Novels like My Days Working at a Funeral Home
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- 1 The Ninth-Generation Coffin Warden 九代镇棺师 [Horror, supernatural, mystery, two female leads, no cultivation!] An ordinary funeral procession carrying a coffin, and inside it, a female corpse sealed shut and held down by talismans! Her mother, a female ghost, knelt and begged. At last, she won back the tiny life trapped inside the corpse’s womb. A corpse-born child enters the world, cursed from birth! After her adoptive father marries the female ghost, the story of the ninth-generation coffin guardian officially begins… 2.9kReads6.6Score176Shelves
- 2 After the College Entrance Exam, I Received an Acceptance Letter from the Underworld 高考结束，我收到阴间录取通知 Opening… I went back to my hometown, and when I returned, I found that my ID card had somehow become demagnetized. My household registration had no record of me, and my contacts were slowly disappearing. The game account I used every day showed “not registered.” Even my college entrance exam results said “no record found,” as if the world were erasing me bit by bit. I never received a college admission notice, but I did receive an acceptance letter from the underworld. Even the fortune-teller sa 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Northeastern Folk Taboos 东北民间禁忌 The black soil of the Northeast holds too many stories, and hides too many rules. If you hear someone call your name in the middle of the night, never look back. On New Year’s Eve, if a dumpling wrapper breaks, it’s for the “good brothers” to eat. If you meet a woman in red while walking at night, remember to pull your hat down low... These taboos passed down by the older generation are superstition if you don’t believe in them. But if you break them, they become a ghostly gateway that leads str 1.6kReads—Score103Shelves
- 4 I Work as a Mortuary Makeup Artist 我在殡仪馆做化妆师 I used to be a stylist on film and television sets. After reality put me through the wringer, I stumbled into a job as a mortuary makeup artist. Every day, I face all kinds of bizarre corpses, and they have shown me another world... 724Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 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. 212Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 6 Ghost Stories at the Third Watch 三更说鬼 This book, Tales of Ghosts at Three in the Morning, is part of a series with another book, Five in the Morning. Five in the Morning tells of strange events from my grandfather’s time, while Three in the Morning recounts things I’ve experienced in my own era. I hope you’ll give them a read. These are all short stories, but I hope you can experience the unease I felt, too… I’m from the countryside, born in 1989. I’m not highly educated, and my writing isn’t especially sophisticated. I’m the second 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Don't Borrow the Road at Night 夜里别借路 Nobody reads my book. Don't click on it, or you'll regret it. ... Please, whatever you do, don't click on it. I worked so hard to write 100,000 words, and nobody reads it. Don't click on it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 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, 13Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 9 The Immortality Project: I’m Frantically Gaining Extra Lives on the Other Side of the World 永生计划，我在世界对面疯狂加命 Every Easter, a massive ship docks, packed with people hoping to gain eternal life as it sails toward the far shore of the Fog Ocean. But everyone who boards disappears without a trace... Tomorrow is Easter, and Lu Xi boards the ship too, longing for eternal life. The moment he steps aboard, he notices how strangely soft the deck feels. Then he sees tray after tray of eerie sandalwood incense. Everyone who lights a stick dies... leaving no body behind! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 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? 9Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 11 The Previous Tenant Who Often Came Knocking with a Cat 经常带着猫来敲门的上一任租户 The previous tenant who often knocks on the door with a cat —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Professional Funeral Watcher 职业守灵人 At funerals, there is a ritual called “keeping vigil.” I am a professional vigil keeper. People pay me to keep watch over their dead. Over the course of my career, I have witnessed far too many touching stories and tragic circumstances. But most of all, I have encountered strange and terrifying events. And it all began the first time I saw a ghost while keeping vigil... 192Reads6.9Score137Shelves
