The Scariest Novels on Tomato Novel 番茄上最恐怖的小说

1. 1 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.4kReads8.7Score19214d adds

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   My palms were sweating and my heart was pounding. The plot was so tight and exciting that I couldn't stop watching.

2. 2 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 2.5kReads9.1Score23614d adds
3. 3 那 The Strange and Supernatural Things I’ve Heard and Seen 那些我所闻所见的灵异事 Graduate Student of Folk Mysticism民间秘术研究生Mystery548k WordsOngoing I’ll tell stories about the strange things that have happened to me over the years, along with the folk secrets and I Ching mysticism I’ve learned. At the start of each story, I’ll say whether I experienced it myself or heard it from someone else. I may not tell them in chronological order. I need to remember and organize everything, so I’ll just talk about whatever comes to mind. Things I experienced myself may be exaggerated, but they’re absolutely true. As for some of the stories I’ve heard, 2.4kReads—Score15614d adds

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   I have three thousand ghost stories to tell you, how many do you dare to listen to?

4. 4 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban431k WordsOngoing [No System] [Apocalypse Survival] [Human Nature Reversal] The Ghost Abyss tears open the sky screen, and world-corroding aberrant creatures sweep across the mortal realm. Survivors take up arms and join anti-corrosion combat squads, using their own flesh and blood to hold back the fiends from beyond the boundaries. Everyone believes the calamity comes from the abyss, and that fighting with all their might will win back their home and ensure its survival. Only when the smoke clears and the curt 2.2kReads—Score18214d adds

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   This is the real terror.

5. 5 幽 Netherworld Emperor: It All Begins with a Blood Coffin! 幽冥大帝：从血棺开始！ Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Mystery and the supernatural + horror + mind-bending deduction + wild imagination + Sichuan-Chongqing flavor After a flood, a blood-red coffin drifts down the river into our village... A strange song, eerie bloody handprints, a headless corpse, and somehow, I become the Great Emperor of the Netherworld... An accident reveals the secret of the Nine Fiends Blood Coffin and a grand scheme laid by the Great Emperor of the Netherworld. It all begins with the blood coffin, and everything will ultimate 728Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This book was so thrilling! It gave me goosebumps. A blood-stained coffin by the river at night, a woman outside the window, a midnight knock on the door, bloody handprints on the door, someone under the bed, a female ghost sharing a pillow, a human face on the roof beam, funeral shoes by the bed, a blood-dripping faucet in the toilet… [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked]

6. 6 地 The Haunted Subway Station 地铁诡站 Xiao Shinan小时南Mystery237k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Thriller + Survival + Rule-Based Horror] At eleven o'clock at night, Kuang Ye finished working overtime at the police station and had just boarded the last subway train. A message from a friend suddenly popped up: “Kuang Ye, don't get on the subway! You'll die!” A prank? Kuang Ye glanced at the closed subway doors and ignored it. Another message arrived, this time with an edited picture of him lying stiffly in a coffin, looking like a corpse. That was going too far. He was about 5.7kReads6.4Score33114d adds

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   Horror novels where you can hear your own heartbeat every second

7. 7 玄 The Mystic Sect Ancestor Arrives: The Prime Minister's Legitimate Daughter Starts Divining! 玄门老祖驾到，相府嫡女开卦了！ Xiao Shinan小时南Fantastical Romance203k WordsCompleted [Decisive, wealthy beauty of the mystic world vs. gloomy, scheming, obsessive regent] Metaphysics + System + transmigration + face-slapping + feel-good story One moment, she was playing mahjong with the Little Jade Emperor and the Little King of Hell. The next, Lu Qingwu had transmigrated into the body of the prime minister’s legitimate eldest daughter, who had been hanged by her own father. You dare hang her? She’ll flay and dismember every last one of you, starting with her own family! Everyon 2.4kReads8.0Score23114d adds
8. 8 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, 2.1kReads8.9Score18114d adds

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   After reading the first story, I got goosebumps 😭😭😱

9. 9 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 5kReads9.0Score20414d adds
10. 10 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score10814d adds

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    These novels take horror to the extreme. When I read them, I felt short of breath and cold all over, as if I were being haunted by an evil spirit. It was so terrifying that I didn't even dare to go to the toilet. Anyone who reads them knows how terrifying they are.

11. 11 失 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 Jun Nanchao峻难超Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score36914d adds

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    Midnight Taboo!!! This collection of episodic ghost stories has a very unique and unconventional approach, offering plenty of surprises in addition to the horror!!! I sincerely recommend it.

