Novels like A Handbook for Aspiring Detectives
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- 51 Terror at High Altitude 颤栗高空 I woke up more than a thousand meters in the air. I was at the top of a stone pillar that soared into the clouds. How did I get up here? How am I supposed to get down? Help! 0Votes442.5kRecs835.8kFans
- 52 The White-Haired Demon Master 白首妖师 A cruel and utterly inhuman person is called a “human fiend”! A worldly, smooth operator who understands the ways of people is called a “people person”! A vicious, bloodthirsty killer is called a “butcher”! Then what would you call someone whose schemes are as unpredictable as shifting clouds and who is as cunning as a demon...? … … 0Votes1MRecs279.1kFans
- 53 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
- 54 EN Global God Era 全球神祇时代 Lin Xiao transmigrates into an extraordinarily fantastical and futuristic age where everyone can become a god. Starting as a divine creature, he builds a divine realm, manages his followers and their faith, kindles divine fire, forges a divine persona, wages war in the outer domains, and seizes divine personas. With the golden finger he brought with him when he transmigrated, Lin Xiao c 2Votes282kRecs590.6kFans
- 55 Shadows over the North 北国谍影 Spring 1939. Xu Chengyan, an underground Communist Party member and agent at a Military Statistics Bureau intelligence station, is ordered to Taiyuan to eliminate traitors. Witnessing the Japanese invaders’ brutality, he decides to venture behind enemy lines to fight them. Taking on the identity of Viper, he assassinates enemy commanders, eliminates collaborators, infiltrates enemy camps, and gathers intelligence, writing a new chapter in the spy-war legend on this northern land! Northern Spy Sh 0Votes572.7kRecs250.4kFans
- 56 I Really Only Have One Wife 我真的只有一个老婆 One wife, endless experiences! One hundred days after getting married, Shen Fu discovers his wife's secret: she isn't fighting alone! She can be a domineering CEO or an adorable little foodie. She's skilled with both pen and ink and guns and fists, a study buddy who can help you ace your exams, and utterly shameless. Also known as A New Wife Every Day (The author also has two acclaimed completed novels, I'm Really Not Interested in Money and Literary Scandal. Give them a try~) 1Votes154.2kRecs441kFans
- 57 Sect Master, Keep a Low Profile 掌门低调点 Sect Leader: “I don't want it.” -- [NPC-focused story, previously titled I Hear You're Pretty Arrogant] [The author has one work with an average of 20,000 paid subscriptions and two works with over 10,000. Reader Group 1: 1138057505 (full, 2,000 members) Reader Group 2: 693375110 (space available)] 1Votes530.1kRecs746.2kFans
- 58 I’m Really the Captain of the Flying Henanese 我真是飞翔的河南人号船长啊 My new book, Starting with Mountain Patrols and Demon Subduing, is now being serialized! Come check it out! [Ocean Apocalypse] [Raft Survival] [Farming and War] … Everyone on Earth transmigrates overnight! When eight billion people wake up, they find sharks have become their neighbors. The only shelter is the raft beneath their feet, and what's drifting toward them isn't just wreckage and supplies, but endless lurking sea monsters! [Charcoal-Grilled Kelp] [Rum] [Great White Sharks] [Old Ones]… 0Votes59.1kRecs292kFans
- 59 EN Absurd Deduction Game 荒诞推演游戏 An eerie mansion is steeped in the unknowable and uncanny, and criminals skilled at hiding lurk within. Yu Xing clutches a dagger, looking like a lamb ready for slaughter in front of the big shots. A scraping, rustling sound comes from the attic, as if something is crawling. His temporary teammates say, “Go investigate the attic.” Yu Xing: “All right...” A monster blocks their only escape route. His temporary teammates say, “Go draw it away. Hurry, or we'll make sure you don' 11Votes310kRecs489.8kFans
- 60 EN Hogwarts: Harry Returns from the Witcher 霍格沃茨：从猎魔人归来的哈利 During the final battle against the Wild Hunt, Harry returned to the year he was eleven. Wizards, magic, and the power within him that witchers called something entirely different: now he knew how it all began. A witcher? A wizard? Well... it just means picking up a wand along with the silver sword. (You can still enjoy this even if you haven't read Harry Potter or played the Witcher games.) 0Votes65.4kRecs377.7kFans
