Super Scary Novels That’ll Make You Cry in the Middle of the Night 超级恐怖，大半夜能把人吓哭的小说。

1. 551 悬 Cold Case Pursuit: The Workplace Abyss and the Silver-Haired Trap 悬案追凶：职场深渊与银发陷阱 With a Pen, I Write of Mountains and Rivers怡笔写山河Mystery247k WordsCompleted The fatal fall from the rooftop wasn't suicide. Workplace bullying was just a cover! I, Lin Yan, a criminal investigation team captain, uncovered the truth: a 500,000-yuan loan, deleted surveillance footage, nursing-home residents, and exploited workers were all pawns in a silver-haired scam syndicate's scheme to rake in money! The mastermind not only controls the fraud network, but also has powerful protectors who can cover the whole sky... I take on the cover-up head-on and tear down those pro —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 552 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 279Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 553 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 99Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 554 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 555 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 441Reads6.6Score—Shelves
6. 556 夜 A Strange Tale Every Night 夜夜都有诡故事 Brilliant as a River of Stars灿若星河呀Mystery507k WordsOngoing [Extreme Supernatural Horror] [Ghosts, Fox Spirits, and Other Strange Creatures] [Not for Women] [Not for the Fainthearted] Based on personal experience and real events. The occult is science we have yet to touch; science is the occult we have already mastered. 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A little story to put you to sleep, very warm and sunny.

7. 557 迷 Hook in the Mist 迷雾之钩 Sea Moon and Painting海月丹青Mystery71k WordsCompleted The mist over Qinglan Reservoir never lifts. A pendant and fishhook engraved with the date 1962.7.15 don’t catch fish; they catch the living and the dead. Three years ago, documentary photographer Shen Bozhou’s heart stopped for ten minutes when he jumped into the reservoir to save his partner, who had plunged into the water under mysterious circumstances. Ever since, he has been haunted by visions from beneath the surface. Now he has returned to finish the film he left incomplete, only to find —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This novel is quite scary! Come and take a look! [Cool]

8. 558 凌 It's 2:30 A.M. Let Me Tell You a Story! 凌晨两点半，我来给你讲故事！ Li Jingshan李敬山Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Before I knew it, this book had passed 200 chapters. Time flies, and now the story is nearing its conclusion. It will end after just one million words. We’re currently in the rapid-update phase, with three chapters posted every day at 9 a.m. This book is a collection of folk horror stories set in the countryside. Each chapter is a standalone story, and every plot has been carefully crafted by the author. Comments from fellow readers are welcome. If you like it, add it to your bookshelf. 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These two books, one is a series of rural folk horror stories, and the other is a series of urban horror stories. Each chapter is a separate story. If you like it, come and read it.

9. 559 胆 Don't Read If You're a Coward! One Ghost Story Every Day! 胆小勿进！每天一个鬼故事！ Li Jingshan李敬山Mystery504k WordsCompleted A series of urban ghost stories Every chapter tells a different tale There’s sure to be one you’ll enjoy Add it to your favorites When the novels you’re following haven’t updated yet Read some urban ghost stories in the meantime 3Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 560 天 The Heavenly Spirit Ghost Pact: Humans and Ghosts Tame Spirits Together 天灵鬼契：人鬼共御灵途 Nineteen Thousand壹万玖Mystery592k WordsOngoing After turning twenty, Su Yao’s Third Eye suddenly shattered! She became “Tang Monk’s flesh” to a horde of ghosts and monsters, and her supreme spiritual energy drew the covetous attention of evil spirits, gods, and vengeful ghosts alike. Three years before her supernatural abilities awakened at twenty-three, she was prey in the hands of all three realms. The fear of being devoured haunted her constantly, and at any moment she could be possessed and have her soul consumed. She had only wanted 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Maybe you cry out of fear, or maybe you cry because you are moved.

11. 561 拼 Competing on Family Connections? My Grandpa Runs the Bank of the Underworld 拼背景？我爷天地银行行长 Youth Leaves Its Mark青春染指Urban166k WordsOngoing [Hilarious Ghost Hunting + Reborn Tycoon + Folk Supernatural + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] An ad offering a huge reward for a woman to bear a child let Zhang Qian see his grandfather, who had been dead for three years. He also discovered that his grandfather was actually the president of the Bank of the Underworld! Even the King of Hell treated him with the utmost respect. Well, what are we waiting for? He had to be reborn! With the power of money on his side, Zhang Qian successfully returned —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you like supernatural things, you must read it

12. 562 阴 Notes of a Yin Merchant: I Only Buy the Most Cursed Things 阴商笔记：我只收大凶之物 The Flower-Picking Man of the North漠北插花郎Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted I'm a dealer in occult goods. I had only recently taken over the shop my grandfather left me when I bought a string of human-bone prayer beads from tomb raiders. I never expected a beautiful woman to show up at my door the very next day... 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ①🤯 I want to watch a terrifying rush. The protagonist goes to his grandfather's shady goods shop and just received the Gabala rosary from a tomb robber. The next day, a beautiful woman comes to the door... Just listening to it makes my back shiver, full of horror🔥!

