Novels like Thirty Years of Strange Tales from the Northeast
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- 1 Yun Che: The Seven Rules of the Funeral Home 云澈：殡仪馆的7条规矩 Yun Che: Seven Rules of the Funeral Home 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Yin-Yang Shopkeeper 阴阳掌柜 [Forgotten River Shop Rules] 1. The shop opens at the hour of the Pig and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. 2. Red cords are sold to the living, white candles to the dead. Do not mix them up. 3. If you see a customer whose feet do not touch the ground, do not trade with them. Close your eyes and look away until they leave on their own. 4. On the fifteenth of every month, you must complete a special order. It will be posted inside the counter. 5. Take good care of the bookkeeper. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Send Money in the Living World, Climb the Rankings in the Underworld 阳间打钱，阴间打榜 My name is Chen Fugui. I died from working overtime. When I woke up, I was lying on a drab street in the underworld. The ghosts waiting in line beside me told me the Terrace of Looking Homeward was up ahead. Once I drank Granny Meng’s soup, I could cross the bridge and get my place on the roster. I didn’t drink it. My wife was still pregnant with a child I’d never met, and I wanted to wait a little longer. Then the Ghost Festival gala began. The living world was holding a vote for “the ghost mos —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Seventh Roommate 第七个室友 The Seventh Roommate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Great Xia Ghost-Raising Bureau 大夏养鬼局 Also known as: The Strange Arrives, I Use Paper Effigies to Suppress Evil Spirits [Ghost Raising] [Ghost Hunting] [Not a Power Fantasy] A ghost returns to a paper effigy shop after dying. Lu Hang investigates and discovers that the ghost is being controlled. In the end, he falls into a trap and is forced to break the seal on a vengeful ghost, but some things are still happening... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Three Strange Tales 异闻三人行 I have two friends, Bobo and Yu Lao'er. Since we get along so well, we set out on an adventure together. Along the way, there are laughs, scares, and thrills. Our journey as a trio has begun, and I'm here to tell you the stories of our adventures. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Work as a Test Sleeper in a Haunted House 我在凶宅当试睡员 [Supernatural horror only, one female lead (though I personally think there's no female lead), rule-based horror] There's a residential complex where every room contains a rule, and every rule represents a vengeful ghost. Never break the rules, because the ghosts will kill you. Never trust the rules, because the rules will deceive you. 134Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 8 Strange Tales of Northeast China's Spirit Mediums 东北出马诡闻录 Ever since I inherited Grandma’s old incense lineage, I’ve encountered far too many supernatural incidents. I don’t just help the living with their problems, I also help the dead and the ghosts... People say ghosts are terrifying, but they’re the ones with true feeling. They repay kindness with kindness and settle grudges in kind. They’re far better than people. Then, as my cultivation grew stronger, I saw the true face of another world, and what I witnessed left me deeply shaken. Do you want to 152Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 9 I Was Forced to Take the Spirit-Channeling Seat Too 我也被迫出堂了 The protagonist, Zhang Muchen, lives in a small county in northern China. His childhood is plagued by one disaster after another. His story isn’t exactly bizarre, but it is full of twists and hardships. After passing through trials of love, wealth, and life itself, he is eventually forced to open a spirit altar and read fortunes. He thought things would go smoothly from then on, but instead he faced one ordeal after another... This book is based on the author’s personal experiences. All names ha 494Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 10 The Nightmare Invasion 诡梦侵袭 [Infinite worlds + bizarre invasion + dreams + no female lead] Also known as: The Ultimate Dream Controller: My Mental Strength Is Maxed Out When Gu Meng wakes up, he discovers that whenever he closes his eyes, he can see a world where “Nightmares” descend on humanity from the edge of hell. The first “Nightmare” he encounters is the Lord of Sweet Dreams. Under its control, he gradually becomes a tool for “Nightmares” to invade reality. His fiancée's murder awakens the seeds of vengeance within h 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 My Years as a Duangong Taoist Priest 我做端公道士那些年 I was born in 2004 in a remote mountain village. The day my mother gave birth to me happened to be the day of a solar eclipse. I was purple all over and barely breathing when I was born. Everyone in the family said I wouldn’t survive, but my father refused to give up and rushed me to a major hospital in the city that very night. After more than a month of treatment, I miraculously pulled through. I was frail and sickly as a child, too, but I was lucky to survive. I thought I’d spend my life in q 159Reads—Score10614d adds
