Horror Novels! The Kind That Makes You Huddle Under the Covers at Midnight! 恐怖小说！吓得半夜裹紧小被几的那种！

1. 601 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6kShelves
2. 602 半 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Scorpio Water Demon天蝎水妖Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.6kReads8.9Score486Shelves
3. 603 活 The Living Must Keep Away 活人回避 Wanderer of the Mortal World风尘散人Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted Originally titled Living People, Keep Away. An antique set me on a desperate path. From then on, just to stay alive, I became a yin walker who dealt with the dead and the walking corpses. Three years searching for dragon veins, ten years locating acupoints, roaming between yin and yang, dealing in ghosts and spirits. I kept walking, struggling my way to where I am today. 2.7kReads8.9Score327Shelves
4. 604 守 The Mountain Keeper 守山人 Lao Heini老黑泥Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted My family has been guarding the mountain for generations. Every generation, someone meets an untimely end at the age of forty. The curse was broken in my grandfather's generation, but it came at a great cost. A soul dwells in each mountain, and one person holds each mountain at bay. 4.1kReads8.7Score472Shelves
5. 605 开 From the Start, I Ate the Campus Beauty 开局我吃了校花 Lamplighter秉灯人Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone has imagined that there might be something mysterious in this world, right? Have you imagined taking a train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Have you imagined a beautiful senior pulling up in a Ferrari to hand you an acceptance letter from Cassell College at the school gates? Have you imagined that when you feel lost and alone, a swordsman from an ancient sect will descend from the sky and tell you, “You’ve been chosen!”? Congratulations. Your fantasies have come true. Th 13.4kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
6. 606 黄 Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客 Third Master Zhejiang浙三爷Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies! 908Reads8.6Score118Shelves
7. 607 我 My Years as a Corpse Retriever 我当捞尸人的那些年 Schemer多谋Mystery311k WordsCompleted In the Nine Yin Cave by the Nine Yin River, the living go in and the dead come out! That taboo has held for a thousand years. But that year, desperate to pay my enormous medical bills, my grandfather returned to his old trade as a corpse retriever and entered the Nine Yin Cave… 11Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 608 诡 Eerie Apocalypse: Starting with a Trillion Netherworld Banknotes 诡异末世：开局领先万亿冥钞 Heavenly Man Who Heals None天人不医Urban1.1M WordsCompleted On April 12, 2023, the uncanny descended and humanity began to mutate. Underworld banknotes became the only accepted currency, while chocolate and plastic wrap became strategic supplies. Today is April 5. Zhao Xuanmiao has memories of the future and is stocking up in advance. From the start, he has a lead of trillions in underworld banknotes over the whole world. Even the uncanny think he’s the Son of the King of the Underworld! 145Reads7.0Score—Shelves
9. 609 佛 The Amulet Shop 佛牌专事店 The Little Lamb Who Wants to Fly要飞的小羊Mystery390k WordsCompleted [No female lead + two male leads] My name is Zhou Yi. I’m a broke loser who just graduated from college and can’t even find a decent job. Then a shop owner called and asked me to interview for a sales clerk position. At last, I found a job that could keep food on the table. But the things sold in this shop were nothing like ordinary merchandise. They even seemed a little sinister. Still, I needed to make a living, so I gritted my teeth and stuck with it. I never imagined that this job would plun 11.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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   The writing is fluent, the story subverts expectations, there are numerous foreshadowing elements, and the other characters are vividly portrayed. It's a historical political intrigue story with strong logic that doesn't feel unintelligent. Worth reading; the plot is tight and the progression is very logical.

10. 610 捉 My Monster-Hunting Was Exposed, So I Had to Livestream Explanations of Monsters and Ghosts 捉妖被曝光，只好直播科普妖与鬼 Pure and Cute Girl清纯萌妹Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming explanations of monsters from authentic ancient Chinese texts + One female lead + Two incredibly powerful protagonists + The Classic of Mountains and Seas + What the Master Does Not Speak Of + All kinds of folk customs, researched in meticulous detail] As the saying goes: I offer the gods fine incense, and they say it isn't good enough. When a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers came down from the sky wearing sunglasses and smoking Huazi cigarettes, the viewers fell silent. Lin Qin 28.3kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
11. 611 荒 Forbidden Tales of the Desolate Village: A Midnight Whistle, and a Shrouded Corpse Spirit at the Door 荒村禁忌：夜半吹哨，白布尸魂找上门 The Rainy-Night Postman雨夜邮递员6k WordsCompleted Taboos of the Abandoned Village: A Whistle in the Dead of Night, and a White-Cloth Corpse Spirit Comes Calling —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tight plot, exciting read

