Horror Novels Have No Good Stories Left. Prove Me Wrong 恐怖小说已经没有佳作了，不服来刚。

1. 151 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves

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   My palms were sweating and my heart was pounding. The plot was so tight and exciting that I couldn't stop watching!

2. 152 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
3. 153 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves
4. 154 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
5. 155 残 A Fading Lamp Shines on the Lonely Dead 残灯照孤冥 Seven Days in a Dream入梦七天Mystery503k WordsCompleted (Mystery + supernatural + no female lead) (Ghost case files + Taoist arts) (Tomato Original) The male lead is born under the fate of a lone star of calamity, destined to walk alone. A dying lamp lights the lonely darkness, and that darkness lights me in turn. 321Reads—Score—Shelves

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6. 156 校 The Campus Curse: A Register of Corpse-Subduing Spells 校园诡咒镇尸簿 The Cinnabar Mole in My Heart心头朱砂痣Mystery177k WordsCompleted (No romance + an unusual team-up to catch ghosts) On what seemed like an ordinary night, four girls in a dormitory started playing with a spirit board. But that very night, horror quietly descended... Was it a collapse of morality, or a distortion of human nature? Follow this unusual team as they solve the mystery. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   So, if I take out these books, how will you respond?

7. 157 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 694.2kReads9.6Score146.3kShelves

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   Yes, those two are quite good; I can't stop reading them.

8. 158 民 Folk Feng Shui Secrets 民间风水秘术 Unbelievably Proper正经的不得了Mystery248k WordsCompleted This story focuses on practical feng shui and fortune-telling. If you're looking for made-up drama, this isn't for you! Feel free to skip the first four chapters and start reading from Chapter Five. The adaptation will also start from Chapter Five, which should make it much easier to adapt. Thank you for understanding! (Traditional, no System, no wild flights of fancy, funny, not saintly! A technical, skill-focused story!) I was born in a poor mountain village. From a young age, I traveled aroun 27.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
9. 159 无 Infinite: The Heroine Awakens in a Black Coffin 无限：女主在黑棺里苏醒了 Chubby Little Dudu胖小嘟嘟Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted The great masters in other stories are all ethereal immortals, riding flying swords. Yin Qing is different: she rides... a coffin. An infinite-flow novel. Not every story arc is horror-themed; all kinds of worlds make an appearance. (No romance, lighthearted, suitable even for the easily frightened.) 3.8kReads9.2Score434Shelves

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   Because I'm not a big fan of horror, the books I've read are mostly mildly scary, geared towards girls. Except for the last two which have romantic pairings, the others are non-romantic. The third to last one is more about physical attraction than emotional depth. I highly recommend books one, four, and eight. The second book is new and so far is pretty good. I hope everyone who has mildly scary reading experiences can comment; I'm currently experiencing a reading slump. Thank you all! *^_^*

10. 160 灵 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 Wu Zhenbo吴振波Mystery112k WordsOngoing The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    How about this one?

11. 161 惊 Thriller Game: The Unhinged Beauty Catches Ghosts on Livestream 惊悚游戏：疯批美人直播抓鬼 Peach Blossoms Beyond the Bamboo竹外桃花Mystery233k WordsOngoing [No CP + Strong Female Lead + Plot-Focused + Infinite Flow] A horror game descends upon the world, randomly abducting humans and throwing them into the game for its beta test. Baili Sang, who is incapable of feeling fear, is lucky enough to become one of them. While other players watch their Sanity values plummet from fear, ending up either raving mad or dropping dead, Baili Sang instead licks her lips in fear (excitement), and her Sanity value breaks through 100% like a bug. Looking at the mons 22Reads9.3Score—Shelves
12. 162 让 I Asked You to Read the Feng Shui, Not Dig Up Their Ancestral Grave! 让你看风水，你刨人家祖坟？ Unbelievably Proper正经的不得了Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as "The Folk Feng Shui Secrets". [Supernatural + Feng Shui Master + Unmatched Skills + No System + No Saintly Hero] An old man dies full of resentment and is buried in a dangerously inauspicious ancestral grave. Disasters strike one after another on the day of the burial. Wang Nan, a yin-yang master, spots the problem and immediately tells the descendants to dig up the ancestral grave and choose a new feng shui site for a deep burial, only to discover that this was all part of a plot 317Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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    This is the real ceiling, okay? If you disagree, watch 10 minutes and we'll debate. It's written so realistically that even the official channels won't allow it anymore, hence the lower rating.

