Novels like The Horror Never Ends
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- 1 Ghost Stories My Grandparents Told Me 爷爷奶奶说过的鬼故事 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Old Residential Compound: The Loop 老小区：循环 Old Residential Complex: Loop —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Yun Che: The Seven Lamps of the Paper Effigy Maker 云澈：扎纸人的七盏灯 Yun Che: The Seven Lamps of the Paper Effigy Maker —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Fox Immortal Is Coming for Me Tonight 今晚狐仙来找我 The Fox Spirit Is Coming to See Me Tonight —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Terror in Fengmen Village: The Red-Clad Bride's Curse 封门村惊魂:红衣新娘的诅咒 Terror at Fengmen Village: The Red-Clad Bride's Curse 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Night My Boyfriend Cheated, Five Ghosts Entered My Bedroom 男友出轨那晚，五只鬼魂进了我卧室 The night my boyfriend cheated, five ghosts entered my bedroom 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Old Apartment Complex: The Strange Dream 老小区：诡异梦境 The Old Residential Compound: Eerie Dreams —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Haunted Hearse 灵车诡事 I'm an ambulance driver for the dead. When I first started the job, Third Master told me a few rules every hearse driver must follow. Then one day, to pay off my loan, I transported a bizarre corpse... 316Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 9 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
- 10 The Black Cat Crosses the Coffin on the Night of Return 还魂夜黑猫过棺 The Black Cat Crosses the Coffin on the Night of the Return —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Debt of Wrongful Death 枉死债 Debt of an Unjust Death —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Train I Drive Leads to the Abyss 我开的火车通往深渊 My name is Lin Muhai. I'm twenty-one and a trainee train driver at the Ancheng Locomotive Depot. Before my first run, I heard a woman's voice in the crew waiting room. "One sleeper, two sleepers, three sleepers..." She counted to six, then paused. "Lin Muhai, it's your turn to count." 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Ghost Tattoo Seal, Forbidden Arts of the Yellow Springs 鬼纹印，黄泉禁术 From the start, he was bound in marriage to a ghost. After a series of twists and turns, he met a master. To stay alive, Yin Linchuan followed an old Taoist priest to catch ghosts and ward off evil, slaying demons and vanquishing monsters. From then on, he embarked on the path of catching ghosts and driving away evil... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Half-Baked Feng Shui Master: I Became a Legend Through Hands-On Ghost Hunting 半吊子风水师：撞鬼后靠实操封神 Lin Jingran, nicknamed Dogshit, is the most hopeless half-baked feng shui master in the old district. He has no real skills and is a coward, getting by on the old notes his grandfather left behind. That is, until his childhood friend kneels before him, crying that the secondhand house he bought is haunted and his wife and son are close to dying. For two thousand yuan, Lin Jingran steels himself and goes over. He steps on wet hair as soon as he walks in, hears a woman crying by his ear, and watch 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Northeast China Paranormal Cases: Calling Spirits 东北灵异事件:问灵招魂 Northeast Paranormal Incidents: Calling Spirits and Summoning Souls —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Collection of Folk Supernatural Tales 民间灵异收录 A string of strange experiences in my childhood, combined with the paranormal tales told by the older generation, left me both terrified of and curious about another kind of existence in this world. Though I live in a modern city, I firmly believe in phenomena science cannot explain. By a stroke of fate, I took up a profession no ordinary person could understand. From then on... the veil over the other side of the supernatural world began to lift. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Ghosts Knock at Midnight! 半夜鬼敲门！ Zhou Ming moved into an old, cheap apartment, unaware that it concealed a terrifying secret from twenty years ago. Every night at midnight, three knocks sounded on his door, right on time. But when he looked through the peephole, no one was there. Then, one rainy night, he looked through the peephole and saw a twisted, misshapen face staring fixedly at him… As he investigated further, Zhou Ming discovered that the apartment had once been home to Lin Xiaowan, a girl who had gone missing. Her d 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Flayed Double 剥皮替身 The Flayed Doppelganger —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Dragged Into a Horror Story 被迫拉入恐怖故事 [Pure-Intellect Escape]+ [No CP]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [Two Male Leads]+ [Growing Male Lead] When Lu Chao woke up, he found himself in a mysterious room. No one could escape from it. The only way out was to transmigrate into a series of different horror stories. Here, ghosts could not be killed. The only way to survive was to figure out their rules and find a way out alive. To escape, Lu Chao had no choice but to enter one terrifying story after another and fight for survival. But he soon realized h 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 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
