Novels like The Haunted Corridor
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Haunted Corridor, best match first.
- 1 The Incense Gatherer 收香人 One of the Holy Lord's subordinates is known as the Fragrance Collector. I am that Fragrance Collector. If you make crooked wishes and earn blood money, your body has already become withered incense, with karmic fire smoldering within. When I come, I carry no blade and spill no blood. I only light a stick of incense for you. As it burns down, your sins are revealed. When it is gone and the censer cools, your life returns to the underworld. Do not look back. Do not beg for mercy. When the smoke r 0Votes981Recs5.3kFans
- 2 Major Crimes Police Chief 重案警长 A bizarre case. A strange corpse. The Serious Crimes Unit is pulled into one whirlpool after another, as a web of connections seems to link all manner of baffling cases. A case within a case, a scheme within a scheme: how can the team solve one mystery after another? How can they expose conspiracy after conspiracy? Can they uncover the secret buried deepest of all? An unexpected incident during an arrest leaves the captain in a coma. Faced with challenge after challenge, what will become of the 0Votes2.5kRecs4.6kFans
- 3 The Great Sculptor 大雕刻家 Sculpt a god for a world without faith Carve me beneath the god, singing Sculpt a demon for the prosperous city Then sculpt an altar Sculpt a minion to keep me company Then sculpt a crown to place upon my head Sculpt glory and treasure surrounding me From this moment on, I am the king of the world Sculpt the flames of war and those who have passed away Life withers and dies amid disaster Sculpt the myriad things of the universe and the firmament Sculpt the undying starry sky Sculpt sacrifice and 0Votes4.4kRecs17.2kFans
- 4 Mystic Hero 玄侠 I've slept amid a hundred thousand troops and cursed in the imperial palace; I've gotten drunk before the founding master and killed beneath a Buddha statue. The chivalrous spirit of wandering the world is free and easy, while kingdoms and dynasties pass like dreams. Whether in the jianghu or the court, whether seeking freedom or power, in the end, one's fate is not one's own. When spring dawns and the rain lets up, he is still the same young man as before. 0Votes12.6kRecs74.4kFans
- 5 The Weather Is Sunny 天气很晴朗 The weather is lovely. Whatever it is, we'll get through it. 0Votes15.3kRecs15.7kFans
- 6 What Should I Do Now That I've Become a Vengeful Ghost? 变成了厉鬼怎么办？ The world changed overnight. White light rained down from the sky, dividing Blue Star into more than 6,000 zones. Every month, 50 zones see new paranormal incidents. “This time’s paranormal incident is... finding Chen Xiao’s corpse?” Chen Xiao looked down. He was completely hollow. “Am I dead?” “Have I become a ghost?” “Then do I still need to look for... myself?” (The protagonist will be resurrected near the end of Volume One. For now, the story is told mainly from a human perspective. The outl 39Votes27.9kRecs248.6kFans
- 7 EN The Eerie Overseer 诡异监管者 (A somewhat dark tone, with no romance.) Seventeen black-and-white portraits in a mysterious hotel, Ten rooms filled with ghosts, A handful of survivors struggling in a haunted place. Complete the incomprehensible paths to survival, usher the world’s anomalies into residence, revive through multiple personalities… Ji Li is unlike any of the previous managers of this strange hotel. He has never been a normal person. 22Votes80.4kRecs141.8kFans
- 8 The Game of the Guilty 罪徒游戏 (Due to the author's work commitments, updates may be slow. Feel free to let the story build up before you start reading...) [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Dark Tone] [Original Instances] Greed, brutality, coldness, the pursuit of profit... Destruction, death, upheaval, change... In a world where God is dead, there are no deities. A despairing society breeds twisted individuals. Self-serving opportunists skulk along the edge of the shadows, sneering as they embrace their own demise. Qi Bai aw 34Votes30.5kRecs28.9kFans
