Novels like A Notice from Hell
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- 1 The World’s Tomb Whispers 世间墓语 [Horror Tales + Survival + Suspense] When the world becomes a graveyard, all that remains are the mournful words of the dead! Anyone who is cursed will be dragged against their will by a strange hearse into a vast cemetery, where they must travel between three worlds that are separate yet intertwined, completing one terrifying mission after another. Only at the very end did Luo Tian discover... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Strange Prison: Apostle 诡狱：神徒 [Infinite-flow + deduction + survival + supernatural] The sound of high heels clacking behind you. The scrape of fingernails coming from outside the door. The bathroom door pushed open by something uncanny. To uncover the reason his parents disappeared, Yang Xuan is forced to enter a series of strange, uncanny videotapes. Alongside a group of strangers he's never met, are they friends? Enemies? Or... And when the truth comes to light, what choice will he make? Become a god? Become a ghost? 40Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 3 There’s a Library 有个图书馆 A job ad that appeared out of nowhere gave recently unemployed Wu Hao a glimmer of hope that life might get better. But that same job ad led him to the boundary between the human world and hell. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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
- 5 Hey, You Creepy Thing! Take a Good Look: Do I Look Human? 喂！诡异，仔细看看我像人吗 [Mild Horror] [Eerie Revival] [Infinite Flow] Mathematicians believe infinity is a concept. They say: Infinity is not a number, but a boundary that can never be reached. But they have never been to the Gray Realm. Those who have been there know: Infinity is a number. It is the number of the dead. It is the designation of the Abyss. It is how many times you dream of another version of yourself. How much is a trillion? It's two hundred times the combined population of Earth. But beyond Earth lie c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Eerie Revival: I Commanded the Ghost Light from the Start 诡异复苏：开局驾驭鬼光 [Horror Resurgence + No Female Lead + Fast Pace + Controlling Evil Spirits + Three Great Rules] Evil spirits have returned, and demons run wild. If he could do it all over again, Han Liang would never attend that class reunion that night. A severed foot wandering in the dark, a ghost book that knows everything, a mask that laughs maniacally... While escaping a deadly game of Werewolf, Han Liang became a spirit handler. “Did you know? You're about to die.” Guided by the ghost book, Han Liang step 45Reads—Score129Shelves
- 7 The Palace of Yama 阎罗殿 Six years ago, Lin Zhen was the greatest prodigy of his generation, but he was framed, left disabled, and thrown in prison. His wife suffered alongside him. Six years later, Lin Zhen received a call for help from his daughter. In a single night, five great warlords and a million troops rushed to his side. Lin Zhen would never allow his wife and daughter to suffer even the slightest harm! He would take their hands and rule the world! 365Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 8 Hellbound 地狱迷航 Human nature is a beast, and rules are its cage. Inside the cage, people are docile and sweet. Outside it, they are bloodthirsty and savage. One hundred lucky tourists board a death cruise bound for hell. At the crossroads of life, who is friend and who is foe? Surrender meekly, or risk everything in one last gamble? Suspense novelist Li Chaoyang faces his final choice. 64Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 9 A Hell Bureau Buddy Takes on the City 地府老哥混都市 Ox-Head and Horse-Face? They’re my muscle. Black and White Impermanence? They’re my underlings. Who am I? A handsome big brother who’s returned from the underworld, ready to live it up in the city, charm every beauty under heaven, and slap the faces of spoiled rich brats! 114Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 10 Lord of the Underworld 地府帝君 The underworld bailiff dragged him back to the Netherworld, where he became a bailiff himself. Only then did he learn that cultivation was possible... 65Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 11 The Crimson Round Table Game 猩红圆桌游戏 After death, a person weighs 21 grams less. Those 21 grams are a person’s consciousness. When emotions run especially high before death, that consciousness can become an obsession. Only those who die with exceptionally powerful emotions become obsessions, clinging to their last wish and struggling to remain in this world until they can fulfill it. 55Reads5.6Score—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!!! 83Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 13 Escape Game: A Ticket to Hell 逃生游戏：通往地狱的车票 [Infinite-flow + suspense, not a power fantasy / no golden finger / no harem / team-based] On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Shao Chi received a strange ticket. From the moment he got it, all kinds of bizarre and inexplicable events began happening around him. To stay alive, he was forced to board a dilapidated bus and embark on a string of escape games. Instance One: A small village hidden deep in the mountains. At night, the sounds of an opera drift through the air, and a pair of bloods 262Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 14 Lost in a Haunted Village 误入恐怖村 An original story. Hope you enjoy it! Lu Chao stumbled into this village by chance, and in doing so, stepped onto a road with no return. Only those chosen by it can