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.
- 151 The Bronze Coffin Seals the Soul: The Yin Corpse 铜棺封魂·阴尸 The Bronze Coffin Seals the Soul: The Yin Corpse 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 The Fourth Calamity Has Arrived? I Summon Cthulhu in Return 第四天灾降临？我反手召唤克苏鲁 [Lovecraftian horror] [Madmen] [Game world] [Uncanny] [Ridiculous] [Lighthearted and fun] [Pseudo-infinite loop] My name is Jiang Lin. I accidentally transmigrated and became a game dungeon boss. What the heck are these players doing here, wearing mechs and riding flying swords? You want me to use cheats, is that it? Kartoong: Grand Summoning Technique! Come forth, Azathoth! My name is Daji. I'm a player, and the title above this boss's head is longer than my life: [Origin of Mythology] 260Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 153 Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in a Cat’s Eyes 猫祭：她住在猫的眼睛里 Three collections of horror stories: "Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in the Cat’s Eyes", "Snake Curse: The Evil of Qingshi Town", and "The Dying Magic Cube: An Embrace That Never Arrives". Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I hope you enjoy them! Thank you all for your support! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Evil Spirit Auction Game 恶灵拍卖游戏 [Dungeon-focused] + [Brand-new system] + [Feel-good power fantasy] Chu Nan is a student who has just finished his college entrance exams. He and a few close friends sign up together for the “Adventure King” summer camp. Unexpectedly, the journey proves perilous, with classmates disappearing and one mishap following another. His close friends and classmates are all kidnapped by the evil spirit, Teacher Mo. With no other choice, Chu Nan is forced to take part in a terrifying spirit auction game in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Death Trip 死亡旅行 Before graduation, everyone wanted to take a graduation trip that was a little different, so one of my rich classmates rented an old, rundown cruise ship. On the first night aboard, the rich kid posted a raffle in the group chat: “I’ve prepared a grand prize for everyone. Entries close at midnight. We’ll reveal the luckiest winner tomorrow morning!” I was just about to open the link when an anonymous text came in. “Open it and you die.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Ghost in the Well: The Woman in Room 704 井底亡魂-704室的女人 Ghost at the Bottom of the Well: The Woman in Room 704 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Ten Thousand Ghost-Slaying Talismans from the Start 开局十万灭鬼符 [Endless twists | a touch of horror | both protagonists and antagonists are clever] [Definitely not a mindless power fantasy] The campus belle was being stalked by a pervert on her way home. Just as she was out of options, her mother came to rescue her. But... her mother had died years ago. So who... was that...? In the blink of an eye, a young man rescued the campus belle from danger. “You... you're actually... Wang Qi?” the campus belle exclaimed in disbelief. (The blurb doesn't do it justice. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Whispers of Decay 腐语低喃 Life always brings its share of hardships, and everyone needs a little courage now and then. Death is a profound matter. If you were given a chance to be reborn, but not in your original world, would you accept? Lin Yuan’s identity in this world: the eleventh-generation descendant of Count Howard Elkins of the Kingdom of Aquitania, a lost noble, a traitor to the gods, a banished bearer of tainted blood, and a seasoned theology enthusiast in Seer Harbor. A lost civilization, the glory of an ancie 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Qingchuan Ghost School 青川鬼校 Ordinary high school student Su Bei takes shelter from the rain one day and discovers he is trapped in the abandoned grounds of Qingchuan Middle School, a place rumored to be haunted. It is no longer an empty ruin, but a living hell where time is warped, space behaves strangely, and real, terrifying ghosts lurk everywhere. There are no superpowers, no talismans or magical artifacts, and no apocalyptic technology. The only things Su Bei can rely on are his cool head, keen powers of observation, a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Dao Hides, the Gods Vanish 道隐神匿 [Cultivation]+ [Cthulhu Mythos]+ [Supernatural Powers and Spells] From the twisted shadows looking down on all living things atop Baiyu Jing, to the bizarre feast of writhing flesh in Kunlun's Jade Pool, to the enormous pupils prowling and spying in the weak waters of the Yellow Springs: when the gilded splendor of Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries fades, and the gods of the heavens no longer heed the prayers of mortals, when the moral codes of the court and the martial world fall away, th 145Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 162 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 163 Frightening Folk Tales of Ghosts and Monsters 民间吓人的鬼怪故事 This book collects folk tales about ghosts and monsters from China and around the world, both ancient and modern. They include deeply moving love stories, myths where good and evil are repaid in kind, and eerie tales that will leave you trembling with fear. We hope you enjoy them. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 I'm Just a Photographer, So Why Do I Keep Seeing Ghosts?! 我就是个摄影师，为什么总见鬼！ [Original Work] [First Published Here] [Supernatural Horror] [Mystery and Puzzles] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Folk Supernatural] [Light Transmigration] Photographer Lin Shen ventured alone to an abandoned manor in the wilderness, hoping to capture a series of supernatural photographs that could turn his career around. Instead, he was lost in a ravine forever. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of He Xun, another freelance photographer. Like before, he made a living wi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖：夜半索命 I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 17Reads—Score11014d adds
