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1. 1 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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   This was my first male-oriented novel, but it was quite good. I was a little worried about reading it at night. The second one has a tough female lead who isn't a saint; she's very decisive, and her whole family is amazing! 👍

2. 2 诡 The Creepy World Is My Home: While Others Clear Levels, I Go Home 诡异世界是我家，别人闯关我回家 Skewer Fanatic炸串脑袋Mystery426k WordsCompleted [Thriller Game] [National Fate] [Female-led] [No romance] [Horror and the supernatural] [Searching for family?] (The first game is mostly about recognizing family, so it isn't scary. The supernatural elements grow more intense in later games.) Li Fuguang transmigrated to a parallel world just as the National Fate Thriller Game descended. Clear ten games in a row, and you earn one wish. The chosen players had done well in the first few games, but they all crashed and burned in the fourth, “A Fami 3.6kReads7.9Score376Shelves
3. 3 她 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Faked Her Death, Leaving the CEO Gray Overnight 她隐藏孕肚假死，总裁一夜白头 October Is Not Cold Yet十月未凉Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Pure angst, physical and emotional torment. Not for the faint of heart. Complete] The day Wen Qing received her pregnancy test results, the doctor told her that her heart was in severe failure and she was near death. At the same time, she received intimate photos of her husband, Zhou Gu, with another woman. The two were even expecting a child together. Only then did she finally understand: Zhou Gu had never forgotten his first love, keeping her in his heart all these years. And Wen Qing had mis 13kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves

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   For the sake of the innocent child, she slowly healed her wounded heart.

4. 4 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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   This is like a parallel world, and it has a really scary atmosphere. Anyway, I highly recommend it!!! 🤤

5. 5 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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   To be honest, it was a bit creepy. At first, I didn't think much of it, but as I watched, I got chills down my spine.

6. 6 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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   Taoist priest, exorcising ghosts

7. 7 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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   So pretty! (♥∀♥)

8. 8 冤 The Haunted Road 《冤鬼路》 Xin Ke新克Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Grievous Ghost Road 322Reads—Score—Shelves

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   1. *The Road of Vengeful Ghosts*: A short, suspenseful, and supernatural masterpiece with great potential! Stepping onto the Road of Vengeful Ghosts is like entering a sinister and terrifying world. Here, yin energy permeates the air, vengeful spirits roam, and every step could trigger a terrifying event. Ancient campus legends intertwine with eerie supernatural phenomena, allowing you to explore the secrets hidden in the darkness with tension and excitement. Your heart will race, and you can almost hear the whispers of the vengeful spirits—it's incredibly chilling! 2. *The Road of Vengeful Spirits*: A suspenseful and supernatural story told from a first-person perspective. Completed, 176 people are listening! Experience the terror of the Road of Vengeful Spirits firsthand from a first-person perspective. You will follow the protagonist's footsteps, feeling the overwhelming eeriness, hearing the mournful cries of vengeful spirits, and witnessing bizarre scenes unfold before your eyes. On this road filled with vengeful spirits, every turn could be the beginning of a nightmare, immersing you in a chilling experience! 3. *The Spokesperson for the Vengeful Ghosts*: A suspenseful supernatural novel, currently being serialized, a promising read! What happens when you become the spokesperson for vengeful ghosts? This novel will take you into a mysterious and terrifying world, allowing you to come close to these spirits and feel their sorrow and anger. In the process of representing them, you will encounter all sorts of bizarre and terrifying events, as if you are in a vortex of horror, keeping you hooked and your heart pounding!

9. 9 冤 The Ghosts' Spokesperson 冤鬼代言人 A Ghost Before the End of Time一鬼未央Mystery173k WordsOngoing What would happen if one day we discovered that a paranormal world existed alongside our own? Vengeful ghosts, demons, immortals... are they all real? The synopsis can only tell you so much. Why not read the story itself? —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M 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 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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    *The First Taboo of the People* is a suspenseful thriller novel that tells the story of protagonists exploring and confronting folk taboos. The story revolves around a series of mysterious events and taboos. The protagonists, for various reasons, become entangled in these taboos, embarking on a thrilling adventure. They not only face various bizarre spells and traps but also fight against evil forces. In the process of uncovering the truth behind the taboos, they gradually discover a shocking conspiracy hidden behind them. Ultimately, the protagonists, through their wisdom and courage, successfully defeat the evil forces, rescue those who have been controlled, and reveal the true meaning of these taboos.

