Novels like Picking Up a School Beauty at a KTV, Then Bringing Home a Horror Story
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- 1 I'm a Professional Mage: Isn't Marrying a Demon Wife the Perfect Protection? 我职业法师：娶妖妻辟邪很正常吧 (One devoted male lead and one heroine + ensemble cast + passionate, funny, with a touch of angst) While other twenty-year-olds are partying and binge-watching shows, Shen Mobai is pretending to be a fortune-teller to scam people out of big money. He digs up a grave in the middle of the night for a 300,000-yuan ghost-marriage fee, only to wake the vengeful ghost buried inside! “Hey, lady! I was just following orders. I didn’t mean to dig up your grave!” “Take it up with the King of Hell.” “Help 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Evil Dead Pursue: My Master Tried to Possess Me, but I Turned the Tables 猛鬼追魂：师父夺舍被我反噬 After a ghost blinded me, I accidentally knocked over a vase in a porcelain shop. The heartless old boss demanded an outrageous sum, so I had no choice but to agree to work as his shop assistant for three months to pay off the debt. I figured he'd make my life miserable, but the old geezer did a complete about-face. He said we were destined to meet, and not only wanted to take me as his apprentice, but also offered me his ravishing, graceful, one-in-a-million goddaughter as a wife. Could anythin 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Fated Little Fox Immortal 我的天命小狐仙 Born with all eight characters of my birth chart belonging to yin, every ninth year brings disaster. That is my fate. To save my life, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me when I was nine. But when I was nearly eighteen, he personally called it off. Because of that, I embarked on a path unlike that of any other feng shui master! I said, “Our marriage was fated. You’re written in my destiny, and we’ll be together for three lifetimes!” She said, “Cut it out. If you don’t wash the dishes today 315Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 4 The Thousand-Year-Old Snake Wife 千年蛇妻 [First-person POV + One Female Lead + Maoshan Disciple + Cultivation Prodigy + No System + No Immortality Cultivation] [A passionate romance between a human and a demon] [A mission passed down across thousands of years] [Wild ideas spanning ancient and modern times] In the rural Northeast, all sorts of eerie stories are always being told. But with my unusual constitution, I refuse to believe in the supernatural, so I insist on going to play in the haunted hills behind the village. There, I run i 15.5kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 5 Sleep Paralysis from the Start? I Confessed to the Female Ghost and Made Her My Wife! 开局鬼压床？表白女鬼当老婆！ What? Sleeping paralysis can’t be cured with medicine? Is there an easier way to treat it? Lin Cheng: There is, bro! There is! I’ll just kiss her and confess! Won’t the ghost girl explode? 22Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 6 The Soul Shop: My 49 Deadbeat Clients 生魂店：我的49个死鬼客户 When I was nine, Grandpa used his life to arrange a marriage for me. My fiancée wasn't human. She was a vengeful spirit in red. The marriage was meant to keep me alive. Ever since I learned to walk, I would mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night. When my family found me, I would be in a ravine far from home or on a dead person's grave. The worst thing happened when I was seven… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 Life with a Woman in Red Who's a Ghost 与红衣女鬼同居的日子 My name is Wang Chongyang, and I'm a struggling horror writer who gets by on attendance bonuses. One night, after falling behind on rent, I was kicked out by my landlord. I accidentally wandered into a haunted house and ran into a red-clad vengeful ghost. And that's how a whole series of events began. What the heck? I take Zhong Kui as my master, my wife is a red-clad vengeful ghost who dares to beat up even the Black and White Impermanence, and even the dog I picked up on a whim is the ancient 458Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 10 The Enchantress Is Alluring, and the Ghost Girl Knows How to Flirt 妖女很妩媚，女鬼太会撩 It's not that a wife is too expensive to marry. It's that female ghosts and demons offer better value. No house, no car required. And they'll even help you