Novels like Luring Ghosts
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Luring Ghosts, best match first.
- 1 Blood of the Wretched 卑劣之血 The fog-shrouded seaside paradise of Lecheng is trapped in eternal night. Its people have vile blood in their veins, while monsters straight out of nightmares crawl along the dim streets. Relentless rain fills the air with the stench of decay. A young man awakens with no memories, yet one bizarre, terrifying incident after another offers him glimpses of the truth. But can you bear to face it? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Journey Through the Underworld 阴间旅单 [No Harem, Eerie and Mind-Bending, Secrets Unraveled Layer by Layer, Clever Characters] The village where I lived as a child turned into a ghost village years later?! When I was three, everyone in the village fled in a panic. When I was sixteen, my father returned to that village. He never came back, and no one ever found his body. After graduating from university, I joined a private travel agency. One day, I received an order worth one million, and the address turned out to be my childhood home 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Master Broke a Taboo and Made Me Paint Eyes on a Paper Figure 师父犯忌讳，竟让我给纸人画眼睛 My master broke a taboo and actually asked me to paint eyes on a paper effigy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 On My Birthday, an AI Told Me My Best Friend Was Going to Kill Me 生日那天，AI告诉我闺蜜要杀我 On my birthday, an AI told me my best friend was going to kill me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 This Evil Spirit Is a Little Fierce 这个阴灵有点凶 My grandfather said I was born with a life as fragile as paper, and that I was never meant to come into this world. Every day I’ve lived since has been a gift. But when I was twelve, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances. From then on, I depended on my only remaining relative, and we relied on each other to survive. But on my twenty-fourth birthday, in my zodiac year, I’ll face my most dangerous trial yet. Will I make it through...? 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Born in a Coffin, the Knife-on-Credit Man 棺生子，赊刀人 [Supernatural Horror + No System] The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, 2003. Late at night. Eight paper figures, beating drums and gongs, carried a coffin to the home of the hidden midwife, Li Cuihua. And I was the child Li Cuihua delivered from the corpse inside the coffin! 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Let Me Tell You a Little Story, It's Not Scary at All (Six-Volume Set) 我讲个小故事，一点儿都不吓人（全六册） Fear should remain hidden in the subconscious and fade away without a trace, yet it always leaves clues in everyday life. In an alley where the sunset has slipped out of sight, in a corner turned away from the neon lights, an elegant lady sits outside a café, casting ill-intentioned sidelong glances at passersby. These signs show that when people find themselves in darkness beyond the reach of sunlight, fear swells in an instant like a shadow and closes in around them. Come, step into my stories —Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 8 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Terror in the Desolate Village 荒村惊魂 I entered a village inhabited entirely by women. I thought I’d found a man’s paradise, but after a series of bizarre events, I realized things weren’t so simple… 158Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 10 Yin-Yang Ghost Embroidery 阴阳诡绣 Some taboos must never be broken, no matter what. Before my grandfather died, he warned me never to make money from the skills he taught me. But one night, a woman from my hometown collapsed outside my door and begged me to help her keep the child in her womb. My heart softened, and from then on, there was no turning back. 14Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 11 Notes from a Visitor to Another World 异界人笔记 [Infinite Flow horror + mild scares + mystery + single male protagonist + no romance] My father is Pei Shiwu, my mother is Zheng Baifen, and I’m Pei Zheng, who both loses and gains. At sixteen, I unexpectedly gained the ability to see ghosts. I fought evil, helped the vulnerable, and encountered one bizarre, fascinating tale after another. These are my notes. Come along and see what I went through. Got your seats ready? I’m about to reveal it all, one story at a time… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 On the Edge of Death 死亡边缘 His cousin marries a stunningly beautiful woman, but on their wedding day, the bride dies! Then strange things begin happening in the village, and the villagers start dying one after another... 126Reads8.8Score914d adds
- 13 Ghosts Are So Scary! Learning to Slay Them in a Supernatural World 有鬼好怕怕，我在灵异世界学斩鬼 [Horror novel. Not for the faint of heart.] Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? If not, where did the word “ghost” come from? Have you ever experienced despair? The world I live in is filled with it. My name is Li You'an. If you’d like to hear my story, come take a look at my world. Twenty kilometers beyond the cemetery, countless hands clawed their way out of the earth. The world changed, becoming strange and unfamiliar. Ghosts ran rampant, the gates of the underworld swung wide ope —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Boarding School Deep in the Mountains 大山深处的寄宿学校 This is a fully enclosed school built deep in the mountains. Strange things began happening as soon as she arrived. Just how many secrets is she hiding? And why is the school tucked away in the mountains? It all began the day she transferred. 679Reads8.4Score13114d adds
