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

1. 301 人 The Human Sacrifice Grounds 人牲场 Triangle Porridge三角粥Mystery124k WordsCompleted [High-Stakes Finale + Short Thriller Stories + No Main Plotline + Crime + Shocking Twists] “A collection of chilling stories that will make your hair stand on end”: A traveling opera troupe vanishes in a remote village. Does a mysterious fire conceal a sinister ritual? Why are the residents of a remote mountain village beating a bride with clubs like zombies? The “Retirement Home” built on a graveyard is always filled with strange noises. … You think you're the diner, but you're actually the mea 3Reads8.7Score—Shelves
2. 302 借 The Life-Extending Money 借寿钱 Two Yuan两元Mystery11k WordsCompleted After a friend dies in a bizarre car accident, could a hundred-yuan bill inscribed with “Borrow your years to buy my life” really be a deadly curse? At the funeral home, he uses “life-borrowing money” to buy an urn, only to be haunted by the dead man's mother in a strange way. A talisman hides a sinister plot, and three life-borrowing bills appear out of nowhere at midnight! A locked kitchen, boiling water, knives falling for no reason... Who is controlling this deadly game? 273Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 303 阴 Rice Divination and a Ghostly Wedding 阴看米，鬼哭嫁 Miao Girl苗女Mystery425k WordsCompleted On the day I was born, paper figures came to pay their respects and left behind money to buy my life. To keep me alive, an old woman from Miaojiang made me lie in a paper coffin, pinned me down with bones, and buried me alive at birth. This drew a hundred ghosts to bow before me and severed the heads of nine dragons. The old woman said that a spirit wanted my life. She hid my shadow, and I must not look in a mirror before I turned sixteen. I followed her warning faithfully, but then the old woma 3.7kReads9.0Score454Shelves
4. 304 纸 Paper Bride 纸新娘 Jun Lan君阑Mystery10k WordsCompleted Rumor has it that I tried to seduce the Lin family's young master, failed, and then killed him in the village's paper-offering shop. To save my life, I agreed to marry Master Lin, who had raised me for ten years. On our wedding day, Master Lin laid his hands on me. "Darling, did you know I've wanted you for many years?" Of course I knew. I'd been looking forward to this day even longer than he had. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 305 恐 Horror Resurges: I Have a Ghost Bus 恐怖复苏，我有一辆鬼大巴 This Wang Is Tired本汪困了Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted “My name is Jiang Yan. If you don’t want to die, get in my car.” On the way back to his village for a holiday, Jiang Yan successfully took control of a ghost bus and became a ghost-handler. What secrets lie hidden in the eerie village? What terror is sealed inside the pitch-black coffin? In a torrential downpour, ghosts roam the amusement park. Is this the beginning of everything, or the end? As a blood mist invades and the entire city is sealed off, despair closes in. Face death and fight t 6.8kReads7.5Score508Shelves

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   Borrowing from the mystery of a resurrection, the protagonist possesses a ghost bus that can transport vengeful spirits through the ghost realm. He's intelligent, focused on horror, and perfect for late-night viewing!

6. 306 虚 Lover in a False World 虚假世界的爱人 Zi Shan Nai子山奈Mystery9k WordsCompleted My wife has been acting strangely lately. She keeps pestering me, saying she wants me to stay by her side forever. I can't help finding it a little funny. "Of course I'll stay by your side forever and ever, honey." But whenever she hears me say that, her body stiffens noticeably. Then she goes back to her room alone and locks the door. No matter how I try to coax her from outside, she refuses to open it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 307 凶 The Vengeful Spirit Notebook 凶灵笔记 Nanmu楠木Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I've slept in a coffin since I was little. It wasn't until the woman in red appeared that I learned the truth. I was born on Ghost Festival. I don't want to die. 1.3kReads8.7Score223Shelves

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   The Ghostly Notes: The Maiden's Appearance is absolutely amazing! So good! Take it if you like!

