Novels like The Haunted Inn
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Haunted Inn, best match first.
- 1 Strange Folk Tales of Feng Shui 民间风水奇闻 A celestial coffin for burial, a forbidden spell to return to life, a corpse demon of the Southern Sea, an inn between yin and yang... From the moment I accidentally broke a feng shui master’s taboo, my life was doomed to be anything but peaceful. Second Grandpa says it’s karma, a trial I’m fated to face, and a mission I have no choice but to complete... 192Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Secret Scroll: My Days Working at a Funeral Home 秘卷：我在殡仪馆打工的日子 [First-person horror and supernatural + ghost-hunting + folk tales + folk horror] If someone offered you five million, on the condition that you spend the night with a female corpse in a morgue's refrigerated cabinet, fulfilling her final wish, would you choose the money or your life? That ad caught my attention, and I somehow ended up working at a funeral home. On my very first day, I saw a dead person putting on an acrobatic show in the courtyard... 386Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The City’s Haunted House of Ten Thousand Worlds 都市之万界恐怖屋 Why is the beautiful livestreamer walking with both hands against the wall? Why has the iron-blooded strongman gone pale? Is it all a sign of moral decay, or the distortion of human nature? “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on unlocking the Myriad Worlds Haunted House!” “Attention, Host! You must reach 100,000 scare points within a year and turn the haunted house into the biggest one in the region!” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Terrifying Night Shift 恐怖夜班 My name is Li Sihua. Ever since I started working the night shift at Wanhua Group, strange things have kept happening: the sound of high heels in the dead of night, a shadow darting past in the hallway, the strange dripping sound in the women’s restroom... Here, you’ll face your deepest fears. The plot will make your brain work overtime and go beyond your imagination, so read with caution! 15Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 5 Tales of Strange Campus Happenings 校园诡事叙 Reader's guide: No romance. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story. It's more like a journal than a novel, with few dramatic twists. The story is told for the sake of telling it and follows the timeline. The supernatural elements are adapted from stories recounted by people the author once knew. Yuan Ruoying, a talented student in Class 16 of her second year of high school, attends a top school in the city. Her days are spent studying, following the same three-point routine. Life is busy but peacef 16Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 6 Horror and Terror 恐怖惊魂 My girlfriend suddenly left me. Heartbroken, I went to a mountain village to teach, where I met a Miao girl who looked exactly like her. We were both plagued by an inexplicable mystery: being haunted by ghosts. With no other choice, we went to the terrifying Coffin Cave... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Mystery of the Haunted House 诡屋之谜 My name is Xiao Wen. I’m a guy who just graduated from college. I went out to seek my fortune with some good friends from my dorm, but when we arrived in Guangzhou to start work, we were immediately confronted with the challenge of finding a place to rent. We spent days searching, but had no luck. Then, just as we were about to give up, we happened to see a rental ad. The place was astonishingly cheap, so we moved in. One strange, eerie incident after another took place in this haunted house, wh 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Haunted House Sleep Tester: Case File No. 0 凶宅试睡员0号档案 [Realistic survival + haunted-house horror + a battle of wits and human nature + one male lead] Bankrupt and tens of millions in debt, Lin Mo is forced to work as an overnight tester in haunted houses. A rotting face floats in a leaking bathtub, marbles roll in the attic amid a child's sobs, and a reflection in the wardrobe mirror locks a hand around his throat… The eerie rules are death sentences: look in the mirror at midnight, and always answer a knock. But compared with ruthless loan sharks, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Book of a Hundred Ghosts: Don't Sleep Too Deep Tonight 百鬼夜行簿：今晚别睡太沉 [200 short stories × everyday distortions × suffocating terror] Even more densely packed with spine-chilling moments than Zero-Degree Horror! 200 stories turn “elevators, dolls, and old cameras” into mouths that devour people: The elevator doors open. Dare you look at the “neighbor” on the 18th floor? (Don't be scared. The story is short, so short you won't have time to run.) