I'm in a Bad Mood. Looking for Ghost Stories, Occult Fiction, or Thrillers 心情不好，想找鬼故事或者玄学，惊悚的阅读

1. 1 致 Fatal Impulse 致命冲动 Forget the Sorrow of Parting忘记离愁Mystery4.6M WordsCompleted Never grab a WeChat red envelope from a stranger! After I accidentally took one from a stranger, strange things started happening one after another, and my classmates began dying, one by one. Maybe I'll be next... 5.9kReads8.0Score617Shelves

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   Despite lacking a rating and featuring few characters, this is undoubtedly an excellent work. A multitude of ghosts and monsters appear, and the ways of dying are bizarre and varied, making it a test of both wisdom and courage.

2. 2 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves

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   Story summary: It's really good 😊

3. 3 恐 The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I 18.3kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves

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   The first book is absolutely amazing! I've been reading it since middle school and have gone through it four or five times already. It's incredibly good, trust me, you won't regret it! The second book is one I just finished recently, and it's also very good. It's not the scary kind, just mildly frightening. The third book is one I just started reading and it's quite captivating. My top recommendation is the first one!!!

4. 4 鬼 The Ghost Marshal’s Yin-Yang Inn 鬼差之阴阳馆 Young Master Rui蕊公子Mystery501k WordsCompleted By day, she transforms into a human; by night, she helps ghosts cross over. Come visit this unassuming little shop, run by a newly hired underworld makeup artist, and make an inquiry. 795Reads9.1Score115Shelves
5. 5 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
6. 6 我 I Became a Sensation Worldwide by Livestreaming Fortune-Telling 我靠直播算命，火爆了全世界 Wen Ren Nuan闻人暖Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Reborn + livestreaming + fortune-telling + ghost-hunting + episodic stories + satisfying revenge + punishing evil and promoting good] When she opened her eyes, metaphysics master Ye Ling discovered that she had been reborn! Her host was not only a social-phobe, but also had a mother with terminal cancer, an older brother who had never married, and an honest, simple father. To pay for her mother's treatment, find a wife for her brother, and give her family a better life, Ye Ling decided to retur 10.8kReads9.5Score2.6kShelves

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   These books made me a little scared, probably because I read them at night. The third one was a bit long, and the female lead was a coroner. You can tell from the title of the second one. The first one is still being serialized. It's not that scary, is it?

7. 7 画 The Bone-Painting Coroner 画骨女仵作 Li Duowu厘多乌Ancient Romance3.3M WordsCompleted In the twenty-first century, she was a celebrated darling of the archaeological world. Then she transmigrated and became the third young lady of the Jinjiang Ji family, a girl who was supposed to starve to death. Her father didn’t love her, everyone despised her, and her little body had been malnourished from birth! So she returned to her old trade, drawing portraits of the dead to earn silver and fill her stomach. With her nimble hands, she could examine gleaming white bones and solve thousand- 730Reads8.6Score108Shelves
8. 8 请 Excuse Me, Do You Have a Corpse at Home? 请问你家有尸体吗 Zhuozhuo着着Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [A laugh-out-loud story, don't let the title fool you] A sorceress from another world was hit by a rock and landed in ours. She spent two hundred years stuck inside it. At last, she borrowed the body of a woman in a vegetative state to get out and stretch her legs, but she was born with Conan's knack for stumbling into mysteries. What? The beautiful female ghost's body was chopped to pieces! The pure, innocent college student's body was soaked and bloated! This world is out to get me! But I can' 1.2kReads9.3Score185Shelves

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   If you're feeling down, this ghost-hunting book is perfect. It's thrilling, hilarious, and free of romance or nonsensical plot points. Every chapter is a laugh-out-loud comedy. Just read the first chapter and you'll see!

9. 9 守 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 Wheat麦子Mystery2.6M WordsCompleted The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 917Reads6.3Score100Shelves

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   The only problem with this book is the male lead. He's so infuriating; he has no backbone and doesn't even try to be careful when things happen to him. He just trusts anyone who looks good.

10. 10 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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    [Fear] This horror novel, Juejuezi, is full of terror in the desolate village. I was so scared while reading it that I didn't dare to breathe and felt a chill down my spine, as if I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Not for the faint of heart.

11. 11 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score376Shelves

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    Of these three, I highly recommend the first one, especially the first one. I absolutely love it; even reading it during the day gives me a real fright. In short, it's extremely good.

