Horror Novels! They Have to Be Really Scary!!! No Supernatural or Occult Stuff 恐怖小说 ! 要非常恐怖的 ! ! !不要灵异不要玄学

1. 51 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 821Reads—Score109Shelves

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   ⛄ "Horror Folklore [The Imposter Master Shakes the Hundred Demons]" An infinite flow + horror folklore + light comedy + survival + single female lead + episodic + packed with exciting moments! No writer's block! Worth reading! Strong story independence! Almost as good as the completed series⛄🍊

2. 52 山 The Yin-Yang Master of the Mountain Village 山村阴阳先生 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery589k WordsCompleted My brother came back from the dead, and I learned funeral rites to uncover the truth My name is Chen Xiaojun, and I live in a place in Northeast China called Kaoshan Village. One year, my older brother died under mysterious circumstances. His death was gruesome. Though he was only in his twenties, his corpse was as thin as a skeleton, with hair turned white! Even more bizarre, my brother came back to life in the funeral hall! To find out what had happened, I learned a few tricks from an old mast 11.6kReads9.2Score877Shelves

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   😨😨😨 I'm numb, I'm numb! I'm completely numb after finishing this horror novel! That chilling feeling spread from my scalp to the soles of my feet.

3. 53 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 50.1kReads8.7Score6.4kShelves

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   There has been no more strange altars since the Bell Tower.

4. 54 午 Midnight Convenience Store: Every Sale Sets Fate in Motion 午夜便利店：售出即因果 Xi Han玺晗Mystery453k WordsCompleted I inherited my grandmother’s convenience store, a shop that only opens at midnight. It doesn’t sell water or food. It only sells old objects tainted by karma. Old combs, old wallets, old rings… Every item conceals a life and a trail of sins… Buy an item, and you must bear the consequences of your own misdeeds. I’m cold and taciturn. I never sympathize, and I never go easy on anyone. Some beg for mercy through their tears; others kneel and repent. I simply say: All sales are final. You bear the c 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Two horror novels, one about a midnight convenience store, showing you the evils of the world, the other about a nine-tailed cat demon, both completed, with intelligent main characters, so you can read with confidence.

5. 55 嘘 Hush! It's Here 嘘！它来了 Xi Han玺晗Mystery472k WordsCompleted Stray cats appear on campus, awakening a curse of murder sealed away for fifty years. Long ago, cats protected the school by killing rats, but when their numbers grew too large, they were burned alive. Their resentment coalesced into a nine-lived shadow cat. It uses humans to wreak havoc, draining the vitality of the living in a blood sacrifice to avenge its burning. Strange incidents, gruesome deaths, vengeful spirits demanding lives night after night: the only way to survive is to destroy all 182Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 猛 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 140Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first three were a collection of chilling short horror stories, and the third was a thrilling, funny, and slightly risqué suspenseful supernatural novel. [Shocked][Shocked]

7. 57 午 The Deadly Neighbor at Midnight 午夜凶邻 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Neighbor from Hell at Midnight 121Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 o Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳6k WordsCompleted There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime 91Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 59 西 The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery551k WordsCompleted Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d 57Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 放 The Escape Begins After School 放学后开始逃跑 Three Fish三鱼Mystery606k WordsCompleted On the night the high school entrance exam results were announced, Bai Meng had just received his acceptance letter from a prestigious city high school and was riding a wave of excitement. Then, without warning, the excitement made him so dizzy that before he could even settle down on the sofa, everything went black. When he came to, he was at Tianwang High School. It was a strange place. Once the school day ended, it was time to run for your life! 5.2kReads9.1Score840Shelves

