Novels like Haunted House Mysteries
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- 1 Super Honor of Kings 超级王者荣耀 Wang Xiaojian, a homebody who transmigrates to another world, finds a Honor of Kings taunting System in his mind. As long as he has enough points, he can exchange them for any hero or skill! 183Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 2 Conquering the Cosmic Sea 征伐宇宙海 Science and martial arts advance side by side. When scientific knowledge is inscribed into our cells and genes, what kind of power will the human body unleash? Spirit and flesh advance together. Visualize a world, use the spirit to forge the body, reflect the illusory into reality, and unlock the power of the cells: this is the path of the martial artist! Across the Myriad Worlds, the age has arrived when the Hall of Longevity reigns supreme over the void! From The Nine Cauldrons, Naruto, Global —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Leisurely Chronicles 安闲纪 The martial world does not belong to one person. It belongs to everyone. This is a wuxia story of countless extraordinary and ordinary people whose paths cross. An Xian is the trunk, while everyone else is a branch or a leaf. Because of An Xian, they are all connected. Clues are planted early and pay off far down the road. Hidden threads and the main plot intertwine, making the story richer and more complete. An Xian, a fifth-generation inner disciple of Tingfeng Pavilion, travels to many corner 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 4 The Great Dao Returns to the Void 大道归虚 [If you've just come across this novel, please check the comments first!] A transmigrated, scheming young man from Earth, a marriage contract spanning thirty thousand years, a mysterious being who blocked the path to supremacy, and an old acquaintance from Earth who lived eighty thousand years ago. Billions of years as the board, all living beings as pieces: an immortal game plotted across the ages, pieces manipulated at will, players controlling all life, those within the game, those outside it —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Midnight Hearse 午夜灵车 I was just a taxi driver, until an accident dragged me into a war that had nothing to do with me. A woman in red walking the streets at midnight, a mother and child who hanged themselves and now haunt the living... An underground laboratory, the origins of a mysterious organization... 468Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 6 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? 109Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 7 Tales of Jianghu Laughs and Legends 江湖笑闻录 [Wulong River and Lakes + Comedy Wuxia + Breaking the Fourth Wall + Episodic Series] A prestigious sect leader takes a desperate risk over a few measures of rice. A life-or-death duel is reported as a public nuisance and reluctantly canceled halfway through. The leader of the world's martial arts alliance is decided in a hasty game of rock-paper-scissors... Heroes and good fellows of the jianghu, I am Wei Wushuang, leader of the Sharen Hall of the Panggezhuang Greenhouse Gang, the greatest gang —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Humbled into Becoming a Son-in-Law 屈尊为婿 I married into the Tang family and endured everything for three years, only to be repaid with my wife's betrayal, the Tang family's humiliation, and the world's scorn. Now that the three-year term is up, I no longer have to hold back. Starting today, I will repay everyone who humiliated, bullied, or punished me with ten, a hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand times the pain you inflicted on me... 19Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 9 The Horror WeChat Group 恐怖微信群 A rich tycoon suddenly appears in the class chat group. Anyone who completes his assigned tasks can earn a huge red packet, so all the students eagerly join in. But what I never expected was that he would ask me to... 33Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 10 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... 64Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 11 Don’t Call My Name at Midnight 半夜不要喊我名字 Believe it or not, this is a true story. She is Yang Xiaofan, dumped by a man who had been using her for her money, then left with nothing. With almost no savings left, she had no choice but to move into a deserted house. The mysterious landlord disappeared without a trace after his first appearance. After midnight, terrifying knocks and calls to summon spirits put her life in danger. A black cat that comes and goes appears at strange moments, then vanishes without a trace. Again and again, I wa 1.2kReads8.3Score—Shelves
- 12 The Eerie Tooth 诡牙 I already had teeth when I was born. They could hold a pacifier and crush a steel blade. Even a thousand-year-old demoness would have to drop to her knees and beg for mercy if I bit down on her. 83Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 13 One Hundred Ways to Encounter a Ghost 见诡一百法 The day my eldest uncle died, all our relatives and friends went to his funeral. My cousins wailed as they finished burning the joss paper. When it was my turn, I just couldn't cry. I could have faked it, but no tears would come, and my aunt's family looked displeased. That wasn't really a big deal. The problem was that when I tossed paper money into the brazier, the flames, which had been burning fiercely, went out in an instant! I tried several times, and it happened every time. It was creepy, 1.8kReads8.5Score122Shelves
