Novels like The Death Contact List
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- 1 When Darkness Falls, Hit the Road 天黑，请上路 I returned to my hometown to care for my seriously ill mother. Needing money, I took a security job at a factory dormitory. The pay was high and the work easy, so it seemed like a great deal, apart from a few strange rules. Then everything started going wrong when I broke one of them... 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 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—14d adds
- 3 The Death Convenience Store 死亡便利店 No. 44 Convenience Store is hiring a night-shift clerk. Monthly salary: 10,000 yuan, plus bonuses and commission. Interested applicants, contact Manager Zhang at XXXXXXX! You've all been to a convenience store, right? They're bustling during the day, but have you ever seen one after midnight? The people who come in to shop at that hour might not be human. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Master Criminal 犯罪高手 Three soldiers from a border special operations unit, forced by hardship to make ends meet after leaving the military, join the capital's Nine Gangs. They cleverly smuggle goods along the fine line between illegal and criminal. Through the gang's female boss, Rose, they get involved in underground boxing and high-speed street racing, and come to know four young heirs from prestigious families. By a twist of fate, they meet the gentle and lovable Han Jing. If you've never met Han Jing, you could 58Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 5 Strange Cases on the Tip of the Tongue 舌尖上的诡案 The curse behind the Lin family’s old mansion, the dead reappearing on a haunted bus, the murder case involving a grandmaster’s chair in Fengmen Village... The supernatural legends of this world blur the line between illusion and reality, reaching across past and future to create one baffling case after another. Yet since ancient times, ghosts and gods have been nothing to fear. Nothing is more terrifying than the human heart. What secrets lie behind these bizarre, puzzling cases? 104Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 6 Death Message 死亡讯息 I joined a special department that hunts down criminals, punishes evil, and solves all kinds of bizarre, world-shaking cases. Now, I’ll take up my pen and show you a world unlike any other! 27Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 7 Death WeChat 死亡微信 One death after another closes in around the protagonist. Will they find a way to survive these hardships, or fall into hell… 149Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 8 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—14d adds
- 9 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... 656Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 10 The Crime Mystery 谜罪 Zhao Youyan set out to prove herself and traveled to the place where her father was born. But one mystery after another began to surface. Eight young women had gone missing. They had absolutely nothing in common in terms of profession, hometown, or education. Their only connection was... 62Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 11 The Death Red Packet Group 死亡红包群 During evening study hall, a group activity suddenly starts. The protagonist who takes part in the interaction receives a cash reward, but the class delinquent Ma Long gets punished instead. He dies, and strange events begin to unfold... 817Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 12 Horror Game 恐怖游戏 Xiao Yan joined a public account, and it sent him a message: “This is where horror and death begin. This is where your life takes a new turn. Are you ready?” He thought it was a scam, but from that moment on, his life really did change beyond recognition... 229Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Tales of Terror from the Ghost Contract 诡契惊魂录 Lin Shen lives an ordinary life until the inexplicable deaths of his parents drag him into endless darkness. His mother hangs herself from an ancient locust tree in Fengmen Village, while his father leaves behind a blood-written message saying, “Don’t touch the bronze mirror,” before setting himself on fire. After inheriting the ancestral Book of Yin Contracts, Lin Shen is forced to make pacts with vengeful ghosts. He gains the ability to communicate with spirits, but becomes trapped in a double —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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. 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Accuser 问罪者 Everyone is sentenced to death at birth. Living is simply the process of serving a suspended sentence. Breaking the rules is the greatest way to honor them, and bringing murderers to justice is the most perfect interpretation of the law. Money can buy status, but can it buy your life? Behind the facade of kindness, good and evil are hard to tell apart… 377Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 16 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—14d adds
- 17 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—14d adds
