Novels like Please Don't Give the Dead a Name
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- 51 The Taoist Master of the Funeral Home 殡仪馆的天师 A Celestial Master’s legacy? No thanks. Slaying demons and exorcising evil? Not interested. Lin Yue lands a government job at a funeral home, using the Three-Flavored True Fire to cremate bodies and Five Thunder Talismans to keep the place under control. His boss praises his efficiency, while evil spirits curse him for fighting dirty. The whole city is haunted? Don’t worry. Master Lin from the funeral home will come right to your door. Overtime costs extra. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 This Is a Rule Horror Story, So Why Are You Making Me Dance on a Grave? 这是规则怪谈，你让我坟头蹦迪 [The eerie descends + no saintly do-gooder + survival escape + no System + high IQ] When Chen Mo wakes up with no memories, he finds himself aboard a battered bus with seven strangers, men and women alike. The bus is headed for a tunnel called Yellow Springs, and that is where Chen Mo enters a world of rule-based horrors. Not only must Chen Mo search for clues and fight to survive in this perilous world of bizarre rules, he must also recover every memory he has lost. After enduring countless har —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Jiahao Opens the Heavens to Find a Way to Survive: A Strange Journey to the West and the Path to Immortality 嘉豪开天求生路，诡异西游异仙途 [Infinite Flow + Journey to the West Instances + Sequences + Jiahao Personality + Eerie Tales + Devouring] The gods and Buddhas are dead, and the true scriptures are fake. In this eerie, chaotic age, watch me, Jiahao! The eighty-one trials must be faced in reverse, each one a life-or-death game. Anyone who survives the final trial can rewrite this world, torn apart by the fake scriptures. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Eternal Night: You Want Me to End the Supernatural Era? 永夜：你叫我终结灵异时代？ "My name is Yang Mo. By the time you read this, I'll be dead." "At first, all I wanted was to study hard and get into the university of my dreams, escaping the high school life that offered no glimpse of a future. But it seems I'll never live to see that day..." (Mysterious Revival + before the eternal night falls) (No female lead. You don't need to have read the original; I'll explain the important setting details.) 10.3kReads7.3Score92014d adds
- 55 Mystery Revival: The Terrifying Child 神秘复苏：恐怖小孩 [No System + not a power fantasy + no male lead + no brainless decisions + no saintly heroine + fast-paced] The blood moon sheds no light, and the world is forever dark. Sorrowful cries fill the land, while ghosts roam through the night. She lost everything: the shelter where she barely got by, her last remaining family member, even any hope of survival... She gained a ghost, a terrifying evil spirit whose only purpose was to kill. She would survive, carrying on for her brother too, struggling t 3.3kReads8.0Score31814d adds
- 56 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 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Highway to Hell 地狱公路 “Only sinners may set foot on this road and face the trials of Hell. Only those who pass the trials can wash away their sins and be reborn.” Class A accidentally enters another world on the way to their autumn outing. There is only one road here, a one-way street known as the Hell Road. It is a world that only sinners can enter. The way back has vanished, and the only way to survive is to walk the length of the road and complete one trial after another along the way. “Have you forgotten already? 34Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 58 Writing Correct Characters in the Advent of the Gods 我在神临写正字 [Infinite Flow] [Not Mindless] [Consistent Logic] [Single Female Lead, Much Later] [Deduction] [Story] Have you heard the legend of the Mo River? They say stones float on its surface, one after another, like teeth growing out of the abyss. Behind anyone who steps onto them lies the eerie abyss; ahead is black water with no visible end. With every trial passed, the stones shift a little farther back, farther from the abyss and closer to the truth. Some say the oldest one has crossed a thousand ti 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The First Book by Jinye Guanlan 烬夜观澜的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 520Reads—Score11114d adds
- 60 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
- 61 The Yin-Yang Twin 阴阳双生人 [Mild Horror + The Supernatural] Ming Ye grew up living in a cemetery. Her parents went missing seven years ago and were eventually found dead under bizarre circumstances in the mountains. Seven years later, she became an emergency room doctor. One midnight, she met the Taoist priest Xu Baoyang on a bus as he was out catching ghosts. Later, while tracking clues about his missing master, Xu Baoyang came to the hospital where Ming Ye worked and discovered that a strange hospital orderly had set up —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Death Classroom: Confess Your Sins 死亡教室：请说出你的罪恶 [Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Survival + No Female Lead] Here’s a quick introduction to me in two sentences: First, I’m not very capable. Second, I only have five golden keys. “Mr. Ye Tong, sorry to interrupt, but five golden keys are exceptionally rare across all the Death Classrooms. In other words, you’re already at the top.” “Oh, really? But I stole these keys from