Supernatural Horror and Suspense, No Female Lead 灵异恐怖悬疑无女主

1. 151 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. 31.2kReads7.5Score1.5kShelves
2. 152 直 Handling Hauntings Live: My Supernatural Affairs Agency Goes Viral 直播办阴事：我的诡事代办所爆红 Latte Outlaw拿铁狂徒Mystery42k WordsOngoing Not mindless! Not formulaic! This is absolutely a different way of telling strange and eerie stories! If you don't like it, come roast me! Some of the plot is adapted from ideas submitted by readers, so rather than simply telling stories, the author hopes to chat and share with everyone! I look forward to your submissions, and thank you all for your support. Paranormal streamer Jiang Yizhou was banned for faking supernatural events and deceiving his audience. With no other choice, he moved to t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There is no female protagonist, the live broadcast does strange things, the male protagonist is funny, there is a plot, and there are secrets

3. 153 江 Old Tales of Jiangyang: The Evil Dragon of Sanjiang 江阳旧事之三江孽龙 Rabbit 87兔87Mystery206k WordsCompleted Luzhou, in central Sichuan, was known in ancient times as Jiangyang Commandery and is also called the City of Liquor. The Yangtze, Tuo, and Chishui rivers surround the city, which also borders Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, making it an important transportation hub for the three provinces since ancient times. The constant streams of mule caravans within the city, cargo boats on the rivers, and merchants lining the streets, along with the local brotherhood halls where sworn brothers trained with f 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Come, come, come, these two new books about the weird stories of the Republic of Sichuan are packed with fun

4. 154 民 Strange Tales from Republican-Era Sanjiang 民国三江诡事集 Rabbit 87兔87Mystery220k WordsCompleted Whenever Eunuch Li from the teahouse downstairs told stories about the many strange and uncanny things he had encountered in his youth, a crowd would always gather around him. Whenever I was bored as a child, I would run over to listen. A corpse that had been dead for days was pulled from the Yangtze River, yet bled when its relatives came to see it. The owner of Second Brother’s restaurant had a brother who was a sworn brother of the underworld. One night, he followed the gang’s leader to an ab 123Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 异 Strange Tales: Notes from a Supernatural Investigation 异闻：诡事调查笔记 Lazy Huanglong懒煌龙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Enough talk. The show is about to begin. If you want to know what 1999 and the confidentiality agreement are about, turn to Volume Six, Revelation. If you’re interested in a genius’s downfall, Volume Five, The Twelve Movements of the Abyss, is a requiem. If you want to know what lies behind Midnight FM, read Volume Four, Leviathan of the Upside-Down City, and uncover its secrets. If you’ve been having trouble sleeping, or can’t fall asleep, take a look at Volume Three, The Sleepless Prison. It m 97Reads9.4Score130Shelves

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   This is the only horror novel that I felt was really twisted after reading it. It turns out that compared to ghosts, humans are the most terrifying beings.

6. 156 幽 Whispers by the Candlelit Ruins 幽庭烛烬语 A Zan Kuna阿赞坤娜Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing In the dead of night, countless eerie secrets lurk in the dark folds of the city. The knocking in an old apartment, known as “Knocking at Midnight,” rings out like clockwork at three in the morning. When a woman living alone peers through the peephole, all she sees is a roiling cloud of scarlet blood mist in the hallway, while a damp scratching comes from the doorknob. In the basement of a century-old apothecary, “Whispers in the Medicine Crock” never cease, day or night. Every night at midnight 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Today's update "Henna" tells the story of the strange events Lin Xiaoman encountered in the old grandmother's house he inherited. After moving in, she was haunted by the ghost of Xiao Hong, a girl wearing a red bellyband, who kept trying to "pick" the henna turned from her nails. Lin Xiaoman discovered that Xiaohong was a child who was abducted thirty years ago. After her mother died, she was buried under an old locust tree in the mountain col, and the grave was covered with henna. With the help of villager Granny Wang, Lin Xiaoman learned that the tragedy of Xiaohong's mother and daughter was related to the human traffickers back then. She subsequently returned to the village and discovered that there was an abnormality in the mountain col. The human trafficker Zhang old man died mysteriously due to digging for henna, and there were clues related to the incident hidden in the graveyard. In the end, Xiaohong's obsession dissipated, and red and white flowers bloomed in front of her mother's grave. The story uses henna as a clue, intertwining horror and tenderness, revealing the weight of unfinished obsession and the possibility of redemption.

