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1. 651 让 You Asked Me to Tell Fortunes, but You Turned a Warlord into the Living Yama 让你算命，你把军阀投资成活阎王 Lu Da'an in Radiant Splendor流光溢彩的陆大安Mystery361k WordsCompleted In a chaotic Republic-era world, evil spirits run rampant, the Daoist sects are hidebound, and foreign occult forces are invading. After Chen Changsheng, a man blinded in both eyes, unexpectedly unlocks the Republic-era Fortune Venture Capital System, he can glimpse the fortune charts of all things and invest in down-and-out beings at rock-bottom prices. Once they survive their death trials, he reaps tenfold returns in fortune, cultivation, and magical treasures. He rejects the traditional path 1Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 652 木 The Wooden Beauty Exploits Bugs in Horror Films to Become a Legend 木头美人，惊悚片里卡BUG封神 Alone Beneath the Night Sky独享夜空Mystery521k WordsOngoing Lu Yao, the “wooden beauty” mocked across the internet, is blacklisted for her terrible acting and forced to enter the deadly National Fate Cinema. Audiences worldwide bet she won’t last three minutes. Her teammates see her as useless dead weight. The life-taking evil spirit picks her as its first “easy target.” But when mental corruption sweeps the whole place and the actors scream in despair, Lu Yao tilts her expressionless face and asks the ghost, “You’re crying so fake. Haven’t you eaten 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a thriller/adventure story where the protagonist possesses precise deductive reasoning skills. Placed in a mental hospital training facility, he must follow the rules of the environment and calmly resolve various bizarre situations. Highly recommended!

3. 653 百 I Inherited a Funeral Shop During the Hundred Ghosts' Night Parade 百鬼夜行时，我继承了一家冥铺 Spring Breeze Through Willow Leaves柳叶春风Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Lu Ci thought all his grandfather had left him was an old shop on the verge of closing. Then, one rainy night, the first customer walked through the door and bought a stack of spirit money. The next day, that very “ghost currency” appeared in someone else’s account. From then on, the shop, open only at night, began receiving one unusual customer after another: some sought wealth, some wanted to buy a life, and some only wished to exchange something for a long-overdue truth. At the end of the lon 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   If you're currently experiencing a reading slump and need something scary to read, try "During the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, I Inherited a Funeral Shop." The opening is quite captivating; the protagonist inexplicably takes over a "funeral shop," initially thinking it's just selling paper money and handling funeral rites. However, the more jobs he takes on, the more suspicious it becomes—this shop deals specifically with "the afterlife." What's most interesting is that this book isn't a typical "leveling up" story; it emphasizes rules and the profession. Every job feels like walking a tightrope; many seemingly insignificant actions have hidden rules, and breaking them can lead to disaster. The overall atmosphere is also top-notch, not relying on sudden frights, but rather a chilling effect that seeps in gradually through the details, becoming increasingly unsettling as you read on. If you enjoy urban supernatural or folklore stories with a realistic feel, this book is truly addictive. However, I suggest not reading it alone at night. It's very profound and quite terrifying.

4. 654 黔 The Secret Tombs of Qianling 黔灵秘葬 Eleven, a Little Less十一少点点Mystery213k WordsCompleted An ancient Miao village, mysterious cave burials, and a history stretching back centuries! Twenty years ago, Gu Wenlong strayed into a cave and saw a dragon-patterned coffin resting on a boulder in an underground river. Black hair extended through a crack in the lid and coiled around the coffin. He nearly died! Legend has it that near the end of the Qing dynasty, as the empire teetered on the brink of collapse, Empress Dowager Cixi sought out an expert who found a land of great feng shui. Using 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The real world will shatter your perceptions; the distant horizon isn't necessarily poetry! You might think this is too exaggerated or fantastical, but actually, 2026 has already opened that door…

5. 655 诡 The Twilight Line of the Haunted Realm: Conquering It with My Wits 诡界晨昏线：靠脑子制霸诡界 What Am I Doing Now?现在干啥啊Mystery117k WordsOngoing [Mild horror] [No System] [Character growth] [One heroine] Countless “Haunted Realms” suddenly appeared around the world. Like black holes, they devoured ordinary people's mental energy and the real world, pushing reality to the brink of madness. In response to the crisis, all kinds of organizations sprang up. They ventured into the Haunted Realms to explore, seized haunted objects to protect themselves, and sought the truth on the edge of life and death. As their investigations deepened, they d 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These three books are all good; you can check them out. The stories are great.

