Novels like The Horror Academy
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Horror Academy, best match first.
- 1 Death Academy 死亡高校 At our school, there's a strange rule: don't dig up the grave post at the very bottom of the school forum. They say it was left by a senior who jumped to her death. I didn't believe in that sort of thing, so I replied to it just for fun. By the next day, I was a complete wreck. A red high heel on the upper bunk, a roommate gone mad, a notebook filled with the word “pain”... With every passing day, that post I couldn't delete tormented me more. No, I had to survive and get out of this school of d 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Death Classroom 死亡教室 Some games should never be played! Ever since our homeroom teacher went missing, our entire class has been caught up in a terrifying fight to escape with our lives… 291Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The True Supernatural Events I Saw and Heard 我眼见和耳闻的真实灵异事件 Do you believe ghosts exist in this world? Have you ever encountered one? In fact, many paranormal events really do happen in this world. Or, to put it another way, ghosts truly exist all around us. Not everyone has seen the Egyptian pyramids with their own eyes, but that doesn't mean we can deny their existence just because we haven't seen them! I solemnly promise that every story in this collection is absolutely true. None of them are sensationalized or dressed up with empty embellishments jus 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Deadly Classroom 致命教室 During morning study hall, a stranger with the username Punisher added the entire class to a WeChat group. From then on, all kinds of bizarre things began happening... 621Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Whole Class Is Transported to Monster Island: A Daily Lottery System 全班转移怪物岛：每天一抽奖系统 [Not a bleeding-heart hero, no harem, ruthless, island, System, survival] The students of Class Six, Grade Ten, were transported to an island by a mysterious force. Everyone on the island received a lottery System. Anyone who failed to reach the teleportation point at the island’s center within five years would be erased. There was no food here. Everything had to be obtained through the System’s daily lottery. You might win a whole bucket of fried chicken, or you might get a turd. Or you could 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Death Game: The Great Escape 玩命游戏，大逃亡 A WeChat group, forty-four deadly missions. People are constantly erased for failing to complete them, and I might be next... 839Reads6.5Score102Shelves
- 7 Hell's Class Five 地狱五班 Chen Yu is a transfer student who, through a twist of fate, enrolls at the biggest high school in Yunlan City. But strange things start happening on his very first day: a superstitious deskmate, a mysterious empty seat, and death messages sent in the middle of the night... At first, he thinks they're all just pranks, but things soon take a far more extreme turn. A student is found hanged in the empty seat, the owner of the eerie messages remains a mystery, and then there's a spring trip to Wildm 852Reads6.1Score101Shelves
- 8 My Paranormal Memoirs 我的灵异自传经历 The story follows the male protagonist through a series of supernatural and terrifying events he personally experienced as a boy and later as an adult. Each chapter is a new story, beginning with memories from his childhood, as the paranormal incidents grow steadily more frightening. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 True Records of Strange Cases 诡案实录 The 1963 Ghost Face Case in Fengmen Village, the 1971 Hong Kong Fox Spirit Murder, the 1995 Zombies of Jiulao Cave, the 2005 Mysterious Ghostly Figure at the Lin Family Estate, and more. You may have read about these strange cases on gossip forums, but what was the truth behind them? Were they natural coincidences, the work of human hands, or something unspeakable involving ghosts and gods? 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Sole Witness to a Murder Is Busy Catching Ghosts 凶杀案唯一目击证人，忙着抓鬼呢 (Supernatural + Metaphysics + Generational Feud + Sole Eyewitness to a Murder + Ensemble Cast + Mystery and Horror + Mysterious Romance + A Touch of Comedy) What kind of trouble can the sole eyewitness to a murder get into? Why would a murder witness end up hunting ghosts? You heard right. She really does hunt ghosts. Do you believe ghosts exist? Whether you believe it or not, Chen Ling is the unluckiest person in the world. She became the sole eyewitness to a murder, then got arrested while try 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Haunted Hotel 恐怖酒店 I used to be an ordinary hotel sleep tester. Then one day I spent the night at a hotel where someone had died, and my life was never peaceful again. Every night, I have erotic dreams with female ghosts... 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Haunted Classroom 幽魂教室 A mysterious classroom, 16 sets of desks and chairs, 16 sacrifices, and countless cycles of reincarnation. After taking the death exam again and again, how many people will ultimately escape alive? This is an eternal curse!!! 85Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 13 Campus Ghost Stories 校园鬼汇 A fast-paced, feel-good story of eerie incidents on campus. Join the characters as they explore the school's chilling horrors! A cursed phone, a lifelike silicone doll, a deadly package, mysterious glasses, a terrifying elevator, revenge for bullying, an abandoned classroom building, a dance studio, a study room, sculptures... The campus is full of strange happenings. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Late-Night Convenience Store: What Are You Doing, Customer? 深夜便利店：客官你干嘛 Lin Mo thought the worst thing about working the night shift as a cashier at Nan Cheng Huimin Convenience Store was having a teammate go 0–8 in ranked, until he met the old woman in floral pajamas. She clutched a chipped enamel mug and bought only two bags of frozen dumplings and a packet of QQ candy. Her coins were caked with dirt, and she insisted he “cook the dumplings.” Then a hoarse voice called in an identical order, laughing so hard Lin Mo could feel his upper gums go cold. The creepiest 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Returnee from Hell 地狱归客 He once fell into the Inferno, enduring nine near-death trials amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. At last, he returned to the human world bearing the brands of Hell and the power to devour souls. That power can see through the hidden sins of sinners and turn their past misdeeds into pain they must suffer themselves. It is a “gift” Hell bestows upon its judges. The human world is no paradise. Evil lurks in the shadows of neon lights: a hypocritical principal who abused children is still 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Scrambling to Survive 攀草求生 (Mystery + Supernatural + Horror Game + Horror Revival + Not a Power Fantasy) Clinging to grass while drowning, fighting for survival in a desperate situation. A mysterious tycoon appears in the class group chat. Accept his red envelope, and you have to take part in his game. After barely escaping the deadly game, Xia Yu is pulled into a terrifying world once again. 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Haunted House: The Evil God Descends 诡舍：邪神降临 [A Strange House fanfiction + horror + survival + infinite loop] Ning Qiushui sealed the Gray Sun, bringing the calamity of the old world to an end. But the Heavenly Dao demands balance between yin and yang. With the old evil destroyed, an even more powerful evil god was born. After lying dormant for ages, the Strange House's blood-red door appeared once more. The blood-red door swung open. Yin and yang were reversed, the underworld fell, and the six paths were severed. A new generation of S 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Falling Homework 坠落作业 [Campus horror + coming-of-age + no saintly heroine + one heroine + combat + heartbreaking] One day, a mysterious assignment appeared on the blackboard. As a high school student, I felt a terror unlike anything I’d ever known. All kinds of ghosts appeared in the world, coming to take human lives. From that day on, my life changed completely. I was forced to fight for my life through the assignments, but that was far from all. A slew of conspiracies began to close in around me. Worse still, a mas 1.8kReads8.2Score140Shelves
- 19 The Most Terrifying Class on Campus 高校里最恐怖的班级 A classmate who had been dead for two years suddenly spoke in the group chat. At first, everyone thought it was someone's prank, until the first classmate died unexpectedly. Only then did they realize this was no prank... 794Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Luring Ghosts 招诡 A lot of the time, there are secrets and things hidden inside you that even you don't know about. For instance, what happens after you fall asleep... 350Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 21 Demon Ghost School: I Can See Through the Ghosts' Eyes 恶魔鬼校：我看见了鬼的视角 [A fresh new concept: wild imagination on campus + mild horror + demon games + paranormal exploration + a rich, well-developed system + an actual plot] Welcome to Demon Ghost School. Our curriculum is simple... death, gamesmanship, and slaughter! Here you’ll find all kinds of “fun” demon classes, thrilling demon games, brutal school competitions, chandeliers that guard the dormitories, and talking wardrobes... My name is Su Yun. One day, I received an admission letter. When I w 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Class of Death 死亡班级 Their class used to get along just fine, but money and self-interest ruined everything. Now they even come to blows over a single meal, turning on their own classmates. 2.1kReads5.9Score114Shelves
- 23 Folk Tales: A Daily Dose of Horror 民间怪谈：每日恐怖奇说 Which is more terrifying, humans or ghosts, or perhaps something unseen and even more frightening? With its distinctive narrative style, this book brings readers a series of spine-chilling horror stories. In this book, you will follow different protagonists into worlds filled with terror and eerie unease. From mysterious ancient buildings to remote, desolate places, and from ordinary everyday life to bizarre supernatural phenomena, every story is packed with unexpected twists and horrifying mome 338Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Cursed Mansion 诅咒之馆 [Horror infinite-loop adventure + supernatural thrills + standalone dungeons + ensemble cast + no romantic pairing] “Welcome to the Cursed Library. Your fate has long been cursed.” “Every book here is a horror novel, endlessly generating one terrifying story after another.” “Whenever a horror story appears in the novel assigned to you, that novel will suck you into the world of its story.” First horror story: “Ghost Bus” (complete) Second horror story: “Old House on a Desolate Mountain” (complet 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Classroom of Death 死亡教室 When you receive a strange letter of admission, you have set foot on a road of no return. No one can escape! At this university of death, the moment your name appears in bloody letters on the classroom blackboard, class has begun. And once class begins, you will enter an unknown world of terror, where you must face bizarre and horrifying ghosts. They will be everywhere, coming to claim your life. Even if you are lucky enough to survive that deadly class and return to the classroom, you will stil 1.9kReads7.1Score111Shelves