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Grave of the Yin Dead 阴人墓 My cousin's wife had an affair and drove my cousin to his death. But the truth was... 6Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 11 The Haunted Old Mansion 恐怖老宅 The living guard the yang, while ghosts hold the yin in check. Yin and yang are inseparable, and nothing is forbidden. In this world, everyone is either human or ghost, yin or yang. But there are people who walk between the two realms all year round, neither human nor ghost. They are the Yin-Yang House Guardians! 53Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 12 Supernatural: I Opened a Yin-Yang Inn 灵异：我开了一间阴阳客栈 Ten years ago, my parents took over an inn. But after spending just one day there, they vanished mysteriously without a trace. I haven’t heard from them once in all these ten years. 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Horror Survival: It Begins with a Strange Sheepskin Scroll 恐怖求生：从诡异羊皮卷开始 Lin Mo transmigrated into a world of horror and, like everyone else who entered it, became a Challenger! In the world of horror, he must take on all kinds of terrifying events and secret realms. [Horror Event: Anyang Mountain Hospital...] [Horror Event: The Substitute Ghost Residential Compound...] Here, you can find treasure chests and open Spirit Markets stocked with all kinds of survival supplies and cards that grant mysterious abilities. You can even become a Ghost Tamer or an Illusionist… B 37Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 14 A Bloody Night in Jiling Village 寂岭村血夜 This novel contains depictions of human nature and graphic violence. Readers under 18 should read with a parent or guardian. On December 4, 1994, a small mountain village in eastern Shenzhong City, near the border with Huizhou City, was the site of an unprecedented major crime. It later became known as “Shenzhong’s Sealed Village.” “Help me! Everyone’s been killed!” “Hello, this is Danao Police Station. What happened?” “There’s a ghost! A ghost is here! N-no, don’t come any closer! P-please, hel 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Forbidden Secrets of the Ghost Child 鬼童禁忌 Two years ago, during a company outing in the wilderness, I brought disaster upon myself by not buying a souvenir. One death after another was recorded. At last, my turn came. Just as the trap began to close around me, the little boy I'd picked up on the bus helped me escape. But who was he… 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Midnight Corner Store 午夜小卖部 The vast world is full of wonders, with all kinds of people and all kinds of professions. Perhaps one day, in some corner of the world, you’ll meet me... My name is Ling Yi. I was born with a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes, and my family owns a little shop passed down through the generations. When I took it over, I turned it into a convenience store, but it only opens at midnight... One paranormal incident after another takes place during business hours. Then, one day, the convenience store suddenly disa 354Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 17 The Seven-Night Spirit Coffin Corpse 七夜灵棺尸 In my dream, I mistakenly believed that Li the Lame, seeking revenge for having his wife stolen, had made a door for my family out of the coffin wood of a girl who had been dead for seven days. Its yin energy clung to us, causing the pillars of our family to leave one after another. I couldn’t get over it. My future father-in-law, Old Yu, saw what was going on and brought over Zhang Baifa, who I would later take as my master. My master dispelled the evil yin force. Once I learned what had happen 229Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Folk Horror Stories 民间故事恐怖 Chapter 1 The weather can change in an instant. On the eve of the funeral, a sudden downpour plunged the entire town of Qingshan into chaos. Thunder roared and lightning flashed, as if even heaven and earth were mourning the passing of Old Li. Chapter 2 He often said: “Black, white, and red fiends are neither ghosts nor monsters. They are the shadows of obsessions, born from unfulfilled wishes in the human heart.” Chapter 3 Comments began flying across the livestream at a dizzying 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Tales from the Horror Game 恐怖游戏异闻录 Do you like playing games? Do you like horror games? The Grim Reaper says, “I like playing them too!” Mobile games are all the rage, so the Grim Reaper has gone with the times and developed a murder game for phones. Download it, and you’ll be trapped in an endless cycle of terror, facing trials of life and death. A call from the underworld. A female corpse sends a plea for help. An escape room. An apartment turns into a haunted house in an instant. A missing girlfriend. A womanizer reforms, and 4Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 20 Ghost Stories from the Village 村中鬼事 During the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, a reservoir at Yunfeng shook loose a decomposing waterlogged corpse. Dead fish floating belly-up pushed it to the shore. The villagers discovered the body and immediately hauled it out of the water. What made their hair stand on end was that the corpse's stomach was still slowly writhing... [A wildly popular Ghost Sister novel, brought to you by Meizhou. Guaranteed to deliver.] 251Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 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
