Novels like The Strange Detective Agency
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- 51 EN Nightmare Assault 噩梦惊袭 Horror, supernatural, infinite-worlds. Focused on the plot, no romance. That's pretty much it. 47Votes163.2kRecs970.1kFans
- 52 The Low-Dimensional Revolution 低维革命 New book: Learning Medicine Cannot Save Great Qin. Go read it! “I know there is a pair of eyes observing us in ways I cannot comprehend. I know there is a pair of hands manipulating us in ways beyond imagination. Our thoughts have been rewritten. Our bodies have been imprisoned. I know you are beings from a higher dimension. I know you call yourselves, players. And today, I, Lu Yuan, carrying the countless game lives behind me that have been deemed useless data, formally declare war on all of y 0Votes91.6kRecs149.5kFans
- 53 Goat Simulator 山羊模拟器 A magical journey starring a goofy goat. A novel told from a goat’s point of view. A crazy goat makes for plenty of laughs. Currently unlocked: (Healing Goat) (DJ Goat) (Rainbow Goat) (Fortune-Telling Goat) (Bodybuilding Goat) (Evil Goat) (Laser Goat) (Breeding Goat) (Sealing Goat) Reader group: 758907150 0Votes10.2kRecs0Fans
- 54 Working Hard to Cultivate in Uncle Jiu's World! 我在九叔世界里面努力加点修仙！ “People are divided into good and bad, while corpses are divided into zombies and dried-up corpses.” Uncle Jiu said earnestly, “You should study the Demon-Subduing Spell properly. You’re still young. Practice for five or six years, and you’ll learn it.” Luo Su nodded, silently thinking, Deep Blue, add points, add points, add points. Then he peed a yellow talisman onto the ground, blinked, and looked at Uncle Jiu. “Is this right?” Uncle Jiu: ???!!! 0Votes57.8kRecs270kFans
- 55 Conquering the Steam Game Library 打穿steam游戏库 Hollow Knight, The Elder Scrolls V, The Scroll of Taiwu, Chinese Parents, Mount & Blade, Salt and Sanctuary, Don't Starve, BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Amazing Cultivation Simulator... Experience the worlds of games firsthand. Embark on a thrilling grand adventure! 0Votes41.5kRecs147.2kFans
- 56 EN Above the Mist 迷雾之上 Bai Yanliang, male, twenty-three years old, unmarried. Assessment: condition improved, emotions stable, meets the requirements for discharge. Today, he was discharged. 5Votes79.2kRecs332.5kFans
- 57 The Bionic Era 仿生纪元 Lu Wen is reborn as a housekeeping android. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life doing chores. But on his first day in his employer’s home, he receives two instructions: “Don’t go to the third floor.” “Dig a hole in the backyard big enough to bury an adult. Make it deep.” 0Votes31.3kRecs80.2kFans
- 58 EN Trapped in the Cube 我被困在方块之中 Upon waking, Mo Ling finds himself trapped inside a sealed cube. With one cubic meter of room to move, an indestructible metal shell, and no food or water, it is like waiting to die inside a coffin. At the critical moment, however, Mo Ling discovers that his perception has undergone a strange change, extending continuously through the walls and outward. The outside world is filled with danger, but he cannot move. He can only hide inside the cube and influence this bizarre world. Faced with the i 5Votes75kRecs279.5kFans
- 59 I Have a Catalog of Ghosts and Gods 我有一卷鬼神图录 Jiang Zhou is brought to the Great Ji by a scroll of ghostly records. Using half an episode of Journey to the West on his phone, he fools a vicious demoness into complete submission. Claiming to be a disciple of Mount Lingtai Fangcun and the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, he sets out on a path to the heavens... Demons run rampant, yet immortals dwell in the mortal world. With one ancient register, he gains the blessings of creation. He commands the execution of ghosts, confers titles 1Votes132.4kRecs494.2kFans
- 60 Building America: My Campaign Manager Is Roosevelt 缔造美利坚：我竞选经理是罗斯福 My name is Leo Wallace. I'm a history PhD student, and I'm $137,542.89 in debt. At the darkest point in my life, I lost my job. The reason? I trashed a tech giant called Omni online, and they “optimized” me right out of a job. I thought my life was going to be like Rickshaw Boy, until an uninvited intruder showed up in my head. He said his name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yes, that one, the guy on the dime. “Kid, stop ranting online. It doesn't work.” “Want to take them down? I'll teach you how.” 0Votes89.4kRecs234.6kFans
