Terrifying Novels That’ll Scare You to Death 特别恐怖，恐怖的能吓死人的小说

1. 51 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
2. 52 我 After I Died, I Possessed My Wife’s Lover 我死后，夺舍了老婆情夫 I Run a Guesthouse in Dali我在大理开民宿Mystery527k WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Revenge] [Pure Satisfaction] I died in a car accident. My resentment was so great that I became a vengeful ghost. After my wife received a huge compensation payout, she openly carried on with her lover, spending every night in blissful passion. What she didn't know was that I was watching it all from the shadows. The wronged dead never rest, and vengeful ghosts come to claim lives. None of you will escape… 7.6kReads8.7Score395Shelves

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   ① The male protagonist confesses his feelings to his female roommate at the beginning of the story, but is rejected. He then learns from the security guard that he lives in an urn containing ashes, and that he lives alone. Who exactly is his longtime roommate? ② After the male protagonist dies, he becomes a wardrobe and begins his path of revenge.

3. 53 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
4. 54 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery710k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score587.2kShelves

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   You can read this one, but if you don't like it, come back and hit me. The part where the protagonist sees a ghostly Buddha statue in a cave after the entire expedition team dies gave me the creeps. Every time I close my eyes, I feel like there's an evil Buddha smiling at me.

5. 55 凶 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开，青丝缠人拖入柜 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常18k WordsCompleted The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 40Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 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 5.4kReads9.0Score229Shelves

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   This is terrifying beyond belief 😭 I was so scared I couldn't go to the bathroom at night! Anyone understand?! I should have watched it during the day 😭😭

7. 57 鬼 A Notebook of Ghost Stories 鬼故事手札 Mountains, Seas, Clouds, and Evening山海云夕57k WordsCompleted A Notebook of Ghost Stories 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 夜 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Yu Long玉龙Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 201Reads8.8Score—Shelves
9. 59 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 2.6kReads9.1Score230Shelves

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   😱😱😱This is really scary; those with a weak heart shouldn't try it.

10. 60 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 146.7kReads9.7Score13.5kShelves

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    These books are also particularly good and very scary. "Three Corpse Tales" was the first ghost story I finished reading, and I found it incredibly terrifying.

11. 61 住 I Moved into Dorm 404 and Uncovered a Deadly Campus Mystery 住进404宿舍，我看破校园凶局 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery239k WordsOngoing Feng shui, the supernatural, campus life, society: everything you're looking for is here! A story is just a story. Even if someone has experienced something similar in real life, I hope you'll still treat this as just a story! Don't get too caught up in it! Finally, may you, dear reader, stay safe and well! 39Reads—Score104Shelves

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    That's terrifying!

12. 62 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.6kReads9.6Score70.4kShelves

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    The plot and writing style are both pretty good.

13. 63 死 The Dead Man's Makeup 死人妆 Luo Xiaoqi罗小琪Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The old folks often say, “Men shouldn’t be born on the first day of the lunar month, and women shouldn’t be born on the fifteenth.” I was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the fate of an iron broom and a destructive bone marrow. The living despise me, and I bring death to my whole family, yet demons and ghosts have their eyes on me! Because of him, I also broke a taboo and became a woman of yin fate... To save me, my mother-in-law taught me the art of applying makeup to th 2.5kReads9.1Score340Shelves

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    I consider these three books to be the best of my selection.

14. 64 我 I Scared a Ghost to Death Again 我又把鬼吓死了 Read a Little, Xu Bai读点叙白Mystery222k WordsCompleted [No romance + Chinese-style horror + folk beliefs and the occult + first-person narration + ghost-catching prodigy] My great-grandfather, Zhang Tiansheng, was a taboo subject in the Zhang family. He had once been a highly respected exorcist throughout the surrounding villages, able to speak with ghosts and spirits and dispel evil influences. Then, for reasons no one knew, he suddenly went mad. Before he died, he even tried to kill his entire family. After my great-grandfather died, his body was 557Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    The first one needs no introduction! It's a top-rated book; anyone who's read it knows how good it is [drooling emoji]. The second one is also amazing!! It combines Chinese horror, folklore, a power-up system, and no romance.

