Looking for Truly Terrifying Books! They Have to Be Scary 求特恐怖的书！一定要恐怖的

1. 101 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted School 规则怪谈：诡异学校 Seventh Month July柒月JulyMystery580k WordsCompleted [System + Mystery + Deduction] I grew up in an ordinary family. To broaden my horizons in another city, I deliberately applied to a university far from home. But then strange things began happening one after another: bizarre campus rules, a mysterious countdown, and the secrets hidden behind the school slowly coming to light... 40.4kReads9.3Score4kShelves
2. 102 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. 26.8kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves
3. 103 见 One Hundred Ways to Encounter a Ghost 见诡一百法 Lao Heini老黑泥Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The day my eldest uncle died, all our relatives and friends went to his funeral. My cousins wailed as they finished burning the joss paper. When it was my turn, I just couldn't cry. I could have faked it, but no tears would come, and my aunt's family looked displeased. That wasn't really a big deal. The problem was that when I tossed paper money into the brazier, the flames, which had been burning fiercely, went out in an instant! I tried several times, and it happened every time. It was creepy, 1.8kReads8.5Score122Shelves
4. 104 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? 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I had nightmares for a week after watching it, being chased by pandas [petrified][petrified][petrified]

5. 105 黄 No. 81 on the Yellow Springs Road 黄泉路81号 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 41.7kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
6. 106 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!" 6Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 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 8Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 108 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 6Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 109 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. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 在 If You're Afraid to Die in a Horror World, What Makes You Think You Can Win? 在恐怖世界怕死，你凭什么想赢啊 Yue Cheng悦成Mystery515k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow]+ [Death Game]+ [Apocalyptic Survival]+ [Horror Mini-Worlds] Warning: This may not be well written, so think carefully before diving in! In the orderly world we know, have you ever imagined a chaotic world that was its opposite? Yun Xiao was snatched from his sleep and brought into such a world. Here, there are no laws, no order, no humanity… In short, there are no rules at all. All that exists are terrifying mini-worlds where you can grow stronger! At first, he thought this was 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an incredibly terrifying infinite flow novel, with mid-game horror levels that will make you question the existence of ghosts!

11. 111 头 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 Ma Nanshan马南山Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 24Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    If we're talking about scary books, these are the ones I've read that are somewhat scary.

12. 112 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
13. 113 暗 Dark Web 暗网 Your Highness Persimmon柿子殿下Mystery439k WordsCompleted How terrifying is the dark web? You may have brushed against its edges without even realizing it... Have you heard of the dark web? Hackers call it the other side of the internet. Every day, things that seem impossible to ordinary people happen there. A young woman goes missing for seven days. By the time we rescue her, she can hardly be called human. Then she tells me something so outrageous it makes my blood boil. She stumbled onto the dark web and was sold by human traffickers. She saw what s 8.5kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
14. 114 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. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 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
16. 116 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
17. 117 永 The Immortality Project: I’m Frantically Gaining Extra Lives on the Other Side of the World 永生计划，我在世界对面疯狂加命 Ji Shuang汲霜Mystery153k WordsOngoing Every Easter, a massive ship docks, packed with people hoping to gain eternal life as it sails toward the far shore of the Fog Ocean. But everyone who boards disappears without a trace... Tomorrow is Easter, and Lu Xi boards the ship too, longing for eternal life. The moment he steps aboard, he notices how strangely soft the deck feels. Then he sees tray after tray of eerie sandalwood incense. Everyone who lights a stick dies... leaving no body behind! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books, the second one is only a little over 100,000 words, but both are quite terrifying.

18. 118 镇 Suppressing the Dragon 镇龙 Ninth Young Master of the Daoist Sect道门九公子Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted For one person, he dug up an ancient grave, broke into a dragon's tomb, and wielded the Yang Sword to slay yin spirits! An heir to a family of secret arts, he joins a group of men and women bound together by fate. Together, they travel far and wide, fighting monsters in the mountains, slaying evil in the cities, breaking into the underworld, and robbing ghost messengers... To change our fate, we defy the heavens! 2.5kReads8.8Score532Shelves

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    These two are especially beautiful.

