Novels like The Beautiful Ghost Wife
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- 51 After We Swapped Faces, My Sister Took My Place in a Glorious Wedding 换皮后，阿妹替我风光大嫁 [Chinese-Style Horror] [Ghosts and Strange Tales] [Psychic Physique] My younger sister fell for my fiancé. She begged our parents and went without food for days, until she finally got them to trade my skin for hers, letting her marry the man I loved. When I woke, I was already at the Spirit Mountain Temple. The Celestial Master urged me to let go, but I insisted on going to Qinghe. What I saw was a happy couple, and my sister was pregnant... 349Reads8.4Score103Shelves
- 52 On Our Wedding Night, My Wife’s Fox Tail Came Out! 洞房花烛，媳妇的狐狸尾巴露出来了！ This is a dazzling world of cultivation, where the wise teach through parables, eminent monks expound the Dharma, and real people preach the Dao. Yet demons wreak havoc, monsters run rampant, and the people weep blood! Xu Dao transmigrated here by chance, only to awaken a slack-off System. With no other choice, he could only keep his head down and grow stronger. On their wedding night, his empress wife accidentally revealed her fox tail, exposing her identity as a demon. With no other option, th 45Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 53 The Last Ghost Hunter 最后一个捉鬼师 I was cursed by evil spirits as a child. My fate turned yin, attracting a hundred ghosts. To keep me alive, my father came up with a plan... 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Drifting into the Haunted Room 漂移凶间 Mild Horror + No Stupid Decisions + Narrative-Driven + Slow Pacing + Large Cast In her previous life, Shen Qingyue was a brilliant but ill-fated rising forensic pathologist. Just as she was about to expose a shocking conspiracy, her life was cut short by a murder disguised as an accident. As her consciousness faded, she saw the killer's blurred, cold smile. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to three years earlier, to the crossroads of her fate. She had just joined the Municipal P 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Born in a Coffin, Bride of a Ghost 棺生子，鬼新娘 [Folkloric horror, feng shui arts, mystery and the supernatural] On a stormy night filled with thunder and lightning, I was born in a coffin that reeked of decay, breaking the taboo between yin and yang! My family betrothed me to a ghost bride. When the wedding procession came to fetch her, an eerie atmosphere shrouded the village! After that, strange things happened one after another: crying in the middle of the night, objects mysteriously moving on their own... 24Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 56 My Zombie Bride Is Fierce, and She Protects Me Day and Night! 我的女尸老婆猛猛哒，贴身护我！ [Zhengyi Taoist + Corpse Wife + Folk Tales of the Supernatural + Bizarre Encounters + Divine Firmament Thunder Arts] [Urgent as a Command! Five-Thunder Righteous Technique, Palm Thunder] [Supernatural Mystery] My whole family consists of Taoists. Ever since I was born, my abundant yang energy could burn ghosts alive. But I’m a leaky vessel, and if I can’t produce yang energy fast enough to keep up with the loss, I’ll die. So my family found a lid to plug the leak: a female corpse. Unexpectedly, 577Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 57 The Ghost Marriage Pact: My Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Bride 冥婚契约：我的千年鬼新娘 Crimson wedding characters, a destined match beneath the moon; separated by life and death, their hearts are bound as one. Zhou Zi'an, a folk customs writer, travels alone to the mist-shrouded town of Qingshi to investigate an unsolved ghost marriage case from ninety years ago. The red wedding characters on the Shen family's old mansion have not faded through years of wind and rain. The carved bridal bed is made up with a quilt as good as new, and a red figure wanders in the mirror every night. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 After Moving into a Haunted House, the Male Ghosts Set Their Sights on Me 住进凶宅后，男鬼们盯上我了 [One female lead, three male leads] [Male ghosts] [All characters are sexually inexperienced] Ruan Xi wanted some peace and quiet, so she bought a century-old haunted house outright. But she never expected the “residents” to have no intention of leaving her in peace. Three male ghosts trapped there had all set their sights on her. They thought she was a helpless prey who had wandered into their trap. But they had no idea that she was the hunter who had walked into the cage. 