Novels like The Coffin Bearer
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Coffin Bearer, best match first.
- 1 When the Corpse Coffin Rises, No One Returns 尸棺起，人不归 The one in the coffin, do not be afraid. Move the grave to a new site, and all will be well. A grave relocation full of lies, with a strange female corpse unearthed as soon as the coffin is opened, plunges a quiet mountain village into chaos. Grandpa vanishes without a trace. Who is the mysterious man in black? What is the wicked woman's true plan? What secret is Uncle Ping, the funeral escort, protecting? Who is friend and who is foe? How will Gu Tianci escape this perilous predicament? 227Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 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. 937Reads—Score105Shelves
- 3 Notes from the Northern Maoshan Sect 北派茅山笔记 On the day I was born, the Five Immortals paid their respects at the Ghost Gate. To break this deadly fate, my grandfather arranged for me to marry the daughter of the Chongyang family when I turned eighteen. But to my surprise, she looked down on me and called off the engagement! And so, a strange incident began... 95Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 4 My Family Is Dying One by One. Am I Cursed to Die? 家族接连殒命，我身负致命诅咒？ I was born with an incomplete fate, and my birth caused my mother’s death. To keep me safe, my grandmother died, my uncle died, and my father disappeared. Only in the end did I learn that it was all because... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 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
- 6 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Also known as Soul of Porcelain A new bridge was being built in the village, but no matter what they tried, the final pier simply wouldn’t stand. So the village chief invited a feng shui master. As soon as he entered the village, he said that a white tiger was raising its head in their midst. If they wanted to get the pier standing, they would have to sacrifice a living person... Legend has it that a master potter’s final piece was made with his own blood instead of water. Its patterns resembled 53Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 7 The Clay God Carver 泥神匠 My family has been making clay idols for generations. We sculpt statues of gods and invite spirits into them. Remember, you must never worship at the little mountain god or earth god temples hidden in the ravines. Those are wild temples, because you never know what it is you're worshipping... 17Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 8 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
- 9 Eerie Descent: From the Start, I Wield the Moon of the Gods 诡异降临：开局驾驭神之月 Ruthless and decisive + invincible + Eerie Descent + mysterious resurgence Also known as: [I told you to command the eerie beings, so why are you slaughtering them left and right?] [Eerie Descent] Countless eerie beings beyond human understanding descend upon the world, ushering in an era of the eerie. Eerie beings cannot be killed. Only eerie beings can fight other eerie beings, and their rules must be understood. These are the three iron laws of resisting them. Everyone has a chance of control 97Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 10 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
- 11 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, So I Went Ghost Hunting 我，高考落榜去捉鬼 [Power fantasy + lighthearted + funny + women only slow down my ghost-hunting] If you can't get into college, why not get a factory job with meals and lodging included? Wang Hao, a college entrance exam failure, awakens a God-tier Celestial Master System. He can earn rewards by vanquishing demons and exorcising evil! This world is on the brink of destruction! At a class reunion, the beautiful campus belle calls him on video: “Wang Hao, you're the only one missing. Why aren't you here yet?” On th —Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 12 Corpse Immortal Beauty 尸仙美人 [Classic supernatural horror]+ [Mildly satisfying]+ [No harem] Possessed by an evil spirit, I was born a wicked person. To suppress it, I had no choice but to borrow the life force of the dead, marry a corpse bride, enter the underworld trade, and walk between yin and yang. Along the road between worlds, ghosts blow out lamps. I roam freely through all three realms. With an immortal wife at my side and the ghostly path stretching endlessly ahead, watch me slay demons and exorcise evil as I carve 6.7kReads6.7Score303Shelves
- 13 The Ghostly Papercutter 幽冥剪纸人 “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 22Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 14 The Coffin Bearer 压棺人 Carriage duty, also known as sitting on the coffin, means that when a funeral procession takes a body to its burial site, someone must ride on top of the coffin all the way up the mountain. But not every coffin is fit to sit on. I agreed to ride on one to help someone out, never expecting it to bring me trouble... 530Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 15 Wicked Fate Geomancer 邪命地理师 [Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy + Not a Power Fantasy + Urban + National Fate] The Dragon Veins are gone from the world. The nation's fate now depends entirely on geomancers! Also known as The Geomancer of an Ill-Fated Destiny A friendly warning: This story is almost too realistic… I'm a geomancer. Some people call us feng shui masters, but that's not the whole story. I don't know much, but in my line of work, it's all about cause and effect, and the tides of fortune! In your eyes, a nati 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Tales of Strange Corpses 诡尸怪谈 Do you know where the bodies used for dissection in medical schools come from? Strange things keep happening at medical schools, and people die for no apparent reason. Before long, rumors give rise to all kinds of taboos. Out of ignorance, my roommates died one after another. And I’m the only one who knows what lies at the root of it all... 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 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
