Looking for Horror Novels, They Have to Be Terrifying Enough to Make You Shut Yourself Away 找恐怖小说，一定要恐怖，恐怖到自闭的那种
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I Escape the Mental Hospital from the Start, and the Whole World Goes Mad 开局逃离精神病院，全世界都疯了
[Weird World + Highly Intelligent Male Lead + Horror + Comedy + Wild Imagination] From the start, he escaped the most dangerous psychiatric hospital in the world, thinking he could finally live an ordinary life. Who could have guessed that disaster would strike without warning? After moving into an apartment complex, he discovered that his roommates included a stunning ghost in red, a mysterious servant of an ancient god, and other unknown horrors! At the hospital, he livestreamed a hot, derange
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Haunted House No. 444 444号凶宅
When people hear about a haunted house, most think of evil spirits, restless ghosts, and hauntings. But few know that the spirits in these houses can actually be cleansed. At a chance gathering, I was led into Room 444. Only afterward did I learn that it was the crime scene of the infamous Bloody Rose case. The people I had met inside were all spirits haunting the house... Take a deep dive into the haunted-house culture hidden among ordinary people!
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- 503 The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密 Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d 57Reads—Score—Shelves
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Seven Days Back to the Ruins 七日溯墟
[Spirit Ruins, infinite flow, mind-bending, horror, time loops…]“I’m certain I’ve discovered a marvelous proof, but this margin is too small to contain it!” When the person beside you in bed becomes a vengeful ghost, and cozy domestic life turns into a death sentence, can you find a way out within seven loops? When the laws of physics fail, the police become accomplices, and your loved ones turn into evil spirits, will you sink into the illusion of a happy reunion, or carve a path to survival f
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Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录
The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one!
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- 506 Horror World: Starting Out by Playing a Chainsaw Killer 惊悚世界：从扮演电锯杀人狂开始 [Horror world] [Unhinged] [Urban legend collector] [No female lead] Qin Feng was once a dedicated haunted-house NPC. His service received no bad reviews, only complaints. Some customers even called the police on the spot. Forced out of work, Qin Feng enters a horror world and obtains the Horror Roleplay System. Chainsaw Killer, Jason, Pyramid Head, the Joker... He plays every role to perfection, with no technique, just pure feeling! From then on, he discovers the right way to play the horror wor 560Reads9.2Score101Shelves
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The Forbidden Island of Human Nature 人性禁岛
I couldn’t get a ticket for the Spring Festival, so I took an unlicensed car home. I never expected the woman in the car to keep staring at me. I wanted to call the police... [Deep Dive] The horrifying truth behind going missing after getting into the wrong car during the Spring Festival. Don’t ride in unlicensed cars carelessly, because it’s not just your money that disappears, but your life!
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- 508 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
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Terrifying Folklore: It Begins with the Weasel Spirit 恐怖民俗：从黄皮子开始
The day I was born, I bore the burden of the Five Ghosts, and my soul was bound. I was destined to die, but my grandfather used an evil folk ritual to borrow a life for me. When I was twelve, weasels surrounded the village. They told me the life I'd borrowed had to be repaid...
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Dormitory Ghost Tales: A Collection of Horror Stories 女生宿舍怪谈，恐怖故事集
Everyone feels both curiosity and fear toward the unknown. This collection brings together stories about ghosts, curses, monsters, witchcraft, and magic. When faced with mysterious events, what should we do? Or rather, what would you do? Join me as we explore the possibilities…
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- 511 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 690Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 512 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5.1kReads8.6Score377Shelves
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What Kind of Security Guard Is Responsible for Catching Ghosts? 谁家保安还负责抓鬼啊？
Baiyun Residential Complex is an upscale neighborhood, but the countless strange tales and ghost stories surrounding it have made many people wary of the place. The story begins when Li Si applies for a job as a security guard there...
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The Coffin Prison 囚棺
The seventh-night return of the soul. A peaceful death is called a returning calamity; a violent death is called a returning evil spirit. On the day the evil spirit returns, the household is unsettled, and another death may follow. A man must be chosen to send the spirit away. After my second uncle hanged himself, I once had to send a spirit away. As a result, I was marked by it.
