Mystery, Detective, and Horror Novels With Mind-Bending, Thrilling Plots 悬疑、推理、恐怖类小说，剧情烧脑又刺激

1. 1 地 The Eighteenth Level of Hell: No Lying Allowed 地狱十八层：这里禁止说谎 Two Liang of Plain Water二两白开Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [No System, no power fantasy, no harem, no saintly protagonist. Mind games + wits and strategy + locked-room mysteries + deduction.] Chen Ran is a good person. He went to hell. This is the Tongue-Ripping Hell, where lying is forbidden, so everyone lies about their lies. Differences in how people believe lies should be handled gave rise to two major alliances. The Lie-Slayer Alliance: Lie, and you're killed instantly. The Strange-Tongue Alliance: Turn lies into the truth. A beginner's tutorial wi 74.6kReads9.1Score11.6kShelves

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   A masterpiece, a masterpiece, and yet another masterpiece.

2. 2 恶 Evil Bones 2: The Ashen Mystery 恶骨2：灰烬谜踪 Liu Gang刘港Mystery102k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation + Criminal Psychology + Hard-Core Deduction + Genius Detective + Serial Murders + Fighting Side by Side + Ensemble Cast] The dead can speak, and clues never lie! Thirty years ago, a shooting sent shockwaves through the entire town. A man and a woman died on the spot, while the killer remained at large. Years later, another case brought the true culprit behind the cold case to light! At the same time, a young girl vanished under mysterious circumstances, and every suspect 3.2kReads9.3Score716Shelves

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   Ahhhhh!!! It's so good!?! You have to read it! High quality, amazing plot twists, fast pace—you can't guess what will happen next without using your brain! I haven't read a novel with such positive values and strong logic in a long time.

3. 3 恶 Evil Bones 4: Partners in Crime and Love 恶骨4：罪爱同谋 Liu Gang刘港Mystery134k WordsCompleted [Mind-Bending Mystery + Case-of-the-Week Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Stunning Twists + Fighting Side by Side] A shadowy hand controls a deadly game. Out on the sea, a white suitcase drifts slowly across the water. When it's opened, it reveals the bloated, headless corpse of a woman! Is the butterfly tattoo on the body a clue to the victim's identity, or a warning from the killer? A blood-soaked coffin appears on a stormy night, its oozing blood horrifying against the darkness! The 1.3kReads9.3Score482Shelves
4. 4 乙 Otome Survival: I Get Strong by Snatching Opportunities From the Whole Server 乙女求生：从截胡全服开始变强 I Love My Wife Yanyan我爱老婆炎炎Mystery141k WordsOngoing [Supernatural Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Survival Game] [Romance] [Unflappable Heroine] [爽文] Tang Yuan thought she had been transported into a gorgeous dating sim, and was just about to cuddle up to her billionaire boyfriend with his eight-pack abs. The on-screen comments erupted in warnings: Run! He's a monster! He'll swallow you whole as soon as you kiss him! Tang Yuan: ??? "Ding! The player has triggered a guaranteed-death scenario. Choose incorrectly and you will be erased immediately." To sta 579Reads6.7Score675Shelves

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   A bizarre, infinite flow, survival game—pulled to the limit between various bizarre masters, turning the entire bizarre world upside down! Absolutely high quality!! Try the first five chapters and you'll see, you won't be able to stop. Highly recommended! [Stunned][Cool][Disgusted][Angry][Shocked][Eye-rolling]

5. 5 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶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 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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   These are highly-rated suspense and mystery novels featuring high-IQ crimes. The books are of different genres. In the first book, the protagonist wakes up to find himself in the body of someone with over 40 murders to his name. As the protagonist experiences more and more events, the situation becomes increasingly perplexing. In the second book, the protagonist plays the role of a murderer on a escape-themed TV show, guiding a team of experts to solve one cold case after another.