13. 163 子 The Midnight Night Watchman 子夜打更人 The Black Cat in the Box匣子里的黑猫Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted As the saying goes, walk the night road often enough and you're bound to meet a ghost. I'm a night watchman, and walking the night road is my job. Over the years, I've encountered all kinds of bizarre and extraordinary things in the dark. If I told you about them one by one, your jaw would hit the floor. A word of warning: if you scare easily, read at your own risk! 1.9kReads7.2Score224Shelves

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    They're all super good, I've watched them all.

14. 164 我 Livestreaming Myself Eating Ghosts in a Survival Game 我在逃生游戏中直播吃鬼 Daydream Under the Blue Sky青天白日梦Mystery342k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + no romance + horror and the supernatural + goofy livestreams] When an escape-game storm swept across the globe, Nuo-jie, who had just been kicked down the mountain by her master, caught a ride to an escape trial. And so began her journey of eating ghosts. Other people's escape games: “There's a ghost! Run!” “Mom, I want to go home! I'll never play this game again!” “Ghost grandpa, please, let me go...” Our Nuo-jie: “Come here, ghost sister. How do you like the smell of this shoe 39Reads8.8Score—Shelves
15. 165 规 Rule Horror: The Final Sequence 规则怪谈：终末序列 Madman Pig Butcher狂魔杀猪狂Mystery104k WordsOngoing [No CP] [Dual Protagonists] [Dark Fantasy] An ordinary high school student stumbles into a world of supernatural rules, uncovers the secrets behind them, gains supernatural abilities, and becomes a Sequence-Bearer! From primeval forests to eerie schools, from abandoned hospitals to worlds governed by rules... Only rules can kill rules. In the End Times, seeing isn’t always believing. You must wield the power of rules to kill their masters. That is the only way to survive! The blood and vengeance 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