19. 119 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
20. 120 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? —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 121 五 Fifth Watch 五更 Ming Buyu明卜语Mystery722k WordsOngoing The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo 733Reads7.2Score100Shelves

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    Although this book doesn't have a rating, it will definitely tantalize your taste buds. It's terrifying and chilling from beginning to end, so don't read it if you're easily scared!

22. 122 癫 A Madman's Fate 癫人命 Stars Fall in the Long Night长夜落辰Mystery75k WordsOngoing [The uncanny + mind-bending suspense + horror + fictional setting + no System] At the end of that rainy night, Chen Xiu gazes at the unfamiliar world before him. He discovers that the curses have taken everything from him, even himself. Curses and uncanny horrors run rampant before his eyes, while madness and fear relentlessly batter his heart. It says: “Having witnessed what the curse can do, you must also suffer its gifts.” It says: “The death curse descends upon past and present, twisting all 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's scary how I have to hold it in when I need to pee at night 😅😅😅

23. 123 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 4Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 124 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! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 恐 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery306k WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 628Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Terrifying, isn't it...? Here it comes! [Smirk]

26. 126 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
27. 127 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. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 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
29. 129 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. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 130 金 The Impostor of Jinling 金陵伪人 AMA NarratorAMA旁白Mystery67k WordsCompleted WARNING: If you are home alone, lock all doors and windows. If necessary, pick up a weapon and protect yourself. ...If you notice anyone with strange features, or... unusually long arms, an oversized head, or walking upside down, hide immediately if you see any of these signs... November 30, 2024, Yanjing was sealed off. Wang Manling and I were trapped in the teachers' apartments at Yanda University. Number of survivors: 16. December 1, 2024, Someone ignored the warning and went to pick up his p 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first one is terrifying!

31. 131 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
32. 132 十 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Lu Ban Banban鲁班班班Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 38.6kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
33. 133 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 3Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 134 阴 Thirteen Stations of the Underworld 阴间13站 Xu Yannan许烟楠Mystery21k WordsOngoing Legend has it that after death, everyone must pass through thirteen stations in the underworld: the Earth God Temple, the Yellow Springs Road, the Looking-Home Terrace, the Ridge of Evil Dogs, Golden Rooster Mountain, the Wild Ghost Village, the Bewildering Hall, Fengdu City, the Eighteen Levels of Hell, the Pool of Blood, the Hall of Offerings, the Lotus Terrace, and the Cliff of Return. They say that only after passing through all thirteen stations can the dead enter the cycle of reincarnation 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear]

