Novels like The Ominous Coffin
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- 1 Fox Calamity 狐 祸 I’ve had a strange constitution since childhood, and nightmares often torment me in the middle of the night… In my dreams, a fox is always watching me, saying I’m his wife! To keep me from being afraid, my grandfather brought home an unknown statue of Buddha. After I turned eighteen, the statue cracked, and a woman in red burst into our house, bringing me face-to-face with the fox from my dreams. Grandfather said that people like us are all his pets… And I’m the one with no hope of escaping… 7Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 2 The Secret of Reincarnation 轮回之密 In my world, ghosts aren't anything to be afraid of. They are simply "people" from another world, and we can live together in peace. Ghosts pass through reincarnation to enter the human world, while people go to the underworld after death. It seems like a simple cycle of life and death, but a secret unknown to anyone appears to be hidden behind it. What unspeakable truth lies beneath reincarnation's false mask? Is reincarnation a necessary evil, or is there more to it? Join the novel's protagoni 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Rumors of the Strange 道听诡说 The Goddess is violated, and no living soul may come near The Heavenly Gods rage, and corpses blanket the land Greed runs rampant, hatred closes in Longing for eternal life, they treat human lives as worthless The Ghost King takes a bride, and the red moon descends Amid humanity's suffering, an ill-fated soul offers protection —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Tide’s Forgotten Record 潮汐遗忘录 Buddy, just a heads-up: usually, you can take a casual look around those nooks and crannies nobody ever visits. Also, carry a brick. If you see something human-shaped, shout at it and ask what it's doing. If it doesn't turn around and just keeps running, shine your light on it and chase after it. But as soon as that thing turns a corner, throw the brick at it and leave it alone. When you get back to the dorm, don't go looking out the window for no reason. If you hear knocking on the wall in the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Yin-Yang Path Through the Mist 迷雾之阴阳道 Yin-Yang Path in the Mist —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Night Parade of a Hundred Demons: The Yin-Yang Path 百鬼夜行·阴阳道 A Hundred Ghosts Roam the Night: The Way of Yin and Yang —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Seven-Night Spirit Coffin Corpse 七夜灵棺尸 In my dream, I mistakenly believed that Li the Lame, seeking revenge for having his wife stolen, had made a door for my family out of the coffin wood of a girl who had been dead for seven days. Its yin energy clung to us, causing the pillars of our family to leave one after another. I couldn’t get over it. My future father-in-law, Old Yu, saw what was going on and brought over Zhang Baifa, who I would later take as my master. My master dispelled the evil yin force. Once I learned what had happen 229Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Strange Happenings After Returning to the Village 回村后诡事 You’ve probably seen someone die with their eyes open, but have you ever seen a dead person standing in their own grave? What happened back then that wiped out the entire generation of my father and his brothers? Rats held a funeral for the dead, the blood moon hung overhead, and entire households were sealed off. One eerie event after another unfolded. Come and hear my story. 955Reads—Score105Shelves
- 9 Life as a Taoist in the City 都市道门生涯 The moment you enter the Dao, its depths are like an endless sea; three thousand evil ghosts come to heel. The Yin-Yang Divine Pendant opens the gates of the underworld, while the prison of Heaven and Earth binds souls in grief. Chen Fusheng had lived in an ancient temple since childhood. One day, he accidentally bumped into a statue and gained the ability to communicate with the gods and ghosts, including the Civil and Martial Judges, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and the Black and White Impermanence 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Have a Date with a Ghost 我和鬼魂有个约会 [Supernatural CEO]+ [Ghost hunting]+ [No romance] My name is Yi Huan. My grandfather was a temple fortune-teller who read fortunes and studied feng shui for people. By a twist of fate, I inherited his mantle. From then on, I made my way through both the realms of yin and yang, profiting from the dead until I became the next Third Master Yi... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Villa No. 1714 1714号别墅 At an unexpected gathering, an evil sorcerer plants a rag doll in the villa where Liu Wang’s family lives. The demon inside the doll possesses Liu Yihua, and the family engages in a desperate fight against it, ultimately defeating the demon. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Collection of Terrifying Folk Ghost Stories 恐怖民间鬼故事合集 This book collects real folk ghost stories from all over the country and adapts them based on the author's experience, striving to make it a book everyone will enjoy. Readers are also welcome to leave comments about frightening and terrifying things they've heard about or encountered. The older generation says that after death, people go to the underworld. They pass by the River of Three Lives, cross the Bridge of Helplessness, and drink the Meng Po Soup brewed by Meng Po herself, forgetting a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 A Modern Narrative of Supernatural Horror 灵恐现叙事 Original horror and paranormal fiction. Horror stories are only meant to help everyone unwind, not to make you more afraid. We welcome discerning readers to come and help answer everyone’s questions... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Who Moved My Corpse? 谁动了我的尸体 My name is Minnie, and I’m a mortician. To put it plainly, I do makeup for the dead. But some people just can’t stand me, and they actually transferred me to the Non-Natural Death Department. From then on, my life was filled with countless mutilated corpses. 175Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Let Me Tell You a Little Story. It’s Not Scary at All: Season One 我讲个小故事，一点儿都不吓人·第一季 Fear should lie buried in the subconscious, fading without a trace, yet it always leaves signs in everyday life. The alley where the sunset hides, the corner turned away from the neon lights, the wealthy woman sitting outside a cafe and giving passersby a malicious sidelong glance: all these traces show that when people enter the darkness beyond the reach of sunlight, fear instantly swells like a shadow and engulfs them. Come, step into my stories and experience fears that grow more terrifying t —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 16 The Grave of the Yin Dead 阴人墓 My cousin's wife had an affair and drove my cousin to his death. But the truth was... 6Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 17 I Inherited a Murder Mystery Game Shop from the Start, and All the Staff Are Vengeful Ghosts 开局继承剧本杀店，员工全是厉鬼 While others inherit family fortunes, Jiang Ye inherited a haunted shop. Freshman Jiang Ye was forced to take over the script murder game shop his second uncle left behind, a business on the verge of bankruptcy. To his surprise, he became bound to the [Register of a Hundred Ghost Employees]. From then on, while others caught ghosts to exorcise evil, he caught them to put them to work. A hanging ghost at the front desk, a water ghost running the air conditioner, and a red-clad vengeful ghost acti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Vicious Spirits 阴魂凶猛 Don’t go to unfamiliar places on a whim. Don’t casually make friends with people you don’t know. When walking at night, don’t look back. 2Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 19 On the Seventh Day After Opening, the Village Bully Is Dragged into the River by a Female Ghost 开业第七天，村霸被女鬼拖下河 On the Seventh Day After Opening, the Village Bully Is Dragged into the River by a Female Ghost 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 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… 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 A Package from the Underworld 来自阴间的快递 If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll grow up delivering packages. Just when his future seems bleak, he must also face murderous threats hidden in his parcels. Is it the hand of fate, or a conspiracy lurking in the shadows? Who could have guessed that a tiny package would uncover a secret and reveal the four great Daoist families hidden among ordinary people? The fate of all humanity, a mysterious mission, it all begins with a delivery from the underworld! 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Married to Yan Luo 阎罗嫁 The villagers called me a “ghost fetus,” and I had no friends growing up. After the wealthy Wang Changnian pursued me relentlessly, he died under mysterious circumstances, and the Wang family buried me alive as his grave companion. A male ghost dressed in a Republican-era funeral robe saved me, but demanded that I give myself to him and marry him in a ghost marriage. A bond from a past life, an extremely yin body, the mystery of the ghost fetus: I escaped from the Taoist temple, only to discover 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Ancestral Secret Arts: I Alone Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 祖传秘术：我一人镇百鬼 In 1999, on the eve of the new century, a young man named Lu Ming drowned during a bizarre outing to the countryside. Yet his soul did not depart. Instead, it was drawn by a mysterious force back to his old home in a remote mountain village. He discovered that this seemingly ordinary ancestral home was actually a secret base belonging to the Yin-Yang Lu Clan, a family whose secrets had been passed down for generations. The Lu family were reclusive heirs to arts such as divination, exorcism and t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Borrowed-Life Formation in the Wilds 山野借命局 While working away from home, I get the news that my grandfather has passed away, so I return to the mountain village I left many years ago. I thought I was just coming back to clean out the ancestral home and take care of the funeral. But the