Novels like Delusions: The Book of Ghostly Grudges
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Delusions: The Book of Ghostly Grudges, best match first.
- 51 The New Spirit Medium Is Here: I'm Done Being Human, Time to Hunt Ghosts! 新手神婆上线，不做人了，捉鬼！ Warning ⚠️ This isn’t a story that’s all about wish fulfillment. There are satisfying moments, and there are painful ones. The heroines aren’t your typical good women. Each arc has its own story, with the main plot woven between them. You can still enjoy each story on its own. These stories feature all kinds of female characters. They may not be “perfect,” but don’t tear them down. If you have to attack someone, come for me! Heroine 1: [Changfeng], also known as [Meng Qinshan] Identity: Part-ti 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Haunting Broadcast 诡异广播 This is my first novel, and my writing still needs work. I’ve put a lot of thought into the plot, and I definitely won’t use AI. Read it if you like, and thank you! Updates will be irregular. I’m Little Black Umbrella. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago 我的邻居在敲门，但他死于七天前 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Do Not Open the Gate to Heaven 莫启天门 When the Jin army marched south once again, its spearhead aimed straight at Lin’an, an inhuman roar rose from beneath the earth. Seawater surged inland, and enormous tentacles tore through the city walls. Before the awakening Evil God, humanity’s wars and the rise and fall of dynasties were no more than insignificant background noise. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Time Is My Life 时间就是我的生命 Monsters roared outside the window, and Chen Fan could no longer leave. No matter how Anna tried to tempt him, he remained unmoved. There was only one reason: he had less than three hours left to live. Many years later, Chen Fan still remembered that night vividly. Without the thousand hours Anna had sponsored, how could he have witnessed the One Who Unifies All Things and brought an end to the age when monsters ran rampant? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Slaying Demons and Ghosts Since High School 斩妖灭鬼，从高中开始 [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [School Life] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Coming of Age] + [Not Overpowered] + [Passionate] It all begins with a student jumping from a school building. Liu Tianyu had expected to spend his student years in peace, but from that day on, his life was never quiet again. Peril at a haunted temple, a school turned into a sacrificial altar, a ghost city beneath the water: one challenge after another awaits. Watch as a group of students turn the tables amid the schemes of g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Doomsday: The Ancient Ones Loom Above 末日：高悬的旧日 [Cthulhu, ruthless and decisive] Two suns hang in the sky, doomsday has arrived, and the old gods sleeping in this world are about to awaken from their madness. I transmigrated to this world with no System and no superpowers. All I had were my memories, which helped me make some money here. I thought my life would simply go on like that. But then the ruins were discovered, and another sun appeared in the sky. That was when I realized just how terrifying my past life had been. “A man from the fut —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Uncanny Returns, So Why Has Cthulhu Returned Too? 诡异复苏，怎么克苏鲁也复苏了？ [Cthulhu Mythos] + [Eldritch Creatures] + [Eerie Revival] + [Eastern and Western Mythologies] + [Semi-Infinite Flow] Eerie phenomena have returned worldwide, and their deadly rules are sweeping across the globe. Either drive the ghosts back to the underworld, or seal them inside your own body. Ghost hunters around the world join forces. B-Rank Phenomenon: Vengeful Ghost A bodiless, invisible ghost that devours people. A-Rank Phenomenon: Ghost Wedding Make your skin the groom and your bones the b 4Reads—Score11914d adds
- 59 Curse of the Sinful Shadow: The Sinner's End 孽影咒怨之罪者的末路 In the shadowy corners of a bustling city, evil grows unchecked like a cancer. Driven by greed, some resort to the most despicable means to line their pockets, while others lose themselves in an abyss of desire, unable to climb out. Little do they know that retribution is already drawing near. Each sin has finally awakened a curse lurking in the unseen world. This is a horror story about evil and retribution. Every sinner pays a terrible price for their misdeeds, while the resentment hidden in t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Chronicles of the Phantom: Bound by the Old Ones 诡影录：旧日之缚 Cthulhu Mythos + Western Middle Ages + No System + Mental