Supernatural and Suspense 灵异，悬疑，

1. 151 规 Rule Horror: I Am Above the Rules 规则怪谈：吾即规则之上 Xia Moyan夏墨衍Mystery699k WordsOngoing [Dual Male Leads] [Both Powerful] [攻 Focus] [Nonhuman] [Mutually Exclusive] [Happy Ending] [Lighthearted, Invincible Protagonist] [Brain-Off Power Fantasy] [Off-the-Charts Sweetness] [Multiple Side Couples] [Final Boss] [Rules-Based Horror] [Pure-Hearted, Wooden Top × Cold-Faced, Short-Tempered Bottom] ⚠️ This novel is currently being revised. The revision has reached Chapter 141. Shi Mo had lived for tens of millions of years and was bored nearly out of his mind. He had created the rules-base 28.1kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves
2. 152 死 The Isle of the Lost, Where I Died Again and Again 死了又死的迷失岛 Haozi Loves Celery浩子爱吃芹菜Mystery375k WordsOngoing A guide before you watch or listen Island survival + the backstory matters + multiple transmigrations + flashbacks + mild horror + epsd + mental breakdown Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashes on a mysterious island in the South Pacific. Surviving the crash, internal conflicts, an initial exploration of the island, the first signs of mysterious phenomena, the formation of a survivor society... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist's plane crashes on a strange and terrifying island. As the survivors are formed, people's hearts begin to turn strange, and mystery descends.

3. 153 提 The Clue System: No Criminal Can Escape 提示线索系统之犯罪分子无处可逃 A Life Like a Probe探似人生Mystery370k WordsCompleted (Urban crime investigation + System + mystery and deduction + team investigations.) The protagonist, Song Mozhou, unexpectedly awakens a System that provides clues to criminal cases. Follow along as he solves one baffling case after another with the System’s help. This is a pure crime-solving novel, with no romance, featuring a series of standalone cases. All cases and characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Here’s hoping you’ll enj 264Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Supernatural suspense crime novels

4. 154 道 The Daoist's Notebook 道门笔记 Immortal Way Sage仙道先生Mystery457k WordsCompleted On a rainy night in Suzhou, a night watchman comes across a barefoot, waterlogged corpse. Its face is blue, its fangs bared, and beneath the black chrysanthemum mark between its brows, something writhes under the flesh, making the skin bulge in terrifying waves. The Thunder Talisman from Longhu Mountain has barely warmed in his hands when the corpse vanishes, leaving only a sickly-sweet black mist curling around an old Daoist at the street corner. Hong Ying, a Miao woman, watches her golden sil 21Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   The premise is amazing! Barefoot wet corpses, the Nine Chrysanthemum Evil Altar, Eastern sorcery versus Taoist secret arts, the plot is full of tension, a must-read if you're looking for something to read!

5. 155 镜 The Lost Pool in the Mirror 镜中迷潭 The Stubborn Little Sparrow倔强的小山雀Mystery328k WordsCompleted That night, I stepped into the elevator. The doors opened four times. Each time, it was the fourth floor. The fifth time they opened, there was a hall of mirrors outside. In countless mirrors stood countless versions of me. Only one of them was smiling. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There's no mindless, thrilling supernatural suspense. Behind the sealing off the fourth floor of the science building lies a series of disappearances. The trapped individuals are trapped in a mirror world, endlessly cycling through time. Each ghost-controller pays their own price: some trade their memories for life, others give half of themselves for fleeting peace.

6. 156 木 The Man in the Wooden Box 木箱人 Nezha Four哪吒四6k WordsCompleted The Wooden Box Man —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A suspenseful short story. Absolutely fantastic!

