Novels like Nine Strange Cases
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- 1 The 19th Apocalypse 第19次末日 [No CP] Dad melted like ice cream, and Mom poked her head out of a 3D printer. Monsters rampaged through the streets while humanity hid inside black nutshells. The apocalypse struck without warning, and just five minutes earlier, Yan Li had flawlessly killed the only prophet and savior of the apocalypse... What she didn't know was that this was the nineteenth time Earth's apocalypse cycle had begun. 10Votes21.8kRecs8.5kFans
- 2 Drunk on Golden Cups 醉金盏 New book: Point Gold is now online. -- Lu Nian, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Dingxi, returns to the capital after nearly twenty years of marriage in Shu. She brings along her only daughter, Yu Ruwei, who has just turned fifteen. The journey between the two places is long, and news travels poorly, but the capital's noble families have gradually heard about this mother and daughter. Their story is simply too outrageous. Before her marriage, Lu Nian was already domineering. Her fathe 2Votes180.7kRecs88.2kFans
- 3 Breaking the Golden Hairpin 折金钗 Yu Jin was reborn on the day the Ling family came to break off her engagement. In her previous life, she refused to end the engagement just to save face, and she and Ling Munan spent their lives as bitter spouses, right up until death. Now she was back at the crossroads where it had all begun... Looking ahead, the Ling family was a mess, with her fiancé's beloved cousin already pregnant and a heap of troubles waiting for her. Looking back, her own household was hardly peaceful either. The second 4Votes30.3kRecs49.6kFans
- 4 Summoning the Vermilion Phoenix 引朱鸾 Three years after Princess Yongjia was killed, people began dying one after another in the capital. As suspicion spread throughout the city, the top scholar, who was busy marrying into a powerful family, was surprised by the arrival of a “poor first wife” he had never met. Yan Bei went to the marquis’s birthday banquet with a child in his arms, lowering himself just to enjoy the gossip. There he spotted the top scholar’s country wife and realized she was his missing ex-wife, gone for three yea 2Votes123.9kRecs39.9kFans
- 5 A Fine Season 好时节 Zhao Shiqing was born with an extraordinary gift: she could understand the language of beasts. When her family was murdered in her childhood, she was lucky enough to survive and was adopted by Prince Liang. From then on, she had a wealthy and powerful father, a delicate mother who couldn’t manage on her own, a scheming eldest brother, a second brother who was a mama’s boy, a virtuous and gracious older sister, and a beautiful master as cold as ice. Then one day, her father died, her family fell 0Votes59.2kRecs25.6kFans
- 6 The Ninth Lady is Rebellious and Arrogant Person 九姑娘她一身反骨人还狂 With her soul incomplete and her memories of the past gone, Lang Jiuchuan woke in a mass grave, inhabiting a battered, incomplete body. She had only a last breath left. Fortunately, though her cultivation had greatly diminished, her skills remained. In a hurry, she dug out a pair of dog eyes to fill her empty sockets, then calmly went down the mountain and returned to the capital for a funeral. The Ninth Young Lady, who should have been cherished and pampered in the marquis’s residence, was seen 2Votes114.5kRecs99.8kFans
- 7 The Moon Over Startling Mountains 惊山月 The latest gossip in the capital: The Sixth Young Lady of the Earl of Yongqing’s household, who went missing as a child, has been found. Many people wanted to see how this country girl would make a fool of herself in high society. To their surprise, Sixth Young Lady Qiu turned out to be a master of incense and became a favored guest among those who prized refinement. When a nation is doomed, monsters are sure to appear. Qiu Heng thought to herself: I’m better at slaying demons than making incens 17Votes372.6kRecs88.1kFans
- 8 The First Murderous Sword of the Imperial Guard 皇城司第一凶剑 The new book, Nine Chapters of Strange Cases, is now out. Three years ago, the Flying Sparrow Case began. Her father was falsely accused and murdered, while Gu Shenwei was ambushed and surrounded at a mass grave! Three years later, she returns to Bianjing as the Imperial City Office’s most fearsome sword, ready to slay dragons! Censor Han has been engaged three times, and all three families ended up convicted and thrown into prison. This time, he is determined to f 0Votes164.1kRecs50.1kFans
- 9 All Is Well 四合如意 Empress Dowager Xie died in the year her power reached its peak. The notorious woman not only escaped punishment, she was transported sixty-four years into the past. Her enemies had yet to be born, so she was already ahead of the game. That was the advantage of being their ancestor. In her previous life, she pretended to be virtuous and gracious, yet everyone cursed her. In this life, she decided to stop hiding who she was. The results seemed rather different from what she had expected. She 5Votes905.6kRecs91.9kFans
