Novels like Luring Ghosts
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Luring Ghosts, best match first.
- 51 The Strange Case Files 诡局录 [No System + No Cultivation + No Foolish Protagonist + Traditional Supernatural Horror + Mystery and Suspense] My name is Shang Tian, and I’m a man cursed by an evil spirit. It was a lottery ticket that should never have existed. Its dark, yellow-black background looked soaked in old blood and night; the glaring red lettering wasn’t a set of lucky numbers, but an invitation to hell. When I scratched it off, overjoyed and thinking I’d found a lifeline to a hundred-thousand-yuan jackpot, my finge 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Strange Tales from Liaozhai: Ghost Stories and Unsolved Mysteries 聊斋秘闻鬼魅传说与未解之谜 A collection of suspenseful short stories inspired by Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio and Chinese folk legends! Your follows and support motivate me to write. I’ll do my best to bring you even better stories! Fresh off the press! Leave a review, and I’ll keep improving! 1Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 53 Six Dolls on a Rainy Day 雨天的六个娃娃 Six Dolls on a Rainy Day —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Ghostly Tales from Fengdu 丰都鬼事 In her previous life, young artist Lin Wan set out alone for the fabled ghost city of Fengdu to search for her missing older sister, Lin Zhixia. Naively, she trusted the seemingly kind innkeeper and local gentry, unaware that she had stepped into a carefully laid trap. Coveted for her yin constitution, she was ultimately sacrificed in an old mansion behind Fengdu's famous mountain by the so-called “good Samaritans” to a traitor in the underworld who had disguised himself as Black Impermanence. H 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Ominous Coffin 凶棺 It all started with a coffin that floated up from the river... I thought it was a fortune dropped from the sky, but it turned out to be a disaster. After I pried open the coffin, I began to feel that something unclean had followed me home. My daughter grew stranger by the day. She was only three, yet she had already started developing! 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 On the Night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a Yin-Born Child 七月半，阴生胎 The day I was born, a monster that came running down from the mountain stole a baby. Strange things kept happening in the village. The villagers listened all night to my mother’s wretched cries and cursed me as an ill-omened child. They blocked the entrance to our home, saying they would burn me alive. My grandfather simply sat by the gate, and not one of them dared come closer. A baby’s piercing wail rang out, and I came into this world. You need some skills to make your way in life. My name is 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Haunted 撞邪 Can you guarantee that the people around you are really human? A lowly office worker had always kept his head down and worked in silence, until one day he accidentally discovered that his coworkers weren’t human at all… To stay alive, he has to pretend everything is normal, struggling to survive in the narrow cracks of this place day after day… 4.2kReads8.4Score30414d adds
- 59 Multiple Fears 多重恐惧 An invitation to a party brings together nine writers, each with a very different style. At the party, the novelist who invited them traps everyone inside and demands that each guest tell a story. With no other choice, they comply. One story after another unfolds at the party: will they reveal the clash of human nature or unleash ghostly terrors? Everything will come to light here. "This is my debut work. I hope you'll show it plenty of support." 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Rule Horror: It Starts With a Family of Six 规则怪谈：从一家六口开始 [Supernatural suspense] [Not overpowered] [No heroine] [Horror fans, come on in!] [Not a pure power fantasy. The focus is suspense and thrills with a little comedy, so read without worry.] The supernatural rules descend, and Jiang Yu is chosen to represent Yan Country in the game of national destiny. He enters the supernatural scenario as one of the six members of a family living in a villa, along with two dogs, one black and one white. Here, he must stay alert, judge calmly, look for patterns i 193Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 I'm a Little Spirit Medium 我是小神婆 [Mysticism + supernatural + crime-solving + powerful protagonist + resolving mysteries + hidden origins + folk customs] I'm an abandoned baby, picked up from a trash can by my shaman grandmother. Growing up under her influence, I always wanted to become an even more powerful shaman than she was. Because of my unusual fate, strange and bizarre things, sometimes terrifyingly uncanny, are always happening around me... What happened to the female ghost who fell in love with someone else's body? Did 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Afterlife Notes Bonus Story: Rouge Well 还魂笔记番外篇：胭脂井 Afterlife Notes: Bonus Story: The Rouge Well —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Forbidden Tales of the Desolate Village: A Midnight Whistle, and a Shrouded Corpse Spirit at the Door 荒村禁忌：夜半吹哨，白布尸魂找上门 Taboos of the Abandoned Village: A Whistle in the Dead of Night, and a White-Cloth Corpse Spirit Comes Calling —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I’ll Salvage Anything, Never Expected to Haul Up… 什么都捞，没想过打捞上来… I'll salvage anything. I never expected to haul up... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Bus at 4 A.M. 凌晨4点的公交车 At dawn in the university town, there’s a bus with no listed schedule. The passengers aboard have all been dead for a long time~! That day, I boarded that bus. This is where the story began... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Don’t Call My Name at Midnight 半夜不要喊我名字 Believe it or not, this is a true story. She is Yang Xiaofan, dumped by a man who had been using her for her money, then left with nothing. With almost no savings left, she had no choice but to move into a deserted house. The mysterious landlord disappeared without a trace after his first appearance. After midnight, terrifying knocks and calls to summon spirits put her life in danger. A black cat that comes and goes appears at strange moments, then vanishes without a trace. Again and again, I wa 1.2kReads8.3Score—14d adds