6. 656 無 Infinite 無限 I'm Not on Earth M33M33号地球中没有我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse506k WordsOngoing You think it's a story, but you never expected it to be... From the birth of humanity to the birth of the universe, I think you know better than anyone whether it's a story. And here, “story” is just a metaphor. And 145Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   Each book is chilling upon closer inspection; although the horror isn't immediately apparent, it leaves you feeling incredibly terrifying after reading it.

7. 657 惊 A Collection of Spine-Chilling Stories 惊骇故事集 The Boss of the Great Beautiful Country大漂亮国话事人Mystery913k WordsOngoing The world is in turmoil, with strange and wondrous things hiding everywhere. Mysteries deep in the starry sky remain unsolved, while shocking cases unfold around a small town. Science fiction and suspense perform a double act, as Lovecraftian murders rise with the tide. The secrets in people’s hearts are hard to fathom. Just wait and see this collection unleash its waves of terror. The horror here is bizarre and grotesque, not some childish little scare. In an abandoned village shrine, a white- 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 658 葬 The Spirit Burying Master 葬灵师 Northern Little Town北小城Mystery506k WordsCompleted Every year since the year I was born, someone in the village has died. To keep me alive, Grandma arranged a marriage for me, and my betrothed was supposed to come for me when I came of age. On my eighteenth birthday, I discovered that the one who had come for me wasn't human... 145Reads7.9Score249Shelves
9. 659 黄 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 The Moon Bridge Remains桥月仍在Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.1kReads6.5Score472Shelves

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   I was sweating profusely and my scalp tingled after watching it in the middle of summer.

10. 660 黑 Black Fairy Tale 黑童话物语 Shi He矢禾Mystery847k WordsCompleted [The new book has a low rating, but it should rise later] Little Red Riding Hood poisons her own family, the gingerbread house devours children, the little match girl sells drugs, the ugly duckling is murdered by her mother, a princess is imprisoned in a crystal tower, a field of lettuce devours people, the Pied Piper spreads the plague, and the bear-skin man is altered while still alive... These are not the fairy tales you know. This is a desperate, dark, suffocating collection of grim fairy ta 3.5kReads8.8Score679Shelves
11. 661 夜 The Longer the Night, the Less You Dream 夜长少做梦 The Water Is Too Hot清水太热Mystery441k WordsOngoing [Original Instances] [Thriller] [Mild Horror] [Eerie] For the first week, he was so frightened by the shadowy figure in his dreams that he didn't dare sleep. After staying awake for two nights, he started seeing ghosts everywhere he looked. Unfortunately, a month of nightmares was only the beginning of his story... 13Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    It's an infinite horror story, very vivid!

12. 662 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 754.6kReads9.4Score44.4kShelves

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    Suspense, Feng Shui, Supernatural Fantasy

13. 663 晚 Study Hall No. 47: Don't Look Back 晚自习四十七号，别回头 Xi Zixu汐子煦13k WordsCompleted Number 47 in evening study hall, don’t look back —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 664 极 The Pure Yin Groom 极阴新郎 Xi Zixu汐子煦16k WordsCompleted The Extremely Yin Groom —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 665 守 The Night Watcher: Don't Look at the Corpse on the Operating Table 《守夜人：别看手术台上的尸体》 Xi Zixu汐子煦10k WordsCompleted Night Watchman: Don't Look at the Corpse on the Operating Table 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 666 这 This Is a Rule Horror Story, So Why Are You Making Me Dance on a Grave? 这是规则怪谈，你让我坟头蹦迪 Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms桃花十里Mystery407k WordsCompleted [The eerie descends + no saintly do-gooder + survival escape + no System + high IQ] When Chen Mo wakes up with no memories, he finds himself aboard a battered bus with seven strangers, men and women alike. The bus is headed for a tunnel called Yellow Springs, and that is where Chen Mo enters a world of rule-based horrors. Not only must Chen Mo search for clues and fight to survive in this perilous world of bizarre rules, he must also recover every memory he has lost. After enduring countless har 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    So scared that he wet his pants