my senior fellow apprentice. Does that still count?” “???” Every Death Classroom is filled with all kinds of strang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 I Tamed a Self-Harming Ghost from the Start, and Hurting Myself Heals Me 开局驾驭自残鬼，我自残就能自愈 [Fast-paced + supernatural resurgence + controlling vengeful ghosts + no female lead] "Your name is Ming Ci. By the time you hear this, you'll already be dead." "You are neither human nor ghost. You are an immortal, undying god." "When the supernatural begins to resurge and vengeful ghosts run rampant, bringing suffering to all and pushing the world to the brink of despair, you will plunge a dagger into yourself and roam the human world, driving out ghosts and saving people, punishing evil and p 512Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Fall in Love with the Red-Clad Bride 规则怪谈：开局和红衣新娘谈恋爱 [Rule Horror + One Female Lead + Wife-Centered + System] Are you kidding me? I transmigrated straight into a deadly Rule Horror, and from the start I had to marry an S-rank red-clad bride?! Rule Horror descends, and the whole world becomes a blood-red inferno! Everyone is on edge, seeing affection as a fatal weakness! But I awaken a god-tier golden finger: the [True Love Pact]! Fall in love with a vengeful ghost, and you get stronger?! The [True Love Pact] turns everything upside down! The deepe 373Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Beyond the Constant 恒定之外 [Infinite-Rounds-esque] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Wild Imagination] [Mystery and Wild Imagination] Beneath the Constant, all living beings are pieces on a chessboard. Fate, the script, the favor of destiny, or a predetermined outcome. What people call being reborn and turning your fortunes around is merely a plot the rules have permitted. Whether you lose or break the game, you have only gone from a cage in one script to a cage outside another. Welcome to Beyond the Constant. And I, too, am beyo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Crimson Flower Cup 血色花盏 Blood-Red Flower Cup —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Night Shift Clerk's Countdown 《夜班店员的倒计时》 The Night-Shift Clerk's Countdown 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Clammy Echoes of the Basement 地下室的黏腻回响 The Sticky Echoes of the Basement —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Lucid Darkness 清醒的黑暗 Clear-Eyed Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Eerie Instance: Let the Ghosts See the Power of My Imagination 诡异副本：给诡异看看俺寻思之力 Bizarre Dungeons + Livestreaming + Comedy + "I reckon this thing could work" In rule-based horror stories, if you don't understand the rules, you're unquestionably doomed. He Qu: Aren't rules dead? How can dead things boss me around? And so the rules really did die. Countless people were chosen when bizarre dungeons appeared, but no one had ever been like He Qu. How could he just do whatever he wanted?! In a bizarre hospital, he beat up the helpless Split-Mouth Woman and the faceless janitor. I 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Lost in a Haunted Village 误入恐怖村 An original story. Hope you enjoy it! Lu Chao stumbled into this village by chance, and in doing so, stepped onto a road with no return. Only those chosen by it can see it and enter it. Once chosen to become a resident of the village, there is no going back. The only way to leave is to be cursed by it and killed. To escape, Lu Chao has no choice but to embark on one adventure after another… 282Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 72 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—Score47014d adds
- 73 Rule Horror: I Have a Diary from the Future 规则怪谈：我有未来日记 After graduating from high school, Li Yunsheng suddenly receives an invitation to a summer camp. Other high school students have been invited along with him. [One: Enter the school grounds at the designated time.] [Two: Enter the classroom at the designated time.] [Three: Begin evening self-study at the designated time.] [Four: Students attending the summer camp must wear their respective school uniforms.] The four simple rules don't seem so simple to Li Yunsheng. At that moment, the contents of 759Reads5.5Score14014d adds
- 74 Rule Horror: I'm the Boss at the Krusty Krab 规则怪谈：我在蟹堡王当老板 Rule-based horror + SpongeBob SquarePants + childhood cartoons + horror The male lead has no cheats. He mainly relies on analysis and deduction, and the story has plenty of horror elements. I’ve landed in a rule-based horror world based on SpongeBob SquarePants, and somehow I’ve become the owner of the Krusty Krab? Run the Krusty Krab well, and organize the Eerie invasion! Why has SpongeBob become so creepy? Where did Mr. Krabs go? Will the Spatula Killer really show up? He Yu has no cheats. All 60Reads—Score10214d adds
- 75 The Haunted World: I Can See Things from the Ghosts' Point of View 诡世界：我能看到鬼视角 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + No Female Lead] Every year, countless people around the world vanish without explanation. According to local rumors in Nanshan City, they all seem to have entered another world. No one knows what happened there... But from the moment Li Yenan stepped out of the subway station, he was already inside that world... A woman who knows everything, a strange perspective that only he can see, and rules from the eerie world: it all feels like a game of chess laid out just f 586Reads5.5Score11414d adds