- 61 Crimson Descent 猩红降临 The Demons of Life, the Demons of Order, the Demons of Knowledge, the Demons of Fate, the Demons of War... When all manner of uncanny powers invaded, the world was split into two starkly divided halves. Some worshipped them as gods and walked the earth as their emissaries. Others chose to pour themselves a glass of strong liquor on a scarlet night and raise the hunting rifle in their hands. The first volume of the print edition of Since the Red Moon Appeared is now available! You can buy it on T 0Votes135.1kRecs853.2kFans
- 62 EN The Ming Dynasty in a Box 箱子里的大明 Li Daoxuan received a strange landscaping box. Inside the box was an ancient village, along with a group of plastic little figures carrying swords and hacking away at one another throughout the village. He curled his finger and flicked it toward the most conspicuous little figure... Late in the Ming dynasty, Shaanxi was suffering from a devastating drought. A group of bandits were burning, killing, and looting inside the village. A poor young girl was about to die beneath a bandit's blade. Sudde 9Votes306.8kRecs1.5MFans
- 63 After Picking Up the Wrong Game Script, I Became a God 拿错游戏剧本后我超神了 After waking from a dream ten years in the past, Yue Lin hasn't even had the chance to make his mark in the real world, get rich, and reach the pinnacle of life before he's “volunteered” for a survival challenge based on a future interstellar game. As he competes, Yue Lin suddenly realizes that this world is nothing like he imagined. 0Votes148.4kRecs144.2kFans
- 64 Infinite Divine Gear in the City 无限神装在都市 After ten thousand years, the tide of spiritual energy has returned. The bustling city of Tokyo has reverted to the Edo period, and a hundred demons roam the night. In the desert, a pharaoh and his army awaken from eternal slumber. Across the East European plains, vampires and werewolves fight without end. Witches and demons stalk the busy streets of Europe. On the American continent, a feathered serpent with seven pairs of wings stretches its body and opens its eyes amid the cycle of death and 1Votes590.2kRecs482.1kFans
- 65 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
- 66 The Grand Sui Preceptor 大隋国师 With a brush in my hand, I can write a thousand splendid essays, paint prosperous mountains and rivers, and depict the grand affairs of the human world. I can also strike down foolish rulers and treacherous ministers. With a stroke of my brush, I can send them to the underworld. With a sword at my waist, I can slay demons and monsters, and sweep away every injustice in this world. My name is Lu Liangsheng, Grand Preceptor of the Great Sui. 3Votes235.3kRecs349.9kFans
- 67 This Curse Is Too Wonderful 这个诅咒太棒了 Chen Yu transmigrated to a high-martial-arts world, only to be branded an invader by the “Will of the World” and cursed. [Curse effect: Status Reversal] [While cultivating: Vital energy -1, -2, -1, -1...] [While exercising: Obesity +1; Weakness +1; Constitution -1; Strength -1; Stamina -1...] Chen Yu: “This is too much! I’m done training!” [While being lazy: Vital energy +1, +2, +2, +1...] [While staying up late: Health +1; Immunity +1; Cardiopulmonary function +1; Fatigue -1...] [While indulgin 2Votes269.8kRecs1.6MFans
- 68 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
- 69 The Genius Psychologist 天才心理学家 A secret code hidden at home. A sandalwood box containing the truth behind events from more than a decade ago. A group photo of eighteen members of a mysterious organization. A death list covered in X marks... The protagonist, Chen Dong, is a patient with low-risk depression and a genius with an extraordinary talent for deduction and logic. Medication kept his condition under control, allowing him to live an ordinary life for more than twenty years. The story begins with the accidental theft of 0Votes66.1kRecs70.6kFans
- 70 I'm Really Not a Demon God 我真不是魔神 As an utterly ordinary bookstore owner, Ling Ping’an’s greatest wish in life is to eat his fill, wait to die, and lie flat until he wins. But he never imagined that the books he casually sells would, in the eyes of his customers, be sacred scriptures filled with terrifying knowledge and unfathomable truths! Nor could he have guessed that casually playing a few rounds of video games would save one world after another. And he’d never have suspected that the peach tree he planted and the cat he rai 0Votes464.5kRecs713.2kFans
