Recommend Mystery, Horror, and Supernatural Novels Rated 9.6 and Up 9.6以上悬疑恐怖灵异小说求推荐

1. 451 他 He Hid in a Book and Ate My Secrets 他藏在书里，吃掉了我的秘密 Daydreaming Observer走神观察员45k WordsCompleted He was hiding in a book, eating my secrets. —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 452 一 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 Happy White Moonlight幸福白月光Mystery207k WordsOngoing One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   Suspense, horror, and the supernatural—inspired by stories I've heard and experienced in real life, each short supernatural tale is presented as an episodic story. The entire novel boasts a compelling plot and exquisite writing; you'll regret it if you don't read it!

3. 453 二 At Twenty, My Sister Sent Me a Photo of a Coffin: Don’t Worry, You’re Next 二十岁，姐姐寄来棺材照：别急，很快就轮到你了 Daydreaming Observer走神观察员19k WordsCompleted At twenty, a photo of a coffin arrived from my sister: “Don't worry, you'll be next soon.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 454 雪 Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局 Trusted Washlet心腹大浣Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries. 7.9kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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   🔥🔥Finally, another masterpiece of suspense and supernatural fiction!!!

5. 455 百 A Century of Housebound Echoes, Filled with the Wails of Kin 百年宅响，尽是至亲泣 Daydreaming Observer走神观察员15k WordsCompleted For a century, the old mansion has echoed with the weeping of kin. —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 456 虚 The Key to Fiction 虚构之钥 Damn You, Spacebar他喵的空格君Mystery279k WordsOngoing (This isn't a feel-good power fantasy, and the writing may be rough at first. This book is focused on telling a good story. Trust me, if you stick with it, you won't be disappointed.) To survive and win a competition of death and slaughter, Si Li believed that cheating was pretty much the only way. When their partnership came to an end, Si Li had also completed his quota. He wrapped up his final collaboration with his partner and successfully escaped the competition... or did he? Or was an eve 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   If you enjoy suspenseful and imaginative novels, don't miss this one. Can the protagonist really control his own life? I just hope the ending turns out the way everyone wants.

7. 457 诡 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼丶Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 57Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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   Both are excellent. The main characters are very intelligent, and each member of the main cast is charismatic and never holds the group back. The brotherhood between the main characters made me want to cry.

8. 458 山 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Mu Xue牧雪Urban893k WordsCompleted Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.1Score428Shelves

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   Juejuezi, these are all very beautiful.

9. 459 敬 She Worshipped Her as a Goddess, Then Imprisoned Her Soul 敬她为神，困她为魂 Daydreaming Observer走神观察员12k WordsCompleted She is revered as a god, yet imprisoned as a soul. —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 460 诡 The Cursed Girl with a Doomed Fate 诡命煞女 Not Drunk不醉Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Ever since I was little, I was a child my mother hated. Born with an overwhelming concentration of the Seven Sha, I made every demon and monster flee at the sight of me. It wasn’t until I was twelve that I learned the truth: my birth had been part of a massive conspiracy... 10.3kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
11. 461 最 The Last Sand Diver 最后一个淘沙官 Little Meat Bun肉包几Mystery126k WordsOngoing [Tomb Raiding]+ [Mystery]+ [Supernatural] There is a group of people in this world who understand the balance of yin and yang, know the past and present, and brave deadly dangers in search of secret treasures buried with dragons, lost cities, and ancient palaces said to house immortals. With their own hands, they piece together fragments of the unknown world. They are the Sand-Seeking Celestial Officials. I am the last inheritor of the Sand-Seeking Celestial Officials, and I have decided to reco 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is fast-paced, the writing is brilliant, and the story is incredibly imaginative. The author is very skilled at writing, creating a supernatural, suspenseful, and tomb-raiding world that is truly impressive.

