Everyone, Please Recommend Some Horror, Suspense, and Supernatural Novels! 家人们！求恐怖悬疑灵异的小说！

1. 101 活 A Fetus in a Living Corpse 活尸孕胎 Jun Lan君阑Mystery10k WordsCompleted As she ran, Widow Sun shouted, "Oh my! This is terrible! There's a child's bones by the river at the village entrance!" Widow Sun raced ahead without looking and crashed straight into Lin Dong as he came around the corner. "Auntie Sun, what's wrong?" Widow Sun didn't dare look back. She pointed to a spot not far behind her, off to one side, but was so terrified she couldn't get another word out. She was in a hurry to get back to the village and report what she'd seen. She ran so fast that she ne 2Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 一 A Sheet of Human Skin 一张人皮 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery8k WordsCompleted When beads of blood seeped from the claw marks on Li Jun's back, I recognized their shape: they were fingernail marks, exactly like the ones on the female corpse at the crematorium thirty years ago. Three days earlier, when he tremblingly handed me that faded pellet drum, the smiling faces of the boy and girl painted on its surface had suddenly split open, revealing locust-wood grain writhing beneath the skin. Now the lights above the emergency room flickered, and black blood was flowing through 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 规 Rule Horror: Escaping Death in a Haunted Hospital 规则怪谈：我在诡异医院死里逃生 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery8k WordsCompleted On my first day trapped in the hospital, I realized: The rules here can kill! The smell of disinfectant mingled with blood filled my nostrils. The eyeless doctor made rounds every day, while bloodstained nurses roamed the halls with knives. Two of the eight rules contained fatal errors. I had to figure them out to survive: I watched a fellow patient get stabbed through the heart by a nurse, and I personally sent a traitor off on a death stretcher. The traitor’s dying words were: “Pet, Rule Four. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 104 鬼 Ghostly Romance 鬼运桃花 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery10k WordsCompleted “Don’t let the female ghost touch the red thread around your wrist.” Clutching the demon-catching bottle my grandfather left me, I rushed into the mourning hall. Thick black blood was seeping through the crack in Qin Qi’s coffin. Beside his name, the pool of blood twisted into two characters: “Liu’er.” Three days ago, when I returned to the village to drive out a ghost, I never imagined that the vengeful spirit who had haunted him for three lifetimes would be one I’d released with my own hands. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 规 Rule Horror: Beastmen Keep Humans as Livestock? I Pretend to Have Amnesia and Strike Back! 规则怪谈：兽人圈养人类？我靠装失忆反杀！ The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery10k WordsCompleted I was kept as a pet by beastfolk in a “paradise,” surviving each day by pretending to have amnesia. When I crawled out of the CT scanner, my parents were sitting at the dining table, gnawing on bloody raw meat. Rules suddenly appeared before my eyes: [Do not enter the kitchen] [When danger appears, hide in the study for two hours] One moment, I was enjoying a warm breakfast with Mom and Dad. The next, their skin was crawling with eerie talismans, and they were forcing me to enter the forbidden k 18Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 我 Surviving the Deadly Amusement Park by Exploiting Rule Loopholes 我在死亡游乐场，靠规则漏洞求生 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery13k WordsCompleted Welcome to the Strange Amusement Park Happy Valley Daytime Visitor Rules: 1. Visitors must keep the park clean. Littering is prohibited. 2. Visitors must follow staff instructions to make management easier. 3. Visitors must queue in an orderly manner. Cutting in line is prohibited. 4. Smoking and bringing flammable or explosive items into the park are prohibited. 5. If you see a clown, you must greet them and accept a balloon. One of the rules above is false. Find it before 6 p.m., or die! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 最 The Last Piece of Fox Meat 最后一块狐狸肉 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery18k WordsCompleted When I chopped off the white fox's right hind leg, what flowed from its wound wasn't blood, but the cries of the landlady's missing beloved cat. Three days ago, when Boss Zhou forced me to butcher the spirit fox, he never could have imagined that the lump of meat in the kitchen freezer, which would never rot, was a death sentence for every diner. At that moment, Uncle Li's compass needle suddenly began spinning wildly. The last piece of fox meat on the stove was oozing thick black liquid. The po —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 108 溺 Drowning Terror 溺水惊魂 Mo Xuanyu墨玄羽Mystery8k WordsCompleted When I opened my eyes, I'd become a plainclothes policewoman, standing by a bridge and looking down. In the river below, a bald middle-aged man was about to sink beneath the surface. The onlookers desperately tried to stop us. “Officers, don't save that murderer! Let him die!” But suddenly, a voice rang in my ears: “Get the drowning man to shore within 10 minutes, or die!” But I can't swim at all! —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 109 消 The Vanishing Her: Who Is My Girlfriend, Really? 