- 71 The Tang Dynasty's Jinx 大唐扫把星 He transmigrates at the very moment the villagers are about to bury him alive, then blows his cover... no, manages to save himself. All he wants is to scrape by in this era and wait for death, but... that woman is way too crazy. 8Votes1.1MRecs455.6kFans
- 72 The Supernatural Returns: You Call This Proper Science?! 怪异复苏：你管这叫正经科普？！ Lin Muge transmigrates from a society where strange creatures and humans live in peace to a time when the strange have only just begun to reawaken. With his head full of knowledge, he chooses to become an educational content creator, helping everyone understand strange creatures better. “I call this one Octopus Bro. Look at its cute little cherry mouths!” On a raging sea, Lin Muge stands aboard a tiny boat tossed about by the wind and rain, excitedly pointing his camera at the giant octopus behi 0Votes62.4kRecs311.4kFans
- 73 The Book of Gods and Demons 神魔书 Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? What should I do? What do I want to do? What is the purpose of everything I have seen, heard, and experienced? Is the world before my eyes real or an illusion? The road on the left is thick with thorns; the road on the right is paved with flowers. Which one should I choose? Why should I choose it? May absolute order guide us. May the highest truth be with me. 0Votes11.2MRecs564.6kFans
- 74 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
- 75 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
- 76 EN Where Will You Run, Demons? 妖魔哪里走 New book: "Daoist Priest, Times Have Changed". Please check it out. The human way declines, while the uncanny way runs rampant. A hundred ghosts roam the night, and the people suffer terribly. I, Wang Qilin, am willing to wield a ghost-slaying blade and carve a path to peace for humanity through the demons and monsters lying in wait! 5Votes755kRecs577.3kFans
- 77 I Don't Care About Box Office Returns 我拍戏不在乎票房 One day, Chu Shun, a shameless scoundrel who would take off his pants even to hang himself and would rather die than save face, transmigrated to a parallel world and obtained a System called the [Film Fund]. What was it like to make movies without worrying about losing money and without needing investors? “As a director, I never care about box office results!” So Chu Shun brought out Kill Bill, only for it to be rejected for a theatrical release permit, as everyone had expected, because it was t 1Votes209.5kRecs331.1kFans
- 78 EN The Scholar of Great Wei 大魏读书人 Year One of Wuchang. After seven failed northern campaigns, the Great Wei Dynasty was bankrupt, its people were destitute, and then the late emperor died. Afterward, the empress ascended the throne, her radiance illuminating the world. At the time, demons and monsters appeared everywhere, bringing disaster to the mortal realm. The Great Wei’s feudal princes were restless, the court was in turmoil, and foreign powers watched hungrily from the sidelines. Just as the Great Wei Dynasty stood on the 0Votes3MRecs2.7MFans
- 79 Deconstructing the Uncanny 解构诡异 During the transmigration, I fused with a computer, which evolved into a supercomputer. Sounds pretty good, but this is a world of the paranormal, hello! A walking supercomputer, with processing power so immense that it can use the butterfly effect to influence people who seem completely unrelated. It can even reliably calculate and predict the future. Does that count as knowing fate? I use science to explain the mysterious. There's nothing in this world whose truth can't be calculated. And if t 0Votes124.9kRecs530.8kFans
- 80 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
- 81 EN Game of Thrones: The Sacred Flame King 权游之圣焰君王 [A Game of Thrones fanfic: You can enjoy it even if you haven't read the books or watched the show] Many years later, when the legendary lord, dragonrider, child of the holy flame, nightmare of conspirators, breaker of the rules of the game, undefeated legend on the battlefield, ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm, Samwell Caesar, sat upon the Iron Throne, he would surely remember that distant afternoon when he received a charter of settlement from the “Rose of Highgarden.” Ba 4Votes118.2kRecs555.8kFans
- 82 The Chancellor from a Poor Family 寒门宰相 Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once said, “A prime minister must be a scholar.” Put simply, this is the story of a poor student who rises to become prime minister. P.S. The author has completed three novels of several million words each. You can count on my integrity. 0Votes623.1kRecs366.9kFans
