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. 401 阴 The Soul Ferryer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳渡魂人 Hua Hua Fei Miao花花非苗Mystery693k WordsCompleted Soul-snatching ghost weddings, bathroom hauntings, the legend of the red-clad senior, Thai black magic, ghost soldiers borrowing the road, man-eating mountain demons, nightmare fiends that enter your dreams, the mystery of the headless woman, a bizarre bride in an escape room, vengeful child spirits, games that summon ghosts, human organ trafficking, a shocking exhibition of human deformities, and long-lost Maoshan secrets... Do these things send a chill down your spine? - The truth is, this wor 186Reads9.2Score102Shelves

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   Then I have to bring out this masterpiece. The later Tomato rating is definitely above 9.0. The plot is tense, exciting and not dragging. The author's writing is excellent. The description is so immersive that I can't put it down and follow the updates every day!

2. 402 山 The Secret Treasures of Mountains and Seas 山海秘藏 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted I have stood atop mountains and descended into the vast seas. I have ventured into every mysterious corner of China! Could a distant ancient kingdom in the Western Regions really be home to a stunning queen who lives forever? Could the vast mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang really conceal the greatest sword under heaven? Did hundreds of people really witness a legendary dragon on a misty island in the North Sea? In a dark old coffin in western Hunan, the King of the Undead stirs restlessly. I venture i 3.2kReads8.9Score459Shelves

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   If these books can't terrify you, then you're practically invincible on Tomato.

3. 403 缅 Sinister Deals in Northern Myanmar: Every Step a Nightmare! 缅北罪恶交易，步步惊魂！ Warrior Beauty战红颜Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Tags: urban, northern Myanmar, thriller, horror, romance, special agents, suspense, betrayal in love, ruthless action, gambling city, beautiful female agents, villains, calculating characters. A one-of-a-kind chronicle of northern Myanmar, a brutal dossier on the organ trade, the dangerous years of special agents, and the struggle between good and evil. Enemies become friends, friends become enemies, a warlord's daughter who once seemed impossible to reconcile with becomes a battle-hardened love 756Reads8.5Score101Shelves

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   😳This book is so realistic! The torture Chinese male and female agents endured in northern Myanmar is shocking, with blood splattered everywhere – it's all vivid in my mind! Prepare yourself before reading, and timid readers are advised to skip the first 50 chapters.

4. 404 头 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 Ma Nanshan马南山Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 22Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend these two novels by Ma Nanshan. They are truly masterpieces!!!

5. 405 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 229.5kReads9.6Score66.4kShelves
6. 406 民 Folklore Horror Stories: Don't Open This at Midnight 民间恐怖故事，深夜千万别点开 Chess Mountain Ghost Immortal棋山鬼仙Mystery442k WordsOngoing Tales of strange happenings in the countryside, folk legends, mountain spirits and monsters, and eerie experiences. I’ve been through a lot and heard a lot of stories. Today, I’ve decided to record them all. I dare to write them. Do you dare to read them? Please believe in science. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental. These are standalone stories, one per chapter. I’m the only one who knows that almost all of them are true. The result is that the more I write, the more scared 3.1kReads—Score127Shelves

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   This is the building.

7. 407 我 I Am a Lady Tutor 我是女先生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted I'm hard to kill. These were the words I heard from the moment I was born. A blind fortune-teller said I was a White Tiger Sha, a girl born with a boy's fate, innately tough and destined to bring misfortune to my husband, my children, and myself. Everyone in the village said I wouldn't survive. My yang energy was too strong. Even if they managed to keep me alive, I'd grow up to be an idiot. But my grandma, a spirit medium who presided over the altar, refused to give up. Every year, she burned a 3.3kReads9.4Score449Shelves

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   I stayed up all night to read this book, and it's really good. It's a supernatural novel about the amazing and bizarre experiences of an Onmyoji (a Japanese sorcerer), but just when you feel scared, it can also make you burst out laughing. It's really interesting.

