Novels like The Hell Handbook
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- 151 Death Began at School 死亡从学校开始了 Ghosts are the product of an imbalance between yin and yang. In this vast world, people are all different in character, and their souls are just as varied after death. The virtuous return to pure lands and enjoy the blessings of the afterlife; the wicked and violent turn into vengeful spirits, their resentment gathering until it takes the form of a ghost. These specters wander between yin and yang, but most conceal their forms and rarely appear before the living. [No cultivation, no System, no h 310Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Escape from Hell's Apartment 逃离地狱公寓 [Pure Deduction and Escape]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Two Male Leads] No female lead, no items, no cheats, just pure adventure and survival. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Ever since Lu Chao accidentally stumbled into this apartment building, he has been on the run. Every so often, the residents have to go out to designated locations to complete missions. Their targets are all ghosts, and they can only survive by carefully following the rules of each mis 4.8kReads6.8Score51714d adds
- 153 Night Tales from the Haunted House: 1,000 Folk Ghost Stories 诡舍夜话：1000个民间鬼故事 [Changting 9.0 Rating] [A Must-Read for Women Late at Night] [Urban Horror] Don't read this late at night! A thousand standalone tales of the eerie, guaranteed to make you afraid to walk alone after dark! This collection features sinister events passed down through generations in rural lanes and villages, as well as bizarre tales widely shared online. Each chapter is a story of its own, so there's no need to wait for updates. Just open it and start reading! The faint sobbing from a corner of an 4.6kReads—Score16314d adds
- 154 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror. 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 I Love Your Numbness, I Love Your Spice, I Love You Till My Stomach Gives Out 爱你的麻，爱你的辣，爱得老胃直拉胯 I love your numbing spice, I love your heat, I love you so much my stomach’s a mess 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 玛玛哈哈不飞了 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Apartment 18 18号公寓 Lin Shen has no idea why he’s in an unfamiliar apartment building. Outside, nothing but endless thick fog surrounds it. The building doesn’t appear on any map, and no one has ever heard of it. Inside are countless rooms. The place is eerily quiet most of the time, though strange sounds can occasionally be heard. The management office, with no one in sight, continues to operate normally day after day. Lin Shen wants to escape and return to his ordinary, boring life. But there is only one way out. 4.3kReads8.4Score70414d adds
- 159 Making a Wish to a Ghost 向鬼许愿 A school where everyone has vanished. A company that serves ghosts. A city crawling with vengeful spirits. A mountain of weeping where yin and yang are turned upside down. … In an age when paranormal phenomena run rampant, Gu Shan possesses a terrifying wish-granting machine that can crush any supernatural incident. But each wish also carves an even deeper despair. “After you make your tenth wish, we’ll meet again in a world without pain.” (The original title of this book was The Tenth Wish.) 4.9kReads7.9Score46814d adds
- 160 The Stone That Remembers the Light 会记住光的石头 The Stone That Remembers the Light 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 712Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 162 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 607Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Haunted Inn 恐怖旅店 A new graduate faces the toughest job market in years and, with no other options, applies for a night receptionist position at an inn. On my first day, I was told that the job had two requirements. First, I must not speak to the guests. Second, I must not leave the front desk. 512Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 164 Arcade: Infinite Evolution 街机：无限进化 [Arcade Games + Infinite-Loop + Reckless Hero + Decisive and Ruthless + Action-Packed Power Fantasy] A sudden manhunt drives Su Luo into the Nightmare Space, a place filled with slaughter and opportunity. Here, he'll travel through all kinds of arcade game worlds. In Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, he'll face ruthless poachers. In Knights of the Round, he'll search for the Holy Grail alongside King Arthur. In Metal Slug, he'll fight off an alien invasion. In The King of Fighters, he'll compete in the t 4.1kReads8.4Score34814d adds
