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. 251 阴 Yin-Yang Headhunter: I Find Jobs for Ghosts, and They Ask Me Out 阴阳猎头：我给诡找工作，诡问我处不处对象 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery307k WordsOngoing On the day he was laid off, Jiang Ye received a death notice: in thirty days, someone would throw him off a rooftop. To stay alive, he was forced to take a job at Yin-Yang Headhunting Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in finding jobs for ghosts. Every time he finds a job for a ghost, he unlocks part of the truth behind his own death. Every time he fails, another corpse spot appears on his body. Once they cover him from head to toe, the company will devour his soul. Every high-level order com 2.4kReads8.4Score369Shelves
2. 252 我 Back When I Was a Folk Mage 我做民间法师的时候 Mid-Spring春中Mystery152k WordsOngoing I entered the trade at fourteen and spent six years as a folk ritual master. In the south, this line of work is called “spirit arts.” I watched it go from thriving to decline. This year marks my sixth year, and I’ve finally left the trade behind. This work isn’t as glamorous as it looks. We’re all rats crawling out of the sewers, and the bar for entry keeps getting lower. I’m writing these stories down now as a way to remember those days. 185Reads—Score104Shelves
3. 253 荒 Surviving on a Desolate Cliff: My Cave Dominates the Whole Server 荒崖求生：我洞窟碾压全服 The Curtains Block All the Light窗帘不透光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse605k WordsOngoing [Survival] [Shelter Upgrades] [Farming] [No Female Lead] [Moderately Satisfying] [Cooking] Everyone transmigrates, and each person gets a floating cave! While others are afraid of heights and don't dare climb down the cliffs, he claims the server's first exploration achievement. While others are short on food and water and nearly starving to death, he searches for streams to fish in and farms outdoor treasure chests like crazy. Nocturnal beasts, disaster crises, and survival experts from every w 32.7kReads7.0Score2.6kShelves
4. 254 后 The Harem Emperor 后宫大帝 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted A harem novel with multiple female leads and a System. If you like beautiful women, come take a look. A naturally lecherous nouveau riche gets sent to the cultivation world after sexually harassing a waitress and being hit by a computer, bringing along a hundredfold experience System. He levels up at breakneck speed, is lecherous by nature, gathers a harem, and gets revenge on his enemies. He's a coward who fears death and never goes anywhere dangerous. I've never liked challenging people above 861Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   Harem novels and ghost stories

5. 255 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. 400Reads6.6Score—Shelves
6. 256 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. 334Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 头 The Seventh Night 头七 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Seventh Day 56Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 红 The Red Paper Umbrella: A Soul's Return 红纸伞之念魂归 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃10k WordsCompleted The Red Paper Umbrella: A Thought to Bring the Soul Home 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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9. 259 单 A Single Dad’s Little Secret 单亲爸爸的小秘密 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃17k WordsCompleted A Single Dad’s Little Secret 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 死 72-Hour Countdown to Death! 死亡倒计时72小时！ Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃7k WordsCompleted 72 Hours Until Death! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 老 The Teacher's Birthday Banquet 老师的生日宴 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃10k WordsCompleted The Teacher’s Birthday Banquet 3Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 电 Esports: Even a Genius Prodigy Works Hard 电竞：天才少年也很努力 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃6k WordsCompleted Esports: Even the Genius Prodigy Works Hard 3Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 263 维 White Orchids at Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港的白兰花 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted White Orchids in Victoria Harbour 5Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 264 镜 A Shadow in the Mirror, Murder Lurking Within 镜中之影，暗藏杀机 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃7k WordsCompleted A Shadow in the Mirror, Hiding Deadly Intent 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 诡 Conspiracy: The Amnesia Cage 诡计：失忆囚笼 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃14k WordsCompleted The Scheme: A Cage of Lost Memories 2Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 师 My Master Gave Me a Car for Investigating the Supernatural 师父传我一辆看事儿车 Fu Su Has a Strange Way扶苏有诡道Mystery176k WordsCompleted A thousand-year-old van? Built by hand from scratch [Traditional horror]➕ [Even more immersive as an audiobook]➕ [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Greetings, dear readers! [Traditional supernatural horror, primal fear] The original experience of horror is the fear a person feels when experiencing it firsthand. [First person, highly atmospheric] Give me a chance to tell this story from my own point of view. [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Along the way, I met many people. “The gates 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A new book, worth reading. It's a traditional supernatural story, and it feels like the world-building is going to expand later on.