- 13 Strange Tales of the Northeast 东北鬼事异闻 A collection of strange tales about ghosts and supernatural happenings in Northeast China. Some are hearsay, while others are terrifying paranormal events that happened right before the storyteller's eyes. A weasel spirit gaining human form, a fox stealing an elixir, a corpse crushed beneath a millstone... 2.2kReads—Score106Shelves
- 14 The Blood Mill 血磨坊 Mom is a zombie. Dad has a pure Yang constitution. And I was born as a walking delicacy for monsters. Demons run wild across Changbai Mountain. To summon heavenly thunder and subdue the demons, the entire village became living dead. 42Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 15 Tales of Strange Campus Happenings 校园诡事叙 Reader's guide: No romance. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story. It's more like a journal than a novel, with few dramatic twists. The story is told for the sake of telling it and follows the timeline. The supernatural elements are adapted from stories recounted by people the author once knew. Yuan Ruoying, a talented student in Class 16 of her second year of high school, attends a top school in the city. Her days are spent studying, following the same three-point routine. Life is busy but peacef 14Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 16 Forensic Secret Files: Human-Skin Wine 法医密档之人皮酒 “You have to remember: under no circumstances let that man seduce you,” Xibei said gravely, swinging her short legs. “Don’t worry. I can’t stand him,” Yan Yi replied confidently. Xibei heard this and collapsed to the floor in fright. “Oh no. I said exactly the same thing once.” After an inexplicable murder case, Xibei transmigrates back in time to save the victim of a wrongful conviction. Now in a child’s body, she must help her former self find the real culprit. But has she come to the right ti 57Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 17 Horrifying Stories Happening Near You 发生你身边的恐怖故事 The place you live is growing onto you. A collection of independent short stories, each with a different kind of horror grown out of everyday life. The dampness in your rental that never goes away, takeout so delicious you can't stop eating, always check the back when you rent a place, do you know why people like eating pork...? Look back at your own room, and suddenly something feels wrong. Every story begins with a scene you're familiar with: family, friends, renting a place, ordering takeou 429Reads—Score100Shelves
- 18 Night Talks in the Wine City: The Yin-Yang Person 酒城夜话之阴阳人 The sequel to A Collection of Strange Tales from Republican-Era Sanjiang and Old Tales of Jiangyang: The Wicked Dragon of Sanjiang. After the demon-hunting at Golden Dragon Temple, the liquor city of Luzhou enjoyed a brief period of peace. The reincarnated Dragon Kings of the Three Rivers finally reunited, joining forces to protect Luzhou. But just as they thought the danger had passed, Perfected Shi Miao, who had taken the lives of countless children in the liquor city, escaped from prison. He 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Strange Records from the Wilderness: The Fatal Curse Following Hikers 荒山诡录：徒步者背后的索命诅咒 Also known as: Ghosts in the Deep Mountains: The Reaper Has Called Out Every Teammate In the summer of 2012, I joined a hiking club, only to encounter horrors in the wild mountains that shattered everything I thought I knew. When our guide took a detour to avoid a locust tree, a black-clad child beneath it grinned eerily at me. A frail old man who had been walking ahead suddenly appeared behind us, his rotting black teeth stretching almost to his ears. When I caught up with the group, the “team 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Last Shaman of Northeast China 东北最后的出马仙 Under siege by the Nine Wraiths and the Spirit-Devouring Ten Thousand Wraiths Formation, the barbarian wasteland's evil cultivators strike at the border again and again. Huang Dun wields a peachwood sword as his blade and his resolve to protect the people as his armor, leading immortal disciples, government forces, and border residents to build an ironclad defense. From tempering spirits and refining techniques to fortifying the area with the Sunbright Spirit-Gathering Formation, from passing on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Sell Haunted Cars and Keep a Hundred Evil Spirits at Bay 我！卖凶车，镇百煞！ A cursed car is a car in which someone has died. I'm a used-car dealer, and I only buy cursed cars! My journey in this line of work began with a cursed car I bought, one that nearly cost me my life... 318Reads6.1Score112Shelves
