What Are Some Good Horror Books? 什么恐怖的书更好看点？

1. 1 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 150.8kReads9.7Score13.6kShelves

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   Take a look at these supernatural novels; I quite like them all.

2. 2 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.7M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 185.7kReads9.2Score13.6kShelves
3. 3 最 The Last Knife Seller 最后一个赊刀人 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery4.9M WordsCompleted They are wandering prophets who travel the four corners of the world. Skilled in feng shui, they roam the mortal realm with a bundle of cleavers and scissors on their backs, and wherever they go, they leave behind a prophecy about what they have seen. “Keep this cleaver. If an elder in your family dies of consumption within five years, I'll come back to collect payment.” They are heirs to an ancient Daoist tradition from a distant place, able to pronounce life and death with ironclad certainty a 53.1kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
4. 4 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 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5kShelves
5. 5 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves

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   The first book is well-known, so I don't need to say much. The second book is similar to "The End of Ten Days" but not quite. It has more plot twists than "The End of Ten Days," and while it has less content, it's extremely mentally taxing. Those who enjoy mystery novels might want to check it out.

6. 6 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score376Shelves
7. 7 麻 The Master of Ma Yi Divination 麻衣相师 Peach Blossom Ferry桃花渡Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted My great-uncle had all kinds of abilities. One day, he told me he’d buried a treasure for me in a feng shui paradise… 28kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves

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   These two suspense films are the most captivating in my opinion; after watching them, I just wanted to stay in the bathroom at work. 🥰

8. 8 九 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 Ninth Master九当家Mystery3.5M WordsOngoing The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
9. 9 亿 A Billion Maniacs: The Doomsday Road to Survival 亿万狂病：末日求生路 Your Pig Brother你猪哥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse378k WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy] [No System] [A toned-down Blood Cross] [Madness] [Apocalyptic escape] [Ordinary people's struggle to survive] [Growing protagonist] He woke from a deep sleep to hear laughter filling the dorm hallway. The infected aren't ordinary zombies. They can talk, use guns, and set traps. Worst of all, they still remember who you are. Ning Yuan and a group of ordinary college students flee from their campus. No System, no superpowers, and no one has been reborn. They have only one 3.9kReads7.1Score351Shelves

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   This book is really good; the horror atmosphere is spot-on, and the writing is quite impressive.

10. 10 听 I Hear Snakes Speak and Walk Between Yin and Yang 听蛇语，行阴阳 Xixi Loves Vegetables兮兮爱吃菜Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted Supernatural + feng shui + ghost-hunting + Bureau 749 + magic arts + demon-hunting + raising Gu + no System. My father's fate was that of a White Tiger Devouring Its Child. Of my mother's twelve pregnancies, eleven ended in miscarriage when the babies were five or six months along. Only one child was born alive, but that child didn't live to see the age of three. To ensure the Bai family had an heir, my grandfather had no choice but to seek out the White Python Embracing an Egg, a site of three 14.7kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves

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    The first book features a protagonist with naturally snake-like eyes who deals with ghosts and monsters; the plot is quite frightening. The second book, from the 1980s, leans more towards realism. The third book is a masterpiece by a Feng Shui master; the more you read, the more you want to continue.

11. 11 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves
12. 12 开 A Chinese-Style Haunted House from the Start: Streamers Across the Internet Are All Screaming 开局中式鬼屋：全网主播都被吓哭 Just a Passerby一个过客人Mystery508k WordsCompleted [No female lead + comedy + healing + perfect mealtime reading] Jiang Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Myriad Worlds Horror System. As he learns more about this world, he discovers that Chinese-style haunted houses are still very traditional. Western-style horror is what's popular. Well, that's just perfect. Let's start with a pair of embroidered shoes to whet their appetites. And throw in a doll, too. Want to experience a wedding? Sure! Let's prepare a ghost marriag 2.4kReads8.0Score228Shelves

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    Both books are great! The first one has a protagonist with a special ability, so it's not particularly scary, but it's very enjoyable. The second one has a protagonist without such an ability; the ghosts are highly intelligent, and the protagonist searches for a way out of seemingly hopeless situations, outsmarting and outmaneuvering the ghosts. Both are excellent.

13. 13 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
14. 14 斩 Slay Demons, Devour Sins, Drive Out Evil in the North! 斩妖吞孽，北极驱邪！ Aged Little Cabbage陈年小白菜Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing “The Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei Yuxu, commands the stars above, governs the myriad laws in the middle, and rules Fengdu below. He is the lord of all the stars in the heavens, and the Northern Pole Exorcism Office is his duly appointed authority.” “Isn’t the Exorcism Office an internal Celestial Court department that judges matters involving ghosts and gods? Why call it a military bureau?” “Do you know what a ghost is?” “Isn’t a ghost just a ghost?” “The Taishang Tiantan Yuge says: ‘A 96.4kReads9.1Score10kShelves

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    The Nine Springs Command: Slay demons and devour evil, exorcise evil spirits in the North Pole.

