Looking for Women’s Fiction About Horror, the Supernatural, and Ghost Hunting. Nothing Too Boring, Please! 求恐怖，灵异，女频，抓鬼文(不要太无聊)

1. 1 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.7kReads9.3Score10.8kShelves

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   All three are excellent; I highly recommend books 1 and 3. The second book is still being serialized, and I find books 1 to be a bit more daunting than 3.

2. 2 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 52.1kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
3. 3 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves
4. 4 阴 The Yin Calamity Brings a Fox 阴祸得狐 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted On the night I was born, strange celestial signs appeared, and I seemed to glimpse a mythical beast. A fortune-teller said I was born with a noble destiny, that good fortune was at my door, and that I was sure to achieve great things. But when I was twelve, an accident left me plagued by misfortune and illness. Desperate to survive, I went to pay respects to my ancestors and pray for their protection, never expecting to visit the wrong grave... That night, a man with nine tails, as beautiful as 14kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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   I recommend these three books. They were all written by Wang Quan Yuechu, and the writing is excellent. [Admiration][Admiration] All three are my favorites! [Kiss] The content is also very interesting. The first and second books are connected, and the third one is still being updated.

5. 5 九 The Nine Yin Woman and the Demon Husband’s Sacrifice 九阴女，妖夫祭 Little Fu Baby一只福崽崽Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Both virgins, metaphysics, sweet romance, heroine's growth] When my mother was pregnant with me, my grandfather forced her to drink a bowl of foul brew. She went into premature labor, and I was born on an extremely inauspicious day. Born with the Nine Yin constitution, I became a coveted offering for demons and evil spirits. An expert gave my family a jade pendant to keep me safe as I grew up, and promised that when I turned eighteen, he would come with a new token to exchange for it. If we exc 1.2kReads8.6Score146Shelves

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   These books are absolutely amazing. Especially "The Dragon King's Wife Born of Yin" is incredibly good.

6. 6 二 On the Second Day of the Second Month, I Marry the Dragon King 二月初二，嫁龙王 Meeting the Red Silk邂红绸Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since I turned eighteen, I’ve had shameful erotic dreams every night. In them, I spend day and night entwined with a man dressed in black, with dark hair. My grandmother, the last shaman in the village, said I was the reincarnation of a deer spirit. In my previous life, I sealed an evil river dragon with a virgin’s blood; in this life, I was destined to live alone, and must never break my vow of chastity! On the second day of the second lunar month that year, as the dragon raised its head, 8.3kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
7. 7 与 Married to a Snake 与蛇为妻 Meeting the Red Silk邂红绸Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The fourteenth day of the seventh month, an auspicious day. The Snake Immortal is taking a bride. All bystanders must keep away. I was born unlucky. My mother died in childbirth, and I stopped breathing, too. My grandmother found a Snake Immortal to breathe life into me, but a patch of python-scale patterns appeared over my heart. When I was eight, a man in a dark jade robe came before me. He told me that he would come to marry me ten years later. In the blink of an eye, ten years had nearly pas 4.2kReads9.1Score465Shelves
8. 8 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... 7.8kReads9.3Score713Shelves
9. 9 蛇 Snake Eyes 蛇瞳 Mountain Breeze山风Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted When I was eight, my father burned a snake that had been dug up back home. The entire Su family suffered retribution, and our descendants dwindled until I was the only one of our branch to live to eighteen. My grandmother took me to a spirit medium to ask how I could stay alive, but a white snake coiled around me and made me its spirit medium. A child spirit came to claim my life; my fellow practitioners framed me and made me bury a living person to ward off evil and protect their territory. A w 8.2kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
10. 10 兰 The Book of Fated Bonds 兰因簿 Preserved Egg and Lean Meat rou Porridge皮蛋瘦rou粥Modern Romance159k WordsOngoing [Underworld Temp Worker + Civil Service Bureaucrat + Yin-Yang Romance] Do you think Fengdu opens its gates to the human world only on the Ghost Festival? It doesn't. The gates of the netherworld don't wait for any one particular festival. They stand open every day, day and night. Do you think that once you cross the Naihe Bridge and drink a bowl of Meng Po's soup, all love, hate, and longing will vanish without a trace? That's not true either. Countless obsessions will wander the depths of 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book combines historical elements with practical application. 💕

