Horror Novels That Are Genuinely Frightening to Readers 恐怖小说（真正让读者感到惊悚恐怖的）

1. 651 鬼 Ghost Game 鬼游戏 He Ange和安歌Mystery577k WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow + Horror Mystery + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Mild Horror + Strong Female Lead + Plot-Driven] This is entirely handcrafted, so please show your support, everyone. [Please don’t save up chapters to binge-read. If you do, I’ll die before you get around to them.] The human heart is more terrifying than the paranormal. Grievances fill the human world, summoning the Grudge God. GQ2026.12.28. After a rain of blood, the Ghost Game appeared out of nowhere and began invading the human 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The scary thing is never the weirdness, but the human heart!

2. 652 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 531Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one really scared me! The atmosphere of Chinese folklore horror is full, the ghost setting is rigorous, the plot of wits is tense, and the twists and turns are one after another. After watching it, I will get chills on my back.

3. 653 江 No Day in Jiangcheng: The Guixu Pawnshop 江城无日：归墟典当行 A Song with Three Twists一曲三折Mystery129k WordsOngoing On the third day after my father died, I inherited a pawnshop that opened at midnight. I thought it only took old things nobody dared to keep. That was until a man with no shadow stumbled through the door. He said he had traded his shadow for his life thirteen years ago. Now the thing that had come to collect had a face exactly like his. At dawn, the sun did not rise over Jiangcheng. Only after I opened the black ledger my father left behind did I learn that what this city owed was never money. —Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   😱I dug out a good and unpopular book on the supernatural level. I read it in the middle of the night and broke into a cold sweat on my back. I didn't dare to stay up late alone to read "It's Scary to Think About It" + "Rule Game" + "Chinese Weirdness". The male protagonist inherits a weird pawn shop that only opens at midnight. The first customer who comes to the door is actually a weirdo who was born without a shadow #urbansupernatural #horrorgoodbook

4. 654 东 The Eastern Wei Crown Prince's Tomb 东魏太子墓 Geothermal Park地热公园27k WordsCompleted The Eastern Wei Crown Prince’s Tomb —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A horror mystery novel, a game within a game, highly recommended [Blowing Kiss][Flowing Kiss][Flowing Kiss]

5. 655 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 994Reads8.9Score105Shelves
6. 656 规 Rule Horror: Zhen Huan’s Reminder, Never Look into the Bronze Mirror 规则怪谈：甄嬛谨记勿照铜镜 Xi Fengyue西枫月Female-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: Zhen Huan, Remember Never to Look in the Bronze Mirror 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short stories, suspense and thriller.

7. 657 直 Forbidden Zone Livestream: That Invitation Is Made of Human Skin 直播禁地：那封请柬，是人皮做的 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted Livestreaming in the Forbidden Zone: That Invitation Was Made of Human Skin —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 658 规 Rule Horror: No One at That School Is Allowed to Open Their Eyes at Midnight 规则怪谈：那所学校禁止在午夜睁眼 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: That School Forbids You to Open Your Eyes at Midnight —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 659 怀 The Pocket Watch Murder Game: I Killed Myself 怀表杀局：我杀了我 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted The Pocket Watch Murder Plot: I Killed Myself —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 660 红 When the Red Light Turns On, Please Die 红灯亮，请去死 Xi Fengyue西枫月6k WordsCompleted The light is red. Go die. —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 661 穿 Transmigrated Woman, Stop Causing Trouble 穿越女，别作妖 Xi Fengyue西枫月6k WordsCompleted Transmigrated Woman, Stop Making Trouble —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 662 震 Shocking! I'm the Only Human in the Class 震惊！全班只有我是人 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted Shocking! I’m the Only Human in the Whole Class —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 663 墙 The Landlord in the Wall, Watching Me Every Night 墙缝里的房东，每晚都在看我 Xi Fengyue西枫月6k WordsCompleted The Landlord in the Wall Gap Watches Me Every Night 4Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 664 亡 My Dead Husband’s Memo: Don’t Look Back, Honey 亡夫备忘录：老婆别回头 Xi Fengyue西枫月10k WordsCompleted Widow's Memo: Don't Look Back, Wife 11Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 665 撕 She Came Back After I Tore Up My Dead Wife's Photograph 撕碎亡妻遗照后，她回来了 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted After She Tore Up Her Late Wife’s Portrait, She Came Back 21Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 666 黑 Heimu Creek: Bloodstained Human-Skin Paper Spat Out in the Dead of Night 黑木溪：深夜吐出的带血人皮纸 Xi Fengyue西枫月6k WordsCompleted Blackwood Creek: Bloodstained Human Skin Paper Spat Out in the Dead of Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 667 你 Is Someone Hiding in Your Ceiling? 你家天花板有没有藏人？ Xi Fengyue西枫月5k WordsCompleted Is Someone Hiding in Your Ceiling? —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 668 十 Twelve Ghosts 十二鬼魂 Passing Through October路过十月34k WordsCompleted Twelve Ghosts 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a very good novel with a strong sense of immersion.

