Novels like The Horror Never Ends
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- 101 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 What began as a prank voting game set off a string of tragedies. One classmate after another died, yet the voting continued. I knew that maybe I would be the next one to die… 671Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 102 The Life of a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 出马弟子的人生 A novel about real experiences and nothing but facts, centered on the real practice of spirit-mediumship! I hope you enjoy it! No fantasy power trips or immortal cultivation: every bit of it is based on real experiences! 271Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 103 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 7.5kReads7.8Score915Shelves
- 104 The Night-Sealed Door 夜封门 Seven months pregnant, the woman was brutally hounded to death, and her seven-month-old baby was thrown into a well. Her wronged soul is cut off from the road ahead, and evil spirits come to claim their due. The gates of hell swing open, and the underworld seals its doors in the dead of night. 2kReads8.3Score159Shelves
- 105 I Love Your Numbness, I Love Your Spice, I Love You Till My Stomach Gives Out 爱你的麻，爱你的辣，爱得老胃直拉胯 I love your numbing spice, I love your heat, I love you so much my stomach’s a mess 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 玛玛哈哈不飞了 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 997Reads6.2Score101Shelves
- 108 The True Story of a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我，一名凶宅试睡员的真实经历 If there were a job where you didn’t have to do anything, but could charge by the minute and make a fortune just by sleeping, would you be interested in trying it? There’s just one catch: you can’t be afraid of ghosts. If you’re curious about what kind of job this is, I’m a veteran in the field, and I’ll tell you about my own experiences… 3kReads8.3Score203Shelves
- 109 The Ghost Emerges from the Coffin 鬼出棺 Xie Bangui is secretly recruited into the Ghost Yamen and, on his master's orders, serves there, making a living by hunting demons and ghosts. Yet he has no idea that he carries a world-shaking secret. Leading the Ghost Yamen's warriors, Xie Bangui launches a night raid on a prison for evil spirits, fights a bloody battle on the execution platform against a demon, encounters a soul-snatching carriage, and cleverly breaks a skeleton lock. He survives evil spirits' attempts to claim his life, outw 1.5kReads9.1Score139Shelves
- 110 Paranormal Encounters: What I Saw and Heard 灵异事件之所见所闻 No System + no transmigration + no power fantasy + no harem + no invincible protagonist + no sweet romance + no clichés + no female lead + no cultivation. Important notice: if this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it! Do you believe there are things in this world that science cannot explain? Have you ever experienced anything supernatural yourself? Treat the events in this novel as stories, and remember: Fear and respect the sp 130Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 The Teacher's Birthday Banquet 老师的生日宴 The Teacher’s Birthday Banquet 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 The Stone That Remembers the Light 会记住光的石头 The Stone That Remembers the Light 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 The Soul-Summoning Lantern 招魂灯 The Soul-Summoning Lantern 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Stealing Faces 偷脸 One day, a stranger added me on QQ and told me my girlfriend was a man. I called him an idiot. Then my girlfriend died, and when she died, she really did become a man. Her head had been cut off and sewn onto the neck of a male corpse... 225Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 115 I Just Want to Be a Slacker, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 我只想当咸鱼，偏偏要我玩惊悚 All I Want Is to Be a Couch Potato, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Sealed Cave Behind the Mountain: I Became the Village's Soul Guardian 后山囚洞：我成了全村守魂人 After accidentally entering a century-old forbidden site in the back mountains, Jiang Ningyue unexpectedly inherits a fated duty and becomes the village’s only soul guardian. A deep, secluded prison cave suppresses countless wrongfully dead spirits. Ancient village rules conceal secrets unknown to outsiders, while turmoil erupts along the boundary between Yin and Yang, and one eerie calamity follows another. Generations of cave guardians have borne endless suffering, and a century of tangled gru 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Folk Tales of the Mountain Wilds 民间山野怪谈 A lifetime spent roaming the martial world, telling tales of ghosts and strange happenings from the countryside. Stories of spirits and monsters in the wilderness have always been a staple of people's conversations over tea, and folk tales about mountain ghosts and gods come in every variety. There is a kind of extraordinary man who can help people choose burial sites and homes, divine life and death, reveal the secrets of fate, dispel evil spirits, travel to the underworld, save lives, and ward 1.1kReads8.9Score151Shelves