- 166 The Evil God Taught Me Math and Science: Bad Grades Make You Mutate 邪神教我数理化，成绩不好就异化 [Knowledge Ascension + Lovecraftian + Mist + Soul Transmigration] Xue Ba, a civil engineer, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Misty Continent and becomes a refugee, scraping by by serving time in prison on someone else's behalf. Then one day, after being framed as a serious criminal, he glimpses a god during an evil ritual. They say that anyone who understands a god's whispers can gain the power it bestows. As it happens, Xue Ba understands the god's cryptic babbling: language, math, physics, ch 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Using the Great Thousand Record from the Start, the Campus Beauty Kisses My Heart 开局使用大千录，校花轻吻我心脏 [Fan fiction] + [System] + [Daoist Horror] + [supernatural urban setting] + [dark tone] + [no female lead] + [Cthulhu Mythos] In a world where supernatural abilities reigned supreme, Zhao Tianming awakened the lowest-ranked D-class ability, self-healing, in front of everyone in Class Three. Faced with the whole class mocking him, Zhao Tianming smiled more brightly than anyone else, then challenged the entire class. Just as everyone assumed he had lost his mind under the pressure, they had no ide 81Reads—Score11114d adds
- 168 1927 Shanghai: Facing the Old-Era Evil Gods 1927魔都：直面民国旧日邪神 I transmigrate to the Shanghai slums of 1927 and, from the start, stumble upon a sacrifice to an evil god! Fishmen howl, whispers eat away at the soul. This Republic of China is nothing like the history books: the ancient Cthulhu gods are reviving amid the chaos, refugees are becoming their followers, warlords worship evil gods, and the foreign concessions conceal an abyss! Luckily, I bind myself to the ancient Record of Exorcism. It lets me decipher blasphemous symbols, dispel low-level horrors 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 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. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Fairy Tales from the Old Ones’ Bookshelf 旧日支配者书架上的童话 #Cthulhu #DarkFairyTales #Immortal #Mystery #Deduction #SmartProtagonist #Transmigrate Fairy tales? They’re for children. How could they ever be considered high art? To hell with fairy tales. Creation is nothing but lonely, self-important make-believe. Without anyone to judge it, you can’t shine onstage. Creating is a lonely, self-important game. More than beautiful fantasies, it’s the blood-soaked truth that is unquestionably a masterpiece. Fairy tales are just lies; reality has long been sulli 527Reads—Score10214d adds
- 171 The Neighbor Auntie’s Secret 邻居阿姨的秘密 Each volume is a standalone horror story. Read them in any order. Open one at random and plunge straight into terror for a frightening reading experience anytime, anywhere. The scares never stop. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 I Became a Playwright in the Mysterious World 我在诡秘世界成为了剧作家 The novelist Luo Cao unexpectedly receives a mysterious package. The appearance of a fountain pen seals his fate. As he passes through one soul after another, will Luo Cao lose himself completely? Does a person write a story, or does a story write a person? And what is the reason behind his sudden entanglement in this bizarre tale? To return to his own world, Luo Cao is forced to form a Sacred Covenant with Jasmine, a character from his novel. Fountain Pen 558755 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Beneath Fate: I Somehow Became a Gray Mist Creature 命运之下：我竟成为灰雾生物 Bai Chen, an occult enthusiast, unexpectedly becomes one of the first transmigrators. He arrives in a world teeming with eerie creatures and gray fog. While everyone else is still gaining power through fate, Bai Chen chooses to join the gray fog, found a religion, and gradually become a boss. When his teammates begin fighting back against the gray fog, they find a statue atop an evil altar. Th-that isn't Bai Chen, is it? 16Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 174 The Corpse in the Cave Pool Can Kill 洞穴深潭里的尸体会杀人 The Corpse in the Cave Pool Can Kill 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Dreamcore Echoes 梦核残响 The world we live in is nothing but a dream. And the dream is about to end. At thirty-five, physicist Tan Jiukai was branded a heretic by academia for good after publishing data a decade ago that revealed a “breathing curve of physical constants.” He lost his position, his lover left him, and he now huddles in a leaky rented room, keeping watch day and night over a rusted, modified observation device as he tries to detect the anomalies lurking behind the universe. But fate was not done with him. 48Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 176 Alone in the Red Mist 红雾独行 [Cthulhu · Battle