The Scarier the Horror Novel, the Better 恐怖小说越恐怖越好

1. 51 民 The Folk Corpse Collector 民间收尸人 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Where do people go after they die? Of course, they’re buried in the back hills of the Yin family. On the surface, I’m a corpse collector, but in truth, I deal with ghosts. I bury your body, and you work for me... 378Reads6.0Score101Shelves
2. 52 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 506Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is so on point! It's a pure fairy tale style, with Taoism, tricks, wits and monsters, no brainless plot, just hardcore details and reversals, and the gloomy atmosphere is perfectly mastered.

3. 53 上 I Was Watching a Movie at Work, and Came Out a Murder Suspect? 上班摸鱼看个片，出来我成凶手了？ Monk0900和尚09008k WordsCompleted I was killing time at work watching a movie. Why did I come out a murderer? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Horror, real plot, no nonsense, rigorous logic. It's not the kind of mindless cool novel, no fantasy...,

4. 54 有 Are You Crazy? Why Would an Overseas Chinese Work the Night Shift as a Security Guard? 有病吧！你个华侨去当夜班保安？ Monk0900和尚090019k WordsCompleted Are you out of your mind? You're a Chinese expatriate, and you're taking a night-shift security guard job? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 老 My Boss Fired Me. Three Months Later, the Company Was Near Bankruptcy. 老板开除我了，三个月后公司快倒闭了。 Monk0900和尚09006k WordsCompleted My Boss Fired Me. Three Months Later, the Company Was on the Brink of Collapse. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 老 The Old Man's Dead. Can I Inherit His Billions Now? 老头死了，我可以继承他的亿万家产了？ Monk0900和尚090011k WordsCompleted The old man is dead. Does that mean I can inherit his billions in assets? —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 57 怀 Can I Get Married Just Because I'm Carrying a Relocation Householder's Child? 怀了拆迁户的孩子就能结婚了？ Monk0900和尚090015k WordsCompleted Can I get married just because I'm carrying the child of someone whose home is due for demolition? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 亘 The Nightmare Kingdom, Where the Flesh Mutates 亘梦诡国，肉身畸变 Allergic to Bitter Coffee苦咖啡过敏原Mystery427k WordsOngoing [Supernatural]+ [Sanity Plummets]+ [Fantasy What-If]+ [Cthulhu]+ [Horror Folklore]+ [Transmigration]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]+ [Fresh and Original] I hope more people will stop by and give me the motivation to update with 4,000+ words every day. The first instance may not be that interesting, so I recommend skipping ahead a dozen or so chapters before reading. Give the author a little patience and keep reading. The story won't disappoint you. You may find yourself wondering whether fate really 23Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 59 奇 The Strange Gate Subdues the Eight Wastelands 奇门镇八荒 Lone Boat into a Dream孤舟入梦Mystery151k WordsOngoing My name is Yang Yufan. I was born with a pair of yin-yang eyes, and my grandfather taught me the arts of the Qimen. I thought that becoming an inheritor of the Qimen tradition would make me a fortune-teller... But who could have guessed that I’d end up as one of the saints guarding the Eight Wastelands? I’ll tell you the story of what happened in my own words! 6Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   🌈🌈The yin and yang eyes peek into the two realms of yin and yang, and the strange skills solve the mystery of life and death! The supernatural atmosphere is full, and each chapter will make your heart beat faster, so be careful if you are timid!

10. 60 把 Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我 The Key Bearer神持钥Mystery644k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away... 152Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Don't miss it if you are passing by, don't enter if you are timid [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