16. 166 火 Diary of a Crematorium Worker 火葬场女工日记 Bing'er冰儿Mystery5.0M WordsCompleted [Unsolved Case + Death Notes + Female Perspective] Through the eyes of a woman who works at a crematorium, this story clearly and thoroughly explains the final place people go, and what they experience along the way. Read it, and you'll learn everything a person goes through after death, before their soul leaves their body. The author delves into the crematorium to lay out a cross-section for readers, making it easier to understand and see everything clearly. This is the story of a woman who wor 6.6kReads9.1Score315Shelves
17. 167 噩 Nightmare Subway 噩梦地铁 Jiang Feng and Fire姜枫与火Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted (The rating has only just opened and will rise later.) [Infinite Flow + Survival + No Saintly Heroine] A driverless subway train carries a group of cursed passengers toward unknown, terrifying stations… A subway card is proof of survival, and a ticket to Hell. At each subway station, Jiang Fengye faces one terrifying instance after another, each a brush with death. The starving corpses in the basement; The crawling sounds in the abandoned tunnel; The skinning monster in the old castle; … "The 18.1kReads7.0Score1.9kShelves
18. 168 直 Infinite Livestream: The Stand-In Has the Male Lead’s Script 直播无限：替身她手拿男主剧本 Phoenix's Wild Song凤狂歌Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Female protagonist as the dominant partner, no romance, casual flings] By a twist of fate, Lu Wuxue binds herself to two Systems and begins her journey to become powerful across the myriad worlds, livestreaming her adventures. She has fought the nine-headed snake cypress and entered the Bronze Gate, witnessing the Ultimate with her own eyes. She has also lived as a tenant in a haunted apartment building, endured the eyes lurking behind cat’s eyes, and become the blood-stained moon spoken of b 66Reads9.4Score—Shelves
19. 169 地 Hellish Instances Have Arrived (Infinite Flow) 地狱副本上线（无限流） Sister Power妹力Sci-Fi & Apocalypse336k WordsCompleted Instances: The Prince and the Princess, Petition to the People, The Cat and the Fish, Please Talk to the NPC, Black-and-White Undercover, Greetings to the Empress, Tom and Jerry, Bragging Card Game, Desert Island Survival, Strongest Special Forces Soldier, Citywide Catastrophe, Draw and Guess, Players’ Karaoke Room ^^ (Abandoned ending, bonus chapters pending) 961Reads8.8Score101Shelves
20. 170 全 Nationwide School Survival: Every School Has Become Hell 全民学校求生：所有学校沦为地狱 Unlucky Agudo倒霉蛋阿古朵Mystery838k WordsOngoing [School Survival] [Apocalypse] [Light Ensemble Cast] [No Brain-Dead Decisions] [No Saintly Heroine] [Semi-Infinite Worlds] [S-Rank Invisibility and Intangibility Talent] [Many] Universities today are drowning in red tape. Gu Pingsheng was only trying to help his academic advisor get Teacher Huang from Administration to stamp a document, but Teacher Huang stalled him with one excuse after another and even mocked him. Then, during evening study hall, every school around the world entered a biza 202kReads8.2Score21.8kShelves
21. 171 妖 The Demon Taoist Breaks Through the Underworld Pass 妖道破阴关 Scorpio Water Demon天蝎水妖Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted (Supernatural horror, feng shui and geomancy, warding off evil and misfortune, one heroine) My parents used forbidden magic to conceive me, but on the day I was born, my strange appearance frightened them away... My third uncle raised me in a cage. I barely managed to grow up on borrowed yin virtue and incense offerings... On my eighteenth birthday, I was buried alive in the ancestral graveyard. She saved me... but she wasn’t human... 5.5kReads9.1Score496Shelves

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    I especially recommend "The Three Corpses' Words", "Taboos of the Living", and "The End of Ten Days"—I highly recommend the first one.

22. 172 活 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 16kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    You haven't read either of these? I feel like these two are among the best suspense, horror, and supernatural novels. You're lucky you haven't read them! Go read these two! After you finish them, thank me, this borrower of life in the mortal world. I reread the last few chapters every now and then, and every time I read them, I cry my eyes out—they're so good!

23. 173 怪 The Strange Realm: From the Start, I Dismembered the Monstrous 怪域诡界，我开局分尸诡异 Stream's Big Herring溪流大年鱼Mystery141k WordsOngoing [A handsome male lead, just like the readers] [Horror-leaning; do not read if you scare easily] [Mystery and the supernatural] [A story where despair and hope intertwine and ebb and flow] [Similar to Taming the Supernatural] It was an ordinary night, but it led Lu Ying into a new world woven from madness and death. This world has lost its light, and people like Lu Ying need a constant supply of “candles” to stay alive. But “candles” can only be found in the realms of those unkillable, rule-bound 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The bizarre and imaginative ideas I wrote are from a contracted writer specializing in bizarre fighting, similar to the mystery of resurrection, where the supernatural is unkillable.

