Novels like A Corrupted Heart
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Corrupted Heart, best match first.
- 51 Old Apartment Complex: The Strange Dream 老小区：诡异梦境 The Old Residential Compound: Eerie Dreams —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 What Should I Do When the Ghost Bride Calls While I’m Chatting with My Senior and Girlfriend? 和学姐女友聊天鬼娘子来电怎么办 [Chinese-Style Horror + Supernatural Mystery + Unhinged Male Lead + Vengeance to the Death] There is a taboo in the Li Zhaiye family. Li Zhaiye must never enter the locked ancestral shrine at home. Even getting a little too close would earn him a harsh beating on the palms from his parents. Then, just before his nineteenth birthday, while discussing plans with his senior girlfriend, he suddenly noticed that the door to the shrine, always kept locked, was open. So he went inside. But the figure e —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 The Land Beyond Lifespan 无寿域 The more powerful your cultivation, the shorter your life. An immortal prison, where all living beings are treated like pawns. Young Lu Chen inherits a peerless legacy and sets out on a path to defy fate and break the deadlock, accompanied by his Jiugong companions. He battles rogue cultivators, slays demonic overlords, and exposes the Eternal Council’s fraud of immortality. With a mortal’s body, he challenges the laws of heaven and earth; with the bonds of friendship, he breaks the deadly stale —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 What If the Virus in The Boys Were a Zombie Virus? 假如黑袍里的病毒是丧尸病毒 Billy Butcher is dying. His brain tumor has left him only a few months. Before he dies, he decides to do one right thing: release a virus that can kill all superhumans. One injection, and the world will be clean. But the virus is contaminated in transit. It doesn't kill the superhumans. It turns them into something else: neither dead nor alive, but some in-between state that should never exist in this world. The infection spreads like wildfire, burning from the morgue to the streets, from the Se 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Mount Yin of the Forsaken: Raising Fiends in Coffin Mountain, Commanding the Underworld Winds 绝户阴山：棺山养煞，我掌阴间风 My name is Chen Jiu, and I was born in Juehu Yin Mountain. After my grandfather died, I became the new guardian of the Coffin Mountain, raising evil spirits. With a whole repertoire of feng shui secrets and a peachwood sword, I slay the Yellow Immortal, seal yin coffins, venture into ancient tombs, and break deadly curses. Everyone in the village fears me, curses me, and wants me gone. Only my brother Gou Sheng dares to risk his life alongside me. When evil spirits come, I’ll slaughter them un —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Don't Read If You're a Coward! One Ghost Story Every Day! 胆小勿进！每天一个鬼故事！ A series of urban ghost stories Every chapter tells a different tale There’s sure to be one you’ll enjoy When the novels you’re following haven’t updated yet Read some urban ghost stories in the meantime 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Crossing the Calamity in Seven Days 七日渡厄 My name is Lin Ye. I’m a struggling author who makes a living writing rule-based horror stories. Then I receive an anonymous email. It contains nothing but a yellowed Republican-era theater ticket and a single line: “Come to the Du’e Theater within seven days, or the ‘rules’ you write will become the way you die.” The moment I step into the theater, time across the entire city begins looping in seven-day cycles. I wrote, “Don’t look in the mirror at midnight,” and the next day someone sees th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Cold Case Pursuit: The Workplace Abyss and the Silver-Haired Trap 悬案追凶：职场深渊与银发陷阱 The fatal fall from the rooftop wasn't suicide. Workplace bullying was just a cover! I, Lin Yan, a criminal investigation team captain, uncovered the truth: a 500,000-yuan loan, deleted surveillance footage, nursing-home residents, and exploited workers were all pawns in a silver-haired scam syndicate's scheme to rake in money! The mastermind not only controls the fraud network, but also has powerful protectors who can cover the whole sky... I take on the cover-up head-on and tear down those pro —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Midnight Convenience Store: Every Sale Sets Fate in Motion 午夜便利店：售出即因果 I inherited my grandmother’s convenience store, a shop that only opens at midnight. It doesn’t sell water or food. It only sells old objects tainted by karma. Old combs, old wallets, old rings… Every item conceals a life and a trail of sins… Buy an item, and you must bear the consequences of your own misdeeds. I’m cold and taciturn. I never sympathize, and I never go easy on anyone. Some beg for mercy through their tears; others kneel and repent. I simply say: All sales are final. You bear the c 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Midnight Ringing: A Call from My