- 22 The Realm of Evil 邪恶之境 Strange and bizarre things keep happening: absurd dreams, bloodthirsty monsters, and baffling mysteries. The world order is in chaos, but that doesn't stop me from being a true god who can move mountains and overturn seas. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Ghosts Are So Scary! Learning to Slay Them in a Supernatural World 有鬼好怕怕，我在灵异世界学斩鬼 [Horror novel. Not for the faint of heart.] Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? If not, where did the word “ghost” come from? Have you ever experienced despair? The world I live in is filled with it. My name is Li You'an. If you’d like to hear my story, come take a look at my world. Twenty kilometers beyond the cemetery, countless hands clawed their way out of the earth. The world changed, becoming strange and unfamiliar. Ghosts ran rampant, the gates of the underworld swung wide ope —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Afraid of Ghosts? I Just Scare Them Instead! What About It? 怕鬼！我直接吓鬼！如何呢？ Su Zhen transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts and awakened a Fear Points System. As long as he made ghosts afraid, he could earn Fear Points and exchange them for magical artifacts and skills. And so, the whole style of things changed. Others ran when they saw ghosts. He smiled. Others risked their lives to exorcise ghosts. He killed them for points. Wandering spirits? Scare them to tears before sending them on their way, for five times the reward. Evil ghosts? Break their lim 16Reads—Score122Shelves
- 25 After Ten Years as a Psychiatrist, I Finally Began to Doubt My Entire Worldview 当了十年精神科医生，第一次彻底怀疑世界观 After ten years as a psychiatrist, I finally began to seriously doubt my view of the world for the first time. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 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 668Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 27 A Chaotic Mass Burial 行尸乱葬 My name is Zhao Ergou, and I carry corpses for a living. The rule is simple: the living must not pass the white line at the cave entrance, and corpses must be placed inside the yellow line. That’s one of the rules every corpse bearer follows, until one day, a group of hikers wandered into the cave… 197Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 28 A Call from Three Lives, A Call Three Times 三生来电，三声来电 The heroine's family fortune is seized through the schemes of three utterly evil forces: bandits, the military, and merchants. Her parents are wrongly accused and die in prison, while she is repeatedly violated by bandits beside their funeral altar, until she takes her own life before her parents' spirits. In a time of chaos, human lives are worth no more than weeds. The heroine can only become a vengeful ghost, embarking on a century-long revenge spanning three lifetimes. She calls the three f —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Hook in the Mist 迷雾之钩 The mist over Qinglan Reservoir never lifts. A pendant and fishhook engraved with the date 1962.7.15 don’t catch fish; they catch the living and the dead. Three years ago, documentary photographer Shen Bozhou’s heart stopped for ten minutes when he jumped into the reservoir to save his partner, who had plunged into the water under mysterious circumstances. Ever since, he has been haunted by visions from beneath the surface. Now he has returned to finish the film he left incomplete, only to find —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 You Want Me to Catch Ghosts? 你让我去抓鬼？ My name is Lin Fan. I'm twenty-two, and I graduated with a college diploma in marketing. While other graduates had job offers in hand and were charging ahead, I graduated straight into a pit of misery. I was two months behind on rent, my pockets were emptier than my face was clean, and my only possession was a beat-up electric scooter that clanked at the slightest touch and looked ready to fall apart at any moment. Five yuan per delivery. I raced around in the wind and sun, but I couldn't plug t 41Reads—Score215Shelves
- 31 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Terrifying Asylum 恐怖疯人院 [Traditional supernatural fiction] + [Traditional mystery] + [Twists] + [Deduction] A tribute to The Last Bus on Route 13. My girlfriend, Tian Wenjing, was an intern doctor at a psychiatric hospital, but she died mysteriously while working there. To investigate what happened, I somehow ended up at the same hospital. After experiencing all kinds of bizarre events, I discovered a tremendous conspiracy lurking behind it. And somehow, this conspiracy was closely connected to me... 726Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 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—Shelves