24. 174 诡 The Haunted House 2 诡舍2 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery399k WordsOngoing The eternal night has come, and absurdity runs rampant. A thick pollution blankets the sky, while pitch-black eyes look down upon the world. Carrying a flame, we press slowly onward. Humanity's sun will be kindled by human hands. 317.9kReads8.8Score35.3kShelves
25. 175 迁 The Grave Relocation Master 迁坟师 Su Wan苏皖Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted You've heard of yin-yang masters, fortune-tellers, and feng shui masters. But have you ever heard of a grave relocation master? Do you know how relocating a grave can affect the deceased's descendants? My name is Chen An, and I'm a grave relocation master. I've spent my whole life dealing with graves and bones. I've seen clients strike it rich after relocating a grave. I've seen clients rise to high office after relocating a grave. I've also seen clients whose entire clan died out after relocati 10.5kReads9.0Score911Shelves
26. 176 甜 Our Sweet Little Six-Year-Old: Everyone’s Obsessed with Raising Her 甜软囡囡六岁啦：全民沉迷养女儿 Burning Fish into a Cat烧鱼成喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling + sweet and satisfying + reborn + growing up] Su Mian, who dreams of becoming a musician, is reborn as an unwanted little country girl who gets beaten whenever she makes a mistake. When Xia Xuan, a three-time Golden Award-winning Best Actress, arrives, Su Mian learns that she isn’t some wild country girl after all. She’s Xu Zimian, the little princess of the actress’s family. With her beautiful singing, natural acting, and knack for making desserts, Little Cotton is the apple 1.1kReads9.4Score161Shelves

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    The first book is "Little Cotton," a sweet and soft little cotton ball. The acting is superb, and the lyric writing is also excellent. I'm so lucky to have encountered the band YYDS; I absolutely love their endless flow. The second book is "Southern Evening," and Wan Bao is super popular. The beginning involves breaking bricks, and the fans respond with bricks. The main character is a goofball, but the fans are fiercely protective of him. It's a fantasy story about the Southern King and the Northern Emperor.

27. 177 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves

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    These novels take horror to the extreme. When I read them, I felt breathless and cold all over, as if I were being haunted by an evil spirit. It was so terrifying that I didn't even dare to go to the toilet. Anyone who reads them knows how terrifying they are!

28. 178 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves

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    Purely lighthearted and enjoyable; come at me if you dare.

29. 179 女 The Queen Starts Out as a Top-Tier Star 女王从顶流做起 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open September 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.] From the start, she transmigrates and nearly kills her younger brother. If she doesn't complete the System's missions, she'll be punished with electric shocks. Following the System's instructions, Nan Xiangwan joins a survival show for aspiring idols. While the other young women sing and dance... Nan Xiangwan: “I'll perform a brick-breaking trick with my bare hands!” 31kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
30. 180 渡 The Soul Ferry Lantern 渡魂灯 July Wife七月妻Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mildly scary + episodic stories, a fast-paced ghost-hunting romp with all kinds of tricks!] Fire runs in my veins, and I'm cursed to bring bad luck. When I was fifteen, my father kicked me out. To survive, I climbed into a stone tomb. The strange knocking at the door of the funeral home at midnight, The body that mysteriously vanished after a fatal car crash, A headless old man, a talking human skin, and haunted schools and skyscrapers... I guide five-element spirits onward and f 18.1kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    It's a very good book, but the score is inexplicably low. It has a 9.2 Rating on Toutiao (a Chinese news and information platform).

31. 181 无 Infinite Challenge Game 无限挑战游戏 Tang Sanzang唐三葬Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted He was an ordinary loser: no house, no car, nothing to show for himself, and a terminal illness that burdened his whole family. Then, one day, a stroke of luck fell into his lap. The goddess he had secretly loved for years suddenly invited him to a secret location to get a room. But just as they met, she was assassinated by a mysterious attacker who appeared out of nowhere... He was dragged into a deadly game full of endless challenges. To save the goddess and find a cure for his illness, he had 655Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    These are my two best books. I'll also include a beautiful picture of Xiao Wu. Click to enter

32. 182 诡 Haunted University: I’m the Only Living Person on Campus 诡大学：全校就我一个活人 Uncle Jin金二叔Mystery225k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + one female lead] He scored 320 on the college entrance exam and just wanted to find a decent university to attend. He never expected to meet a ghostly version of Zhang Xuefeng, who recommended a ghost university 😭 His classmates and teachers are all ghosts 👻 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He ended up at a ghost university where there wasn't a single living person. To survive, the protagonist had to pretend to be a ghost, emphasizing the contrast and the supernatural [fear].