- 165 Above the Ninth Floor, Starting with a Skinning Game! 九层之上，从剥皮游戏开始！ Infinite Flow + Gu Cultivation + Horror + Mind Games + Combat + Cool-Headedness + Unhinged Male Lead He thought he was a gaming expert. Only after dying did he realize this wasn't a game at all, but an ancient god's furnace for cultivating Gu. You call yourself a god, and we desperately climb the tower, hoping to use your power to bring our loved ones back to life. Little did we know you were the one who set a trap that destroyed my family, using my gaming talent to nourish your soul with Gu. I 33Reads—Score10114d adds
- 166 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 167 Otome Survival: I Get Strong by Snatching Opportunities From the Whole Server 乙女求生：从截胡全服开始变强 [Supernatural Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Survival Game] [Romance] [Unflappable Heroine] [爽文] Tang Yuan thought she had been transported into a gorgeous dating sim, and was just about to cuddle up to her billionaire boyfriend with his eight-pack abs. The on-screen comments erupted in warnings: Run! He's a monster! He'll swallow you whole as soon as you kiss him! Tang Yuan: ??? "Ding! The player has triggered a guaranteed-death scenario. Choose incorrectly and you will be erased immediately." To sta 566Reads6.7Score74714d adds
- 168 I’m a Dream Pathfinder 我是梦境寻路人 This is an infinite-loop novel of bizarre nightmares, blending oldcore, dreamcore, weirdcore, the Backrooms, comedy, and other elements. No System, multiple instances (depending on what the author dreams up each night). Note: This isn't pure horror. It's just pretty weird. Do you believe that the world we stand in is actually just someone's dream? We're no more than passing figures in the dreamer's memories. The moment they wake, everything in the world will be erased... Except for one “unlucky —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 The Strange and Supernatural Things I’ve Heard and Seen 那些我所闻所见的灵异事 I’ll tell stories about the strange things that have happened to me over the years, along with the folk secrets and I Ching mysticism I’ve learned. At the start of each story, I’ll say whether I experienced it myself or heard it from someone else. I may not tell them in chronological order. I need to remember and organize everything, so I’ll just talk about whatever comes to mind. Things I experienced myself may be exaggerated, but they’re absolutely true. As for some of the stories I’ve heard, 2.4kReads—Score15614d adds
- 170 Horror Street 恐怖街 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Mind Games + Original Worldbuilding + Tight Logic + Ensemble Cast + Cthulhu Mythos + Every Mystery Gets Solved + High-IQ Characters] On Zhongshan Avenue, a dilapidated bus carrying eight passengers drove into a sinister place… The missing passengers’ relatives wept and wailed, but their cries were helplessly swallowed by the tide of the times… As the years passed, the case file eventually lost its validity and became an unsolved cold case. But one passenger was not 1Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 171 Reincarnation's Eerie Station 轮回诡站 A cursed ticket leading to one horrifying incident site after another... A city shrouded in dense fog, obsessed with eradicating the very existence of "horror"... Passengers who vanish one after another, or are cursed for all eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, an amnesiac burdened by three curses awakens in the dim light, as a voice calling out "curse" sounds in his ears... "Welcome to Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... The next stop is... Corpse Pai 170kReads8.8Score18.2k14d adds
- 172 Part-Time Underworld Constable: A Taoist Priest Investigates Murders in the City 阴差兼职：贫道在都市查凶 A lazy, penny-pinching, down-and-out Taoist is forced to work off his debts as a part-time underworld officer! A reclusive old man dies mysteriously, ghostly passengers haunt the midnight subway, and vengeful spirits from cold cases return. The entire city turns out to be a giant formation for a fiend to refine evil spirits! Police captain: There are no ghosts or gods in this world! → I take it all back! Master Chen, save me! Black Impermanence: Slacking off costs you underworld merit; shirking 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Yin Deliverer 送阴人 A burial master, also known as one who sends the dead into the shadows. When Li Mazi from my village died suddenly, I was drawn into the affair. I thought it was an accident, but later I learned it had been plotted for a long time. To stay alive, I began studying the Burial Scripture my grandfather left behind. The Burial Scripture has three volumes: one on burying people, one on burying ghosts, and a third whose whereabouts are unknown. Blood corpses in the Southern Ridges, ancient monsters in 685Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 174 Great! It's a System, Now I'm Definitely Dead 太棒了！