The Pinnacle of Chinese-Style Horror 中式恐怖的巅峰

1. 1 惊 The Deadly Taboos of Horror 惊悚死人禁忌 Jian Kaitong简凯彤Mystery172k WordsCompleted [Definitely not ordinary paranormal fiction. Focused on horror and suspense, not mindless wish fulfillment. Folk tales of the supernatural, ghost babies. If you don’t like it after reading, feel free to criticize it.] A mountain village shrouded in mystery is beset by one strange incident after another. A coffin that cannot be lifted at a funeral, children mysteriously drowning, and the question of why a water ghost has appeared. What truth lies behind the deaths? A baby’s anguished cries ring o 154Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first book is super scary.

2. 2 阴 Strange Yin-Yang Tales: A Half-Immortal’s Records 阴阳诡事：半仙诡录 Jian Kaitong简凯彤Mystery443k WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary supernatural story. It’s all about horror and suspense: no mindless power fantasy, just yin-yang taboos, the Grinning Fiend, the Ghost Bride’s Gown, eerie shadows in an ancient mansion, and the Mandarin Duck Pendant. If it’s not good, you can break my legs!!] There’s no shortage of bizarre happenings between the worlds of yin and yang. The Grinning Fiend: what unknowable resentment lies behind that sinister face? The thousand-year-old fox: what cunning schemes hide beneath h 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
3. 3 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德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 40.2kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
4. 4 开 Strike It Rich by Opening the Coffin 开棺发财 Sharp Little Knife锋利的小刀Mystery109k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + Traditional supernatural horror + No System + No cultivation + Extremely scary + Based on true experiences] Paper figures carry the coffin, a black dog tosses the grave, and an old man falls in love with a ghost. An opened coffin is carried home, and a beautiful fairy follows through the door. My name is Qin Yang. I was down on my luck and only hoped to make money by opening coffins. I never expected that it would turn out to be such a high-risk profession. (Friends i 1.6kReads—Score134Shelves

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   Serious traditional supernatural fiction; the author used to hang out with ghost sisters.

5. 5 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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   Long live Chinese horror! Absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

6. 6 恐 Horror Game: From the Start, the Skin Bride's Bones Terrified the World! 恐怖游戏：开局皮嫁骨吓哭全球！ Cheese Spade芝士黑桃Mystery376k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted with Traditional Techniques, No AI] [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] The horror game has arrived! Lin Ye transmigrated here and was selected to take part in designing a global horror game. He had planned to bring out the "Ghost Bride" to save Daxia, only to discover that its culture hadn't been lost at all! Traditional Daxia ghost stories had been used to death, and the whole nation was in despair! Daxia had suffered ten straight losses. The supernatural was invading, and the land was 1MReads8.7Score210.3kShelves
7. 7 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery714k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score588.3kShelves
8. 8 半 Ghosts Knock at Midnight 半夜鬼敲门 An Adorable Iron Dummy一只可爱的铁憨憨Mystery20k WordsCompleted Ghosts Knock at Midnight —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I was terrified when I watched this movie as a child. It took me ages to find out it was based on this novel. It was so scary! Don't watch if you're easily frightened.

9. 9 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery277k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 270.7kReads8.3Score45.9kShelves
10. 10 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 464.5kReads8.5Score51.3kShelves

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    Haha, what a great book! 📚

11. 11 华 Are There No Gods or Ghosts in China? Chinese Horror Terrifies the World 华夏无鬼神？中式恐怖吓哭全球 Loves Beef Tallow Hot Pot爱吃牛油火锅Mystery914k WordsOngoing [National-Destiny Livestream + Horror and Terror + Designing Scenarios] Bai Lang, a fanatical horror-culture enthusiast, transmigrated to a world similar to the one he had known in his previous life. The only difference was that the Dragon Kingdom had never developed its own Chinese-style horror culture. Instead, Western horror legends had captured the public imagination, with figures like chainsaw-wielding maniacs, man-eating sharks, and zombies. When the horror national-destiny arena descended 12.5kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    Very, very beautiful

12. 12 活 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted Living Sacrifice 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are all based on the author's personal experiences, and they're chilling to think about! True masterpieces, worthy of being adapted into movies! The setting, the plot—absolutely brilliant!! ...