- 61 The Fog City Detective 雾都侦探 This book goes from heaven to earth, sees ghosts and toys with people, and includes counterterrorism, antidrug operations, criminal investigations, espionage, plotting, conspiracies, serial killers, sky-high heists, and more. The story is set in Europe. It involves no discrimination and has nothing to do with our country, so please don’t read anything into it. Also, the Xia-Ou continent may differ in a few minor details from the European continent as people generally understand it. Important: Do 3Votes741.3kRecs271.4kFans
- 62 Fist of Imagination 空想之拳 My name is Liang De. I'm twenty-seven, not a student, and after transmigrating I live near the university district in Xiangbei City. I'm unmarried. Before I transmigrated, I had to work overtime every day until nine at night before I could go home. If I slacked off, I'd have to work through the night. I smoke and get perms, but I don't drink. I only swear online. I don't spend money on games, and I don't use pirated copies. I always watch the anime every hot-blooded guy should see. When I decide 22Votes287.8kRecs261.5kFans
- 63 Sequence Player 序列玩家 To the Players: This is the secret of life, the journey of all things. You will grow stronger, become superheroes, and even reach for the powers of the gods. But if you fail, you die. Because you have already embarked on the highest sequence of the evolutionary game! “Isn’t this just making things hard for Darwin?” Li Changhe murmured as he watched a Player walking through the air in the distance. “And Newton, while they’re at it.” If you don’t like hot-blooded stories, please don’t flame me. 0Votes237.2kRecs781.6kFans
- 64 Strange Tales from Beyond the World 方外志异 Practice diligently and never neglect the Golden Elixir; when your cultivation is complete, you must pay your respects to the Jade Sovereign. The Dao's secrets were passed down through the Jade Light; the truth of the scriptures came from the Yellow Stone. Today I roam beyond the world with gourd and bamboo hat; the old place has lost its master amid mist and rosy clouds. From now on, I am a carefree wanderer among clouds and waters; wooden men, flowers, and birds will see me through my youth. A 0Votes80.8kRecs52.8kFans
- 65 EN I Created the Myth of the Old Ones 我打造了旧日支配者神话 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ban only wanted to make some movies and earn money. Then he awakened a System that rewarded him for completing missions. Awesome! Wait, looking under the bed at midnight? Hearing a piano in a theater abandoned for twenty years? An artist at an exhibition going missing? As Lu Ban completes these missions, he realizes that this world might actually have ghosts! There's something wrong with this System. He discovers that the System not only sends him to 6Votes140.6kRecs541.5kFans
- 66 I Can Rewind 我能回档不死 Reborn in a parallel world, only to find strangeness everywhere… Do not enter the bathroom after midnight. At exactly two in the morning, there’s a knock at the door. A gaunt woman with disheveled hair is always standing with her back to me. Am I caught up in a paranormal incident? Good thing I can reload! This is the story of someone reborn in a world invaded by the paranormal, carefully navigating each step and fighting the strange with bizarre tactics. 0Votes378.7kRecs298.2kFans
- 67 The Apocalypse Begins with a Nightmare 末日从噩梦开始 A strange cycle of reincarnation... A false world... From the day you are imprisoned, your awakening begins! Fear has shattered the boundary between dreams and reality, making it impossible to tell which is real and which is illusion. When the nightmare truly arrives, no one can remain untouched. This 0Votes136.3kRecs420.3kFans
- 68 My Name Is Buck 我叫巴克 My name is Buck Lee. Thanks to my hard work, there hasn't been a single murder in my precinct for five years. 0Votes45.7kRecs74.9kFans
- 69 Dawn Doctor 黎明医生 The bustling streets of the past now lay in a grotesque, deathly silence. Hoarse, frenzied whispers coiled across the sky, while indescribable ancient giants drifted beneath the sea. Unknown diseases broke out, terrible disasters ravaged the land, and panicked people searched day and night for imaginary places of refuge. Blood-rain fell. Lightning revealed the gathering crows. Nevermore, nevermore, they answered. “We can see that this aberrant creature has twelve pairs of ribs, just like a human 15Votes603.9kRecs793.4kFans
