Novels like Prisoners and the Sea
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Prisoners and the Sea, best match first.
- 1 Creator of Tokyo 东京造物主 Old-school light novel vibes, not Tokyo-centered, Gnosticism, bizarre narration, puzzle-solving, episodic stories, BMG, mutual devotion with a happy ending, not a behind-the-scenes mastermind story, not a power-leveling story 0Votes18kRecs57.5kFans
- 2 Yes, Great Witch 2077 是，伟大魔女2077 If making my two daughters into great witches would mean letting me reach the summit, live a fulfilling life, have a happy family, and become good girls steeped in sweetness, then I would gladly do it, a thousand times over! 2.2kVotes120.8kRecs104.2kFans
- 3 Alice in the Land of Steam 蒸汽之国的爱丽丝 The Goddess created the world in six days. On the seventh day, she entrusted fourteen girls with the fourteen royal powers that embody the laws of the world. Thus they came to be known as the Girl Sovereigns. On October 25, 1855, in Linwell, a city in the Kingdom of Great Britain, a young man named Lin Ge finds Alice, a girl from another world who has fallen from the sky. Thus begins his journey of encounters with the Girl Sovereigns. Wouldn’t it be terribly dull if everything in this world foll 28Votes108.5kRecs112kFans
- 4 EN Demon Mentor of the Multiverse 全位面恶魔导师 The world has been saved. Because I need somewhere to publish my articles. 0Votes15.9kRecs80.1kFans
- 5 EN The Witching Hour of 1994 全民魔女1994 He wakes up to find the world changed beyond recognition. He has gone from the 2013 timeline of a world of ordinary humans to 1994 in a world where everyone is a witch. “Maybe witches don’t exist at all, or maybe everyone is a witch.” 71Votes521.6kRecs491.7kFans
- 6 American Medicine: I Survive the Kill Line by Relying on Demons 医学美利坚：我靠恶魔度过斩杀线 An average of 15,000 paid subscribers, and it’s not just about the kill line. Hell is empty. The demons are in America. Lin En was reborn in America. Unfortunately, the timeline was already too far along for him to turn his fortunes around by trading crypto. All he could do was focus on his work as a doctor, but then he stumbled upon a human trafficking operation... His life was hanging by a thread. [New demon detected: Succubus] System, don’t make things up. There’s no demon here. I only see an 1.4kVotes75.5kRecs474.2kFans
- 7 EN I Am a Puddle of Demonic Cultivation 我是一摊魔修 Tan Shuchang had always considered himself a scion of a scholarly family. Having passed the imperial examinations at a young age, he was a bona fide member of the bloodsucking elite class, someone who should have held immense local power, received more gifts than he could accept, spent more money than he could use, celebrated more New Years than he could count, and taken more concubines than he could accommodate. How had he somehow ended up becoming a demonic cultivator? After thinking about it 0Votes42.3kRecs411.4kFans
- 8 EN After Work, I Become a Magical Girl 下班，然后变成魔法少女 Lin Yun is thirty-six years old. His wife died young, and he works as a middle manager at a private company. A single father, he has recently begun to feel that he is going through a midlife crisis. His career is going badly, he and his fourteen-year-old daughter are locked in a cold war, and he suffers from frozen shoulder, making every day miserable. Then, just a few days ago, he discovered a secret: his daughter is a magical girl. A hero who, in the bloom of youth, fights extraordinary monste 639Votes603.3kRecs527kFans
- 9 EN How Am I Still Alive? 我怎么还活着？ Spiritual qi revival. The gods descend? Disaster after disaster, and all living things suffer? What’s that to me? I’m just a terminally ill patient who’s been given a countdown to death and has given up on treatment. I set out to exorcise demons and slay immortals in this battered body, not to defend my country, but because the hazard pay is too tempting, especially the death benefits... “This evil god’s profession system is cursed. Even if you make good progress at first, anyone who trains in i 13Votes318.8kRecs493kFans
- 10 The Blade of the Siren 塞壬之刃 After five years, I've finally returned to my hometown of Liucheng. My parents asked what I'd been so busy with all this time. I couldn't bring myself to tell them I'd been busy getting cozy with monster girls, and had even been caught. 0Votes92.8kRecs277.6kFans
- 11 Pretending to Be a Good Person in the World of Detective Conan 在柯学世界装好人 “Do you really want me to save someone?” He looked at the victim trembling before him, then at the items in his inventory: [Decapitation Wire], [The Killer's Gift], [Universal Anesthetic], [Invisibility Potion]... Shiraishi touched the hideous mask on his face and fell into thought. “The freeloader at the distillery” “What does anything my secret identi 0Votes174.8kRecs225.5kFans