- 83 EN One Man Attains the Dao 一人得道 Chen Cuo arrived in the Chen dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and became a member of the imperial clan. He had thought he would follow the course of history, but unexpectedly, the whole style suddenly went awry. “With qi refinement and cultivation, along with incense offerings and merit, it seems we have no choice but to seek immortality and attain the Dao first.” This is precisely: Beside the willow shade, beneath the pine shadows, straighten your spine and cast aside all worldly 0Votes225.8kRecs265.7kFans
- 84 I Built an Organization to Save the World 我打造了救世组织 He obtained a doomsday salvation System that lets him have anything he wants, as long as he saves the world. He recruits top talent and builds the Pan-Humanity Guardians Association, descending upon one apocalyptic world after another as a guardian of humanity. He makes the whole world gaze upon him and revere him as a god. Ultimate disasters. Mutant hordes. Whispers of evil gods. And so, a vast organization spanning countless worlds, dedicated to protecting humanity and saving civilizati 0Votes143.5kRecs465.8kFans
- 85 You Take the Immortal Pill, I’ll Take the Poison 仙丹给你毒药归我 Lu Jing transmigrated to an era that closely resembled the Song Dynasty. He initially thought it merely had a martial world, but never imagined that another mysterious and unknowable world lay hidden beneath it. To resolve the problem of the inner force in his body growing more abundant by the day, Lu Jing resolutely stepped through that door. Yet he discovered that not only had the problem failed to be resolved, it seemed to have grown even more severe. Also known as I Have Ten Thousand Swords 0Votes296.8kRecs358.2kFans
- 86 I Have a House in the Underworld 我在黄泉有座房 Synopsis: I have a house in the Yellow Springs, with fields and plenty of grain at home. A Guoshui production, not suitable for keeping in captivity. Slaughter it while you can. 0Votes278.2kRecs266.2kFans
- 87 The Messenger from the Wasteland 从荒原而来的使者 I travel to different worlds, fulfill people's wishes, and take a few things with me. That's all. A simple story with a simple protagonist. P.S. The protagonist is single. Reader discretion advised. 0Votes140.5kRecs93.9kFans
- 88 Beyond Forgiveness 罪无可赦 “My death is not your victory. At most, it proves that mediocrities waged a terrible war against genius... You raised the banner of justice to eliminate dissent and turn right and wrong upside down... The history books you write will say that I swallowed everything in my path, threw my weight around, and oppressed the weak. Years from now, my strengths will be called flaws. Only those who found justice through my hand will remember my achievements.”, From the most celebrated collection of quotes 0Votes98.2kRecs181.3kFans
- 89 At This Hogwarts, There Is No Chosen One 在这个没有救世主的霍格沃茨 The new book I'm Definitely Not Hogwarts' Greasy-Haired Man On the night when the Chosen One of the Wizarding World was supposed to be born, Harry Potter instead died beneath the Killing Curse. The man whom nearly every British wizard dared not call by name once again gained the wisdom and ambition that had always belonged to him from within his Horcrux. Darkness completely engulfed the island of Great Britain. Wizards were divided by blood into a clear hierarchy of nobility and inferiority. 13Votes84.3kRecs318.1kFans
- 90 Demon-Slaying Expert 降魔专家 When I pulled the book of forbidden knowledge from the shelves of the city library, I was helpless and terrified, forced to watch as my life hurtled onto another track, one riddled with ravings of madness. Along the way, I also happened to run over some trash that thought it could stop me. 30Votes150.5kRecs164.7kFans
- 91 EN Dying to Replace the Living 死而替生 At the end of his rope, on the brink of death and despair, Le Yu shouted: “If you’ve got the guts, kill me.” His enemy sneered: “I’ve never heard such a strange request.” Le Yu died. Then Le Yu came back to life, inside his enemy’s body. This is the story of a man who possesses whoever kills him. “Why are all the people who kill me cunning, notorious warlords and geniuses, with complicated backgrounds, a million quest lines, and lives that could end at any moment?” “Can’t some honest, down-to-ea 4Votes430.2kRecs409.4kFans