Royale for All Humanity · One Female Lead + Yandere Heroine · One Man, One Dog · Infinite Flow] A red mist shrouded the world, turning the entire planet into a game board. Humanity became pawns in a game played by the gods, killing one another just to survive. An Sheng opened his eyes in a pile of corpses and fought to survive in a sea of blood. He wouldn’t form alliances, believe in gods, play the good Samaritan, or kill the innocent indiscriminately. Some went mad for resour 160Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 177 No Responsibility for Scaring You to Tears 吓哭不负责 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Ghost stories] [Chinese-style horror] [Based on true events] [Reader submissions] [Chilling when you think about it] [Bizarre tales] [Beyond the realm of science] [Plainspoken prose, no literary flourishes] [Just stories] Not for the faint of heart! Don’t read late at night! Folklore, haunted houses, eerie village incidents, urban vengeful spirits, supernatural curses, and even non-supernatural stories that are chilling when you think about them... A collection 24.3kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 178 Shattered Yin-Yang Jade 阴阳玉碎 [Supernatural + horror + suspense + first person + no idiots in the story + clever protagonist + a touch of angst] "I'm turning eighteen soon. I should die, too." Yu Yue and I are twin sisters, born eighteen years ago on Ghost Festival. A fortune-teller gave us each a jade pendant and said that on our eighteenth birthday, whoever's pendant broke would die. We're seventeen now, and suddenly both pendants have shattered. How can we possibly survive? 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Cthulhu: I Just Want to Cultivate Immortality 克苏鲁：我只想修仙啊 In my past life, I worked myself to death. In this life, I, Yun Chen, will devote myself to cultivating immortality and achieving eternal life! [Ding! You have become an Apostle of the Old Ones!] Quit it, I want to cultivate immortality! [Ding! You have obtained the Whisper of the Ancient Gods!] Cut it out, Squidward! [Ding! You have obtained the Twisted Dream!] I just want to cultivate immortality! [Ding! You have obtained the ability to summon Cthulhu!] Yun Chen: … Squidward, you're amazi 16Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 180 Thriller: I Dominate the Instances with Bugs 惊悚：我靠bug制霸副本 No romance / dual female leads / top-tier strength and intelligence / infinite-flow In the 24th century, the global population is dwindling. Every day, people die for bizarre reasons, and no one knows who will be next. Society is on the verge of paralysis, and humanity faces an immense catastrophe. Jiang Zitong, an “ordinary” college student, is invited by the government to investigate the truth. The eerie and terrifying events are only just beginning. She thought she was the game's biggest glit 9Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 181 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Eerie Portrait at the Wake 守灵夜的诡异遗像 The Eerie Portrait at the Wake 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Fifth Watch 五更 The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo 705Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 184 Snake Scales 蛇纹 When I was six, I came down with a strange illness. Dark red snake scales covered my body. They looked horrifying and revolting, and whenever it rained, they became unbearably itchy and painful. Everyone said it was payback for my father catching and killing snakes, and that he deserved to have a snake girl for a daughter. My family paid no mind to the gossip, but that night, a white snake suddenly coiled around me and demanded that I repay my blood debt… 111Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 185 The Abyss of the Haunted Sea 诡海深渊 [Urban High Martial Arts] + [Cthulhu] + [No System] + [Special Talents] + [Deep Sea] + [Apocalyptic Technology] Liu Nian unexpectedly fused with the hourglass pendant his father left behind and awakened the power to manipulate space and time. Little did he know that each use of this power accelerated the awakening of “It.” When the seven obelisks are activated and the stars return to their places, the “Gate” to the abyss will open. And Liu Nian's power is the very key “It” deliberately “dropped” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The God-Eater Girl Has an Immortal Body 神蚀少女拥有不死之身 [Chinese-Style Horror + Master and Servant + Immortality + Cthulhu + Dual Female Leads] Is having an immortal body really a wonderful thing? Watching your family die, your friends leave, and your beloved pass away: that's the price of immortality. But I refuse to accept that. So I'm going to make my beloved become a god alongside me, and then we'll never have to part. Who could have imagined that after countless hardships, the brutally cruel path to godhood was nothing more than a game the gods 160Reads—Score10114d adds