- 67 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Weeping Evil 哭邪 People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 107Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 69 Bureau 749: A Yin Messenger on the Road to the Underworld 749局：黄泉走阴人 There is an organization that exists only in the darkness: Bureau 749. Founded in 1974, with no records and no official status, it is made up of scientists and people with supernatural abilities. It handles the dirtiest, most sinister, most forbidden affairs in the human world. Ghost soldiers march through the night, leaving nothing but empty skins in an entire village. The White God of Wealth kills anyone who worships him, taking their souls to feed evil. An ancient Buddha opens its mouth to de 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Haunted House Horrors 凶宅鬼事 A haunted house, a strange pair of longevity shoes, and a terrifying, uncanny tale they bring to light. 221Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Haunted Old Mansion 恐怖老宅 The living guard the yang, while ghosts hold the yin in check. Yin and yang are inseparable, and nothing is forbidden. In this world, everyone is either human or ghost, yin or yang. But there are people who walk between the two realms all year round, neither human nor ghost. They are the Yin-Yang House Guardians! 53Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 72 The Corpse Mother 尸母 Every year on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a lantern made of human skin appears in the mass grave on Shiping Mountain. A little girl carrying a skull follows behind it at a leisurely pace. The girl is named Qiyue. Born with a corpse-bound yin fate, she has spent her life searching for the truth about her Corpse Mother’s past. When all the evidence points to a mysterious ghost village...! 55Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 73 Don’t Mess With Him, This Taoist Is a Little Wild 别惹他，这个道士有点野 Daoist arts + feng shui + folk customs + witchcraft + folk secrets + corpse walking + suspense + the supernatural Have you ever seen a person with no shadow? A corpse that can walk? A living person covered in corpse spots? Paper that cannot be burned? An ancient zither that plays by itself? Someone stepping out of a portrait...? Tang Yao has seen them all, and has spent his entire life dealing with such things. “Conceived in the yin year, month, day, and hour, and born in the yin year, month, da —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 My Best Friend Urged Me to Get a Tattoo, But I Ended Up Tattooing Ghost Skin 闺蜜劝我纹身，可我竟然纹了鬼皮 My best friend urged me to get a tattoo, but somehow I ended up tattooing ghost skin on myself 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Let Me Tell You a Little Story, But Don't Be Scared, Season Five: Nightmare 我讲个小故事，可别吓着你呀 第五季：梦魇 Fear is a drop of water falling into a pond, setting off one ripple after another. Hidden in everyday life, lurking in people's hearts, fear is everywhere. Fear lives in my stories. 126Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 76 The Ultimate Ghost-Raising Master 极品养鬼师 [Adult] + [Adorable Pets] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Making Money] + [Secret Arts] Do you know how to raise ghosts? No worries, I do! Do you know how to catch ghosts? No worries, I do that too! Do you know where to find ghosts? No worries, I’ll take you there! Watch your step. Get in! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Case Seven: From a Ghost's Last Wish to a Cult Mystery 第七单：从亡魂心愿到邪教迷案 Case Seven: From a Dead Soul's Wish to a Cult Mystery —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 After a Ghost Hit Me While Delivering Takeout, I Became the Underworld's Top Mediator 送外卖撞鬼后：我成了阴阳界金牌调解员 After Running into a Ghost While Delivering Food, I Became the Underworld's Top Mediator —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 As Long as the Heart Lamp Burns, His Delivery Box Carries Unfinished Wishes 心灯不灭，他的外卖箱里装着未了的心愿 As Long as the Heart Lantern Burns, His Delivery Bag Carries Unfulfilled Wishes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Reincarnation Notes: An Extra Story, The Painted-Skin Debt 还魂笔记番外篇：画皮债 The Reincarnation Notebook: Extra Story: The Painted Skin Debt —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Rift in the Abyss: We Awakened the Old Ones 深渊裂隙：我们唤醒旧日支配者 In 1992, U.S. Army Major Austin takes charge of the top-secret project "Abyss Watch." One hundred and thirty meters beneath the desert, a strange fissure spreads madness into the world above. Five elite soldiers are ordered into the abyss, with Austin directing their investigation remotely. A videotape that appears out of nowhere exposes a horrific secret from the past: To spy on the secrets underground, the military sacrificed living people. A thousand meters below ground, an ancient stone gate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 365 Nights of Corpse Tales from the Gorge 峡江尸话365夜 The poorer and more desolate the land, the stranger the tales; deep in the gorges along the river, there are stories of the supernatural. My hometown lies in the mountains of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in an area where several ethnic minorities live together. Before Liberation, it was a backward wilderness beyond the reach of government control. Over the long course of history, many baffling things happened here. After I was born, I heard plenty of chilling tales of strange happeni 117Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 84 Notes from a Haunted House 凶宅笔录 A haunted house is a house where someone once met a violent death. Legend has it that people who die this way haven't yet reached the end of their natural lifespan, so they die with deep resentment. Anyone who moves in will suffer, at best, a life of misery, and at worst, a broken family and ruin. By a twist of fate, I became a dealer in haunted houses. They kept appearing, and one crisis followed another. Behind every haunted house lay a terrifying, secret story... By the time I wanted to turn 10.4kReads8.8Score22114d adds