17. 267 百 March of a Hundred Ghosts: I Take the Hungry Ghosts to War 百诡行军：我带饿鬼上战场 Bai Suzhen白素针儿Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Comedy] [Adventure] Bilige was a half-baked shaman who had somehow ended up in the army. His companions included a Shaanbei fat man who'd eaten himself up to two hundred jin during a famine, a long-legged Northeastern squad leader who would grab a cleaver at the slightest provocation, and a Sichuan opera actor who never told the truth. Together with Wang Laihe, a hotheaded young man who couldn't read a single character, and a little hungry ghost who did nothing but bare its teeth and shout “Hun 160Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A savior from a reading slump! A unique supernatural war novel where ghosts and monsters aren't just scary gimmicks, but sharp blades protecting the homeland and fighting to the bitter end.

18. 268 我 I Just Want to Be a Slacker, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 我只想当咸鱼，偏偏要我玩惊悚 Mu Xi Fanyin沐溪梵音25k WordsCompleted All I Want Is to Be a Couch Potato, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short horror story: A small-town girl experiences frequent paranormal events, and her college roommates all suffer from sleep paralysis! Ghostly revenge, ghostly servants!

19. 269 哽 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery408k WordsCompleted A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A hardcore Chinese horror book | "Tianxuan Supernatural Affairs Agency" features haunted graves in the mountains, deadly attacks in the streets at night, and corpses hidden in the walls of old houses. Ghosts and demons roam the world, and human greed turns people into monsters. Every strange event subverts common sense. There is no attempt to whitewash the situation with warmth, only the brutal fight against the deadly underworld. The plot is chilling and fast-paced. Hardcore paranormal lovers should close their eyes and go for it!

20. 270 柜 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 天 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ At Sunset Beneath the Moon, I Am Sanhe日落月下吾为三禾Mystery544k WordsOngoing On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a must-have! Horror, suspense, humor, no filler, no rambling, and not a clichéd supernatural story. Everyone in the cast is intelligent. Highly recommended!

22. 272 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a Hunanese version of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, a *Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts* set in a water town, and above all, a heartwarming tale of "protection." There's no forced mystification, only genuine fear and warmth.

23. 273 殡 Night Watchman at the Funeral Home: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 殡仪馆守夜人：我能看见死者最后一眼 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃14k WordsCompleted Funeral Home Night Watchman: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 33Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 退 The Day She Broke Off Our Engagement, Snow Buried My Door. Three Years Later, I Had the Entire Marquis's Household Executed 退婚那日雪满门，三年后我让侯府满门抄斩 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted The Day I Broke Off the Engagement, Snow Blanketed the Door. Three Years Later, I Had the Entire Marquis's Estate Executed 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Strange Tales of Rules: Who Taught You to Read Like This?" Is a thrilling and suspenseful read that will broaden your horizons. [OK][OK][OK]

25. 275 霓 Neon Abyss: Heart of the Machine 霓虹深渊：机械之心 Er Gua Loves Eating Melons二瓜爱吃瓜11k WordsCompleted Neon Abyss: Heart of the Machine —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 雨 Murder in a Locked Room at Tang House on a Rainy Night 雨夜唐楼密室杀人案 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃11k WordsCompleted Murder in a Locked Room at a Tanglou on a Rainy Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 时 The Hour Has Come. 时辰已到。 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃11k WordsCompleted The time has come. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Thumbs up][Laughing][Thumbs up]

