Novels like My Years Working the Night Shift at the Crematorium
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- 1 The Last Yin-Yang Master 最后一个阴阳先生 My grandmother was a renowned spirit medium in the village, well versed in the realms of yin and yang. Growing up around her, I became used to all sorts of tales about ghosts and spirits. When I grew up, I couldn't escape that fate either, and had no choice but to become the village's yin-yang master, helping people avert disasters and drive out ghosts and evil spirits. Later, for a reason I couldn't refuse, I had to tell all these stories of mine to a reporter… 88Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 2 Midnight Taxi 午夜出租 I was driving late at night when I met a beautiful woman who asked me to take her to the Rich and Famous nightclub. She gave me a lot of money, saying she was renting my taxi. The next day, I found that all the money she'd given me had turned into paper ash. That's when I realized my passenger wasn't human... 196Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Scarlet Otherworld 猩红异界 While playing chess against Li Rui, the chess player Wu Yu is ambushed by him and transmigrates to an ancient otherworld. Just as Wu Yu prepares to put his schemes to use and make a name for himself, he discovers that this place is not as simple as it seems. Nothing is ever more terrifying than the human heart. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Big Shot Who Transmigrates Through Time 穿越时空的大佬 After awakening a space-time portal golden finger, he transmigrates between two worlds to build his initial fortune. He shows off in front of people in the ancient world and lives it up in the modern one. No brainless antics, no face-slapping, just a sharp mind and one guiding principle: get rich quietly. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Let Me Tell You a Little Story, It's Not Scary at All (Six-Volume Set) 我讲个小故事,一点儿都不吓人(全六册) Fear should remain hidden in the subconscious and fade away without a trace, yet it always leaves clues in everyday life. In an alley where the sunset has slipped out of sight, in a corner turned away from the neon lights, an elegant lady sits outside a café, casting ill-intentioned sidelong glances at passersby. These signs show that when people find themselves in darkness beyond the reach of sunlight, fear swells in an instant like a shadow and closes in around them. Come, step into my stories —Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 6 Thriller: Nothing About This Game Feels Right 惊悚:这个游戏哪都不对劲 [Cthulhu Mythos + sci-fi (supernatural) + goofy humor + a nobody author] My name is Meng Jiang. Life is unpredictable, and the worst always seems to happen. One day, I was happily gaming with my “good friends” when, whether I was possessed or what, a flash of white light suddenly transported me, along with the game, to a completely different world… We all spent the same amount of money, so why are you playing Cyberpunk 2077 while I’m stuck with Cyberpunk 2451? And why is this thing’s art styl 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Yin-Yang Dream Interpreter 阴阳解梦师 Do you believe in fate? Are a person's wealth and poverty, good and bad fortune, life and death, and longevity or early death all predetermined? My name is Fang Tian. I'm a yin-yang dream interpreter. 142Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 8 A Bloody Night in Jiling Village 寂岭村血夜 This novel contains depictions of human nature and graphic violence. Readers under 18 should read with a parent or guardian. On December 4, 1994, a small mountain village in eastern Shenzhong City, near the border with Huizhou City, was the site of an unprecedented major crime. It later became known as “Shenzhong’s Sealed Village.” “Help me! Everyone’s been killed!” “Hello, this is Danao Police Station. What happened?” “There’s a ghost! A ghost is here! N-no, don’t come any closer! P-please, hel 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Forbidden Zone of the Living 活人禁地 My dad forced me to eat something I shouldn’t have. On the seventh day after he died, I saw him outside, playing a suona… 63Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 10 The Paranormal Files 诡异档案 An exclusive exposé by an eyewitness on the paranormal files of China’s secretive investigative organization, Bureau Nine! This book chronicles the past and present of its paranormal cases, revealing one bizarre and fantastical incident after another. The Corpse-Worshipping Cult, the Black God Cult, Nanyang sorcery, Yunnanese Gu magic, Chinese Taoist arts, reincarnated living Buddhas: let the author guide you into a real land of the supernatural and uncover the many unknown secrets hidden all ar 546Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 A Blind Date Turns into a Ghost Marriage: I Turn the Tables and Livestream the Corpse-Carrying Groom 相亲变冥婚:我反手直播赶尸新郎 [Metaphysics + horror + juicy gossip + comedy + complete] Lin Qingjiu, the disowned daughter of a wealthy family, is schemed against by her relatives and forced into a ghost marriage. Lying in the coffin beside her ghost groom, whose face is deathly pale yet stunningly beautiful, she smiles. Thanks, buddy, for the fresh corpse! She immediately turns around and livestreams herself escorting