Novels like A Strange Journey
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Strange Journey, best match first.
- 1 My Girlfriend Is an Immortal 我的女友是仙子 This is a warm and joyous modern version of The Fairy Couple. A girl who claims to be a celestial fairy seeks out the male protagonist and brings him into the three thousand worlds of which he knows nothing. Is Journey to the West really just a book? After three hundred years of silence, whom has Fairy Chang'e been waiting for? Do immortals play games too? Here, there are endless stars. Here, the world is a carnival. 0Votes184.5kRecs74.2kFans
- 2 Death Curse Island 死咒岛 Xu Yun’s ancestor obtained the Book of Life and Death, which foretold the year, month, and day every human being would die in the future. It revealed to Xu Yun that his own life would end within ten years. To survive, he and his family must enter the world of the dead through a mysterious island hidden in darkness. To extend their lives, they must rely on the Netherworld Train to travel through l 1Votes18.5kRecs32.4kFans
- 3 Ghostly Dreams at Midnight 夜半诡梦 When Lu Qing woke up, he found himself trapped in a nightmare. He could return to the real world alive only by completing his mission. Traveling between reality and illusion, he struggles in hell as he searches for the faintest glimmer of light and hope. There is only one goal here: fight to stay alive! Midnight is here. Whatever you do, don’t turn off the lights when you go to sleep. 0Votes32kRecs41.8kFans
- 4 This World Is Terrifying 这个世界好可怕 Following the Panic Trilogy, Yi Xiao's fifth supernatural novel, World of Panic, arrives with a bang! Fate Academy claims to train human psychics to resist evil spirits. Only those with spiritual energy are selected and sent an admission letter. Once students pass the entrance assessment and enroll, they receive not only a generous stipend and a villa dormitory, but also the chance to cultivate spiritual power and master mighty psychic abilities. Qin Ming, whose college entrance exam results wer 0Votes200.7kRecs130.4kFans
- 5 The Mysterious Novel 诡秘小说 Following A Terrifying Wanted Notice, Extremely Terrifying, Land of Evil Spirits, The Strongest Horror System, and World of Panic, Yixiao's sixth novel, Mysterious Novel, arrives in spectacular fashion. The moment you open it, this mysterious journey filled with strangeness and wonder begins. It isn't just my creation: everyone has the right to create it. This is a novel created with the participation of its readers. Friendly reminder: this is not a first-person novel. 0Votes77.5kRecs68.6kFans
- 6 I Really Don’t Want to Do This 我真不想这么搞 [The Hottest New Hit] When Xia Feng woke up, he discovered that something called the Strongest Horror System had inexplicably appeared in his mind. This System could not only exchange for all kinds of amazing cards, but also strengthen him, teach him skills, and even… “create worlds.” Now he was unstoppable. From then on, he roamed the city, vanquished demons and ghosts, rose to great heights, and traveled the world. The only awkward thing was, why had all the outrageous things he used to brag a 0Votes107.4kRecs108.2kFans
- 7 The Mysterious Kingdom 诡秘国度 The company Xia Tianqi worked for offered a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan, an Audi, and a villa as a dormitory, even during the probation period. It was a mysterious company. He thought joining it would finally turn his luck around, but soon discovered that the truth was nothing like he had imagined. One strange and bizarre incident after another unfolded, and one mystery after another came to light. By the tim 0Votes364.5kRecs190.3kFans
- 8 Hell Apartment 地狱公寓 They become an actor in a real horror movie, struggling to survive in a virtual world! Entering this apartment means setting foot on a road of no return. Only those chosen by it can see it and enter it. And once someone is chosen to become a tenant, they have no say in the matter. Whenever bloody words appear on the walls of a room in the apartment, the tenant must follow their instructions, go to the designated location, and stay there for the specified number of days. Even if they survive and 8Votes95.5kRecs453.7kFans
- 9 The Reaper Train 死神列车 Xiao Han wakes up on a train to find suitcases scattered all around him. A cup of instant noodles is still steaming, but there's no one else in sight. Darkness surrounds him. Is this speeding train the Reaper's game, or the entrance to hell? Xiao Han walks step by step toward the end of the train, swallowed by endless darkness. What awaits him? (The Reaper's Fishing is complete. If you're int 0Votes58.3kRecs57.1kFans