- 85 A Rural Guide to the Supernatural 乡野灵异手册 I was born in a remote village, with a faint red, triangular birthmark on my forehead. On the day I was born, every fish in the village pond died. After my birth, one strange event after another began happening in the village: cooked chunks of a corpse in an abandoned well, a neighbor's grandmother coming back from the dead, a doll that wept bloody tears. The villagers started calling me a harbinger of disaster, and everyone avoided me. 131Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 86 They Call Me the Great Master 他们叫我大先生 You surely know about the shamanic horsemen beyond the passes, but have you heard of the Four Great Houses within the passes? In the 1990s, Yang Wanli was born in a village in northern China. A fortune-teller said he was the reincarnation of an evil ghost and was destined to stir up trouble. By a twist of fate, he became a disciple of the Daoist school and got entangled with the Four Great Houses. Strange and sinister things kept happening around him. A fallen dragon, an immortal who has shed th 756Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 87 Don't Talk to the Comments 不要和弹幕说话 [Horror + Supernatural + Mystery + Mind-Bending + Anthology (first four volumes complete) + Dread That Gets Under Your Skin + Not for the Fainthearted + The Villain Is the Smartest Character in the Book + Growing Female Lead + No System, No Cheats, Plot-Driven] Have you ever replied to a historical comment on a video, even just for fun? Hu Jia accidentally comes across a web series from ten years ago. It depicts a real case from that same year, but its ending is completely different from what 19Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 88 Designing Horror Games: Chu Renmei Terrifies the World 设计恐怖游戏，楚人美吓哭全球 [Horror Game + Mysterious Revival + Horror and Terror + Suspense and Mystery + Infinite Flow] The supernatural has spread across the globe. Some people become horror game designers, gaining the ability to fight vengeful spirits by designing horror games. Those who make it to the end will become gods of a new era. After transmigrating, Han Yu realizes that the world shrouded in the supernatural was originally a pure land, with no legends, films, or books about vengeful spirits. With so little sou 8Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 89 Late-Night Convenience Store: What Are You Doing, Customer? 深夜便利店：客官你干嘛 Lin Mo thought the worst thing about working the night shift as a cashier at Nan Cheng Huimin Convenience Store was having a teammate go 0–8 in ranked, until he met the old woman in floral pajamas. She clutched a chipped enamel mug and bought only two bags of frozen dumplings and a packet of QQ candy. Her coins were caked with dirt, and she insisted he “cook the dumplings.” Then a hoarse voice called in an identical order, laughing so hard Lin Mo could feel his upper gums go cold. The creepiest 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Faceless Woman 无脸婆 The Faceless Woman 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Tomb of Terror: My Haunted Forest Expedition 古墓惊魂，我的恐怖森林探险之旅 Terror in the Ancient Tomb: My Adventure Through a Haunted Forest 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Eerie Realm: It Starts with an Elevator 诡界：从电梯开始 [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Dungeon Progression]+ [No Saintly Protagonist]+ [Eerie]+ [Original Dungeons] Have you ever wondered? Beneath the neon lights and atmosphere of this city, things lurk that defy all reason. They were chosen by the Eerie [Elevator] and marked by a terrifying curse. Again and again, they must take part in death games, until death claims them. 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Afterlife Notes Bonus Story: Secrets of the Haunted House 还魂笔记番外篇：凶宅秘录 Afterlife Notes: Bonus Story: The Haunted House’s Secret Records —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂，我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Surviving in a Strange World, I Became a Pawnshop Owner 诡异世界求生，我成了典当铺老板 [Rules-Based Horror + Lovecraftian Horror + Business-Building + Progression System] When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. You there, get in here! I’m an internet-addicted teenager. I was planning to stay up all night and finish a horror novel when I was unexpectedly dragged into a bizarre survival world. There was a mysterious pawnshop, an abacus that could talk, and on my very first deal, I got swindled by a Level One supernatural item: the Ghost Bride... 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 18 Hell-Level Horror Games: How Far Can You Get? 18场地狱级惊悚游戏：你能玩到哪一局？ [Deadly Games + Horror Survival + Challenges + Bounties + Mystery and Deduction + Episodic Stories] “Ding! Welcome to the Abnormal Games Club, ” Attention, players! You are about to take on different roles and enter eighteen deadly games. Play a bounty hunter in a game of pursuit and slaughter. Survive for 730 days while facing 141 ambushes, 16 attempts to turn you against your allies, and 87 traps. Play a criminal investigation captain in a word game, and find the culprit behind a murder by com 113Reads8.0Score—14d adds
