Novels like The Los Angeles Detective
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- 51 Contending for Wei 争魏 After Zhuge Liang fell at Wuzhang Plains. The great age of rival warlords and rising heroes also drew its curtain. The magnificent Three Kingdoms era entered its final forty years. It seemed that Heaven’s mandate had all gone to the Sima clan. Yet while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole lurks behind. Before the very last moment, how can anyone know who will emerge victorious? 0Votes71.1kRecs201.7kFans
- 52 Please, Just Go Home and Practice Piano! 求求了，快回家练琴吧 On the sixtieth day after transmigrating, debt-ridden Li An finally activated the Piano Teacher's Life-Rewards System. Earn teaching points by giving lessons and unlock student conquests. (√) Monitor students' progress behind the scenes and keep track of their growth in real time. (√) Students practice piano diligently after class, and the teacher receives rich rewards. (?) “Anyway, I don't care about the rewards. Please, just go home and practice piano!” The heartfelt words of a real piano teac 0Votes141.1kRecs126.5kFans
- 53 I Attain Godhood Through Reincarnation Across the Heavens 我在诸天轮回封神 In Dragon City Showdown, he is the Red Staff of Hong Sheng United, the “Fierce Dragon” Yang Sheng, undefeated against every gang in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong Ghostly Encounters, he is the successor to the last generation of Celestial Masters, battling ghosts and monsters in the Golden Skies Building. In the world of court and martial arts, he is the Grand Commander of the Martial Suppression Hall, wielding power across the court and ruling with a ruthless hand as he unleashes a storm of bloodshed 0Votes132.3kRecs316.1kFans
- 54 Detective Chen Yi 神探陈益 Chen Yi, a world-class detective, transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers himself handcuffed to a chair in an interrogation room. His first task is to clear himself of suspicion in a murder case. Bizarre, inexplicable cases. The unfathomable depths of the human heart. From suspect to homicide detective, from police inspector to superintendent, he brings the rhythm of criminal investigations to life at every murder scene. This is the story of a top detective who overwhelms the competition 5Votes129.7kRecs668.8kFans
- 55 The Unlucky Black Cat 不幸的黑猫 Jiang Sheng turns into a cat who can see spirits and bring people bad luck. Note: The protagonist will not join any official organization. The story mainly follows an urban legend trajectory. 0Votes158.4kRecs69.9kFans
- 56 Reborn in 2014: I Am the King of Criminal Investigations 重生2014：我，刑侦之王 At the commendation ceremony, a fat man whose police uniform was stretched tight stood onstage, speaking with impassioned fervor. Below the stage. “Master, I heard you used to work with him. What kind of person is he, in your eyes?” “When he’s wearing his uniform, he’s the most lovable person there is. When he takes it off, he’s not human.” “How can you say that? He’s a hero. I think you’re just jealous.” “Jealous?” The veteran detective’s mouth twitched. “Have you ever seen someone ride an old 11Votes188kRecs504.6kFans
- 57 EN The Musician of Yesteryear 旧日音乐家 Soot fills the sky, and steam engines roar without pause. The world runs as usual, prosperity within reach. Yet everyone is ignorant. Only a rare few pierce the fog of history, study forbidden knowledge, unravel hidden inspiration, and wield the unseen. They are known as the “Knowing.” The chaos and truth beneath the world’s filthy surface slowly come into view, beginning with a mysterious incident at a concert: “Hidden Knowledge, Shifting Currents, Phases, Ritual Vessels, Lord of Witnesses”: th 10Votes114.4kRecs229.4kFans
