Novels like Walking Marriage
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Walking Marriage, best match first.
- 1 Supernatural: The Book of Yin Bonds 灵异：阴缘簿 Born on Ghost Festival, with a fated bond to the yin world, young Yang Yifeng has been able to see the yin and yang realms since birth. Following his grandfather, who knows secret arts, he steps into a world full of eerie mysteries and karmic entanglements. From a vengeful spirit in a well to a ghostly figure on the last bus, behind every terrifying encounter lies a tragic story. Can he understand his fate through one brush with death after another and uncover the truth behind his unusual consti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Old Apartment Complex: The Strange Dream 老小区：诡异梦境 The Old Residential Compound: Eerie Dreams —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Call Me a Ghost God 请叫我鬼神 A man who was killed after the Underworld screwed him over comes back reborn, and from then on, everything goes his way! A bull-headed young lady, a gorgeous Sister Meng Po, an adorable little girl who is the spirit of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and a whole host of beauties gradually win the protagonist over! In the end, he leads an army of beauties against an evil whose name must not be spoken, bent on destroying the world. Latest trending story: The full account of the school bus massa 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 My Best Friend Gave Birth to a Monster, and Now the Child Clings to Me as Its Mom 闺蜜产鬼子，小孩却缠上我当妈妈 My best friend gave birth to a little demon, but the child clung to me and called me Mommy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 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... 491Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 6 The Midnight Bride 午夜新娘 A mysterious woman from the Qing dynasty lies buried in an ancient tomb where not a blade of grass grows. More than three centuries have passed, yet her body has not decayed and looks lifelike. Was she preserved so well by an ancient formula, or is there something more to it? Yin and yang are forever divided. Is this a rule that cannot be broken, or is it because they embraced at dawn that they could not see the dusk fall... 75Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 7 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… 171Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 8 A Ghost Hidden in a Golden House 金屋藏鬼 Late one night, I got into a car accident and hit a woman. Later, her family found me and said she was paralyzed and that I had to take responsibility. They insisted I marry her, but she was nowhere to be seen during the day. I could only see her at night… 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Eastern Wei Crown Prince's Tomb 东魏太子墓 The Eastern Wei Crown Prince’s Tomb —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Strange Happenings of Shazao Village 沙枣村诡事 Adili is assigned to take up residence in Shazao Village. Before him, seven village cadres had mysteriously met their ends in this remote Gobi settlement. His own uncle had “died in the line of duty” there, but the case file gave no more than a cursory mention of the cause of death, with no evidence to be found. At midnight, donkey hooves sound across the sand, pausing after every seven steps. A red-eyed evil donkey crouches before a grave and calls softly: “Climb on. I’ll take you to find your —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Strange Tales: The Secret History of Spirit Hauntings 诡事异闻录：灵祟秘史 By chance, the protagonist visits relatives in a remote mountain village, only to find an eerie atmosphere hanging over the place. The villagers behave strangely, and at night there are odd sounds and flickering lights. While investigating, the protagonist discovers an ancient book describing mysterious rituals, setting off a string of supernatural events... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Rural Ghost Stories 乡村鬼事 My name is A Guang. I’m an abandoned child who was adopted. Because of my eye disability, my foster parents sent me to live with Uncle Chai and grow vegetables. Gradually, I realized something was off about Uncle Chai: the vegetables he grew weren’t meant for people to eat! And the fertilizer he used was actually... In this world, whether human or ghost, anyone harboring resentment may give rise to a curse, and a curse can lead to demonic corruption. One is neither alive nor dead, neither dead n 187Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 13 Infinite Flow: Surviving the Game by Eating Fetal Dumplings 无限流：从吃胎婴饺开始求生游戏 [Two male leads + horror + hilarious comedy + mind-bending puzzles + lots of sweetness] My name is Jiang Yunyin, and I'm an apprentice mortician. I never thought I'd die one day by “freezing to death in a bathroom.” After I died, I came to the Horror World. To be reborn, I began taking on the horror trials the System told me about. It was supposed to be just a survival game, but it was far more difficult than I imagined. A maternal and child health hospital where women's wails and babies' cries 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Impostors: The Whole World Is Fake, and I'm the Only Real Human 伪人：全世界都是假的，只有我是真人 Impostors: The Whole World Is Fake, and I'm the Only Real Person 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Midnight Terror! Is There Someone in the Mirror? 