Novels like The Demon Wife at Home
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Demon Wife at Home, best match first.
- 101 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score23714d adds
- 102 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
- 103 Life with a Woman in Red Who's a Ghost 与红衣女鬼同居的日子 My name is Wang Chongyang, and I'm a struggling horror writer who gets by on attendance bonuses. One night, after falling behind on rent, I was kicked out by my landlord. I accidentally wandered into a haunted house and ran into a red-clad vengeful ghost. And that's how a whole series of events began. What the heck? I take Zhong Kui as my master, my wife is a red-clad vengeful ghost who dares to beat up even the Black and White Impermanence, and even the dog I picked up on a whim is the ancient 458Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 104 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
- 105 The Final Celestial Master in the Age of Declining Magic 末法时代，最后一位天师 The Maoshan Sect Leader, impeached and driven down the mountain; a wet-behind-the-ears young upstart; a frost-cold ghost bride; an evil cultivation sect that stops at nothing; a master of Gu poison from Miaojiang; and the Shen family, Asia's richest. The Daoist sects of the realm are in turmoil. Watch as Ye Chen takes up his sword and roams the world! 13.2kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 106 The Evil-Suppressing Man of the Living World 阳间镇邪人 The world is formed from the union of Heaven and Earth. Where there is righteousness, there is evil; where there is yang, there must be yin. This world is full of the strange and the terrifying, and I am part of the strange. My name is Xiao Xie. My grandfather once said that on the day I was born, I tore a vicious asura ghost apart with my bare hands... 1.6kReads7.5Score11114d adds
- 107 The Child's Haunting 童诡 Mystery | Horror | Hidden Chen Shuyang was overjoyed to move in with his girlfriend, Bai Lu. But as they spent day after day together, he gradually discovered her many strange quirks, from bizarre tastes in food to abnormal behavior. Little by little, he uncovered the terrifying secret she was hiding. 443Reads8.0Score11314d adds
- 108 My Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox 我的老婆是九尾狐 Qin Tianyu never imagined that his wife was actually the legendary Nine-Tailed Fox, and a mighty demon king of the demon realm, no less. Even more astonishing, the little black cat he happened to pick up turned out to be a stunning beauty with a bewitching figure. 28Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 109 True Accounts of Spirit Crossing at Midnight 子时渡灵实录 "A spine-chilling memoir of spirit deliverance by Xu Hanko!" I am an inheritor of Taoist arts. This book records the cases I have handled over the years, helping spirits pass on. Chanting incantations, forming hand seals, stepping the astral patterns, and setting up ritual arrays, I have unraveled the obsessions of countless wronged souls. Every detail of every case is etched in my memory, and behind each one lies the full range of life’s suffering: birth, aging, sickness, death, meeting those w 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 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
- 111 The Secrets of the Strange Arts 奇门诡秘 During the Republican era, a once-peaceful village is thrown into turmoil by Xu Jinglou's dreams. The dead shed bloody tears, scaled corpses devour hearts, rats bring money, dogs dig up graves, venomous insects worship their queen, and ten thousand snakes pay homage to their sovereign. Strange and fantastical tales reveal the grudges and passions of the Thirty-Six Folk Traditions. When faced with life-or-death choices, what path will Xu Jinglou take? 76Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 112 I Run! She Chases! My Yandere Fox Wife Loves Me to Death 我逃！她追！病娇狐妻嗜我如命 [Fox spirit + yandere + 1v1 + tangled love and hate + fate + Daoist arts + supernatural + plainspoken] Before I was born, my grandfather cut off one of a nine-tailed fox’s tails. That was how he offended the Fox Immortal. It began a relentless, unending campaign of revenge. My grandfather died saving me. I swore I’d make the fox demon pay in blood! I kept my strength hidden, devoted myself to studying the Dao, and bided my time as I plotted revenge. But I never imagined that the Fox Immortal I r 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Heir of Coffin Mountain 棺山传人 That day, Bai Liu, the grayish-yellow fox spirit, and the Five Immortals carried my grandfather into the mountains. Keeping the promise I had made at the Fox Immortal Temple, I embarked on an unseen journey between the worlds of yin and yang... 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 My Fox-Spirit Girlfriend 我的狐娘女友 Fox girl: “I can tell you have extraordinary potential. Come cultivate immortality with me through dual cultivation.” Zhuo Yunfan: “I can tell you don't want to cultivate immortality. You just want to seduce me!” 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I Visited the Wrong Grave, and Now the Female Ghost Wants to Come Home with Me 上错坟，女鬼竟要跟着我回家 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 116 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