Girlfriend, Dead for Ten Years 午夜凶铃，死去十年的女友来电 Li Changshou is a deliveryman. While making a delivery one day, he discovered that he had been forced to join a game called “Guess Who’s the Ghost,” where he met his girlfriend. A few days later, he learned that the people who had played the game before were dying one after another, and that he and his girlfriend were next. Just as Li Changshou began worrying about her safety, he discovered that his girlfriend had been dead for ten years, ever since she was hit by a car… A safety cord that cann 131Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Seven-Night Spirit Coffin Corpse 七夜灵棺尸 In my dream, I mistakenly believed that Li the Lame, seeking revenge for having his wife stolen, had made a door for my family out of the coffin wood of a girl who had been dead for seven days. Its yin energy clung to us, causing the pillars of our family to leave one after another. I couldn’t get over it. My future father-in-law, Old Yu, saw what was going on and brought over Zhang Baifa, who I would later take as my master. My master dispelled the evil yin force. Once I learned what had happen 229Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 A Record of Strange Tales, Past and Present 古今怪谈轶事录 Let's talk about the past and present, and share strange tales. Hello, readers! I'm the author of this book, Lao Zhou. A friendly warning: if you're easily scared, read with caution. I'll take you on a journey through haunted houses and strange tales from ancient and modern China. When I decided to write these stories, I was no longer sure I was a hundred-percent materialist. In fact, there really are so many phenomena and stories in this world that science simply can't explain. I believe magnet 449Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Those Unspeakable Horrors 那些无法言说的恐怖 [Standalone stories] [Short and medium-length stories] [A collection of short horror stories: folk customs, technology, and chilling tales that get under your skin] Feel free to skip any story you don't like. It won't affect your reading at all. Through one lonely night after another, through day after day of exhaustion, when you lie awake late at night, join me in witnessing the strange and terrifying. I hope you'll find something more here than just eerie horror. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Reborn: I Became a Dorm Supervisor at a Top University 重生之我在985当宿管 Lin Guixiang, a fifty-year-old dorm supervisor, is reborn as an eighteen-year-old. This time, she is no longer an onlooker standing outside the dormitory. As a freshman, she walks through the gates of Huaqing University. There is someone she must protect: a young genius in the physics department who died in her previous life after pushing himself too hard. To get close to him and help him, she has to hide her true gender, dressing as a boy and moving into Room 712, the dormitory destined to cha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 The Pinnacle of Fear 恐惧之巅 Ye Zihui, an unemployed man in his twenties, unexpectedly receives a strange text from an unknown number. By accident, he embarks on a terrifying adventure in another world, collecting the code symbols of the Summit of Fear. In this world, you can take special items collected at the Summit of Fear back to reality and even trade them freely. You can also store them in your personal space and use them the next time you enter the Fear Realm. Every trial taker here is assigned a level. The only way 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 A Casual Tale of the Zhenguan Era 贞观闲话 The Reign of Zhenguan has endured through the ages, its splendid chapters passed down from generation to generation. Imagine the grandeur of a thousand years ago, and see the rot beneath the golden age. Can a boy from a ruined temple, taken in by strangers, change his fate? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 I Forget I'm Dead Every Day, but My Boss Still Pays Me 我每天忘记自己死了，老板照常给我发工资 I Forget I’m Dead Every Day, but My Boss Still Pays Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Daily Horror Stories: The Uncanny Invades the Human World 侵入人间每日恐怖故事 [Horror + folk legends + ghost stories + paranormal terror + spine-chilling tales to enjoy with a meal + mysteries + no female lead + short folk horror stories] Read one every day and feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Mystery of the Abandoned Village 野外荒村成谜 A five-person expedition team called “Wilderness Quest for Truth” enters Wuyin Village, a forbidden place that has vanished from the map, each member with their own agenda. Team leader and streamer Qin Tian is looking for a sensational story to win a bet. Medical doctoral student Guo Yumeng is searching for the sister who disappeared there ten years ago. Programmer A Zhe is Qin Tian’s ally in pursuit of profit. Supernatural enthusiast Xiao Wei carries the private trauma of a relative who vanishe 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Haunted Apartment Building 恐怖居民楼 “At one in the morning, a burst of rapid-fire text alerts woke me up. I opened my phone and saw that the residents’ group chat, where nobody usually talked, had a whopping seventy-eight unread messages. At the top was the owner of apartment 301, directly across from mine. 301: ‘There’s a murderer in the hallway!’ 