Novels like Nightmares Awaken
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Nightmares Awaken, best match first.
- 1 Horror Revival: The Apocalypse Arrives, and I Sweep Away the Eerie with My Bare Hands 恐怖复苏：末日降临肉身横扫诡异 Suppress evil! Subdue monsters! Exorcise demons! Drive out ghosts! Zhou Yi never imagined the world would one day become so terrifying. Still less did he expect that so many terrifying incidents would gradually begin to mirror the plot of the flop novels he had written. I’m just a novelist, but I can see what’s coming, inherit the legacy of the Human Emperor, and beat every demon and monster out there. That’s totally reasonable, right? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Apocalypse: Terror Resurrected 末世之恐怖复苏 The corpse poison known as Virus S, the ghost toxin known as Virus Y, and the berserk Virus K suddenly erupted across Blue Star. The once-prosperous planet was reduced to a wasteland in barely a month. Some called this era the Return of Terror… 9Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 3 Resurrection of Evil Spirits in the City 都市之厉鬼复苏 This is the worst of times, but not the best of times. This is an age of idealism, when the ideal triumphs over the material. Evil spirits return, vengeful ghosts emerge, and the world is overrun by demons. There are no Maoshan Taoists, nor are there immortals, gods, Buddhas, or demons. Only ghosts can fight ghosts. Live with ghosts, and dance with them. 142Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 4 A Terrifying, Eerie Dream 惊悚诡异梦 He had a strange dream. In it, he experienced bizarre, absurd, and utterly terrifying events. As one horrifying ordeal followed another, he began to uncover the truth behind it all… [This book’s style: supernatural, suspenseful, with comedic elements.] [Urban + suspense + paranormal + deduction + calculating protagonist + endless flow] 36Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 5 Mystery Revival: A New Beginning 神秘复苏：新的开端 (The pacing is a little slow at first, but it definitely gets good later!) Vicious ghosts roam the world, and people are lost and helpless. The world is changing. There are always those favored by fate, and those blessed with good fortune, but this is only the story of an ordinary person. 12Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 6 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
- 7 Infinite Escape Guide 无限逃生指南 My name is Gao Wei, and I’m a second-year graduate student. I thought my life would continue to be as uneventful as ever, until one day I was pulled into a strange gaming platform. From then on, deserted-island survival, the apocalypse, mysterious old castles, ghost ships… endless unknown dangers followed me like a shadow. I struggled to survive one real-life escape game after another, but in the end, I discovered that the truth wasn’t so simple… (This story uses the infinite-flow genre to tell 164Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 8 The Eerie Spirit 诡灵 My name is Yu Fei, and I'm a yin-yang master. There are things all around us that we can't see, and some of them can be deadly. In our line of work, we call these places ghost zones. My story begins in a ghost zone... 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 After My Sister Killed Me, I Became an Evil Spirit to Take Revenge! 被姐姐杀死后，我化厉鬼复仇！ “Chen Ming, Mom and Dad abandoned me because of you!” “I’m not going to let you get away with it!” Chen Mei crouched down, staring at Chen Ming with a vicious expression. She held a steel needle in her hand. “You’re six years old this year, and I’ve been abandoned for six years, so...” Chen Mei gripped Chen Ming’s hand tightly. “So I’m going to stick six steel needles into your body, and then we’ll be even!” Laughing, she pinned the struggling, sobbing Chen Ming to the bed, bound his hands and f 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Infinite Survival Game 无限生存游戏 This is a game with no end in sight. The only thing you can do is keep surviving! 600Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 11 The Ghost God 詭神 How do you know that the god you worship isn’t a ghost? (This is where ghosts originally existed, the source of the strange phenomena in Mystery Revival.) No System, no female lead, and no characters acting stupidly. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Mystery Revival: The Golden Book 神秘复苏：黄金书籍 Do you think the story of the supernatural revival is over? Did Yang Jian really suppress all paranormal phenomena in the world for good? Wrong. He merely sealed countless bizarre entities and evil spirits away in a parallel world. This golden book is the key connecting the two worlds and unlocking the forbidden abyss. The paranormal has begun to manifest again, returning to this world. [Similar to the original, but also different] The moment you turn the page, a deadly curse quietly takes hold 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Am the Ghost Bride’s Wedding Dress 恐怖复苏：开局我是鬼嫁衣 [Suspenseful, imagination-driven, transmigration with a gender swap, no romance, slow burn, seemingly invincible but not a one-sided stomp from beginning to end] A strange dream. A mysterious old man. Reborn in a blood coffin. A ghost bride in a wedding gown. … The appearance of vengeful spirits seems like a joke played on humanity by the Creator. They are like programs designed to purge the human race. Impossible to destroy, tireless. … This is an age when vengeful spirits are returning. This i 543Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 The Great Zhou Ghost Envoy: Exorcising Spirits in Ancient Times 大周鬼使：我在古代驱鬼除灵 The moment science and engineering graduate Zhou Xiao transmigrates, he lands in prison? By a twist of fate, he fuses with a “time-traveling” evil ghost in a bizarre village! After winning the city lord's favor by helping him “turn back the clock,” he immediately joins the City God Bureau, using scientific knowledge to decipher supernatural laws. A holy-water bullet made with silver nitrate? Child's play. He specializes in dealing with every kind of water ghost and vicious spirit. After his goo 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Conquering the World by Borrowing Ghosts in the Resurgence of Horror 恐怖复苏之借鬼闯天下 In a world beset by the Five Turbidities, hell lies empty. When Zhou Zhan’s consciousness awakens inside Liu Qi in the world of Mysterious Revival, he discovers that he wields the power to “borrow ghosts,” allowing him to steal supernatural abilities, seize control of rules, and turn danger aside. From the Knocking Ghost at No. 7 Middle School to the battle with the ghost ship, from self-sacrifice to a sixty-year cycle, he is both a witness to history and the one who breaks through conspiracies. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Horror Resurgence: I Can Avoid Danger and Command Evil Spirits 恐怖复苏，我能趋吉避凶驾驭厉鬼 The rating just came out. It'll go up later (bows to the big shots.jpg) [Ghosts Resurrecting + The Human World Is Hell + Avoiding Misfortune and Seeking Good Fortune + Mysterious Revival Setting + Not a Saint] Lin Chuan transmigrates to a parallel world. His parents are the same as they were before he transmigrated, except he has a long-lived grandfather. At first, he thinks this is just an ordinary parallel world. That is, until evening study one night... A line of scarlet writing appears on th 828Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 19 A Journey Through the Resurgence of Horror 恐怖复苏之旅 [Horror Revival] [Republican Era] [Foreign Nation’s Conspiracy] [Witness the Seven Elders of the Republican Era Become Ghost Controllers] [Contain the Supernatural] Reborn in a body where a vengeful ghost is awakening, I find my consciousness fighting the ghost for control when I encounter a terrifying ghost that can manipulate time and space. I pass its trial at death’s door, and the moment I take control of it, I’m dragged into the Republican era! Here, the supernatural has only just begun to 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Mystery Revival: Gods Among Gods 神秘复苏神与神 Mystery Revival: Gods and Gods 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Qingming Festival in Mystery Revival 神秘复苏之清明节 Mystery Revival: Qingming Festival 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Weird Resurgence: A Divine Doppelganger 诡异复苏之身外化神 Online, I throw down the gauntlet: “Give me the Mirror Ghost. Yang Jian is nothing!” In reality, I’m timid and cautious, dying over and over in an endless hall of mirrors. Luckily, the Keyboard Warrior System activates and grants me three “death resets.” I risk my life through trial and error, uncover the rules, and become the only survivor. Headquarters lists me as an object of observation. I turn around and set my sights on the Mirror Ghost beside Zhang Wei. The Reflecting Mirror activate 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Mystery Revival: The World of Planes 神秘复苏：位面世界 [Eerie Revival] + [Entirely handmade, no AI] + [A huge cast of original evil ghosts] + [No female lead] + [Slow pacing] + [Multiple twists] The three laws of evil ghosts. First: Evil ghosts cannot be killed. Second: Every evil ghost has a rule that governs its killings. Find the rule, and even ordinary people can survive. Third: Only ghosts can fight ghosts. Fierce evil ghosts still