make a comeback! It's not that my Daoist heart is unsteady. It's just that demonesses are bewitching, and female ghosts know exactly how to flirt. My name is Chen Zhou. I'm a highly educated shut-in. My main job is gone, and my side hustle is matchmaking. It all began when I helped my beautiful landlady rent out a building that was warm in wi 1.2kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 11 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 53Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 12 The Ghost-Eyed Yin Child 鬼眼阴童 I was born with ghost eyes, and my entire family was slaughtered. To survive, I had no choice but to become the disciple of a Rat Immortal and absorb the aura of a thousand-year-old Ghost King! The Judge of the Underworld appointed me a Yin Official in the mortal realm! I command the underworld’s ghost soldiers and generals, rule both the worlds of yin and yang, and restore the former glory of the Yan family! You kids! Want to know more about me? Heh, meet me in your dreams tonight! [Not an over 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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
- 14 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 1.7kReads7.6Score12614d adds
- 15 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
- 16 Grandmaster of Ghost Taoism 鬼道大宗师 The three-eyed fox casts divinations to the heavens, while a peerless beauty spends the night in a bronze coffin. A five-clawed white wyrm churns rivers and seas, and a reclusive ghost master commands supernatural arts beyond the heavens. Lin Zhennan tried to evade the fox's demand that he grant it a title, but brought disaster upon himself. To save him, his grandfather begged Granny Sun to take him up the mountain, where he married a thousand-year-old great demon! [Traditional Supernatural Horr 46kReads8.9Score4.5k14d adds
- 17 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 2kReads8.2Score14014d adds
- 18 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
- 19 A Female Ghost Comes to Be My Bride 女鬼嫁到 Cao Susu’s shoulders shook as she wept pitifully. Zhao Cao couldn’t help putting an arm around her shoulders and drawing her closer. With his arm around her, Cao Susu simply let herself fall into his embrace, sobbing softly. … A loser with the extraordinary fate of having lived ten lives makes an invincible comeback as a Taoist master. He mixes it up with female ghosts and the underworld, then, with the help of female ghosts and demons, takes back ownership of the Hongyuan Group… 466Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 20 The Fox Immortal Beauty 狐仙美人 When I was fourteen, I saved a white fox. To save my life, Grandpa actually made me enter into a contract with it? Fox Immortal: “I would gladly shed all my demonic aura and give up a thousand lifetimes of cultivation, all to spend a lifetime with you, from youth to old age!” Ding Ning: “I thought I’d become a Taoist priest who hunted ghosts and vanquished demons, but in the end I became a heretic condemned by everyone...” As I taught myself Taoist arts, secrets and legends began to emerge one a 1.1kReads8.6Score10014d adds
- 21 The Fox of Dust and Tumult: A Fated Bond in the Mountains and Seas 尘嚣仙狐山海缘 [Urban + Xuanhuan + adventure + growth + demonic beasts] No transmigration, no reincarnation, no golden finger. Only yin and yang, mutual generation, opposition, and fusion. And the integration of quantum technology with ancient metaphysics. After an ancient upheaval, “we” were no longer just “us.” “They” were hidden beneath the surface. The ordinary man Qin Yan was drawn into it by accident. “The Coffin of Heaven and Earth”? A fictional world, exploring the unknown and searching for the truth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 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
- 23 The Fox Wife Chosen by Fate 天命狐妻 Born with a frail fate that draws evil spirits, I married a fox under the terms of a written betrothal. She unfurled her nine tails and protected me, granting me a lifetime of peace. I cultivated the Dao and cut down every wicked ghost in the world. Together, human and fox, we roamed between yin and yang. Blessed with a fox wife, I alone stand guard against a hundred ghosts! 5.5kReads7.4Score28614d adds
