Novels like Dark Sky
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Dark Sky, best match first.
- 1 The Gentleman of 1890 百年绅士1890 Saving this idea for later 20.2kFavorites—Clicks/ch1.7kGifts
- 2 The Land of Nevermore 永无之乡 A god once gazed upon this sea of stars. He slumbered here, and here he awoke. I've wanted to do this for a long time. I'll grab a spot while the inspiration lasts~ Cover art courtesy of @Baishi Tingquan Theme: Seize the day 38.3kFavorites—Clicks/ch11.9kGifts
- 3 Mr. Cat Scratcher 猫抓板先生 Doctor & forestry engineer A story I promised a friend I'd write ages ago. I'll put it in the queue for now~ 23.4kFavorites—Clicks/ch2.6kGifts
- 4 The Fantastical Beasts at World’s End 末世之凶兽 The smog never clears, ferocious beasts roam everywhere, cities lie in ruins, and people are forced to hide wherever they can. What will become of this world... An apocalypse story, but with no zombies. Nonsense from beginning to end. Theme: 69.3kFavorites114kClicks/ch9.4kGifts
- 5 The Great Family 世家 Thanks to @Zhuxuan for the cover 46.3kFavorites—Clicks/ch36.9kGifts
- 6 Raising Ghosts 饲鬼 Gu Yan joined the army at sixteen and fought across countless battlefields, sweating and bleeding for nearly a decade. But after being framed by a treacherous minister, he was stripped of his position by a foolish emperor whose throne was still insecure and who feared his officials had grown too powerful. He was falsely accused of treason and sentenced to death by a thousand cuts. With a light, careless order to “execute him in the market and wipe out his entire clan,” the emperor took the lives 70.6kFavorites76.2kClicks/ch13.8kGifts
- 7 The Defiant Disciple 逆徒 Bai Ke’s first eighteen years were exceptionally difficult: He was born with strange eyes and a frightening birthmark... And his father was unstable at the best of times, becoming even more unhinged whenever there was thunder and rain. He thought life couldn’t get any worse, until he picked someone up. The tall man dressed in black took one look at him, dropped to one knee with a thud, and called out, his eyes filled with emotions Bai Ke could barely understand, “Master!” Bai Ke: “...Put down th 77.1kFavorites80.9kClicks/ch14.3kGifts
- 8 Deep Sea Drifter Diary 深海流窜日记[异世] [Violent Mosasaur Top] X [Cold and Brutal Bottom] Location: 32°20′ north latitude, 64°45′ west longitude, the Bermuda Triangle Xia Chuan ran into trouble at sea. He thought he was going to die in the shipwreck, but a clump of deep-sea foam carried him to a strange place. Creatures that should have been fossils by now were cavorting wildly before his eyes, screeching and squawking, alive and kicking... Xia Chuan carefully washed the blood from his hands. “You’ve been here a long time. Have you f 80.8kFavorites112.5kClicks/ch11.1kGifts
- 9 The Great Emperor’s Daily Nitpicking 大帝的挑刺日常 Many years ago, when Kevin had just joined the reserve corps, he was asked to look after [beat up] a troublesome kid over spring break. Many years later, Kevin, the bronze army commander who had "returned from the dead," came back to the royal city. The people in power had changed. His best friend gloated. "You screwed up, huh? I heard you beat up the Emperor a few times when he was seven or eight." Kevin wasn't worried. "That was ages ago. He must've forgotten by now." Oswald: "The person you 150kFavorites205.9kClicks/ch42.7kGifts
- 10 The Yin Guest 阴客 The long-lived, accidentally warped seme x the frail uke who’s bound to be warped by association, even if he doesn’t want to [Kidding! A rota is posted on the forensic clinic door at the corner of the third floor of Kanghe Hospital: Mondays and Wednesdays: Municipal Public Security Bureau; Tuesdays and Thursdays: District Public Security Bureau Of course, that’s all ordinary people can see. There’s another line beneath it… It reads: On the fifteenth of every month, the yin guest arrives. No wait 359.7kFavorites337.8kClicks/ch115.5kGifts
- 11 Cultural Relics Are Not To Be Messed With 文物不好惹 [Hot-tempered, sharp-tongued demon blade, gong] X [antique restorer, shou] As a graduate of an obscure major, Qi Chen thought it was rare to find a job opening in his field. But when he clicked on it, he felt something about the way he’d opened the page must have been wrong… Position: Antique Restorer Job description: 1. Applicants skilled in restoring metal artifacts preferred. 2. Applicants with strong nerves and the ability to stay calm under pressure preferred. 3. Applicants with self-defen 368.2kFavorites414.9kClicks/ch98.6kGifts
