Why Is San Shi Yu the Only Good Horror Book? 除了三尸语怎么一本好看的书都没有了！恐怖的！

1. 351 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 16.5kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
2. 352 致 The Deadly Delivery 致命快递 I Only Understood After the Ending结局后才明白Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted No one is born evil. Good people are simply corrupted. A strange, empty package that appeared out of nowhere completely changed the life of courier Ji Wen. As the Special Cases Task Force begins investigating, one bizarre incident after another follows: a recipient who has been dead for a week personally signs for a delivery; a beautiful young woman begs for help finding the person who killed her; a body that was already buried knocks on a door in the middle of the night and murders someone. Ar 390Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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   All fresh ingredients. I've already watched Underworld Detective twice.

3. 353 巫 The Strongest Spirit Medium in Qianzhou, the Land of Wu and Nuo 巫傩黔州最强走阴人 Mr. Luo罗大先生Mystery69k WordsOngoing #SpiritWalkers #Folklore #UnusualTales #StrangeCaseFiles #TheYinYangRoad Chen Xuan, a ritual master from Qianzhou, is neither Buddhist nor Daoist. He commands the Five Chang troops and roams between the worlds of yin and yang. Just after solving a bizarre case involving stolen skins and body possession, he takes on a high-priced supernatural job in the Northeast. A wealthy child is plagued by a strange illness that has left famous doctors and immortals alike helpless. Joining forces with Ma Xiao —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Let me make this clear: please do not imitate the rituals and ceremonies described in this book. This is a folk shamanistic practice from Guizhou. Those interested can take a look.

4. 354 九 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 Ninth Master九当家Mystery3.5M WordsOngoing The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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   While reading, I felt completely immersed, as if I were right there in the story. The tense and exciting plot, full of twists and turns, is just as good as The Three Corpses. Highly recommended!

5. 355 蛇 Snake Immortal 蛇仙 October in April四月的十月Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [The animated series Seven Days of Snake Entanglement is now streaming] My name is An Xin. On the day of the “Azure Dragon Wedding,” my great-grandfather killed a green snake and a white snake. The villagers said they were about to grow horns, transform into flood dragons, ascend, and become snake immortals. The night I was born, my grandfather knelt in the Snake Temple all night before my mother could give birth to me. He died in the temple. Ever since I was little, a snake has appeared in my d 5.1kReads9.3Score1kShelves
6. 356 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 538.5kReads9.5Score43.9kShelves
7. 357 倒 The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈13k WordsCompleted The Man Buried Upside Down 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   If you enjoy reading suspense and horror late at night, you absolutely must bookmark this one—"The Man Buried Upside Down." A village with strange rules, a vertical coffin facing deep into the mountains, and a shocking secret revealed by a great flood. It's incredibly powerful!

8. 358 殡 Plenty of Stories at the Funeral Home 殡仪馆里故事多 Rampaging Bear狂暴熊Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since Lin Yu took a job driving a hearse at a funeral home, his life became anything but ordinary. He and his friends went through all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events together. Vengeful spirits possessing people, a dead infant in a pot, opera singing in a graveyard... No one knew what would happen next. 13.2kReads8.7Score985Shelves

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   That's because you haven't read this book.

9. 359 夜 A Three-Hundred-Mile Night Journey 夜行三百里 Smiling Flowers Bloom South of the City城南含笑花开Mystery531k WordsCompleted In the thirteenth year of the Republic, corpse driver Master Tian and his apprentice A Gui take on a deadly job: transporting five bodies three hundred li back to their hometown. When they pass by Qingxi Mountain, someone takes control of the corpses from them, and it all begins there... In an era of warlord conflicts, rival sects, sinister practitioners, and mountain spirits blocking the way, the protagonist’s buried past is revealed layer by layer. When two moons hang in the sky and yin and ya 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There's bound to be a Chinese supernatural element that suits your taste.

10. 360 民 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 Ein Shutan爱因舒坦Mystery402k WordsCompleted The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 63Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one has a ghost story in each chapter, it's terrifying!

11. 361 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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    People who stutter don't stutter when they sing.