12. 12 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—14d adds

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    The first two are a collection of short horror stories, the third is a long, thrilling and humorous story.

13. 13 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—14d adds
14. 14 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—14d adds
15. 15 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 3.6kReads9.1Score20814d adds
16. 16 山 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Mu Xue牧雪Urban893k WordsCompleted Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.2Score40714d adds

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    It's not just scary, it's even scarier! It made my heart race!

17. 17 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 839Reads—Score10914d adds

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

18. 18 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—14d adds

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    A new short story by the same author—one of the best horror writers on the entire Tomato website. This is a collection of three chilling short stories; the fourth is a suspenseful, humorous, and slightly suggestive longer thriller. [Petrified]

19. 19 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 2kReads9.0Score13614d adds

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    That's because I'm a coward!! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

20. 20 东 Tales of Strange Creatures in a Northeastern Mountain Village 东北山村野怪谈 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery142k WordsCompleted Deep in the mountains of the Northeast, evil lurks in the old forests, and strange things abound in deserted villages. The elders say, “Every mountain has a mountain god, every forest a forest spirit. You can’t fight them, and you can’t escape them.” One eerie Northeast folk tale after another, one terrifying night in the mountain villages after another. It all begins with a heavy snowfall. 2.5kReads—Score10714d adds

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    This is fine.

21. 21 白 You Won’t Find This During the Day: One Ghost Story Every Day 白天刷不到：每天一个诡故事 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery590k WordsCompleted I’m a horror writer who publishes online. I have no fame and no income, so I can only grab people’s attention by writing the most sinister, unsettling, and realistic stories. To make them feel “real,” I’m used to grounding my characters in details from the real world: real streets, real neighborhoods, real outfits, and real little gestures. I always thought a novel was just a novel. That is, until the serial killer I wrote stepped out of my story and found me in the real world. 971Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 恐 Horrifying Hauntings: Ghost Stories 恐怖灵异诡：鬼故事 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery426k WordsCompleted Do you really think stories are just stories? In fact, behind every story lies a real event! In this book, I wrote a story about the last bus on Route 24. To experience what it would really feel like, I set myself a goal: for seven days straight, I'd ride the last Route 24 bus from its starting point to its final stop, then ride it all the way back. And that's where the story begins...! 361Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 23 夜 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Yu Long玉龙Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 242Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    I feel like there's a pair of eyes watching me. [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

24. 24 屋 The Pagoda Tree Behind the House 屋后槐 Miresi9米瑞斯9Mystery82k WordsOngoing There was nothing beneath the locust tree. But she remembered that when her grandfather was alive, something had been buried there. Now the earth was sinking a little more each day, as if something underground were trying to get out. At night, footsteps circled the house once, all the way around. —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 25 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5k14d adds

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    😘😘😘These are folk tales and strange stories from Guangdong, Yunnan, and Guangxi. Book lovers who are interested can check them out!😎😎😎

26. 26 云 Tales of the Strange from the Yunling Mountains: Thirty Nights on Watch 云岭山野怪谈：三十个守夜诡话 Xin Ning's Fran辛宁的弗兰Mystery94k WordsOngoing I collect all kinds of folk taboos and strange tales from Yunnan. Send me your stories in a private message, and I’ll write them up... [Countryside + supernatural folklore + mountain legends + Yunnan and Guangxi legends + folk tales + eerie happenings + Chinese-style horror + folk customs + mystery and the paranormal + suspense + anthology + audiobook style] I once traveled through the Yunling Mountains, deep into the Miao and Yi villages of western Yunnan. I lodged in remote village inns and sa —Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 27 苗 Miao Ridge Paranormal Chronicles: Thirty Nights of Mountain Folktales 苗岭诡闻录：三十夜山野怪谈 Xin Ning's Fran辛宁的弗兰Mystery94k WordsOngoing [Guangxi + countryside + audiobook style + eerie + ghost stories + strange tales + mystery + suspense + anthology] Western Guangxi is mountainous. Deep in the mountains live the Dong, Miao, Zhuang, and Yao peoples, each keeping their own customs and worshipping their own gods. The year I entered the Hundred Thousand Mountains, I went with an old trader who bought medicinal herbs. By day, I followed him up the mountains to gather star anise. At night, I sat around the fire with the village elders —Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 28 粤 Tales of the Strange from Guangdong and Fujian: Thirty Nights of Village Hauntings 粤闽诡事录：乡村三十夜诡话 Xin Ning's Fran辛宁的弗兰Mystery123k WordsOngoing I collect all kinds of folk taboos and strange tales from Guangdong. Send me your stories in a private message, and I’ll write them up... [Folk supernatural tales + Guangdong and Fujian legends + rural ghost stories + Chinese-style horror + strange happenings in the countryside + travel accounts + anthology + audiobook style + suspense and horror + paranormal + short story collection + folk tales] The lands of Guangdong and Fujian are a patchwork of mountain ranges, shrouded in miasma. Since anc —Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 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... 262Reads8.7Score1914d adds
30. 30 午 Midnight Terror: Human Nature Stories That Will Haunt You 午夜惊魂：让人细思极恐的人性故事 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery142k WordsCompleted At midnight, let's listen together to the little stories that circulate all around us. Maybe they're true. Maybe you've heard them too, or even experienced them yourself. Those moments that grow more terrifying the more you think about them go perfectly with the pitch-black night beyond the window. Red brick walls are common in many places. But we've never stopped to wonder: why are those bricks so red, so vivid? Rideshares at night aren't necessarily safe. Passengers have their concerns, and dr 537Reads8.8Score—14d adds
31. 31 午 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 Qiao Dou Ma Dai QAQ桥豆麻袋QAQUrban171k WordsCompleted At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 426Reads8.7Score3414d adds