- 70 EN God-Level Witcher 神级狩魔人 A player’s soul enters the world of The Witcher. After being tested by monsters, magic, and war, he rises from witcher apprentice to grandmaster. Only then does he realize that everything is just beginning. 0Votes134.2kRecs269kFans
- 71 A Master of Ghostly Tricks 戏鬼神 A strange, fantastical journey shrouded in mystery. The story of a group of guardians at the gates of the human world… 0Votes147.7kRecs153.6kFans
- 72 My Wife Isn't Human 吾妻非人哉 For the sake of her sales figures, Wang Quan had no choice but to spend 698 yuan registering for a VIP membership on her matchmaking site. He then spent another 9.9 yuan to apply for a match. He’d thought it would be an ordinary blind date, but... He looked up at the figure in front of him and fell into thought: Three hundred meters tall, with wings made of countless tentacles... Nine heads, each a monstrous skull with no features, just f 0Votes187.1kRecs523.3kFans
- 73 Sowing the Seeds of the Heart Demon Dao 心魔种道 Fellow cultivators, masters, Taoist priests, nuns, fairies, demon lords, and sect leaders, welcome to my world. Enjoy the supreme delight and boundless pleasure of traveling through the myriad realms. (Wry smile.) 0Votes161.3kRecs152.5kFans
- 74 Mastering Evil Sha 御煞 The rootless tree, its flowers in bloom and shade, who would cultivate while still attached to the mortal world? The affairs of this fleeting life, a boat on a sea of suffering, tossed about with no freedom. With no shore in sight, it is hard to find a place to moor; forever sailing through waters where fish and dragons lurk. If only you would turn back, the shore is there; don't wait for the storm to wreck your boat. Open your eyes and see the fleeting world. Control baleful f 0Votes69.7kRecs313.1kFans
- 75 Bounty Hunter 赏金猎手 Bounty hunting is a legal profession in that den of iniquity, the United States. Based in Chinatown and centered on Chinese Americans, this novel begins with a makeshift band of bounty hunters and opens up a mysterious, colorful, and magnificent world of professional hunters. For the law, for justice, or simply for the bounty. As long as the price is right, hunters fear nothing, even when facing master thieves and cold-blooded killers. You get what you pay for. A work by Xia Zhi. More than ten V 0Votes779.6kRecs148.4kFans
- 76 Conquering the World Requires a Thousand Deaths 攻略世界要死一千次 [A perfect, complete story. Readers can’t stop praising it!] “You have a thousand chances to be reborn. Save this world within three years!” When Qin Yi woke up, he had gained an outrageous golden finger… though it didn’t seem like a good thing. His previously normal relationships seemed to have changed without him noticing. … “Big bro, dinner’s ready!” “Coming!” Saving the world felt too far away for Qin Yi. He needed to figure out how to get through the crisis right in front of him. The younge 0Votes23.2kRecs96.2kFans
- 77 Strange Tales and Unusual Happenings 怪谈异闻 @Strange Tales and Unusual Accounts 2Votes258.2kRecs85.3kFans
- 78 The Underworld: I’m the Only Living Person 阴曹地府：活人只有我自己 My older sister sat before her vanity, combing her hair. The hair cried out as it fell to the floor, spreading throughout the room. My little sister held a needle and thread, sewing a rag doll. The doll let out a delightful, ear-piercing shriek, its loose threads darting about. The old dog by the door hunched over, stood up, and gave me a cackling grin. Li Wei transmigrated into a world resembling the Republican era, except the whole world was full of the eerie and uncanny. What could he do? Luc 0Votes93.9kRecs197.6kFans
- 79 Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Warhammer 龙族：从战锤归来的路明非 In the nine hundred and ninety-third year of the forty-first millennium of darkness and despair, Lu Mingfei, champion warrior of the Interstellar Space Marine Chapter known as the Lamenters, was overwhelmed by a tide of Tyranids. But his soul did not return to the Golden Throne. Instead, it went back to the hometown he had buried deep in his heart, a place that had once been like paradise. At that time, he had just turned sixteen. He had thought he could live out this life in peace, until a torr 2Votes105.6kRecs537.5kFans
- 80 The Last Dark Lord 最后的黑暗之王 This is a world shrouded in darkness. The black fog devours every living creature it touches. Fire is humanity’s only refuge. Then the age of darkness arrives, and the flames begin to die. Countless mighty kingdoms become lairs for dark monsters. Humanity loses all contact, and the survivors tremble in their lonely pinpricks of light. Until Rhodes arrives in this world. “Damn, what kind of freak is this? Is it edible?” “This soul tastes delicious.” “As long as the will of fire endures, I believe 2Votes182.2kRecs593.8kFans
