Novels like The Death Mage's Diary
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Death Mage's Diary, best match first.
- 51 EN I Am Not Goblin Slayer 我不是哥布林杀手 [Fantasy world, slow-paced adventure, mages, monster encyclopedia collection] After arriving in a fantastical otherworld, Gauss received an adventurer's handbook that grew more powerful the more monsters he killed and collected. He'd thought he'd embark on a classic adventure: slay dragons, kill devils, and save kingdoms. Instead, he found himself facing goblins that bred like vermin and could never be completely wiped out. As the number of kills and rewards in his monster encyclopedia shot up, 25Votes154.7kRecs557.1kFans
- 52 A Nineteenth-Century Guide to Medicine 十九世纪就医指南 “We live in an innovative city, an age filled with miracles, and the surgery this royal theater brings you is equally epoch-making. Ladies and gentlemen, appearing today is an outstanding young surgeon, a young man renowned for performing more than a thousand operations and repeatedly setting records in various fields, a true pioneer of medicine. Very well, without further praise, please allow me to introduce Professor Kavi Friedrich Heins to you without reservation!” This book is also known as 22Votes75.1kRecs143.8kFans
- 53 EN Part-Time Boss 兼职BOSS A princess locked up in a dragon’s lair is like a yacht owned by a tycoon. Whether you ever use it is beside the point; what matters is that you can’t do without one. Ideally, it should come with a few bounty quests, and the higher their level, the better. A dragon-slaying quest would be even better. That’s the kind of prestige we’re after. If you don’t have a princess locked up at home, cursing you to go to hell every day, you can hardly call yourself a proper dragon when greeting the others. W 2Votes110.7kRecs397.9kFans
- 54 I Became a Demon Lord, but Want to Transfer to the Daoist Sect 当了魔君的我想转系去道门 Anonymous question: I’ve been struggling in the demonic path for nine thousand years. Is it too late to switch to the righteous path? Immortal Elder of the South Pole: Of course it’s not too late. As the saying goes, men fear choosing the wrong career, and women fear marrying the wrong man. Choose the wrong path and even another hundred thousand years of effort will be wasted. I see you’ve only been on the demonic path for nine thousand years, so your sunk costs aren’t too high yet. Spend ten or 4Votes26kRecs139.2kFans
- 55 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
- 56 EN The Unrestrained Overlord 为所欲为者 Unmatched power!! Endless wealth!! A cheat ability that works like a wish-granting machine!! Whenever the night grows quiet and the moon hangs high, I can't help but fall into deep thought... Who could possibly stop me from doing whatever I want??? Completed work: Abyssal Demon of the Worlds 0Votes67.2kRecs241.7kFans
- 57 EN The Card King of Cataclysm 灾变卡皇 Awakening in an unfamiliar room, Ji Xun finds a stunningly beautiful woman lying beside him. Thinking he’s hit the jackpot, he touches her and realizes: She’s cold? Anyone who’s done this sort of thing often should know this isn’t an ordinary corpse. She’s a living corpse, with no breath or heartbeat. Just as he thinks he’s stumbled into the scene of a bizarre murder, he suddenly realizes she isn’t human at all! This is a fantasy world of underground caverns, set after a great cataclysm. 34Votes213.7kRecs1MFans
- 58 EN A Hundred Lifetimes to Renew the Heavens 百世换新天 A transcendent yet decaying world. The strength of individuals determines the order of things. Great clans control knowledge, monopolize resources, and build up their foundations with every passing generation. Destiny, constitution, spiritual sense, comprehension, spiritual roots, Dao artifacts... Every path to the Great Dao has been severed. For tens of millions of years, order has endured without change, leaving no room to breathe. Only the True Immortals look down upon the mortal world. Then 2Votes60.1kRecs309.1kFans
- 59 EN The Heretical Path to Immortality 方仙外道 The young Daoist was sixteen, in the springtime of his life, when desire stirred his troubles. Each day he saw the suffering of aging, sickness, and death, and the pangs of love, hate, anger, obsession, and resentment. I do not want my beauty to wither and fade. I do not want age spots to mark my skin. I do not want my limbs to shrivel, my organs to rot, and my bones to stink. The young Daoist was sixteen, and all he wished for was eternal life. A tale of an ordinary mortal refini 471Votes142.9kRecs473kFans
- 60 The Peninsula Asteroid 半岛小行星 I came to become a star. I saw it, and I know I can make it. I conquer... Forget it, this place is too complicated to conquer. I'll just focus on romance instead. 362Votes393.5kRecs255.3kFans