- 10 When Clear Days Come 逢晴日 In the twelfth year of Tianhe, on a snowy night in the dead of winter, eleven-year-old Shaowei cut off her ties to her family with a single slash and went down the mountain alone. That night, Prince Liu Qi, who had inexplicably been beaten by her like some unlucky stray dog on the roadside, got to his feet and wiped the blood from his nose. Standing in the snow, he watched her blood-soaked figure disappear. … [Note: The heroine grows over the course of the story; she is not an empress or a domin 17Votes257.9kRecs124.8kFans
- 11 Her Guard 她的护卫 After being reborn, Yang Luo once again encountered the hunter who had saved her in her previous life. Having lived through it once already, she knew what fate awaited this hunter in the future. So she decided to hire him as her bodyguard. But as they spent more time together, Yang Luo discovered that the hunter was hiding many secrets. [Not an empress story, not a story about contending for supremacy, not a political intrigue story, a female ensemble cast, a romance with a male lead and male su 15Votes463.8kRecs88.2kFans
- 12 Command the Rivers and Mountains 掌河山 The new book, The Mystery Case Files, is now out~ Duan Yi, a young woman who has lived by a grave for eleven years, suddenly becomes the most sought-after bride among the noble young gentlemen... Young nobleman: I'll offer you my kingdom as a bride price! Duan Yi: The kingdom sounds great. I'll take it. You? I don't want the free gift. * Cui Zigeng watched coldly from the sidelines, then decided to open his tiger's jaws and wait for the girl who wanted to play the pig to eat the tiger to come ri 0Votes124.3kRecs79.9kFans
- 13 Chasing Down the Mystery 谜案追凶 In a livestream watched by millions, an invisible killer lurks… At the final stop of a bus route, four people vanish one after another under mysterious circumstances… At No. 18 Xinghe Road, a secret buried for twenty years comes to light. Shen Ke: No criminal can escape the Special Cases Unit! 0Votes286.5kRecs86.7kFans
- 14 The Chief Minister's Darling Wife 首辅娇娘 The new novel, General, Your Wife Says It's Time to Farm!, is now underway. * She was born the daughter of a marquis, but a mix-up at birth left her to grow up as a farmer's daughter. By the time she had blossomed into a beauty, no one had come asking for her hand. They said she was ugly, stupid from birth, and an unlucky girl who would bring misfortune to her parents. But the husband she picked up along the way would become the future Grand Secretary. The little monk she adopted on the mountain 0Votes238.8kRecs480.7kFans
- 15 EN The Simulacrum Report 伪像报告 Only a tiny fraction of the population, just 1%, are born with a “Pathway” that lets them enter realms of mystery, opportunity, and adventure. For the sake of dreams, wealth, and freedom... for the chance to live a vivid, passionate life, there has never been a shortage of brave souls among that 1%. But what if you discover it only when you’re already old and frail? What if you know it exists, but were born unable to enter? What if you’ve already been devoured once? In this book’s world, the exc 176Votes504.3kRecs194.2kFans
- 16 The First-Rank Female Coroner 一品女仵作 Forensic pathologist Chi Shi transmigrates and becomes the Ninth Young Lady of a family of coroners. Chi Shi is quite pleased. Whatever life this is, all she wants is to focus on her career. Prince Zhou Xian: I’m rich and handsome. Why don’t you look at me? Female coroner Chi Shi: I listen only to the suffering of the dead and clear the names of the wronged. If you want me to look at you, why don’t you die first? A gentle 1Votes167.1kRecs103.5kFans
- 17 EN The Ming Dynasty's Unconventional Path 剑走偏锋的大明 Pan Yun, a female researcher from the 26th century, was reborn with a splat in the parallel world of the Great Ming Dynasty. Her father and older brother were falsely accused and exiled to Datong. But she has the research institute’s treasured artifact from her past life: the Spirit Realm! To save her family, Pan Yun disguises herself as a young Taoist priest, takes up her sword, picks up her cat, and travels across the Great Ming. Pan Xiaohei: Damn you, Pan Yun! I curse you to spend your wh 52Votes1.3MRecs152kFans
- 18 Clothes Conceal All 衣手遮天 The new book, The Villain Keeps Wanting a Divorce, is now out... Xie Jingyi has been reborn. She doesn't want to spare her enemies a second thought. She only wants to say: Get lost, and don't get in my way as I become a powerful figure who can call all the shots! But things don't go as planned. A... colossal obstacle appears on her path to success, one whose words strike straight to the heart. Xie Jingyi: Why do you want to marry me, sir? Chai Youchen: Among the three thousand women in Lin'an, n 0Votes196.8kRecs97.5kFans
