Novels like Chronicles of Strange Events
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- 1 Yin-Yang Procurement Officer 阴阳采购员 First line: Side hustles, arbitrage, backroom deals. He’s an expert at them all. Second line: Slay ghosts and monsters, earn cash, flirt with girls. He never misses a trick. Horizontal inscription: Doesn’t that just make you mad? 11Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 2 The Taoist Girl: Something’s Wrong with My School 道门少女：我的学校不对劲 When I was six, I gazed up at the stars. The clouds of colored light were in the south, the dark moon in the north, and I drew qi into my body. My grandfather was so terrified that he grabbed my hand and ran for thousands of miles. On the first day of school, the Taoist arts class didn’t teach civics. Chinese class taught talismanic script. The homeroom teacher was scarier than a Taoist priest. At school, a mysterious powerhouse shows up every day to save the world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Beautiful Aunt Is a Judge of the Underworld 美艳小姨是地府判官 Ever since I was born, I’ve had an uncanny run of good luck. No matter how life-threatening the situation, things always turn out all right for me. I always thought I was simply born lucky, until I was on the verge of death at eighteen and saw my aunt, who had died young and become a magistrate in the underworld. That was when I learned that all my good fortune was the result of my aunt’s quiet efforts! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Shop: The Curse-War Chronicles 阴阳纸扎店之降头风云 A Northeastern yin-yang master battles a Nanyang curse caster! Orthodox yin-yang arts face off against curses in a head-on showdown! Unimaginable! Zhao Zhengyang, a young yin-yang master who runs a funeral paper shop in Harbin’s Daowai District, gets caught up in a battle against a mysterious force after rescuing someone possessed by an evil spirit. When an evil curse caster appears in Harbin, he clashes with Zhao Zhengyang time and again, yet the protagonist always manages to escape danger. The 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 5 There's a Lot of Resentment About You 你身上怨气有点重 In the dead of night, a terrifying incantation slays ghosts; talismans and forbidden arts cut down demons and evil spirits. When resentment fills the air and the wind chimes ring, the bar manager keeps the Yellow Springs at bay. Ask who I am: Mao Xiaoyu, free beneath heaven and earth. When trouble comes, go to Xiaoyu. I’ll bring peace to the living and the dead. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 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
- 8 The Maoshan Outsider 茅山异徒 Maoshan arts proclaim: “Heaven is round, Earth is square; by the nine laws and edicts, as I write, ten thousand ghosts shall hide.” My name is Qin Feng. Ever since I mastered the strange arts of the Ghost Path, I haven't known a moment's peace. Some say I defy Heaven's will, alter fate, and recklessly practice forbidden arts. Others say I reverse yin and yang and turn the heavenly cycle upside down. Yellow-skinned spirits become demons, zombies rise from the dead, evil ghosts possess people, ear 13Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 9 Thatched Cottage 草堂 [Supernatural! If it won’t listen, fight it! Decisive and ruthless! Lighthearted and hilarious] A piece of empty red cloth… One strange, suspenseful supernatural tale after another… I have a spell that can subdue spirits and slay demons! I have a technique that can drive out ghosts and vanquish fiends! I have companions who’ll brave life and death with me! Come along and follow me on a legendary journey that blurs the line between truth and illusion… Enough talk. Let’s get started…! 3! 2! 1! 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Funeral Parlor No. 44 44号白事铺 All he wanted was a quiet job and a little extra cash. But by chance, he became a yin-yang master, earning cabbage money while worrying himself sick. His skills were too shallow to tell the living from the dead at a glance... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Catch Ghosts with Cheats 我靠开挂捉鬼 The day I was born, strange signs appeared in the village. The fortune-teller said my birth chart was entirely yin, and that I was different from ordinary people. So, starting when I was four, I could always see things that other people couldn’t. A female ghost possessing Grandpa Li, a mysterious man in black, a water ghost reeking from head to toe, a weasel pretending to be a spirit... My ordinary life became dangerous and thrilling... 105Reads8.0Score13214d adds
- 12 Night Watchman of Fengdu 酆都守夜人 Do you think we live in a safe world? In truth, the world is not as peaceful as it seems. The money you find on the road might be cursed “life-buying money,” and a pair of blood-red eyes might be watching passersby from a dark corner. But because certain people exist, the balance between yin and yang in this world is maintained. They are the ones who hold up the sky, the lonely night watchmen. I'm Su Cangnan. Let me tell you my story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The God of the Underworld Is My Big Sister. Is It Really So Strange That I Catch Ghosts Barehanded? 