12. 612 爷 Grandpa Started the Trouble, Three Generations Must Pay 爷爷闯下的祸，三代来还 The Rainy-Night Postman雨夜邮递员9k WordsCompleted The trouble Grandpa caused will take three generations to repay. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 613 吃 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Rainy-Night Postman雨夜邮递员16k WordsCompleted The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 614 别 Stop Running, There Are Monsters Everywhere Here 别跑了，这里到处是怪物 Doesn't Eat Konjac不吃魔芋Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Coming-of-Age Protagonist, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Plot-Driven] On Lin Yi’s eighteenth birthday, his mother plunged a knife into his heart with her own hands. He thought he would die, but when he came to, Lin Yi discovered he was still alive. He was not only unharmed, but had even returned to the past. At first, Lin Yi thought it was all a hallucination. It was only when his mother picked up the knife on the table again that he finally realized the people sitting before him were not his p 19.9kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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    Not for the faint of heart! You'll be completely silent after watching! Perfect for watching late at night. It'll give you goosebumps and a cold sweat! It'll even make you a little nervous.

15. 615 男 The Night My Boyfriend Cheated, Five Ghosts Entered My Bedroom 男友出轨那晚，五只鬼魂进了我卧室 Xu Yunwu徐云梧18k WordsCompleted The night my boyfriend cheated, five ghosts entered my bedroom 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two supernatural horror short stories; not for the faint of heart!

16. 616 为 For Three Million, He Sent Me to the Coffin Room 为了三百万，他把我送进了棺材房 Xu Yunwu徐云梧27k WordsCompleted For three million yuan, he sent me to the coffin room 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 617 我 I Have a Book That Suppresses Ghosts 我有一本镇鬼书 Daoist Heart Wenshu道心文叔Mystery259k WordsCompleted [Wild imagination + ghost taming + fighting ghosts] [Punching Japanese Onmyoji in the face + kicking Satanist exorcists] During the Eastern Jin dynasty, the unorthodox Taoist Song Dingbo sealed more than a hundred evil ghosts that plagued the world inside a notebook. After his death, the notebook was buried with him in a grave on Yunwu Mountain. As the years passed, the grave was damaged one day in 2012, releasing all the ghosts. Li San, who happened to be on a mission nearby, was accidentally p 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is it scary? Come in and take a look first. [What?]

18. 618 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7kShelves

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    A collection of horror masterpieces including Supernatural Revival: Eternal Night and Domain River Dungeon: Suspenseful and imaginative plots, supernatural ghost hunting, and so many thrilling and exciting moments that you won't dare turn off the lights at midnight!

19. 619 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    A collection of horror masterpieces including Eternal Night and the River of Destiny: Suspenseful and imaginative plots, ghost hunting, and thrilling moments so intense you'll be afraid to turn off the lights at night!

20. 620 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 84.7kReads9.6Score8kShelves
21. 621 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
22. 622 恐 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 89.2kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
23. 623 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score804Shelves
24. 624 民 Folk Feng Shui: I Made My Name by Moving a Grave 民间堪舆：从迁坟开始扬名 Tufuzi Adu土夫子阿渡Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted On a midnight road, a ghost encounters a coffin being carried. A blood-seeping black coffin holds calamity at bay. Chen Mo, a boy from a remote mountain village, only wanted to live in peace with half a box of tattered books and a cracked compass left behind by his grandfather. Then the old village chief died mysteriously, and the supposed auspicious burial site turned out to be a place steeped in a century of resentment. The instant the coffin was opened, bloody words appeared alongside claw ma 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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25. 625 盗 The Tomb Raider Who Keeps Time 盗墓守时人 Tufuzi Adu土夫子阿渡Mystery974k WordsCompleted “Guardians of Time and the Memory of Civilization”, All ancient tombs and ruins are actually defensive fortifications built by Chinese civilization to withstand periodic “spatiotemporal cataclysms.” The struggle between tomb raiders and tomb guardians is, in truth, a battle over the memory of civilization. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 626 凶 The Haunted House Cleanup Crew: The Mystery of My Origins 凶宅清理师之我的身世之谜 Tufuzi Adu土夫子阿渡16k WordsCompleted The Haunted House Cleaner: The Mystery of My Origins 35Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 627 黄 The Yin Tombs of the Yellow River: A Feng Shui Master of the Qing Nang 黄河阴坟：青囊风水师 Tufuzi Adu土夫子阿渡9k WordsCompleted The Yellow River Yin Tomb: A Qing Nang Feng Shui Master 81Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 628 民 A Collection of Folk Tales 民间故事会合集 Reader01读者01Ancient Romance795k WordsCompleted Open this book, and you’ll find that its folk legends and tales are unlike any you’ve read before. These stories are full of fantasy: some are terrifying, some suspenseful, some explore the ugliness of human nature, and others deal with karmic retribution. In this vast world, what hidden folk tales and legends do you know? Step into an ancient, mysterious world and join the author in discovering and experiencing these extraordinary folk stories! 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm so scared I'm afraid to go to the bathroom at night, and even when I do go, I'm too afraid to look in the mirror [facepalm]

29. 629 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.2kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    Pressure!!!!

