Looking for Books That’ll Give You Cold Sweats Even in Broad Daylight 求在白天看都能吓出一身冷汗的书

1. 501 循 The Loop 循环 Drunken Seventh Master醉了的七爷Mystery133k WordsCompleted From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 246Reads8.3Score—Shelves
2. 502 失 Out of Control 失控者 lookMystery100k WordsCompleted [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 35Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 503 猎 The Bear Hunter: When a Terrifying Sloth Bear Disguises Itself as a Human 猎熊人：当恐怖藏马熊伪装成人类 A Si Dai Dai阿斯代代Urban307k WordsCompleted [Mild horror] [Bizarre] [Magical realism] [The first bear-hunting novel] A terrifying Kodiak bear wearing human skin passes itself off as a person and knocks on the door of a cabin in the wilderness... This is when the heroic, righteous bear hunter makes their entrance! 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Try this one.

4. 504 7 Bureau 747: Special Affairs Division Nine 747局之特殊事物处理九科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 702Reads7.1Score—Shelves
5. 505 薛 Xue Family Paper Effigy Shop 薛记纸扎铺 Evergreen Paper Effigy Maker长青纸扎匠Mystery782k WordsOngoing On the surface, this world is an ordinary modern city. But hidden from sight is something called “Filth.” A person’s obsessions, resentment, fear, regrets, and other powerful negative emotions can coalesce under certain conditions, attaching themselves to objects, places, or even people, where they can influence or even devour the living. Most people don’t know Filth exists, but certain specialized trades can deal with it. Paper effigy crafting is one of them. As the name suggests, paper effigy 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is terrifying to think about! Are the people you know really human?

6. 506 特 Special Affairs Bureau, Division Nine: The Nanhai Monster Uprising 特殊事物处理九科之南海妖乱 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Mystery540k WordsCompleted Do you really know the friends around you? The coworkers around you? Your own family? Do you~ know this world? Maybe the people you know, the ones you've met and fallen in love with, aren't human at all~~~ They're demons~! If it weren't for one extraordinary mission, none of this would ever have come to light. And if it weren't for the people who silently stood guard, the Jiuying Sect might already have severed the dragon veins and destroyed our nation's fortune of ten thousand years... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 507 乡 A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄 The Long Road Goes On and On, TM, I’ll Charge Ahead长路漫漫TM任我闯Mystery241k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 466Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Also known as *The Tale of Bone and Flesh, Bodhi, Good and Evil*! [I highly recommend it!] A masterpiece that I devoured in one go until the very end—if it's not amazing, you'll be kicking me! [Stunned] Not for those with weak hearts! Not for those under 18! Not for those with a low tolerance for graphic content! Not for those without a vivid imagination! Choose with caution! You are responsible for the consequences! The bizarre! Human nature! Evil spirits! Fierce demons! Intricately linked, you won't be able to put it down!

8. 508 黄 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 The Moon Bridge Remains桥月仍在Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.3kReads6.5Score472Shelves

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   After reading this, I'll save on air conditioning electricity bills this summer, haha!

9. 509 二 Twenty-Four Strange Tales 二十四异 Er Dong Shui Shou儿东水寿Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted A child found by an executioner, a senior member of the Daoist sect, and the godson of a Yellow Immortal lead the way. Joined over time by twenty-four more people with extraordinary abilities, they form an organization in Republican-era China dedicated to dealing with supernatural incidents. 4.5kReads9.2Score626Shelves

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   Spicy pepper, Sun Wukong, Wu Rendi, Guangren Volcano, Gui Bugui, Ginseng. This was written by the original author of the Poll Bureau, and it's quite good.