the groom’s corpse, bringing the whole internet along to feast on the juicy gossip. She exposes the weal 32Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 12 Tales of the Monstrous 怪形异传 In the forbidden zone of the Taklamakan Desert, the Cradle Project’s experimental base has become a living hell after its vacuum energy spiraled out of control. An unknown flying-saucer-shaped creature, covered in transparent, wet streaks, breaks through the barrier. It devours researcher Chen Ming in an instant and escapes into the ventilation ducts, leaving behind only a few drops of blood to announce the coming disaster. Three hours later, Chen Ming returns “unharmed.” His face is pale, his g 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Carefree Young Man in the Countryside 村野悠闲小年青 Geng Congming had achieved nothing in the outside world, so he slunk back to his village, planning to rest for a while before heading out to make his fortune. But once he returned, he couldn't bring himself to leave. He had fallen completely in love with the peaceful, leisurely life of the countryside! This is a book to help your tired mind and body unwind before bed. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 My Journey of Study on Earth 在地球的求学之路 [Male-Oriented] [Urban] [Xuanhuan] [Sci-Fi] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] [Invincible] [Superpowers] In the vast universe, there is a universal system for classifying civilizations. A first-level civilization is a planetary civilization; a second-level civilization is a galactic civilization; a third-level civilization is a stellar-region civilization; a fourth-level civilization is a cosmic civilization; a fifth-level civilization is a multiverse civilization; a sixth-level civilization is a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Mr. Gu Spoils His Wife Without Restraint 顾先生宠妻无节制 “I'm great at everything from laundry to cooking. Sichuan food, Cantonese food, Japanese cuisine, French fine dining, which would you like first? Marry me and you'll eat well every day! Mr. Gu, marry me?” “Okay!” Taking the lessons from her failed first marriage to heart, Lin Nai only wants to find an ordinary man and settle down for her second. But can someone tell her why the owner of an unremarkable little company suddenly turns out to be the top heir to the country's richest family? After th 231Reads8.5Score27714d adds
- 16 Heir to the Ghostly Way 鬼道传人 The art of ghostcraft bridges the worlds of yin and yang, drawing upon every school of magic. Lin Ziqin was born with a short-lived fate and had a knack for attracting ghosts from childhood. Fortunately, a master saved him, and he became an heir to the art of ghostcraft. After completing his training, he returns to capture vengeful spirits and banish evil. With beautiful women by his side, he roams the campus and the city, crossing between the realms of the living and the dead, all to defy fate 728Reads5.6Score11014d adds
- 17 Driver of the Underworld 幽冥司机 Bus Route 206 is hiring a night-shift driver. Liu Hao eagerly applies, only to discover that the job not only pays well but also has short hours. It’s only after he signs the contract that he realizes there’s something wrong with the bus… Strange passengers and eerie lost property leave Liu Hao wondering if he’s driving the last bus of the underworld! 395Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 18 The Midnight Hearse 午夜灵车 I was just a taxi driver, until an accident dragged me into a war that had nothing to do with me. A woman in red walking the streets at midnight, a mother and child who hanged themselves and now haunt the living... An underground laboratory, the origins of a mysterious organization... 465Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 19 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
- 20 A Collection of Bizarre Horror Stories 怪诞恐怖故事集 My stories have magic, blood and tears, the evil side of human nature, and the horror you’re looking for. 1. Mother’s Bottles and Jars: A single drop of blood can turn one grain of rice into a whole pot of rice. A hundred drops can conjure a bicycle... What kind of magic is hidden in the bottles and jars Mother prepared for him? 2. The Toilets in Dreams: If you fall asleep while desperate to pee, you’ve surely dreamed of all kinds of toilets. If you write down the toilets you see in your dreams, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A Dream of Brocade, A Heart of Rippling Waters 锦梦澜心 Life is like the pages of a book, turning gently. Sometimes it overflows with sunshine, and sometimes dark clouds gather. But that is what makes the good things all the more precious. Pay attention, and you’ll find surprises hidden everywhere in life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Dao Qianyu's First Book 道千语的第1本书 My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 34Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 23 Our Years as Roommates 我们的合租往事 On the way back, with the alcohol giving me courage, I asked her, “Did you really mean what you said just now?” She looked confused. “What do you mean, did I really mean it?” I was getting anxious. “You told them you were dating me!” She burst out laughing. She’d understood what I meant all along and had just been teasing me. She said, “I’m four or five years older than you. You don’t mind?” “I don’t mind. Isn’t it said that a wife who’s three years older brings a fortune? I’ll get one and a hal 2.7kReads8.8Score—14d adds