- 21 Midnight Bookstore: I Befriend Ghosts 深夜书屋，我和鬼做朋友 There are still far too many unknown things in this world. Whether you believe in them or not, they exist. In a little bookstore by the school gates, by day, he takes on students’ requests to catch cheating partners. By night, he fulfills the unfulfilled wishes of the dead. 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Midnight Terror: Tales of the Supernatural 午夜惊魂：民间鬼事录 [Folk Taboos + Rural Ghost Stories + Episodic Tales + Chilling on Second Thought] The village elders say that some things are better believed than dismissed. Liu Er, a bachelor, picked up a red wedding dress. That very night, he heard the sound of a suona, and a faceless bride knocked on his door and said, “Liu Er, I’ve come to marry you.” Before a dead person is buried, the guiding candle at the head of the coffin must never go out. Old Liu Guang died, the candle went out, and a crack appeared 4kReads—Score174Shelves
- 23 Soul Collection, Volume Two 集魂录二 A pair of golden eyes, a whip, and a book. Bearing a new mission, Yao Yinsheng sets out to find a secret realm, a place that inspires longing yet no one has ever explored. The Soul-Gathering Record has returned to her hands, more mysterious than ever. Greater challenges and darker sides of human nature begin to emerge. Where, exactly, does hell lie? 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Corpse Bearer 抬尸人 Have you ever carried a corpse? Can you imagine what it feels like to carry the body of a young, beautiful girl who died only recently? I'll never forget it for the rest of my life. And after carrying that body, I was never the same again. 882Reads6.2Score100Shelves
- 25 The Hundred Venerables Record: Tales of Another Day 百崇录：异日谈 A sealed ancient scroll has come to light once more: "The Hundred Abominations: Tales of Strange Days". Its faded, uncanny writing: written in blood? Annotated in tears? No one can say. All that remains are over a hundred strange accounts, each word sinking into the bone, all told by the “ill omens” lurking among humankind. Some nest in the dark corners of people's hearts, watching for greed; some lie in the shadows of the streets, drinking in sobs; others haunt desolate wilderness and ancient h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Soul Caller 喊魂人 [Mystery and Supernatural + Folk Horror + Maoshan Taoism] My grandpa was a soul-caller, my dad was a soul-caller, and now I'm a soul-caller too. Whenever someone's soul goes missing within ten li, a kid cries in the middle of the night, or a strange smell of incense drifts from someone's courtyard, you can bet they'll come to my family for help. Grandpa always said, "If someone calls your name at night, don't look back. If someone by the water calls to you, run. And if you ever find yourself 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 One Chilling Story Every Night 每晚一个惊魂故事 [One story per chapter] [Chinese-style horror] [Folk tales] [Urban vengeful spirits] [Haunted houses] [No main plot] Collected and adapted fictional tales of terror from all over, one story per chapter, each one different. No grand lectures, just bone-chilling tales rooted in everyday life. All adapted from strange folk tales passed down for years. They sound true, and the more you think about them, the more unsettling they get. Great for unwinding, but don't try to “unwind” alone in the dead of 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
- 28 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Tales of the Uncanny in Jiangnan 江南诡事录 I was born in an old town in Jiangnan, and from childhood I loved hanging around beneath the eaves of the old teahouse. I would listen as Zhou the Blind sipped his strong tea and spun yarn after yarn, recounting the strange tales he had heard over most of his life. Half of what this book records came from the stories passed by word of mouth beneath the teahouse storyteller’s gavel; the other half came from what I saw and heard as I grew up wandering the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. Now the te 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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—Shelves
- 31 Night of the Return of the Dead 回魂夜 On my way home from work, I saw a group of girls beating up a pretty girl. She called out to me for help, but I didn’t get involved. Who knew she’d end up dead? Seven days later, on the night she returned as a ghost, I was the first person she came looking for. 29Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 32 The Eighteenth Floor Underground 地下十八楼 [Urban Mystery / Thriller / Puzzle-Solving / Supernatural / No System] Beneath an upscale residential complex lies a mysterious space known as “Underground Level Eighteen.” They say that anyone who goes in either dies or goes mad… Su Chi, a new resident, accidentally gets caught up in it. There are ancient coffin mazes, a blue underground river, savage subterranean creatures, and even mysterious wild men… Danger lurks at every turn, and the mysteries are hair-raising. It feels as if a pair of ey 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Soul Collection Record 集魂录 Yao Yinsheng had never seen her grandfather, not even once. But she had been able to see spirits since childhood, and after witnessing the Black and White Impermanence spirits seize a soul when she was eight, she began having strange dreams. In them, an old man would often say to her kindly, “I’m your grandfather!” Regardless of whether Yao Yinsheng wanted him to, the old man taught her all sorts of things in her dreams. Then, when she turned eighteen, he suddenly produced a booklet and asked wi 235Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Surviving in a Haunted Mountain Village 在恐怖山村里活下去 Gu Xi enters a real-game scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” where she's cast as a young bride sold into a remote mountain village to bring good luck to her sick husband. In just a few days in the village, the System's missions have her beating up her brother-in-law, smashing