Looking for Horror and Thrillers! The Male Lead Should Be Strong, Not a Doormat! Absolutely No Doormat Leads! 求恐怖惊悚！男主不圣母实力强！一定不要圣母！

1. 1 死 The House of Deadly Peril 死亡凶间 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I work as a specialist crime-scene cleaner, tasked with cleaning up after murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. I’ve seen more than my share of partings and grief, as well as the other side of death. Then, on the Ghost Festival, I encountered something terrifying... 18.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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   The male protagonist in this book is highly intelligent, a master of scheming, and quite funny in many parts. Most importantly, he's incredibly strong—physically strong.

2. 2 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery714k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score588.3kShelves

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   My brain wrinkles have deepened after reading this. I've read so many horror and thriller novels, many of which I gave up after reading only a part of, but I caught up with this one in just two days. It's so good! Last night I got a little creeped out and even stopped to scroll through some TikTok before continuing.

3. 3 失 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 Jun Nanchao峻难超Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score366Shelves

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   📖"This book doesn't focus on the main plot; it only tells folk tales that will keep you up at night in a cold sweat. Level 1-3? No, there are stories that can keep you up all night!"

4. 4 我 My Dopamine Black Market: Midnight Collection of Folk Horror 我的多巴胺黑市：午夜民间惊悚集 Jun Nanchao峻难超Mystery179k WordsOngoing I’m the owner of the Midnight Dopamine Black Market. I don’t sell antiques or talismans. I deal in just one thing: those few thrilling seconds when your heart stops after waking from a midnight dream. There’s only one rule for entering this black market: trade your courage for the dopamine you desire. Here you’ll find folk horrors that make your scalp crawl: a headless sacrifice beneath the old locust tree at the village entrance, paper figures carrying a bride in a sedan chair, and the “passing 20Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 诡 Eerie Descent: I Rise from Death Row 诡异降临：我从死刑犯开始崛起 Billion-Leaf Red亿叶红Mystery225k WordsOngoing The supernatural descended. The Heavenly Court vanished, the lineages were severed, the underworld was corrupted, the Ten Kings of Hell became monsters, and the King of the Underworld became the greatest terror. With no gods left to protect humanity, the world was like an isolated island. When night fell, eerie energy seeped up through cracks in the earth. Those tainted by it went mad, died suddenly and turned into ghosts, or mutated until they no longer recognized their own family. In this worl 180Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Very powerful, slaying demons and gods is all about doing it.

6. 6 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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   These two books.

7. 7 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves
8. 8 恐 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 Half a Jug of Clear Water半壶清水Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 997Reads6.2Score101Shelves

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   Tomato's rating system is quite abstract; some good books don't get high scores, while bad books get tons of fake reviews! I personally highly recommend this one; it's a gem, one of the best in the horror and supernatural genre! [Fear][fear]

9. 9 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 51.2kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
10. 10 诡 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Zuo Fei左绯Mystery5.4M WordsCompleted Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 22.9kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves

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    The first one is currently the top 1 psychological suspense novel in the infinite flow genre.

11. 11 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 207.6kReads9.0Score19.6kShelves
12. 12 大EN The Great Emperors' Forbidden Zone: After My Master Died, I Went Mad 大帝禁区：师傅死后，我疯了 Bashu Red Bean巴蜀红豆Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [At the end of the immortal path, who stands supreme? One glimpse of red hair, and the Dao is lost.] (Not a wish-fulfillment novel. A brain-teasing, increasingly captivating long story.) “My eldest senior brother is reborn. In his previous life, he was an ancient-era Great Emperor.” “My second senior brother transmigrated from another world, one where technology and shady shortcuts coexist.” “Our junior sister is the little princess of the Ji family, peerless in swordsmanship and unrivaled in ta 36.4kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
13. 13 惊 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 14.1kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    Highly recommended!!! It's truly excellent, a rare gem among infinite-elemental novels. The horror atmosphere is spot-on. The male protagonist doesn't have any overpowered abilities; he relies entirely on his wits to repeatedly brush with death. It's a pure horror story. Every aspect is meticulously described, creating a truly immersive and terrifying atmosphere. The protagonist's character is exceptionally well-developed, unlike other novels where the protagonist is invincible or a mentally unstable individual who just charges in headfirst and then gets lauded, or where some characters try to appear intelligent and superhuman. It's very nice; this is what it's like for a normal person to tenaciously survive.

14. 14 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves
15. 15 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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    Children, step aside. No book, except for The End, can shake the place this book holds in my heart.