28. 278 五 The May Day Calamity 五一劫 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃12k WordsCompleted The May Day Calamity —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 规 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 规则怪谈：镜像 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃10k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: Mirror Image 5Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 她 Her Graduation Thesis Is Filled with My Name 她的毕业论文，写满了我的名字 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃10k WordsCompleted Her Graduation Thesis Was Filled with My Name 13Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 281 破 Breaking Hell: The Celestial Master Returns 破狱：天师归来 Songhu鬆湖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse388k WordsCompleted After ten years in prison, the day he gets out, he discovers he’s completely out of step with the world. There are no bustling streets or lights in every window. The streets lie abandoned, the cities are dead, and the air reeks of rot and blood. Monsters that are neither human nor ghost roam everywhere: stiff bodies, fangs and claws, and a thirst for blood. The military can’t defeat them, the police can’t hold them back, and human civilization is on the brink of collapse. Even more absurdly, peo 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Feng shui secrets, necromancer, mutilated corpses, zombies, ghosts, Taoist priests, suspense, betrayal in love, ten years in prison, and upon release, being approached by security personnel.

32. 282 阴 The Cursed Coffin 阴棺抬煞 Songhu鬆湖Mystery891k WordsCompleted Deep in Bai Street stands a yin-yang coffin shop that never makes coffins and never receives customers. Chen Ye grew up accompanying his grandfather on spirit-walking rites and coffin-bearing, learning all manner of evil spirits. He thought he would spend his life in the peaceful funeral trade, taking payment to guide souls onward and living in safety. Then, in a single night, three coffins arrived at the Ding family’s home, and one bizarre incident after another erupted throughout the househol 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 283 霜 Crown of Frost and Ash 霜与烬之冠 Songhu鬆湖Female-Channel Fanfiction341k WordsCompleted At her engagement ceremony, the man she loved pushed her into an abyss. Three years later, she returned wearing a silver-frost mask. This time, she would crown his empire with her own hands, then stain that crown red with his blood. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 284 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. 100Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Too many ghost stories

35. 285 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. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 286 重 Reborn Daoist: I Sweep the City Clean by Catching Ghosts 重生道士：我靠捉鬼横扫都市 Tsunami Loves Donuts海啸爱吃甜甜圈Urban183k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + suspense]+ [mysticism and the supernatural]+ [revenge and comeback] In my previous life, I devoted myself to Taoist cultivation, only to be betrayed by my lover and die at the hands of a vengeful ghost. Reborn at twenty, I awaken the memories of a Celestial Master, with Taoist arts powerful enough to reach the heavens! Malevolent spirits in apartment hallways, vengeful ghosts in old houses, urban hauntings, plots from the netherworld... Every evil spirit in the world bows before me! W —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books are quite good and worth reading; they are also very immersive.

37. 287 夜 Night Wanderer: Never Look Back at Three in the Morning 夜游神：凌晨三点千万别回头 Tsunami Loves Donuts海啸爱吃甜甜圈Mystery163k WordsOngoing [Urban supernatural + underworld ranks + survival in two realms + System binding] At three in the morning, never look back. Lu Chen picks up a [Night Patrol God Seal] and accidentally becomes bound to a divine office in the underworld! While everyone else sleeps, he traverses the netherworld, patrols the night, and hunts down ghosts. When the hundred ghosts roam, they bow before him; when dark forces run rampant, he suppresses them with a single gesture! Unsolved cases in the mortal world, secre —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 288 诡 Strange Outdoor Expeditions 诡异户外探索 Desert Cactus沙漠仙人球Mystery754k WordsCompleted Phones are inseparable from daily life and constantly in the public eye. Livestreaming on phones has become a way for some people to explore the world and make money… Wang Fan was a professional online celebrity. At first, he livestreamed himself singing and chatting with viewers online… As time went by, singing and chatting on livestreams were no longer enough to satisfy his audience. A chance outdoor outing led him to explore outdoor livestreaming. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror adventure novel, mildly scary + funny + chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) + no female lead