- 58 There's Something Off About You, Lawyer 你这律师不对劲 Lawyer Tang Fangjing finally manages to transmigrate, only to discover that he has a terminal illness. Fortunately, he has a System. But he needs to achieve at least 200 percent completion to ensure he stays alive. And so, an exceedingly unconventional lawyer appears. You think you can just fire someone and pay them severance? Come on, let's calculate those astronomical overtime fees. Every work-related call after hours counts as overtime! Your property management company does nothing but collec 2Votes234.1kRecs387.4kFans
- 59 EN Return to Hogwarts 霍格沃茨之归途 After graduating, Amososta Brain assumed a false identity and went underground in the British Wizarding World. He walked the line between light and darkness, danced on the border between life and death, and used the fees from his commissioned jobs to fund his quest to trace the origins of magic and repay the orphanage that had raised him. Until one day, a job with ulterior motives drew him back to Hogwarts. From then on, the fate set in motion once more began to return to its destined course! My 0Votes44.9kRecs258.2kFans
- 60 Those Years I Solved Cases at the Zhenfusi 我在镇抚司探案那些年 In the tenth year of Yonghe, bandits roamed the land. With the provincial governor due to pass through, the magistrate of Heyan County came up with a harebrained scheme to restore his image and manufacture impressive results: a “mock robbery drill” targeting wealthy households. Everyone at the county office understood the unspoken arrangement. It was all just for show. But Qi Ping, the constable assigned to play a bandit, had other ideas. “As a transmigrator, I refuse to settle for mediocrity!” 4Votes58.7kRecs185.3kFans
- 61 My 1991 我的1991 Reborn once more, I’ll earn money properly and take life one step at a time. My previous book, Reborn in the Great Era of 1993, has over 20,000 average paid subscriptions. You can trust my reputation. 0Votes281kRecs599.7kFans
- 62 Binjiang Police Affairs 滨江警事 Youth is an asset, but a diploma is essential. For Han Yu, who started working at sixteen, being too young is not necessarily a good thing. Because he was so young, the organization he was assigned to nearly sent him right back. Read the story of how the youngest police officer in Linghai Public Security Bureau history turns his fortunes around. 8Votes589.7kRecs302.8kFans
- 63 No More Pretending, I’m a Culinary God, and I’m Coming Clean! 不装了，我是厨神我摊牌了！ 2Votes154.8kRecs332kFans
- 64 EN Peak of the Old Gods 旧神之巅 Evil spirits and demons run rampant through the world, while temples stand like forests, guarding the land. In this age when everyone worships the gods, Lu Ran, a high school sophomore, ended up worshipping a mysterious being. And so, the world gained a carefree believer. He slays demons when the gods stand in his way, pulls wild moves, and does things his own way, showing off all kinds of techniques… But Lu Ran knows full well that he truly is a devout and good believer! The story begins i 9Votes410.5kRecs543kFans
- 65 Marquis Jing'an 靖安侯 Pacify the realm and bring peace to the people: that is Jing'an. At Ganquan Academy in Jiangdu Prefecture, student Chen Qing was beaten to death. His classmate Shen Yi was inexplicably framed and convicted, then beaten with clubs by the county yamen's runners until he was on the verge of death. In the cold, damp jail, the young Shen Yi died unjustly. Another, unfamiliar soul awoke in his body. The two souls fused, becoming a brand-new Shen Y 14Votes135.8kRecs433.4kFans
- 66 Who Says This Top Streamer Is Crazy! This Top Streamer Is Amazing! 谁说这顶流癫！这顶流太棒了！ [You're in the entertainment industry. If you had the chance to speak your mind without holding back, what would you do?] One day, Chi Ye, a second-tier young actor in the Chinese entertainment industry, wakes up and sees these words before him. He falls into deep thought. What would he do? Born a master of sarcasm and a sharp-tongued critic, he decides to unleash his true nature! Before long, everyone in the industry is saying that Chi Ye has gone crazy. On a certain low-key variety show, an in 0Votes126.3kRecs460.5kFans