11. 11 恐 Terrifying Whispers 恐怖呢喃 Chaos Circus混沌马戏团Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Humans are neither the oldest masters of this world nor its last. Ordinary living things and matter do not exist in isolation, either. The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be forevermore., H. P. Lovecraft. A liar with a conscience is unwillingly drawn into the strange truth of the world. Countless indescribable beings appear one after another. Faced with the terror of the unknown, what is a person to do? The protagonist says: “My tongue burns like a bright red flame! It cr 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    - *The Whispering Terror*: A masterpiece of science fiction realism horror, the book that cemented Yusuke Kishi's legendary status. During a mysterious scientific expedition in the rainforest, several team members hear a strange and terrifying voice, after which they undergo drastic personality changes and die one after another in gruesome mannerisms. Those who hear the terrifying whispers cannot escape their fate. Where does this voice come from? And how can they save themselves? - *Christine*: One of Stephen King's representative works, it tells the story of Dennis's friend Arnie, who fatefully falls in love with an old "Nemesis" car, leading to a series of thrilling car-related murders. Behind the story lie the intense and sincere emotions of a young boy, overbearing parents, and inescapable school bullying…

12. 12 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 148.7kReads9.7Score13.6kShelves

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    In the 1980s, the protagonist was born in a rural area of Northeast China. When he was seven, a shaman told him he was destined for many misfortunes and would one day become a shaman. He didn't believe it, yet suffered repeated hardships. To make a living, he worked as a waiter, a salesman, and a taxi driver, but fate seemed to have cast a curse on him, with all sorts of strange things happening around him. Left with no other choice, he became a shaman. This book uses the Northeast folk custom of shamanism to exorcise ghosts. The author seems to have actually worked in this profession; the details are extremely realistic, creating a strong sense of immersion. It is a masterpiece of Northeast folk literature.

13. 13 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    No female lead, 2 stars

14. 14 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
15. 15 开 From the Start, I Have Hundreds of Millions in Hell Money: I'm Invincible in the Age of the Uncanny 开局冥币亿万：诡异时代我无敌 Sis, Don't Be Like That姐姐别这样Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w 140.9kReads9.4Score15.2kShelves

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    - *The Whispering Terror*: A masterpiece of science fiction realism horror, the book that cemented Yusuke Kishi's legendary status. During a mysterious scientific expedition in the rainforest, several team members hear a strange and terrifying voice, after which they undergo drastic personality changes and die one after another. Those who hear the whispering terror cannot escape their fate. Where does this voice come from? And how can they save themselves? - *Christine*: One of Stephen King's masterpieces, it tells the story of Dennis's friend Arnie, who fatefully falls in love with an old "Nemesis" car, leading to a series of thrilling car-related murders. Behind the story lies a young boy's passionate and sincere emotions, controlling parents, and inescapable school bullying… - *The Summer of the Strange*: An award-winning horror novel that evokes chilling, eerie summer nights. On an ordinary summer day, the 84-year-old school building in a small town is finally scheduled for demolition. However, on the day before summer vacation begins, a boy enters the basement of the old school building and vanishes into the darkness. A restless creature lurks beneath the old school building, a relentlessly pursuing hearse, a teacher conversing with phosphorescent light, eerie soldiers moving with stiff, unsettling movements… an unseen evil force is rapidly spreading throughout the town. - *The Neighbor*: A horror novel by Shusuke Shizui, telling the story of Shingo Takeuchi, who, two years ago, murdered his entire neighbor's family but was acquitted, suddenly moves in next door to Isao Kajima, the former judge who acquitted Takeuchi. Since Takeuchi's arrival, bizarre events begin to occur around the Kajima household. An elderly person suddenly dies, a harmonious couple suddenly becomes enemies, a well-behaved child suddenly cries every night… and all of this is due to the presence of someone none of them anticipated. These books are highly popular and well-regarded; I hope you enjoy them.

16. 16 诡 Eerie Descent: Guess Whether I'm Eerie or Human 诡异降临：你猜我是诡异还是人类 Loves Eating Sweets喜欢吃菓子Mystery811k WordsCompleted [Not Mindless + Not Invincible + Rule-Based Horror + No Female Lead + Plot-Driven + No National Fate + No Livestreaming + Horror] Note: The story takes a little while to warm up at first. It doesn’t launch straight into the power fantasy, so proceed with caution if that’s not your thing. (Trust me, the later content is definitely good. If it’s a pile of crap, the author will eat it.) The eerie world descends, and the long night begins! Chu Huan, reborn into a new life, is saddled with two suprem 4kReads8.2Score500Shelves
17. 17 7 Bureau 749: Classified Files 749局绝密档案 The Real Ren Yuding任语丁本尊Mystery896k WordsCompleted Bureau 749: Do you want to know its secrets? The dead returning to life? Vampiric zombies? Clones? All will be revealed here. 826Reads7.4Score112Shelves

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    The story takes place in a seemingly ordinary world that harbors hidden mysteries. Bureau 749, a mysterious organization, possesses various top-secret files that are unknown to most. The paranormal events and mysterious phenomena recorded in these files become the gripping plot threads in the novel.