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    After reading the first story, I got goosebumps 😭😭

32. 32 民 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural Horror Stories + Anthology + Folk Horror Tales + Chinese Supernatural] Supernatural happenings are most likely to occur in mountain villages, and the stories we've heard may well have really happened. In the eerie night wind, Granny Hao, the midwife who receives the dead, is like a messenger from the underworld, guiding the spirits of helpless mothers and children home. Locust trees commune with spirits, and poplars attract yin energy. Beneath the village's ancient trees lie secrets that 810Reads8.9Score6014d adds
33. 33 我 I Survive the Haunted Lodge’s Horror Instances Through Deduction 我在诡舍恐怖副本里靠推理存活 Thirty-Something Man Takes on Tomatoes三旬老汉闯番茄Mystery575k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [New Book: Lost in a Horror Instance, Surviving Through Deduction] [Not Fanfiction] [Pure Logic and Deduction] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Two Male Leads, No Romance] After Lu Chao received an envelope, he was taken away to a place called the Ghost Lodge: Human Realm Reception Station. When he woke up, he was already facing a horror house instance. The ghosts wouldn't attack at random. But they did have specific times when they could strike. Only when the ghosts were unable 3.6kReads5.2Score26014d adds

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    Don't miss it!

34. 34 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score10414d adds

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    During the day, they receive neighbors plagued by strange occurrences. Whether it's someone hearing crying in the middle of the night, someone's jewelry being haunted, or someone's new house being disturbed, the three masters and apprentices go to their homes to resolve the issue. Without deliberately creating an atmosphere of extreme oppression, the story blends everyday life with local supernatural tales, offering a human touch amidst the suspense. They help wronged spirits with their grievances and slay evil spirits. If you're looking for a down-to-earth urban supernatural read, this is perfect.

35. 35 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 4.8kReads—Score32414d adds

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    It's really interesting, not at all like a needle poking at your nose.

36. 36 一 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 The Waves Are a Whale's Tears海浪是鲸鱼的眼泪Mystery664k WordsOngoing As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 209Reads—Score10114d adds

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    Based on a true story, this is a purely supernatural tale, intricately plotted and breathtaking. While the protagonist's growth is slow, it later involves many professions related to the supernatural. Using the book as your lens, it takes you—to "see ghosts."

37. 37 我 My Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 我妹妹去南洋旅游，就失踪了！ Meow Feng喵凤27k WordsCompleted My Younger Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 27Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This story sent chills down my spine and made my heart race [fear][fear]. There's a twist at the end, it's terrifying [shock][shock]. Who would dare to travel to Southeast Asia now? Those places have so many strange and unusual customs! [Fear][fear] A suspenseful horror story, [already added to my wishlist] I finished it in 28 minutes! 😎 The male lead found a red envelope on the roadside in Southeast Asia, [adding another book to my bookshelf] and was kidnapped and forced into a ghost marriage [fear][fear]. He was searching for his missing sister, and the ending twist was so unexpected! [Fear][fear] It feels like the author incorporated a lot of real Southeast Asian customs into this story. If you like this type of story, you should check it out. I started reading it while waiting for the bus or when I was bored, and I couldn't stop! It's really a bit scary! It's a bit like a true story [fear][fear][fear] 🧐🧐

38. 38 山 Tales of the Shocking Shan Hai Tomb 山海惊墓录 Baishan Yutang白山玉堂Mystery118k WordsCompleted I was born in Northeast China, at the western foot of Changbai Mountain. From there, my journey began, crossing rivers and enduring hardship. Everything started there. The strange and uncanny things I encountered in those years, I wanted to bury deep in my heart and let time wear them away. But nightmares came again and again, disturbing my sleep. Whenever I woke with a start, I often felt I could barely breathe, and the pain cut to the bone. Thinking it over, I finally decided to put pen to pap 8.1kReads7.0Score95014d adds

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    I enjoy watching stories where each event is interconnected, the plot is coherent and systematic.

39. 39 山 Tomb of Mountains and Seas 2 山海惊墓录2 Baishan Yutang白山玉堂Rural Life138k WordsCompleted Where will we end up if we keep going down? At the Earth's core? The darkness seems to cling to our skin and seep into our bones. Aren't we underground? Then why is there an endless river of stars above us? 788Reads—Score27314d adds
40. 40 山 Records of the Shocking Tombs of Shan Hai 3 山海惊墓录3 Baishan Yutang白山玉堂Mystery203k WordsCompleted Some hear breathing but cannot find its source; some see a shadow but cannot tell whether it is their own or some being from the sea. It feels neither anger nor joy. The moment you step inside, it remembers you, and you will never be able to leave. 502Reads—Score25814d adds
41. 41 山 Tales of the Shanhai Tomb 4 山海惊墓录4 Baishan Yutang白山玉堂Mystery194k WordsOngoing A low, eerie chuckle drifted from deep within the desolate woods. The red cloth that had been offered in worship swayed from a branch. Ancient paper ash and dying incense lay scattered on the ground, and faded red cords hung deep in the forest. It looked up at me, its mouth splitting into a grin. 424Reads—Score24014d adds
42. 42 九 Nine-Rank Reincarnation Bones 九品轮回骸 Panlong Bone盘龙骨头Eastern Fantasy330k WordsCompleted When heaven and earth first opened, the Dao followed nature. Yet all things that are born must die, and even the Great Dao is incomplete. The shattered remnants of the Dao scattered across the world, becoming “Dao Relics.” Each one contains the supreme power of fragments of the Great Dao. A mortal who obtains one can defy fate and change their destiny; a cultivator can transcend their rank; a sage can glimpse the source of all things. But Dao Relics possess a will of their own, choosing a master 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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43. 43 山 Strange Tales from the Wilderness: I Cultivated the Way Through Folk Secrets 山野诡闻：我靠民间秘术成道 Panlong Bone盘龙骨头Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing Set against the rural folkways of the late Qing and early Republic, this world blends traditional Chinese customs, supernatural legends, and secret arts passed down through generations. Humans, demons, ghosts, immortals, and spirits all coexist. The land is dotted with spiritual ley lines, haunted burial grounds, immortal abodes, and sects of evil cultivators. Folk arts such as Lu Ban sorcery, spirit-medium practices, corpse-driving, poison magic, face-reading and feng shui, and talismanic Taois 6Reads—Score—14d adds
44. 44 钓 A Collection of Supernatural Encounters While Fishing 钓鱼遇到灵异事件合集 Panlong Bone盘龙骨头Mystery167k WordsCompleted 1Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 45 探 Exploring Mount Ailao 探哀牢山 Panlong Bone盘龙骨头Mystery72k WordsCompleted Set against the real, mysterious depths of Ailao Mountain, this serialized novel blends suspense, horror, and adventure. Drawing on real-world features such as the mountain’s unusual magnetic field, primeval forests, and legends of the ancient Ailao Kingdom, it creates an immersive tale of terror and exploration deep in the mountains. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 46 鬼 The Ghost Bride (Based on a True Story) 鬼新娘（真实事件改编） Uncle Little Wolf小狼叔叔8k WordsCompleted The Ghost Bride (Based on a True Story) 4Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 47 鬼 Ghosts: They Exist If You Believe 鬼魂：信则有，不信则无 Uncle Little Wolf小狼叔叔Mystery293k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Thriller + The Bizarre + Horror] Do ghosts really exist in this world? Some say they’re hallucinations; others call it delusion. Yet all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events remain shrouded in mystery, their truth impossible to discern. If you insist on believing there are no ghosts, some things become impossible to explain. That’s why many old folks tell us: Believe, and they exist; don’t believe, and they don’t! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 48 最 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 The One in Charge话事人Mystery813k WordsCompleted I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 116Reads8.5Score1014d adds
49. 49 地 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 Stars星辰Mystery810k WordsCompleted I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 56Reads6.8Score414d adds
50. 50 我 The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年 Luo San罗三Mystery302k WordsCompleted Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return! 126Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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