Novels like The Horror Story Editorial Department
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- 1 Rule Horror: I'm Really Just Playing a Game 规则怪谈：我真的只是在玩游戏 [Behind-the-Scenes Mastermind + Creating Strange Tales + Supernatural Invasion of Reality + Ensemble Cast] “You are the only player of this game in this world. Enjoy your game.” A mysterious game suddenly appears on the phone of Li Ming, a young man with social anxiety. Driven by curiosity, Li Ming opens the game. Once inside, he is presented with a choice: Player mode or Administrator mode. Li Ming decisively chooses Administrator mode, and one rule-based horror after another appears in the wor 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Years I Dealt in Grave Goods 倒腾冥器那些年 Ghosts + Tomb Raiding + Treasure Appraisal Treasure appraisal and collecting have existed since ancient times. Today, we’re talking about a very special presence in the world of treasure appraisal: people who make a living appraising funerary objects, specifically profiting from the dead. They’re known as Night Appraisers. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I’m the Strongest Administrator, Yet I Have No Combat Skills at All 身为最强管理员我却没任何战斗力 [Transmigration into a fantasy game world, no female lead, character growth, invincible protagonist, powerful subordinates, a male lead who loves showing off, absolute self-interest, power fantasy] No goody-goodies allowed. One day, Ling Ye suddenly transmigrates into a game he helped create, retaining his World Administrator status. The catch is that he’s only level one and has no combat abilities whatsoever?! Fortunately, he has the strongest organization in the world at his command: the Domai 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Li Wu's Bizarre Life 李吾的诡异人生 Li Wu was born under an unusual fate, destined to a life of loneliness and hardship. The summer he graduated, his grandmother disappeared. She left him his grandfather’s notebook, and from then on, he embarked on the path of the ghost arts. As he searched for his grandmother, Li Wu’s life grew increasingly strange. Along the way, he uncovered his grandfather’s plans from more than twenty years earlier and learned why his grandmother had disappeared. A conspiracy had been circling around him ever —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A World Overrun by the Uncanny 诡异全世界 Yu Jin, a survivor of the death game, discovered the mastermind's true identity. What would he do? Kill the mastermind and take control of the death game? No... Yu Jin discovered an even greater secret. The mastermind had become a mindless evil spirit, and Yu Jin had gained a ghost's power. He used that power to save the people closest to him. (The first 34 chapters follow the protagonist through battles of wits and adventures; in the next 60, he works with the government to establish a headquar —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Yin-Yang Ghost Embroidery 阴阳诡绣 Some taboos must never be broken, no matter what. Before my grandfather died, he warned me never to make money from the skills he taught me. But one night, a woman from my hometown collapsed outside my door and begged me to help her keep the child in her womb. My heart softened, and from then on, there was no turning back. 13Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 7 The Yin Tattooist 阴纹师 A tattoo shop that opens at midnight. The designs aren’t tigers, dragons, or leopards, but... 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Forbidden Livestream 禁忌直播间 When you open this book, The Forbidden Livestream, you may not believe that its story is based on real events! An allegedly unsolvable horror forum, a hapless programmer crushed by the 996 work schedule, and a third-rate female student detective who considers herself first-rate. What dazzling sparks will fly when all of them come together? Thriller or mystery? Human or supernatural? Be careful! Because from this point on, every step you take will keep you on the edge of your seat! 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I Break the Rules in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏打破规则 A horror game descended, selecting players one after another to take part. Lin Yi, a patient at Green Vine City's Third Psychiatric Hospital, an innovator of the times and a modifier of rules, quietly entered the horror game. “Damn it, are you telling me this three-armed monster is a player?” “That lunatic chased me down and asked why there are twenty-four hours in a day and three hundred and sixty-five days in a year!” “Last time, he only had three arms. How come he’s got two more mechanical ar 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 He Sees the Light in the Abyss 他在深渊见光 The moment their hearts stopped, they heard God laughing at them. The dying