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Morgue Notes: I Saw Messages from the Dead 太平间手记：我看见了死者留言 Chen Ye, an ordinary medical school graduate, took a well-paid job as the night-shift attendant in the city hospital morgue. On his very first night, he discovered that the rules here were absurdly strict: the lights had to be turned off at three in the morning, refrigerator number three was never to be used, and he must never respond to even the faintest sound. He thought it was just a prank to scare the new guy, until he found a line of new writing formed in frost on the back of an old autopsy 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Ghost Wife: Bro, Please Take Your Sister-in-Law Back 鬼妻：哥，求你把嫂子收回去吧 [Married from the start + ghost wife + one heroine + not a wish-fulfillment novel (plot-focused) + fast-paced growth (nearly invincible) + exorcising ghosts and banishing evil] Born under yin, he is also a child born of a corpse. He has the body of the living, but the fate of the dead. He is doomed to be cursed! Liu Cheng was dug from his dead mother's womb by an old gravedigger, and grew up in a cemetery. The old man said that those born under yin are extremely yin from birth, making them a cho 241Reads7.6Score100Shelves
- 61 My Wife Is a Dragon Maiden 我的老婆是龙女 When my mother was giving birth to me, she had a difficult labor. In a dream, she found herself in the Dragon Palace, where a fairy handed her a cup of tea. She drank it without thinking, then miraculously survived. Little did she know, that was the tea a bride serves her mother-in-law at the wedding. And somehow, I ended up with a Dragon Princess for a wife... 597Reads8.9Score112Shelves
- 62 The Jade Dust of Daoist Fate 道缘琼末 [Traditional supernatural horror + ghost wife + first-person POV + one heroine + ghost hunting] Ever since I was born, I’ve worn a strange necklace around my neck. Every year on my birthday, Grandpa makes me bow to it. When I asked him why, he always said it could protect me. Only later did I learn that a female ghost was hidden inside the necklace. Offer three sticks of incense to the gods and four to the ghosts. If someone calls to you at night, never turn around. Otherwise, your yang fire wil 149Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 The Ghost-Eyed Yin Child 鬼眼阴童 I was born with ghost eyes, and my entire family was slaughtered. To survive, I had no choice but to become the disciple of a Rat Immortal and absorb the aura of a thousand-year-old Ghost King! The Judge of the Underworld appointed me a Yin Official in the mortal realm! I command the underworld’s ghost soldiers and generals, rule both the worlds of yin and yang, and restore the former glory of the Yan family! You kids! Want to know more about me? Heh, meet me in your dreams tonight! [Not an over 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 A Living Person's Ghost Marriage 活人冥婚 A ghost marriage is traditionally a union between two people who are already dead. But I was supposed to die at the age of three. By defying fate and holding a ghost wedding while still alive, I secured a future for myself… 425Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Sleep Paralysis from the Start? I Confessed to the Female Ghost and Made Her My Wife! 开局鬼压床？表白女鬼当老婆！ What? Sleeping paralysis can’t be cured with medicine? Is there an easier way to treat it? Lin Cheng: There is, bro! There is! I’ll just kiss her and confess! Won’t the ghost girl explode? 22Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 66 The Gentle Ghost in the Haunted House 凶宅里的温柔男鬼 Xu Xingyao is a dirt-poor office worker down on her luck. She rents a haunted house. She can put up with a woman sobbing in the middle of the night, bloody water in the bathroom, takeout mysteriously vanishing, and soup so salty her own cooking nearly kills her. But a ghost turning on her faucet and making her pay a higher water bill? Absolutely not. Just as Xu Xingyao is preparing to go head-to-head with the ghost, she discovers that the house is home to a male ghost. He looks terrifying and te 1.9kReads8.7Score203Shelves
- 67 Records of Artifact Containment 遗物收容志 Shen You runs an antique shop on the verge of bankruptcy. On the surface, he sells old things; in truth, he deals with “cursed objects.” A carved wooden comb arrives mysteriously in the mail. The instant he touches it, he sees the horrific scene of a woman having her head shaved in public a hundred years ago. Late that night, as if sleepwalking, he picks up the comb and begins to comb his own hair. With every stroke of its teeth, a strand of real hair comes away, while a tearing pain spreads acr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 My Yin-Yang Road 我的阴阳路 (Pure supernatural horror + no cultivation + one heroine (master-disciple romance) + powerful heroine + no national fortune system) My name is Zhang Ling. I have no special fate or extraordinary talent, but an accident when I was nine set me on the path between yin and yang... 