- 24 Taking a Fox as My Wife 养狐为妻 When I was eighteen, I accidentally injured a fox. To my shock, my master forced me to marry her... 1.3kReads8.6Score10214d adds
- 25 The Beautiful Demon Wife 妖妻美人 I've slept in a coffin since I was little. When I was six, a snake slipped inside and stayed with me in the coffin for six years… 3.7kReads8.9Score42414d adds
- 26 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
- 27 I Saved Thousands of Female Prisoners Alone and Won the Empress’s Heart 我一人拯救万千女囚，俘获女帝 Not a wish-fulfillment novel. No System. Deep in the mountains of Northeast China lies a village where every woman is breathtakingly beautiful, yet none can ever leave. Chen Daming only went on vacation, but wound up wandering into a haunted place, eating two and a half jin of expired immortal pills, and gaining a heap of useless superpowers. The seemingly worthless protagonist takes on the responsibility of protecting patriarchal civilization as the matriarchal civilization that ruled Earth for 1.4kReads8.9Score19614d adds
- 28 The Vengeful Spirit Notebook 凶灵笔记 I've slept in a coffin since I was little. It wasn't until the woman in red appeared that I learned the truth. I was born on Ghost Festival. I don't want to die. 1.3kReads8.7Score22314d adds
- 29 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 He Was Eating Noodles at a Roadside Restaurant, When He Found a Human Eyeball in His Bowl! 他在路边餐馆吃面，竟然吃出了人眼珠子！ He was eating noodles at a roadside restaurant when he found a human eyeball in his bowl! 38Reads—Score114d adds
- 31 Northeast Spirit Medium: From the Start, the Hu Family Town Is Haunted by a Hundred Ghosts 东北弟马：开局胡家镇百诡 [Spirit-medium tradition + Northeastern Chinese customs + folk supernatural tales + feng shui secrets] My name is Chen Mo. I had just graduated from college when my grandpa passed away. On the day he died, the portrait in the mourning hall stared at me, someone spoke from inside the coffin, and his corpse even sat up on the day of the funeral. That's when I learned my grandpa hadn't died of an illness. He'd left me a whole spirit retinue: the Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui spirits, each with formi 8.3kReads6.4Score45214d adds
- 32 Horror Revival: Starting with My Girlfriend's Resurrection 恐怖复苏：从女友复活开始 [One Heroine + Supernatural Horror + Silly Comedy + Cozy Daily Life + Sweet Romance + System] Also known as My Girlfriend Really Came Back as a Ghost, My Girlfriend Was Resurrected, and Now I'm a God in the Supernatural World, and Supernatural Horror Descends: My Girlfriend Becomes an S-Rank Taboo from the Start When his girlfriend dies in an accident, Shen Cifeng is devastated. Then a supernatural revival suddenly sweeps the world, bringing great change as ghosts and monsters rise and demons ru 1.2kReads9.1Score15714d adds
- 33 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.5kReads8.6Score16014d adds
- 34 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
- 35 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身？反抱她大腿！ [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 3.4kReads8.2Score32314d adds
- 36 Horrifying! The Eighth One 惊悚！第八个 Horrifying! The Eighth One 38Reads—Score314d adds
- 37 Married Off While Driving Corpses 赶尸上嫁 Marrying into a Corpse-Chasing Family 8Reads—Score314d adds
- 38 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 半夜十二点，闺蜜喊我去钓鱼 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Suppressing the Dragon 镇龙 For one person, he dug up an ancient grave, broke into a dragon's tomb, and wielded the Yang Sword to slay yin spirits! An heir to a family of secret arts, he joins a group of men and women bound together by fate. Together, they travel far and wide, fighting monsters in the mountains, slaying evil in the cities, breaking into the underworld, and robbing ghost messengers... To change our fate, we defy the heavens! 2.5kReads8.8Score53214d adds
