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

1. 151 四 Mystery, Horror, the Supernatural, and Folklore: Fourth Auntie? Where Did I Get a Fourth Auntie?! 【悬疑惊悚+灵异+民俗】四姑婆？我哪儿来的四姑婆！ Yun Yaojin云瑶烬16k WordsCompleted [Mystery and suspense + the supernatural + folk customs] Great-Aunt Four? Where would I even get a Great-Aunt Four?! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Suspense/Thriller + Supernatural + Folklore + Female Growth] Grandpa brought home a woman. He insisted she was my fourth great-aunt. But where did I get a fourth great-aunt?! Through the crack in the door, I watched her tiptoeing and slowly twirling in the living room, her dark red skirt billowing. Once, twice… drops of blood trickled down from beneath her skirt, seeping into the carpet. My phone screen suddenly lit up, "Duoduo, come quick! Your fourth great-aunt is in trouble! Come immediately!" My hand trembled. WC! What is this?! Grandpa's knocking sounded, thump, thump, thump. The shadow under the crack in the door was stretched and distorted. My name is Shen Duoduo. Seven days ago, I inexplicably got a fourth great-aunt. Everyone keeps telling me how good she is to me! But I've never even seen her! My grandpa was missing for three days, and he's back today. At this moment, he knocked on my door, the moonlight casting his shadow on the door panel. There was a dent in his neck, like a hole made by an invisible hand. "Duoduo, your fourth aunt is waiting for you in the living room." His voice crackled like a broken radio, ready to drop at any moment. I peeked through the crack in the door. The woman was scratching at the bloodstains on the carpet with her red fingernails. Fresh blood was seeping from between her fingers… I recoiled in horror, knocking over the dressing table with a bang. My fourth aunt's photo shattered in two, and a yellowed pregnancy test result fell out from the back. The date was printed as this day last year, and the name in the "father of the fetus" column wasn't my fourth aunt's husband at all!! This day last year, my fourth aunt became pregnant… None of our family knew! A clap of thunder roared outside the window, and sparks flew from the power supply box. In the flickering light, I saw that the woman's bare feet weren't stepping on a carpet, but on a pool of blood, winding its way up her ankles. The silver bells on her legs were exactly the same as the "evil ghost haunting the women of the Shen family" that my grandmother had murmured before her death. She was still dancing, her movements as graceful as flowing water, her skirt swaying in elegant arcs, her smile always flawless. Her smile was perfect, yet frozen on her face, her eyes staring blankly into the distance, as if gazing at something. When the sound of a bell rang close to my ear, I frantically shrank back. Suddenly, I felt a hidden compartment in the drawer. Pressing it, I pulled out a book with my fourth aunt's name on the cover. It was her diary, the pages charred, the entire notebook marked with the marks of fire, likely having survived many hardships. The cover was blown open by the wind, revealing the first page, where a few words in blood appeared: "Never let Duoduo meet the woman wearing the silver bell!" I was horrified! The bell! Wasn't that the woman in the living room?! The television suddenly turned on, the screen displaying blinding static, crackling and fidgeting. A few seconds later, I watched as the shadows around the door frame began to shift and deepen. Then, I smelled a faint, earthy, bloody odor. The stench of blood, crimson in color, seeped in through the cracks in the door. I crouched tightly behind the dressing table, my heart pounding, my hands clenched, my eyes fixed on the charred book. Then, a voice, sharp as if sanded, a voice that sounded like both a sob and a cold laugh, whispered in my ear: "I know... You know me..." Silence! Silence descended, leaving only the frantic pounding of my heart. She wasn't testing me; she was announcing her arrival! Click... Click... Bang—[crying] The jade bracelet suddenly exploded, releasing a pale golden light that traced runes in the air. I suddenly remembered my mother's words the night before she left: "If a fourth aunt comes to our house for no reason, it must be someone trying to steal the Shen family's 'life-saving Gu'..."

2. 152 逆 Against the Flow of Time: Surviving the Red Sky Fog 逆行旧年：从红天雾里开始求生 Star-Slaying Broken Dream弑星残梦Mystery229k WordsOngoing After waking from a New Year’s Eve nap, Chen Nian discovered that the world had gone mad. The sky was dark red, crimson fog filled the air, and red lanterns hung in midair with no one to hang them. His phone’s date was stuck on December 32, 2025. A day that didn’t exist. Red embroidered shoes walked by themselves in the corridors, while sinister things that devoured people lurked in the dark. The whole world had become an old-year prison, forgotten by time. Just as he thought he was doomed, the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   An ordinary teenager is caught off guard and falls into a bizarre apocalypse, trapped in an unsolvable prison of the past. He has no desire for conquest but only seeks to return home. He faces endless evil all the way, using his faint light to pierce through the years and watch over the entire land.