- 118 Ghost Stories of the Southwest 西南鬼事 This is a collection of ghost stories from southwest China, made up of a series of medium-length tales. Some may be part of your childhood, some may be stories you've told yourself, and others may be stories you've never heard. Today, let Xiao An tell you these strange and wondrous tales, one by one. 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Night Talks at the Threshing Ground 打谷场夜话 Long ago, in the countryside, there were no phones, televisions, air conditioners, or fans. When darkness fell in summer, people would head to the threshing ground to cool off, sit in a circle, chat, and start telling strange and terrifying ghost stories… 1.7kReads—Score103Shelves
- 120 Horror Game: From the Start, the Skin Bride's Bones Terrified the World! 恐怖游戏：开局皮嫁骨吓哭全球！ [Handcrafted with Traditional Techniques, No AI] [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] The horror game has arrived! Lin Ye transmigrated here and was selected to take part in designing a global horror game. He had planned to bring out the "Ghost Bride" to save Daxia, only to discover that its culture hadn't been lost at all! Traditional Daxia ghost stories had been used to death, and the whole nation was in despair! Daxia had suffered ten straight losses. The supernatural was invading, and the land was 1MReads8.7Score210.3kShelves
- 121 My Pale Life 我苍白的一生 My name is Zhang Yuan, though my childhood nickname was Ergou. I'm male, born in 1990. Everyone encounters all kinds of strange, inexplicable things in life. By the way, do you believe in ghosts? 473Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 122 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 51.2kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
- 123 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.7kReads8.3Score7.2kShelves
- 124 Thriller: There's a Ghost in My Phone 惊悚：我的手机里有鬼 A month ago, my younger sister mysteriously disappeared in a subway station. A day ago, the police pulled a headless female corpse from the river. A DNA test confirmed it was my sister, Xu Yuan. A minute ago, my dead sister walked in carrying a cake decorated with a human head. A white ghost candle was stuck into the crown of the skull, and the longevity noodles were made from human organs. She had come to celebrate my birthday. A minute later, I was chosen by a supernatural app's blood contract 3.2kReads—Score450Shelves
- 125 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 649Reads9.0Score117Shelves
- 126 A 'Cat Fairy' in the House 《家有“猫仙”》 My Home Has a 'Cat Immortal' 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 Horrifying Hauntings: Ghost Stories 恐怖灵异诡：鬼故事 Do you really think stories are just stories? In fact, behind every story lies a real event! In this book, I wrote a story about the last bus on Route 24. To experience what it would really feel like, I set myself a goal: for seven days straight, I'd ride the last Route 24 bus from its starting point to its final stop, then ride it all the way back. And that's where the story begins...! 337Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Major Paranormal Events in China 中国民间灵异大事件 Major Chinese Folk Supernatural Cases is based on real supernatural incidents. Its contents are terrifying, mysterious, eerie, and suspenseful, with no more scientifically reasonable explanation to this day! Each chapter of this book tells a supernatural fantasy tale, with bizarre, chilling, and gripping plots. We hope readers will tune in and enjoy! 301Reads7.2Score227Shelves
- 129 I Blundered into a Horror World, Only to Find That All the Bosses Were Lamps 误入恐怖世界，没想到BOSS全是灯 I stumbled into a world of horror, only to find that every BOSS was a lamp. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 The Haunted Houses I’ve Experienced 我经历的凶宅 The older generation often says that people who die violent deaths cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Their souls endlessly haunt the places where they died, seeking substitutes. Only then can they be reborn. That’s why we often hear in the news about car crashes that keep happening at certain locations. Sometimes the place isn’t even a proper intersection, yet terrible accidents leave cars wrecked and people dead. Some streams aren’t even as deep as a person is tall, yet every year there 2.1kReads8.9Score188Shelves
- 131 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score327Shelves
- 132 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score165Shelves
- 133 The Yin-Yang Courier 阴阳快递员 Parcel delivery has expanded beyond the countryside and reached the underworld. And I am a courier who delivers to both the living and the dead! I've delivered countless packages and encountered countless strange, unknown events. Let me tell you a deathly tale about parcel delivery, based on my own experiences... 10.9kReads8.7Score368Shelves