33. 183 诡 A Strange Game Invades: Honey, I’m Coming to Find You 诡异游戏入侵，老婆我在找你了 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Fantastical Romance402k WordsOngoing [Supernatural Horror + Two Powerful Leads + Horror Game Dungeons + Devoted Couple + Mild Horror + Infinite Flow + Mild Suspense] A newsreader’s polished voice comes from the television: “Recently, more than a hundred people across the country have suddenly vanished for unknown reasons, only to be found dead at the sites of their disappearance several days later. The scenes are horrific. Relevant government departments have urgently begun an investigation...” The real world has been overrun by th 11.7kReads—Score2.4kShelves

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    Welcome, Lin Fei, to the eerie game instance! [Game Instance: The Human Purge Project][Awkward Laugh][Awkward Laugh]

34. 184 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 207.6kReads9.0Score19.6kShelves

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    They're all pretty good, the only downside is that they're not finished yet.

35. 185 这 I've Got These People Covered! 这些人我罩的！ Gout Bone Shadow痛风骨影Urban95k WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Imaginative Premise + One Female Lead] After a century of loneliness, one person finally finds a place they can go. A universe, a planet, a country, and a little beast girl whose eyes see only him. What kind of story will their meeting create in the modern world? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All of these are great books, very addictive, I'm a bookworm with 2000 hours of reading time. The first part features a protagonist born from nothingness, possessing immense power capable of instantly killing everything—truly invincible. It also includes a beast girl. Highly recommended. The second part features a protagonist named Chen Shu, who carries a urea bag in his left hand and a pig-slaughtering knife in his right, nicknamed the "Greatest and Most Hilarious Bandit of Nanjiang." The third one features a protagonist with an extremely high IQ and is incredibly funny; highly recommended. The fourth installment, Endless Intent, features a cunning protagonist who feigns weakness to outsmart others. Highly recommended.

36. 186 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 178.3kReads9.7Score21.4kShelves
37. 187 灵 Spiritwalking Through Time and Space 灵行时空 Silence Has Lasted Long Enough沉默够钟Mystery867k WordsOngoing The Red Moon's invasion tore through space and time, and supernatural horrors descended across the globe! From the start, the protagonist takes control of a useless C-rank ghost, only to discover that it's a universal puzzle piece. But before he can grow strong, A-rank and S-rank paranormal incidents come one after another: Murderous illusion, evil ghost doppelganger (Split Ghost Persona, A) A gluttonous feast on a bridge in the rain (Hanging Ghost Incident, S) A terrifying haunting, the living 6.9kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves

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    If you like mysterious revivals, this book will be more brain-burning, with 600,000 words.

38. 188 饕 A Gluttonous Feast 饕餮盛宴 Guai Guaili乖乖戾Mystery499k WordsCompleted [No body-double plotline; the male lead isn't aloof; the female lead is clever and no saint; mostly comedy] I was born dead, my whole body purple and blue, without a breath in me. Everyone urged my mother to bury me, but she wouldn't believe it. She went to see Granny Wang at the village entrance, then carried me alone into the deep mountains and knelt for three days and three nights in a dilapidated temple. After that, I miraculously came back to life and was just like any other baby. Then, whe 9.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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    For someone as impatient as me, I didn't want to waste a single word of this book. It was incredibly witty and engaging, with all the characters possessing exceptional intelligence. Their solutions to problems weren't conventional; they were full of unexpected twists. The author is truly a master writer; I couldn't get enough of it, and I even read the side stories very carefully.