12. 462 诡 Eerie Highway: The Students Forced Me to Be Their Mom 诡异公路：我被学生逼着当妈妈 Constant Dripping Wears Away Stone水滴石穿穿Mystery462k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out, so please go easy on me, dear readers.) [Ghost Bride] + [Highway Survival] + [Roguelike-Inspired] + [Cross-Dressing Man] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Mama Bear] The beautiful but frail Cui Yu is on a school outing with the students when he accidentally gets swept into a terrifying uncanny world. As one teacher after another dies, this outsider takes on the responsibility of protecting the students and leads them on the road home. However, his contract with a ghostly weddin 31.7kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves

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    ✨① While outwardly discussing the deal, General Wu secretly planned to strike first. Twenty-Seven, Wang Shan, secretly contacted Cui Yu, planning a counterattack before dawn. Gunshots, domains, doorknobs, compasses, and hairpins appeared in turn. Cui Yu suppressed her opponent with her Phoenix Crown Domain, but this also intensified the unpredictability. Victory wasn't a satisfying crushing defeat, but a temporary safety bought with physical strength, judgment, and leverage. The annexation of the convoy, the distribution of supplies, and the handling of prisoners all tested the limits of survival.

13. 463 矿 The Vein Agreement 矿脉协议 Hearing Lanterns Beneath the River江底听灯Mystery293k WordsCompleted What lies buried deep underground is not ore, but a forbidden secret no living person should ever touch. In the mountains of the middle and lower Yangtze River region, Qingyan Phosphate Mine in Y City, H Province, is a flagship provincial mine owned by one of the area’s pillar industries. It has comprehensive procedures and advanced equipment, and in more than twenty years of operation, it has never had an accident. During the War of Resistance, a Japanese geological survey team entered an old 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you don't like light novels and prefer works with depth, this is for you.

14. 464 窃 The Power-Stealing Ghost 窃权鬼 Poetry in the Wind听风诗韵Mystery104k WordsCompleted A Few Words Up Front I never meant to tell a clean story. If you can’t stand filth, the darkness in people’s hearts, or nights when you’re afraid to turn off the lights, then close this book now. A hole appeared in the sky. Everyone under thirty opened their eyes and found themselves in the mist. There was a wall there, plastered with bloodied words: Welcome to the Land of Godhood. Godhood. What a lovely sound. But everyone who has passed through that door knows that the one thing the place isn’ 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book, worth reading.

15. 465 地 The Message from the People of the Earth's Core 地心人的传话 Ji Wufan姬无烦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse160k WordsCompleted This is a science fiction novel, inspired by an unusual dream I had and written after I collected some information. Please read it as science fiction. It is purely fictional, so don’t take it seriously. Another reason I wrote it is that I hope human civilization can truly unite, live in harmony, and advance science and technology together until we reach an early-stage civilization and enter the golden age we dream of. Finally, I want to tell everyone that I have never encountered the so-called s 4.2kReads9.4Score490Shelves
16. 466 背 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery728k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score323Shelves
17. 467 深 Notes from the Abyss 深渊笔记 Third Uncle of the Southern School南派三叔Historical147k WordsCompleted The story begins in the winter of 1959. During a fire in the Greater Khingan Mountains, firefighters discovered the wreckage of a Japanese transport plane in a swamp. The authorities found that the plane had been carrying documents on the Kwantung Army’s geological surveys of the northeastern provinces and parts of Mongolia. One file, detailing a particular area, was exceptionally secret and unusual. Yet when we surveyed the area ourselves, we found nothing of any geological significance. The Ja 13.3kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
18. 468 纯 A Romance Manga Artist Who Likes Drawing Ghosts, Is That Really So Strange? 纯爱漫画家，喜欢画鬼很合理吧？ Huahua's Bear花花的熊Mystery154k WordsOngoing Yan Guang is a down-and-out creator of boys' love comics. One night, after being attacked by a female ghost, he awakens a System. Completing its missions gives him clues about his first love, who disappeared years ago. After many twists and turns, he finally finds her, only to discover that she has become a vengeful spirit! Furious, Yan Guang swears revenge on every ghost and criminal involved! Even if his enemies are gods! After that, a comic artist who draws supernatural comics to crack cold c —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Check out my new book! The protagonist is a romantic comic artist who unexpectedly embarks on a journey to explore the world of ghosts and monsters. Out of boredom, he draws the cases he experiences and they become wildly popular online!