是系统，这下我死定了 [Infinite Flow] [No heroine] [No CP] [Original instances] [The System is useless] [Rules] [Deduction] [Wits and strategy] [Survival missions] Borrowing a setting from a great author: ghosts cannot be killed... You must discern their patterns... The Haunted Spirit Tower has descended. Please make sure to complete your survival mission! Little-girl System and all that: “Host, clear each instance in one life, one every seven days! Bring the Haunted Tower era to an end!” Chen Zichu: “Damn it... Othe 2.6kReads7.6Score23114d adds
- 175 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 1.8kReads6.3Score12614d adds
- 176 The Patient of Ill Fate 厄命病人 Greed, deceit, sophistry, argument, a need to perform: I possess every weakness in the world. The self-serving man who crawled out of a heap of corpses is using a hundred people’s bodies to piece together a Mother Goddess of his own. | Ensemble cast | Infinite-flow | Performative villain protagonist | Dark and twisted instances | Some manipulative, heavy material | | The protagonist’s values!!! His values are messed up!! Proceed with caution! | “Hello, my name is Zhou Ni.” As green trees wither 475Reads8.2Score10914d adds
- 177 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 It Begins with a Figure in the Mirror 从镜中人影开始 [Eerie phenomena descend + no System + escape by following the rules + fighting evil with evil + semi-infinite flow + brotherly bonds] As the Heavenly Dao declines, eerie forces revive. Bai Ren and Bai Jian pray to the gods, but the only ones who answer are their future selves… The terrifying Hell Apartment issues deadly missions, the government’s Anomaly Control Bureau struggles to hold the line, and mysterious forces stir up a storm. The struggle between salvation and destruction has never 65Reads—Score10314d adds
- 179 [I, the Forgotten Dream, I] 【I被遗忘的梦I】 [Infinite Flow | Rules-Based Horror | Instances | Ensemble Cast | Mystery | No Harem] This is a dream that was once forgotten, a memory that should never have been recalled. By a twist of fate, Wen Xuan and four others arrived in a city born from barren wasteland: [Huacheng]. In one game, instance, and [dream] after another: They experienced disasters caused by human actions. They learned how powerful the supernatural could be. They overcame the evils of human nature. They resisted the destructi 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 181 Eerie: Something's Not Right with This Novel 诡异：这个小说不对劲 Instance difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare, Hell. Lin Han is in a different parallel universe in every instance, and the plots are independent, so you can read them in any order. Lin Han is clever and resourceful, bold and decisive, and really damn awesome. 58Reads—Score16314d adds
- 182 I Survive the Haunted Lodge’s Horror Instances Through Deduction 我在诡舍恐怖副本里靠推理存活 [Infinite Flow] [New Book: Lost in a Horror Instance, Surviving Through Deduction] [Not Fanfiction] [Pure Logic and Deduction] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Two Male Leads, No Romance] After Lu Chao received an envelope, he was taken away to a place called the Ghost Lodge: Human Realm Reception Station. When he woke up, he was already facing a horror house instance. The ghosts wouldn't attack at random. But they did have specific times when they could strike. Only when the ghosts were unable 3.6kReads5.2Score26014d adds
- 183 Eerie Infinite: The Death Script of the Starlight Cinema 诡异无限：星光电影院的死亡剧本 [Infinite flow + ensemble cast + battle royale + death scenarios + horror + suspense + gore + gritty realism + slow burn + character growth] “Remember, trust is a luxury here, and stupidity... is a deadly poison!” “Enough! I just want to work and live in peace. What did I do wrong? Why do I have to die? Tell me why!” “Because you’re just one of the people at the bottom...” “So people at the bottom deserve to die?” “Yes. Unless you make it to the very last day, you’re a god!” A terrifying movie t 1.5kReads6.1Score15314d adds
