Novels like Echoes of the Haunted Realm
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Echoes of the Haunted Realm, best match first.
- 151 No. 81 on the Yellow Springs Road 黄泉路81号 Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 42.2kReads9.2Score3.4k14d adds
- 152 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 196.3kReads8.6Score14.1k14d adds
- 153 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 56Reads6.8Score414d adds
- 154 Terror in the Haunted Dorm 诡寝惊魂 I got a job as a dorm supervisor in a university women’s residence, but the girls there were a little too friendly… Crying in the middle of the night, dorm rooms catching fire, rooms that don’t exist. Hidden in the deepest corners of memory is a bizarre and fantastical world… The night is deep, the dream unfinished. A mountain spirit blows out the lamp. Where can a lonely soul return? 10.4kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 155 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 410.9kReads9.4Score77.7k14d adds
- 156 Out of Control 失控者 [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 39Reads—Score314d adds
- 157 The Haunted Grave 诡坟 I think I've been possessed! Right before the college entrance exam, I suddenly came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. I missed the exam and had to spend half a year recovering at home. During those six months, I found a job as a cemetery groundskeeper. My coworker, Old Zhang, saw how frail I was and how weak my yang energy seemed, and insisted on finding me someone to protect me. But he didn't tell me that my protector would be a female ghost!! Not only does she want to marry me, she 108Reads7.0Score514d adds
- 158 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2 Heaven Official's Blessing, no taboos under heaven. The second installment of Living People’s Taboos! 7.9kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 160 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 1.8kReads9.0Score13014d adds
- 161 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 23.7kReads8.4Score2.6k14d adds
- 162 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 262Reads8.7Score1914d adds
- 163 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own! 354Reads—Score10114d adds
- 164 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 426Reads8.7Score3414d adds
- 165 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.4kReads8.7Score18614d adds
- 166 I Live in Fengmen Village 我住在封门村 My hometown shares its name with the legendary number-one haunted village in China: Fengmen Village. What’s more, our village also has a grandmaster’s chair. Whoever sits in it is doomed to die! It was 1997, and I had been accepted into the high school in town. Once summer vacation was over, I would finally be able to leave the place where I’d spent sixteen years. But what I never expected was for one terrifying incident after another to strike the village! Rats that ate human flesh, five-colore 717Reads6.1Score4814d adds
- 167 The Altay Horror Line 阿勒泰恐怖专线 [Comedy] [Adventure] [Strength through mutation] Wu Yanqing is a half-baked tour guide on the Altay route. Along with a bald driver and a photographer who joined the trade halfway through, he leads a big-rumped sheep. The three men will abandon all scruples for money, and their tour route is downright bizarre. Dear travelers, our upcoming attractions include a hanging corpse tree deep in the Keketuohai mountains, strange creatures beneath a mineral vein, and an unnamed ghost temple in Habahe... 15kReads9.5Score2.2k14d adds
- 168 Financial Ruin 破財 Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 276Reads—Score4714d adds
- 169 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 13.9kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 170 A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 475Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score10814d adds
- 172 The Underworld Calls Me Little Sir 地府叫我小先生 [Supernatural + mystery + power progression] Getting hit by a basketball and falling into a lake was bad enough. Even worse, I got killed by a basketball!! The Black and White Impermanence told me I still had seventy years left to live. To make it up to me, they offered me a job in the underworld. So I became an HR officer on the underworld’s permanent staff and even got a ghost recruitment System! As long as I help the underworld recruit talented ghosts, I can earn all kinds of abilities: talis 399Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 I'm a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我在凶宅当试睡员 I worked for a real estate company, but later I was transferred to another department. I never expected to encounter something terrifying on my very first day... 5.7kReads8.8Score60014d adds
- 174 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 124Reads8.7Score1314d adds
- 175 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 25.6kReads7.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 176 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 They say everyone has a few little secrets they can't bring themselves to talk about these days. But if you really want to hear something out of the ordinary, go find Old Bu. Old Bu runs a little tavern set inside an abandoned train carriage. From the day it opened, he laid down one rule: One interesting story in exchange for a night's worth of drinks. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Too bad he doesn't give you much to drink, and the stories just keep getting stranger. An intelligent wristb 10Reads7.6Score614d adds
- 177 The Haunted Playground 诡蜮乐园 [Not a power fantasy + light supernatural elements + infinite worlds + comedy] A world beyond reality, the secrets of higher dimensions laid bare, the sails of miracles unfurled. A mysterious letter opens the way to a strange new world. Heartbeats, blood, fear... They spread out from the Paradise World, sending ripples through the peaceful main world. Welcome to the Strange Realm Paradise! [This is a long story... Be patient and read on, everyone. Let's wait and see.] 7.3kReads8.8Score66014d adds
