Mystery and Horror Novels Scary Enough to Read Only Under the Covers at Midnight 有没有半夜躲在被窝里面才敢看的悬疑恐怖小说？

1. 1 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! 885Reads8.6Score117Shelves

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   I think it's alright.

2. 2 死 The Dead Men's Sacrifice 死人祭 Lost Bookish Lad迷惘书童Mystery899k WordsCompleted I went to mourn at my dead sister's funeral, never expecting my wailing to bring the dead baby inside her corpse back to life... 9Reads7.3Score—Shelves
3. 3 法 The Peerless Mage 法师无双 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A top sorcerer who once led the Heavenly Masters’ Court returns, only to be cast out by his powerful family. As he prepares to leave, he discovers that his younger female cousin has fallen victim to dark magic… 3.9kReads9.1Score483Shelves
4. 4 大 The Grand Feng Shui Master 大相师 Feiyi匪夷Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted Ten years ago, nine snakes crawled into my bed. Grandpa said someone was trying to steal my life. To keep me alive, he arranged an engagement for me to extend my lifespan... 8kReads9.3Score984Shelves
5. 5 赶 Corpse-Driving Taboos 赶尸禁忌 Zhang Qi張奇Mystery778k WordsCompleted Grandpa died, but then he came back to life. He said I was destined to face a terrible calamity... If I couldn’t survive it, my whole family would suffer! 153Reads6.0Score—Shelves
6. 6 惊 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 13.9kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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   I love reading these kinds of books, I absolutely love them! I have so many of them on my bookshelf. At first, you might find them boring, but after you finish reading, your house will feel incredibly lively, like it's full of people. I hope you guys like them! 😏😏😏

7. 7 放 The Escape Begins After School 放学后开始逃跑 Three Fish三鱼Mystery606k WordsCompleted On the night the high school entrance exam results were announced, Bai Meng had just received his acceptance letter from a prestigious city high school and was riding a wave of excitement. Then, without warning, the excitement made him so dizzy that before he could even settle down on the sofa, everything went black. When he came to, he was at Tianwang High School. It was a strange place. Once the school day ended, it was time to run for your life! 5.2kReads9.1Score840Shelves
8. 8 规 Rule Horror: This Dorm Is a Little Bit Terrifying 规则怪谈：这个寝室有亿点点恐怖 Yi Du Qi一渡七Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The supernatural rises, and rule-based horror descends. Each country will randomly select a Chosen One to enter the world of urban legends. If you clear the rule-based horror game, your country receives rewards that help it resist the urban legends. The first urban legend takes place in a dormitory. [You've finished another fulfilling day of studying. Welcome back to your dorm to rest. Please read the dormitory rules in advance.] [1: This apartment is designed for six people.] [2: The lower bunk 3.1kReads8.9Score246Shelves
9. 9 作 I Brought This on Myself, but Now the Escape Boss Won’t Leave Me Alone 作死的我被逃生boss缠上了 Bai Zuizui白醉醉Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + Two powerful leads + Infinite-flow + Comedy + Yandere] Some people enter the escape game with a bug built right in. Lu Wu is one of them. While everyone else is seriously trying to escape, Lu Wu treats the escape game as nothing more than a game. Most outrageous of all, the escape game’s boss confessed his feelings to Lu Wu. The players, who risk their lives and wade through blood just to survive, are depressed. They’re going to report Lu Wu for cheating! Lu Wu: I didn’t, I 14.2kReads9.6Score1.8kShelves
10. 10 我 I've Got People Downstairs 我下边有人 Drunken Scholar醉探花Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted “Master, I died so suddenly that my family doesn’t know where I hid some money. Could you pass them a message?” “Sure. I’ll take thirty percent!” “Master, my son is getting married next month. I want to see his wedding. Could you ask the underworld messenger to wait a few days before taking me down?” “No problem, but you’ll have to cover my expenses...” “Kid, you dare mess with me? Do you know I’ve got connections? One word from me and your business will be shut down!” “Heh, you’re finished! Do 858Reads8.0Score103Shelves
11. 11 我 My Midnight Livestream Room 我的午夜直播间 I'm Really Having a Hard Time我真是太难了Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted An unconventional livestream. A turning point in fate. Welcome to the Midnight Livestream. Here you'll find not only expedition streams unlike anything you've ever seen, but also a place where souls are kept in captivity, beyond anything you could imagine. 1.3kReads8.2Score116Shelves
12. 12 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    Everyone who watched the super scary live stream said it was awesome.

13. 13 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.5kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves

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    The protagonist went mad in the end.

14. 14 黄 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop 黄泉典当行 Mr. No-Intestines无肠公子Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing The Underworld Pawnshop has existed since time immemorial, with a long and storied history. It can travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, reaching the far shores of the Yellow Springs to trade with ghosts and gods. It stands somewhere in the modern city. Find the Underworld Pawnshop, and any wish can be granted, but only at an equal price. You can pawn anything you own: organs, years of your life, ancestral treasures, even your soul. In exchange, you can get whatever you desire: m 123Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    These books are all quite good.