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    Looks good! 👍👍👍

11. 61 时 The Space-Time Refrigerator 时空冰箱 Three Fish三鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse436k WordsCompleted A bottle of water in exchange for future gene fluid? A pound of pork for a pair of super combat gauntlets? A refrigerator connects with the space-time of an apocalyptic world, and a little shut-in rises to the pinnacle of life. He never imagined it could be so easy to reach the top. Or is it? It doesn’t seem quite that simple after all… 128Reads6.8Score—Shelves
12. 62 诡 The Bizarre Company: Starting with Being Forced to Work 996 诡异公司：从被迫996开始 Three Fish三鱼Mystery999k WordsCompleted Zhang Yang, an ordinary office worker, wakes up one day to find himself forced into the bizarre Tianwang Corporation, where a terrifying new life as a wage slave begins. A machine supervisor who kills anyone who breaks the rules. Bizarre jobs where your life is always at risk. A horrifying night in the underworld, where failing to finish your work means overtime. Colleagues with their own hidden agendas. The mysterious Six Paths Realm, one world after another in ruin, walking corpses and evil sp 296Reads8.3Score—Shelves
13. 63 向 Making a Wish to a Ghost 向鬼许愿 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery425k WordsCompleted A school where everyone has vanished. A company that serves ghosts. A city crawling with vengeful spirits. A mountain of weeping where yin and yang are turned upside down. … In an age when paranormal phenomena run rampant, Gu Shan possesses a terrifying wish-granting machine that can crush any supernatural incident. But each wish also carves an even deeper despair. “After you make your tenth wish, we’ll meet again in a world without pain.” (The original title of this book was The Tenth Wish.) 4.9kReads7.9Score468Shelves
14. 64 我 My Pale Life 我苍白的一生 The Internet Cafe Attendant Adds Instant Noodles网管加泡面Mystery339k WordsCompleted My name is Zhang Yuan, though my childhood nickname was Ergou. I'm male, born in 1990. Everyone encounters all kinds of strange, inexplicable things in life. By the way, do you believe in ghosts? 473Reads8.4Score101Shelves
15. 65 老 The Old Corpse: Strange Happenings in the Mountains 老尸：山中诡事 The Internet Cafe Attendant Adds Instant Noodles网管加泡面Mystery225k WordsCompleted A thousand skeletons pillow the moonlit stele, their shadows sealed. Autumn tombs wear rosy clouds, blood soaking the steps. The boiling cauldron cooks souls, a thousand years of grievance. A grand feast for ghosts, with every skeleton withered. In the utter silence, corpse oil lights the candle. In a place shrouded from the world, a rotting hand pushes open the door. A lingering soul adorns the dressing table, a spider transformed into a hairpin. A name sinks beneath the mirror, maggots become 186Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
17. 67 扒 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 Little Old Steed小老骥Mystery756k WordsOngoing (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.7kReads8.3Score7.2kShelves

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    As long as it looks good, that's all that matters.

