Novels like Strange Tales of Min Mountain
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- 1 Heavenly Wife 天妻 I was born burdened by heavy sins. My parents died because of me as soon as I was born. To repay my karmic debt, I was forced to marry that snake and take over Granny Wang’s shrine. But from then on, the demon god Hou Qing hunted me down, while the Lord of War, Chi You, wanted to sacrifice me. Then I discovered a shocking conspiracy... —Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 2 Into the Coffin at Midnight 午夜进棺 Ever since I can remember, the kids in the village have avoided me... Everyone knew my family made its living from the dead, and thought we brought bad luck. They weren’t wrong. My family had been undertakers for generations. I’d seen people who drowned, hanged themselves, poisoned themselves with pesticide, got hit by cars, fell from great heights, or died suddenly in bed from a fatal loss of vitality... I’d seen them all. But the corpse that came in this time had limbs and a head that were... 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Opened a Debt Collection Agency and Became Unbeatable 开一家讨债公司天下无敌了 Ma Lu is the owner of a small-loan company. One rainy night, a sudden clap of thunder sends a white fox rushing into his office to beg him for help. Ma Lu hides it behind his office chair. From that day on, his life is changed forever... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Midnight Tales of Terror 午夜惊悚怪谈 Is the world really as you see it? When night falls, the uncanny follows close behind. It’s dark... Come with me into a bizarre and fantastical world, and experience the most spine-chilling sights hidden deep within your heart. This book is haunted. Ordinary mortals, stay away! 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Midnight Taxi 午夜出租车 People in certain lines of work often encounter strange and inexplicable things, especially drivers of midnight taxis. Because sometimes, the people they pick up might not be human. 219Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 6 Bone Divination 考骨 A friend and I went to the China-Vietnam border to buy some smuggled antiques. We planned to get there in time, but things happened sooner than expected, and we didn't hear about it until it was too late. Most of the antiques on the ground had already been sold. I got lucky and picked up a finger bone carving, but after I came home... 16Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 7 Yin-Devouring Incense 噬阴香 I was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, when the gates of hell swung wide open. My fate was cursed, and before long my family members began dying one after another, each with a bizarre death. My mother had no choice but to move with me to the city, and that was how we escaped disaster. But I never expected him to appear in my life when I turned eighteen, taking me with him to slay demons and exorcise evil spirits, and helping people with their troubles. Just when I thought we 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Forensic Files' Forbidden Cases 法医禁忌档案 That morning, Brother Liu, the forensic pathologist, burst out of the autopsy room, wildly waving his scalpel at everyone he met. He had gone mad! That same day, a woman's body lay quietly on the autopsy table. The bones of both arms were starkly exposed, and all the evidence told me she had eaten herself before she died! I'm just a forensic pathologist, a technical police officer who works behind the scenes. But now trouble has come knocking at my door. The sound of grinding teeth at night, 15Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 9 I Have a Date with a Ghost 我和鬼魂有个约会 [Supernatural CEO]+ [Ghost hunting]+ [No romance] My name is Yi Huan. My grandfather was a temple fortune-teller who read fortunes and studied feng shui for people. By a twist of fate, I inherited his mantle. From then on, I made my way through both the realms of yin and yang, profiting from the dead until I became the next Third Master Yi... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Soul-Calming Banquet 安魂席 Soul-Calming Banquet —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Ghost Party I Experienced for Myself 亲身经历过的“阿飘派对” A firsthand account of an “Afterlife Party” 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Twenty Years of Recovering Bodies from the Yellow River 黄河捞尸二十年 When it comes to the forbidden legends of the Yellow River, you’d be better off never asking. The corpse mane of the Yellow River, the ghost millstone, the Dragon Bone Temple, the stairway to the underworld… The old river workers of the Yellow River are the most mysterious people along its ancient course. Their families have guarded the river for generations, but what are they protecting it from? And what earth-shattering secrets lie beneath the ancient river, where hidden currents churn? 11Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 13 The Feng Shui General Store 风水杂货铺 My name is Wu Mu, and I’m a feng shui master, more or less. My master and I run a general store in the village, with no System, and take care of feng shui and supernatural cases involving ghosts, evil spirits, and the like. We read the feng shui of a place and determine the balance between yin and yang. I also have another identity: the Judge of Yin and Yang, which awakens later on. I banish evil ghosts that harm the living and seek justice for the souls of those who died unjustly. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Am Your Past Life 我是你的前世 Mystery! Suspense! Horror! On his way home from a business trip, Ziheng encounters a paranormal incident and sees a faceless ghost. He tells his wife, Xianyi, when he gets home, but she doesn’t believe him. Soon, however, their lives are plagued by one terrifying incident after another. Paranormal events caused by parallel spaces continue to occur, while a series of bizarre coincidences follow: Xianyi is mistaken for someone else and berated in the street, while hundreds of thousands of yuan are 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 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
- 16 Yin-Yang Clinic: The Handsome Guy I Picked Up Is a Miracle Healer 阴阳医馆：捡个帅哥是神医 The Yin-Yang Clinic doesn't treat illnesses or sell medicine. It only sells things belonging to the dead! Then I suddenly noticed the paper effigy move! One bizarre, baffling case after another marks the beginning of this strange tale! Rebirth, miracle doctor, supernatural mysteries, System Ling Chen has no idea whether he's trapped in an illusion or living in reality... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Horror: A Best Friend's Insight, A Ghost Shows the Way 恐怖:闺蜜心窍——鬼领路 Horror: A Best Friend's Awakening: The Ghost Leads the Way —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Terror in the Desolate Village 荒村惊魂 I entered a village inhabited entirely by women. I thought I’d found a man’s paradise, but after a series of bizarre events, I realized things weren’t so simple… 158Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 19 Secrets of Bashu 巴蜀密语 More than four thousand years ago, before wars or migrations, the ancient kingdom of Bashu mysteriously vanished. To break a century-old curse, I ventured into the primeval forests of the Qinling and Daba Mountains, met the guardian of an ancient tomb a thousand years old, and became a master who could manipulate feng shui and command the forces of yin and yang… I became the only person who knew the secrets of the ancient Bashu tombs. 1.4kReads7.3Score14214d adds
- 20 My Girlfriend Is a Corpse 我的女友是腐尸 On the day before graduation, my girlfriend turned into a rotting corpse overnight, all because I was responsible for what happened... 131Reads—Score11214d adds
- 21 A Modern Narrative of Supernatural Horror 灵恐现叙事 Original horror and paranormal fiction. Horror stories are only meant to help everyone unwind, not to make you more afraid. We welcome discerning readers to come and help answer everyone’s questions... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 A Gift Called the Wheel of Fate 是名为命运之轮的礼物 This short story is based on a series of dreams and real events I personally experienced from childhood to adulthood. If anyone else has this kind of recurring dream, come talk to me!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Ultimate Ghost-Raising Master 极品养鬼师 [Adult] + [Adorable Pets] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Making Money] + [Secret Arts] Do you know how to raise ghosts? No worries, I do! Do you know how to catch ghosts? No worries, I do that too! Do you know where to find ghosts? No worries, I’ll take you there! Watch your step. Get in! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Strange Tales of Houqiu 厚邱怪谈 This is a novel only those who have truly seen ghosts can understand. When water reaches the brim, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. If you learn too many of the world’s secrets, the only person you’ll hurt in the end is yourself. Some people are born able to see strange things, or to experience what ordinary people never do. Such people are either born with a defect or destined for a difficult life. So, would you be willing to have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Tomb Raiding Prophecy: Secrets of a Parallel World 盗墓预言：平行世界的秘密 Lin Feng, an online writer with dreams of striking it rich, plagiarized tomb-raiding novels to make ends meet. But he unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world much like Earth. To his delight, he discovered that none of the novels he'd plagiarized existed there. Armed with the “Tomb-Raiding Compendium” in his mind, he set off a tomb-raiding craze in the online fiction world. The ancient tombs he wrote about, from the mysterious Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang to the perilous City of Jings jue, w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 The Ancient Map of the Nine Provinces 上古九州山河图 In the 1950s, with strong support from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the History Department of Peking University established the country's first archaeology program. It admitted undergraduate archaeology students and began training the first generation of archaeologists for the People's Republic of China. Chinese archaeology flourished, and in the 1970s, excavations at Yin Ruins unearthed a mysterious artifact d 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Horror and Terror 恐怖惊魂 My girlfriend suddenly left me. Heartbroken, I went to a mountain village to teach, where I met a Miao girl who looked exactly like her. We were both plagued by an inexplicable mystery: being haunted by ghosts. With no other choice, we went to the terrifying Coffin Cave... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 My Ugly Older Sister Has Seven Gorgeous Best Friends 我的丑姐姐有七个极品女闺蜜 [My sister is unbelievably ugly, while I'm devastatingly handsome. Despite her looks, my sister has seven top-notch female friends.] They're a Taoist priestess, a poet, an assassin, a renowned doctor, a celebrity, a CEO, and a rich heiress. If you had to choose one as a friend, which would you pick? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 Songs of the Underworld 冥歌 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] It’s a tangled, lengthy story, not one about a loser turning his life around by fawning over women. [There is a heroine] I’m new to this, so I don’t understand why novels have to be tagged as having no heroine. To be honest, mine has one, though she doesn’t appear much. [Not necessarily funny] Hard to say. The author has a strange sense of humor. [Neurotic] The author is a little crazy, with a mind that keeps jumping around, so the plot can sometimes feel erratic. 1Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 32 After Years of Playing the Charlatan, I Specialize in Treating Beautiful Female Ghosts 做神棍这些年，我专治漂亮女鬼 On the day I was born, my mother had a difficult labor. To save his eldest grandson, my grandfather tore down the family’s front door and found a bloodstained kitchen knife hidden in the doorframe! As the knife came down with a clang, I was born… P.S. This is no run-of-the-mill supernatural story. Expect all kinds of mystery and twists, with a lighthearted, funny take on catching ghosts! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Ultimate Collection of Terrifying Horror Stories 超吓人恐怖故事大全 A new story is here... A new tale of terror... A new mystery... If you're fainthearted, read with caution... The protagonist, Chen Wei, is an ordinary guy who enjoys collecting horror stories. Our story begins with Chen Wei... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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
- 35 Apocalypse: Tracing the Dragon's Veins 末世：探寻龙头脉 [Thriller and Horror] [Tomb Raiding] [Antique Appraisal] [Supernatural] [Imagination] Wei Qi, who runs an antique shop in the provincial capital, explores a cave in his hometown with two companions. After they encounter something strange, he falls seriously ill. During his illness, he enters another world, receives guidance from an expert, and gains the ability to use feng shui and magic arts. After recovering, his memories return, and he discovers that his father dug up the coffins of his mothe 6Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 36 The Boarding School Deep in the Mountains 大山深处的寄宿学校 This is a fully enclosed school built deep in the mountains. Strange things began happening as soon as she arrived. Just how many secrets is she hiding? And why is the school tucked away in the mountains? It all began the day she transferred. 679Reads8.4Score13114d adds
- 37 Tomb King: From Rookie to Tomb-Raiding Expert 盗王：从小白到倒斗高手 The pressures of life and an unexpected opportunity led me into the tomb-raiding business. In this line of work, I met the best boss I could ask for, the Fatty who trusted me most, and the person I loved most, Xiao Ya. Together, we went on countless tomb-raiding adventures, and in the end I became a famous figure in the trade: Master Cheng... 240Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Heavenly Master's Prodigy: The Nanshan Ghost Case 天师高材生之南山鬼事 A lost civilization, a missing professor, a strange jade pendant, a paranormal adventure, and a brilliant young scholar: what connects them all? How does this gifted student become a master ghost hunter and reach the pinnacle of life? Pour yourself a glass of aged wine, light a solitary lamp, and open this book... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Life in the Burial Ground 葬地生 When a fragment of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon surfaces, a deadly game spanning a thousand years quietly begins! The life-and-death secrets of ancient tombs, a companion's betrayal, and the human choices people make when offering sacrifices to survive. With the ultimate secret pointing toward... can they make it out of the tomb alive? Will they become the next immortals, or remain trapped forever in an underground world riddled with mechanisms? 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Ghosts Are Everywhere 处处都有鬼 Inspired by paranormal encounters experienced by me and my friends. The later I write into the night, the more frightened I get. Every little sound or stir of wind makes me wonder if I’m going to see something again. It gives me goosebumps, and then I can write a new paranormal story. One paranormal tale per chapter. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Eastern Ghost Emperor Quits His Job 东方鬼帝他撂挑子不干了 The Eastern Ghost Emperor, deputy to the Great Emperor of Fengdu, commands all ghosts and guards the Gates of Hell to keep evil spirits from escaping and protect the human world. The Eastern Ghost Emperor with a good memory: A catastrophe! All the ghosts have escaped! The amnesiac Eastern Ghost Emperor: All the ghosts escaped? I'm escaping too! They say there are two Eastern Ghost Emperors, standing on either side of the Gates of Hell. The one on the left has a solemn face and a mighty bearing, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Abyss of Horror and the Supernatural 恐怖灵异深渊 My name is Chen Geng. Yes, Geng as in the night watchman. I also have an older brother who is half a year younger than me. You read that right: my biological older brother is half a year younger than I am. I was born unlucky, so I often find myself caught up in things most people will never experience in their entire lives. Now, allow me to tell you about it, bit by bit. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 The Paranormal Affairs Management Company 诡异事务处理有限公司 Tongliu City. Night-shift taxi driver Dong Minghao returned reborn. In his previous life, he had been the personal driver to powerful cultivators. After returning reborn, he discovered that everything had changed. The case of his colleague, Old Yang, murdering and dismembering a body; the mass suicides among teachers and students in Building B-13 at Tongliu Normal University; the man-eating monster in the rainstorm and fog; the chain of cases involving thirteen female corpses beneath Hongtong Br 2.2kReads—Score12614d adds
- 45 Tomb Raiding: Strange Tales 盗墓诡异实录 In the early 21st century, tomb robbers roam all across China. Their tracks can be found everywhere, from snowy plateaus and forests to lakes and seas, even in forbidden zones where no one is allowed to go. My father was one of them, but after an expedition to a tomb, he never came back. To find out what happened to him, I was forced onto this road of no return, traveling from south to north and east to west. I've seen the dangers of the underworld and every facet of human life, survived countle 160Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 46 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 637Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 47 Subduing Evil 镇邪 [China's first mystery novel to reveal the customs of the ancient Dongnu Kingdom] A mysterious old town, an ancient profession, and a rash of strange events. Friend or foe, it's impossible to tell! A peculiar custom from the ancient Dongnu Kingdom, and the source of sins passed down for thousands of years. Terror at the fifth watch, bizarre murder cases: are they vengeful ghosts, a curse, or the evil in people's hearts? A bloodstained clay pot, bells and drums offered in worship, kindhearted peo 162Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 48 In This Life, I Shall Suppress Yin and Yang 这一世，镇压阴阳 [Urban high-martial arts, reincarnation and rebirth, one heroine, a touch of the supernatural, lighthearted and passionate.] In their previous lives, he was an orphan, and she was a ghost. An orphan and a ghost, from meeting and understanding each other to relying on and keeping one another company. Then, their feelings quietly blossomed, and they became lovers... after overcoming countless hardships. But what happy ending has there ever been for a human and a ghost in love? Every union between 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Ming Dynasty Dream-Eater Chronicles 大明噬梦录 In the tenth year of the Wanli reign, demons and monsters roam behind the lantern-lit streets of Jinling. Tong Yan, a junior official at the Imperial Observatory, finds a strange black cat gravely wounded on a rainy night. With jade-black fur and mismatched eyes, it feeds on nightmares and sees through the demons lurking in people’s hearts. A painted-skin ghost combs her hair night after night, while a seamstress’s fingers are utterly ruined. Hongwu-era coins reappear, and everyone who obtains o —Reads—Score—14d adds