8. 408 义 Sign-In at the Funeral Parlor: I’m Getting Uncle Jiu Drunk 义庄签到：我给九叔弄麻了 Dark August黑暗八月Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Uncle Jiu + zombies + Daoist priests + sign-in + invincibility + System + cultivation] Lin Yi transmigrates into the world of Mr. Vampire and spends eighteen years as an ordinary person. Then the Divine Cultivator System activates, and he takes off overnight! The Sky-Penetrating Talisman, Spirit-Gathering Pills! The Golden Light Mantra, Sword Flight! The Five Thunders Orthodox Method! Heavenly Dipper Battle Aura! Uncle Jiu: “I haven’t seen you in a few days. How have you already reached Foundat 1.7kReads8.9Score224Shelves

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   A mortuary, a funeral parlor, zombies, Uncle Nine—isn't that terrifying enough?

9. 409 末 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.4kReads8.7Score290Shelves

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   I'd like to recommend some books to everyone; the novels on this list are all excellent and well worth reading!

10. 410 道 The Patriarch of Taoism 道家祖师 Bird of the North北国之鸟Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing As the old saying goes, one person shouldn’t enter a temple, and two people shouldn’t peer into a well. One rainy night, I went into a ruined temple all by myself. —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 411 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves
12. 412 风 The Feng Shui Diviner 风水神相 A Leaf Boat一叶木舟Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted [The short drama and comic adaptation are now available] First comes fate, then luck, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate good karma; fifth, study; sixth, choose a name; seventh, read faces; eighth, honor the gods; ninth, make friends with benefactors; tenth, maintain your health. Eighteen years ago, an old Daoist priest found an abandoned baby in the mountains. Eighteen years later, a young feng shui master left his temple and came down from the mountain. Over the years, Jiang Chen learned all m 11kReads9.0Score1kShelves
13. 413 从 Cultivating Immortality as an Outer-Door Servant 从外门杂役开始修仙 Baby Sea Whale海鲸宝宝Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead + Not Invincible + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Fast-Paced + Decisive and Ruthless] A young man from the modern world accidentally transmigrated and stumbled into the path of immortality, struggling onward in his quest to become an immortal. The road to immortality was harder than ascending to heaven. Faced with countless dangers, his resolve to seek the Dao remained as solid as stone. Fang Qing transmigrated here and started ou 2.3kReads6.2Score109Shelves

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    (Over a million words, already quite long and ready to be read!) A story of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul cultivation, a mortal cultivation novel with no female lead. The protagonist rises step by step from a lowly servant, decisive and ruthless, while the villains are intelligent. The plot is fast-paced and engaging, with no dull moments. Highly readable and worth reading!

14. 414 我 My Roommate Is a Ghost-Hunting Master 我的室友是抓鬼大师 Pea Sprout豌豆芽儿Mystery165k WordsOngoing Just because I was going to college, my roommate took me ghost hunting... After that, I went through all kinds of unbelievable experiences. The girls in a dormitory all jumped to their deaths... Even a five-year-old child became a ghost. Who could be so cruel... Even the living can travel to the underworld... Ghosts turning into demons, yin-yang spirit women, underworld bailiffs... It went on without end, as if there were no limits... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My usual hobby is listening to horror stories, but these days all seem to be written by the same author, and they get less and less interesting. But as the saying goes, the strong don't complain about their environment; if there's nothing I like, I'll just write my own [shy]. Cheers, my darlings.

15. 415 十 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Eight of Spades黑桃八Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score165Shelves
16. 416 阴 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风Mystery632k WordsCompleted A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 194Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    All the weird and wonderful books are here.