- 19 As You Wish 如意事 My new book, On a Sunny Day, is being updated now When Xu Mingyi opened her eyes again, she was back at sixteen, the year she came down with a strange illness. At the time, her hale and hearty grandfather had just returned victorious. “This young man we rescued on the way looks quite handsome. Bringing him home to bring good luck to my granddaughter couldn't be more fitting.” And so, the unconscious heir to the Prince of Dingnan was bundled off to the capital, his fate already decided... 3Votes361.8kRecs165.8kFans
- 20 The Phoenix's Glory 将门凤华 The new novel "Clothes That Hide the Sky" is now out... Reborn once more, all she wants is a pound of beef and three bowls of wine, and to have even the dogs tremble when she glares at them. [The author has already completed three historical romance novels, so dive in with confidence.] 1Votes176.3kRecs116.9kFans
- 21 Wei-Jin Foodie 魏晋干饭人 The Wei and Jin dynasties were an age of elegance and excess, but the Five Barbarians were about to plunge the Central Plains into chaos. This was the era Zhao Hanzhang had transmigrated into. Commoners and impoverished families lived in misery, while the aristocratic clans did nothing but talk. To keep the elite from fleeing south and to save the world from starving masses, Zhao Hanzhang had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work so everyone could eat their fill. No idle talk in 5Votes1.7MRecs554.3kFans
- 22 The Lucky Little Girl of the Farming Family 农家小福女 The fourth brother of the Zhou family lost money gambling, their mother became seriously ill, and the people from the gambling house even wanted Manbao to repay the debt. The villagers all said that the Zhou family’s precious darling had reached the end of her good days, and even her old mother clutched Manbao’s little hand and sobbed. But Manbao had the System on her side. She led her brothers and sisters-in-law to clear wasteland, farm, grow medicinal herbs, open shops, and more... Their lives 50Votes2.9MRecs541.5kFans
- 23 The Lovely Luan 娇鸾 (Also known as My Childhood Friend Is the Male Lead) A hundred years ago, the Imperial Preceptor prophesied that if the Great Liang realm was to remain intact, a daughter of the Cheng family had to be made Crown Princess. She, who had endured the cold shoulder of her family, never knew she was the one destined for the role. As far as Cheng Che was concerned, if she was destined to be Crown Princess, then he would claim the realm for her. 0Votes320.4kRecs193.9kFans
- 24 Spring in Jinling 金陵春 Zhou Shaojin has been reborn. Her cousin Cheng Lu, who betrayed her in her previous life, is naturally out of the running. But there are still plenty of other cousins: Cheng Xu, Cheng Yi, Cheng Ju, and more... This is the story of me and the Cheng family! 13Votes1.8MRecs467.5kFans
- 25 Doomsday Wonderland 末日乐园 [The author’s 2024 new novel, False Image Report, is being serialized.] [The author’s 2023 new novel, Wild Deer Convenience Store, a horror novella, is complete and ready to read.] “I think... my boyfriend might be trying to kill me.” Lin Sanjiu murmured. Thinking of her wealthy, handsome, and gentle boyfriend, she couldn’t help shivering all over. The apocalypse, a living hell ushered in by the people around her, was hurtling toward her. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. 80Votes9.4MRecs3.2MFans
- 26 The King's Avatar 全职高手 The top expert in the online game Glory, hailed as a textbook-level player, was driven out by his club for various reasons. After leaving the professional scene, he took refuge in an Internet cafe and became a lowly manager. However, with ten years of gaming experience, he returned to the game in Glory's newly opened Tenth District. Carrying memories of the past and an unfinished homemade weapon, he began his journey back to the summit. 754Votes7MRecs5MFans
- 27 EN Lord of Mysteries 诡秘之主 Amid the tide of steam and machinery, who can reach the extraordinary? In the fog of history and darkness, who is whispering? I awoke from the mysteries and opened my eyes to see this world: Guns, cannons, battleships, airships, difference engines; potions, divination, curses, the Hanged Man, Sealed Artifacts... Light still shines, and the mysterious has never left. This is the legend of th 11kVotes37.4MRecs37.6MFans
- 28 Spare Me, Great Lord! 大王饶命 A car accident changes high school student Lu Shu’s life. When the age of spiritual qi revival arrives, he’s determined to lead the way. Survival of the fittest. The victor rules. … 152Votes11.6MRecs5.4MFans
