Any Occult, Ghost-Hunting, Supernatural Stories with a Strong Female Lead, Perfect for Reading at Midnight? 有没有半夜看的玄学，捉鬼，灵异，女强，文

1. 1 鬼 My Ghostly Husband, Don’t Be So Bad 鬼神老公，别太坏 A Wild Chrysanthemum一朵野菊花Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + Supernatural Mysteries + Ghost-Hunting + Lots of Fun Tropes + Strong-Willed Heroine + Utterly Devoted Husband] My name is An Ning. I was born on Ghost Festival and carry a demon eye, so everyone thinks I'm cursed. Since childhood, a mysterious man I couldn't see has saved my life again and again. He told me, "If you want me to protect you forever, we have to make a marriage pact when you turn twenty." Then, on my twentieth birthday, my demon eye went out of control. I had a dan 9kReads9.1Score906Shelves

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   It's so good! 😍 The female lead isn't a weak, innocent character; she's a strong woman who's determined to become powerful. And I absolutely love the male lead. I often stay up late watching it; it's so good, highly recommended!

2. 2 七 The Ghost Wedding on the Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Month 七月半，鬼娶亲 I Just Want to Live Forever我就是要长生Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Mysticism + Devoted Husband + Ensemble Cast + Revenge] A short drama of the same name, July Half: The Ghost's Wedding, is now available. Its companion story, Marrying a Ghost Husband, Subduing a Hundred Demons, is currently being serialized. My mother said that the year I was born, strange signs appeared in the village: thunder and torrential rain, while all the ghosts wailed. Grandpa invited Seventh Granny, who delivered me herself. Only then was I born. Seventh Granny rea 13.4kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   These feel okay.

3. 3 灵 Paranormal Streamer: The Sledgehammer Notes 灵异主播：铁锤笔记 Li Yichen李熠尘Mystery628k WordsOngoing A paranormal livestreamer and a female yin-yang practitioner team up to deal with supernatural incidents. After being ambushed by an evil sorcerer, they fall victim to a curse involving poisonous magic. To break the curse, they descend into the Yuanchen Palace, face off against ghosts in a battle of song, storm a reclusive sect’s warded realm, help underworld officials subdue demons, escort an earth immortal to take up a post, and venture into the underworld to steal a prophecy from a forbidden 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Female ghost hunter, no romantic pairing, realistic story, worth checking out.

4. 4 九 Uncle Nine: I Copy Traits, and Ren Tingting Begs Me in Tears to Marry Her 九叔，复制词条任婷婷哭着求嫁 The Three Elbows of Old Wu, I Say我说老乌的三肘候Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Zombie manipulation, humorous traits, recruiting disciples across film and TV worlds] Lin Fan transmigrates to Renjia Town, becomes Uncle Ninth’s disciple, and awakens the Trait Copying System. He can even combine traits without limit! Five Thunder Spell (Gold), Qimen Dunjia (Red), Zhong Kui Possession (Rainbow) Chrysanthemum Corpse Cultivation (Purple), Corpse King’s Tyrant Body (Red), Soul-Reaping Buddhist Chant (Red) Maoshan Corpse Driving (Purple), Sword Control Through Qi (Supreme), Indest 12.2kReads7.3Score852Shelves
5. 5 请 Calling on the Immortals 请仙儿 Ye Bai夜白Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our village, every adult child in the family has to visit the graves during the Qingming Festival and weigh down paper offerings on the graves. But when I went to pay my respects at Grandma's grave, I put the paper on the wrong one... 526Reads8.7Score111Shelves

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   These are all very beautiful.