15. 15 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 recommend this novel. The story is full of twists and turns, and it's very immersive. It might be a bit chilly to read at night.

16. 16 黄 No. 81 on the Yellow Springs Road 黄泉路81号 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 42.2kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    It's so good! Especially the second book, it's full of suspense, I felt like I was reading the real thing.

17. 17 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.8kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
18. 18 大 I'm Just a Freshman Intern, Not the Mastermind 大一实习的我，真不是幕后黑手 Dreaming of Life and Death鱼生梦死Urban565k WordsOngoing [Life simulation] + [Containment objects] + [749 Bureau] + [Night Watchers] + [Supernatural awakening] A world where spiritual qi revives and monsters descend. On the verge of death from a terminal illness, Lu Zhou awakens the Life Simulation System. [In your first simulation, you became a shaman of an ancient tribe and adopted a girl.] [You created writing and fire, established laws, and developed the principles of alchemy and a supernatural cultivation system. Your likeness was carved into sto 1.9kReads8.4Score181Shelves

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    It's visually appealing, highly rated, and very relaxing.

19. 19 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
20. 20 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves
21. 21 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 49.5kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves

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    The content is terrifying and chilling; do not watch it alone.

22. 22 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves
23. 23 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
24. 24 东 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Asking the Cold Wind in a Light Rain微雨问冷风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 31.9kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
25. 25 恐 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 88.3kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves

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    A refreshing novel about the Yin job system

26. 26 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 51.7kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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    The haunted house movie is really good, you should check it out.

27. 27 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
28. 28 我 My Ghost Bride 我的冥婚新娘 Warm Wine in Playful Times戏时酒暖Urban107k WordsOngoing I picked up some money by the roadside, only to unexpectedly be matched into a ghost marriage. A thousand-year-old female ghost is forcing me to marry her. To escape this curse, I sought out an old Taoist priest to drive her away, but only made things worse and signed a life-and-death pact with the ghost. With my life on the line, I had no choice but to embark on the path of cultivation. From then on, the door to a whole new world opened before me... 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended, a promising book, well worth reading.

29. 29 蛇 The Snake Marriage 蛇婚 Xiao Huoyan小火炎Rural Life1.9M WordsCompleted Ever since I turned eighteen, I’ve kept having the same dream. Opera songs drift through it, singing, “Snakes bear the palanquin, ghosts escort the bride!” I was born with an ominous fate and a strange destiny, and I have a pair of yin-yang eyes that let me see ghosts from childhood. They say that on the night I was born, snakes swarmed everywhere, pouring into the house from the front and back. Only after I came into the world did they turn toward me, bow their heads three times, and leave. The 7.3kReads9.2Score950Shelves

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    Highly recommended! The plot flows smoothly and isn't melodramatic.

30. 30 邪 The Diviner with the Evil Bone 邪骨相师 Ji Sijiu姬四九Mystery676k WordsCompleted My name is Xiang Yin. According to my adoptive father, he took me in from a snake immortal. My adoptive father runs a funeral shop in a northern town. He foresaw that I was born with a gift for serving the immortals and would one day become the finest spirit medium. Everyone else says I'm a corpse-born child, steeped in darkness. Only my adoptive father treasures me, teaching me spells and skills. When I was seven, something strange happened. I sold a woman a pair of burial shoes in the midd 6.1kReads9.3Score676Shelves
31. 31 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 278.4kReads9.4Score23.6kShelves

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    This is amazing! The male lead is intelligent but not a saint, there's no female lead, and every item has its own backstory.

32. 32 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves

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    For horror novels, it has to be our Tomato's number one romantic protagonist, Fang Xiu! It has elements of horror and mind-bending plot twists! "I Can Rewind Infinitely, Seeing Through All the Cards" also has elements of deep romance. Here's a detailed introduction: Plot: The novel tells the story of Fang Xiu, who transmigrates to a strangely invaded world and awakens the ability to rewind time. In this perilous world, he could have simply survived, but he chooses to announce to the world that he is a prophet, able to foresee the future. He uses his mortal power to manipulate time, fights against enemies, extends the Xia Kingdom's national fortune for another century, and ultimately becomes an ancient god. Manifestation of Romance: Fang Xiu is known as "Tomato's number one romantic protagonist." He has deep feelings for his wife in each reincarnation, and even after countless hardships, he always harbors love and hate for her. Although he is at odds with his wife for various reasons, deep down, he cannot truly hurt her. In the end, he chooses to completely rewind time, just to be with his wife forever. Guaranteed to be a good read!

