Novels like Seven Days of the Dead
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Seven Days of the Dead, best match first.
- 1 Painted Walls 画垣 When my village was demolished, I returned to sort through the belongings left behind by my grandfather, a painter, and took away a cigarette case decorated with mysterious patterns. The old house had long since been razed, but every nightfall, the entire village reappeared among the ruins. Maybe what my grandfather painted back then wasn’t a painting at all… 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 My Fate Is Pure Yin, Even Ghosts Fear Me as I Cultivate the Dao 我命格全阴，鬼都怕我修道 I was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when the gates of hell opened. All four pillars of my birth chart were yin, and my fate was full of holes. My grandmother called my soul back three times before I could be born without becoming a ghost. My father kept a butcher's knife under my pillow. With its blade facing outward, it kept ghosts outside away; tucked beneath my pillow, it held my own soul in place. At three, a drowned ghost knelt at the foot of my bed and begged to borrow my 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 In the Body of a Forensic Doctor, I Slay Every Supernatural Evil 我以法医身，斩尽世间诡 Lu Zhifei, the chief forensic pathologist in S City, firmly believes in science and has never believed in ghosts or gods. As a string of bizarre cases erupts, he accidentally stumbles into the hidden world of mystical sects concealed within the modern city. The eight great mystical clans, a thousand-year-old seal, a heart with seven exquisite openings, brothers turning against each other, and a bloody curse passed down through the generations all come to light. Half forensic investigation, searc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Record of Jiangnan's Haunted Towns 江南魇镇录 “My name is Jiang Nan. My former boss paid 250,000 to buy my life. He said my Four Pillars are all Yin, making me the perfect sacrifice for someone with the finest destiny.” He never expected me to survive. And he never expected my old granny to be the last spirit medium for miles around. She gave her life to shield me from my death tribulation, then placed the family heirloom, the Twelve Methods of the Xuan Sect, in my hands. She left me with a prophecy she could have told me sooner: “You can’t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 There’s a Library 有个图书馆 A job ad that appeared out of nowhere gave recently unemployed Wu Hao a glimmer of hope that life might get better. But that same job ad led him to the boundary between the human world and hell. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Exorcise! Exorcise! A House Full of Ghost Concubines 超度！超度！鬼妾满屋 (Supernatural + workplace + hilarious + multiple female leads) ⚠️ Friendly reminder: We aren’t responsible if you laugh yourself to death, and insurance won’t pay out if you’re scared to death. Who else gets it, folks!!! Qin Shaoyang believes only in science, but accidentally stumbles into a supernatural company. During his interview, HR grills his soul. Just to get free meals and lodging, he’s sent to the countryside to perform a ritual on his very first day. At a crossroads, he burns paper off 61Reads—Score140Shelves
- 7 Married to an Evil Spirit: The Red Veil of Huaian Village 嫁煞：槐安村的红盖头 Married to a Malevolent Spirit: The Red Veil of Huaian Village —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Ghosts Are So Scary! Learning to Slay Them in a Supernatural World 有鬼好怕怕，我在灵异世界学斩鬼 [Horror novel. Not for the faint of heart.] Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? If not, where did the word “ghost” come from? Have you ever experienced despair? The world I live in is filled with it. My name is Li You'an. If you’d like to hear my story, come take a look at my world. Twenty kilometers beyond the cemetery, countless hands clawed their way out of the earth. The world changed, becoming strange and unfamiliar. Ghosts ran rampant, the gates of the underworld swung wide ope —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Funeral Bearer of the Desolate Village 荒村送葬人 When the suona sounds, it sends off neither ghosts nor gods. It only buries the player. Nineteen years old, a severed finger, a lonely tower, and a deadly Three Corpses Seal in his belly. Behind him, a skin-flaying demon. Before him, red coffins and mist. Not a single person beside him could be trusted. Driven to the brink, he blew the battered suona he’d found. The tune was off-key, yet it shook the underworld. Since this world insists on making me a sacrifice, I’ll be the corpse-piper who send 3.2kReads8.2Score206Shelves