see it and enter it. Once chosen to become a resident of the village, there is no going back. The only way to leave is to be cursed by it and killed. To escape, Lu Chao has no choice but to embark on one adventure after another… 282Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 15 Infinite Nightmare Game Machine 无限噩梦游戏机 This isn’t a wish-fulfillment novel. It has infinite-flow, but the protagonist isn’t invincible, brainless, saintly, or surrounded by a harem. Since game characters are assigned at random, there will be transformation scenes. Read with caution if that bothers you. Chen Xi bought a game console in a livestream room and accidentally got pulled into a game called Infinite Nightmare Survival. Players are assigned random characters when they enter the game, and failing a mission can cause them to die 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Imprisoned 入狱 [Light Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Survival] [Original Instances] [Mystery and Twists] [No Female Lead] A sinister apartment building lays a curse on one group of people after another. None of them ever return. At regular intervals, they must return to a place called “Public Prison,” take the elevator to a terrifying world, and resolve a supernatural incident… Qin Xiu is unexpectedly chosen after nearly being wrongfully killed. He may have escaped death once, but trouble is surely waiting for 13Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 17 Infinite Horror: I Can Sense Ghosts 恐怖无限：我能感知到鬼 [Infinite Flow, Not a Power Fantasy] [Slight Horror] [No CP] [Survival] [Escape] [Deduction] [Mystery] "Shh..." "There are ghosts in this world!" Those contaminated by the aura of Another World can only keep clearing one instance after another. They say that after clearing 13 instances, you can make a wish? Lu Ming discovers that ghosts aren't the only things he can sense. There's also... In this game of pursuit between humans and ghosts, he is forced into Another World, a realm teeming with evi 11.6kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves
- 18 Paranormal Survival: The Endless Gate 灵异求生：无尽之门 A survival game of endless horror-room challenges. No female lead, and no saintly protagonist. Beyond the never-ending doors lie one hopelessly terrifying room after another. Vengeful spirits, zombies, parasites, vampires, mummies, clowns... Everyone and everything you know, and don't know, might appear in the next room. Chinese, American, European... Different styles are randomly assigned, all to cater to each player's deepest fears. The cruelty of the strange creatures and the wickedness of hu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 I Told You, I'm Not the Killer 我说了，我不是凶手 I told you, I’m not the murderer. 1.4kReads—Score149Shelves
- 20 The Underworld WeChat Group 地府微信群 Date the most beautiful ghosts, beat up the toughest guys, and let Granny Meng whip up a meal with her own fair hands. I'm Chen Mo, and I'm my own spokesman! I won't just throw my weight around in the human world, I'll raise hell in the underworld too! After Chen Mo is cheated on by his girlfriend, a twist of fate brings him into an online group chat with members of the Underworld. From then on, his life is like chewing Xuanmai gum: it just won't stop! 865Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 21 Nightmare Invitation 噩梦邀请 [Infinite flow, original instances, mild horror, no romance] An invitation sent from the Nightmare World drags a group of people into a haunted place, where they struggle desperately to survive. Those pulled into the Nightmare World have no idea what lies ahead. They only know they must do everything they can to stay alive. Fight the locals! Fight the ghosts! Fight the Nightmare World! Until... they escape the Nightmare World. 1.4kReads6.6Score104Shelves
- 22 Rule Horror: The Infinite Loop's Haunted Campus, Don't Trust Any Rule 规则怪谈：无限流诡异校园，别相信任何一条规则 Rule Horror: An Infinite-Flow, Supernatural School. Don't Trust a Single Rule 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Is This Really a Horror Game Livestream?! 这真的是恐怖游戏直播？！ Welcome to the Super-Dimensional Reality Show, a game that transcends the dimensions of reality, with extraordinary battles of wits and will. Who will be the ultimate winner? Faced with an unwinnable dead end, Gu Ye calmly kicked a stone a few times. Ding! Congratulations, you’ve cleared the level! Faced with a computer that wouldn’t shut down, Gu Ye kept a straight face and talked his macho teammate into acting cute. Ding! Congratulations, you’ve cleared the level! Gu Ye smiled. “Fi 4Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 24 Master Coffin 棺爷 My godfather died under mysterious circumstances. His body was cut into more than two thousand pieces. After the burial, Eighth Master took me on as his disciple! I inherited the Coffin Master's legacy! 366Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 25 Horror Descends: From the Start, I’m Rewarded with the Underworld 恐怖降临：开局奖励一座地府 In an era when the supernatural has returned, Su Yang awakens a god-tier Ghost Taming System. From then on, he sets out on a path of taming and hunting ghosts. The vengeful ghost said, “You’re about to become my next meal!” Su Yang said, “Ever heard of chuan chuan xiang?” The vengeful ghost: “???” Su Yang: “You don’t deserve to know!” The vengeful ghost roared, “You dare make a fool of me!” “That’s exactly what I’m doing!” 13Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 26 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