- 10 I Really Don't Want to Be a Grandmaster 我真不想做大师 This book was originally titled Extreme Corpse Chill. The new book, The Damn System Told Me to Strike First, is already nice and hefty. Feel free to dig in! 0Votes11.6kRecs63.1kFans
- 11 The Maze of the Dead 亡者迷宫 [Congratulations! You are now a player in The Maze of the Dead!] [This is a game that only the dead can join. Complete our missions and collect seven Dragon Balls... no, internal organs, and you can come back to life~] Tang Yuan can't believe that, as the protagonist, he's actually dead. Dead... So much for the protagonist's aura. It's all a lie... Well, nothing for it. He'll just have to work hard to come back to life. Wait, who took his kidney? This is a game for the dead. Living people, get l 0Votes15.6kRecs68Fans
- 12 Hell Cinema 地狱电影院 If you find a horror movie poster from the Hell Cinema, you'll discover that your name has appeared in the cast list! Then you'll be thrown into the real horror movie, playing a character and following the script. Bizarre, bone-chilling curses and sinister ghostly shadows lurking everywhere will descend one by one. Dark corridors, silent morgues: you'll have to act in one horror movie after another. Sometimes you' 5Votes277.7kRecs364.8kFans
- 13 The Devil's Exam 魔鬼考卷 To gain immortality, Gao Ying, the male lead, and Zhu Sunling, the female lead, enter two extraordinary classrooms and must sit for a series of exams. But these aren't ordinary school tests. They are sent to parallel worlds, where they encounter countless demons and answer questions on their exam papers about demonic phenomena. Anyone who scores below 60 is eliminated! To gain immortality, they must keep journeying alongside demons until the moment they are destined to meet arrives... Black Fire 0Votes147.5kRecs140.1kFans
- 14 The Escape Room Set 逃生片场 New book: Forged in Fire on the Long Steps Stone steles, blood moons, ancient schools, burning seas… Every bizarre and unpredictable world is full of unknown dangers. Those swept into a blood-red vortex must cast off comfort and light the way forward with courage and wisdom if they hope to seize a slim chance of survival. 6Votes371.4kRecs247.5kFans
- 15 The Yin-Yang Cookbook 阴阳食谱 [The new series, The Strange Objects Recycling Station, is now live! Thank you all for your support!] The most terrifying profession in the world has to be running a restaurant... Otherwise, what do you think is the most terrifying profession? Grave robber? Forensic examiner? Fortune-teller...? But in my opinion, none of those even comes close. Just turn on the TV and see how many people die each year from grave robbing, crime, or robbery. There are some, but not many. Now think about how many p 0Votes37.8kRecs57.7kFans
- 16 The Last Three Kingdoms 最后的三国 The flashes of blades have dimmed, the clang of drums and horns has faded into the distance, and the wheels of history have rolled into the year 263 AD. An age of heroes has quietly drawn to a close. Historians have long argued over the year the Three Kingdoms truly ended: was it 265, when Sima seized the throne of Wei, or 280, when the Western Jin conquered Wu? Yet no one can deny that the tripartite balance ended the moment Shu Han fell in 263. A modern special forces officer dies in the line 0Votes111.1kRecs112.8kFans
- 17 EN Infinite Postman 无限邮差 A package from an unknown place. A strange, bizarre postage stamp. Congratulations, you are now a new postman. Please sign for the package and experience a journey through death. Every postman must die, but postage stamps live forever. 0Votes240.8kRecs309.6kFans
- 18 The Carefree Marquis 逍遥侯 Li Zhongyi was once the greatest traditional Chinese doctor alive. After a car accident, he found himself in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, inhabiting the body of a good-for-nothing who was too inept to pass the civil service exams or wield a blade! At the time, the child emperor Shi Jingtang had only recently sold the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Meng Chang, ruler of Later Shu, was enjoying himself with Lady Huarui. Li Yu, the last ruler of Southern Tang, was still singing “Song 0Votes246kRecs146.1kFans
- 19 The Haunted Computer 诡电脑 A bizarre tablet erased Lu Yang's girlfriend, Yi Yi. No one but him can remember that Yi Yi ever existed. To get his girlfriend back, Lu Yang has no choice but to venture into the haunted zones again and again, risking death as he searches for the cruel truth behind it all. A familiar residential complex suddenly falls silent and empty. An urn appears inexplicably at a gas station. A mysterious, beautiful mountaintop village. A concert so terrifying it chills you to the bone... Where can he find 0Votes116.1kRecs245.1kFans