18. 68 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
19. 69 全 Global Dreamscape: Taming the Supernatural, Starting with a Dorm Nightmare 全球入梦：从宿舍噩梦开始驭诡 See You Tomorrow明日再见面Mystery90k WordsOngoing “Can you have a good dream tonight?” When those words rang out, the nightmare in the dormitory became one no one could ever wake from. Answer it, and you won't be yourself anymore. Refuse, and you still won't escape. My roommate died of cardiac arrest. Only I knew he had been killed by that question. And I couldn't escape it either. I died once, my heart pierced through, but I survived by some uncanny power. The price was becoming a symbiotic being with it. Every time I use its power, I come one 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 70 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
21. 71 灵 Supernatural Revival: I Have a Ghost Who Loves Jokes 灵异复苏：我有一只玩笑鬼 Savory, Dry Salted Fish鲜味干咸鱼Mystery249k WordsCompleted [Supernatural Revival] [Making Deals with Ghosts] [Ghost Tamer] [No Romance] My name is Zhou Quan, and I have been possessed by a ghost. The battered pocket watch my grandfather shoved into my hands before he died turns out to contain a mischievous and exceedingly unruly Joke Ghost. Every time I die, the Joke Ghost comments on what happened to me before my death. If my death entertains it, it gives me a mysterious “reward” I can barely withstand. If my death bores it, it recklessly strips away a 219Reads—Score117Shelves
22. 72 无 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 Ka Tun卡豚Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 27kReads7.9Score3.3kShelves
23. 73 身 As a Supernatural Rule of Horror, Being Twisted Is Only Natural 身为诡异规则怪谈，变态点很正常 Mingye Biezhi明夜别枝Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Shen Ye transmigrated, only to discover that he had become a Rule Horror in an eerie world. What's more, a group of people calling themselves survivors had already entered his instance, planning to conquer him. If they conquered the instance, Shen Ye would disappear completely, unable to even remain a horror. What should he do now? Asking online, and it's urgent! Luckily, an eerie-entity-raising System awakened at that moment. As long as Shen Ye gained enough fear points, he could keep growing s 2.2kReads6.9Score228Shelves
24. 74 慈EN Cihang City 慈航市 Mountain-Patrolling Lord God巡山主神Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing At Cihang's grand arena, don't show up without a cheat. Chen Feng transmigrated to another world and discovered that the bosses here were unbelievably sneaky. “Let's go level up in the newbie village first.” “Ha! Got you, transmigrator.” “I'll be reborn and buy a lottery ticket.” “Ha! Got you, regressor.” “Fine, if you're going to play dirty, I don't need to pretend to be a gentleman either.” Chen Feng discovered that every time he died, he could refresh and get a new System. A System's power ha 1.2MReads9.2Score132.8kShelves
25. 75 规 Rule Horror: Beware Your Roommate's Girlfriend 规则怪谈：请小心你室友的女友 Half a Liang of Salt盐巴半两Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [No heroine + not wish fulfillment + not invincible + unsettling + horror + suspense + plot-driven] [The livestreaming element is only a tiny part of the story. The focus is on horror and suspense, so feel free to dive in] There are only two people left in your school dorm: you and your roommate. Your roommate suddenly brings home an incredibly attractive person they met online, leaves you some money, then hurries off. Now you're alone in the room with your roommate's gorgeous online date... Wou 35.9kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
26. 76 陈 Old Haunts 陈年诡事 Bamboo Shoot Bandit夺笋侠Mystery2.8M WordsOngoing There is only one disease in the world, and it's called poverty. There is only one kind of ghost in the world, and it's called a poor ghost. My name is Chen Xiaofei. I'm a high school sophomore who's both afflicted with the disease of poverty and a poor ghost. 31.5kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
27. 77 开 From the Start, I Married a Bride in Red Who Was a Vengeful Ghost 开局大婚，新娘是红衣厉鬼 Blue Waters Meet the Sky River123碧水连天河123Mystery594k WordsCompleted [Supernatural] [System] [One or Multiple Heroines] [Living off his wife while keeping the upper hand] [Behind-the-scenes] Lin Que transmigrates to a world where the supernatural is resurging, becoming the last surviving member of a family of paper effigy makers. Cursed with a lonely fate, he won't live past tonight? To keep the family line alive, his blind grandmother shakily produces ten blood-red marriage contracts. “My good grandson, marry them and use their yin energy to suppress your fate!” 1.3kReads5.1Score149Shelves
28. 78 故 Return to the Old Home 故园归 Minister of the Court of Judicial Review大理寺卿Mystery309k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Everyday Mysteries + Deduction + Ancient Setting + Espionage + Adventure + Serial Murders + Perfect Partners] Decapitation, curses, national treasures, imperial tombs, locked rooms, secret agents... A raging undercurrent on the road home. Two boys meet over a bizarre murder case. As they travel together, they repeatedly encounter strange cases: a bride decapitated on her wedding night, a legend of murders in the Eighteenth Level of Hell, a murder at a Chan monastery, a stolen national 560Reads9.3Score102Shelves

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    Horror, interesting novels