夜半惊魂！镜里有人？ A Midnight Fright! Someone in the Mirror? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 I Cultivate Diligently in Uncle Nine's World 我在九叔世界努力修仙 His soul transmigrated into the Republic of China era, and the protagonist, Luo Su, was still a child. Zombies and ghosts were everywhere. With a mortuary nearby, he became Uncle Jiu's apprentice to stay alive. Uncle Jiu recognized him as a genius in the cultivation of the Dao. Uncle Jiu hoped to train him as his successor. Luo Su learned paper effigy techniques and corpse refinement, all to attain immortality in an age when spiritual energy was waning, ascend to the Immortal Realm, and one day 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Train I Drive Leads to the Abyss 我开的火车通往深渊 My name is Lin Muhai. I'm twenty-one and a trainee train driver at the Ancheng Locomotive Depot. Before my first run, I heard a woman's voice in the crew waiting room. "One sleeper, two sleepers, three sleepers..." She counted to six, then paused. "Lin Muhai, it's your turn to count." 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Terror at Three in the Morning: There's a Ghost Behind the Door 三更惊魂，门内有鬼 Terror at Three in the Morning: There's a Ghost Behind the Door —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Snow Falls in July 七月当飞雪 A child burdened by a deep blood feud sets out to find his biological father. Along the way, he meets the free-spirited Yan Chixia, a highly skilled Imperial Guard, Luo Guanzhong, who became obsessed with writing, and the ancient immortal Zhuang Zhou, who sought to save both others and himself. He also encounters mountains of corpses and seas of blood, zombies laying siege to cities, a blood-red cat perched on a bed, and a ghost marriage blocking his way. Watch as he overcomes one peril after an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Last Ghost Exorcist 最后一个驱鬼人 I was born under a curse, with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck before I was even born. My grandfather used a life-borrowing ritual to save me. But how could anyone challenge the authority of the underworld and King Yama? Strange things began happening around me one after another, and at night I even saw the Impermanence Spirits coming to claim my life. Later, I followed a fat old Daoist and learned the way of the Dao, how to read burial sites, and how to break poison curses. I became t 79Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 22 Jiangshi: Opening a Shop in Renjia Town, with the Dead at My Door from the Start 僵尸：任家镇开店，开局亡魂上门 I transmigrated into the zombie-filled world of Uncle Jiu and became an entry-level Maoshan disciple, as well as Uncle Jiu's junior fellow disciple. Bound to a Gold Foil System from the start, I grow richer and stronger by making gold foil. Uncle Jiu: “Junior brother, you see, I'm getting on in years and still single. Could you maybe...” Simei: “From now on, I'll stick with you, junior brother. Who needs to keep driving corpses around?!” Ren Tingting: “I'm willing to serve you for the rest of my 8.4kReads6.0Score598Shelves
- 23 Horror and Terror 恐怖，惊悚 A classmate by the bed calls out softly. A cat's cries echo through the woods. Shadows flicker at the edge of the street. A piercing scream comes from inside the restroom. Are all the things you see and hear real? And are they all human? 691Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Strange Tales of Houqiu 厚邱怪谈 This is a novel only those who have truly seen ghosts can understand. When water reaches the brim, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. If you learn too many of the world’s secrets, the only person you’ll hurt in the end is yourself. Some people are born able to see strange things, or to experience what ordinary people never do. Such people are either born with a defect or destined for a difficult life. So, would you be willing to have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Reincarnation Notes: An Extra Story, The Painted-Skin Debt 还魂笔记番外篇：画皮债 The Reincarnation Notebook: Extra Story: The Painted Skin Debt —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Tales of Strange Happenings Among the People 民间诡事杂谈 Never enter a temple in the barren hills alone. Never talk about ghosts and spirits on a night road. Never bury the dead in the center of a burial plot. Pork butchers often can't draw their last breath when they die. The world is full of strange things. What seems ordinary can be deadly. Don't believe me? Turn around and take a look. 270Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Driver of the Underworld 幽冥司机 Bus Route 206 is hiring a night-shift driver. Liu Hao eagerly applies, only to discover that the job not only pays well but also has short hours. It’s only after he signs the contract that he realizes there’s something wrong with the bus… Strange passengers and eerie lost property leave Liu Hao wondering if he’s driving the last bus of the underworld! 376Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 28 The Midnight Spirit Medium 午夜问米人 Before my grandfather died, he handed me a bag of moldy rice and said that our family had been asking rice questions for three generations, but the tradition had to end with me. I asked why. He only said, “Because some things, once you ask about them, you can never come back.” I didn't listen. I took the bag of rice. On my first night asking the rice, I asked about Liu, the widow who had hanged herself at the end of the alley three years ago. The rice spun three times in the bowl, then stood 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Dragon-Locking Well: Snakebone Town 锁龙井：蛇骨镇 The Dragon-Locking Well: Snakebone Town —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Came from the World of Horror 我从恐怖世界来 Everyone is a book, and every experience is a plot. After a person dies, they become a book. Its contents tell the story of their life. Some become classics, while others are banned books. The entire world is a library, where plots and reality influence each other. And I am the one who writes the books. (A friendly warning: This book may make you think a little.) 109Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 31 Life and Death Together: Redemption in a Century-Old Haunted Realm 浮生同生：百年诡域救赎录 In an instant, on an elevated highway on a rainy night, Lu Ye, a wage earner at the bottom of society, risked his life to save a stranger, Su Wan. The two of them plunged into a deadly crisis. An accident bound them to the only twin symbiosis System on the entire internet: [Shared Life]. Its rules were cruel and impossible to escape: they could not break the bond, survive alone, or clear a stage separately. If one lived, they both lived; if one died, they both died. From then on, two ordinary 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Mount Yin of the Forsaken: Raising Fiends in Coffin Mountain, Commanding the Underworld Winds 绝户阴山：棺山养煞，我掌阴间风 My name is Chen Jiu, and I was born in Juehu Yin Mountain. After my grandfather died, I became the new guardian of the Coffin Mountain, raising evil spirits. With a whole repertoire of feng shui secrets and a peachwood sword, I slay the Yellow Immortal, seal yin coffins, venture into ancient tombs, and break deadly curses. Everyone in the village fears me, curses me, and wants me gone. Only my brother Gou Sheng dares to risk his life alongside me. When evil spirits come, I’ll slaughter them un —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Paper Effigy Yama 纸扎阎罗 Before Grandpa died, he left me with a warning: a paper effigy maker must never make three kinds of figures. On my very first day taking over the shop, I broke every rule. I made a wedding dress for a girl who died violently, a filial son for a childless widow, and finally... a stand-in for a living person. Now all the paper figures I made come alive at night and gather around me, calling me “Master.” Outside the window, the girl who should have been dead for three years is knocking on the door. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Ghostly Tales from Fengdu 丰都鬼事 In her previous life, young artist Lin Wan set out alone for the fabled ghost city of Fengdu to search for her missing older sister, Lin Zhixia. Naively, she trusted the seemingly kind innkeeper and local gentry, unaware that she had stepped into a carefully laid trap. Coveted for her yin constitution, she was ultimately sacrificed in an old mansion behind Fengdu's famous mountain by the so-called “good Samaritans” to a traitor in the underworld who had disguised himself as Black Impermanence. H 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Yin-Yang Twin 阴阳双生人 [Mild Horror + The Supernatural] Ming Ye grew up living in a cemetery. Her parents went missing seven years ago and were eventually found dead under bizarre circumstances in the mountains. Seven years later, she became an emergency room doctor. One midnight, she met the Taoist priest Xu Baoyang on a bus as he was out catching ghosts. Later, while tracking clues about his missing master, Xu Baoyang came to the hospital where Ming Ye worked and discovered that a strange hospital orderly had set up 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Afterlife Notes: The Eyeless Locust Tree Maiden Bonus Story: Blood Silkworm Thread 还魂笔记之无眼槐娘番外：血蚕丝 Afterlife Notes: The Eyeless Locust Tree Maiden Bonus Story: Blood Cocoon Silk 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 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." 