消失的她：我的女友究竟是谁 Crimson Blossoms乱红Mystery13k WordsCompleted I'm a corporate wage slave. I've noticed my girlfriend has been acting strangely lately. She often dances in front of the mirror in the middle of the night and makes all sorts of eerie expressions. Worried about her, I started investigating her in secret. I discovered that she has a twin sister with dissociative identity disorder. The hospital staff said her sister went missing a month ago. My girlfriend seems to have changed completely around the same time. Just as I sat at my computer, feeling —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 被 The Secret Buried in the Mountains 被埋葬在山里的秘密 lookMystery8k WordsCompleted Never answer a dead person's call. That night, my old classmate Shi Shoupeng suddenly called, saying he'd found five million yuan buried on Phoenix Mountain thirty years ago. But Zhao Shuang and the others insisted we'd killed him long ago. His body was stuffed in a suitcase, buried right beneath my feet. My phone was clearly out of battery, yet I heard the rasp of bones grinding together from the receiver. “Lu Liang... You said... if we couldn't find the money... you'd leave me to die in the mo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 111 罪 Village of Sin 罪恶村庄 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery8k WordsCompleted After Lu Yan returned from an out-of-town interview, it was as if he were possessed. Wherever he stayed, everything before his eyes would turn into ruins after sunset! He went for a medical examination, but nothing was wrong. There seemed to be no explanation for any of it. But he didn't know that from the moment he became a cold, detached observer, his fate was no longer in his own hands... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 青 The Bronze Ritual Cauldron 青铜法鼎 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery10k WordsCompleted Chen Junsheng has been seeing ghosts lately. While walking down the street, his vision would suddenly warp, and then he'd see a woman in a red traditional wedding gown. But he'd done plenty of good deeds in his life, so why would a ghost come after him? It wasn't until he sought help from an expert that he learned someone had made him take their place in death. Before long, he would die a sudden, violent death... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 锁 Soul-Locking Pavilion 锁魂阁 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery9k WordsCompleted My hand trembled slightly as I clutched the diagnosis report. The clinic's heating was turned way up, but cold sweat had soaked the lining of my down jacket. The robed man before me slid over a cup of blood-red tea. The miniature carved pavilion in his palm glowed faintly. “The Soul-Locking Pavilion has recognized you as its master. That means the original owner of your heart was sacrificed alive.” Amid the crisp clink of the teacup against the table, he suddenly leaned in close: “Trade the glor 3Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 致 The Deadly Incense-Switching Pot 致命转香壶 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery9k WordsCompleted Song Shiyan suffers from a strange illness, yet every medical examination comes back completely normal. A year has passed, and she's even lost her sense of taste. At her mother's suggestion, she seeks help from a mysterious shaman and receives a mandarin-duck aroma pot said to cure her illness. But this is the beginning of karmic retribution and the cycle of good and evil... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 垂 On My Deathbed, I Sat Bolt Upright: The Old Ones Were Me All Along 垂死病中惊坐起，旧日竟是我自己 Ten Tons in Three Days三天吃十吨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not an invincible protagonist + progression novel + no System + Lovecraftian horror + not fast-paced wish fulfillment + follows the official route] Lu Ning wandered through the fog for two thousand years. When he finally emerged, he found that the world seemed to be sick. The sun was covered in tentacles, planets were blanketed in flesh, the moon had sprouted countless eyes, and even Earth was groaning and crying for help. The diseased, disaster beasts, and followers of evil gods ran rampant, w 47.7kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves

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    I highly recommend this story; the protagonist is ridiculously overpowered. He can resurrect, is immune to pollution, and absorb the abilities of others for his own use. Then you'll see this: Ordinary enemy: Who are you? Protagonist: I'm a normal person. Powerful enemy: What kind of monster are you? Protagonist: I'm an ordinary person. Mighty enemy: What are you? Whose clone are you? Protagonist: I'm a normal human!

