Horror Novels 恐怖小说.

1. 1 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… 83.5kReads9.3Score15.3kShelves

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   It's really good. It's the first time I read a book so persistently.

2. 2 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 2.3kReads9.0Score148Shelves

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   It's not ordinary scary 😭 I saw that I didn't dare to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. Who knows!! If I had known earlier, I would have watched it during the day😭😭

3. 3 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 293Reads8.7Score—Shelves
4. 4 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.7kReads9.1Score219Shelves
5. 5 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 6.5kReads9.0Score259Shelves
6. 6 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, 1.9kReads8.9Score215Shelves

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   🔥🔥 If you are timid, you accidentally entered it⚠️⚠️ Zundu is very scary. When I watched it, my hair stood on end. The creepy feeling made me afraid to even go to the toilet. Whoever watched it will know how scary it is!!

7. 7 控 Sole Master of Dream Control: All Things in the Universe Are My Manifestations 控梦独尊：宇宙万物皆是我法身 The 300-Million-Rich Lady Is Here 4133亿富婆来了413Urban266k WordsCompleted Don't Worry About the Rating! It Just Opened, and It'll Go Up! Ordinary People Repay Their Karmic Debts in Dreams. Urban Dream Control + Ordinary Protagonist + Little Romance + Slow Pace, Invincible Protagonist + Male-Oriented + No System + Urban High Martial Arts + Fantasy. If you like it, please support it with a comment. If it's not for you, quietly leaving is already the greatest kindness. Bai Fan, a shy 26-year-old internet company office worker and corporate drone, catches a cold in a torr 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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8. 8 影 After My Shadow Disappeared, the Evil Thoughts in the Mirror Forced Me to Deliver Takeout to the Underworld 影子消失后，镜子里的恶念逼我给地府送外卖 The 300-Million-Rich Lady Is Here 4133亿富婆来了41315k WordsCompleted After My Shadow Vanished, the Evil Thoughts in the Mirror Forced Me to Deliver Takeout to the Underworld 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 岭 Ancestor Worship in Lingnan: Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma, We've Come to Visit You 岭南拜山祭祖：太公太婆我们来看你们了 The 300-Million-Rich Lady Is Here 4133亿富婆来了41331k WordsCompleted Ancestor Worship in Lingnan: Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma, We’ve Come to Visit You —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 真 A True Account of a Terrifying Experience 真实记录一段可怕经历 Monk0900和尚0900Mystery42k WordsCompleted A true account of a terrifying experience 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror, real plot, no nonsense, rigorous logic. It's not the kind of mindless cool novel, no fantasy. . . .

11. 11 上 I Was Watching a Movie at Work, and Came Out a Murder Suspect? 上班摸鱼看个片，出来我成凶手了？ Monk0900和尚09008k WordsCompleted I was killing time at work watching a movie. Why did I come out a murderer? —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 有 Are You Crazy? Why Would an Overseas Chinese Work the Night Shift as a Security Guard? 有病吧！你个华侨去当夜班保安？ Monk0900和尚090019k WordsCompleted Are you out of your mind? You're a Chinese expatriate, and you're taking a night-shift security guard job? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 老 My Boss Fired Me. Three Months Later, the Company Was Near Bankruptcy. 老板开除我了，三个月后公司快倒闭了。 Monk0900和尚09006k WordsCompleted My Boss Fired Me. Three Months Later, the Company Was on the Brink of Collapse. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 老 The Old Man's Dead. Can I Inherit His Billions Now? 老头死了，我可以继承他的亿万家产了？ Monk0900和尚090011k WordsCompleted The old man is dead. Does that mean I can inherit his billions in assets? —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 怀 Can I Get Married Just Because I'm Carrying a Relocation Householder's Child? 怀了拆迁户的孩子就能结婚了？ Monk0900和尚090015k WordsCompleted Can I get married just because I'm carrying the child of someone whose home is due for demolition? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 救 Help! The Horror NPCs Are Lining Up for Me to Do Their Makeup 救命！惊悚NPC都排队找我化妆 Wild Donkey Tribe野驴部落Mystery519k WordsCompleted [Horror game + NPCs + horror survival + no System] Su Qing, a workaholic makeup artist, was just working overtime. When she opened her eyes again, she had been sucked into a horror game with a 99% death rate! As she watched her teammates panic and wet themselves, the bottom-performing Slit-Mouthed Woman approached her with a pair of scissors. Su Qing despaired. But wait... This woman’s makeup is way too crude! Her professional instincts kicked in, and she blurted out, “Your makeup isn’t working. 925Reads—Score196Shelves

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    It's a good read, the heroine is worthy of love

17. 17 我 I Just Want to Be a Slacker, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 我只想当咸鱼，偏偏要我玩惊悚 Mu Xi Fanyin沐溪梵音25k WordsCompleted All I Want Is to Be a Couch Potato, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 75Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror and thriller short story, a small town girl frequently encounters supernatural events, and college roommates collectively go to bed with ghosts! It's short and sharp, and it's worth it!

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