- 12 Collection of Short Scenes 小剧场合集 A pit I accidentally dug years ago, so I might as well gather the little extras here~ They’re probably all pretty ridiculous (.) Theme: Be happy every day 211.8kFavorites326.2kClicks/ch57.4kGifts
- 13 Escape From Rose Island 逃离玫瑰岛 Welcome to Rose Island. Here, faith flourishes and confusion runs rampant. Being alone may not be a good idea. Those without protection often meet their end. Before you set foot here, choose the deity you will worship. Theme: Redemption 892.9kFavorites726.4kClicks/ch4.5MGifts
- 14 EN First-Class Lawyer: Yi Ji Lü Shi 一级律师[星际] A cold-faced expert at shutting down drama queens, who ends up falling for a man himself x A reckless troublemaker who loves setting people up, only to end up crying after he gets himself into trouble At the law school graduation ceremony, the young dean Yan Sui looked elegant and spoke with a smile. “Let’s see what you’ve learned over the past four years. Suppose I were your student right now. What could you teach me?” The other students respectfully began writing short reflections. Only Gu Yan 979.6kFavorites816.2kClicks/ch1MGifts
- 15 EN The Copper Coin Shrine 铜钱龛世 In the twenty-third year of the Tianxi era, rumors spread that the all-powerful Imperial Preceptor had suffered a sudden calamity and been forced into seclusion to cultivate. In private, the common people cheered. That same winter, a stranger arrived in Ningyang County, Huizhou Prefecture. The newcomer, Dharma name Xuan Min, had lost all his memories but knew a little about feng shui and geomancy. On his very first day in Ningyang, he brazenly exorcised a haunted house and, while he was at it, t 726.3kFavorites640.9kClicks/ch394.9kGifts
- 16 EN Three Hundred Years of Longing: Bu Jian Shang Xian San Bai Nian 不见上仙三百年 There are countless evil spirits in the world, and half of them live in Zhaoye City. The other half all met their end in the northern Canglang region of Tiansu, under the command of the immortal Xiao Fuxuan. Only one demon lord was imprisoned for twenty-five years and still survived. That was Wu Xingxue, the Lord of Zhaoye City. Theme: The preciousness of life 997.4kFavorites866.3kClicks/ch1.4MGifts
- 17 Melting City 熔城 To the edge of the world. The words on the billboard were clear through the scope. Much of the paint had peeled away, and the sign was upside down. Let the sunlight of the Main City wake you every morning. It was an advertisement for a housing development. When Lian Chuan first passed by, the billboard had already been hanging like that for who knew how long, as if to prove that being woken by the sunlight each morning was nothing but a collapsing dream. The Main City had long since run out of 277kFavorites216.6kClicks/ch305.3kGifts
- 18 EN Panguan: The Twelfth Gate 判官 A flashy "weakling" x a poor man living in a mansion The Judge's lineage once had a founding patriarch. He was renowned throughout the land, but now no one dares mention him. If they do, the only response is that he died a horrible death. Only Wen Shi still observes the rules. Every day, he pays respects to the founding patriarch's garishly painted portrait, complete with a blue-green face and fangs, when somehow it summons a sickly tenant. The tenant stands before the portrait and asks, "Who 1.7MFavorites1.6MClicks/ch3.2MGifts
- 19 21+ Limited-Time Hunt 限时狩猎 206.2kFavorites182.4kClicks/ch130.4kGifts
- 20 EN Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 The Global Unified High-Risk Examination, commonly known as the Global Exam. Take the test in person; pass and live. The exam system is revised every month, with occasional random changes. Synopsis: Two big shots outdo each other in being outrageous. One-on-one, happy ending, complete nonsense. Theme: Human nature is good 2.6MFavorites2.4MClicks/ch3MGifts
- 21 EN A Certain Someone 某某 Sheng Wang moved into the ancestral courtyard house in Baima Alley. Moving in with him was the woman his father was dating. His father pointed to her son and said, “Call him big brother.” A rebellious, tough-love-only icebox (top) × a lazy young master who thinks he’s precious (bottom) Sheng Wang: I’m straight. Jiang Tian: I’m homophobic. One-on-one romance + happy ending Message: Study hard and make progress every day 2.8MFavorites2.7MClicks/ch4.7MGifts
- 22 SHEEP Pre-release work in the same genre: BUNNY. SHEEP [Blurb] 1. In the year 3000 of the Star Calendar, a large number of artificial intelligences gained consciousness, bringing a major crisis to humanity's survival. To recover all the rogue AIs, a new profession called “hunters” came into being. Yi Heyе (bottom), a gold-medal hunter who had never once failed, had become a chilling legend among AIs with his ruthless decisiveness. Some even went so far as to say, “Ev 54kFavorites41.1kClicks/ch44.1kGifts