15. 65 都 I’ve Been Reborn—Why Would I Still Chase After Her? 都重生了谁还追她啊 A Noble Spirit in My Heart心有浩然气Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Publication rights acquired] [Short drama released] [Comic drama released] One argument made Jiang Feng realize that his life had already been ruined. Just then, he was reborn in the 2014 college entrance exam hall. He was eighteen that year, and he and Gu Mengyao had yet to become a couple… 245.2kReads9.1Score17.7kShelves
16. 66 无 Infinite Eerie Domains: Starting with a Haunted Classroom 无限诡域：从诡异教室开始 White Pigeon Bai Xiaobai白鸽子白小白Mystery530k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [Fake terror]+ [Ghosts kill people]+ [Emotionless]+ [Mild horror] Late at night, Su Wang receives a strange black letter that appears out of nowhere in his home. Its four blood-red survival rules reveal a terrifying, unknown realm. In the blink of an eye, he is forcibly dragged into a strange study hall at Chenfeng High School, where he and six strangers are trapped together. The one unbreakable rule is carved into the blackboard: Keep quiet. One survivor loses control, makes a 33.2kReads8.0Score4.5kShelves

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    These are all escape novels in the infinite flow genre. In my opinion, except for the 6th book, the others are particularly chilling upon closer inspection. Don't think that the protagonist has any overpowered skills, but they can still be seen through and used by ghosts. My darlings, go for it!

17. 67 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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    Let's just read these few books.

18. 68 无 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 Ka Tun卡豚Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 27kReads7.9Score3.3kShelves
19. 69 诡 Haunted University: I’m the Only Living Person on Campus 诡大学：全校就我一个活人 Uncle Jin金二叔Mystery225k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + one female lead] He scored 320 on the college entrance exam and just wanted to find a decent university to attend. He never expected to meet a ghostly version of Zhang Xuefeng, who recommended a ghost university 😭 His classmates and teachers are all ghosts 👻 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dress up as a ghost, catch ghosts [fear]

20. 70 我 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ My Conscience Is Clear我心有无愧Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 197.6kReads8.6Score14.4kShelves
21. 71 无 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies 无限诡域：我能堪破谎言 The Civil and Polite Mr. Xue文明礼貌雪某Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Original Instances]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Ghosts Kill People]+ [Ghosts in Every Real-World Instance] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Humans cannot fight ghosts.” “Ghosts each have their own rules for killing.” A mysterious letter. A door that leads to the unknown. When Li Yu opened the door, one eerie instance after another awaited him. This is the [Ghostly Domain], a world of vengeful ghosts! Will you die in confusion, or be reborn from a nightmare? 154.8kReads8.3Score24.8kShelves
22. 72 借 Borrowing Yin Lifespan 借阴寿 Five Dou of Rice五斗米Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever slept wearing burial clothes? Don’t try it. I did once, and that night... My name is Li Yiliang. I was born with a shortened lifespan, and my birth caused my mother to die in childbirth. But one night when I was eighteen, my mother came back and said she wanted to take me with her... My grandfather told me to sleep in burial clothes, then gave his own life to help me escape that fate. From then on, my life was never free of strange and uncanny things... 4.8kReads8.9Score435Shelves
23. 73 追 I Followed a Beauty into a Cave, and Ten Years Later I Became a Monster 追美女进山洞，十年后我成了妖怪 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学37k WordsCompleted I followed a beauty into a mountain cave. Ten years later, I became a monster. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 规 Rule-Based Survival: I Can Foresee Death 规则求生：我能预知死亡 Love Drinking Lattes爱喝拿铁Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow, mild horror, terrifying dungeons, no romance, survival, not a saintly protagonist] One night, Chen Feng was walking through an abandoned park after finishing his shift at the crematorium when something strange happened. There was clearly no one behind him, yet he heard faint footsteps. At first, he thought he was imagining things, but when he listened closely, the footsteps were still there, gradually drawing nearer. They sounded as though they were deliberately mimicking his own 22.1kReads7.6Score2.2kShelves
25. 75 水 A Murder Buried at the Waterworks for Twenty Years 水厂埋凶二十年 Bai Suzhen白素针儿Mystery192k WordsCompleted Twenty years ago, in the autumn at the Xichang Waterworks in Qingcheng, three people vanished one after another, leaving no trace, dead or alive. Police officer Qi Xiaojun pursued the lead for half his life, only to be forced out by fate just as he was about to reach the truth. Zhang Youfei, the young factory director, once loved a woman named Jinhua deeply, but he had no idea how many secrets her silence concealed. Twenty years later, another person disappears from the Xichang Waterworks. Sick 4.4kReads8.5Score419Shelves

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    Don't miss this book! Time buries murder cases, and past events conceal deadly dangers. After reading it, you'll find yourself repeatedly reflecting on the humanity and choices within the story.