7. 157 富 The Secret Shadows of Fuchun Mountain: The Tomb Keeper 富春山秘影，守陵人 Haozi Loves Celery浩子爱吃芹菜Mystery857k WordsOngoing Follow me, and let my words fire your way! "The mysterious guardian of the tomb, whose family has protected Fuchun Mountain for generations, discovers that he's not an ordinary person at all." A landslide on a stormy night cracks the seal on a bronze coffin. And the web novelist who guards the tomb, she... There, the ruins of the Tomb Guardian Village, which vanished a hundred years ago, suddenly reappear in the world. The Ability Bureau is looking for him, the archaeological team is chasing him 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The ancient contract in the blood of the tomb keeper is awakened! Surrounded by powerful enemies, he must accept the extraordinary power and price given by his bloodline

8. 158 没 No Way Out, So I Opened a Shop to Read Feng Shui and Catch Ghosts 没活路了，我开个店看风水捉捉鬼 The King Cobra Pikachu大王蛇比卡丘Mystery455k WordsCompleted The evil ghost’s face grew even more hideous and terrifying. Its skin began to peel away, revealing bright red muscle and stark white bone beneath. The flames in its eyes blazed more fiercely, as if they were about to shoot out. 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   So pretty

9. 159 纸 The Paper Effigy Shop Catches Ghosts Now and Then 纸扎店偶尔也捉鬼 The King Cobra Pikachu大王蛇比卡丘Mystery100k WordsCompleted In a quiet village stood an ancestral shop that made paper offerings. Its owner was a young man named Lin Yu. He was 23, and had been idling away his days in the shop since he was 18. He was a terrible student, had no lofty ambitions for the future, and lived like a contented couch potato. Lin Yu spent his days tinkering with the paper figures and horses in the shop, occasionally chatting with the village elders. Life was as calm as still water. Then one evening, that peace was broken. A mysteri —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 160 鬼 Ghosts, Help! Wait, How Do I Say I Can Eat Ghosts? 鬼啊救命，结果我会吃鬼怎么说啊 The King Cobra Pikachu大王蛇比卡丘Mystery356k WordsCompleted Help! There’s a ghost! I was just an ordinary office worker, living a dull nine-to-five life. Who could have imagined that this company outing would become the most terrifying experience of my life? The company decided to hold an unusual outdoor cookout in the mountains, supposedly to help everyone relax and get to know one another better. When our group arrived at the mountain, the sun was shining. Light filtered through the thick leaves, dappling the ground, while a gentle breeze carried the f —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 161 纸 What's Wrong with a Paper Effigy Shop That Reads Feng Shui and Catches Ghosts? 纸扎店怎么了也看风水也抓鬼 The King Cobra Pikachu大王蛇比卡丘Mystery232k WordsCompleted The evil ghost’s skin was an eerie bluish-black, its eyes blood-red, and black mist poured from its mouth. Its teeth were as sharp as knives, still stained with blood. Chen Yu was so terrified by the sight that he couldn’t move. All he could do was watch as the evil ghost slowly closed in on him. The evil ghost stretched out its long, slender claws, their nails sharp as hooks, and lightly traced Chen Yu’s face. A stinging pain flashed across his skin, and a streak of blood appeared. He wanted t —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 诡 Infinite Eerie: A Burned-Out Wage Slave Restarts with a Dead Account 诡异无限：废号重启的打工牛马 Ink Immortal 0G墨仙人0GMystery438k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror and the supernatural] Most stories are adapted from real events, told as a collection of ensemble, episodic tales. No formulaic plots, no invincible characters, no mindless stupidity. Bizarre situations? Soap-opera drama? They all reveal the distortions of the human heart and nature! Every night at midnight, you’ll enter a dream and explore the secrets of a strange otherworld. Featured chapters: The blurb can’t do them justice, so read the story! [Dream-Eating Syndrome - 49Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Horror movie without female protagonist