- 23 I'll Wait for You in the Abyss 我在深渊等你 Linyuan City Third Psychiatric Hospital has three rules: First, after midnight, do not wander the corridors on the fourth floor of the wards. Second, at night, do not think about any of the hospital's various ghost stories. Third, no matter how dangerous things get, never trust any of the patients. Break any of these rules, and you will see the abyss. Theme: The world may kiss me with pain, but I will answer with song. 62.5kFavorites85kClicks/ch31.5kGifts
- 24 Sleeping Through the Dawn: Side Story 黎明沉眠[外传] Bonus chapter: Lai Jiang's youthful campus romance (not really) The main story is complete w Please set those withered years alight, cross the dying embers of an ancient civilization and the stars chilled across ten thousand miles, and awaken in my arms before the dawn of humanity arrives. Theme: Salute to humanity's unending journey 25kFavorites52.5kClicks/ch9.5kGifts
- 25 Right on Target 准点狙击 [“Sniping” and “Hunting” are two unlucky stories locked away because their author-mom was too lazy to update. Slowly sinks to their knees, orz...] In the new world, artificial intelligence has taken over. Electronic false gods rule the high-tech regions, forcing humanity to flee to survival zones. Su Heting was injured and modified into a cat. After uploading his consciousness through a brain-computer interface, he met a man wearing a cross-shaped star earring. Gradually, Su Heting began to su 144.5kFavorites108.9kClicks/ch215kGifts
- 26 The Cat's Rose [Interstellar] 猫咪的玫瑰[星际] “We have been sailing for hundreds of years, losing our home planet, losing our way, and losing the love symbolized by the rose.” As the apocalypse began, the “Voyager” left Earth behind. Lin Si was the Voyager’s top biologist. The only failure in his life was an experimental subject who never woke up during the “Limitless” genetic modification project. After a black hole accident, the experimental subject woke up with an unknown mutation caused by radiation. Wasn’t this supposed to be the st 193.3kFavorites187.1kClicks/ch76.3kGifts
- 27 Dangerous Personality 危险人格 An unusual kidnapping case gives Chi Qing the ability to read minds. His personality drifts further and further from normal, and he keeps failing his personality assessments: You have a high-risk personality. Until he meets someone whose thoughts he can't read. Only when he's by that person's side can he find a moment of peace. Chi Qing wants nothing more than for him to stay away, yet he still says, "...Give me your hand. There's a lot of traffic. I don't want you getting hit by a car." Xie Li 615.2kFavorites572.5kClicks/ch713.5kGifts
- 28 UAAG Air Crash Investigation Team UAAG空难调查组 Four years ago, a mysterious air disaster took the lives of his comrades and loved ones. Now, Fu Cheng, the youngest Air Force major in Huaguo, has been specially recruited by UAAG (United Aviation Accident Group), a newly established multinational aviation accident investigation organization that provides consulting services to countries around the world. Words of a plea for help come from a lost black box, while the wreckage of a shattered aircraft reflects the distance between life and death 112.8kFavorites133.3kClicks/ch146.2kGifts
- 29 The Blade of the Galactic Empire 银河帝国之刃 Theme: 165.1kFavorites245.2kClicks/ch24.9kGifts
- 30 The White Colt Between Heaven and Earth 天地白驹 Nothing in heaven or earth ever stands still. All things flow on without end. A lifetime passes like a white colt glimpsed through a crack, gone in an instant. Theme: 188kFavorites236.8kClicks/ch224.1kGifts
- 31 Into the Daylight 撞入白昼 [Print edition preorders open on November 8. See Weibo @Yinluxing for details.] There had been a huge rumor going around the worlds of demon hunters and demons lately: Yu Huai and Xu Yinien had crossed paths again. Five years ago, disaster struck the Yu family, and Yu Huai was forced to flee into the demon burial ground, a place no one dared enter. Everyone thought he would die inside, but he emerged from that hell of corpses and blood in just two years, stronger than ever and more reckless tha 208.8kFavorites213.1kClicks/ch141.6kGifts
- 32 Defective 残次品 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities “I carried a hatred buried deep in my bones and a scheme years in the making. I turned myself into a ghost risen from the dead and sank into the swamp, sank into the abyss. I wanted to plant rotting roots and grow thorns that would kill at a touch, to pierce this hypocritical civilization. I reached the depths of the mire... and found a star.” A top with a three-ton idol image VS a bottom who's a shre 895.3kFavorites837.3kClicks/ch1.7MGifts