- 10 Run! My Family Aren't Human 快跑，我的家人不是人 [No System] [Not a saint] [Infinite Flow] [mild horror] Just like any other evening after study hall, I opened the front door! The lights were off. My parents were lurking in the dark, waiting to devour my flesh. A guillotine blade hung over my head, held by my younger sister. My older brother had prepared a pot of fresh soup to go with his wine! Run! Run for your life! My family aren’t human! Your goal is to survive in this twisted world of humanity. 280Reads5.5Score114Shelves
- 11 The Taoist Master of the Funeral Home 殡仪馆的天师 A Celestial Master’s legacy? No thanks. Slaying demons and exorcising evil? Not interested. Lin Yue lands a government job at a funeral home, using the Three-Flavored True Fire to cremate bodies and Five Thunder Talismans to keep the place under control. His boss praises his efficiency, while evil spirits curse him for fighting dirty. The whole city is haunted? Don’t worry. Master Lin from the funeral home will come right to your door. Overtime costs extra. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Short Tales of Terror: A Collection of Strange Stories 短篇微恐：志怪故事集 Do you think the footsteps behind you when you walk alone late at night are just the wind? Do you think the unfamiliar object that suddenly appears in an old storage box is just something you forgot about? Do you think the blurry shadow that sometimes flickers across the mirror is just a trick of the light? This collection of strange tales has no blunt, bloody shocks. It is filled only with eerie everyday moments hidden in the folds of ordinary life. Each story stands alone, yet after you close 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Debts of the Dead 死人债 Born of vengeful spirits, bound by the debts of the dead! When a hundred ghosts roam, they chain the souls of the departed! Bearing the debts of the dead, I enter the cycle of reincarnation, blessed from birth with the ability to foresee death... 314Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 14 Watch Out, There's a Ghost 小心有鬼 If you’ve just started this book and aren’t sure whether it’s worth reading, try chapters 32 and 33 first. If you enjoy them, you can dive into the whole story with confidence. This is the first book in the series. It isn’t very long, but it consists of many entertaining standalone stories and is well worth a read. The author’s subtle, in-depth writing draws readers right into the world of the book. Every character’s personality and every event’s distinct details come vividly to life between the 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Don't Be Afraid, She's the Person Closest to Me 别怕，她是我最亲密的人 [Handcrafted from Scratch] [Flesh-and-Blood Vengeful Ghosts] [Chinese Horror] [Character Growth] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Tightly Plotted] [Absolutely Ruthless] [50,000-Word Outline] If you were given the chance to change your fate, would you rather keep working hard as a delivery driver, or suddenly become a 182-centimeter-tall, golden-haired older man who never has to worry about food or clothing? Yu Fa had no choice. He was forced to transmigrate into the latter. But before he could e 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I've Said Eight Hundred Times That My Surname Is Ma, But I'm Not Chu 说八百遍我姓马但不是出 [Feel-good power fantasy + rebirth + ghost hunting + horror + System + Northeastern Chinese dialect + comedy + fighting + face-slapping + scheming] The male lead was born into the Ma family of Northeast China. He was an obscure nobody until an accident awakened the power within him. His grandfather took him back to their old village to learn the Ma family's abilities. From then on, wherever there are ghosts, he's sure to be there. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Taoist Priest’s Guide to Exorcising Evil in the City 道士之都市驱邪 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Perfumer of the Tongyou Fragrance Shop 通幽香铺的调香师 First comes the incense marrow, second the incense skin, third the incense flesh and fourth the incense soul… Fifth, greed; sixth, wrath; seventh, delusion; eighth, gratitude… Ninth, burning away… the anguish of reincarnation… The tenth incense… is the void she wrenched from her own soul… My name is Shen Heng, and I run an incense shop on an old street in Yingkou. I sell incense by day and ferry souls by night. Nine kinds of incense, exchanged for nine kinds of obsession. Greed, anger, delusion 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Midnight Ghost Stories 午夜鬼话 Can't sleep alone at night? The kind of story that makes you more hooked the more scared you get? I've prepared a bedtime companion for you. Pick one according to your courage. New updates every night at ten, see you there. “Turn off the lights and put on your headphones. You hear breathing behind you, but you're supposed to be home alone. Don't turn around. Just listen while I finish this story…” Which story would you like to wander into tonight? I'll do my best to tell each one well! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Deep Fear: This Taoist Priest Doesn't Believe in Ghosts 深层恐惧，贫道不信鬼 [Mild Horror | Infinite Flow | Supernatural | Ensemble Cast | No System] Zhou Heng was raised in the Daoist tradition. He knows ritual ceremonies and talismans, and he has also studied applied psychology. After years of driving away evil spirits for people, he is certain of one thing: there are no ghosts in this world. Possession, spirits knocking at the door, and the dead returning are usually illnesses, hoaxes, or worries the living refuse to acknowledge. Those who need a hospital should go to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Secondhand Goods I Collect Come with Ghosts 我收的旧货里住着鬼 [Urban supernatural horror · Hunting ghosts and growing stronger · Folklore and strange tales · Golden finger stat upgrades · No System] Also known as: Don't Go Out at Night People know how terrifying ghosts are, but ghosts know how poisonous human hearts can be. Jiang Ye is an ordinary man who was just fired from his job. All he can do is ride a beat-up motorcycle and listen to people who burn paper money tell ghost stories. Then, beneath the cabinet in his rented room, he found a scroll of Sou 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 When I Was Born, I Had a Phoenix Crown on My Head and a Green Dragon Around My Waist 我出生时，头顶凤冠，青龙缠腰 My mother was born with a yin fate and was known as the Ghost Mother. She also had another, deeply mysterious identity, one that struck fear into both the spirit and human worlds. Later, my mother gave birth to me. On the day I was born, I wore a phoenix crown, and a green dragon coiled around my waist. The Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters… Yet Master Chen the Third, a feng shui expert, declared that this girl was destined to bring disaster! 5Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 23 My Years Learning to Catch Ghosts 我学捉鬼的那些年 People can get away with all sorts of things, but greed is one thing they must avoid, especially when it comes to things inside a coffin. And greed was exactly where I went wrong. If you covet money, it can cost you your life! They dug a red-lacquered coffin out of a construction site, and I thought I'd found a priceless antique. If I'd known what would happen afterward, I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it even if they killed me... 762Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Feng Shui Master by Fate: Commanding Yin and Yang with the Five Thunder Palm 天命风水师：五雷掌阴阳 [Supernatural Ghost-Hunting | Feng Shui and Taoist Arts | Five-Thunder Righteous Technique | Hardcore Talisman Drawing | The Protagonist Won't Take Things Lying Down] The Lin family was once the world's foremost feng shui clan, able to alter fate and determine fortune, with kings and nobles vying for its favor. As the years passed, the family dwindled. Lin Tiancheng, the last heir of the Lin family, learned the clan's secrets from his grandfather at the age of six. Evil spirits emerge and strang 2.2kReads—Score137Shelves
- 25 The Yin-Yang Twin 阴阳双生人 [Mild Horror + The Supernatural] Ming Ye grew up living in a cemetery. Her parents went missing seven years ago and were eventually found dead under bizarre circumstances in the mountains. Seven years later, she became an emergency room doctor. One midnight, she met the Taoist priest Xu Baoyang on a bus as he was out catching ghosts. Later, while tracking clues about his missing master, Xu Baoyang came to the hospital where Ming Ye worked and discovered that a strange hospital orderly had set up 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 I Pretended to Be a Master for Fifteen Years, Then I Really Met a Ghost 我装了十五年大师，真撞鬼了 [Folklore Mystery + Chinese-Style Horror + Deduction + No Female Lead + A Tight-Knit Trio] My name is Han Ye. I've been pretending to be a master for fifteen years. I read the feng shui of burial sites, exorcise spirits, summon souls, and relay messages from the dead. If the pay is good enough, there's no job I won't take. Everyone says I can communicate with the world of the dead and understand ghosts and spirits. Only I know the truth: I have no idea whether ghosts even exist. I only know 12.8kReads—Score980Shelves
- 27 True Accounts of Spirit Crossing at Midnight 子时渡灵实录 "A spine-chilling memoir of spirit deliverance by Xu Hanko!" I am an inheritor of Taoist arts. This book records the cases I have handled over the years, helping spirits pass on. Chanting incantations, forming hand seals, stepping the astral patterns, and setting up ritual arrays, I have unraveled the obsessions of countless wronged souls. Every detail of every case is etched in my memory, and behind each one lies the full range of life’s suffering: birth, aging, sickness, death, meeting those w 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Grandpa Started the Trouble, Three Generations Must Pay 爷爷闯下的祸，三代来还 The trouble Grandpa caused will take three generations to repay. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Rift in the Abyss: We Awakened the Old Ones 深渊裂隙：我们唤醒旧日支配者 In 1992, U.S. Army Major Austin takes charge of the top-secret project "Abyss Watch." One hundred and thirty meters beneath the desert, a strange fissure spreads madness into the world above. Five elite soldiers are ordered into the abyss, with Austin directing their investigation remotely. A videotape that appears out of nowhere exposes a horrific secret from the past: To spy on the secrets underground, the military sacrificed living people. A thousand meters below ground, an ancient stone gate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Ghost: This Vital Energy Packs a Punch 鬼：这真气有力气 Awakening in the middle of the night, Qiu Zhen discovered that he was sharing a bed with a blood-faced ghost, while his roommates had already been slaughtered. In desperation, he threw a punch and shattered the vengeful spirit. This is written in third person. The tags can't be changed after the contract is signed. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Horror Descends: A Yandere Female Corpse Forces Me Into a Ghost Marriage 惊悚降临：被病娇女尸强绑阴亲 (The rating just came in, and it will definitely go up! I promise!) [Mind control + both leads are chaste + intensely possessive love + yandere + 1v1 + a touch of supernatural horror] [Yandere, gloomy female ghost × intelligent, reincarnating female lead] Never seek shelter in a remote village's mourning hall on a stormy night. If you do, don't get curious and look at the thin-skinned coffin behind the white curtain. In a village deep in the mountains of western Hunan, there is a rule passed dow 29.8kReads7.3Score5.9kShelves
- 33 After Years of Playing the Charlatan, I Specialize in Treating Beautiful Female Ghosts 做神棍这些年，我专治漂亮女鬼 On the day I was born, my mother had a difficult labor. To save his eldest grandson, my grandfather tore down the family’s front door and found a bloodstained kitchen knife hidden in the doorframe! As the knife came down with a clang, I was born… P.S. This is no run-of-the-mill supernatural story. Expect all kinds of mystery and twists, with a lighthearted, funny take on catching ghosts! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Yin-Yang Celestial Master: I Stole Your Magic Artifacts, and Now a Hundred Ghosts Roam the Night 阴阳天师：偷我法器，百鬼夜行了 [Celestial Master + invincible + folk-customs mystery + paper effigy maker + supernatural revival + dimensional superiority + comedic face-slapping + wild imagination + System] Wei Ping’an transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual qi revival is underway, becoming the last Celestial Master of Maoshan’s Yin-Yang paper effigy lineage. He watches over a shabby funeral shop called Three Pure Ones Funeral Services. He had planned to earn merit with the Great Dao Manifestation System and unlo 85Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times with the Fuying Hall's Legacy 我带着伏英馆法脉穿越古代 Ghost hunting, exorcism, wuxia, ensemble cast, no System. The protagonist is a disciple of the Liuren Fuying Hall who has only recently started learning the arts and rarely applies himself. When his teacher takes on a mission, he transmigrates to another world in ancient times, setting off a series of events involving the supernatural, the martial world, and the rise and fall of dynasties. As the saying goes, when a nation is on the brink of collapse, demons and evil spirits are sure to emerge! 172Reads—Score132Shelves
- 36 A Hundred-Year-Old Villager’s Tales of Ghosts and the Supernatural 农村百岁老人口述鬼怪奇谈 I grew up in the countryside, and whenever I had free time, I liked listening to centenarians in the village tell strange tales of ghosts and other uncanny events from days gone by. I have collected, recorded, and adapted these folk stories. There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story. Not for the faint of heart!!! 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Master of Exorcism 镇邪先生 These days, there aren't many people with real skills left. I've been in this line of work for more than ten years, dealing with the dead every day. Carrying corpses, painting faces, stitching skin, keeping watch, probing the water, digging graves, performing rites, guiding spirits, and sealing coffins. My grandfather told me I could retire at thirty. But I cast a fortune for myself, and learned that I only have thirty years to live. With what little time I have left, I'll tell you all about my 20Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 38 Notes from a Folklore Archaeology Team 民俗考古队手记 The true experiences of Lin Ye, a 24-year-old graduate student in folklore. I went to the countryside with my advisor to survey funeral customs. On my first day in the village, I saw five words carved into the stone tablet at the entrance: “Do not enter the village at dusk.” The village elders taught me: If someone calls your name at night, don’t answer. A funeral basin must be smashed in one blow. When you leave the village, don’t look back. I wrote down each rule in my notebook, treating it as 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 One Thousand and One Modern Tales of the Supernatural 一千零一个，现代灵异故事 [Based on True Stories] [Folktales] [Horror and the Supernatural] The stories in this novel feel full of everyday life. The people and events in every story are portrayed in a realistic way, bringing to life the supernatural experiences of all the main and supporting characters. If you’re a horror story fan, don’t miss this novel. (If you get scared, call your best hapless friend over… so you can be scared together.) 5.2kReads7.0Score212Shelves
- 40 A Strange Interweaving of Time and Space 诡异的时空交错 A Strange Intersection of Space and Time 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Sewing Yin Corpses, Suppressing Ghostly Calamities 缝阴尸，镇鬼祸 [Six Lines and Eight Trigrams, Soul Banners and Sacrificial Rites] Humans have three souls and seven spirits; ghosts have obsessions from the Nine Hells and the karmic flames of the Five Aggregates. But ever since I was born, I have been missing my [Earth Soul]. I’ve dealt with corpses since I was little. Other children played with colorful building blocks, fluffy stuffed animals, and little tin cars that could run. My toys were one battered corpse after another. Qimen Dunjia, puppetry that mani 833Reads6.7Score101Shelves
- 42 Yin-Yang Ghost Arts Master 阴阳鬼术师 Some bargains are too tempting to take; accepting them might cost you your life. After Old Wang downstairs died, people around me kept inexplicably trying to give me money, and these offers of money were often followed by death. To stay alive, I had no choice but to learn the secret arts Old Wang left behind, stepping into a mysterious underworld... 491Reads7.9Score102Shelves
- 43 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 125Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 44 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
- 45 Chronicles of the Supernatural 异灵实录 At three in the morning, check the list of the dead; let the ferryman guide your soul. Chinese horror stories, spirit-summoning, death notes. Some things can be explained, while other feelings defy description. A terror that makes you shudder as you think it over rises from the depths of your heart. After reading these 99 stories, you'll find yourself questioning your own life. There's a rumor that you should never stay in the last room on the ground floor of a hotel. The author once traveled ou 24Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 46 Doomsday Artisan: Slay the Wraiths and Strengthen All Things 末日手艺人：斩诡强化万物 [Doomsday Farming] [Shelter] [Hardcore Crafting] [No Female Lead] My name is Gu Man. I transmigrated here. I opened my eyes to a sky shrouded in gray mist and strange creatures everywhere. The one bit of good news: I can enhance anything. My focus is hardcore crafting. Everything is made by hand. "So... why did you steal those two pieces of underwear I was wearing?" "A craftsman's work can't be called stealing. I borrowed them!" "I'm developing a new weapon. Your F-cup breasts can fit two high- 331.4kReads8.3Score46.9kShelves
- 47 The Taoist Who Travels Between the Worlds of Yin and Yang 穿梭在阴阳两界的道士 [No System, no transmigration, supernatural horror, occult arts, hilarious nonsense, a touch of vulgarity, and religious culture] Good is repaid with good, and evil with evil. If it hasn’t happened yet, the time simply hasn’t come. The protagonist was born with yin-yang eyes, allowing him to see ghosts invisible to ordinary people. By chance, when he was young, he met the spirit of a Taoist priest who had died not long before. Impressed by the boy’s extraordinary talent, the ghost priest taught 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Ghost-Deceiving Master 骗鬼大师 [Mystery] [Ghost Hunting] [Comedy] [Urban] [Scheming Hero] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] My master is a real oddball, so naturally, I didn’t turn out innocent or naive either. Armed with a peachwood sword, I roam the world, making a living catching ghosts. But don’t assume I have any profound magical arts. In truth, catching ghosts is all about bluffing! I can scare a timid little ghost into trembling with fear, and I can talk a century-old vengeful ghost into a complete daze. Watch as my peachwood —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Tales of the City's Strange and Unusual, Part Two 都市诡异见闻录第二部 Urban Supernatural Encounters, Book Two 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 As the Whole Village Called Back the Soul of His Missing Son, He Came Home Through the Door 全村替失踪的儿子收魂时，他从门外回来了 As the whole village performs a soul-summoning ritual for their missing son, he comes home through the front door. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
