Looking for Horror Novels Scary Enough to Keep You Up at Night 求能吓到晚上不敢睡觉的恐怖小说

1. 1 午 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 Rose蔷薇Mystery802k WordsCompleted A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 3.2kReads8.4Score219Shelves

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   🔥🔥 If you are timid, you accidentally entered it⚠️⚠️ Zundu is very scary. When I watched it, my hair stood on end. The creepy feeling made me afraid to even go to the toilet. Whoever watched it will know how scary it is!!

2. 2 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.9kReads9.1Score294Shelves
3. 3 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.6kReads8.7Score216Shelves

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   After reading this book, I never dare to stay at home alone again. It is simply the pinnacle of horror novels! [Think]

4. 4 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.7kReads9.1Score219Shelves

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   😱😱😱😱😱😱Help! These horror novels are the best of them all. They filled me with the fear of a deserted village. I didn't dare to let out my breath while reading. I felt a chill on my back, as if I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Don't enter for the faint of heart!

5. 5 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 2.3kReads9.0Score148Shelves

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   My palms were sweating and my heart was racing. The plot was so compact and exciting that I couldn't stop watching it.

6. 6 恐 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 Half a Jug of Clear Water半壶清水Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 1kReads6.2Score104Shelves

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   Here is a treasure book, folk supernatural horror events, real and beautiful, I got goosebumps all over the place after reading it, it is recommended to read it at night to be more exciting and scare you so much that you dare not go to the toilet [Fear]

7. 7 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 939Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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   😱😱😱It's really scary, don't try it if you are timid.

8. 8 我 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 Nalan Xi纳兰惜Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 5.3kReads8.8Score266Shelves

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   Horror stories that scare me so much that I can't sleep at night

9. 9 民 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 Alone Through the Cold Autumn独过寒秋Mystery845k WordsCompleted [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 31.1kReads7.5Score1.5kShelves
10. 10 山 The Yin-Yang Master of the Mountain Village 山村阴阳先生 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery589k WordsCompleted My brother came back from the dead, and I learned funeral rites to uncover the truth My name is Chen Xiaojun, and I live in a place in Northeast China called Kaoshan Village. One year, my older brother died under mysterious circumstances. His death was gruesome. Though he was only in his twenties, his corpse was as thin as a skeleton, with hair turned white! Even more bizarre, my brother came back to life in the funeral hall! To find out what had happened, I learned a few tricks from an old mast 14.4kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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    😨😨😨I feel numb, I feel numb, I feel numb immediately after reading this horror novel! That creepy feeling spread from my scalp to the soles of my feet

11. 11 不 Tales of the Unextinguished Lights 不熄灯异闻录 Phantom String Wanderer幻弦客Mystery678k WordsOngoing More chilling than ghost stories, these tales recount the uncanny happenings secretly passed down by our elders! Children will be too scared to walk alone at night after hearing them, and adults will want to pay their respects to their ancestors. This is a book of taboos that the village elders tried to keep from being written! This collection of short stories features folk horror, supernatural mysteries, thrillers, legends, strange tales, and fantasy from across China and around the world. 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    For book lovers who like horror novels, this book is highly recommended!

12. 12 阴 Strange Tales from Yin Mountain: The Ghostly Encounters I’ve Had 阴山诡闻：我遇到的一桩桩鬼事 Ninth Old Man of Yinshan阴山老九Mystery166k WordsCompleted [Chinese Folk Supernatural] [Urban Ghost Stories] [A Collection of Multiple Horror Tales] Each chapter is a self-contained ghost story. From ghostly tales in the countryside to eerie happenings in the city, these are all chilling, hair-raising experiences… 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is suitable for reading late at night. The plot is very scary, and the author really has a lot of words in each chapter.

13. 13 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 4.3kReads9.1Score470Shelves

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    Chinese ultimate thriller

14. 14 1 The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 Old Eighty老八零Mystery813k WordsCompleted I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought! 17.4kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    💦💦💦These are the real cool books, super cool, explosive, and extremely cool🔥! They are really very, very good-looking! Every chapter is super exciting💥! If you like reading cool books, jump right in!🎉🎉🎉

