Novels like The Ominous Coffin
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Ominous Coffin, best match first.
- 51 The Dragon Bride in the Coffin 棺中龙妻 [Supernatural Mystery + Female Protagonist] I was born under an inauspicious fate, and a fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past the age of five. When I was five, my family offended the Dragon King, a cultivator in the mountains, and disaster struck our household. From then on, my fate was rewritten. Thirteen years later, the Dragon King came looking for me. He said the debts of the father must be paid by the child. I would help him cultivate, and in return, he gave me a love that made my heart 178Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 52 From the Abandoned Infants’ Ward 来自弃婴岗 Because she wasn’t a boy, she was abandoned on the second day after birth. After barely surviving to adulthood, she was constantly pressured to give birth to a boy… Her name was Wang Duozi. Wang Hushi, who happened to be passing by, found her at the place where abandoned babies were left and took her home. Her name meant “more children, more blessings.” The place was where female infants were buried, a secret known to everyone in the village. Wang Duozi seemed tough and lucky, but she had onl 359Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 53 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 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Don't Read If You're a Coward! One Ghost Story Every Day! 胆小勿进！每天一个鬼故事！ A series of urban ghost stories Every chapter tells a different tale There’s sure to be one you’ll enjoy When the novels you’re following haven’t updated yet Read some urban ghost stories in the meantime 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Half a Lifetime on the Uncanny Path 我的诡道半生 Ghosts and monsters are fierce and savage, demanding lives in the dead of night and bringing sinister forces into people’s homes, terrifying all who encounter them. With talismans in hand and sword at my side, I wield the righteous energy of heaven and earth to slay demons and drive out evil. “The Mysterious Ancestor of Heaven and Earth, root of all qi, let golden light appear swiftly and shield my body. Let evil spirits retreat and disperse. By the authority of the law, obey at once!” With the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 I Transmigrated into the Horror Novel I Wrote in Middle School 我穿进初中写的恐怖小说 I Was Transported Into the Horror Novel I Wrote in Middle School —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Infinite Horror Game: Who Am I? 无限诡异游戏：我是谁 [Survival games in all kinds of eerie worlds, focused purely on exploration and story. So satisfying! Wait, by the end, you discover they’re all part of the same world?] From the start, I got a little sister, punched my sleazy uncle, and set foot in the pitch-black fog. By the end of day one, I was already at the police station. On day two at the station, ghosts were haunting a nursing home? Turns out the entire nursing home had become a ghost. On day three, a middle school girl mysteriously jum 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The Horror Class Chat 恐怖班群 Alternate title: Terror Game: Born with a Half-Human, Half-Demon Constitution [Campus] + [Mystery Horror] + [Slow Burn] + [No Cultivation] “Remember, you started out at school and grew stronger step by step.” Gu Yi’s expression turned bitter, but all he could do was give a rueful smile and nod in acknowledgment. “There must have been something that really stuck with you, right?” Gu Yi’s expression shifted. He seemed about to say something, but in the end, he only shook his head. “Then let me ask 4Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 59 The Death Register 死亡登记簿 The Death Register 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Urban Corpse Whisperer: Starting with Nanyang Black Magic 都市尸语者：从南洋降头开始 At midnight, a corpse suddenly sat up in the morgue. I pulled out my family's heirloom copper-coin sword. “It's not a corpse turning into a zombie,” I said, staring at the golden thread beneath the corpse's fingernails. “It's a Golden Silkworm Gu.” The jade bangle the family had brought shattered without warning, and a swarm of wriggling Gu worms poured out. “Don't touch it! The jade has broken, and the Gu is loose. It's looking for a new Host!” The orderly ignored my warning and reached out. Wo 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 290Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 62 The Spirit Pact of Sinister Schemes 诡谋之灵契 People often say that a person’s fate is decided by Heaven, but that is not entirely true. Mu Fan was born into a vast conspiracy. With a body of four yin and an utterly yin fate, his perilous destiny made an ordinary life impossible. A female ghost in the park tries to seize his soul, while a stunning ghost bride enters into a marriage pact with him. Corpses dance in the funeral home; teachers and students at a school haunted by vicious ghosts leap from buildings in eerie circumstances; deep in —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 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—Shelves