Cultivation Christopher, a modern-day librarian obsessed with the Cthulhu Mythos, had his consciousness transmigrate while reading an obscure old book. He awoke as a down-on-his-luck private detective struggling to survive in Victorian London. At first glance, the world was all steam engines and rigid social conventions, but Christopher keenly sensed the sinister secrets lurking in the shadows beneath the gas lamps: strange reports of dis 2Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 61 A Thousand Years of Ghost Stories 千年鬼话 A Thousand Years of Ghost Stories: One Thousand and One Nights of Chinese Folk Ghost Tales is a spine-chilling collection steeped in folk tradition. This book brings together ancient folk legends and ghost stories from across China, featuring mysteries and uncanny events from different historical periods and regions. From eerie mountain forests and desolate old villages to bizarre corners of modern cities, every story holds little-known horrors and shocking revelations. The plots are mysterious 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Great Tomb of Ailao Mountain 哀牢山大墓 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Paper Effigy Yama 纸扎阎罗 Before Grandpa died, he left me with a warning: a paper effigy maker must never make three kinds of figures. On my very first day taking over the shop, I broke every rule. I made a wedding dress for a girl who died violently, a filial son for a childless widow, and finally... a stand-in for a living person. Now all the paper figures I made come alive at night and gather around me, calling me “Master.” Outside the window, the girl who should have been dead for three years is knocking on the door. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I'm Not a Birdman 我不是鸟人 During my final days in the psychiatric hospital, a few of my friends died. I learned a secret, and I was granted a brief stretch of lucidity. This is a story with nothing to do with humanity’s future, the origin of the universe, past and present lives, or the mysteries of science. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Woman in the Red Dress 穿红色连衣裙的女人 The Woman in the Red Dress 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 There’s Something Strange About the Books He Sells 他卖的书不对劲 "The old bookstore owner doesn't know that the stone slabs in his back courtyard conceal his past, that his former subordinates live in his shadow, and that he himself is becoming the oldest god in the world." "You push open the door and enter the bookstore on Mill Street. You might buy an old book, or you might step into a story and never find your way out." "He only wants to sell books. But the books keep reminding him: who are you?" "Every book is a world. Everyone who enters the bookstore is 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Ark of Ashes 灰烬方舟 Ashen Ark 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Day Order Collapsed: Call Me High Priest! 失序之日：请叫我主祭大人！ [Cthulhu Mythos + Supernatural Horror + Superpowers + Decisive and Ruthless + High-IQ Protagonist + Sci-Fi + Scheming Male Lead + No Female Lead] The year is 2064. This is a message for you, 30 years ago. By the time you read this, the Day of Disorder will have arrived. You’re playing games at an internet cafe right now. Remember: under no circumstances should you look at that post! Don’t look directly into “Its” eyes! Note: Remember! Don’t lose yourself in the game! I died while playing! An 64Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 69 The Water Ghost 水鬼 Water Ghost 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Haunting Realm Descends: I Transform into a Bloodthirsty Killer 诡境降临：我蜕变成嗜血杀人魔 [The Strange Realm Descends + Cthulhu + Villain Persona + Decisive and Ruthless] When an alternate dimension known as the “Strange Realm” tore through reality, humanity glimpsed a blood-soaked ladder of evolution through the lens of fear. This world, crumbling by the day, is the final grave for the trembling cowards, the fertile soil where ambitious schemers cultivate their twisted desires, the evolutionary feast where the awakened seek out opportunity, the endless abyss where reason and sanity 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 A Terrifying New Year's Eve 惊悚除夕夜 On New Year’s Eve, I was driven mad by the nonstop kitchen noise from upstairs. I bombarded the tenants’ group chat with voice messages. “I just want to know which lunatic is cooking in the middle of the night! Are you making food for ghosts?” Someone replied almost immediately. “Don’t you know we make our New Year’s Eve dinner at midnight here in Hunan? It’ll be ready soon. Why don’t you come up and join us?” Then they sent a gruesome photo. The picture was quickly deleted. In its place came a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Deadly Delivery 致命快递 I’m a Buddhist: beautiful, kindhearted, rich, and gullible. I can’t stand to see the poor suffer. If my fried noodles cost seven yuan, I pay ten. That can have its downsides, though. For example, some penniless creep from the noodle stall might latch onto me. Or I might find my husband’s severed finger in my fried noodles. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Strange Encounters: A Supernatural Mystery Series 奇遇之悬疑灵异系列 The suspense and supernatural novel Strange Encounter is a series consisting of Book One, The Blue-Robed Woman; Book Two, The Madman; Book Three, Si Ming; and Book Four, The Secret Realm of the Star Pillar. How did a wealthy heiress end up adrift and wandering from place to place? Where did her mysteriously missing mother go? What is behind the strange sounds coming from the attic? Why was she suddenly wanted by the authorities? What should she do when she has to travel over mountains and r 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Everyone Has a Sequence, but Only I Can See Evolution Requirements 全民序列：只有我能看到进化条件 (The rating just came out, so it’s low for now. It’ll rise.) [Wits and Strategy] [Sequence Evolution] [Infinite Flow] [Global Survival] [Cthulhu Mythos] [The veteran author guarantees quality. Read with confidence.] [You foolish masses, you believe in the will of God. He will lead you to the truth of life.] [Do your utmost to survive until the moment God notices you.] [The train of fate is now open to you. Remember the rules of the train.] [This train encourages all forms of violence, bl 1Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 75 Pollution? Tell That to My Dunwich Luck 污染？和我的敦威治大运说去吧 I worked overtime, and the company was gone. As I stared at the office reduced to rubble, the bald team leader, who had only one eye, patted me on the shoulder. “Xiao Li, the company's been struggling lately. You'd better find another shift to work.” “Wait, bro, what about my N+1 compensation?” The team leader clenched his fist, the veins bulging, and struggled to keep his voice calm. “Be reasonable. Our little company can't keep you on, but I've already found you another place. Besides, you wor 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Apocalypse Is Almost Over 即将结束的末日 [Supernatural powers | Cthulhu | No System | No formulaic tropes | Slow-paced | No saintly protagonist] In this world, everything changed after the gods descended. Immortal monsters, strange incantations bestowed as blessings, and terrifying sacrificial rituals emerged. After a new order was established, Shi Yi awoke amid the ruins. A bizarre set of scales floated before him, but he had forgotten who he was. In the mist-shrouded royal court, amid a twisted and chaotic symphony, the long staircas 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Global Gatefall: I Became a God by Delivering Takeout 全球门化：我靠送外卖成神 Horror + suspense + Cthulhu + supernatural powers + wild imagination On a stormy night, my food delivery order reads: “Deliver to 77 Huangquan Road.” I’m forced to become a courier between the worlds of the living and the dead. Every five-star review extracts a customer’s soul, while a bad review gets me hunted by creatures from the Gate Realm. When I discover that my father’s last order before he disappeared was sent to the Bermuda Triangle, and that my mother has turned into a faceless being i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 My Evil God Is Way Too Obedient 我家邪神太听话 [Yandere] [Multiple heroines] [Love rivals] [Lolis] [Cthulhu] [Decisive and ruthless] [Building a faction]... Shen Ye transmigrated to a parallel world where everyone awakened supernatural abilities. While others controlled fire, electricity, and other elements, he awakened the power of "summoning." When everyone mocked his ability as utterly useless, Shen Ye quietly opened a gate to another world. The first to descend, Shub-Niggurath, gently wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered, “Mast 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Divine Miracle: Judgment 神迹：裁决 I keep having the same nightmare: skyscrapers made of flesh and blood, my family’s faces embedded in the walls. It wasn’t until I ran into the same deformed monster in an alley in the real world that I understood: it wasn’t a dream, but a prophecy. My father said I had attracted the attention of the god called “Order” and could see through the essence of all things. But my eyes tell me that Lin Hao, who smiled and said, “Looks like we were fated to meet,” is no ordinary person. There’s a strange 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Weird Things, Don't Run! 