19. 669 雾 The Black Dog of Misty Mountain 雾山黑犬 Passing Through October路过十月13k WordsCompleted Black Dog of Mist Mountain 2Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 670 这 This Servant Isn't So Simple: The Proud Commandery Princess Falls for Him 这个杂役不简单，高冷郡主爱上他 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Historical548k WordsOngoing There’s a saying at the Prince of Zhenbei’s estate: whatever you do, don’t provoke the new servant in the back courtyard. With just his words, he can make the aloof princess stifle her anger until she’s injured inside. With nothing but a broom, he can pin the captain of the estate’s guards to the ground and wipe the floor with him. He can make the henpecked prince willingly kneel on a washboard, and even win over the princess consort, a doting mother who fiercely protects her daughter. He gets t 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Bookshelf Plus One][Bookshelf Plus One][Already Planted] Recommended Recommendation

21. 671 极 The Ultimate Son-in-Law Strikes Back 极品逆婿 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Urban511k WordsOngoing Li Haotian is a top student at Tianhai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with excellent grades and a bright future. But when his adoptive mother suddenly falls gravely ill, the 300,000 yuan surgery bill crushes his impoverished family. With no way out, he accepts the terms offered by the Lin family, a third-rate clan in Tianhai: he will marry into the family in exchange for a chance to save his adoptive mother. The Lin family’s eldest daughter, Lin Miaoxue, is stunningly beautiful and 280Reads—Score125Shelves
22. 672 幽 Netherworld Emperor: It All Begins with a Blood Coffin! 幽冥大帝：从血棺开始！ Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Mystery and the supernatural + horror + mind-bending deduction + wild imagination + Sichuan-Chongqing flavor After a flood, a blood-red coffin drifts down the river into our village... A strange song, eerie bloody handprints, a headless corpse, and somehow, I become the Great Emperor of the Netherworld... An accident reveals the secret of the Nine Fiends Blood Coffin and a grand scheme laid by the Great Emperor of the Netherworld. It all begins with the blood coffin, and everything will ultimate 658Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 673 嗝 After Kicking the Bucket, I Opened a Hot Pot Chain in the Immortal Realm 嗝屁儿后，我在仙界开连锁火锅店 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Eastern Fantasy318k WordsCompleted Fantasy + wild imagination + comedy + food + scheming protagonist + Sichuan-Chongqing dialect His mission: build a commercial empire in the Immortal Realm and lead the latest trends. He’ll open a hot pot food city, start a bank, issue loans, develop real estate, and provide a new shared-transport service! The Supreme Old Lord wants hot pot? Trade in some pills! Want hot pot but can’t afford it? No problem, you can pay in installments! What? Boss, you call this mildly spicy? Ow! Boss, why does my 5Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 674 穿 Transmigrate as Jia Xu: Not Just Poisonous, but Shameless! 穿越贾诩，不仅毒，还缺德！ Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Historical708k WordsOngoing Crude, sharp-tongued, unhinged, and shameless: this story has every warning sign, so read at your own risk! Li Feng, a modern-day loser, dies after staying up all night. When he opens his eyes, he's become Jia Xu, a sinister schemer at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. Other people transmigrate to save the world. He came to throw it into chaos. After merging their memories, he discovers that this body is a master of poison plots and unbeatable at backstabbing. So he comes clean right away: “I' 770Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 675 相 The Soul-Eating Camera 相机噬魂 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华9k WordsCompleted The Soul-Eating Camera —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 676 午 Midnight Paranormal Short Stories 午夜灵异小故事 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华13k WordsCompleted Midnight Tales of the Supernatural 2Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 677 穿 Transmigrated to the War of Resistance Era, I Used a System to Found a Clan Line 穿越抗战年代，我靠系统成就族谱单开 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华8k WordsCompleted I transmigrated to the War of Resistance era and used the System to make my family the sole branch of the clan. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 678 穿 Transmigrated to the Great Yue Dynasty, I Built My Fortune Selling Barbecue 穿越到大越朝，我靠卖烧烤起家 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Ancient Romance36k WordsCompleted I transmigrated to the Great Yue Dynasty and built my fortune selling barbecue. —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 679 网 After Three Years of Online Dating, We Finally Meet. Damn, It’s a Scruffy Middle-Aged Man! 网恋三年奔现，泥马居然是个抠脚大汉！ Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华7k WordsCompleted We met in person after three years of online dating, and damn, it turned out to be a hairy-legged middle-aged man! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 680 我 I Pursued My Girlfriend's Best Friend, a Sister-Obsessed Woman, and She Went Crazy 我追求扶弟魔女友闺蜜，她疯了 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华20k WordsCompleted I pursued my girlfriend’s best friend, a woman who dotes on her younger brother, and she went crazy. —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 681 陆 Mr. Lu, Please Stop Being So Charming 陆先生，请停止散发魅力 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华12k WordsCompleted Mr. Lu, Please Stop Broadcasting Your Charm —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 682 深 Never Look Back When Walking Alone at Night 深夜走路千万别回头 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华14k WordsCompleted Never Look Back When Walking Alone at Night 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 683 我 I Thought You Were My Wife, but You Think of Me as Your Little Brother? 我把你当老婆，你把我当弟弟？ Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华11k WordsCompleted I Thought You Were My Wife, but You Think of Me as Your Little Brother? —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 684 穿 Transmigrated to the Great Yin Dynasty and Married the Empress I Adored 穿越大胤朝，迎娶白月光女帝 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Ancient Romance28k WordsCompleted I transmigrated to the Great Yin Dynasty and married the Empress, the woman I’d always loved —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 685 来 Love After the Truth of Death 来自死亡真相后的爱 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华7k WordsCompleted Love After Learning the Truth About Death 1Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 686 为 He Made Her Miscarry to Win Back His First Love, and Now He's Regretting It 为追白月光，致孩子流产，他悔疯了 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华10k WordsCompleted He went after his first love, causing her to lose their baby. Now he’s drowning in regret. —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 687 开 I Drove a Luxury Coach Through Time to Start an Ancient Bus Service 开豪华大巴穿越古代搞客运 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Ancient Romance33k WordsCompleted Transmigrating to Ancient Times in a Luxury Coach to Start a Bus Service 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 688 我 I Fought My Way to the Top, Leaving My Son-Favoring Parents Red-Faced 我逆袭当老板，重男轻女爹妈被打脸 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted I Rose to Become the Boss, and My Son-Favoring Parents Got a Taste of Their Own Medicine —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 689 重 Chongqing Taxi: The Yellow Ferrari 重庆出租车之黄色法拉利 Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华40k WordsCompleted Chongqing Taxi: The Yellow Ferrari 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 690 诡 Monstrous National Fate: I Shock the World with Daoist Arts 诡异国运：我以道法震慑全球 Nameless Tea无名茶Mystery476k WordsOngoing New book! The rating just came in, and it'll slowly climb from here. [National Destiny Game] [Global Livestream] [Eastern Mysticism] [No Romance] A bizarre national-destiny game has descended upon Blue Star, throwing contestants from every country into terrifying dungeons. She wields orthodox Taoist magic. When other people enter a supernatural dungeon, they hide from ghosts, run for their lives, and sob as they search for a way out. When Shen Qinghe enters one, she brings talismans and Taoist a 6.1kReads6.9Score687Shelves

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    The plot is compact, the characters are full-bodied, there are not many flaws, and it is very interesting to watch.