16. 116 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 243Reads8.7Score—Shelves
17. 117 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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    It wasn't just scary, it got even scarier; it made my heart race.

18. 118 殡 Plenty of Stories at the Funeral Home 殡仪馆里故事多 Rampaging Bear狂暴熊Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since Lin Yu took a job driving a hearse at a funeral home, his life became anything but ordinary. He and his friends went through all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events together. Vengeful spirits possessing people, a dead infant in a pot, opera singing in a graveyard... No one knew what would happen next. 13kReads8.7Score978Shelves

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    Ghost stories of ordinary people who don't cultivate immortality or have superpowers.

19. 119 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 839Reads—Score109Shelves

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    "Horror Folklore [The Imposter Master Shakes the Hundred Demons]" is a novel combining infinite flow, folklore horror, light comedy, survival, episodic storytelling, a single female lead, and packed with exciting moments! No writer's block! Worth reading! The stories are highly independent! Almost as good as the completed series! ☠️👽

20. 120 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.6kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    1️⃣ A young chef who dropped out of school at ten took over an old hot pot restaurant at nineteen. Facing bankruptcy, he encountered two mysterious guests. Through clever thinking, the hot pot restaurant was revived, but all the guests in the restaurant were found to be without flesh and blood.

21. 121 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 31.2kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
22. 122 诡 The Creepy National Fortune Game: My Chinese-Style Horror Terrified the World 诡异国运：我的中式恐怖吓哭全球 Deng Tianye登天野Mystery604k WordsOngoing The supernatural invades the real world. Every country on Blue Star must design supernatural dungeons. Conquering another country’s dungeon lets you seize some of its national fortune, while a country whose dungeon is conquered will face all kinds of supernatural events, which may eventually lead to its destruction. For special reasons, the Dragon Kingdom has lost much of its supernatural culture and is at a disadvantage now that the supernatural has returned. Then Su Yi transmigrates here with 15.6kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
23. 123 畸 The Floating City in the Freakish Sea 畸海浮城 Distant Stars on a Cold Night寒夜远辰Mystery685k WordsOngoing [A World of Strange Realms] [Backrooms-Inspired Setting] [Dark Humor] [Monstrous Creatures] [Light Apocalypse Scavenging] [Uncovering the Truth] The original world has shattered into countless eerie pocket worlds: A silent city where the sun never rises, A man-eating forest where every tree walks, An endless wasteland forever watched by a giant eye... And also, A colossal Buddha traveling beneath the city, Moving walls of steel rebar mixed with rotting flesh, A black humanoid figure stan 138.2kReads9.1Score13.5kShelves

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    It's eerie and thrilling, the kind that gives you goosebumps. I recommend it. [Adoring]

24. 124 关 The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生 Sun Xian'er孙仙儿Mystery407k WordsCompleted [The animated drama based on the novel is now a huge hit] A suspenseful supernatural tale rooted in Northeast Chinese folklore! The first season of the animated drama adapted from the original novel is now available on Hongguo, Tomato, and Douyin! When the rules of the Northeast are broken, a hundred ghosts roam the night, and the yin energy can no longer be contained. My name is Ren Xue. I'm a director who makes supernatural dramas. Fate brought me back to Changbai Mountain, where I became a G 526Reads—Score109Shelves

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    This book is not suitable for readers seeking mindless, fast-paced entertainment as it doesn't involve cultivation of immortality. Its target audience is readers who enjoy suspenseful mystery, folk adventure, intellectual battles, and character development. [Chinese Cthulhu | Northeastern Folklore | Suspense & Supernatural | Feng Shui & Metaphysics | Ancient Tomb Exploration | Single Female Lead | No Romance | No Pairing | Team Included]