冥神是我姐，徒手抓鬼很合理吧 [Paranormal + two female leads + powerful partners] I accidentally awakened an incredibly powerful female ghost, and now she won’t leave me alone! Because of her, I also learned the truth behind my tragic fate. I swear I’ll take back what belongs to me. A wealthy businessman’s newly purchased restaurant is haunted. When other people catch ghosts, they use magical artifacts, talismans, compasses... “Wait while I set up a formation and use my artifact to drive her out...” Me? I marched right up an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Maoshan Successor: Paranormal Investigation Bureau 茅山传人：灵异调查科 Supernatural phenomena aren’t widely known in modern society, but they do exist. The Supernatural Investigations Bureau is part of a special department responsible for handling all kinds of paranormal incidents and maintaining order between the worlds of yin and yang. Its members each possess unique skills, using mysterious powers and their wits to face one supernatural crisis after another. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Last Heir of the Yinshan Lineage 最后一位阴山传人 [Supernatural + Suspense + Ghost Control + Exploration + Zombies + Tomb Raiding] No matter how grand your purple robes and golden belt, you must still dismount and ask what lies ahead. Three feet above your head, the gods are watching; three inches in your palm bind you to the spirit world. Lin Yinan, the last inheritor of the Yinshan tradition, is a wandering occultist who walks between the realms of the living and the dead...! Across the five thousand years of Chinese history, all kinds of str 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 Fate's Feng Shui Master 天命风水师 Where mountains bow, generals are born; where dragons emerge from the sea, scholars earn high honors. A yellow serpent playing with a chicken produces a top scholar, while a spirit serpent playing with a toad brings unexpected wealth. I am a feng shui master, born with a yin-yang fate. My grandfather said I was born to make a living at this. But once I stepped into this world, I discovered that feng shui can save lives, and it can take them. Whether one becomes a human or a demon depends on a si 18Reads—Score1014d adds
- 18 Two Different Worlds 两般世界 It isn't ghosts and monsters that will destroy this world, but humanity... Our world has fallen under the control of supernatural forces! Survive! I always thought that as long as I survived, I could change everything... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Matters of the Living, People of the Dead 阳间事，阴间人 Orphaned from birth, She Qiang grew up being fed by kind neighbors. Born in a time of chaos and raised in a Daoist temple, he learned a lifetime’s worth of Daoist arts from nothing but spell books left behind by someone unknown in the temple. He had planned to muddle through life, but reality kept pushing him, step by step, toward that unknown world... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Human Prison 人牢 Supernatural fantasy stories often spring from the ugliness of human nature. Only against that ugliness can the light of kindness shine, leading the weary masses to bloom like lotuses in a raging fire. Not everyone has seen a ghost, but some people have unusual constitutions. Under the right conditions, they can truly feel that despair, that chill, that helplessness, that sorrow... —Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 21 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... 134Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 22 Folk Mystical Arts 民间奇术 I’ve been blind since childhood. My grandfather told me that we carvers are different from those people cursed with the Five Afflictions and Three Shortcomings. I didn’t believe him, not until... 88Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 23 Supernatural: I Change into a Taoist Robe, Then Head Straight into the River 灵异：道袍一换，下河就干 When a dead fish bites, turn around and leave; change into a Taoist robe, and get straight to work in the river. Make it safely to shore, and the whole internet praises you; fail to catch a ghost, and the whole village gets a meal. A century-old corpse in a rural reservoir, a generations-old evil bond that uses a corpse to bear a child, a cunning demon in the mirror, ghostly shadows in an abandoned hospital, terror at an amusement park, and the fog-shrouded Mount Hujun… 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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! 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Half a Life, Half a Heartless Soul 无心半命人 When I was born, I had no heart, yet I could live normally. I could also see ghosts, so everyone called me a “Half-Life Person.” As I investigated one bizarre haunting after another, I discovered that every vengeful ghost had a chilling story from its past. It gave me a new understanding of human nature. There are no ghosts in this world; evil comes from human nature. As my investigation continued, I discovered that my parents' disappearance and my birth were both unusual. A vast secret seemed t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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—Score114d adds
- 27 Tales of the Strange from the Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Goofball God's Comeback 山海异闻录：逗比大神的逆袭 Delivery rider Chen Doudou unexpectedly gains the ability to form contracts with the strange beasts of the Classic of Mountains and Seas. He lies flat at work while unlocking ancient mythical beasts, giving face-slapping comebacks to his crooked boss, and uncovering treasures in hidden realms... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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