13. 563 遗 Records of Artifact Containment 遗物收容志 Sister Ye Yan夜燕姐Mystery331k WordsCompleted Shen You runs an antique shop on the verge of bankruptcy. On the surface, he sells old things; in truth, he deals with “cursed objects.” A carved wooden comb arrives mysteriously in the mail. The instant he touches it, he sees the horrific scene of a woman having her head shaved in public a hundred years ago. Late that night, as if sleepwalking, he picks up the comb and begins to comb his own hair. With every stroke of its teeth, a strand of real hair comes away, while a tearing pain spreads acr 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book, go read it, it's very powerful

14. 564 水 The Water Ghost 水鬼 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery7k WordsCompleted Water Ghost 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A wave of ghost stories is coming

15. 565 头 The Seventh Night 头七 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Seventh Day 44Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 566 招 The Soul-Summoning Lantern 招魂灯 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery13k WordsCompleted The Soul-Summoning Lantern 16Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 567 那 The Departure That Year 那一年的离去 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery12k WordsCompleted The Day They Left 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 568 纸 The Paper Effigy Yama 纸扎阎罗 Headmaster of the Jianghu江湖校长Mystery231k WordsCompleted Before Grandpa died, he left me with a warning: a paper effigy maker must never make three kinds of figures. On my very first day taking over the shop, I broke every rule. I made a wedding dress for a girl who died violently, a filial son for a childless widow, and finally... a stand-in for a living person. Now all the paper figures I made come alive at night and gather around me, calling me “Master.” Outside the window, the girl who should have been dead for three years is knocking on the door. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 569 无 An Endless Path to Immortality 无尽仙途 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Urban537k WordsCompleted A Qi Refining cultivator? Kicked flying with one foot! A Core Formation cultivator? Knocked flat with one punch! A mighty Dao Integration cultivator shows up? Crushed to death with one finger. What does invincible mean? This is it! Follow the protagonist on an unstoppable, action-packed journey through the cultivation world. There’s no weak, frustrating nonsense here: it’s thrilling all the way to the end. 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Most of them are ghost stories

20. 570 无 Endless Devouring: The Unseen Laws 无尽残噬：未见的法则 Warm Skeleton温暖的骷髅Mystery382k WordsOngoing [Trapped-room opening + survival adventure + graphic gore + unknown creatures + mechanical engineering + contamination + mutation] ~When Zhang Huan wakes up, he finds himself with several strangers in a sealed apartment with no doors. They have all lost their memories. Also trapped with them is a mysterious female corpse in the basement. They decide to find a way out of the carefully designed apartment. The red fog outside the windows grows thicker, and the corpse’s eyes are slowly opening...~ ( 165Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Crying may not work, but peeing will definitely work. [▌Crime Record ▌] [Thriller | Suspense | Wasteland | Survival | Intelligent Intelligence | Combat] ☣ A strange red mist descends, and the world is polluted. A kind of monster called a human insect is rampant, and there are even more invisible and terrifying creatures in the mist. ✓ (100% Hand-written text, no AI polishing, please feel free to eat)

21. 571 救 Help! The Horror NPCs Are Lining Up for Me to Do Their Makeup 救命！惊悚NPC都排队找我化妆 Wild Donkey Tribe野驴部落Mystery519k WordsCompleted [Horror game + NPCs + horror survival + no System] Su Qing, a workaholic makeup artist, was just working overtime. When she opened her eyes again, she had been sucked into a horror game with a 99% death rate! As she watched her teammates panic and wet themselves, the bottom-performing Slit-Mouthed Woman approached her with a pair of scissors. Su Qing despaired. But wait... This woman’s makeup is way too crude! Her professional instincts kicked in, and she blurted out, “Your makeup isn’t working. 854Reads—Score178Shelves

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    Don't be confused if you are short of books, this is a good book worth pursuing. The plot is online, the characters are interesting, and there is no unfinished content in the whole process. You will not lose money after reading it, and you are still satisfied after reading it! Highly recommend this treasure book! The plot is compact and not procrastinating, and the exciting points are dense and not boring. The writing is smooth and the sense of substitution is super strong. Once you get into the pit, you stay up all night to chase it to the end! I dug up a novel about the Treasure of the Gods. The characters are likeable, the plot is explosive, and there is no peeing throughout the whole process. If you like this kind of subject matter, don't miss it! [Sending Hearts][Sending Hearts]

22. 572 我 I Buy Antiques at the Ghost Market 我在鬼市收古董 Shenle神乐Mystery591k WordsCompleted I opened an antique shop. One day, a customer told me about a temple that was said to have a way of getting hold of fine goods. The temple had strange rules: it only opened at midnight, and everyone had to leave before three. I found a treasured bronze mirror there, and from then on, one bizarre event followed another. I nearly got crushed to death by my own shop sign; the golden retriever at home suddenly went berserk and chased me, snapping at my heels; and my health kept getting worse by the 343Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Hold my breath, I'm afraid someone will call my name from behind on the next page [Fear]