- 18 The Deadly Game 致命游戏 He couldn't understand what people said. Sixty people were bound together, their lives hanging in the balance, but by the time they reached Bai Village, only five were left... She smiled like Su Daji, and they took her as their master. 157Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 19 The Murderer's Sin 谋杀者之罪 In 2019, K-Tech, a leading company in Beidu, developed the first machine capable of unrestricted time travel, naming it the “Time Capsule.” K-Tech then partnered with the Beidu police to establish a new department, the “Special Cases Investigation Group,” and put the Time Capsule to work solving cases that had remained unsolved for years. Ouyang Yuzhi, a junior figure at the police station, was unexpectedly selected and granted the title of the country’s only person legally authorized to use the 6Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 20 I Have a Horror Livestream 我有一个恐怖直播间 The moment you receive a bizarre job offer to become a streamer, you have set foot on a road of no return. No one can escape! In this deadly livestream, the appearance of bloody writing on the walls means the broadcast has begun. Once it starts, you will enter an unknown world of terror and face ghosts so bizarre and horrifying they defy belief. They will be everywhere, coming to claim your life. Even if you are lucky enough to survive this deadly livestream and return to your room, you will sti 315Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 21 A Sinister Game of Death 恶恐式死亡游戏 This is a supernatural mystery novel. The protagonist has no System, and does not cultivate immortality later on. After Ye Ke graduates from college, he accidentally finds himself in a bizarre club, and his entire worldview is turned upside down. Anyone who enters this club must face one strange mission after another, with terrifying evil spirits appearing alongside them. There is only one way to escape this club… This story is addictive, so don’t blame me if you can’t stop reading. 278Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 22 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... 837Reads6.5Score10214d adds
- 23 Death QQ Group 死亡QQ群 If you found out that a friend you saw regularly had actually died several years ago, how would you react? Shortly before graduation, I joined a QQ group for professional networking. A friend who had been dead for years appeared again, posting one bizarre game challenge after another in the group. As we completed the challenges, my classmates began dying one by one in strange ways. An abandoned old campus, a terrifying and eerie cemetery, and survivors of a similar incident from more than a deca 1.1kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 24 The Horror Exam 恐怖考试 One exam, one cycle of rebirth, a battle between life and death, all for a brilliant tomorrow! Do you have the courage to face this endless nightmare? The Horror Exam awaits your challenge! 88Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 25 Rule Horror: Trapped on a Bus 规则怪谈：从陷入公交车开始 Synopsis: [Smart Protagonist] [No System] [No Over-the-Top Drama] The world is changing. Everything is transforming. Rules keep appearing. The bus is only the beginning. Only by following the rules can you survive. The synopsis doesn’t do it justice. Please read the full story. Thank you all for your support. —Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 26 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—14d adds
- 27 Live from the Horror Movie Set! 直击！恐怖片场 As you stroll through familiar streets and alleyways, you might come across a casting call for a horror movie. The moment you pick up that ad, the nightmare begins. A bus stranded on the road in the dead of night, a school building ravaged by fires and earthquakes, a country villa where the dead have waited a thousand years… When all this appears before the actors on a horror movie set, one of them casually picks up his… GoPro. “Hello, viewers! Welcome to today’s live stream from the horror movi 36Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 28 The Detective Who Speaks in Riddles 诡语神探 In his previous life, Zhu Long was betrayed by both the woman he loved most and his best friend. He died a miserable death, unable to let go of his resentment. After a journey through hell, he emerged stronger: not only was he reborn five years in the past, he also gained the blessing of strange words. This time, he will rewrite his fate and clear the names of the dead. Whatever belongs to him, he will take back with his own hands! 58Reads8.8Score11914d adds
- 29 The Otherworldly Netherworld 异站冥途 A bus bound for reincarnation, visible only to those on the brink of death. Every stop beyond the platforms brings an unknown crisis. At the Netherworld bus stop, queue up and board; the living get off, the dead stay behind. To find his long-lost girlfriend, Zhao Jichuan unhesitatingly boarded the bus. In an ocean of blood and tears, in a world of pain and fear, betrayal was commonplace and screams were nothing unusual. Just as he was about to despair, he thought he saw a ray of light... 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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—14d adds
- 33 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—14d adds