- 20 A Fat Guy’s Korean Entertainment Career 胖子的韩娱 0Votes372.9kRecs95.9kFans
- 21 The Bionic Era 仿生纪元 Lu Wen is reborn as a housekeeping android. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life doing chores. But on his first day in his employer’s home, he receives two instructions: “Don’t go to the third floor.” “Dig a hole in the backyard big enough to bury an adult. Make it deep.” 0Votes31.3kRecs80.2kFans
- 22 Conquering the World 席卷天下 At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the warlords fought among themselves. How many heroic tales were merely struggles for power and profit, with the various sides attacking one another? They may have seen only the authority to decide life and death from a lofty position, but not the exhaustion of the nation's lifeblood. After the Sima clan usurped the realm, the War of the Eight Princes opened the gates for the northern tribes to descend south, and the Central Plains entered a dark age. Liu Y 0Votes254.8kRecs114.4kFans
- 23 The Lonely Expert 2 高手寂寞2 The truth is, even the best feel lonely, because mastery is built upon loneliness. If you want happiness, excitement, and freedom from worry, don't become the best. "Lonely at the Top 2" picks up after the Jianghu arc of "Lonely at the Top" and launches a new Myth arc. Its plot, the roles of the 11C characters, and even its ending are entirely different from those of the old Myth arc. The Three Realms are the Jianghu. 0Votes805.8kRecs104.9kFans
- 24 There Are Ghosts on Friday 星期五有鬼 I'm the host of an online variety show called Ghosts on Friday. It's a paranormal program where I investigate topics and film on location, exposing many things people never knew existed. The world we live in every day is far more complicated than it appears. Behind the scenes, it's so vibrant, so mysterious and terrifying. That's how I entered a world ordinary people would never encounter: a paranormal world. Believe me, what you see on the show is only a small part of it, the things that won't 0Votes101.2kRecs144.5kFans
- 25 EN Recording Anomalies with My Wood Carvings 我用木雕记录异常 This world has never been ordinary. Places and objects that seem normal are actually filled with the eerie, the mysterious, the absurd, and the bizarre. They might be a strand of hair, a flight of stairs, or a newspaper... Or perhaps just a thought that suddenly comes to you, though it was actually forced into your mind. Then one day, Shen Xing suddenly discovered that his wooden carvings could contain these things. A real and eerie world opened up before him! The 0Votes118kRecs322.4kFans
- 26 Infinite Ways to Die 无限作死 If you tempt fate, you die; Only by tempting fate can you survive. Zhu Jue, male, 21, unmarried (girlfriend applications welcome), currently residing in Room 1201, Building A, Inpatient Ward, Qin City No. 2 People's Hospital. Profession: veteran psychiatric patient, two years on the job, and named one of Qin City's Top Ten Outstanding Young Psychiatric Patients two years running. Dedicated to his work, he has always strived to become a psychiatric young man with ideals, morals, education, and di 0Votes90.6kRecs105.7kFans
- 27 The Winds Rise over Ziluo Gorge 风起紫罗峡 0Votes197.8kRecs39.9kFans
- 28 Descendant of Maoshan 茅山后裔 This novel explores Maoshan Taoist arts, a traditional Chinese esoteric practice. It tells the story of Zhang Guozhong and his son Zhang Yicheng as they travel the world wielding Maoshan Taoist arts, investigating the mysterious and uncovering wonders wherever they go. They unravel wrongful cases among the people and age-old mysteries one by one, even traveling across distant lands in Asia and Europe. With different cultures, regions, and beliefs, can China's most powerful Maoshan Taoist arts tr 3Votes414.1kRecs464.4kFans
- 29 Infinite Dawn 无限曙光 This is a terror as profound as hell itself, an abyss devoid of light. In this world, no one can see hope from the moment they're born. Yet between the strange YES and NO, a faint glimmer appears, like a spark about to set the whole world ablaze… That is the dawn! From the future beyond the end, the vanished wisest one brings changes to the Lord God's order. Everything, everything… lies within the dawn! 3Votes53.4kRecs174.5kFans
- 30 The Strange Tales Research Society 怪谈研究会 What would you do if one day you discovered the dark truth about the world? What if the bizarre stories and horror legends you thought were fictional, along with the terrifying creatures from those tales, turned out to be real? “Awesome!” Zhang Luo flashed a V sign for “victory.” To this fanatical lover of the uncanny, the whole world had become one magnificent, gigantic amusement park. When horror legends become real, this monster-power-stealing oddity enthusiast sets off on wild adventures wi 0Votes36.2kRecs59.9kFans