- 61 Notes on a Corpse Monster's Cultivation 尸怪修行笔记 That year, I awoke beneath the earth, with the ground for a blanket and the quiet for my bed. Years later, The mountain’s demons gather, while I sit alone in the tower and pass the long, clear night. 24Votes146.5kRecs371.7kFans
- 62 EN Infinite Horror Game 无限诡异游戏 Rules feed on gods, and gods offer all living beings as sacrifices. The eerie game is a trap, and the resurgence of the occult is its medium. Beneath the austere veneer lies an indescribable terror. Unwilling to be shackled by fate, Si Qi leaps beyond his restraints. He shreds morality and dances alone on the boundary between black and white; he breaks free of the rules and builds his own 7Votes55.7kRecs233.6kFans
- 63 EN Doomsday: My Keyword is One More Than Everyone Else's 末世：我的关键词比别人多一个 Brave, cowardly, kind, cunning, generous, greedy, elegant, cruel, cheerful, perverse, upright, a shameless hypocrite... In this apocalyptic world, resources can only be obtained by winning on alien battlefields, ensuring the survival of civilization. Every warrior entering an alien battlefield is randomly assigned a keyword of their own. When their words and actions match that keyword, their attributes grow rapidly and they gain superhuman abilities. But if they break character, their abilities 11Votes285.2kRecs854.6kFans
- 64 My Doppelganger's Drama 我的分身戏剧 “This is a world broken apart and stitched back together. They say it has a bit of everything.” “Yeah, it has some order, but not much. Just a tiny bit.” “People who transmigrate aren’t worth much in this world either.” “A few batches show up on a regular basis every year. They even call them transmigrated refugees.” “In a situation like this, we have to hide our special identities, or people will beat us on sight.” “If our special abilities are exposed, we’ll become a ‘peerless treasure’ that e 3Votes41.9kRecs197.5kFans
- 65 EN Warhammer: I Refuse to Be a Stinky Can!!! 战锤：我不要成为臭罐头啊！！！ This is a world of utter darkness. The Emperor walks among mankind, striving to restore the glory of the Imperium. But humanity’s fate has long been toyed with by the Chaos Gods. In a storm-tossed future, there is nothing but endless darkness and war. Until Hades, a Death Guard, appears. As the threads of fate intertwine, can an outsider turn aside the tragedy destined to befall countless lives? The gods place their bets. But Hades knows nothing about any of this right now. He’s crying like a gr 41Votes205.4kRecs526.4kFans
- 66 One Breath, Rising Sun 一气朝阳 Demons peer through the eaves at night, while a Daoist sleeps before the deity in a tiny temple. … That day, after the sun set, it never rose again. 0Votes247.7kRecs476.2kFans
- 67 EN Cultivating Immortality in Twilight Years: I Become the Longevity Dao Venerable 暮年修仙，我成长寿道尊 [Immortal spirit and heroic valor, worldly wisdom, immortal cultivation and longevity. A top-tier xianxia novel with 50,000 premium subscribers, well worth a read] Forever I’ll remember the rivers and lakes, returning with hair turned white; I long to turn back the world and sail away in a small boat. Chen Dengming stepped into a chaotic world of martial arts. Only in old age did he reach the Innate Realm, but martial arts mastery was not the end of the jianghu he dreamed of. Cultivating immorta 2Votes108.8kRecs987.7kFans
- 68 EN Arcane Epoch 秘术纪元 The world of Epoch is one where steam, magic, machinery, alchemy, and supernatural powers coexist. When Luke, who had transmigrated here, found himself with an imperial agent pointing a gun at his head, he decided to tell a lie. And so he became an inspector at the Secret Intelligence Bureau in Cape District of the Golden Shield Empire. Knowing the story's plot, Luke only wants to stay alive in this world on the brink of chaos, and get some money and materials to practice Mystic Words and streng 0Votes91.3kRecs215.3kFans
- 69 EN 10,000 Ways to Eliminate Players 一万种清除玩家的方法 The world I transmigrated to was crawling with players, making survival difficult enough as it was. But the System had latched onto me, turning me into the most conspicuous NPC of them all... The natives couldn’t stand me, and the players saw me as a thorn in their side. To enjoy a good life in this other world and avoid being bullied by players, I had no choice but to do everything I could to turn my own hardships into everyone else’s, keep every gain for myself, and grow stronger until I becam 2Votes190.9kRecs372.9kFans