- 12 The Five Elements' Path of Brahma 五行梵道 In the northwest lies a remote little village called Fanjialou, nestled at the foot of a mountain. The mountain is shaped like a bat, so people call it Bat Mountain. Grandpa Fan lay in his rocking chair, waving a palm-leaf fan as he told this tale to his only grandson. Long ago, the land at the foot of Bat Mountain was fertile farmland, where villagers grew the grain they depended on for survival. But at night, swarms of bats would fly down from the mountain and ravage their crops, leaving the p 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I Inherited a Murder Mystery Game Shop from the Start, and All the Staff Are Vengeful Ghosts 开局继承剧本杀店，员工全是厉鬼 While others inherit family fortunes, Jiang Ye inherited a haunted shop. Freshman Jiang Ye was forced to take over the script murder game shop his second uncle left behind, a business on the verge of bankruptcy. To his surprise, he became bound to the [Register of a Hundred Ghost Employees]. From then on, while others caught ghosts to exorcise evil, he caught them to put them to work. A hanging ghost at the front desk, a water ghost running the air conditioner, and a red-clad vengeful ghost acti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Folk Tales of Ghosts 民间鬼事 Tales of the Supernatural 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Woman Across the Hall 对面的女人 The Woman Across the Street —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Worries of the Mystic Sect 玄门忧道 Twenty years ago, someone stole my fortune. To save me, Grandpa sent me to Mount Longhu. Twenty years later, a young Daoist descended the mountain. My mother in the mortal world had died, and I stepped between yin and yang to find her… 1.5kReads6.7Score11814d adds
- 17 Ghosts Abroad Tonight 今夜有诡 My name is Cen Ruosi. Ever since I was little, people suspected that I was cursed to bring death to those around me. My master summoned the River of Forgetfulness, built the Bridge of Helplessness, and set up the Three Lives Stone, hoping to undo my fate. But he died suddenly before he could finish, leaving me only a secret manual. From then on, the only ones by my side were wandering spirits... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Campus Panic: The Ghost Curse 校园恐慌：鬼咒 Lu Rong’s mother went missing several years ago. After moving with her father to a small town, Lu Rong unexpectedly gets caught up in a paranormal case. The entire class is cursed, and no one can escape the vicious cycle. To protect themselves, they must also uncover its source. The case leads to Anjia Village, and even to a message left behind by Lu Rong’s mother... 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Yin-Yang Ghost Eyes 阴阳鬼眼 [Supernatural] + [Horror] + [Lighthearted] + [Cursecraft] The messengers of the underworld, Ox-Head and Horse-Face: They say an ox’s eyes are crystal clear and can see things human eyes cannot. After millions of years of evolution, humans have lost the yin eye, once an innate part of their ability to perceive yin and yang. Oxen, however, have not. The Hour of the Ox is when oxen dutifully till the fields. Those with yin eyes will see strange people or things during this hour. Zheng Qian, an u —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 On My Birthday, an AI Told Me My Best Friend Was Going to Kill Me 生日那天，AI告诉我闺蜜要杀我 On my birthday, an AI told me my best friend was going to kill me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Delivery Request 快递委托 Courier Request —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Hauntings of the Paper Effigy Shop 纸扎店诡事 The mysterious shopkeeper Su Damei can communicate with the worlds of the living and the dead and ward off evil spirits. She runs an inconspicuous paper-offering shop, yet keeps getting caught up in bizarre incidents. Her adorable pet, Big Black Cat, is no ordinary cat! It can see ghosts and make snarky comments, and it’s Su Damei’s ghost-hunting partner. Cat lovers, rejoice! With Northeastern