- 14 Master Down the Mountain: The Rich Heiress CEO Throws Herself at Me 高手下山：千金总裁倒贴我 [Icy heiress + Fiery battles + Sweet devotion] That night, someone tampered with her drink, and a special forces soldier gallantly helped her detoxify. The beautiful heiress refuses to acknowledge his kindness and throws money at him to make him leave. Little does she know that he's got billions in a single bank card. Heiress: I'm in trouble. Him: No big deal. I'll sort it out in seconds. Heiress: You fixed it already? You're so handsome. I'm really falling for you. Haha, I love you too. I'll sp 220Reads9.1Score193Shelves
- 15 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 384Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 16 Blood Wedding 血嫁 Ever since I received a strange hundred-yuan bill, every wedding I attend ends in bloodshed. The grooms have their throats slit, their blood splattering across the brides’ white gowns. Ten couples have died for no apparent reason, and I’m the only one who has seen the killer: the Grim Reaper, holding a scythe... A cold and aloof fiancé appears out of nowhere. A mysterious exorcist hides in a coffee shop. Strange supernatural incidents pull me into a terrifying, thrilling spiral. At last, the da 961Reads8.6Score121Shelves
- 17 The Spirit Burying Master 葬灵师 Every year since the year I was born, someone in the village has died. To keep me alive, Grandma arranged a marriage for me, and my betrothed was supposed to come for me when I came of age. On my eighteenth birthday, I discovered that the one who had come for me wasn't human... 146Reads7.9Score244Shelves
- 18 Urban Rebirth: Rising to the Top Every Step of the Way 都市重生：一路逆袭成王 “Bang, bang, bang!” A sudden knock sounded at the door. “Who is it?” Zhang Heng was a little dazed. He’d only just arrived on Xuanhuang Star and started living as a person for the first time, and he didn’t know anyone. He hoped it wasn’t a bad guy. “Zhang Heng, if you don’t open up, I’ll take your door off its hinges! You hear me?” A furious roar came from outside. “Hey, don’t push me! Let’s see who dares tear down my base!” Zhang Heng flung open the door in a huff to see who was stupid enough t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Yin Messenger's Wife 阴差夫人 Twin sisters, one human and one ghost. My parents were brutally murdered before my eyes. I sought help from a ghost-catching official to avenge them, but he demanded I catch three thousand ghosts for him. I never imagined I would end up becoming a ghost-catching official myself... 3.9kReads9.0Score335Shelves
- 20 My Lady, the Prince Says He Doesn't Want to Work Hard Anymore 太太，王爷说他不想努力了 [Sweet Romance x Two Powerful Leads x Transmigration x Business Battles] A thunderous crash splits the sky, and a certain man makes a dazzling... no, a disheveled entrance. Xia Chaoyan never imagined that one clap of thunder would bring a blood-soaked wild man into her home. He’s young but as cold as an old ice block, though that doesn’t stop her from wanting him. Xia: The young master has the bearing of an immortal, raising his cup to gaze at the blue sky, as graceful as a jade tree in the bree 23Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 21 The Maoshan Coffin-Raiser 茅山升棺人 From the moment I was born, someone secretly plotted against me, making my mother give birth prematurely and changing my birth date. My birth chart clashed with my parents' fates, and they both died on the very day I was born. I vowed to find the culprit, and in time became a Maoshan coffin-raiser! Coffin-raising is the practice of relocating graves. After death, people should be buried in a place with good feng shui to protect their descendants. But some ancestors are buried in malevolent place 1.2kReads9.0Score101Shelves
- 22 The Strongest Abandoned Son 最强弃子 Lin Dongyang was cast out by his family twelve years ago and reduced to a discarded pawn. Twelve years later, he returns in triumph, wielding immense power and wealth beyond measure. He has not only built a global business empire, but is also the Netherworld Cult Master of Devil’s Island, the most mysterious organization in the world. 4.3kReads8.9Score720Shelves
- 23 The God-Tier Bear Child System 神级熊孩子系统 “Huh? I transmigrated?” No worries, this baby has a System. Anything from the Myriad Worlds can be eaten! The Dragon-Slaying Saber? Eat it! The Immortal-Slaying Sword? Eat it! The Azure Lotus Earthcore Flame? Eat it! The Ruyi Jingu Bang? Eat it! “What? You say you’re a Transformer? This baby will eat you all the same!” Pew pew pew! A flash of white light! “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have devoured a Transformer. You gained 99,999 EXP and leveled up!” Ye Meng sharpened her little tiger teeth 698Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 24 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score165Shelves
