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- 1 100 Short Horror Stories 100个恐怖短故事 One hundred spine-chilling tales: a ghostly reflection in the mirror, a cursed videotape, strange noises beneath the bed, witchcraft in an abandoned village, a doll that comes to life, recurring nightmares, sacrificial rituals, a dead voice on the phone, human experimentation, and the arrival of the blood moon. One tale each night, revealing humanity’s deepest fears. 303Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Pressed Down by a Ghost at Midnight 午夜鬼压床 Midnight Sleep Paralysis 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Horror Stories I Tell on the Midnight Radio Come True 午夜电台我讲的恐怖故事都成真了 [Thriller + horror + wild imagination + plot twists] Zhang Mo, a transmigrator whose parents have both died, is forced to inherit the radio station his father left behind, which is on the verge of going under. Then a System suddenly activates, releasing a new horror story every seven days. To his shock, every story comes true in the real world. The radio station reaches its peak, but little by little, Zhang Mo is driven to despair... 804Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 4 One True Ghost Story Every Night 每晚一个真实怪谈 This book features all kinds of short horror stories, from urban legends and rural hauntings to deadly folk customs. There are no drawn-out plotlines, just nonstop high-octane scares, with one bizarre incident after another. Open the book and step into the abyss. The faint of heart should stay away! 10.4kReads—Score470Shelves
- 5 Curse of the Desolate Village 荒村咒怨 [Horror + suspense + mystery] [Step-by-Step Terror Series: Parasites Among the Living] An isolated mountain village is inexplicably struck by a spreading plague. The infected bleed from all seven orifices, while their internal organs liquefy and pour out through openings in their bodies, leaving them to die in gruesome agony. Several medical workers from the nearby town venture into the deadly region to investigate, and one bizarre incident after another unfolds… Can they uncover the truth? Who 316Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 6 The Real and Fake Heiresses: I'm the Beloved Daughter of Both the Southern and Northern Families 真假千金：我在南北两家当团宠 The Real and Fake Heiresses: I’m the Beloved Daughter of Both the Nan and Bei Families 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 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 4.6kReads—Score163Shelves
- 8 The Hour Has Come. 时辰已到。 The time has come. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Day They Crushed Me, I Awakened an Invincible Spirit Body 被踩碎的那天，我觉醒了无敌灵体 The Day I Was Crushed, I Awakened an Invincible Spirit Body —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Esports: Even a Genius Prodigy Works Hard 电竞：天才少年也很努力 Esports: Even the Genius Prodigy Works Hard 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Clear-Headed Female Lead Doesn’t Need to Be Reborn 清醒大女主无需重生 A Clear-Headed Strong Female Lead Doesn't Need to Be Reborn 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Corpse Coffin's Ghostly Fragrance 尸棺鬼香 [The corpse sits in the coffin, the ghost eats incense] [Fate from a past life, continued in this one] A Maoshan Taoist’s path to raising ghosts... After his grandmother dies unexpectedly, Shen Lin happens upon the notes his grandfather left behind. From then on, he begins a ghost-hunting life in which he narrowly escapes death time and time again... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 72-Hour Countdown to Death! 死亡倒计时72小时！ 72 Hours Until Death! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Survive the Haunted Lodge’s Horror Instances Through Deduction 我在诡舍恐怖副本里靠推理存活 [Infinite Flow] [New Book: Lost in a Horror Instance, Surviving Through Deduction] [Not Fanfiction] [Pure Logic and Deduction] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Two Male Leads, No Romance] After Lu Chao received an envelope, he was taken away to a place called the Ghost Lodge: Human Realm Reception Station. When he woke up, he was already facing a horror house instance. The ghosts wouldn't attack at random. But they did have specific times when they could strike. Only when the ghosts were unable 3.6kReads5.2Score260Shelves
- 15 I Am the Perfect Eldest Senior Sister 我是完美大师姐 I’m the Perfect Senior Disciple 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 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... 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Death Novel: Judgment 死亡小说:审判 Death Novel: Judgment 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Myriad Worlds Cultivation System 诸天游戏修仙系统 The Heavens and Worlds Game Cultivation System 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 我靠鼻子证大道 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Red Paper Umbrella: A Soul's Return 红纸伞之念魂归 The Red Paper Umbrella: A Thought to Bring the Soul Home 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Conspiracy: The Amnesia Cage 诡计：失忆囚笼 The Scheme: A Cage of Lost Memories 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 规则怪谈：镜像 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Just Want to Be a Slacker, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 我只想当咸鱼，偏偏要我玩惊悚 All I Want Is to Be a Couch Potato, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The May Day Calamity 五一劫 The May Day Calamity —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Perfect Nanny 完美月嫂 The Perfect Nanny 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Major Crimes Unit Three: The Borrowed Corpse 重案三组之借尸还魂 Three bizarre murder cases, each victim wearing a strange smile. Through deep psychological profiling, forensic pathologist Song Ci discovers that each victim’s final actions imitated a tiny habitual gesture their long-deceased relative used to make. Bai Ye’s technical analysis confirms that traces of brain waves that could not belong to the living, already “formatted,” remain at the crime scenes... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Half-Baked Fortune-Telling Streamer: I Talked My Way Through a Haunted Livestream 半吊子算命主播：我靠忽悠摆平了"闹鬼"直播间 A Half-Baked Fortune-Telling Streamer: I Bluffed My Way Through a “Haunted” Livestream 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Horror Academy: Dormitory 404 恐怖学院：404凶舍 A sensational incident once occurred at the academy. It was later completely covered up. Five years later, the academy opened its doors again. 2kReads—Score181Shelves
- 30 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score369Shelves
- 31 The Deadly Neighbor at Midnight 午夜凶邻 The Neighbor from Hell at Midnight 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班 There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Horrifying! The Eighth One 惊悚！第八个 Horrifying! The Eighth One 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 My Legitimate Daughter Was Framed for Treason, So I Wiped Out His Entire Clan 嫡女被构陷通敌，我反手诛他九族 The legitimate daughter was framed for treason. I struck back and wiped out his entire clan. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Sinner's Daughter Becomes a Miracle Healer, Clears Her Name in the Palace, and Slays Her Enemies 罪臣之女成医仙，金殿翻案诛仇家 The Minister’s Wronged Daughter Becomes a Medical Immortal, Clears Her Family’s Name in the Golden Hall, and Slays Her Enemies 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Horrifying! The Haunted House That Claims Lives 惊悚！索命凶宅 After moving into a haunted house, I discovered the secret behind a murder. I'm a suspense writer. After moving into my new home, I discovered it was a murder house! I stumbled upon some hidden clues that seemed to point to rumors of a murder from years ago! At night, beneath the bright moonlight, I stared in shock at a horribly disfigured face! A woman's rotting corpse was hanging from a tree outside the window! A little boy in a black-and-white photograph, a dried corpse sealed inside a wall, 6.1kReads9.1Score453Shelves
- 37 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 209Reads—Score101Shelves
- 38 Empresses in the Palace: A Concubine's Scheme 甄嬛传-庶女谋 Empresses in the Palace: The Concubine’s Scheme 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Her Graduation Thesis Is Filled with My Name 她的毕业论文，写满了我的名字 Her Graduation Thesis Was Filled with My Name 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Day I Miscarried, He Was Discussing a Project with Someone Else 流产那天，他在和别人谈项目 The day I miscarried, he was discussing a business deal with someone else 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 March of a Hundred Ghosts: I Take the Hungry Ghosts to War 百诡行军：我带饿鬼上战场 [Comedy] [Adventure] Bilige was a half-baked shaman who had somehow ended up in the army. His companions included a Shaanbei fat man who'd eaten himself up to two hundred jin during a famine, a long-legged Northeastern squad leader who would grab a cleaver at the slightest provocation, and a Sichuan opera actor who never told the truth. Together with Wang Laihe, a hotheaded young man who couldn't read a single character, and a little hungry ghost who did nothing but bare its teeth and shout “Hun 163Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own! 354Reads—Score101Shelves
- 43 Endless Devouring: The Unseen Laws 无尽残噬：未见的法则 [Trapped-room opening + survival adventure + graphic gore + unknown creatures + mechanical engineering + contamination + mutation] ~When Zhang Huan wakes up, he finds himself with several strangers in a sealed apartment with no doors. They have all lost their memories. Also trapped with them is a mysterious female corpse in the basement. They decide to find a way out of the carefully designed apartment. The red fog outside the windows grows thicker, and the corpse’s eyes are slowly opening...~ ( 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Haunted City of Dreams 诡梦迷城 [Manhua adaptation and high-quality live-action audio drama now available] [Infinite progression + mystery + mind-bending puzzles + supernatural powers + paranormal horror. No System, no harem, no brainless plot. Read with caution if these are deal-breakers.] When I woke up, everything around me had become eerie and terrifying. My dead roommate called me, repeating over and over the struggle of his final moments... A pair of slender, snow-white legs appeared mysteriously on a bed in the boys' do 42.9kReads8.7Score4.7kShelves
- 45 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 2.7kReads—Score255Shelves
- 46 The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密 Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Seventh Night 头七 The Seventh Day 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 194Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 49 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 90Reads—Score—Shelves