11. 61 人 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 232Reads8.3Score—Shelves
12. 62 循 The Loop 循环 Drunken Seventh Master醉了的七爷Mystery133k WordsCompleted From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 256Reads8.3Score—Shelves
13. 63 失 Out of Control 失控者 lookMystery100k WordsCompleted [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 26Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 我 I Was a Detective in the Republic of China 我在民国当侦探 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Urban146k WordsCompleted [Republican-era investigations + Anthology stories + Male leads + Strong leads + Folk customs] Gao Ren has been having an awful run of luck lately. He accidentally offended a rich young master and nearly got thrown in jail! Luckily, while making his escape, he ran into a gullible little Taoist priest. The little priest wasn’t just good-looking, he was also willing to be Gao Ren’s money tree! He could perform rituals and solve baffling cold cases, too! Gao Ren stuck close to the little priest, se 238Reads8.9Score—Shelves
15. 65 访 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 3: The Grudge of the Wronged 访灵笔录3：冤亲赋 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery195k WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Strong Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Ghost-Hunting] "Love gives rise to sorrow; love gives rise to fear." "An evil spirit lives inside my body. I don't know when it will devour me." A naked woman's corpse is discovered in an underground parking garage, her chest stuffed with weeds and her organs missing. A string of murders throws the entire city into panic! Quan Ning accidentally gets caught up in this bizarre case. As clues gradually 36Reads7.9Score—Shelves
16. 66 访 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 1: The Road to the Yellow Springs 访灵笔录1：黄泉路 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery202k WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Supernatural] [A Powerful Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Cast Hunting Ghosts] "The road to the Yellow Springs stretches for thousands of miles. The living and the dead are separated, with only fate to reunite them in another life." Quan Ning got into a car accident on a mountain road. As he lay on the brink of death, a man claiming to be a ghost judge from the underworld offered him a chance to live. "I'll lend you ten years. Interest is three percent 108Reads8.6Score—Shelves
17. 67 恶 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5：权势局 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery243k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l 110Reads9.2Score100Shelves
18. 68 恶 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4：恨海潮 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Urban175k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 191Reads9.3Score103Shelves
19. 69 恶 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3：欲望渊 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery209k WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 178Reads9.2Score109Shelves
20. 70 恶 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2：名利场 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery267k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe 244Reads9.3Score104Shelves
21. 71 访 Record of the Spirit Seekers 2: Farewell to the Mortal World 访灵笔录2：入世辞 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery196k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + powerful partners + lively humor + episodic stories + ghostly tales + an ensemble cast hunting ghosts] “Nothing brings greater joy than meeting a new friend; nothing brings greater sorrow than parting from a loved one.” A chance encounter with a beauty on Ghost Wasteland Mountain turns out to be a deadly ghost's attempt to claim a soul! Karmic ties from a past life and entanglements in this one: whose mistake is it, and whose fate? Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi are accidenta 38Reads7.9Score—Shelves
22. 72 上 The Live-In Son-in-Law They Looked Down On Now Makes 5,000 a Day 上门女婿他高攀不起，现在日入五千 Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted Her Son-in-Law Is Far Beyond His Reach, and Now He Makes Five Thousand a Day —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Real experience, very scary, not fantasy

23. 73 好 Where Have All the Good Men Gone? 好男人都死哪去了？ Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Where Have All the Good Men Gone? —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 怀 I Was Pregnant with Someone Else's Child, but My Mother-in-Law Forced Me to Give Birth 怀了别人的种，婆婆却逼我生下来 Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance35k WordsCompleted I Got Pregnant by Another Man, but My Mother-in-Law Forced Me to Have the Baby 4Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 苏 Su Wan's Diary: The Seven Days Before Her Death 苏晚日记——临终前七日 Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted Su Wan's Diary: Seven Days Before Death —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 婆 My In-Laws Treated Me Like a Pack Mule. After I Ran Away, Their Whole Family Fell Apart 婆家把我当牛马，我跑路后他们全家崩了 Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance16k WordsCompleted My In-Laws Treated Me Like a Workhorse. After I Ran Away, Their Whole Family Fell Apart 4Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 渣 Get Lost, You Scumbag! 渣男，死远点！ Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance30k WordsCompleted Scumbag, Get Lost! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 78 拒 I Rejected the Perfect Man and Regretted It Too Late 拒绝了优质男神，悔不当初 Monk0900和尚090041k WordsCompleted I Turned Down a Great Guy, and Regretted It Too Late 6Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 和 Dating Wang Hedi on a Romance Reality Show 和王贺棣在恋综谈恋爱 Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance27k WordsCompleted Dating Dylan Wang on a Dating Show 4Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 我 Reunited with My Best Friend Who Made It to the Provincial Capital, in the Parents' Group Chat 我和考上省城的闺蜜，在家长群重逢了 Monk0900和尚090018k WordsCompleted I Reunited with My Best Friend, Who Got into the Provincial Capital, in the Parents’ Group Chat 3Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 救 A Path to Redemption: My Painful Childhood 救赎--我那苦难的童年 Monk0900和尚0900Modern Romance34k WordsCompleted Redemption: My Childhood of Suffering —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 我 I Became Xiao Zhan's Rumored Girlfriend, But I'm Actually His Wife 我成了萧战绯闻女友--其实是正宫 Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted I Became Xiao Zhan's Rumored Girlfriend, Though I'm Actually His One and Only 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 83 那 The County-Town Socialite Who Urged Me to Have a Second Child Got Divorced First 那个劝我生二胎的县城贵妇，自己先离婚了 Monk0900和尚090018k WordsCompleted The County-Town Socialite Who Told Me to Have a Second Child Got Divorced First 4Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 民 Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery95k WordsCompleted [Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but 456Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    Blame me for not having a strong heart [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