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Eerie: From the Start, I Contracted a Pure-Hearted Female Ghost 诡异：开局契约了一只清纯女鬼 For seventeen-year-old high school student Guo Yang, his biggest worries are the college entrance exam and the future. Then, on a blood-red morning, he and his car are dragged into the rift between the world of the living and the underworld: the Yin-Yang Rift of the Ghost Realm. The System activates, but instead of a chance to turn his life around, it gives him a nightmare from the start. Before his eyes, countless pale ghost hands reach out from the rift and drag a living person into the abyss, 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Eerie Descent: My Wife Is an SSS-Rank Lord 诡异降临，我老婆是SSS级领主 The age of the bizarre has arrived! Anyone selected for a dungeon is forced to take part in its game! Those who clear it can not only save their city, but also gain all kinds of abilities! If they fail, their city will fall and become a playground for the bizarre! As city after city falls, humanity is utterly consumed by fear! One day, Chen Siwen, a mentally ill boy, enters a dungeon. “Dad! Mom! I’m home!!” The SS-rank bizarre Bloodshadow Butcher: “What did you just call me?” The S-rank Shattere 50Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 71 The Midnight Photo Studio: I Take Portraits of the Dead 丑时照相馆：我拍亡魂照 [Use the living soul as a lure, and capture the lingering image of the dead] Hidden in the shadows of the city, the photo studio opens only during the Yin hours. Its owner wields a Republic-era camera, taking portraits of the dead’s fading silhouettes, but the price is a sliver of a living person’s soul. Every photograph is a prison for a departed soul’s obsession: if the obsession remains, the soul is trapped in the photo; if it is resolved, the lamp of rebirth is lit. When a young girl enters —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Underworld: My Ghost Bride and I, Bound Forever by Yin Fate 冥域：我和鬼媳，阴缘永合 [Paranormal + Ghost Wife + Horror + Superpowers + Reincarnation] Li Xiaoshi is the reincarnation of a judge from the underworld. He was born nearly transparent, with his internal organs clearly visible. Later, he meets a female ghost named Gu Pannan, and the two become husband and wife in a union of yin and yang. His life is beset by misfortune. He eventually learns that his ghost wife came from the Nether Realm, but their pact between human and ghost has bound their minds together, making separ 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 The Age of Ghost Tamers: I Tamed Hundreds of Millions of Female Ghosts! 御鬼时代：我御了亿万女鬼！ [Ghost taming + wish fulfillment + total domination + no heroine + brutal beauty + utterly inhuman = 100,000 words every week?] The age of ghost taming: people fight with ghosts. At eighteen, everyone gets one chance to awaken a ghost as their fated companion. Ordinary people can awaken at most two, but after Lin Mo is reborn, he obtains the Female Ghost Alliance System. He can only awaken female ghosts, but there’s no limit to how many. At a single call, billions of female ghosts descend. Maid 33Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 74 No Responsibility for Scaring You to Tears 吓哭不负责 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Ghost stories] [Chinese-style horror] [Based on true events] [Reader submissions] [Chilling when you think about it] [Bizarre tales] [Beyond the realm of science] [Plainspoken prose, no literary flourishes] [Just stories] Not for the faint of heart! Don’t read late at night! Folklore, haunted houses, eerie village incidents, urban vengeful spirits, supernatural curses, and even non-supernatural stories that are chilling when you think about them... A collection 24.1kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
- 75 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 76 Help! My Yandere Ghost Husband Imprisons Me Every Night 救命！我被病娇鬼夫夜夜囚禁了 [Obsessive, gloomy ghost of a man + anguish and sweetness intertwined + past and present lives + devoted couple + happy ending + supernatural horror] I put on lipstick on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and suddenly a blue-black hand reached out of the mirror! A handsome man in red grabbed my wrist and smiled. “I’ve finally found you, my wife. You were born when the gates of the underworld opened. You can’t escape.” He was madly possessive, his desire to own me eating away at my very 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 The Cycle of the Ghost Soldiers' Crossing 阴兵借道之轮回 Deep within the Sacred Ruins Temple, the ancient Sacred Ruins Dragon slowly opened its star-bright eyes. Its gaze held a profound wisdom, as if it could see through every mystery in the world. Luo Aiai stood before the Sacred Ruins Dragon, her face showing a hint of nervousness and anticipation. Who am I? Her hands were clasped tightly together, as though seeking comfort. But when she felt the Sacred Dragon’s gentle yet powerful aura, the tension in her heart gradually faded. “You are... Your bo 1Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 78 The Wife in the Lord of Death's Arms 阎王大人的怀中妻 I was born by killing my mother, and left this world with her. My life should have ended then, but a mysterious person saved me, lending me a life and granting me nineteen years… But as my nineteenth birthday’s deadly trial approached, the mysterious person who had promised to appear was nowhere to be seen. By a twist of