11. 11 蛇 The Snake Immortal's Bride 蛇仙娶亲 Pale Moon over the Evening River晚江浅月Mystery641k WordsCompleted My grandfather was a snake catcher. After taking too many lives, he angered a great serpent cultivating in the mountains. On the day I was born, both my grandfather and my father died in the jaws of a snake. On my nineteenth birthday, the great serpent appeared again to make me pay the blood debt. It was the immortal spirit worshipped by my great-aunt who saved me from the serpent's jaws. I thought his arrival was my salvation, but instead he swept me into another whirlpool of fate. “Gu An Nian, 1.8kReads9.1Score130Shelves
12. 12 北 Tales from the Northern Horsemen 北马见闻录 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted I’m a spirit medium. What do I need brains for? As long as I’m stubborn enough, those weasels can’t get the better of me. This is a story full of blood and heart, and the legend of a spirit medium’s life. Whether it’s life or human nature, the wise will eventually find the answers meant for them. A record of strange encounters, and half the history of the Ma family. Folk legends, chilling mysteries, and uncanny wonders, all within... 3.5kReads8.9Score280Shelves

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    Just watch, they're all completely silent, it's quite entertaining.

13. 13 蛇 Snake Spirit 蛇灵 Miao Girl苗女Mystery800k WordsCompleted When I was three, I came down with a strange illness. My whole body felt as if it had no bones. The rice-reading granny said something was at work, occupying my body and borrowing my lifespan. After she splashed a basin of blood toward the northeast corner, a black snake with red markings and a long beard burrowed out of the earth. Sixteen years later, the snake spirit returned. “Xiao Yu, you were the one who came after me first. If we don't get married, this is going to end badly...” [Snake Hus 1.8kReads9.3Score199Shelves
14. 14 龙 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.9kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
15. 15 我 I'm Such a Delicate Girl, So Why Does Everyone Call Me the God of Ghost Slaying? 我娇滴滴的，怎么都说我灭诡之神 Chao Lianyun巢怜云Fantastical Romance362k WordsCompleted [Genuinely terrifying horror game + heroine who absolutely cannot see the supernatural horrors + lighthearted comedy] A horror game descends upon the world. People must face not only terrifying supernatural entities and all kinds of rules, but also severe mental corruption. Just as everyone is about to reach their breaking point, a magical paper-offering shop appears. Everything from the paper-offering shop is top quality. A safety talisman can instantly clear away all mental corruption. A ghost 23.6kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    The female lead is unaware that she's destroying a monster; it's unbelievable! Even her name sounds funny: Ma Xiaobian [facepalm][facepalm][facepalm]

16. 16 偷 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 7.5kReads7.8Score915Shelves
17. 17 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score804Shelves
18. 18 蛇 The Snake King’s Wife 蛇王夫 Summer Encounter夏遇Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted My father buried me as soon as I was born. A snake saved my life. When I turned eighteen, that snake found me and demanded I repay him by becoming his wife… 1.3kReads9.1Score162Shelves
19. 19 囚 The Coffin Prison 囚棺 Yan Qizi颜期子Mystery968k WordsCompleted 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. 476Reads8.5Score—Shelves
20. 20 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 3.6kReads9.0Score452Shelves

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    I highly recommend watching this! I've already watched it twice, it's super good! You definitely won't regret it.

21. 21 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.4kReads8.4Score3.5kShelves

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    The author is a true Taoist priest with sound values. The plot is fast-paced and incorporates various popular science elements related to face reading and feng shui, making it impossible to put down.