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Crossing the Calamity in Seven Days 七日渡厄 My name is Lin Ye. I’m a struggling author who makes a living writing rule-based horror stories. Then I receive an anonymous email. It contains nothing but a yellowed Republican-era theater ticket and a single line: “Come to the Du’e Theater within seven days, or the ‘rules’ you write will become the way you die.” The moment I step into the theater, time across the entire city begins looping in seven-day cycles. I wrote, “Don’t look in the mirror at midnight,” and the next day someone sees th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Cold Case Pursuit: The Workplace Abyss and the Silver-Haired Trap 悬案追凶：职场深渊与银发陷阱 The fatal fall from the rooftop wasn't suicide. Workplace bullying was just a cover! I, Lin Yan, a criminal investigation team captain, uncovered the truth: a 500,000-yuan loan, deleted surveillance footage, nursing-home residents, and exploited workers were all pawns in a silver-haired scam syndicate's scheme to rake in money! The mastermind not only controls the fraud network, but also has powerful protectors who can cover the whole sky... I take on the cover-up head-on and tear down those pro —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Afterlife Notes Bonus Story: Rouge Well 还魂笔记番外篇：胭脂井 Afterlife Notes: Bonus Story: The Rouge Well —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Notes on Returning Souls: The Eyeless Huai Tree Maiden 还魂笔记之无眼槐娘 The plum rains have swollen every brick in Green Tile Alley. When Lin Yan grips her grandmother’s death notice and opens the door to the old house, the sixty-year-old locust tree in the courtyard seems to be watching her through its cracked bark. The year her great-great-grandmother planted it, three children went missing from the alley. During all the years her grandmother kept watch over it, she would bury bloodstained silver locks beneath its roots in the dead of night. The last page of her g 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Bureau 749: A Yin Messenger on the Road to the Underworld 749局：黄泉走阴人 There is an organization that exists only in the darkness: Bureau 749. Founded in 1974, with no records and no official status, it is made up of scientists and people with supernatural abilities. It handles the dirtiest, most sinister, most forbidden affairs in the human world. Ghost soldiers march through the night, leaving nothing but empty skins in an entire village. The White God of Wealth kills anyone who worships him, taking their souls to feed evil. An ancient Buddha opens its mouth to de 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Infinite: The Strange Realm 【无限】诡异境界 (Note: Infinite-world story, no female lead, no System, not invincible, not stupid, not a wish-fulfillment novel) Welcome, everyone, to the Cycle of the Haunted Realm. Here, you’ll be thrown into an unexpected “death trap.” The only thing you can do is solve it and escape with your life. When I regained consciousness, I found myself in a terrifying cemetery! It was pitch-black, so dark I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. Only a faint light fell on the graves. I was holding a shovel, and 18Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 44 Hounded by a Thousand Evils: Keep Your Distance 万邪缠身：生人勿近 The Exorcist Pavilion sits at the corner of an old alley. Ordinary people are not welcome, and it only takes cases involving people plagued by evil spirits. A red-clad ghost in an ancient well, a legless woman in an elevator, a slit wrist in the mirror, sobbing in a karaoke room, a bloody birth chart in a wardrobe, a shadow in the break room... Miaojiang gu sorcery, corpse-driving Taoists, and Nanyang black magic all take turns appearing. Jiang Xun: As long as you can pay the price, I'll snatch —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Where Love Runs Deep, Spirits Stir 情深则灵 Jiang Xiaomao has a secret: he’s discovered that his desires can get people killed. As he gradually awakens supernatural abilities during paranormal events, he also realizes that he’s been corrupted. What should he do? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Earn KPIs in the Underworld 我在阴间赚KPI I woke up after death and found myself working a job in the underworld. Other people’s KPIs are about sales. Mine is about doing evil. Driving people to despair, creating betrayal, harvesting fear: that’s the real currency of the underworld. Rank at the bottom? Your soul gets obliterated. Then I discovered that the reward for becoming the top salesperson is taking the King of Hell’s place. Looking at the evil ghost coworkers around me, willing to do anything for their performance reviews, I smil —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Horror Stories 恐怖随笔 A newly arrived, laid-back demobilized soldier; a beautiful makeup artist who keeps to herself, cool on the outside but warm inside; a group of colleagues at a funeral home, each with their own agenda; and a twisted, eerie spirit in the crematorium. As singing echoes through the midnight air, the curtain rises on death. They struggle to uncover the truth on the very edge of terror and death... 2.5kReads8.9Score240Shelves
- 48 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... 305Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 49 The Coffin Prison 囚棺 The seventh-night return of the soul. A peaceful death is called a returning calamity; a violent death is called a returning evil spirit. On the day the evil spirit returns, the household is unsettled, and another death may follow. A man must be chosen to send the spirit away. After my second uncle hanged himself, I once had to send a spirit away. As a result, I was marked by it. 471Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 50 Afterlife Notes Bonus Story: Secrets of the Haunted House 还魂笔记番外篇：凶宅秘录 Afterlife Notes: Bonus Story: The Haunted House’s Secret Records —Reads—Score—Shelves
