The Scariest Horror Novels on Tomato Novel 番茄最吓人的恐怖小说

1. 1 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 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first two short stories are collected together, and the third is a thriller and funny novel.

2. 2 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 106Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 3 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 36Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 67.1kReads8.9Score8.8kShelves

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   Help! The setting of the protagonist is too outrageous! During the foundation building stage, he reached the master's threshold with his strength. He also shrank down to an inch and shattered the phantom of the Immortal Lord with one punch. Even Li Ju, who had lived for a thousand years, was completely defeated. He said that this kid's evil ways are boundless.

5. 5 一 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Spring Rain in the South, Winter Snow in the North南春雨北冬雪Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own! 411Reads—Score101Shelves

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   The "chauffeur" drove out of the "tunnel" and came to the "headless old house". He accidentally heard the "crying outside the fence", opened the door and saw the "entrance ghost". It muttered that it needed "twenty substitutes", suddenly turned around and found "one more person", and then was "seized" into the "haunted house". They ate "love balls" and talked about the "June Festival"!!!

6. 6 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

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   😱Help! These horror novels are the best of them all. They filled me with the fear of a deserted village. I didn't dare to let out my breath while reading. I felt a chill on my back, as if I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Don't enter for the faint of heart!

7. 7 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
8. 8 规 Rule Horror: The Silence Order in Dormitory 402 规则怪谈：402宿舍缄默禁令 The Two Yuren Who Like Xiao Luo喜欢小锣的二位由木人9k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: The Silence Ban in Dormitory 402 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   "Strange Tales of Rules: Silence Ban in Dormitory 402" An old-fashioned dormitory building with six deadly rules of silence. Turn off the lights and close the windows, don't touch the clothes hangers, and don't talk late at night. Roommates disappeared one after another against the rules, and the dormitory manager hid a secret for ten years.

9. 9 阴 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风Mystery632k WordsCompleted A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 196Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   That's me.

10. 10 凶 I Awakened the Dragon Vein Legacy After Sleeping in a Haunted House 凶宅试睡后，我觉醒了龙脉传承 He Yilin何逸麟Mystery255k WordsOngoing Awakening an inheritance in feng shui, I obtain the Nation-Protecting Compass, forge a bond with a sworn friend who will share life and death, break evil formations, lay tormented souls to rest, battle great clans, and repel foreign enemies. I expose the Japanese invaders' plot to steal China's dragon veins and protect the fortune of the land of Huaxia! —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 我 I Inherited a Haunted House with a Hundred-Year History 我继承了百年凶宅 He Yilin何逸麟13k WordsCompleted I inherited a century-old haunted house. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 卦 The Diviner 卦女 Dai Daier戴黛儿Mystery500k WordsCompleted Do you believe in ghosts? Do you believe in mysticism? Much of this story is adapted from experiences the author, meaning me, or people around me have had. Chen Nian's mother was a diviner. She cast hexagrams, read fortunes, calculated destinies, and sought good fortune while avoiding misfortune, reading the blessings and calamities of ordinary people. But she always followed one ironclad rule: some things can only be calculated, never seen. To look upon them is to invite disaster. But Chen Nian 14.5kReads—Score1kShelves

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    This is the first book I highly recommend, it's pretty good.

13. 13 网 My Web-Novel-Bombed Buddy Convinced Me to Sell Haunted Houses 网文扑街老弟忽悠我去卖凶宅 The Heavenly Light Emperor of Netherworld Pool幽冥潭的天光帝Mystery186k WordsOngoing Lin Shen, an amateur writer who quit his job at an architectural design institute, is dragged by his younger brother into buying and selling haunted houses, all to make a fortune and turn their lives around. Flickering lights, knocking sounds in the walls at midnight, words carved inside a wardrobe, a peephole installed backwards: every haunted house is steeped in the uncanny. The brothers use their knowledge of architecture and the scientific methods of their forensic pathologist partner to inv 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 地 The Essence of Heaven and Earth 地天髓 Spinach Noodles Without Any Spinach菠菜面里却没菠菜Mystery100k WordsOngoing One man is eighty years old, another is four hundred. In my youth, I climbed the mountains until my shoes wore through. Why, then, do clouds rise from the peaks tonight? I see a rainbow in the sky, then return to the world after hundreds of years. In an instant, a vast red cloud sweeps across the heavens. “Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Primordial Wilderness + Tomb Raiding + Ancient Masks + Comedy + Horror...” I was different from the moment I was born. Others have three flowers gath 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super scary.

15. 15 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 748Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Little Heavenly Master goes to farm

16. 16 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 496Reads7.0Score—Shelves
17. 17 诡 Unraveling the Strange: Surviving the Second Case 诡事探秘逢生二 Beichen Liu北辰流Mystery156k WordsOngoing An abandoned mining town, missing residents, and dense fog that traps souls. A four-person ghost-hunting team ventures into the forbidden zone to uncover a shocking mystery from 2015. When the truth comes to light, whose spirit has been waiting? A suspenseful thriller that will keep you awake tonight. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the abandoned copper mining town, the moment the diesel generator roared to restart, a cold ghost hand was placed on the girl's shoulder. White mist engulfed the street lights, and seven people entered the situation - the mine in 1991 was buried here, and the people who disappeared in 2015 were also buried here. [Petrochemical]

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