12. 362 打 Ghost Hunting on the Job 打工捉鬼记 Murong Yanqing慕容彦青Mystery460k WordsCompleted An ordinary wage earner accidentally triggers a mysterious power after encountering a ghost in the middle of the night. From then on, he works by day and hunts ghosts by night, fighting countless enemies to protect those around him! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've recently been reading "Working Ghost Hunting," a story about everyday life interspersed with supernatural elements. The author's writing gets better as it progresses.

13. 363 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves

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    These two books are sure to be good.

14. 364 猫 Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in a Cat’s Eyes 猫祭：她住在猫的眼睛里 Jason Who Loves Beef Tripe Soup爱吃牛肚汤的杰森Mystery215k WordsCompleted Three collections of horror stories: "Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in the Cat’s Eyes", "Snake Curse: The Evil of Qingshi Town", and "The Dying Magic Cube: An Embrace That Never Arrives". Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I hope you enjoy them! Thank you all for your support! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely terrifying, extremely immersive.

15. 365 行 Strange Tales from the Road 行路诡闻 Mars and Earth火星和地球Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Folk customs and suspense | Episodic stories | Immersive accounts] There's an old saying: Walk the night road three times, and ghosts and gods will follow you. Writer Lin Sui travels around gathering material, recording the rural ghost stories he hears along the way in the old notebook he carries with him. He has no spirit-seeing eyes and can't draw talismans or chant incantations. Faced with those indescribable horrors, his only weapons are the pen in his hand and his instinct for survival. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've read these books and I think they're pretty good; the plots and storylines are quite engaging. You guys can check them out.

16. 366 谁 Who’s Watching You Sleep? 谁在看着你睡觉 Jason Who Loves Beef Tripe Soup爱吃牛肚汤的杰森Mystery227k WordsCompleted A collection of horror stories, including The Haunting of the Girls' Dorm, The Peeping Eye, and The Abyss of the Locked Room: A Mother's Checkmate! I guarantee you'll be too scared to use the bathroom after reading them at night! Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I'm a newcomer, and this is my first time writing on Tomato Novel! I hope you'll give me lots of encouragement! Your support is what motivates me to create more and better stories! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 367 心 Psychological Crime: Ten Bizarre Cold Cases 心理罪：十大诡异悬案 Three Lives, No Hope三生绝Mystery4.0M WordsCompleted A novelist’s bizarre suicide conceals the filthy ugliness of human nature, hidden from the world! A haunted murder house reopens a cold case buried for fifteen years. Is it the work of vengeful spirits, or a descent into an abyss of evil? On a remote island overseas, a terrifying priso 8kReads8.9Score859Shelves
18. 368 爷 Grandpa, I Was Reborn, I Swear I'm Not Possessed 爷爷，我是重生，真不是鬼上身 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Mystery3.6M WordsOngoing [Traditional Mystery and Supernatural Fiction] [One Female Lead] [Period Novel] [A Funeral Master’s True Accounts] [Northeastern Chinese Funeral Customs] [Rural Life] Adapted into the short drama Eighties Funeral Master (Disclaimer: The folk techniques in this book, including Zhuyou healing rituals, are entirely fictional. Please do not imitate them. The author bears no responsibility for any problems that may arise.) Good grief, I’ve been reborn in 1986, and from the start Grandpa thinks I’m a 62.3kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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    It's really beautiful! [Heart emoji]

19. 369 让 You Asked Me to Livestream a Classic, and I Called Dream of the Red Chamber a Ghost Story 让你直播讲名著，你说红楼是鬼书 When Will This Yawn End?懒腰何时断Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted “Dream of the Red Chamber was never a classic novel. It's a book specifically about ghosts!” “Compendium of Materia Medica was never a conventional medical text. It's a sacred book containing a wealth of folk magic!” “The Classic of Mountains and Seas isn't a fabricated collection of myths. It's a historical record of civilization after a prehistoric nuclear war!” “...” Qi Luo gave up on traditional publishing, and from the very first second of his livestream, he turned everyone's understanding 51.2kReads8.9Score4.7kShelves

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    Friendly reminder: This book is for the faint of heart; it may send chills down your spine.

20. 370 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 36.2kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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    This is for you.