- 81 The Star Spy Family 星谍世家 He is a spy, and every man and woman in his family is a spy too. The trade has been passed down for generations. Their daily fare is power and money, their drink is loyalty and betrayal, their game is glances and words, and their pleasure lies in riddles and cracking codes. Their enemies are always another band of spies. Even the stars and the void between them cannot keep the two sides from scheming and struggling against each other. 2Votes416.4kRecs252.8kFans
- 82 Survival Guide to a Bizarre World 诡异世界生存手册 A white fox wails at a funeral, a living corpse digs up a grave… In this world, ghosts eat people, and monsters eat people too. The story is just getting started. 1Votes95.3kRecs315.3kFans
- 83 The Emperor’s Angel of Death 帝皇的告死天使 This is the 41st millennium of the Galactic Human Empire, and this is the story of that age; Humanity has forgotten the power of science and technology, and forgotten too much ever to reclaim it. Humanity has also forgotten the promise of progress and understanding, for this cruel and dark future holds nothing but war. There is never peace among the stars, only endless slaughter and carnage, and the raucous laughter of the hungry gods. Soshyan Alexei, a Battle-Brother of the Star Knights Chapter 236Votes252.4kRecs252.3kFans
- 84 Twenty Years in the Underworld of Republican-Era China 民国江湖二十年 [Everyday life in the martial world, bandits of the greenwood, and strange folk customs] If someone greets you with “You must be tired,” you know you’re in the martial world. In the late Qing and early Republican era, the nation was crumbling and chaos reigned. Beyond Shanhai Pass, greenwood heroes rose in droves. In the streets of Beijing and Tianjin, extraordinary figures of the martial world emerged one after another. In times like these, every hero ought to have a bit of a bandit in him!!! … 315Votes249.3kRecs237.8kFans
- 85 The Ancient God's Eerie Game 古神的诡异游戏 This is Da Ju’s brand-new work, The Strange Game of the Ancient Gods, returning to his classic writing style. A roommate’s bizarre death. A strange and mysterious game. This game can let you win everything, but it can also plunge you into utter ruin. There’s only one question: do you dare to play? 0Votes112.2kRecs122.8kFans
- 86 The Secret Language of Nature 自然秘语 In the Fourth Era, when magical civilization has reached an advanced stage, Dage only wants to conduct his research in peace. After an accident, his soul transmigrates to the end of the Third Era, and he becomes a bear in the Silvermoon Forest. The Book of Nature recognizes him as its master. A new god of nature? The Bear God is utterly worn out from worrying about the elves of this forest. PS: A slice-of-life fantasy farming novel. 0Votes192.3kRecs116.7kFans
- 87 EN Notes on the Aberrant Studies of Kraft 克拉夫特异态学笔记 “Imagine that in the world we live in, people spend their entire lives facing a white wall...” “But a rare few get to glimpse the vast world beyond it, and enjoy colors ordinary people couldn’t imagine in a lifetime?” “Yeah, exactly. That’s what I’m getting at. They all died or went mad.” 260Votes313.8kRecs308.7kFans
- 88 EN Abyss Express 深渊专列 Dear passenger, please present your ticket. The express train bound for the abyss is about to depart. P.S. In simple terms, this is an underground adventure story full of the warmth of everyday life, cooking and household chores, harmony, affection, healing, and kindness. 8Votes83.3kRecs289.8kFans
- 89 I Carry a Gacha Panel 随身带个抽奖面板 This is a dark, sinister world rife with mysteries, where monsters and evil spirits roam. At night, people often hear faint whispers. People lose their lives for no apparent reason. Behind the bustling surface lurks a terrifying force unknown to all. Qi Yun transmigrated here with a mysterious panel. In this eerie, sinister world, he gradually brought forth a glimmer of dawn. His first draw granted him the [Bear Grappling Art] manual, greatly boosting his vitality and strength. His second draw g 0Votes239.7kRecs266.5kFans
- 90 A Dream of the Old Gods 旧神残梦 Pagan pantheons are tangled together, and parasitic spirits are spreading like a plague. But I don't care. I just want to get my hands on ten tons of cash, fast. 3Votes77.7kRecs111.4kFans