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Tales of the Uncanny and the Forgotten 诡话残闻录
[Short Story Collection] [Unsettling on Second Thought] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Supernatural Oddities] [Chills Down Your Spine] [Hair-Raising] A collection of eerie supernatural short stories guaranteed to send chills down your spine! Every story hits a nerve: brutal, spine-chilling, and terrifying! Perhaps they're true personal experiences, perhaps tales shared late at night, but when you're alone, they'll creep out from the back of your neck with an icy chill. Here, every secret fear is collec
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- 516 Back When I Was a Folk Mage 我做民间法师的时候 I entered the trade at fourteen and spent six years as a folk ritual master. In the south, this line of work is called “spirit arts.” I watched it go from thriving to decline. This year marks my sixth year, and I’ve finally left the trade behind. This work isn’t as glamorous as it looks. We’re all rats crawling out of the sewers, and the bar for entry keeps getting lower. I’m writing these stories down now as a way to remember those days. 192Reads—Score104Shelves
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The Game That Must Be Broken (Complete Edition) 必须犯规的游戏（全集）
The murder-mystery game based on the novel of the same name is now available for preorder! In a locked-room battle for survival, endless twists turn every detail into a contest for victory. This time, you get to decide your own fate! Fourteen novelists, fourteen days, fourteen terrifying stories: a deadly game has begun. Fourteen mystery writers are "invited" to a mysterious location. Each must improvise a mystery story to tell the others. When the story ends, everyone votes, and the highest-sco
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- 518 I Won’t Survive the Night 活不过今夜 At some point, a strange old beggar showed up in our neighborhood. The strange thing was, he never spent the money people gave him. He’d burn it or destroy it instead. Then one day, the woman downstairs was burned to death, and the butcher was brutally murdered. That was when I finally realized the truth. He wasn’t begging for money. He was begging for lives! 1.1kReads8.2Score102Shelves
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Baby Lantern 婴儿灯
When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light...
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I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧
[One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ
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- 521 Don’t Call My Name at Midnight 半夜不要喊我名字 Believe it or not, this is a true story. She is Yang Xiaofan, dumped by a man who had been using her for her money, then left with nothing. With almost no savings left, she had no choice but to move into a deserted house. The mysterious landlord disappeared without a trace after his first appearance. After midnight, terrifying knocks and calls to summon spirits put her life in danger. A black cat that comes and goes appears at strange moments, then vanishes without a trace. Again and again, I wa 1.2kReads8.3Score—Shelves
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The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命
[Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago,
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After the Supernatural Arrived, I Became a Savior Through Empathy 诡异降临后，我靠通感成为救世主
[Ensemble Cast and Comradeship + No Romance + Rule-Based Horror + National Fortune + Livestream] {The premise may be a little cliché, but the story is fresh.} A horror game descends upon Blue Star, randomly selecting players from different countries to enter instances that determine their nations' fortunes. Win, and your country gains resources. Lose, and natural disasters strike. Among all the nations, only the Dragon Kingdom bears a curse. A genius horror-story expert, a world-famous gamb
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Funeral Parlor No. 44 44号白事铺
All he wanted was a quiet job and a little extra cash. But by chance, he became a yin-yang master, earning cabbage money while worrying himself sick. His skills were too shallow to tell the living from the dead at a glance...