- 92 Soul Painter 灵魂画手 When Gao Fan tried to paint a picture of what “God” looked like, madness descended. It surged up from the sea, rose from the earth, and fell from the sky… From the beginning and the end of time, it came toward all living things, bearing despair. 0Votes65.8kRecs356.5kFans
- 93 It Turns Out the Expert Is Right Beside Me 高人竟在我身边 What's it like to discover on your first day of college that all your roommates are big shots? Hao Yun is probably the best person to answer that question. After being struck by the System of a Hidden Master, he unexpectedly gains the ability to see other people's future potential and discovers that every guy in his dorm is destined to become a future big shot with off-the-charts potential. Why bother working hard, then? Just latch onto someone powerful, right? That's what anyone would think, an 0Votes398.2kRecs325.1kFans
- 94 EN The Corpse Collector in Conan 柯南里的捡尸人 Reporter: What’s the secret to becoming the Black Organization’s “ace killer”? Jiang Xia: “Take Conan along when you pay the target a visit.” “Pseudo-Moriarty’s Life at the Distillery,” “How to Properly Hitch a Ride on the Grim Reaper’s Aura” … Jiang Xia took a drag on his fake cigarette and pensively blew out a smoke ring: “I just wanted to tag along to a few crime scenes and pick up some corpses. I never thought I’d end up becoming a ‘criminal mastermind’ in the eyes of the villains.” “What? 710Votes1.5MRecs1.1MFans
- 95 EN The Immortal's Unyielding Seriousness 这个人仙太过正经 A demigod's body, standing shoulder to shoulder with mortals! A proper human immortal, harvesting gods in the wilds of mountains and seas! (Serious synopsis) The sky stretches ninety thousand miles high, and the earth is home to countless kingdoms. The human path is fraught with hardship, while the mountains and seas are nothing but desolate wastes. 8Votes12.6MRecs3.3MFans
- 96 Speaking for the Dead 为死者代言 Forensic pathologist Zhou Hai takes you inside murder scenes full of mysteries, to investigate strange cases where truth and lies are hard to distinguish, and uncover the true nature of humanity, where good and evil intertwine. Conspiracies! Pursuits! Questions! One bizarre case after another unfolds. Are you ready? 0Votes157.6kRecs124.4kFans
- 97 I Really Can't Solve Mysteries 我真不会推理 A great villain who spent ten years struggling in the space of the Main God gives up everything in exchange for a chance to live again in a parallel world. All he wants is to laze around and enjoy his retirement, but this bizarre and unpredictable world is full of danger. With no other choice, he gradually reveals his fearsome claws… Only by being darker than all darkness and more ruthless than all cruelty can he fear nothing! (P.S. Paranormal horror, dark themes.) 0Votes67.5kRecs87.3kFans
- 98 The Survival Game on the Tip of Your Tongue 舌尖上的求生游戏 Turn legendary monsters into delicious dishes! Today's Special: [Infernal Buddha Jumps Over the Wall] Made with over thirty ingredients and seasonings, each prepared and cooked separately: flying polyps, the tips of Cthulhu's tentacles, the webbed feet of Deep Ones, the chitinous pincers of Rhan-Tegoth, the tips of the Black Goat Mother's tentacles, and eye gunk from an avatar of Azathoth; vegetarian ingredients include Emperor's psychedelic mushrooms, an elemental of fire, Yog-Sothoth's bubbles 0Votes95kRecs88kFans
- 99 EN I Pioneered the Internet Age in a Magical World 我在魔法世界开创互联网时代 A god's power comes from their followers. The more followers they have, the stronger they become! Yu Sheng'an unexpectedly acquired a divine godhead bound by contract and scoffed. “Tch, enough with all that high-flown nonsense. Isn't this just the internet game of fighting over user traffic?” Watch me: Harvest traffic through social platforms; Bring short-video content to the masses; Win devoted fans through Q&A sites; Turn viewers into believers with livestreams from another world; Use the prof 2Votes152.3kRecs293.1kFans
- 100 The Road to Klimasa 迈向克里玛莎 “Humility! Honesty! Compassion! Courage! Justice! Sacrifice! Honor! Faith!” He is a lich, yet he upholds the spirit of chivalry! He is a lich, yet he remains devoted to the faith of the Light! “Facing powerful foes, we stand without fear! Bold and loyal, we bring no shame to the Holy Spirit! Upright and true, we would rather die than yield! We protect the weak and never defy what is right!” Standing atop the world, no storm, however fierce, can stop him from following in the Holy Spirit's footst 1Votes195.8kRecs159.9kFans