35. 135 伪 Strange Tales of the Impostors 伪人诡录 A Plastic Person一只塑料人Mystery720k WordsCompleted [Uncanny Horror + Lovecraftian Terror + Impostors + A Ghost Wife to Raise + Madness + Exorcism Through Materialism. No cultivation, no System. One heroine, but female supporting characters too. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Think carefully about everyone you saw today. Can you be sure that “they” were all human? Don't panic. There's no need to answer too quickly. First, take a deep breath and try to recall the unnatural details. For example, someone repeatedly greeting you with th 4.9kReads8.9Score391Shelves
36. 136 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. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 137 鬼 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 Xu Yannan许烟楠Mystery135k WordsOngoing The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 138 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.5kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    I highly recommend these sixteen highly-rated traditional Chinese horror and supernatural novels. They're incredibly scary and captivating, guaranteed to be terrifying and engaging. Don't believe me? Just read a few chapters. "Special reminder: reading them late at night is even better! 😏😏" I especially recommend the first novel for the following reasons: 1. **A Masterpiece of Writing:** The writing is like a scalpel cutting through the fabric of consciousness, transforming the undercurrents of the subconscious into tangible images. Verbs are like electric currents piercing nerve synapses, nouns undergo metamorphosis through synesthesia, and sentence structures spiral upwards like DNA strands, growing new semantic dimensions at the breaks. Reading the entire book is like experiencing a cognitive revolution firsthand, leaving you trembling with the deconstructive power of language. 2. **A World Within a Small Space:** A multi-dimensional universe unfolds within a small space; black hole singularities are hidden in the crumbs of breakfast bread. Silence between dialogues is the entrance to a wormhole in a parallel universe; reflections in a mirror are staging entirely different narrative versions. 3. **A Hundred Charms and a Thousand Beauties:** The characters are portrayed like holographic projections, each angle reflecting a different spectrum of personality. A merchant's slickness seeps into a poet's melancholy, a heroine's sharpness conceals a nun's compassion. Within the folds of the soul dwells the chorus of ancient Greek tragedy. Secondly, there's the thirteenth novel, for the following reasons: 1. Soaring Dragon and Rising Phoenix: The author, with a touch of otherworldly skill, stirs the galaxy of words, opening new galaxies beyond the conventional subject-verb-object framework. Synesthesia bridges the gap: "The bitterness of coffee dances flamenco on the tongue" and "Silence is a diamond on black velvet" break down sensory barriers. Allusions dissolve like salt in water; the Candle Dragon from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* manifests in the neon lights of modern cities, and the purgatory of *Divine Comedy* is reborn in the stock exchange's candlestick chart. 2. Unraveling the Mystery: The plot unfolds like an archaeological excavation, searching for fragments of civilization within layers of narrative. A weather report from twenty years ago becomes the key to solving a serial murder case, and kindergarten graffiti hides the code for transnational money laundering. The author meticulously unravels the folds of time with the rigor of a geologist, carbon-14 dating for every clue, ultimately approaching the half-life of the truth within a Rashomon-like labyrinth of testimonies. 3. Coexistence of Contradictions: The souls of the characters are a museum of paradoxes, where arrogance and inferiority coexist in the same gaze, and coldness and compassion intertwine in the same monologue. With the touch of an alchemist, the author refines the impurities of humanity into a dazzling, multifaceted crystal, making every pore exude existential chills, and every smile conceal the sharp edge of self-deconstruction. The rest are also highly-rated traditional Chinese horror and supernatural novels, exceptionally terrifying and captivating, guaranteed terrifying and captivating—don't believe me? Click in and read a few chapters. 🍉🍉 "Special reminder: Reading late at night is even better. 😏😏"

39. 139 偷 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 7.5kReads7.8Score915Shelves

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    It's really super beautiful.

40. 140 东 The Strange Immortals of Northeast China 东北诡仙录 Ding Sanpang丁三胖Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted In the bitterly cold lands of Northeast China, an ancient faith has been passed down since time immemorial. It combines the ancient Chan sect’s traditions with shamanic worship of animal spirits. The animals that cultivate there are known as “Old Immortals,” and their human representatives are called spirit mediums. Among them are a brother and sister who travel the mortal world, punishing evil and upholding justice. Along the way, they encounter a female ghost seeking a husband, a drought demon 2.3kReads9.2Score245Shelves