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- 525 My First Case as a Homicide Detective: A Brilliant Catch of a Serial Killer 我当刑警第一案，妙抓连环杀人犯 My First Case as a Detective: A Brilliant Capture of a Serial Killer —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Creepy World Is My Home: While Others Clear Levels, I Go Home 诡异世界是我家，别人闯关我回家
[Thriller Game] [National Fate] [Female-led] [No romance] [Horror and the supernatural] [Searching for family?] (The first game is mostly about recognizing family, so it isn't scary. The supernatural elements grow more intense in later games.) Li Fuguang transmigrated to a parallel world just as the National Fate Thriller Game descended. Clear ten games in a row, and you earn one wish. The chosen players had done well in the first few games, but they all crashed and burned in the fourth, “A Fami
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A Thousand Years of Ghost Stories 千年鬼话
A Thousand Years of Ghost Stories: One Thousand and One Nights of Chinese Folk Ghost Tales is a spine-chilling collection steeped in folk tradition. This book brings together ancient folk legends and ghost stories from across China, featuring mysteries and uncanny events from different historical periods and regions. From eerie mountain forests and desolate old villages to bizarre corners of modern cities, every story holds little-known horrors and shocking revelations. The plots are mysterious
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The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人
The Man Buried Upside Down
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The Disciple's Game 神徒游戏
The entire world is plunged into a terrifying death game, with 8 billion people taking part! A global battle royale for survival has begun! Only 12 of the 8 billion will survive! The survival rate is less than 0.00000000015%! Hospitals, schools, prisons... Any location anywhere in the world could become a death-game arena! Terrifying ghosts and monsters take part in the game alongside humanity! [Welcome to the Disciple Game] [Light horror + mind games + games + infinite-world adventure] (This no
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I Became a Zombie in the Modern World 我在现代当僵尸
According to folk legends, after humans die, their corpses become zombies because they contain too much yin energy. This explanation isn't entirely accurate. In fact, zombies existed long before humanity was born. In the modern era, zombies look no different from humans, yet they possess immortal bodies.
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The Dark Age: I Made a Pact with a Demon 黑暗时代：我与恶魔签订契约
[Villain in the Early Stages, Darker Later + No Goody-Two-Shoes] This is a strange era. The gates between the Yellow Springs and Hell have opened, connecting them to the human world, and demons run rampant. Gu Wu is a thoroughly despicable man. To gain tremendous power, he made a pact with a terrifying demon and became one himself...
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- 532 My Neighbor Knocks on the Wall at 3 A.M. Every Day 我的邻居每天准时在凌晨3点敲墙 My neighbor knocks on the wall at exactly 3 a.m. every day 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Murder Cases of World Literature 世界名著杀人案
Everyone is born guilty. Some people start atoning from the moment they are born, while others keep on committing crimes.
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- 534 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 535 Dimensional Breakthrough: Starting with the Joker of Gotham 次元突破之从哥谭小丑开始 When Arthur wakes up, he suddenly discovers that he has become the Joker, the terrifying figure feared throughout Gotham City. However, in this world, the legend of the Joker has yet to begin. So from this moment on, Gotham dances to his tune, as he leaves destruction, devastation, and eerie laughter in world after world. This book is also known as "The Joker’s Journey Through Myriad Worlds" and "I Can’t Believe I Became the Joker and Got a System!" 44Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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Eternal Damnation 永世沉沦
When I was little, my family was very poor. My father made me a kite out of paper, but when it came down from the sky, it was covered in blood... After that, all kinds of strange, inexplicable troubles began to descend upon me. To deal with them, I traveled across the country and ventured into one forbidden zone after another, places where no one knew there was life. It took me years to understand that what is truly terrifying is the human heart. When raging desire intertwines with the ugliness
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- 537 EN My Daughter Plays a Horror Game—and Exposes Me as the Ghost Emperor 女儿玩惊悚游戏，我鬼帝被曝光 A game of evil spirits has descended upon the world. People are randomly chosen to become playthings for evil spirits, struggling in agony! Even four-year-old Tang Xiaoling is selected! The youngest player in history, she enters the game of evil spirits! The livestream explodes with comments from viewers across the internet! A four-year-old toddler? That's just a snack for the evil spirits! But what shocks everyone is that Tang Xiaoling's father, Tang Long, tells her to treat it like a playgroun 4.3kReads7.6Score248Shelves
- 538 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 539 Infinite: People Can Die, but You Must Never Lose the Game 无限：人可以死游戏绝不能输 (Completed) [Infinite Flow + Logical Deduction + Death Games + Brain-Burning + Slightly Unhinged Female Lead + Strong Leads] (Content warnings at the end of Chapter 1) After her parents died, Xin Zhixia witnessed the ugly faces of her relatives during a dispute over the inheritance and grew disgusted with the world. She devoted herself to the games she loved and drifted through life in a daze. Finding life pointless, she decided to jump off a building and kill herself. A man appeared beside her. 12.7kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
- 540 Silent Screams: True Records of 101 Major Cases, Season One 无声尖叫：101宗大案要案记实录（第一季） 42Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 541 I Came from the Underworld to Deal with Those Who Defy the Rules 我从地府来，专治规则不服 I Came from the Underworld to Make the Rules Behave 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人
When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe.