39. 189 惊 Thriller Game: I'm the Nightmare-Level Player of the Entire Population 惊悚游戏：我，全民噩梦级玩家 Xiaofeng晓风Mystery190k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead, Smart Characters, Horror, Decisive and Ruthless] The supernatural horror game arrives without warning, and Chen Nan is chosen to enter it. Lacking negative emotions, he also awakens a rare talent, becoming a bug-like presence in the game. When monsters give chase, all the other players wonder how to hide and evade them. Chen Nan, however, charges straight at them and smashes through the clown's defenses. A haunted villa, a horror-themed version of Agatha's dinner party, a bi 9Reads7.9Score—Shelves

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    I'm not exaggerating, but what's scary in the protagonist's eyes? It's paradise! So how can it be scary? The more you talk about how scary it is, the more excited our protagonist gets. Tell me, can that be called scary? No way. Right? So what's scary about it? We're not afraid at all!

40. 190 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.2kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    The first one is truly terrifying! Nothing is more terrifying than reading about torture. The second book has a few short stories that really sent chills down my spine. I have absolutely no idea what I would do if I encountered such a thing!

41. 191 无 Endless Devouring: The Unseen Laws 无尽残噬：未见的法则 Warm Skeleton温暖的骷髅Mystery405k WordsOngoing [Trapped-room opening + survival adventure + graphic gore + unknown creatures + mechanical engineering + contamination + mutation] ~When Zhang Huan wakes up, he finds himself with several strangers in a sealed apartment with no doors. They have all lost their memories. Also trapped with them is a mysterious female corpse in the basement. They decide to find a way out of the carefully designed apartment. The red fog outside the windows grows thicker, and the corpse’s eyes are slowly opening...~ ( 205Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Long horror/suspense novel

42. 192 惊 Thriller Game: What Should I Do If I'm Too Reckless? 惊悚游戏:我太莽了怎么办 Big Bad Wolf大狼灭Sports185k WordsOngoing A mysterious force descended, randomly selecting players to join a horror game. Wang Mang, a transmigrator with a sign-in System, was chosen by the mysterious force to join the horror game. But the horror-game world, where everyone else had to tread carefully just to cling to life, was completely transformed by Wang Mang. Don't ask. The answer is simply that he's far too reckless. (No female lead) 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves
43. 193 阴 Yin-Yang Headhunter: I Find Jobs for Ghosts, and They Ask Me Out 阴阳猎头：我给诡找工作，诡问我处不处对象 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery307k WordsOngoing On the day he was laid off, Jiang Ye received a death notice: in thirty days, someone would throw him off a rooftop. To stay alive, he was forced to take a job at Yin-Yang Headhunting Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in finding jobs for ghosts. Every time he finds a job for a ghost, he unlocks part of the truth behind his own death. Every time he fails, another corpse spot appears on his body. Once they cover him from head to toe, the company will devour his soul. Every high-level order com 2.4kReads8.4Score369Shelves
44. 194 我 I Pretended to Be a Master for Fifteen Years, Then I Really Met a Ghost 我装了十五年大师，真撞鬼了 Are You an Elephant?你是大象吗Mystery263k WordsOngoing [Folklore Mystery + Chinese-Style Horror + Deduction + No Female Lead + A Tight-Knit Trio] My name is Han Ye. I've been pretending to be a master for fifteen years. I read the feng shui of burial sites, exorcise spirits, summon souls, and relay messages from the dead. If the pay is good enough, there's no job I won't take. Everyone says I can communicate with the world of the dead and understand ghosts and spirits. Only I know the truth: I have no idea whether ghosts even exist. I only know 12.8kReads—Score980Shelves

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    😄Let me recommend my own book. No female lead, lots of plot twists, I was even a little nervous while writing it.

