Novels like You Hired Me at a Funeral Home, and I Brought My Wife
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- 1 My Ghost Wife Is an Immortal Venerable 我的女鬼老婆是仙尊 [Pure love, passion, ghost wife, empress, fantasy, supernatural] Fresh out of college, Chu Qing went to the Lychee Ghost Tower in search of an ancient bronze mirror, forcing himself to do it for the sake of a job. There, in the invisible Room 444, he found a woman in white, a female ghost whose face was exactly like that of his childhood sweetheart, the school belle… What can transcend life and death, and even the three realms, is the secret of heaven… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I Lived 18 Years Before Learning I’m Not Human 活了18年才知道，我竟然不是人 Just after turning eighteen, Xiao Yidi was lucky enough to become an Awakened. Unfortunately, the ability he awakened was nothing more than an ordinary artificial intelligence. This useless AI even stole his things. It stole all the corn he'd spent three months painstakingly growing. Then his AI took him to another world. Looking at the unfamiliar world before him, Xiao Yidi finally realized that the place he'd lived for eighteen years was actually virtual. And he was nothing more than a str 1Reads5.6Score414d adds
- 3 I Told You to Confess, So Why Did You Go After a Female Ghost? 让你表白，你找上女鬼？ [Horror + laugh-out-loud comedy + ghost stories + multiple heroines] Qin Feng awakens a System by accident while taking part in a paranormal TV show. [Host, you have thirty seconds to confess your feelings to a woman. Fail the mission and you will die immediately!] At that moment, the only one inside the legendary haunted house is a red-clad female ghost. With no other choice, he confesses to the ghost in front of the cameras. Qin Feng: “I like you. Will you go out with me?” The female ghost: “H 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Night of the Returning Soul: A Ghost Marriage and the Resurrection of My Coldhearted Ghost Husband 回魂夜，配阴婚，“复活”高冷鬼夫 On the Night of the Returned Soul, I Was Wed to a Ghost and “Revived” My Aloof Ghost Husband 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Me! The Wife! And I'm the Mistress's Nanny? 我！正妻！却给小三当保姆？ Me, the legal wife, working as the mistress’s maid?! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Bride of the Ghost Gate 替嫁鬼门 In the outside world, a ghost marriage means a living person is wed to a dead one. But the Su family deals in a forbidden trade at the gates of the underworld: we find lonely ghosts living brides. Each ghost marriage buys the Su family ten years of mortal life. Ever since our ancestor violated the laws of Heaven, this fate has been impossible for generation after generation to escape. Our ancestor was once the gatekeeper of the underworld. One thoughtless choice trapped him in the shackles of re 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 From the Start, I Married a Ghost Immortal 开局娶鬼仙做老婆 This work is being kept on the list despite its low rating. [Traditional Supernatural Fiction, Metaphysics, Multiple Female Leads, Folk Horror Stories, Half Power Fantasy, Alternate World, Folk Legends] My name is Lin Hao. I haven’t seen my parents since I was seven. The authorities said they were dead. But my grandfather said someone had scattered their three souls and seven spirits. After that, I lived with him in a small county in southern China. Then, after an accident, I somehow performed a 3kReads6.2Score21914d adds
- 8 A Ghostly Ghost Marriage, and My Wife Is Adorably Fierce! 诡异冥婚，我的老婆超奶凶！ My name is Ning Ye. I was born with a weak Eight Characters, so all the ghosts steer clear of me! Until a blind date arranged by my adoptive father before he died completely changed my life! People fear ghosts and avoid them like the plague. I'm the one who marries a ghost, living alongside her across the divide between yin and yang, nourishing her soul with my living aura and defying fate to stay by her side! I thought a massive conspiracy lay behind our ghost marriage, but as the identities of 68Reads—Score10614d adds
- 9 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—14d adds
- 10 My Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Wife 我的千年女鬼老婆 My name is Zhang Shaobai. Behind our village stands an ancient pagoda that has been guarded for generations. Everyone in the village says it’s cursed. But outsiders refuse to believe it, and for money, I took them to the pagoda. From then on, strange things kept happening around me. It all began with that livestream one night... 227Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 11 Bride of the Vengeful Ghost: The Haunted Antique Shop 猛鬼新娘：通灵古董屋 I'm the owner of an ordinary antique shop. By a twist of fate, I came into possession of an ancient jade pendant. Ever since then, a beautiful woman has been slipping silently into my dreams every night... 263Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 12 Living Witness to the Strange 活见异闻 Grandpa had seen a ghost for himself. In the dead of night, he went behind the villagers’ backs to dig up a dead woman’s grave, and even stripped off her... 36Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 13 A Guide to the Supernatural in the New Era 新时代灵异指南 Qin An ended up becoming the very yin-yang master he hated most, on the night he was forced to marry a female ghost. Why did getting married mean signing a ghost marriage contract, too?! A fellow disciple who could summon spirits, a frosty female Taoist priest: even looking at either of them counted as cheating! Speechless, Qin An shielded the flame as he lit a cigarette for the mountain spirit beside him, then raised his glass in a respectful toast to the river ghost across from him, keeping it —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Lord of the Origin Clan 源族之主 [Mystery and the Supernatural, Ghost Wife and Fox Demon] In my senior year of high school, I became the top scholar in a dream and married a female ghost and a fox demon. After I woke up, one strange thing after another began happening around me. Together with my ghost wife and the fox demon, I embarked on adventures, weathered countless trials, and fought powerful foes. Bizarre and uncanny cases, strange folk customs, Miaojiang sorcery, demon arts, magic, and all manner of oddities await. Let’s 28Reads—Score314d adds
- 15 Protected by My Ghost Wife, I Roam Freely Between the Worlds of Yin and Yang 鬼妻护体，我在阴阳两界横着走 [Multiple Heroines + Supernatural + Ghost Stories + First Person] To stay alive, I was forced into a ghost marriage and wed a female ghost in a coffin. Everyone laughs and says I won’t live long, but they don’t know that my ghost wife is the most terrifying being in both the world of the living and the underworld. The soul-takers come to claim souls? She beats them into submission. Vengeful ghosts harm people? She suppresses them with ease. From then on, protected by my ghost wife, I’m avoided 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Peerlessly Beautiful Ghost Wife 绝美冥妻 I’m from a mountain village. My parents never let me go to the back hills when I was little, but eventually I couldn’t resist and went there. That was when I found out that it was... 3kReads8.4Score29314d adds
- 17 Crimson Pact 深紅契约 [No harem + One heroine + All-new setting + Not reborn + Not mindless + Not a pushover] This story unfolds in an enormous world, with a tense plot and tightly paced action that never lets up. I hope every chapter gives you something to enjoy and explore. The story follows Zhou Mufan, a former detective who is unexpectedly dragged into a terrifying ordeal beyond reality: the Chinese-style horror dungeon “Xi.” To survive, he forms a “Blood Moon Pact” with An Yu, the dungeon’s core, a vengeful ghos 536Reads5.8Score10114d adds
- 18 Night Fishing for Ghosts: I Ask Her Where the Fish Are Underwater 夜钓钓女鬼，我问她水下哪里有鱼 Fishing master Cao Kun transmigrates to a parallel world, joins a live-streamed fishing competition, and makes it all the way to the finals. Out of luck in the decisive round, he hooks a female ghost. With defeat looming, Cao Kun panics and bluntly asks her where the fish are underwater. The production crew is stunned, and the whole internet goes wild. “I can’t believe it. This guy’s a real fishing fanatic!” “He’d be casting a line even at the Bridge of Helplessness!” “That damn competitive spir 193Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 19 Paper Effigy Celestial Master: I Use Paper Dolls to Guard the Nine Hells 纸扎天师：我以纸人镇九幽 “Other people burn paper offerings for the dead. The paper figures I make... all came to life!” Yun Sheng, a poor young man working on Funeral Street, one day discovers that the paper figures he folds can move on their own. ✔ Delivering takeout to the underworld? Paper-figure delivery, guaranteed arrival! ✔ Helping vengeful ghosts pass on? Merit earned, unlocking super-evolution for paper figures! ✔ Taking the underworld civil service exam? The King of Hell personally sends you an offer! But whe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Demon Wife, Ghost Concubine 妖妻鬼妾 [Third-Person Narration | Traditional Supernatural | Taoist Arts | Spirit Mediums] My name is Zuo Li. I was different from the moment I was born, carrying the fate of a ghost. To make sure I could grow up safely, my grandfather had me live off two women at once. As it turned out, I could only stay alive by living off women... 260Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 22 Ruyi Huan 如意欢 The lawn sprinkler suddenly soaked her, so I took off my coat and draped it over her. She lifted her drenched face, looking like a startled fawn. Only later did I learn that she had never finished high school and that her family had “urged” her to leave home. She loved using all kinds of cute stickers, and when we chatted, she was like a lively little songbird. While we were waiting in line at the amusement park, she clutched the hem of my shirt. “I got lost once when I was little.” She tried to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Only Take on the Most Ominous Cases 我只收大凶之物 [Supernatural] + [Traditional Folk Customs] + [First-Person Narration] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Not a Do-Gooder] + [One Female Lead] I was born in a rural village in the mountains of Southwest China. I'm a third-year university student, and I'm also a yin-yang master. Calling myself a yin-yang master is really just to make myself sound impressive. Back in my hometown, people in the countryside call someone like me a Daoist ritual master. Most people probably know a l 61Reads8.2Score314d adds
