Novels like Terrifying Tales
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Terrifying Tales, best match first.
- 1 The Ghost Hunter 捉鬼术师 Xia Yiyun is an ordinary office worker stuck in the 996 grind. One day, she works overtime as usual, never expecting a series of terrifying events to unfold after she gets home. Who is the white shadow outside her window? Was what she saw in the office bathroom just a hallucination? (I’m not good at writing blurbs, so this will have to do for now. The System will show up later. I don’t think there’s a male lead.) (The System appears in Chapters 3 and 4. The heroine is an ordinary person who can’ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 All My Furniture Has Mutated... 我的家具都变异了…… All my furniture has mutated... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Ghost Tree 鬼树 He thinks he was born into an ordinary family, yet every corner of the household gives off an eerie feeling. As the eldest grandson of a reclusive, powerful Daoist clan, what terrifying supernatural experiences await him, born with a sinister fate? What lies behind his uniquely strange destiny? What horrifying truth will the shocking mystery in this small village reveal? 16Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Rules of the Paranormal: Please Don't Touch the Red Ones 规则怪谈，请不要触碰那些红色 Rules of the Strange: Please Do Not Touch Anything Red 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Two-Legged Sheep Factory That Never Produces Mutton 两脚羊工厂，竟然从不生产羊肉 The Two-Legged Sheep Factory Somehow Never Produces Mutton —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Marching Against the Yellow Springs: The Book of the Impermanent 黄泉逆行：无常簿 Have you ever narrowly escaped death? A car crash, a fire, or even a sudden slip beneath your feet... In that moment, you were grateful to be alive. But you don't know that from the instant you "accidentally" survived, your name was written in an invisible Book of Impermanence. It is no ghost or curse. It is a rule, the coldest correction program in the universe. From then on, the everyday things you rely on will become your tomb. The floor beneath your feet, the chandelier overhead, the cup in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 Strange Tales from an Ancient Village 古村诡事 I'm born under the Kui Gang stars, and magic is naturally beyond my reach. Yet with a strange book left behind by my great-grandmother, I fight evil ghosts, slay demons and monsters, and punish wicked people. I spend my days among evil spirits, stirring up the world. 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Secret Scroll: My Days Working at a Funeral Home 秘卷：我在殡仪馆打工的日子 [First-person horror and supernatural + ghost-hunting + folk tales + folk horror] If someone offered you five million, on the condition that you spend the night with a female corpse in a morgue's refrigerated cabinet, fulfilling her final wish, would you choose the money or your life? That ad caught my attention, and I somehow ended up working at a funeral home. On my very first day, I saw a dead person putting on an acrobatic show in the courtyard... 386Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Strings of Terror in the Dark: A Collection of Folk Mystery and Horror Stories 暗夜惊弦：民间悬疑恐怖故事集 [Mystery] [Supernatural] In the shadowy corners of the folk world lurk countless chilling tales of mystery and horror. This collection is an invitation to the unknown, ready to lead you into dark worlds few have ever seen. Here, every story is a window into the mysterious and the terrifying. You’ll hear midnight sobbing in an ancient mansion, the sound seemingly coming from another world, filled with endless sorrow and resentment. You’ll also encounter vengeful spirits wandering through an aband 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Bright Dawn After a Long Night 残夜见明 [Powerful leads + plot-focused + a touch of ensemble cast] [Modern fantasy, combining technology and the supernatural, with special abilities] [Only the beginning is especially frightening; the protagonist grows over time and is no hero] I struggled to survive through all that malice, not because I didn’t want to avoid disappointing those who gave me hope and placed their faith in me, but because of my anger and resentment. I wanted to fight back against this fate forced upon me. When life is no 69Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 12 I Become a God by Collecting the Paranormal 我靠收录诡异成神 Mild Horror + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead + Wild Imagination + Supernatural Powers Yan Feng was a slacker college student who accidentally got hold of a mysterious black book after helping an old woman cross the street. From that moment on, he was swept into the vortex of a strange world, where he faced one choice after another and resolved one conflict after another. “That’s right, I’m all for slacking off, but that’s in the human world.” With that, he shoved the jumping ghost beside him —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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—14d adds
- 14 Midnight Death Bell: A Collection of Horror Stories 夜半凶铃：恐怖故事汇 [Mystery] [Horror] [Supernatural] In the stillness of the dead of night, when all is quiet and everyone is fast asleep, a shrill telephone rings out without warning, shattering the silence. Midnight's Cursed Ring: A Collection of Horror Stories will take you into one terrifying world after another. This book contains a series of bone-chilling horror stories, each like a claw reaching out from the abyss of darkness to clutch at your heart. From ancient, mysterious curses to eerie urban legends, f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Records of Strange Incidents 离奇事件记录 It all began with a dream, and from that moment on, nothing was the same. My ordinary life was shattered, and I seemed to have entered an entirely new world. Everything became strange and confusing. I began to wonder why I existed and how I was supposed to face this unfamiliar world. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Palace Intrigue Collides as Turmoil Returns 如懿传：深宫交错之风云再起 The Story of Yanxi Palace: Interwoven Schemes in the Imperial Palace as the Storm Rises Again 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Red Shoes 红舞鞋 A woman in red dancing on campus late at night, a mysterious prophecy of death, deaths occurring one after another, and the red dancing shoes that repeatedly send chills down people’s spines… Is it all a coincidence, or a carefully laid conspiracy? The god of death descends into the night. Who will die next? —Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 18 Wait Until Dusk to Look Again 天擦黑再看 I believe there are no ghosts in this world, but sometimes I wish there were. So much sorrow, cutting deep into the heart and bones: where can it be laid to rest? Your support is what keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 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
- 20 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... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago 我的邻居在敲门，但他死于七天前 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 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
- 23 The Dragon-Locking Coffin 锁龙棺 I have all five yin aspects, yet my allotted years are cut short. Every day, I wear burial clothes. The moment I take them off, one strange and eerie thing after another begins to happen... 133Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 24 Born in a Coffin, the Knife-on-Credit Man 棺生子，赊刀人 [Supernatural Horror + No System] The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, 2003. Late at night. Eight paper figures, beating drums and gongs, carried a coffin to the home of the hidden midwife, Li Cuihua. And I was the child Li Cuihua delivered from the corpse inside the coffin! 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Eerie Descent: I Became the Strongest Paranormal Being from the Start with a Ghost Wedding 诡异降临：开局鬼婚我成最强灵异 Eerie, terrifying, and not brainless, with no harem and no cultivation. Ghosts cannot be killed. Every vicious ghost has its own special rules for killing, so you must find a way to escape or a plan to control it. An unexpected visitor suddenly walks into the agency. Chen Yang has no idea that this commission will completely change his fate. A strange wedding. A village filled with supernatural happenings. A terrifying movie theater, where scene after scene of vicious ghosts appears in frighteni 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Ghost Stories Before Bed 睡前讲鬼故事 Zhang Liang is a forensic pathologist. His job is to perform autopsies on the dead in the morgue. He's passionate about his work and highly professional, but he has a secret: he can hear the dead speak. He doesn't know whether it's a gift or a curse, but he never tells anyone, afraid they'll think he's crazy. He quietly listens to the dead's final words. Sometimes he helps them resolve lingering regrets or questions; sometimes they help him uncover the truth behind a case. He feels that this is 3.8kReads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Food Courier's Path to Exorcism 外卖员的驱邪之路 Can you believe that Yu, the legendary Great Yu who tamed the floods, has become a delivery driver thousands of years later? And his time-crossing encounter with Nüjiao, daughter of the Tushan clan, is all the more heartbreaking! Follow the growth of a delivery driver across a thousand years! Was it fate, or a plan four thousand years in the making?! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 She Has No Shadow, Yet Wears My Uniform and Calls Me Teacher 她没有影子，却穿着我的工服喊我老师 She Has No Shadow, Yet Wears My Uniform and Calls Me Teacher 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 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
- 30 Laying Low in the Desperate Haunted Night, Cultivating Immortality with Caution 苟在绝望诡夜，稳健修仙 [Eerie Apocalypse + Industrialized Cultivation + Farming and Survival. Not an overpowered wish-fulfillment story, with a focus on gradual progress. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into a child, so readers who mind should proceed with caution.] Shen Yuan arrives in an eerie world with rune technology seven thousand years ahead of its time. By day, it is the human world. By night, it is the netherworld. The survivors can only cling to life and pray for dawn. With rune technology that can turn 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 31 Werewolf Game: Beginner Mode 狼人游戏之新手模式 [Werewolf] + [Mild horror] + [No romance] "My name is Dou Sanjing. By the time you read this, I'll already be dead... Shh... Welcome to... the world of the beginner!" The Werewolf game has invaded the real world, but not all people are equal. Everyone stakes their lifespan to claim victory in the game. But more terrifying still, something uncanny has joined the game. Who will emerge victorious? Basic roles: Seer, Witch, Hunter, Guard, Villager, Werewolf Special roles: Lovers, Medium, Madman, Cup 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Killer Breathes in the Dark 凶手在暗处呼吸 "Ahem, ahem, ahem!" Lin Yu waved his hand and said, "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Lin Yu, the owner of a detective agency. My main line of work is taking on clients and helping them solve cases! The cases are all kinds of strange. I've heard of things you haven't, and seen things you haven't. You might think a case is far away, but sometimes the culprit is right beside you. And is it science or the supernatural? That's something I can't decide either! But I've always wanted to find the answ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 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? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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... 656Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 35 The Most Realistic Mystery and Horror Stories 最真实的悬疑恐怖故事 [Mystery] [Thriller] [Supernatural] This book brings together a host of captivating, gripping mystery stories, like a grand door slowly opening onto a world of enigmatic deduction and drawing you ever deeper until you can no longer escape. On this strange journey, shrouded in layers of mystery, every story is like a winding, intricate maze. They wait for you to venture inside, follow each thread, and unravel the shocking truth concealed behind layer upon layer of fog. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Horror Mobile Game Bleeds into Reality 恐怖手游映照现实 “‘You’ll Die If You Don’t Play’? What a weird name for a mobile game. Does that mean I have to play it?” Li Cong tapped the game without thinking. The screen went black the next second. A few seconds later, five blood-red characters appeared on the screen... “‘You’ll Die Even If You Play!’” “Holy crap!” Li Cong couldn’t help wanting to swear. This game was genuinely terrifying! He hadn’t even started playing, and he’d already died twice! 15Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 37 Someone's Always Covering My Shift, Turning Me into the Company's Model Employee! 总有人替我上班，替我卷成公司模范！ Someone's Always Filling In for Me, Working Overtime to Make Me the Company's Model Employee! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Paranormal Files 灵异档案 In a strange era, strange events unfold across the country: ghosts, mountain spirits and water monsters, yin beings, zombies, and all manner of evil spirits and monsters. A series of major supernatural incidents will be brought before you. 530Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 39 Notes from a Visitor to Another World 异界人笔记 [Infinite Flow horror + mild scares + mystery + single male protagonist + no romance] My father is Pei Shiwu, my mother is Zheng Baifen, and I’m Pei Zheng, who both loses and gains. At sixteen, I unexpectedly gained the ability to see ghosts. I fought evil, helped the vulnerable, and encountered one bizarre, fascinating tale after another. These are my notes. Come along and see what I went through. Got your seats ready? I’m about to reveal it all, one story at a time… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Ghosts Abroad Tonight 今夜有诡 My name is Cen Ruosi. Ever since I was little, people suspected that I was cursed to bring death to those around me. My master summoned the River of Forgetfulness, built the Bridge of Helplessness, and set up the Three Lives Stone, hoping to undo my fate. But he died suddenly before he could finish, leaving me only a secret manual. From then on, the only ones by my side were wandering spirits... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Within the Haunted Realm 诡境之中 A mirror representing the uncanny serves as a point of interaction between two worlds. Another mirror, representing the supernatural, connects instances with haunted realms. Hotels stand one after another across this blood-red world. Everyone who has been cursed is forcibly pulled into a world plagued by supernatural events at regular intervals, where they must complete seemingly impossible tasks. Only after Yang Jinheng has endured countless farewells between life and death and escaped death's 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Ten Thousand Souls Tribulation 万魂劫 In a lively school, paranormal incidents break out without warning: crying in the middle of the night, a terrifying ordeal in the boys’ dormitory, and the mysterious disappearance of a veteran student council member... As time passes, the terrifying memories sealed away for years gradually come to light... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Handsome Guys' Address Book 帅哥通讯录 On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2025, I revised this synopsis. As long as I'm alive, I'll keep updating this novel. I'll write ten million words to prove that I was here in this world, and that I could still write. Right now, I'm on oxygen and taking medicine, and my body feels awful. Spending New Year's alone doesn't seem like a big deal anymore. Being able to write makes me incredibly happy. A virus damaged my heart, but I haven't given up. To my readers, I love you all. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Ran into an Old Friend at the Village Entrance, Only to Learn I'd Been Dead for Ages 村口遇发小，才知我早已猝死 I Ran Into My Childhood Friend at the Village Entrance, Only to Learn I’d Died Suddenly Long Ago —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 A Divination Uncovers Strange Events 卦起诡事 Born under an ill-fated sign, I once cast a fortune by moonlight, gazing into a mirror on the night of the full moon. I released the evil spirit sealed inside it. To break the curse, I left my village and followed Master Qingwei to learn the arts of magic. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Ancestral Secret Arts: I Alone Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 祖传秘术：我一人镇百鬼 In 1999, on the eve of the new century, a young man named Lu Ming drowned during a bizarre outing to the countryside. Yet his soul did not depart. Instead, it was drawn by a mysterious force back to his old home in a remote mountain village. He discovered that this seemingly ordinary ancestral home was actually a secret base belonging to the Yin-Yang Lu Clan, a family whose secrets had been passed down for generations. The Lu family were reclusive heirs to arts such as divination, exorcism and t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Who’s Watching You Sleep? 谁在看着你睡觉 A collection of horror stories, including The Haunting of the Girls' Dorm, The Peeping Eye, and The Abyss of the Locked Room: A Mother's Checkmate! I guarantee you'll be too scared to use the bathroom after reading them at night! Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I'm a newcomer, and this is my first time writing on Tomato Novel! I hope you'll give me lots of encouragement! Your support is what motivates me to create more and better stories! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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
- 49 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
- 50 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—14d adds