- 64 All Those Years I Took on Commissions 我做委托的那些年 Mother-and-child temple demons? Jumping corpses from mountain villages? Flying-head demons? Strange monsters and spirits? A ghostly bride? No, they’re all props and actors! An analysis of human nature? A tragic life? A bittersweet romance? No, they’re all just scripts! Is this the male lead’s real-life experience? No, it’s a microfilm! If you don’t understand my Daoist arts, then I happen to know a few moves myself! 4Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 65 Shadows in the Mountain Mist 迷山雾影 Have you ever seen a monster? A creature that exists only in legend... Suddenly appearing in the human world, thirsting for blood and slaughter, treating human lives like ants... In ancient times, whenever a "heavenly dog devoured the moon," people would bang drums and gongs, hoping to drive away the dog eating the moon... Today, human satellites roam through space, and humans have even set foot on that bright moon hanging in the sky, going so far as to declare that its surface is unsuitable for 1kReads8.2Score117Shelves
- 66 Grandma's Yin-Yang Eyes 奶奶的阴阳眼 When I was little, I didn’t understand anything. I just thought it was fun. I remember when Second Grandma died, even Second Grandpa, who slept beside her, didn’t know. But Grandma woke Dad up and told him to go pay his respects... 699Reads7.8Score103Shelves
- 67 Welcome to the Global Wonderland of the Bizarre 欢迎来到全球怪诞乐园 [You have never entered a strange-tale realm like this before] [This is an adventure game that spans dimensions] [This is a collection of mind-bending stories beyond the limits of scientific understanding] [This is an unusual and uncanny book unlike any other] [Welcome to: The Global Wonderland of the Bizarre!] 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 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 15Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 69 South of Chang'an Lies a Haunted Mountain 长安之南有诡山 Since ancient times, the Qinling Mountains have been the dragon veins of China, where spiritual energy gathers. This has also made them a meeting place between the realms of yin and yang, and between humans, demons, and ghosts. After the Tang dynasty was founded, the “Mountain Wardens Office” was established to govern strange affairs in the mountains. But as time passed, some ancient “beings” began to awaken... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 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—Shelves
- 71 Don't Be Afraid, She's the Person Closest to Me 别怕，她是我最亲密的人 [Handcrafted from Scratch] [Flesh-and-Blood Vengeful Ghosts] [Chinese Horror] [Character Growth] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Tightly Plotted] [Absolutely Ruthless] [50,000-Word Outline] If you were given the chance to change your fate, would you rather keep working hard as a delivery driver, or suddenly become a 182-centimeter-tall, golden-haired older man who never has to worry about food or clothing? Yu Fa had no choice. He was forced to transmigrate into the latter. But before he could e 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Senior Sister in Red, Don't Look Back! I'm Really Your Senior Brother! 红衣师姐别回头，我真是师兄！ [Horror, Infinite Worlds, Survival, One Female Lead, No Cultivation] A figure in blood-red robes, claiming lives as it wanders through a quiet dormitory. A creepy scarecrow stands in a remote manor. At midnight, a chilling clown's laughter rings out from an amusement park. The distant chimes of a bell echo through an empty old mansion... One bizarre, terrifying party after another begins amid bloodshed, while lives struggling against fate fight desperately to survive the clutches of the uncanny! 4Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 73 Five Horror Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night 五个让你不敢熬夜的恐怖故事 Five Horror Stories That Will Make You Afraid to Stay Up Late 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 White Terror 白色恐怖 [Wildly Imaginative Twists] + [Extensive Foreshadowing] + [Social Unrest] + [Mystery and the Supernatural] The campus, bustling by day, is eerily quiet at night... A group of girls playing with a spirit board in their dormitory happen upon the body of a woman who fell to her death. Rumors spread that a ghost is responsible. Then another girl is pushed down the stairs by an evil spirit in the teaching building! Panic grips the campus. Before long, a female teacher is killed by a ghost on camera a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 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—Shelves
- 76 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—Shelves
- 77 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—Shelves
- 78 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—Shelves