35. 85 我 I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命 Knife in the Sleeve袖里刀Mystery808k WordsCompleted When I was little, my mom asked a Taoist priest to tell my fortune. He said I'd face a calamity at 26, and that he'd come help me get through it the day before my 26th birthday. When the day finally came, the priest really did show up to change my fate. He even gave me a “Fate-Changing Ruler” and told me I had to change the fates of seven people with different destinies to survive the calamity. Otherwise, I'd only have five years left to live. So much for changing my fate for me! Did he only cha 76Reads8.9Score—Shelves
36. 86 阴 The Netherworld Inn 阴间客栈 Sun Jiu Hutu孙九糊涂Mystery814k WordsCompleted My name is Qin Yu. While on a business trip, I checked into a uniquely styled inn called the Yin Room Inn. It even offered “special services” in the middle of the night. Little did I know it was an inn from the underworld. I began having nightmare after nightmare, and my friends kept getting into trouble... 2.4kReads9.0Score137Shelves
37. 87 我 My Years as a Buddhist Nun 我当师太的那些年 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was born a girl with a Pure Yang fate into a family of feng shui masters. For generations, my family had practiced feng shui in the countryside. My grandfather had hoped his eldest grandchild would be a boy, so he could pass down his skills to the eldest son and grandson. But I turned out to be a girl. Grandfather never took a liking to me, so my parents could only take me to live in the city. No one expected that, during the Ghost Festival in the year I turned twenty-five, Grandfather would s 373Reads8.7Score—Shelves
38. 88 我 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 Er Lei二雷Mystery806k WordsCompleted I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 130Reads8.7Score—Shelves
39. 89 都 It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸 Nightfall夜色Mystery907k WordsCompleted I'm a mystery writer. In search of inspiration, I moved into a house rumored to be haunted. Every night, a horribly disfigured face appeared in the window, and outside, the rotten corpse of a woman hung from a tree. I realized then that this really was a haunted house! Gradually, my family began acting strangely, and we even found a mummified corpse sealed inside the wall for years! As I investigated further, I came across something even more terrifying… 110Reads8.7Score—Shelves
40. 90 万 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Dream's Evil梦之邪Mystery112k WordsCompleted Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 104Reads8.6Score—Shelves
41. 91 千 Never Search for These Stories at Midnight 千万别在午夜搜索这些故事 Xu Ba Pi of Xinghua Village杏花村镇的徐扒皮Mystery251k WordsOngoing [Rules Horror + New book, ratings will rise as more chapters come out + No Female Lead + Collection of Standalone Stories + High Quality] If you're lying in bed scrolling on your phone right now, and it's close to midnight, then you've already met the first condition. Next, all you have to do is search for that keyword. When the page briefly freezes and your signal drops to two bars, please don't exit. It's checking whether you're willing to become the next story. —Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Each chapter is a short article, 10,000 words, which looks pretty good

42. 92 恐 Horror Revival: Starting with the Crimson Ghost Eye 恐怖复苏：从驾驭猩红鬼眼开始 Seven-Colored Tabby Cat七色虎皮猫Mystery298k WordsOngoing Something utterly horrifying happened at our hospital recently. I’ve taken extended leave and am hiding at home now, but I still can’t shake the feeling that someone dead is watching me. I want to find somewhere to talk about it, and maybe write a will while I’m at it. Please don’t mistake this for a novel. My hands are shaking so badly that I can barely type without hitting the wrong keys. 3kReads—Score451Shelves

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    Horror Resurrection fanfic, worth watching

43. 93 造 The Creator's Taboo 造物主的禁忌 Xiu Ji休济Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted (This book has been years in the making and revised over a hundred times. From the first volume to the last, it will tell one complete, expansive story, with a large cast, suspense, and a touch of brain-teasing mystery. From time to time, the author will offer summaries or hints in the author's notes.) A creator's greatest taboo is making a life more perfect than their own! The gods created humanity and shackled it with birth, aging, sickness, death, memories that slip away like sand, and endles 335Reads9.0Score161Shelves

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    Recommended for horror and science fiction, just like the movie Black Hole Surface

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