25. 125 我 I Suspect My Wife Has Been Possessed by a Malevolent Spirit 我怀疑我的妻子被诡夺舍了 Snow Snowball雪snowballMystery112k WordsOngoing [Infinite flow + survival + mild horror + thrills + twists + one heroine + bizarre elements + the heroine barely appears in the dungeon arcs] Ever since his wife returned from a business trip, Lu Chen has been certain that the Su Qingyan before him is no longer his wife. He goes to see a psychiatrist, trying to convince himself that it’s all just a hallucination. But the liquid the doctor sips is a blood-red drink with a raw, fishy smell. “Only those chosen by ghosts can see them.” “You have now 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The unease surrounding his wife grows stronger; things she once disliked become obsessive, and her behavior at night becomes bizarre and unpredictable. Driven by fear, the protagonist investigates, only to uncover the shocking secret that his wife is already dead, thus stepping into an infinitely strange world.

26. 126 阴 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风Mystery632k WordsCompleted A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 194Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    The first book is based on real folk tales, and the details are verifiable. You need to read it slowly; the beginning is ordinary, but it gets incredibly bizarre and imaginative later on.

27. 127 惊 Horrifying! The Eighth One 惊悚！第八个 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风6k WordsCompleted Horrifying! The Eighth One 40Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 他 He Was Eating Noodles at a Roadside Restaurant, When He Found a Human Eyeball in His Bowl! 他在路边餐馆吃面，竟然吃出了人眼珠子！ Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风12k WordsCompleted He was eating noodles at a roadside restaurant when he found a human eyeball in his bowl! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 129 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
30. 130 这 Who'd Have Thought This Guy Was a Ghost-Catching Taoist Master? 这货居然是捉鬼天师 Peng Baiyu Is Not a Fish彭摆鱼不是鱼Mystery441k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Yang, is a gifted Taoist with a fragment of Emperor Fengdu's soul hidden within him. He has trained in the mountains since childhood, and Black and White Impermanence are his childhood friends. One day, after blowing up his master's alchemy furnace out of sheer boredom, he is kicked off the mountain to gain experience. At the foot of the mountain, he meets his martial uncle. On the way, he hears that the Taoist world is holding a new disciple tournament, so he heads there t 1.4kReads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Think ghost hunting is a creepy, hardcore adventure? This guy's got the comedy and thriller twist! He's ostensibly a rookie exorcist sent down the mountain by his master for training, but he's actually the reincarnation of the Fengdu Emperor. Haunted villas, disrupted feng shui, monsters causing trouble? He'll just have to catch them! A series of bizarre and fantastical events unfold, from the starting village to the pinnacle of the Three Realms. He levels up, fights monsters, and finds love and friendship along the way. The plot is fast-paced and engaging, a perfect blend of humor and suspense—you won't want to stay up all night to watch!

31. 131 我 Half a Lifetime on the Uncanny Path 我的诡道半生 Moonlight After Daybreak天亮出月光Mystery198k WordsOngoing Ghosts and monsters are fierce and savage, demanding lives in the dead of night and bringing sinister forces into people’s homes, terrifying all who encounter them. With talismans in hand and sword at my side, I wield the righteous energy of heaven and earth to slay demons and drive out evil. “The Mysterious Ancestor of Heaven and Earth, root of all qi, let golden light appear swiftly and shield my body. Let evil spirits retreat and disperse. By the authority of the law, obey at once!” With the 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's definitely the one! It's a suspenseful supernatural novel, a story that happens around you.