12. 12 1EN The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 Old Eighty老八零Mystery813k WordsCompleted I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought! 13.5kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
13. 13 老 The Sixth Man's Strange Tales 老六诡事 Liu the Old Fellow from Changchun长春老六Mystery171k WordsCompleted A collection of true stories about all kinds of inexplicable, supernatural events personally experienced by people around me. Just think of it as my attempt to pass off some tales as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! I’m repeating it three times because it’s important! I don’t make up stories. I’m simply passing them along! 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a compilation and edit of strange and unusual things that people around me have personally experienced. It's chilling to think about. I'm not responsible if you're scared. 😂😂😂

14. 14 茅 Thirty Years on Maoshan 茅山三十年 September Stone九月石Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing ♥ Don’t let the rating fool you, my book is top-notch! A feel-good story about a Taoist priest who descends the mountain to catch ghosts and drive out evil. No romance, no saintly do-gooder. Traveling far and wide to vanquish demons and uphold the Dao. No padding, no rambling, no romance. 9.4kReads8.8Score750Shelves

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    If you're feeling down, check out this ghost story book. It's very well written, and the stories are so captivating that they'll make you forget all your troubles.

15. 15 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... 29.8kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

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    These books are highly recommended!!! They are extremely good, and those with a strong stomach can choose to read them all!!!

16. 16 猛 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 Lampwick灯草Mystery417k WordsCompleted When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 4.7kReads9.0Score333Shelves
17. 17 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
18. 18 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves

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    This book is good; I've been reading it for three days and am already eagerly awaiting the next update.

19. 19 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    Let me teach you some real skills, so don't be depressed.

20. 20 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves

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    It's terrifying! I was too scared to sleep after reading it last night!!! The first book has several short stories, the plot is tight and doesn't drag, it's really worth reading [please follow]. The protagonist of the second book is dressed in white 🌻, with unparalleled strength, punishing evil and promoting good, and always helping his friends who were kidnapped to avenge themselves. Every strike he makes is aimed at the evil in the darkness. Just like those little devils said, Chengcheng is the gentlest person in the world ☺️, a ray of light in this world 😇

21. 21 极 The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园 Song Qingshan Who Loves Peach Blossom Soup爱吃桃花羹的宋庆善Mystery524k WordsOngoing As the best university in the city, this school admits only outstanding students. But it also has many rules that are hard to understand: no studying after eight o’clock, and no leaving your dorm room after midnight. No matter who calls to you from the corridor, do not answer... The protagonists in this story are all independent, but their countless connections eventually bring them together. What secrets does this school hold? 247Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's terrifying, it's horrible.

22. 22 男 So What If I'm Out of a Job as a Male Model? I Can Exorcise Demons! 男模下岗咋了？老子会驱魔！ Bi Mo Lan璧墨澜Urban150k WordsOngoing [Paranormal + Exorcism + Episodic Stories + No Female Lead + No Romance + No Harem + Brotherhood + Growing Up] Male model and drinking companion Sun Yu gets plied with drinks and groped by rich women in private rooms every night. He curses under his breath but still has to smile, thinking he’s doomed to spend his whole life trapped in drinking parties. Then he finds a busted piece of wood hidden by his adoptive father, and a big brother from an exorcist family suddenly shows up! Now the winegla 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending a new supernatural story! Please be gentle with your criticism. No female lead, no romance, no couple. The story follows a man who, driven to desperation, becomes a male model in a nightclub. Unexpectedly, he uncovers the secret of his past, discovering he's a descendant of a family of exorcists. After reuniting with his only brother, the two brothers embark on a tale of exorcism, ghost-hunting, and revenge.

23. 23 民 Folk Feng Shui Secrets 民间风水秘术 Unbelievably Proper正经的不得了Mystery248k WordsCompleted This story focuses on practical feng shui and fortune-telling. If you're looking for made-up drama, this isn't for you! Feel free to skip the first four chapters and start reading from Chapter Five. The adaptation will also start from Chapter Five, which should make it much easier to adapt. Thank you for understanding! (Traditional, no System, no wild flights of fancy, funny, not saintly! A technical, skill-focused story!) I was born in a poor mountain village. From a young age, I traveled aroun 27.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves

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    For a while, I was quite obsessed with mysterious and suspenseful novels, as well as the infinite flow genre. Currently, I'm engrossed in the second one, which is about tomb raiding and adventure. The main objective is to retrieve something to save someone, and some truths are gradually emerging. The fight scenes in it are truly exhilarating!