6. 6 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
7. 7 你 You’re the Expert Team, So Why Are You Learning Criminal Investigation from Me, a Fugitive? 你专家组，怎么跟我一逃犯学刑侦 Ling Jiu San Yao零九三妖Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing Su Chen, who specialized in unsolved cold cases, transmigrated to a parallel world and was selected for a reality show about escape. He would be the show’s sole fugitive, hunted by a team of top experts selected from within the public security system! The show’s purpose was to showcase the power of the police and show the public just how easy it was to catch someone in modern society. But no one expected Su Chen to infiltrate the public security system from the start. Using his own methods of si 14.7kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
8. 8 漫 The Manga Prophecy Murder Case 漫画预言杀人事件 Hong Yao红摇Mystery393k WordsCompleted [Comic artist X avenger] A flop comic Chen He had abandoned three years ago suddenly went viral because it had predicted a murder. Netizens trembled in the comic's comments: [Have you seen the news? Why is this scene exactly like what they're showing on TV?!] [Am I seeing things? They only just found the body, but the comic was published three years ago!] [How did the artist come up with a burial site like that? What are the odds?] [I have a pretty wild theory...] [Could the author actually be t 56.3kReads9.5Score11.8kShelves
9. 9 无 Infinite: Cast into the Realm of Death, but My Teammates Are Monsters 无限：堕入死界但我的队友是鬼怪 Knight Chess骑士棋Mystery746k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Original Instances + Expansive Worldbuilding + Mild Horror + Ensemble Cast + Strong Female and Male Leads] On the first day Shou Qing fell into the realm of death, a man-eating Wendigo set its sights on her. Shou Qing thought she was done for. Who could have guessed that the very next moment, she would team up with the monster and cross eleven trials of life and death! Even more absurdly, no one had told her that every member of her team was nonhuman! A skin-peeler who loves to 1.3kReads9.3Score708Shelves

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   I highly recommend this excellent infinite flow novel! High-quality, logically clear, with a touch of ghosts, horror, suspense, and mind-bending thrills! The quality is exceptionally high; I was completely blown away. This is the first time I've seen a novel like this on Tomato Book! 😂[Fear]🤮😠😎[eye roll]

10. 10 坠 Falling Homework 坠落作业 Ni Ketuo尼克托Mystery619k WordsCompleted [Campus horror + coming-of-age + no saintly heroine + one heroine + combat + heartbreaking] One day, a mysterious assignment appeared on the blackboard. As a high school student, I felt a terror unlike anything I’d ever known. All kinds of ghosts appeared in the world, coming to take human lives. From that day on, my life changed completely. I was forced to fight for my life through the assignments, but that was far from all. A slew of conspiracies began to close in around me. Worse still, a mas 1.8kReads8.2Score140Shelves

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    When neither teachers nor outsiders could see the deaths of those around them, and when the disappearing classmates were completely erased from their lives, these high school students realized that they were trapped in a terrifying closed loop that only they could perceive, and that they could only survive by completing the mission.

11. 11 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 535.6kReads9.3Score87.5kShelves

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    ✨A thrilling, exciting, mind-bending, and intellectually stimulating read! Full of plot twists and turns! You won't be able to put it down! Highly recommended!

12. 12 离 Unbelievable! From the Start, I Was at a Crime Scene 离谱！开局就是案发现场 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery413k WordsCompleted [The rating has just been posted; it will rise later] When Xia Zhu woke up, she had become the prime suspect in a dismemberment case, and the victim's head was in her refrigerator. She was the unluckiest person alive! While others panicked and rushed to prove their innocence, she stayed at the crime scene to examine the details. Drawing on her forensic expertise, she pieced together the clues, investigated the inconsistencies, cleared her name, and helped the police identify the real culprit. Sh 6.2kReads7.0Score745Shelves

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    This book is quite good, you guys can check it out. It's the kind of story where a female forensic doctor and a criminal investigation team captain fall in love over time. The female forensic doctor is different from normal people, she's obsessive, but she and he can solve cases together, cooperating with each other from disliking each other to finally joining hands.