32. 132 断 The Severed Finger Weaves a Sect 断指编门 The Cat Is Zhe'ergen折耳根是猫Eastern Fantasy452k WordsCompleted After losing his sister and brother, the youth Zhao Xiaochuan, one finger severed, takes a Jia Ma talisman into a mine to exact revenge on the evil spirit Lin Hongxiao. Beneath the mine, a fire vein conceals a conspiracy involving seven blood sacrifices. Corpse puppets and bone-tile curses lurk all around him. With the survivors, he uses blood as a guide and bones as a lock to solve the mystery of the Yin-Yang Stele. Can he weave the gates of hell shut, seal away the baleful energy, and bring pe —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
34. 134 恐 A Guide to Performing in Horror Films 恐怖片演绎指南 Yingzao Fashi营造法式Mystery148k WordsOngoing Infinite Flow + Supernatural A horror-film role-playing show has quietly become a hit. Anyone desperate to have a wish granted will receive an invitation. The Very Horror Show cordially invites anyone interested to take part in its horror-film performances. 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an infinite flow novel that features horror movie-like scenarios. The protagonist and his companions enter a forbidden mountain village and are on a seven-day vigil. They must not break the rules or look directly at the eerie things. They must rely on detailed deductions to escape. The plot is incredibly immersive!

35. 135 亡 My Dead Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 亡妻归来新婚夜 Inspired by the Pen, Flowers Bloom望笔生花18k WordsCompleted My Late Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One is for female audiences, the other for male audiences; both are Chinese-style horror.

36. 136 浓 What Came Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rolled In 浓雾起时，从山里跟回来的东西 Inspired by the Pen, Flowers Bloom望笔生花16k WordsCompleted The Thing That Followed Me Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rose —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 137 小 Little Ghost Doctor 小诡医 Seeking Sound, Seeking Life寻声寻生Urban292k WordsCompleted Beneath the bustling modern city lies a hidden world of unorthodox medicine: In ordinary people’s understanding, medicine can only treat physical illnesses. But in the shadows, there are unorthodox doctors who possess ancient traditions and can treat “supernatural ailments” that conventional medicine cannot cure, including possession by evil spirits, displaced souls, and curses or poison created through sorcery. These ancient schools of medicine have remained hidden among ordinary people for tho 29Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    This book! *The Little Ghost Doctor* is so good! Don't be fooled by the low readership—it's a new book!! The main character is very well-developed, the world-building is novel and unique, and the suspense is off the charts.

38. 138 丧 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 Fang Zhihe Yue-方知鹤月-Mystery246k WordsOngoing The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 207Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional supernatural novels, where the female protagonist deals with paranormal events in a rural area.

39. 139 举 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 Firmament Giant Rock苍穹巨岩Mystery328k WordsOngoing [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 912Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! It's not a wish-fulfillment novel! It has a Cthulhu fantasy world setting! Like Dao Gui, it belongs to the mystery genre. The plot is very novel and suspenseful, completely different from any novel I've read before. You can't predict how the story will develop; the author's imagination is incredible! If you can get through the first few chapters, the plot explodes later on! Perfect for hardcore readers who enjoy plot-driven stories!

40. 140 执 A New Life for an Obsession 执念新生 Elva Purple CatElva紫猫Mystery566k WordsCompleted By day, he is a math teacher who keeps everyone at arm’s length; by night, he becomes an exorcist who punishes vengeful spirits. Gifted yet constantly in danger, he carries on until he meets her. She is clever and sweet, thoughtful and understanding, and willing to accompany him on the path to redemption. Along the way, she also fulfills the wish she has always held dear. Their love is a mutual choice, and neither of them ever backs down. With so many dear friends by their side, the senior and j 385Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book. It's a story about the male and female protagonists subduing vengeful spirits. It's suspenseful and thrilling, with crime-solving elements. The plot doesn't drag, and the story flows well. The male protagonist is devoted, domineering, and powerful, while the female protagonist is genuine and not overly sentimental. There are no misunderstandings or those annoying "green tea" characters. Plus, many of the supporting characters are quite impressive.

41. 141 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 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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    Everything's here, take a look.

42. 142 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
43. 143 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
44. 144 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.3kReads8.3Score268Shelves

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    I recommend a thrilling novel, a feng shui and supernatural story called "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." It combines elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, feng shui battles, historical time travel, reincarnation, fantasy, science fiction, feng shui supernatural phenomena, Lu Ban's techniques, Mohist mechanical arts, Gu poison, and corpse-driving. Written from the perspective of architecture students and building engineers, it explores feng shui and supernatural events. It's currently being serialized on Tomato Novels website.