- 91 The Eighth Grand Servant 第八冠位 This is a crossover series with a leveling-up progression. It is not a dark story, and the protagonist will eventually reach the Grand Order. 0Votes125.9kRecs206kFans
- 92 Reborn: The Glory of Black Iron 重生之黑铁的荣耀 This is an era where magic and firearms coexist. They say that at the end of the age of magic, the people of the continent used guns to drive the mages off the continent of Falea. More than six hundred years have passed. The nations of the continent are locked in conflict, while the mages still dream of reclaiming control. Then a transmigrator arrives in this otherworld. The transmigrator considers himself an ordinary person. He only wants to learn the legendary art of magic and live out his day 0Votes204.2kRecs67.5kFans
- 93 My Dimensional Chatroom 我的次元聊天室 Nanoha Takamachi: @Homura Akemi, the Night of Walpurgis? Where are you? I'll come help. Gaia Two: Looks like there's a big shot here who can destroy a planet with one punch. Someone save me! ∑(O_O;) Saitama: Justice! Execute! Don't be scared, Ball, I'm coming. Kurumi Tokisaki, Blank, Kira Yamato, Shana, Asuna, Yukari Yakumo, Yuki Nagato, Minato Namikaze, Rintaro Okabe... and many more. A chatroom connecting different dimensions will guide them all toward the most perfect worldline. 0Votes117.8kRecs90.6kFans
- 94 EN Eerie Immortal Cultivation Game 诡异流修仙游戏 The new book Invincible from the Moment I See the Boss's Health Bar is now serializing in grand fashion. You are welcome to read a sample! … A unique cultivation game launches, and players flood into it. Fang Yue is one of them. But soon, he discovers that the game is strange everywhere and extremely difficult. Large numbers of players quit during the early stages, but Fang Yue stays and discovers that this game is no ordinary game! Three months later, the strange descends upon reality, and the 0Votes146.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 95 EN I Am Louis XIV 我乃路易十四 What could be worse than realizing, while you’re still in swaddling clothes, that you’re none other than Louis XIV? Well, there’s this: it’s a fantasy version, too. 1Votes287kRecs126.4kFans
- 96 Invading the Mortal World 侵入人间 ~ Xu Xiangyang has two close friends: the girl next door who lives in the same alley, and the class monitor from the class next door. Xu Xiangyang has a secret he cannot tell anyone: he knows that one of his two friends is raising a great demon capable of destroying the world... ~ Set at the end of the last century, this is a story of boys and girls who rely on one another, find comfort in one another, and make their way toward happiness togeth 17Votes238kRecs414.1kFans
- 97 The Tao and the Carbon-Based Monkey's Guide to Care 道与碳基猴子饲养守则 Luo Binhan, an ordinary human, is abducted by an alien spaceship. The other members aboard include a young master of the cultivation world, a succubus, an artificial intelligence, Ultraman, and a wishing machine. Luo Binhan is certain there is something wrong with this universe. Reader group for those who need to answer difficult questions: 569466054 This book is open to all fan works and transformative creations. Thank you for your support. 510Votes448.5kRecs404.4kFans
- 98 EN Lux's Magic Penetration Rod 拉克丝的法穿棒 The Void Staff, also known as the Magic Penetration Wand, has Darkin attributes, a twisted flesh-and-blood body, and a core of Void power. It's an essential item for every Runeterra household and every journey. Those who transmigrate don't have to get a System. They can become someone else's System instead. [Reward Mission: The Blond Kid Must Die] “See that blond kid named Ezreal? Go on, Lux, beat that thief to 0Votes84.4kRecs220.2kFans
- 99 EN Starting Over from Hogwarts 从霍格沃茨开始重新做人 That year. The wizarding world was still very peaceful. A new student named Vincent Wright entered Hogwarts. From then on, the Dark Lords of this world began competing in an unprecedented rat race. 0Votes74.1kRecs200.8kFans
- 100 EN Monster Hunting High School 猎妖高校 After the college entrance exams, Zheng Qing didn't go to the Imperial Capital University he had long dreamed of attending. Instead, carrying his luggage and a fox, he followed a letter of admission and ventured into an unfamiliar college. There was no advanced mathematics, English, or political theory here. In their place were divination, astronomy, and the philosophy of magic. Extracurricular activities meant hunting demons and monsters, and everyone's interests were wonderfully strange. He sa 51Votes213.9kRecs199.8kFans