- 33 You’re My Wonderwall 七芒星 [Music novel, a little experiment, with a change in writing style] Lu Yan, the pride of the Lower District, lead singer of a well-known underground band, and a musical genius. He looks like the leader of some “X cult.” His new neighbor, Xiao Heng, thinks he's nothing but a rotten, lousy guitarist and a… punk with an awful haircut. Also known as: The Broke Brothers. A realistic slice-of-life story. A rich second-generation top and the lead singer of an underground rock band as the bottom. X 486.4kFavorites268.8kClicks/ch159.2kGifts
- 34 Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源 They were born for humanity, and once stood side by side as friends. When an unknown disaster struck, however, some chose to turn away. After the slaughter between humans and bio-engineered beings, the survivors took refuge in isolated settlements, establishing outposts and struggling to survive alone in a ravaged world. Then people began disappearing from the human settlements that should have been safe and untouched, and the wheels of fate began to turn. It seemed that everything they wished t 152.7kFavorites141.3kClicks/ch211.9kGifts
- 35 Don't You Dare Disrupt My Studies! 不准影响我学习！ All I’ve ever said is that I love every one of my stories and every character. All I’ve ever said is that I truly love them. I have [never] said anything about a shameful past, nor have I ever held such an attitude. [A story about two 24-karat genuine school bullies trying their best to act sweet and trick someone into coming home with them] Lin Jian always thought his new deskmate, Shi Yi, was a bookish little weakling who could be knocked over with a poke. Polite, delicate, and frail, well-be 127.1kFavorites223.7kClicks/ch96.3kGifts
- 36 Violets and the Thorn Bird 紫罗兰和荆棘鸟 [Any revision notes are just for fixing errors or unlocking chapters] A cliff in full bloom, a burning abyss. A fallen knight sets out to defeat the Demon King. Demon King: Stop it! Knight seme x chuunibyou, talkative Demon King uke “I don’t have any car illustrations here either w” Happy ending, one-on-one romance. Updated daily at 7 p.m. Thanks for reading w Theme: 45.9kFavorites42.6kClicks/ch16.8kGifts
- 37 Woke up and Heard I Was Married 一觉醒来听说我结婚了 [Next novel: Fake Academic Rivals. Find it in my author page =3= Muah] This might be a fake showbiz novel, or maybe the blurb is fake too. Shao Si was sickly from childhood. He only lived to this day because he accidentally got bound to a life-extending System that was like a ghost. After he set foot in the entertainment industry, things got even more life-threatening. System: We are the Black Curtain Duo. Our goal is to clean up the entertainment industry and expose all its shady dealings. 544.2kFavorites715.9kClicks/ch187.5kGifts
- 38 Reverse Capture 反向捕获 An audio drama adaptation of "Reverse Capture", featuring a cast with the same name as the novel, is now streaming on Ximalaya. Come give it a listen! The title might be something along the lines of "My Aloof Roommate Was Possessed". Wei Ling wakes up after being in a coma for eight years. Everything around him has changed. His parents have grown old, the senior he once loved has had her third child, and his roommate, Wen Zhuo, has become a devastatingly handsome and highly accomplished profes 106.3kFavorites237.3kClicks/ch89.7kGifts
- 39 The School Uniform Gentleman 校服绅士 136.7kFavorites204.7kClicks/ch47.5kGifts
- 40 Lantern Light on Peach Blossoms 提灯映桃花 A modern urban danmei melodrama: intense angst and drama, possessive love, a painful romance, wealthy-family feuds, mutual destruction, and a conventional happy ending I once saw the Crown Prince of King Ling of Zhou, playing the flute beneath a peach tree in bloom. A modern urban story about exorcising demons. A seme with enough kingly charisma to wake up every day dazzled by his own good looks, and an indefatigable uke who just won't stay down no matter how many times he's beaten. Maxed-out 574.3kFavorites677.8kClicks/ch131.6kGifts
- 41 Criminal Psychology 犯罪心理 One day, while Lin Chen was reading, Xing Conglian asked him: “You’re a psychologist. Can you help me figure out what kind of person I’d be suited to marry?” Lin Chen remembered telling him that love was the most impossible thing in the world to quantify. Even a psychologist couldn’t predict it, because the process of two people falling in love was full of countless variables. Xing Conglian asked, “What are variables?” Lin Chen thought at the time: A variable is that I thought you were just an o 802.2kFavorites610.5kClicks/ch727.5kGifts