- 12 EN The Last Gentleman 终末的绅士 Weary reader, I’m honored that you have chosen this book among the shelves of this heavy, gloomy library. Unfortunately, this book is sick. Your fingers should be able to feel the raised growths on the surface of its cover. The words written long ago are like parasites taking root in the pages, hoping someone will watch them writhe, feel them, examine them, touch the diseased substance of this story. If you insist on borrowing this book, please be sure to check your physical condition regularly. 20Votes320.8kRecs888.2kFans
- 13 The Blood of Mercury 水银之血 In the Year 917 of the Gods, Naira, the Sleeping Mentor, brought about the revival of the plague; In the Year 921 of the Gods, the archmage Merlin read the Declaration of Human Rights at the New White Tower; In the first year of the Twilight Era, the Ring of the South Wind launched a worldwide religious reformation… Roland arrives in Faerns, the Land of the Gods. To avoid being 0Votes59.1kRecs170.4kFans
- 14 EN Surviving the Fourth Calamity 在第四天灾中幸存 A civil engineer is reborn on a magical continent, where he ends up as a wood, earth, and water mage. While still wondering where his Earth Bear bloodline came from, the Chosen One next door summons players. Watching someone else lead a life full of adventure, Hill only wants to keep his head down. New novel: The Honorable Knight of the Broom 17Votes391.8kRecs410.3kFans
- 15 EN Shepherd's Secret Covenant 牧者密续 During a ritual to summon a demon, Aiwass finally recovered his memories of his previous life. This was supposed to be an online game published and operated by his own company for six years. His adoptive father was now the leader of the villainous organization in the latest version. Six years from now, Aiwass would be exposed and, after hesitating on the side of the protagonists, switch sides. In the end, he would decide to take a fatal blow for a player character and be killed by his thoroughly 139Votes489.5kRecs1.2MFans
- 16 EN This Is How Immortality Cultivation Works! 修仙就是这样子的 In the world of Jiuzhou, players seething with resentment gathered together, swore a blood oath, and vowed to make the great demon lord vanish forever. In no time, people from every corner joined in. The winds were rising, the clouds were gathering, and everyone could see a brighter future ahead. Everyone except Lu Bei. He was the so-called demon lord. “You call me a demon lord and blame me for screwing you over? I’m an NPC. How could I possibly screw you over? That’s just how cultivating immort 16Votes861.1kRecs1.7MFans
- 17 EN The Tribulation Stage is When the System Arrives 大乘期才有逆袭系统 After Jiang Li transmigrated here, he discovered that he had no golden finger and could only cultivate the old-fashioned way. Five hundred years later, he became the strongest person in Jiuzhou. Then a System suddenly appeared, claiming it could help its Host rise from the Qi Refining stage to become the number one person in Jiuzhou. Jiang Li looked at the first task and fell into deep thought. “Please defeat your co 107Votes325.7kRecs3.1MFans
- 18 EN Gazing at the Vast Sky 望长天 The Great Yan Dynasty has endured for more than 1,300 years. The emperor lies gravely ill, the crown prince governs in his stead, local immortal sects hold sway, and powerful ministers throw the imperial court into chaos. When Xu Yuan wakes, he finds himself in a ruined temple deep in the mountains on a rainy night, staring at a strange stone Buddha with a severed arm, and at that black-clad woman by the bonfire, her face hidden behind a thin veil. 35Votes508.9kRecs3.1MFans
- 19 EN I Hijacked the Timeline 我绑架了时间线 Every time reality is rewritten, the future changes. After witnessing human civilization perish 1,500 years in the future, Feng Qi accidentally gained the ability to transmigrate into the future. He chose to keep restarting the timeline, using the information he gathered to give human civilization a chance to survive. 6Votes254kRecs1.4MFans
- 20 EN Above the High Heavens 高天之上 The crowdfunding campaign for the physical edition of Above the Heavens 3: The Abyss of Ruins is officially underway! The rewards include postcards, character stickers, a badge set, and holographic bookmarks. More stretch goals are on the way! As before, you can find us on the WeChat mini-program Dimension Core. The quality is excellent, so give it a try! == Every star shining high above has endured billions of years. Most lives are not even as long as the briefest glimmer of a star, and even th 52Votes734.6kRecs6MFans