moment I stepped into the village, I realized that something strange was going on everywhere. Footsteps circle endlessly outside the wall in the middle of the night. Gray-white hems quietly peek through cracks in the earthen walls. Behind the window pape —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Don't Write at Midnight: A Countdown to Death in Bluetooth Earbuds 别在午夜写文：蓝牙耳机里的索命倒计时 Don't Write at Midnight: The Death Countdown in Your Bluetooth Earbuds 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 After My Childhood Friend Was Bitten, He Went Wild, and I Nearly Became His Next Prey 发小被咬后狂性大发，我险成下一个猎物 After My Childhood Friend Was Bitten, He Went Berserk, and I Nearly Became His Next Prey 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Crown Prince Vanished for a Year. When He Returned, the Dead Had Risen All Across the Mountains 太子失踪一年，回来时满山死人复活 The Crown Prince Vanished for a Year. When He Returned, the Dead Were Rising Across the Mountains 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Skinless Male Corpse Appears in a Cabbage Field in a Deserted Village, and My Girlfriend Is Sewn into a Marionette 荒村包菜地惊现无皮男尸，女友竟被缝成戏偶傀儡 A Skinless Male Corpse Turns Up in a Cabbage Field in a Desolate Village, and My Girlfriend Is Sewn into a Puppet Doll 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Hunting Killers in the Mist 迷雾缉凶 Solving Crimes in the Mist 140.5kReads—Score584Shelves
- 30 The Talisman Master 画符天师 A talisman is the true seal of Heaven and Earth, though people counterfeit it with cinnabar, ink, paper, and brush. I, Ding Mian, possess but a spark of spiritual light, yet I can reach through Heaven and Earth. I can command emptiness, water and fire, tiles and stones, grass and trees, food and drink; I can make things exist or vanish, and pass through and transform them. This is the Way of Heaven! 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 From the Start, I Took My Colleagues Back to Town 开局带着同事回镇 I grew up in Luoyin Town, but when I was six, I fled the ancient town overnight with my family. The town's baleful energy sealed away all my memories of it, leaving only scattered fragments of terrifying nightmares. My parents vanished mysteriously many years ago, leaving behind just one final warning: Never return to the mountains, and never touch anything red. To uncover the truth behind their disappearance, I follow the clues in a fragmentary ancient text and return to Luoyin Town. I am the o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Dragon Coffin 龙棺 The day my mother gave birth to me, a dying giant snake frightened her so badly that she started bleeding. In a fit of rage, my father cut off the snake’s head. When I was born, birds and beasts took flight, and countless snakes gathered, surrounding our courtyard so tightly that nothing could get in or out. My grandfather asked a feng shui master to resolve the matter. He buried the giant snake’s remains in our ancestral graveyard, and only then did its resentment subside. Ever since I was old 310Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 33 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… 4.2kReads8.4Score304Shelves
- 34 Tomb Raiding: Strange Tales 盗墓诡异实录 In the early 21st century, tomb robbers roam all across China. Their tracks can be found everywhere, from snowy plateaus and forests to lakes and seas, even in forbidden zones where no one is allowed to go. My father was one of them, but after an expedition to a tomb, he never came back. To find out what happened to him, I was forced onto this road of no return, traveling from south to north and east to west. I've seen the dangers of the underworld and every facet of human life, survived countle 160Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 35 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 637Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 36 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. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 You Found Me 你找到我了 Modern Supernatural + Female-Led + Fresh Premise + All-Rounder + Wild Imagination + Reincarnation + Spirit Speech + Runes and Formations + Fictional Modern Setting + Pure Wish Fulfillment in the Middle and Later Parts Abandoned and cast out? No. Her god reincarnates for her, life after life. Following the usual formula and old clichés? No. The Heavenly Dao is nothing to her. An ordinary girl dealing with a life that’s a complete mess? No. Other people are the ordinary ones. She is the unique one 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 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—Shelves