- 79 The Wicked Husband’s Seduction 邪夫撩人 I was born on the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival. From that day on, strange things kept happening in my village, and the people around me died one after another. To stay alive, I fled into the Dragon King Temple. When I came out, I found myself haunted by an invisible man... (Traditional supernatural horror + mind-bending mystery + realism) 161Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 80 Strange Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Southern School 南派盗墓异事 [Real Tomb Raiding + No AI] My name is Zhou Quan, and I'm from Guangxi. Here I recount the supernatural and bizarre events that really happened during my tomb-raiding adventures. I've read a few web novels in my spare time, and it seems AI-written web novels are everywhere these days. I want to tell this story from the perspective of someone who was actually there, as a record of things past. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Subduing Evil 镇邪 [China's first mystery novel to reveal the customs of the ancient Dongnu Kingdom] A mysterious old town, an ancient profession, and a rash of strange events. Friend or foe, it's impossible to tell! A peculiar custom from the ancient Dongnu Kingdom, and the source of sins passed down for thousands of years. Terror at the fifth watch, bizarre murder cases: are they vengeful ghosts, a curse, or the evil in people's hearts? A bloodstained clay pot, bells and drums offered in worship, kindhearted peo 160Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 82 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—Shelves
- 83 Old Lu's Lone Edge 老箓孤锋 The family has fallen into ruin, and its legacy lies in disgrace. As a descendant of Celestial Master Xu Xun, Xu Xuan has spent half his life in grief and partings. His father and elder brother died, his relatives and friends passed away, and the world mocked him as dull-witted and unworthy of carrying on the family tradition. Yet no one knows that an ancient power lies sealed in his blood. When the enemy of old comes to his door in the twilight of life, kneeling to beg forgiveness, is it genu 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 A Call from Three Lives, A Call Three Times 三生来电，三声来电 The heroine's family fortune is seized through the schemes of three utterly evil forces: bandits, the military, and merchants. Her parents are wrongly accused and die in prison, while she is repeatedly violated by bandits beside their funeral altar, until she takes her own life before her parents' spirits. In a time of chaos, human lives are worth no more than weeds. The heroine can only become a vengeful ghost, embarking on a century-long revenge spanning three lifetimes. She calls the three f 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Life at a Crossroads 岔路人生 If you could truly live your life over again, would you regret the choices you made? Shen Que never imagined there could be a real answer to that question. That day, the subway stopped at 5:42 p.m. Two people with the same name and the same face, each having lived through twenty-seven years that were almost, but not quite, the same, appeared before him at once. Only then did he learn the truth: Every truly important choice could allow another version of your life to keep going. They weren' —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Cultivating Buddhism and Taoism, I Befriend the Paranormal 佛道双修我与诡异为伍 No System, no harem, no goody-two-shoes protagonist, and either one or two heroines. Fresh out of college, Chen Xiao scraped by delivering takeout in his spare time. One night, he accidentally crossed paths with something unclean, and from then on, evil spirits clung to him relentlessly. Strange events kept happening, and misfortune followed him everywhere. On the road, he ran into a ragged wandering monk. Unable to turn a blind eye, Chen Xiao gave him a little help. He never imagined that this 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 The Super Spooky Classroom 超级惊悚教室 At a certain high school, an ordinary afternoon was supposed to mean nothing more than a routine chemistry lesson. No one could have imagined that a terrifying disaster would begin there, and that our lives would never be peaceful again. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Ancient Divine Beasts: Return to the Netherworld Abyss 上古神兽之幽冥归墟 The Ancient Divine Beasts: Return to the Netherworld Abyss is an epic that weaves together ancient legends, classic detective mysteries, suspense and horror, and the philosophy of life and death. At its heart is the image of the “Return to the Abyss”: all waters flow into one, neither increasing nor diminishing. It is a metaphor for how all human memories will ultimately converge in the same ocean. In this world, every love, every sacrifice, and every choice becomes part of eternity. As Shen Con —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Mystery, Horror, the Supernatural, and Folklore: Fourth Auntie? Where Did I Get a Fourth Auntie?! 【悬疑惊悚+灵异+民俗】四姑婆？我哪儿来的四姑婆！ [Mystery and suspense + the supernatural + folk customs] Great-Aunt Four? Where would I even get a Great-Aunt Four?! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Messenger of the Underworld 冥界使者 After graduating from college, I hoped to find a good job, but ended up delivering packages. Then one day, I received a mysterious delivery slip, and my life changed completely. 35Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 91 Songs of the Underworld 冥歌 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] It’s a tangled, lengthy story, not one about a loser turning his life around by fawning over women. [There is a heroine] I’m new to this, so I don’t understand why novels have to be tagged as having no heroine. To be honest, mine has one, though she doesn’t appear much. [Not necessarily funny] Hard to say. The author has a strange sense of humor. [Neurotic] The author is a little crazy, with a mind that keeps jumping around, so the plot can sometimes feel erratic. 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 92 Curse of the Sinful Shadow: The Sinner's End 孽影咒怨之罪者的末路 In the shadowy corners of a bustling city, evil grows unchecked like a cancer. Driven by greed, some resort to the most despicable means to line their pockets, while others lose themselves in an abyss of desire, unable to climb out. Little do they know that retribution is already drawing near. Each sin has finally awakened a curse lurking in the unseen world. This is a horror story about evil and retribution. Every sinner pays a terrible price for their misdeeds, while the resentment hidden in t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 At Midnight, Don't Stay in Room 404 午夜十二点，别住404 After transferring schools, Lin Xiaoman is assigned to the strangest dormitory of all: Room 404. On the first night, she sees a pair of soaking-wet slippers beneath her bed, but no one admits they belong to her. On the second night, the shared clock turns counterclockwise and stops at the moment Senior Chu fell from the building three years ago. On the third night, her reflection in the bathroom mirror moves three seconds behind her, and unfamiliar bloody marks appear on her wrist. Her roommates 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 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? 247Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Grudge-Locked Patterns 怨气锁纹 Dai Xiaochao, the protagonist, is a college graduate in architecture from the 1990s. Under heavy financial pressure, he moves into a tenement building where a locked-room murder took place two years earlier. Surveillance was scarce in those days, so the police had to investigate door to door, and the case made little progress. Then the ancient Taotie jade pendant inherited by Dai Xiaochao’s family, along with its Taotie patterns, begins to react... And that is where the story begins. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 I'm Broke, Why Should I Be Afraid of Ghosts? 我穷鬼，岂会怕鬼？ [Goofy] [Funny] [Irreverent] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Hop in] [No System] [A fish that slipped through nine years of compulsory education] Wang Ling landed a job paying 18,000 yuan a month as a security guard at a private hospital. On his first day, he was left completely stunned! Each floor of the hospital's inpatient wing had a special passage enshrining one of the underworld's yin deities. The morgue even had butcher's knives inexplicably lying around. Wang Ling put up with all of that. Then 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 I Hunt Ghosts at the Funeral Home: The Supernatural Descends 我在殡仪馆斩鬼：诡异降临 Two souls in one body. I'm an undertaker, so it's only natural I know a few tricks! A female ghost clings to me from the start! But I never expected it to lift the veil on a mysterious supernatural world... [System + transmigrate + Supernatural Awakening + High-Martial Urban Fantasy + Unhinged + Satisfying + Lighthearted Humor + Passion + Invincible + Ascension to Godhood + No Romance + Supernatural Invasion] The collapse of the Underworld's order has unleashed supernatural horrors upon the huma 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 I Tamed the Paranormal 我把诡异收服了 Born with ghostly eyes, I share a desk with the City Lord of the Underworld. A vengeful female ghost wants me to kiss her, I take in a powerful underworld enforcer, and a princess from a thousand years ago swears an oath with me. Onstage, they sing of sorrow and grief. Beneath the stage, I capture every kind of evil. My name is Zhang Qiang. Watch me run rampant through the Underworld! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Reading Memories 窥视记忆 Chen Yuan’s life followed a routine precise to the minute: he woke at the same time every morning, every object was placed with millimeter accuracy, and everything had adhered to the same order for five years. Until one morning, the routine began to go wrong. His cup was two centimeters out of place, the coffee machine’s settings had been altered, and the familiar cityscape was completely askew. In his orderly world, these tiny anomalies were cracks hinting at a far deeper collapse. At the cent —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves
