Novels like Notes from a Haunted House
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Notes from a Haunted House, best match first.
- 1 The Taoist Priest's Side Job Is Ghost Catcher 道士副职是鬼差 Gu An, the fifth disciple of Fenghe Palace, was tricked by his master into studying sales from childhood to help the palace meet its business targets. When Gu An began thinking of leaving, Master Qingfeng sent him to a graveyard for a trial, hoping to make him give up by showing him how difficult it would be. And so began Gu An’s glorious life... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Have You Played These Childhood Nightmare Games? 童年噩梦级游戏，你玩过吗？ Have you ever played one of those games that gave you nightmares as a kid? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Death Loop: Who Killed My Dad? 死亡循环：谁杀死了我爸？ Death Loop: Who Killed My Dad? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 I Work as a Ghostly Official in the Human World 我在人间做阴差 Zhong Zhengyue, descendant of the warden of the nineteenth level of hell, unexpectedly dies a sudden death. By a stroke of luck, she returns to the world of the living. From then on, Zhong Zhengyue takes up the mission of serving as a netherworld bailiff among the living. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 True Paranormal Encounters 真实灵异事件收录 [True Paranormal Events + Paranormal Events and Legends from Around the World + Not for the Easily Frightened] This book records true paranormal events I've heard about and experienced firsthand over the years, along with paranormal events and legends from around the world, and my own analysis of them. For convenience, some stories are told in the first person. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Forensic Files' Forbidden Cases 法医禁忌档案 That morning, Brother Liu, the forensic pathologist, burst out of the autopsy room, wildly waving his scalpel at everyone he met. He had gone mad! That same day, a woman's body lay quietly on the autopsy table. The bones of both arms were starkly exposed, and all the evidence told me she had eaten herself before she died! I'm just a forensic pathologist, a technical police officer who works behind the scenes. But now trouble has come knocking at my door. The sound of grinding teeth at night, 15Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 7 I Have a Fengdu City! 我有一座酆都城！ A hearse ferries the dead, and ghosts roam at night! Fengdu, the City of Ghosts: the living are forbidden to enter! Footsteps sound in the hallway every night at midnight. In an empty hospital room, someone has scratched the paint off the walls with their fingernails. A woman likes to comb her hair in front of the mirror in the middle of the night. A furtive sound comes from beneath the bed. Who is giggling in the girls' dormitory sealed with talismans? And who is sharpening a knife in the room —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Twenty Years of Recovering Bodies from the Yellow River 黄河捞尸二十年 When it comes to the forbidden legends of the Yellow River, you’d be better off never asking. The corpse mane of the Yellow River, the ghost millstone, the Dragon Bone Temple, the stairway to the underworld… The old river workers of the Yellow River are the most mysterious people along its ancient course. Their families have guarded the river for generations, but what are they protecting it from? And what earth-shattering secrets lie beneath the ancient river, where hidden currents churn? 9Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 9 The Seventh Soul-Binding Nail 第七枚缚魂钉 When a hard-nosed detective who believes in nothing supernatural meets a Taoist priest who sees ghosts everywhere. A string of deaths caused by terrifying nightmares has left science powerless. Lu Que is forced to accept Lin Yao, the “folk customs consultant” assigned by his superiors: a young Taoist priest who is afraid of the dark and needs a night-light, yet can use his own blood to draw talismans that pin down evil spirits. One is devoted to evidence and logic; the other sees yin energy an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Dotted the Eyes of a Paper Figure, and It Came to Life 我给纸人点睛后，它活了 [Infinite Flow] [A Huge Variety of Horror Instances] [No Dumbed-Down Characters] [Horror] To save his critically ill mother, Li Sheng accidentally enters the eerie and unpredictable [Bounty Platform]. Complete the tasks it posts, and you can earn life-saving rewards. But what awaits him are countless horrifying instances that defy all reason: 1. (Paper Doll): I painted eyes on the paper doll, and it... came to life! Those painted eyes are staring right at me. 2. (Tears): Why does a deserted room 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Northeastern