Must-Read Supernatural Horror Novels for All-Nighters!!! 熬夜必读的灵异恐怖小说！！！

1. 1 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.9kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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   It's so good I can't stop watching, I've already watched it five times.

2. 2 驭 Commanding Ghosts to Save the World: I Face Ten Thousand Calamities in the Mortal Realm 驭诡救世：我于人间抗万劫 Autumn Night秋之夜Mystery229k WordsOngoing This world is completely absurd At some point, evil spirits began appearing without warning, and one supernatural incident after another followed. Ordinary people could only hide in terror, while spirit wielders were the only ones capable of standing up to ghosts. Lin Jie only wanted to find a job and pay his rent, but through a twist of fate, he was drawn into a series of events that seemed destined to happen. There are no born heroes, and no fated burdens to bear. Since a ghost has already po 640Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Come try this one! A fast-paced urban supernatural ghost-taming novel. The male protagonist was originally a low-income worker who couldn't even afford rent. Due to a fateful "accident," he begins to control shadow spirits and, together with his father, solves the hidden dangers left over from the past, gradually embarking on the path of a ghost tamer. If you like this kind of story, hurry up and read it!

3. 3 穿 I Transmigrated into the World of the Taoist Priest of Zombie 穿越僵尸道长世界 Lychee Congee LZ荔枝粥LZMystery228k WordsOngoing I, Li Zhizhou, transmigrated and became a junior disciple under Uncle Jiu. After awakening the Daoist Cultivation System, I carried all of Maoshan to greatness. Grand Martial Uncle Shi Jian, Martial Uncle Qianhe, and Martial Uncle Simu look at me as if they're about to steal me away as their disciple! Complete all kinds of missions, and you can learn supreme Daoist arts. There are also divine-grade pills, top-tier magic artifacts, and the finest talismans. And so, I became the most gifted discip 1.5kReads—Score128Shelves

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   This is an incredibly enjoyable fantasy novel! If you like horror, suspense, ghosts, zombies, and magical battles, and if you like Uncle Nine, Shi Jian, Si Mu, and Qian He, you can read it without hesitation. The pacing is tight, and the brotherhood between the male lead and Qiu Sheng and Jia Le is also very heartwarming. I'm even a little scared to read it alone at night! [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Please Follow]

4. 4 惊 Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪：中华异事录 Gu Family Lane顾家巷Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing This isn't a traditional ghost-hunting horror novel. It blends Taoist arts, high martial arts, mysteries, and more. I'm writing it for myself, OvO [Ghost Hunting, Taoist Arts, Mysteries, Martial Arts, Ensemble Cast] * The eldest disciple of the head of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school, exceptional in martial arts and profound in Taoist arts... * A master of the Swallow Sect, known in the martial world as Li San the Swallow... * A Nationalist spy, clever and calculating, cold as ice... Du 244Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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   This one isn't very scary, but it's well written.

5. 5 死 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档：洞察所有厉鬼规律 Spring Rain South of the Creek溪南春雨Mystery124k WordsOngoing [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 887Reads—Score104Shelves

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   A supernatural, terrifying, and hopeless world where ordinary people have no chance to survive; to live, one must actively approach vengeful spirits.

6. 6 我 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ My Conscience Is Clear我心有无愧Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 196.3kReads8.6Score14.1kShelves

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   High energy! High energy! High energy! The first book was super scary, the second book was more three-dimensional and comfortable to read, and the third book was densely packed and terrifying upon closer inspection.

7. 7 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
8. 8 烟 Ashtray 烟灰缸 Little Sister-in-Law Huahua花花小嫂子Mystery323k WordsCompleted [Mild horror + affair + twists] A stunning woman from the south, a knock at midnight, a silent delivery guy, someone crouching beneath the bed... Qin Song’s life is plunged into a living hell by an affair. 102.8kReads9.5Score18.9kShelves
9. 9 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 829Reads8.9Score105Shelves

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   The plot is fast-paced and suspenseful, and the atmosphere is perfectly crafted. [Kissing emoji]

10. 10 女 A Female Ghost Is Right in My Face! No Fear, I'll Conquer Her with a Simulator 女鬼贴脸，不怕，我靠模拟器征服 The Third Month of Wen Shao闻韶三月Mystery193k WordsOngoing Three years into the resurgence of the paranormal, a red moon hangs in the sky, and rules are the abyss. Overworked office drone Lu Chen wakes up to find he has transmigrated to Blue Star in the Era of the Paranormal. From the start, a female ghost is right in his face, her icy fingertips pressing against his eyelids. [Ding! Infinite Simulator successfully bound.] When other people see ghosts, they turn and run. When Lu Chen sees a ghost, he goes into the simulator and dies seven times first. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wrote this myself; it's a bizarre family-style compilation.