22. 22 养 Nurture an Yin Bone, Marry a Snake Immortal 养阴骨，嫁蛇仙 Song of Resentment歌怨Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Feng shui, fortune-telling, ghost marriage, adventure, tomb raiding, devoted to each other] I slept inside a clay statue of the Bodhisattva from childhood, growing up on the incense offerings. But the Bodhisattva at home began to look more and more like me. Grandfather said I had to cultivate into a living Bodhisattva, transform into a prostitute, and save all living beings before I could wash away my sins. Then one night, a strange man arrived with a pair of spirits, one dressed in red and one 4.3kReads9.3Score690Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing; it hooked me from the very first chapter and I was completely engrossed in reading it. [Thinking]

23. 23 玄 The Metaphysics Master Eats Her Own Gossip Every Day 玄学大佬每天都在吃自己的瓜 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleModern Romance435k WordsCompleted (Metaphysical, no romance, feel-good story, no logic, with showbiz elements, though the heroine won’t enter showbiz) Shen Yu, a great survivalist, was forced into seclusion when a cataclysm struck and the Heavenly Dao perished. By the time she ventures out again, the world has changed. Phones? Surveillance cameras? Airplanes? Cannons? Good heavens, this world is even more dangerous than the cultivation world! No need to panic. She’ll quietly cultivate and keep a low profile until she’s invincibl 6.6kReads9.3Score682Shelves

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    The first book features a strong female lead with no romantic pairing. The female lead is very strong but also quite cunning, which is rather funny. The second book also features a strong female lead, but she's a bit of a money-grubber, very cute, and can't get involved in romance—it's too expensive! The male lead is also great, quietly supporting them as their relationship naturally blossoms. The third book is a side project, one I wrote myself; shamelessly asking for a read! [Laughing emoji]

24. 24 复 A Little One in the Midst of Revival 复苏中的一小只 Come Here让你过来Mystery241k WordsOngoing An unexpected trip led Lin Qingqing to transmigrate into a world where the supernatural had returned. Here, vengeful ghosts run rampant and the uncanny lurks everywhere. But there are also people who stand against the ghosts: Ghost Controllers! “What? I’m the villain now?” 28Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    An ordinary girl named Lin Qingqing accidentally falls into a mysterious world of revival. As soon as she regains consciousness, she finds herself trapped in a pile of corpses at the bottom of a lake and discovers that she has a strange power hidden within her! From the strange changes in the swimming pool to the appearance of "Smoker" Zhang Rui with a strange pipe, the logic is clear and exciting, and the plot is so exciting that you can't stop watching.

25. 25 玄 The Metaphysics Master Shakes the World After Coming Down from the Mountain 玄学大佬下山后轰动全世界 Gathering the Galaxy一揽星河Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + satisfying read + sweet romance] Everyone in the industry says the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. One sentence from her can break up a marriage, shatter a family, drive someone into bankruptcy, or land them in jail, so people steer clear of her. What’s more, she has opened a Taoist temple and does fortune-telling, face-reading, feng shui, sells talismans, and catches ghosts. She’s done every sort of scam imaginable! Later, word gets around that the elde 86.6kReads9.5Score13.7kShelves
26. 26 震 Shocking! I Woke from a Long Dream to Find I Was Gone 震惊！大梦一场竟发现自己无了 Sticky Rice Cake Ball糕糕糯米团Mystery6k WordsCompleted Shocking! After a Dream, I Woke Up to Find Myself Gone 12Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 民 A Female Agent Joins the Civil Affairs Investigation Bureau 民调局来了个女干员 REBECAMystery346k WordsCompleted [The second book, The Bureau of Folk Affairs' Female Operative: Who in the World Doesn't Know Her Name, is now available] [Neither book is fan fiction!!!] [Investigator + Metaphysics + Crime Solving + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + No Romance] This is the story of Chen Putong, an ordinary person with an extraordinary life. She works for the Bureau of Folk Affairs as a field investigator, specializing in all kinds of supernatural incidents. The Chen family of Jiangbei is a special presence within 11.8kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    These are all non-CP (no romantic pairing) stories. 1. No hidden identities, the plot is vividly portrayed, and the descriptions are detailed. Reading it feels like we're participating in the heroine's growth journey. 2. An ensemble piece, full of passion and action. Each character has their own mission, but they share the same goal, so they come together to fight against all odds. 3. The opening is startling, blurring the lines between truth and fiction. Even as an outsider, I couldn't figure it out. Will "she," as an insider, feel lost?