13. 13 副 No Hints in the Instance 副本无提示 Sharks Don't Sleep鲨鱼不会睡觉Mystery493k WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Mild horror + varied horror styles + original scenarios + fresh, unconventional scenarios + intelligent characters + no female lead or romantic subplots] Have any of you watching heard of the elevator ghost game? They say that if you follow the instructions, you can reach another world. Chen Feng is a video creator whose content is playing all kinds of horror games found online. He occasionally livestreams, too. During a livestream of the elevat 71.4kReads7.8Score11.5kShelves
14. 14 我 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.3kReads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 贫 I Use Chinese-Style Horror Dungeons to Scare the Whole World to Tears! 贫道用中式恐怖副本吓哭全球！ Falling in Love with the Wind爱上听风Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Chinese-Style Horror] [National Fate] [Thriller Game] [No Female Lead] [Global Livestream] [Mild Horror, Not for the Fainthearted] Lin Ye, a Taoist priest, transmigrates to a parallel world where the paranormal has descended. Every country in this world must create paranormal scenarios for other countries to challenge. The winners receive National Fate rewards, while the losers are punished. However, due to a gap in its horror culture, Longguo's scenarios are often cleared easily by other c 25.9kReads7.4Score3.4kShelves
16. 16 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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    To put it simply, this book is not filler or drawn-out; it's an adaptation of folk tales, with each event intricately linked to the next. The protagonist lives up to the title, and all the characters are intelligent. It's terrifying, funny, and mind-bending—not your average story. It must be him.

17. 17 吓 No Responsibility for Scaring You to Tears 吓哭不负责 Unrestrained for Ten Thousand Miles万里天纵Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural tales] [Ghost stories] [Chinese-style horror] [Based on true events] [Reader submissions] [Chilling when you think about it] [Bizarre tales] [Beyond the realm of science] [Plainspoken prose, no literary flourishes] [Just stories] Not for the faint of heart! Don’t read late at night! Folklore, haunted houses, eerie village incidents, urban vengeful spirits, supernatural curses, and even non-supernatural stories that are chilling when you think about them... A collection 24.1kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
18. 18 中 Chinese-Style Horror Descends, and I Upgrade Everything with Yin Virtue 中式恐怖降临，我用阴德升级万物 Yi San一三Mystery244k WordsOngoing [The Only Chinese-Style Shelter on the Entire Internet!] [Folk Custom Sequence] [Entirely Handwritten] (Horror apocalypse + thrilling survival + upgrading a Chinese-style shelter + mild horror + stockpiling supplies and growing stronger!) (First instance: Skin Bride and Bone!) Paper money rains from the sky, and a red moon hangs overhead. A Chinese horror game descends. Everyone starts with a handful of glutinous rice and a talisman. Kill ghosts to earn rewards, and build a shelter of your own! 52.2kReads6.7Score7.7kShelves
19. 19 我 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ My Conscience Is Clear我心有无愧Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 195.3kReads8.6Score13.8kShelves

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    These two books are quite good. They are definitely worth reading.

20. 20 深 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery989k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 205kReads9.4Score35kShelves

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    Two books by the same author; the first one is very mind-bending and terrifying.

21. 21 直 My Livestreamed Ghost Stories Came True, and the Whole Country Is Terrified 直播鬼故事成真，全国网友吓哭了 Lin Ximu林溪沐Urban385k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it'll go up.) [Light horror] [Absurd comedy] [No female lead] In his previous life, Gu Ming was a horror writer. After saying, "I love seeing you all scared to tears," at an awards ceremony, he was attacked by a reader in real life. When he woke up, he had transmigrated to a parallel world called Blue Star. He unlocked a ghost-story-come-true System. As long as he earned Fright Points, he could unlock all kinds of incredible rewards! And so, the most sinister stream 21.5kReads7.0Score3kShelves
22. 22 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 410.7kReads9.4Score78kShelves
23. 23 无 Endless Devouring: The Unseen Laws 无尽残噬：未见的法则 Warm Skeleton温暖的骷髅Mystery405k WordsOngoing [Trapped-room opening + survival adventure + graphic gore + unknown creatures + mechanical engineering + contamination + mutation] ~When Zhang Huan wakes up, he finds himself with several strangers in a sealed apartment with no doors. They have all lost their memories. Also trapped with them is a mysterious female corpse in the basement. They decide to find a way out of the carefully designed apartment. The red fog outside the windows grows thicker, and the corpse’s eyes are slowly opening...~ ( 205Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's more Chinese in style.