hacker Shen Yan was cast into an endless purgatory called the Ark. There was no salvation here, only survival time bought with blood. Falling into the abyss alongside him was Lin Xiao, a firefighter whose soul burned with an undying light. Reason and passion were weapons for survival, as well as blades turned against each other. Shen Yan was a walking forbidden code. A cold number, [09], was branded on his heart, while a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Midnight in the Countryside 午夜乡村 My parents' job transfers sent me to live and study at my grandmother's house. Before bed, she warned me not to go and look, no matter what sounds I heard. From then on, one strange event after another came crashing into my life. Then, one day, my grandmother suddenly told me the secret about who I really was... 553Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 12 Do I Look Human or Like a Ghost? 你看我是人还是鬼？ After graduating from high school, I was guarding watermelons in a melon field. One night, a thief came to steal them. I rushed over and fought him, driving him off, but then I came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. The next day, my family went to check the field. All they found were my own chaotic footprints and the watermelons trampled into mush... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Shocking! I Master a Horror Game by Starting as a Top Student 震惊！从当学霸开始驾驭惊悚游戏 I, Su Yu, transmigrated to a parallel world when the horror game arrived. By chance, I acquired SSS-rank learning skills, and from then on, eating books became part of my daily routine. Demon Dorm Supervisor: “There’s no room in the dormitory. You’ll have to stay in the [Horror Library] tonight. I hope you make it out alive.” Su Yu: “Where there are books, there’s paradise. Why fear ghosts and monsters?” “This book is pretty good. Tastes like chicken, and nice and crunchy.” Ding! “You have consu 1Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 14 Mountain God Festival 山神祭 The Greater Khingan Range. Temperatures below minus twenty, with snow up to a hunter's knees. A weasel spirit crouched in a tree, watching as a hunter in a fox-fur hat crept across the snow with his rifle at the ready. If the hunter died, his flesh would go to the beasts and spirits hiding in the woods, while his soul would belong to the mountain god who commanded the clouds, winds, and rain. From the moment he took his first step into the forest and snow, the hunter's life was no longer his ow 47Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 15 Horror Instances: Follow the Rules If You Want to Survive 惊悚副本：想活命，就要遵守规则 [Clever protagonists + Cthulhu + transmigration + infinite worlds + horror games] The entire city was under the control of a mysterious force, and some people were sucked into eerie spaces. To stay alive, they had no choice but to take part in one bizarre, terrifying game instance after another. There, only those clever and resilient enough had any chance of making it to the end... 144Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 16 Super Horror Livestream 超级惊悚直播 A random viewer is selected to play a horror game. Complete it and earn a reward; fail, and you’ll be punished. The ultimate punishment: death. 1.8kReads—Score151Shelves
- 17 I'm Broke, Why Should I Be Afraid of Ghosts? 我穷鬼，岂会怕鬼？ [Goofy] [Funny] [Irreverent] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Hop in] [No System] [A fish that slipped through nine years of compulsory education] Wang Ling landed a job paying 18,000 yuan a month as a security guard at a private hospital. On his first day, he was left completely stunned! Each floor of the hospital's inpatient wing had a special passage enshrining one of the underworld's yin deities. The morgue even had butcher's knives inexplicably lying around. Wang Ling put up with all of that. Then 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Crimson Round Table Game 猩红圆桌游戏 After death, a person weighs 21 grams less. Those 21 grams are a person’s consciousness. When emotions run especially high before death, that consciousness can become an obsession. Only those who die with exceptionally powerful emotions become obsessions, clinging to their last wish and struggling to remain in this world until they can fulfill it. 55Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 19 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. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Tales of the Malevolent Spirits 凶灵秘闻录 A strange space hides countless mysteries. It is filled with danger and crises, and death lurks everywhere. Everyone who enters has only one thought: survive! 14Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 21 Sequence: Hehe, Do You Think You Can Become a God Too? 序列：嘻嘻，你也妄图成神吗？ Volume One: So-called Fate Is a Performance, Carefully Orchestrated Volume Two: A World Torn by War, Where Shedding Mortality Makes You a Monster or a Demon Volume Three: Truth and Lies Blur, as a Dream Begins and Ends Volume Four: Rebirth Has Its Methods: Human, Monster, Demon, or God [Sequence Cultivation] [Chinese Cosmic Horror] [Transforming Protagonist] (QAQ, a feudal dynasty plus semi-industrialization, you get it! Then there's the eerie stuff plus a dynasty in turmoil, you get it! And fin 126Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Horror Landlord: My Thirty-Eight Female Tenants 恐怖房东：我的三十八位女租客 “Zhuge Ming, if you come study at my kindergarten, I’ll give you five hundred a month, and pick you up and drop you off...” said the headmistress. “I brought you lunch, Zhuge Ming. I made it myself...” said the teacher. “Come here. I’ll marry all three of my daughters to you,” said Priest Lin. Zhuge Ming was born with a peach-blossom fate. He had the looks of a woman despite being a man, and from the moment he was born, every woman had just one wish: to marry him. Zhuge Ming was miserable. Who c —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 23 When Rule-Based Horror Arrives: From the Start, I Make a Move on My Female Boss 规则怪谈降临：开局强撩女上司 After waking up in the office, Li Tian found a strange note. It read: [Don't be late. Get to the office before eight in the morning.] [Your folders are all blue. If you find a red folder, ignore it.] [Don't look in the mirror while riding the elevator.] [Work ends at six every evening. Refuse to work overtime and leave the office by six thirty. Any consequences are your own responsibility!] [Don't make your female boss angry!] He thought it was a prank, never imagining that when one colleague ar 1.5kReads8.4Score219Shelves
- 24 The Underworld Retirement Home 冥府养老院 [Mystery + Supernatural Horror + Urban + Deduction + No Do-Gooder Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless] On the first day of school, I ran into a female ghost! Facing the red-clad upperclassman before me, I raised a chair and brought it crashing down on her! "You think it's funny to dress up like a ghost and scare me, you bastard?" —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Infinite: The Thrilling Game of the Divine Agent 无限：神代行者的惊悚游戏 [Infinite flow, original dungeons, supernatural, mild horror, suspense and deduction] No livestreaming. No female lead. Not invincible. You were told to recruit people for the eerie game, so what on earth did you bring back? Rifts are ravaging the globe, and an eldritch god seems to be behind them. A divine emissary travels between two worlds, weaving a new tale of eerie folklore. 21Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 26 Administrator of the Nineteenth Floor 第十九层管理员 After a freak accident leaves him alive, he becomes the administrator of Hell. From then on, he gets along famously with all the evil spirits and gods who refuse to reincarnate and would rather loaf around in Hell. Spells, magical treasures, martial arts, fortune-telling, lifespan, and medicine all end up in Li Xiaolin’s hands. If anyone refuses to hand them over, I’ll open the reincarnation passage and toss them in for rebirth! 206Reads5.0Score100Shelves
- 27 When Terror Descends, I Control the World With Puppet Arts 惊悚降临，我靠傀儡术操控世界 [Thriller Game] + [No Female Lead] + [No Romance] + [Semi-Invincible] This story has no concept of nations. The world is made up of countless domains, each controlled by a local corporation or faction. When the Thriller Game descends and the world is plunged into darkness, who will become that glimmer of light? He tugs at the thousands of threads at his fingertips, stretching into every corner of the world. They are everyone's nightmare, and their hope... Behind the world lies the unpredictable 7Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 28 Soul Funeral Director 灵魂殡葬师 My name is Zeng Yao. Yao, as in “beautiful as jade.” I have no father or mother. They say my mother died in childbirth, and no one knows who my father was. My uncle, Old Lei, brought me home. My uncle had an unusual profession: he was an undertaker. He beautified and applied makeup to the dead, then handled their cremation and everything else. Like father, like son, they say, but although I wasn’t my uncle’s child, he made me learn all those things from a young age. But I didn’t like it. I eve 476Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 29 The Spirit Chaser 赶阴人 Read the stars and moon, and declare life and death with ironclad certainty. A man on the margins of the human world, he sets right the injustices of the underworld. My new book, The City's Strongest Immortal Son-in-Law, is out now. I humbly ask for your support! 450Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 30 King of Feng Shui: I Roam the World with a Sealed Divine Dragon 风水之王之我与封印神龙闯天下 The day I was born, my father died. A fortune-teller said I was born under an unlucky star and would bring death to my parents! No! I decide my own fate, not Heaven! Watch me defy fate alongside the dragon spirit living inside me! See how Lin Qingfeng rises from an orphan girl to become a renowned feng shui master! 465Reads—Score—Shelves