- 178 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 116Reads8.5Score1014d adds
- 179 The Eerie Apocalypse: I Play a Fake Human, and I Am Calamity! 诡异末世：扮演伪人，我即灾厄！ [New premise] [New setting] [Infinite Flow] [Not a power fantasy] “Don't trust him! He died three days ago!” “Ye Kai, are you a fake person or not?” Facing his neighbors' terrified questions, Ye Kai calmly shook his head. “I can't prove that I'm not a fake person, but I can tell you this.” “Your memories have been altered. The fake person... is among you.” [Not invincible] [No System] [The protagonist has no cheat abilities] The uncanny descended, shattering the world into countless fragments. H 8.2kReads8.7Score81314d adds
- 180 The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密 Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Horror Revival: My Body Can Make Ghosts Crash! 恐怖复苏：我的身体能让鬼死机！ The supernatural is resurging, and the apocalypse is near. A bewitching ghost in a cheongsam walks down the corridor in blood-red high heels. An unattended room-service cart slowly rolls through a hotel, ramming into doors... A pair of dorm-room slippers appears in the corridor, waiting for someone to put them on... In this era of supernatural resurgence, Tang Yu gains a ghost capable of controlling screens. It enters shutdown inside his body, allowing him to control ghosts at virtually no c 29.7kReads8.1Score2.3k14d adds
- 182 Becoming the Most Popular One in a Horror Game 在惊悚游戏里成为最强万人迷 (Content warnings at the end of the blurb. This story rejects writing advice.) [Infinite-Flow + Wish Fulfillment + Passionate Team Ensemble + Light Mystery and Combat + Horror Escape] [Top-Tier Talent, Brains and Brawn, a Cold-Humored, Protective Female Lead, and Teammates Who Each Shine in Their Own Way] At first, the twisted viewers thought that some poor woman in a hospital gown was going to die horribly on the very first night of the first round. That was until they saw her with their own ey 107.8kReads9.4Score11.4k14d adds
- 183 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 4.2kReads8.8Score21714d adds
- 184 The Seventh Night 头七 The Seventh Day 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年 Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return! 126Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 186 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score20414d adds
- 187 Strange Tales Livestream 怪谈直播间 The sound of meat being chopped eerily echoes through a bun shop in the dead of night. The passengers on the last bus all have the same face. On a freezing, rainy night, someone wearing funeral clothes wanders the streets... The Strange Tales livestream takes you deep into the hidden side of this world! 13.8kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 188 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 39.6kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
- 189 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 190 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 [Rural Horror Stories + Anthology + Folk Horror Tales + Chinese Supernatural] Supernatural happenings are most likely to occur in mountain villages, and the stories we've heard may well have really happened. In the eerie night wind, Granny Hao, the midwife who receives the dead, is like a messenger from the underworld, guiding the spirits of helpless mothers and children home. Locust trees commune with spirits, and poplars attract yin energy. Beneath the village's ancient trees lie secrets that 810Reads8.9Score6014d adds
- 191 Calculating Your Fate to the End 算死命 When I was born, I was nursed by a wolf for a few days. I thought of her as my mother, and believed I'd never see her again. Then one day, a woman came looking for me... 23.3kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
- 192 The Heavenly Coffin 天棺 Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother... 21.8kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 193 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 5.6kReads8.5Score30414d adds
- 194 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 63.7kReads8.6Score5.6k14d adds
- 195 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 36kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds
- 196 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.6kReads9.1Score20814d adds
- 197 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 141.9kReads9.0Score27.5k14d adds
- 198 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score23614d adds
- 199 The Real-Life Escape Club 真实逃杀俱乐部 This world is dead. But I want to live. This is an age where the supernatural is paradise, and humanity is in hell. I saw the club as the only [Beacon of Hope], blind to the schemes and betrayal behind it. Resurrected supernatural creatures, blood-soaked death zones, slaughter experiments that defy human understanding. The boundary between life and death began to blur, until people and the supernatural could no longer be told apart. Standing atop a mountain of corpses, I faced the weeping, despa 19kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 200 The Escape Begins After School 放学后开始逃跑 On the night the high school entrance exam results were announced, Bai Meng had just received his acceptance letter from a prestigious city high school and was riding a wave of excitement. Then, without warning, the excitement made him so dizzy that before he could even settle down on the sofa, everything went black. When he came to, he was at Tianwang High School. It was a strange place. Once the school day ended, it was time to run for your life! 5.2kReads9.1Score84014d adds