- 67 This Lousy Wizard Has Had Enough 这破巫师不当也罢 … Lin An's life took a dramatic turn. The basketball under his bed turned into a blood-dripping head that hopped beside his pillow in the middle of the night and softly hummed in his ear. The subway train hurtling into the station became a giant lizard, jaws gaping as it waited for him to line up and be fed to it. The world wasn't as simple as he'd imagined. Behind the bustling city, the Witch-Hunting Knig 0Votes33.7kRecs196.2kFans
- 68 Exploring the World: The Discovery of the Green-Tailed Monal 探秘全球：从发现绿尾虹雉开始 (A premium hit with over 6,500 average paid subscriptions. Come give it a read!) He transmigrates to a parallel world and captures nature through his camera lens. After discovering the Chinese monal, he sets out alone to film documentaries, astonishing the world time and again. He films a bird shimmering with a hundred colors in the snowy highlands. He helps save the Tarim River basin from drying up. He befriends an injured golden eagle. He dances with sperm whales in the deep sea. One man, one 0Votes85.7kRecs182kFans
- 69 Korean Variety Shows: Starting as an Undercover Agent in New World 韩综：从卧底新世界开始 He is Ding Qing and Li Zicheng’s sworn brother. He is the most deeply embedded insider. He is the sixth great chaebol of the rising South Korea. But before all that, he was just a low-ranking undercover cop who seemed to have been kicked off the force for getting caught up in someone else’s mess. [The New World storyline has begun.] After seeing the words floating before him, Lin Wei made himself a vow. “One day, I’ll have the entire Korean Peninsula under my heel!” New World, The Yellow Sea 3Votes57kRecs242.4kFans
- 70 Reborn in 1997: Solving Cold Cases at the City Bureau 重生97，我在市局破悬案 Police records clerk Zhou Yi is reborn in 1997, back when he had just joined the police force. Dismemberment cases, arson cases, shootings... The files on all those cold cases he had pored over out of boredom in his previous life now come back to him one by one. Perhaps this time, he’ll get the chance to solve those cases and bring every crafty killer who escaped justice to face the law! 1.4kVotes211.1kRecs660.2kFans
- 71 EN In a World of Demons, Why Are You Bathed in Holy Light? 大家都是邪魔，怎么你浑身圣光？ Yang An transmigrates into a world of demons. The dynasty is on the verge of collapse, demons run rampant in a chaotic age, and one evil creature after another emerges. In this world, ordinary people are lambs waiting to be slaughtered, struggling just to survive. Yang An is no exception. The reason is that everything in this world has been tainted by filth. Anyone who embarks on the path of cultivation, be they immortal, god, demon, or monster, must pay an enormous price. This is what has twist 0Votes48.4kRecs618.9kFans
- 72 They Said We'd Convert the Military to Civilian Use, So What's with This Gas Canister? 说好军转民，这煤气罐什么鬼？ Wang Ye was reborn and returned to 1982. A graduate of Huaqing University, he volunteered to become the director of the Red Star Military Industry Factory and carry out military-to-civilian conversion reforms. “They said this was military-to-civilian conversion, so what is this gas cylinder supposed to be?” When the senior officials saw the first product Wang Ye had developed for the Red Star Military Industry Factory, they were left completely dumbfounded! And all of this was because Wang Ye un 0Votes216.4kRecs716.1kFans
- 73 The All-Around Painter 全能大画家 “He is the highest-paid illustrator of all time, and the reason children fall in love with art!”, The New York Times. “East and West in perfect harmony, drawing on the strengths of many traditions. He is the most brilliant graduate in the two-century history of the Hamburg University of Fine Arts.”, President Martin Köttering. “We have seen countless artists become overnight sensations here... Tonight, another newcomer will join the ranks of these great names.”, Venice International Art Biennale 12Votes213kRecs278.3kFans