- 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—Shelves
- 32 The Horror Keeper 惊悚饲养员 [Horror Game + Farming in the Underworld (Definitely)] Plant a soul seed, harvest a field of ghosts, and raise countless vicious spirits there. Qin Ye is their caretaker. Mr. Barber, please don't touch Miss Sadako's hair. She'll cry. Mr. Clown, how can you go back to normal? You're making things very difficult for me! Voodoo Doll, please put away your curse. I don't want to go bald again! And you, Butcher! Put down that skeleton's bones. They're not for making soup! When a feast of terror descen 4Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 33 Rule Horror: An Infinite-Flow Haunted Campus. Don't Trust Any Rule (2) 规则怪谈：无限流诡异校园，别相信任何一条规则（2） Rule Horror: The Infinite-Flow Haunted School. Don’t Trust Any of the Rules (2) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Haunted Inn 凶灵旅店 At Qiyun Inn, tucked deep in the mountains, terrifying ghost stories have been passed down for years. In this isolated place, the shadow of a desperate death looms! Is it the curse of an evil spirit, or a sinister plot by ruthless criminals? In these fog-shrouded, pitch-black mountains and wilderness, a strange dark shape suddenly appears up ahead! Is it a person? An animal? Or... a ghost? Through the dark rain and fog, a solitary, old-fashioned courtyard comes into view. A towering tree with an 159Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 35 I Play the Suona to Send Ghosts Off 我吹着唢呐，为鬼送葬 Demons and monsters have appeared in the world, the bizarre has returned, and humans and ghosts now coexist. The old order has been shattered. “Nurse! Is counting up to 456 for ghosts considered a mental illness?” The Flower-Picking Ghost: “I’m reporting you! Your patient escaped! He brought three burly men and pinned us down in a room! Then he played ‘Chrysanthemums Blooming Across the Mountain’ on our butts!” The Crazy Little Ghost: “That was so babyish! He even ambushed me! Then he made me do 11Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 36 I Am the Chairman of the Horror Game's BOSSes 我是惊悚游戏的BOSS主席 [Girls' love, infinite flow, behind-the-scenes scheming, slow-paced.] Hello, players~ I'm Le Jia, one of the twelve chairpersons of the Horror Game. Welcome to my horror world. I'm sure it will offer you a unique experience. My horror world offers a variety of optional stages. The Candy House is an easy stage guaranteed to make you squeal with delight. It contains no preservatives or food additives whatsoever, and is a dreamland for anyone with a sweet tooth. At the Paradise Training School, all 14Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 37 Hell Is Empty, and Evil Spirits Walk the Earth 地狱空荡荡，恶灵在人间 This is a horror novel centered on mystery, a traditional supernatural story with no System and no cultivation. The setup is lengthy, there are many mysteries, and the truth is revealed gradually. A mysterious apartment brings endless nightmares. To escape, you must complete the nine tasks assigned by the apartment. Hunted by evil spirits, mocked by ghosts, and consumed by resentment, everyone will be trapped in a terrifying cycle of death and rebirth, played out in blood. “All who are ruled by 501Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 38 The Eerie Game: From the Start, I Picked Up a Top-Tier Star 诡异游戏：开局捡个顶流女星 [Horror game + dark tone + unscrupulous tactics + Infinite Flow + one female lead] Could the strange creature Gu Changqing brought out of a haunted villa really be a top-tier star and a high-level player in the horror game? And does she really need to form a "deep connection" with Gu Changqing and devour his "life essence" to maintain her human form...? 7Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 39 Nothing Is Forbidden: Keep Your Distance from the Living 百无禁忌之生人勿近 The year I graduated from college, I went on a road trip through Yunnan with a few of my dormmates. After we got lost, we stumbled upon a strange little village. The people there looked so bizarre that they didn’t seem human at all… After we returned from that village, one strange thing after another began to happen! 