- 9 I’m Immortal, So I Speedrun Horror Games 不死的我速通灵异游戏 “As the record holder for the most cleared supernatural instances, what's your secret to speedrunning them?” “Always treat death with reverence.” “Do you mean that even the strongest can die, so you must be cautious no matter what kind of supernatural phenomenon you face?” “No, I mean, I was looking to die in the first place.” Wu Wang smiled, slit his wrist, drank a bottle of paraquat, and walked away as if he'd made up his mind. He entered another supernatural instance with a 0% survival rate. 125Votes46.4kRecs307.2kFans
- 10 The Corpse-Driving Craftsman 赶尸匠 [A new novel by Luo Xiaoyang, author of The Three Corpse’s Words] The Chen River runs cold as corpse drivers travel by night. The dead demand passage, the living must keep away! A little ghost carries the coffin, with the living as its attendants. The dead open their eyes; the coffin falls, and people die! Guide the souls across the river, use the Seven Stars to subdue the corpse. Nine lions bow to the elephant, trick the heavens and cross the sea! This is a world you’ve never encountered before 181Votes64.1kRecs230.7kFans
- 11 EN Welcome to the Sinister Game 欢迎来到诡诞游戏 (Mild horror, infinite-flow, folk customs, Chinese-style Lovecraftian horror) Zhou You always thought his life would be perfectly ordinary. An ordinary birth, an ordinary childhood, ordinary studies... then an utterly ordinary death from a terminal illness. Until he came across an equally unremarkable black book. From then on, the “ordinary” stepped into the “extraordinary.” The inescapable Building Four, the haunted old district, the fleshy Tai Sui singing an ascension opera, the indescribable 222Votes65.9kRecs357.7kFans
- 12 EN Infinite Horror Game 无限诡异游戏 Rules feed on gods, and gods offer all living beings as sacrifices. The eerie game is a trap, and the resurgence of the occult is its medium. Beneath the austere veneer lies an indescribable terror. Unwilling to be shackled by fate, Si Qi leaps beyond his restraints. He shreds morality and dances alone on the boundary between black and white; he breaks free of the rules and builds his own 7Votes55.7kRecs233.6kFans
- 13 A Tianjin Native Never Loses SAN 天津人永不掉SAN You have your unspeakable horrors; I have my storytelling, jokes, and singing. In a steam-powered civilization surrounded by all manner of ancient and outer gods, ordinary people are twisted into madness by the slightest contact with ancient knowledge. Liu Yonglu, a young crosstalk performer from Tianjin, transmigrates into this world. Face to face with the old gods and their kin, he stays perfectly calm, picks up the clappers at hand, and launches into a routine. “Clap these bamboo boards toget 9Votes87.7kRecs194.9kFans
- 14 EN Rules of the Uncanny: 4016 规则类怪谈：4016 [A true-to-the-original Lovecraftian rules-based horror mystery. Already certified as a premium title, quality guaranteed. But if you're looking for a power fantasy, think twice before reading.] To earn a generous bonus for experiencing college life, Lin Yi and his roommates sign up to visit a university in the suburbs. Student regulations that seem ordinary at first glance, yet feel a little off; Strange notices outside the academic buildings, alongside rules for those buildings that seem perfe 7Votes79.2kRecs287.5kFans
- 15 Ascending to the Jade Palace 上玉阙 “Your fate is yours to decide, not Heaven's? And you want to go to Hexi? Nice ambition. Then head to the bottom of the river and practice holding your breath. Come back up in three days.” “Feeding yourself to demonic beasts on the Western Sea front is a contribution to the Immortal Alliance. Serving as an officer in the Alliance is also a contribution. There’s no difference in status.” “Locking down the rules of cultivation is good for everyone. The low-level cultivators just can't see reason. W 33Votes170.5kRecs598.8kFans
- 16 High Martial: I Inherited the Evil Organization from the Game 高武：我继承了游戏里的邪恶组织 People don’t have to pay for the sins they commit in games, right~ So, In reality, I’m timid and submissive, but in games, I strike with all my might. In reality, I obey the law and love peace; in games, I leave not a blade of grass standing and rivers of blood in my wake. Originally, There shouldn’t have been any problem, Until the timelines of the game and reality overlapped, and I actually inherited the extremely evil organization I had created in the game… 14Votes106.5kRecs596.1kFans