haunt the worlds, and exorcists still exist, generation after generation, to fight them. The crumbling order, the 129Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Death Game Dimension 死亡游戏空间 “Let's have some fun playing a game~” Out of curiosity, Xu Ge clicked YES and entered a mysterious game space, where he had no choice but to play one deadly game after another. Guess Who I Am, Dating Game, The Countess's Death, The Sin of Pride, Live-Action Ghost Show... Who is behind the mysterious game? And as Xu Ge continues playing, he becomes caught up in an even greater conspiracy. A plot spanning thousands of years, the return of the primordial, changes to the world, and one mysterious in 129Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 25 Naruto: Unable to Gather Chakra, I Have to Borrow It 火影：无法凝聚查克拉的我全靠借 Five-year-old orphan Zhou Yang harbors a mysterious resurgent evil spirit: the Spirit Thief! It can steal anything: the Uchiha’s secret Sharingan techniques, Jiraiya’s insights into sage arts, even… the Otsutsuki’s immense lifespan! Every touch is a life-or-death gamble, and he could be reduced to an empty husk at any moment. To keep the evil spirit under control, he risks everything to steal the Nine-Tails Chakra, but unexpectedly forges a life-and-death bond with Naruto Uzumaki, a dead-last st 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Infinite Escape in a Horror Game Guide 恐怖游戏攻略里的无限逃生 [Strong Female Lead + System + Paranormal Cut + On-Site Exploration] Everyone likes having a game walkthrough and a reliable gaming experience, right? I’m no exception, until one day I received a blank copy of Horror Game Walkthrough. How do you escape a game fraught with danger? How do you unlock more side stories? How do you claim every reward and reach the pinnacle of life? Just watch your big sis Xia. Sometimes brute force is the answer... I mean, no, no! If I can use my brain, I absolutely 4Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 27 Horror Revival: Sign-In for a Gatling Gun from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局签到加特林 Horror has returned, and ghosts and monsters are running rampant. Humanity has no way to guard against them! Huang Shaofeng had only just transmigrated when he ran into a vicious ghost. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakened a System and embarked on the path of physical exorcism. The great and merciful Gatling, delivering all beings to salvation! Three thousand six hundred rounds a breath, and all six roots are cleansed. Physical exorcism is the deadliest kind. 661Reads7.8Score105Shelves
- 28 Infinite Flow: The Group Favorite in a Deadly Game 无限流：在逃杀游戏里当团宠 [Infinite Flow] [Feel-Good Story] [Strong Partners] [Beloved by Her Teammates] In her fourth year playing the Reincarnation Game, Chen Sheng has become so vicious she kills gods when she meets them and demons when they cross her path. In a world without end, she has carved out a path all by herself, with no teammates or companions, until a young man with a beauty mark arrives at her side. “For you, I'll do anything.” 10Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 29 Horror Revival: I Get Stronger from the Start by Slaying Ghosts 恐怖复苏：开局砍鬼就变强 Tong Zheng transmigrates into a world where supernatural horrors have returned and ghosts run rampant. He activates the Physical Exorcism System. He starts with a knife, and the only way to level up is to slash. A vengeful ghost haunts a hospital. Tong Zheng arrives and strikes once, leaving it completely stunned. Ghost: What did I ever do to deserve dying to a blade like that? A construction site uncovers an ancient tomb, where a century-old fierce ghost causes trouble. Tong Zheng arrives to su 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
- 30 Eerie Fishing 诡异垂钓 {No melodrama + no System + no harem} "Have you ever seen a ghost? You might not believe me, but I've seen plenty!" "My name is Lin Zhao. My world has undergone a massive change, and all kinds of evil spirits and strange creatures are coming back to life." "Humanity has been pushed to the brink. To survive, I have no choice but to hunt ghosts with a fishing rod and grow stronger..." This is a world where spiritual qi has revived, and a world full of the bizarre! 803Reads8.1Score100Shelves
- 31 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—Shelves