- 74 A Record of Survival as an American Cop: Winning Them Over with Virtue 美警生存实录：以德服人 [Bestseller Cop: Everyday Life, No Angst for the Protagonist, Gunfights, Crime Solving] Gunfights every day, land of the free! Once the sirens start blaring, we take it easy: one star, two stars, three stars, four stars, five stars, six stars, seven stars, eight stars... Together, we ride toward the final frontier of freedom! Eric pressed his Glock 17 hard against the suspect’s sweat-drenched forehead, his voice rumbling like thunder: “Who says I don’t know how to win people over with virtue? 555Votes115.6kRecs422.6kFans
- 75 Crown of Calamity 灾厄之冠 Death is like the wind, and disaster follows in its wake! When I don the crown... I will never bow my head! Goethe, who transmigrated into this world, faced a grim situation: within a single month, his grandfather had died, his parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins had all vanished, and he was buried under mountains of debt. He was next in line for disaster... A wicked grin crept across his face as he prepared to take on everything. 0Votes85.9kRecs207.5kFans
- 76 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
- 77 EN Hell Game: Starting in Metropolis 地狱游戏：从大都会开始 Welcome to the Hell Game. [Entering instance: Bloody Restaurant] [Your position: Delivery Driver] [Your customers include: a fat shut-in reeking of corpses, a maid who explodes at the slightest provocation...] [Your coworkers include: a beautiful boss who doesn’t look human, a literal ox working like a horse, a man-eating tree who swears like a Frenchman...] Faced with this motley crew of oddballs, Liu Zheng wanted to live like a decent person. So he had no choice but to stop being one. 279Votes165.5kRecs648.6kFans
- 78 Pirate Sovereignty 海盗王权 Kings are crowned, rising from blood and fire; all bow down and sing beneath the throne! Fate is never merciful out of love, nor fair because of greatness. The strong prey on the weak: that is the way of kings! The sole purpose of cannons is to measure a nation's borders! Everything within their range is truth! And in this Age of Sail, ruled by mighty ships and cannons, the only truth is... Hand it over! “Wait! What are all those things overseas? Retreat, retre... Aah!” The great beings of the p 4Votes173.9kRecs696.5kFans
- 79 The Great Song Dynasty's Great Detectives 大宋神探志 After transmigrating to the early years of Emperor Renzong’s reign in the Northern Song, before the luminaries from his language textbooks had made their mark, he was preparing to take the imperial examinations and hopefully become one of the era’s shining stars when he heard about the young Bao Zheng’s crime-solving exploits. A few casual words could clear up a mystery? Some inexplicable urge could make me keep searching? … Bao Zheng, Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce: one familiar stranger after another a 4Votes168.4kRecs327.7kFans
- 80 Back to the Roaring Eighties 重返火红年代 Liu Hai transmigrates to the fiery-red era, starting by cobbling together a motorcycle. Motorcycles, cars, trucks, tank engines... Along the way, Liu Hai creates an industrial age of his own. 7Votes166.1kRecs324.7kFans
- 81 The Legend of the Azure Ape 青猿传 Yuan He transmigrates but fails to gain a human body. Reborn as a long-eared water ape, he embarks on a path of demonic cultivation, swimming through the ancient wilderness river and embarking on a strange adventure among the merfolk and whales, playing with fish and shrimp. His life as a demon is exceptionally long, and his existence is exceptionally colorful. 0Votes41kRecs57.1kFans
- 82 Fast-Forward to 3077 快进到3077 A fifty-minute battle to destroy the world. With the help of a strange gem, Xu Jiu fast-forwards through time to the year 3077. This world is no longer ruled by humanity! It is filled with bizarre landscapes, extremely dangerous anomalous zones, rampaging ferocious beasts, and wastelands overrun by crime. Even Still City, a haven from the apocalypse, is plagued by spreading danger. A special environment has driven technology to advance at breakneck speed, while also bringing endless desire. Once 0Votes61.3kRecs117.1kFans