Chinese folk customs and a collection of short, episodic stories, each chapter brings a self-contained 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Eat Mutton, Share the Sheep's Lifespan 吃羊肉，分羊寿 Eat mutton, share the sheep's years of life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 (No harem, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, fighting monsters and leveling up) My name is Yu Xuanxiao. I was an ordinary person, but I was inexplicably drawn into a conspiracy and had no choice but to enter the Daoist sect and learn the art of talismans. By chance, I discovered that the source of it all was connected to a black fox from a hundred years ago. For the sake of my future, I can only fight alongside a group of like-minded companions, battling demons and monsters to the death time an 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Haunted 撞邪 Can you guarantee that the people around you are really human? A lowly office worker had always kept his head down and worked in silence, until one day he accidentally discovered that his coworkers weren’t human at all… To stay alive, he has to pretend everything is normal, struggling to survive in the narrow cracks of this place day after day… 4.2kReads8.4Score30414d adds
- 26 I Suspect My Wife Has Been Possessed by a Malevolent Spirit 我怀疑我的妻子被诡夺舍了 [Infinite flow + survival + mild horror + thrills + twists + one heroine + bizarre elements + the heroine barely appears in the dungeon arcs] Ever since his wife returned from a business trip, Lu Chen has been certain that the Su Qingyan before him is no longer his wife. He goes to see a psychiatrist, trying to convince himself that it’s all just a hallucination. But the liquid the doctor sips is a blood-red drink with a raw, fishy smell. “Only those chosen by ghosts can see them.” “You have now 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Liberating the Ruins 解墟 That night, I was working late at the museum when my reflection in a bronze mirror blinked at me. I was certain I hadn’t blinked. From that day on, I began seeing things I wasn’t supposed to see. Don’t look in mirrors after dark. Don’t turn around at midnight. Never accept anything handed to you by a paper figure. Those who break the rules don’t die. They become part of the rules, trapped in the same loop forever. A department that couldn’t be found in any public records tracked me down: the Bur 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Collection of Northeast China's Folk Horror Stories 东北民间恐怖故事合集 This is a collection of horror stories that peels back the mysteries of Northeast China. Every tale comes from stories passed by word of mouth in the countryside. When the lamps are lit tonight, let me tell them to you slowly: strange happenings deep in the mountains, ghost stories from old houses, rural taboos and legends, and the chilling truths and terrors hidden behind the warmth of everyday life. Are you ready to hear the “old stories” of the black soil? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Spirit Medium Qing Xuan 出马仙清玄 A strip of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people and horses, the old hall's immortal. Whip the horse down the mountain, and make your name known throughout the land. I was born in 1990 in an ordinary village in a northeastern province. When I was three, a great deity said I would one day take up the incense and become a spirit medium. I didn't believe in fate, but in the end, I did become one. Over the years, I've worked as a chef, served as a leader, and entered the 1.1kReads7.2Score10314d adds
- 30 A Billion-Dollar Collection of Horror Stories 一个亿恐怖故事集 A Collection of One Hundred Million Horror Stories [Standalone stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + heartfelt emotion + mild horror + timid readers beware] A hundred wildly different tragic fates await. When long-forbidden folk taboos passed down by the ancestors are broken, and eerie legends from the corners of the city quietly come true, the everyday world you know will begin to fall apart on the very next page. Whispers by the pillow, shadows beneath the wa 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Transmigrators' Alliance: Dedicated to Tearing Apart Twisted Plots 穿越者联盟，专拆变态剧本 After waking from a deep sleep, Qin Weiwei, an information architect at the Ministry of State Security, finds herself the frail, dying legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel. But she is horrified to discover this is no transmigration. It is a cage. After entering the palace, she discovers she is not alone. Chu Huaiyu, a