15. 15 民 Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈 Su Wan苏皖Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me? 9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
16. 16 阴 The Yin-Yang Exorcist 阴阳摸诡人 Mushroom Stewed with French Fries香菇炖薯条Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted I have two mothers, and neither of them is alive. The moment I was born, a heavenly dog swallowed the moon, blood rained from the sky, every beast bowed its head, and ghosts wailed... 781Reads8.7Score101Shelves
17. 17 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4kShelves
18. 18 捞 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 Chen Shisan陈十三Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Twenty-three years ago, his father died under mysterious circumstances. His skin was hung from the old locust tree at the entrance to the village. Twenty-three years later, the eldest brother who had been given away as a child returned. His banner read: Corpse Retriever. 3.3kReads8.3Score484Shelves
19. 19 茅 The Maoshan Coffin-Raiser 茅山升棺人 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing From the moment I was born, someone secretly plotted against me, making my mother give birth prematurely and changing my birth date. My birth chart clashed with my parents' fates, and they both died on the very day I was born. I vowed to find the culprit, and in time became a Maoshan coffin-raiser! Coffin-raising is the practice of relocating graves. After death, people should be buried in a place with good feng shui to protect their descendants. But some ancestors are buried in malevolent place 1.3kReads9.0Score102Shelves
20. 20 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
21. 21 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 30.7kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
22. 22 黄 Yellow Springs Medical Hall 黄泉医馆 Green Pepper and Shrimp青椒肉虾Mystery2.6M WordsCompleted On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, ghosts roam at night and the living must keep away. Yet on Linjiang Road, an unremarkable clinic stands with all four doors wide open, inviting every kind of visitor. Above the eaves hangs a gilded plaque bearing four large characters: “Yellow Springs Clinic.” 531Reads8.1Score100Shelves
23. 23 黄 The Underworld Bureau of the Yellow Springs 黄泉阴司 Long-Eared Rabbit长耳朵的兔子Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted When I was a kid, I went to the back hill of the village to play and pick up human bones. There I stumbled upon a ghost opera and nearly lost my life. Luckily, a green snake saved me, but the snake also began a strange, shadowy romance. Ghost operas, spirit summoning, yellow-skin spirits' yin graves, peachwood seals against evil: the bizarre folk customs of southern Guizhou and chilling, uncanny tales of the worlds of yin and yang are coming your way. Warning: Not for the faint of heart!!! 5.8kReads8.4Score586Shelves
24. 24 十 Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人（全五册） Li Yifan李诣凡Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red 11.8kReads9.6Score2.2kShelves

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    It sent chills down my spine after reading it. The first book can be directly compared to it; the more you read, the more terrifying it becomes.

25. 25 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5kShelves

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    In other words, they are all very beautiful. Just look at them and that's it.