- 117 Mysteries Resurface: More Children, More Blessings in a World of Terror 诡秘复苏：我在恐怖世界多子多福 I’m a new author, so please be gentle if the writing isn’t great. [More Children, More Blessings] + [Supernatural Revival] + [Apocalypse] Ning Hao transmigrates into a world where the supernatural has returned, thinking he’ll become an Esper and rise above the common crowd. But fate plays a cruel joke on him: his ability talent is the worst of all. Unexpectedly, he gains a More Children, More Blessings System. Every new descendant extends his lifespan and improves his abilities. As his descendan 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 My Wife Is a Fox Immortal 我的老婆是狐仙 By chance, he obtained the Seven-Treasure Exquisite Pagoda and learned the Heavenly Eye ability from a breathtaking fox immortal. It could identify treasures and read people's minds. From that moment on, the poor young Xu Fei turned his life around and rose to success... 87Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 119 The Fox's Love Is Not Over: My Fox Immortal Wife Begs Me to Let Her Go! 狐情未了，狐仙老婆求放过！ I grew up in the countryside of Northeast China, where my grandfathers often told stories about fox spirits. Some people even worshipped them in their homes. I always thought it was all nonsense, until the year I secretly went to the back hills... After I got home, I fell gravely ill and nearly died. Only then did I realize just how many strange and uncanny things there are in this world. 802Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 120 Taking My Demon Wife to Guide Spirits Across 带着妖妻去渡灵 The new book, This Enchanting Spirit Takes Me Ghost-Hunting, is now available! In this vast world, there are countless things beyond belief. Over the course of a long life, everyone is bound to encounter something unclean, and even many years later, the memory can remain vivid… When I was ten, I got lost in the mountains with my chubby friend because we were fooling around. That was when my life began to change dramatically. From then on, armed with my thousand-year-old demon wife, an incomplete 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 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
- 122 Chronicles of Strange Events 异事簿 When I was eight, I accidentally drowned. The village's mad Taoist came to my house and told my parents to give me a grand seven-day funeral with gongs and drums. After seven days, I would return to life. During the funeral, lightning flashed every day and the rain poured without stopping. Everyone in the village said it was a bad omen. On the seventh day, strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the sky. The mad Taoist returned to my house, told me to take the moon in the sky as my godmother, and 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 318Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 A Funeral Procession From the Start, Then I Married a Ghost Bride 开局红白撞煞，娶个女鬼回家 [Spiritual Qi Revival + Superhuman Martial Arts + Not Pure Wish Fulfillment + No System + Lighthearted and Fun + Multiple Well-Developed Heroines + Plenty of Romance + Positive Values, Not Dark and Gritty + Nuanced, Thoughtful Writing] What on earth has happened to this world? I just saw a wild monkey holding a stick and claiming to be Sun Wukong, and a chicken pluck someone's head off and use it as a ball... The world changed drastically, and spiritual qi revived! Monsters, demons, and ghosts a 42Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 125 Taking a Fox as My Wife 养狐为妻 When I was eighteen, I accidentally injured a fox. To my shock, my master forced me to marry her... 1.3kReads8.6Score10414d adds
- 126 You Were Supposed to Catch Demons, So Why Are You Dating a Fox Demon? 让你去捉妖，你和狐妖好上了？ When I was born, the King of Hell sent a child, and the Yin Marshal guarded me. Strange things happened one after another. To keep me alive, my grandfather arranged five betrothals for me. On my eighteenth birthday, a bewitchingly beautiful fox spirit came to my door... 289Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 127 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—14d adds