- 184 The Mysterious Invitation [Infinite Flow] 诡异邀请函【无限流】 [Infinite Flow + horror instances + mild scares + survival] After receiving a mysterious envelope, you wake up inside a van and find yourself being taken to a cemetery to complete a week-long task: "Protect the coffin." But every night, one of your companions disappears, and the next day, you find their face inside the coffin. What kind of world is this...? Dare you step into this adventure? The truth is far more terrifying than death. 976Reads—Score10214d adds
- 185 Hellish Instances Have Arrived (Infinite Flow) 地狱副本上线（无限流） Instances: The Prince and the Princess, Petition to the People, The Cat and the Fish, Please Talk to the NPC, Black-and-White Undercover, Greetings to the Empress, Tom and Jerry, Bragging Card Game, Desert Island Survival, Strongest Special Forces Soldier, Citywide Catastrophe, Draw and Guess, Players’ Karaoke Room ^^ (Abandoned ending, bonus chapters pending) 1kReads8.8Score11214d adds
- 186 Living for the Dead: I Devour the Bizarre in the Human World 替死者而活：我在人间吞噬诡异 [This novel is a serious supernatural mystery] Qi Guang died, and I took his place. An inhuman being, surviving in a borrowed body, without warmth or an understanding of humanity. I can devour every supernatural entity. I carry all of his memories, imitate his life, and learn to understand warmth, the bustle of everyday life, and the bonds between people. The human world meant nothing to me, until I met Mu Chen and gained a family I wanted to protect, along with an ordinary daily life. But the 360Reads—Score6414d adds
- 187 Anomaly Survival Guide 异常求生指南 [The Backrooms X rules-based horror X Cthulhu Mythos X infinite flow X wild imagination] No System, no leveling up, no harem. This handbook is designed to help you deal with all kinds of anomalies. We hope every investigator will survive and provide us with more useful data. Because of the existence of the gods, most life in the universe is subtly influenced by the rulers scattered throughout the galaxy. As the universe grew ever more prosperous, the rulers’ psychic projections created a space 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Infinite Loot Runs: Scavenging, Fighting, and Escaping Through Myriad Realm Dungeons! 无限跑刀：我在万界副本搜打撤！ [Infinite Flow] [Paradise Flow] [Reincarnators] [Derivative + Original Instances] Xiao Ye's soul is captured by the Infinite Paradise and forced to become a Reincarnator in this game of endless raids, looting, combat, and extraction. The Infinite Paradise contains countless instance worlds: [Naruto Instance], [Armor Hero], [Jackie Chan Adventures], [Unofficial History of the Three Kingdoms], [Bizarre: Shrek Academy]...and many more. These instances are full of danger, but they also conceal endle 522Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 189 Death Game Countdown 死亡游戏倒计时 Ning Ye was just an ordinary game booster, renting a small room and making money by playing games for other people. So, what’s the highest level a game booster can reach? Dominating high-ranked matches against other boosters? Taking on pro players? Leaving one-trick specialists with nowhere to go? For him, all that was just routine. What he never expected was that one day, he would become a deity’s game booster. … Want to get rich overnight? Want to reach the pinnacle of life? Want all kinds of 3.5kReads8.6Score40114d adds
- 190 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档：洞察所有厉鬼规律 [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 887Reads—Score10414d adds
- 191 Uh-Oh, I've Turned a Creepy Game into Reality 坏了，玩到真的诡异养成游戏了 Have you ever played a truly eerie creature-raising game? Have you ever had a heart-pounding life experience? “Red wedding dress, paper shoes for the dead, a ghost in the mirror...” Which of these ghosts would you choose to raise? When Wu Wen clicked the place button and saw the red-clad figure appear before him, only one thought remained in his mind. “Crap, I've actually started playing a real supernatural creature-raising game!” The game Ghost Encounter has been making games for twenty years. 3.8kReads8.6Score31314d adds