15. 15 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 49.7kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves
16. 16 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural + Chinese Folklore + Unorthodox Trading + Tales of Evil Objects] No romantic pairing This is a strange pawnshop that only accepts sinister objects with special value! Coins placed in the mouths of the dead, executioners' swords, grave-top mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! Once they pass through the pawnshop's hands, being pawned and sold, evil can be transformed into treasure! They can bring promotions 257.7kReads9.4Score22.1kShelves
17. 17 活 The Living Must Keep Away 活人回避 Wanderer of the Mortal World风尘散人Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted Originally titled Living People, Keep Away. An antique set me on a desperate path. From then on, just to stay alive, I became a yin walker who dealt with the dead and the walking corpses. Three years searching for dragon veins, ten years locating acupoints, roaming between yin and yang, dealing in ghosts and spirits. I kept walking, struggling my way to where I am today. 2.9kReads8.9Score311Shelves
18. 18 惊 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… 34.6kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves
19. 19 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 83.5kReads9.3Score15.3kShelves
20. 20 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 293Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Blame me for not having a strong heart [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

21. 21 午 Midnight Terror: Human Nature Stories That Will Haunt You 午夜惊魂：让人细思极恐的人性故事 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery142k WordsCompleted At midnight, let's listen together to the little stories that circulate all around us. Maybe they're true. Maybe you've heard them too, or even experienced them yourself. Those moments that grow more terrifying the more you think about them go perfectly with the pitch-black night beyond the window. Red brick walls are common in many places. But we've never stopped to wonder: why are those bricks so red, so vivid? Rideshares at night aren't necessarily safe. Passengers have their concerns, and dr 558Reads8.8Score—Shelves
22. 22 午 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 Qiao Dou Ma Dai QAQ桥豆麻袋QAQUrban171k WordsCompleted At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 421Reads8.7Score—Shelves
23. 23 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 6.5kReads9.0Score259Shelves
24. 24 民 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural Horror Stories + Anthology + Folk Horror Tales + Chinese Supernatural] Supernatural happenings are most likely to occur in mountain villages, and the stories we've heard may well have really happened. In the eerie night wind, Granny Hao, the midwife who receives the dead, is like a messenger from the underworld, guiding the spirits of helpless mothers and children home. Locust trees commune with spirits, and poplars attract yin energy. Beneath the village's ancient trees lie secrets that 1.3kReads8.9Score105Shelves
25. 25 子 The Eerie Midnight Mirror 子夜诡镜 Source of Flowing Water流水之源Mystery559k WordsOngoing The scholar Chou Wuya happened upon a copy of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The stall owner casually included an ancient bronze mirror, named Seeing the Heart. At midnight, Chou Wuya discovered that the mirror could tear apart dreams and reality, drawing him into one eerie, terrifying mirror realm after another. Every mirror realm was a supernatural ordeal with no way out. A woman named Ruoxi was sealed inside the mirror. She told Chou Wuya that every time he entered a dream, he would gai 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "A corpse gives birth to a child, and a ghost carries a fetus." Ah Ruo picked up a scale with a bamboo stick, "A mandrill gives birth to a baby by a living pregnant woman, and the thing it gives birth to is called a 'drill seed'..." She suddenly fell silent, and the bamboo stick snapped into two pieces - the scales actually started to squirm in the sunlight. There were noisy voices outside the hospital. Through the crack in the window, Qiu Wuya saw a dozen villagers dragging carts past, with a blue-white arm exposed under the straw mat covering the cart. The leader was the masked priest. At this moment, he took off his mask. There was a huge tumor on the left side of his face. The surface of the tumor was uneven. If you look closely, it looked like a distorted human face. "They are looking for Liu Niang's child." Ah Ruo lowered his voice, "Last night the bodyguard at the ancestral hall said that he heard a baby crying in the coffin..." Before he finished speaking, a shrill scream suddenly came from the distance. When Qiu Wuya rushed out, he saw the cart overturned in the middle of the road, and a bloody ball of flesh emerged from under the straw mat - the thing had the head of a baby, but its lower body was a tangled snake's tail, biting a villager's wrist. The person who was bitten twitched all over, and his skin grew scales at a speed visible to the naked eye. "The mandrill is awake!" The priest screamed, took out the copper bell and shook it violently, and the "human face" on the sarcoma suddenly opened its eyes, "Get the black dog's blood quickly -" [I'm about to cry]

26. 26 白 You Won’t Find This During the Day: One Ghost Story Every Day 白天刷不到：每天一个诡故事 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery590k WordsCompleted I’m a horror writer who publishes online. I have no fame and no income, so I can only grab people’s attention by writing the most sinister, unsettling, and realistic stories. To make them feel “real,” I’m used to grounding my characters in details from the real world: real streets, real neighborhoods, real outfits, and real little gestures. I always thought a novel was just a novel. That is, until the serial killer I wrote stepped out of my story and found me in the real world. 595Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, yes, yes