- 26 The Folk Ghost Hunter 民间捉鬼人 This novel tells the true story of an old man from our village. His name was Li Zhengyu, and he was an extraordinary practitioner of the occult. Born in a small village in the mountains of Lingnan, he became tainted by yin energy after being haunted by the ghosts of a mother and daughter, and repeatedly encountered supernatural beings. By chance, he met a master of Daoist arts and began his journey of cultivation, changing the course of his life. Evil Maoshan curses, poison and witchcraft, treas 1.2kReads9.0Score—Shelves
- 27 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 One day, a classmate who had been dead for a long time dragged everyone in our class into a bizarre QQ group and forced us to take part in a death vote. After I managed to escape the Desperate Classroom, one massive conspiracy after another unfolded. To survive, I sold my soul… 143Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 28 Death Photo 死亡照片 [Suspense + Mystery + Mind Games + Puzzle-Solving + Imagination + Superpowers] Lin Yi goes to attend his high school reunion. At first, everything seems normal. His long-unseen classmates chat away happily. Then someone finds a photograph on the floor! At first, no one pays it any attention. But soon, the classmate in the photograph dies unexpectedly. Then one classmate after another dies in a series of bizarre accidents! Everyone is terrified. What's really going on? Will anyone else die? Who's 12.8kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
- 29 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 307Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Weeping Evil 哭邪 People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 114Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 31 Strange Tales from the Road 行路诡闻 [Folk customs and suspense | Episodic stories | Immersive accounts] There's an old saying: Walk the night road three times, and ghosts and gods will follow you. Writer Lin Sui travels around gathering material, recording the rural ghost stories he hears along the way in the old notebook he carries with him. He has no spirit-seeing eyes and can't draw talismans or chant incantations. Faced with those indescribable horrors, his only weapons are the pen in his hand and his instinct for survival. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Deliver Takeout to the Underworld, From the Start I Earn Billions 我给阴间送外卖，开局奖励亿万 Humiliated in public by his ex-girlfriend while delivering takeout, with his seriously ill mother in the hospital and urgently needing money, Jiang Chen hits rock bottom. Just as he reaches the brink of despair, his phone chimes, and an app called Yin-Yang Delivery mysteriously installs itself! “Order from: a girl who drowned; item: a letter that was never sent; reward: underwater breathing (10 minutes).” “Order from: a chef who died in a car accident; item: a family recipe; reward: god-tier coo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Death’s Homework 死亡作业 After our homeroom teacher left us a bizarre assignment, news of her death came the very next day... That was when we remembered the terror of being ruled by homework... Once school starts, there will be two updates every day. A jade pendant gift earns one extra chapter, and every 300 gold diamonds earns another! 4.1kReads9.0Score293Shelves
- 34 What Kind of Security Guard Is Responsible for Catching Ghosts? 谁家保安还负责抓鬼啊？ Baiyun Residential Complex is an upscale neighborhood, but the countless strange tales and ghost stories surrounding it have made many people wary of the place. The story begins when Li Si applies for a job as a security guard there... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 What Came Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rolled In 浓雾起时，从山里跟回来的东西 The Thing That Followed Me Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rose —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Ghost Orchid 鬼兰 The Ghost Orchid in the Mirror Is His Missing Wife: The academic world regards the Ghost Orchid as an evil thing, but Zhou Chen and his wife, Lin Xiao, swore to protect it, convinced it was a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth. Their steadfastness brought Zhou Chen rejection from the entire internet, while his wife Lin Xiao suddenly vanished during an expedition. Just as he was on the verge of collapse, the arrival of a strange young woman broke the deadlock. In the Ghost Orchid blooming 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Bureau of Anomalous Biology Investigations 异常生物调查局 The day after my grandpa died, everyone in town showed up… 529Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 38 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 (No harem, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, fighting monsters and leveling up) My name is Yu Xuanxiao. I was an ordinary person, but I was inexplicably drawn into a conspiracy and had no choice but to enter the Daoist sect and learn the art of talismans. By chance, I discovered that the source of it all was connected to a black fox from a hundred years ago. For the sake of my future, I can only fight alongside a group of like-minded companions, battling demons and monsters to the death time an 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 What began as a prank voting game set off a string of tragedies. One classmate after another died, yet the voting continued. I knew that maybe I would be the next one to die… 671Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 40 The Eerie Sanatorium [Infinite-Flow Dungeon] 诡噩疗养院【无限流副本】 [High Risk + No System + Desperate Survival + Mystery and Puzzles + Hell Difficulty] [Fast-paced, entering the instance in Chapter 2] [Skyscraper + School + Village + Hotel + Bus + Temple + Island + Skyscraper] In the city stands a sanatorium called “Laifu,” home to a group of patients suffering from terminal illnesses. “Ghostly horrors, ghostly horrors.” “‘Ghostly’ means ever-changing schemes; ‘horrors’ means supernatural powers. The only thing capable of restraining ghosts is a set of insignif —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Nightmare Subway 噩梦地铁 (The rating has only just opened and will rise later.) [Infinite Flow + Survival + No Saintly Heroine] A driverless subway train carries a group of cursed passengers toward unknown, terrifying stations… A subway card is proof of survival, and a ticket to Hell. At each subway station, Jiang Fengye faces one terrifying instance after another, each a brush with death. The starving corpses in the basement; The crawling sounds in the abandoned tunnel; The skinning monster in the old castle; … "The 18.1kReads7.0Score1.9kShelves
- 42 Living Next Door to Ghosts 与鬼为邻 After losing his job, he rented an apartment and thought he was starting a new life. He never expected ghosts to knock on his door in the middle of the night, only to discover that all his neighbors were ghosts. He wanted to leave, but faced a hefty penalty for breaking his lease. With no other choice, he decided to make the best of it. 14.8kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
- 43 Fatal Impulse 致命冲动 Never grab a WeChat red envelope from a stranger! After I accidentally took one from a stranger, strange things started happening one after another, and my classmates began dying, one by one. Maybe I'll be next... 5.9kReads8.0Score617Shelves
- 44 Eerie: After Completing the Puzzle, I Somehow Ended Myself 诡异：凑完拼图莫名把自己终结了 [Mystery + Eerie + Deduction + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Flawless Logic] Have you ever felt despair? Lu Bai wakes up in a dim room, where a mysterious force orders him and several other poor souls to go on missions in one strange place after another. Complete a mission and live. Fail, and die. Black Dragon Pool, the old elm tree, the ancient well at the village entrance, the strange funeral home. After Lu Bai and his companions rack their brains, endure countless hardships, and narrowly es 142Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 45 Campus Mysteries: The Dark Invasion 高校异闻录之暗黑侵袭 Ever since Gao Sifan inexplicably chose this medical university after having a strange dream, everything has seemed increasingly unusual. Terrifying supernatural rumors have circulated about the university ever since it opened, and after Gao Sifan enrolls, paranormal incidents become more and more frequent. The Japanese people and pro-Japanese groups hiding nearby gradually come to light, along with bizarre sacrificial rituals, onmyoji, possessed faculty members, and extreme militarist educati 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 I Won’t Survive the Night 活不过今夜 At some point, a strange old beggar showed up in our neighborhood. The strange thing was, he never spent the money people gave him. He’d burn it or destroy it instead. Then one day, the woman downstairs was burned to death, and the butcher was brutally murdered. That was when I finally realized the truth. He wasn’t begging for money. He was begging for lives! 1.1kReads8.2Score102Shelves
- 48 Escape: After Coming Back to Life, I Only Play on SSS Difficulty 逃生：复活后我只玩SSS难度 [Infinite flow + no CP + survival game + heroine's growth + horror and suspense] (Chapters 26–51 can be skipped without affecting the rest of the story. Each stage is about 25 chapters long.) Ruoling, a second-year college student, was pulled into a horror dimension while playing The Final Escape. She was killed by the plot right from the start! After being revived, she obtained a mysterious black book and became a tech geek. She meets all kinds of god-tier teammates, fights her way to escape, s 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Absolutely True Tales of the Supernatural 绝对真实的灵异故事 These are the most authentic supernatural stories on the entire internet! Almost none of them have been embellished, and every one is grounded in evidence. Maybe they aren’t as gripping or terrifying as made-up tales, but their value lies in being real. If you like things that are true, come along with me. Through one real story after another, we’ll explore the mysteries of the universe and the world around us! 7.9kReads6.7Score291Shelves
- 50 My Days Working at a Funeral Home 我在殡仪馆工作的那些事儿 My name is Ling Yu. I work at a funeral home with Big Fatty. One day, a beautiful corpse wearing Chanel arrived at the funeral home. I stole the Chanel outfit and gave it to my girlfriend. Then a string of sinister things began to happen... Deaths kept piling up, closing in on Big Fatty and me step by step. How can we escape Death's pursuit? 2kReads5.9Score106Shelves
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