- 29 From the Abandoned Infants’ Ward 来自弃婴岗 Because she wasn’t a boy, she was abandoned on the second day after birth. After barely surviving to adulthood, she was constantly pressured to give birth to a boy… Her name was Wang Duozi. Wang Hushi, who happened to be passing by, found her at the place where abandoned babies were left and took her home. Her name meant “more children, more blessings.” The place was where female infants were buried, a secret known to everyone in the village. Wang Duozi seemed tough and lucky, but she had onl 318Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 30 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 283Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 31 Taboos of the Yin Coffin 阴棺禁忌 I was only looking for a part-time job keeping watch over a warehouse, but on my very first night, I encountered something utterly baffling. A visitor tricked me into lying in a coffin, and the coworker who stayed up chatting with me that night turned out to have died the day before... 71Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 The Hidden Truth: A Nuo Exorcist Hunts a Killer 阴真道：傩师追凶 This book uses suspense as its thread, the search for answers as its backbone, and the pursuit of hidden mysteries as its path. Its standout feature is a wealth of strange tales steeped in folk customs and occult lore. At its heart is a central idea: the lost art of Wu Nuo is the only key to crimes that modern criminal investigation cannot explain. Protagonist: Lu Shi, a young inheritor of Wu Nuo who is trying to fit into modern society. On the surface, he is a laid-back, trouble-averse owner of 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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
- 35 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... 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 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
- 37 Mysterious Resurgence: I'm Not the Ghost King 神秘复苏，我不是诡王 [Mild horror, somewhat Lovecraftian, no System, survival and growth, one female lead, not for the fainthearted] "This story is entirely fictional and does not reflect reality. Now, the mysteries begin to return..." Grandpa died with his eyes open. The day we carried his coffin up the mountain, I didn't dare look back, because the people carrying it... weren't human! A daily dose of occult weirdness: One ring of the bell, and all ghosts flee; one talisman stuck on, and evil spirits call you Dad 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Haunted House Purifier 凶宅净化师 [Yin-Yang + Urban + Suspense] The Haunted House Cleansing Agency, a specialized real estate agency that cleans up haunted and murder houses, was founded in Linhai City, the coastal metropolis, by Huang Sheng. Huang Sheng learned from the old Taoist priest Mu Bai of Yiyuan Temple on Zhongnan Mountain. He originally came to Linhai City for graduate school while working part-time as a real estate agent, acting as a bloodsucking sublandlord everyone loved to hate. During the pandemic lockdown, he di 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Roasting Sweet Potatoes with My Friends, I Get Haunted by a Woman in White 和小伙伴烤红薯，我被白衣女鬼缠上了 I Was Roasting Sweet Potatoes with My Friends When a Woman in White Started Haunting Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Blood Eyes at the Abandoned Temple: I Spend My Life Atoning for the Sins of My Youth 荒庙血眼：我用一生偿还年少造的孽 Bloodshot Eyes at the Abandoned Temple: I Spent My Whole Life Atoning for the Sins of My Youth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Nightclub Bouncer's True Tales: The Red Dress That Takes Lives and the Fox Spirit Talisman's Backlash 夜场内保实录：红裙索命与狐仙牌反噬 A Nightclub Bouncer’s True Stories: The Red Dress That Claims Lives and the Fox Immortal Talisman’s Backlash —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Old Well in the Deserted Village: Dad Says It's No Fungus, but a Death Demon That Feeds on Human Hearts 荒村老井：我爸说那不是肉灵芝，是喂饱人心的索命鬼 The Old Well in the Abandoned Village: Dad Said It Wasn’t a Meat Lingzhi, but a Deathly Ghost That Feeds on Human Hearts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Cursed Wooden Bracelet: I Absorb Others' Fortune and Become an Ageless Heartthrob in Japan 诡异木镯：我靠吸气运，在日本活成不老男神 The Eerie Wooden Bracelet: I Absorbed Others’ Luck and Became an Ageless Heartthrob in Japan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 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—Score214d adds
- 46 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
- 47 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
- 48 The Way Has Yin and Yang 道有阴阳 [Supernatural + Talismans + Formations + Chinese Metaphysics + Comedy] My name is Xu Lin. Born with yin-yang eyes and extraordinary talent, I was chosen by my master. But when I came down from the mountain, I went straight to work for Meituan, only to stumble upon all sorts of strange things... Wicked Gu sorcery... Corpse fiends that devour people... The ghosts haunting an entire apartment building... Which is more terrifying, ghosts or people? A slow-burn story, with no broken power scaling. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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 628Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 50 Mountain Patrolman: I Suppress Evil with a Dragon's Sinew Only Three Inches Long 巡山人：我以三寸龙筋镇邪异 Warrior King Luo Laowai returns to his old home in the forests of Northeast China. By a stroke of luck, guided by the Gray Immortal, he obtains a three-inch dragon tendon. An old soldier with an old rifle takes on the forces of nature, ghosts, demons, and monsters. Fox, Yellow, White, Willow, and Gray Immortals gather as divine warriors at his gate. The Three Realms have always existed among humankind, and true immortals walk beside ordinary people... 12.6kReads7.9Score1.2k14d adds