7. 157 碎 The Floral Dress 碎花裙 Nezha Four哪吒四Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Floral Dress —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 一 A Strange Diary Raises the Question: Who Is Zhou Wei? 一本诡异日记引发，到底谁是周为？ Nezha Four哪吒四Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted A strange diary sets everything in motion. Who exactly is Zhou Wei? —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 159 上 The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong 上官昭容诡事录 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Strong female lead, no romance, Chinese-style horror, transmigration through history, numerous foreshadowed clues, coherent plot, no System, not a power fantasy] [The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong] [Also known as: Old Tales from the Yellow Springs] [Reader’s guide: The main plot and the individual arcs are interconnected, with plenty of clues and foreshadowing. Almost every character who appears has a role to play, though each arc can also be read as a standalone story.] Th 2.1kReads9.3Score347Shelves
10. 160 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
11. 161 山 The Mountain Village Bestiary 山村妖怪录 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里Eastern Fantasy655k WordsCompleted A series of novels brimming with mystery and fantasy. The story takes place in a remote mountain village that conceals a world of monsters unknown to most. Ancient legends intertwine with strange encounters in the real world. Travelers venturing alone beneath the night sky must be especially cautious, for every corner of the mountains and forests may hide an unimaginable creature. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a series of novels filled with mystery and fantasy. The story takes place in a remote mountain village, where a hidden world of monsters lurks. Ancient legends intertwine with real-life adventures, and travelers venturing alone under the cover of night must be extra cautious, for every corner of the forest may harbor incredible creatures.

12. 162 挖 Digging Up Corpses, Arranging Ghost Marriages, and Waiting for Female Ghosts to Knock 挖尸体，配阴婚，等着女鬼来敲门 A Trace of Warmth一种余温Mystery230k WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural horror] [Extreme cold horror] [Don’t be scared. It’ll all be over soon...] I’m a once-in-a-millennium lone star of ill fortune, cursed with a solitary fate! After a strange encounter that began when I climbed into a coffin, I met the evil ghost Jiang Mingzhen. From digging up a grave and finding a corpse to becoming her spirit bridegroom, I embarked on a fantastical and eerie journey... When evil ghosts come after me, I brave every danger, even transmigrating to ancient —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one's worth a look; any seasoned bookworm will recognize it immediately.

13. 163 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Mystery1.3M 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. 5.3kReads6.5Score472Shelves

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    I like watching horror movies, and after watching them, I'm too scared to go to the bathroom.

14. 164 十 The Ten Gods Fall to the Mortal Realm 十神坠凡 YuMingCMystery636k WordsOngoing [The ratings just opened and are still climbing! Volume One has just concluded~] In ancient times, the Yin and Yang Gods established order in heaven and earth. They governed life and death, maintaining the balance of all things. Beneath them were the Ten Gods: Companion, Rob Wealth, Eating God, Hurting Officer, Indirect Wealth, Direct Wealth, Seven Killings, Direct Officer, Indirect Seal, and Direct Seal. Each had a role to play, governing the laws that set the world in motion. Beneath the Ten G —Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    The rebellion of the Seven Killers completely shattered the order that maintained the balance of heaven and earth, turning the mortal realm into an arena for various forces to fight. Those souls who were artificially trapped and had their resentment extracted, and those whose Heavenly Stems were manipulated, were all paving the way for the Seven Killers' plans. Meanwhile, the spirit of the Hurting Officer was hidden within the young man's body. Every time he lost control, it attracted more dangerous pursuit, forcing him to confront his already shattered past.

15. 165 鬼 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Little Master小师傅Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves

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

16. 166 我 I'm Not a Birdman 我不是鸟人 Aoi's PenAoi的笔Mystery43k WordsCompleted During my final days in the psychiatric hospital, a few of my friends died. I learned a secret, and I was granted a brief stretch of lucidity. This is a story with nothing to do with humanity’s future, the origin of the universe, past and present lives, or the mysteries of science. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story begins with the protagonist witnessing a fellow patient transform into a birdman and have close contact with the ground. He discovers the terrifying secrets of this mental hospital and begins to explore everything within it. As his investigation deepens, bizarre events inevitably unfold before him.

17. 167 仇 Chou Xian'er 仇仙儿 Lady Lu芦美人Mystery113k WordsCompleted Good demons are for Fahai to handle, and bad ghosts need bad people to deal with them. If life is already miserable, who cares if you end up in the frying pan after death! If you won’t let me, Chen Guang, live in peace, then what the hell am I cultivating merit for? One word: fight to the bitter end! 3.5kReads—Score202Shelves

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    The language of this book is excellent, concise and clear, and the story unfolds at a perfect pace.