- 31 The Last Human 最后人类 The train Lin Xiao was riding in met with an accident. The derailed train, carrying more than a thousand passengers, appeared in a sinister, terrifying world... Where will the eerie, mysterious ghost train hurtling toward them take them? Evil, terrifying monsters have caught the scent of humans, baring drool-slicked fangs in the darkness... Are you ready? The next person to die... might be you! 5Votes173.9kRecs230.6kFans
- 32 EN Eternal God of Slaughter 杀神永生 Walking on the edge of death, wielding the authority over life and death, trampling the laws of the world, followed by a hundred ghosts: he is the incarnation of the Grim Reaper. The most outstanding genius among ghosts, his name is Yu Jing. Welcome to a world where the strong live forever! 2Votes400.4kRecs290.8kFans
- 33 Ghost Stock 鬼股 The emerald sea and azure sky lie beneath a deep night, Why ask if the moon waxes or wanes, if fortunes rise or fall? A clear, sharp mirror of frost holds a pure reflection, A bright, polished ice vessel washes a heart clean. Among the flowers, tears fall, yet I raise my cup; Beneath the moon, an oriole sings, and I set my zither aside. In the shade of the parasol tree, I sigh for the noble one, His graceful bearing leaves me moved beyond words. What sort of person is he? Though he possesses no 0Votes51.2kRecs152.4kFans
- 34 Crossing the Super Planes 超位面穿行 In a single sentence: This is the story of Zhao Ze constantly transmigrating through movie worlds~ P.S.: Hollywood blockbusters are the main focus, avoiding every possibility of getting censored. 0Votes145.7kRecs166.5kFans
- 35 The Embroidered Uniform Guards Rule the Realm 锦衣当国 Wang Tong, a modern office worker, dies of illness and arrives in the early years of the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty. This is the Ming's finest age, and also the last of its glory. As the son of a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, what can Wang Tong do? What can he change? The moment he appears, the river of time changes course… 0Votes570.5kRecs655.4kFans
- 36 EN Aoba Paranormal Agency 青叶灵异事务所 My name is Lin Qi, and I work at the demolition office. At the beginning of this year, I was put in charge of demolishing an old residential complex. One resident had a strange sign hanging by the door: “Green Leaf Paranormal Affairs Agency.” The house had been turned into an office, but it had long since been abandoned and was covered in dust. Inside the filing cabinets, countless documents and records were neatly arranged. Curious, I sorted through them and discovered a bizarre, terrifying wor 8Votes759.4kRecs640.9kFans
- 37 The Ultimate Con Artist 超级大忽悠 The simplified Chinese edition of The Super Bluffer has been published under the title The Expert by China Drama Press. It is available from online bookstores and major bookshops. 0Votes238.8kRecs99kFans
- 38 Planetary Escape 星球逃亡 The apocalypse arrives. Earth veers off its orbit and gradually flies out of the solar system. Meteor showers strike the planet, and mysterious substances trigger the evolution of Earth’s species, ushering humanity into an age of advanced technology. Disasters erupt, including an ice age, shifting continental plates, and the Yellowstone supervolcano. Humanity is forced to build spaceships and flee Earth, only to discover during their interstellar journey that none of the events on Earth were acc 0Votes83.6kRecs172.3kFans
- 39 The Weird Chef 怪厨 Bai Lu grew up in a strange prison, where he learned all kinds of odd skills. He also inherited a divine culinary art and became a peerless chef. By chance, he came to the capital and opened a restaurant. From then on, the world had one strange restaurant, one strange chef, and all kinds of strange things began to happen. The Oddball Chef Bai Lu. 0Votes337.4kRecs275.9kFans
- 40 Fatal Mobile Game 绝命手游 The strangest mobile game ever. Nobody playing? No problem. Starting pay is 300 yuan a day, with meals and lodging included. New high school student and single dad Jin Ke has a simple reason for playing: he wants to support himself and his six-month-old daughter with a mobile game. Only later does he discover that the game is even stranger than it claims to be. Because... 0Votes488.4kRecs215.3kFans
- 41 My Girlfriend Is a Zombie 我的女友是丧尸 When disaster really struck, Ling Mo realized that the zombies portrayed in apocalyptic movies were nothing like the real thing... The most important thing to do at the end of the world should have been to survive. But from the moment Ling Mo rescued his girlfriend from an abandoned bus, his life had already started racing completely out of control. The reason was simple: his girlfriend had mutated... Wait, Xia Na, that thing on your scythe looks a lot like me! Senior! Stop hitting me whenever I 0Votes384.9kRecs807.2kFans