- 188 A Collection of 365 Strange Tales and Horror Stories 365个奇闻异事和恐怖故事合集 This is a series of short horror stories. The writing isn't the focus; it's all about telling the stories. [Standalone stories + horrors that grow worse the more you think about them + mystery and the supernatural + urban legends + haunted homes + folk tales + strange tales + feng shui and mysticism] Are you ready? When night falls, these terrifying stories will begin crawling into the ears of the living... 731Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Red-Clad Ghostly Shadows in the Abandoned Village 无人村红衣诡影 Zheng Bao loves searching for treasure. Once, he went treasure hunting in an abandoned village, where a terrifying and uncanny scene unfolded. As he delved deeper, he gradually uncovered a hidden story from his own past... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 After Losing My Memory, One Terrifying Ghostly Incident After Another 失忆后恐怖鬼事接连不断 (An alternate world. No tired tropes, no invincible protagonist, no plagiarism, entirely original. Any similarities will be changed immediately. Comedy, deadpan humor, no official pairing, a touch of horror, and characters with sound values.) Accidentally drawn into a paranormal incident: a girl whose mouth has been sealed shut, the walking dead with no eyes to see, monsters covered in tumors that crawl along the ground... Is the world turned upside down, or is this an elaborate hoax carefully s 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Rule Horror: Even If I Die, I’ll Clear the Instance 规则怪谈：就算死了也要过副本 [Rule-based horror + two female leads + mild horror + funny and lighthearted + strong heroine + narcissistic romance] Ming Zhu died. The good news: She came back to life. The bad news: The world had moved on without her for fourteen years. The even worse news: She had revived inside a rule-based horror scenario. Ming Zhu figured the heavens must be messing with her. She had barely survived one scenario when the System ruled that she had cheated. Her player score reset to zero, and she ended up a 210Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 192 The Yin-Yang Master of the Living World 阳间阴阳先生 I was an ordinary first-year college student. Then one incident gave me a whole new understanding of the world. From that day onward, I walked between the realms of yin and yang. 3.3kReads—Score11014d adds
- 193 The Clerk at the Paranormal Management Bureau 灵异管理局的文员小姐 [Two female leads • Infinite-flow] (The tags were changed…) The first three levels have little romance, and the relationship develops slowly. This is more or less an infinite-flow story about a frail junior clerk who gets tired easily~ Other girls will have one-sided crushes on Lin Yan~ It’s a two-female-lead, 1v1 story, but really, it’s about a snake demon relentlessly pestering a clerk! There’s a golden finger~ First level: Western-style manor (A Visitor in the Blizzard) [Main quest: Survive u 376Reads8.2Score10714d adds
- 194 File No. 00 00号档案 Case File 00: When Your Gaze Becomes Part of the Story Would you dare open a “living book”? Welcome to a narrative universe woven from “folds in the text,” a real world that trembles with every word you read. Here: ✍️ Words are existence: Every character breathes with life. Each comment you leave will tear through the folds of space and time, rewriting the characters’ fates. ⏳ Folded time and space: Time is no longer a straight line, but a sheet of paper you can crumple and reshape. Fold the w 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Blood of Blasphemy: The Throne of the Mist God 亵渎之血：迷雾神座 The Gray Tide blankets the earth. Ruin Beasts roam everywhere. The lame Fang finds a child: his eyes are different colors, his body bears Gray Veins, and he is a “vessel” left behind by the Old Era. The three-person team wants to kill him, study him, or use him. But Gray Cub squats by the roadside learning to read. In the firelight, he calls them “Uncle Iron” and “Ink Crow,” and in the simplest way shows them what it means to be human. They drive a battered car across the wasteland, heading for 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The School of Terror 恐怖艺校 Also known as "The Horror Art School: I Fell in Love with a Taoist Priest" [Supernatural + Romance + Transmigration + Wild Imagination] During those three years at school, many strange and terrifying things happened. At midnight, a sinister atmosphere would descend over the school... The year Ye Xue'er attended art school, she fell in love with him at first sight and decided to follow him, staying by his side as they worked together to spread the art of Taoism far and wide... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score12614d adds
- 198 Treasure Hunting in the Deep Mountains: A Thrilling Journey on the Brink of Death 深山寻宝，生死边缘的惊险之旅 Treasure Hunting Deep in the Mountains: A Perilous Journey on the Edge of Life and Death 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Old Tales of Strange Happenings 民间旧诡事 The woman in red who knocks on doors late at night, the soul-binding bones beneath the locust tree, the copper-bell curse in an old house in an abandoned village... These old tales of the uncanny, scattered across the countryside, are the idle chatter of old folks and stories sealed away by time... 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Come Listen to a Ghost Story! 来听诡故事！ The chime of midnight is the switch that starts each story. Hidden here are 365 eerie legends from every corner of the world. Maybe it's the strange sobbing in the night-shift office during overtime, a stranger's long hair beside your pillow in an old residential complex, or a passenger in a white dress who vanishes in front of a cemetery. One short ghost story every night, tearing through the everyday facade to reveal the chilling truth beneath. Do you dare open this collection of midnight tale 42Reads—Score514d adds