- 34 Dangerous Partners 危险拍档 Police have colleagues to stand with them, and criminals have accomplices at their side. They are natural enemies, sworn foes. But they have one friend in common: a partner to the police, and an accomplice to the criminals. They are... informants. They are... the most dangerous partners. 40Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 35 The Vicious Horse 凶马 [Urban + Suspense + Deduction + Genius + Social Life] A news story sent shockwaves through society: a real estate tycoon and his family of three had been murdered. The case brought in homicide detectives, and their investigation of the surveillance footage at the scene revealed that the killer was... a horse. But the strangest part was yet to come... 5.8kReads8.8Score51514d adds
- 36 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... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Terrifying Supernatural Events I Experienced Myself 亲身经历的恐怖灵异事件 Terrifying supernatural encounters I experienced firsthand 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 38 Who Grows High-Tech Gadgets in the Ground? 谁家高科技从地里种出来啊 Mu Ziye nearly worked herself to death from overtime, so she quit to save her life. With her savings, she rented a little house on the outskirts of town, planning to spend the next couple of years living alone with a cat in a house with a courtyard. But things didn't go as planned. A meteor from outer space hit her on the head, and from then on she started growing crops and flowers and selling them for a little pocket money. But a lightsaber? A force field? Can you really grow those in the groun 965Reads8.5Score10814d adds
- 39 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—14d adds
- 40 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Murder Cases of World Literature 世界名著杀人案 Everyone is born guilty. Some people start atoning from the moment they are born, while others keep on committing crimes. 616Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 42 The Horrific Murder Scene 恐怖的凶杀现场 This book is based on real cases. Every case in it, from the bride who knelt on the ground, the body hidden in a roadside greenbelt, and the corpse that fell from a building, to the headless male body, human-meat buns, and the game of death, caused a sensation at the time. They were tightly sealed away and shrouded in secrecy, yet they really happened right here among us... What force lurks in the shadows? When the fog is lifted, will the truth emerge, or will it be the top-secret files that hav 256Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 43 Criminal Profiler 犯罪心理师 Chen Mo, a criminal psychology representative from Ancheng Police Academy, was competing in the final of the China Police New Force Knowledge Competition when he suddenly announced to the millions watching the livestream that he would seek to overturn the verdict in the murder case of Chen Tianhe, general manager of Ancheng's Tianhe Group, and his wife, Yang Aihua, who were killed ten years ago. It was a miscarriage of justice. His unexpected declaration made the case a hot news topic. Even more 168Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 44 Two-Thirty in the Morning 凌晨两点半 I never thought a game could change me into someone I didn't even recognize anymore… 89Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 45 It's 2:30 A.M. Let Me Tell You a Story! 凌晨两点半，我来给你讲故事！ Before I knew it, this book had passed 200 chapters. Time flies, and now the story is nearing its conclusion. It will end after just one million words. We’re currently in the rapid-update phase, with three chapters posted every day at 9 a.m. This book is a collection of folk horror stories set in the countryside. Each chapter is a standalone story, and every plot has been carefully crafted by the author. Comments from fellow readers are welcome. If you like it, add it to your bookshelf. 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 46 The Horror Face Mask 恐怖面膜 Never buy cosmetics from social-media resellers without thinking twice. Some of them can cost you your life! Soap made from human fat, face masks made from human skin: let me expose the horrors lurking among online resellers... 68Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 47 Death List 死亡名单 A horrifying murder that shocked the entire city took place in the capital of Handan. On Christmas Eve, a middle-aged couple were brutally killed, and the only person left at the scene was their eight-year-old stepson, covered in blood. Over the next twelve years, the boy murdered dozens of people by various means. Now he is about to be sentenced to death... 80Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 48 The Deadly Pursuit 生死追缉 One is the head of a criminal investigation squad, the other a renowned attorney, and the two are bitter enemies. Yet fate seems to have brought them together: a series of tangled murder cases binds their lives to one another. In this world, you must never judge whether someone is good or bad based on appearances alone. 815Reads8.6Score10814d adds
- 49 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Ultimate Evil 终极罪恶 There are countless crimes in the world, and behind every major case lies a story unknown to the public. Join detective Xu Lang as he reconstructs crime scenes and uncovers the stories behind the crimes. 20Reads8.6Score—14d adds