- 24 At Your Service, My Lady Ghost 遵命，我的女鬼大人 Wang Lin was an ordinary college student… No, there was one thing about him that was anything but ordinary: his extraordinary bad luck. The unlucky Wang Lin is possessed by a mysterious and beautiful female ghost. Under her tutelage, he masters spirit communication, practices Maoshan Taoist arts, drives out ghosts and demons, and fights evil to uphold the righteous! 1.8kReads8.4Score19314d adds
- 25 I'm a Serious Doctor, So Why Are You Asking Me to Deliver a Weird Creature's Baby? 我一正经医生你让我帮诡异接生？ [Weird world, not an instance + System + No romance, no male lead + Lighthearted and funny + Occasional bouts of madness + A satisfying power fantasy] [I'm not very good at writing blurbs. You can read the reviews, and if you're interested, you can check out the first few chapters.] Chen Yuanyuan made a wish and ended up in a world full of the weird and uncanny. In this strange world, she found the family she'd long yearned for. There were her crazy parents, her cheeky uncle, a butler with unusu 912Reads8.8Score12814d adds
- 26 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, 588Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 27 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 233Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 28 A Ghost Knocks at the Door 鬼敲门 A child born of a ghost, a fox worshipping the moon, a hundred ghosts roaming at night, ghost soldiers taking the road. I was born under the sign of ten calamities, and the Ghost Knocking Calamity came right to my door! To stay alive, I made a pact with a ghost when I was ten, setting out on a road of no return... 6.4kReads6.4Score24614d adds
- 29 Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei's Little Spring Dream 龙族·路明非的小春梦 Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei's Little Spring Dream 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 30 My Cute and Fierce Undead Bride Protects Me as She Slaughters Her Way Through! 我的女尸老婆萌凶甜，护我杀疯！ [A Taoist priest becomes a demon king, protected by his corpse bride][Ghost hunting, traditional supernatural fiction] [By the command of the heavens, I’ll take your life!][Strange tales from the folk tradition] I slept in a pigsty and drank sow’s milk. Later, I shared a bed with a female corpse. After our wedding ceremony, she awoke. I rely on her to keep me alive, while she relies on me to grow stronger. Our fates are intertwined. My fate is unusual. An old man’s guidance helped me survive, an 1.7kReads7.6Score12714d adds
- 31 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 2kReads8.8Score21714d adds
- 32 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—14d adds
- 33 The Daoist Bones That Suppress Evil 道骨镇凶 Strange happenings plague a desolate village on rainy nights: an old house haunted by ghosts, children vanishing, resentment clinging to the living... An orthodox Taoist priest descends the mountain with a peachwood sword and a Bagua mirror, following every clue in search of the truth. But behind every mysterious case lurk conspiracies and obsessions that have endured for a thousand years. He uses Taoist magic to dispel evil and his wits to solve riddles, ferrying souls between the worlds of yin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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 217Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 35 Spirit Realm Express: Ten Miles of Wedding Finery 灵界专列：十里红妆 Every night at eleven, a last subway train that doesn't exist pulls up right in front of me, always on time. The conductor's deathly pale face leans out. “Going to the underworld? There's a seat.” To find my missing sister, I board this train bound for the spirit realm. The passengers are all silent. The only sound is the rustle of the spirit money in my hands. “A bride shouldn't sit here,” a woman in a red wedding dress suddenly grabs me. “You're in my seat.” Her icy hand presses against my sis —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Year I Was Born, Ghosts Came Looking for a Groom 我出生那年，鬼招婿 The year I was born, ghosts came seeking a bride. To stay alive, I slept in a haunted coffin. When I was twelve, I was forced to marry a ghost bride, bringing disaster upon us all. My grandfather had me take an unclaimed grave as my master. I thought things would finally be peaceful from then on. But the good times didn't last. I discovered by chance that my ghost wife had been by my side all along... 12.2kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 37 Eerie: After Dying a Hundred Times, I Turn the Tables and Sacrifice My Ghostly Wife 诡异：连死百次，反手献祭鬼娇妻 The author’s new novel: “Reincarnation and Immortality: My Lifespan Limit Doubles with Every Life” [Supernatural Resurgence + System + Ghost Bride + One Heroine!] (A motion-comic adaptation of this book is now available.) After being killed by something hurled from a heavy truck that swerved to save someone on the road, he transmigrates, only to find a blood-clad vengeful ghost invading his dreams. What should he do? Looking at the abilities in his System, Jiang Wuyang sees “Dream Corridor” + “M 1.5kReads8.6Score12114d adds