6. 6 嫁 Married to a Dragon 嫁龙作夫 Yangyang殃殃Mystery505k WordsCompleted The year I was born, a dragon fell from the sky and landed in the mountains behind our village. Eighteen years later, my grandmother hanged herself from the crooked locust tree at the village entrance with a length of rope. The villagers all said the Dragon King was taking a bride, and that my grandmother had defied him and suffered retribution. After the entire village nailed me into a black coffin and buried me alive, that thing violated me. Only then did I realize that things were far more co 1.7kReads9.0Score191Shelves
7. 7 我 I'm the Little Ancestor of the Underworld. What's Wrong with Spoiling Me a Little? 我冥界小祖宗，宠亿点怎么了？ You Luo悠络Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + Everyone’s Darling + Light Supernatural Elements + Light Fantasy] Ling Xi was inexplicably murdered in her previous life. Her soul wandered through the underworld for a full 1,300 years without ever entering the cycle of reincarnation, making her the most famous “undocumented soul” in the entire underworld! But she was beautiful and sweet-tongued, delightfully goofy and a notorious show-off, with incredibly powerful spiritual energy. She never held back when beating up ghosts. Even 564Reads9.0Score103Shelves
8. 8 冥 The Nether King’s Betrothal: The Ghost King Comes to Claim His Bride 冥王聘:鬼王迎亲 Words Blossom into Flowers笔语繁花Mystery205k WordsCompleted I once had a dream. In it, a group of strange little ghosts carried a coffin to fetch a bride. I wore a black-and-red wedding robe and a black veil, lying in the coffin as a bloodstained coffin nail was slowly driven into the space between my brows… I thought it was only a dream, until one day, because of an ancient legend, I was to sacrifice myself for the entire Yin-Yang Sect and marry the ruler of the underworld, the King of Hell. Just like in my dream, a group of little ghosts came car 17Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 我 I Am the Queen of the Underworld’s Wife 我是冥王妻 Big Sister Barbie芭比姐姐Mystery274k WordsOngoing Yu means the sun's fire, burning without end. The Great Emperor of Fengdu, also known as the King of the Underworld, is the god who rules the underworld and its prisons. He holds the highest rank among the underworld deities, governs the underworld, and is the supreme lord of all ghosts. For generations, the men of the Jing family have followed their ancestral instructions, walking along the border between the worlds of yin and yang. They help those in need among the living and perform rites to 13Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 狐 Fox Maiden 狐女 King Rabbit兔子大王Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted My name is Tu Sang. Grandpa said I was a gift from the Fox Immortal. I was barely alive when he found me, as good as dead. So he sought out the village shaman and traded his life for mine, keeping me alive until I turned eighteen. But before my eighteenth birthday, he passed away, and overnight I became an orphan again. To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a ghost below. Who knew he would be a ten-thousand-year-old Ghost Immortal? But our connection goes far beyond that... 12.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
11. 11 地 Hell’s Temptation: My Husband Is the King of the Underworld 地狱诱宠：闪婚老公是冥王 An Orange一个橘子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + sweet romance + adorable child + secret identity + 1v1 and mutually devoted, scheming King of Hell + sweet, innocent heroine] After a whirlwind marriage to my blind date, I discover that he’s not only rich and handsome, but also full of secrets. He keeps a talking black cat, has a younger brother who can read ghost script, and even has a second face. Once I discover his secrets, he drops his disguise and reveals his wicked, scheming nature, cornering me against the bed. “Sweethea 7.3kReads9.2Score820Shelves
12. 12 冥 The Netherworld Emperor's Only Love: The Imperial Lord Husband of Ten Thousand Years 冥帝独宠：帝君老公一万岁 Ye Lixian夜离弦Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Both my parents died on my eighth birthday, and from then on I earned the title of jinx. A fortune-teller swore I was destined to be alone forever, with no chance of marrying a living man. When I was eighteen, a female ghost tried to claim my life at school, and I stepped straight into the underworld. When I opened my eyes again, a ridiculously handsome man was standing before me, calling me his wife. OMG, I just died, and someone’s already taken over?! In the underworld, he was the all-pow 351Reads8.4Score—Shelves
13. 13 冥 My Wife, the King of the Underworld: My Husband Is a Little Crazy 冥王妻：我家夫君有点疯 Cinderella in the Snow雪地的灰姑娘Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (Mystery + Supernatural + Sweet romance + Mysterious love story) I’m an actor in a folk performance at a scenic attraction. Every night, my partner and I take part in a parade called “The Underworld King Takes a Bride.” But on one fateful night, the person I married turned out to be the real Underworld King... He’s cold, domineering, and unpredictable. My once peaceful life has been thrown into turmoil ever since he came into it... 485Reads6.8Score100Shelves