- 15 The Strange Encounters Chronicles 搜异录 As a medical student and a doctor-in-training, I believe in science and have never been superstitious about ghosts or monsters. Then I met her, and the wheels of fate began to turn. A world I had never seen before slowly unfolded before me, putting both my beliefs and my mind to the test. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Ultimate Supernatural Horror: The Ghost Card Train 终极灵异：鬼牌列车 [Supernatural] + [Horror] + [No Female Lead] + [No Sanctimonious Hero] + [No Mindless Decisions] Ghosts cannot be killed. Every ghost has its own unique rules for killing. Every card represents a vengeful ghost. Find a way to control the ghosts and escape the supernatural incidents. An old, eerie train stained with blood runs toward a terrifying supernatural realm. Where is the train’s final stop? No one knows. Or rather, no one has ever made it to the final stop. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Ghosts Knock at Midnight! 半夜鬼敲门！ Zhou Ming moved into an old, cheap apartment, unaware that it concealed a terrifying secret from twenty years ago. Every night at midnight, three knocks sounded on his door, right on time. But when he looked through the peephole, no one was there. Then, one rainy night, he looked through the peephole and saw a twisted, misshapen face staring fixedly at him… As he investigated further, Zhou Ming discovered that the apartment had once been home to Lin Xiaowan, a girl who had gone missing. Her d 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Telling Horror Stories at Midnight 半夜讲恐怖故事 Telling Ghost Stories at Midnight 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Haunted House at No. 13 13号凶宅 Number 13 Qianliang Hutong in Beijing has long been a haunted house. During the Cultural Revolution, several people died mysteriously one after another inside the residence. Long Fei, an investigator with the Public Security Bureau, assumed the alias Li Qiang and moved into the compound as a housing office inspector. After a series of thrilling struggles, Li Qiang finally discovered that Number 13 was an operational base for an enemy spy organization... 959Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 21 Strange Records from the Wilderness: The Fatal Curse Following Hikers 荒山诡录：徒步者背后的索命诅咒 Also known as: Ghosts in the Deep Mountains: The Reaper Has Called Out Every Teammate In the summer of 2012, I joined a hiking club, only to encounter horrors in the wild mountains that shattered everything I thought I knew. When our guide took a detour to avoid a locust tree, a black-clad child beneath it grinned eerily at me. A frail old man who had been walking ahead suddenly appeared behind us, his rotting black teeth stretching almost to his ears. When I caught up with the group, the “team 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Ultimate Collection of Terrifying Horror Stories 超吓人恐怖故事大全 A new story is here... A new tale of terror... A new mystery... If you're fainthearted, read with caution... The protagonist, Chen Wei, is an ordinary guy who enjoys collecting horror stories. Our story begins with Chen Wei... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Tales of the Countryside: My Grandma Was a Midwife 乡野怪谈之我的姥姥是稳婆 At the foot of Mount Maqi, midwife Zhang Guilan spent her life delivering babies on nighttime roads. Other midwives delivered human babies. The ones she delivered were ghosts, demons, and wronged spirits from the wilderness. Road-blocking skin-sellers, water ghosts demanding souls, Pixihuzi repaying a debt of gratitude, and Li the Bald-Tailed Dragon making his presence known. She didn't believe in the supernatural when she was young. Only after surviving countless dangers did she understand t 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Seven-Star Rebirth: The Zombie Doll 七星转生：僵尸娃娃 (No female lead, no transmigration, no System, no stupidity, no invincibility, no characters losing their wits. Read at your own discretion.) Protagonist: Shen Xuan, a human on the side of the [Lingfeng Pavilion] faction. Supporting characters: spirits from all realms, on the side of the [Divine Contract Collection] faction. Here you'll find the twelve ancient Zodiac beasts, as well as seven kinds of contracts to collect. Here you'll find iron chains and a red coffin sealed for centuries, as wel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 White Night of Terror: I’m Even More Savage Than the Vengeful Ghosts 白夜惊悚：我比猛鬼更生猛 [Horror and Suspense + Twists and Foreshadowing + Hilarious Stress Relief + Urban Ghost-Hunting + Decisive and Ruthless] Can't afford a house? I hear there's a long-abandoned mansion at 014 Taiping Street! Can't afford a car? They say luxury sports cars have been spotted at the suburban cemetery! Short on connections and cash? Take trillions in underworld banknotes to the ghost market and spend like a king! In this terrifying post-apocalyptic world, I'm the hottest guy beneath the night sky! My —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Hell's Class Five 地狱五班 Chen Yu is a transfer student who, through a twist of fate, enrolls at the biggest high school in Yunlan City. But strange things start happening on his very first day: a superstitious deskmate, a mysterious empty seat, and death messages sent in the middle of the night... At first, he thinks they're all just pranks, but things soon take a far more extreme turn. A student is found hanged in the empty seat, the owner of the eerie messages remains a mystery, and then there's a spring trip to Wildm 847Reads6.1Score10114d adds
