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- 51 Tales of Folk Monsters: Ghosts and the Supernatural! 民间怪谈录，灵异鬼怪！ A forbidden book recording eerie tales and strange rumors from Chinese folk tradition · Wet footprints in an old house late at night · A stranger in an ancestral mirror · Footprints walking backward on the seventh night after a death · A packed audience in an abandoned theater What makes this book special: · Each story stands on its own · Based on real folk legends · Authentic Chinese horror atmosphere · Short and gripping, perfect for reading on the go Reading warnings: · Best read during the d 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Person Under the Bed, the Eye on the Wall, the Peeping Tom Outside the Door 床下的人，墙上的眼，门外的窥 The person beneath the bed, the eye on the wall, the peeping outside the door 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Tales of the Ghost Whisperers 驭鬼者传 From the start, I shouted at a female ghost from the Qing Dynasty, “Down with the Qing! Restore the Ming!” The rot of feudalism, rote education, twisted perversions, taking responsibility, and the collision of three souls. Who am I, really... Combat takes center stage, with strategy in support. This is no traditional supernatural story. It’s occasionally funny, serious when it needs to be and funny when it should be. A coming-of-age story w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 It Lies at the Bottom of the Abyss 祂在深渊之底 [You have been selected to enter the Abyssal Corridor. Rules-based horror has arrived, and terror is now part of everyday life.] Lin Mo, a criminal profiler, is dragged into the Abyssal Corridor, an endless realm of terror. Here, every horror instance is born from the resentment of those who died unjustly, and the rules determine life and death. While others tremble under the pursuit of monsters, Lin Mo opens his eyes: the Abyssal Eyes, which can see through the source of fear. The rules of Bloo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 My Mockumentary Came True 我的伪纪录片成真了 Luo Luo thinks he's just one “good ghost” away from becoming famous. As a struggling paranormal content creator, he throws himself into digging up a sealed videotape. Hidden inside is an urban legend called the Mirror Palace Puppet, said to appear only between two mirrors facing each other. His followers skyrocket and his popularity soars. Luo Luo brags to the camera, “Guys, I'm totally cashing in on this wave of traffic!” Then he realizes that all the strange footage is starting to invade reali 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Tomb of Terror: My Haunted Forest Expedition 古墓惊魂，我的恐怖森林探险之旅 Terror in the Ancient Tomb: My Adventure Through a Haunted Forest 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 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
- 58 Transmigrated Woman, Stop Causing Trouble 穿越女，别作妖 Transmigrated Woman, Stop Making Trouble —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Corpse Money: Thoughts for the Afterlife 尸钱想后 Corpse Money, Posthumous Thoughts 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Thriller: Paranormal Events Happening Around Me 惊悚：发生在我身边的灵异事件 [No Female Lead] + [Horror and Thrills] + [Not for the Fainthearted] Ever since I was a child, I’ve had three moles on my forehead. The old folks say three moles mean a person is spiritually attuned, which means strange things are always bound to happen to me. Sure enough, paranormal incidents have always happened around me. Today, I’ll tell you about them one by one. 2.3kReads—Score10814d adds
- 61 I Was Watching a Movie at Work, and Came Out a Murder Suspect? 上班摸鱼看个片，出来我成凶手了？ I was killing time at work watching a movie. Why did I come out a murderer? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Ghost Chasing Me in My Dreams Is Actually Begging Me for Help! 梦中追我的鬼，其实在求我！ The ghost who chases me in my dreams is actually asking for my help! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Pawnshop No. 7 第7当铺 In the darkest corner of the city stands the Number Seven Pawnshop, which never closes. It doesn’t take physical objects as collateral, but rather the “sinful traits” buried deep in human nature. The owner offers unimaginable wealth, success, or wishes, but the price is your greed, arrogance, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. The rules here are cold but fair: the more “sin” you pawn, the richer the reward. But without your “sins,” are you still truly whole? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Upstairs Is the Underworld 楼上是阴间 The Upstairs Neighbor Is from the Underworld 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 I Suddenly Realized Something Was Wrong in the Dorm 我突然发现宿舍里不干净 I Suddenly Realized There Was Something Evil in the Dorm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂，我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Forbidden Zone Livestream: That Invitation Is Made of Human Skin 直播禁地：那封请柬，是人皮做的 Livestreaming in the Forbidden Zone: That Invitation Was Made of Human Skin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Pocket Watch Murder Game: I Killed Myself 怀表杀局：我杀了我 The Pocket Watch Murder Plot: I Killed Myself —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 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