16. 16 猛 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 122Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This author is probably the best horror writer on the entire Tomato website. The first three were a collection of chilling short horror stories, and the fourth was a thrilling, humorous, and slightly risqué suspenseful supernatural novel [fear].

17. 17 午 The Deadly Neighbor at Midnight 午夜凶邻 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Neighbor from Hell at Midnight 107Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 o Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳6k WordsCompleted There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime 83Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 重 Major Crimes Unit Three: The Borrowed Corpse 重案三组之借尸还魂 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery605k WordsOngoing Three bizarre murder cases, each victim wearing a strange smile. Through deep psychological profiling, forensic pathologist Song Ci discovers that each victim’s final actions imitated a tiny habitual gesture their long-deceased relative used to make. Bai Ye’s technical analysis confirms that traces of brain waves that could not belong to the living, already “formatted,” remain at the crime scenes... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 妖 The Demon Taoist Breaks Through the Underworld Pass 妖道破阴关 Scorpio Water Demon天蝎水妖Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted (Supernatural horror, feng shui and geomancy, warding off evil and misfortune, one heroine) My parents used forbidden magic to conceive me, but on the day I was born, my strange appearance frightened them away... My third uncle raised me in a cage. I barely managed to grow up on borrowed yin virtue and incense offerings... On my eighteenth birthday, I was buried alive in the ancestral graveyard. She saved me... but she wasn’t human... 5.5kReads9.1Score496Shelves

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    This one is definitely worth reading! The male lead is intelligent but not a saint, and his feelings for the female lead are one-sided! It features ghost hunting, feng shui, and has a fast pace with exciting fight scenes.

21. 21 死 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档：洞察所有厉鬼规律 Spring Rain South of the Creek溪南春雨Mystery124k WordsOngoing [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 916Reads—Score104Shelves

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    The protagonist is not a saint at all; he says: "Better to die for my fellow Daoists than for myself."

22. 22 诡EN Anomaly Containment Facility, You're Containing Me, a Human? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ Yi Chen逸臣Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 52.2kReads9.2Score5kShelves

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    "My dream masterpiece has arrived! I highly recommend it to you. This novel is hailed as a masterpiece on Tomato, it's incredibly good, the plot is fantastic, the content is vivid, it's high-energy from beginning to end, and it's a very enjoyable read!"

23. 23 不 Wait, After Solving the Strange Tales, Did I Become a Monster? 不是，破解怪谈后，我成诡异了？ Black and White Pan-Fried黑白香煎Mystery392k WordsOngoing [Horror resurgence + no saintly do-gooder + decisive and ruthless + smart protagonists] [Note: This is a supernatural horror novel. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read.] An ordinary livestream and a bizarre post accidentally reveal another side of the world to Su Fan. Welcome, everyone, to the Strange Tales livestream. Tonight, I’ll lead you through the eerie secrets of this guesthouse. The guesthouse that no one can leave, the companion who died long ago, the proprietress who appeared o 393Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    This one's worth checking out; it belongs to the mystery resurrection genre. The protagonist is calm and powerful, controlling a top-tier special ghost from the start. Crucially, he's intelligent and not a pushover.

24. 24 变 Reborn as a Girl, I Won’t Be Socially Anxious in the Horror World Anymore 变成女孩子在惊悚世界不想再社恐 Big Hao Ren大郝仁啊Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Horror World] [Gender Transformation] [Healing Everyday Life] [Read Before Bed to Cure Your Insomnia] After buying a late-night snack at a convenience store, Tang Xia Bing was on her way home to continue being a shut-in when, at a crossroads, a truck transformed into a robot and sent her to another world with its righteous iron fist. She had transmigrated straight into the body of a white-haired little girl who had taken her own life because her social anxiety made her terrified of dealing with 15.2kReads9.6Score2.4kShelves

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    Xia Bing is consistently intelligent throughout! When she meets Jiang Chan, she occasionally softens her sharp edges, revealing a soft and adorable side. However, as the story progresses, the responsibilities on her shoulders make her increasingly rational, even a little aloof, but the inherent humanity within her never fades. The plot itself is commendable, and the little interactions between Xia Bing and Jiang Chan are incredibly sweet! But what touched me the most was Ya Ya—I didn't pay much attention to her at first, but later I was moved to tears. Honestly, the bond between Xia Bing and Ya Ya was even more captivating than the main romance! In short, it's a fantastic novel, and I highly recommend everyone check it out!

