Novels like A Collection of Horror Stories
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- 51 Grandma's Tales of Strange Happenings in the Village 奶奶讲的乡村诡事 Grandma's Tales of Strange Things in the Countryside 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 The Underworld Patrolman 阳间巡阴人 Other babies are born crying, weeping over the hardships of the mortal world. He was born laughing, laughing hysterically. Born with demon eyes, burdened by the Five Afflictions and Three Deficiencies, his yin lifespan longer than his yang lifespan. A living person's soul in a dead person's fate: isn't he a natural spirit walker?~ The Ghost King Zhong Kui begs to be his master, while the King of Hell fights to be his godfather. What a background, tsk tsk~ Come meet Li Mufeng, the spirit walker, 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 The Haunted Hotel 恐怖酒店 I used to be an ordinary hotel sleep tester. Then one day I spent the night at a hotel where someone had died, and my life was never peaceful again. Every night, I have erotic dreams with female ghosts... 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 A Collection of Short Horror Stories! 短篇恐怖故事集！ A collection of horror stories. No human causes, no romance or harem, no humor or comedy, no good luck, and no one can escape! Fear! Fear! And more fear! 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Blood Pact of the Corpse House 尸宅血契 The Corpse House Blood Pact 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Yonghui Corpse Coins 永徽尸钱 Yonghui Corpse Coins —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 The Walking Corpse Lunatic 走尸颠佬 The Walking Corpse Madman 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Ghostly Tales from Fengdu 丰都鬼事 In her previous life, young artist Lin Wan set out alone for the fabled ghost city of Fengdu to search for her missing older sister, Lin Zhixia. Naively, she trusted the seemingly kind innkeeper and local gentry, unaware that she had stepped into a carefully laid trap. Coveted for her yin constitution, she was ultimately sacrificed in an old mansion behind Fengdu's famous mountain by the so-called “good Samaritans” to a traitor in the underworld who had disguised himself as Black Impermanence. H 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Cherry-Colored Lies 樱桃色的谎言 Cherry-Colored Lies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Sacrificial Red: Strange Tales from a Deep-Mountain Base Station 祭红·深山基站·诡事录 Offering Red: Strange Tales from a Remote Mountain Relay Station 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Child's Haunting 童诡 Mystery | Horror | Hidden Chen Shuyang was overjoyed to move in with his girlfriend, Bai Lu. But as they spent day after day together, he gradually discovered her many strange quirks, from bizarre tastes in food to abnormal behavior. Little by little, he uncovered the terrifying secret she was hiding. 569Reads8.0Score113Shelves
- 62 Curse of Resentment 怨咒 I went out with a few friends to take care of some business and witnessed a series of strange events. That night, I dreamed of meeting a beautiful girl. When I woke up, I discovered that the drunk girl from the night before had died outside my door... 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 The Suona's Song Beneath the Coffin Lid 棺材板下的唢呐声 Suona Music Beneath the Coffin Lid —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 The Strange Taoist 怪道士 My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduating, I’d get promoted, earn a higher salary, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who could have guessed the company would go bankrupt and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single cent of my wages, and I couldn’t even afford rent, so I slept at the train station every day! A shabbily dressed Taoist priest told me I was plagued by bad luck and haunted by a hun 1.9kReads8.4Score136Shelves
- 65 Mermaid 人鱼 Mermaid 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Frightening Folk Tales of Ghosts and Monsters 民间吓人的鬼怪故事 This book collects folk tales about ghosts and monsters from China and around the world, both ancient and modern. They include deeply moving love stories, myths where good and evil are repaid in kind, and eerie tales that will leave you trembling with fear. We hope you enjoy them. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Old Wei's Ghost Stories 老魏讲鬼故事 [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Events] [Submitted by Readers] [Chilling on Reflection] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Bounds of Science] The eerie Buddha statue seen when mountaineers are trapped in a ghostly loop, a face appearing on the wall in the middle of the night, a “person” using their own head as a ball during evening study at school... I have always believed that horror stories should be short, sometimes ending on a cliffhanger, sometimes becoming 1.5kReads—Score108Shelves