- 22 At Sunset, the Ghosts Come Knocking 日落西山鬼上门 [Mild horror + no System + no special powers + no female lead + not invincible] My name is Ye Chen. After coming back from the dead, I was dragged into a strange “company.” There are no equal contracts or transactions here, only missions and evaluations. In the familiar yet unfamiliar home, I have to obey the blood-red rules that suddenly appear everywhere... In an abandoned, decaying school, vengeful ghosts born from unbearable pasts draw closer and closer... Aboard a train bound for the apocal 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 637Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 24 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! 395Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 25 The Bizarre News Agency 诡报社 Open this door, and the human world becomes hell. Faith crumbles in an instant; hope vanishes in the blink of an eye. The living struggle, scream, and fight desperately to stay alive; the souls of the dead tremble, loathe, and repent. A game, a survivor, and a mysterious newspaper office known to no one. [Updates have never stopped. I keep my word.] 50Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 26 Shh! Don't Open the Door! 嘘！别开门！ Shh! Don't open the door! 10.9kReads—Score266Shelves
- 27 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—Shelves
- 28 When the Drum Sounds, Death Is Certain: Is It Really Cheating to Lead the Team? 鼓响无限死，带队开挂不过分吧？ [Infinite Realms, No Cliches, No System, No Idiocy, Not a Power Fantasy. Enter at Your Own Risk.] In a blood-red plank walkway, six people awoke after being buried alive, only to hear a drumbeat ringing with the promise of death. The drums marked the start of a death game. They were forced to die over and over, then keep going. They saw butchers gnawing on corpses along the walkway of living flesh, ventured into the Cave of a Thousand Voices and heard a silent hell, listened to paper figures sin 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Folk Taoist Talismans 民间法箓 China is vast, ancient, and rich in natural resources. As Taoism spread and mingled with the customs and cultures of different regions, it gave rise to many unique schools, collectively known as Fajiao, or folk ritual traditions. My name is Xu Jingwu, and I come from a family of occult practitioners. I had already decided to retire from the trade, but then I went to inspect someone’s home for feng shui… 194Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Building 7, Room 211 7栋211 At the edge of Modu Academy stands a mysterious student apartment building: “Building 7,” a cursed place. Every night at midnight, it turns into a living hell and issues bloody missions that cannot be avoided. Ordinary college student Li Feng is caught up in it by accident and has no choice but to fight for survival amid the terror. As the missions continue, he uncovers the horrifying secret hidden behind the apartment building... 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Exonerator 解罪师 Genius mathematician Lin Mo is drawn into a carefully orchestrated series of murders, and all the evidence points to him. The killer marks the corpses with mathematical symbols, uses a total lunar eclipse to create the perfect alibi, and even turns the truth behind the fire at the “Angel Orphanage” ten years ago into a bloody code of revenge. To prove his innocence, Lin Mo joins forces with police captain Shen Yuqing to investigate. Each corpse is a “puzzle piece,” and every victim was connect —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Real Death Cinema 真实死亡影院 A horror movie poster taken from a corpse's mouth has Luo An's name listed among its cast, drawing him into an endless series of horror films. He must play a character who could die at any moment and survive a never-ending stream of movies where the deaths are real. Only after his fan count reaches one hundred million will he have a chance to escape. This is the story of Luo An, a man with dissociative identity disorder, as he takes one step at a time toward becoming an award-winning actor. [Cin 1Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 33 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—Shelves
- 34 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—Shelves
- 35 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—Shelves