- 17 EN Absurd Deduction Game 荒诞推演游戏 An eerie mansion is steeped in the unknowable and uncanny, and criminals skilled at hiding lurk within. Yu Xing clutches a dagger, looking like a lamb ready for slaughter in front of the big shots. A scraping, rustling sound comes from the attic, as if something is crawling. His temporary teammates say, “Go investigate the attic.” Yu Xing: “All right...” A monster blocks their only escape route. His temporary teammates say, “Go draw it away. Hurry, or we'll make sure you don' 11Votes310kRecs489.8kFans
- 18 I Loaded a Strange Tales Game 我加载了怪谈游戏 He transmigrates to Japan and becomes a high school student named Kamiya Gawa. Looking around, he sees: Hanako waiting in the bathroom for someone to knock on the door; the Slit-Mouthed Woman roaming the streets with scissors in hand; Miss Mary's relentless calls, each one heralding death; endless wailing and barking in Inunaki Village; Ubume searching for the child who died long ago; and the Blue Lantern smiling as she urges passersby to play One Hundred Ghost Lanterns... In this broken world o 6Votes154.9kRecs476.3kFans
- 19 EN Who Hid My Corpse?! 谁把我的尸体藏起来了！ “You know, I used to be the most powerful person in the world. Even the gods couldn’t do anything to me. If I can get my body back, I can come back to life.” “So?” “So... who hid my corpse!” 1Votes182.8kRecs672.8kFans
- 20 EN I Swear I’m Not a Demon Masquerading as a Human 不许没收我的人籍 “She was a demon to begin with. How could meeting a human like me have turned her bad? Those critics are always saying the most ridiculous things.” In 1798, Cardinal Lanci was asked by a reporter about his past with the exiled princess, the last scion of the demon race, and the recent signs of the demons’ resurgence. He replied: “I’ve done far too much to defend world peace. I’m quite certain that, under her leadership, the demon race has no chance of restoring its kingdom.” … In the winter of 301Votes505kRecs2.5MFans
- 21 EN Lord of Pro 普罗之主 His name is Li Banfeng. Feng as in mountain peak, not as in going crazy. His doctor has told him he isn’t insane. To save a friend’s life, he went to Platform 96, boarded Steam Train 1160, and arrived in Puluo Province, where the world had been stuck in the age of steam. He met a confidante in an old gramophone, peerless beauties on calendar posters, a swaying lady in an antique clock, and a worldly master in a wine gourd. Here, food cultivators grow stronger the more they eat, smoking cultivato 145Votes729.7kRecs2MFans
- 22 Peddling Sin 贩罪 A genius. Withdrawn, lonely, obsessive, mad. Whenever the times change, he raises the banner of the Inverted Cross. Success makes him a prince or minister; failure leaves him among maggots and filth. In times of chaos, people of exceptional talent flock to his side from every corner. In the hidden corners of the city, he looks down upon the world. In this life, there is only one person he cares about. 28Votes187kRecs547.5kFans
- 23 EN My House of Horrors 我有一座冒险屋 [A reprint of the simplified Chinese edition of this book will soon be published by Motie Publishing House] Chen Ge inherited an adventure house left behind by his missing parents. Business was dismal, until a phone he stumbled upon while tidying the place changed everything. Complete the different-difficulty tasks assigned by the phone each day, and the adventure house can be repaired or even expanded! So Chen Ge began exploring forbidden zones across the country to gather material, incorporati 646Votes7MRecs5.1MFans
- 24 Thriller Paradise 惊悚乐园 This is a game that transcends dimensions. It is also a race in pursuit of truth. An unknown seal, a wager with ghosts and gods… The struggle of data, the salvation of humanity… In that virtual world connected to reality, consciousness determines us, consciousness chooses us, and consciousness determines our consciousness. Now, cast away your fear. Cast away your selfish distractions, questions, and distrust… Liberate your mind. Welcome to the Thriller Paradise. The physical edition of “Thril 253Votes4.2MRecs3.5MFans