- 28 My Years Reselling Haunted Houses 倒卖凶宅那几年 A haunted house will claim your life. The faint of heart should stay away! People turn pale at the mention of haunted houses, but I make my living from them. By a stroke of luck, I became a dealer in haunted properties. A copper bowl that traps souls, eight pythons coiling around a dragon, paper figures celebrating a birthday, a ghost bridge that changes your fate... Ten bizarre haunted houses, their files brought back to light! Behind every haunted house lies a terrifying, secret story. What ex 309Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 29 Red and White: A Deadly Omen 红白喜煞 I was born amid a clash of red and white funeral rites, with a sinister tattoo on my back from birth. People call me the Sin-Born, and everyone who gets close to me is cursed with bad luck. To keep me alive, my grandmother entrusted me to the Goddess Houtu, making me a temple keeper. She also found me a person with a pure spirit to absorb my baleful energy. To dispel the tattoo on my back, I embarked on a path of good deeds and accumulating merit. Only at the very end did I learn that the most 14Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 30 Tales of the Monstrous 怪形异传 In the forbidden zone of the Taklamakan Desert, the Cradle Project’s experimental base has become a living hell after its vacuum energy spiraled out of control. An unknown flying-saucer-shaped creature, covered in transparent, wet streaks, breaks through the barrier. It devours researcher Chen Ming in an instant and escapes into the ventilation ducts, leaving behind only a few drops of blood to announce the coming disaster. Three hours later, Chen Ming returns “unharmed.” His face is pale, his g 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Ghosts Are Everywhere 处处都有鬼 Inspired by paranormal encounters experienced by me and my friends. The later I write into the night, the more frightened I get. Every little sound or stir of wind makes me wonder if I’m going to see something again. It gives me goosebumps, and then I can write a new paranormal story. One paranormal tale per chapter. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Eat Mutton, Share the Sheep's Lifespan 吃羊肉，分羊寿 Eat mutton, share the sheep's years of life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Room 414 at Three in the Morning: Four Best Friends 夜半三更414房四闺蜜 Three Roommates in Room 414 at the Dead of Night 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 You Were Supposed to Tell the Fortune-Teller’s Fortune, Not Calculate Her into a Coffin 让你给女神算命，你把她算进棺材 [Horror] [Hilarious] [Exorcism by Physical Force] [Occult Prayers] Our peaceful world hides strange, terrifying things that few people know about. At the request of his lovesick buddy, Feng Zi “accidentally” runs into a beautiful fortune-teller on an overpass, only to get slapped silly by the murderous aura rushing off her. “We were never meant to meet. It’s all because you paid extra.” After the goddess lavishly showers him with money, he takes his first-generation weapon, “Big Baby,” and charg —Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 35 The King of Face Reading 观相之王 This novel is complex and brainy, not a lightweight read. If that’s not your thing, don’t read it. Ensemble cast + mind games + the supernatural + climbing the ranks and getting rich + foretelling good and bad fortune + solving mysteries through face reading and divination. “I’d like to ask about my health using the character ‘six.’” “Certainly. The character ‘six’ looks like a person dismembered into several pieces, with the head separated from the body.” Why are some people blessed with endle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Spirit-Sending Diary 送灵日记 She died with her eyes open, her body piled among countless corpses, her resentment reaching the heavens. She sings at night in the barren hills, waiting desperately for someone from her past, her devotion unchanged. They haunt an old mansion, their ghostly forms harming the living. There are no evil spirits in this world. They are all people who were hurt. I'm an unconventional spirit guide. I listen to the dead, resolve their lingering grievances, and lay their souls to rest. This is my work d 355Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 37 In This Life, I Shall Suppress Yin and Yang 这一世，镇压阴阳 [Urban high-martial arts, reincarnation and rebirth, one heroine, a touch of the supernatural, lighthearted and passionate.] In their previous lives, he was an orphan, and she was a ghost. An orphan and a ghost, from meeting and understanding each other to relying on and keeping one another company. Then, their feelings quietly blossomed, and they became lovers... after overcoming countless hardships. But what happy ending has there ever been for a human and a ghost in love? Every union between 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Possession 上身 Ghosts: ethereal, elusive beings! Ghosts: a certainty that exists for those who believe, and not for those who don't! Are ghosts really only around at night? What do they actually look like? The truth is, they're right beside you! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Bizarre News Agency 诡报社 Open this door, and the human world becomes hell. Faith crumbles in an instant; hope vanishes in the blink of an eye. The living struggle, scream, and fight desperately to stay alive; the souls of the dead tremble, loathe, and repent. A game, a survivor, and a mysterious newspaper office known to no one. [Updates have never stopped. I keep my word.] 50Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 40 A Collection of Bizarre Horror Stories 怪诞恐怖故事集 My stories have magic, blood and tears, the evil side of human nature, and the horror you’re looking for. 1. Mother’s Bottles and Jars: A single drop of blood can turn one grain of rice into a whole pot of rice. A hundred drops can conjure a bicycle... What kind of magic is hidden in the bottles and jars Mother prepared for him? 2. The Toilets in Dreams: If you fall asleep while desperate to pee, you’ve surely dreamed of all kinds of toilets. If you write down the toilets you see in your dreams, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Lost Land of the Gods 迷失的神灵之国 What seemed like an ordinary field assignment dragged me into a hidden corner that the real world had deliberately chosen to ignore. Strange symbols in an old mansion, a drowning illusion, a mining camp, a missing suspect… When news reports began to overlap with supernatural events, I realized the truth I was chasing had long since crossed the boundaries of common sense and science. Ye Yunqing, a woman of mysterious identity, wielded her sword with deadly precision while moving among ordinary p 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Records of a Hundred Ghosts 百鬼事录 [Short Story Collection] + [Based on True Events] + [Folk Paranormal] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Urban Legends] + [Standalone Stories] Two hundred standalone horror stories, with no dragging things out. Every story delivers a jolt to the heart, with supernatural encounters, suspense, and eerie mysteries taking turns onstage. No lengthy buildup, just instant scares. Not for the faint of heart! 288Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 43 The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园 As the best university in the city, this school admits only outstanding students. But it also has many rules that are hard to understand: no studying after eight o’clock, and no leaving your dorm room after midnight. No matter who calls to you from the corridor, do not answer... The protagonists in this story are all independent, but their countless connections eventually bring them together. What secrets does this school hold? 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Day I Was Born, Ghosts Guarded My Cradle 我出生当天，百鬼护胎 My name is Wang Yin. The villagers call me Ghost Baby because I was born from a corpse. They say I was protected in the womb by a hundred ghosts... 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Book of the Strange: Case Files 诡异之书记录档案 This book can be read as a collection of stories. Each volume has its own style and a different system, so readers can enjoy them again and again without getting bored. Ah, every chapter in Volume 1 is a little story, while the remaining volumes each tell a different, longer story. I hope you’ll love them! This is my first time writing this kind of novel, so please support me with likes, adding it to your bookshelf, urging me to update, and maybe a little gift~ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Something Wicked This Way Comes 撞邪 I'm a truck driver who hauls freight all over the country. There are lots of taboos in the business. For example, if you come across a funeral procession, flash your headlights a few times. When driving through a tunnel, especially one with a square entrance, never whistle or say anything disrespectful. And when staying overnight at an inn, always point the toes of your shoes toward the door... 15Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 47 Going Out? 出门？ [Get out and take a walk. It's time to step outside. Maybe the world beyond the door is wider?] Death is the only way out. Resurrection is a deeper cage. They fall from the void into a prison, each bearing fragments of their own lives: the exhaustion and madness of being worked to the bone, shackles woven from money and morality, the self suffocating beneath marriage, the crushing weight of a perfect education, and repression hidden behind a gentle facade. The only remaining lighthouse points to 1Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 48 Seven-Day Captivity: The Prison of Consciousness 七日囚：意识牢笼 Under financial pressure from rent, repairs to the old family home, and more, Su Jin accidentally discovers a new substance. Under its influence, his roommate Lin Xiaoxiao gradually becomes a stranger, and the world begins to change. A series of journeys of exploration, survival, and resistance unfolds… 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 49 Can’t Find a Job, So I’m Raising Ghosts 找不到工作，只好养鬼 [Foundation-like + Backrooms + New Weird Tales; fictional setting; not for the faint of heart] Mo Ming, an unemployed college graduate, finally found a well-paying job. The catch was that he had to deal with all kinds of terrifying and uncanny creatures. What drove him to despair most was that once he accepted the job, he wasn’t allowed to quit. As a disposable employee at the very bottom of the ladder, Mo Ming had to struggle through each day under the constant threat of turning into a corpse. 268Reads—Score10214d adds
- 50 Strange Tales of Southeast Asia 东南亚诡事 (The author has opened a coffee shop in the ancient city of Dali and is busy with renovations. Please wait a little while for updates.) My name is Ning. During college, I went alone to Thailand to intern at a hotel, where a series of bizarre and inexplicable things happened. Why was there a temple built inside the hotel? What secrets did this temple hide? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