3. 153 诡 The Haunted City of Dreams 诡梦迷城 July Wife七月妻Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Manhua adaptation and high-quality live-action audio drama now available] [Infinite progression + mystery + mind-bending puzzles + supernatural powers + paranormal horror. No System, no harem, no brainless plot. Read with caution if these are deal-breakers.] When I woke up, everything around me had become eerie and terrifying. My dead roommate called me, repeating over and over the struggle of his final moments... A pair of slender, snow-white legs appeared mysteriously on a bed in the boys' do 42.9kReads8.7Score4.7kShelves
4. 154 民 Master of Folk Occult Arts: My Livestream Terrifies the Entire Internet 民间秘法大师，直播吓疯全网 Jiuchi Is a Rogue Cultivator九七是个散修Mystery416k WordsCompleted [Horror + no romance + comedy + innate spirit body + spirit communication + maximum fear factor] My younger sister drew the death lot, and the whole village demanded she be sacrificed. I turned on a livestream and made a century-old vengeful ghost into sashimi. From then on, haunted houses became my cafeteria, and ghost kings became takeout. The authorities begged me to work with them, the Taoist sects revered me as a master, and the underworld begged me to livestream. When fear returned and a h 63Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Fellow readers, come and check out "High IQ + Logic + Suspense & Supernatural + Thriller + Superpowers + Semi-Realism"! This story is fast-paced, thrilling, and mind-bending! The only word to describe this "Suspense Dark Horse of the Year" is "shocking." The intelligent protagonist and the incredible plot twists are truly amazing, leaving readers amazed and with endless aftertaste!

5. 155 五 Wuniang's Cookbook 五娘食谱 Orange Half-Moon橘月半Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Deep in the neighborhoods of Chang'an, a light from a cooking fire always glows quietly at night. It belongs to Wu Niang's food stall. Sometimes it sits on a street corner; other times, it becomes an unremarkable little shop, as if carried along by the wind. She makes food so delicious that people can't stop thinking about it. She knows her true customers are not just people, but the desires and resentments churning within their hearts. Wherever greed burns brightest, wherever old grudges run de 131Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   Highly recommended for those experiencing a reading slump! Wu Niang's Late Night Food Stall is a story that blends human emotions into a soup and obsessions into dishes. It explores hidden desires amidst the everyday hustle and bustle, combining food, supernatural tales, and human nature in a delicate and captivating narrative!

6. 156 罗 The Lop Nur Code 罗布泊密码 Patriarch Xuan Yi玄一老祖Mystery819k WordsCompleted Following a series of clues, an archaeological expedition sets out to investigate. Along the way, the team faces one terrifying predicament after another, using their knowledge, intelligence, and Feng Shui techniques to overcome each one. They uncover many long-hidden secrets as the mystery of Lop Nur slowly begins to unravel. 100Reads—Score100Shelves

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   Suspenseful and imaginative, a feng shui secretary, a promising book.

7. 157 沉 Incense Beneath the Waters 沉水引香 Orange Half-Moon橘月半Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted At Sinking Fragrance Pavilion, on an old street in Jiangnan, Su Shenshui uses incense to guide those burdened by obsession. Fragrant powders, balms, and sachets all contain spiritual power, and must be exchanged for memories, years of life, talent, or other prices. Visitors seek to return home, gain fame, reunite with loved ones, atone for their sins, find protection, or make up for past regrets. Drawn in and struck back by the fragrances, they come to see the human heart, understand their obses 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female shopkeeper tends a censer of amber incense, witnessing the obsessions of people driven by love, hatred, and longing; the embroiderer's love entanglement; the old father's grief over the loss of his son. The incense possesses a spirit, yet it cannot untangle the knots in people's hearts.