45. 145 一 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 The Waves Are a Whale's Tears海浪是鲸鱼的眼泪Mystery661k WordsOngoing As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 211Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Based on a true story, this is purely supernatural, without cultivation or romance, and features a tightly woven, breathtaking plot. While the protagonist's growth is slow, it later involves many professions related to the supernatural. Using the book as your lens, it will take you—to "see ghosts."

46. 146 太 Great, the Whole Village Is Haunted, and I’m Beyond Saving 太好啦，全村都是诡，我没救了 The Tea-Splashed Book Gambler赌书泼茶人Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Horror + Body Collection + Comedy + Plot Twists] On the day I graduated from college, I got a call saying my dad had skinned himself and died. My mother said she had to meet her daughter-in-law before my dad was buried, so I had no choice but to pay a fortune to hire the campus belle to pretend to be my girlfriend. But when I returned to the village, I discovered that no one there was human! They were all corpses... After narrowly escaping death, I became a corpse collector. The first one I col 982Reads5.6Score107Shelves

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    "Suspenseful and Supernatural Masterpiece Arrives" - A masterpiece by a top author, guaranteed to be excellent. "My Dad Skinned Himself to Commit Suicide" is a novel that combines horror, intelligence, humor, fantasy, and amazing plot twists. The only word to describe it is "shocking." The intelligent protagonist and the incredible plot twists are truly amazing!

47. 147 山 Yin-Yang Travels in a Mountain Village 山村阴阳行 Writing About the Realm提笔论江山Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Chen Jiujin, and I'm a wandering tradesman. To put it plainly, when someone has a haunting on their hands, they hire me to take a look. This time, I came to Zhou Family Village. A seventeen-year-old girl had been followed by something foul. She drank chicken blood, dug up graves in the middle of the night, and kept repeating the same words: “Give me back my life.” I thought it was just an ordinary wandering ghost. But I was wrong. The thing inside that girl's belly wasn't a ghost. It 2.7kReads6.4Score221Shelves

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    A supernatural tale set in a remote mountain village! Strange things happen one after another in the remote mountains. After a girl is possessed, one misfortune after another befalls the family. Even peach wood talismans cannot suppress the evil spirit. A wise man follows the clues and digs deeper, only to find that all these disasters are the present-day backlash of the sins committed by the ancestors.

48. 148 聊 A Ghost-Hunting Record from Strange Tales 聊斋猎鬼录 Out-of-Control Theater Editorial Department失控剧场编辑部Mystery650k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into a world of ghosts and monsters, and became Pu Songling. Good and evil lie in the human heart; deep love never regrets. I traveled the world and wrote down these strange tales. My name is Xiao Pu. That's the Pu in Pu Songling. I transmigrated into a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. To stay alive, I befriended a powerful female ghost. To record this extraordinary world, I traveled far and wide in search of its ghosts and monsters. A manor where a snake demon keeps people 163Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    After reading this book, I'm too scared to stay home alone anymore; it's simply a masterpiece of horror fiction! [Thinking]

49. 149 东 Northeastern Ghost Doctor: I Cure Every Kind of Defiance! 东北鬼医：专治各种不服！ Buddhist-Style Grind King佛系卷王Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Mystery and wild ideas] [Hilarious power fantasy] [Folk horror] [Invincible protagonist] [No female lead] (The short drama adaptation, Northeast Ghost Doctor: Five Ghosts Carry Me on My Journey from the Start, is now available on Tomato Short Drama.) Chen Shian, a ghost doctor from Northeast China born under the "Tenfold Peace" destiny, descends the mountain at his master's command to heal the world. With silver needles in his left hand, he cures ailments caused by ghosts; with his right fist, 27.3kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    I highly recommend this novel. The plot is tight and fast-paced, the characters are vivid and interesting, and it's so captivating that you can't put it down. It's a masterpiece that's worth reading again and again.

50. 150 恐 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 Half a Jug of Clear Water半壶清水Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 973Reads6.2Score101Shelves

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    In the dead of night, a knocking sound suddenly came from behind a mirror. The sound froze instantly. The deceased wore a sinister smile. This is a description from the terrifying and taboo book, *The Coffin Returns the Soul*. Although a new book, it's terrifying. Highly recommended.

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