- 32 Summoning Heroic Spirits to Guard the Nation's Gates 召唤英灵守国门 [Ghostly energy resurgence + reborn + heroic spirits + disaster] When Hell crumbles and the gates of the underworld swing open, with evil ghosts roaming the human world, where can humanity turn? Xu Annian returns reborn and enters the mysterious Hall of Heroic Spirits before the ghostly energy tide erupts. From then on, the heroic spirits of China return to the world. When Qin Shi Huang appears, China’s dragon veins resonate with him. Dragon energy surges along the Great Wall, guarding the natio 184Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 33 Horror Revival: I Am Bai Wuchang 恐怖复苏：我是白无常 Reborn into a world overrun by horror, a female ghost is scratching at the floor beneath the bed. Without a System, Su Yi is panicking. Ding! Congratulations, you've awakened the Underworld Judge System. Rewards: a mourning staff, a judge's robe, and a soul-catching chain. No more hiding it. I'm White Impermanence, and I'm coming clean. A little ghost girl sobbed, “This is so unfair! You beat me up, fine, but then you made me wear a cute little girl's outfit and sweep the floor!” The hanging gho 1.1kReads7.8Score107Shelves
- 34 The Fatal Rule 致命法则 A rich guy in the group chat sent out a red envelope and said the person who got the most money had to play a game with him. The game turned out to involve the class belle... 319Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 35 This Was Supposed to Be a Paranormal Resurgence, Yet I'm Thriving 明明是诡异复苏，我却如鱼得水了 Lu Tian, a hard-luck wage slave, wakes up on a bus and discovers he's transmigrated into a world where the supernatural is returning. He's even holding a lifelike doll! While he's still reeling from the shock and planning to keep his head down and survive, “Ding! The Heavenly Eye has opened. You've attracted the attention of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.” “Ding! The Old Lord Taishang has begun watching you.” Holy crap, with so many big shots looking out for me, what have I got to be 1kReads7.1Score111Shelves
- 36 Eerie Revival: I Devoured a God 诡异复苏：我吃掉了一尊神 [Whenever I lose consciousness, the seal breaks and I go straight into invincible mode. Even the gods fear me] (Cthulhu + SCP + supernatural horror resurgence + mutation and evolution + 10,000 words daily) Rain that kills, wind that slits throats, dead bodies coming back to life, severed hands crawling out of the ground, plants opening their eyes. In pitch darkness, Lang Ren keeps his eyes tightly shut, still in his pajamas, as his body starts sleepwalking against his will. He wanders into the g 325Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 37 Six-Year-Old Corpse Driver Wanders Onto a Show Set and Makes Boss Yang Cry 六岁赶尸误入节目组，吓哭杨老板 The new season of The Life We Long For premieres in a small border town in western Hunan. By the time the guests arrive, dusk has fallen. Yang Mi and the others sit leisurely in the courtyard, enjoying the evening breeze, while the regular guests, including Teacher Huang, are busy making dinner. Everything is so peaceful, until a sudden burst of ringing bells shatters the calm. As the livestream camera turns, the millions of viewers in the chat are stunned. “Holy crap!! Corpse-driving in western 2.8kReads6.8Score454Shelves
- 38 Infinite Flow: She's Just Too Badass 无限流：大佬她太过彪悍 An ordinary game somehow became bound to a survival game, setting off a series of heart-pounding fights for survival. What do you do when you run into a deranged chainsaw killer? Ling Yue: “Steal his chainsaw and chase him with it!” What do you do when some female ghost shows up in the middle of the night to scare you? Ling Yue: “Who cares if she’s a monster or a ghost? The first thing to do is beat her up.” At last, she escaped the game world, only to be told that this was just the first level? 56Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 39 EN Stranger Danger 这个世界很危险 The uncanny is full of guile; the bizarre is strange and otherworldly! In this world, uncanny creatures can transform in countless ways, seize stars, and snatch the moon. Martial artists can shoulder mountains and rivers, their fists suppressing the deepest hells. Qi cultivators live on wind and dew, their swords shaking the heavens. Scholars summon thunder with their words and command the wind and rain. Emperors stride across the universe, their pride and ambition spanning ten thousand miles. W 205Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 40 I Transmigrated Into Infinite Nightmare Events 我穿越了无限噩梦事件 Transmigrate into the Infinite Nightmare Incidents, where you have the chance to obtain everything you've ever dreamed of: money, power, beauties, strength, and even more lives... as long as you can survive the incidents! "Dawn of the Apocalypse" "Buddha's Sin" "Nightmare Hospital" "Wasteland"... Welcome to the Nightmare. 910Reads8.6Score103Shelves