- 83 Tracing the Current of the Literary Era 溯流文艺时代 Yu Dong is reborn from 2019 into 1991, returning to the time just after graduation, when he was assigned to work as a counselor at Jinling Arts College. Starting out by writing novels, he takes things one step at a time, gradually building an empire in the entertainment industry. 0Votes108.1kRecs171.1kFans
- 84 Full-Time Manga Artist 全职漫画家 In 1993, Japan is in the midst of the collapse of its economic bubble. The economy is in ruins, life is painful, and society is on a headlong slide into decline. After transmigrating, art student Higashino Hibiki begins to turn his life around: studying hard, improving himself every day, and working toward Musashino Art University. At the same time, he submits work to Weekly Shonen Jump, starting out as an assistant to the god-tier manga artist Akira Toriyama. His first serialized manga is Hikar 1Votes41.2kRecs169.3kFans
- 85 Wanli Protects the Ming 万历佑明 Zhu Yijun: I am the Wanli Emperor. In this life, I have decided not to neglect the affairs of state! I will safeguard the Great Ming, live up to my teacher, and prove worthy of the formidable imperial authority entrusted to me! 1Votes45.9kRecs222kFans
- 86 My Little Mountain Kingdom 山林王国 Farm, live well, farm, live well, live well, live well, live well... From a house and a patch of land to a city and a nation, build a mountain kingdom of your own. 0Votes57.2kRecs214.4kFans
- 87 The Great Era Begins in 1983 大时代从1983开始 The new novel, The Turbulent Twenty Years, is now online. Bai Hao, who has spent his entire life in manufacturing, is reborn in 1983. Starting from scratch, he leads a small, rundown factory on a headlong charge to success! Five-axis machine tools, tunnel-boring machines, lithography... They're all his patents! “Nothing else matters. I just don't want to be pushed around by foreigners in this life!” - Bai Hao 1Votes301kRecs393.1kFans
- 88 EN What Is a Destructive Midfielder? 什么叫破坏型中场啊 Li Kang transmigrated to 2015. With the help of the Super Star System, a powerhouse emerged in European football: an extraordinarily strong, highly aggressive, destructive midfielder! One after another, his terrifying long-range blasts of brute force brought Europe’s most fearsome home stadiums to their knees! He dazzled the football world at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He turned the tide in the Bundesliga title race. He cut down one European powerhouse after another in the Champion 2Votes135.8kRecs471.1kFans
- 89 The Blue-Robed Wanderer of the Wuxia World 武侠江湖里的青衫客 Pour a pot of aged wine, gather two or three friends, say “jianghu,” and drink away every grudge! This book is not an original infinite-flow story. If that's not your thing, don't read it. 0Votes78.5kRecs329.5kFans
- 90 The Mage of the Late Qing 清末的法师 The Anti-Newton Azure Armor, the Unbreakable Elven Engraving Knife, the Construction-Site Potion Strength Pill, the Balance Technique That Works on Anything You Look At, the Crucible Imprint That Can Refine Anything, the Eightfold Scope with Its Own Crosshairs, the Devil Crystal Glasses… Turn the pages to obtain equipment, infuriate Empress Dowager Cixi, and terrify the great powers. His allies call him the God of War, while his enemies call him the Butcher of the Far East. From then on, the Bea 0Votes127.3kRecs347.9kFans
- 91 A Traveler in Edo 江户旅人 This writer, who has crisscrossed East Asia, has transmigrated yet again. It’s Edo Castle in 1841. He may not be a lord or general at the height of his power, but the road ahead is just as full of unknowns and adventure. 0Votes167.3kRecs79.3kFans
- 92 The Detective from the Future 来自未来的神探 Police officer Han Bin unexpectedly acquires a badge from the future. He learns future criminal investigation techniques, solves one baffling case after another, upholds justice, and becomes a legend in law enforcement... 0Votes413.9kRecs279.7kFans