19. 469 恐 Horror Game: I Get Stronger by Talking Back 恐怖游戏，抬杠我就能变强 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance + infinite-flow + jokes and memes + System power fantasy] Cheng Fei transmigrates into a wilderness world and thinks he's doomed, but to his surprise, he's pulled into a horror game. He realizes that these games seem to contain tons of supplies he can use to survive! So he... This book is also known as: "A Mine Owner's Self-Cultivation" "I Went on a Free Shopping Spree in the Dungeon" "I Get Stronger Every Time I Roast Someone" "They Were Already Stupid, So Why Are You Teasing Them?" —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an incredibly good suspenseful mystery novel! It has no female lead, uses the infinite flow genre, and is plot-driven. The author is a detail-oriented person, explaining everything very clearly. It's truly amazing!!

20. 470 渡 The Demon Ferry Office’s Journal 渡妖司手札 The Libra's Weights天秤座的砝码Mystery220k WordsOngoing Lin Du, a restorer of ancient paintings, discovers that every painting imprisons a soul consumed by lingering obsessions. The little ghost in the Zhong Kui painting cries out for justice. The woman in red in the Night Revels painting has waited a thousand years. The orange cat in the Elderly Portrait turns living people into butterflies to keep it company. While others restore paintings with paste, Lin Du does it with his life. He enters the paintings, confronts the obsessions, and helps the sou 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can take a look at the experience of an ancient painting restorer.

21. 471 劫EN Heavenly Calamity 劫天运 Dreams Adrift Through the Years浮梦流年Mystery21.6M WordsOngoing I was schemed against before I was even born. I was born with all five yin traits and naturally attracted vicious ghosts. A knowledgeable fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past seven, and that after I died, someone would turn me into a blood-clothed child ghost to harm others. To save me, my grandmother arranged for me to marry a child bride, and I was able to live in peace... I’d been scraping by since childhood, and had long since grown used to enduring whatever came my way. But my grandmoth 12.2kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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    This is a novel I read on my MP4 player back in high school. The plot was quite good; it was a horror/supernatural novel with lots of beautiful women! If I remember correctly, the male lead was also a character who grew and matured. I read over a thousand chapters back then, but then it stopped updating and I stopped reading. I kept putting it off, and when I wanted to read it again, I forgot the title. But today, I suddenly remembered it, and I can read it again! [Laughs][laughs][laughs] I recommend this novel to you!

22. 472 规 Rule Horror: I Drew Golden Intelligence from the Start 规则怪谈：开局抽中金色情报 Mo Bao's Executioner墨宝处刑者Mystery211k WordsOngoing 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Does anyone even read what I write? [Eating popcorn emoji]

23. 473 陆 The Lu Family’s Last Young Master 陆家最后一个少主 Everything Mildly Spicy全部微辣Urban212k WordsOngoing Is an immortal encounter a blessing, or the cruelest curse? Lu Chengxin was born different. The “spirit gate” opened in his forehead, filling his world with wandering ghosts and spirits. He once thought this was simply the fate of a family of Daoist priests, as he and his grandmother relied on each other in the bustling lanes of a small southern city. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I shamelessly recommended this book and received strong affirmation from two senior members of the provincial writers' association. They even suggested I revise it thoroughly after 200,000 words because the title wasn't quite right. This book has a slow pace, is suspenseful, supernatural, and incorporates elements of cultivation, gradually building to a high level. This isn't a mindless book; I hate writing illogical plots. This is my ambition, and my only sincerity. I sincerely hope you'll give it a try.