- 42 The Cultured Guest 清客 Fine calligraphy, but no more than ordinary; second-rate talent, kept under wraps; three jin of liquor, yet never drunk; clothes for all four seasons, but never quite right; five stones at Go, without regret; six performances of Kunqu, never turned down; a crooked seven-character poem, written without delay; eight rounds of the card game ma diao, with nothing left unchecked; a rank of ninth grade, never sought; and a full ten parts of geniality, without a trace of vulgarity Travel five hundred y 9Votes99.7kRecs282.1kFans
- 43 EN Incense Path to Godhood 香火成神道 After the protagonist Fang Ming is struck by the statue of the Earth God at a local shrine, his soul transmigrates to the Great Qian dynasty, where he becomes a ghost and gains a divine talisman from the Earth God. Starting as the patron deity of a single village, he gathers incense offerings, rises through the ranks of the gods, claims the realm, and ultimately becomes the Celestial Emperor. 0Votes70.7kRecs102.4kFans
- 44 Paradise of Demonic Gods 魔神乐园 For seven days and nights, my sword swept across the land; I roamed ninety thousand miles through the starry skies. I strike down saints and Buddhas above, demons and monsters below, and right every wrong in my heart. 3Votes489.7kRecs375.5kFans
- 45 Tales of the Abnormally Human 非正常人类异闻录 My name is Zhang Dadao, and my Daoist name is Zhang Quandao. I’m being studied at the Seventh People’s Hospital! This poor Daoist, Zhang Quandao, specializes in refurbishing, polishing, and waxing coffins. Black donkey hooves and black dog blood sold wholesale. I’ll do homework for grades one through three, find lost cats and dogs, and catch cheating spouses. Professional revenge and effigy-bashing! Discounts for bulk orders! Receipts available! 3Votes298.9kRecs261.6kFans
- 46 City at the End of the World 终末之城 The apocalypse arrived. Without any warning, disaster erupted and swept across the entire world. Countless people died in the catastrophe. When the survivors opened their eyes again, they discovered that the world had been utterly transformed. Mysterious powers and terrifying monsters left humanity with only two paths: survival or death. People abandoned everything, hoping only to struggle through one more day in this cruel world. But for Feren, there was more to it than that. “I think they need 0Votes221.7kRecs135.1kFans
- 47 Divine Radiance 神煌 Zong Shou awoke from a dream to discover that he had transmigrated to ten thousand years in the past, an era just before the God Emperor was about to emerge. What is a God Emperor? An invincible ruler across the six directions and eight wildernesses of the universe, lord of millions of worlds in the ten directions! As a half-demon, Zong Shou began struggling to survive and find his footing in this bloody and merciless age, where heroes rose in great numbers, embarking on a life that would place 2Votes1.2MRecs525.1kFans
- 48 Ultimate Evolution 最终进化 Traveling through spaces born of humanity’s imagination Conquer the magic of Harry Potter and seize power in Pirates of the Caribbean! Draw on the Terminator’s strength and tear apart the illusions of The Matrix! Viruses are my servants, Steel and determination are my legacy! I hunt across the vast universe And journey through the mysterious river of time Desire, hatred, schemes, betrayal: who can bring back what was lost? Ghostly faces, bronze gates, marks of war: who can forge an imm 8Votes3MRecs819.1kFans
- 49 Ancestor of Ten Thousand Demons 万妖之祖 [A new book needs support more than ever. Whether you’re a reader or just passing by, I hope you’ll visit the book page and click “Add to Bookshelf” on the left. Find the recommendation section and recommend it a few times. Every vote is a little encouragement for me. Piaoliu thanks you sincerely.] A human in my previous life, a demon in this one! Are the demonfolk born to be weak, destined to serve as stepping stones for cultivators seeking fame and pillaging their inner cores to grow stronger? 1Votes257.3kRecs276.6kFans
- 50 My Years as a Yin-Yang Master 我当阴阳先生的那几年 Our story begins with a young man. Have you heard the many strange tales passed down among the people? Have you ever admired and yearned for the gifted figures in those stories, each possessing extraordinary arts? This book tells the stories of such gifted people scattered throughout the land. They have mastered the arts of Qimen Dunjia. When their abilities are no longer recognized by this age, what choice will they make? 2Votes85.6kRecs545.1kFans