- 21 EN Lord of Pro 普罗之主 His name is Li Banfeng. Feng as in mountain peak, not as in going crazy. His doctor has told him he isn’t insane. To save a friend’s life, he went to Platform 96, boarded Steam Train 1160, and arrived in Puluo Province, where the world had been stuck in the age of steam. He met a confidante in an old gramophone, peerless beauties on calendar posters, a swaying lady in an antique clock, and a worldly master in a wine gourd. Here, food cultivators grow stronger the more they eat, smoking cultivato 145Votes729.7kRecs2MFans
- 22 Becoming a Legend in Hong Kong Cinema 在港综成为传说 Awakening in Hong Kong, Liao Wenjie discovers that he has become the distant nephew of Cao Dahua, the Tiger of the Serious Crimes Unit. He practices martial arts and Taoist arts, catches ghosts and subdues demons, and rights every wrong he encounters. Martial arts, immortal arts, magical treasures, divine powers: all are his to command. On the night of the God of Cookery, he walks on air. Facing a figure in white, he says: “I have a skill to offer. I beg the Bodhisattva to teach me without reser 4Votes991.6kRecs626.2kFans
- 23 EN 13 Mink Street 明克街13号 I like sitting alone on an empty street at night, listening to “them” whisper and enjoying “their” clamor. 73Votes3.4MRecs5MFans
- 24 The Magic and Myriad Wonders Card System 魔法与万象卡牌系统 My Entertainment Era in 1980 A period drama + showbiz story, with multiple female leads "What? You're a warrior!" "Terminator, get him! Kick his ass and show him that without a will of steel, he doesn't deserve to call himself a warrior." "And Teemo, go catch that rogue hiding invisibly in the corner. You can use him to test your new mushroom varieties from now on." "Artoria, that monk is yours!" "I'm sorry, harming an unarmed person goes agains 0Votes219.9kRecs188.7kFans
- 25 Players Are Super Just 玩家超正义 The long night has come, and the blood moon hangs overhead. Hoarse whispers drift through street corners, while brass steam engines spew clouds of blood mist. Your brain is singing, your eyes are chanting. Your skin cracks, and lumps of flesh swell beneath it. In the gray mist, a wall of flesh that has devoured thousands of corpses howls day and night... “Don't cry. Our players don't bite. They just want to play with you.” The lonely, underhanded game planner; the top player; savior of the Mist 7Votes676.9kRecs1.2MFans
- 26 My Simulated Path to Immortality 我的模拟长生路 How difficult is the path to immortality! And all the more so in this cultivation world, utterly transformed by a plague! Mortals carry disease. If immortals come into contact with them, their cultivation may decline in mild cases, or they may return to the heavens in severe ones. Thus mortals and immortals are forever divided. Immortals cannot cultivate together, and the entire cultivation world has become one vast dark forest. Li Fan transmigrated into this world with soaring ambitions, ye 508Votes975.7kRecs2.9MFans
- 27 EN Apocalypse Forecast 天启预报 “I want someone to give me a good beating…” Huai Shi, Sword of Calamity, Gravekeeper of the Old World, Tuner, Last Defender of Heaven, One of the Twenty-Four Agents of Destruction, Little Peppa of Huaihai Road, Sun of the Abyss, Final King of Hell. . One day, the impoverished Huai Shi discovers that the golden finger he picked up has finally started working… except this might not be a good thing. To make money and stay alive, he accidentally steps into this dangerous world. The frontier beyond t 336Votes2.2MRecs5.7MFans
- 28 EN Unscientific Beast Taming 不科学御兽 This is another world where beast taming is the norm. Animals, plants, elements, undead, machines... Nine-Tailed Flame Foxes, Ancient Trees of Life, Thundercloud Spirits, Skeleton Lords, mechanical shipgirls, even antique swords and blades that have birthed spirits can all become companion beasts. The humans who contract with, raise, and command them are collectively known as beast tamers! Shi Yu, a scholar of mythology and an 97Votes2.6MRecs6.8MFans
- 29 I Am God! 我就是神！ Five hundred million years ago. The Cambrian Period. Yin Shen descended upon the most ancient wilderness and primordial oceans. He was the beginning of all things. He created life and intelligence, the Creator of all living beings. As time passed, stories became epics, epics became myths, and in the end, even myths were buried by the ages. Only the divine is eternal. 23Votes2.7MRecs1.7MFans