8. 308 尸 The Corpse Eye Cipher 尸眼密码 Great Writer Sunflower大作家向日葵Mystery444k WordsOngoing Li Xinxin is a forensic trace examiner who can see a victim’s final seven seconds of memories by touching their corpse. But whenever blood-red words seep from her bronze pendant, the 37th death loop has already begun. A quantum-state blood moon splits into 37 satellites, genetic tides surge, and the clocks in the morgue remain forever frozen at 23:07, the eerie moment her parents disappeared. The genetic sequence from a clone’s corpse is an exact match for her younger brother’s, the violet-eyed —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The metal drawer of the morgue freezer was violently pulled open, and the beam of Chen Ye's tactical flashlight made Li Xinxin squint. The toothed tire mark on the back of his neck was still hot, and the blood-red words "38th Reincarnation" on the inside of the freezer writhed like a living thing, resonating with the alarm sound of the Δ-38 incubation chamber.

9. 309 绯 Crimson Wish 绯红之愿 imoriMystery12k WordsCompleted I bought a cursed object, hoping to summon a ghost and make a pact with her so I could go to the Ghost City and find out what happened to my missing master. The summoning went unusually smoothly, but the moment she appeared, the powerful yin energy pouring out of the magic circle sent me flying several meters and knocked me to the ground. She stood quietly in the middle of the circle, dressed in a bright red bridal gown and phoenix crown, with her red veil neatly covering her head and her hands —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 310 麻 The Ghost Physiognomist in Hemp Robes 麻衣鬼相 Run Tian润田Mystery3.4M WordsCompleted Some say it's difficult to understand another person, but to a face reader, understanding someone is easy. Others say you can't judge a person by appearances. I think it depends on who's doing the judging. My grandfather was a famous face reader of ghosts. He could read disaster and fortune, life and death, heaven and earth, and even uncover a person's past lives and future incarnations. When I was little, egged on by a group of friends, I kicked over the mound of an old grave. Luckily, my grand 1.4kReads8.5Score177Shelves
11. 311 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You absolutely have to read this! It's unbelievable that such a phenomenal book exists on Tomato Bookstore! The writing is absolutely superb, the prose is brilliant, and the plot is simply phenomenal. It's incredibly good, a five-star recommendation.

12. 312 暑 Summer Vacation of Terror 暑假惊魂记 Happy Pistachio开心开心果Mystery4k WordsCompleted I can see things other people can't. I've never let it show. I didn't want anyone to think I was a freak. Until that summer vacation... Two classmates and I made plans to go swimming. I saw something in the water. I was terrified. But they insisted on going in, and I couldn't stop them... —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 313 朝 The Secret of Chaoxiao 朝校的秘密 Zi Shan Nai子山奈Mystery11k WordsCompleted In the village where my family lives, every household's first child has to be a girl. The day after their tenth birthday, these girls are sent to a place called Chaoxiao on the other side of the mountain. They say it's a paradise for girls. That is, until a black cat appeared in the village. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 314 民 Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈 Su Wan苏皖Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me? 9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
15. 315 怨 The Vengeful Ghost Curse 怨诡咒 Little Old Steed小老骥Mystery418k WordsCompleted (Traditional supernatural horror + No System + Not a power fantasy + Deduction + Suspense) My coworker died. He died in his own bathtub. By the time the police arrived at his home, his corpse had already begun to rot and stink. His limbs had been gnawed down to the bone, and the coroner found undigested flesh in his stomach. That very night, I received a WeChat message from my dead coworker. It said I was next... 18.9kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves

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    These two are good, and there are a few other really scary and good ones, but I can't find them anymore.