13. 13 暗 Hunting Killers in the Dark River: The 1998 Mystery Reopens 暗河追凶：1998谜案重启 Dawn and Gentle Breeze熹微和风Mystery547k WordsCompleted 6.9kReads8.9Score714Shelves

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    In 1998, a horrific case occurred in the woods of Yaojia Village, Meizhuang Town, where a young girl was raped, murdered, and beheaded. The perpetrator remained at large for a long time, and the case reached a stalemate. Twenty years later, a series of murders linked them together, prompting Ding Zhihua to reopen the investigation and finally uncover the truth. 🎆

14. 14 悬 Mystery and Detective Notes 悬疑推理笔记 Obsessively Nostalgic念旧到偏执Mystery298k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Night owls beware! This book is packed with 20+ high-energy plot twists; you'll never guess the truth until the very last page. Each story is like a rollercoaster ride, leaving you with chills but utterly unable to put it down.

15. 15 木 The Plot Between Wood and Fire 木火同谋 Huang Zongmeng黄宗孟Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted Designer Lin Huohuo has a fire burning inside her, warm and bright, and she dreams of using design to light up the world. The new hire Jiang Rong is like a piece of smooth, warm wood, quietly drawing close to bask in her light and warmth. Together, they envision “wood and fire thriving in harmony” and work side by side in the workplace, a seemingly perfect creative partnership. Yet beneath the appearance of warmth and harmony, a meticulously planned manipulation is already underway. Every “coinc 15Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 青 The Green Satchel Corpse Robe (Complete Collection, Volumes 1–3) 青囊尸衣（1-3册合集） Lu Banchi鲁班尺Mystery625k WordsCompleted In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), beneath the unsteady glow of an oil lamp, a white-bearded old man handed a cloth bundle to the jailer and whispered, “This can bring the dead back to life.” In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), three days before Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his death, Liu Bowen faked his own death. Afterward, he hid in Wolong Valley and devoted all he had learned in his lifetime to completing The Corpse-Cloth Scripture. In 1975, within a single month, Zhu Hansheng, a barefoot do 19.3kReads9.4Score3.5kShelves

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    The first book is amazing, but there aren't any sequels yet. I also really love *Yan Yu Lou*, but it's stopped updating. Please keep updating! I highly recommend *Yan Yu Lou*!

17. 17 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
18. 18 深 A Dark Kiss Beneath the Deep Lake 深湖之下的暗吻 Slowly Coming Home徐徐归来Mystery281k WordsCompleted On the glittering annual gala night at Xingguang Group, senior finance executive Lin Wei “accidentally” falls into a lake and dies. While sorting through her belongings, her younger sister Lin Yue finds a bloodstained encrypted USB drive. On the night she died, her sister sent one last message: “They’re here.” Lin Yue’s investigation hits a hidden reef. Witnesses are silenced one after another, and every lead is cut off. Then Song Feng, just back from studying abroad, enters her life with perfe 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book, "Suspenseful, Mind-Bending, Thrilling, and First-Person Perspective." The female protagonist, Lin Yue, embarks on a journey to hunt down a murderer. Witnesses are being silenced one after another, a conspiracy lies hidden beneath a deep lake, her bedmate is a demon, and a multi-billion dollar financial scheme is being waged with bloodshed. Every step of this investigation leads to an abyss.

19. 19 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery549k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 95.5kReads9.5Score13.3kShelves

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    "Would you be willing to donate your body to me after you die? I will take good care of it..." While other people's love stories begin with love at first sight, Forensic Doctor Mu fell in love with the opposing team's skeleton at first sight.

20. 20 世 The Final Judgment 世末审 Dan Fu淡芙Urban122k WordsCompleted [World BUG] [Memory alteration] [No padding] [No narration] [Hardcore deduction] [Chilling on reflection] One September evening during study hall, the classroom suddenly froze mid-frame. The cicadas fell silent, the wind stopped, and the entire class stood motionless like statues. I was the only one who could see the cracks in this world. Memories were altered, classmates were replaced, and even my family forgot my older brother. I didn't speak up. I didn't make a fuss. I just kept records. Unti 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is chilling upon closer inspection, suspenseful and terrifying, realistic; it offers a new perspective, unlike other novels.

21. 21 地 Hell Manor 地狱庄园 Mao Jiu a猫九aMystery310k WordsOngoing [Horror and the Supernatural + Suspense and Mystery + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead] A group of strangers receive a blood letter and mysteriously find themselves inside a villa. Their only chance of survival is to uncover the ghost hiding among them. After Xu Yi completes the task by the skin of his teeth, he is relieved to have finally survived. But then he discovers that he has arrived at a place called Hell Manor. He must complete the tasks in eleven blood letters to leave the manor alive. A 10.1kReads8.0Score852Shelves

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    Look at this! Look at this!