11. 11 诡 Eerie Descent: From the Start, I Touched a Red-Clad Female Ghost 诡异降临：开局摸了红衣女鬼一把 The Third Month of Wen Shao闻韶三月Mystery155k WordsOngoing [Eerie] [Rules] [Keyword System] On the seventh night after the Eerie descended, a woman in red blocked the elevator. Everyone in the building pretended to be dead. Only Lu Li, still bleary-eyed with sleep, reached out to steady her. "Lady, your dress looks lovely. It's just a little wrinkled." The woman in red: In a hundred years, this was the first time someone had touched her while she was still warm. From then on, a terrifying legend spread through the Eerie world: A red-clad vengeful 4Reads—Score102Shelves
12. 12 诡 When the Strange Arrived, I Lifted the Red-Dressed Ghost's Skirt from the Start 诡异降临，开局掀了红衣女鬼裙子 The Third Month of Wen Shao闻韶三月Mystery498k WordsCompleted [Eerie] [Rules] [System] Among the people chosen to take part in Eerie World instances, Zhou Hao is unquestionably the most eye-catching. A red-clad female ghost? With a little maneuvering, Zhou Hao turns her into his wife. A female doctor ghost? With a little maneuvering, Zhou Hao turns her into his apprentice. An old woman with a cat's face? With a little maneuvering, Zhou Hao turns her into his adoptive mother. This is the story of a human who can gain the emotions of ghosts and monsters, and 106Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 诡 Eerie Descent: A Ten-Thousandfold Return Turns a Female Ghost into a Buddha in Seconds 诡异降临：万倍返还，女诡秒成佛 The Third Month of Wen Shao闻韶三月Mystery315k WordsCompleted Blue Star changed overnight, and the strange and supernatural ran rampant. The surviving humans gathered in the major cities, and resisting the invasion of the supernatural became humanity’s sole goal. Studying the supernatural, controlling it, and eradicating it became mandatory subjects for everyone. Zhou Hao was one of a million students, and on the eve of the major exam that would decide his future, a female supernatural being that had breached the barrier infiltrated his residential compoun 207Reads—Score229Shelves
14. 14 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 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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    It was terrifying beyond belief; I was too scared to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I wish I had watched it during the day.

15. 15 惊 Horrifying! The Haunted House That Claims Lives 惊悚！索命凶宅 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery905k WordsCompleted After moving into a haunted house, I discovered the secret behind a murder. I'm a suspense writer. After moving into my new home, I discovered it was a murder house! I stumbled upon some hidden clues that seemed to point to rumors of a murder from years ago! At night, beneath the bright moonlight, I stared in shock at a horribly disfigured face! A woman's rotting corpse was hanging from a tree outside the window! A little boy in a black-and-white photograph, a dried corpse sealed inside a wall, 6.1kReads9.1Score453Shelves

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    😱😱This is really scary, don't try it if you're easily frightened!