- 18 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
- 19 Invincible After Coming Down the Mountain, Yet My Uncle Master Says to Stay Away from Women 下山无敌，师叔却让我离女人远点 Pei Zhaoye spent twenty years on Burial Star Mountain. His martial aunt was beautiful, and had quite a temper. Before his master went missing, he left him only three things: an old token, a broken sword, and a single instruction. "Go down the mountain." So Pei Zhaoye stepped into the Nine Wastes for the first time. But as soon as he came down the mountain, he realized something was off. A demoness, a saintess, a princess, a princess of the Dragon Clan... They all came looking for him one after a 19Reads—Score228Shelves
- 20 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—Shelves
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 I Told You to Confess, So Why Did You Go After a Female Ghost? 让你表白，你找上女鬼？ [Horror + laugh-out-loud comedy + ghost stories + multiple heroines] Qin Feng awakens a System by accident while taking part in a paranormal TV show. [Host, you have thirty seconds to confess your feelings to a woman. Fail the mission and you will die immediately!] At that moment, the only one inside the legendary haunted house is a red-clad female ghost. With no other choice, he confesses to the ghost in front of the cameras. Qin Feng: “I like you. Will you go out with me?” The female ghost: “H 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The City's Mystical Geomancer 都市奇门地师 With ten fingers, I sever the forces of yin and yang; with a single talisman, I decide life and death. My birth chart is pure yang, and I’m cursed with a fire calamity. My master says I won’t live past twenty, unless... 19.3kReads7.9Score1.1kShelves
- 25 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
- 26 The Other Side of Ordinary Things 寻常之物的背面 [Modern Urban + Everyday Objects + Supernatural Awakening + Psychological Horror + No Superpowers + Chilling on Second Thought + Slow Burn] The things within arm’s reach every day may be hiding a chill no one knows about. The shirt hanging on the balcony seems to shake the wrinkles from its shoulders in the dead of night. A well-used mug always has a strand of black hair resting at the bottom that no amount of washing can remove. Even the hook behind your bedroom door might quietly snag your sha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 We Transmigrated into Horror to Protect the Mortal World 我们穿越恐怖来守护人间 [Horror game + not mindless + not a power fantasy + character growth + infinite worlds + pseudo-ensemble cast + no female lead] Evil ghosts descend, and horror returns. The gods are gone. The human world is a living hell. Every ghost has its own killing conditions: curses, light, sound, blinking, or even no conditions at all. Add in the special rules imposed by each game's domain, and can you win against them? Every time an evil ghost descends, disaster follows. Black-gold cards for joining —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Last Feng Shui Master 末代风水师 The names in this story are fictional, but there is no need to doubt that the events are real. In recent years, posts and essays by feng shui masters have appeared countless times on all kinds of forums, some true and some false. I really don't want fabricated stories to lead people astray in their understanding of yin-yang and feng shui, so I have written under a pseudonym about the winding experiences of a feng shui master. I hope to give everyone a whole new understanding of this mysterious a 242Reads8.1Score102Shelves
- 29 The Yin-Yang Scissors 阴阳剪 A black dragon coils around me, skeletons block the door, fox spirits form ranks, and a white snake possesses me... All I have is a pair of scissors and a sheet of red paper. I cut down demons and sever the boundary between life and death... The Yin-Yang Scissors cut through the forces of yin and yang. I am the heir to the Yin-Yang Scissors. With them in my hands, one snip decides life or death. All the thrilling, eerie, and mysterious tales are found in The Yin-Yang Scissors... 120Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 30 The True Record of General Black Tiger's Spirit Possession 黑虎将军起乩实录 [Not an invincible protagonist + supernatural mysteries + paranormal + horror + adapted from true events + adapted from Minnan ghost and deity folk traditions] The Record of General Black Tiger's Spirit Possession is also known as The Record of Banishing Spirits in the Mortal Realm: The Story of General Black Tiger. (Support the official release. This book is published only on Fanqie.) In the north, spirit mediums invite immortals to possess them; in the south, spirit mediums enter a trance to c 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 My Beloved Ghost Wife 冥妻挚爱 Straight version: I never believed in ghosts or gods, until the day I met a beautiful woman... Literary version: Along the bluestone road and over the bluestone bridge, beneath an oil-paper umbrella, that blue-robed figure remains as before! At the Bridge of Reincarnation, I’ll wait through a lifetime of rebirth. I’d trade a hundred years of my life for one lifetime of your beauty! I bow three times before the Buddha, wishing for love across three lifetimes. The Buddha says: Why seek it in this 4.1kReads7.7Score354Shelves