- 128 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 594Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 129 Heir to the Ghostly Way 鬼道传人 The art of ghostcraft bridges the worlds of yin and yang, drawing upon every school of magic. Lin Ziqin was born with a short-lived fate and had a knack for attracting ghosts from childhood. Fortunately, a master saved him, and he became an heir to the art of ghostcraft. After completing his training, he returns to capture vengeful spirits and banish evil. With beautiful women by his side, he roams the campus and the city, crossing between the realms of the living and the dead, all to defy fate 711Reads5.6Score11014d adds
- 130 I Just Became a Taoist Temple Priest, and Dai Xiaomei Came to Ask Me to Exorcise a Ghost 刚成道观观主，呆小妹就找我捉鬼 361Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 131 The Yin-Yang Master's Ghost-Hunting Chronicles 阴阳先生抓鬼记 Chen Hui accidentally interrupts his mother’s meditation, provoking the wrath of an evil deity in their home. A mysterious old believer in superstitions comes to his rescue, and Chen Hui becomes his apprentice, learning the ways of yin and yang. He accidentally enters his family’s ancestral tomb and discovers that none of the men in his family have lived past the age of twenty-five! Hanged ghosts, drowned ghosts, jiangshi ghosts... This is a story about the myriad ghosts of China. The ghost-hunt 714Reads—Score10714d adds
- 132 I Was Born Without a Breath, and the One Who Saved Me Was a Nine-Tailed Fox 出生断气，救我的竟是九尾狐 [Traditional Supernatural Horror + Urban Legends + Ghost Stories] I had no breath when I was born. I should have been a stillborn baby. Just as my family fell into despair, a woman in white opened the door and saved my life... The one who rescued me wasn’t an enlightened master, but a nine-tailed fox who had lived for over a thousand years. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 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—14d adds
- 134 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 162Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 135 I Went Hiking and Found a Silly Fox 出门爬山，捡到一只笨狐狸 [No System + Everyday Life + Contrasting Heroine + Ensemble Cast + Urban Legends] This is a world where humans and demons live side by side. Eastern spiritual energy and Taoist arts, along with Western magic and strange creatures, collide with modern technology to create all sorts of unusual sparks... “My name is Chen Chuan. I'm a second-year college student. I was supposed to go hiking with my roommate, but he stood me up. Then I found a white fox...” “My name is Bai Shuangshuang. I'm from th 293Reads7.0Score10014d adds
- 136 The Yin Sovereign: The Fox Immortal Arrives 阴天子，狐仙驾到 I was born with an extraordinary destiny, meant to become an emperor. But just after I was born, someone tried to sabotage my fate. To save me, my grandfather gave away the merit accumulated by eighteen generations of our family, and risked his own life to defy the heavens and change my destiny... 5.5kReads7.4Score35114d adds
- 137 After Years of Playing the Charlatan, I Specialize in Treating Beautiful Female Ghosts 做神棍这些年，我专治漂亮女鬼 On the day I was born, my mother had a difficult labor. To save his eldest grandson, my grandfather tore down the family’s front door and found a bloodstained kitchen knife hidden in the doorframe! As the knife came down with a clang, I was born… P.S. This is no run-of-the-mill supernatural story. Expect all kinds of mystery and twists, with a lighthearted, funny take on catching ghosts! 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Evil Dead Pursue: My Master Tried to Possess Me, but I Turned the Tables 猛鬼追魂：师父夺舍被我反噬 After a ghost blinded me, I accidentally knocked over a vase in a porcelain shop. The heartless old boss demanded an outrageous sum, so I had no choice but to agree to work as his shop assistant for three months to pay off the debt. I figured he'd make my life miserable, but the old geezer did a complete about-face. He said we were destined to meet, and not only wanted to take me as his apprentice, but also offered me his ravishing, graceful, one-in-a-million goddaughter as a wife. Could anythin 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 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
- 140 The Borrowed Blade 借刀人 As a shooting star streaked across the sun, a young man borrowed a blade. The Guigu Seal was broken, the Chiyou Banner appeared, and war erupted. The five immortals of fox, weasel, hedgehog, rat, and snake traveled by night and day, while the five evils of judges, tribute collectors, insects, corpses, and livestock roamed the land. Earth gods and City Gods, zombies and hanging ghosts, dragon maidens, vengeful spirits and monsters, Thunder Gods and drought demons walked between the realms of yin 16Reads8.3Score314d adds