16. 316 虫 The Secret of Chongcao Village 虫草村的秘密 My Tummy Goes Poot-Poot肚肚会嘟嘟Mystery10k WordsCompleted “The cordyceps we raise are so fast, you can’t even catch them.” I was watching this funny video on a certain short-video app. Comments flew across the screen. Some people said the joke was hilarious, while others earnestly explained that cordyceps couldn’t possibly run fast. But I knew the joke wasn’t funny at all, because I had seen fast-running cordyceps myself. Perhaps “rabbit cordyceps” would be a more fitting name. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 317 蛇 The Serpent Coffin 蛇棺 Jiang He江河Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted On the day I was born, my family was moving our ancestral graves. My father killed a huge snake in a coffin that was on the verge of shedding its skin and transforming into a dragon, and nearly got bitten to death. When I was born, snakes surged in from every direction, hissing. Everyone said I was ill-omened. A rice medium from the village gave her life to save my father. She left me a black jade pendant shaped like a snake, but she too was bitten to death. Just after my eighteenth birthday, th 29.8kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
18. 318 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    I highly recommend these sixteen highly-rated traditional Chinese horror and supernatural novels. They're incredibly scary, guaranteed to be terrifying. Don't believe me? Just read a few chapters. "Special reminder: reading them late at night is even better! [Evil laugh][Evil laugh]" I especially recommend the fifth novel for the following reasons: 1. The writing flows smoothly and effortlessly, requiring no revisions. The text is seamless, with logic flowing like blood vessels, reminiscent of Wang Bo's "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng," where "his brushstrokes flowed like clouds and smoke," showcasing his genius for writing a timeless masterpiece in a very short time. 2. The plot is well-structured, like precisely meshed gears, with clear main and secondary clues and well-paced scene transitions. From the opening foreshadowing to the final chapter, every plot point is placed within a reasonable narrative framework, like the meticulously planned revenge game in "Nirvana in Fire," displaying a beautifully interconnected structure within the power struggles. 3. The moment the pen touches the paper and the characters leap off the page, it's like a startled swan skimming across a cold pond, leaving eternal ripples in the reader's heart. The author imbues the words with life with divine inspiration, transforming each character into fluttering wings, tracing graceful parabolas in the interwoven space of reality and illusion, ultimately solidifying into a breathtaking literary totem. Secondly, there's the sixth novel, for the following reasons: 1. The ingenious structural design is like a skilled craftsman carving jade; every chapter and every line of dialogue is meticulously considered. For example, *Dream of the Red Chamber* uses the technique of "a hidden thread running through the grass, foreshadowing a thousand miles," subtly weaving the characters' fates and the rise and fall of their families into poems, drinking games, and the arrangement of objects, forming a vast and intricate narrative network. 2. The "marking the boat to find the sword" analogy (from *Lüshi Chunqiu*, a story about a Chu man who lost his sword while traveling by boat and marked the side of the boat, only to re-enter the water to search for it upon reaching the shore) satirizes habitual thinking; the characters' adherence to old methods leads them into even greater predicaments. Like in *The Truman Show*, Truman tries to mark boundaries with a map, unaware that the entire world is a fictional "ship," ultimately questioning the nature of reality and illusion in the absurdity of trying to find a lost sword by marking the boat. 3. The character portrayals in *Ink-dyed Mist and Clouds* are like ink wash paintings, with poetic flow flowing in the perfect balance of light and dark. The author uses a brush saturated with emotion to depict joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness as the rosy clouds on the horizon, making every turn enveloped in the misty ink, every glance soaked in the glaze of time, blooming with a timeless fragrance in the folds of rice paper. The rest are also highly rated traditional Chinese horror and supernatural novels by Guo Jingming, extremely terrifying, guaranteed terrifying. Don't believe me? Click in and read a few chapters. [Eating melon][Eating melon] "Special reminder: reading it in the middle of the night is even better. [Smirking][Smirking]"