28. 28 不 Seriously, Your Metaphysics Club Is Way Too Obscure 不是，你们玄学小组也太冷门了吧 Yueyue Loves to Take a Look悦悦爱瞅瞅Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted [No romance + ensemble cast + supernatural ghost hunting + folk horror tales + only a little family drama, which wraps up quickly] Fang Shining was born with a mental disability. Her parents dumped her in the countryside with her father, a folk sorcerer, and never gave her another thought. When she was nineteen, the village was demolished, and she was brought back to the Fang family. On the day she returned, everyone mocked the Fang family's idiot eldest daughter for coming home, and the family 36kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    This is a completed novel with an ensemble cast. The main characters all have niche professions, so it's not scary and you can read it without worry, even late at night. The female lead has very strong connections in the underworld, and the scene where she stabilizes the formation in the village is incredibly exciting and thrilling. The enforcement of the law by the main characters is also very exciting. You definitely have to read this!

29. 29 民 Folk Supernatural: Can't Get Away? Then Fight! 民俗灵异：躲不开怎么办？那就干 Loves Doggy Dogs Most最爱修狗儿Mystery754k WordsCompleted [Folk Supernatural Horror + Horror Mystery + No Romance + Growing Female Lead + Slow Pace + Plot-Driven + Episodic] “Everything about me is fake? How could that be?” Jiang Ran scoffed. She was right here, alive and well, and had never entertained such an idea. But on the day she received her university admission letter, the question of whether she was real became a reality... *Please do not imitate the behavior of characters in this book. * This is a traditional folk supernatural novel, not a 80.3kReads9.3Score22.4kShelves
30. 30 新 The New Legend of Black and White Impermanence 新黑白无常传 Jin Chenxuan瑾宸萱Mystery293k WordsOngoing [Black and White Impermanence] [Supernatural Mysteries] [Episodic Stories] [The Yin and Yang Realms] [Underworld Workplace] [Three-Person Team] Yang Yingxia dies by accident while saving a child from drowning. She thinks her ties to the mortal world have finally ended, but an official position in the underworld lands in her lap, and she takes up her post as the new Black Impermanence! The Office of Impermanence is just like a company in the human world, with fully equipped workstations and ev 18Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 假 The Fake Heiress Fears Nothing: This Taotie Just Keeps Eating 假千金无所畏惧，本饕餮哐哐干饭 Seafood Treasure by the Shore海边蟹黄宝Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A baby's cry rings out in the delivery room, and a cold breeze brushes Tao Cici's face. Pixiu and Bixie are fighting when one of them kicks the little Taotie, quietly enjoying her meal nearby, straight into a human woman's belly. Thankfully, after she's born, her parents dote on her and her older brother spoils her. Aside from eating and drinking every day, the little Taotie has never done anything useful. She only goes home to pick up some homework she forgot, but overhears a shocking truth com 13.1kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    Little Tea's Book Recommendation 🍵 🎈The female lead is a ferocious beast, but she's adorably naive. The male lead is the Bai Ze Emperor. The female lead was punished by the male lead and sent to the mortal realm. Then the two work in the Otherworld Bureau. P. S., Only the female lead likes the male lead's cooking! 🎈The female lead thinks she's a time traveler, and she's out ghost hunting with her clueless, straight-laced fifth brother. No romance, the female lead is a laid-back, easy-going character. 🎈The female and male leads are from past and present lives. They work in the Otherworld Bureau, also catching ghosts. Very interesting! [Thumbs up]