18. 168 负 A Debt-Ridden Wage Slave Inherits a Mansion, but the Tenants Aren’t Human 负债牛马继承豪宅，但租客不是人 Uncle Lao K大叔老KMystery234k WordsCompleted Chen Mo, a wage slave on the brink of being crushed by loan sharks, receives a mysterious phone call just as he’s losing hope. To his surprise, he inherits a mansion worth 30 million from a distant relative. He moves in overjoyed, only to discover that one of the tenants isn’t even human. The more he learns, the more shocked he becomes. It turns out a huge conspiracy is lurking behind it all... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspense, supernatural horror, feng shui, and secret arts are all included. The plot follows the classic episodic storyline of "Soul Ferry," but none of them deviate from the main storyline.

19. 169 学 After Learning Spirit Mediumship, I Took on Variety Shows 学会通灵后，我勇闯综艺 Furui弗瑞13k WordsCompleted After learning how to communicate with spirits, I boldly take on variety shows 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 170 民 Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery95k WordsCompleted [Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but 467Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    👻The more I read the story, the more excited I got! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

21. 171 我 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 Er Lei二雷Mystery806k WordsCompleted I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 134Reads8.7Score—Shelves
22. 172 都 It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸 Nightfall夜色Mystery907k WordsCompleted I'm a mystery writer. In search of inspiration, I moved into a house rumored to be haunted. Every night, a horribly disfigured face appeared in the window, and outside, the rotten corpse of a woman hung from a tree. I realized then that this really was a haunted house! Gradually, my family began acting strangely, and we even found a mummified corpse sealed inside the wall for years! As I investigated further, I came across something even more terrifying… 71Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    These novels take horror to the extreme. When I read them, I felt short of breath and cold all over, as if I were being haunted by an evil spirit. It was so terrifying that I didn't even dare to go to the toilet. Anyone who reads them knows how terrifying they are.

23. 173 万 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Dream's Evil梦之邪Mystery112k WordsCompleted Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—Shelves
24. 174 阴 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 Yan Huo炎火Mystery806k WordsCompleted I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan 676Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    They all received high scores and were exceptionally good.

25. 175 我 I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命 Knife in the Sleeve袖里刀Mystery808k WordsCompleted When I was little, my mom asked a Taoist priest to tell my fortune. He said I'd face a calamity at 26, and that he'd come help me get through it the day before my 26th birthday. When the day finally came, the priest really did show up to change my fate. He even gave me a “Fate-Changing Ruler” and told me I had to change the fates of seven people with different destinies to survive the calamity. Otherwise, I'd only have five years left to live. So much for changing my fate for me! Did he only cha 76Reads8.9Score—Shelves
26. 176 阴 The Netherworld Inn 阴间客栈 Sun Jiu Hutu孙九糊涂Mystery814k WordsCompleted My name is Qin Yu. While on a business trip, I checked into a uniquely styled inn called the Yin Room Inn. It even offered “special services” in the middle of the night. Little did I know it was an inn from the underworld. I began having nightmare after nightmare, and my friends kept getting into trouble... 2.7kReads9.0Score152Shelves
27. 177 我 My Years as a Buddhist Nun 我当师太的那些年 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was born a girl with a Pure Yang fate into a family of feng shui masters. For generations, my family had practiced feng shui in the countryside. My grandfather had hoped his eldest grandchild would be a boy, so he could pass down his skills to the eldest son and grandson. But I turned out to be a girl. Grandfather never took a liking to me, so my parents could only take me to live in the city. No one expected that, during the Ghost Festival in the year I turned twenty-five, Grandfather would s 420Reads8.7Score—Shelves
28. 178 神 The Gallery of Gods 神明陈列馆 The Devil, Young Master Gong恶魔龚少Mystery736k WordsCompleted My sister's life hangs on my cursed one. To save his terminally ill sister, Chen Gu steps into a dark world that collects human obsessions and “tokens.” During an expedition, he embeds “Destruction” in his right arm and seals “Order” inside his chest. From then on, his body becomes a battlefield between two colliding stars. He becomes a monster, and every time he suffers, his sister's soul is torn apart from a thousand miles away in her hospital room. In his darkest hour, he discovers the mark 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Chen Wei's condition was critical, and the lack of funds for her medical expenses left Chen Gu with no choice but to venture into a mysterious cave filled with unknown dangers, where he would contend with the eerie master within the deathly silent room.