22. 22 诡 The Uncanny: Did We Ever Truly Exist? 诡异之：我们是否真实的存在过？ I'm Su Yi我是苏一Mystery250k WordsCompleted Where did we come from? Who are we? Did we ever truly exist? When you stand before a mirror and gaze at yourself, have you ever wondered if the face in the glass is really yours? When you look back on your childhood, it feels as if it happened only yesterday. But then you realize your parents have grown old and you’re nearly middle-aged. Decades have passed like a dream. This world feels uncannily real, yet it’s more mind-bending than science fiction, more shocking than the supernatural, and str 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I don't understand, I don't understand, haha.

23. 23 你 Your Diary 你的日记本 Yogurt, Oh酸奶哦Mystery117k WordsOngoing You suddenly come across a diary. The handwriting is clearly yours, yet you can't remember writing any of it. Curious, you decide to open it and take a look. Maybe it would be better to read it tonight. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is really a bit scary. How did you get back? The diary says not to count the steps, so were you walking on the steps or someone's footprints? When you finished walking up the steps and returned to the room, was it still you?

24. 24 重 The Cat-and-Mouse Game Between a Reborn Hacker and a Cybernetic-Armed Officer 重生骇客与义手军官的猫鼠游戏 Wusihuaiya乌斯怀雅Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Cyberpunk | Sci-fi setting | Episodic mysteries | Cerebral suspense | One-to-one romance across past and present lives | Enemies to lovers | Receptive protagonist’s perspective A slow-witted, sunny rebel wanderer, Yin He × a cold, abstinent crime-solving judge, Yuchi Yi Five years ago, Yin He was the strongest wanderer in the cyber city. Armed with exoskeleton armor and a world-ending neural virus, he toyed with corporate magnates like monkeys and walked the powerful like dogs. In the end, he w 86Reads6.8Score185Shelves

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    Give this a try! A cyberpunk-themed episodic crime thriller set in 2077, filled with near-future technological marvels and bizarre crimes! The protagonist was originally a top-tier hacker mercenary, but his outstanding talent attracted jealousy and led to his demise. Reborn, he seeks revenge while becoming embroiled in a series of cases, uncovering the true culprit behind his past life's betrayal and investigating the secrets of his origins. The plot is full of twists and turns, absolutely mind-bending, with all foreshadowing resolved, and no filler or dull moments!

25. 25 凶 Code of the Crime Scene 凶案密码 Wind-Dancing Clouds风舞残云Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + dark themes + horror + human nature + crime + serial murders + social issues] This collection brings together five books in the Case Code series: Case Code, Echoes of Death, Vested Interests, The Black Corpse Mystery, and Sleepless Murder Island. Mutilated bodies in the city center, prisoners in a cellar, and urban mysteries return as a veteran cop unravels the truth behind the crimes. A classic crime procedural! The city is shrouded in criminal conspiracies, 40.6kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    🍀 "The Truth" is seriously amazing! [I've learned something new] It's the kind of book that makes you forget to eat after reading just one chapter! 👍 Such a good suspenseful mystery novel is rare; I've already read it twice! 😎 2. Recommended by a friend in my book circle. I haven't read it yet, but I heard it's good too. I'll read it after I finish reading the first one. Sisters who have read it, please leave a comment! 👣

26. 26 我 I’m a Lawyer Who Puts the Supernatural on Trial 我当律师，专审诡异 The Wandering Honest Man流浪的老实人Mystery137k WordsCompleted [Rule Horror] [Eerie Revival] [System] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Transmigration] [High-IQ Protagonist] [Subverting Expectations] [Urban] [Lawyer] I’m Zhang San, a veteran lawyer in two lifetimes. One day, I transmigrated to another world where a blood moon hangs overhead and eerie creatures run rampant! Rule Horror has swallowed the entire city. Step outside with your left foot and you die; fall short on overtime hours and you’re erased on the spot. Ordinary people have to watch every step just —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Eerie horror type