- 76 The Dragon Rises, the Tiger Emerges 龙抬头，虎出山 A peerless beauty, a heaven-blessed darling, goes after a security guard! Underworld bosses and gangland kingpins fight tooth and nail for the chance to kneel before a security guard! Top power players, scions of elite families, and figures who can move heaven and earth are at a security guard’s beck and call, summoned when he wants them and dismissed when he’s done! They say the four legendary sacred books, the Book of Heaven, the Book of the Way, the Book of Physiognomy, and the Book of Burial 166Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 77 A 1,001-Chapter Guide to Avoiding Insurance Pitfalls 保险避坑指南1001章 Here’s the synopsis for "A 1,001-Chapter Guide to Avoiding Insurance Pitfalls": Insurance is an adult’s safety net, and a mirror that lays bare human nature. In the unique format of “mystery stories plus hard-hitting education,” this book recounts the most realistic insurance mishaps ordinary people encounter when buying coverage: the man who mistook a thyroid nodule for a “pimple”; the blank policy that landed two successive wives in court against each other; the fatal phone call about “p 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Tales of the Strange: Nine Chances Out of Ten to Die? Sorry, I Can Rewind 怪谈：九死一生？抱歉，我能回档 [Infinite Flow] [Regression] [Mind Games] [Plenty of Twists] [The Protagonist Has No Cheat Skills] Yao Ze died four times in his very first round. Even with the ability to go back in time, he ended up psychologically scarred. The second instance was a punishment round where he barely escaped with his life, and the boss was downright devious. Relying on information he gathered before each reset, Yao Ze relentlessly tests the rules of the instances. He uses his information advantage to match wits 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 From the Start, I Command the Night Watch Ghost 开局驾驭打更鬼 The protagonist is cautious and doesn't act recklessly. This story focuses on evil ghosts. The blurb isn't doing it justice; there's a detailed introduction in the book-search forum. He uses other people to test the ghosts' abilities, so don't read if that's not for you. An Eerie Revival setting with a Wasteland world, an original Tomato novel, not fanfiction. [Eerie Revival] [Wasteland] [Everyone Is a Villain] Over a hundred ghosts, all emotionless, unpredictable killing machines! Bone-Melting 1.9kReads—Score17914d adds
- 80 The School of Terror 恐怖艺校 Also known as "The Horror Art School: I Fell in Love with a Taoist Priest" [Supernatural + Romance + Transmigration + Wild Imagination] During those three years at school, many strange and terrifying things happened. At midnight, a sinister atmosphere would descend over the school... The year Ye Xue'er attended art school, she fell in love with him at first sight and decided to follow him, staying by his side as they worked together to spread the art of Taoism far and wide... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 A Hundred-Year-Old Villager’s Tales of Ghosts and the Supernatural 农村百岁老人口述鬼怪奇谈 I grew up in the countryside, and whenever I had free time, I liked listening to centenarians in the village tell strange tales of ghosts and other uncanny events from days gone by. I have collected, recorded, and adapted these folk stories. There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story. Not for the faint of heart!!! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Chinese-Style Horror Stories 中式恐怖小说 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Mystery Revival: I Am the Night Wanderer 神秘复苏：吾乃夜游神 [Eerie Revival] + [Sleepwalking Ghost] + [Slow-paced] + [No heroine] I am “Wuchang.” By the time you read this, the vengeful ghost will already be standing behind you... Ghosts run rampant, and the mortal world has become a prison. The sleepwalking ghost wanders at midnight, spreading death. The mimic ghost speaks in stolen voices, and once its words fall, lives are lost. The ghost that clings to clothing teleports in search of a body. The mirror ghost creates a world in its reflection and repla 224Reads—Score11414d adds
- 84 No Responsibility for Scaring You to Tears 吓哭不负责 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Ghost stories] [Chinese-style horror] [Based on true events] [Reader submissions] [Chilling when you think about it] [Bizarre tales] [Beyond the realm of science] [Plainspoken prose, no literary flourishes] [Just stories] Not for the faint of heart! Don’t read late at night! Folklore, haunted houses, eerie village incidents, urban vengeful spirits, supernatural curses, and even non-supernatural stories that are chilling when you think about them... A collection 24.3kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 85 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Command a Skeleton Ghost 恐怖复苏：开局驾驭骷髅鬼 Bones, flesh, skin, and internal organs: they can belong to the living, or to a ghost. In this world of the Five Turbidities, hell is empty. Vicious ghosts are returning, and the human world is on the brink of collapse. After Bai Mu unexpectedly gains control of a skeleton ghost, he begins to rise step by step: clearing the forbidden zones of the living, opening the Road to the Yellow Springs, suppressing ten thousand ghosts, and becoming a new god. 336Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Horror National Fate: The Five-Organ Ghost Gods Help Me Evacuate a Million People 惊悚国运：五脏诡神助我百万撤离 [Patriotic + Dark Humor + Harem + Fast-Paced + Supernatural Horror + Loot, Fight, Extract + Five Ghost Wives] A global horror trial begins, forcing every country to take part. While contestants from other countries are fighting for their lives, Lin Ye and the [Five Ghost Wives Within His Organs] are frantically looting, fighting, and extracting! “Heart Madam scouts the area, Liver Madam clears the monsters, Spleen Madam grabs the loot, Lung Madam covers our retreat, Kidney Madam… stop flirting w 37Reads—Score11514d adds