- 24 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—14d adds
- 25 The Peerless Divine Doctor in the City 极品神医混都市 A down-and-out young man stumbles upon an alien high-tech medical System and transforms into a miracle doctor. “Feeling unwell, gorgeous? Let me feel you up a little and you’ll be fine.” “Hey, hey, why are you hitting me? I’m not a pervert...” As long as I have enough energy, there’s no disease on this planet I can’t cure. 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Strange Tales of Southeast Asia 东南亚诡事 (The author has opened a coffee shop in the ancient city of Dali and is busy with renovations. Please wait a little while for updates.) My name is Ning. During college, I went alone to Thailand to intern at a hotel, where a series of bizarre and inexplicable things happened. Why was there a temple built inside the hotel? What secrets did this temple hide? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Strange Case Files 诡局录 [No System + No Cultivation + No Foolish Protagonist + Traditional Supernatural Horror + Mystery and Suspense] My name is Shang Tian, and I’m a man cursed by an evil spirit. It was a lottery ticket that should never have existed. Its dark, yellow-black background looked soaked in old blood and night; the glaring red lettering wasn’t a set of lucky numbers, but an invitation to hell. When I scratched it off, overjoyed and thinking I’d found a lifeline to a hundred-thousand-yuan jackpot, my finge 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Man-Eating Python 噬人蟒 Man-Eating Python —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 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
- 32 Is This the Funeral Parlor? 是那间丧葬店吗? A funeral goods shop that looks completely out of place has suddenly opened on a bustling shopping street. It keeps its doors shut during the day and opens for business by night. Qi Shiwu, born at an hour of yin, accidentally becomes a shop assistant. What connection could she have to this place? Follow Shiwu as she opens the shop’s doors! “Shh! A customer’s here!” 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 My Years at the Crematorium 我在火葬场的那些年 Are only the dead kept in the morgue? Are only corpses cremated in the incinerator? When a crematorium security guard sees someone burning paper offerings in the middle of the night, are they really for the dead, or are they for the living? A deep dive into the shocking crematorium incident that made headlines! 839Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 35 The Haunted Old Mansion 恐怖老宅 The living guard the yang, while ghosts hold the yin in check. Yin and yang are inseparable, and nothing is forbidden. In this world, everyone is either human or ghost, yin or yang. But there are people who walk between the two realms all year round, neither human nor ghost. They are the Yin-Yang House Guardians! 53Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 36 Where Love Runs Deep, Spirits Stir 情深则灵 Jiang Xiaomao has a secret: he’s discovered that his desires can get people killed. As he gradually awakens supernatural abilities during paranormal events, he also realizes that he’s been corrupted. What should he do? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Strange Tales from the Countryside 乡村诡故事 Before you start this book, a warning: if you scare easily, don't read it. If you live alone, be careful. Every short ghost story here is based on an ordinary person's real-life experience. Not a single word is made up. From the damp old alleyways of the south to the frozen, deserted villages of the north; from late-night overtime in office buildings to lights-out in university dorms; the taboos our elders forbade us to talk about, and the moments you dare not dwell on in the middle of the night 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Don't Talk to the Comments 不要和弹幕说话 [Horror + Supernatural + Mystery + Mind-Bending + Anthology (first four volumes complete) + Dread That Gets Under Your Skin + Not for the Fainthearted + The Villain Is the Smartest Character in the Book + Growing Female Lead + No System, No Cheats, Plot-Driven] Have you ever replied to a historical comment on a video, even just for fun? Hu Jia accidentally comes across a web series from ten years ago. It depicts a real case from that same year, but its ending is completely different from what 19Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 39 Defying Heaven! I'm Going to Make Big Waves! 逆天!我要掀起大浪! An ordinary young man suddenly awakens. He refuses to remain an unknown nobody and sets out to challenge every rule of the world, becoming a defiant bad boy who dares to defy heaven and make an enemy of the world, all so he can be himself! A dark, violent, feel-good power fantasy for downtrodden urban workers, helping you release all that pent-up stress. You'll be hooked and unable to put it down! A thrilling tale of violent aesthetics that will send your brain into raptures! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Living Burial Mound 活人坟 Never let an unfamiliar woman into your car! Especially at night! Because the person you meet... might not be alive! 63Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 41 Horror Stories 恐怖随笔 A newly arrived, laid-back demobilized soldier; a beautiful makeup artist who keeps to herself, cool on the outside but warm inside; a group of colleagues at a funeral home, each with their own agenda; and a twisted, eerie spirit in the crematorium. As singing echoes through the midnight air, the curtain rises on death. They struggle to uncover the truth on the very edge of terror and death... 2.3kReads8.9Score21514d adds