- 70 The End of the World with a Difference 差异点末日 The apocalypse is coming. A small number of humans awaken as Pioneers, gaining the privilege of moving one step ahead and traveling to different “versions” of the world. Their duty is to visit worlds in various versions, obtain powers, items, and information, then return to the original world and stop the apocalypse from arriving. The disgrace of the Pioneers, Zhou Baiyu, made an enormous contribution to all of humanity. Thanks to his tireless efforts... the apocalypse ultimately never came. At 0Votes77kRecs438.8kFans
- 71 My Undead Are Acting Weird 我的亡灵不对劲 After being expelled from the Bone Burial Grounds, Heine summoned two undead creatures at home. But he soon realized that something was off about his undead. They seemed to know each other, chatting away in Chinese inside his head as if no one else were around. They had played a game based on this world and knew it better than he did. Worse still, they said his home would soon be steamrolled, and that it was in imminent danger... Heine decided to pretend he was a clueless local and just do whate 21Votes87.5kRecs424.2kFans
- 72 EN Becoming a Weird Tale Counts as Success 成为怪谈就算成功 Urban legends are uncanny things that feed on cognition, wield information as weapons, and use data as currency. They are neither living nor dead, existing in human rumors and dwelling in the shadows of the world. “So this means I’ll become an urban legend?” In ancient times, they were worshipped as gods, growing stronger through faith. “Then I’ll be a god!” In more recent times, they were feared as demons, nourished by fear. “I’ll become the Lord of Urban Legends!” But swept along by the tides 0Votes212.8kRecs675.3kFans
- 73 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
- 74 I'm Just a Normal Player! 我就是正常玩家！ Seeing the great world of the heavens, Gu Shanhai took up the life of his third incarnation. A god among men forged an immortal utopia with blood and fire. The Dragon King led his knights on patrol through an empire where the sun never set. A scholar chatted and laughed as he painted a vast landscape with his sword, while strange demons opened their eyes and reached out their claws, giving birth to monsters and spirits. “We're all players. You can't call me abnormal just because I don't have 0Votes93kRecs498.4kFans
- 75 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
- 76 A Gentleman in the Three Kingdoms 三国有君子 Transmigrating into Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, he lived in Xu Province, surrounded by wolves on all sides. How should he face the future? Could the Tao clan, which had flourished only briefly at the end of the Han dynasty, reverse its fate? Should he accept the unavoidable conclusion, or fight bravely against the other warlords? Heaven moves with vigor; a noble man should constantly strive to strengthen himself. Readers' group: 9/2/4/4/1/3/2/4/6/ 1Votes165.4kRecs160.2kFans
- 77 EN Starting From the Gates to Myriad Realms 从诸天门开始 On an ordinary day, Lin Ze bound a golden finger called the Gate of the Heavens. It could open doors to the Myriad Worlds. At first, Lin Ze only wanted to make the most of his golden finger, buying and selling goods in different worlds to make money and live the life of a wealthy man. But as time passed, he unexpectedly built a planar marketplace renowned throughout the heavens. A story about a peddler between two worlds who becomes the lord of a marketplace spanning the heavens. 0Votes28.2kRecs162.5kFans
- 78 EN All-Heavens Lord 诸天领主 "Beep! One-Star Farmer Card!" "Bind this card to change class to Apprentice Farmer and gain the class talent: the fertility of cultivated land passively increases by 30%!" "Beep! One-Star Hunter Card!" "Bind this card to change class to Apprentice Hunter and gain the class talent: accuracy with ranged weapons passively increases by 30%!" Collect all nine basic cards to become a Lord of the Heavens and plunder countless worlds! 26Votes230.9kRecs402.5kFans
- 79 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
- 80 The Netherworld Skin-Painting Scroll 幽冥画皮卷 The print edition has been published. It is titled Formless and available from platforms such as Qidian and JD.com. Generally speaking, Li Wuxiang gives himself a little maintenance every six months or every five thousand li. The main jobs are tending to his outer layer and renovating his internal organs, with a little fatty fluid added if necessary. When applying a new skin, he has to be careful with the materials. Otherwise, in extreme weather, it might peel or de 171Votes229.8kRecs401.3kFans
- 81 Fusion Is the Most Noble Way to Summon! 融合是最高贵的召唤方式！ Tiancheng Guang transmigrates into a Duel Academy that seems to be, but isn’t quite, the one from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. It’s full of fanatics who believe Fusion Summoning is the noblest form of summoning. They try to change duelists from other dimensions through duels, forcing them to join the “Fusion Is Absolutely Supreme” faction. Those who refuse are turned into cards. It’s all twisted and insane. Tiancheng Guang glances at his deck box, packed with every Fusion Spell and Trap Card, and stays silent 143Votes327.2kRecs489.3kFans