13. 163 躺 You Can Cultivate Immortality While You Lie Flat 躺平也可以修仙 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Urban1.5M WordsOngoing These are my personal insights and experiences in cultivating the Dao and refining qi, woven into a novel that creates a strange and eerie supernatural world through both dreams and reality. If you enjoy supernatural mysteries and immortal cultivation, give it a read. It’s unlike anything else, and the opportunity is rare. When this old man achieves a perfected Golden Core, you’ll all be disciples of my Qingfeng Sect. 991Reads6.6Score162Shelves

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    A new suspenseful and supernatural book, a real-life version of the record of cultivating immortals, refining Qi to transform, refining Qi to transform into gods, and refining gods to return to emptiness. I am willing to prove the path of immortality with everyone.

14. 164 神 The Charlatan 神棍 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller, one of the oldest professions. An ancient name for a fortune-teller or feng shui master. Knowing the stars above and the earth below; the five elements of yin and yang, the eight trigrams and nine palaces. Physiognomy and feng shui, defying fate and changing one’s destiny: nothing is beyond their power! Huang Zheng, a modern-day fortune-teller. Born under the influence of yin and yang, with the canopy star at his back. With extraordinary skills in reading fortunes and feng shui 1.3kReads8.7Score185Shelves
15. 165 鬼 The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Historical4.6M WordsCompleted [Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States! 564Reads6.6Score104Shelves
16. 166 终 The Ultimate Path to Godhood 终极修神 Mr. Huanzi欢子先生Urban1.4M WordsCompleted What? China Ranks Only Third? You think China has no cultivators of the divine? We won’t stand for it! The Divine Ladder has awakened. The chosen rulers will shape the future! From now on, the Japanese divine cultivation world descends into chaos, with no one in control! After several top experts were eliminated, the North American Alliance immediately sued for peace... History is rewritten. China takes the lead in the divine cultivation world, and history enters a new era of cosmic cultiva 3Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! This is my first reaction after seeing the updated plot.

17. 167 藏 The Gate of Tibet: Forbidden Ground of Sky Burials 藏地之门：天葬禁域 Old Playful Bear老顽熊Mystery103k WordsCompleted The black nightmare in Yunnan may have come to an end, but for Hou Zirui, Niu Chenyang, and Cheng Tianshun, an even more terrifying journey is just beginning. When all three are drawn into the same bizarre dream one after another, they finally realize they have never truly escaped the strange forces that have been haunting them. In the dream, dark clouds blanket the sky as vultures circle like a black vortex above a sky-burial platform drenched in blood, where broken corpses lie piled like mount 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good suspenseful and supernatural tomb robbing novel, no cp and no heroine! There is only the tenacious brotherhood in the face of dangers, the writing is solid, and the plot advances step by step. The male protagonist and the two brothers explore a thousand-year mystery, from the nightmare of Yunnan to going deep into the Tibetan area. It is full of weirdness and extremely realistic!

18. 168 男 So What If I'm Out of a Job as a Male Model? I Can Exorcise Demons! 男模下岗咋了？老子会驱魔！ Bi Mo Lan璧墨澜Urban150k WordsOngoing [Paranormal + Exorcism + Episodic Stories + No Female Lead + No Romance + No Harem + Brotherhood + Growing Up] Male model and drinking companion Sun Yu gets plied with drinks and groped by rich women in private rooms every night. He curses under his breath but still has to smile, thinking he’s doomed to spend his whole life trapped in drinking parties. Then he finds a busted piece of wood hidden by his adoptive father, and a big brother from an exorcist family suddenly shows up! Now the winegla 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new supernatural article is self-recommended. No heroine, no emotional line. No CP. The story tells that the male protagonist was desperate and became a nightclub male model. Unexpectedly, he accidentally uncovered the mystery of his life experience and discovered that he was a descendant of a family of exorcists. Later, after meeting their only biological brother, the two brothers began a story of exorcism and revenge.