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Eerie Revival: It's Pretty Awkward When You Possess Me Like This 诡异复苏：你这样附身我很尴尬的 [Urban, supernatural, ghost control, lighthearted, Chinese-style horror, sensible characters] Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? My world is quietly changing! It all began when I saw a ghost hand eating a person... Ghost buses, ghost hands, blood-red ghost weddings, a bride in painted skin, terrifying flyers, scarlet blood coffins, ghost paper effigies, vengeful infants, ghostly yin-yang fish, half-bodied wraiths, the Corpse Ancestor... I can't believe these things actually exist! "H 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Horror Night School 恐怖夜校 My promotion was just around the corner, but my lack of a degree was holding me back. Short on money, I went for a cheap night school that nobody had ever heard of. I thought the only problem was that it was in a remote location and had rundown facilities. But I never imagined that from then on, my life would be plagued by one paranormal incident after another... Damn it, someone help me! Can I just quit school already? 11Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 42 I Entered a Horror Story 我进入了恐怖故事 When Shen Yu opens his eyes, a villa shrouded in darkness comes into view. This is where the game begins. When staying up late becomes forbidden, going to the bathroom alone brings misfortune, and your roommate turns into a monster, the unknown conditions for death have yet to be unlocked. What will you choose? 424Reads6.6Score106Shelves
- 43 Wayfarer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳行者 The ultimate truths of heaven and earth are two: death and parting, and the way between yin and yang. I protect the living in the world of light, driving out evil and subduing demons until every specter is vanquished. I guide the dead across the Yellow Springs, and set foot upon the Bridge of Helplessness without hesitation. A traveler between the realms of yin and yang, I bear the balance of life and death on my shoulders. Have you ever seen an old sheep knock at your door, or a paper figure sp 279Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 44 The Ghostly Figure Appears 鬼影显形 [Eerie World + Folk Horror Tales + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Deduction and Survival + No Female Lead] My name is Zhou Lin, and I transmigrated! But my original Host didn't die. He... became a ghost! A yellowed photograph dragged Zhou Lin from the clutches of a vengeful ghost into another nightmare. The nightmare ended, but the ghosts in the real world never disappeared... A vengeful ghost closing in step by step... The photographs came one after another, haunting him like nightmares, with no 1.1kReads6.2Score104Shelves
- 45 Two-Thirty in the Morning 凌晨两点半 I never thought a game could change me into someone I didn't even recognize anymore… 94Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 46 Qingchuan Ghost School 青川鬼校 Ordinary high school student Su Bei takes shelter from the rain one day and discovers he is trapped in the abandoned grounds of Qingchuan Middle School, a place rumored to be haunted. It is no longer an empty ruin, but a living hell where time is warped, space behaves strangely, and real, terrifying ghosts lurk everywhere. There are no superpowers, no talismans or magical artifacts, and no apocalyptic technology. The only things Su Bei can rely on are his cool head, keen powers of observation, a 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Pact of the Ancient Book 古书之契 It all began when Lin Zhiyu picked up a strange book. Then he met the equally strange Yu Zhiyan, who seemed to have a secret connection to the book. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 I Pretended to Be a Master for Fifteen Years, Then I Really Met a Ghost 我装了十五年大师，真撞鬼了 [Folklore Mystery + Chinese-Style Horror + Deduction + No Female Lead + A Tight-Knit Trio] My name is Han Ye. I've been pretending to be a master for fifteen years. I read the feng shui of burial sites, exorcise spirits, summon souls, and relay messages from the dead. If the pay is good enough, there's no job I won't take. Everyone says I can communicate with the world of the dead and understand ghosts and spirits. Only I know the truth: I have no idea whether ghosts even exist. I only know 12.8kReads—Score980Shelves
- 49 Dead City 死城 In this book, I’ll take you in search of the eerie things hidden in the city, and the terrifying taboos lurking in everyday life. 1.7kReads8.4Score259Shelves
- 50 Ancient Evil Dwells Within Me 我的体内藏着旧日邪魔 [A veteran author’s new novel] [A million-word guarantee] [Cthulhu and Foundation elements] [Dark steampunk] Wu Zui has spent his life searching for supernatural powers in the real world. By a stroke of fate, he becomes possessed by a terrifying Old One! The Old One inside him transports him to a mysterious new world, where the supernatural coexists with technology, evil gods stand against the church, and good and evil clash! This is a mad, chaotic world, shrouded in darkness and secrets! As Wu 124Reads6.6Score—Shelves