- 82 EN A Sneeze Annihilates a Magical Civilization 一个喷嚏毁灭一个魔法文明 “According to modern medical research on Earth, a healthy person carries at least 140,000 kinds of viruses in their body, and even more bacteria. If such a person were to transmigrate to an unfamiliar magical world, and the bacteria and viruses inside them mutated before suddenly erupting without their knowledge, what would happen? I'm not trying to make excuses for myself! I just want to prove that the destruction of that magical civilization was not intentional on my part! It was just an accid 0Votes81.2kRecs288.1kFans
- 83 EN Let There Be Light! 光明！ [The light level inside the house is below 3. It is currently dark. A Level 1 Aberration will appear in 8 minutes and 45 seconds.] “...” Xu Le instinctively pulled his foot back. [You are afraid. Fear is food for all Aberrations and will draw them to you.] Xu Le: ? So I can't even pull my foot back? In a mild panic, Xu Le quickly lit a fire. Light flooded the room. [The light level inside the house is 4. It is currently bright. Safe.] Xu Le had just breathed a sigh of relief when he realized thi 0Votes93.4kRecs562.2kFans
- 84 EN Opening a Hospital in Another World Isn't That Hard, Right? 在异界开医院没有那么难吧 The story of an emergency room doctor who died from overwork and transmigrated to another world. The sails of the Age of Exploration have been raised. The steam engine has yet to roar to life. The glory of the Lord of Radiance shines across the continent. On the island nation across the sea, the churches of the gods and the mages together uphold royal power. Dwarves walk freely through the kingdom's cities. Werewolves, vampires, elves, dragons... their legends have never faded. And Wu Zhou, an e 3Votes199.4kRecs444.9kFans
- 85 I'm the Lone Star of Misfortune, but I Love Making Friends 我，天煞孤星，爱好交友 Hey, how dare you slander my good name and call me a jinx? So I attended the Dragon Gate Tournament, and a few candidates died. Then I became the only candidate left, and suddenly I’m a bringer of bad luck. And what’s that about everyone who had a grudge against me ending up dead? How could that possibly have anything to do with me? I don’t know how they died, either. I’m just a lowly constable. Congratulations, Host! Your master died a gruesome death. Cultivation +10,000! 0Votes178.2kRecs351.3kFans
- 86 The Starrealm Ant Tribe 星界蚁族 The universe is born and dies; time has an end. The light of the stars will eventually fade. The flame of civilization will never go out. With you and me, life will never be lonely. (Insect farming story, farming, farming, farming) 16Votes198.7kRecs191.1kFans
- 87 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
- 88 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
- 89 EN The God Mimic 神的模仿犯 Twelve men and women of different backgrounds are invited into a new world. Here, they must not only decide how to live by voting on proposals, but also keep taking part in deadly games to extend the time on their visas. And the people designing these games of life and death are actually among them. 2.1kVotes523.9kRecs1.4MFans
- 90 EN Eternal Life in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界万古长青 After two lifetimes of cultivating immortality, Lu Changan decided that in his third life, he would play it safe until he reached the Nascent Soul stage and unravelled the mystery of the Reincarnation Stele. So he began cultivating an ancient health technique of modest power. Avoid conflict and combat, build steadily, and form good ties with others. Over his long cultivation career, he met one growing figure after another: orthodox leaders, stunning prodigies, demonic overlords, wicked cultivato 22Votes474.7kRecs1.1MFans
- 91 I’m No Detective 我可不是侦探 A clever and handsome young man accidentally transmigrates to Hokkaido, where he meets a calm, brilliant, long-haired, straight-haired girl who loves solving mysteries. In a world where the Japanese police are known as “a bunch of useless salary collectors,” the two team up to solve countless baffling cases with their ingenious deductions... Of course, that’s impossible. This is actually the story of a boy who gets struck by lightning and transmigrates to Hokkaido. By sheer coincidence, he meets 3Votes425.1kRecs490kFans