27. 27 恐 Horrifying Hauntings: Ghost Stories 恐怖灵异诡：鬼故事 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery426k WordsCompleted Do you really think stories are just stories? In fact, behind every story lies a real event! In this book, I wrote a story about the last bus on Route 24. To experience what it would really feel like, I set myself a goal: for seven days straight, I'd ride the last Route 24 bus from its starting point to its final stop, then ride it all the way back. And that's where the story begins...! 344Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 东 Tales of Strange Creatures in a Northeastern Mountain Village 东北山村野怪谈 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery142k WordsCompleted Deep in the mountains of the Northeast, evil lurks in the old forests, and strange things abound in deserted villages. The elders say, “Every mountain has a mountain god, every forest a forest spirit. You can’t fight them, and you can’t escape them.” One eerie Northeast folk tale after another, one terrifying night in the mountain villages after another. It all begins with a heavy snowfall. 4kReads—Score176Shelves
29. 29 民 Folk Tales: A Daily Dose of Horror 民间怪谈：每日恐怖奇说 Hongjun, Who Loves Sweet Potato Porridge from Liangying爱吃两英番薯粥的鸿钧Mystery233k WordsCompleted Which is more terrifying, humans or ghosts, or perhaps something unseen and even more frightening? With its distinctive narrative style, this book brings readers a series of spine-chilling horror stories. In this book, you will follow different protagonists into worlds filled with terror and eerie unease. From mysterious ancient buildings to remote, desolate places, and from ordinary everyday life to bizarre supernatural phenomena, every story is packed with unexpected twists and horrifying mome 243Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror and thriller folk tales

30. 30 末 Apocalypse Painter: One Stroke Splits the Starry River 末日画圣：一笔断星河 Ferryman of the Yellow River黄河摆渡人Urban118k WordsOngoing Overnight, the North Star grew as large as the full moon. Xu Kang was inexplicably taken to the police station. The struggle between reality and illusion, the apocalypse intertwined with the ugliness of human nature. One stroke severs the mortal world, another severs the river of stars! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Sister! That red-eyed 'aunt' is here again!" A cold hand grabbed Jiao'er's trouser leg, and her crying childish voice trembled, almost knocking the paintbrush out of her hand. Jiao'er's hand shook, and the scarlet paint almost stained the canvas. She took a deep breath and suppressed her annoyance: "Shh! Got it! Just wait... The last stroke... Just the last stroke!" She didn't look back, her voice was filled with suppressed urgency. "I... I'm afraid! She wants to hug me!" The younger brother's voice was filled with a cry of despair. "Afraid? If you painted her eyes red randomly, she would haunt you?" Jiao'er's tone was stiff, but his eyes were fixed on the cheongsam woman lying on her side on the canvas. The woman in the painting is elegant and lazy, with black hair like a waterfall, and her slightly narrowed eyes are "appreciating" another huge oil painting on the north wall - in that painting, she is also herself, with the same room and the same furnishings. Infinite loop, weird and inexplicable. "Woo... She always kisses me! My face... My face hurts... Grandpa said I scratched another layer of skin on my face..." "Grandpa?!" Jiao'er turned back suddenly, and the paintbrush drew a dazzling red mark on the canvas, and the blood on his face faded. That word stabbed into her heart like an ice pick. She threw away her brother's hand irritably: "Go upstairs to play first! I'll burn her after I finish the painting!" Outside the window, a gust of wind blew by, vaguely bringing the intermittent broadcasts from the neighbor's old radio downstairs: "... Observatory... Distance between the Earth and the Moon... Abnormality... Gravitation Constant... Correction... Hiss..." Then it was blown away by the wind. At the moment when I flicked the pen—— Tsk! A drop of scarlet paint splashed onto the studio door! Jet-black ink instantly seeped out from the crack of the door, carrying a pungent metallic smell, wrapping around the corners of a incomplete canvas and falling to the ground. On it, two words as dark red as blood pierced the eyes: Beloved.

31. 31 黄 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 The Moon Bridge Remains桥月仍在Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 4.4kReads6.5Score369Shelves

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    I didn't dare to get up to go to the bathroom after watching it. It's best to watch it during the day.