- 87 I’m the Only Ordinary Person at the Company 公司就我一个普通人 [Official introduction: Lovecraftian horror + Chinese-style horror, grotesque bodily mutations, mental corruption, vengeful evil spirits, uncontrollable desires... Told from the perspective of a rookie investigator with no supernatural abilities. Male lead: Liu Fan, a college graduate with no supernatural abilities. The brains of the group, a deadpan oddball who loves ill-timed wisecracks and goes insane with a perfectly straight face. Female lead 1: Lu Ningxia, a female ghost and the boss of a 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 When the Military Faces the Unknowable 当军队面对不可名状之物 When the army faces the indescribable 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Infinite Flow: Eerie and Terrifying Dungeons 无限流：诡异惊悚副本 [Infinite Flow]+ [Horror Escape Instances]+ [No Cultivation, Just Mind Games] “Qi Qiushui, I’m Xia Xiaoxiao. By the time you read this message, I’ll be dead.” “Whatever you do, don’t open the Blood Gate Forum later!! Don’t!!” A strange message from the already-dead Xia Xiaoxiao, the mysterious Blood Gate Forum, and an eerie bus that travels between reality and illusion all drag Qi Qiushui into the instances of the Infinite Flow. In the brightly lit hotel corridors, a glance to the side revea 8.3kReads5.7Score76614d adds
- 90 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
- 91 Mystery Revival: From the Start, I Survived a Battle Royale 神秘复苏：开局经历大逃杀 In an age when the supernatural has gone global, a ghost is after him from the start. If he wants to survive, getting stronger is his only option... 487Reads5.4Score10114d adds
- 92 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Hall of Mirrors 镜厅 [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [One Heroine] + [Instances] The moment you step inside, you enter the endless Mirror Abyss. Every Mirror Abyss holds the lingering obsession of someone who has died. The rules for survival must be tested with human lives. More terrifying than ghosts are human hearts. Some stand shoulder to shoulder in the darkness, while others stab their companions in the back when all seems lost. Can the rifts deep within the Mirror Abyss ever be repaired? Put your mind to 3kReads6.4Score35714d adds
- 94 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
- 95 Tales of Strange Happenings Among the People 民间诡事杂谈 Never enter a temple in the barren hills alone. Never talk about ghosts and spirits on a night road. Never bury the dead in the center of a burial plot. Pork butchers often can't draw their last breath when they die. The world is full of strange things. What seems ordinary can be deadly. Don't believe me? Turn around and take a look. 275Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Rule Horror: I Clear the Eerie Instances by Playing Dead 规则怪谈：我靠装死通关诡异 [Not a power fantasy + No heroine + Shocking twists + Major foreshadowing + Cthulhu Mythos + A touch of the Backrooms + Mind-bending mystery + National fate + Livestreaming + Original mini-dungeons] [My brainpower is limited, so there won’t be much foreshadowing. I promise this won’t be dragged out or end badly.] Three years after the world was plunged into the uncanny, challengers’ talents were ranked from lowest to highest: C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS. So Bai Lan was stunned when the talent she dr 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Eerie Apocalypse: Endless Migration, Never Stop 诡异末世：无尽迁徙，不要停留 [Bizarre Apocalypse + Mild Horror + Not Mindless + Not Invincible + Supernatural Sequences + Road Survival + Leveling Up + Ensemble Cast] Note: This novel contains all kinds of bizarre supernatural creatures, including rules-based horror and mystery-solving plots. The protagonist grows over time and is ruthless but has his limits. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. In 2136, everyone could awaken a supernatural sequence. Mo An had the most useless one of all: the Creation Sequence. In history 759Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Death Save-Scumming: I'm Really Not a Big Shot 死亡回档：我真的不是大佬啊 [Rule-Based Horror + Not Overpowered + No Female Lead + Supernatural + National Fate] Rule-based horror has descended upon Earth. The supernatural has entered reality. Those who are chosen will enter the world of horror scenarios and represent their respective countries in challenges governed by strange rules. Su Ming has now been chosen by the world of horror scenarios. He will represent the Dragon Kingdom in the challenge. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Corpse Bearer 抬尸人 Have you ever carried a corpse? Can you imagine what it feels like to carry the body of a young, beautiful girl who died only recently? I'll never forget it for the rest of my life. And after carrying that body, I was never the same again. 854Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 100 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