29. 179 惊 Horrifying! The Haunted House That Claims Lives 惊悚！索命凶宅 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery905k WordsCompleted After moving into a haunted house, I discovered the secret behind a murder. I'm a suspense writer. After moving into my new home, I discovered it was a murder house! I stumbled upon some hidden clues that seemed to point to rumors of a murder from years ago! At night, beneath the bright moonlight, I stared in shock at a horribly disfigured face! A woman's rotting corpse was hanging from a tree outside the window! A little boy in a black-and-white photograph, a dried corpse sealed inside a wall, 6.1kReads9.1Score453Shelves

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    This is generally good, worth checking out 👏👍👍👍

30. 180 诡 Crime Scene 诡案现场 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted When he was twenty, a blank painting was enshrined in the ancestral hall at a crime scene. Why were two male corpses embracing beneath an ancient tree? Was the shadow inside the house a person or a ghost? After all the confusing clues, was the killer human or ghost? 374Reads8.6Score—Shelves
31. 181 小 A Record of Funerals in a Small Town 小城丧葬录 Keeper of the Mysteries守玄人Mystery800k WordsCompleted In 2020, Rongcheng was battered by torrential rain. At 32, Chen Yan hit rock bottom after falling from a government post. Forced to resign over an air-gun incident, he crashed while hauling freight, went unpaid by an advertising agency, broke his leg at a construction site, and eventually became a food delivery rider, scraping by between his mortgage and daily expenses. One rainy night, he stopped to help someone and stumbled into the Xiao An Funeral Parlor, where he met Old Yang, who secretly c 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're interested, just read it; once you start, you won't be able to get out of it. The immersion is so strong that your mind is filled with the plot.

32. 182 京 Feng Shui Records of Beijing and Hong Kong 京港风水实录 Idle Man of Guanzhong关中闲汉Mystery585k WordsCompleted Do you think you’ve found a bargain and bought a cheap home, or have you purchased a haunted house that will cost you your life? A foreclosed property in Beijing’s Second Ring Road discounted by a million, a detached villa in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels with no down payment: every home that seems too good to be true is, in fact, a cursed place stained with human lives. I’m Han Yang, a feng shui master who specializes in haunted houses. With genuine expertise in feng shui and the flow of energy, I unt 977Reads—Score202Shelves
33. 183 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 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very promising suspense/supernatural novel [Flying Kiss]

34. 184 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 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first two are a collection of chilling short horror stories, while the third is a thrilling, humorous, and slightly suggestive new-style urban suspense novel.

35. 185 诡 The Eerie Game: From the Start, I Picked Up a Top-Tier Star 诡异游戏：开局捡个顶流女星 Why Is That这是为什么Mystery244k WordsOngoing [Horror game + dark tone + unscrupulous tactics + Infinite Flow + one female lead] Could the strange creature Gu Changqing brought out of a haunted villa really be a top-tier star and a high-level player in the horror game? And does she really need to form a "deep connection" with Gu Changqing and devour his "life essence" to maintain her human form...? 7Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    [Slightly Thriller Instance + Dark Human Nature + Infinite Flow + Single Female Lead] A bizarre creature brought out of a haunted villa by Gu Changqing turns out to be a top female celebrity and a high-level player in a strange game? She needs to 'deeply connect' with Gu Changqing and devour 'life essence' to maintain her human form...🥳🥳🥳😴🌸🎯🎯🥳

36. 186 乡 A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄 The Long Road Goes On and On, TM, I’ll Charge Ahead长路漫漫TM任我闯Mystery241k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can 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! 466Reads—Score—Shelves

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    So scary d(ŐдŐ๑) So creepy (⋟⋞) So bloody•ᴗ•💧 So gory ⊙⊙

37. 187 民 Haunted Villa in Republican-Era Fuzhou 民国福州别墅‌惊魂 Fond of the Past喜欢往昔Mystery9k WordsCompleted A Haunted Villa in Fuzhou During the Republican Era —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's pretty good, everyone can take a look.