- 36 The Horror Supply Shop 恐怖用品店 An adult shop in a cemetery, and a brick-thick guide to running an adult shop. I started running a bizarre little store. My very first customer wanted to buy my human skin... 265Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 37 The Mystic Carpenter 玄门木匠 A new work is out! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support is what inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Super Horror Livestream 超级惊悚直播 A random viewer is selected to play a horror game. Complete it and earn a reward; fail, and you’ll be punished. The ultimate punishment: death. 1.8kReads—Score151Shelves
- 39 Heirloom Bones: Blood Sacrifice at Yinshan 嗣骨：荫山血祭 (Not recommended for the fainthearted or anyone alone late at night) Li Ming returns to his hometown for a funeral, but the moment he steps into Yinshan Village, everything feels uncanny. Strange noises echo from inside the coffin day and night, while dark red patterns appear beneath his skin and writhe like living things. The ancient well that sustains the village churns with ominous black sludge. Deep within the ancestral hall, inhuman drumbeats and indescribable ancient whispers resound day a 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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—Shelves
- 41 Don't Talk to the Comments 不要和弹幕说话 [Horror + Supernatural + Mystery + Mind-Bending + Anthology (first four volumes complete) + Dread That Gets Under Your Skin + Not for the Fainthearted + The Villain Is the Smartest Character in the Book + Growing Female Lead + No System, No Cheats, Plot-Driven] Have you ever replied to a historical comment on a video, even just for fun? Hu Jia accidentally comes across a web series from ten years ago. It depicts a real case from that same year, but its ending is completely different from what 19Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 42 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
- 43 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
- 44 The Supernatural Incident Investigation Bureau 灵异事件侦探局 I was just an ordinary junior police officer, but I couldn't fight fate's wheel and got swept into a department I'd never heard of: the Paranormal Investigation Bureau. Joining the Bureau opened the door to a whole new and exciting life, but as one bizarre case after another came along, I gradually realized that everything had been predestined. None of it was a coincidence. 14Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 45 Midnight Horror Stories 午夜恐怖小故事 A collection of mildly scary horror stories!! Hope you enjoy them!! Thank you, everyone!! There are more than two protagonists. There are lots of them!! Welcome, and enjoy!! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Tales of Strange Corpses 诡尸怪谈 Do you know where the bodies used for dissection in medical schools come from? Strange things keep happening at medical schools, and people die for no apparent reason. Before long, rumors give rise to all kinds of taboos. Out of ignorance, my roommates died one after another. And I’m the only one who knows what lies at the root of it all... 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Reading Bones, Seeing Evil: I Feel My Way Through Deadly Trials 摸骨见煞：我靠摸骨闯凶关 Rules-based horror + bone-reading mysteries + cosmic horror! Lu Yan possesses the uncanny art of reading bones. He can trace the past, control skeletons, and empower lingering souls, but the price is steep: every use shortens his life! One day, he is swept into the Chinese-style horror gauntlet known as the Bone Soul Altar. Failure means becoming a bone puppet, imprisoned for eternity. A ghost wedding in an old mansion, a deadly opera, a hospital rife with poison and curses... Countless lethal 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Ultimate Collection of Terrifying Horror Stories 超吓人恐怖故事大全 A new story is here... A new tale of terror... A new mystery... If you're fainthearted, read with caution... The protagonist, Chen Wei, is an ordinary guy who enjoys collecting horror stories. Our story begins with Chen Wei... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 A Collection of Folk Ghost Stories 民间鬼事汇 This is a novel steeped in mystery, with every chapter like a door opening onto a strange new world. It brings together all kinds of folk tales and ghost stories, taking you into eerie corners hidden behind the bustle of everyday life. Here, you will encounter all manner of ghosts and monsters. Some originate from ancient curses, quietly wreaking havoc over the years; others linger in the human world because their obsessions remain unresolved. Each story is like a mysterious bead, linked to the 109Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Don't Read If You're a Coward! One Ghost Story Every Day! 胆小勿进！每天一个鬼故事！ A series of urban ghost stories Every chapter tells a different tale There’s sure to be one you’ll enjoy When the novels you’re following haven’t updated yet Read some urban ghost stories in the meantime 4Reads—Score—Shelves