39. 289 诡 Unraveling the Strange: Surviving the Second Case 诡事探秘逢生二 Beichen Liu北辰流Mystery156k WordsOngoing An abandoned mining town, missing residents, and dense fog that traps souls. A four-person ghost-hunting team ventures into the forbidden zone to uncover a shocking mystery from 2015. When the truth comes to light, whose spirit has been waiting? A suspenseful thriller that will keep you awake tonight. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the abandoned copper mining town, the moment the diesel generator roared to life, a cold, ghostly hand landed on the girl's shoulder. White mist engulfed the streetlights, and seven people entered the game—this place holds the remains of a mine from 1991, and also the remains of people who disappeared in 2015. [Eating popcorn]

40. 290 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery864k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of short supernatural tales and ghost stories! It even includes alien stories! Lots of zombie and drought demon tales! Ghost stories! [Original author fans][Original author fans][Original author fans]

41. 291 综 Film and TV Crossover: Crashing Into Horror Movies 综影：乱入恐怖电影 A Smile Erases Old Grudges 11展颜消宿怨11Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing Think you've figured out every horror movie trope? This time, you're no longer a spectator. As the curtains rise on countless classic horror worlds all at once, familiar jump scares become the only rules you can rely on to survive. Use Sadako's rules of transmission in The Ring, and predict Death's deadly logic in Final Destination. This isn't a flight from danger, but the craziest practical challenge for a horror fan: use every bit of your understanding of fear to dismantle it, reshape it, and 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a one-way ticket to the most hidden corner of your horror movie list. Every night is a sealed can of fear: unscrew the lid of *Resident Evil*, and the screams of genetic decay overflow; open *It* the next day, and you'll suck the sweet, pungent stench of childhood trauma. This book has no main plot; it's a black-covered book cut and bound from the finest nightmares. Each story is an island, but every line you skim is a connecting, unfathomable current of darkness. Warning: The horror here doesn't promise sequels, only 100% concentrated, purified chills. Choose your entry order carefully—because some stories, once entered, can never truly be left behind.

42. 292 恶 The Nightmare Apartment [Dark Comedy] 恶梦公寓【黑色幽默】 Midnight深夜十二点Mystery32k WordsOngoing [Horror, paranormal, infinite flow, pure horror with no humor] [Realistic instances with richly developed backstories] My name is Chen Lin. The story begins one night when I get a distress call from my younger sister. It isn't until I enter an ancient castle with four people of unknown origins that I realize what a terrifying, desperate world lies hidden beneath our own... “There's no such thing as undeserved good fortune. The source of the light is the true essence of evil.” “When you read this —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror Infinite Flow.

43. 293 荒 Tales from the Desolate Road: Walking the Yin Pass 荒途异闻录，走阴关 One Update Every Other Day隔天一更Mystery148k WordsOngoing With a pair of cloth shoes and an old travel pack, the lone protagonist wanders the world by himself. From a night spent driving evil from an ancient village by a long river to sheltering from the rain in a wrecked boat at a ferry crossing, what corner of the world is free of strange happenings too bizarre to explain? He's seen a vengeful female ghost clinging to a coffin and weeping, and encountered wild spirits who possess corpses and haunt the living. Armed with the Taoist arts he has learned —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book / But the plot is tight and logical.

44. 294 行 Strange Tales from the Road 行路诡闻 Mars and Earth火星和地球Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Folk customs and suspense | Episodic stories | Immersive accounts] There's an old saying: Walk the night road three times, and ghosts and gods will follow you. Writer Lin Sui travels around gathering material, recording the rural ghost stories he hears along the way in the old notebook he carries with him. He has no spirit-seeing eyes and can't draw talismans or chant incantations. Faced with those indescribable horrors, his only weapons are the pen in his hand and his instinct for survival. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Looking for something to read? Check out "Tales of the Strange and Mysterious"! A Chinese folk-themed supernatural story series, currently being updated. The author, a protagonist, travels around collecting folk tales and recording strange events. He has no magical powers or knowledge of the supernatural, only records events without interfering in their causes and effects. Short stories like "Borrowing Longevity Village" and "Leaving a Lamp in an Empty House" are already available, and the updated stories are just a small part. Tons of new ghost stories will be continuously updated, featuring chilling local tales. Don't miss it if you love folklore and the supernatural.

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