10. 510 一 One Thousand and One Modern Tales of the Supernatural 一千零一个，现代灵异故事 Chen Shide陈师得Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Based on True Stories] [Folktales] [Horror and the Supernatural] The stories in this novel feel full of everyday life. The people and events in every story are portrayed in a realistic way, bringing to life the supernatural experiences of all the main and supporting characters. If you’re a horror story fan, don’t miss this novel. (If you get scared, call your best hapless friend over… so you can be scared together.) 5.2kReads7.0Score221Shelves

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    A collection of true supernatural stories, hundreds of them.

11. 511 师 My Master Gave Me a Car for Investigating the Supernatural 师父传我一辆看事儿车 Fu Su Has a Strange Way扶苏有诡道Mystery176k WordsCompleted A thousand-year-old van? Built by hand from scratch [Traditional horror]➕ [Even more immersive as an audiobook]➕ [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Greetings, dear readers! [Traditional supernatural horror, primal fear] The original experience of horror is the fear a person feels when experiencing it firsthand. [First person, highly atmospheric] Give me a chance to tell this story from my own point of view. [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Along the way, I met many people. “The gates 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A new book, completely devoid of AI traces, updated 50,000 words in a week, showing the author's sincerity. It's a traditional supernatural genre with a great atmosphere, which is even more immersive when read aloud. It's currently up to chapter 20, gradually unfolding its world-building, and seems to have potential. If you're looking for something to read, check it out!

12. 512 序EN Sequence Highway: Starting as a Fake Artificer 序列公路：从假装炼器师序列开始 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsOngoing #Mysterious Apocalypse #Road Migration #Sequence Powers #Ruthless and Decisive #Survival Story #Team Adventure #Wild Imagination A tide of apocalyptic horrors sweeps the world. The migrating convoy is the only hope for survival. Wang Ying is the blade, Cao Xianming is the brains, Zheng Xiaofeng is the shield, and Yang Yong... pretends to wield sequence powers. He’s called crafty and accused of being a coward, but when the convoy is wiped out, he swallows a fragment of the source of the uncanny 19.1kReads6.0Score1.4kShelves

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    A figure emerged from the forged furnace, unremarkable in appearance, yet it caused both the Evil Eye Lord and the Bone Giant to shrink back simultaneously. Yang Yong still hadn't seen that face clearly. Sometimes, it's better not to know than to know.

13. 513 江 Record of Jiangnan's Haunted Towns 江南魇镇录 Mo Mingcheng墨明澄Mystery97k WordsOngoing “My name is Jiang Nan. My former boss paid 250,000 to buy my life. He said my Four Pillars are all Yin, making me the perfect sacrifice for someone with the finest destiny.” He never expected me to survive. And he never expected my old granny to be the last spirit medium for miles around. She gave her life to shield me from my death tribulation, then placed the family heirloom, the Twelve Methods of the Xuan Sect, in my hands. She left me with a prophecy she could have told me sooner: “You can’t 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book! This book! It's not really scary, but it's all about realism. The only downside is that it's a new book, so I can't read it all at once! [Crying]

14. 514 凶 Quelling Spirits in a Haunted House 凶宅镇灵 Chai Te'er柴特儿Mystery548k WordsCompleted I'm an ordinary real estate agent. One winter, I took on a house, and in less than a week, three people died inside its kitchen refrigerator. With no other option, I called Li Tiandi, a specialist in handling haunted houses, for help. While hunting ghosts with him, I unexpectedly learned that I had the constitution of someone who could travel to the underworld. And so I began a life of buying and selling haunted houses with him. 197Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There aren't many books that I can finish reading, but this one is tightly woven and has plenty of laughs. No cultivation novels, no system, it's realistic and enjoyable!