8. 158 茅 The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban5.7M WordsOngoing [Maoshan] + [Supernatural] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Stunning Beauties] The mighty Heavenly Emperor is reborn, only to be driven to the brink by a predatory loan contract?! In my previous life, I was Shiti Huan Yindiluo, the Heavenly Emperor. My merits complete, I should have ascended beyond the heavens, but I was ambushed by petty villains, and my divine soul fell into the mortal world! Fortunately, the power of the Sumeru Realm protected me, and I was reborn alongside a Maoshan Celestial Maste 759Reads—Score100Shelves
9. 159 长 The Living Hell of the Immortal Realm 长生天之人间炼狱 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban235k WordsCompleted I'm the damn heir to the title of Great Emperor, yet I've been put through hell in the mortal world. When I return to claim my throne, I'll use my blade to wash away every humiliation I've suffered! Demon Emperor, just you wait! Fifteen days in heaven, one hundred and fifty years on earth. That's more than enough time! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 160 黄 A Weasel Demands a Title, So I Reveal My Purple-Robed Celestial Master's True Form 黄皮子讨封，我亮出紫袍天师法身 Horse-Herder Immortal出马仙Mystery4.8M WordsCompleted Humorous and hilarious + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium rituals + no System Zhang Tiezhu staggers home drunk one night. He runs into a tailless weasel that asks him for a blessing. The weasel asks, “Do I look more like a human or a god to you?” “Heh... You look like your grandma’s leg!” The weasel says, “...Brother Zhang, cut it out. Give me a proper answer!” Zhang Tiezhu says, “Weasel, let me tell you: these days, you have to believe in science!” The weasel says, “I’m a Yello 55.1kReads8.9Score8kShelves
11. 161 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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    All of them are rated 9 points or higher. The fourth and fifth seasons are already finished; I've already finished the fifth one and I really loved it. The illusionist in it is so perfect, I absolutely adore it. If you're interested, you can check them out. Hope you like it!

12. 162 万 King of Eternity 万古之王 Flying Divine Bull飞天神牛Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsOngoing Ye Wushuang, the young master of a fallen family, was married into his bride’s family. On his wedding night, he was framed for making advances on his sister-in-law and died with hatred in his heart. At the moment of his death, he merged with the memories of his previous life as a Heavenly Emperor and fully awakened. His old enemies now sit securely at the very peak of the heavenly realm. His former disciples have become peerless powerhouses. The women he once loved still wait eagerly for his ret 124.1kReads9.1Score9.1kShelves
13. 163 弥 Maitreya Heavenly Emperor 弥勒天帝 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + creation of the heavens and myriad worlds + fantasy + beauties galore] Citi Tianxing has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm, yet he resolutely gives up his position as sovereign over all worlds and ventures toward an even higher, unknown realm. He seeks to question the heavens: What is the meaning of cultivation? What is the purpose of creation? Follow him as he battles across the Myriad Worlds, comprehending the great mysteries of darkness, light, life, 150Reads6.2Score—Shelves
14. 164 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.7M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 185.7kReads9.2Score13.6kShelves

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    [Smiling face] Looks good

15. 165 民 Strange Tales from the Min Tiao Bureau: Mian Zhuan 民调局异闻录之勉传 Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery8.3M WordsCompleted This is the story of an immortal man spanning two thousand years. In every corner of history, he left his name behind. To some, he was a nightmare. To others, he awakened them from the nightmares that haunted them. At the beginning of the story, his name was Wu Mian. By the end, his name was Invincible. 22.5kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
16. 166 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974.8kReads9.4Score97.1kShelves
17. 167 民 Strange Tales from the Bureau: The Final Chapter 民调局异闻录之最终篇章 Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A strange past, a mysterious department, an eccentric white-haired man, and a fat man who can see through everything: the final chapter in the history of the Folk Affairs Investigation and Research Bureau. 16.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
18. 168 小 A Record of Funerals in a Small Town 小城丧葬录 Keeper of the Mysteries守玄人Mystery800k WordsCompleted In 2020, Rongcheng was battered by torrential rain. At 32, Chen Yan hit rock bottom after falling from a government post. Forced to resign over an air-gun incident, he crashed while hauling freight, went unpaid by an advertising agency, broke his leg at a construction site, and eventually became a food delivery rider, scraping by between his mortgage and daily expenses. One rainy night, he stopped to help someone and stumbled into the Xiao An Funeral Parlor, where he met Old Yang, who secretly c 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've only just started watching, but I'm already really drawn in. I keep imagining the scenes as I watch.