- 68 Bureau 749: A Yin Messenger on the Road to the Underworld 749局：黄泉走阴人 There is an organization that exists only in the darkness: Bureau 749. Founded in 1974, with no records and no official status, it is made up of scientists and people with supernatural abilities. It handles the dirtiest, most sinister, most forbidden affairs in the human world. Ghost soldiers march through the night, leaving nothing but empty skins in an entire village. The White God of Wealth kills anyone who worships him, taking their souls to feed evil. An ancient Buddha opens its mouth to de 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 My Best Friend Urged Me to Get a Tattoo, But I Ended Up Tattooing Ghost Skin 闺蜜劝我纹身，可我竟然纹了鬼皮 My best friend urged me to get a tattoo, but somehow I ended up tattooing ghost skin on myself 86Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Mint Blossoms at the Tip of a Shoe 鞋尖开出的薄荷花 Mint Blossoms at the Tip of a Shoe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 A Collection of 365 Strange Tales and Horror Stories 365个奇闻异事和恐怖故事合集 This is a series of short horror stories. The writing isn't the focus; it's all about telling the stories. [Standalone stories + horrors that grow worse the more you think about them + mystery and the supernatural + urban legends + haunted homes + folk tales + strange tales + feng shui and mysticism] Are you ready? When night falls, these terrifying stories will begin crawling into the ears of the living... 731Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Horror Urban Legends: An Unspeakable Fear 惊悚怪谈：不可名状的恐惧 Tomato Original, Mystery and Imagination, Supernatural Horror [Horror + Dark Style] [A collection of uncanny short stories, fear returns, Lovecraftian horror] [The gaze of an unknown presence. Good and evil lie in the human heart] Have you ever had a moment in everyday life that sent a chill down your spine? Perhaps it was hearing a cat cry while walking alone at night, the sound of marbles rolling across the floor upstairs, or a shadow glimpsed from the corner of your eye... Story One: Cat Syn 105Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Records of a Hundred Ghosts 百鬼事录 [Short Story Collection] + [Based on True Events] + [Folk Paranormal] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Urban Legends] + [Standalone Stories] Two hundred standalone horror stories, with no dragging things out. Every story delivers a jolt to the heart, with supernatural encounters, suspense, and eerie mysteries taking turns onstage. No lengthy buildup, just instant scares. Not for the faint of heart! 288Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 74 Dark Fairy Tales: Modern Day 黑童话【现代】 Human teeth floating in a can of yellow peaches, pig's head meat coming back to life in a supermarket at midnight, a beautiful woman in an old photo album growing younger and younger... A collection of short stories that push the limits of imagination and horror, covering every kind of strange tale. If you enjoy horror and stories that defy expectations, these hundred-odd tales won't disappoint. 266Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Curse of the Desolate Village 荒村咒怨 [Horror + suspense + mystery] [Step-by-Step Terror Series: Parasites Among the Living] An isolated mountain village is inexplicably struck by a spreading plague. The infected bleed from all seven orifices, while their internal organs liquefy and pour out through openings in their bodies, leaving them to die in gruesome agony. Several medical workers from the nearby town venture into the deadly region to investigate, and one bizarre incident after another unfolds… Can they uncover the truth? Who 316Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 76 Death Notices in Food Delivery Notes 外卖备注里的死亡预告 Death Warnings in the Food Delivery Instructions 197Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Tomb of Terror: My Haunted Forest Expedition 古墓惊魂，我的恐怖森林探险之旅 Terror in the Ancient Tomb: My Adventure Through a Haunted Forest 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 A Collection of Spine-Chilling Stories 惊骇故事集 The world is in turmoil, with strange and wondrous things hiding everywhere. Mysteries deep in the starry sky remain unsolved, while shocking cases unfold around a small town. Science fiction and suspense perform a double act, as Lovecraftian murders rise with the tide. The secrets in people’s hearts are hard to fathom. Just wait and see this collection unleash its waves of terror. The horror here is bizarre and grotesque, not some childish little scare. In an abandoned village shrine, a white- 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Corpse Money: Thoughts for the Afterlife 尸钱想后 Corpse Money, Posthumous Thoughts 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 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... 290Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 81 Cai Jun's Must-Read Mystery and Horror Collection: 11-Book Set 蔡骏悬疑恐怖小说必读精选（套装十一册） Want to experience the ultimate atmosphere of suspense and terror? Renowned suspense writer Cai Jun invites you into his world of mystery through a collection of stories that will make you feel as if you’re right there. This set includes 11 of Cai Jun’s works. It features Virus, his first “suspense and horror” novel, originally published on the Chinese internet; Curse, a classic that layers mystery upon mystery and pushes suspense to its limits; Cat’s Eye, a defining example of Cai Jun’s “psycho 51Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 82 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂，我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 The Last School Bus 末班校车 [A female-focused mystery thriller, a brain-teasing and hilarious redemption story] From here on, I'll personally take you on this last school-bus journey... You'll see a terrifying doll sitting right beside you... You'll witness a string of murders in a girls' dormitory, all within a single year... You'll shudder at the bizarre death of a school beauty who was three months pregnant... You'll rage at the evil hidden in a fog-shrouded residential complex along the way... And you'll encounter the 403Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 87 Strange Tales of the World 世奇怪谈 [One Thousand and One Nights of Terror] A deranged pregnant woman, abnormal growth, a horrifying circus, money paid to buy a life, a bizarre matchmaking gathering, an endless staircase, a rule-based horror story at a nursing school, a haunted snow mountain, a human-faced badger, strange happenings in a rented apartment, dog-headed men... Bizarre tales you’ve never heard before, wildly imaginative premises, plot twists layered upon plot twists, and endings you’ll never guess. A cup of tea, a cig 2.4kReads8.5Score361Shelves
- 88 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 31Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 89 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
- 90 Abyss, Close Your Eyes 深渊请闭眼 Have you ever doubted this world? Blue skies and green waters, towering buildings and broad roads: what lies behind this false prosperity? That day, a chilly, sinister presence began to awaken one person after another... Ideas, conspiracies, love, and psychological corruption: the four defining features of this book. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 The People of Huai Tree Lane 槐树里的人 The People in the Locust Tree Lane 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 The Compendium of Ten Thousand Ghosts 万诡集录 This book brings together thrilling, suspenseful, and terrifying stories. Discover tales that are both gripping and fun to listen to. After reading this book, you’ll never be alone again, because there’ll be someone under your bed and at its foot!!! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 A Collection of Folk Supernatural Tales, Part One 民间灵异事件合集（上） Collection of Strange Supernatural Tales from the Countryside, Part One 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 A Thousand Years of Ghost Stories 千年鬼话 A Thousand Years of Ghost Stories: One Thousand and One Nights of Chinese Folk Ghost Tales is a spine-chilling collection steeped in folk tradition. This book brings together ancient folk legends and ghost stories from across China, featuring mysteries and uncanny events from different historical periods and regions. From eerie mountain forests and desolate old villages to bizarre corners of modern cities, every story holds little-known horrors and shocking revelations. The plots are mysterious 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 The Black Dog of Misty Mountain 雾山黑犬 Black Dog of Mist Mountain 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Twelve Ghosts 十二鬼魂 Twelve Ghosts 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Proud Vermilion Bird Became My Guardian Deity 冷傲朱雀成了我的守护神 After an upheaval left her orphaned as a child, she was sold to a pleasure boat and made to do odd jobs. Years of going hungry stunted her growth, leaving her pale and gaunt. When she was sixteen, a handsome man came looking for her, carrying a jade pendant identical to the stone she wore around her neck. He paid for her freedom. She thought she had finally found a home, but he suddenly passed away, leaving her alone once more... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 A Strange Tale Every Night 夜夜都有诡故事 [Extreme Supernatural Horror] [Ghosts, Fox Spirits, and Other Strange Creatures] [Not for Women] [Not for the Fainthearted] Based on personal experience and real events. The occult is science we have yet to touch; science is the occult we have already mastered. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 A Record of Stitching Corpses in Republican-Era China 民国缝尸录 Republican-Era Records of Corpse Stitching —Reads—Score—Shelves