15. 515 我 My Years Selling Buddhist Amulets in Thailand 我在泰国卖佛牌的那几年 Ghost Shopkeeper鬼店主Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted A lot of people believe in ghosts, and a lot of people don't. Before I went to Thailand, I was just a broke nobody. But then I somehow started selling Buddhist amulets... You didn't know there were ghosts inside them? 10.4kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
16. 516 恐 Horror Academy, 恐怖高校， Fu You抚优Mystery163k WordsOngoing A country boy somehow winds up in a dim, terrifying classroom. Some say this place is hell; others call it a land of nothingness. You have to endure countless trials before you can graduate, leave, and return to the real world. Here, there are enhanced bloodlines that can alter the body’s genetic makeup, as well as supernatural abilities beyond anything people in the real world could ever dream of. Everything here is utterly extraordinary, with all kinds of factions and power struggles. Countles 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 517 死 Dead City 死城 Yue Xiao月骁Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted In this book, I’ll take you in search of the eerie things hidden in the city, and the terrifying taboos lurking in everyday life. 1.7kReads8.4Score259Shelves

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    I don't know why this book has such a low rating, but it has no system, no female lead, and relies entirely on the protagonist. Furthermore, you won't know who's good and who's bad until the very end. The horror atmosphere is truly superb.

18. 518 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 my own writing ❍⩊❍

19. 519 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    Some of these books are quite good.

20. 520 你 Hello, Creepy Boss. I'm Here to Work 你好诡异Boss，我是来打工的 Qi Yi Zi七一子Fantastical Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Female-oriented, no romance, infinite-flow + plot-driven + mildly horror] On the first day after losing her job, a mysterious app appeared on Li Wu's phone. The jobs listed were simple and paid well. They were obviously a scam. Li Wu: “I'm in! A scam is exactly what I'm looking for.” Her job duties were simple: [Little Girl's Nanny: 5,000 yuan/day] [Plastic Surgery Clinic Nurse: 10,000 yuan/day] [Village Watcher: 30,000 yuan/day] The work was clearly described and 115.4kReads9.2Score17.3kShelves

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    Another book I recommend is *Yuhe*, but the author has stopped updating it.

21. 521 命 Three Years Left to Live? Four Saintesses Beg Me Not to Slack Off 命剩三年？四圣女求我别摆烂 Little Fish in the Sky天空中的小鱼儿Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing (Fantasy, Eastern cultivation, past and present lives, multiple female leads, passionate cultivation, formation genius, decisive and ruthless, golden finger) “That shabby book bought for five yuan changed Lin Mo’s left eye into a yin-yang eye. On a stormy night, the mountain god temple collapsed, and a bronze compass revealed Yuan Tiangang’s star chart. From then on, Lin Mo used a Five-Grain Cycle Talisman to boost harvests while planting rice and rushing to market, and awakened an ancient, thou 40Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Panting heavily, Su Xiaomi patted her chest and stammered, "Old Man Wang... He's been dead for three days... And he's come back to life! Last night, in the middle of the night, he... He gnawed the skin off his own grandson's arm!"

22. 522 规 Rule Horror: Starting in Bikini Bottom 规则怪谈：从比奇堡开始 The Trapped Minion被困住的吗喽Mystery862k WordsOngoing [Entirely Original Story + Supernatural Invasion of Childhood Cartoons + No System, No Cheats] In this book, the rules are absolutely correct. There are no false rules. Love is the only weapon against “corruption.” The moment Wu Nao wakes up, he sees a piece of paper covered in crookedly written rules: 1. From now on, remember that you are Patrick Star. Don't forget… 2. Do not go jellyfishing with SpongeBob unless absolutely necessary. 3. Gary the Snail cannot talk. 4. Squidward is always gloomy 2.8kReads8.9Score342Shelves

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    It's terrifying...

23. 523 惊 Thriller: There's a Ghost in My Phone 惊悚：我的手机里有鬼 No More Wind and Rain风雨不再Mystery333k WordsOngoing A month ago, my younger sister mysteriously disappeared in a subway station. A day ago, the police pulled a headless female corpse from the river. A DNA test confirmed it was my sister, Xu Yuan. A minute ago, my dead sister walked in carrying a cake decorated with a human head. A white ghost candle was stuck into the crown of the skull, and the longevity noodles were made from human organs. She had come to celebrate my birthday. A minute later, I was chosen by a supernatural app's blood contract 3.2kReads—Score450Shelves

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    The ghost in the first instance of this book uses its abilities to create a specific environment that induces players to break the rules, and it also exploits people's habits to trick them.