- 41 Quick Transmigration Live Stream: She Courts Death in the Arms of a Sickly Evil God 快穿直播：她在病娇邪神怀里作死 [Mystery + horror + livestreaming + short stories + infinite worlds + team + System punishes scum] A paranormal 1v1 quick-transmigration story. The female lead focuses on the plot-driven dungeons, while the male lead is an evil god who serves as a tool. A crazy, possessive, dramatic, ever-changing man versus a strategic, steel-willed, top-tier star of a woman. After her computer malfunctions, Chu Sangqing wakes up to find she has been chosen as a streamer in a quick-transmigration livestream. Sh 597Reads9.1Score111Shelves
- 42 My Horror Game Is Far Too Healing 我的惊悚游戏实在太治愈了 Lin Xiu was chosen to become a trial participant in a horror game. Born without the ability to feel fear, he gained the SSS-rank Evil God talent, Extreme Terror, from the start and began a life of unstoppable power-ups! When Lin Xiu’s trial was livestreamed across the internet, the viewers were stunned. “Oh my god, he’s stitching up the slit-mouthed woman’s wounds one stitch at a time. Who knew she was so beautiful?” “In Butcher Alley, where no living person dares enter, all the demons and monst 566Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 43 The Sad Amusement Park 悲伤游乐园 [Two Male Leads × Infinite Flow] Su Jingyao had no idea why he had taken a balloon from a clown one second, only to find himself in a forest the next. A crying clown, a baffling lateral-thinking game, a carousel that wouldn't stop spinning... Su Jingyao didn't know why the amusement park had chosen him, but since he was already here, he wanted to make it out alive. 664Reads9.2Score107Shelves
- 44 Survival Game: My Sanity Meter Is Off the Charts! 生存游戏：我的san值爆表了！ [Story-driven + infinite worlds + horror game + no female lead] This is a survival game. All selected players must take part in terrifying instances. They must fight to survive in the cracks! Ji Bai is a doctor at a psychiatric hospital, and his best friends are his patients. Suddenly, a ghostly face lunges out! “A jumpscare?” Ji Bai looks at his SAN value. It has already shot up to 130. “I’m a doctor. If I say you’re sick, then you’re sick!” He grips his cleaver and swings hard. The ghostly fac 3kReads9.2Score293Shelves
- 45 The Big Shot's Little Darling Is a Lucky Charm (Infinite Flow) 大佬的小朋友是锦鲤（无限流） (Quick transmigration, 1v1) Su Jing is a 180-jin woman who dreams of losing weight every day. One day, an accident leads her to a website that grants wishes. From then on, she enters a world of extreme survival. Every time she completes a mission, she loses five jin. A world of extreme temperature shifts; A train full of zombies; Animals with human bodies; Every world is filled with dangers beyond imagination. Su Jing vows that even if she dies from being fat, she’ll never come back! Little does 1.7kReads8.8Score344Shelves
- 46 Thriller Game: Bro, You’re Scarier Than the Ghosts! 惊悚游戏：大哥你比鬼还凶！ A year ago, a supernatural force descended upon Blue Star and swept across the globe in an instant through live death broadcasts! Lin Zhi, born under the star of misfortune and destined to be alone, enters the game. While others are tormented by D-rank flesh demons, he awakens his Calamity-Born Physique. While others flee for their lives, he makes the long-haired female ghost dance herself to sleep. In his battle with the Ghost Mother, he burns the entire instance to ashes, accidentally discover 567Reads9.1Score100Shelves
- 47 Welcome to the World of Paintings 欢迎来到画卷世界 [Infinite Flow + Horror Instances + Mystery + Highly Intelligent Heroine] Guan Xiaoxi is accidentally dragged by Mu Chengguang into the world of paintings, an otherworldly realm filled with taboos and death. In every painting, he is there, silently watching. Who is he? Why does he treat her so differently? Guan Xiaoxi has no memories from before the age of six. Her emotions and senses are impaired, and she is naturally absentminded. She is unaffected by the paintings’ mental pressure and cannot 466Reads—Score107Shelves
- 48 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
- 49 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
- 50 Mysterious Revival: My Memories Bury Vengeful Ghosts 神秘复苏我的记忆埋葬着厉鬼 Warning: It gets more and more brain-bending as you read! Extremely high intelligence and logical reasoning as the characters solve paranormal mysteries! Don't read if you dislike mind games! Everyone gradually awakens to their powers or takes the abilities of ghosts! High intelligence + aesthetics of despair Scenarios: Dreams, zombies, myths and legends, Cthulhu, and more Difficulty: “Despair!” (No harem, no System, no invincible protagonist, no formulas, no power fantasy, no brainless characte 897Reads—Score103Shelves