32. 32 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Real Heiress with Mystical Powers Shakes Up the Internet 直播算命：玄学真千金炸翻全网 Boom Boom Pig爆爆猪Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Female lead with no romance + episodic stories + face-reading and ghost-catching + folk legends and supernatural mysteries] To accumulate good karma, Jiang Yu comes down from the mountains and starts livestreaming fortune-telling. She runs into a red-clad vengeful ghost from the start? Jiang Yu: “See that peach tree in your yard that was just struck by lightning? It’s fresh lightning-struck wood. Go chop off a branch and stab that bastard to death!” Viewer One: “Streamer, I think a ghost beat m 77.7kReads9.3Score11.9kShelves

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    This book is great! The female lead has strong morals and is very capable. The episodes are exciting, featuring ghosts blocking cars, man-eating locust trees, weasels demanding lives, Southeast Asian black magic, Ouija boards, ghost marriages, borrowing lifespans, and trips to the underworld. It also includes a lot of esoteric knowledge, some thrilling, some heartwarming and funny.

33. 33 讨 After My Spirit-Sealing Ritual Went Wrong, the Yellow Weasel Insists on Being My Boyfriend 讨封翻车后，黄仙非要当我男朋友 Thunderbolt Gengshen霹雳庚申Mystery326k WordsOngoing Also known as: All Things Bring Joy Urban Fantasy | Episodic Story | Strong 1v1 Couple, Mutual Redemption A timid, softhearted heroine who still dares to stand up for others × a scheming, drama-loving, fun-seeking Huang Immortal hero who always protects his wife Office worker Tu Yile goes on a team-building trip in the mountains, where she runs into a weasel seeking a divine title. One glitched reply from her ruins a century of the weasel's cultivation. She thinks it was just a bizarre hallucina 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You might want to check out this book; it has multiple episodes, a light comedy, and elements of folklore and the supernatural.

34. 34 被 After Being Targeted by a Creepy Serial K*ller 被阴湿杀人魔盯上后【贵族学院】 Le Xi乐淅Mystery299k WordsCompleted Wolves closing in vs. a beauty who doesn't know she's irresistible to everyone | All kinds of twisted, unhinged freaks fighting over her | Slight supernatural elements | A real serial killer | Male lead has no sexual history Alternate blurb: Zhao Yin thinks she's an utterly ordinary scholarship student. Her everyday life is a simple routine of part-time work, classes, and home, with the occasional need to put up with the arrogant, sharp-tongued and downright strange friends of her rich boyfrien 20.4kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Looking for a substitute for this book. Does any of you ladies know of similar titles? The female lead is incredibly popular, charming to both men and women. Every character has a very strong sense of mystery and there's a touch of the supernatural, but it's not scary at all. I haven't read a novel that resonated with me this much in a long time! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

35. 35 三 The King of Hell's Third Bride 三嫁阎君 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery614k WordsOngoing When I turned twenty, my father forced me into a marriage everyone dreaded. The wedding was set for the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the Ghost Festival, and the man I was to marry... Wasn't human either. I was born without a heartbeat. My father used a secret art to keep me alive, and marrying this mysterious husband was my only chance of survival. On our wedding night, paper money swirled through the sky as eerie paper figures descended from above, carrying an eight-bearer phoenix 81.9kReads9.1Score12.9kShelves
36. 36 纸 The Paper Effigy Shop Owner Is a Powerful Occultist 纸扎店老板娘她是玄门大佬 A Xia, Beautiful and Talented阿夏貌美且有才Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The second installment, Gods Cannot Save Themselves 2, is now available! Strong female lead, no CP (a monk with unrequited feelings approaches the heroine with an ulterior motive) + wish fulfillment + plot-driven. The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint, so if you like that type of heroine, please look elsewhere. The heroine, Chen Zhaoyuan, owns a paper offerings shop. She's a “person” who has lived for a very, very long time. Some of her memories are missing. She's no good at music, chess, c 31.3kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves

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    Waaaaah... Who hasn't read this book yet? 🥺

37. 37 黄 Weasel Spirit! Do I Look Like a Human or a God to You? 黄皮子！你看我像人还是像神？ China's Famous Double Standard中国驰名双标Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted No specialist knowledge here, just a story. [A little horror + a whole lot of comedy + no female lead, no romance] When I was a kid, I took a nighttime shortcut and saw a weasel worshipping the moon. Remembering a story my grandma had told me, I worried it might ask me to grant it a title, so, on a whim, I shouted at it first: “Weasel! Do I look more like a person or a god to you?” The weasel froze for a moment, then said I looked like a dumbass! But from that day on, I really did become an idio 30.3kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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    Horror, supernatural, female-oriented, a mystical spirit helps me catch ghosts, and it's even a little funny—it's not boring to read! This is tailor-made for you! Just read it, and if you don't like it, come find me! [Sending heart]

38. 38 极 Rapid Quick Transmigration: I’m a Middleman for Merit 极速快穿：我是功德的二道贩子 I Want to Raise a Feifei我想养只朏朏Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted It's supposed to be about doing missions, but the female lead is more like a golden finger for those who make wishes. No romance, no entanglements. The heroine is a demonic cultivator who feeds on the souls of evil people. She gives kind wish-makers the chance to be reborn, but uses terrible ones as bait to lure in the wicked! Her day-to-day work consists of busting trafficking rings, killing bandits, picking up family members she never had, and inviting scumbags into the Banner of Ten Thousand 210Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Comedy/Supernatural, all without romantic pairings.

39. 39 我 I'm the New King of Hell, Roaming the Mortal World to Vanquish Demons and Catch Ghosts 我，新阎王，混迹人间降妖捉鬼 Zhang Fengqiu张逢秋Ancient Romance355k WordsOngoing Su Nianting, a modern woman, transmigrates and wakes up inside a coffin. She reaches out to push, but the coffin is nailed shut and won't budge. Everything around her is silent, and her shouts are swallowed by endless darkness. Sweat runs down her cheeks. The thin air inside the coffin is mixed with the stench of decay... At this critical moment, Su Nianting summons all her strength and focuses her mind on her hands once more. She pushes hard, and with a bang, the coffin lid blows open. Fresh ai 32Reads—Score214Shelves

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    The story follows the female protagonist as she becomes the new King of Hell, vanquishing demons and ghosts.

40. 40 快 Quick Transmigration: Long Live the Evil Cultivator! 快穿：邪修大人万万岁！ I Want to Raise a Feifei我想养只朏朏Ancient Romance145k WordsCompleted [Story elements: Supernatural, fast-paced, no romance!] [Each story is one to five chapters long] [No original hosts: the female lead is always herself. She lays her traps in the first half of her life, then springs them in the second.] Xie Sanyuan is a magnet for bad luck. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, she gets bullied as a rogue cultivator and has no choice but to join the demonic sect. But just half a month after she starts watching the gates of the Demon Palace, it is destro 52Reads—Score106Shelves
41. 41 此 A Sorcerer Dwells Here 此间有个邪术师 I Want to Raise a Feifei我想养只朏朏Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted [Funny Supernatural] [Strong Female Lead] [No CP] [Northeastern Dialect] [Short Stories] This is a story about an evil cultivator living in the modern world. Some readers say it feels like a modern version of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Some readers say the premise is fresh and unique. The protagonist is a bit of an oddball, but she has her own rules and principles, with a bit of a streetwise, worldly air about her. Her way of thinking and her principles aren't easily changed, either. W 12Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 阴 Twin Fates of Yin and Yang 阴阳命双生 Ning Chen凝尘Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [A defiant, fight-first demon girl heroine VS a henpecked, scheming, dark-hearted, grudge-holding male lead who seems sweet as a glutinous rice ball on the outside] [Career first, romance second] The rating just opened, so it'll go up [The heroine has two fathers. This isn't a BL story, and the two fathers aren't close; there are scenes where they try to kill each other. They are not a couple. The father who gave birth to the heroine only did so after returning to life in another body, acting ou 2.5kReads7.5Score259Shelves

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    Come on, come on! My new book is selling 10,000 words a day! I'm begging you all to take a look! The mischievous heroine is incredibly cool—she'll fight anyone who dares to challenge me! Click on the latest chapter to see how she smashes walnuts with an auction house jade seal to get revenge!