fate, I took someone else’s place in marriage and became the bride of a demon. He saw me through my trial and declared that I was his woman… Mysterious Person: “She’s already ma 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Part-Time Ghost Tamer in Another World 我在异界做兼职御鬼师 [Transmigration + ancient setting + xianxia + supernatural + ghost taming + System + multiple heroines] My name is Chen An. I died. But then I came back to life. When I woke up, I discovered that I was no longer in my original world. Here, there are not only martial artists beyond ordinary human limits, but also people who can control ghosts. At first, all I wanted was to survive in this world. Then I met a ghost bride who called me her husband, and everything began heading in an unpredict 174Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 80 I’m the Only Ordinary Person at the Company 公司就我一个普通人 [Official introduction: Lovecraftian horror + Chinese-style horror, grotesque bodily mutations, mental corruption, vengeful evil spirits, uncontrollable desires... Told from the perspective of a rookie investigator with no supernatural abilities. Male lead: Liu Fan, a college graduate with no supernatural abilities. The brains of the group, a deadpan oddball who loves ill-timed wisecracks and goes insane with a perfectly straight face. Female lead 1: Lu Ningxia, a female ghost and the boss of a 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 The Water Stain That Never Dries 永远拧不干的水渍 The Water Stain That Never Dries 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 A Haunted Romance? From the Start, I Kissed the Evil Spirit School Beauty! 诡异恋爱？开局强吻恶灵校花！ [Romance with a ghost + devoted lover + one heroine + horror instances] My name is Fang Han. The first thing I did after entering the horror instance [Demon University] was force a kiss on Jiang Shuyan, an SSS-rank evil spirit! That's because I awakened the Ghost Romance System. As long as I win over female ghosts, I can gain supernatural abilities! And naturally, my target is the breathtakingly beautiful, peerless ghost-school belle, with skin like cream! As my lips came down I watched Jiang Su 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Chengwen Master's 11th Book 成稳大师第11本书 375Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 84 My Fated Little Fox Immortal 我的天命小狐仙 Born with all eight characters of my birth chart belonging to yin, every ninth year brings disaster. That is my fate. To save my life, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me when I was nine. But when I was nearly eighteen, he personally called it off. Because of that, I embarked on a path unlike that of any other feng shui master! I said, “Our marriage was fated. You’re written in my destiny, and we’ll be together for three lifetimes!” She said, “Cut it out. If you don’t wash the dishes today 315Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 85 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
- 86 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score126Shelves
- 87 The Evil Dead Pursue: My Master Tried to Possess Me, but I Turned the Tables 猛鬼追魂：师父夺舍被我反噬 After a ghost blinded me, I accidentally knocked over a vase in a porcelain shop. The heartless old boss demanded an outrageous sum, so I had no choice but to agree to work as his shop assistant for three months to pay off the debt. I figured he'd make my life miserable, but the old geezer did a complete about-face. He said we were destined to meet, and not only wanted to take me as his apprentice, but also offered me his ravishing, graceful, one-in-a-million goddaughter as a wife. Could anythin 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses the Living as Shopping Baskets 这家24小时便利店，用活人抵购物篮 This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses Living People as Shopping Baskets 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 The Emperor's Three-Lifetime Pursuit of His Wife 帝君追妻三生三世 Suddenly, her body stayed still, but her head turned a full 180 degrees toward Lin Xian'er. With an eerie smile, she said, “Miss, just call if you need anything.” Lin Xian'er thought she heard the crackling sound of paper being twisted. Terrified by that face, pale as a sheet, she could only nod. No, that was a face made of paper. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 The Yin-Life Pawnshop 阴寿当铺 The Underworld Pawnshop: I Sell Ghostly Goods to Stay Alive Lu You's funeral shop stands at the coldest, most shadowy corner of the old street in the west of the city. For generations, the Lu family has dealt with the dead, but by Lu You's generation, they are cursed to die before turning thirty. By day, he sells incense, candles, and paper money for the dead. By night, he helps vengeful spirits who died unnatural deaths fulfill their wishes in exchange for extra days of life. On the first night 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 The Corpse-Scent Beside My Pillow 枕边尸香 Ever since I was little, I had a wife-to-be I'd never met. When I was fifteen, my grandfather died, and I married into her family... 2.4kReads8.3Score184Shelves