24. 24 盗 Tomb Raiding: Little Third Master Is in Danger, the Backup Team Mobilizes! 盗墓：小三爷危，后援团出动！ Daoist Broken Chapter断章道长Mystery504k WordsCompleted [First person, before the restart, original story, no System, reader-chosen pairing; proceed with caution if you dislike first-person narration] My life has been full of twists and turns. I have set foot in an underground palace suspended upside down in the sky, and I have witnessed the reality behind myths. These are things you could never imagine: humans living alongside demons, ghostly shadows that seize the soul, fish-men who grin as they devour hearts, and underworld needles deep in the mar 2.5kReads9.5Score248Shelves
25. 25 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
26. 26 我 I’m Really Not Blind 我真的不是瞎子 Two Cats in a Tree树上两只猫Mystery412k WordsCompleted As the old saying goes: Dogs can see things people can't. I'm not a dog, but I can see things normal people can't. 332Reads8.5Score113Shelves
27. 27 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Advised the Female Ghost to Study Hard! 惊悚游戏：开局劝女鬼好好学习! Sun and Moon日月Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural instance dungeon: Class 3, Year 1 has finished loading. Players, get ready.] What happens when a hot-tempered young man enters a horror game? Xie Yao: “Why aren't you studying? What are you doing here!” Ghost student: “Big bro, I was wrong! Ah, don't hit my face!” Xie Yao: “Why is your mouth open? Have you finished your homework?” Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Please, I'll do it right now! Don't hit me!” Xie Yao turned around. “What are you doing?” All the ghosts: “Uh... we're being friendl 2.5kReads9.2Score236Shelves
28. 28 惊 Horror Livestream: Turns Out I'm the Scariest One? 惊悚直播：原来我才是最恐怖的那个？ I Have a Tiao我有一只条Mystery233k WordsCompleted Chen Dong transmigrates to a parallel world and joins a live horror broadcast. Here, monsters run rampant. There are demons, monsters, and ghosts, but for some reason, I’ve become the most terrifying and bizarre king of them all? 5Reads5.8Score—Shelves
29. 29 惊 Thriller Game: I Beat Up Ghosts from the Start, and I Meant To 惊悚游戏：开局揍鬼，我是故意的 Tofu豆腐Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted The paranormal returns, and nightmares descend. Wang Ran, a high school senior. On the eve of the college entrance exams, his entire class was selected for a survival horror game. While everyone else was consumed by fear and struggling to survive, Wang Ran wore an excited grin. At Blood Moon High School, while everyone else fought to stay alive, Wang Ran was already having a heart-to-heart with the headmistress. At the Death Hospital, while everyone else fled for their lives, Wang Ran had 14Reads8.2Score—Shelves
30. 30 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves
31. 31 惊 Thriller Game: The Little Ghost Girl Calls Me Daddy 惊悚游戏：小女鬼认我做爸爸 Big Whale Blowing Bubbles大鲸鱼吹泡泡Mystery540k WordsCompleted [No female lead + comedy + satisfying power fantasy, not horror] The Horror Game descended eighteen years ago! While all the players were struggling to survive... Zhao Lingt u discovered that he could see hidden hints! He talked a drowned ghost into becoming his devoted simp! He got an adorable little ghost girl to call him Dad! He forced a vicious evil spirit to undergo gender reassignment surgery in the operating room! “You ask how I’ve been doing in the Horror Game?” “All I can say is, I 556Reads9.0Score102Shelves
32. 32 人 Life Is Boring, So I Can Only Get By on Thriller Games 人生无趣只能靠惊悚游戏度日 Can't Do Anything Right干啥啥不会Mystery231k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + no CP + power fantasy + mystery] The horror game, Life and Death, is a game only the dead can enter. Beat it, and you can come back to life. Shen Fufeng is a sinister, scheming capitalist with little regard for morality. After trying every interesting thing the world had to offer, he finally grew bored. One day, he discovered Life and Death. Ghost: “I want your eyes.” Shen Fufeng: “Sure.” Ghost: “I want you to stay with me forever.” Shen Fufeng: “Sure, sure.” After the instance 127Reads8.7Score—Shelves
33. 33 惊 Thriller Survival: Beating Up a Clown at the Amusement Park from the Start! 惊悚求生：开局游乐场暴揍小丑！ Lamplight Beneath the Moths飞蛾下的灯火Mystery521k WordsCompleted [Wish-Fulfillment]+ [No Simping]+ [System]+ [Hilarious] A mysterious force descended upon Blue Star, periodically choosing lucky people to enter a terrifying survival game! A mysterious livestreaming app let people everywhere watch the livestreams and recordings of those trapped in the game. Li Xiao, a man incapable of fear who looked downright terrifying when he smiled, entered the survival game. The clown was crazy, but he was even crazier! The evil spirits were terrifying, but he was even mor 3.1kReads9.2Score350Shelves
34. 34 恐 Horror Revival: While Others Struggle to Survive, I Command Ten Thousand Ghosts 恐怖复苏：别人都在求生，而我统御万鬼 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Mystery662k WordsCompleted [No female lead] Lin Jing joins the globally livestreamed survival show Ghost Realm Survival and unlocks a Ghost Taming System! As long as people admire Lin Jing, he earns Admiration Points, which he can use to draw prizes! While everyone else is trying to survive on the show, Lin Jing is commanding ten thousand ghosts! Water, food, talismans, spiritual weapons, enhancements... He's got everything! "Host has obtained Spiritual Energy Water. Drinking it will strengthen the body!" "Host has obtain 281Reads9.1Score107Shelves
35. 35 恐 Horror Invades, but I Turn It into a Cozy Everyday Life! 恐怖入侵，我给玩成了温馨日常！ Half an Orange小半个橙子Mystery622k WordsCompleted Su Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that everyone is transported to a terrifying realm crawling with evil spirits. As luck would have it, he awakens a special golden finger: a “healing everyday life” cheat template. Fighting and killing is barbaric. Only love can bring peace. From then on, the terrifying world’s whole vibe veers wildly off course, never to return. While everyone else fights desperately for their lives, he helps his roommate, a little “sacrificial child” girl, 55Reads7.8Score—Shelves
36. 36 惊 Thriller Game: Bro, You’re Scarier Than the Ghosts! 惊悚游戏：大哥你比鬼还凶！ Salted Fish Emperor咸鱼大帝Mystery333k WordsCompleted A year ago, a supernatural force descended upon Blue Star and swept across the globe in an instant through live death broadcasts! Lin Zhi, born under the star of misfortune and destined to be alone, enters the game. While others are tormented by D-rank flesh demons, he awakens his Calamity-Born Physique. While others flee for their lives, he makes the long-haired female ghost dance herself to sleep. In his battle with the Ghost Mother, he burns the entire instance to ashes, accidentally discover 567Reads9.1Score100Shelves
37. 37 我 I'm a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我在凶宅当试睡员 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted I worked for a real estate company, but later I was transferred to another department. I never expected to encounter something terrifying on my very first day... 5.7kReads8.8Score600Shelves