17. 417 相 A Blind Date Turns into a Ghost Marriage: I Turn the Tables and Livestream the Corpse-Carrying Groom 相亲变冥婚：我反手直播赶尸新郎 Typing Dolphin码字小海豚Modern Romance617k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + horror + juicy gossip + comedy + complete] Lin Qingjiu, the disowned daughter of a wealthy family, is schemed against by her relatives and forced into a ghost marriage. Lying in the coffin beside her ghost groom, whose face is deathly pale yet stunningly beautiful, she smiles. Thanks, buddy, for the fresh corpse! She immediately turns around and livestreams herself escorting the groom’s corpse, bringing the whole internet along to feast on the juicy gossip. She exposes the weal 32Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    How terrifying! How hilarious! Seawater floats on people's heads, and I encountered a female ghost on the subway!

18. 418 风 The Secret Notes of a Feng Shui Master 风水师秘记 Paranormal No. 13灵异13号Mystery5.1M WordsCompleted My grandfather left me a handwritten ancient manuscript. When I turned eighteen, a dream of mine shook the entire world of feng shui... Liu Bowen severing dragon veins, feng shui guiding a celestial dragon, paper figures controlling one's fortune, plum-blossom tattoos, the dead seeking justice... Everyone knew Yang Qingtian was a legend, but no one knew that I was him! 3.8kReads8.2Score397Shelves
19. 419 恐 Horror: I’m Trapped in a Scripted Murder-Mystery Game 恐怖：我被困在剧本杀中 Little Clay Stove1红泥小火炉1Mystery118k WordsOngoing Lin Mo is a player obsessed with murder mystery games. After receiving an invitation to play, he heads to a little abandoned villa in the suburbs, only to become trapped in a deadly maze. Working together with his companions, they finally manage to escape, but discover that reality and the game have merged, and death lurks everywhere. Only then does Lin Mo realize he is trapped in a world made up of countless murder mystery games... 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's absolutely terrifying enough to make you want to shut up.

20. 420 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Urge the Ghost Courtesan to Reform! 惊悚游戏：开局劝鬼花魁从良！ Sweet Sweet Sweet Stories甜甜甜故事Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror game + comedic mild horror + infinite-flow + livestream + no heroine + the protagonist doesn’t act human + everyone is clever + everyone lies + original game scenarios] [The only novel online to tell the story of what happened before the horror game invaded!] [Horror scenario “Ghost Brothel” fully loaded. Players, please get ready!] Lin Xun, a hack screenwriter, is transported into a horror game. Unblockable horror livestreams spread across the internet, turning this into a terrifying sp 5.6kReads9.3Score619Shelves
21. 421 诡 The Eerie World: I Seek Immortality in the Underworld 诡异世界：我在阴界学长生 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery394k WordsOngoing [Mystery twists + horror-solving + deeply immersive] Have you ever seen a headless ghost knocking at the door? A ghost wife taking away a person’s three souls? A human-skin kite fluttering in the wind? A shrine where ghosts are worshipped? I was just an ordinary wage slave. After losing my job, I went to stay at a friend’s place, where I witnessed an utterly horrifying scene. I was cursed, and yet I realized that this world didn’t seem real. Everything seemed to be part of a scheme. The people c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 422 渡 The Boat That Ferries the Dead 渡亡之舟 ycy Yuanycy源Mystery265k WordsOngoing Dense fog seals off the sea, and a battered wooden ship drifts aimlessly. When Ya Heng wakes on the icy deck, he knows he has become a “Ferryman of the Dead.” The first stop is called Happiness Town. Welcome to Happiness Town, where the villagers always wear blissful smiles, as if they have no idea what sorrow is. When Butcher Hu sheds his human skin, when broken bones float up in Chef Zheng’s wine jar, when the “fourteen years” curse from the comic comes true... Only then does Ya Heng understa 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A very good novel. The immersion is amazing, it's really enjoyable!