21. 371 重 Back to 1985: Don't Call Me Comrade, Call Me Husband! 重回85叫什么同志叫老公！ I Still Dare我还敢Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In Northeast China in 1985, an era known as the darkest of times: a young man, a hunting rifle, a heart full of passion, and a jianghu shrouded in gun smoke... In an age when might makes right, a man’s fierce devotion and true-to-life nature are what it takes to get ahead in the Northeast. A period novel, the rise of an ordinary man, one heroine, dual transmigration. 11.1kReads9.1Score807Shelves
22. 372 天 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ At Sunset Beneath the Moon, I Am Sanhe日落月下吾为三禾Mystery544k WordsOngoing On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Personally, I think both books are very good. The first one is the newest in the supernatural genre, combining horror and humor, with everyone being intelligent, and the plot unfolding in a series of interconnected events. Many of the place names also match up.

23. 373 肺 Reborn with Lung Cancer, I Became the World's Richest Man as an Ordinary Guy 肺癌重生，平凡的我是世界首富 Several Thousand Years Old几千岁Urban226k WordsCompleted The world's richest person is a dream that countless people aspire to. There is no single protagonist in this book. The people in this story could be you, or they could be me, representing countless ordinary people. And Li Hong is just one unremarkable man among the vast sea of humanity. With terminal lung cancer, he suffered day and night, and ultimately lived out his humble life in despair. As his life came to an end, he unexpectedly was reborn, completely overturning his doomed fate and beco 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book to everyone, go check it out!

24. 374 我 I'm Just a Village Doctor, Is It Really So Strange That I Know the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles? 我一个村医会鬼门十三针很合理吧 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After his grandfather died, Chen Mo returned from the city hospital to his village and became its new barefoot doctor. Who says a barefoot doctor can’t amount to anything? Surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, with no nine-to-five grind or mortgage, he can turn his hometown into a paradise. Northeastern customs, everyday stories, and local life: it’s all here. Urban daily life, one heroine, no System, just little stories to enjoy over tea. This book is also known as The Years I Served as 14.9kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
25. 375 半 A Half-Baked Taoist's Guide to Catching Demons 半吊子道士捉妖记 Nan Dang Hermit南宕散人Urban159k WordsOngoing The Misty Wasteland Village, The Haunted School, The Paper Effigy Town... Lu Feng was abandoned as a child and raised by Qingxiao, an old beggar who took him in. He learned a few rudimentary Taoist arts and, through a twist of fate, encountered one strange event after another, gradually drawing closer to the truth. As it turned out, Qingxiao was also carrying a huge secret. He had willingly become a homeless beggar, wandering from place to place to punish himself. "Master, I'll help you take bac —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A misty, deserted village, a school steeped in ghost stories, a paper-crafted town… one relatively independent story after another.

26. 376 阴 The Yin-Yang Occult Artisan 阴阳诡匠 Fat with Backbone肥出骨气Mystery4.2M WordsCompleted As the old saying goes: “Better to offend the King of Hell than a carpenter.” A carpenter isn't someone who puts together a plank to make a door or builds a table. That's just woodworking! A true carpenter understands the yin and yang, knows feng shui, and can bring prosperity to a household or cause someone to die a sudden, violent death. I might have spent my whole life as an ordinary woodworker, if Grandma hadn't given me a mysterious old book... 4.6kReads7.0Score485Shelves

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    The Yin-Yang Ghost Craftsman is the second part of the Three Corpse Tales, but Tomato didn't include it.

27. 377 创 After My Startup Failed, I Joined the Yamen to Exorcise Evil Spirits at a Funeral Shop 创业失败在寿衣店加入公门驱邪 Old Dog of Gusu姑苏老狗Mystery283k WordsCompleted [Parallel Wu-Yue folk customs + no System or golden finger + infighting within the government + mildly eerie supernatural elements] After his boastful grandpa dies, Zhong Mo joins a mysterious department he has never heard of before. From that moment on, his worldview is repeatedly turned upside down. Whether it's the two-thousand-year curse Wu Zixu laid upon himself, Fuchai, a revenger reincarnated across thousands of years, or the Heavenly Masters receiving their ordination after spiritual qi 54Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    My book is slightly scary, but the pacing is okay. It doesn't keep you on edge all the time, and there are some slice-of-life moments to ease things up. It also gradually builds up to a sense of accomplishment.