Paranormal Tales: My Life as a Spirit Medium 东北诡事：我的出马仙生涯 Style: First-person narration, with self-deprecation, dark humor, and down-to-earth Northeastern Chinese dialect, blending the supernatural, suspense, folk customs, and the ways of human society. Core premise: An ordinary young man from Northeast China who never believed in ghosts or gods is forced by an accident to "become a spirit medium," serving as a disciple of the spirit mediums and forming a bond with the "immortals," animal spirits. He is drawn into a bizarre supernatural world, and as h 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Dragon-Locking Coffin 锁龙棺 I have all five yin aspects, yet my allotted years are cut short. Every day, I wear burial clothes. The moment I take them off, one strange and eerie thing after another begins to happen... 133Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 13 Folk Mystical Arts 民间奇术 I’ve been blind since childhood. My grandfather told me that we carvers are different from those people cursed with the Five Afflictions and Three Shortcomings. I didn’t believe him, not until... 79Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 14 The Mountain Keeper 守山匠 Legend has it that the nine sons of the Dragon transformed into nine great mountain ranges, forming the backbone of Huaxia, keeping the legacy of Yan and Huang alive, bearing the fortune of the Nine Provinces, and protecting countless living beings! It is also said that deep in the vast mountains, there is a group of people who have stayed apart from the mortal world for generations. They keep watch over mountains teeming with demons and waters crawling with monsters, guarding a mystery that ha 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 This Evil Spirit Is a Little Fierce 这个阴灵有点凶 My grandfather said I was born with a life as fragile as paper, and that I was never meant to come into this world. Every day I’ve lived since has been a gift. But when I was twelve, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances. From then on, I depended on my only remaining relative, and we relied on each other to survive. But on my twenty-fourth birthday, in my zodiac year, I’ll face my most dangerous trial yet. Will I make it through...? 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Let Me Tell You a Little Story, It's Not Scary at All (Six-Volume Set) 我讲个小故事，一点儿都不吓人（全六册） Fear should remain hidden in the subconscious and fade away without a trace, yet it always leaves clues in everyday life. In an alley where the sunset has slipped out of sight, in a corner turned away from the neon lights, an elegant lady sits outside a café, casting ill-intentioned sidelong glances at passersby. These signs show that when people find themselves in darkness beyond the reach of sunlight, fear swells in an instant like a shadow and closes in around them. Come, step into my stories —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 17 The Years I Spent Handling Supernatural Cases for the State 我帮国家处理灵异事件的那几年 By a twist of fate, I was drawn into a bizarre murder case. From then on, I found myself caught up in one paranormal case after another across the country. I’ve experienced so many strange and eerie events that some still make my skin crawl and my hair stand on end when I think about them. Lend me your ears, and hear about the bizarre experiences I’ve had over the past few years. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Even the Gods Can Be Destroyed 神亦可灭 It's all made up, it's all made up, it's all made up 666666666666666666666666666666666666666 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 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
- 20 Terror in the Desolate Village 荒村惊魂 I entered a village inhabited entirely by women. I thought I’d found a man’s paradise, but after a series of bizarre events, I realized things weren’t so simple… 158Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 21 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Exorcisms and Face Reading, Guaranteed! 直播算命：驱邪看相妥妥的！ [System + supernatural + wild imagination] On the first day of his livestream, Du Jie gets a call from a popular female streamer. A feng shui problem? Easy! The cases that follow are much trickier, and each one is more bizarre than the last! A ghost baby? A paper effigy? The strange illness in Xiangyang Village, the Five Elements fortune-borrowing ritual... Are all these bizarre events testing my cultivation? Forget it. I'd better call on the Grandmaster! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Hidden Chamber 诡藏室 On the edge of a bustling city stands the Lin family’s ancestral home, a sprawling old mansion utterly out of step with the times. Reporter Jiang Wan moved into the family estate after marrying her husband, Lin Jianshen. Gradually, she begins to notice his secretive comings and goings, the rooms in the house that remain locked year-round, and an indescribable chill in the air. One night, by chance, Jiang Wan sees Lin Jianshen carefully seal an old, bloodstained wooden comb inside a specially mad —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 On My Birthday, an AI Told Me My Best Friend Was Going to Kill Me 生日那天，AI告诉我闺蜜要杀我 On my birthday, an AI told me my best friend was going to kill me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 22Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 25 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
- 26 Jiangshi World: Infinite Evolution, Starting with the Qilin 僵尸世界：从麒麟开始无限进化 [Lighthearted, funny, satisfying, passionate, Uncle Jiu] Zhang Feng transmigrates into Uncle Jiu's zombie world and becomes his disciple. From the start, he gains [Ancestor of All Beasts: Qilin]. With the Fire Qilin possessing him, one glance turns the mortal world into a living hell; with the Ice Qilin possessing him, one finger freezes ten thousand miles; with the Thunder Qilin possessing him, a single thought unleashes thunderous might. The Black and White Impermanence turn into wallflowers, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 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
- 28 Tomb of Terror: My Haunted Forest Expedition 古墓惊魂，我的恐怖森林探险之旅 Terror in the Ancient Tomb: My Adventure Through a Haunted Forest 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Tomb of the Living 活人墓 My mother said I was short on Metal in the Five Elements, so she named me Du Jin. But I realized I wasn't just short on Metal. I was born without a fate, and all five elements were broken! When I was two or three, my baby brother, who had only just been born, died. When I was twelve or thirteen, my father left this world along with the little brother still in my mother's womb. Not long after my father died, my mother also passed away, taking with her the baby who had died shortly after birth. An 2.2kReads7.4Score110Shelves
- 30 Geological Survey File No. 0: The Dragon-Seeking Map 地勘0号密档：探龙图 A dragon-seeking map sketches out wealth, but it also lays out life and death. As the saying goes, fortune is found in danger, and whether you live or die is up to fate. 1.6kReads8.9Score112Shelves
- 31 Midnight in the Countryside 午夜乡村 My parents' job transfers sent me to live and study at my grandmother's house. Before bed, she warned me not to go and look, no matter what sounds I heard. From then on, one strange event after another came crashing into my life. Then, one day, my grandmother suddenly told me the secret about who I really was... 550Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 32 The Terrifying Asylum 恐怖疯人院 [Traditional supernatural fiction] + [Traditional mystery] + [Twists] + [Deduction] A tribute to The Last Bus on Route 13. My girlfriend, Tian Wenjing, was an intern doctor at a psychiatric hospital, but she died mysteriously while working there. To investigate what happened, I somehow ended up at the same hospital. After experiencing all kinds of bizarre events, I discovered a tremendous conspiracy lurking behind it. And somehow, this conspiracy was closely connected to me... 726Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 33 Love on Route 11 情迷11路 While other people are born with jade in their mouths, I was born with a stone in mine. After my first love dumped me, the little stone around my neck went missing too, and I became a walking jinx. Dogs chased me whenever I went out, I got rear-ended on my bike, and even my chances at love disappeared. I became an unwanted old maid, so I gritted my teeth, stamped my foot, and went to the city to work as a bus driver. By a twist of fate, though, I ended up driving the number 11 night route. And t 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 I'm the Only Normal Person in the Harem 后宫就我一个是正常人 I’m the Only Normal One in the Harem 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Last Shaman of Northeast China 东北最后的出马仙 Under siege by the Nine Wraiths and the Spirit-Devouring Ten Thousand Wraiths Formation, the barbarian wasteland's evil cultivators strike at the border again and again. Huang Dun wields a peachwood sword as his blade and his resolve to protect the people as his armor, leading immortal disciples, government forces, and border residents to build an ironclad defense. From tempering spirits and refining techniques to fortifying the area with the Sunbright Spirit-Gathering Formation, from passing on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 White Night