The Scariest Novel on Tomato Novel. Terrifying from the Start. 全番茄最恐怖的小说。开局恐怖至极。

1. 201 西 The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery551k WordsCompleted Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d 49Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 我 My Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 我妹妹去南洋旅游，就失踪了！ Meow Feng喵凤27k WordsCompleted My Younger Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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   My darlings, this story is so scary I can't sleep! [Crying emoji] [crying emoji] There's a plot twist at the end, it's terrifying! [Shocked emoji] [shocked emoji] Who would dare to travel to Southeast Asia now? Those places have so many strange and unusual customs and cultures! [Fear emoji] [fear emoji] A suspenseful horror story, [already added to my wishlist] I finished it in 28 minutes! [Cool emoji] The male lead picked up a red envelope on the roadside in Southeast Asia, [adding another book to my bookshelf] and was kidnapped and forced into a ghost marriage! [Fear emoji] He was on his way to find his missing sister, but the plot twist at the end was so unexpected! [Fear emoji] [fear emoji] I feel the author incorporated a lot of real Southeast Asian customs into this story. If you like this type of story, you should check it out. I started reading it while waiting for the bus or when I was bored, and I couldn't stop! It's really a bit scary! It's a bit like a true story! [Fear emoji] [fear emoji] [exploring emoji] [exploring emoji]

3. 203 1 Route 14 Night Bus 14路夜班公交车 Bell Orange铃铛桔子Mystery203k WordsCompleted My name is Li Long. For triple pay, I took the night shift on Bus Route 14, the one everyone else avoids. It starts at the old depot in the west of the city and ends at the back gate of the crematorium. Departure time: exactly eleven at night. The passengers have no body heat, no breath, and no faces. They are the souls of those who drowned in the river three years ago. A chilling aura hangs over the route, ghosts follow in its wake, and every stop hides a curse that claims lives. Three rules ar 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Quite terrifying and suspenseful

4. 204 阴 Notes from Tomb Raids on Yin Mountain 阴山盗墓手记 Bell Orange铃铛桔子Mystery301k WordsCompleted A new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 26Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 205 一 A Little Story from the Past 一段小小的往事 Dog-Headed Night Hawk狗头夜鹰Mystery150k WordsOngoing On New Year's Eve in 1999, ten-year-old me and eighteen-year-old Sister Shen climbed White Peak Mountain. The fog was thick, and the mountain was silent. At the mountain god's temple, we encountered a shadowy figure. It could turn intangible and pass through things, and it ate live deer raw. It chased us all night. When we hid in a cellar, we thought we were safe. But when the flashlight flickered on for the last time, we saw it clearly: it had been there all along. At daybreak, it retreated. We 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This new book is highly recommended for readers who appreciate delicate emotional connections and pure horror aesthetics.

6. 206 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 1.1kReads—Score101Shelves

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   No reading late at night | The supernatural novel "Tianxuan Supernatural Affairs Agency" with its powerful aftertaste: the Eye of Yin, the Sword of Suppression, and the Murder in the City! Every event is a strange and eerie occurrence close to everyday life, without deliberately trying to startle you. The chilling atmosphere is everywhere, the word count is friendly so you won't feel pressured to keep up with the updates, it's an episodic story, no writer's block, perfect for horror fans!

7. 207 午 The Midnight Spirit Medium 午夜问米人 With a Pen, I Write of Mountains and Rivers怡笔写山河Mystery292k WordsCompleted Before my grandfather died, he handed me a bag of moldy rice and said that our family had been asking rice questions for three generations, but the tradition had to end with me. I asked why. He only said, “Because some things, once you ask about them, you can never come back.” I didn't listen. I took the bag of rice. On my first night asking the rice, I asked about Liu, the widow who had hanged herself at the end of the alley three years ago. The rice spun three times in the bowl, then stood 67Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend this to you guys, see if it suits your taste.

