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Horror Novels! They Have to Be Really Scary!!! No Supernatural or Occult Stuff

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GPT-6 Luna

I don’t want horror that’s purely about ghosts and monsters. I want horror caused by people, like the terrifying scenes in Stealing Faces and Ashtray, which are all human-made.

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51 I Carry 99 Ghosts on My Body The Child Who Eats DreamsMystery239k WordsOngoing 12Reads—Score—Shelves
52 Fierce Ghost Update Series Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang7k WordsCompleted 208Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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The first three are a collection of creepy horror short stories, and the third one is a suspenseful and supernatural novel that is horrifying, funny, and a little bit borderline [shocked][shocked]
53 Midnight Neighbor Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang7k WordsCompleted 132Reads8.8Score—Shelves
54 Don't Work Overtime If There Is Something Wrong in the Office Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang6k WordsCompleted 99Reads8.8Score—Shelves
55 The Secrets of Journey to the West Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in LuoyangMystery551k WordsCompleted 35Reads5.8Score—Shelves
56 Nightmare Sounds: 60 Horror Stories That Frightened You Awakening Xiao YouqianMystery174k WordsCompleted 2.1kReads8.9Score186Shelves
57 Midnight Gravekeeper RoseMystery802k WordsCompleted 4kReads8.4Score247Shelves
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😱😱😱It's really scary, don't try it easily if you are timid
58 Strange Things in the Ancient City Second Young Master XuanyuanMystery206k WordsCompleted 50Reads5.8Score—Shelves
59 Ghost Eyes Little MasterMystery931k WordsCompleted 1.4kReads9.1Score104Shelves
60 I’m the Only Living Person on This Forum Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never InsecureMystery735k WordsCompleted 65.6kReads8.7Score8.6kShelves
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There is no more strange altar after the Bell Tower
61 Scary High School The Struggling MuganmuMystery1.4M WordsCompleted 1.3kReads5.8Score195Shelves
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Serious horror stories
62 The House of Deadly Peril Nicholas GoudanMystery1.6M WordsCompleted 28.4kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves
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Super good-looking Super good-looking
63 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies The Civil and Polite Mr. XueMystery1.1M WordsOngoing 132.4kReads8.2Score15.5kShelves
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Very scary. I was watching this when Ghost Eye was updated.
64 Mr. Yamamura Yin Yang The Out-of-Control Editorial DepartmentMystery589k WordsCompleted 10.5kReads9.1Score762Shelves
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😨😨😨I feel numb, I feel numb, I feel numb after reading this horror novel! That creepy feeling spread from my scalp to the soles of my feet
65 Misty Rain Tower A Night of Misty RainEastern Fantasy9.3M WordsOngoing 817.9kReads9.6Score78.6kShelves
66 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward West of the CloudsMystery1.7M WordsCompleted 11kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
67 Super Scary Livestream Yuwen Chang GongMystery2.2M WordsCompleted 48.2kReads5.8Score6.4kShelves
68 Tales of the Strange: Nine Chances Out of Ten to Die? Sorry, I Can Rewind Laughing Orange Knows the Scent of OrangesMystery239k WordsOngoing 108Reads—Score—Shelves
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The protagonist died four times in a row. His whole body melted, he was beheaded, his neck was strangled, and his heart and lungs were ripped out. The second dungeon was even more sinister, and he wiped out the protagonist and his entire group.
69 Ghosts, Ghosts, Ghosts, So Many Ghosts! Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never InsecureMystery425k WordsCompleted 13.9kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
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As long as it looks good, that's it
70 Skinny Ghost Little Old SteedMystery566k WordsOngoing 86.8kReads7.9Score9.6kShelves
71 Dreaming Around the World: Starting from the Nightmare in the Dormitory See You TomorrowMystery90k WordsOngoing —Reads—Score—Shelves
72 Supernatural Revival: I Have a Ghost Who Loves Jokes Savory, Dry Salted FishMystery249k WordsCompleted 433Reads—Score117Shelves
73 Why Are There Really Ghosts in Your Ghost Soup Game?! Ka TunMystery948k WordsOngoing 38.3kReads7.8Score5.1kShelves