- 73 Thriller Game: Everyone Struggles to Survive, While I Ascend to Godhood Alone 惊悚游戏：众生苟存！我独自封神 [Wish-Fulfillment] + [Rule Horror] + [Eerie] + [Infinite Flow] + [Mind-Bending] + [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] + [Roleplay] + [Hacking the Backend] Welcome to the [Multiverse Horror Show]! This is a death livestream that uses human fear to drive its ratings, and the lives and deaths of billions of beings to entertain higher-dimensional civilizations. Here, players either scrape by with divine artifact inheritances or become ratings fodder beneath the claws of vengeful ghosts. Earth's survival —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Mirror City Loop 镜城循环 If you were trapped in the same day, would you go crazy, or turn it into a game you could beat? College student Lin Che chose the latter. By the 37th time he woke up on July 15, he couldn’t even be bothered to panic. Confessing to the principal in front of everyone, jumping from the fourth floor of an academic building to test the limits of physics, trying every flavor of instant noodles sold in every convenience store in town: he had turned the time loop into a massive open-world game. Then h 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Haunted Solitary Mountain (Mountain Spirit) 孤山诡事（山鬼） Strange Tales of Solitary Mountain (Mountain Spirit) 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 A Collection of Horror Stories 恐怖小集 The gods are watching from three feet above your head, and even the darkest places will eventually see the light! This book collects stories from around us that will make you think twice and send chills down your spine. One short story a day, guaranteed to cure your little bouts of insomnia. This is Horror Shorts. I'm Strawberry Duorou. See you there! 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Hospital's Unsolved Loop 医院的循环未解之谜 The Unsolved Mystery of the Hospital's Endless Loop 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 A Performance at the Hour of Taboo 忌时演绎 The death knell rings, and black fog descends. With death hanging over you, you have no choice but to assume someone else's identity. Survive in an unfamiliar place where vengeful ghosts lurk, and struggle to breathe beneath the malice of unknown beings. With layers of fog all around, how long can you stay alive? Perhaps others have suffered the same fate as you, but will they be allies, or jackals ready to push you into the abyss? An emotionless, ethereal voice rings out: The forbidden hour has 360Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 79 Chenyu Midnight Tea House: A Collection of Folk Tales of the Strange 宸宇午夜茶馆：民间志怪故事集 [This is a collection of standalone stories, with one strange tale per episode, divided into several volumes. The volumes are updated in parallel, not one after another. They’re updated together, updated together, updated together.] One pot of hot tea, two realms of yin and yang, and late-night conversations at the third watch. Take a seat in the Midnight Teahous 5.4kReads—Score25514d adds
- 80 Tieling Storms: The Blue Butterfly Dances 铁岭风云：蓝蝶舞 Tieling Chronicles: The Blue Butterfly —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 My Mom Suddenly Became a Different Person 我妈突然变了个人 My Mom Suddenly Became a Different Person —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Corpse Stitcher: Thread in Place 缝尸匠.引线归位 The Corpse Stitcher: Setting the Thread in Place 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The First Night: The Ghost Baby 第一夜：鬼婴 The First Night: The Ghost Baby 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Haunted Old Mansion 恐怖老宅 The living guard the yang, while ghosts hold the yin in check. Yin and yang are inseparable, and nothing is forbidden. In this world, everyone is either human or ghost, yin or yang. But there are people who walk between the two realms all year round, neither human nor ghost. They are the Yin-Yang House Guardians! 53Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 85 I Wagered Against God in a Time Loop 在时间循环里我与神对赌 [Time loop]+ [Reborn]+ [Mystery and deduction]+ [Romance]+ [Punishing evil and promoting good] Reclusive, socially anxious writer × kindhearted, warm female doctor The bored god suddenly took an interest and proposed, “How about a wager? If you win, you can all live!” Zhongqi had long been curious about Lu Youming, the mysterious writer. He had read his books and listened to his livestreams, but had no idea what he looked like. On July 5, in Lu Heming’s hospital room, Zhongqi met Lu Youming fo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Infinite: The Strange Realm 【无限】诡异境界 (Note: Infinite-world story, no female lead, no System, not invincible, not stupid, not a wish-fulfillment novel) Welcome, everyone, to the Cycle of the Haunted Realm. Here, you’ll be thrown into an unexpected “death trap.” The only thing you can do is solve it and escape with your life. When I regained consciousness, I found myself in a terrifying cemetery! It was pitch-black, so dark I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. Only a faint light fell on the graves. I was holding a shovel, and 16Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 87 Folk Feng Shui Taboos: I Can Expose Life-or-Death Traps 民间风水禁忌：我能点破生死局 He can see at a glance the deadly traps hidden in homes and