24. 524 写 I Wrote a Fairy Tale and Forged the Twilight of the Gods 写个童话，铸成诸神黄昏 Milk Tea Cats and Dogs奶茶猫狗Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing One day, countless [Gates] suddenly appeared across the world. At the same time, a power known as [Truth] began to echo through the human realm. Some awakened the Truth of Isaac Newton, father of mechanics, and learned the sky-rending magic of manipulating gravity. Some awakened the Truth of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear bomb demon, and could turn an entire city to lifeless ruins with a wave of their hand. Some awakened the Truth of Li Bai, the immortal banished from heaven, and could d 62.5kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves
25. 525 开 Ten Thousand Ghost-Slaying Talismans from the Start 开局十万灭鬼符 The Sleepy Little Slacker睡不够的小懒Urban156k WordsOngoing [Endless twists | a touch of horror | both protagonists and antagonists are clever] [Definitely not a mindless power fantasy] The campus belle was being stalked by a pervert on her way home. Just as she was out of options, her mother came to rescue her. But... her mother had died years ago. So who... was that...? In the blink of an eye, a young man rescued the campus belle from danger. “You... you're actually... Wang Qi?” the campus belle exclaimed in disbelief. (The blurb doesn't do it justice. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I was almost scared to death.

26. 526 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a Hunanese version of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, a *Night Parade of One Hundred Demons* set in a water town, and above all, a heartwarming tale of "protection." There's no forced mystification, only genuine fear and warmth.

27. 527 血 The Blood-Binding Corpse Scripture 血引尸经 Long Yuan龙渊Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted The world of Changbai’s demons, home to the northern immortals. I was just an ordinary village boy from Changbai Mountain until I accidentally obtained the strange books Blood Guide to the Corpse and Soul-Eating Blood Eyes. I wanted to save people, yet somehow I was always killing them. My father’s bizarre sect legacy, the thousand-year secrets of the Twelve Strange Sects, the shadowy depths of the Tomb That Moves Mountains. Just how many plots and mysteries are hidden all around me? The bronze 1.2kReads8.8Score158Shelves

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    It's a relatively obscure film, extremely thrilling, and entirely based on true folk tales. It scared me so much I was afraid to get out of bed to eat.

28. 528 恐 Horror Revival: My Body Can Make Ghosts Crash! 恐怖复苏：我的身体能让鬼死机！ A Little Demonic有点妖Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The supernatural is resurging, and the apocalypse is near. A bewitching ghost in a cheongsam walks down the corridor in blood-red high heels. An unattended room-service cart slowly rolls through a hotel, ramming into doors... A pair of dorm-room slippers appears in the corridor, waiting for someone to put them on... In this era of supernatural resurgence, Tang Yu gains a ghost capable of controlling screens. It enters shutdown inside his body, allowing him to control ghosts at virtually no c 28.3kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves
29. 529 我 My Mom Is a Spirit Medium 我妈是神婆 Boss Ling灵老大Mystery246k WordsOngoing My mom is a famous spirit medium for miles around. She never charges anyone for “treating” their illnesses, but this time she insisted on taking a billion yuan in incense offerings. She even used my life to save someone else for the money! A car haunted by ghosts, a hanged ghost, a walking fox, a house of the dead, a temple of evildoers, a ghostly maze... No one would believe what I went through that summer! (This story is completely made up for entertainment. If it sounds familiar, don't ask me 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There's no need to be so scary.