- 25 The Yin Grave 阴坟 A soul on the bed, a grave beneath it. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, offerings are made to the gods. One ritual burned several people alive. Were they human, or spirits? 16.3kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 Walking with God: My Livestream Leads Straight to Hell 与神同行，我的直播间通往地狱 No female lead + power fantasy After Lu Xiaochen dies, he transmigrates to a parallel world rife with crime. He obtains the Hell Judgment System and a livestream channel that connects to Hell. From then on, he takes on the roles of a judge, the Grim Reaper, an impostor, and an actor in a play, livestreaming the judgment of humanity’s twisted nature and evil. In Lu Xiaochen’s livestream, evildoers face one life-or-death choice after another, and every choice comes at a terrible price. After the j 135Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 28 Walking Between Yin and Yang 行走阴阳 To carry on the family line, Grandma forcibly brought home a madwoman... Ten years later, someone came to our door and delivered five bright red coffins, each bearing the name of a member of our family... 2.8kReads8.7Score257Shelves
- 29 The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴 A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co 7Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 30 The Village of Terrifying Women 恐怖女人村 The women were so beautiful they were a feast for the eyes, yet they would not even let the men touch their hands. At first, I thought it was a feudal custom. As it turned out, it was part of a terrifying conspiracy. In this dark chapter of history, human nature erupted and was snuffed out again and again, without end. 422Reads8.5Score108Shelves
- 31 The Midnight Spirit Shop 深夜灵店 I'm neither a yin-yang master nor an exorcist, but I do have an unusual left eye. I run a shop that opens only at midnight, serving customers who have run into special troubles. A little shop, a cup of tea for a guest, and so my story begins... 1.8kReads8.6Score194Shelves
- 32 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 649Reads9.0Score117Shelves
- 33 Northeast China Spirit Medium: My Fox Lord Is So Fierce 东北出马仙：我家的胡爷太凶狠 My name is Liu Jin. I'm a boy from an ordinary small town in Northeast China. The only unusual thing about me was that when I was six, my mother suddenly became a spirit medium. As a child, I never understood it. But when I grew up, I started to think it might actually be a pretty good job. For some reason, though, my mother seemed particularly wary of it and never gave me a chance to get involved. Little by little, I learned the secret behind it. 19.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
- 34 I Can’t Believe I’m a Super-Rich Second-Generation Heir 我居然是超级富二代 After his girlfriend dumps him, he loses his job, and his landlord forces him to move out, his parents suddenly tell him that their family is actually loaded! He's a super-rich second-generation heir. Wang Cheng doesn't believe them at first and thinks his parents must still be asleep. But when they transfer a huge sum of money to his account, he finally believes that he really is a super-rich heir! 2.1kReads8.0Score152Shelves
- 35 The Grave Relocation Master 迁坟师 You've heard of yin-yang masters, fortune-tellers, and feng shui masters. But have you ever heard of a grave relocation master? Do you know how relocating a grave can affect the deceased's descendants? My name is Chen An, and I'm a grave relocation master. I've spent my whole life dealing with graves and bones. I've seen clients strike it rich after relocating a grave. I've seen clients rise to high office after relocating a grave. I've also seen clients whose entire clan died out after relocati 10.5kReads9.0Score911Shelves
- 36 EN The Terrifying Classroom 恐怖教室 There's an abandoned school building behind the school where people often go missing. But everyone who comes back out becomes rich overnight. I went in, and now I can't get out... 4.2kReads7.8Score348Shelves
- 37 The Yin-Yang Master of the Mountain Village 山村阴阳先生 My brother came back from the dead, and I learned funeral rites to uncover the truth My name is Chen Xiaojun, and I live in a place in Northeast China called Kaoshan Village. One year, my older brother died under mysterious circumstances. His death was gruesome. Though he was only in his twenties, his corpse was as thin as a skeleton, with hair turned white! Even more bizarre, my brother came back to life in the funeral hall! To find out what had happened, I learned a few tricks from an old mast 11.6kReads9.2Score877Shelves
- 38 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 4.7kReads9.0Score333Shelves
- 39 Be a Useful Member of Society 做一个对社会有用的人 After failing the college entrance exam, Su Xiaoqi is assigned to a private university. As she stares at the bright red acceptance letter, her whole family frets over the exorbitant tuition. What can they do? Will she have to retake the exam? Just then, she suddenly gets a Progress System that pays her just for walking every day?! Seeing the huge sum of money in the System, she resolves to improve herself and become someone who can contribute to society. 5.6kReads9.5Score930Shelves
- 40 Republican-Era Detective Tales 民国侦探诡事录 [Standalone cases + Republican-era investigations + criminal investigation and deduction + paranormal mysteries + powerful partners] In the chaotic Republican era, the land is shattered and strange events abound. One bizarre case follows another, but the truth remains as elusive as a mist... In a village at midnight, residents die one after another. Rumors say the “Stinking-Mouth Ghost” has returned to exact revenge, leaving everyone terrified. A haunted house by the lake conceals an old massacr 372Reads9.1Score100Shelves