25. 25 规 Rule Horror: Don't Look Back During 72 Hours in the Dorm 规则怪谈：宿舍72小时不要回头 North Wind, One River北风一川Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A word of warning: this is terrifying, so timid readers beware. (No female lead, no cheats, no romance, game instances, infinite flow, horror, mystery) Eight university students who returned to campus early found a mysterious sheet of rules in their empty dormitory building: Rule One: No matter what strange “person” you see, don’t cry out or scream. Rule Two: No matter who calls you from behind, don’t turn around or answer. Rule Three: One of you is an impostor who will eat people in the middle 4.6kReads6.0Score386Shelves

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    You should take a look, you really should.

26. 26 惊 A Horror Invasion? Aren’t They All My Minions? 惊悚入侵？这不全是我小弟吗 What's the Deal?怎么事儿Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror world + underlings + goofy comedy + hilarious + powerful big shot] (The Horror World wishes you an early death and a quick rebirth. If you don't die, you'll go crazy.) You might not believe this, but while everyone else was struggling desperately in the Horror World, trying to find a sliver of hope for survival, I had already taken control of every shady deal in the Horror World. The Horror World's supernatural alliance. "I'm reporting Chen Qishi by my real name!" Chen Qi, seated at the 101.7kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves

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    In a terrifying world, Chen Qi, after binding with a subordinate system, summons bizarre creatures as his henchmen. The world's atmosphere changes drastically, and he uses his subordinates to commit evil deeds. Others are afraid to enter, but he happens to love it.

27. 27 诸 Reincarnating Through the Heavens, I Bloom Amid Slaughter 诸天轮回，我于杀戮中绽放 A Heart of Roses, Fierce as a Tiger心有蔷薇如虎Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite flow, the Myriad Worlds, original worlds, decisive killing, no female lead] After Chu Yunhan was chosen by the Tower of Guixu, which governs the infinite multiverse, to become a hunter, his talent, Spirit-Slaying, granted him the ability to absorb the power of souls through killing, strengthening himself and deducing cultivation techniques. To survive, he had no choice but to descend into one terrifying world after another and face endless slaughter. When his presence spread across the 84.7kReads8.5Score10.5kShelves

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    A high-quality infinite flow novel, featuring decisive and ruthless action, a lone wolf protagonist, an original world, no female lead, and a protagonist who travels through countless worlds, proving his path through killing and slaying all beings. The plot is exciting, the world-building is grand, the writing is smooth, the pacing is fast, and there are no mindless or idiotic plots. It's absolutely perfect for veteran readers who are looking for something to read!

28. 28 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
29. 29 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
30. 30 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    How about this one? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

31. 31 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
32. 32 我 The Parallel World I Transmigrated to Is Actually Haunted 我穿越的平行世界居然有诡 I Am a Star in the Heavens我乃天上繁星Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Also known as "The Strange Assimilation" [Infinite flow + supernatural horror + mild scares + no romance] Su Ze finds a book called "The Strange Assimilation" in the library. Because of this book, his body is controlled. Then he is crushed to death by a bookshelf. When he wakes up, he has become himself in a parallel world. He is even chosen by the strange world to become a player! From then on, he dances on the edge of a blade, surviving one near-death experience after another. 53.8kReads8.5Score4.9kShelves

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    This is good.

33. 33 深 Judgment in the Deep Dark 深暗审判 Dao Qing刀清Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Slow-Burn Supernatural Mystery] [For Detail Lovers] [No Female Lead] [No Romance] [No System] [Not Mindless] [The Protagonist Is a Vengeful Ghost] When other people see a ghost: Kill it! When Gu Mo sees a ghost: Food! I'm a crazy, eccentric person, and there's something wrong with my mind. (I love putting on an act. I want to make sure no one, including everyone watching, can figure out what I'm really like.) Can someone from another world survive here? Will the personalitie 60Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I don't think he'll be a saint; I think he'll be a weirdo. (Hint: Chapter 22 begins with crime-solving, and the rest is supernatural. Which part you start reading is up to your preference.) Be sure to finish the first few chapters!

34. 34 惊 Horror Invades, and I Won't Indulge My Self-Righteous Mom 惊悚入侵，绝不惯着圣母老妈 Travel the World with Sword in Hand仗剑行天下Urban138k WordsCompleted The new book may have a low starting rating or no rating at all, but read with confidence: the quality and quantity are guaranteed! This book is also known as "Horror Rewind: At Eighteen, I Cut Ties with My Family and Become a God". A hundred years after horror games descended upon the world, all humans are forced into an instance when they turn eighteen, and the death rate exceeds ninety percent. Chen Yan has been exploited since childhood by his bloodsucking relatives. Just before he comes of —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The thriller genre is fresh and original, and it will definitely give you a refreshing experience!