- 34 This Spirit Medium Puts All Doubters in Their Place 本出马仙专治各种不服 At sixteen, I was forced to take up the incense and begin my work as a spirit medium. I've been at it for twenty-three years. The Fox, Yellow Weasel, White Hedgehog, Willow Snake, and Gray Rat spirits travel with me. I can handle all kinds of demons, ghosts, karmic debts, and spiritual debts. A possessive fox spirit from Inner Mongolia won't leave me alone. A dead soul clings to an old house. Malevolent spirits run rampant through the streets. I never charge the poor exorbitant fees for treatmen 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 I Opened a Pawnshop at 33, and the Midnight Visitors Aren't Human 33岁开寄卖行，半夜来的不是人 Dongji Pawnshop has three rules: First, after midnight, we accept anything, no matter who knocks. Second, we don't give change in spirit money. Third, never ask customers where they came from. Han Haodong had survived for three years on this old street by following these three rules. Until he found a fourth rule among his grandfather's belongings: “Never let the scales tip out of balance.” He didn't know what it meant. But he would soon find out. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Human-Skin Umbrella 人皮伞 A human-skin umbrella! Just as the name suggests, it’s made from human skin. Before the skin is removed, the “material” must soak in a medicinal bath for three full nights. Then the skin can be peeled off with ease. The intact skin is cut into several pieces and soaked in a specially prepared solution for two days. Only after it has been dried in the sun can the crafting begin. A human-skin umbrella is impervious to sunlight. The better the “material’s” skin, the better the user’s skin will be i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 I Rented a Haunted House, and My Roommate Is So Strange 租房租到凶宅，我的室友太奇怪 I Rented a Haunted House, and My Roommate Is So Strange While scrolling through short videos, I discovered that the place I’d been renting for six months was a haunted house where someone had died. Even the pillow used to smother someone to death was lying quietly on my computer chair. I was going to ask my roommate to come with me to get out of the lease. But the landlord said he’d only rented the place to me. What roommate? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Terror on the Meat Delivery Run 运肉惊魂 On the eve of Spring Festival last year, I quit my job in a fit of anger and went back to my hometown to work at a buddy’s butcher shop. One night, while we were driving back with a load of meat, a stunningly beautiful woman stopped us. I kindly offered her the front passenger seat, but she opened the door and climbed into the rear compartment, which reeked of blood. On the way, I could faintly hear tearing and chewing sounds coming from behind me. But the only things back there were that beauti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 My Neighbor Isn't Normal 我的邻居不正常 My Neighbor Doesn’t Seem Quite Right I secretly recorded all the evidence and called the police, but watched with my own eyes as he hanged himself in a room full of “trophies.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 There's a Ghost in the Dorm 宿舍有诡 My roommate gave me a handmade paper-cut window decoration: the magpies had no eyes, and the paired fish had their tails cut off. Someone commented on my social media post: “That’s a broken talisman. It’s meant to lure a lonely ghost into your home.” I didn’t believe in such things. That night, there was knocking at our dorm room door. In the darkness, I heard a plastic bag rustling under the bed. A cold hand slowly crawled up my leg. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Haunted House 诡异之家 Three of us went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, but there were four of us when we came back. I desperately told my parents there was an extra person, but they laughed and said I was imagining things. Until, in the middle of the night, I heard them whisper, “She seems to have noticed.” Mom gripped the meat cleaver and sneered. “Just kill her like we did the last one. Then everything will be fine.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Intern Who Died at His Desk 死在工位上的实习生 On my first day at my new company, the boss said, “Remember, you must leave before seven.” I thought it was a perk, until my coworker Xiaojuan saw a woman with “limbs like bamboo poles” in the empty office next door. The next day, she jumped to her death. That night, I worked overtime until 7:01. Suddenly, someone cut the power, and a freezing hand slipped inside my collar. The cleaning lady appeared in the darkness. “Run! Everyone on this floor has been dead for ages, except you!