23. 423 我 I've Achieved Enlightenment, and You're Still Rushing to Your Doom? 我已修成正果，你们还赶着来送？ Suifeng Hualeng Zhu随风化冷逐Mystery48k WordsOngoing [Mild Horror] [Not a Doormat] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Not Invincible] [One Female Lead] A suspenseful supernatural story with a realistic setting. No mindless plot, so enjoy with confidence. Lin He grew up in the countryside, bearing a blood-red birthmark. When he turned one, the fortune-teller who came to read his fate died mysteriously in his home... Later, he was sent to Mount Longhu to study magic. There, he met a junior schoolmate who gave him hope. But the good times did not last. Eight y —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This new book is good.

24. 424 规 Rule Horror: You Want Me, Zhang San, to Follow the Rules? 规则怪谈：要求我张三遵守规则？ The Luo in Luo Xiu罗修的罗Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted [Horror + eerie + hilarious + satisfying + national fortune = a serious novel] The Supreme Rules descend, selecting multiple people at random from each country to become Ascenders and take part in the Ascension Exam! Those who perform well earn high scores and even extra rewards. They can improve their own abilities and bring unexpected ascension to their country. But fail the exam, and death may be waiting for you, along with endless torment. Even your country may be beset by supernatural event 6.9kReads9.0Score834Shelves

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    Does anyone have this horror novel with ghost levels like Red-Clothed, Blood-Clothed, Unspeakable, Evil God, and Primordial Evil God? I can't find it anymore.

25. 425 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves
26. 426 恶 There Are No Evil Dogs on Evil Dog Ridge 恶狗岭没有恶狗 No Roses for Me不捧玫瑰Mystery29k WordsCompleted There Are No Vicious Dogs on Evil Dog Ridge 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It was quite scary, but I wanted to cry later on.

27. 427 神 God-Tier Archaeology 神级考古 Zhou Yu周宇Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing Qin An, a master tomb raider from the Northern School, transmigrated to a parallel world and became an unemployed drifter. But he soon discovered that his previous self had been arrested for tomb raiding and sentenced to seven years in prison! After getting out, he couldn't find work or afford food, and the cops had put him on a watchlist! At the critical moment, Qin An awakened a tomb-raiding education System! As long as he shared knowledge about tomb raiding and antiques with his online audien 26kReads6.8Score2kShelves

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    It was terrifying, like watching a movie. I was in high school.

28. 428 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves

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    I absolutely have to watch this while holding my girlfriend, otherwise I'll be too scared to sleep alone 🤭🤭

29. 429 恐 Horror Apocalypse: From the Start, I Married a Ghost and Took the Bride by Force 恐怖末世：开局冥婚，强娶鬼新娘 Drinking in the West Wind醉饮西风Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural phenomena return + unconventional stockpiling + comedy + reborn + one female lead + mental illness] Lu Yuan is unexpectedly reborn and remembers what will happen on May 20: when a girl confesses to him, his dead ex-girlfriend will turn into a vengeful ghost and hunt him down! To stay alive, Lu Yuan comes up with a great idea. Only ghosts can hold back ghosts. If he can gather an embroidered shoe, a bridal gown, a red bridal veil, a phoenix hairpin, and a jade bangle, he can assembl 8.4kReads8.7Score785Shelves
30. 430 噩 The Nightmare Staircase 噩梦阶梯 A Tian阿天Mystery806k WordsOngoing It all began with a staircase leading down into darkness. Lu Yu climbed the steps and entered the world of his nightmares. And so the bizarre tale began. Twisted human figures crawled beneath the moon, while rows of dark shadows drifted through the black fog... There are no ghosts in this world... but there are in dreams! [Supernatural Horror Infinite Flow × Suspense and Mystery] 1.9kReads8.3Score167Shelves

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    It all began with a staircase leading to darkness. Lu Yu climbed the stairs and entered a world of nightmares. The eerie story unfolded from there. Twisted human figures crawled under the moonlight, and towering shadows drifted in the black mist. This world didn't exist... But it did in the dream! [Supernatural Horror Infinite Flow]