33. 33 怪 Urban Legends Invade: She Goes on a Rampage by Exploiting Hidden Rules 怪谈入侵：她靠隐藏规则杀疯了 Gorgeous Girl绚丽儿Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Dad is Dad. He’s holding a knife. Mom is Mom. She takes the knife from Dad. Grandma has just reached the doorway, her eyes filled with confusion and worry. The younger sister has only her older sister by her side, the older sister she loves most… And then? What happened? You’ve forgotten…] [Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom: Welcome to the first rules-based horror scenario.] [Stage cleared! The Chosen One receives a supernatural value reward, while their bound nation receives national fortune an 19.9kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves

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    Recommend!!!

34. 34 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2kShelves

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    A horror novel, highly recommended for fans of horror, mystery, and adventure. The plot unfolds in a series of interconnected events, each more gripping than the last – a truly captivating read.

35. 35 出 The Spirit Medium 出马仙 Willow-Tassel Smoke流苏烟Mystery523k WordsOngoing Have you heard of a weasel possessing someone? Have you heard of a gui taking over someone’s bed? Have you heard of returning infant spirits? How much do you know about the Five Great Clans of Northeast China? Open this book, and I’ll tell you all about the little-known stories of Northeast China’s spirit mediums. 485Reads8.4Score—Shelves
36. 36 我 I Have a Haunted House? 我有一座恐怖屋？ Xuanyuan Ling of Jiangguo疆国的轩辕翎Mystery231k WordsOngoing Chen Ge inherits an abandoned haunted house that has been deserted for thirty years. He thinks it’s just an ordinary business, but then he activates the Haunted Amusement Park System inside the building, drawing him into a terrifying adventure that spans the worlds of the living and the spirit realm. As he explores, the secrets of the haunted house gradually come to light. Thirty years ago, a mysterious ritual was performed here in an attempt to open a passage to the spirit realm and gain immen 132Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 阿 The Altay Horror Line 阿勒泰恐怖专线 Sheep Brings Good Fortune羊开泰Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Comedy] [Adventure] [Strength through mutation] Wu Yanqing is a half-baked tour guide on the Altay route. Along with a bald driver and a photographer who joined the trade halfway through, he leads a big-rumped sheep. The three men will abandon all scruples for money, and their tour route is downright bizarre. Dear travelers, our upcoming attractions include a hanging corpse tree deep in the Keketuohai mountains, strange creatures beneath a mineral vein, and an unnamed ghost temple in Habahe... 15.7kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves

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    A trio plus a sheep, speaking in Xinjiang-accented Mandarin and Sichuan dialect, a mix of horror, suspense, and comedy—you'll laugh your head off!

38. 38 从 The Feng Shui Master's Son-in-Law from the Mountains 从大山中走出的风水神婿 Green Fish CC青鱼CCMystery2.1M WordsCompleted From the moment I was born, I was regarded as an ill omen. After my grandfather died, he used his corpse to cast one final divination for me... 174Reads6.4Score101Shelves

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    Horror, horror, enter 😅

39. 39 麻 The Ghost Bridegroom in Burial Robes 麻衣鬼婿 A Laugh Across the Vast Sea沧海一声笑Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted My grandfather was a feng shui master renowned for his almost supernatural abilities. For my sake, he traded his life for a divination and arranged a marriage for me through a reading. Nine years later, thanks to a stroke of fortune brought about by my grandfather, the Ye family had become the richest family in the land. But because of my identity, they broke off the engagement, only to suffer the consequences… 6.2kReads7.6Score345Shelves

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    Two good ones

40. 40 天 The Celestial Master's Dragon-Seeking Secret 天师寻龙诀 Jing Mingqiao净明乔Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Before she died, Grandma gave me three instructions. The most important one was that, on the night I turned eighteen, I must not open the door for anyone. But that night, my dead grandmother came back... 4.7kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
41. 41 规 Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示 Xing Wuchen星无辰Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted The world of supernatural tales has arrived, and everyone must follow the rules! After hundreds of years, the world of supernatural tales has appeared once more. Sun Kai accidentally transmigrates into it, becoming one of the first contestants representing his nation’s fate. They carry the fate of Xia Nation on their shoulders! If they win, they survive, Xia Nation’s fortunes rise, and its people all benefit. If they lose, they die, the nation’s fortunes fall, and supernatural tales invade the 4kReads9.0Score518Shelves

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    Come on, everyone! The second book is about deification, the third is a comic book, it's super, incredibly good, and the fourth is also great. Just look at the ratings, it's amazing, truly unbelievable!