- 27 Heir of the Underworld 地府传人 A rich second-generation heir? You think you're loaded? I'm an inheritor of the Underworld. I can turn hell money into cash and bury you in it! A powerful second-generation heir? You think you've got connections? If the King of Hell says you'll die at the third watch, who dares let you live until the fifth? A genius doctor who can bring the dead back to life? In front of Hua Tuo's successor, you're nothing but trash! 595Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 28 Hell Reawakens: I Lead the Yin Soldiers to Save the World 地狱复苏：我率阴兵救世 “Captain, with our SSS-grade combat strength, why should we fear some primitive planet?” “That planet has a place called Huaxia. It’s a forbidden zone for warfare throughout the universe...” The captain was still speaking when A deafening crash! A black-armored general, dozens of meters tall and wielding a massive black blade, burst through the ship’s hull! The captain’s eyes nearly popped out of his head as he shouted, “Who goes there?!” “I am the Qin family’s ruthless general! By my lord’s com 25Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 29 The Calamity of Gui Water 癸水之祸 If even your memories are fake, who are you? Lin Zhou receives a death invitation from his younger sister, Lin Yao, who died twenty years ago. To uncover the truth, he enters the "Constellation Instances": twenty-eight prisons holding beings more ancient than the corruption itself. Each instance demands that he trade memories for power, and every dead person bears the cost on his behalf. When he finds his own file in the archives, stating that he cleared the Ghost Golden Sheep instance at age —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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
- 31 Infinite Nightmares: Where's My Golden Finger in This Paranormal World? 无限噩梦：我在诡异里的金手指呢 [Infinite Flow + No Romance + Plot-Driven + Mild Horror + Mystery] Lin Jiu is a struggling paranormal livestreamer. That is, until he enters an old apartment building where an elderly woman is laid out for her wake. The person in the coffin counts heads. The mandarin ducks on the red wedding dress have no eyes. In every mirror, another you is standing there. This is a Chinese-style infinite-flow horror scenario. There is only one way to survive: Don't break any taboos. Not even one. 32Reads—Score101Shelves
- 32 The Ultimate Cocoon 终极茧房 [No System | No Formulaic Tropes | Not a Power Fantasy | Lots of Foreshadowing | Slow-Burn Build-Up | High-Stakes Action Later On] Proceed with caution if these aren’t your thing~ If you had to choose, would you rather be a calm person or a mad god? Yi Zhou is plagued by phantom dreams and gradually loses the ability to tell reality from dreams. To save himself, he goes to a psychiatric hospital, but what awaits him there is not a cure. Instead, he finds indescribable horrors and calamities... O 52Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 33 Surviving in a Haunted Mountain Village 在恐怖山村里活下去 Gu Xi enters a real-game scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” where she's cast as a young bride sold into a remote mountain village to bring good luck to her sick husband. In just a few days in the village, the System's missions have her beating up her brother-in-law, smashing a family heirloom, and even catching her husband in bed with her maid... She's managed to offend every member of the family. She thought this was the limit of reckless behavior, but the missions that follow only get 729Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 34 Rowing Against the Current: A Land of Crow-Crowded Shrines 争渡：一片神鸦社鼓 Infinite Worlds + Post-Apocalypse + Ensemble Cast + Escape Enter the virtual world, become part of the virtual world. At the end of the virtual world, the apocalypse begins. The last traces of kindness beneath the blazing sun are swallowed by shadow. The cat raises a hand. (Welcome to the animal world. This story is told in first person, from the perspective of "me." Every member of the main cast is smart, trusts their teammates unconditionally, and never holds the others back. Together, they wo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Eternal Night Is Coming to the Courtyard 四合院之永夜将至 [Not a period drama or tomb-raiding story + Villainous Male Lead + Plot-Driven, No Heroine + Mystery and Wild Imagination + Scheming + Urban] A shocking secret lies buried beneath a grand formation of ten courtyard compounds. Each family has fought over the treasure for a hundred years, and both the male lead and his rival are among its sacrifices. To defy fate and break free from his cocoon, the male lead takes in the Demon God’s three souls and seven spirits, and moves into a vessel made from 4Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 36 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Follow the Dormitory Rules 规则怪谈：熄灯后，请遵守宿舍守则 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Please Follow the Dormitory Rules 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Eerie Amusement Park 渗人乐园 A mysterious game, terrifying trials, and a journey between reality and the game that brings you face-to-face with the truth of the world. Confront strange phenomena, break down the boundaries between good and evil, and experience the two sides of human nature. Is Eden Park truly a paradise for humanity, or a breeding ground for darkness...? Welcome to the Creepy Park. 20Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 38 Blood for Wine, Bones for Food: I Share This Moment with Vengeful Ghosts 鲜血当酒骨作食，我与厉鬼共此时 The candlelit dinner at midnight reeked of something