43. 43 神 A Divine Beast’s Hilarious Urban Diary 神兽的爆笑都市日志 I Want to Raise a Feifei我想养只朏朏Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted [Modern Romance with a Touch of the Supernatural | Invincible Heroine | Alternate Modern World | Fun Comes First] There’s a Xie Azhao in this world, free to eat, drink, and be merry. She can’t be bothered to meddle in other people’s affairs, and she can’t be bothered to spend even three seconds dealing with ghosts. Our heroine is an extreme subjectivist who lives by one rule: “I do what I want.” She does have a slight weakness for good looks, but that’s only natural for a snake! Her specialty: e 4Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 她 She Waited in the Coffin 她等在棺材里 Facing the Rest of Life Alone独赴余生Two Female Leads640k WordsOngoing [Yandere Ghost Wife + Cursed Ghost Marriage + Chinese-Style Horror] [Two Female Leads | Her love for you is real, and so is her desire to kill you] Ruan Mian was looking for a bargain when she rented the haunted house deep in the mountains. On the very first night, a woman in red lay beside her, brushing her icy fingertips over Ruan Mian’s face. “Don’t be afraid. I won’t hurt you.” The woman cooked for her, combed her hair, and hugged her from behind every night as they fell asleep. She was so 975Reads—Score165Shelves

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    First Generation: "I am your coffin." → She pressed Ruan Mian against the dressing table as she spoke. White hair fell. Dark red pupils stared at her. "I'll keep you in my heart when you're alive. I'll keep you in my heart even in death." Second Generation: "It hurt. But it stopped hurting when you came back." → Ten words. Seventy-three years of bone-carved words. Every cut reached the marrow. When she said it stopped hurting—her bones were still bleeding. Third Generation: "Even if you are burned to ashes in every life—I will squat in the embers and pick you up piece by piece." → She used her metacarpal bones to scrape away the finger bones. Until she scraped them all away. This was not a promise. It was a statement of fact. She did it in every life. Fourth Generation: "I will get rained on for you for a lifetime." → She took off her trench coat and held it over Ruan Mian's head. She stood in the rain herself. Her white hair was completely wet. Water droplets dripped from her chin. Wherever you are, that's where the rain is. I will follow you for a lifetime. Fifth Generation: "If you are broken, my bones will be your coffin." → The coffin theory has been upgraded. This is a million times more ruthless than "I'll keep you alive, and I'll keep you dead." Even if your bones are broken, it's still your coffin. You live in it. I carry it. If you break, I'll carry the broken pieces. Ultimate form: "Remember this. With interest. Bones facing me." → After Ruan Mian said "bones facing you," Yin Gu pressed his forehead against hers and said those words. Bones facing me—five words. It's divine. Evolution complete. The insane love talk evolved from "You are my coffin" to "I am your coffin" and then to "Your bones are my coffin." The coffin theory iterated three times. Each time more insane than the last.