24. 474 鬼 The Ghost Post Office: Delivering Letters to the Dead 鬼邮局：从给鬼送信开始 Destined to Attain the Dao得道天成Mystery328k WordsOngoing The Mysterious Revival series + ghosts returning to life + mystery and deduction + survival instances A ghost post office, a group of cursed people, and letters addressed to vengeful spirits... Gao Heng thought that once he delivered all the letters, everything would be over and he could return to a normal life. But after he delivered the last letter, it turned out that all of this was... 757Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Ghosts are unkillable, and the dungeon is really good. I guarantee it with my friendship with Pan Ziga.

25. 475 人 Judge of the Living: I Awaken the Book of Life and Death from the Start 人间判官：开局觉醒生死簿 Call Me the Great Hero要叫我大侠Mystery645k WordsOngoing The Human Judge: Urban High Martial Arts + Mystery + Underworld Conspiracy The Ten Yama Kings [King Qinguang (Mirror), King Chujiang (Cold), King Songdi (Rope), King Wuguan (Abacus), King Yanluo (Summon), King Biancheng (City), King Taishan (Grind), King Dushi (Anger), King Pingdeng (Interval), King Zhuanlun (Wheel)] + Book of Life and Death + Judge’s Brush [Sin-Mirror Heavenly Judgment, Mystic Ice Dragon Edict, Netherworld Heavenly Constitution, Jun-Tian Calculating Ruler, Nine Hells Imperial J 9Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    This month's new book, the author recommends himself.

26. 476 天 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ At Sunset Beneath the Moon, I Am Sanhe日落月下吾为三禾Mystery544k WordsOngoing On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 52Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a must-have! Horror, suspense, humor, no filler, no rambling, and not some old supernatural cliché. It's definitely a dark horse!

27. 477 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 829Reads8.9Score105Shelves

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    For those who want to test their courage, look here; the truly brave can jump straight in [petrified][petrified][petrified]

28. 478 墙 The Countdown on the Wall 墙面上的倒计时 Qisheng Jun启盛君Mystery570k WordsCompleted A blood-red countdown spreads across the walls of the human world as nine layers of sealed domains from another realm quietly devour the land. The four-person special operations squad is assembled, each member's role honed to perfection, their combat prowess at its peak and their strength never compromised! At the forefront, Zhou Jie, the hidden blade at the height of his power, leads the assault and breaks formations. Zhou Hao, the strategic mastermind, directs the entire operation. Lao Zhang 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is one of my top recommendations; it's a fantasy story with positive energy, definitely worth following!

29. 479 超 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 118.4kReads9.6Score13.5kShelves

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    I must say, these books are truly excellent, especially the first four. I read the first two before I started reading Sanjiu's books, and they were incredibly good. Ever since I started reading Sanjiu's books, my appetite has been whetted. I highly recommend the first four!!

30. 480 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 71.3kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves

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    "An abstract streamer gets stabbed by a monster during the Ghost Festival, falls into the underworld and becomes a zombie—then clings to Bureau 749's leg and cries: 'Make use of me! Let me out to eat monsters before you kill me!' He's forcibly incorporated into the system, becoming a legal zombie: absorbing yin energy and drinking beast blood, yet shouting 'Good and evil cannot coexist' while slaying demonic cultivators, leaving the villains bewildered: 'Aren't you an evil spirit?!' He: 'I'll die after I kill you all!' Bureau 749: 'No, no, no, you're a pillar of the nation!' This generation of zombies is all about an officially certified rebel!" 💓

31. 481 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 225.7kReads9.6Score64.5kShelves

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    They're all good books, but my favorite is still *Lifelike*, the only novel I've read twice—it's both scary and funny.

32. 482 规 The Rules Are Out of Control, and Only I Can Find the Loopholes 规则失控，只有我能找到漏洞 Chen Yuxi陈余曦Mystery88k WordsOngoing Make a mistake, and you die… Nine people are trapped in a hotel. They must identify the hidden nonhuman among them, or everyone will die. The cycle resets, wiping everyone's memories clean. Only Lin Che retains his memories. With no special abilities or plot armor, he relies solely on observation, searching for loopholes in the rules to survive. Escape the hotel, and they find themselves in an empty city caught in a seven-day time loop. Beyond it lie countless worlds that have been destroy —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Before even putting on thermal underwear, stepping outside already feels like entering a martial arts world.

