Novels like One Haunting a Day
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as One Haunting a Day, best match first.
- 51 The Nightmare Apartment [Dark Comedy] 恶梦公寓【黑色幽默】 [Horror, paranormal, infinite flow, pure horror with no humor] [Realistic instances with richly developed backstories] My name is Chen Lin. The story begins one night when I get a distress call from my younger sister. It isn't until I enter an ancient castle with four people of unknown origins that I realize what a terrifying, desperate world lies hidden beneath our own... “There's no such thing as undeserved good fortune. The source of the light is the true essence of evil.” “When you read this —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Prison of Hair 发丝之狱 Prison of Hair —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Growing Back a Severed Finger 断指增殖 Severed Finger Proliferation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Strange Case Files 诡局录 [No System + No Cultivation + No Foolish Protagonist + Traditional Supernatural Horror + Mystery and Suspense] My name is Shang Tian, and I’m a man cursed by an evil spirit. It was a lottery ticket that should never have existed. Its dark, yellow-black background looked soaked in old blood and night; the glaring red lettering wasn’t a set of lucky numbers, but an invitation to hell. When I scratched it off, overjoyed and thinking I’d found a lifeline to a hundred-thousand-yuan jackpot, my finge 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Netherworld's Yellow Earth 幽冥黄土地 The Underworld’s Yellow Earth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 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
- 57 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... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 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
- 59 This Ghost Story Is Pretty Interesting 这个鬼故事有点意思 The rating for this new book has just come in. It'll go up later, so don't worry and enjoy! [Standalone Stories] [Supernatural Horror] [Urban Legends] [Strange Tales from the Countryside] [Based on True Stories] [Tales of Spirits and Strange Creatures] [Love Between Humans and Ghosts] There is no overarching plot. Every chapter is a standalone story. Some stories are adapted from real cases, some are compiled from urban and rural legends, and some… some are completely made up by the author. Come 5.1kReads8.4Score42214d adds
- 60 What Came Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rolled In 浓雾起时，从山里跟回来的东西 The Thing That Followed Me Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rose 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 61 The Eerie Portrait at the Wake 守灵夜的诡异遗像 The Eerie Portrait at the Wake 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人 The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Water Ghost 水鬼 Water Ghost 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Strange and Supernatural Things I’ve Heard and Seen 那些我所闻所见的灵异事 I’ll tell stories about the strange things that have happened to me over the years, along with the folk secrets and I Ching mysticism I’ve learned. At the start of each story, I’ll say whether I experienced it myself or heard it from someone else. I may not tell them in chronological order. I need to remember and organize everything, so I’ll just talk about whatever comes to mind. Things I experienced myself may be exaggerated, but they’re absolutely true. As for some of the stories I’ve heard, 2.2kReads—Score14614d adds
- 65 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The Paper Bride 聊斋灵异故事：纸妻 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The Paper Wife 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Don't Look Down, There's a Ghost Beneath You 别低头，地下有鬼 Don't Look Down, There's a Ghost Below —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Paranormal Ghost Story: The Lingering Yin Debt 灵异鬼故事：残阴债 A Ghost Story: The Lingering Yin Debt 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Don't Touch That Red Coffin 别碰那口红棺 Don't Touch That Red Coffin 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 My Best Friend Urged Me to Get a Tattoo, But I Ended Up Tattooing Ghost Skin 闺蜜劝我纹身，可我竟然纹了鬼皮 My best friend urged me to get a tattoo, but somehow I ended up tattooing ghost skin on myself 93Reads—Score214d adds
- 70 The Water Stain That Never Dries 永远拧不干的水渍 The Water Stain That Never Dries —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The School Cemetery Office at the Medical College 医学院里的校墓处 Supernatural + campus horror + strange tales from a bygone era + folk magic + crime-solving In 1996, I enrolled in medical school. In the campus's northwest corner stood a sealed-off west annex, known among the students as the School Cemetery. Disappearances, madness, hanging... Every tragedy pointed to an anatomy lesson plan from the Republic of China era. I never believed in the supernatural, until a girl came to me: “You’re the only one who can break the curse.” I broke into the building l —Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 72 Chronicles of Strange Folk Tales 民间怪谈事件录 Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! The 1980s and 1990s saw one bizarre incident after another in Jubao Village: Zhao Laohei, who rose from the dead at the execution ground... The woman who hanged herself in town, her whole face turned a purplish black... The ghost child encountered during a game of hide-and-seek on the Ghost Festival... The terrifying bamboo fiend in the old bamboo grove... People and ghosts playing cards in a yin-yang card game.. 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 33Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 74 The Crimson Flower Cup 血色花盏 Blood-Red Flower Cup —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Night Shift Clerk's Countdown 《夜班店员的倒计时》 The Night-Shift Clerk's Countdown 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Clammy Echoes of the Basement 地下室的黏腻回响 The Sticky Echoes of the Basement —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Lucid Darkness 清醒的黑暗 Clear-Eyed Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Terrifying Supernatural Events I Experienced Myself 亲身经历的恐怖灵异事件 Terrifying supernatural encounters I experienced firsthand 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 79 Return from the Forbidden Zone: I Brought the Missing Back from the Warp 禁地归人之我从亚空间带回失踪者 Every year, a million people mysteriously vanish around the world, and none ever return. Then Zhong Jiale discovered that the window in his bedroom was actually a gateway to forbidden pocket dimensions! Ruined ghost cities, deep-sea prisons, apocalyptic exclusion zones, ancient ruins... Everyone else went in to die, but he went in to save people, seize treasures, and become a god! He rescued billionaires from hell and brought back relatives who had been missing for a century through a rift in ti 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Black Dog of Misty Mountain 雾山黑犬 Black Dog of Mist Mountain 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Twelve Ghosts 十二鬼魂 Twelve Ghosts 17Reads—Score214d adds
- 82 Horrifying Hauntings: Ghost Stories 恐怖灵异诡：鬼故事 Do you really think stories are just stories? In fact, behind every story lies a real event! In this book, I wrote a story about the last bus on Route 24. To experience what it would really feel like, I set myself a goal: for seven days straight, I'd ride the last Route 24 bus from its starting point to its final stop, then ride it all the way back. And that's where the story begins...! 389Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Mysterious Curse 1 神秘诅咒1 [Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Folk Taboos + A Passionate Coming-of-Age Story] Enter a sinister world concealed beneath the bustle of the modern city! I have no control over life or death. My name is Zhang Wen. I thought getting into college would let me escape that bleak village in the southwest. Then my grandfather died suddenly, with these words written in cinnabar on his palm: "Dig three feet down at the southeast corner of the wall." I unearthed a bloodstained notebook. Its fir 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Possessed by a Vengeful Spirit: Who Peeled Off My Face? 冤魂附体·谁剥了我的脸皮？ Possessed by a Vengeful Ghost: Who Peeled Off My Face? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Terrifying Tales 惊魂诡事 Deep, silent alleyways, eerie, terrifying deserted villages, reed marshes choked with weeds... Every scene holds some of my most unforgettable memories! Everything that happens in this book is something I saw or heard myself. You can also read it as a story. Curious about the supernatural tales that have taken place in rural villages and mountain hamlets? Have you ever heard of or seen something that made your hair stand on end? If you find yourself sleepless in the dead of night, put on your he 304Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 86 One Thousand and One Modern Tales of the Supernatural 一千零一个，现代灵异故事 [Based on True Stories] [Folktales] [Horror and the Supernatural] The stories in this novel feel full of everyday life. The people and events in every story are portrayed in a realistic way, bringing to life the supernatural experiences of all the main and supporting characters. If you’re a horror story fan, don’t miss this novel. (If you get scared, call your best hapless friend over… so you can be scared together.) 5.2kReads7.0Score21214d adds
- 87 Black Coffin: The Hidden Treasure 黑棺：归藏 One night, I was working overtime until late when the elevator suddenly went out of control and descended all the way to Floor -18. The doors opened onto a corridor, a bus, and seven strangers. A voice said, “Welcome to the Black Coffin Manor. Keep vigil for seven days. Do not look directly at the coffin. “One of you is not human. “Find them within seven days, or be killed by them.” I thought it was just a nightmare. Until the first person to run had his head twisted off, a black handprint 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Sewing Up Corpses at the Funeral Home, Until I Stitched Up My Blind Date 殡仪馆缝尸，缝到相亲对象 I learned corpse sewing from my grandma as a child. Before I even graduated from vocational school, funeral homes everywhere were clamoring to hire me. My monthly salary was 100,000 yuan, plus commission. Everyone said it was easy money, but nobody knew that a corpse seamstress stitches flesh and skin while laying restless souls to rest. My very first job went horribly wrong. When the body bag opened, I recognized that face at once. Wasn’t she the girlfriend who had slept beside me last night? A 1.4kReads6.9Score11814d adds
- 89 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
- 90 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
- 91 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
- 92 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
- 93 Fogbound Game: Please Follow the Bloodstained Rules 迷雾游戏，请遵守血色规则 [Supernatural Infinite Flow, no power leveling, no System, human ingenuity, not a conventional power fantasy] Chen Mo, a high school teacher who believes in reason and logic, steps into an old alley shrouded in urban legends and is inexplicably dragged into a nightmare called the “Mist Game.” Every deadly game has a hidden, blood-red rule. And he’s the only one who can see it. 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Super Scary: Spine-Chilling Horror Stories 超级恐怖：耸人听闻的恐怖故事 [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Reader Submissions] [Chilling on Second Thought] [Strange Stories] [Plainspoken Storytelling] [No Fancy Prose] [A New Protagonist Every Chapter to Keep You Immersed] I pieced these stories together bit by bit from old folks around the country, private messages from netizens, and country gossip. They're all little ghost stories I heard before bed. I've rewritten them in plain, easy-to-follow language without beating around the bush. I just 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 A Horror Mobile Game Bleeds into Reality 恐怖手游映照现实 “‘You’ll Die If You Don’t Play’? What a weird name for a mobile game. Does that mean I have to play it?” Li Cong tapped the game without thinking. The screen went black the next second. A few seconds later, five blood-red characters appeared on the screen... “‘You’ll Die Even If You Play!’” “Holy crap!” Li Cong couldn’t help wanting to swear. This game was genuinely terrifying! He hadn’t even started playing, and he’d already died twice! 15Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 96 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—14d adds
- 97 Ghost Stories of the Southwest 西南鬼事 This is a collection of ghost stories from southwest China, made up of a series of medium-length tales. Some may be part of your childhood, some may be stories you've told yourself, and others may be stories you've never heard. Today, let Xiao An tell you these strange and wondrous tales, one by one. 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 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
- 99 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Night Tales from the Haunted House: 1,000 Folk Ghost Stories 诡舍夜话：1000个民间鬼故事 [Changting 9.0 Rating] [A Must-Read for Women Late at Night] [Urban Horror] Don't read this late at night! A thousand standalone tales of the eerie, guaranteed to make you afraid to walk alone after dark! This collection features sinister events passed down through generations in rural lanes and villages, as well as bizarre tales widely shared online. Each chapter is a story of its own, so there's no need to wait for updates. Just open it and start reading! The faint sobbing from a corner of an 4.5kReads—Score15414d adds
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