- 40 The Tale of Uncle Gu of the Daoist Sect 道门谷叔传 This is not a light, fast-paced read designed to cater to readers looking for quick entertainment. If you prefer shallow, padded stories, you may be disappointed. But trust me: if you can patiently read the first twenty chapters and still find them dull, feel free to speak your mind and offer criticism in the reviews. Let this book be our promise. I’ll await your verdict. The story takes you to a corner of the outskirts of the capital, where you’ll follow Uncle Gu’s footsteps and push open the 68Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 41 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Village Guardian, the Wife in the Coffin 守村人，棺中妻 [Fox Wife] + [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [Mystery and Twists] + [Funny Ensemble Cast] + [Interlocking Plotlines] + [First-Ever Nine-Tailed Fox with Nine Clones] I’m the village’s famous idiot. Of course, that’s what people who don’t know any better call me. Those in the know call me… the village guardian! But my half-baked fortune-teller of a grandfather has a very different opinion from everyone else. He says I’m a kept man who lives off women! Still, I never imagined the woman I’d have 19.3kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
- 43 Paranormal Invasion: I Win the Heart of a Female Ghost with Hints 诡异入侵：我靠提示赢得女诡芳心 [Ghost wife protects her husband + horror + livestreaming + survival + national fate + fast-paced + one female lead] The whole world is pulled into a bizarre game. If a player dies, their country’s fortune collapses! Lin Ye is chosen to represent the Dragon Nation, and from the start he draws the deadliest boss in the instance: the [Red-Clothed Female Ghost]. He should have no chance of survival, but a System prompt lets him see the “hopeless romantic” passive skill hidden in the ghost’s skill l 42.8kReads8.8Score6.2k14d adds
- 44 With So Many Female Ghosts Around, I Might as Well Stop Being Human 这么多女鬼，那我就不当人了 [No System]+ [Multiple Heroines (Most Aren't Human)]+ [Hunting Ghosts to Prove the Dao]+ [Comedy] After picking up a female ghost as a passenger from the start, Qin Tian's extraordinary life begins. (The audiobook version is even better.) A long-legged, adorably ditzy little ghost girl A domineering, blunt-talking Ghost Queen A mischievous cat-eared girl A sexy, bewitching fox spirit Cultivation, power, money… All kinds of strange and wonderful stories begin to unfold around him… 18.6kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 45 Tang Corpse, Song Rush 唐尸宋弛 The Corpse of Tang, the Slackers of Song 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Born to Fail at Corpse Stitching 生不缝尸 Born Without the Skills to Stitch Corpses 22Reads—Score114d adds
- 47 A Hundred Billion Horror Coins from the Start: I Bid Big on the Alluring Ghost Queen 开局百亿惊悚币，豪拍妖艳女鬼王 [Horror game + supernatural resurgence + tens of billions in horror coins + System + invincible + no goody-two-shoes + violent aesthetics + just kill them! (There is a female lead, so don't read if that's not your thing)] P.S. The author has 80,000 words banked and writes at full speed around the clock. Read without worry! Twenty years ago, the world of horror games descended upon Earth, plunging countless people into misery. Three years ago, Chen Yi suddenly died while spending the night at an 8kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 48 Tales of the Strange in Western Hunan 湘西异闻录 [A friendly warning: This book has no System. It's funny and terrifying, with suspense and clever twists throughout, plus plenty of passion and brains. The more you read, the better it gets.] When I was four, I was kidnapped and taken to a cursed village to be sacrificed alive. A fox spirit risked her life to save me, and secretly pledged herself to me for life. To marry my fox bride, I venture deep into the Miao Valley, tread the Nether River Gorge, and walk the boundary between Yin and Yang. I 6kReads9.1Score57914d adds
- 49 Records of the Tang Dynasty Zombies 大唐丧尸录 The Tang Dynasty Zombie Chronicles 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 You Asked Me to Explore the Wonders of Science, So Why Did I Walk Into a Haunted Lair? 让你走近科学，你走进诡窝？ [Single heroine + livestreaming + supernatural exploration] Jiang Yuan is live-streaming an outdoor night-fishing trip at a haunted reservoir when he scares popular streamer Xiaoyi into tears! The clip shoots straight to the top of the trending list. His agent panics. “I told you to stick to science and share educational content. Now you’re claiming that ghost soldiers are crossing over? You’re fired!” Jiang Yuan: “Come on, it’s all science! Just hear me out!” The authorities show up and ask him 13.1kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