33. 483 世 The Final Judgment 世末审 Dan Fu淡芙Urban122k WordsCompleted [World BUG] [Memory alteration] [No padding] [No narration] [Hardcore deduction] [Chilling on reflection] One September evening during study hall, the classroom suddenly froze mid-frame. The cicadas fell silent, the wind stopped, and the entire class stood motionless like statues. I was the only one who could see the cracks in this world. Memories were altered, classmates were replaced, and even my family forgot my older brother. I didn't speak up. I didn't make a fuss. I just kept records. Unti 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can check it out; it's suspenseful, and a bit scarier than the supernatural.

34. 484 自 Surrender 自首 Glazed Luanhua琉璃栾华Mystery691k WordsCompleted (Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed 19.8kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves

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    Look at these books I recommend. The first one, trust me, once you open it, you won't be able to stop reading. It's a fantastic read, one thing leads to another. The second and third books are also good; choose whichever you prefer. Reading these kinds of books really requires your intelligence to be constantly sharp.

35. 485 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 93kReads9.6Score12.4kShelves
36. 486 疯 The Madman Special Cases Unit 疯子特案 Chen Yuxi陈余曦Mystery350k WordsCompleted [Four lunatics, solving cases that expose the darkest sides of human nature] My name is Lu Chenyuan, and I lead Special Case Unit Four. All four people on my team are lunatics… Forensic pathologist Su Lianxin saw her father murder her mother when she was seven. Since then, she has trusted only the dead. Technical specialist Jiang Su made a mistake that wrongfully condemned an innocent person. He swore he would never make another mistake for as long as he lived. Criminal profiler Wen Jin was on 536Reads—Score100Shelves
37. 487 重 Major Crimes Unit Three: The Borrowed Corpse 重案三组之借尸还魂 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery592k WordsOngoing Three bizarre murder cases, each victim wearing a strange smile. Through deep psychological profiling, forensic pathologist Song Ci discovers that each victim’s final actions imitated a tiny habitual gesture their long-deceased relative used to make. Bai Ye’s technical analysis confirms that traces of brain waves that could not belong to the living, already “formatted,” remain at the crime scenes... 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A new-style suspenseful, supernatural, and horror novel, wildly imaginative yet logically sound, featuring a dragon battling an aircraft carrier fleet, and a detective summoned by the Heavenly Court to solve a case. Hilarious and thrilling, this is a masterpiece you won't be able to put down.

38. 488 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
39. 489 黄 Night Voyage on the Yellow River 黄河夜行船 Hai Hour Lamp亥时灯Mystery676k WordsCompleted Before he died, Grandpa told me something strange: “Whatever's in the river, never fish it out.” I didn't listen. The next day, I fished a corpse out of the Yellow River. It smiled at me. Only then did I learn that the Shen family had been retrieving bodies for generations, not to recover the dead, but to guard something far more terrifying in the Yellow River. The River Crossing Register listed every rule the Shen family had to follow, but the more I read, the less sense they made: Why had no R —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A masterpiece that overturns all Yellow River legends is coming! Eight hundred years of lies are peeled away layer by layer. The true dragon seeks its return, the great river devours people, and I, unwilling to become a sacrifice, vow to rewrite the thousand-year destiny of the Shen family!