45. 195 强 Horror Games Cured My OCD 强迫症的我被惊悚游戏治愈了 Rice God Has Cheated米神开挂了Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing Gu Xiaoyong, who suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, obtained the Clear Mind System. As long as he cures his OCD, he can become stronger. And so... the ghosts in the horror game began to suffer as soon as Gu Xiaoyong entered it. Slit-Mouthed Woman: Some heartless person sewed my mouth shut... Crushed-to-Death Ghost: All the scraps of flesh on my body have been sewn back together... Terrifying Ghost: This guy ground down every sharp edge on my body... After Gu Xiaoyong had finished 2.2kReads9.4Score270Shelves

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    I absolutely loved the first one! The protagonist is a bit crazy, but he's incredibly handsome. I adore him! If you have a saintly heart, don't read it. The second one is a bit short; I suggest waiting a bit before reading it. The male lead is a horror game NPC, a top-notch ghost hunter. There's no romantic partner, but everyone around him is. The third one is quite funny; I also suggest waiting a bit before reading it, as it's a bit short right now. The fourth and fifth ones are also very good. The male lead has contracted ghosts. I highly recommend the fifth one; the male lead is intelligent and a movie star. There's no romantic partner. The author of the fourth one is currently organizing their thoughts and hasn't returned, so there are fewer chapters now.

46. 196 恐 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖：夜半索命 I'll Light a Candle Tomorrow Night明晚点蜡烛Mystery215k WordsCompleted I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 17Reads—Score110Shelves

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    Both are new books! The first one features an ordinary office worker who encounters a ghost; if you like super scary stories, check it out, but if you're easily scared, don't read it! The second one features a sorcerer as the protagonist, and the female lead is a member of the city's paranormal investigation team. Both are super good!

47. 197 女 After Cross-Dressing, I Became the Top Streamer 女装后我成了第一主播 Clear Broth Fish Balls and Buckwheat Noodles清汤鱼丸荞麦面Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [No female lead + livestreaming + horror game world + a beloved streamer with multiple endings] Song Yu becomes an online sensation after livestreaming in women's clothing, then gets poached by Mingye Live to livestream a virtual game test of "Song of the Night." [Livestream chat before entering the game] Wifey, you're so gorgeous you've made a home in my heart Brother Yu, you're so handsome, I want to be your dog [Livestream chat after entering the game] Help! Brother Yu is chasing after the gh 775Reads9.4Score110Shelves
48. 198 我 Back When I Was a Folk Mage 我做民间法师的时候 Mid-Spring春中Mystery152k WordsOngoing I entered the trade at fourteen and spent six years as a folk ritual master. In the south, this line of work is called “spirit arts.” I watched it go from thriving to decline. This year marks my sixth year, and I’ve finally left the trade behind. This work isn’t as glamorous as it looks. We’re all rats crawling out of the sewers, and the bar for entry keeps getting lower. I’m writing these stories down now as a way to remember those days. 192Reads—Score104Shelves
49. 199 敕 Edict: After the Hour of the Dog 敕令：戌时之后 Silent Stranger陌上無聲Mystery335k WordsOngoing A folk-horror tale: one official dispatch has been held up for three years. The speaker is Shen Yan, a registrar in Bianzhou. The dispatch was held up three months ago, and nobody dared take it on. Of the two who did, one grew a black ring around the back of his neck, while the other lost an eyelid. Three lines were written on the dispatch: Wherever it passes, there will be no rain for three years. After the hour of the Dog, do not enter any place with a threshold. There are only three rules: fi 83Reads—Score442Shelves

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    A suspenseful and engaging story without any fancy tropes. A series of strange deaths occur as a document is discovered, and the brothers work together to investigate. All the clues point to one fact: they were the targets all along.

50. 200 往 The Rebirth Shop: I Handle Paranormal Cases at the Funeral Home 往生铺：我在殡仪馆处理灵异事件 I'll Light a Candle Tomorrow Night明晚点蜡烛Mystery301k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Yang, and I run a funeral shop called Passing On in the outskirts of the city. By day, I sell wreaths and make paper effigies. My business is with the dead. At midnight, I burn incense and light candles, dealing with the “unclean things” that the living would rather avoid. 350Reads—Score—Shelves

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