19. 169 黄 Pilgrims Beneath the Yellow Springs 黄泉下的朝圣者 User Potato用户土豆Mystery41k WordsOngoing Lin Hai's older brother, Lin He, died mysteriously in 1979. Three years later, Lin Hai received a photograph of him and, by sheer chance, joined a treasure-hunting team. It seems there is a deeper mystery behind all of this... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Already planted][Already planted] The first person is very immersive, the mysterious atmosphere is very realistic, the plot is interlocking, and the supporting characters are not marginal characters. It is so detailed that I feel that the author is writing an autobiography.

20. 170 我 I Scared a Ghost to Death Again 我又把鬼吓死了 Read a Little, Xu Bai读点叙白Mystery222k WordsCompleted [No romance + Chinese-style horror + folk beliefs and the occult + first-person narration + ghost-catching prodigy] My great-grandfather, Zhang Tiansheng, was a taboo subject in the Zhang family. He had once been a highly respected exorcist throughout the surrounding villages, able to speak with ghosts and spirits and dispel evil influences. Then, for reasons no one knew, he suddenly went mad. Before he died, he even tried to kill his entire family. After my great-grandfather died, his body was 546Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    After discarding three or four books, these two books fell straight into the trap! My scalp is numb, Chinese horror is really YYDS!

21. 171 落 The Day the Curtain Fell 落幕日 The Horse Herder饲马者Mystery108k WordsCompleted I have a perfect family. My wife is making red-braised pork in the kitchen, while I lounge on the leather sofa I just bought. Thump, thump, thump. She's chopping meat again. A delicious aroma drifts out of the kitchen. Ah, my perfect life is about to come to an end. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    1. Different styles, suspenseful events, and a rare first perspective 2. No CP, no ambiguity, no Holy Mother!!! It is currently unfinished (a book with great potential is worth looking forward to) 3. There is a contrast, so remember to read the introduction carefully.

22. 172 荒 The Barren Heavens and Defiled Earth 荒天垢土 Barren Rooster荒鸡Mystery429k WordsOngoing My name is Mu Yang. They call me the shepherd of humanity. It seems humanity has gone extinct once before. I have seen many stories that do not belong to this world: [Black and White Impermanence] [Heavenly Wolf] [Celestial Palace] [Underworld] [Human Emperor] [Ancient Ruins] These came from my father, but now I can’t find any trace of him. He merely tossed a few riddles into my world. The great power of Earth swept this now-filthy land clean. Under Earth’s law of survival of the fittest, humani 34Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Starting from the mystery left behind by his father, Mu Yang embarks on a path of exploration full of hardships and dangers. Surrounded by ghosts, blood, tears and split personalities, the horror atmosphere is vividly rendered

23. 173 致 Deadly Delivery 致命快递 Grilled Gluten Skewers烤面筋10k WordsCompleted I received a package from an unfamiliar sender. A note inside said I could scan a code to claim a huge cash bonus. But when I scanned it, my phone opened a livestream instead. Even stranger, my face appeared right in the middle of the screen. The comments were flying by: "This girl looks pretty good. What a shame to kill her." "Tsk, tsk, what a beauty. I recommend having some fun with her before killing her." Just then, I suddenly heard someone knocking behind me. "Hello, delivery!" 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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