of Terror: I’m Even More Savage Than the Vengeful Ghosts 白夜惊悚：我比猛鬼更生猛 [Horror and Suspense + Twists and Foreshadowing + Hilarious Stress Relief + Urban Ghost-Hunting + Decisive and Ruthless] Can't afford a house? I hear there's a long-abandoned mansion at 014 Taiping Street! Can't afford a car? They say luxury sports cars have been spotted at the suburban cemetery! Short on connections and cash? Take trillions in underworld banknotes to the ghost market and spend like a king! In this terrifying post-apocalyptic world, I'm the hottest guy beneath the night sky! My —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂，我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 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... 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 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—Shelves
- 43 The Boarding School Deep in the Mountains 大山深处的寄宿学校 This is a fully enclosed school built deep in the mountains. Strange things began happening as soon as she arrived. Just how many secrets is she hiding? And why is the school tucked away in the mountains? It all began the day she transferred. 679Reads8.4Score131Shelves
- 44 The Shangqing Celestial Master 上清天师 [Taoist priest + no saintly protagonist + supernatural + two male leads + two female leads] Ever since the great battle between Chinese Taoists and Japanese onmyoji, supernatural incidents have been erupting across the cities, as though ancient forbidden spells have been broken. White-hair vampires, black fiends, vengeful ghosts, grinning corpses... Feuds that began a thousand years ago will finally be settled in this life. With humanity twisted and morality in decline, what other dangers are wa 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Half-Baked Feng Shui Master: I Became a Legend Through Hands-On Ghost Hunting 半吊子风水师：撞鬼后靠实操封神 Lin Jingran, nicknamed Dogshit, is the most hopeless half-baked feng shui master in the old district. He has no real skills and is a coward, getting by on the old notes his grandfather left behind. That is, until his childhood friend kneels before him, crying that the secondhand house he bought is haunted and his wife and son are close to dying. For two thousand yuan, Lin Jingran steels himself and goes over. He steps on wet hair as soon as he walks in, hears a woman crying by his ear, and watch 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Do I Look Human or Like a Ghost? 你看我是人还是鬼？ After graduating from high school, I was guarding watermelons in a melon field. One night, a thief came to steal them. I rushed over and fought him, driving him off, but then I came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. The next day, my family went to check the field. All they found were my own chaotic footprints and the watermelons trampled into mush... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 My True-Life Paranormal Encounters: The Bizarre Things I've Experienced 亲身灵异实录：我经历的邪门事儿 Based on true events, firsthand accounts. Over the course of my life, I’ve encountered far too many bizarre things that science can’t explain. On a stormy night, a nightclub hostess was pinned down by a ghost in her sleep. Something furry crouched on her chest, and a seductive moan like a fox’s cry sounded beside her ear. She began to walk with a sway, her eyes shining like a fox’s, and the men around her started meeting with strange accidents one after another: the boss’s brakes failed in a c 1.1kReads6.8Score106Shelves
- 48 The Crime Investigation Network: The One Who Breaks the Case 刑侦密网：破局者 [Crime investigation + horror + suspense + psychology + forensic medicine + gunfights + multiple personalities + human nature + serial murders] One horrifying case after another: a severed hand in a trash can, a woman’s corpse in a basement, a locked-room murder, a body that vanishes from a police station, a headless corpse, a haunted psychiatric hospital, a killer with multiple personalities, and a midnight bus ride from hell. The major crimes unit includes a seasoned leader skilled at readin 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Greatest Ghost Taoist in the Mortal Realm 阳间第一鬼道 The coffin is raised, the incense still burns, and the grave is moved. The Taoist was once an evil ghost; wicked arts throw the age into chaos. Paper figures harbor murderous intent; living stones imprison evil spirits. Vengeful ghosts don Taoist robes, and the sinister wind never stops blowing. Ning An was a disciple of the Taoist sect, but his master used him as a pawn, while his master’s wife wanted to eat him and turn him into a vengeful ghost. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 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