- 42 The Reborn Top-Tier Star: Scumbags, Tremble! 顶流影后重生:渣男们,颤抖吧 Before I was reborn, I was known in showbiz as a “saint,” taking the blame for my best friend and covering for my boyfriend. In the end, they joined forces to push me off a rooftop so they could split my billion-yuan inheritance. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the night my best friend cried and begged me to admit to fleeing the scene of a car accident. This time, I started a livestream right away. “Guys, she says I hit someone with my car last night, but my car... is still being repa 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Sky Is Falling! I’m Afraid of Ghosts, Yet the King of the Underworld Won’t Leave Me Alone 天塌了,怕鬼的我被冥王缠上了 [Mystery and the supernatural + doting devotion + hidden identities revealed + ghost hunting + a heroine who grows] [A tough-talking girl who’s afraid of ghosts × a protective, clingy King of the Underworld] A timid girl and a powerhouse team up to hunt evil spirits During a terrifying murder-mystery game, Chu Mu runs into a real ghost from the script, and her twenty years of materialist beliefs crumble on the spot. She thinks it was just one unlucky encounter, but then one strange incident aft 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 There are many taboos passed down in everyday life. For example, never stick your chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice, and never look back when walking alone at night... But some people refuse to believe in them. The consequences? Death, or something worse than death! One taboo passed down by word of mouth in our village was never to touch the stone tablet beside the well. Then the village’s Eighth Master touched it, and terrifying events began happening one after another... 28Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 45 Taking Over the Hehuan Sect: I Become Invincible by Winning the Empress's Heart 入主合欢宗,无敌从攻略女帝开始 [System + Passionate Adventure + Scheming Male Lead + Building a Faction + Winning the Empress's Heart] Zhuge Peng obtains an intelligent, invincible System, along with an innate Dao body, ten thousand years of cultivation, and the Heaven-tier Profound Heaven Dual Cultivation Art. He becomes invincible! Even more amazingly, his System can level up! [Ding! Sign-in reward module loaded successfully. The Host can claim generous rewards by signing in every day.] [Ding! Disciple-recruitment reward mo 39Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 46 The Horror Taxi 恐怖出租车 There is a kind of vehicle meant for certain people. Its job is to take them to the world they belong in. That is the ghost bus. You may never have heard of a living person boarding one, but if you ever see a vehicle of unknown origin on the road, be careful... 2kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 47 I Returned from Cultivation, Found a Rich Heiress, and Became Invincible 修真归来捡到豪门千金,我无敌了 [Blazing hot-blooded power fantasy] [Invincible] [Ruthless] [Campus queens and beauties] When Chu Qi fails his tribulation, his physical body is blasted to pieces, but his Nascent Soul escapes and teleports away. The moment he wakes up, he sees a stunning beauty wrapped in a bedsheet beside him. What is this...? A fourth-dan black belt in karate? Too weak. One move is all it takes! A grandmaster must not be insulted? Who said that? I’ll take them down on the spot! A foreign boxing champion and s 75Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 48 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我,后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 33Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 49 Walking Between Yin and Yang, I Took Two Vengeful Ghosts as Aunts 行走阴阳,我认了两个厉鬼作姑姑 [Supernatural + Horror + Ghost Stories + Urban + Ghost Hunting + Taoist Magic] He was punching ghost dolls and kicking fox spirits at the age of three, and you tell me that's reasonable? He's a yin-yang master who took two vengeful ghosts as his aunts, and you tell me that's perfectly normal? You can already fly on a sword, and now you're telling me to believe in science and reject superstition? Beating up evil spirits at the funeral home, making a water ghost copy out the Tao Te Ching, and sicc 81Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 50 The Spring Fields Physician 春野中医 (Countryside + Traditional Chinese Medicine + Farmer's Wife + Farm Work) Gao Xiao had inherited his family's traditional medical knowledge and was a skilled practitioner of Chinese medicine. He was thriving in the village and had seen all kinds of people... “Doctor Gao, hurry and stop the bleeding!” Yang Xiuying cried out, her face pale and weak. 4Reads—Score—14d adds

















