burial grounds, but he never dares speak up. Every taboo he exposes costs someone a life. Until the night he revealed the “blood coffin crushing the pulse” to save an orphan girl. Seven people in the village died violent deaths, and with their dying breath, they all pointed at him: “It was you... You should have died long ago.” The truth was, he wasn’t a feng shui master at all. He was the “Life-Substitution Judge,” chosen by the ancien —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 One Chilling Story Every Night 每晚一个惊魂故事 [One story per chapter] [Chinese-style horror] [Folk tales] [Urban vengeful spirits] [Haunted houses] [No main plot] Collected and adapted fictional tales of terror from all over, one story per chapter, each one different. No grand lectures, just bone-chilling tales rooted in everyday life. All adapted from strange folk tales passed down for years. They sound true, and the more you think about them, the more unsettling they get. Great for unwinding, but don't try to “unwind” alone in the dead of 1.1kReads—Score10314d adds
- 89 Being the Bright and Cheerful Guy in the Rule Horror 在规则怪谈当阳光开朗大男孩儿 (No female lead + not a wish-fulfillment story + no invincible protagonist + thrills + horror + mystery + plot-driven) If that bothers you, don't read! Completed instances: Death Academy, Train in the Fog, An Unblessed Start to the School Year When eerie instances descend, Zhao Di is chosen as a challenger. Talent draw in progress... Your talent is Sunny, Cheerful Young Man: You're a young man with nothing, but you have a little more luck than everyone else. Would you like to spend one point of 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Infinite Save Scumming: You Bitch, I’m Going to Kill You 无限回档，贱人我要杀了你 [Mystery and horror + infinite retries + twists upon twists + the paranormal returns + tragic fated love] Xue Wen woke up one morning to find that a beautiful, gentle wife had appeared out of nowhere. But that sweet domestic life was a deadly trap. Just as he began to fall for her, the woman beside him devoured him alive! From then on, he unlocked endless respawns after death. Every time he died horribly, he returned to the moment he woke up. After 108 loops, each ending in a gruesome death and 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Corpse Plague 尸瘟 Corpse Plague 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Shocking! I'm the Only Human in the Class 震惊！全班只有我是人 Shocking! I’m the Only Human in the Whole Class 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 A Record of Stitching Corpses in Republican-Era China 民国缝尸录 Republican-Era Records of Corpse Stitching —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Collection of Folk Tales 民间故事会合集 Open this book, and you’ll find that its folk legends and tales are unlike any you’ve read before. These stories are full of fantasy: some are terrifying, some suspenseful, some explore the ugliness of human nature, and others deal with karmic retribution. In this vast world, what hidden folk tales and legends do you know? Step into an ancient, mysterious world and join the author in discovering and experiencing these extraordinary folk stories! 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Ghostfire Beneath the Red Silk 红绸下的鬼火 Ghost Fire Beneath the Red Silk —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Ghostly Shadows Beneath the Threads 丝线下的鬼影 Ghostly Shadows Beneath the Threads 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Cherry-Colored Lies 樱桃色的谎言 Cherry-Colored Lies —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Forgotten, the Unwritten 被遗忘的人，不被书写的人 [A collection of linked stories. Read them one at a time, or follow the overarching plot.] There are always so many people in this world who are forgotten, whose stories are never told. The protagonist is a law-school underachiever who has failed the bar exam twice. Unable to find work, he turns to writing mystery novels just to make ends meet. By a twist of fate, he becomes entangled in one strange and baffling case after another. As he and his companions peel away layer upon layer of mystery a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 One Ghost Story a Chapter: I Warned You, So Don't Blame Me 一章一个鬼故事，吓到你，别怪我 [Traditional Chinese paranormal + Chinese-style horror] [Folktales + eerie rural happenings] Collected from all over and adapted into fiction, these stories include all kinds of folktales and urban legends. They're like the scary stories sold at street stalls, told in plain, simple language, with details that become more terrifying the longer you think about them. Great for unwinding. Each chapter features a different cast of characters. Note: Believe in science and reject superstition. Don't ta 7.5kReads7.3Score39314d adds
- 100 The Purple Rain Descends 紫雨来袭 Also known as "Grief Rises from Within" (Infinite flow + educational themes + no special abilities + not a wish-fulfillment story + twists all the way through) Li Ze, the protagonist, has the ability to empathize. Wherever suffering ignored by society takes place, purple rain falls. It rebuilds that suffering in the victims' minds in distorted, terrifying forms. The monsters, evil spirits, and strange phenomena that emerge from the purple rain retain the defining features of the harm inflicted o 11Reads—Score—14d adds