26. 26 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 8.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
27. 27 玄 The Metaphysics Master Became Famous After Joining a Variety Show 玄门大佬参加综艺后走红了 Cherry Honey樱桃蜜Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + Variety show + Livestream + Power fantasy + Sweet romance + Comedy + Rekindled love] At a friend’s invitation, Tang Ran, a practitioner of the mystic arts, joins a travel variety show. But her friend’s unusual fate gradually turns what was supposed to be a travel show into something eerie. A sinister Buddha idol worshipped by countless devotees, tens of thousands of ghosts who died unjustly in the city… Just when the viewers think the production is doomed, Tang Ran calmly deals wi 2.4kReads9.2Score299Shelves
28. 28 什 What? That Pretty Young Lady Can Catch Ghosts! 什么？那个漂亮小姐姐会抓鬼！ The Fish Learning to Fly学飞行的鱼Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted The animated series "Call Me Lord Wuchang" is now available on 🍎 [Metaphysics + wild imagination + romance + powerful duo + satisfying read] You Zhi is a fair-skinned, beautiful, gentle and obedient college student in public. At night, she becomes the Yang Wuchang, hooking souls and catching ghosts. Other students’ part-time jobs: streamer, online shop clerk, model, writer... You Zhi’s part-time job: hooking souls and catching ghosts... P.S. A strong female lead, and a strong male lead too. A 19.8kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
29. 29 玄 The Mystic Queen Returns and Turns the Ghost Realm Upside Down 玄学女王回归后，炸翻鬼界 Galaxy Dream星河梦Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + redemption + ghost hunting] Lu Chi, a gifted young man, loses his sight and becomes paralyzed in a car accident. Everyone tramples on and humiliates him, and he grows dark and twisted. Ye Qing, a grandmaster of metaphysics, comes to repay a debt of gratitude. She treats his illness, treats him kindly, and gives him all the tenderness she can. His pale, frightening face turns toward her. “What do you want?” Ye Qing smiles brightly. “I want you to be well.” In an instant, all the em 8kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves
30. 30 道 The Supreme Daoist: Endless Slaughter 道门太上：无尽杀戮 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery566k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The arts of the Daoist sect shall be supreme! All the great paths under Heaven come from the Supreme One. The Supreme One has but one lineage: the Li family! (No female lead, no harem, no System, and not a story where the protagonist is completely invincible.) 8.6kReads9.3Score602Shelves
31. 31 道 Supreme Taoist: A Calamity of Bloodshed 道门太上：血光之灾 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery480k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven, and slay every evil thing. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. All the great paths beneath Heaven come from Taishang. The Taishang lineage belongs to my Li family alone. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, makes a solemn vow to eradicate every evil demon beneath Heaven: he will never ascend, but remain in the mortal world for thousands of years. 10.7kReads9.4Score876Shelves
32. 32 道 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 22.4kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
33. 33 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves
34. 34 疯 Are You Crazy? Everyone Has a Martial Spirit, and You’re the Only One Cultivating Immortality? 疯了吧！全民武魂，就你小子修仙？ Hawthorn and Rock Sugar山楂冰糖Urban612k WordsCompleted The world underwent a global transformation, and everyone gained their own martial spirit, except Ning Fan. “Give up your martial spirit and learn immortal cultivation with me. It has a much brighter future.” Ning Fan looked at everyone earnestly. Classmates: “Teacher, Ning Fan’s gone crazy! We should take him to the hospital.” Dad: “My dear boy, I don’t mind that you don’t have a martial spirit, but please don’t go crazy!” Stranger: “Hello? Is this the psychiatric hospital? One of your patients 51Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    🎉I'm recommending books, they're guaranteed to be top-notch!🎉 1. A global cataclysm has occurred, and everyone possesses their own Martial Soul, except for Ning Fan. "Discard your Martial Soul and learn cultivation with me, cultivation has a brighter future." Ning Fan sincerely looks at everyone. Classmate: "Teacher, Ning Fan's gone mad! Take him to the hospital!" 2. Lu Yu unexpectedly transmigrates to a fantasy cultivation world, activating the strongest storyteller system. It's said that as long as you tell stories, you'll receive a constant stream of rewards. Thus, his opening scene, "Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin," shocked the entire audience, and Lu Yu became a glorious storyteller. 3. In the world of beast taming, beast taming is supreme. Among the myriad races of the starry sky, humanity reigns supreme. The Crimson Comet, a cataclysmic event, arrives. Humanity rises, shattering the heavens. When Lin Xuan summons his pet beast: A saber-toothed tiger hundreds of meters tall shatters a cliff with a single stomp… A multicolored Heavenly Destiny Butterfly, with a flap of its wings, obliterates the entire void… Are you crazy? Your beast taming can evolve infinitely!

35. 35 玄 Xuanhuan: Telling the Tale of Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, Shaking the Cultivation World 玄幻：说书九龙拉棺，修炼界炸了 Tiger-Skin Roasted Green Pepper虎皮烤尖椒Eastern Fantasy621k WordsCompleted Lu Yu unexpectedly transmigrated to a fantasy cultivation world and unlocked the Strongest Storyteller System. They said that as long as he told stories, he would receive an endless stream of rewards. So, from the start, he stunned the whole crowd with Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin and became an honorable storyteller. “The qin and drums resound, iron spears clash. Cold light flashes across the stars. With no Human Emperor among us, the nine sacred physiques battle the heavens!” “Live as a hero a 651Reads5.4Score126Shelves
36. 36 疯 Are You Kidding Me? Your Beast Can Evolve Without Limits? 疯了吧！你的御兽能无限进化？ A Dream Chaser一个逐梦人Eastern Fantasy702k WordsCompleted In the Beast-Taming World, beast tamers reign supreme. Among the countless races of the starry sky, humanity stands above all. The Red-Comet Demon Star appears, and upheaval descends. Humanity rises, conquering the heavens. After transmigrating to the Beast-Taming World, everyone awakens the beast-taming talent within them on Awakening Day. Only those who awaken a beast-taming talent can create a beast-taming space, form contracts with beasts, and become beast tamers. A high-ranking beast tamer 31Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 惊 Thriller Game: Unlocking the All-Profession Simulator from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局解锁全职业模拟器 A Bubble That Won't Pop吹不起的泡泡Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [A thunderous crash from the heavens, and an explosive power fantasy makes its entrance! The power-fantasy version of a horror world: crushing everything in his path and enjoying every moment!] This novel is also known as I Turned the Horror Game into a Career Game, Horror: My Max-Level Profession Lets Me Slaughter Everything, and The Max-Level Horror Pro. “Ding! Ghost Courier career simulation successful. Max level reached.” “Ding! Ghost Chef career simulation successful. Max level reached.” “D 114Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    This book is amazing.

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