40. 490 阴 On the Night of the Ghost Wedding, a Hundred Ghosts Come to Celebrate 阴婚夜，百鬼来贺 Sweet, Extra-C Juicy Kiwi香甜多C猕猴桃Rural Life1.1M WordsOngoing That year, I was eighteen. An old man in the village died. But on the night of his funeral, I saw his soul fail to follow the coffin. He knelt at the village entrance, kowtowing toward my house again and again. The next day, a torrential rain washed open an abandoned grave, and a bright red coffin emerged from the mud. There was no corpse inside. Only a paper woman dressed in bridal clothes. And a marriage contract bearing my name. After reading it, Grandpa said just one thing to me: "We're hold 2.4kReads—Score121Shelves

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    A person stood in front of the coffin. Li Pingsheng glanced at him and felt a chill run down his spine. The person wore a dark blue burial robe, the cloth sash hanging diagonally from the right lapel, and two neat black cloth burial shoes, untouched by dirt. It was Wang Defu. Wang Defu, who had passed away the previous night. Li Pingsheng had seen him yesterday morning; Wang Defu was sitting in front of his house, sunbathing, cursing his yellow dog for stealing eggs, his voice loud enough to be heard throughout the alley. By evening, he was gone. Now, Wang Defu lay in the coffin. The people in the mourning hall were still busy, and no one had come to see him. Wang Defu's son even carried a basin of water to him, his arm almost touching the cuff of the burial robe, but it was as if the person wasn't there. Li Pingsheng's throat tightened. He rubbed his eyes. Wang Defu was still there. When he opened his eyes a second time, Wang Defu's face was turned towards him. His face was gray, his eyes drooping, and his lips were slightly swollen, as if they had been soaked in water. He held something in his hand: a rattle drum. The wooden handle was worn smooth, a crack had appeared on the drumhead, and a smear of dark red paint remained on the edge. Two small wooden beads hung from a thin rope, held tightly in one hand, trembling slightly. Li Pingsheng's mind went blank. This was the drum he used for fishing. When he was eight, he was playing under the old locust tree at the village entrance, and when he returned home, he found all his things missing. His grandfather searched for three days and three nights with a lantern, turning over tree hollows, haystacks, and the threshing ground, but to no avail. Ten years had passed. How could it have ended up in his hands? Li Pingsheng took a step back, his shoe landing on a corn stalk. "Snap." The sound was soft…

41. 491 都 City Supernatural Shelter: I Balance the Books and Vanquish Ghosts Across the Land 都市收容所：我靠查账平了天下鬼 Little Bear Cub阿熊崽Mystery337k WordsOngoing On the third day after passing the civil service exam and starting my new job, I finally learned that my department was a containment facility specializing in urban anomalies. The section chief slapped a stack of old case files onto my desk. "Xiao Shen, settle the mess this building left behind thirty years ago." I opened the first page. It read: "The last person who investigated these accounts is buried behind the hill." 7Reads6.4Score185Shelves

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    I passed the civil service exam and landed a secure job, only to discover that my workplace is an urban mystery shelter. Thirty-year-old grievances are handed to me, with the opening warning: Anyone who has investigated these grievances is buried in the mountains behind the city.

42. 492 系 System: The Savage Lands Crown Princess Just Wants to Herd Sheep 系统：蛮荒太子妃只想放羊 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as The Ambition Isn't Great: Just You and the World A Qi is clever and innocent. Her eldest brother is honest and just wants enough to eat; her second brother is sharp and wants to see the world. Their aunt is always fierce when chopping wood, their father is a wonderful cook, and their grandfather can recognize twenty characters, though he gets thirteen of them wrong. Their ambitions weren't great, but somehow they ended up winning the world. Content warnings: ... 30.3kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
43. 493 惊 Horrifying! The Haunted House That Claims Lives 惊悚！索命凶宅 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery905k WordsCompleted After moving into a haunted house, I discovered the secret behind a murder. I'm a suspense writer. After moving into my new home, I discovered it was a murder house! I stumbled upon some hidden clues that seemed to point to rumors of a murder from years ago! At night, beneath the bright moonlight, I stared in shock at a horribly disfigured face! A woman's rotting corpse was hanging from a tree outside the window! A little boy in a black-and-white photograph, a dried corpse sealed inside a wall, 6.1kReads9.1Score424Shelves

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    😱😱😱This is really scary; those with a weak heart shouldn't try it.