- 92 EN Wulong Mountain Cultivation Chronicles 乌龙山修行笔记 A day-to-day chronicle of a rogue cultivator from Wulong Mountain, recording the little moments of a cultivation life... A woman fears marrying the wrong man; a man fears choosing the wrong career. Since Liu Xiaolou became a lowly rogue cultivator from the start, one from Wulong Mountain, notorious for its bandits, he can only accept his lot and struggle to survive in a world ruled by prestigious sects. He busies himself for a single spirit stone, pill, artifact, or spirit herb. The daily necess 1.4kVotes981.3kRecs619.4kFans
- 93 Jingming 靖明 The Ming Dynasty was on the verge of ruin. The Forbidden City, completed just a hundred years earlier, welcomed a new master, while Yang Tinghe often reflected through tears: What kind of monster did I choose? Once Jiajing stopped wasting his intelligence on cultivating immortality, a wise ruler took the throne and fierce ministers filled the court. The might of the sovereign and father spread far across the seas! 0Votes183.3kRecs621.2kFans
- 94 EN Dimension Paradise: I Am the Summoning Apostle 维度乐园，我是召唤系使徒 “The Dimensional Paradise is kind and generous. Its punishments are gentle as water, while erasure and forced execution are rare.” “But here's the bad news: the opposing factions are full of high-pressure lunatics teetering on the brink of death.” “As a summoner, it's only reasonable for me to sell everything I own to raise a few big daddies to protect me.” Chu Danqing thinks that apart from being so broke his pockets are cleaner than his face, he's actually doing pretty well. … Walking through 80Votes212.2kRecs442.5kFans
- 95 EN Transcendent: Starting by Tearing Up the Script 超凡从撕剧本开始 (Over 5,300 average subscriptions and 27,000 peak subscriptions. A premium work, well worth a read!) I tread the myriad heavens from this day forth, splitting sun and moon with my blade as I prove my path to immortality. I am a leader, a Blade Emperor, a sage. I have embarked on the road to becoming a great emperor, and I bow to pick up the crown. After endless ages, I am still an actor! _ Zhang Guangmu is an ordinary citizen of the Xuanlong Empire, a professional actor with no bad habits and a 0Votes108.1kRecs355.4kFans
- 96 EN League of Legends: Janna's Summoner LOL：迦娜女神的召唤师 As the summoner of Janna, the Storm’s Fury, Li Wei transmigrates into the world of League of Legends. To restore the fading goddess’s divine power, he must help her find new followers and spread her faith. Thanks to Li Wei’s tireless missionary work, some time later… An atheist visits Zaun and happens to meet the goddess Janna. The atheist exclaims, “Oh my god, Lady Janna, you’re real? There really are gods in this world!” Janna says, “First, gods really do exist.” “Second, you should call me co 0Votes236.9kRecs256.1kFans
- 97 Twenty-Seven Years 二十七载 The world stands at the turbulent turning point between old and new societies, as clashes in politics, economics, ideas, and culture grow ever more intense. Moste Vilak, a photographer from the slums of Zivode City, is reborn two months into the past. Starting by once again posing as the son of a conglomerate, he stirs up everything and turns the world upside down amid rapid industrial growth and wildly expanding ambitions. [This is a fictional world. Please don't compare it to reality.] [The al 4Votes84.8kRecs146.5kFans
- 98 Dawn Trails in the Marvel Universe 美漫世界黎明轨迹 Reborn as a Gotham goon, he accidentally stumbles into an evil organization. Though his heart is set on the light, he sinks ever deeper into darkness. The whole world, and countless others, are trying to convince Mason, a good man, that becoming a supervillain is clearly the more promising path in this age of disaster. But Mason doesn’t think convincing himself will be easy, so he might as well do something simple 1Votes173.9kRecs485.3kFans
- 99 EN Who Says He Plays Yu-Gi-Oh! 谁让他玩游戏王的！ “Mr. You Xuan, many people believe the dueling scene has become increasingly miserable, with heavy-stall and self-lockdown decks dominating the meta. They say you're to blame for steering things in this direction as the new generation's Duel King. What do you think of that?” a reporter asked during an interview. “That's slander! Pure slander!” You Xuan was furious at the accusation. “Why are you saying I'm the one who ruined things?” “Duels have always been like this!” 10Votes315.7kRecs600.3kFans
- 100 The Fourth Spirit Stone Financial Crisis 第四次灵石金融危机 This is a highly realistic high-magic society. Even after its civilization weathered three social crises, its socioeconomic system has yet to reach a stable equilibrium. With a fourth crisis looming, the radical reforms of the cultivation world's overlord, the Boundless Sword Sect, have struck at the interests of everyone, from ordinary mortals to cultivators. Yang Lu, an Earth fund manager, transmigrates to the cultivation world on the eve of the crisis. Drawing on Earth's advanced knowledge, h 0Votes61.9kRecs144.5kFans
