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Looking for Truly Terrifying Horror, Not Nonsense, Absurdity, or Rebirth 求超恐怖小说,不要那种无脑,太扯,重生的

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  1. 1 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 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… 75.9kReads9.3Score11kShelves
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  2. 2 You Destroyed My Dantian This Morning, Now I’m Burning Paper at Your Grave 上午毁我丹田,下午在你坟前烧纸 Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 187.1kReads9.5Score22.4kShelves
  3. 3 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 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 921Reads8.8Score108Shelves
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  4. 4 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市,活人回避 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 2.9kReads9.1Score199Shelves
  5. 5 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界:100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 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 2.6kReads8.7Score202Shelves
  6. 6 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 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 8.6kReads9.0Score282Shelves
  7. 7 Thirty Years on Maoshan 茅山三十年 Mystery3.7M 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. 9.2kReads8.8Score681Shelves
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  8. 8 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.1Score144Shelves
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  9. 9 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 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, 1.8kReads8.9Score172Shelves
  10. 10 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 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 2.5kReads9.1Score287Shelves
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  11. 11 The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 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! 22.2kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
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  12. 12 Lu Ling Feng Shui Shop 鹿灵风水铺 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted paranormal suspense + mild horror + one-on-one romance + episodic stories] Lu Ling is forced to take over the feng shui shop her father left her and shoulder the Lu family’s duty as spirit-contractors. Only after she starts taking on cases does she realize that people can be far more terrifying than ghosts. 8.9kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
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  13. 13 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆:我只卖大凶之物 Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 53.2kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves
  14. 14 The Soul Ferry Lantern 渡魂灯 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mildly scary + episodic stories, a fast-paced ghost-hunting romp with all kinds of tricks!] Fire runs in my veins, and I'm cursed to bring bad luck. When I was fifteen, my father kicked me out. To survive, I climbed into a stone tomb. The strange knocking at the door of the funeral home at midnight, The body that mysteriously vanished after a fatal car crash, A headless old man, a talking human skin, and haunted schools and skyscrapers... I guide five-element spirits onward and f 22.8kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
  15. 15 Chronicles of the Supernatural 异灵实录 Mystery298k WordsCompleted At three in the morning, check the list of the dead; let the ferryman guide your soul. Chinese horror stories, spirit-summoning, death notes. Some things can be explained, while other feelings defy description. A terror that makes you shudder as you think it over rises from the depths of your heart. After reading these 99 stories, you'll find yourself questioning your own life. There's a rumor that you should never stay in the last room on the ground floor of a hotel. The author once traveled ou 22Reads9.2Score—Shelves
  16. 16 The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生 Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 250.8kReads9.6Score30.3kShelves
  17. 17 The Yin-Born Girl and Her Snake King Betrothed 阴生女,蛇王聘 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The day I was born, the Imperial Star entered my fate, and a hundred ghosts clung to me. To keep me alive, my grandmother summoned the most powerful guardian spirit in the north to suppress my fate. With a python as my master, I became a spirit medium, learned the ways of yin and yang and the Eight Trigrams, and traveled across the land to protect the world. Under my master's protection, I became a generation's greatest prodigy. But in doing so, I also glimpsed secrets and heavenly mysteries I w 12.9kReads8.9Score723Shelves
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  18. 18 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友,你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊? Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 92.5kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
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  19. 19 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 48.9kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves
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  20. 20 Half a Step Beyond 半步多 Mystery570k WordsCompleted Half-Step Pass, the boundary between yin and yang, a place where the living must not go. Grandpa and I escaped from there and lived under assumed names for twenty years, but they still found us... 604Reads8.9Score107Shelves
  21. 21 Strange Tales of the Past and Present 古今怪诞奇谈 Mystery289k WordsCompleted (Synopsis: From ancient times to the present, strange, bizarre, and terrifying supernatural tales have circulated all over the world. This book uses fiction to bring together short supernatural stories, some true and some false, that have been passed down through the ages. Let Third Master lead you through a supernatural world unlike any other!) 72Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 22 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上:万鬼伏藏 Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 40.5kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
  23. 23 Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水师笔记 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... 228.2kReads9.1Score32.5kShelves