74 As a Supernatural Rule of Horror, Being Twisted Is Only Natural Mingye BiezhiMystery1.1M WordsOngoing 13.4kReads6.9Score1.3kShelves
75 Cihang City Mountain-Patrolling Lord GodMystery1.2M WordsOngoing 1.7MReads9.1Score281.1kShelves
76 Rule Horror: Beware Your Roommate's Girlfriend Half a Liang of SaltMystery1.2M WordsCompleted 45.9kReads9.0Score4.8kShelves
77 Supernatural Recovery: This Poor Guy's Life Is Really Hard The Bamboo Shooting ManMystery2.7M WordsOngoing 28.8kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
78 It's a Big Wedding at the Beginning, the Bride Is a Fierce Ghost in Red Clear Water and Tianhe River 123Urban594k WordsCompleted 1.4kReads5.0Score149Shelves
79 Hong Kong Supernatural: From the Start, a Female Ghost Drains My Yang Energy Call Me the Ghost Cult LeaderMystery1.1M WordsOngoing 2.9kReads5.9Score270Shelves
80 The Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Bride Actually Wants to Marry Me Baiyun Private CollectorUrban274k WordsCompleted 6Reads—Score—Shelves
81 Yin Deed Book I Am Not Thick Fish Ball NoodlesMystery82k WordsCompleted —Reads—Score—Shelves
82 The Bai Family Papermaker Catches Hundreds of Ghosts and Saves the World Endless NightMystery711k WordsOngoing 17Reads5.8Score—Shelves
83 Borrower from the Underworld The Out-of-Control Editorial DepartmentMystery1.3M WordsCompleted 3.1kReads9.1Score366Shelves
84 Ghost Whispers in the Middle of the Night Millennium Old DemonMystery87k WordsCompleted 9.5kReads9.0Score301Shelves
85 I Evolved Billions of Curses Soda Sea Salt CrackersMystery1.0M WordsCompleted 31.4kReads8.6Score3.3kShelves
86 Fierce Netherworld: Starting as a Rainy-Night Killer A Tian0Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted 9.5kReads7.0Score766Shelves
87 The Eclipse Girl Is Immortal Treading Snow on a Secluded MountainAncient Romance931k WordsCompleted 222Reads—Score101Shelves
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The most important thing about the Chinese horror Jakxulu horror novel is the two female protagonists, who are sweet and crazy, and are super beautiful.
88 A Collection of Strange Stories About Rules If the Water FlowsMystery687k WordsCompleted 21Reads5.8Score—Shelves
89 Southwest Ghost Stories Nanshui XiaoshengMystery822k WordsCompleted 107Reads—Score—Shelves
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This, a short story, is simply a folk horror story, a ghost story
90 Midnight Convenience Store: Result After Sale XihanMystery453k WordsCompleted 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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Two horror novels, one about a midnight convenience store that will show you all the evil in the world, and the other about a nine-tailed cat demon. It has been completed. The protagonist's IQ is online. Read it with confidence.
91 Shh! It's Coming XihanMystery472k WordsCompleted 27Reads5.8Score—Shelves
92 Chenyu Midnight Teahouse: A Collection of Strange Tales Chenyu Talks of Ghosts and FoxesMystery889k WordsCompleted 5.6kReads—Score365Shelves
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Highly recommended to everyone
93 Folk Tales of Supernatural Phenomena Chenyu Talks of Ghosts and FoxesMystery321k WordsCompleted 31Reads—Score—Shelves
94 Xiangxi Corpse Keeper Tomato Xiao ZhaoMystery327k WordsOngoing —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Come and take a look if you are short on books, you will not be able to get out if you come in [Learned]
95 I Have a Wife and Children, and You Call Me a Bachelor? ! Butterfly FairyMystery163k WordsCompleted —Reads—Score—Shelves
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It's quite interesting. The protagonist seems to be a mentally ill person. His wife, children and mother don't know whether they are ghosts or something else, but he is the only one who can see and touch them.
96 Weird Recovery: Hush! Don't Disturb the Ghost Behind Him Moonlit Peach in the NightMystery1.2M WordsCompleted 12.7kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves
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Horror with a hint of humor~
97 Start Running Away After School Three FishMystery606k WordsCompleted 2.7kReads9.1Score255Shelves
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These are carefully selected love books that have stayed with me for a long time.
98 Space-Time Refrigerator Three FishSci-Fi & Apocalypse436k WordsCompleted 98Reads6.8Score—Shelves
99 The Bizarre Company: Starting with Being Forced to Work 996 Three FishMystery999k WordsCompleted 311Reads8.3Score—Shelves
100 My Pale Life The Internet Cafe Attendant Adds Instant NoodlesMystery339k WordsCompleted 2.5kReads8.4Score202Shelves