28. 378 我 The True Story of a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我，一名凶宅试睡员的真实经历 Uncle Shui from Jinmen津门水叔Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted If there were a job where you didn’t have to do anything, but could charge by the minute and make a fortune just by sleeping, would you be interested in trying it? There’s just one catch: you can’t be afraid of ghosts. If you’re curious about what kind of job this is, I’m a veteran in the field, and I’ll tell you about my own experiences… 3kReads8.3Score204Shelves

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    This won't disappoint you. It's incredibly immersive; those with a weak stomach might want to consider reading it.

29. 379 寻 A Ghost-Hunting Adventure 寻鬼大冒险 Brother Yinian一念哥哥Mystery211k WordsCompleted A mysterious investigation lands in my hands. An abandoned cinema, a long-sealed morgue, an old apartment building surrounded by rumors... Are these strange places with stories passed down for years really the settings of urban legends, or are the tales lies crafted by people? I set out to investigate them in person, peeling back layer after layer to uncover the truths hidden in the shadows. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No tricks, no AI, all hand-crafted.

30. 380 奶 Grandma's Tales of Strange Happenings in the Village 奶奶讲的乡村诡事 Brother Yinian一念哥哥7k WordsCompleted Grandma's Tales of Strange Things in the Countryside 8Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 381 镇 Tomb of the Yin 镇阴棺 Five Dou of Rice五斗米Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was always at my grandfather’s side, helping people relocate graves. There was a special burial practice involved in moving graves called a second burial. It required opening the coffin, gathering the bones, and dressing them in new clothes. The first time I encountered a second burial, I dug up a female corpse that looked lifelike... 125Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Super good!!! Written by Wu Dou Mi

32. 382 最 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 The One in Charge话事人Mystery813k WordsCompleted I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 117Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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

33. 383 致 Deadly Delivery 致命快递 Grilled Gluten Skewers烤面筋10k WordsCompleted I received a package from an unfamiliar sender. A note inside said I could scan a code to claim a huge cash bonus. But when I scanned it, my phone opened a livestream instead. Even stranger, my face appeared right in the middle of the screen. The comments were flying by: "This girl looks pretty good. What a shame to kill her." "Tsk, tsk, what a beauty. I recommend having some fun with her before killing her." Just then, I suddenly heard someone knocking behind me. "Hello, delivery!" 6Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 384 锁 Soul-Locking Tower: Case Files from Haunted House No. 99 锁魂楼：99号凶宅档案 Teacher Xiao Bo小波老师Mystery288k WordsOngoing In 2025, Building 9 of the Wanghai Tower complex in Binhai City earned the name “Soul-Locking Building.” Thirteen mysterious deaths occurred there over ten years, all among residents of Room 302. Each victim died in exactly the way described by the “Soul-Locking Curse” in a Republican-era book called Secret Records of Forbidden Arts: their pupils turned pitch-black and vacant, a bloody curse mark appeared on their chests, and before dying they all claimed to have “seen a woman in a qipao.” The a 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come and see what you think of this book. Any opinions or reviews are welcome.

35. 385 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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    Tomato's five most terrifying works by top-tier authors; proceed with caution if you're easily frightened.

36. 386 缝 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Ice Cream Pie冰沙馅饼Mystery9k WordsCompleted My family makes its living dealing with the dead, and my father is a renowned corpse seamster in the surrounding area. His skills are superb. No matter how mangled a corpse is, he can restore it to look as good as new. Whenever someone died in an accident and their body was disfigured, wealthy families from hundreds of miles around would ask my father to stitch it back together. But as far as I knew, my father used to be a butcher. He was skilled at dressing pigs, but I had never heard that he w 8Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 387 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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    That's because I'm a coward!! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

38. 388 天 The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算 Long Life and Prosperity寿比南山Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master. 150.1kReads9.2Score17.4kShelves
39. 389 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 788Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is truly a gem among horror novels in the style of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! It uses Taoist magic to overcome the supernatural and outwit demons, has a meticulously crafted underworld workplace setting, and is full of unexpected plot twists and foreshadowing. The writing is solid and the atmosphere is immersive.

40. 390 地 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 Stars星辰Mystery810k WordsCompleted I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 49Reads6.8Score—Shelves
41. 391 惊 A Terrifying New Year’s Eve 惊悚除夕夜 On Plain Paper素笺上Mystery11k WordsCompleted A Chilling New Year's Eve 6Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 392 坠 A Woman Fell from the Building at My Feet, Then Begged Me in the Middle of the Night to Avenge Her 坠楼女子落我脚边，半夜她哭着求我替她报仇 Peach and Plum Blossoms in Profusion桃李熳熳Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Evil Spirit in the Talisman On a rainy night, I watched a girl jump from a tall building and die on the spot. Her soul latched onto me and demanded that I avenge her. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 393 阴 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 Yan Huo炎火Mystery806k WordsCompleted I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan 676Reads7.7Score—Shelves
44. 394 霜 Crown of Frost and Ash 霜与烬之冠 Songhu鬆湖Female-Channel Fanfiction341k WordsCompleted At her engagement ceremony, the man she loved pushed her into an abyss. Three years later, she returned wearing a silver-frost mask. This time, she would crown his empire with her own hands, then stain that crown red with his blood. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Feng shui secrets, a mortician stitching corpse, a mangled corpse, zombies, ghosts, a Taoist priest, suspense, betrayal in love, ten years in prison, and upon release, being approached by security personnel.

45. 395 诡 The Eerie World: I Seek Immortality in the Underworld 诡异世界：我在阴界学长生 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery394k WordsOngoing [Mystery twists + horror-solving + deeply immersive] Have you ever seen a headless ghost knocking at the door? A ghost wife taking away a person’s three souls? A human-skin kite fluttering in the wind? A shrine where ghosts are worshipped? I was just an ordinary wage slave. After losing my job, I went to stay at a friend’s place, where I witnessed an utterly horrifying scene. I was cursed, and yet I realized that this world didn’t seem real. Everything seemed to be part of a scheme. The people c 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is quite scary too, you guys should check it out.

46. 396 我 The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年 Luo San罗三Mystery302k WordsCompleted Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return! 116Reads8.5Score—Shelves
47. 397 我 I Decided to Kill My Lover, Then Got on a Haunted Bus with Her 我决定谋杀情人，和她上了一辆闹鬼的巴士 Two Yuan两元Mystery10k WordsCompleted I think I got on a haunted bus. My girlfriend was sitting beside me, her pretty little face deathly pale with fear. "Th-those two people just carried a corpse onto the bus." 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 398 我 I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命 Knife in the Sleeve袖里刀Mystery808k WordsCompleted When I was little, my mom asked a Taoist priest to tell my fortune. He said I'd face a calamity at 26, and that he'd come help me get through it the day before my 26th birthday. When the day finally came, the priest really did show up to change my fate. He even gave me a “Fate-Changing Ruler” and told me I had to change the fates of seven people with different destinies to survive the calamity. Otherwise, I'd only have five years left to live. So much for changing my fate for me! Did he only cha 76Reads8.9Score—Shelves
49. 399 阴 The Cursed Coffin 阴棺抬煞 Songhu鬆湖Mystery891k WordsCompleted Deep in Bai Street stands a yin-yang coffin shop that never makes coffins and never receives customers. Chen Ye grew up accompanying his grandfather on spirit-walking rites and coffin-bearing, learning all manner of evil spirits. He thought he would spend his life in the peaceful funeral trade, taking payment to guide souls onward and living in safety. Then, in a single night, three coffins arrived at the Ding family’s home, and one bizarre incident after another erupted throughout the househol 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 400 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Sand Sea 盗墓笔记之沙海 Beikong北空Mystery216k WordsOngoing After years of planning, Wu Xie finally resolves to purge the Nine Gates and eliminate the Wang family. Having called in every favor and resource at his disposal, he recruits a high school student named Li Cu, who has nothing to do with the events, to carry out his elaborate and intricate plan. From Phantom Shadows in the Desert to the Sand Python's Nest, the story is far from over. 558Reads—Score101Shelves

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