- 134 The Vengeful Ghost Great-Grandma Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure Yang Infant Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 厉鬼太奶想杀我女，我纯阳婴镇碎百年血契 A Vengeful Ghost of a Great-Grandmother Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure-Yang Baby Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Half Bad, Half Good 一半坏一半好 When dawn breaks, close your eyes. When night falls, open them. Each day brings a different revelation. The more you see, the less afraid you become, until you get used to it. When I thought I had arrived in hell, the next moment I was in heaven. Hell and heaven are hard to tell apart. Can you tell the difference? 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 After My Brother Was Crushed by a Tycoon Family, I Summoned the Ten Kings of Hell to Claim Their Lives 弟遭豪门碾杀，我引十殿阎罗索命 After his younger brother is crushed to death by a powerful family, he summons the Ten Kings of Hell to claim their lives 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Paralyzed by Terror: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 鬼压床惊魂-那具带着烟草味的黑影 Terrifying Sleep Paralysis: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Tiger Skin: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Knocked at My Door in the Dead of Night 皮打虎：我娘死后三年，深夜来敲我家门 Leather Tiger: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Came Knocking at My Door Late at Night 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 I Moved into Dorm 404 and Uncovered a Deadly Campus Mystery 住进404宿舍，我看破校园凶局 Feng shui, the supernatural, campus life, society: everything you're looking for is here! A story is just a story. Even if someone has experienced something similar in real life, I hope you'll still treat this as just a story! Don't get too caught up in it! Finally, may you, dear reader, stay safe and well! 33Reads—Score104Shelves
- 140 Calling Spirits in the Ruined House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from a Building, and a Shadow in White Came After Him 荒坯房叫魂：7岁小弟莫名坠楼，白衣黑影缠上了他 A Spirit-Calling Ritual in a Derelict House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from the Building, and a Shadow in White Is Haunting Him 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Woman in Red in the Men's Room Stall Hides a Ten-Year-Old Case 夜班网管：男厕隔间的红衣女，竟藏着十年旧案 Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Red-Clad Woman in the Men's Restroom Stall Is Hiding a Decade-Old Case 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 207Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Eerie Revival: My Neighbor Isn't Human 诡异复苏：我的邻居不是人 [No female lead, no romance, and the protagonist grows stronger over time. He becomes formidable after death.] Three years ago, the world twisted, and terror returned. As the entire world was shrouded in the shadows of ghosts and monsters, Qi Miao: Thanks for asking. There's the old woman who looks for people to take her place in death, the widowed father raising a daughter, the little kid who likes bouncing a ball, the zombie family that holds spirit-summoning rituals, the ghost in a horse-face 604Reads8.9Score106Shelves
- 144 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.2kReads8.0Score253Shelves
- 145 Reborn Daoist: I Sweep the City Clean by Catching Ghosts 重生道士：我靠捉鬼横扫都市 [Rebirth + suspense]+ [mysticism and the supernatural]+ [revenge and comeback] In my previous life, I devoted myself to Taoist cultivation, only to be betrayed by my lover and die at the hands of a vengeful ghost. Reborn at twenty, I awaken the memories of a Celestial Master, with Taoist arts powerful enough to reach the heavens! Malevolent spirits in apartment hallways, vengeful ghosts in old houses, urban hauntings, plots from the netherworld... Every evil spirit in the world bows before me! W —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Night Wanderer: Never Look Back at Three in the Morning 夜游神：凌晨三点千万别回头 [Urban supernatural + underworld ranks + survival in two realms + System binding] At three in the morning, never look back. Lu Chen picks up a [Night Patrol God Seal] and accidentally becomes bound to a divine office in the underworld! While everyone else sleeps, he traverses the netherworld, patrols the night, and hunts down ghosts. When the hundred ghosts roam, they bow before him; when dark forces run rampant, he suppresses them with a single gesture! Unsolved cases in the mortal world, secre —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 4.7kReads9.0Score333Shelves
- 148 Midnight Terror: The Strange Radio Broadcast 午夜惊魂之电波诡事 In the winter of 1998, Liu Siyang, a broadcasting college graduate, was assigned to Shengjing Radio. He took over a long-dormant late-night program, named it Midnight Frights, and set out to tell the insomniacs of this old industrial city some unusual stories over the midnight airwaves. He unearthed three bizarre cases from the radio station’s archives and old police files: the sweeping sounds that never ceased after the death of “Big Black Tooth,” the library’s caretaker; the green powder stuff 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score366Shelves
- 150 You Won’t Find This During the Day: One Ghost Story Every Day 白天刷不到：每天一个诡故事 I’m a horror writer who publishes online. I have no fame and no income, so I can only grab people’s attention by writing the most sinister, unsettling, and realistic stories. To make them feel “real,” I’m used to grounding my characters in details from the real world: real streets, real neighborhoods, real outfits, and real little gestures. I always thought a novel was just a novel. That is, until the serial killer I wrote stepped out of my story and found me in the real world. 897Reads—Score—Shelves
