道：我靠骚操作横扫凶兽 Martial Arts Mayhem: I Sweep Aside Ferocious Beasts with Outrageous Tricks 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Boss's Wife on a Deserted Island 荒岛求生之老板娘 The Boss’s Wife on a Deserted Island —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Report! I Caught One of Our Own 巜报告！我抓了个自己人》 Report! I Caught One of Our Own 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Beasts Trapped in a Small Space 方寸困兽 A star basketball player vanishes in midair as he leaps for a dunk. A spatial distortion, or a supernatural force? Yuyang, a history student, accidentally forms a symbiotic bond with Huaiyan, a thousand-year-old evil spirit known as the “Wall Monk.” He becomes a “demon beacon,” a target coveted by all sides. When a mysterious organization sets its sights on his roommate, Yuyang is forced into a vast conspiracy revolving around ancient feng shui arts. Facing the mastermind who manipulates fate, Y 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Worry-Free Town: Raising Geese and Fighting Beasts in the Countryside 忘忧小镇：我在农村养鹅打恶兽 Top student Chen Yunyun returns to her village to start a business. It begins with her wholesaling chicken and goose eggs for five or six mao a piece and getting laughed at, but with a flock of swans that can fly like detectives and peck down ferocious beasts, she somehow transforms a poor mountain village into a model fairyland town for the whole province. The village is packed with oddballs: her father, Chen Dachuan, who talks tough but has a soft heart; her mother, Li Xiu'e, who scolds the g 120Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Reborn, This Monk's Dharma Name Is Jieshen 重生后贫僧法号戒嗔 After Being Reborn, This Poor Monk's Dharma Name Is Jieshen —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 99.99% Comedy Series: A Love Story Between a Monk and a Nun 99.99%搞笑系列之巜贫僧和尼姑的爱情故事》 The 99.99% Comedy Series: The Love Story of a Monk and a Nun —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Top Student System's Quest to Win Her Heart 巜学霸系统追妻记》 The Top Student System’s Quest to Win Her Heart —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 This System Is a Little Too Much of a Rip-Off 这个系统有亿点点坑 This is a modern supernatural novel with a System. It is more comedic than scary. There are no feats that instantly conquer the heavens, earth, and everything under them from the start, nor does anyone start out with tens of trillions. If that bothers you, read with caution. After saving a woman who had fallen into prostitution in a back alley, wage worker Zhang Haochen contracts a virus. On the brink of death, he unexpectedly activates the Virtue System. Fulfilling the wishes of ghosts earns hi 27Reads8.8Score102Shelves