8. 208 绝 Mount Yin of the Forsaken: Raising Fiends in Coffin Mountain, Commanding the Underworld Winds 绝户阴山：棺山养煞，我掌阴间风 With a Pen, I Write of Mountains and Rivers怡笔写山河Mystery468k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Jiu, and I was born in Juehu Yin Mountain. After my grandfather died, I became the new guardian of the Coffin Mountain, raising evil spirits. With a whole repertoire of feng shui secrets and a peachwood sword, I slay the Yellow Immortal, seal yin coffins, venture into ancient tombs, and break deadly curses. Everyone in the village fears me, curses me, and wants me gone. Only my brother Gou Sheng dares to risk his life alongside me. When evil spirits come, I’ll slaughter them un —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 万 Hounded by a Thousand Evils: Keep Your Distance 万邪缠身：生人勿近 With a Pen, I Write of Mountains and Rivers怡笔写山河Mystery188k WordsCompleted The Exorcist Pavilion sits at the corner of an old alley. Ordinary people are not welcome, and it only takes cases involving people plagued by evil spirits. A red-clad ghost in an ancient well, a legless woman in an elevator, a slit wrist in the mirror, sobbing in a karaoke room, a bloody birth chart in a wardrobe, a shadow in the break room... Miaojiang gu sorcery, corpse-driving Taoists, and Nanyang black magic all take turns appearing. Jiang Xun: As long as you can pay the price, I'll snatch —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 七 Crossing the Calamity in Seven Days 七日渡厄 With a Pen, I Write of Mountains and Rivers怡笔写山河Mystery140k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Ye. I’m a struggling author who makes a living writing rule-based horror stories. Then I receive an anonymous email. It contains nothing but a yellowed Republican-era theater ticket and a single line: “Come to the Du’e Theater within seven days, or the ‘rules’ you write will become the way you die.” The moment I step into the theater, time across the entire city begins looping in seven-day cycles. I wrote, “Don’t look in the mirror at midnight,” and the next day someone sees th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 锁 The Dragon-Locking Well: Snakebone Town 锁龙井：蛇骨镇 With a Pen, I Write of Mountains and Rivers怡笔写山河8k WordsCompleted The Dragon-Locking Well: Snakebone Town —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 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
13. 213 一 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Spring Rain in the South, Winter Snow in the North南春雨北冬雪Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own! 352Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Like a modern version of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, this game features a variety of unbelievable and terrifying stories that will keep you awake at night! Pure horror at its finest; no thinking is required, just immerse yourself in the terrifying atmosphere depicted in the stories!

14. 214 白 I Wait for Someone by Day, But Who Do You Wait for at Night? 白日等一人，黑夜你等谁？ Native of Zhanlongya斩龙垭土著Mystery31k WordsCompleted “In life, we wait for all kinds of things, big and small. Gradually, people forget what they were waiting for.” I opened a milk tea shop in S City called “Waiting for Someone.” By day, we have bittersweet love stories, and you wait for your beloved. By night, we have eerie urban legends, and you wonder: who are you waiting for? It’s raining in S City again. That mysterious woman with the broad forehead has appeared once more. Is she the one you’ve been waiting for... 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The last chill of spring

15. 215 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.2kReads8.3Score274Shelves

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    I recommend a feng shui and supernatural novel called "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." It combines elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, feng shui battles, historical time travel, reincarnation, fantasy, science fiction, feng shui and supernatural phenomena, Lu Ban's techniques, Mohist mechanical arts, Gu poison, and corpse driving. It is written from the perspective of architecture students and building engineers about feng shui and supernatural events.

16. 216 山 Nighttime Tales from the Old Mountain Village House 山村老宅夜事 Moon Sleeps by the Snowy Shore月眠雪汀Mystery36k WordsCompleted After my grandfather passed away, I returned alone to a remote mountain village to take over the century-old ancestral home. Before I left, the village elders warned me again and again: under no circumstances should I break the old house's four taboos. Don't stare into the mirror in the old house late at night. Don't answer calls from outside the courtyard at midnight. Don't open the small back-garden door at three in the morning. And never go upstairs on a stormy night. I dismissed it all as ol 207Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My new book, "Night Tales of an Old House in a Mountain Village," has just finished. It starts with the protagonist guarding an old house to pay off debts, and the strange events that happen inside are more bizarre than the last. It's full of folk customs, rules, and supernatural tales, and it's high-energy and non-stop. Enter at your own risk if you're easily scared!

17. 217 第 The Number One Yin Messenger 第一阴差 Zhang Jia Er Lei张家二雷Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Wandering souls, where will you linger? Three souls, come back at once; seven spirits, return! Lost soul, the gates of heaven open, the gates of earth open. A thousand-mile journey, let the child bring the soul home! The day I was born, strange signs appeared in the heavens. Misfortune plagued me from childhood, and it’s a miracle I survived this long. After I came of age, something happened that shattered everything I thought I knew. My dad told me he was the underworld’s bailiff in Spring City 137Reads—Score—Shelves

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    😱😱😱This is really scary, don't try it if you're easily frightened!