18. 18 盖 The Peerless Immortal Doctor 盖世医仙 Eighth Day of the Eighth Month八月初八Urban6.5M WordsCompleted Chu Hao, a village doctor who travels from place to place, went blind in both eyes to open his seven orifices! To honor his marriage pact, he came alone to Jiangcheng! He is a physician whom the powerful bow before, and he will become a legendary Medicine Immortal! 28.6kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
19. 19 镇 The Nation-Guarding Divine Son-in-Law 镇国神婿 Young Master Liang梁少Urban9.6M WordsOngoing The original novel behind the short drama The Godly Son-in-Law Who Defends the Nation. Chu Chen, young master of China’s foremost family and heir to the world’s greatest school of esoteric arts, accidentally seals away two of his souls and five of his spiritual essences on his way down the mountain after completing his studies. He spends the next five years as a foolish live-in son-in-law. 20.4kReads9.2Score2kShelves
20. 20 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves

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    Rooms in haunted houses are collectively referred to as haunted houses. Haunted houses are further divided into two types: "green houses" and "red houses." Living people can live safely in a green house, but living people in a red house will undoubtedly die. I work as a real estate agent, and once I unintentionally sold a red house. After that, I encountered terrifying things… This book focuses on haunted house cases, combining elements of horror, suspense, and mystery. The main and supporting characters are well-developed, and the foreshadowing and the protagonist's background are also well-written.

21. 21 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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    A driverless bus, carrying a group of cursed people, headed to a dark, eerie dwelling. Inside, there was a door stained crimson with blood. Every so often, the cursed individuals were forcibly dragged into the terrifying world beyond the blood-stained door to complete horrific tasks. As Ning Qiushui experienced one terrifying and bizarre story after another within the dwelling, barely surviving, he discovered that everything was very different from what he had imagined… The eerie dwelling wasn't a curse at all, but… This book is written in a very terrifying style, comparable to "Super Thriller Live," using various ghost stories and instances to uncover the truth, only to later discover that one is caught in a much larger scheme. The pacing is fast, without any filler or dragging, making it a rare good supernatural novel among Tomato's (excluding channel-published works).

22. 22 诡 My Eerie Roommate 诡异的合租室友 A Tall One一只高Mystery199k WordsCompleted My roommate repeatedly warned me not to put a mirror in the house. One day, out of curiosity, I held up a reflective iron spoon as a mirror and took a look at her. And then... I saw her in the spoon, sticking out a forked tongue at me and wearing a strange smile! 21Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Horror Novel Unveiled: Enter at Your Own Risk! In this world, there are those who crave thrills in the darkness, deeply in love with horror stories. Are you also captivated by those chilling, gripping horror novels? Now, we bring you an unprecedented feast of horror novels! As night falls, moonlight filters through dappled leaves, and you open a horror novel, instantly transported to a world of mystery and terror. Here, there are eerie castles, every stone seemingly whispering untold secrets; there are spine-chilling forests, every shadow concealing unknown dangers; and there are mysterious basements, where a pair of eyes seems to be watching everything from the darkness. Don't worry, our horror novels aren't just your average scary read. Like a mischievous child, they'll always jump out at unexpected moments to startle you. Just when you think you've guessed the ending, the plot takes a dramatic turn, leaving you speechless. Moreover, our novels aren't just terrifying; they're also full of humor. The characters' hilarious dialogue and comical actions will have you laughing out loud amidst the tension. You'll see trembling, terrified characters defuse crises with humor, bringing a touch of relief to your fear. This thrilling horror novel is sure to excite you! Don't hesitate, join us and experience a wondrous journey where horror and humor intertwine! Let's scream, laugh, and feel our hearts race in this terrifying world. We're sure you'll be completely engrossed!

23. 23 恐 The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I 18.3kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves

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    Although it's not a male-oriented novel, this one is incredibly good. It gave me the creeps, it's absolutely amazing!!!

24. 24 恐 Horror Academy: Dormitory 404 恐怖学院：404凶舍 There Are Fusu Mountains山有扶苏Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted A sensational incident once occurred at the academy. It was later completely covered up. Five years later, the academy opened its doors again. 2kReads—Score182Shelves

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    Don't watch scary movies at night or you won't be able to sleep 😫😫

25. 25 荒 Ghostly Happenings in the Wasteland 荒山鬼事 Yi Hong一弘Mystery371k WordsCompleted A wedding is supposed to be a joyous occasion. But thanks to the villagers' antics, a celebration turned into a funeral, and the wronged bridesmaid became a vengeful ghost... 33Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 凶 Haunted House Horrors 凶宅鬼事 A Flick of the Finger弹指一波Mystery857k WordsCompleted A haunted house, a strange pair of longevity shoes, and a terrifying, uncanny tale they bring to light. 229Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 真 True Stories of Folk Horror 真实民间恐怖故事 The Way Without the Wind无风自道Mystery219k WordsCompleted Real! Real! Real! I'm not after horror, just realism. The stories in this novel come from friends around me and readers across the internet. Anyone with mental health issues can skip it. And whatever you do, don't read it alone at night. I'm mainly worried you'll wet the bed the next day. 71Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 惊 The Haunted Spirit Mansion 惊魂灵厦 Fox Who Loves Rabbits喜欢兔子的小狐狸Mystery68k WordsCompleted [Mystery and the Supernatural + First Person + Deduction + Pseudo-Rule Horror + Horror + Graphic] A little over an hour before the end of the workday, strange things suddenly began happening at the company. Everyone was caught up in this terrifying game... "Please note: six floors will be randomly selected for each round of the game" "On floors not participating in the game, there will be someone who stands out. Find them and stay away" "The first and second floors, as well as the underground pa 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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