- 93 When Pride Still Mattered 当骄傲仍然重要时 Some people exist proudly, and some struggle proudly. Some compete proudly, and some fail proudly. But few can walk away with pride. By the time you finish reading this, congratulations: you’ve already seen the lives of many players. This passage took shape in Stephen Curry’s words after his 2021 defeat: “Nobody wants to face us next season.” It was Tim Duncan, certain before the 2014 Finals began that they wouldn’t mess it up. It was Kobe Bryant promising at Old Man Buss’s memorial to get the L 5Votes234.7kRecs386.1kFans
- 94 Who Studies Psychology Without a Few Issues? 没点毛病谁学心理学啊 [You’ve got to have something wrong with you to study psychology.] “Who said that?” Nan Zhuren raised an eyebrow. “He’s right!” … A professional novel about psychology. Serious keywords 1: [depression] [personality disorders] [illness anxiety disorder] [post-traumatic stress disorder] [Oedipus complex] [groupthink], and more. Serious keywords 2: [Big Five personality traits] [behavior modification] [dream interpretation] [sandplay therapy] [rational emotive therapy], and more. 13Votes68.8kRecs104.3kFans
- 95 My Younger Brother Is Zhuge Liang 舍弟诸葛亮 This is a story about the Zhuge clan, the "teachers of all ages." In Xuzhou during the first year of Jian'an, Lü Bu secretly seized Xiapi while Yuan Shu attacked Huaiyin. The transmigrator Zhuge Jin was accidentally surrounded by Yuan's army inside Huaiyin City and had no choice but to help Liu Bei, who was trapped in a desperate situation, counterattack and kill the enemy. Since thos 0Votes148.6kRecs368.6kFans
- 96 EN Can the Emperor Reach the Other Shore? 朕能走到对岸吗 There have never been any shortage of swindlers in this world. Some pretend to be wealthy merchants, some pose as talented scholars, and some pass themselves off as beggars. Yet few have ever dared to impersonate the Son of Heaven. In Xuchang, Cao Cao had brought back Emperor Xian of Han. In Jizhou, there was another Liu Xie who looked exactly like him. Yuan Shao proclaimed to all under heaven that the emperor in Jizhou was the real one, while the emperor in Xuchang was an impostor hired by Cao 5Votes92.4kRecs988.7kFans
- 97 Reborn to Fight Terrorism in America 重生之美利坚反恐 To save his family, he takes on a mission like Taken, joins the CTU from 24, gets hunted by Jason Bourne from The Bourne Identity, and teams up with Ethan Hunt from Mission: Impossible. With Rainbow Six and Call of Duty in the mix, I struggle to survive in the worlds of movies and games. I am Steve Owen. 0Votes106.1kRecs77.4kFans
- 98 The Cthulhu Mythos Investigator in Detective Conan 柯南里的克学调查员 Q: The likelihood of committing murder in a locked room Conan-style detective: 1. Set up a locked room using fishing line, tape, videotapes, and the like. 2. Use mechanisms, poison, poisonous insects, and so on to kill someone inside a locked room. 3. Hide in the locked room after committing the murder. Lovecraftian investigator: 1. Use mythological creatures to commit murder. 2. Use voodoo curses to commit murder. This book is also known as "A Certain Unscientific Investigator", "How I 0Votes79kRecs248kFans
- 99 Back to 1978 重回1978 At first, his name was Hu San. Later, people called him Third Brother. Then more and more people called him Boss Xie. In the end, everyone called him Mr. Xie. Among the countless titles people gave him were millionaire, farmer-entrepreneur, philanthropist, producer, and village chief. After thirty years of breaking through the waves, when Time magazine put him on its cover, it used a single word to encompass all his titles: Comrade. 0Votes130.2kRecs212.3kFans
- 100 A Guide to Tokyo Girlfriends 东京女友图鉴 The blurb doesn't do it justice, so here's the gist: it's simply everyday romance. You don't need to have read the original works to enjoy it. A Silent Voice: Three rounds of beating up Ishida Shoya, teaching Nishimiya Shoko to speak, then having Ueno Naoka steal my second button at graduation. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas: Sakura, starting today, you're going to exercise regularly and eat foods that protect your pancreas. I'll take care of any serial killers! Your Name: Swap bodies with Miyamizu 4Votes120.3kRecs269.7kFans