32. 32 闭 Close Your Eyes, and the Nightmare Begins 闭眼即梦魇 Zefulain泽芙莱茵Mystery150k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + no romance + mild horror + mystery-solving] A bizarre murder case dragged Yan Wei, a psychiatric patient, into a bloody game. As layer after layer of fog lifted, he discovered a grand conspiracy lurking behind it all... A mysteriously vanished psychiatric hospital, otherworldly powers worshipped by the masses, a boy whose face he could never remember from his dreams... Behind ideals that seemed so grand lay a tangled web of human and divine self-interest. 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is good, recommended

33. 33 铃 The Bell Pavilion 铃铛阁 Zi Fan Hang Nan梓帆航楠Urban249k WordsCompleted An operation unexpectedly opened my yin-yang eyes. The string of uncanny encounters that followed completely overturned everything I thought I knew. The Four Yin Marshals of the Underworld, Zhong Kui, and the Ten Yama Kings all made their appearances. In the end, I uncovered the mystery of my own origins. I never imagined that in my previous life, I had been... 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Personal original works, recommended

34. 34 阴 Ghost Catcher of the Underworld 阴司鬼差 Mu Nan沐南Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted The ninety-nine ghost officials appointed by Qin Shi Huang have passed their positions down through the generations. Somehow, this generation’s post has come down to me. This isn’t myth or legend. It’s all real, and it’s happening right now... 511Reads6.2Score—Shelves
35. 35 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 1.9kReads8.9Score215Shelves

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    It's not scary, only more scary. 😱I was terrified when I watched it. If I'm timid, I'd be cautious. 🚫My palms were sweating and my heart was beating wildly. ❗️❗️The plot is so compact and exciting that I couldn't stop watching it.

36. 36 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! 81.4kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves

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    [Fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear]

37. 37 婴 Baby Lantern 婴儿灯 Old He Baba老河灞灞Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light... 209Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 开 Opening the Road to the Underworld 开冥路 Smoke and People Along the Qin Frontier秦塞人烟Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance, no female lead, not much of a power fantasy, first-person narration, a slightly slow start. If you don't mind, please be patient. My new book, "Nine Divinations Out of Ten Are Wrong", is the second installment of this story.] My name is Sui Xiaotian. I'm a guide. But I only guide those who die unnatural deaths. An unnatural death is a bitter consequence brought about by bad karma. After death, the great temples won't accept you, and the small temples won't keep you. You become a lon 8.6kReads9.0Score839Shelves
39. 39 我 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 Lighting a Lamp and Listening to the Rain掌灯听雨Mystery943k WordsOngoing [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 23.3kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
40. 40 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 748Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Catch ghosts and fight zombies to exorcise evil spirits. Recommended.

41. 41 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 330.9kReads9.4Score30.9kShelves
42. 42 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 610Reads—Score109Shelves

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    "Horror Folklore [Fake Master Shocks Hundreds of Demons]" is a Chinese-style thriller with ghosts and monsters, and the pyrotechnics contain a biting chill.

43. 43 把 Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我 The Key Bearer神持钥Mystery644k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away... 142Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    I had a nightmare for a week after watching it, being chased by 💀[Petrochemical][Petrified][Petrified]

44. 44 人 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 218Reads9.0Score—Shelves
45. 45 循 The Loop 循环 Drunken Seventh Master醉了的七爷Mystery133k WordsCompleted From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 240Reads8.3Score—Shelves
46. 46 失 Out of Control 失控者 lookMystery100k WordsCompleted [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 24Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1kReads—Score101Shelves

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    If you are timid, ask to quit! Immersive Chinese horror is coming, rejecting exaggerated fights and focusing on real folklore ghost stories. The three masters and apprentices travel through the yin and yang to solve a series of mysterious cases. The rhythm is tight and the whole process is high-energy. The atmosphere is superb. It is a unit drama with no glitches. Anyone who dares to stay up late to catch it!

48. 48 宿 Fated Tales of Terror: The Fatal Flight 宿命怪谈：绝命航班 Star Lord cc星爵ccMystery292k WordsOngoing {Infinite Flow + Suspense + Deduction + Thrills + Horror + Supernatural + Survival} A strange flight. A group of cursed people. The passengers are so welcoming, they pour their hearts out to everyone!!! My name is Feng Yu, and I’m a university student. I was sleeping at home, but when I opened my eyes, I was aboard a strange flight. Every passenger around me was very welcoming, but their faces were deathly pale. Then I noticed a manual up ahead. I opened it and read. ↓↓↓↓↓ ↓↓↓↓↓ Welcome, cho 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really worth reading 😶 You will not be disappointed at all... {Unlimited flow + suspense + reasoning + thriller + horror + supernatural + survival} A strange flight, a group of cursed people. Enthusiastic passengers, 😙 😚 🌴 😜 show your heart to everyone!!! …

49. 49 拾 Climbing the Steps 拾级 Yang Zai楊載Mystery24k WordsCompleted Climbing the Steps 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror sketches come and see

50. 50 尸 The Corpse Plague 尸瘟 Yang Zai楊載Mystery24k WordsCompleted Corpse Plague —Reads—Score—Shelves

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