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Man-Eating Python 噬人蟒
Man-Eating Python
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- 544 Rule Horror: I'm Even More Twisted Than the Supernatural! 规则怪谈：我比诡异还变态！ [Unhinged + rebellious + no female lead + hilarious + bizarre + national destiny] My name is Xu Ye. I was born without the ability to feel pain, and my favorite thing is looking for a thrill. I heard that the Rule-Bound Horror arrived, and every country would randomly select a “Chosen One” to enter a game instance. After waiting a whole month, and watching five Chosen Ones die one after another, I finally got my wish and became the sixth Chosen One, the real wild card representing the Dragon Kin 35.9kReads9.4Score4kShelves
- 545 The Zombie Apocalypse Erupts During My Senior Year, and I Fight My Way Out of the City 高三爆末日尸潮从考场一路杀出城 [No System] [Survival] [Apocalypse] [No Romance] [Smart Protagonist] [Mild Horror] [Realistic Survival] [Zombie Apocalypse] [Post-Apocalyptic] [Ordinary People] [Not a Saint] On the day of the joint college entrance exams, the first scream rang out from an exam room. A student bit through the invigilator's throat. The school building descended into chaos, the gates were locked, and the loudspeakers kept repeating, "Stay where you are and wait for rescue." Lu Fei didn't wait. He knew that in a re 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 546 I Saved an Introverted Girl 拯救了个自闭少女 [Single Female Lead] [Girl with Autism] “What is a socially anxious girl with autism like?” Gu Jin: “Soft little hands and a sweet little voice.” “Who asked you?!” “How about you stay at my place?” Gu Jin says, scratching his head. “Mm...” The girl's voice is soft and sweet. 31.6kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
- 547 Global Concept Containment: I Enchant My Teammates with Calamities 全球概念收容：我为队友附魔天灾 [Ensemble Cast] [High Martial Arts] [Natural Disasters] [Concepts] [No CP] [Awakening] [Smart Protagonists] [Ensemble Cast in the Spotlight] [Power Progression] Still reading novels where only the protagonist gets to shine? Now it's the ensemble cast's turn. Commoner martial artists can only pay a blood-and-qi tax and awaken useless traits. But on a stormy night, Lin Zu awakens the one and only golden finger: [Heavenly Principle Assembly Platform]! Strip concepts from enemies, forge invincible t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示
The world of supernatural tales has arrived, and everyone must follow the rules! After hundreds of years, the world of supernatural tales has appeared once more. Sun Kai accidentally transmigrates into it, becoming one of the first contestants representing his nation’s fate. They carry the fate of Xia Nation on their shoulders! If they win, they survive, Xia Nation’s fortunes rise, and its people all benefit. If they lose, they die, the nation’s fortunes fall, and supernatural tales invade the
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- 549 Death’s Homework 死亡作业 After our homeroom teacher left us a bizarre assignment, news of her death came the very next day... That was when we remembered the terror of being ruled by homework... Once school starts, there will be two updates every day. A jade pendant gift earns one extra chapter, and every 300 gold diamonds earns another! 4.1kReads9.0Score293Shelves
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The Eerie Tooth 诡牙
I already had teeth when I was born. They could hold a pacifier and crush a steel blade. Even a thousand-year-old demoness would have to drop to her knees and beg for mercy if I bit down on her.
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