26. 76 还 Notes on Returning Souls: The Eyeless Huai Tree Maiden 还魂笔记之无眼槐娘 The Monk Who Rings the Bell at Dawn黎明敲钟的佛僧Mystery205k WordsCompleted The plum rains have swollen every brick in Green Tile Alley. When Lin Yan grips her grandmother’s death notice and opens the door to the old house, the sixty-year-old locust tree in the courtyard seems to be watching her through its cracked bark. The year her great-great-grandmother planted it, three children went missing from the alley. During all the years her grandmother kept watch over it, she would bury bloodstained silver locks beneath its roots in the dead of night. The last page of her g 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These novels are truly addictive. The pinnacle of the horror genre. Absolutely worth reading.

27. 77 乱 A Valiant Woman in Troubled Times: One Lone Blade to Avenge a Sea of Blood 乱世烈女：孤刀报尽血海仇 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted A Fierce Woman in Troubled Times: One Lone Blade to Avenge a Blood Feud 3Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 78 惊 Thriller Game: I Can Eavesdrop on Ghosts 惊悚游戏：我能偷听鬼话 A-Tian, Have You Updated Yet?阿天你更新了吗Mystery789k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Light Horror] [Multiple Twists] Six months ago, a blood mist sealed off Nandu City, trapping its ten million residents inside. Strange beings invaded the fog, and one abnormal incident after another unfolded. Lin Xu has no idea why he appeared in this city. A strange game appeared at the same time, forcing him to enter a horror instance every seven days, where death was all but certain. But the items he obtained in the game could be used against the strange enti 21.8kReads7.0Score2.3kShelves
29. 79 我 I Earn KPIs in the Underworld 我在阴间赚KPI The Monk Who Rings the Bell at Dawn黎明敲钟的佛僧Mystery255k WordsCompleted I woke up after death and found myself working a job in the underworld. Other people’s KPIs are about sales. Mine is about doing evil. Driving people to despair, creating betrayal, harvesting fear: that’s the real currency of the underworld. Rank at the bottom? Your soul gets obliterated. Then I discovered that the reward for becoming the top salesperson is taking the King of Hell’s place. Looking at the evil ghost coworkers around me, willing to do anything for their performance reviews, I smil —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 新 A Fox's Claw Marks Appeared on the Bride's Back on Our Wedding Night 新婚夜，新娘背上现出狐伤 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学48k WordsCompleted On their wedding night, a fox-shaped wound appears on the bride's back. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 冷 Six Years in the Cold Palace: I Nurtured an Emperor for the Ages with My Life 冷宫六年，我以命养出千古明君 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Ancient Romance26k WordsCompleted Six Years in the Cold Palace, I Nurtured an Eternal Wise Ruler with My Life 5Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 还 Afterlife Notes: The Eyeless Locust Tree Maiden Bonus Story: Blood Silkworm Thread 还魂笔记之无眼槐娘番外：血蚕丝 The Monk Who Rings the Bell at Dawn黎明敲钟的佛僧7k WordsCompleted Afterlife Notes: The Eyeless Locust Tree Maiden Bonus Story: Blood Cocoon Silk 5Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 83 芦 Clear Words Hidden in Reed Leaves, Carried on the Wind for Twenty Years 芦叶藏清词，风吹二十年 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Marriage & Romance22k WordsCompleted Pure Words Hidden in Reed Leaves, Carried by the Wind for Twenty Years 2Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 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 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves

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    After watching it, I had nightmares for a week straight, about being chased by a 👻.