- 30 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 31 EN The Blue-White Society 蓝白社 Mo Qiong had never imagined that he would suddenly gain supernatural abilities, until he shot an arrow at the sun. Absolute accuracy meant that he could become a god on the soccer field, the deity of the basketball world, or a Da Luo Golden Immortal in games... With this ability, he could easily become a winner in life, spend his life in splendor, and acquire wealth and power without difficulty. Just as he was using it to change his fate and enjoy life, he encountered containment personnel claim 48Votes593.7kRecs671kFans
- 32 EN I Never Intended to Become an Immortal 我本无意成仙 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. I am a stranger in this land, with no intention of becoming an immortal. After twenty years of cultivating the Dao in the mountains, Song You's master sends him down the mountain to witness demons and monsters, the many faces of life, and the famous mountains and rivers, and to seek out the immortals of legend. He says that is what true cultivation is. Who would have thought that after traveling the length and breadth 192Votes1.2MRecs4.1MFans
- 33 EN End of All Realms 诸天尽头 When Luo Su woke up, he found a System in his mind that could take him across the worlds of the heavens. Assassins, monsters, witches, aliens, devils, gods… Infinite worlds meant infinite possibilities and endless adventures. Those who conquered the infinite would surely leave behind a legend of their own. From the ordinary to the immortal, he would seek the end of the road through the myriad heavens! … Gazing at the endless road ahead, Luo Su patted the System on its dog head. All he had were 44Votes1.6MRecs1.4MFans
- 34 Searching for the Lost Ship Girls 寻找走丢的舰娘 Have you ever wondered what happened to your girls after you quit the game for a long time? The port fell apart after its commander left; Hood left with Renown for a distant city, Tirpitz draws doujinshi to make a living, Fletcher works several jobs to support her younger sisters, while the mighty Lord Sukhbaatar, holding a black cat named Oscar in one arm and a ferocious tiger in the other, is at a loss; The little Tirpitz from Children's Day, the young homebody who is still just a child hersel 19Votes1.6MRecs320.2kFans
- 35 EN Transcending Through 99 Worlds 同时穿越了99个世界 In an age when even a bump or a bruise can send you transmigrating, what’s a transmigrator supposed to do if they have no System, no old man in a ring, no portable dimension, and can’t summon anything? Duke says: I’m my own golden finger! This is the story of a transmigrator struck by lightning who leans on himself in countless worlds... New book: Becoming a Legend in Hong Kong’s Underworld 5Votes395.6kRecs528.4kFans
- 36 The Demon Inn 有妖气客栈 A System with a supernatural air, a shopkeeper with a supernatural air, and an inn with a supernatural air. Raise the seven-star stove, boil the waters of three rivers in a copper pot. Set out the Eight Immortals’ table and welcome guests from every direction. Gladly welcome visitors from the four seas, with two supernatural mouths ready to serve. Share a smile upon meeting, and trade white robes for red. When the guest leaves, the cup is still warm, and a donkey lies drunk beside the table. 0Votes375.3kRecs330.6kFans
- 37 EN This Game Is Too Realistic 这游戏也太真实了 This game is way too realistic! Hauling bricks, running errands, picking up trash, delivering packages... At most, a company can make you experience the hardships of working 996. Here, you can experience 007 on super speed. All right, enough talk. The great Administrator has called me to haul bricks. The Administrator says that as long as we work hard and offer up our livers, next month he can get himself another brand-new set of power armor. Then he’ll take us to explore a whole new map, where 467Votes4.9MRecs9.4MFans
- 38 EN The Great Dao Leads to Heaven 大道朝天 “Having become human, I want to become an immortal; born on earth, I want to ascend to the heavens.”, Lu Xun. (The official First Group for A Path Toward Heaven, group number: 311875513; the official Second Group for A Path Toward Heaven, group number: 220593959; the VIP fully subscribed readers' group, group number: 670061923. Everyone is welcome to join.) 41Votes6.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 39 EN Pokémon Master 精灵掌门人 … Why are there spirit battles on exams? Why do spirits attack me when I go outside? Can someone tell me what happened to Earth...? Don't touch me! I won't take my medicine. I'm not crazy! After accepting the reality of it all... Fang Yuan set his sights on becoming an excellent Trainer. “Now this is the life.” 18Votes2.8MRecs1.4MFans
- 40 The Forty-Six Billion-Year Symphony of Evolution 进化的四十六亿重奏 Starting from the birth of life on a single planet, witness the rise and fall of countless civilizations, and the birth and extinction of species. Amid endless natural and geological catastrophes, nothing stays the same forever. Only by constantly adapting and evolving through adversity can one achieve perfect victory. The story begins with a tiny cell... 74Votes2MRecs1MFans