19. 319 长 Longevity Soup 长寿汤 Jun Lan君阑Mystery8k WordsCompleted When I was little, Liu Laoer’s family in the village made a living selling goat-horn powder. The powder came from the horns of female goats. Though those horns were short and slender, Liu Laoer would skin and butcher female goats alive right after they gave birth. Then he would cut off their horns and grind them into powder. He would add the powder to soup made with freshly slaughtered lamb. They said drinking it regularly could help you live a long life. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 320 黄 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 14.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
21. 321 沉 The Silent Echo 沉默的回声 Flying Ant飞行蚂蚁Mystery17k WordsCompleted Five years ago, in Room 601 of Ningchuan High School, a girl was found hanged from a bathroom pipe. Her eyes bulged, her tongue was missing, and strange words had been written in blood on the mirror: “He… is back.” Five years later, the sealed cold case was suddenly reopened. Trainee criminal investigator Qin Chuan took over the investigation, never expecting that this bizarre murder would also uncover another buried case: the “South Campus Disappearance.” A deadly game of hunting, lying dormant 54Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 322 东 The Strange Immortals of Northeast China 东北诡仙录 Ding Sanpang丁三胖Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted In the bitterly cold lands of Northeast China, an ancient faith has been passed down since time immemorial. It combines the ancient Chan sect’s traditions with shamanic worship of animal spirits. The animals that cultivate there are known as “Old Immortals,” and their human representatives are called spirit mediums. Among them are a brother and sister who travel the mortal world, punishing evil and upholding justice. Along the way, they encounter a female ghost seeking a husband, a drought demon 2.3kReads9.2Score231Shelves
23. 323 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 140.4kReads9.0Score27kShelves
24. 324 慧 Huizhu Village 慧猪村 Pei Yulin佩雨林Mystery10k WordsCompleted My college roommate claimed she came from an ancient village called Huizhu Village. She said the village got its name because, from ancient times to the present, it had produced many high-ranking officials and top scholars, as if its villagers were born with pearls of wisdom. It wasn’t until she talked the rest of us in the dorm into visiting her village around the Qingming Festival that I learned it was actually called “Wise Pig Village.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 325 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.7kShelves
26. 326 死 The Death Inn 死亡民宿 He and He貉和何Mystery10k WordsCompleted On the first night after checking into the guesthouse, the owner died. But at midnight that same night, Lu Shou actually received a text from the owner. “Please be sure to follow the rules of the Deerhorn Guesthouse. Find the landlady’s dowry box before five tomorrow morning, and you can leave with the deputy manager, an orange cat.” “Otherwise, you’ll be stuck here forever.” Lu Shou broke out in a cold sweat, utterly baffled. “I clearly took his phone. How can he still text me?” —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 327 身 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 Roasting by the Fire with a Gas Canister on My Shoulder扛着煤气罐烤火Eastern Fantasy378k WordsCompleted I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 31Reads6.0Score—Shelves
28. 328 东 Paranormal Tales from the Northeast Countryside 东北农村灵异小故事 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted Spooky Little Stories from the Northeastern Countryside 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Folk supernatural horror stories.

29. 329 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 51.9kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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    I highly recommend these books! They gave me the creeps late at night! I kept feeling like someone was behind me!!

30. 330 别 Don't Wake Him in the Middle of the Night 别在深夜惊醒他 Bronze Monkey Mask青铜猴面Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted [Modern Romance with a Twist] + [Modern Romance] + [Ghost Hunting] This story explores whether love means possession or protection, how memory and identity define who “I” am, and how to face mistakes committed in the name of love. A museum intern on the night shift accidentally gets blood on an ancient god's specimen. Mistaken for the god's reincarnated Daoist partner, she is forced into a relationship with him. Only when the true partner returns does she discover that she herself is the primord 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror movies, you must have them

31. 331 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror-filled ghost-catching and zombie-fighting adventure, it's addictive!

32. 332 借 Borrowing Yin Lifespan 借阴寿 Five Dou of Rice五斗米Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever slept wearing burial clothes? Don’t try it. I did once, and that night... My name is Li Yiliang. I was born with a shortened lifespan, and my birth caused my mother to die in childbirth. But one night when I was eighteen, my mother came back and said she wanted to take me with her... My grandfather told me to sleep in burial clothes, then gave his own life to help me escape that fate. From then on, my life was never free of strange and uncanny things... 4.7kReads8.9Score411Shelves

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    🏠🏠1️⃣On the day I was transferred to District 9, all my teammates started growing scales—this place is where a time-traveling 'human' is imprisoned☔️☔️2️⃣Lights must be turned off at 3 AM! On the seventh night after the arrival of the guest in room 205, another bloodied version of myself crawled out from under the bed… 📚📚3️⃣The serial killer's diary actually records my daily routine! The details of these 50 cases are so realistic they send chills down your spine🦹🏻‍♀️🦹🏻‍♀️4️⃣While reading the 37th story, a knocking sound, exactly the same as in the book, suddenly came from outside the window… 😎5️⃣😎I tried to extend the lives of wronged souls by tying red threads, until I discovered that my lifespan had already been marked as belonging to a thousand-year-old beautiful ghost in the Book of Life and Death!

33. 333 末 The Age of Declining Spirituality: The Last Taoist of the Mystic Sect 末法时代，玄门最后一个道士 Cangzhu Yimu沧竹一木Urban211k WordsCompleted Following his master’s dying wish, Chen Bufan leaves the Daoist temple where he has lived for twenty years and steps into the modern city below the mountain for the first time. Amid the overwhelming culture shock, he keenly senses the first hint of an “ill omen” belonging to this age. 4.4kReads—Score232Shelves

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    This collection of horror stories specifically targets the chilling moments in everyday life. After flipping through a couple of pages before bed, I can't help but sneak peeks under the bed and behind the door, my spine tingling so much that I'm too scared to turn over in bed for the rest of the night.