23. 573 汴 The Iron Fan, Famous Detective of Bianjing: Strange Tales of the Song Dynasty 汴京名捕铁扇子：大宋诡事录 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineMystery210k WordsCompleted At night, an empty coffin floats on the Bian River, and water ghosts come to claim lives. Apparitions haunt a mansion, and ghosts knock at the door on rainy nights. Qi Guan Shanyu, the youngest renowned constable of the Six Gates, known as the “Iron Fan,” joins forces with an adversary more terrifying than ghosts: the human heart. A coffin rises from the water by itself, and the dead man’s face wears an eerie smile… Bianjing is in an uproar! Each case is more bizarre and mind-bending than the la 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super pretty 🤩

24. 574 大 The Great Song’s Hour of Peril 大宋危局时辰 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineHistorical249k WordsCompleted The Song Faces a Crisis: During peace talks between the Song and Liao, a Western Xia assassination group massacres the diplomatic mission. The gold intended for the negotiations mysteriously disappears, and the two states wage war for four years, leaving a hundred thousand dead. A Vice Minister of Rites, a young general, and a mysterious swordsman join forces to investigate, only to discover that a traitor is hiding at the emperor’s side. The gold never left the Great Song! One person’s selfish 6Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 575 我 I’m Not a Character in a Play 我不是戏中人 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineUrban211k WordsCompleted On his way back to his hometown, 33-year-old writer Xi Chuan is involved in a strange car accident. After falling unconscious, he plunges into a dreamlike version of western Hunan where truth and illusion are impossible to tell apart. His gravely ill grandfather struggles to his feet and takes him to an ancient opera stage plagued by strange events, where he performs a Nuo exorcism opera. Xiao Hei, a loyal dog, transforms into an earth spirit beast to fight the unseen things lurking in the darkn 3Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 576 禁 Return from the Forbidden Zone: I Brought the Missing Back from the Warp 禁地归人之我从亚空间带回失踪者 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineUrban185k WordsCompleted Every year, a million people mysteriously vanish around the world, and none ever return. Then Zhong Jiale discovered that the window in his bedroom was actually a gateway to forbidden pocket dimensions! Ruined ghost cities, deep-sea prisons, apocalyptic exclusion zones, ancient ruins... Everyone else went in to die, but he went in to save people, seize treasures, and become a god! He rescued billionaires from hell and brought back relatives who had been missing for a century through a rift in ti 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 577 原 Turns Out My Family Is This Powerful 原来我家这么牛 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineModern Romance131k WordsCompleted At her graduation ceremony, Su Lala discovers that her stingy boss is actually a trillionaire...and her biological father. Overnight, the laid-back college student becomes the long-lost only heiress of the Su Group, with ten ridiculously handsome older brothers thrown in as a bonus. From high-society etiquette and study trips across Europe to cutthroat business battles, she soon learns that being a princess isn't as wonderful as it sounds. When the family crisis hits, all ten brothers turn to he —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 578 无 A Qi, the Nameless Petty Official 无名小吏阿七 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineHistorical226k WordsCompleted A Qi, a low-ranking Tang dynasty post-station clerk, is so poor he can’t afford medicine for his sick wife. Forced to smuggle contraband salt, he soon learns every loophole in the post-road system. Through the tangled web of power and money, he rises from a lowly nobody to an invisible force. But when the An Lushan Rebellion breaks out, his vast fortune becomes a disaster overnight. When the treacherous eunuch Li Fuguo throws the realm into chaos, this once-greedy, death-fearing little man does 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 579 神 Mystery Revival: The World of Planes 神秘复苏：位面世界 Jintian Nainaluo金田奈奈落Mystery388k WordsOngoing [Eerie Revival] + [Entirely handmade, no AI] + [A huge cast of original evil ghosts] + [No female lead] + [Slow pacing] + [Multiple twists] The three laws of evil ghosts. First: Evil ghosts cannot be killed. Second: Every evil ghost has a rule that governs its killings. Find the rule, and even ordinary people can survive. Third: Only ghosts can fight ghosts. Fierce evil ghosts still haunt the worlds, and exorcists still exist, generation after generation, to fight them. The crumbling order, the 147Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 580 活 The Living Bear the Scent of Death: I Handle Ghostly Affairs in the Human World 活人死香：我在人间办鬼事 Ye Wei页危Mystery535k WordsCompleted [Supernatural • Folklore • Close to everyday life • Suspense at full throttle • A great, engrossing read!] The old man at the plain-water noodle stall has no feet, and the young beauty in the Pavilion of Embroidered Spring has a neck broken three inches out of place. In this bustling world, half the street is alive and half the street is filled with ghosts… 40Reads—Score—Shelves

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