- 41 EN Kingdom’s Bloodline 王国血脉 A lowly beggar, a noble prince, a monster hated by the whole world. If you had three paths before you, which would you choose to be happy? Tyles has no answer. He only knows that he has arrived in a vast and turbulent otherworld, facing a future set to nightmare difficulty: the glorious empire fell a thousand years ago, the rotten royal house is beyond saving, the legendary holy war is shrouded in darkness, and the divided world is in turmoil. And Tyles has nothing. All he has left is an unshaka 88Votes1.5MRecs766.2kFans
- 42 EN Calamity of Ten Thousand Races 万族之劫 I am the calamity of the myriad races across the heavens! The first five volumes of "Global Gaowu" and "Calamity of the Myriad Races" have been published in print. They’re available on Tmall, Dangdang, and JD.com. If you’re interested, go check them out. Thanks for your support! 155Votes14.6MRecs7.6MFans
- 43 EN Super-Dimensional Wizard 超维术士 Wizards hold an exalted, unrivaled status across the continents and the multiverse. Mystery, wisdom, cruelty, and bloodshed are practically synonymous with wizards. But what are wizards really like? After encountering the world of wizards, Angel reached a conclusion: Wizards are a group who use idealist thought to illuminate themselves, yet approach the world dialectically with a materialist attitude. In other words, they are a breed of rigorous scientists who walk alone on the road to discoveri 225Votes2.6MRecs696kFans
- 44 The World of Film 电影的世界 “When people see the light of your success, they'll forget the darkness of the methods you used to get there.” The new book, What to Do When You Get the Wrong Cheat, is now being serialized. 0Votes1.5MRecs566.3kFans
- 45 A Poor Man's Two Thousand Years 穷鬼的上下两千年 She had experienced the Battle of Changping and witnessed the massacre of hundreds of thousands. She had once led Great Qin's iron cavalry in its struggle for supremacy against the Six States. She had seen the realm divided into three and the mountains and rivers shattered. She had also heard the soft, lingering music of the zither in Longzhong. During the golden age of Zhenguan, she once drank herself drunk on the present day. How radiant was that eternal female emperor in her youth? She had ri 61Votes1.2MRecs1.6MFans
- 46 EN My House of Horrors 我有一座冒险屋 [A reprint of the simplified Chinese edition of this book will soon be published by Motie Publishing House] Chen Ge inherited an adventure house left behind by his missing parents. Business was dismal, until a phone he stumbled upon while tidying the place changed everything. Complete the different-difficulty tasks assigned by the phone each day, and the adventure house can be repaired or even expanded! So Chen Ge began exploring forbidden zones across the country to gather material, incorporati 646Votes7MRecs5.1MFans
- 47 EN The Game of Fate 烂柯棋缘 Fallen leaves beside the ancient Go board, an old tree where no one plays. A move at the center of the board, made on a whim; look back, and mountains and seas stretch into the distance. … When Ji Yuan woke up, he had become a half-blind beggar in a dilapidated mountain god temple. A sword in the hands of a true immortal, a glib tongue in the hands of a charlatan: these are Ji Yuan’s means of making a place for himself in this terrifying world. VIP verification group: 72Votes4.1MRecs3.5MFans
- 48 EN Reincarnation Paradise 轮回乐园 Su Xiao signs a reincarnation contract and enters various worlds to carry out missions. He has witnessed a world collapse into dust, and fought with blade in hand against a forgotten king. Dark ravens whisper, while colossal beasts roar beneath the Black Abyss. Welcome to the Reincarnation Paradise… 1.4kVotes15MRecs7.7MFans
- 49 The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏 At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately 131Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 50 EN The Trafford Trading Club 特拉福买家俱乐部 Luo Qiu unwittingly becomes the owner of a “club.” But there is something strange about this club. It has a puppet maid who has worked there for three hundred years, and it also sells all kinds of bizarre things. Luo Qiu gradually discovers that the society he lives in is full of people driven by desire. They all come before him and trade everything they have, their lifespans, treasures, even their souls, to buy the things they covet. Every successful transaction grants Luo Qiu more time to live 201Votes2.5MRecs1.2MFans