35. 85 还 Reincarnation Notes: An Extra Story, The Painted-Skin Debt 还魂笔记番外篇：画皮债 The Monk Who Rings the Bell at Dawn黎明敲钟的佛僧6k WordsCompleted The Reincarnation Notebook: Extra Story: The Painted Skin Debt —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 86 隆 The Longqing Murders: A Scholar's Wrongful Conviction, and I Set His Spirit Wife Straight 隆庆奇案：秀才冤狱，我判灵妻归正 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学11k WordsCompleted The Longqing Mystery: A Scholar's Wrongful Imprisonment, I Rule That His Spirit Wife Be Set Right —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 87 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
38. 88 凶 Haunted House Livestream: I Went Viral Thanks to Cursed Artifacts 凶宅直播间：我靠阴物爆红全网 Little Cat Coco Mi小猫Coco咪Mystery332k WordsOngoing While other streamers broadcast beauty tips, outfit ideas, and games, Su Qinghuan livestreams from century-old haunted houses no one else dares approach. The platform throttles her traffic, fellow streamers smear her, and viewers mock her for chasing attention and pretending to deal with ghosts. Then they see her dispel a century-old vengeful spirit with her bare hands, subdue a red-clad ghost bent on claiming lives, and uncover the remains of a decades-old murder buried beneath an old mansion. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super super super good-looking

39. 89 我 I Didn't Kill My Best Friend, But He Did Die Because of Me 我没动手杀挚友，但他确实因我凉透了 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Historical13k WordsCompleted I didn't kill my best friend, but he did end up dead because of me. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 90 我 I Livestream Through My Eyes 我用眼睛来直播 Jason Openhearted杰森斯坦荡Mystery490k WordsOngoing Through my own eyes, I'll show you viewers the most authentic scenes of horror. No complicated streaming equipment, no carefully arranged sets. Everything I see is exactly what the viewers in the livestream can see. Have you ever seen a livestream quite like this? As long as my eyes remain open, this terrifying livestream, which will only end with my death, will never go off the air. 145Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended for book lovers experiencing a reading slump.

41. 91 洪 Hongwu's Wrath: A Lowly Clerk Defies Heaven, Three Hundred Households Lose Their Heads 洪武怒：小吏抗天，三百户枭首 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Historical30k WordsCompleted Hongwu's Fury: A Petty Official Defies Heaven, Three Hundred Households Beheaded —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 扒 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 Little Old Steed小老骥Mystery748k WordsOngoing (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.5kReads8.3Score7.1kShelves

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    The beginning was written in a very scary way.

43. 93 与 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery441k WordsOngoing Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 2.6kReads—Score245Shelves

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    I highly recommend a mind-bending horror novel, *Walking with Ghosts*! The protagonist arrives at a haunted school where classmates begin to die mysteriously one after another. The story is filled with terrifying suspense and mystery, definitely worth reading—guaranteed to be scary! [Kissing emojis]

44. 94 绝 The Tang Banner in the Far Reaches 绝域唐旗 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Historical21k WordsCompleted The Tang Banner in the Forbidden Lands 1Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 95 恐 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖：夜半索命 I'll Light a Candle Tomorrow Night明晚点蜡烛Mystery215k WordsCompleted I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 19Reads—Score110Shelves

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    If you're not afraid of scares and don't have heart disease, read this book. But if you're easily frightened, proceed with caution!

46. 96 诡 A Strange Game Invades: Honey, I’m Coming to Find You 诡异游戏入侵，老婆我在找你了 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Fantastical Romance394k WordsOngoing [Supernatural Horror + Two Powerful Leads + Horror Game Dungeons + Devoted Couple + Mild Horror + Infinite Flow + Mild Suspense] A newsreader’s polished voice comes from the television: “Recently, more than a hundred people across the country have suddenly vanished for unknown reasons, only to be found dead at the sites of their disappearance several days later. The scenes are horrific. Relevant government departments have urgently begun an investigation...” The real world has been overrun by th 11.4kReads—Score2.3kShelves

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    Everyone who's seen it says it's great! [Laughing]

47. 97 逍 A Carefree Fairy Descends to Earth and Takes the Internet Giants by Storm 逍遥仙女下凡，卷爆互联网大厂 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Urban23k WordsCompleted A carefree fairy descends to earth and takes the internet giants by storm 4Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 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. 823Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Pure horror, no cultivation, no superpowers, one horror story per chapter or every few chapters. I suggest reading during the day and trying not to overthink it at night.

49. 99 笺 Ink and Tang Style: The Biography of Xue Tao 笺染唐风：薛涛传 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学21k WordsCompleted Ink on Silk, Tang-Era Style: The Story of Xue Tao 2Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 100 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. 2.7kReads—Score105Shelves

    Reader note

    A promising book, no superpowers, no cultivation, pure horror, a few chapters per story, very engaging.

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