  24. 24 A New Life for an Obsession 执念新生 Mystery566k WordsCompleted By day, he is a math teacher who keeps everyone at arm’s length; by night, he becomes an exorcist who punishes vengeful spirits. Gifted yet constantly in danger, he carries on until he meets her. She is clever and sweet, thoughtful and understanding, and willing to accompany him on the path to redemption. Along the way, she also fulfills the wish she has always held dear. Their love is a mutual choice, and neither of them ever backs down. With so many dear friends by their side, the senior and j 246Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  25. 25 The Greatest Taboo Among the People 民间第一禁忌 Mystery4.7M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 338kReads9.4Score30.1kShelves
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  26. 26 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆:我只养大凶之物 Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 12.4kReads5.8Score1.2kShelves
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  27. 27 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺,我身边都是大佬 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 28.2kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
  28. 28 The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传 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 507kReads9.6Score34.2kShelves
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  29. 29 Bloody Evil 血孽 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Ever since I was little, I was a child my mother hated. Born with an overwhelming concentration of the Seven Sha, I made every demon and monster flee at the sight of me. It wasn’t until I was twelve that I learned the truth: my birth had been part of a massive conspiracy... 15kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
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  30. 30 Paranormal Slayer 灵异扼杀者 Mystery163k WordsOngoing A high school loser accidentally earns the favor of a paranormal extermination examiner and becomes a paranormal exterminator. On one mission after another, footsteps match yours as you walk home at dusk. Do you turn around or keep going? A hospital morgue traps you in a death loop, and a strange pregnant woman approaches from every direction... Demons, spirits, and vengeful ghosts are what I face every day. Each encounter is more terrifying than the last, drawing you right into the story. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  31. 31 Ghostly Tales: The Guide Between Life and Death 诡谈:生死引路人 Mystery126k WordsOngoing (Horror + suspense + supernatural + mind-bending + live-action game) This is an urban horror novel with no transmigration and no System. After Jia Wen uncovers his wife's long-hidden secret and the mystery buried deep within his own heart, his life is turned upside down, and he becomes a ghost hunter. While investigating a case involving missing ghosts, he and his senior, Zhong Chuqing, use her powerful spiritual detection abilities to identify the mastermind: Young Master Jie. After careful pla 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 32 Chinese Horror Is Weak? Then Why Are You Bowing When I Summon It? 中式恐怖弱?召唤出来你磕什么头 Urban1.6M WordsOngoing A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho 19kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
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  33. 33 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算,你是逃犯! Mystery4.1M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 31.5kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
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  34. 34 I Get Stronger by Eating Ghosts 我,吃鬼就变强 Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 160.7kReads9.3Score17.3kShelves
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  35. 35 The Haunted House 诡舍 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 759.6kReads9.6Score93.6kShelves
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  36. 36 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 49Reads—Score—Shelves
  37. 37 Do You Believe There Are Ghosts in This World? 你相信,这个世界上有鬼吗? Mystery896k WordsOngoing [Mind-bending] + [Slow-paced] + [Not for the faint-hearted] Thirty-six years ago, deep in the Tibetan grasslands, a secret research base studying the paranormal was rocked by a massive explosion. Only one person managed to escape alive. The male survivor not only made it out, but also brought a pair of pitch-black eyes from the secret base. Even after being removed from their body, they seemed alive. After this devastating disaster, the man deliberately avoided a mysterious organization and went 31Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 38 The Secret of the Buddha Mother 佛母的秘密 18k WordsCompleted The Buddha Mother's Secret 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 39 The Mysterious Corpse Retriever 诡秘捞尸人 Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Mysterious Corpse Retriever 18Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 40 Terror at the Luxury Estate 豪苑惊魂 16k WordsCompleted Terror at the Grand Estate 21Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. 41 The Blind Woman’s Wedding 盲女的婚礼 14k WordsCompleted The Blind Girl's Wedding 24Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 42 The Girlfriend Who Disappeared 我消失的女朋友 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse14k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Who Disappeared 15Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. 43 The Mysterious Domain City 诡秘域都 99k WordsCompleted The Mysterious Domain City 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 44 The Strange Sword 诡剑 98k WordsCompleted The Ghost Sword 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. 45 The Qingling Rankings 清凌榜 43k WordsCompleted The Qingling Rankings 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 46 Terror of the Strange Invasion 诡侵惊魂 Mystery311k WordsOngoing After unexpectedly losing my job, I applied for a dorm supervisor position in a factory women’s dormitory. But I soon discovered that the girls there were acting strangely enthusiastic… Crying in the middle of the night, a bizarre dormitory, strange girls, a room that doesn’t exist. In the deepest recesses of memory, a surreal world lies hidden… —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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  47. 47 The Eerie Midnight Mirror 子夜诡镜 Mystery559k WordsOngoing The scholar Chou Wuya happened upon a copy of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The stall owner casually included an ancient bronze mirror, named Seeing the Heart. At midnight, Chou Wuya discovered that the mirror could tear apart dreams and reality, drawing him into one eerie, terrifying mirror realm after another. Every mirror realm was a supernatural ordeal with no way out. A woman named Ruoxi was sealed inside the mirror. She told Chou Wuya that every time he entered a dream, he would gai 10Reads—Score—Shelves
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