18. 218 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 242Reads8.6Score—Shelves
19. 219 残 Seeking Life Amid Lingering Regrets 残念觅生 Yu Cangjue御苍爵Mystery318k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, rules-based horror, extreme escape, eerie games, no harem, no formula, no invincible protagonist, no System, no mindless plot, not a feel-good power fantasy] I’m a ballet doll, grinning as I watch them kill themselves. I throw people into “my” mindscape and lay out an inescapable path to their doom. But that lunatic Li Yu finds a loophole in every stage. I crank up the difficulty of surviving, but he uses game theory to beat me. I forbid him from speaking, but he has the whole t 223Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Infinite Twists | Horror & Thriller | Group Battle | Mind-Bending Battle] -- Ten-Day Same Style -- Werewolf is so weak! Mind-bending battles are a crazy party! The fat guy smashes the wall and gives away first blood, the man in the suit starts with "You're all dead..." The protagonist is not an overpowered protagonist, there are no mindless wish-fulfillment novel tropes, only a battle of wits! ▶▶▶▶Preview Before Reading◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀ ❶ Mind-Bound Prison + Time-Limited Annihilation, Death Prohibitions are Deadly— ❷ Public Investment Hides Traps, Lending Rules Bury Deadly Motives, Every Step is a Gamble with Life! ❸ Rabbit Gnawing on Skull Doll Seeking Death, Church Jaw-Cracking Mechanism, Horror and Thriller at their Peak! ❹ Chain Shaking to Break the Game, Sherlin's Game Hides Mysteries, Mind-Bending Battles that Will Make Your Scalp Twist! ▼▼▼ [Click the Cover Below]▼▼▼Start Unlocking! 26536911335

20. 220 墓 Reborn in the Graveyard, I Go on a Rampage with the “Am I Dead?” System 墓地重生，我靠死了吗系统杀疯了 Wan Hua琬华Mystery890k WordsOngoing [Reborn in a graveyard + Death System + mystery and crime-solving + powerful heroine seeking revenge] [Nonstop thrills + a badass heroine + lots of twists + crushing scumbags every step of the way] ⊗ Orphan Qin Mo is kidnapped and thrown into a mass grave. After crawling out of a coffin, she unexpectedly binds herself to the [Are You Dead Yet] System. ⊗ Fail six missions in a row, and the System will erase you! ⊗ Watch Qin Mo plan each move carefully, turn the tables against all odds, and make h 1.2kReads9.2Score106Shelves

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    Reborn from a mass grave, she comes with a "Are you dead?" Interrogation system. Every mission is a life-or-death gamble, and the female protagonist grows increasingly insane with each kill. [Laughs]

21. 221 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. 331Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Each chapter tells a story, adapted from a true story. A supernatural, horror, mind-bending, and logically challenging story. [I highly recommend it!]