widow who carves silverware with shards of broken porcelain; Su Jingyao, an orphan who arranges flowers with the precision of a chemistry experiment; and Lu Zhaoyue, a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Something Wicked This Way Comes 撞邪 I'm a truck driver who hauls freight all over the country. There are lots of taboos in the business. For example, if you come across a funeral procession, flash your headlights a few times. When driving through a tunnel, especially one with a square entrance, never whistle or say anything disrespectful. And when staying overnight at an inn, always point the toes of your shoes toward the door... 15Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 33 The God in the Cage 笼中之神 This is a requiem for prisoners, echoing between the abyss of reality and illusion. When the prison of consciousness is exposed, will you choose to sink into a sweet lie, or awaken to a cruel truth and be destroyed? The answer was already decided from the very start of the search. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 500 Folk Ghost Stories 民间鬼故事500篇 In the vast world of folk legends, ghost stories have always stirred people’s curiosity and fear. Today, let me take you into this mysterious world of ghost stories and explore chilling mysteries and bizarre ideas that are impossible to resist investigating. 1. The Song at Midnight In an ancient village stood an abandoned opera house. Whenever night fell and everything grew still, mournful, beautiful singing could be heard from inside. Some said it was the ghost of an opera singer who had died 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Collection of Urban Legends and Folktales 民间都市传说合集 This work is a collection of urban legends and folk tales from around the world, mainly introducing how to experience these urban legends. They are all real. After each urban legend, there’s a short story, some real and some fictional. I hope you enjoy them. 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Short Tales of Terror: A Collection of Strange Stories 短篇微恐：志怪故事集 Do you think the footsteps behind you when you walk alone late at night are just the wind? Do you think the unfamiliar object that suddenly appears in an old storage box is just something you forgot about? Do you think the blurry shadow that sometimes flickers across the mirror is just a trick of the light? This collection of strange tales has no blunt, bloody shocks. It is filled only with eerie everyday moments hidden in the folds of ordinary life. Each story stands alone, yet after you close 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Police Academy Cadet from the Start: Bridging the Worlds of Yin and Yang 开局警校生，阳执阴渡 [Police Academy] [Mystery and Supernatural] I thought my life would follow the usual path: graduate, pass the joint recruitment exam, and start working. But an accident let me glimpse the divide between Yin and Yang and awakened my Yin-Yang Eyes. With mortal eyes, I could pierce the veil between worlds and face ghosts and evil spirits head-on. I inherited the secret art of thunder, and can summon lightning with my bare hands. Yin creatures flee at the sight of me. I glimpsed the secrets of fate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Tales of Folk Supernatural Encounters 民间灵异故事说 This book takes a fresh approach with its distinctive chapter structure. Each chapter is like a gateway to a mysterious world, leading readers into one gripping, spine-chilling ghost story after another. The stories cover a range of subjects and styles: some are so sinister and terrifying they raise the hairs on your neck; others are packed with suspense that makes your heart race; still others are steeped in an eerie atmosphere that draws you in and refuses to let go. Whether you’re a seasoned 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Shen Family’s Sin 沈家孽 The Shen Family's Sin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Infinite Horror Game: Who Am I? 无限诡异游戏：我是谁 [Survival games in all kinds of eerie worlds, focused purely on exploration and story. So satisfying! Wait, by the end, you discover they’re all part of the same world?] From the start, I got a little sister, punched my sleazy uncle, and set foot in the pitch-black fog. By the end of day one, I was already at the police station. On day two at the station, ghosts were haunting a nursing home? Turns out the entire nursing home had become a ghost. On day three, a middle school girl mysteriously jum 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Rule Horror: I'm an NPC, and I'm Going Crazy Again Today 规则怪谈：我NPC，今天也发疯 Others enter Rule Horror scenarios to survive. I got sucked in as an NPC, and the System even forces me to go crazy. If I don’t, I die. Fine, then I’ll go crazy for everyone to see. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Became a Skinner After Moving Into the Apartment 入住公寓后成了剥皮匠 On the day I moved in, the building manager handed me a rusty key and a yellowed set of house rules. “Light the red lantern in the living room every night. If it goes out, hide under the bed immediately.” Next door lived a qipao-clad female ghost who loved to sing. Downstairs was a doctor with a peculiar taste for blood. To stay alive, I lit the lantern on time every day, until the power went out on the seventh night. The instant the lantern went dark, I saw the dried corpses of the previous ten 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Curse of Sorrowful Love Lake Island 悲恋湖岛的魔咒 A tragic love affair haunts the island on Lake Sorrow, where a century-old curse follows like a shadow. Is David Crane's million-dollar prize a gift from fate, or an invitation to the abyss? An ebony bracelet conceals a mystery, a key of ultraviolet light opens a forbidden door, silicon-based blood algae whisper in the dark, and the shadow of a sacrificial ritual quietly descends. Science and witchcraft clash fiercely, while the line between reality and illusion blurs. To escape their family's f 2Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 44 Red and White: A Deadly Omen 红白喜煞 I was born amid a clash of red and white funeral rites, with a sinister tattoo on my back from birth. People call me the Sin-Born, and everyone who gets close to me is cursed with bad luck. To keep me alive, my grandmother entrusted me to the Goddess Houtu, making me a temple keeper. She also found me a person with a pure spirit to absorb my baleful energy. To dispel the tattoo on my back, I embarked on a path of good deeds and accumulating merit. Only at the very end did I learn that the most 14Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 45 The Strange God Returns 诡神复苏 [Mad Chinese-style ancient gods, with some pretty dark tastes] [Xuanhuan] + [Supernatural] + [Invincible] + [Horror] Lin Yi transmigrated into a world gone mad and awry. The gods feed on flesh and blood, and the path of cultivation is full of sinister madness. God: Become my agent, and I can help you ascend to immortality in broad daylight. Lin Yi: Ascend in broad daylight? No thanks. Let me devour you first! Ancient Wild God: I’ll give you a great gift, one that will make humanity revere you as 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Strange Encounters Chronicles 搜异录 As a medical student and a doctor-in-training, I believe in science and have never been superstitious about ghosts or monsters. Then I met her, and the wheels of fate began to turn. A world I had never seen before slowly unfolded before me, putting both my beliefs and my mind to the test. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Ten Lifetimes of Reincarnation: The Bottom-Ranked Outer Disciple Strikes Back 十世轮回，外门倒数的我杀回来了 Shen Zhuye’s family owned the last incense and candle shop in Qingxi Town. One day, he opened the account book and found three words on the final page that hadn’t been there before: One Question Owed. The words in the account book could ask questions on their own. That night, someone knocked at the door. The food delivery was half a bag of pond mud. As a chill crept in through the crack beneath the door, a man in white shielded him from disaster and spoke eight words: You have one year left to 190Reads—Score14314d adds
- 48 The Ominous Coffin 凶棺 It all started with a coffin that floated up from the river... I thought it was a fortune dropped from the sky, but it turned out to be a disaster. After I pried open the coffin, I began to feel that something unclean had followed me home. My daughter grew stranger by the day. She was only three, yet she had already started developing! 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Chaos Invades the World, and I Become a God by Mediating Disputes 全球混沌入侵，我靠调解成神 Light is not necessarily pure, and darkness may hold warmth. The answer lies in a truth deeper than the abyss. When the only hope of saving the world points down a dead-end path with no chance of survival, will you still have the courage to wager everything on a faint glimmer of light? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Case Seven: From a Ghost's Last Wish to a Cult Mystery 第七单：从亡魂心愿到邪教迷案 Case Seven: From a Dead Soul's Wish to a Cult Mystery —Reads—Score—14d adds