27. 27 大 The Ming Dynasty Dream-Eater Chronicles 大明噬梦录 Big Tong of the Tong Family童家大童Mystery109k WordsOngoing In the tenth year of the Wanli reign, demons and monsters roam behind the lantern-lit streets of Jinling. Tong Yan, a junior official at the Imperial Observatory, finds a strange black cat gravely wounded on a rainy night. With jade-black fur and mismatched eyes, it feeds on nightmares and sees through the demons lurking in people’s hearts. A painted-skin ghost combs her hair night after night, while a seamstress’s fingers are utterly ruined. Hongwu-era coins reappear, and everyone who obtains o —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 让 I Asked You to Turn Around, Not Bring People to Clear My Blockage! 让你回个头，你带人疏通我？ Dreams Burn in Nanke南柯灼梦Mystery250k WordsCompleted [Martial fantasy + infinite-loop trials + rule-based killing games + ensemble cast + no mindless power fantasy + scheming, trope-subverting hero + themed pocket worlds] Unemployed wage slave Mu Chen's life rules: The later the night, the wilder you get. The more forbidden the fun, the better. Rules are there to test your limits. Teammates are there to take the fall for you. Never trust a warning that says "Do Not Look Back"... unless there's really something behind you. "Kid, you're walking —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're looking for a thrilling read, check out this one. It takes you to various terrifying little worlds with a vast and complex universe. Definitely a great book.

29. 29 此 The Road Ahead Is Hard 此间路难走 Little Hei the Killer凶手小嘿Urban150k WordsCompleted Synopsis: 1090627398 (Fate's branching paths + intertwined A/B timelines, sci-fi mystery with technology turned up to the max. Mind-bending twists throughout, with clever characters. Volume Three includes an outline and plot analysis, so you can see if it interests you.) Lin Weidong, the youngest aerospace authority at Southern Aviation United University, snaps his pen in anger during the first lecture of the school year when a freshman asks, “Can you grow roses in lunar soil?” Blood stains the 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    !!! The ultimate in sci-fi suspense, where logic, philosophy, and technological romance coexist! Here's a quote from the author: One book, two ways to die: - Left foot stepping on a rose → Turned into a "human-shaped bonsai" by a mad professor! - Right foot dodging the camera → Driven to the brink of social death by an app's power-limiting feature! The same rose, ashes in the same second: Crowbar VS Algorithm, Paintbrush VS Genetics, Low-tech beats high-tech! Only after reading it do you realize—The rose doesn't want to be saved, it only wants to be broken twice by your own hands! Quickly jump into the hell you've chosen, and then—break the key!

30. 30 窃 Stealing Memories: Trapped in a Cage 窃忆火种：我深陷囚笼 Little Hei the Killer凶手小嘿33k WordsCompleted Stealing Memories: Trapped in a Cage 3Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves

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    Please bookmark this post, everyone! 🔥🔥🔥 When you're short on books, just read them one by one. A bookworm of over ten years highly recommends this! The third new book has just finished; a rising star and definitely worth reading.

32. 32 童 The Fairytale Train 童话列车 Call Me a Beauty叫我美少女Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + eerie fairy tales + feel-good story + rule-based horror + infinite worlds] In the world of fairy tales, everything is like a dream, and you can have whatever you desire. In the fairy-tale town, no one is allowed to lie or harm the residents. Yet every day, everyone must board the fairy-tale train, where the stories are eerie and passengers meet their deaths. Shi Niao realizes that this train seems to lead to the world she wants to reach. She has forgotten everything, but never forg 2.1kReads8.8Score347Shelves

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    Both are great, both are great, but I don't know why the second one got such a low score. Trust me, Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people! If it's not good, I'll eat shit upside down! 😁

33. 33 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves

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    I stayed up all night to finish this suspenseful post-apocalyptic novel! Rebirth, revenge, and high-IQ battles, with so many plot twists it'll give you goosebumps. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, not a saint, and the hardcore technology setting is incredibly exciting!