a family heirloom, and even catching her husband in bed with her maid... She's managed to offend every member of the family. She thought this was the limit of reckless behavior, but the missions that follow only get 729Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 35 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Nighttime Tales from the Old Mountain Village House 山村老宅夜事 After my grandfather passed away, I returned alone to a remote mountain village to take over the century-old ancestral home. Before I left, the village elders warned me again and again: under no circumstances should I break the old house's four taboos. Don't stare into the mirror in the old house late at night. Don't answer calls from outside the courtyard at midnight. Don't open the small back-garden door at three in the morning. And never go upstairs on a stormy night. I dismissed it all as ol 207Reads—Score—Shelves
- 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 120Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Old Tales of Strange Happenings 民间旧诡事 The woman in red who knocks on doors late at night, the soul-binding bones beneath the locust tree, the copper-bell curse in an old house in an abandoned village... These old tales of the uncanny, scattered across the countryside, are the idle chatter of old folks and stories sealed away by time... 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Come Listen to a Ghost Story! 来听诡故事！ The chime of midnight is the switch that starts each story. Hidden here are 365 eerie legends from every corner of the world. Maybe it's the strange sobbing in the night-shift office during overtime, a stranger's long hair beside your pillow in an old residential complex, or a passenger in a white dress who vanishes in front of a cemetery. One short ghost story every night, tearing through the everyday facade to reveal the chilling truth beneath. Do you dare open this collection of midnight tale 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Never Go to the Old House 千万不要去古宅 Na Ling and Bao Datong were looking for a thrill, so they drove around robbing old houses. One day, they came across a photo of Fengmen Village online and went there to steal a Grand Tutor's chair. They sold it to Li Wei, a chamber of commerce boss, but because the chair was haunted, he resold it to the speculator Meng Guozhao. During the handoff, Na Ling secretly kept the jade marrow hidden inside the chair. After leaving Fengmen Village, Na Ling traveled to Anhui, where he stumbled upon the an 7.8kReads8.6Score233Shelves
- 41 Horror Survival: It Begins When I Move Into a Hotel for the Dead 恐怖求生：从住进死人旅馆开始 My inn caters to the dead! Want a room as a living person? That depends on whether your life is tough enough! I don't want money. I want haunted objects, and the more vicious, the better! And no matter what kind of deity you are, take my advice: don't go near Room 207! Otherwise... you'll have to deal with the consequences! 45Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 42 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
- 43 A Corrupted Heart 糜烂之心 Deep inside the Luocheng Police Department, a metal filing cabinet labeled “Bloodstained Files” holds dozens of long-unsolved, grisly cases. Each one once shocked the nation with its bizarre deaths, but limited forensic technology at the time meant they were ultimately filed away as “unsolved.” In 2025, advances in forensic science prompted the department to launch the “Bloodstained Files Resolution Project.” The first case to be reopened was the most controversial of them all: the “Terrifying P 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Horror Mountain Village: I Get a Golden Finger by Completing Quests 恐怖山村：我靠做任务得金手指 [System] [Horror] [A touch of romance] [White-lotus heroine] [Two male leads] Gu Xi enters a real-life scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” but she doesn't even survive the first volume before the ghost bride kills her. She has barely been buried when someone comes to dig up her grave. After finally making it back to the village alive, she must face an enormous natural disaster. The fog from the mountain behind the village is spreading. What will become of the entire Dizang Village? With t 607Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 45 Grudge-Locked Patterns 怨气锁纹 Dai Xiaochao, the protagonist, is a college graduate in architecture from the 1990s. Under heavy financial pressure, he moves into a tenement building where a locked-room murder took place two years earlier. Surveillance was scarce in those days, so the police had to investigate door to door, and the case made little progress. Then the ancient Taotie jade pendant inherited by Dai Xiaochao’s family, along with its Taotie patterns, begins to react... And that is where the story begins. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事，千万别深夜翻看 These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 48 The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人 The Man Buried Upside Down 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 304Reads—Score101Shelves
- 50 Mysterious Curse 1 神秘诅咒1 [Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Folk Taboos + A Passionate Coming-of-Age Story] Enter a sinister world concealed beneath the bustle of the modern city! I have no control over life or death. My name is Zhang Wen. I thought getting into college would let me escape that bleak village in the southwest. Then my grandfather died suddenly, with these words written in cinnabar on his palm: "Dig three feet down at the southeast corner of the wall." I unearthed a bloodstained notebook. Its fir 5Reads—Score—Shelves