17. 667 出 The Tenant in Room 404 出租屋的404号房客 Xi Zixu汐子煦7k WordsCompleted The Tenant in Room 404 —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 668 筑 The Secret Record of the Between-Realm 筑间秘录 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance260k WordsOngoing Jiang Ziwen, a renowned designer, was playing a game when someone lured his soul into a dream. He suddenly died... When he was judged in the underworld, the King of Hell took note of his sense of justice and the injustice he had suffered. Since they shared the same name, the King of Hell bestowed upon him secret Feng Shui techniques. After returning to the living world, he fell in love at first sight with Ye Ling, a night patrol envoy of the underworld... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 669 关 How I Discovered My Neighbor Had No Shadow in a Luxury Apartment Complex 关于我在高档小区发现邻居没有影子这件事 Xi Zixu汐子煦13k WordsCompleted How I Found Out My Neighbor Had No Shadow in a Luxury Apartment Complex —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 670 规 Rule Horror: All My Teammates Are Crazy 规则怪谈：我的队友全是神经病 Fishing on the River of Forgetfulness忘川河上捕鱼Mystery589k WordsCompleted [The main CP is a male-male couple] [Romance] [Supernatural horror] [Social satire] [Mystery and deduction] [CPs include both men and women] The God-Sealing Game has descended on this planet for the second time. No one knows who will succeed in becoming a god this time and become a legend for future generations. The mysterious Andrew Card seems like a divine gift, yet something about it feels sinister. Zzzzt A sudden burst of static swept through everyone's minds. [Humanity's God-Sealing Plan in 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book, a new book recommendation, is a collection of terrifying acts in real life, adapted into a set of supernatural tales based on rules.

21. 671 乡 Strange Tales from the Countryside 乡村诡故事 Shark Sauce鲨鱼酱子Mystery226k WordsCompleted Before you start this book, a warning: if you scare easily, don't read it. If you live alone, be careful. Every short ghost story here is based on an ordinary person's real-life experience. Not a single word is made up. From the damp old alleyways of the south to the frozen, deserted villages of the north; from late-night overtime in office buildings to lights-out in university dorms; the taboos our elders forbade us to talk about, and the moments you dare not dwell on in the middle of the night 121Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you like supernatural, horror, and thriller books, these two are a must-read.

22. 672 凶 Haunted House Sleep Test: The Agent Said Not to Be Afraid, This Manual Teaches You How to Torment Ghosts 凶宅试睡：中介说别怕，这本手册是教你怎么折磨鬼的 Dreams Layered Like Light Clouds轻云叠梦16k WordsCompleted Haunted House Sleep Tester: The Agent Says, “Don’t Be Scared. This Manual Teaches You How to Torture Ghosts.” 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Congratulations on getting it!

23. 673 后 The Harem Emperor 后宫大帝 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted A harem novel with multiple female leads and a System. If you like beautiful women, come take a look. A naturally lecherous nouveau riche gets sent to the cultivation world after sexually harassing a waitress and being hit by a computer, bringing along a hundredfold experience System. He levels up at breakneck speed, is lecherous by nature, gathers a harem, and gets revenge on his enemies. He's a coward who fears death and never goes anywhere dangerous. I've never liked challenging people above 861Reads6.4Score—Shelves
24. 674 午 Midnight Terror: Tales of the Supernatural 午夜惊魂：民间鬼事录 Feng Heng, Who Loves Ginger and Jujube Winter Tea爱吃姜枣暖冬茶的凤横Mystery558k WordsOngoing [Folk Taboos + Rural Ghost Stories + Episodic Tales + Chilling on Second Thought] The village elders say that some things are better believed than dismissed. Liu Er, a bachelor, picked up a red wedding dress. That very night, he heard the sound of a suona, and a faceless bride knocked on his door and said, “Liu Er, I’ve come to marry you.” Before a dead person is buried, the guiding candle at the head of the coffin must never go out. Old Liu Guang died, the candle went out, and a crack appeared 4kReads—Score185Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥If you're looking for something to read, this is the book for you! Episodic horror stories, one ghost per chapter, fast-paced and non-explainable, every page will scare you, you won't be able to stop reading once you've finished!