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    Highly recommend these sixteen highly-rated traditional Chinese horror and supernatural novels. They're incredibly scary and captivating, guaranteed to be terrifying and engaging. Don't believe me? Just read a few chapters. "Special reminder: reading them late at night is even better! [Evil laugh][Evil laugh]" I especially recommend the first novel for the following reasons: 1. **A Masterpiece of Writing:** The writing is like a scalpel cutting through the texture of consciousness, transforming the undercurrents of the subconscious into tangible images. Verbs are like electric currents piercing nerve synapses, nouns undergo metamorphosis through synesthesia, and sentence structures spiral upwards like DNA chains, growing new semantic dimensions at the breaks. Reading the entire book is like experiencing a cognitive revolution firsthand, leaving you trembling with the deconstructive power of language. 2. **A World Within a Small Space:** A multi-dimensional universe unfolds within a small space; black hole singularities are hidden in the breadcrumbs of breakfast. Silence between dialogues is the entrance to a wormhole in a parallel universe; reflections in a mirror are staging completely different narrative versions. 3. **A Hundred Charms and a Thousand Beauties:** The character development is like a holographic projection, each angle reflecting a different spectrum of personality. A merchant's slickness seeps into a poet's melancholy, a heroine's sharpness conceals a nun's compassion. Within the folds of the soul dwells the chorus of ancient Greek tragedy. Secondly, there's the thirteenth novel, for the following reasons: 1. Soaring Dragon and Rising Phoenix: The author, with a touch of otherworldly skill, stirs the galaxy of words, opening new galaxies beyond the conventional subject-verb-object framework. Synesthesia bridges the gap: "The bitterness of coffee dances flamenco on the tongue" and "Silence is a diamond on black velvet" break down sensory barriers. Allusions dissolve like salt in water; the Candle Dragon from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* manifests in the neon lights of modern cities, and the purgatory of *Divine Comedy* is reborn in the stock exchange's candlestick chart. 2. Unraveling the Mystery: The plot unfolds like an archaeological excavation, searching for fragments of civilization within layers of narrative. A weather report from twenty years ago becomes the key to solving a serial murder case, and kindergarten graffiti hides the code for transnational money laundering. The author meticulously examines the folds of time with the rigor of a geologist, carbon-14 dating for every clue, ultimately approaching the half-life of the truth within a Rashomon-like labyrinth of testimonies. 3. Coexistence of Contradictions: The characters' souls are a museum of paradoxes, where arrogance and inferiority coexist in the same gaze, and coldness and compassion intertwine in the same monologue. With the touch of an alchemist, the author refines the impurities of humanity into a dazzling, multifaceted crystal, making every pore exude existential chills, and every smile conceal the sharp edge of self-deconstruction. The rest are also highly-rated traditional Chinese horror and supernatural novels, exceptionally terrifying and captivating, guaranteed terrifying and captivating—don't believe me? Click in and read a few chapters. [Eating melon][Eating melon] "Special reminder: reading it late at night is even better. [Smirking][Smirking]"

41. 141 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 211.7kReads9.6Score24.5kShelves
42. 142 4 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.3kReads8.0Score267Shelves
43. 143 逗 The Ghost Clerk's Laughing Fit: I Make Ghosts Laugh in the Human World 逗笑鬼差：我在人间逗鬼笑 The Very Wind-Born风生本生Mystery221k WordsCompleted [Folk tales + legends + supernatural + mystery + comedy + horror + ghost hunting] Mistaken for a ghost and captured by the underworld, Mo Kuang is ordered by the King of Hell to go to the human world and entertain ghosts?! What the hell! Who’d take a ghost of a job like this? If ghosts won’t do it, I will! Most people hunt ghosts with talismans, magical treasures, and thunder-based Taoist arts, suppressing evil spirits by force. Mo Kuang alone refuses to follow the usual path. He eases their obs —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I don't know if it's scary or not, but I do know that when I was writing this book at night, I felt a chill down my spine. Even ghosts are afraid of this book; it's too terrifying.

44. 144 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
45. 145 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 137.9kReads9.0Score26.2kShelves
46. 146 道 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 22.4kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
47. 147 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score396Shelves
48. 148 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 50.8kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves
49. 149 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.6kReads9.4Score8.9kShelves

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    This is an incredibly captivating horror/thriller novel; you'll want to devour it in one go, and you won't stop until you've finished it. The plot is original, the content is rich, and the intricate twists and turns are anything but cliché. You'll want to stay up all night reading it; you absolutely won't be able to stop.

50. 150 我 I Am Intersex 我是阴阳人 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted My mother said that when I was born, her first reaction was to strangle me, because it was impossible to tell whether I was male or female. My grandmother called me a freak and a jinx, saying I would only bring shame on the family. It was then that my maternal grandmother, who had traveled all the way from the countryside to visit my mother, adopted me. So, by chance, I got to enjoy a pure childhood, free from scornful looks. Following my half-immortal grandmother, I unexpectedly discovered how 9.2kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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