24. 174 缝 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Ice Cream Pie冰沙馅饼Mystery9k WordsCompleted My family makes its living dealing with the dead, and my father is a renowned corpse seamster in the surrounding area. His skills are superb. No matter how mangled a corpse is, he can restore it to look as good as new. Whenever someone died in an accident and their body was disfigured, wealthy families from hundreds of miles around would ask my father to stitch it back together. But as far as I knew, my father used to be a butcher. He was skilled at dressing pigs, but I had never heard that he w 4Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 175 惊 A Terrifying New Year’s Eve 惊悚除夕夜 On Plain Paper素笺上Mystery11k WordsCompleted A Chilling New Year's Eve —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 176 坠 A Woman Fell from the Building at My Feet, Then Begged Me in the Middle of the Night to Avenge Her 坠楼女子落我脚边，半夜她哭着求我替她报仇 Peach and Plum Blossoms in Profusion桃李熳熳Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Evil Spirit in the Talisman On a rainy night, I watched a girl jump from a tall building and die on the spot. Her soul latched onto me and demanded that I avenge her. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 177 我 I Decided to Kill My Lover, Then Got on a Haunted Bus with Her 我决定谋杀情人，和她上了一辆闹鬼的巴士 Two Yuan两元Mystery10k WordsCompleted I think I got on a haunted bus. My girlfriend was sitting beside me, her pretty little face deathly pale with fear. "Th-those two people just carried a corpse onto the bus." 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 178 恶 After the Wicked Mother-in-Law Drove Her Son’s Family to Their Deaths, They All Became Ghosts 恶婆婆逼死儿媳妇一家后，全变鬼了 Jun Lan君阑Mystery9k WordsCompleted Back in our village, it was perfectly normal for a mother-in-law to bully her daughter-in-law. Even when the entire husband's family bullied the daughter-in-law, nobody thought there was anything wrong with it. But driving the daughter-in-law's entire family to their deaths? I doubt many people could do something like that. —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 别 Terror at the Villa: Everyone Who Heard the Weeping Died 别墅惊魂：听见哭声的人都死了 Jiang Xiaoyu江晓屿Mystery10k WordsCompleted I'm a feng shui master. One day, I was hired by the tycoon Jia Qing, who said something strange was happening at his villa on Lingzhou Island. Every night, the sounds of a woman and a baby crying could be heard inside the villa. The reward he offered was so generous that I couldn't refuse. Who knew that a string of terrifying events would unfold on the very night I moved in? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 学 My Senior Disappeared from a Nursing Home, So I Went Undercover as a Nurse and Uncovered a Shocking Secret 学长在养老院失踪，我去当护士卧底发现惊天秘密 Rabbit兔子Mystery10k WordsCompleted My senior disappeared three months ago. He was working at Paradise Nursing Home at the time. To find him, I applied for a job at the nursing home. I never expected to see an elderly resident jump to his death on my very first day. Then more residents started disappearing, one after another. Until one day, inside the refrigerator, I found the finger of a missing resident... —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 囚 The Spirit-Suppressing Coffin 囚灵棺 Mu Shang沐觞Mystery9k WordsCompleted I was curious about the coffin necklace around my boyfriend's neck. Before I could even touch it, he broke up with me on the spot. I complained about it to the viewers in my livestream, but then a fortune-telling streamer suddenly joined the call and warned me: “Break up with him right now. Your boyfriend is wearing a Spirit-Binding Coffin!” From that day on, eerie nightmares, a mysterious female ghost, and my boyfriend's secrets... One strange event after another began to unfold. Just when I th —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 182 不 The Child Who Never Existed 不存在的孩子 When the Wind Dies Down风尽起Mystery10k WordsCompleted My son suddenly disappeared. Everyone told me that I had never had a child. The daycare teacher didn't know me. My husband said we'd never wanted a child, and even my best friend urged me to calm down, saying it was all just an hallucination. But I clearly remembered the child I'd risked my life to give birth to. His name was Liu Chaoyang, he was one year and eight months old, and he was a chubby little dumpling! Then I found baby supplies under the bed, along with photographs and traces that ha —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 183 杀 Killing My Second Personality 杀死第二人格 Transmigrate Across the Galaxy in My Underpants穿越银河的裤衩侠Mystery8k WordsCompleted I killed my second personality. But before he died, he left me a “grand gift”... A list of people to harass at the asylum, with 16 names on it, even though the asylum has only 15 patients in total. “Did you think you were the only one with a second personality?” What is the truth? Who is the real madman? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 惊 The Haunted Inn 惊魂旅馆 Ye Ling Tianyu夜凌天羽Mystery9k WordsCompleted An unexpected downpour drowned out the sounds of murder. Late at night, in a remote inn, a corpse lay sprawled across a bed, blood pouring from all seven orifices. The killer seemed to be hiding among the guests, none of whom trusted one another: a police officer, a writer, a psychiatrist, a celebrity, a fan, a college student... Every one of them had something to hide. After a second murder, the line between the dead and the living grew increasingly blurred. Everyone was a suspect, and everyone 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 185 血 Blood Ties 血缘关系 Yan Nanfei南飞燕Mystery8k WordsCompleted I rushed a thousand miles to mourn my mother, only to discover that she had died under suspicious circumstances. I wanted to uncover the truth and avenge her, but my whole family opposed me! It turned out everything was because there was a “vampire” in the family! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 186 未 My Fiancée Disappeared, and I Became the Killer 未婚妻失踪，我成了凶手 Walking Beef Brisket行走的牛五花Mystery8k WordsCompleted My name is Cheng Yuan. My fiancée has disappeared. The last message I saw before I passed out was from her. “Cheng Yuan, run!” When I woke up, I found myself trapped in a perfect replica of my home, with something sinister lurking everywhere. And it seemed someone was watching me! A madman claimed to be deeply in love with my fiancée. But later, I discovered that the real madman was someone else. —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 宿 There’s a Ghost in the Dorm 宿舍有鬼 Weichao未朝Mystery8k WordsCompleted My roommate is a cosplayer. A month into our sophomore year, she ordered a complete Chinese ghost-bride outfit online to wear to a horror party. She even hung the entire outfit beside her bed the night before. But that night, I woke with a start in the middle of the night and saw with my own eyes a female ghost in a bright red wedding dress pacing back and forth at the foot of her bed. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 188 闺 My Best Friend Disappeared While Picking Up Takeout, and Everyone Says She Never Existed 闺蜜取个外卖就失踪，所有人都说她并不存在 Miao Miao苗淼Mystery8k WordsCompleted My best friend went out to pick up a delivery and never came back. She vanished from my life completely. Nobody remembered her. They all thought I was mentally ill. The truth was, we had been split across two different timelines. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 189 女 Daughter Village 女儿村 Weichao未朝Mystery9k WordsCompleted I was born in Daughter Village. For twenty years in a row, every child born in our village was a girl. Every nightfall, the cries of baby girls echoed through the valley. Once, a Taoist priest came to our village and said the entire village was cursed. During the summer of my first year of graduate school, my advisor ignored my protests and brought me and several other students to the village to conduct research. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 丢 The Missing Body 丢失的身体 Fan Xiu梵修12k WordsCompleted Two empty bottles of sleeping pills lay before the grave, and two kidneys lay before his son's grave. With a smile on his face, he leaned against his son's gravestone and slowly closed his eyes. —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 191 断 Midnight Strangulation Marks on a Severed Hand 断手的午夜掐痕 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery9k WordsCompleted That night on duty, my junior grabbed my sleeve, his voice trembling. “Senior, the patient who lost a hand in a drunk-driving accident half a year ago… he's dead.” A chill ran down the back of my neck as the memories came flooding back. Two accident victims had been brought to the hospital that day, and both had lost their right hands. Yet only one of them survived. Later, the survivor woke in the middle of the night with red marks where his own hand had choked him. His family sought help from e 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 192 职 Workplace Rule Horror: A Desperate Fight to Survive the Grind 职场规则怪谈：玩命打工求生 Transmigrate Across the Galaxy in My Underpants穿越银河的裤衩侠Mystery8k WordsCompleted A job interview turns into a deadly game The printer devours people, the elevator plummets, the boss eats human flesh… Every workplace rule is a lethal trap! Double-sided printing can save your life; pressing the wrong elevator button can cost it. Remember the rules of the workplace, or you'll be the next zombie! Is this workplace bullying, or a death game? Welcome to workplace hell Please do your best to survive. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 193 谷 Flowers at the Bottom of the Valley 谷底的花 Li Shixin立十辛Mystery367k WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life mystery + deduction + crime solving + case-of-the-week + serious drama] Main characters: Lu Jun (forensic pathology intern) vs. Chen Zhou (criminal investigation team captain) Six years ago, a family upheaval completely changed Lu Jun's personality, and his family sent him abroad. Six years later, Lu Jun returned to China and voluntarily joined Chen Zhou's workplace. The two are twelve years apart in age. Their relationship shifted from close friends to an awkward “uncle and nephe 1.2kReads—Score143Shelves