- 42 Everyone Except Me Is Nonhuman [Reborn] 除我以外全员非人[重生] Wei Huan, the sole heir to the bloodline of the great demon Jiu Feng, was killed in a counterattack. By a miracle, he was reborn in the enemy camp as a weak, pitiful, helpless human. To uncover the truth, Wei Huan is forced to return to his alma mater, Shan Hai University, the top school in the demon realm. He becomes the first human student in its history and unlocks the thrilling campus scenario: “Everyone but me is nonhuman.” There’s one thing Wei Huan fears more than anything: his nemesis f 320.1kFavorites277.8kClicks/ch270.7kGifts
- 43 Limited Ambiguity 限定暧昧 [The audio drama with the same title is currently airing on Manbo. The simplified Chinese print edition is titled “Exclusive Relationship”; Volume One is now available. Follow @Su Jingxian for more details.] Blurb One: When he awoke from the ashes of blood and fire, he met this handful of fresh snow. Blurb Two: At nineteen, Qi Yan returned to the Qi family, and the outside world invented eight hundred tragic backstories for him. Before long, everyone also noticed that he had a personal bodygua 280.9kFavorites438.4kClicks/ch269.2kGifts
- 44 Happy Doomsday 末日快乐 Genius scientist Ruan Xian has been unconscious for years. When he opens his eyes, his back no longer hurts, his legs have healed, and he can even bounce around again. The only problem is that the artificial intelligence outside has gone rogue, and humanity's apocalypse has already arrived. Luckily, his luck hasn't run out. He manages to find a survival partner with exceptional survival skills. Tang Yibu: Models this old are prone to breaking down. Tang Yibu: Remember, the number-one rule for st 86.1kFavorites123.3kClicks/ch117.5kGifts
- 45 Undead 不死者 First Thessalonians 4:16 Communications go down. Water and electricity stop. A chemical plant leaks, a nuclear power station explodes, and the city becomes a hellish wasteland. A biothriller zombie apocalypse with an ABO setting. An Alpha-Omega pairing: a handsome top who’s ruthless, talks too much, and can’t stay cool for more than three seconds × a bottom who can fight like a powerhouse but has been unlucky all his life. Theme: 727.3kFavorites804.9kClicks/ch381.2kGifts
- 46 Big Dipper 北斗 Overnight, everything turned upside down. Ling Shu went from a lazy little cop who was content to coast through life to a criminal suspect condemned by everyone. With no other choice, he had to fight to survive and clear his name. Yue Ding Tang couldn’t stand Ling Shu’s habit of taking it easy and never lifting a finger if he could avoid it. Then one day, he suddenly realized that the person he’d been trying to criticize and reform might not be a useless, lazy pig after all, but a ferocious bea 127.8kFavorites174.6kClicks/ch189.9kGifts
- 47 The Willful Minister 恣睢之臣 [Currently editing and formatting, and catching typos along the way.] Everyone is wary of Bai Jiu’s mercurial moods. Only Xin Yi can keep him in line. A story about a down-and-out young heir who is doted on by a cruel, vicious, and ruthless older man. A truly ruthless and scheming powerful official gong x a genuinely kind and gentle young heir shou 1v1, sweet and doting, HE. Theme: Give it some thought. 198.7kFavorites227.9kClicks/ch17.1kGifts
- 48 Blazing Fire, Burning Sorrow 烈火浇愁 “On the crest of the magma waves, embers burn without end.” Ancient times to modern day, younger love interest. Thanks to the lovely little friend “Chengzi Lvya Lv” on Lofter for the cover art. The lettering is so beautiful =w= Theme: 1MFavorites1.4MClicks/ch2.6MGifts
- 49 Temporary Bodyguard 临时保镖 Recently, CEO Gao hired a bodyguard, the kind he pays by the day. A sickly, pretty-faced weakling, not even as sturdy as CEO Gao. He clearly isn’t any kind of proper bodyguard. Gao Yusheng (top) x Zhai Chen (bottom) An unconventional domineering CEO and his charming bodyguard, with a little mystery and deduction New story, In the Name of Teeth, coming soon Theme: 244.7kFavorites366.3kClicks/ch221.8kGifts
- 50 Southern Zen 南禅 [Any revision notices are for chapters currently being unlocked] I have tasted all eight worldly sufferings. I seek no Buddha, only you. Wild, unruly monster gong x cool, desireless, childish immortal shou One-on-one, happy ending. The koi fish is the gong, the gong, the gong. Not younger, not younger, not younger. The point of view is hard to pin down; both characters have one. [One-quarter is flashbacks and one-quarter is case details. Proceed with caution.] Theme: 245.1kFavorites209.9kClicks/ch129.2kGifts
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