29. 79 港 Hong Kong Supernatural: From the Start, a Female Ghost Drains My Yang Energy 港综灵异：开局被女诡吸取阳气 Call Me the Ghost Cult Leader请叫我幽魂教主Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Li Changsheng transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong supernatural films and gains the [Hundredfold Repayment System]. As long as he subdues female ghosts, female monsters, or female demons, any damage he suffers is repaid a hundredfold, and any vital yang energy he loses is returned a hundredfold. The more vital yang energy he has, the greater his talent and the faster he cultivates. He experiences one tale after another, including [The Old Village], [The School Cemetery], [Office Haunting], 2.7kReads5.9Score317Shelves
30. 80 开 First Day of School: The Teacher Dies Before My Eyes 开学：老师死在面前 Er Mo二陌Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural + Horror + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Infinite Flow + Decisive and Ruthless + Teamwork] On the first day of school, the moment Class 4's homeroom teacher, Mr. Bai, mysteriously committed suicide in the classroom, everyone's worldview was completely overturned by what they saw. A bleeding blackboard, blood-red words appearing out of nowhere: it was as if a novel had become reality. Everyone in the class would be forced to take on all kinds of deadly missions. They could neit 28.2kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
31. 81 千 The Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Bride Wants to Marry Me? 千年鬼新娘，居然想嫁给我 Collector of Clouds白云私藏家Urban274k WordsCompleted [Urban Supernatural]+ [Ghost Hunting]+ [Human-Ghost Romance]+ [Hidden Expert]+ [No System]+ [Character Growth]+ [Mystery and Twists]+ [Multiple Heroines] No transmigration, no golden finger, no System. Written in the straightforward style of classic supernatural fiction, with clear logic and no cultivation. Other people barely survive their encounters with ghosts. When I was chased by evil spirits, I accidentally stumbled into the legendary Ghost Market. At the brink of death, I thought I was d 11Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 阴 The Yin Pact 阴契书 I'm Not Fish Ball Thick Noodles我不是鱼丸粗面Mystery82k WordsCompleted Ruan Qinghuan inherits the century-old incense shop, Fragrant Haven, never knowing that she was born to be the offering in a Yin Pact. When she lights a family heirloom incense stick that summons souls, she is forced to witness the memories of the dead. Ash takes shape, and the bones of the dead give off fragrance. Every wisp of smoke conceals the ghost of someone who died unjustly. When strange modern-day murder cases mirror a massacre that wiped out a family a century ago, and forensic patholo —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 83 白 The Bai Family's Paper Effigy Maker: Catching a Hundred Ghosts and Saving the World 白家扎纸匠，捉百鬼，救世间 Endless Nightfall夜幕无涯Mystery711k WordsOngoing Born with a pure-yang constitution and an iron fate, Bai Zhishi spent his life making paper offerings, alone for most of it. He died unexpectedly just before his fifty-second birthday. At death's door, he used blood to paint the eyes of a paper figurine and, with the help of his grandfather and an ancestral art, tricked the underworld official and stole his way back to life. But he was forced to take over the body of Bai Zhishi, a spoiled heir from a wealthy family, and was reborn in the bustlin 11Reads7.4Score—Shelves
34. 84 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    Extremely terrifying 😱

35. 85 与 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery447k WordsOngoing Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 2.7kReads—Score255Shelves

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    This book is terrifying, it's worth reading.

36. 86 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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    😱😱😱This is really scary; those with a weak heart shouldn't try it.

37. 87 午 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 Rose蔷薇Mystery802k WordsCompleted A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 6.1kReads8.5Score324Shelves
38. 88 古 Strange Happenings in the Ancient City 古城诡事 Second Young Master Xuanyuan轩辕二公子Mystery206k WordsCompleted A mysterious phone call full of suspense and a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years draw him into a dangerous web of intrigue. Following the clues, he steps into one carefully laid trap after another. His friend, returned from the dead, Qin Zhijie, who clings to him relentlessly and seems neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and Shangguan Wan'er, whose identity is shrouded in mystery, all vanish without a trace at the most crucial moments. Why did Da Kui, who had braved life and death, come 50Reads8.8Score—Shelves
39. 89 鬼 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Little Master小师傅Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves
40. 90 怪 Tales of the Strange: Nine Chances Out of Ten to Die? Sorry, I Can Rewind 怪谈：九死一生？抱歉，我能回档 Laughing Orange Knows the Scent of Oranges笑橘识橘香Mystery239k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Regression] [Mind Games] [Plenty of Twists] [The Protagonist Has No Cheat Skills] Yao Ze died four times in his very first round. Even with the ability to go back in time, he ended up psychologically scarred. The second instance was a punishment round where he barely escaped with his life, and the boss was downright devious. Relying on information he gathered before each reset, Yao Ze relentlessly tests the rules of the instances. He uses his information advantage to match wits 155Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist dies four times in a row, his body melts away, he's beheaded, strangled, and his heart and lungs are ripped out. The second dungeon boss is even more cunning, managing to wipe out the protagonist and his entire group.

41. 91 宸 Chenyu Midnight Teahouse: A Collection of Strange Tales 宸宇午夜茶馆：短篇志怪故事集 Chenyu Talks of Ghosts and Foxes宸宇话鬼狐Mystery889k WordsCompleted Midnight. The tea boils. The lamps dim. When the city falls silent, stories from another world are just beginning. The Midnight Teahouse of Chenyu gathers dozens of Chinese-style tales of the strange and supernatural, told with the easygoing voice of a storyteller in an old teahouse. They unfold strange local happenings, the secrets of old houses, and eerie tales from the streets and alleys. Written in modern vernacular while carrying on the spirit of classical anecdotal tales, these stories wea 8.1kReads—Score419Shelves

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    Highly recommended!