34. 34 请 Please Kill Me Before I Wither 请在我凋零前杀了我 Ji Nongdong季浓冬Mystery455k WordsCompleted A series of bloody cases unfolds around the struggles of three women from the lowest rungs of society. Poverty-stricken families are like a curse, twisting into a cold, terrifying chain that follows them like a shadow and weighs heavily on the whole family. Will fate offer them a key to break the code? Can Shu Yunyan, Chen Xuanlan, and Chen Jingyun break the chain that passes misfortune down through generations, find redemption, and escape the tragic paths laid out for them? “Officer Peng, this 36Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    That sense of tragedy, of being powerless to reverse the situation, overwhelmed me like a tide, and I couldn't calm down for a long time.

35. 35 末 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Mighty Cockroach伟岸蟑螂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 27kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
36. 36 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 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
37. 37 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 817Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is truly a treasure for fans of Chinese horror! The plot twists are so numerous you can't guess what's going on, the folk customs details are solid, the protagonist's battle of wits against ghosts is incredibly engaging, the writing is excellent and the atmosphere is fantastic—once you start reading, you can't put it down.

38. 38 沈 The Shen Family Daughter Clause 沈氏女儿条款 The Big Fool of the Black Box Truth Club黑箱真相系大傻Mystery103k WordsCompleted In the depths of winter by the sea, due diligence tears open a breach in the Shen Group. An intern named Li Li joins the risk-control team, but her goal has nothing to do with her resume: she wants to find her adoptive father, Li Shouyi, who has been missing for three years. All she has is an iron box, a string of numbers, a key, and an old index deliberately "sealed away." The deeper she digs, the more she realizes she hasn't stumbled upon a family matter, but an old ledger written into proced 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The search for her adoptive father leads her to stumble upon a shocking scandal at the Shen Group. The data sealing and file hiding are all part of the scheme, and the crucial clues always appear at the last second. The suffocating suspense is truly brilliantly written!

39. 39 我 The Parallel World I Transmigrated to Is Actually Haunted 我穿越的平行世界居然有诡 I Am a Star in the Heavens我乃天上繁星Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Also known as "The Strange Assimilation" [Infinite flow + supernatural horror + mild scares + no romance] Su Ze finds a book called "The Strange Assimilation" in the library. Because of this book, his body is controlled. Then he is crushed to death by a bookshelf. When he wakes up, he has become himself in a parallel world. He is even chosen by the strange world to become a player! From then on, he dances on the edge of a blade, surviving one near-death experience after another. 53.8kReads8.5Score4.9kShelves
40. 40 我 Me, a Cultivation Big Shot: How Much Stronger Can I Get? 我，修仙大佬强亿点怎么了 Cabbage白菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted "Soul Ferryman + No Romance + Story Arc Adventures + Spiritual Qi Revival + Cultivation + Invincible" Yun Miao, a cultivation powerhouse who has lived for thousands of years, sets out to uncover her origins. She volunteers to become a ferryman, guiding vengeful ghosts to the afterlife. The ghosts are full of resentment, hatred, and longing. She works diligently, her heart as firm as stone, yet can never uncover the mystery of her origins. Until one day... The Taoist priests of the Xuanmen 27.4kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves

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    A deadly game where everyone is trapped! Nine people are confined to a locked room, and none of them, having drawn the "Liar" card, dare to tell the truth. When Officer Li suggests a vote to decide their fate, Qi Xia tears away the disguise of the rules: "Those who break the rules will ultimately die from the backlash of the rules." The curse of Pan, hidden beneath the goat-head mask, is spreading in everyone's heart.

41. 41 无 The Headless Bone Sculptor 无头雕骨师 Yu Chen宇尘Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted He is a bone carver who inherited secret arts passed down for a thousand years. He is the headless ghost said to haunt a legendary haunted house. Walking the line between light and darkness, he hunts down the culprits behind bizarre murder cases: the taxidermist who makes specimens from human skin, the murderous doll that whispers, the mushroom man lurking in the ruins, the ghostly face on an exam paper, the ice-sculpture lovers who will stop at nothing, the faceless demon who steals organs... J 909Reads7.3Score123Shelves

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    Just finished reading it! It's terrifying, disgusting, mind-bending, and perfect for watching while eating. This is the book for you; the plot twists are fantastic.