诡异你别跑！ In a modern world where the paranormal is running rampant, how am I supposed to survive? Wait, the paranormal? Don't run! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Someone's Always Covering My Shift, Turning Me into the Company's Model Employee! 总有人替我上班，替我卷成公司模范！ Someone's Always Filling In for Me, Working Overtime to Make Me the Company's Model Employee! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Eye of the Deep 深潜之眼 Eye of the Deep 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I Swing My Brick of Morality Across the World of the Strange 小女子一手道德砖抡遍诡异界 Xiao Yunshuang had just gotten out of a psychiatric hospital when she suddenly realized the world had changed. A swarm of strange beings loomed in the sky, eyeing the human world hungrily. Terrified out of her wits, she fled home in a panic. The next second, her mortal enemy showed up to mock her. Xiao Yunshuang was about to slap them, but then she spotted a dead infant clinging to them. She quickly thought better of it and pulled her hand back. Never mind. Since they didn't have long to live, s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 A Werewolf Game in a World of Horrors? I’m the Fool! 诡异狼人杀？我的身份是愚者！ A note before you start: The protagonist is a trouble-loving joker. This is a mystery with two female leads, so you can treat the early chapters like a male-oriented novel, since stories with two female leads really don’t get much traffic. [Sweet on the outside, dark and brooding on the inside female ghost VS tsundere, fun-loving joker] On a stormy night, in a medieval castle, ten players sat around a long table. Arguments, betrayal, madness. Everyone had their own schemes. In the end, they chos 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Delusion of the Final Sequence 终序之妄 [Dual heroines + mental illness + supernatural] Mo Shanshan has a pair of unusual crimson eyes. She can see ghosts, yet she’s been sent to a psychiatric hospital and diagnosed with delusional disorder. Ringing in your ears? That’s because people can’t understand what ghosts are saying! The Heavenly God Path, the Water Corpse Curse, corpse infants, a haunted lake, the collapse of the Six Paths of Reincarnation: is it all the plot of the Entropy God? No. This time, Luo Shisan absolutely will not d 21Reads—Score314d adds
- 86 Whisper Code 低语代码 [Infinite Flow | Rule-Based Horror | Heavy Lovecraftian Horror] Strange whispers and a string of garbled characters swirled in the depths of her mind as Ji Cheng awoke in an octagonal death chamber. Eight unlocked doors. Eight trapped people. The red light flashed six times, and a sixty-second countdown began. They had to find the one and only safe exit. Nameless, twisted monsters lurked behind the doors. Flesh-eating worms and warped apparitions were everywhere, and looking directly at them was 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Global Sailing: My Ship Can Think 全民航海：我的船会思考 [Seafaring + Lovecraftian Elements + Supernatural Knowledge] Blue Star crumbled, and everyone from Blue Star transmigrated to a bizarre ocean world. Fish with four legs that could drag people underwater, octopus-headed beings who ceaselessly preached about Cthulhu, and a blood-red moon that could make the ocean boil. From the start, everyone received a new identity and a ship. Ling Yu, who had come from a research institute, received the identity of a [Scholar] and the ship [Wisdom]. To his surp 97Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 88 The Old Ones of the Warp: Rebirth! A Glorious Era! 亚空间旧日：新生！伟大纪元！ Hello to everyone who loves monster encyclopedias and adventures! This is a special book with a Cthulhu-inspired style! The subspace was supposed to be an ancient place where body and spirit twisted and ascended. But recent works seem to follow clues to unearth the tombs of those old monsters. Are there really no new monsters? So I want to keep raising the stakes as the world of this book develops. New monsters! New stories! You'll encounter them in the subspace! 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Horror Urban Legends: An Unspeakable Fear 惊悚怪谈：不可名状的恐惧 Tomato Original, Mystery and Imagination, Supernatural Horror [Horror + Dark Style] [A collection of uncanny short stories, fear returns, Lovecraftian horror] [The gaze of an unknown presence. Good and evil lie in the human heart] Have you ever had a moment in everyday life that sent a chill down your spine? Perhaps it was hearing a cat cry while walking alone at night, the sound of marbles rolling across the floor upstairs, or a shadow glimpsed from the corner of your eye... Story One: Cat Syn 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 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—14d adds