34. 334 搬 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 I Love Li Xiaohan我爱李小憨Mystery119k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 19Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 335 天 The Heavenly Coffin 天棺 Youth Evening News青年晚报Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother... 22kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
36. 336 背 Something Wicked Lurks Behind Me 背后有诡 Bai Shuyu白舒雨Mystery284k WordsCompleted A game I played because I couldn’t sleep late at night somehow led me to experience paranormal events. Were these incidents one by one the work of people, or something supernatural? From then on, the paranormal seemed bound to me. Wherever I went, strange events followed. Survive. 116Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good books should be recommended.

37. 337 天 Wait Until Dusk to Look Again 天擦黑再看 Xunmei Niu Dalei寻眉牛大雷Mystery21k WordsCompleted I believe there are no ghosts in this world, but sometimes I wish there were. So much sorrow, cutting deep into the heart and bones: where can it be laid to rest? Your support is what keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No one wants to see ghosts; that's because no one wants to see them. If someone you deeply love becomes a ghost, wouldn't you want to see them?

38. 338 神 Mysterious Revival: My Memories Bury Vengeful Ghosts 神秘复苏我的记忆埋葬着厉鬼 Don't Speak, Shut Up不言闭Mystery737k WordsOngoing Warning: It gets more and more brain-bending as you read! Extremely high intelligence and logical reasoning as the characters solve paranormal mysteries! Don't read if you dislike mind games! Everyone gradually awakens to their powers or takes the abilities of ghosts! High intelligence + aesthetics of despair Scenarios: Dreams, zombies, myths and legends, Cthulhu, and more Difficulty: “Despair!” (No harem, no System, no invincible protagonist, no formulas, no power fantasy, no brainless characte 897Reads—Score103Shelves

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    This book is amazing! Just a heads-up, if you're looking for a quick and easy read, don't bother. This book is about the resurgence of the supernatural, and the supernatural cannot be eradicated! The writing is very strong, the pacing is excellent, and there are plenty of satisfying moments in each section. I wouldn't recommend it for those who want a completely immersive experience from the very beginning.

39. 339 诡 Eerie: After Completing the Puzzle, I Somehow Ended Myself 诡异：凑完拼图莫名把自己终结了 The Wind Rises in the Holy City风起圣都Mystery589k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Eerie + Deduction + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Flawless Logic] Have you ever felt despair? Lu Bai wakes up in a dim room, where a mysterious force orders him and several other poor souls to go on missions in one strange place after another. Complete a mission and live. Fail, and die. Black Dragon Pool, the old elm tree, the ancient well at the village entrance, the strange funeral home. After Lu Bai and his companions rack their brains, endure countless hardships, and narrowly es 142Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    It's a suspenseful mystery with an infinite flow plot, focusing on tasks, survival, humanity, and well-designed storylines and scenes. I have a very vivid imagination, and the outline of this book is logically perfect, so you can read it with confidence. I have over 40,000 words in reserve and write a stable 4,000 words per day. Because I'm writing two books at a time, I can only write two chapters at a time. I don't abandon my projects. This is my first fantasy novel, and despite the poor data, I'm still persevering. You can rest assured.

40. 340 夜 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Yu Long玉龙Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 201Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    It's my fault for not having a strong heart. [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

41. 341 苟 Laying Low in the Desperate Haunted Night, Cultivating Immortality with Caution 苟在绝望诡夜，稳健修仙 Xishu Xiaoxiaosheng西蜀笑笑生Mystery239k WordsOngoing [Eerie Apocalypse + Industrialized Cultivation + Farming and Survival. Not an overpowered wish-fulfillment story, with a focus on gradual progress. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into a child, so readers who mind should proceed with caution.] Shen Yuan arrives in an eerie world with rune technology seven thousand years ahead of its time. By day, it is the human world. By night, it is the netherworld. The survivors can only cling to life and pray for dawn. With rune technology that can turn 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Both of these are new books, but the content is quite... Well, especially the second one, which is mind-bending and has some strange twists.