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Please Do Not Use the Voice Button 请不要使用发声按钮 At midnight, my dog pressed the talking buttons in the living room: [Mom] [Bad thing] [Went out]. I was too sleepy to pay attention, until it pressed them again: [Mom] [Hungry] [Want food]. But my dog was fast asleep at my feet. The living room was empty, except for the overturned dog bowl and the soaked buttons. My best friend said, “Cats and dogs can see things people can’t.” I tried to stay calm, but then I felt a dog leash tucked between the sofa cushions. It wasn’t mine... Just then, the be —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Manor of Strange Tales 庄园怪谈 I came to Cloudtop Manor to look for clues about my younger sister’s disappearance. When the gates closed, the manor’s steward told us: “You can only leave once you find the key.” Each of us was given a list of rules about the manor: “Do not set foot in the red house to the east. It will bring misfortune!!!” “Do not wander around the manor after eleven o’clock!!!” “Do not pick a single rose in the manor, or you may bring a deadly disaster upon yourself!!!” The remaining rules are still “unlockin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Door Guardian Statue 门神像 The company is built on a mass grave, and every night, “something” follows me into the bathroom. My boyfriend told me to put up a Door God poster, but I accidentally put up a “Yin-Gathering Formation” instead. Ever since, the ghostly knocks at my door haven’t stopped. He said that repeating “I do” three times would drive away the evil spirits. But after I actually said it for the third time... I realized he didn’t want me. He wanted my body. The male ghost who’d been chasing me kept whispering i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Beware of Yourself 小心你自己 Every Wednesday, a note warning me would appear in the company suggestion box. I thought it was a prank. I thought my colleague Lin Hao was getting revenge, until the police shot him dead in my living room. The last note said: “Watch out for yourself.” I turned around and saw my wife raise a knife —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Vengeful Ghost 怨鬼 My roommate sobbed as if her heart were breaking every night. I posted online to complain, and a female Taoist priest messaged me: “She’s not human. She’s a vengeful ghost. The more often she cries, the sooner you’ll die.” I didn’t believe it, until one night she bit into my wrist and smiled. “Have a taste.” I ran, she chased me, and the Taoist priest Jiang Yu handed me a string of bodhi beads. “Put them on. They’ll protect you.” I put them on, and she smiled. It turned out this wasn’t a protect 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Knock on the Door and Die 敲门会送死 An delivery driver chasing online views deliberately targeted orders marked “Don’t knock.” This time, he’d picked the wrong person. He pounded on the door, picked the lock, and stormed into my home with a group of people, shouting to the millions watching his livestream, “Come out and apologize, beautiful!” Cradling the ghost baby, I said softly, “Go eat, sweetheart.” The next second, a tiny blue-gray figure pounced That night, every viewer in the livestream remembered: Some doors, once knocked —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Please Find My Body 请寻找我的尸体 I’m Hell Butterfly, a mystery writer who never shows her face. One day, I launched a puzzle game called “Find My Body,” and the whole internet thought I was just drumming up publicity. Until someone really found the body of a woman in white beside an abandoned building. Posing as a reporter, I called the police and pointed out “my own” corpse to them. Everyone thought the dead woman was me, not knowing she was my younger sister, who had been missing for half a year. The real killer lived in the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Night Shift Guard 夜班保安 On my first day as a night-shift security guard, I found my predecessor’s patrol notes in a locker The last page was scrawled with the words, “Don’t trust Captain Wang. He’s been dead for seven years.” At that very moment, in the monitoring room, Wang Shouquan was staring at a screen full of static and smiling, his corpse-spotted hand clutching an employee badge from twenty years ago. And I’d just seen another uniformed version of him patrolling the fourth floor. —Reads—Score—Shelves