- 91 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Source Code Abyss: A Global Guide to Commanding Gods Through Programming 源码深渊：全球编程驭神指南 "Have you ever seen code that could send an intern to a psychiatric hospital? Have you ever dealt with a bug that could burn through a monitor?" This is a world more terrifying than working overtime until nine every night, six days a week. In 2045, humanity stored 99% of its data in the quantum cloud. Everyone thought this was the ultimate triumph of technological progress, unaware that the ancient Cthulhu deities were stirring in the deepest reaches of the data. Chen Mo, the most obsessive c 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 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—14d adds
- 94 A Collection of Spine-Chilling Stories 惊骇故事集 The world is in turmoil, with strange and wondrous things hiding everywhere. Mysteries deep in the starry sky remain unsolved, while shocking cases unfold around a small town. Science fiction and suspense perform a double act, as Lovecraftian murders rise with the tide. The secrets in people’s hearts are hard to fathom. Just wait and see this collection unleash its waves of terror. The horror here is bizarre and grotesque, not some childish little scare. In an abandoned village shrine, a white- 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Twin-Souled Nuo Master: The Gods Treat Me Like a Toy 双魂傩主：诸神拿我当消遣玩具 [Cthulhu] [Horror] [Suspense] The human world is an observation box in which the gods keep their subjects. Monsters crawl through cracks in the rules. Outer gods lend humanity their power, only to watch the guardians fall apart. The Huanshu Bureau borrows divine power to fight disasters, but suffers its corruption in return. The cults of evil gods see through the cage and choose to tear the world apart, welcoming its return to nothingness. Jiang Ming only wanted to slack off, until a door in Nan 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Blood Night 血夜 The day before I killed my younger brother’s family, my parents were murdered too. At nine the next morning, the phone rang. “Is this Li Feng? Please come down to the police station!” “Sure.” After hanging up, I laughed. “You’ll never catch me!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Huyang City Horror 环阳市恐怖事件 [Cthulhu] [Eerie] [Plot-driven] [Feel-good read] The rainy season in Huanyang never ends. It has simply turned blue. From a detective's missing-person case to a young man's “Buy one, get one free”; from a reporter's investigation of a construction site to an elementary school student's essay; from a graduate's rented room beneath a bridge to a charlatan's inexplicable incense ritual... Everyone is seeing the same color and hearing the same sound: A buzzing rises from underground, whispers coil a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Records of a Hundred Ghosts 百鬼事录 [Short Story Collection] + [Based on True Events] + [Folk Paranormal] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Urban Legends] + [Standalone Stories] Two hundred standalone horror stories, with no dragging things out. Every story delivers a jolt to the heart, with supernatural encounters, suspense, and eerie mysteries taking turns onstage. No lengthy buildup, just instant scares. Not for the faint of heart! 288Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 99 Dark Fairy Tales: Modern Day 黑童话【现代】 Human teeth floating in a can of yellow peaches, pig's head meat coming back to life in a supermarket at midnight, a beautiful woman in an old photo album growing younger and younger... A collection of short stories that push the limits of imagination and horror, covering every kind of strange tale. If you enjoy horror and stories that defy expectations, these hundred-odd tales won't disappoint. 270Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Come, Let's Go See What Ascending to Heaven Is Like 走，和我一起去飞升看看 [Xuanhuan Mystery + Protecting the Nation + Interwoven Bonds Among a Cast of Characters + No System] The fourth day of the eleventh month of the Wuxu year. Across the world’s cultivation community, everything except for the gifted young cultivators began to change. That included my master, Chen Xuanjun, the leader of the Daoist sects. He smiled at me as he peeled all the skin from his own body. Muttering, “My attire is improper. How can I face the true god?” Seven years later, my superior’s youn 5Reads—Score—14d adds