14. 14 阴 A Yin Wedding, a Cursed Wife with the Phoenix Fate 阴嫁，凤命诡妻 Yu Luo Chenxi羽落辰汐Mystery870k WordsCompleted ◇ Fated Phoenix Maiden × Supreme Ruler of the Underworld ◇ I was born with the fate of a phoenix, yet from the moment I came into the world, I was already half dead. The night I was born, rosy clouds filled the sky and all the ghosts came to pay their respects. The seventy-two celestial clans gathered to celebrate my reincarnation... Everyone considered me ill-omened, but a passing enlightened monk said I was the reincarnation of the Lady of the Underworld. The sins of my past life had not yet b 5.7kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
15. 15 我 My Husband Is the King of the Underworld 我的老公是冥王 Songs Heard at Night夜闻笙歌Mystery900k WordsCompleted When I was eighteen, I pushed open a door in a daze. I never imagined that the person behind it would use my entire family’s lives to force me to marry him… 1.3kReads8.0Score143Shelves
16. 16 见 What the Hell, I’m the Ghost King’s Bride 见鬼，我居然是鬼王的新娘 A Page of Fireworks一纸烟火Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [A tsundere Ghost King and his two timid little brides, a sugary-sweet romance] The son of Youdu Mountain, a Ghost King born of heaven and earth, was chosen by the Book of Matrimony to serve as the God of Joy and matchmaker. Nearly a century into the job, he still wore black from head to toe, liked to wander at night, and was steeped in deathly aura. With the Ghost King serving as the God of Joy, birth rates were low, marriage rates were low, and divorce rates were high. The Book of Matrimony sa 813Reads9.3Score112Shelves
17. 17 阴 Rice Divination and a Ghostly Wedding 阴看米，鬼哭嫁 Miao Girl苗女Mystery425k WordsCompleted On the day I was born, paper figures came to pay their respects and left behind money to buy my life. To keep me alive, an old woman from Miaojiang made me lie in a paper coffin, pinned me down with bones, and buried me alive at birth. This drew a hundred ghosts to bow before me and severed the heads of nine dragons. The old woman said that a spirit wanted my life. She hid my shadow, and I must not look in a mirror before I turned sixteen. I followed her warning faithfully, but then the old woma 3.7kReads9.0Score454Shelves
18. 18 蛇 The Snake King’s Wife 蛇王夫 Summer Encounter夏遇Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted My father buried me as soon as I was born. A snake saved my life. When I turned eighteen, that snake found me and demanded I repay him by becoming his wife… 1.3kReads9.1Score158Shelves
19. 19 龙 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.6kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
20. 20 冥 Married to a Ghost on My Wedding Night: My Ghost Husband's Beloved 冥婚夜嫁，鬼夫心尖宠 Ai Mou爱哞Rural Life1.0M WordsCompleted My name is Liu Yueli. I was born in a remote mountain village. When I was little, my grandmother would often sit in front of our house, staring blankly toward the place where I was born and murmuring... “On a night when a hundred ghosts roam, red candles will light the way. Paper figures will carry the coffin, and a hundred ghosts will serve as matchmakers. The worlds of yin and yang shall not be divided; the paths of humans and ghosts shall not be separate. With heaven and earth as witnesses, o 1.2kReads8.7Score173Shelves
21. 21 阎 The King of Hell Takes a Wife 阎王娶妻 The Unwidowed未亡人Mystery331k WordsCompleted A startled cry in my dream shattered that enchanting spring reverie. My name is Luo Ning. A spring dream stirred memories hidden in my mind, memories that should never have been awakened... 185Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 有 One Day, I Became the Underworld’s Beloved 有一天，我成了冥界团宠 An Orange一个橘子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted I’m pregnant, but the father of my child isn’t human. As if that weren’t enough, my grandmother, the only family I have, dies around the same time. To my surprise, with her dying breath, she entrusts me to the very creature that defiled me. I always thought he was a worthless ghost. Then I discovered that he eats like there’s no tomorrow and doesn’t feed on incense offerings. I thought I’d married a pig. Married to a pig? He might as well have been a ghost! After finally accepting the reality th 1.5kReads9.0Score125Shelves
23. 23 我 I Draw Bestiaries at the Taoist Temple, While the Magistrate Busies Himself Solving Cases 我在道观画图鉴，县令大人破案忙 Peppa Pig Is Weird小猪佩奇怪Mystery124k WordsOngoing After transmigrating as a poor young Taoist nun, Shen Qinghe finds herself with nothing: her Taoist temple leaks, and she's on the verge of starving to death. At the crucial moment, she awakens the [Classic of Strange Tales from Mountains and Seas]! As long as she draws a ghost or monster, she can learn all its weaknesses and gain its abilities! [Ding! You've successfully recorded the “Embroidered Shoe Spirit,” gaining +100 merit!] [Ability reward: Nimble Hands (MAX)!] From then on, drawing tal —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the book you should read! It features a strong female lead, an incredibly strong female lead, a sharp-tongued spirit pet, a crazy male lead, and no romantic pairing.

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