- 141 The Daoist Bones That Suppress Evil 道骨镇凶 Strange happenings plague a desolate village on rainy nights: an old house haunted by ghosts, children vanishing, resentment clinging to the living... An orthodox Taoist priest descends the mountain with a peachwood sword and a Bagua mirror, following every clue in search of the truth. But behind every mysterious case lurk conspiracies and obsessions that have endured for a thousand years. He uses Taoist magic to dispel evil and his wits to solve riddles, ferrying souls between the worlds of yin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Snake Woman 蛇女 They say there’s a snake girl in our village, born with the ability to control snakes. She was orphaned at birth, and my father took pity on her, taking her in and raising her. She grew up by my side, and we were together day and night. Then one day, the village bully picked on her. That very night, he suddenly died, and more than a dozen little snakes were found inside his stomach. By a strange twist of fate, I discovered the snake girl’s secret that night, and I nearly died of fright. 834Reads7.3Score10114d adds
- 143 Four-House Village 四户村 I live in Sihu Village, a place sheltered on all four sides. Just as its name suggests, Sihu Village has exactly four households, no more and no less. There is no life or death here, only reincarnation, once every twelve years. The rules of Sihu Village are simple: the master must not leave the village, and guests must not stay overnight. Then one day, I really did leave the village, breaking the rules... 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Bride of the Ghost Gate 替嫁鬼门 In the outside world, a ghost marriage means a living person is wed to a dead one. But the Su family deals in a forbidden trade at the gates of the underworld: we find lonely ghosts living brides. Each ghost marriage buys the Su family ten years of mortal life. Ever since our ancestor violated the laws of Heaven, this fate has been impossible for generation after generation to escape. Our ancestor was once the gatekeeper of the underworld. One thoughtless choice trapped him in the shackles of re 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Delusion of the Final Sequence 终序之妄 [Dual heroines + mental illness + supernatural] Mo Shanshan has a pair of unusual crimson eyes. She can see ghosts, yet she’s been sent to a psychiatric hospital and diagnosed with delusional disorder. Ringing in your ears? That’s because people can’t understand what ghosts are saying! The Heavenly God Path, the Water Corpse Curse, corpse infants, a haunted lake, the collapse of the Six Paths of Reincarnation: is it all the plot of the Entropy God? No. This time, Luo Shisan absolutely will not d 21Reads—Score314d adds
- 146 A Life Borrowed from the Yin Realm 借阴命 To keep me alive, my grandfather borrowed someone else’s life for me. Years later, that person’s descendants came seeking revenge... 190Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 147 Coming for My Life on the Seventh Night? I Can Command the Most Ominous Creatures 头七索命？我能御大凶之物 Anyone who makes money from the dead knows there are three kinds of corpses you must never handle. First, don’t take the bodies of people who died violently or are missing limbs. Such corpses carry baleful energy, damage your fortune, and bind you to karmic debts. Second, don’t take a corpse that has been left unattended for seven days after death. After seven days, the flesh has begun to decay and the soul has nowhere to settle. Disturb it, and you may find yourself haunted by evil things. Thir 243Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Seeking a Blessing? I'll Get a Fox Immortal for a Wife! 讨封？讨个狐仙当老婆！ [Supernatural] [One Heroine] [Lighthearted Daily Life] [Comedy] That day, an eerie blood-red coffin was unearthed at a construction site, along with a dried-up female corpse with a swollen belly, a white fox with five tails, and an ancient bronze mirror... The next day, that very white fox latched onto me and asked me to grant her a human form... A nontraditional supernatural story 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Day I Was Born, the Heavenly Coffin Bestowed Blessings, and Nine Dragons Suppressed Evil 我出生那天，天棺赐福，九龙镇煞 The day I was born, the Nine Dragons wailed, and a divine coffin appeared in the sky. Feng shui lore says that when the Nine Dragons bow before a coffin, it becomes a Heavenly Coffin. Whatever lies inside will bring either immense fortune or great calamity. I was never meant to live in this world. My grandmother stole my life from a dragon-bone Heavenly Coffin. When I turned eighteen, she told me a great secret about the Heavenly Coffin… 3.8kReads7.6Score32114d adds
- 150 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 428Reads6.9Score—14d adds