16. 16 古 The Ancient Physician's Daughter in the Modern World: A Treasure Trove of Gold and Silver from the Start 《古医娘子在现代：开局一座金银洞》 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢19k WordsCompleted The Ancient Healer’s Daughter in the Modern Era: From the Start, a Cave Full of Gold and Silver —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 校 Campus Underworld: Sun Hao's Road to Submission 校园江湖：孙浩的臣服之路 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢15k WordsCompleted Campus Underworld: Sun Hao's Path to Submission —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Fangfang's Splendid Era 重生八零：芳芳的锦绣时代 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: Fangfang's Golden Age —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 重 After Being Reborn, I Only Love You 重生后，我只爱你 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢8k WordsCompleted Reborn, I only love you —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 做 Becoming an Ancient-Era Miracle Doctor 做古代神医 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢Historical7k WordsCompleted Becoming an Ancient Divine Doctor —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 秦 Deep in the Qinling Mountains 秦岭深处 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢14k WordsCompleted Deep in the Qinling Mountains —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 地 Gold and Silver Beneath the Earth 地底下的金银 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢18k WordsCompleted Gold and Silver Beneath the Earth —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 秦 A Tomb Deep in the Qinling Mountains 秦岭深处的墓穴 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢12k WordsCompleted A Tomb Deep in the Qinling Mountains —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 石 Shi Lei’s Tang-Era Kaleidoscope 石磊的盛唐浮世绘 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢Historical21k WordsCompleted Shi Lei's Portrait of Life in the Flourishing Tang Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 滇 The Haunted Tombs of Southern Yunnan 《滇南诡冢》 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢17k WordsCompleted The Strange Tombs of Southern Yunnan 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 秦 The Qinling Haunted Tomb: Blood Pact of the Dragon Vein 《秦岭诡冢：龙脉血契》 Mountain Inn Qinghuan山野旅馆清欢17k WordsCompleted The Strange Tombs of the Qinling Mountains: Blood Pact of the Dragon Vein —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 民 Notes from a Folklore Archaeology Team 民俗考古队手记 Chubby Tangyuan胖胖湯圆Mystery238k WordsOngoing The true experiences of Lin Ye, a 24-year-old graduate student in folklore. I went to the countryside with my advisor to survey funeral customs. On my first day in the village, I saw five words carved into the stone tablet at the entrance: “Do not enter the village at dusk.” The village elders taught me: If someone calls your name at night, don’t answer. A funeral basin must be smashed in one blow. When you leave the village, don’t look back. I wrote down each rule in my notebook, treating it as 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is great! The author seems to have some talent! I like the writing style. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

28. 28 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... 243Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    After watching it, I had nightmares for a week straight, with a dog chasing me.

29. 29 鬼 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Little Master小师傅Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves
30. 30 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, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves
31. 31 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—Score101Shelves

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    Is this book really no longer being read?

32. 32 黄 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 The Moon Bridge Remains桥月仍在Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.4kReads6.5Score492Shelves

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    I read over a hundred chapters in one go. Highly recommended! It combines folk customs with Taoist secret techniques.

33. 33 平 Legend of the Demon-Slaying War 平魔传 Dugu Zilong独孤紫龙Urban1.6M WordsOngoing This is a work I wrote many years ago, now revised and presented to you! Its original title was The Demon-Slaying War. If you've read it before, feel free to keep reading! No System, no evolution, no being reborn. It's been restored to the fantasy world of old! 300Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good article about Taoist priests exorcising evil spirits and killing zombies.

34. 34 百 March of a Hundred Ghosts: I Take the Hungry Ghosts to War 百诡行军：我带饿鬼上战场 Bai Suzhen白素针儿Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Comedy] [Adventure] Bilige was a half-baked shaman who had somehow ended up in the army. His companions included a Shaanbei fat man who'd eaten himself up to two hundred jin during a famine, a long-legged Northeastern squad leader who would grab a cleaver at the slightest provocation, and a Sichuan opera actor who never told the truth. Together with Wang Laihe, a hotheaded young man who couldn't read a single character, and a little hungry ghost who did nothing but bare its teeth and shout “Hun 172Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good!

35. 35 丢 I Dumped My Scumbag Boyfriend and Plundered the Immortal Realm's Resources 丢掉渣男我深度开发了仙界资源 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance637k WordsOngoing After transmigrating, Lu Qinghuan returns to the 1970s with Taoist magic and a pocket dimension. Her parents are cold, and her older sister steals her fiancé? She turns around and marries an older military man, who dotes on her endlessly! With so many siblings, she carves out a place for herself and makes the little white lotus types green with envy. When her grandparents are sent to the cowshed, she insists on staying in Qianjin Village to look after them. She cultivates immortality to grow str 146Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend good novels

36. 36 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 611Reads7.0Score—Shelves
37. 37 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 1.3kReads—Score107Shelves

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