- 39 I Suspect My Wife Has Been Possessed by a Malevolent Spirit 我怀疑我的妻子被诡夺舍了 [Infinite flow + survival + mild horror + thrills + twists + one heroine + bizarre elements + the heroine barely appears in the dungeon arcs] Ever since his wife returned from a business trip, Lu Chen has been certain that the Su Qingyan before him is no longer his wife. He goes to see a psychiatrist, trying to convince himself that it’s all just a hallucination. But the liquid the doctor sips is a blood-red drink with a raw, fishy smell. “Only those chosen by ghosts can see them.” “You have now 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Rules of the Gods: I Have Only Six Months to Live 神明规则：我只剩半年生命 [The Old World Ends, a New Covenant Begins] The mysterious realm and reality are colliding again and again. The mysterious has begun invading the world, and the residents of the old world are locked in fierce battle with the entities of the New Covenant. Who truly deserves to rule the world? Ye Ze, terminally ill and driven by a fierce will to survive, was invited by the [God] to the [Amusement Park]. Countless people came here to take part in all kinds of scenarios, driven by desires for money, 94Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 41 The Serial Killer Turned Out to Have a Split Personality 连环杀手竟是双重人格 While sorting through my father's belongings, I found an old camera from twenty years ago. When I turned it on, the screen lit up with photos of strangers being beaten. In the last photo, my father held up a piece of paper that said “Save me,” his eyes filled with despair. An anonymous message suddenly appeared: “Your father sent me three photos before he died.” “This is the first. The second is in your attic.” Trembling, I climbed up to the attic and found the second photo at the bottom of an o 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Forbidden Livestream 禁忌直播间 When you open this book, The Forbidden Livestream, you may not believe that its story is based on real events! An allegedly unsolvable horror forum, a hapless programmer crushed by the 996 work schedule, and a third-rate female student detective who considers herself first-rate. What dazzling sparks will fly when all of them come together? Thriller or mystery? Human or supernatural? Be careful! Because from this point on, every step you take will keep you on the edge of your seat! 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Codename: Bone Butterfly 代号骨蝶 A young woman's body is pulled from a cold riverbank. The police's preliminary conclusion: accidental drowning. When the victim's twin sister, the sharp and composed forensic pathologist Ye Shuyun, touches the body that looks so much like her own, professional instinct cuts through her grief in an instant: abnormal fluid in the lungs, a hidden needle mark, a missing kidney... This was no accident! The victim was her younger sister, Ye Shuya, an investigative journalist determined to expose socie 16Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 44 Telling Horror Stories at Midnight 半夜讲恐怖故事 Telling Ghost Stories at Midnight 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Students of the Literature Department at Dingxiang University 丁香大学文学院的学生们 This novel tells of the terrifying events experienced by students at Dingxiang University’s School of Literature in different places, as well as the past experiences and memories that set each protagonist on the path to tragedy. I hope you’ll give it a read. Thank you so much. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 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—Shelves
- 47 The Lop Nur Code 罗布泊密码 Following a series of clues, an archaeological expedition sets out to investigate. Along the way, the team faces one terrifying predicament after another, using their knowledge, intelligence, and Feng Shui techniques to overcome each one. They uncover many long-hidden secrets as the mystery of Lop Nur slowly begins to unravel. 100Reads—Score100Shelves
- 48 I Make My Living Off the Dead 我靠死人吃饭 [Funeral Customs] + [Supernatural] + [Feng Shui and Taoist Arts] Warning: Do not try to learn the incantations or chants in this book. You do so at your own risk. Based on real events, with some details about people and places adjusted. The dead refuse to close their eyes, a black cat wails at a grave, sobbing comes from down a well, a widow holds a funeral vigil in tears at midnight, an old man kneels before his son... Behind these eerie happenings lie even more poisonous human hearts. 129.3kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves
- 49 The Embroidered Shoes of Death 死亡绣花鞋 I have a friend who dreamed he was getting intimate with a beautiful woman. The next morning, he woke up in a mass grave with a female corpse beside him! My name is Luo Tianlin, and I’m an antiques dealer who specializes in collecting antiques that have “gained a spirit.” The drum used to take the dead as concubines; the bloodsucking jade bracelet; the Book of Life and Death that calls the roll, and more. I want them all! 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Most Realistic Mystery and Horror Stories 最真实的悬疑恐怖故事 [Mystery] [Thriller] [Supernatural] This book brings together a host of captivating, gripping mystery stories, like a grand door slowly opening onto a world of enigmatic deduction and drawing you ever deeper until you can no longer escape. On this strange journey, shrouded in layers of mystery, every story is like a winding, intricate maze. They wait for you to venture inside, follow each thread, and unravel the shocking truth concealed behind layer upon layer of fog. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