41. 691 不 36,036 Terrifying Stories You’ll Regret Not Reading 不看后悔的36036个恐怖故事 The Dashing Eighteen风流倜傥的十八Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories] [Paranormal Events] [Unbelievable] [Forest Spirits] [True Cases] [Rural Ghost Stories] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter tells a self-contained story adapted from the encounters of a shamaness who can see spirits, and the strange, gripping tales surrounding each young friend she meets. 781Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A true supernatural story in one chapter, brain-burning, strong in logic, worth recommending [I also strongly recommend][I also strongly recommend]

42. 692 东 Paranormal Tales from the Northeast Countryside 东北农村灵异小故事 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted Spooky Little Stories from the Northeastern Countryside 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It feels more real, so it's a bit scary.

43. 693 我 My Neighbor Knocks on the Wall at 3 A.M. Every Day 我的邻居每天准时在凌晨3点敲墙 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈11k WordsCompleted My neighbor knocks on the wall at exactly 3 a.m. every day 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror short story is here!! Horror, thriller, suspense, reversal, one-time satisfaction! Weird stories about rules·Late night stories·It's scary to think about it. Don't come if you are timid, but come if you are brave! Follow me, the horror continues!

44. 694 暴 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈15k WordsCompleted Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 3Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 695 学 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈14k WordsCompleted Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 3Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 696 深 Terror at the Nursing Home: Ghostly Echoes Claim Lives 深夜疗养院惊魂，鬼影回声夺命 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生Mystery226k WordsCompleted [Mystery + suspense + horror] Deep inside Echo Sanatorium, abandoned for thirty years, lies the truth behind the death of photographer Cheng Ye’s mother. An old envelope marked “Don’t go” leads him to this forbidden place, shrouded by remote mountains and rumors. They say that anyone who hears the echoes after nightfall will have their soul snatched away. Cheng Ye sneaks inside, only to encounter restless spirits: the “Echo Ghosts.” They reappear in the likeness of the dead, their cries reverber —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🧟‍♀️If you think carefully, you will be warned! The thriller plot directly touches the soul😰There are so many twists and turns that the adrenaline is soaring💦 #Thrillerstory #Suspense Reversal #High Energy Ceiling #Novel Recommendation # panic ❤️[Follow + Send Gifts]

47. 697 新 New Tales from the Strange Studio: Folk Stories 新聊斋夜话【民间故事集】 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生Mystery218k WordsCompleted New Tales of the Strange: A Collection of Folk Stories is a doorway to a mysterious world, taking you between ancient legends and modern-day strange tales. Each story springs from real memories passed down among the people, carefully refined into gripping short fiction. Here you will find ghastly apparitions, struggles with desires hidden deep in human nature, and strange rural tales that, though forgotten, remain vivid. Unexpected twists lie on every page, and every chapter will leave you holdi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 698 彼 The Peter Pan Game 彼得潘游戏 Hua Luoyun花洛云Mystery259k WordsOngoing Earth’s resources are gradually running out... Boring people will be replaced by digital replicas... So keep your soul interesting... or hold on to a powerful obsession... Welcome to the Peter Pan Game... Provide emotional value to earn a ticket back to the real world. Female protagonist | Ensemble cast | No romance | Infinite-flow | Instances | Rule-based horror Fifty people lie in a huge room... This batch is pretty good... Three people are slowly waking up... 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't read this survival novel before going to bed. The protagonist is trapped in the AI's Neverland. If he loses the game, he will be brain-dead in reality. The whole process is so high-energy that he can't bear to put down his phone.

49. 699 茅 The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban5.5M 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 618Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 700 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, 164Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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