19. 169 婴 Baby Lantern 婴儿灯 Old He Baba老河灞灞Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light... 208Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror, Suspense, Supernatural

20. 170 驭 Taming Ghosts! I Will Become a Recluse 驭鬼！我将成为避世者 aa Li Moranaa李默然Mystery213k WordsCompleted The supernatural is rising, and its rules have descended. Shadows from parallel worlds seep into reality, turning every city into a forbidden zone crawling with the uncanny. “Project Adam”: travel through parallel timelines and find the best possible ending. Use ghost brains to rewrite the real and the unreal... If someone knocks, don’t open the door. There’s a book of eerie names. Never look directly at the ghostly school uniform. Don’t answer unknown calls at midnight. The ghost principal 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is good too.

21. 171 断 Severing the Dragon Vein 断命龙脉 You Mortals Don’t Understand你们凡人不懂Mystery221k WordsOngoing The men of the Gu family never live past forty. After his father, Gu Mingyuan, dies, Gu Chenchuan follows a train ticket to Baihe, a bloodstained compass, and a few unfinished last words into the old trails of the Changbai Mountains. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that the Gu family has not simply been haunted or cursed. They have been caught in a living account, buried for many years, that refuses to let go. From Baihe to Tamen Peak, from the Changbai Mountains to an old well in t 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is absolutely not a case of false advertising! This supernatural novel features a protagonist who fights against his family's destiny to survive. The plot is captivating, and the writing is skillful; I couldn't put it down.

22. 172 剪 Paper Cutting to Prolong Life 剪纸续命 Lingti Ye灵缇野Mystery229k WordsCompleted Three days after his master's death, Chen Zhi's name was pressed into a paper-cut figure. Someone cut paper outside his door late at night. A paper figure bearing his name appeared at the doorstep, and from then on, the blue-black mark on his hand began to seep inward along his veins. Paper can ward off evil and bind souls. And the darkest art of the Paper-Cutting Sect is called Name Binding. To stay alive, Chen Zhi can only follow the torn pages his master left behind, the black sand beneath t 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Neighbor Zhu Youqing came to Chen Zhi's door late at night seeking help. A dark shadow appeared behind his ear, his body was ice-cold, and he was spitting out black water. He carried the same damp, inky scent as the paper figure. When Chen Zhi used cinnabar to suppress the shadow, he discovered a strange talisman and a soul-binding thread hidden on the back of Zhu Youqing's neck. The clues pointed directly to the old house in the east alley, and a crisis involving the shadowy figure had already implicated others.

23. 173 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score104Shelves

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    Looking for authentic Chinese dark fantasy to read during a reading slump? Choose *Tianxuan Supernatural Agency*. In the shadows of bustling city life, evil lurks, haunted houses echo with wailing spirits, ancient villages in the mountains hold deep-seated blood sacrifices and curses, and the streets and alleys conceal malevolent entities. Master Ma wields his magical artifacts to ward off evil, while An Xun and Liu Buyi engage in playful banter. But after a moment of relaxation, a chilling wind often rises, and vengeful ghosts approach. The episodic cases are drawn from folk tales, offering a thrilling and realistic experience. The writing is smooth and engaging. Fans of dark and terrifying stories shouldn't miss this.

24. 174 我 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 Nalan Xi纳兰惜Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 4.2kReads8.8Score217Shelves

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    Horror and supernatural novels are real

25. 175 民 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 Alone Through the Cold Autumn独过寒秋Mystery845k WordsCompleted [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 25.6kReads7.5Score1.1kShelves
26. 176 西 The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery551k WordsCompleted Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first two are a collection of chilling short horror stories, while the third is a thrilling, humorous, and slightly suggestive new-style urban suspense fantasy novel.

27. 177 镜 The Lost Pool in the Mirror 镜中迷潭 The Stubborn Little Sparrow倔强的小山雀Mystery328k WordsCompleted That night, I stepped into the elevator. The doors opened four times. Each time, it was the fourth floor. The fifth time they opened, there was a hall of mirrors outside. In countless mirrors stood countless versions of me. Only one of them was smiling. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The roommate went missing while searching for ghosts to gain followers. The last scene of his live stream was another version of himself emerging from a mirror. The protagonist went to rescue him but got trapped in a science building from which he could never leave. His shadow gradually gained its own personality and could even talk to him. Behind the mirror world, an even more terrifying source ghost awaited.

28. 178 惊 Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪：中华异事录 Gu Family Lane顾家巷Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing This isn't a traditional ghost-hunting horror novel. It blends Taoist arts, high martial arts, mysteries, and more. I'm writing it for myself, OvO [Ghost Hunting, Taoist Arts, Mysteries, Martial Arts, Ensemble Cast] * The eldest disciple of the head of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school, exceptional in martial arts and profound in Taoist arts... * A master of the Swallow Sect, known in the martial world as Li San the Swallow... * A Nationalist spy, clever and calculating, cold as ice... Du 244Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; it's really worth reading.