35. 35 禁 The Forbidden Mage 禁忌法师 Puslan普士兰Mystery960k WordsCompleted Have you heard of Buddhist amulets? The kind you get in Thailand to ward off evil, bring good luck, and summon ghosts to protect you. In China, they’re called yin-yang amulets, and people call me a fate amulet master. They can bring you good fortune, make your enemies die an unnatural death, and drag you into the depths of desire. Just be careful at midnight, when something crawls out from inside one... 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book delivers a truly chilling atmosphere: This is a suspenseful supernatural novel that will send chills down your spine, taking you into a world full of the bizarre and the unknown. "On the Ghost Festival, he encountered an unprecedentedly terrifying event. A corpse actually came back to life during the transport..." The second book belongs to the suspenseful horror genre, telling the story of Gu Qingshu, a fortune teller who starts a fortune-telling business due to family misfortunes, and subsequently encounters a series of strange events. If you enjoy suspense, horror, and the supernatural, and like exploring mysterious things and complex plots, then this book might appeal to you. The novel's descriptions of mysterious elements such as yin-yang cards and karmic retribution, as well as the various bizarre events experienced by the protagonist, create a tense and exciting atmosphere that will immerse you in the story.

36. 36 祂 It Lies at the Bottom of the Abyss 祂在深渊之底 Nameless Lord无铭君Mystery91k WordsOngoing [You have been selected to enter the Abyssal Corridor. Rules-based horror has arrived, and terror is now part of everyday life.] Lin Mo, a criminal profiler, is dragged into the Abyssal Corridor, an endless realm of terror. Here, every horror instance is born from the resentment of those who died unjustly, and the rules determine life and death. While others tremble under the pursuit of monsters, Lin Mo opens his eyes: the Abyssal Eyes, which can see through the source of fear. The rules of Bloo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔴 Tags: Infinite Flow, Horror, Suspense, Intellectual Battle, Leveling Up 🔴 Core Plot: A criminal profiler is drawn into an infinitely terrifying world, awakening the "Eyes of Fear," which allows him to see through the rules and weaknesses of ghosts and monsters. While others struggle to survive in terrifying dungeons, he unravels grudges and obsessions, confronting the very source of fear. ⏳ Reading Tips: This story is fast-paced, with ingeniously designed dungeons, and the protagonist's intelligence remains consistently high. The atmosphere of terror builds layer by layer; daytime reading is recommended, but caution is advised at night.

37. 37 开 A Hundred Billion Horror Coins from the Start: I Bid Big on the Alluring Ghost Queen 开局百亿惊悚币，豪拍妖艳女鬼王 Know How to Part, but Not When知挽不知晚Mystery675k WordsCompleted [Horror game + supernatural resurgence + tens of billions in horror coins + System + invincible + no goody-two-shoes + violent aesthetics + just kill them! (There is a female lead, so don't read if that's not your thing)] P.S. The author has 80,000 words banked and writes at full speed around the clock. Read without worry! Twenty years ago, the world of horror games descended upon Earth, plunging countless people into misery. Three years ago, Chen Yi suddenly died while spending the night at an 8.1kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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    These are a few hardcore horror and thriller novels featuring protagonists who are ruthless and decisive, and never overly sentimental. The first one features a protagonist who transmigrates to a horror world, bound to a multi-profession role-playing system, starting as an auctioneer. The premise of directly auctioning off a female ghost king is audacious, with a blatant combination of terrifying atmosphere and overwhelming power. The second one features a protagonist with an insulator talent who simply sleeps while others struggle in horror games. The most satisfying part is when NPCs are too stupid, he personally picks up a weapon and transforms into a hammer-wielding hero—a classic example of dark fantasy with ruthless decisiveness. The dungeon design leans towards psychological horror, but the contrast of the protagonist breaking through with violence is very enjoyable. The third one, while starting with a rescue scene, features a protagonist who inherits nine trillion ghost coins and immediately buys out the entire horror world—a truly insane premise. As the plot progresses, he becomes increasingly ruthless, especially after buying out the kindergarten dungeon, where his rules are the rules themselves.