- 192 Hell Academy: Conquering the Myriad Worlds, Starting with the Mist 地狱高校：从迷雾开始纵横诸天 After Fang Xiu finally got into Tsinghua University, he managed to scrape together enough money for his mother’s surgery, only to transmigrate for no apparent reason. He transmigrated to a strange high school and became a “high school student.” To get home and treat his mother, he chose the unorthodox path of power-ups, looping through one damned world after another for that damned diploma. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Night-Sealed Door 夜封门 Seven months pregnant, the woman was brutally hounded to death, and her seven-month-old baby was thrown into a well. Her wronged soul is cut off from the road ahead, and evil spirits come to claim their due. The gates of hell swing open, and the underworld seals its doors in the dead of night. 2kReads8.3Score15914d adds
- 194 Green Rain Falls on White Robes 青雨沾白衣 [Horror Game + Supernatural Survival + Rules-Based Horror + Scheming + Yandere] Note: The main storyline is about a forbidden romance that transcends time and space. Survival is a secondary plotline. My name is Qin Yang. Qin as in Qin Yang, and Yang as in Qin Yang. I have a wife named A Ying. To be precise, she's my ghost wife... I'm a lecherous, hard-drinking gambler who would bet his life away. One day, I died because of a wretched romance from three years ago. I thought my life was over, but 6Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 195 Thanks for Asking, My Inherited Apartment Is Full of Ghost Stories 谢邀，我继承的公寓全是怪谈 [Single male lead, no romance, supernatural. The male lead isn’t strong or particularly satisfying to read about, and he’s indecisive. I’m warning you in advance, so if it’s not your thing, please move along.] The living should keep their distance from eerie tales whenever possible. When Yin Lan was little, his grandfather warned him of this. Yet that same grandfather left him a family home full of strange rumors after he died. Driven by curiosity and hoping to find out why his father and gran 1.1kReads9.1Score12114d adds
- 196 Another World: Horror Game 异世界：恐怖游戏 [When a horror game descends, a yandere BOSS targets her from the start] Dropped into a disastrous situation right away? Sorry, someone has already talked himself into falling for her. Yu Xinlan was accidentally swept into another world, where she encountered a village of inverted red and white, a “perfect” yet eerie school, a temple where every wish came true... Each dungeon concealed a bloody past and its own rules. She proceeded cautiously, yet the same man kept maliciously raising the diffi 787Reads—Score14014d adds
- 197 The House of the Dead 空亡屋 There is a kind of house in this world whose door is always half open and half closed. The open half is for the living to enter. The closed half is for the dead. This kind of house is called a House of the Lost. As it happens, I'm the owner of one. In three years, I've encountered both clingy ghosts and evil people who cling to ghosts. 780Reads8.7Score12514d adds
- 198 Diary of a Crematorium Worker 火葬场女工日记 [Unsolved Case + Death Notes + Female Perspective] Through the eyes of a woman who works at a crematorium, this story clearly and thoroughly explains the final place people go, and what they experience along the way. Read it, and you'll learn everything a person goes through after death, before their soul leaves their body. The author delves into the crematorium to lay out a cross-section for readers, making it easier to understand and see everything clearly. This is the story of a woman who wor 6.7kReads9.1Score31814d adds
- 199 Paranormal Encounters: What I Saw and Heard 灵异事件之所见所闻 No System + no transmigration + no power fantasy + no harem + no invincible protagonist + no sweet romance + no clichés + no female lead + no cultivation. Important notice: if this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it! Do you believe there are things in this world that science cannot explain? Have you ever experienced anything supernatural yourself? Treat the events in this novel as stories, and remember: Fear and respect the sp 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 I Asked You to Write a Horror Play, So Why Did You Have to Add a Deity? 让你写诡剧，您非要往里加神人？ He Mo has always believed that eerie plays, with their dark, disturbing themes and wall-to-wall negativity, are bound to drive actors to a mental breakdown if they perform in them for too long. So he insists on adding a few absurd characters and comic plotlines to lighten things up. The more the theater objects, the more it proves he's doing the right thing. It shows that he's exposed the theater's intention to torment its actors through eerie plays. The more the actors object, the more it prove 1.1kReads—Score17014d adds
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