42. 42 萤 A World of Fireflies 萤萤众生 Xiao Xu小叙Rural Life3.8M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I had an accident and nearly died. Everything I saw and felt was horrifying, and I could only keep company with bad luck. But I swore a solemn oath: I would not fail Heaven and Earth or my parents, nor harm my friends and family. I would hurt only myself, devote myself to goodness, and hold fast to sincerity! From then on, I walked between the realms of yin and yang, sought a master and learned the Dao, awakened my spiritual senses, and slew demons and evil spirits... I fear 8.1kReads9.2Score779Shelves

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    Every book by Xiaoxu is worth reading.

43. 43 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
44. 44 给 Giving Honkai: Star Rail a Little Taste of 40K Power 给崩铁亿点点40K的强度 Registered Architect注册建造师Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone says they're loyal, but when asked, nobody wants to go! In his previous life, he tore through everything in the Warhammer 40K universe, personally crushing the forbidden existence known as a god: Marcus. In this life, he is the amnesiac “Nameless” who starts out in the Star Dome universe and is picked up by the mature beauty Kafka: Qiong. P.S. The title was generated by a book-testing System after 200,000 words, so don't let it mislead you o(╥﹏╥)o. The original title was: Surviving Warh 2.7kReads8.3Score191Shelves

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    Want terror? Then come to the world of Warhammer. Open your eyes to a starry sky filled with enemies; the game starts with iconic scenes from the Apocalypse. Warhammer is recruiting, come quickly!

45. 45 活 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 16kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    These two are nice 😏

46. 46 鹿 Lu Ling Feng Shui Shop 鹿灵风水铺 Silent Worry不语忧Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted paranormal suspense + mild horror + one-on-one romance + episodic stories] Lu Ling is forced to take over the feng shui shop her father left her and shoulder the Lu family’s duty as spirit-contractors. Only after she starts taking on cases does she realize that people can be far more terrifying than ghosts. 7kReads9.0Score1kShelves
47. 47 无 Infinite Escape: The Museum Curator Rules the Livestream 无限逃生：馆主飒爆直播间 Ling Yu令鱼Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + mostly imaginative horror + romance + ensemble cast] Lu Yu is a little-known actress who has spent three years in the entertainment industry. TV director: “What is this garbage acting? Get out of my production!” Variety show director: “You have no sense of variety-show humor. How could someone as mediocre as you think you can make it in entertainment?” Agent: “You’re good for nothing but your face.” But after Lu Yu becomes the owner of a game arcade and enters an escape game... 10.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
48. 48 八 A Tough Mystic in the 1980s, With a Handsome Husband Waiting at Home 八零玄学悍妻，家有娇夫待签收 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A story set in a bygone era + Chinese metaphysics + mild supernatural elements + ghost-hunting + romance + strong heroine. No transmigration or rebirth; both leads are natives of the setting. [Brilliant, aloof genius with a goofy side, and no interest in men VS. A sharp-tongued, scheming, tsundere man with a poisonous-sweet manner] Tian Shiling, nicknamed Tianbao, is known in Qiantang Village as the coffin girl. Her mother died in childbirth, her father is unknown, and she was raised by the vill 46.4kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves
49. 49 七 Strange Cases in the 1970s: The Cool and Reserved Young Officer Asks Her to Come Out of Seclusion 七零诡异案件，清冷军少请她出山 Distant Stars遥星辰Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted The fifteenth day of the seventh month, the Ghost Festival: offer food to wandering spirits and build up good karma! Ghosts roam, the dead receive offerings, and everyone returns with a full load. The Earth Official grants his pardon! Su Ruanruan was born on the Ghost Festival and became the village's most senior relative by generation. “Great-grand-aunt, my child at home is frightened by a spirit!” “Don't go inside when you get home tonight. Smoke a cigarette at the doorway first.” “Great-grand 2.6kReads8.3Score265Shelves
50. 50 阴 The Yin-Yang Cheat 阴阳挂 Young Master Rui蕊公子Mystery600k WordsCompleted “Have you ever had your fortune told? The kind where you die after the reading. “I tell fortunes for a living. I don’t get many customers, but they’re all normal people. “Then that man showed up. After that, my customers were either about to die or already dead. “A dismembered female ghost chased me for a thread. A toothless male ghost chased me to buy teeth. A billionaire insisted on keeping a ghost, and an ugly woman wanted to change her fate. “An urn that suddenly appeared on my bed, a vase t 130Reads9.1Score102Shelves

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