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    Three of the male leads are incredibly cool, and one of the female leads is a little naive at first, but you grow to like her more and more as the story progresses. You can even casually ship any of the male characters.

38. 38 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 2.5kReads9.1Score333Shelves
39. 39 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 5kReads9.0Score204Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥Watch at your own risk if you're easily scared⚠️⚠️Zun Du is terrifying! My hair stood on end while I was watching it. The chilling feeling made me afraid to even go to the bathroom. You'll know how terrifying it is once you see it!

40. 40 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
41. 41 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves
42. 42 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves
43. 43 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves
44. 44 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

    Reader note

    The first two books are supposedly based on real paranormal events, and the author of the second book seems to be a Taoist priest. The last book will make you question whether you're crazy; it's more chilling than ghost stories.

45. 45 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 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves

    Reader note

    You'll definitely be pleasantly surprised after reading it! It's purely Chinese in style, with a very novel theme, a well-written ensemble cast, suspenseful yet humorous, and full of unexpected plot twists. It's so good! Highly recommended! 👍👍👍

46. 46 婴 Baby Lantern 婴儿灯 Old He Baba老河灞灞Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light... 197Reads—Score—Shelves

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47. 47 体 The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴 Qu Shen去甚Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co 7Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend these! I prefer supernatural stories without cultivation or systems. They're more immersive and easier to read. I'm currently following the first one; the writing and plot are good. The later ones are from other good ones I've read before. I've noticed fewer people read horror novels these days, and there aren't many authors who put effort into writing them. They all use similar tropes, which makes them hard to get into.

48. 48 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
49. 49 诡 Eerie Tattoos 诡纹 Daoist of Jiangnan江南道长Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted My grandfather was a tattoo artist, but the things he tattooed were seriously sinister… 7.5kReads9.1Score783Shelves
50. 50 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

    Reader note

    Aside from the second and seventh books, which lack strength, the others can be used to counterattack the demons. I strongly recommend the first book.

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