42. 42 这 This Detective Is Rather Eerie 这个侦探很邪门 The One Left Over from the Great Evolution大衍余一Mystery260k WordsOngoing Zombies are born from the resentment, filth, and deathly energy of heaven and earth. They neither age nor die, and cannot be destroyed or extinguished. Rejected by heaven and earth, they are ill omens cast out by the Three Realms and Six Paths. They bear none of the world's karmic ties, endure countless tribulations of lightning with their own bodies, and feed on the blood of the living, keeping their lonely vigil through the ages... In the cold night, ghosts howl through the desolate city; the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You should check this one out! It's a suspenseful and supernatural thriller; you won't be able to stop watching once you've started!

43. 43 土 Earthy Rose 土玫瑰 Shenyuan Yue神原月Two Male Leads244k WordsOngoing [Flirtatious, carefree, wild and irresistible heartthrob + melodrama + love rivals + wealthy families + intense push and pull] Chen Xiuzhu, twenty-three, with only a high school education. He can smoke and fight with the best of them, and selfishness and defiance are carved into his bones. He left home at fifteen and was kept by Shao Jin, a powerful figure in Shanghai, until he graduated high school. Tired of living like a canary in a cage, he fled to Hong Kong and Macao. During a mission, he di 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a romance novel featuring high-ranking officials. The protagonist is a hoodlum and information broker. The novel is set in Hong Kong and Macau, and some Cantonese will be spoken (don't worry, I've added translations later!! Hehe). You can ship whichever you like; there's no fixed protagonist. 🥘🤣🥘🤣❤️

44. 44 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 335.3kReads9.5Score66.6kShelves

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    Twists and turns! A thrilling read that keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time.

45. 45 七 At Seven Years Old, I Was Chosen to Take Part in the Rules Horror Game 七岁的我，被选中参加规则怪谈 One-Sixth六分之一Mystery522k WordsCompleted No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e 58kReads9.6Score6.4kShelves
46. 46 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves
47. 47 我 My Game Isn't That Scary, Really 我的游戏真没那么吓人 Cappuccino Yan卡布奇诺言Mystery213k WordsCompleted I hate horror. The hurried footsteps racing up behind me, the soft whispers circling my ears that send chills down my spine… Every bit of it. I hate it all. I hate it so much that once it reaches a certain point, I throw up. But I’m a horror game developer. So, since I’m not cut out for this, I’ve decided to quit. And yet… [Congratulations! You have activated the Horror Game Developer System] No, I don’t want it. Let me quit. ※Warning: Your world may undergo some changes. This is the story of a 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story of the dungeon is good, combining horror, suspense, and some comedic elements.

48. 48 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves

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    This suspenseful and imaginative novel is absolutely mind-blowing! The protagonist relies on deceiving the gods to get through the trials, with so many plot twists that you can't stop reading. It has a strong Cthulhu vibe, and the ensemble cast is full of intelligent characters, making for a truly satisfying read.

49. 49 仇 Chou Xian'er 仇仙儿 Lady Lu芦美人Mystery113k WordsCompleted Good demons are for Fahai to handle, and bad ghosts need bad people to deal with them. If life is already miserable, who cares if you end up in the frying pan after death! If you won’t let me, Chen Guang, live in peace, then what the hell am I cultivating merit for? One word: fight to the bitter end! 3.5kReads—Score202Shelves

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    It's so good, it makes me want to keep watching.

50. 50 灰 The Gray Realm’s Devotee 灰界信徒 Strange Hero Ai Ai怪侠一艾艾Mystery231k WordsCompleted After I was dismembered, my consciousness awoke in the restroom of an abandoned psychiatric hospital. A stranger's face stared back at me in the mirror. A phone lay on the sink, its screen displaying a message: “Welcome to the Ashen Realm Human Resources Department. Employee ID: 444. Your first performance target: survive tonight.” This is a bizarre world formed as the “Ashen Realm” seeps into reality. Grudges become rules, memories become currency, and humans are its cheapest disposable resourc 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The most deadly rules are the unseen ones ⚠️, the abandoned hospital is full of dangers, the protagonist breaks through the situation with details, and the more you watch, the more chills you get!

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