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    Recommended, modern suspense mystery novel, single case theme, compact and not procrastinating storyline, some cases are adapted from real events, no heroine, finished.

44. 194 我 I Became a Ghost's Lackey 我给猛鬼当狗腿 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery607k WordsCompleted Lin You, a struggling comic artist who grew up in an orphanage, suddenly received a phone call about an inheritance. It turned out he had a wealthy father, making him a rich second-generation heir with money in the bank and a huge mansion. Lin You was moved to tears. At the mansion, he burned a pile of joss paper for the mother he had never met, only to summon a vicious ghost... The past and present lives of a mortal and a ghostly big shot, in a funny yet terrifying supernatural murder mystery. 357Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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    No heroine! Gaga looks good!

45. 195 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

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    I'm not exaggerating, this is a really good book, and the plot is so wonderful!!!

46. 196 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

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    🈚️The heroine! [Learned][Learned][Learned]

47. 197 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

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    The most potential suspenseful supernatural novel [Blowing Kiss]

48. 198 迷 The Yin and Yang of the Mist 迷雾阴阳 The Cautious Shixiu兢兢战战的世修Mystery320k WordsCompleted The Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Cases Investigation Division, or Special Investigations Division for short, specializes in supernatural incidents that defy rational explanation. Shen Yanzhi, an officer in the division who is calm, rational, and skilled in talismans and spells, meets Lin Mo, a descendant of a family of yin-yang masters whose bloodline can suppress evil forces and whose gentle nature conceals a stubborn streak, while investigating a case. Together, they gradually un 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super nice supernatural writing

49. 199 我 I Get Stronger Whenever I Encounter a Ghost 我，遇鬼就变强 Sanjiu Yinshi三九阴识Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Thriller + Folk Customs + Comedy + Mind-Blowing Twists] Why was a finger missing from a corpse in a coffin, right before everyone’s eyes? Why were ghostly wails heard in the flower shop at midnight? Why did the figures in the shopping center elevator twist out of shape? The secret beneath the mandrake flowers, the bizarre death of a boy who livestreamed, a maze with no way out... Vengeful spirits are wreaking havoc. There’s no peace to be found! In the 134Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That has to be this one, a horror and suspense novel with no female protagonist and no meal replacement so far.

50. 200 民 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural Horror Stories + Anthology + Folk Horror Tales + Chinese Supernatural] Supernatural happenings are most likely to occur in mountain villages, and the stories we've heard may well have really happened. In the eerie night wind, Granny Hao, the midwife who receives the dead, is like a messenger from the underworld, guiding the spirits of helpless mothers and children home. Locust trees commune with spirits, and poplars attract yin energy. Beneath the village's ancient trees lie secrets that 1.1kReads8.9Score105Shelves

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    Country ghost story, Chinese horror YYDS👍👍👍

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