nauseating! [Mission: At midnight tonight, take a bouquet of roses to Room 401, Unit 1, Xianghe Apartments, and have a candlelit dinner with the woman who has been imprisoned for ten years!] [Mission hint: She likes red and spicy food. She despises lies and hates it when people are late.] [Difficulty: One star!] [Warning: Do not leave Room 401 before dinner is over, or the consequences will be unpredictable! Remember this!!] The late-night del 24Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 39 The Funeral Hall [Death Game] 灵堂【死亡游戏】 [Infinite Flow + horror game + survival + supernatural invasion + no System + intelligent protagonist] Twelve coffins are laid out in a funeral hall. Inside them lie the cursed people chosen by demons. If they want to escape, there is only one perilous path they can take: enter one of the blood-red coffins. Inside those coffins, unknown and terrifying missions await them, along with countless spine-chilling, thrilling games. Come on! Play a death game with the ghosts. Win and live, lose and 135Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 40 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The King of the Underworld Becomes a Live-In Son-in-Law 地府阎王当赘婿 He was the heir of a wealthy family, cast out and reduced to a good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law. But by chance, he became the new King of Hell. From then on, he began an all-around life! 52Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 42 Thriller Game: All My Weapons Obey Causality 惊悚游戏：我手里全是因果律武器 [Infinite flow + suspense + deduction + enigmatic characters + no female lead] The terrifying game that engulfed the world has been going on for three years. Armed with talents, skills, equipment, summons, and more, players struggle to survive in one bizarre and uncanny game after another. The horrifying death toll has decimated the global population. “When the game becomes reality, how will you cope?” Su Yan begins his game with a somewhat “special” talent. This is only a game, and we are all “ 733Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 43 The Haunted Gate 恐怖诡门 This novel features [one heroine] + [original instances] + [no saintly do-gooder] + [no System] + [mild horror] + [no mindless plot] I don’t know when it began. Perhaps when I was very young, in high school or college, or maybe when I started working. I realized that the world had gone beyond the bounds of reason. To be precise, it had shifted away from the world we once knew. The ghosts and monsters we saw in TV dramas and horror movies were actually hiding all around us. In my third year at wo 713Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 No Gambling, Just Life! The Desperate Gambler Villain 不赌钱只赌命！绝望的胜负师恶棍 When you’re out of options, remember: you still have at least one life left! As long as you’re alive, you possess the universe’s most precious asset: life! As long as you’re still breathing, you’ll always have a chance to start over! Please do not associate this story with any real people, events, things, or organizations! This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is impossible! Over 95% five-star reviews! Don’t go by the new-book rating; check the comments! Want to know how to go from pe 327Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 45 The Haunted House Awakens 复苏的恐怖屋 Transmigrating into a haunted house was bad enough, but then it nearly got demolished. Think that's the worst of it? No. The worst part is that the supernatural really exists in this world, and those things have come inside me... 90Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 46 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈：晚自习最后离开教室的人 Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Weird Domain: Escape from Skinless Village from the Start! 诡异领域：开局逃离无皮村！ [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + Supernatural Instances + No Female Lead] Resentment that cannot be dispelled in the real world gathers to form new eerie domains. After being chosen, people are dragged into an eerie domain when they die unexpectedly. They can return to reality only by successfully completing the tasks inside. Only after escaping one terrifying eerie domain after another by the skin of his teeth does Lu Lin discover that the real world is also being infiltrated and taint 7.7kReads7.1Score554Shelves
- 48 Haunted University: I’m the Only Living Person on Campus 诡大学：全校就我一个活人 [Supernatural + one female lead] He scored 320 on the college entrance exam and just wanted to find a decent university to attend. He never expected to meet a ghostly version of Zhang Xuefeng, who recommended a ghost university 😭 His classmates and teachers are all ghosts 👻 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Supernatural Horror: Someone Behind the Wall Is Calling My Name 惊悚灵异：墙里有人叫我的名字 Horror and the Supernatural: Someone in the Wall Is Calling My Name 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Yin-Yang Inn 阴阳旅店 From the day I was born, underworld soldiers came to drag my soul away. At eight, I arrived at the Yin-Yang Inn and began working as a guide for the dead. From then on, I guided both the dead and the living. Every ghost or living person who came to the inn had a secret they couldn't tell. The Yin-Yang Inn has strange rules. Ghosts must sign a contract, while the living must stay the night. Whether or not their request is fulfilled, their payment is never refunded. Even so, guests keep coming one 257Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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