30. 630 床 The Person Under the Bed, the Eye on the Wall, the Peeping Tom Outside the Door 床下的人，墙上的眼，门外的窥 Eternal Life, Eternal Togetherness永生永同9k WordsCompleted The person beneath the bed, the eye on the wall, the peeping outside the door 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Be careful of what's behind you when you look...

31. 631 五 Five Horror Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night 五个让你不敢熬夜的恐怖故事 Eternal Life, Eternal Togetherness永生永同8k WordsCompleted Five Horror Stories That Will Make You Afraid to Stay Up Late 2Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 632 死 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档：洞察所有厉鬼规律 Spring Rain South of the Creek溪南春雨Mystery124k WordsOngoing [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 916Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Mysterious resurgence, death apartment, terrifying homework, infinite rewind, find the murder pattern of the vengeful ghost.

33. 633 我 I Live in Fengmen Village 我住在封门村 Naughty Leopard顽皮豹Mystery807k WordsCompleted My hometown shares its name with the legendary number-one haunted village in China: Fengmen Village. What’s more, our village also has a grandmaster’s chair. Whoever sits in it is doomed to die! It was 1997, and I had been accepted into the high school in town. Once summer vacation was over, I would finally be able to leave the place where I’d spent sixteen years. But what I never expected was for one terrifying incident after another to strike the village! Rats that ate human flesh, five-colore 712Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    I only recommend thrillers that score 9 points or higher! 😳😳🥰

34. 634 我 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 Watching Snow on a Sunny Day晴天看雪Mystery186k WordsOngoing My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score126Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a story I wrote where the protagonist has no cheat codes and relies entirely on his own abilities.

35. 635 阿 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Woman in the Rental Apartment 阿野探灵日记:出租屋里的女人 Wheat and Watermelon Rind麦子西瓜皮Mystery6k WordsCompleted A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Woman in the Rental Apartment —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    See? They all remain silent.

36. 636 阿 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Dripping Sound in the Old House 阿野探灵日记：老宅滴水声 Wheat and Watermelon Rind麦子西瓜皮Mystery6k WordsCompleted A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Dripping Sound in the Old House —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 637 阿 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Office Building Elevator 阿野探灵日记：办公楼的电梯 Wheat and Watermelon Rind麦子西瓜皮Mystery7k WordsCompleted A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Office Building Elevator —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 638 阿 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Last Bus on Route 73 阿野探灵日记：73路末班车 Wheat and Watermelon Rind麦子西瓜皮Mystery6k WordsCompleted A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: The Last Bus on Route 73 —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 639 阿 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: Spending the Night in a Haunted House 阿野探灵日记：凶宅试睡 Wheat and Watermelon Rind麦子西瓜皮Mystery6k WordsCompleted A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: Spending the Night in a Haunted House —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 640 阿 A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: Room 514 at the Old Hotel 阿野探灵日记：老宾馆514号房间 Wheat and Watermelon Rind麦子西瓜皮Mystery6k WordsCompleted A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Diary: Room 514 of the Old Hotel —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 641 阿 Aye's Spirit-Hunting Diary: Parking Space 77 in the Underground Garage 阿野探灵日记：地下车库77号车位 Wheat and Watermelon Rind麦子西瓜皮Mystery6k WordsCompleted A Ye's Paranormal Investigation Journal: Parking Space 77 in the Underground Garage —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 642 情 Where Love Runs Deep, Spirits Stir 情深则灵 Little Zuo's Big You小左左的大右右Mystery309k WordsCompleted Jiang Xiaomao has a secret: he’s discovered that his desires can get people killed. As he gradually awakens supernatural abilities during paranormal events, he also realizes that he’s been corrupted. What should he do? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Listen to me, watch this. It's chilling when you think about it, not in a disgusting way, nor in a fictional setting, but in a very human way.

43. 643 烬 Chronicles of the Ashen Earth 烬土录 An Shun of Tai'an泰安的安舜Mystery163k WordsOngoing You can try it, but I wouldn’t recommend it. The book was signed too early, so I can’t change the title anymore. It can only be called Records of the Ashen Earth now. I originally wanted to change it to The Mountain Keeper: I Slay Demons with My Sharp Tongue. Synopsis Deep in the Qinling Mountains lies a town called Ashen Earth, where generations have served as mountain keepers. I, Chen Nian, had kept watch for seventeen years, but on the day the peachwood tablet shattered, my entire clan tre 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Check out this book, it's a mix of horror and comedy.

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