- 38 Marrying a Ghost Bride from the Start, the 749 Bureau Comes Knocking 开局迎娶鬼新娘，749局找上门 [Ghost Bride + 749 + invincible + lifespan-for-power + hot-blooded + ruthless...] Hong Yao was panicking. He was living in what should have been an ordinary modern city, yet supernatural incidents were becoming more and more frequent. By chance, he found the betrothal letter of a ghost bride, and now he had to marry her! From then on, one strange entity after another came after him, all out to take his life. You brought this on yourselves! System! Take my lifespan! Also known as: “Am I strong? I 10.4kReads7.9Score80414d adds
- 39 The Beautiful Ghost Wife 阴妻美人 I was born with the “Four Calamities and Nine Tribulations.” A fortune-teller said I had to marry a widow who had kept her chastity in order to survive them. After searching for years, I finally won the beauty's heart. But on our wedding night, when I lifted the red veil from my gorgeous bride, I realized that my tribulations were only just beginning… 732Reads8.6Score8414d adds
- 40 Chengwen Master's 11th Book 成稳大师第11本书 375Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 41 If the Mortal Realm Is Hell, I Shall Become Yama 若人间如狱，我将身化阎罗 [No saintly protagonist] + [No harem] + [Dark tone] + [Death rewind] + [Fusing with evil spirits] + [Near-invincible protagonist] Evil spirits run rampant, and terror resurges; lives are devastated, and the paranormal is everywhere; human life is worth less than grass. If the gods cannot save the world and its people, then I will become the greatest paranormal entity in existence. My name is Yan Luo, and I am also the... King of Hell in this apocalyptic world! 2.2kReads6.5Score15314d adds
- 42 Dragon Raja V: The Return of the Mourner 《龙族V：悼亡者的归来》终 Dragon Raja V: The Return of the Mourner, The End 134Reads—Score514d adds
- 43 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! 873Reads7.9Score10314d adds
- 44 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… 397Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Fox King's Betrothed: A Girl Born to the Yin 狐王聘，阴生女 On the night of Jiang Yuening's eighteenth birthday, she saw ghosts drifting through her village. After that night, a little red fox came to her in her dreams every night. Its magnetic, bewitching voice had already been etched into her memory. Who is this little fox? How will the wheels of fate turn? The secrets hidden deep in the darkness will eventually bloom like flowers beneath the sunlight… 12Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 46 King of Gu Sorcery 蛊术之王 (Miaojiang + Chiyou + Supernatural + Gu Poison) A hundred years ago, the last Gu King passed away, leaving behind a Golden Silkworm Gu. A hundred years later, on a winter night, two boys were born one after the other. Their arrivals in the world were perilous and strange. One was a Gu fetus, the other a ghost infant! [Miaojiang Gu Arts, Feng Shui Talismans, Evil Spirits and Gu Gods] [Brotherhood] 1.1kReads8.9Score13714d adds
- 47 I Burned the Wrong Incense and Worshipped the Wrong Spirit, and Now a Powerful Female Ghost Won’t Leave Me Alone 烧错香，供错魂，女鬼大佬赖上门 “Everyone else transmigrates and gets a golden finger that goes ding, ding, ding. I transmigrated, and a female ghost has me screaming my head off!” Lin Mo was one of the countless people who had transmigrated. Aside from a paper effigy shop his grandfather left him, he had no golden finger at all. Pressed by the need to make a living, he went to burn paper offerings at someone's grave on the Ghost Festival, but through a twist of fate, he paid his respects at the wrong grave and disturbed a pow 5.4kReads7.5Score52814d adds
- 48 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. 5.5kReads9.0Score38814d adds
- 49 The Slippery Slope Fallacy 滑坡谬误 [Ensemble cast + not a power fantasy + a nonhuman survival guide + dying, coming back to life, dying again, and being reborn] Fate depends on what one encounters; its cycles cannot be fathomed. I write whatever line comes to mind. Plenty of things may put you off. The plot is a mess of tired jokes, the narrative is chaotic, and the point of view keeps jumping around. People die, stay dead, die again, and even in death take someone down with them. No couples. None of them are human. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Beauty in the Coffin 美人棺 [Mystery + Revenge + Feng Shui] Every month on the fifteenth, my grandfather would ask me for a drop of blood from my middle finger. Only later did I learn that he was feeding the beautiful older sister inside the beauty coffin. 6.7kReads8.7Score53614d adds