25. 675 每 One Chilling Story Every Night 每晚一个惊魂故事 Feng Heng, Who Loves Ginger and Jujube Winter Tea爱吃姜枣暖冬茶的凤横Mystery724k WordsOngoing [One story per chapter] [Chinese-style horror] [Folk tales] [Urban vengeful spirits] [Haunted houses] [No main plot] Collected and adapted fictional tales of terror from all over, one story per chapter, each one different. No grand lectures, just bone-chilling tales rooted in everyday life. All adapted from strange folk tales passed down for years. They sound true, and the more you think about them, the more unsettling they get. Great for unwinding, but don't try to “unwind” alone in the dead of 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
26. 676 万 The Compendium of Ten Thousand Ghosts 万诡集录 The Lop-Eared Rabbit of the Academy of Heavenly Books天书院的垂耳兔Mystery822k WordsOngoing This book brings together thrilling, suspenseful, and terrifying stories. Discover tales that are both gripping and fun to listen to. After reading this book, you’ll never be alone again, because there’ll be someone under your bed and at its foot!!! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Terrifying, so terrifying, it's made me too scared to go to the bathroom.

27. 677 槐 The People of Huai Tree Lane 槐树里的人 The Lop-Eared Rabbit of the Academy of Heavenly Books天书院的垂耳兔8k WordsCompleted The People in the Locust Tree Lane 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 678 人 Walking the Way of the World: Chronicles of Urban Hauntings 人间行道：都市诡事录 Tomato and White Sugar西红柿白砂糖Mystery458k WordsCompleted In a modern city bristling with skyscrapers, beneath the glow of the lights lie countless sinister rules that ordinary people never see. Don’t make a sound in the stairwell during the night shift. Don’t look into old mirrors at midnight. When moving into an empty house, pay respects to its four corners first. Never sit alone in the back of a rideshare car… These eerie taboos are woven into everyday life, and those who break them rarely meet a good end. I inherited orthodox Taoist arts from my a 50Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Pinning it to the top is great.

29. 679 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 246.2kReads9.1Score57.9kShelves
30. 680 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 334Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 681 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 100Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 682 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 683 这 This Spirit Medium Is No Ordinary One 这个出马仙不一般 Out-of-Control Theater失控剧场Mystery490k WordsCompleted [Paranormal tales from Northeast China, adapted from true stories] A three-foot strip of red cloth bears the names of a hundred or so immortals. Incense smoke curls before it, and the disciple is known as a spirit medium. My name is Jin Laimi. A weasel calling itself the Yellow Immortal once possessed me, and from then on, I became a spirit medium. I opened an agency specializing in feng shui and all kinds of “paranormal” cases. A father who guards his daughter with his spirit even after death; 382Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    These are all highly rated books, and I like them all.

34. 684 被 After the School Hunk Bullied Me, I Made Him Livestream His Apology to the Whole School 被校草霸凌后，我让他全校直播赎罪 The Mi Family Who Love Pheasants喜欢山鸡的芈家12k WordsCompleted After the school heartthrob bullied me, I made him livestream his repentance to the whole school 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 685 觉 Awaken the Tycoon System: From the Start, I Light the Lantern for the Crown Prince 觉醒神豪系统，开局点太子爷天灯 The Mi Family Who Love Pheasants喜欢山鸡的芈家15k WordsCompleted Awakening the Tycoon System: I Had the Crown Prince's Lantern Lit from the Start 12Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 686 穿 Reborn as a Cannon Fodder, I Married the Ghost Judge 穿成炮灰后我嫁给了鬼判官 The Mi Family Who Love Pheasants喜欢山鸡的芈家18k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a cannon-fodder character, I married the Ghost Judge 26Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 687 全 The Whole Internet Watched My Mom Tear My Boyfriend to Shreds 全网目睹我妈撕了我男友 The Mi Family Who Love Pheasants喜欢山鸡的芈家12k WordsCompleted The whole internet watched my mom tear my boyfriend apart 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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