38. 38 惊 Thriller Game: Streaming Myself Sleeping from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局直播睡觉 Fearless Elephant无畏象Mystery519k WordsCompleted Dark + System-powered wish fulfillment + Infinite Flow + decisive and ruthless Supernatural phenomena affect the entire world, and players are randomly chosen to take part in terrifying games! Unstoppable livestream videos appear online, vividly showing the players' perilous experiences. Tang Ping is a modern young man who likes to lie flat. His lack of ambition awakens the Insulator Talent. From then on, while everyone else struggles to survive in the games, he sleeps on livestream! Because the 1.5kReads9.2Score163Shelves
39. 39 惊 Thriller Game: Inheriting My Ancestors' Trillion Netherworld Coins from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局继承祖宗万亿冥币 Peach Blossoms Bloom Every Night桃花夜夜开Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Horror game + terror returns + power fantasy] A horror game descends upon the world, and Chen Xun is unexpectedly chosen as a player. Break a game rule, and you die. At that very moment, Chen Xun successfully activates the System and inherits nine trillion Underworld Coins from his ancestors. In the Blood-Red Train 404 dungeon, Chen Xun becomes the most distinguished Platinum Member. In the Bloody Kindergarten dungeon, Chen Xun simply buys the entire kindergarten. Inside the dungeons, his rules 47.7kReads9.1Score7kShelves

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    See? It's not bad [kissing emojis][kissing emojis][kissing emojis] The score isn't low either, I think it's alright.

40. 40 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves

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    That's terrifying! Just a friendly reminder: always turn on the lights when you're alone in your room at night. Don't blame me if I didn't warn you!

41. 41 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves
42. 42 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves
43. 43 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score204Shelves
44. 44 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves
45. 45 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
46. 46 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 821Reads—Score109Shelves

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    Tired of over-the-top supernatural tropes? If you're looking for something to read, try "Tianxuan Supernatural Agency." Beneath the hustle and bustle of the mundane world, a sinister atmosphere pervades. Haunted houses are haunted by vengeful spirits, and desolate villages and graves are filled with layers of resentment. Strange street incidents are all connected to evil spirits. A celestial master wields his magical weapons to vanquish evil, while his two apprentices repeatedly venture into the underworld. There are few lighthearted scenes; the entire book is chilling, with a concise episodic narrative that avoids writer's block.

47. 47 无 Infinite: She Plays the Fool, Then Slaughters Her Way into Players' Nightmares 无限：她扮猪吃老虎杀成玩家噩梦 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery108k WordsOngoing Yu Shu was determined to look as obedient as possible while playing the best dungeons. When forbidden games descended upon the world, others were afraid. Yu Shu, on the other hand, went around making friends with a baseball bat in hand. She might knock on someone’s door in the middle of the night and say, “Hehe, it’s another beautiful day. Wanna be friends?” “Are you crazy?” If they turned her down, she’d say, “Then let’s fight.” The next second, the NPC who had rejected her would have its head —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are incredibly good-looking horror games. The second one is a detective game, and the last one is a collection of strange and uncanny rules.

48. 48 离 Unbelievable! From the Start, I Was at a Crime Scene 离谱！开局就是案发现场 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery413k WordsCompleted [The rating has just been posted; it will rise later] When Xia Zhu woke up, she had become the prime suspect in a dismemberment case, and the victim's head was in her refrigerator. She was the unluckiest person alive! While others panicked and rushed to prove their innocence, she stayed at the crime scene to examine the details. Drawing on her forensic expertise, she pieced together the clues, investigated the inconsistencies, cleared her name, and helped the police identify the real culprit. Sh 6.2kReads7.0Score745Shelves
49. 49 惊 The Deranged Horror Fan Has a Blast Playing by the Rules 惊悚疯批在规则里玩嗨了 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery178k WordsCompleted [Infinite survival + horror games + no CP + a story of redemption] Mu Yuanwei, a little lunatic who grew up in a psychiatric hospital, is dragged into a survival game. She meets plenty of lovely living companions and captures NPCs as toys, having the time of her life. While everyone else frets over the plot and the rules for triggering events, she’s happily playing with her pets. As a walking stack of buffs, she loves looking for loopholes in the rules and taking out NPCs. She’s a professional a 190Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 人 Trapped in a Horror World, I Was Forced to Become the Boss 人在惊悚，我被逼成了BOSS Fearless Elephant无畏象Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + infinite-flow + decisive and ruthless + nuclear-grade absurdity + chaotic neutral] As everyone knows, surviving even a single day in a horror game is extremely difficult. Yet Lin Yi was trapped in the Undying Village for a full 29 days! Not only did he manage not to die, he was forced to become the ultimate BOSS of that instance! After resolving his survival crisis, he finally realized there was a problem. Now that I'm a BOSS, why haven't I cleared the game? That is, until a ne 4.9kReads9.0Score510Shelves

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    🍻🍻🍻If we're destined to meet, we will; if not, please follow and like! This mainly discusses: [No female lead + Infinite Flow + Decisive Killing + Nuclear Evil Thriller + Chaotic Neutral]. As everyone knows... The joy of reading is endless, a melody on the zither accompanied by a gentle breeze! 😋😋😋

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