301: ‘He’s still in this building!’” 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Don't Turn It On Until the Rain Stops 雨停之前，别开机 Don't Turn It On Until the Rain Stops 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Show Isn't Over: No Ghosts in Red 戏未落幕：红妆无鬼 The Show Isn't Over: No Ghosts in Red —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 The Real Heiress in the Secret Chamber 密阁里的真千金 The Real Heiress in the Secret Pavilion —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Transmigrated as Liu Shan: I Sent Zhuge Liang Down a One-Way Road 穿越成刘禅：我把诸葛亮送上不归路 Transmigrated as Liu Shan: I Send Zhuge Liang Down a Road of No Return 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 A Divination Uncovers Strange Events 卦起诡事 Born under an ill-fated sign, I once cast a fortune by moonlight, gazing into a mirror on the night of the full moon. I released the evil spirit sealed inside it. To break the curse, I left my village and followed Master Qingwei to learn the arts of magic. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 The Canglan Sword Rises 沧澜剑起 The Canglan Sword Rises tells the story of Lin Xiao, a pampered young wastrel who’s glib and afraid of death. After the beastfolk invade and his country is destroyed, he transforms from a comic layabout into a protector. The early chapters feature humorous everyday life in the capital; the middle chapters temper his resolve in the fires of war; and the later chapters begin his journey into swordsmanship. Across four volumes and a million words, the story follows an ordinary man’s awakening in a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 The Dao That Guides True Immortals 道引真仙 Li San (Qing Xuan): a remnant soul from another world, a body born in the shadow gap, and a forbidden cultivation that crosses the divide between yin and yang. This is a path that begins in obscurity and winds through thorny trials at every step. With a soul from another world, he cultivates the arts of this realm, purges yin impurity, and draws closer to clarity. He searches for himself on the brink between life and death, and questions his heart between righteousness and evil. The Dao guides o 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 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! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Hounded by a Thousand Evils: Keep Your Distance 万邪缠身：生人勿近 The Exorcist Pavilion sits at the corner of an old alley. Ordinary people are not welcome, and it only takes cases involving people plagued by evil spirits. A red-clad ghost in an ancient well, a legless woman in an elevator, a slit wrist in the mirror, sobbing in a karaoke room, a bloody birth chart in a wardrobe, a shadow in the break room... Miaojiang gu sorcery, corpse-driving Taoists, and Nanyang black magic all take turns appearing. Jiang Xun: As long as you can pay the price, I'll snatch —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 The Horror Never Ends 恐怖不断到来 Ghosts are real if you believe in them, and nonexistent if you don't! Unemployed, I stumbled into a fancy supermarket by chance. The beautiful owner offered me a high salary and great benefits, with just one requirement: I had to protect her around the clock! From then on, one eerie event followed another, and terror kept closing in. It turned out everything was because of... 1.3kReads5.0Score127Shelves
- 81 Short Paranormal Tales 《短篇灵异故事》 Short Supernatural Stories 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 The Ancient Well at the Village Entrance 村口的古井 The Ancient Well at the Village Entrance —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Tales of the Strange: Urban Mystery, The No. 23 Night Bus 民间怪谈录：都市异闻之23路夜班车 Tales of Folk Hauntings: Strange Urban Encounters on the No. 23 Night Bus —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 The Clock in the Old House 古宅钟表 The Clock in the Old House —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Ghost Embroiderer 《鬼绣娘》 The Ghost Embroiderer —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 A Night's Shelter Deep in the Mountains 深山借宿 A Night's Shelter Deep in the Mountains —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 The Underworld Shop 阴间铺子 [No System + traditional story + male and female leads + supernatural tales] After losing my job, I took over this funeral parlor, but all sorts of supernatural incidents started happening at night. Burned-to-death ghosts, drowned ghosts... After the parlor, a yellow weasel spirit that had become an adult made a bone-chilling discovery... Challenges faced together with my childhood sweetheart from elementary school. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Laid Off and Driving a Taxi, I Get Haunted by Evil Spirits 被裁后开出租，我被邪物缠上了 After being laid off, 28-year-old Wang Chao starts driving a taxi to make ends meet. Little does he know that a host of evil entities are about to latch onto him. A mysterious woman in white, a strange old lady in worn-out clothes, a gaunt cemetery caretaker, and an elusive fat man... One after another, these figures drag him into a vortex he cannot escape... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 The Laughing Underworld Chronicles 笑冥录 “If an almanac could turn you into a ghost right on schedule, but the price was wearing a dead person’s clothes once a day, would you use it?” Top-voted answer (by the poster “Lord Wuchang Has No More Years of Life Today”): “Thanks for the invite. I’m in the underworld, just got off the night shift.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 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—Shelves
- 92 Possession 上身 Ghosts: ethereal, elusive beings! Ghosts: a certainty that exists for those who believe, and not for those who don't! Are ghosts really only around at night? What do they actually look like? The truth is, they're right beside you! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Super Spooky Classroom 超级惊悚教室 At a certain high school, an ordinary afternoon was supposed to mean nothing more than a routine chemistry lesson. No one could have imagined that a terrifying disaster would begin there, and that our lives would never be peaceful again. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Forbidden Rules of the Haunted School 恐怖校园禁忌 These words themselves are supernatural. Many of these stories happened to me or to people around me, and the schools are real, too. You may not believe in ghosts, but that doesn’t mean you’ve never encountered one. An old Taoist priest in a tattered robe stroked her head. “A demon child has been born into the world. All living things will suffer. Disciple, go down the mountain now.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Folk Tales: Ghost Stories 民间：鬼故事 My new work is here! Everyone is welcome to 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! 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Folk Taoist Talismans 民间法箓 China is vast, ancient, and rich in natural resources. As Taoism spread and mingled with the customs and cultures of different regions, it gave rise to many unique schools, collectively known as Fajiao, or folk ritual traditions. My name is Xu Jingwu, and I come from a family of occult practitioners. I had already decided to retire from the trade, but then I went to inspect someone’s home for feng shui… 194Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Arctic Temple 北极神庙 In the feudal chaos of the Fourth Era, eunuchs have brought the Great Celestial Dynasty to ruin. Liu Jianbei of Northern Yan, Li Yunye of Southern Qing, and Liang Qiyuan of Great Liang stand in a tense three-way balance, while the people suffer amid war and misery. Beneath a polar night, the snow awakens the Third Era’s Temple. Situ Jing, carrying Ye Qingmei’s memories, and Wuzhu, an AI emissary from the Second Era, flee with a sniper rifle and peerless martial arts in hand. The Temple’s plot to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 An Empire Begins from Humble Roots 帝业起于微末 In the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made calamities leave the land strewn with the starving dead. On the northern frontier, Tatar cavalry raze a village. The young Liu Zheng loses everything amid flames and blood, and is forced to flee. Ahead lies an endless wilderness stretching south. Behind him, smoke from the fires devours his homeland. The chaos of war is a furnace, and human lives are no more than weeds. Along the road to survival, he meets his brave but si 94Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 99 A Strategy for Jiangdong 江东略 Not getting enough action in the game? Then go fight a battle at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty!!! In the third year of Jian’an, Sun Ce had already pacified Wu Commandery and Kuaiji Commandery, two of the commanderies in Jiangdong, and was launching a fierce assault on Lingyang County, under Danyang Commandery... (If you’re not interested in the prologue, start from Chapter 13 and transmigrate straight to the end of the Han dynasty!!!) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Confessions of 1,000 Retail Investors 1000个散户的自白 When the red and green shifts on candlestick charts become the beat of your heart, and every rise and fall in your account determines what you can afford to eat, the tides of the stock market conceal countless struggles and sighs that go unseen. This book collects the true confessions of 1,000 stock investors. One person lost half a lifetime's savings in a single trade, then wept silently in a securities office late at night. Another trusted “insider information,” going from high hopes to utter 6Reads—Score—Shelves