- 32 The Midnight Last Train 午夜末班车 He was on the last bus home late at night when a beautiful woman got on. He was about to confess his feelings, but then he noticed how sinister her reflection looked in the window. He got off the Route 155 bus and instinctively looked up, meeting her gaze... 721Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 33 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? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Mo Chi Y 墨池Y The inspiration for this novel came from a real supernatural incident involving a residential compound security guard. As cities expand, they inevitably encroach on the homes of the dead. The Dingyuan Estate, where Yao Yan worked as a security guard, had been built on a mass grave abandoned for a thousand years. One late-spring night, deep in the darkness, all was silent beneath a fine drizzle. Suddenly, a girl’s spine-chilling cry for help came from outside the guard booth: “It hurts so much. C 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Mystery Revival: A New Beginning 神秘复苏：新的开端 (The pacing is a little slow at first, but it definitely gets good later!) Vicious ghosts roam the world, and people are lost and helpless. The world is changing. There are always those favored by fate, and those blessed with good fortune, but this is only the story of an ordinary person. 12Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 36 Resurrection of Evil Spirits in the City 都市之厉鬼复苏 This is the worst of times, but not the best of times. This is an age of idealism, when the ideal triumphs over the material. Evil spirits return, vengeful ghosts emerge, and the world is overrun by demons. There are no Maoshan Taoists, nor are there immortals, gods, Buddhas, or demons. Only ghosts can fight ghosts. Live with ghosts, and dance with them. 134Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 37 Strange Tales from the Teaching Mission 支教诡事 I'm an ordinary teacher at a key secondary school, but after I talked back to the principal, I was “volunteered” for a long-term teaching assignment at a middle school in the countryside. I was furious, but to keep my job, I had no choice but to accept being “volunteered.” What I never expected was that this school would be anything but ordinary. (Note: This book is set in a parallel world. Any resemblance between its place names, characters, or events and those in real life is purely coincident 3.6kReads8.2Score373Shelves
- 38 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—Shelves
- 39 Wilderness: I Met a Ghost Sister While Trying to Survive 荒野：我在求生时遇到个女鬼姐姐 [Good news: I have a girlfriend! Bad news: She's a ghost…] After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Hansheng enters a wilderness survival competition, hoping to make a fortune and change his fate. Only after arriving at the venue does he realize this is nothing like a proper wilderness survival show. Who puts coffins all over the wilderness?! And there's a lifelike girl lying inside one! Hey, hey, holy crap! She's moving! She's moving! She's alive! “Big Sis, I'll kowtow to you 44Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 40 My Idiot Friend Lusts After Sadako, So He Gets Killed from the Start 损友馋贞子身子，开局领盒饭 Little Ghost: “This is bad! Sadako got roughed up by a teenage boy.” Ghost King: “How dare he! Send the Hanged Ghost to deal with him!” Little Ghost: “This is bad! The moment the Hanged Ghost went up there, the boy hung him from a fan and spun him around. He's already been torn limb from limb!” The Ghost King roared with fury: “Where is Nie Xiaoqian? Go cut off that boy's head!” Nie Xiaoqian: “That kid defiled me! I don't want to live anymore!” Ghost King: “Bunch of good-for-nothings! I'll have 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 43 The Doctor of the Underworld, Chosen by Fate 天命冥医 Birth, aging, illness, and death are laws of heaven and earth, binding all living beings in the six realms of reincarnation, even the souls of the dead. When people fall ill, they can go to a hospital for treatment. But what happens when a soul gets sick or injured? I specialize in healing souls. Once you set foot on the path of a netherworld physician, you can never treat the living again. That is what makes my profession so unusual: I rarely interact with the living. In the eyes of ordinary pe 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Yin-Yang Medium 通灵阴阳师 This is a world teeming with ghosts and monsters, where strange and inexplicable events happen every day. After transmigrating, Wang Tian gained the ability to see through things and communicate with spirits and all living beings. He thought he could live a carefree life, but the System nearly drained his lifespan. By an unexpected turn of events, he became a yin-yang master. With little time left to live, Wang Tian had no choice but to exorcise demons and avenge the wronged dead to extend his 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Yin-Yang Collector 阴阳收敛师 Gu Changan was just an undertaker at a funeral home in Jiangcheng, with the ability to see the deceased’s final day whenever he touched them. He had thought his job was simply to tidy the dead and see them through the last leg of their lives. But a series of old cases made him realize that not every restless spirit was born from resentment. Someone was secretly severing the paths of the dead, altering causes of death, and erasing names, turning the deceased into malevolent ghosts wandering among 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Rewind a Billion Times: I Suspect Transmigration Is Fake! 逆亿，我怀疑穿越是假的！ Dream: a dream spanning a thousand autumns. Marsh: a place where waters gather. Perhaps, once enough people have died, someone named Mengze will appear. (Expected to wrap up at 400,000 words. If you can get into it, you might find yourself smiling from time to time, though it'll be a bitter smile. Updates are irregular, so it's best read at a leisurely pace.) 11Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 47 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 262Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 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! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 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—Shelves
- 50 Beware of the Red Envelopes 红包请小心 We were just a group of ordinary students, but after claiming a red envelope, we were dragged into a terrifying game. As we struggle to survive, we keep searching for a way out and trying to understand why we were chosen. Little do we know that an even deeper mystery is waiting for us, and more horrors are closing in... 636Reads6.6Score—Shelves