30. 530 民 Chronicles of Strange Folk Tales 民间怪谈事件录 Fei vs Yi非vs衣Mystery351k WordsCompleted Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! The 1980s and 1990s saw one bizarre incident after another in Jubao Village: Zhao Laohei, who rose from the dead at the execution ground... The woman who hanged herself in town, her whole face turned a purplish black... The ghost child encountered during a game of hide-and-seek on the Ghost Festival... The terrifying bamboo fiend in the old bamboo grove... People and ghosts playing cards in a yin-yang card game.. 216Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A hyper-realistic supernatural horror story!

31. 531 山 A Country Bumpkin Comes to the City, Nothing Is Off-Limits 山炮进城，百无禁忌 Misty Rain and Gentle Breeze烟雨轻风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Dapao guards the village. Evil spirits stay away, and a hundred ghosts give it a wide berth! Chen Dapao was born and his parents died. At four, he sent off all twenty-four members of his clan. Raised on meals provided by the villagers, he leaves for the city after guarding his village for eighteen years... His motto in life: Make money, make money, and make more money; chase women, chase women, and chase more women... Now, please join us in enjoying this rare and refreshingly unconventional nove 11.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    Attention all fun-loving folks! This site is all about laughter, humor, and entertaining antics. The audiobooks are even more fun, like listening to a story told by an old man – super hypnotic! [Pouting][Eye Rolling][Cool]

32. 532 我 I Was a Detective in the Republic of China 我在民国当侦探 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Urban146k WordsCompleted [Republican-era investigations + Anthology stories + Male leads + Strong leads + Folk customs] Gao Ren has been having an awful run of luck lately. He accidentally offended a rich young master and nearly got thrown in jail! Luckily, while making his escape, he ran into a gullible little Taoist priest. The little priest wasn’t just good-looking, he was also willing to be Gao Ren’s money tree! He could perform rituals and solve baffling cold cases, too! Gao Ren stuck close to the little priest, se 242Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    That's because I'm a coward!! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

33. 533 访 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 3: The Grudge of the Wronged 访灵笔录3：冤亲赋 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery195k WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Strong Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Ghost-Hunting] "Love gives rise to sorrow; love gives rise to fear." "An evil spirit lives inside my body. I don't know when it will devour me." A naked woman's corpse is discovered in an underground parking garage, her chest stuffed with weeds and her organs missing. A string of murders throws the entire city into panic! Quan Ning accidentally gets caught up in this bizarre case. As clues gradually 38Reads7.9Score—Shelves
34. 534 招 Night Shift Security Guard Wanted: Must Be Able to Find the Extra Building That Appears at Dawn 招聘夜班保安，要求能找到凌晨多出的那栋楼 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤21k WordsCompleted Night-shift security guard wanted. Must be able to find the extra building that appears at midnight. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's close to real life; lying down and watching it makes you feel like you have someone around you and you're not lonely.

35. 535 访 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 1: The Road to the Yellow Springs 访灵笔录1：黄泉路 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery202k WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Supernatural] [A Powerful Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Cast Hunting Ghosts] "The road to the Yellow Springs stretches for thousands of miles. The living and the dead are separated, with only fate to reunite them in another life." Quan Ning got into a car accident on a mountain road. As he lay on the brink of death, a man claiming to be a ghost judge from the underworld offered him a chance to live. "I'll lend you ten years. Interest is three percent 83Reads8.6Score—Shelves
36. 536 我 I Was Putting Makeup on an Unknown Female Corpse When She Revealed the Cause of My Sister's Death 我给无名女尸化妆，她却说出我妹妹的死因 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤23k WordsCompleted I Put Makeup on an Unidentified Woman's Corpse, and She Told Me How My Sister Died 4Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 537 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. 13kReads8.7Score978Shelves

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    Take it and look at it.