22. 222 凶 Haunted House Tales and Eerie Nursery Rhymes: The Little Girl in Red Hidden Behind the Secret Panel 凶宅怪谈，诡异童谣：藏在暗格里的“红衣小女孩儿” Honey-Sweet White Tea Cat蜜糖白茶猫7k WordsCompleted Haunted House Tales, Eerie Nursery Rhymes: The “Little Girl in Red” Hidden Behind a Secret Panel 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 落 Sold to a Demon Foster Father Who Trades in Human Meat, a Choking Girl Fights Back 落到贩卖“菜人”的恶魔养父手上后，窒息女孩开始反杀 Honey-Sweet White Tea Cat蜜糖白茶猫8k WordsCompleted After falling into the hands of her adoptive father, a devil who sells people as "vegetables," the suffocated girl begins fighting back. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 上 I Was the Toxic White Moonlight’s ATM in My Past Life. Reborn, I Found True Love and Said No to Manipulation 上一世是恶毒白月光的提款机，重生后找回真爱拒绝PUA Honey-Sweet White Tea Cat蜜糖白茶猫14k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was the vicious moonlight's cash machine. After being reborn, she finds true love again and refuses to be emotionally manipulated. 32Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 本 Is It Just Because This Piglet Has a Sharp Tongue? That Vengeful Weasel Won't Let It Go! 本猪猪不就是嘴巴缺德带冒烟吗？死黄皮子太记仇啦！ Honey-Sweet White Tea Cat蜜糖白茶猫15k WordsCompleted Isn’t this little pig just a bit sharp-tongued? That dead weasel holds a grudge like nobody’s business! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 雇 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Zahari扎哈里Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 58Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 227 压 The Calamity Wardens' Apocalypse 压祟默示录 Spring Brings All Things万事开春Mystery219k WordsOngoing [Mystery and the supernatural + ensemble cast + first-person narration + Eastern mythology + Daoism] The copper coin a strange Daoist casually gave me turned out to be the legendary evil-repelling coin? Are the haunted mansion and the attacks by the walking corpses really because an evil fiend has emerged from seclusion? Or is there some other hidden truth? Is there more to the familiar New Year's Eve story than we know? Can some of the inexplicable things in modern life actually be explained? D 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 228 活 No Living People Allowed 活人勿近 Lang Jiuxin朗九心Rural Life2.3M WordsCompleted [Inspired by real events, but the setting is entirely fictional] [No cultivation] [Supernatural horror only] The countryside is different from the city. Rural areas are vast and sparsely populated, with too little human presence to suppress what lurks beneath the ground. That's why ghost stories and strange legends keep cropping up. Ask anyone from a village in Sichuan, and they'll have plenty to tell you about supernatural happenings in the mountains and fields in years gone by. Some people 94.7kReads9.3Score8.6kShelves
29. 229 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
30. 230 灵 A Collection of Short Supernatural Stories 灵异故事短篇集 Silent and Unmarked未语无痕Mystery6.7M WordsCompleted A series of three-person adventures beginning with Chapter 1245. Each chapter is a standalone story, blending folk customs, urban legends, horror, suspense, and comedy. The six protagonists each have distinct personalities, taking you between terrifying thrills and lighthearted fun. Hope you enjoy! 161Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 231 东 The Daoist Tradition of Northeast China 东北道家 The Ways of the World江湖人情世故Mystery117k WordsCompleted A story about real-life Taoist priests and spirit mediums in Northeast China. The content is based on true events. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. An illiterate author writing a book has it rough. 340Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 232 我 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 Xuan Xiao Hermit玄枵居士Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (No harem, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, fighting monsters and leveling up) My name is Yu Xuanxiao. I was an ordinary person, but I was inexplicably drawn into a conspiracy and had no choice but to enter the Daoist sect and learn the art of talismans. By chance, I discovered that the source of it all was connected to a black fox from a hundred years ago. For the sake of my future, I can only fight alongside a group of like-minded companions, battling demons and monsters to the death time an 11Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 233 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... 201Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Give this book a try.

34. 234 泰 Real Footage of a Ghost Encounter on a Thai Livestream: I Just Want to Make It Home Alive 泰国直播撞鬼实录，我只想活着回国 Long Ling龙翎16k WordsCompleted A True Account of a Thai Livestream Ghost Encounter: I Just Want to Make It Back Home Alive —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    See? One of them is based on a true story. You can guess what it is.

35. 235 我 I Suddenly Realized Something Was Wrong in the Dorm 我突然发现宿舍里不干净 Long Ling龙翎8k WordsCompleted I Suddenly Realized There Was Something Evil in the Dorm —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 236 我 My Mom Suddenly Became a Different Person 我妈突然变了个人 Long Ling龙翎9k WordsCompleted My Mom Suddenly Became a Different Person —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 医 The Hospital's Unsolved Loop 医院的循环未解之谜 Long Ling龙翎9k WordsCompleted The Unsolved Mystery of the Hospital's Endless Loop 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 秘 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Secret Method of Time Travel: My Extreme Escape from a Bizarre World" - A new premium series! A mind-bending thriller + time travel + infinite flow + rule-based supernatural tales + strong plot twists + survival mystery! ☕

39. 239 诡 Questions of the Uncanny 诡异问 Time Read 8时阅8Mystery424k WordsOngoing Through the coming-of-age story of “me” (Meng’er), this novel traces the transformation of the Chinese countryside from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. The brutality of family-planning policies, the rise of the migrant-worker boom, the unraveling of traditional clan ties, clashes between old and new ideas, and the rough-and-tumble world of small towns... It captures a microcosm of an era in transition, with a realism and density of detail worthy of anthropological study. Through my perspectiv 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Oh, this one isn't very scary, but there are some eerie and terrifying elements later on, incorporating folk culture and a timeline.