45. 45 一 A Toast to This Fleeting Life, a Toast to Qin Zheng 一杯敬浮生，一杯敬秦争 I Want to Raise a Feifei我想养只朏朏Mystery229k WordsOngoing [Funny Supernatural Story] [No CP] [Mild Supernatural Elements] [Funny Daily Life] [Northeastern Chinese Dialect] [The Ghostly Constable's Field Trip Log] [There will be a male supporting character, but note that he is not the male lead. He's just the female lead's errand boy and male nanny. This story has no CP! No CP!] I still remember the day Lord Hades conscripted me. Qin Zheng was squatting in Hell, munching on a carrot and listening to Old Yan brag for the 3,687th time about how he'd dodg 8Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 她 She's Sweeter Than the Milky Way 她比银河系更甜 Facing the Rest of Life Alone独赴余生Two Female Leads23k WordsOngoing They say in business circles that Shen Tingwan's heart is made of diamond: impossible to cut, impossible to warm. Lu Xingying doesn't believe it. The first time they met, she flipped Shen Tingwan's negotiating table. The second time, they were tied together by the same contract. The third time, Shen Tingwan drank on her behalf with everyone at the table. Everyone said that if these two got together, it would mean either a business war or a world war. They weren't wrong. It really was a world war 14Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 第 The Ninety-Ninth Bride 第九十九位新娘 Surely the Celestial Immortal Is Drunk Tonightz应是天仙狂醉zFantastical Romance332k WordsOngoing "Ninety-eight brides. Every last one of them rotted here. You won't escape." All 98 brides were screwed, and I'm unlucky number 99! I wandered into a cursed place while scouting locations and landed myself a crazy, white-haired husband. The first time we met, he grabbed me by the throat and threatened to burn my whole family if I didn't obey! Later, he stole offerings from other people, snatched my milk tea pearls, knocked on my window in the middle of the night to keep me company, and held me w 322Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Supernatural romance, the male lead is a dragon, arrogant and sharp-tongued, a very contrasting puppy-dog dragon, and the female lead doesn't act recklessly, so it won't break your heart.

48. 48 在 The Romance I Found in Horror Games Is Full of Surprises 在恐怖游戏里谈的恋爱千奇百怪 Running Peach奔跑的桃子Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yao became a vicious supporting character in numerous horror worlds, possessing nothing but beauty and a love of money. After the System tossed her the words "win them over," it lost contact because of a bad signal. She had read so many novels and knew the tropes well. Wasn't she supposed to win over men who had suffered tragic fates? The first time she saw someone, she could sense a dark red glow around him. She guessed that he must be her target, so... At a haunted boarding school, she fou 75.3kReads9.6Score8kShelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who redeems the male protagonist, and it's genuine. The second, third, and fourth books all have female protagonists who aren't blinded by love; they're intelligent, and the male and female leads mutually support each other. The fifth book is a bit heartbreaking in the beginning, as the male protagonist doesn't tell the female protagonist the truth, leading to her suspicion of him. However, the female protagonist becomes stronger later on, and the plot twists many times; you never know who the real boss is until the very end.

49. 49 女 The Empress Lands at a Live-Stream Variety Show During Her Sacrifice Ceremony 女帝祭典上穿到直播综艺现场 You Zhinan有枝南Modern Romance672k WordsCompleted Su Qingyun was the first empress of the Su Dynasty, blessed with the fortune of a true dragon. She was noble, highly skilled in martial arts, and also the mysterious Holy Maiden of Miaojiang, peerlessly beautiful and adept at witchcraft and poison. Yet during a rain-praying ceremony, she transmigrated into a modern survival reality show. The original owner was scared to death on the spot, but poisonous snakes were no big deal to Su Qingyun. What she couldn’t understand was why she had become a f 1.1kReads9.4Score180Shelves

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    The second book is super, super good!

50. 50 阴 A Yin Wedding, a Cursed Wife with the Phoenix Fate 阴嫁，凤命诡妻 Yu Luo Chenxi羽落辰汐Mystery870k WordsCompleted ◇ Fated Phoenix Maiden × Supreme Ruler of the Underworld ◇ I was born with the fate of a phoenix, yet from the moment I came into the world, I was already half dead. The night I was born, rosy clouds filled the sky and all the ghosts came to pay their respects. The seventy-two celestial clans gathered to celebrate my reincarnation... Everyone considered me ill-omened, but a passing enlightened monk said I was the reincarnation of the Lady of the Underworld. The sins of my past life had not yet b 6.1kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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