29. 179 破 The Bankrupt Exorcist's Haunted House Livestream 破产天师的凶宅直播间 Fengyuan砜元Mystery356k WordsCompleted “Congratulations. You've inherited a mansion worth a fortune, as well as... 200,000 yuan in deadly yin debt.” The lawyer's voice was like a scalpel, cutting through all my beautiful dreams. I'm Wu Suowei, a con artist who edits photos to pass myself off as a master of the occult. I was planning to pack up and run. But when I opened the doors of Jingxin Studio and saw the strange assortment of “family members” inside... I knew there was no escape. This wasn't a haunted house. It was an ancient se 184Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're looking for a suspenseful supernatural story, check out this one. The male lead is a cheeky Taoist priest with incredible strength who lives with a group of ghosts.

30. 180 提 The Clue System: No Criminal Can Escape 提示线索系统之犯罪分子无处可逃 A Life Like a Probe探似人生Mystery370k WordsCompleted (Urban crime investigation + System + mystery and deduction + team investigations.) The protagonist, Song Mozhou, unexpectedly awakens a System that provides clues to criminal cases. Follow along as he solves one baffling case after another with the System’s help. This is a pure crime-solving novel, with no romance, featuring a series of standalone cases. All cases and characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Here’s hoping you’ll enj 264Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspenseful crime-solving novels, episodic crime-solving, pure crime-solving, many cases, fast updates, book lovers can check them out.

31. 181 刑 Major Crime Investigation Files 刑侦大案录 A Life Like a Probe探似人生Mystery3.8M WordsCompleted 6.5kReads6.9Score424Shelves
32. 182 我 The Three Months I Was Trapped at My Girlfriend's Best Friend's Home 我被困在女友闺蜜家的那三个月 Ye Gong Loves Leisure叶公好闲Mystery244k WordsOngoing My girlfriend’s eerie home is the stuff of nightmares. This time, I’ve mysteriously found myself trapped in her best friend’s house, where she makes an utterly baffling demand... Two heroines + well-crafted suspense + scheming characters + sweet romance + twists + written by the author, not AI 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist encounters a bizarre, ghostly maze while taking his girlfriend home. Ten years later, he suffers the same fate, locked in room 401. His phone is controlled, he's cut off from the outside world, and even strangers accurately predict his death—every detail sends chills down your spine.

33. 183 雇 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Zahari扎哈里Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 54Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 50.4kReads9.2Score5kShelves
35. 185 东 Strange Tales of the Northeast 东北鬼事异闻 Divination Rat卦鼠Mystery236k WordsCompleted A collection of strange tales about ghosts and supernatural happenings in Northeast China. Some are hearsay, while others are terrifying paranormal events that happened right before the storyteller's eyes. A weasel spirit gaining human form, a fox stealing an elixir, a corpse crushed beneath a millstone... 2.2kReads—Score106Shelves
36. 186 东 A Collection of Northeast China's Folk Horror Stories 东北民间恐怖故事合集 Leisurely Guest by the Stove灶边闲客Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing This is a collection of horror stories that peels back the mysteries of Northeast China. Every tale comes from stories passed by word of mouth in the countryside. When the lamps are lit tonight, let me tell them to you slowly: strange happenings deep in the mountains, ghost stories from old houses, rural taboos and legends, and the chilling truths and terrors hidden behind the warmth of everyday life. Are you ready to hear the “old stories” of the black soil? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 盗 Tomb Raiding: My Years with the Northern School 盗墓：我在北派那些年 Li Guolao李果老Mystery597k WordsOngoing [Tomb raiding + adventure + treasure appraisal] I'm a poor kid from the countryside in Henan. I dropped out of middle school, and after an accident, I joined a tomb-raiding gang. That was when the gears of fate began to turn. Over the years, I've faced countless dangers, seen countless treasures, and learned just how hard it is to read people's hearts. Geese leave their calls behind as they fly by; people leave their names behind as they pass through life. I've written down my story in the hope 140Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This tomb raiding novel breaks away from the traditional "tomb raider" formula, telling the story of Northern-style tomb raiding from the perspective of a rural boy from Henan. Without fancy settings, it makes the world of Northern-style tomb raiding more realistic and relatable.

38. 188 脚 The Red Thread Around My Ankle 脚踝上的红线 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted The Red Thread Around Her Ankle 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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