38. 538 丈 My Husband Sacrificed Me to a Freezer, Saying It Was the Night-Shift Rule 丈夫把我献祭给冰柜，说这是夜班规则 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤21k WordsCompleted My Husband Sacrificed Me to the Freezer, Saying It Was the Night Shift Rules 3Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 539 这 This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses the Living as Shopping Baskets 这家24小时便利店，用活人抵购物篮 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤24k WordsCompleted This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses Living People as Shopping Baskets 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 540 恶 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5：权势局 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery243k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l 131Reads9.2Score100Shelves
41. 541 恶 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4：恨海潮 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Urban175k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 246Reads9.3Score103Shelves
42. 542 鬼 The Ghost Speaks Not: The Ghost's Lament at Xiandun 鬼不语之仙墩鬼泣 Tianxia Bachang天下霸唱Mystery201k WordsCompleted Ghosts Don't Speak: The Ghost Cries at the Immortal Mound is the first book in the latest tomb-raiding series, Ghosts Don't Speak. Taking the mysterious ancient Chinese Nuo religion as its point of departure, it tells a twisting, perilous tale of tomb raiding. The story begins with legends passed down orally by the protagonist's ancestors. The protagonist ventures into the Northeast, travels through the Central Plains, and heads southwest in search of the legendary rare treasures and the secrets 2kReads9.3Score307Shelves

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    I still find Tianxia Bachang's books most immersive. He never explicitly mentions ghosts, but when it comes to tomb raiding, ghosts are a constant theme. [Note][Note][Note]

43. 543 恶 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3：欲望渊 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery209k WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 184Reads9.2Score109Shelves
44. 544 恶 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2：名利场 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery267k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe 257Reads9.3Score104Shelves
45. 545 打 Night Talks at the Threshing Ground 打谷场夜话 The Street of Blue Stone Slabs青石板的街道Rural Life170k WordsCompleted Long ago, in the countryside, there were no phones, televisions, air conditioners, or fans. When darkness fell in summer, people would head to the threshing ground to cool off, sit in a circle, chat, and start telling strange and terrifying ghost stories… 1.7kReads—Score103Shelves

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    Don't watch it at night, you'll be terrified during the day.

46. 546 访 Record of the Spirit Seekers 2: Farewell to the Mortal World 访灵笔录2：入世辞 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery196k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + powerful partners + lively humor + episodic stories + ghostly tales + an ensemble cast hunting ghosts] “Nothing brings greater joy than meeting a new friend; nothing brings greater sorrow than parting from a loved one.” A chance encounter with a beauty on Ghost Wasteland Mountain turns out to be a deadly ghost's attempt to claim a soul! Karmic ties from a past life and entanglements in this one: whose mistake is it, and whose fate? Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi are accidenta 45Reads8.6Score—Shelves
47. 547 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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    I had nightmares for a week after watching it, being chased by pandas [petrified][petrified]

48. 548 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, 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a must-have! It's scary, suspenseful, funny, not filler, not tedious, and not a typical supernatural trope. It's really good.

49. 549 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
50. 550 残 Seeking Life Amid Lingering Regrets 残念觅生 Yu Cangjue御苍爵Mystery318k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, rules-based horror, extreme escape, eerie games, no harem, no formula, no invincible protagonist, no System, no mindless plot, not a feel-good power fantasy] I’m a ballet doll, grinning as I watch them kill themselves. I throw people into “my” mindscape and lay out an inescapable path to their doom. But that lunatic Li Yu finds a loophole in every stage. I crank up the difficulty of surviving, but he uses game theory to beat me. I forbid him from speaking, but he has the whole t 237Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [New Infinite Flow | Horror & Mind-Bending | Group Battles | Intellectual Showdown & Twists] — Ten Days of Similar Content — Intellectual battles are what make it exciting! It's all about strategic maneuvering: the tattooed fat guy frantically gives up first blood, the suited man cleverly sets the pace, the tomboyish coach is fiercely protective of her child, and the kid is drooling with hidden secrets… Every character is fleshed out and causes trouble. There's no harem, just a battle of wits (that's the intelligence a living person should have!)! —▼Click to browse and try it out▼ —Remember to add it to your bookshelf and give it a five-star review! 436948

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