38. 188 7 Bureau 747: Special Affairs Division Nine 747局之特殊事物处理九科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 702Reads7.1Score—Shelves
39. 189 特 Special Affairs Bureau, Division Nine: The Nanhai Monster Uprising 特殊事物处理九科之南海妖乱 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Mystery540k WordsCompleted Do you really know the friends around you? The coworkers around you? Your own family? Do you~ know this world? Maybe the people you know, the ones you've met and fallen in love with, aren't human at all~~~ They're demons~! If it weren't for one extraordinary mission, none of this would ever have come to light. And if it weren't for the people who silently stood guard, the Jiuying Sect might already have severed the dragon veins and destroyed our nation's fortune of ten thousand years... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 无 The Unrivaled Chronicle of the Classic Historian 无双典史传 General Who Subdues the Rebels破虏将军Mystery619k WordsCompleted A thrilling mystery! A young county investigator’s legendary crime-solving career! Chen Xun possesses the secret art of the Heavenly Eye. In just three short years, he rids the region of bandits and thieves, making a name for himself! Just when he thinks everything is finally going well and looks forward to marrying the beauty of his dreams, one murder after another takes place: In full view of everyone, a murder occurs inside the Guanyin Hall. The suspect is the last person anyone would expect. 137Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    A young censor's detective story! Full of suspense!

41. 191 民 Folk Feng Shui Taboos: I Can Expose Life-or-Death Traps 民间风水禁忌：我能点破生死局 Qing Xiao Qing Zhi青枭青栀Mystery185k WordsOngoing He can see at a glance the deadly traps hidden in homes and burial grounds, but he never dares speak up. Every taboo he exposes costs someone a life. Until the night he revealed the “blood coffin crushing the pulse” to save an orphan girl. Seven people in the village died violent deaths, and with their dying breath, they all pointed at him: “It was you... You should have died long ago.” The truth was, he wasn’t a feng shui master at all. He was the “Life-Substitution Judge,” chosen by the ancien —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He thought he was a feng shui master until he broke the blood coffin to suppress the pulse of an orphan girl, causing seven people in the village to die suddenly. Before they died, they all pointed at him, and he realized that he was a substitute for the fate-keeper chosen by the ancient underworld, or a living sacrifice.

42. 192 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... 114Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    I'm awake all night now, and I don't even feel safe turning on the lights in the middle of the night! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

43. 193 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 203Reads8.3Score—Shelves
44. 194 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 246Reads8.3Score—Shelves
45. 195 我 The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年 Luo San罗三Mystery302k WordsCompleted Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return! 116Reads8.5Score—Shelves
46. 196 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

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    These four books are absolutely amazing! The suspense is incredible! I felt chills and my head was spinning while reading them during the day! It was so thrilling! [I highly recommend them too][I highly recommend them too][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

47. 197 黄 Three Partners in Crime 黄雀三人行 He Xi, What Evening?荷兮何夕11k WordsCompleted I went to the bathroom to take a shower. When I came out, I found my client lying dead on the floor. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's my fault for not having a strong heart. [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

48. 198 穿 Trapped in a Horror Script World, Fighting to Escape 穿到鬼怪剧本世界，拼命逃生 meMystery11k WordsCompleted I was inexplicably pulled into the world of a script. The System told me that the only way to return to reality was to break the curse. How is someone as weak as me supposed to survive in a world full of ghosts and monsters?! 26Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 199 死 The Death Camera 死亡相机 It's Getting Hot天热了Mystery9k WordsCompleted I don't like digital cameras. I like old-fashioned film cameras. After my grandfather's funeral, I inherited one of his belongings: an unused roll of film. My grandfather once said, "Don't touch the future, or you'll be caught up in an unknown disaster." I didn't understand what he meant then, not until a short while later, when I used that roll of film to photograph a murder. A murder that had yet to happen. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 200 怨 Sisters of Vengeance 怨鬼姐妹 Jun Lan君阑Mystery10k WordsCompleted Chunlan became pregnant before marriage and was driven out of her home. Everyone despised her and kept their distance. The vicious, hard-hearted Old Madam Zhao unexpectedly gave Chunlan a bowl of meat today. Chunlan died, and Zhao Er panicked. "Mother, the child in Chunlan's belly is mine." "Hmph. I never intended to spare the baby in your wife Xifeng's belly, either." 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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