31. 431 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
32. 432 黄 Marching Against the Yellow Springs: The Book of the Impermanent 黄泉逆行：无常簿 Moonlight and Fireflies夜明与蛍火Mystery166k WordsCompleted Have you ever narrowly escaped death? A car crash, a fire, or even a sudden slip beneath your feet... In that moment, you were grateful to be alive. But you don't know that from the instant you "accidentally" survived, your name was written in an invisible Book of Impermanence. It is no ghost or curse. It is a rule, the coldest correction program in the universe. From then on, the everyday things you rely on will become your tomb. The floor beneath your feet, the chandelier overhead, the cup in —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Have you seen Final Destination? This book is similar to that kind of horror.

33. 433 民 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 Ma Nanshan马南山Mystery959k WordsCompleted The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.5kReads9.1Score960Shelves

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    With so many options, there's bound to be one that suits your taste. These novels are all beautifully written, with vivid and engaging characters—absolutely thrilling, exciting, and terrifying!

34. 434 全 A World of the Eerie, Where Every Guest Is a Big Shot 全球诡异，我的客人全是大佬 Goodnight Choc Ice晚安巧乐兹Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted This is an age of supernatural resurgence, when ghosts roam the night. The Special Affairs Department is overwhelmed, and ghost tamers are run off their feet. Yet in a corner of the old district, a little restaurant called Gu's has become the most unbelievable haven between the living and the dead. Its rules are strange: 1. The food is outrageously expensive, but only the living have to pay. 2. When ghost customers come calling, they pay with their deepest obsessions. 3. No matter who you are, y 5kReads8.6Score550Shelves
35. 435 红 The Red Shoes 红舞鞋 Liang Jianmei梁健美Mystery142k WordsCompleted A woman in red dancing on campus late at night, a mysterious prophecy of death, deaths occurring one after another, and the red dancing shoes that repeatedly send chills down people’s spines… Is it all a coincidence, or a carefully laid conspiracy? The god of death descends into the night. Who will die next? —Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    The second book is truly terrifying.

36. 436 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈 Wish You Happiness祝你快乐呀Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t 143kReads9.6Score18.8kShelves
37. 437 灵 Hearse 灵车 Wild Goose Before the Hall堂前雁Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A hearse is a vehicle used to transport coffins or urns. You could also call it a vehicle exclusively for the dead. I was a bus driver for four years, and for all four years I kept a secret bottled up inside. Now I'll tell you firsthand about the terrifying things that happen on trains, things you don't know about. Maybe you've never heard of hearses being converted into buses, but the buses you've ridden may not have carried only the living... 1.5kReads8.0Score131Shelves
38. 438 民 A Collection of Folk Tales 民间故事会合集 Reader01读者01Ancient Romance795k WordsCompleted Open this book, and you’ll find that its folk legends and tales are unlike any you’ve read before. These stories are full of fantasy: some are terrifying, some suspenseful, some explore the ugliness of human nature, and others deal with karmic retribution. In this vast world, what hidden folk tales and legends do you know? Step into an ancient, mysterious world and join the author in discovering and experiencing these extraordinary folk stories! 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book has an immersive sense of horror! It's very good! The second book has one story per chapter. Don't be fooled by the title saying folk tales; although not all of them are horror stories, some chapters are quite scary, the kind of Chinese horror story. If you're interested, you can check it out!

39. 439 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves
40. 440 诡 Terror in the Haunted Dorm 诡寝惊魂 Chen Zidong辰子栋Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I got a job as a dorm supervisor in a university women’s residence, but the girls there were a little too friendly… Crying in the middle of the night, dorm rooms catching fire, rooms that don’t exist. Hidden in the deepest corners of memory is a bizarre and fantastical world… The night is deep, the dream unfinished. A mountain spirit blows out the lamp. Where can a lonely soul return? 10.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    These three books will change your worldview, especially the first two. The world-building in the first book is quite expansive, and the second is even better. The third is okay. I personally recommend the second book, even though it updates slowly. If you can't stand that, you can read the first book, which has two chapters a day.