42. 342 欢 Welcome Back to the Nightmare's Beginning 欢迎回到噩梦起点 Si Jingzhi思净植Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (Infinite survival, puzzle-solving, mild horror) Late at night, Shao Jie stumbled sleepily toward the bathroom. The instant he opened the door, the whole world spun upside down! When he came to, he found himself in a gloomy, terrifying otherworld. There, he was forced to take part in a horrifying survival game: eerie footsteps sounded outside the door during the midnight room inspections, villagers mysteriously vanished from a remote village every night, and worst of all... the woman who had onc 15.8kReads7.8Score1.7kShelves
43. 343 无 Infinite: He's an Escapee from a Psychiatric Hospital 无限，他竟是精神病院的在逃患者 Wen Qingxun温卿寻Two Male Leads575k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + 1v1 + both virgins + equally powerful + comedy + unhinged characters + Infinite Flow] [Cold on the outside, gentle on the inside top (Ji Anan) × cheerful on the outside, completely unhinged on the inside bottom (Shen Suiyu)] (The bottom isn’t quite right in the head and goes crazy from time to time. All the dungeons are pure nonsense. Come on in, don’t miss out, and please give this story a chance (ૢ˃ꌂ˂⁎)) Shen Suiyu is the youngest mentor at the medical school of Licheng Univ 832Reads7.8Score136Shelves

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    After watching this, I'll be depressed; it'll be terrifying.

44. 344 逃 Escape from Hell's Apartment 逃离地狱公寓 Super Clever Like Me超级机智如我Mystery501k WordsCompleted [Pure Deduction and Escape]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Two Male Leads] No female lead, no items, no cheats, just pure adventure and survival. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Ever since Lu Chao accidentally stumbled into this apartment building, he has been on the run. Every so often, the residents have to go out to designated locations to complete missions. Their targets are all ghosts, and they can only survive by carefully following the rules of each mis 4.8kReads6.8Score521Shelves
45. 345 惊 Horror Academy: My Other Self Keeps Trying to Replace Me 惊悚学院∶我的另一面总想取代我 Huaixu Shiliu槐序十六Mystery484k WordsCompleted Hope is a beautiful word. But when hope grows deep enough, it ceases to be beautiful. It becomes a key, a key that sets demons free... ...Nan An wakes from a hazy dream and somehow finds himself at a school. There are “kind and gentle” teachers, “fun and engaging” classes, and “simple little” weekly and final exams every so often. This is just what college life is supposed to be! Nan An’s lips have barely begun to curl into a smile when Nan An hurriedly cries out, “Hey, Nan An, wait! Don’t move 383Reads9.1Score106Shelves
46. 346 最 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 The One in Charge话事人Mystery813k WordsCompleted I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 117Reads8.5Score—Shelves
47. 347 我 I'm a Psychologist, Not a Patient! 我是心理医生，不是病人！ I'm Really a Noob我真是菜狗Urban278k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Pure Power Fantasy] Order is on the verge of collapse. Mental pollution gives birth to countless monsters of the mind, twisting human perception. Fang Shize transmigrates into this world and, unable to afford anything else, is forced to inherit a psychologist's position. This barely competent doctor begins his career treating patients. “Doctor, I feel like there's another, smaller me inside my body... like a Russian nesting doll...” “That is a bit of a problem. I'll cut you 767Reads8.8Score123Shelves
48. 348 诡 Eerie Revival: My Neighbor Isn't Human 诡异复苏：我的邻居不是人 Offer Flowers, Present Dogs接花献狗Mystery392k WordsCompleted [No female lead, no romance, and the protagonist grows stronger over time. He becomes formidable after death.] Three years ago, the world twisted, and terror returned. As the entire world was shrouded in the shadows of ghosts and monsters, Qi Miao: Thanks for asking. There's the old woman who looks for people to take her place in death, the widowed father raising a daughter, the little kid who likes bouncing a ball, the zombie family that holds spirit-summoning rituals, the ghost in a horse-face 604Reads8.9Score106Shelves
49. 349 地 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 Stars星辰Mystery810k WordsCompleted I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 49Reads6.8Score—Shelves
50. 350 当 When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery542k WordsCompleted [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 65.5kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves

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