44. 494 诡 The Demon Gate Puppet 诡门人偶 Yunzhi Qi云枝栖Mystery150k WordsOngoing [Infinite-dungeon horror + dark humor + outrageous antics + daily life + absurdity = the author's a total menace] Xu Zhifan and Chen Yu are just two ordinary office workers. Nine to nine, six days a week; meager pay, endless overtime. Until one day, the two of them are apparently “kidnapped” and taken to an unfamiliar villa. In the villa's courtyard stands a door, silent and still. Beyond it lies a resort where a considerate butler “sees the guests out”; an unsolved case in which they have —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is excellent in terms of both immersion and plot. 🌈 It has a strong pace, no bad points, and is full of foreshadowing and plot twists. I highly recommend this book.

45. 495 东 Northeast Spirit Medium: From the Start, the Hu Family Town Is Haunted by a Hundred Ghosts 东北弟马：开局胡家镇百诡 American-Style Ice Flying美式飞冰Rural Life787k WordsOngoing [Spirit-medium tradition + Northeastern Chinese customs + folk supernatural tales + feng shui secrets] My name is Chen Mo. I had just graduated from college when my grandpa passed away. On the day he died, the portrait in the mourning hall stared at me, someone spoke from inside the coffin, and his corpse even sat up on the day of the funeral. That's when I learned my grandpa hadn't died of an illness. He'd left me a whole spirit retinue: the Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui spirits, each with formi 8.9kReads6.3Score475Shelves

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    I had just graduated from university when my grandfather passed away. The night before, during the vigil, the eyes of the portrait in the mourning hall suddenly moved and stared straight at me. Then, there was a "thump, thump" sound coming from under the coffin lid, and someone inside shouted, "You're next!" On the day of the funeral, my grandfather in the coffin suddenly became a ghost! When my grandfather passed away, he didn't leave anything behind, but he left me with a group of spirits and a bunch of deadly enemies.

46. 496 不 Don't Speak the Name of the Uncanny 不要说出诡异的名 I Am Starrail我是星轨Mystery109k WordsOngoing [Ghost Control] [Rule-Based Supernatural Horror] [Understanding the Principles] [Ghosts Cannot Be Killed] The ghosts in this world live off what humans know about them. A video, a message, a memory: once you remember a ghost, you know of it, and that is when it comes alive. “Never let anyone find out what your ghost is called.” Between the human world and hell lies only a thin layer of forgotten ashes. His only chance of survival is to become something more terrifying than a ghost. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please check out the new book; the first few chapters might be a bit weak.

47. 497 诡 Strange Tales: Paper Money 诡异杂谈之纸钱 Bu Zhixu不枝许6k WordsCompleted Weird Tales: Paper Money 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a short story, but it has a pretty good scary atmosphere; you might want to check it out.

48. 498 夜 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Yu Long玉龙Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 201Reads8.8Score—Shelves
49. 499 天 The Heavenly Fate Shop 天命铺 Yun Lusheng云箓生Mystery181k WordsCompleted Some borrow years from others. Some change their fate. Some seek wealth. Some yearn for children. But people don't know that every gift fate bestows comes with a price already marked. My name is Lu Qing. Other fortune-tellers charge money. I tell fortunes and collect lives. Before my grandfather died, he left me with just one sentence: “The day the Heavenly Fate Shop opens is the day you repay your debt.” Then one day, a little girl, soaked from head to toe, walked into my shop… She handed me a 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Looking for a novel on metaphysics during a reading slump? Look no further! "The Pawnshop of Destiny" by Yun Lusheng. Within the pawnshop, contracts are the proof, and cause and effect are the price. Lu Qing witnesses countless people giving everything for their obsessions, slowly learning that instead of wasting everything to reverse the past, it's better to learn to accept life's imperfections.

50. 500 我 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 Watching Snow on a Sunny Day晴天看雪Mystery180k WordsOngoing My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 90Reads—Score126Shelves

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    The storyline is well-narrated [thumbs up], and the climax is quite good; I recommend watching it. [Thumbs up]

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