41. 441 缝 Sewing Yin Corpses, Suppressing Ghostly Calamities 缝阴尸，镇鬼祸 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery4.3M WordsCompleted [Six Lines and Eight Trigrams, Soul Banners and Sacrificial Rites] Humans have three souls and seven spirits; ghosts have obsessions from the Nine Hells and the karmic flames of the Five Aggregates. But ever since I was born, I have been missing my [Earth Soul]. I’ve dealt with corpses since I was little. Other children played with colorful building blocks, fluffy stuffed animals, and little tin cars that could run. My toys were one battered corpse after another. Qimen Dunjia, puppetry that mani 823Reads6.7Score101Shelves
42. 442 还 The Soul-Returning Soup 还魂汤 Linglong Ti玲珑啼Mystery347k WordsOngoing I was born in a remote village. The day my mother gave birth to me, she died a horrible death! I was born disabled, missing an arm, and with a red birthmark shaped like a coiled snake on my foot. My master said I had been cursed by an evil spirit, and that the curse could only be lifted if I found the one who cast it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t live to see twenty... 83Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend three extremely terrifying books to you!

43. 443 四 The Eternal Night Is Coming to the Courtyard 四合院之永夜将至 The Bright Moon Has No Heart, Ah明月本无心丫Urban248k WordsCompleted [Not a period drama or tomb-raiding story + Villainous Male Lead + Plot-Driven, No Heroine + Mystery and Wild Imagination + Scheming + Urban] A shocking secret lies buried beneath a grand formation of ten courtyard compounds. Each family has fought over the treasure for a hundred years, and both the male lead and his rival are among its sacrifices. To defy fate and break free from his cocoon, the male lead takes in the Demon God’s three souls and seven spirits, and moves into a vessel made from 4Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist, a vessel for a wandering spirit, chooses to become a vessel for a demonic soul in order to change his fate and be reborn. Beneath the calm surface, undercurrents surge. [Top Post][Admiration] A century of scheming, blood sacrifice, the secret of his origins, immortality, treasures, the black market, ten grand courtyard formations, ten bronze cauldrons, all suppressing different souls. Once formed, eternal night will descend. Who is truly in control, manipulating people's hearts and minds?

44. 444 九 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 Ninth Master九当家Mystery3.5M WordsOngoing The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
45. 445 急 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 Nine Buns九包子Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.5kReads8.6Score160Shelves

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    They are all quite scary.

46. 446 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
47. 447 狐 The Fox’s Allure 狐色魅人 Little Fu Baby一只福崽崽Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A new book from Zaizai: Nine Yin Girl is now live. We hope you'll show it lots of support. Thank you!] To save my parents' lives, I made a deal with a fox immortal. From then on, I opened a shrine and did good deeds. I devoted myself to worshipping the fox immortal and helping him achieve immortality as soon as possible, never expecting that he had other plans for me... 7.9kReads9.3Score732Shelves

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    These three are absolutely amazing. The first one is so... It made me speechless. It's about how my grandfather returned home a few days after he died and lay down next to me with his mouth open as if it were about to touch his chin. The second one, I think you absolutely must read; reading it is painful, not reading it is even more painful. I also highly recommend the third one—I'm speechless. In conclusion, I highly recommend them all; they're all absolutely amazing.

48. 448 尸 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 Old Dog of the Barren Mountains荒山老狗Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—Shelves
49. 449 邻 The Neighbor Auntie’s Secret 邻居阿姨的秘密 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Mystery412k WordsOngoing Each volume is a standalone horror story. Read them in any order. Open one at random and plunge straight into terror for a frightening reading experience anytime, anywhere. The scares never stop. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, yes!

50. 450 序EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 624.8kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves

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