24. 24 民 Folk Supernatural: Can't Get Away? Then Fight! 民俗灵异：躲不开怎么办？那就干 Loves Doggy Dogs Most最爱修狗儿Mystery754k WordsCompleted [Folk Supernatural Horror + Horror Mystery + No Romance + Growing Female Lead + Slow Pace + Plot-Driven + Episodic] “Everything about me is fake? How could that be?” Jiang Ran scoffed. She was right here, alive and well, and had never entertained such an idea. But on the day she received her university admission letter, the question of whether she was real became a reality... *Please do not imitate the behavior of characters in this book. * This is a traditional folk supernatural novel, not a 80.8kReads9.3Score22.5kShelves
25. 25 诡 The Creepy National Fortune Game: My Chinese-Style Horror Terrified the World 诡异国运：我的中式恐怖吓哭全球 Deng Tianye登天野Mystery604k WordsOngoing The supernatural invades the real world. Every country on Blue Star must design supernatural dungeons. Conquering another country’s dungeon lets you seize some of its national fortune, while a country whose dungeon is conquered will face all kinds of supernatural events, which may eventually lead to its destruction. For special reasons, the Dragon Kingdom has lost much of its supernatural culture and is at a disadvantage now that the supernatural has returned. Then Su Yi transmigrates here with 15.6kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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    To prove that Chinese horror is the most terrifying thing in the world, I directly lay down in a coffin wearing a red wedding dress. Su Yi transmigrated to a parallel world where the history and culture of the Dragon Kingdom were severely disrupted, creating Chinese horror instances and crushing the world! Every instance is incredibly beautiful.

26. 26 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves

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    I like it, but *Corpse Jumps Over the Wall* is a bit of a "surrounded by beautiful women" kind of thing. The other ones were all at their peak back then. I don't know why they've fallen behind now, it's a bit of a shame. *Three Corpses' Tale*, *The Last Bus on Route 13*, and *Borrowing Yin Life* were all bestsellers back then (crying). I love them so much! There are a few that I still feel unsatisfied with. Some are invincible later on, and some have growth paths that show you they weren't invincible out of thin air. Plus, the horror descriptions are really good. I remember several of them vividly. They're old books; I started reading them when I was a kid. Back then, I could watch TV. I would sit on the sofa and read until it got dark, then realize I'd forgotten to turn on the light and was too scared to go back. In the end, I curled up on the sofa and fell asleep, afraid that someone would grab my ankle if I got off.

27. 27 失 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 Jun Nanchao峻难超Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score366Shelves

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    This book's horror levels are scientifically calculated: 1 AM level will give you goosebumps, 2 AM level will make you afraid to turn off the lights, and 3 AM level will wake you up in the middle of the night. But the most terrifying level, the all-night level, reportedly caused inexplicable events for those who read it that day. Looking for a book to read all night? Pass the first three levels first.

28. 28 恐 Horror Game: I Get Stronger by Talking Back 恐怖游戏，抬杠我就能变强 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance + infinite-flow + jokes and memes + System power fantasy] Cheng Fei transmigrates into a wilderness world and thinks he's doomed, but to his surprise, he's pulled into a horror game. He realizes that these games seem to contain tons of supplies he can use to survive! So he... This book is also known as: "A Mine Owner's Self-Cultivation" "I Went on a Free Shopping Spree in the Dungeon" "I Get Stronger Every Time I Roast Someone" "They Were Already Stupid, So Why Are You Teasing Them?" —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 借 Borrowing Yin Lifespan 借阴寿 Five Dou of Rice五斗米Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever slept wearing burial clothes? Don’t try it. I did once, and that night... My name is Li Yiliang. I was born with a shortened lifespan, and my birth caused my mother to die in childbirth. But one night when I was eighteen, my mother came back and said she wanted to take me with her... My grandfather told me to sleep in burial clothes, then gave his own life to help me escape that fate. From then on, my life was never free of strange and uncanny things... 4.7kReads8.9Score411Shelves
30. 30 1EN The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 Old Eighty老八零Mystery813k WordsCompleted I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought! 13.5kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
31. 31 糜 A Corrupted Heart 糜烂之心 Wenzhong Is Happy as Long as He's Happy高兴就好的闻仲Mystery287k WordsOngoing Deep inside the Luocheng Police Department, a metal filing cabinet labeled “Bloodstained Files” holds dozens of long-unsolved, grisly cases. Each one once shocked the nation with its bizarre deaths, but limited forensic technology at the time meant they were ultimately filed away as “unsolved.” In 2025, advances in forensic science prompted the department to launch the “Bloodstained Files Resolution Project.” The first case to be reopened was the most controversial of them all: the “Terrifying P 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That was terrifying! After watching it, I was too scared to go to the toilet and held my pee until dawn.