40. 240 人 I'm in Malaysia, and I'm Going to Slay Ghosts and Demons 人在大马，我要斩鬼除魔 Tiger Who Eats Apples吃苹果的老虎Mystery414k WordsOngoing Moonlight flows like water, while daylight cuts like a blade. On the path to immortality, I slay the heavens' chosen ones. Clad in black, I grip the Tiger Soul blade, scale the heights of Cangwu, and stride across emerald waves. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the gates of the underworld open. When migrant workers venture abroad, they discover how dangerous the outside world can be. They encounter ghosts at ten thousand meters in the air, while the hot lands of Southeast Asia conceal 534Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm scared even with my eyes closed.

41. 241 道 The Taoist's Legend: Born with Yin-Yang Eyes 道士传奇之天生阴阳眼 Seven-Colored Tabby Cat七色虎皮猫Mystery254k WordsOngoing I was born with two eyes. One sits on my face, letting me look coldly upon this filthy world. The other lies beneath the scalp at the back of my head, like a pool of thick blood that will never thin, staring fixedly at things the living cannot see. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Extremely terrifying, you won't want to leave after watching it.

42. 242 午 Midnight Corpse Carrier: I’m Really Just in It for the Money 午夜扛尸人我真是为了钱 An Ran荌嘫Mystery435k WordsCompleted Poor young man + one heroine + crematorium-style groveling + mysterious contract + rules horror + reincarnation curse + calls from the underworld To raise the money needed to save his mother's life, Chen Mo, a country boy, took a night-shift job carrying corpses at Yong'an Crematorium. On his first day, he found an ancient Corpse-Burning Contract in his locker. His name was written unmistakably as the second party. He was the seventh signatory. Then came the rules horror that lurked everywhere: 326Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror novels that I must recommend

43. 243 失 After Losing My Memory, One Terrifying Ghostly Incident After Another 失忆后恐怖鬼事接连不断 The Silent Ink Scholar无言墨客Mystery218k WordsOngoing (An alternate world. No tired tropes, no invincible protagonist, no plagiarism, entirely original. Any similarities will be changed immediately. Comedy, deadpan humor, no official pairing, a touch of horror, and characters with sound values.) Accidentally drawn into a paranormal incident: a girl whose mouth has been sealed shut, the walking dead with no eyes to see, monsters covered in tumors that crawl along the ground... Is the world turned upside down, or is this an elaborate hoax carefully s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 录 Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人 VisimagoMystery543k WordsOngoing The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's scary, but you need to calm down to watch it.

45. 245 倒 The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈13k WordsCompleted The Man Buried Upside Down 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you enjoy reading suspense and horror late at night, you absolutely must bookmark this. A village with strange rules, a vertical coffin facing deep into the mountains, and a shocking secret revealed by a great flood. It's incredibly powerful!

46. 246 关 The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生 Sun Xian'er孙仙儿Mystery407k WordsCompleted [Completed Novel Recommendation] Northeast Chinese Folk Customs, Mystery, and the Supernatural! Break the rules of the Northeast, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. The yin energy can no longer be contained. My name is Ren Xue. I'm a director who makes supernatural dramas. Fate brought me back to Changbai Mountain, where I became a Guandong woman who understands yin-yang and feng shui. I thought I was simply carrying on my ancestors' legacy. Who knew I was the key to unlocking the "Dragon-Loc 481Reads—Score104Shelves

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    "The Female Master of Northeast China" written by the screenwriter 🔥 features a single female lead and no romantic pairing | Northeast folklore, suspense, and supernatural elements. It's a Chinese horror story | Feng Shui and metaphysics | Tomb raiding | Intellectual battles and strategic maneuvering | Character development. No cultivation of immortality or supernatural beings involved, a steady pace, and satisfying plot resolution. Suitable for fans of suspense/mystery/folklore adventure. Already watched and has no disappointing endings.

47. 247 民 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Small-Town Folk from the Countryside农村小市民Mystery403k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror. 87Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This scared me so much I almost peed my pants; I couldn't listen to it at all.

48. 248 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 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    A period horror-themed, fast-paced, family-friendly story about ghost hunting and cultivation.

49. 249 东 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Asking the Cold Wind in a Light Rain微雨问冷风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 32.1kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves

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    Beautiful, terrifying, and realistic

50. 250 0 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 Yesterday's Chang'an i昨日长安iMystery671k WordsOngoing [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5.5kReads8.6Score407Shelves

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