42. 92 民 A Collection of Folk Tales of the Supernatural 民间灵异怪谈录 Chenyu Talks of Ghosts and Foxes宸宇话鬼狐Mystery321k WordsCompleted Willows and locust trees invite the yin, and old houses harbor spirits. The countryside is never short of strange happenings. I have traveled far and wide, collecting taboos and uncanny tales passed down by word of mouth: the knife seller's prophecies, spirits in snowy forests, paper effigies in deserted graves, vengeful ghosts in ancient mirrors... One chapter, one haunting; one tale, one chill. All this and more awaits in Records of Folk Ghost Stories. These are not inventions, but old tales o 49Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 93 湘 The Corpse Keeper of Western Hunan 湘西守尸人 Little Zhao the Tomato番茄小赵呀Mystery327k WordsOngoing One misguided decision by an ancestor created three hundred years of sin: Nine generations gave their lives to seal it away, atoning for the sins of a single lifetime. With no elders to lean on and no branches of the clan to help, the family dwindled in numbers, their lives cut short. In every generation, the men were fated to die before turning fifty. Each generation put off having children as long as possible, trying to spare their little ones the agony of losing a parent. And in every generat —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're experiencing a reading slump, come check this out! You won't want to leave once you're in! [Learned something new]

44. 94 麒 The Divine Qilin 麒麟神相 Daoist of Jiangnan江南道长Rural Life3.8M WordsCompleted I was born with a Qilin by my side. To save me, my grandfather peeled off his own human skin and gave it to a nine-tailed fox. That day, dead trees bloomed again, and all the beasts came to pay their respects! 10.8kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves

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    1. Highly recommend "The King of Feng Shui"! The nine-tailed fox master protects his master, repeatedly fighting to the death, making for a thrilling feng shui battle. With ominous burial sites and malevolent spirits, the protagonist repeatedly finds himself in deadly predicaments. The combination of thriller and feng shui storylines is incredibly addictive. I highly recommend these novels; they're perfect for bedtime reading! [Shy][heart emoji]

45. 95 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6kShelves
46. 96 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves
47. 97 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves

    Reader note

    That's terrifying! Friendly reminder: always turn on the lights when you're alone in your room at night. Don't say I didn't warn you!

48. 98 神 The God-Eater Girl Has an Immortal Body 神蚀少女拥有不死之身 Treading Snow on a Secluded Mountain幽山踏雪Ancient Romance931k WordsCompleted [Chinese-Style Horror + Master and Servant + Immortality + Cthulhu + Dual Female Leads] Is having an immortal body really a wonderful thing? Watching your family die, your friends leave, and your beloved pass away: that's the price of immortality. But I refuse to accept that. So I'm going to make my beloved become a god alongside me, and then we'll never have to part. Who could have imagined that after countless hardships, the brutally cruel path to godhood was nothing more than a game the gods 160Reads—Score101Shelves

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    A Chinese-style horror novel with Cthulhu elements, and most importantly, it features two female protagonists. It's both sweet and crazy, and incredibly good.

49. 99 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
50. 100 行 Strange Tales from the Road 行路诡闻 Mars and Earth火星和地球Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Folk customs and suspense | Episodic stories | Immersive accounts] There's an old saying: Walk the night road three times, and ghosts and gods will follow you. Writer Lin Sui travels around gathering material, recording the rural ghost stories he hears along the way in the old notebook he carries with him. He has no spirit-seeing eyes and can't draw talismans or chant incantations. Faced with those indescribable horrors, his only weapons are the pen in his hand and his instinct for survival. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Tales of the Strange and Mysterious" | A masterpiece of folk suspense episodic drama! Author Lin Sui, without psychic abilities or the capacity for incantations, relies solely on a pen and his survival instincts to traverse countryside, cities, deserted villages, and ancient shrines, recording countless unspeakable folk tales and mysteries. The entire book adheres to the ironclad rule of "only witnessing, only recording, not disrupting the situation, not performing rituals for salvation," refusing to forcibly rewrite fate or offer any saintly salvation. Each story carries a palpable sense of suffocation: the life-extending customs of a remote mountain village, the eternally burning lamp in a century-old house, the 13 floors that appear out of nowhere in a midnight stairwell, the guiding ghost on a rainy mountain path, the automatically echoing voices from next door in a rented room late at night, the taboo against turning back during evening self-study in school, the beckoning spirits from a deserted village well every night… From rural old houses to abandoned urban towns, from deep forests to the boundary between life and death, each episode is chillingly thought-provoking, with an intense atmosphere and a powerful aftertaste. Enter at your own risk if you are easily frightened!

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