- 41 The Dead Man's Makeup 死人妆 The old folks often say, “Men shouldn’t be born on the first day of the lunar month, and women shouldn’t be born on the fifteenth.” I was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the fate of an iron broom and a destructive bone marrow. The living despise me, and I bring death to my whole family, yet demons and ghosts have their eyes on me! Because of him, I also broke a taboo and became a woman of yin fate... To save me, my mother-in-law taught me the art of applying makeup to th 2.5kReads9.1Score333Shelves
- 42 Quick Transmigration: The Spirit Venerable's One True Love 快穿灵尊有个心尖宠 [Strong heroine / sweet romance / comedy / devoted couple with no other romantic partners / one-on-one romance / master-disciple romance / female-led relationship] Lord Lingzun was on the verge of ascending to godhood when her disciple, who was supposed to protect her, was accidentally killed while watching the commotion. His soul fell into three thousand worlds. To save him, she has no choice but to travel through the three thousand worlds with her little sidekick, Black Tiger, and gather the f 339Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 43 Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客 My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies! 908Reads8.6Score118Shelves
- 44 The Ultimate All-Rounder Godly Son-in-Law 极品全才神婿 His mother-in-law thinks her son-in-law is poor and useless, and forces him to divorce her daughter. Never in a million years did she expect the seemingly spineless man to have such an astonishing identity. On the day of the divorce, wealthy magnates and powerful elite families arrive with their daughters and granddaughters, all demanding to marry him. When his mother-in-law learns the truth, she is so terrified that she falls to her knees and slaps herself, begging him to remarry her daughter! 6.7kReads8.9Score903Shelves
- 45 Borrowing Yin Lifespan 借阴寿 Have you ever slept wearing burial clothes? Don’t try it. I did once, and that night... My name is Li Yiliang. I was born with a shortened lifespan, and my birth caused my mother to die in childbirth. But one night when I was eighteen, my mother came back and said she wanted to take me with her... My grandfather told me to sleep in burial clothes, then gave his own life to help me escape that fate. From then on, my life was never free of strange and uncanny things... 4.7kReads8.9Score411Shelves
- 46 Tales from the Northern Horsemen 北马见闻录 I’m a spirit medium. What do I need brains for? As long as I’m stubborn enough, those weasels can’t get the better of me. This is a story full of blood and heart, and the legend of a spirit medium’s life. Whether it’s life or human nature, the wise will eventually find the answers meant for them. A record of strange encounters, and half the history of the Ma family. Folk legends, chilling mysteries, and uncanny wonders, all within... 3.5kReads8.9Score287Shelves
- 47 Dark Web 暗网 How terrifying is the dark web? You may have brushed against its edges without even realizing it... Have you heard of the dark web? Hackers call it the other side of the internet. Every day, things that seem impossible to ordinary people happen there. A young woman goes missing for seven days. By the time we rescue her, she can hardly be called human. Then she tells me something so outrageous it makes my blood boil. She stumbled onto the dark web and was sold by human traffickers. She saw what s 8.3kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
- 48 Death Club 死亡俱乐部 There are bizarre events, horrifying hellscapes, and the ugliness of human nature. People dwell among ghosts; there are hell trains, death academies… One terrifying incident after another, open only to members of the Death Club. The Death Club welcomes you to join! Zhang Chen was slowly growing drowsy. He had no idea how long it had been since night fell. Just as he was about to drift off, a series of thuds suddenly came from upstairs, the sound of wooden clogs striking the stairs. The clacking 3.9kReads8.6Score496Shelves
- 49 The Underworld Bureau of the Yellow Springs 黄泉阴司 When I was a kid, I went to the back hill of the village to play and pick up human bones. There I stumbled upon a ghost opera and nearly lost my life. Luckily, a green snake saved me, but the snake also began a strange, shadowy romance. Ghost operas, spirit summoning, yellow-skin spirits' yin graves, peachwood seals against evil: the bizarre folk customs of southern Guizhou and chilling, uncanny tales of the worlds of yin and yang are coming your way. Warning: Not for the faint of heart!!! 5.8kReads8.4Score586Shelves
- 50 The Ultimate Evil Demon Cultivator: Me and My Ten Demon Puppets 极恶魔道：我与我的十个魔偶 This is a world with a hundred-tier ladder. Every tier is filled with countless secret realms waiting to be conquered. And I, Su Xie, am a friendly outsider who transmigrated here and loves dolls. Burdened with the Villain System, I often do good deeds. The unscrupulous media outside have given me plenty of names, too. The Brutal King, scumbag, pervert, chuunibyou, menace to society. As for whether any of those names are true... When he cut off the first tier ruler's head, Su Xie laughed wildly, 48Reads9.2Score—Shelves