- 92 Eerie: My Wife Is a Vengeful Ghost 诡异：我家娘子是厉鬼 [Eerie] [Single heroine] [Pure love] [Mischief-maker] Chen Yu, an ordinary university student, transmigrates into an Eerie world and meets the wife from his dreams. But unlike in his dreams, his gentle, virtuous wife is an Eerie creature who kills without blinking… Faced with countless grotesque and terrifying Eerie beings, Chen Yu calmly holds his rice bowl and says, “Wifey! It’s yelling at me!” “Wifey! Get it!” Today, I, Chen Yu, am going to eat this bowl of rice standing up! I have a wife 222Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 93 A Book by the Speed-Loving Snail 爱飙车的蜗牛的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 845Reads7.9Score103Shelves
- 94 If You're Afraid to Die in a Horror World, What Makes You Think You Can Win? 在恐怖世界怕死，你凭什么想赢啊 [Infinite Flow]+ [Death Game]+ [Apocalyptic Survival]+ [Horror Mini-Worlds] Warning: This may not be well written, so think carefully before diving in! In the orderly world we know, have you ever imagined a chaotic world that was its opposite? Yun Xiao was snatched from his sleep and brought into such a world. Here, there are no laws, no order, no humanity… In short, there are no rules at all. All that exists are terrifying mini-worlds where you can grow stronger! At first, he thought this was 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Marrying a Fox Wife and Walking Between Yin and Yang 娶狐妻走阴阳 One female lead! The protagonist never dithers! He is the reincarnation of a big shot! When I had nothing to my name, I met you, who were fabulously wealthy. I said, “With nothing but poverty to my name, how could I enter your glamorous world? With empty sleeves, how could I hold you back?” She said, “Zip it. Come wash the dishes. I’ll take care of you!” “Sure!” 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Sky Is Falling! I’m Afraid of Ghosts, Yet the King of the Underworld Won’t Leave Me Alone 天塌了，怕鬼的我被冥王缠上了 [Mystery and the supernatural + doting devotion + hidden identities revealed + ghost hunting + a heroine who grows] [A tough-talking girl who’s afraid of ghosts × a protective, clingy King of the Underworld] A timid girl and a powerhouse team up to hunt evil spirits During a terrifying murder-mystery game, Chu Mu runs into a real ghost from the script, and her twenty years of materialist beliefs crumble on the spot. She thinks it was just one unlucky encounter, but then one strange incident aft 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 My Ghostly Roommate 我的阴室友 [Paranormal mystery] [Updates daily, though not on a fixed schedule] [Thanks for your support ❤️] Over the summer after my college entrance exams, I kept having the same dream about my college dorm and roommates. Then I dragged my suitcase into Room 304 and saw those familiar yet unfamiliar faces, along with an empty bed. I was stunned. They were Yaoyao and Xinxin, the girls in the photo from my dream. Was the empty bed Qingqing’s? She hadn’t shown up for months after the school year began, so w 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Monster List: My Wife Is Su Jiu'er 妖怪名单之我的老婆是苏九儿 (This is a fanfiction based on Monster List.) One heroine + transmigration + sweet romance Feng Xi is a college student. His name resembles Feng Xi, the male lead of Monster List, so out of curiosity he starts reading the comic and gets hooked. Later, fed up with the male lead Feng Xi's habit of flirting with one woman after another, he vents his frustration at him in his thoughts, then transmigrates into the comic in his sleep. There, he meets Su Jiu'er, who captures his heart, as well as all s 177Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Before the Ghost King Recovers, I'll Marry Her and Bring Her Home 趁鬼王没有恢复，娶她回家当老婆 [One female lead + devoted husband + both leads are each other's first love + pure romance + fast-paced + daily life of the leads. The male lead is weak at first but invincible among his peers later on (after Chapter 60). The female lead is cold on the outside but warm inside.] My name is Shen Jingting. I've been single for twenty years and work a dead-end job. On Ghost Festival, I made a wish to my ancestors. “Ancestors, I burn so much money for you every year. Do your best down there and help 2.1kReads8.8Score226Shelves
- 100 A Life-and-Death Pact with My Living Corpse Husband 生死契约之我的活死人老公 On the day I was born, my mother nearly died in childbirth. Then my father almost threw me into the river to drown. Later, my mother ran off with a rich man, abandoning me, and my father started a new family. My stepmother never liked me. Then she bore my father a son, my younger brother Su Xiaodong, who was at odds with me every day. After that, my stepmother became pregnant again, but died mysteriously, taking the baby with her. Everyone began to regard me as an ill omen. It was all because I 6Reads—Score—Shelves