32. 32 尸 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 Old Dog of the Barren Mountains荒山老狗Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—Shelves
33. 33 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
34. 34 恐 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 Half a Jug of Clear Water半壶清水Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 997Reads6.2Score101Shelves

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    This is one of the scariest supernatural novels I've ever read. I'm so scared I'm afraid to go to the bathroom at night [fear]. The immersive feeling gave me goosebumps all over. 👀👀

35. 35 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score204Shelves

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    It's not just scary, it's even scarier 😱 It made my heart race, so those with a weak stomach should be careful 🚫 My palms were sweating and my heart was pounding! The plot is tight and exciting, and once you start watching, you can't stop.

36. 36 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves
37. 37 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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    I won't recommend anything that's not scary; those who are easily frightened shouldn't watch.

38. 38 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves

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

39. 39 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves
40. 40 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves
41. 41 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 51.9kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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    If this isn't enough, what else do you want? [I highly recommend it too] #ChineseHorror #HumanGhostLove

42. 42 三 Ghost Stories at Three in the Morning 三更讲鬼 Bu Mingyu卜明语Mystery468k WordsOngoing This book recounts some strange events from the 1980s. One place holds far more than a hundred stories. Perhaps it would be more fitting for me to be a bystander, or a listener. I have written down the stories I heard to remember the past. You can simply take the people and events in these pages as a joke, if you like. Or you can read them as stories that invite self-reflection. Who knows... the characters in them might bear a resemblance to you. Or perhaps they reflect someone close to you. Wit 154Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Authentic Chinese horror, savor it carefully.

43. 43 恐 Horror Arena: From the Start, a Red-and-White Collision Scares the World to Tears 恐怖擂台：开局红白撞煞吓哭全球 I'm Not the Regiment Commander我不是团长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 19.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    "In phoenix coronet and embroidered robes, the Empress is overjoyed; all mortals, retreat at once!" "All birds pay homage to the phoenix; the Empress has perished; all mortals, retreat at once!" High-scoring Chinese horror.

44. 44 阴 Strange Tales from Yin Mountain: The Ghostly Encounters I’ve Had 阴山诡闻：我遇到的一桩桩鬼事 Ninth Old Man of Yinshan阴山老九Mystery166k WordsCompleted [Chinese Folk Supernatural] [Urban Ghost Stories] [A Collection of Multiple Horror Tales] Each chapter is a self-contained ghost story. From ghostly tales in the countryside to eerie happenings in the city, these are all chilling, hair-raising experiences… 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let me recommend my book. Each chapter is a standalone horror story, perfect for reading alone late at night.

45. 45 阴 Ghostly Tales from Yinshan: The Folk Ghost Stories I’ve Heard 阴山鬼闻：我听过的民间鬼故事 Ninth Old Man of Yinshan阴山老九Mystery110k WordsCompleted [Standalone Horror Stories] [Folk Ghost Tales] [Urban Supernatural] Each volume contains an independent short horror story, from rural legends to strange urban happenings. They're all eerie experiences that send chills down your spine. This story is entirely fictional. Don't be superstitious; trust in science, and just enjoy the read. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 人 Living in America, I Start with a Chinese-Style Haunted House 人在老美，开局中式鬼屋 Gongzi Qi公子奇Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted American Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and none make it out alive; Chinese Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and six people make it out; I’ll prove that all Americans are cowards! 616Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 我 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 Dragon-Taming Pool御龙潭Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 38.7kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
48. 48 恐 Horror Arena: I Summon Chinese Ghost Gods to Terrify the World 恐怖擂台：我召唤中式鬼神惊悚全世界 Must-Read必看Mystery298k WordsCompleted [National destiny + Chinese-style horror + wish fulfillment + Jiang Chen, the Primordial Zombie Ancestor + personally slaying onmyoji] A horror arena appeared, where each country summoned legendary ghosts and monsters to fight and defend its national destiny. Some people said Huaxia had no gods or ghosts. Then Jiang Chen, the Primordial Zombie Ancestor; Tang Sanzang, the holy monk who delivers souls; and Zhong Kui, king of all ghosts, were summoned! Who says the Dragon Kingdom has no gods or gho 318Reads6.1Score—Shelves
49. 49 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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    The three elders were dismissed, and an outsider was appointed as the new third elder via city-wide announcement. Everyone thought he got there by luck. Until the Corpse King attacked the city, the eight elders self-destructed to trap the city lord's avatar, placing all authority over the mechanical city into his hands. "I didn't want to be a savior, I just wanted to live." But since my life is in my hands, then I will fight.

50. 50 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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    Awesome!!!

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