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1. 551 谍 Espionage: The Little Spy's Great Reversal 谍战：小特务大逆袭 Si Ruolan思若兰Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Love for the Nation + Passionate Resistance Against Japan + One Heroine + Tense, Thrilling Plot + Ruthless and Decisive] With our nation on the brink of destruction, we have no choice but to risk everything and fight to save it. Military academy student Qin Tian transmigrates to the snowbound city of 1938 and becomes director of the General Affairs Section of the secret service bureau. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy, but in truth, he is a long-time undercover agent for the Communist P 7.9kReads8.6Score56114d adds
2. 552 追 Chasing the Wind: I Am Wei Ruolai 追风者：我是魏若来 Songbreaker歌破Urban331k WordsOngoing Transmigrating to Shanghai during the Republic of China, in an age of awakening where the tides of change make survival difficult. The protagonist joins the Central Bank of Shanghai. Reborn with memories from a later era, he can see what lies ahead. A literary giant, a trendsetter, the 128 Resistance War, and a stock certificate scandal. 172Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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   The Republican era. The 1930s.

3. 553 谍 Espionage: I Have a Double Possession, and You Want Me to Be an Informant? 谍战：我双重附体，让我做线人？ Missl Miss LiMissl李小姐Urban256k WordsCompleted [Humorous and funny] [No romance, no do-gooder heroine] [Self-interest above all] [Feel free to dive in] Gou Dadan is timid and afraid of trouble. The chaos of wartime turns him into a fastidious egoist. From the start, he transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, just before the nationwide resistance against Japan begins, and becomes an ordinary soldier. [Early story] Forced to become a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he brings along his blind younger sister. Military Statistics Burea 36Reads8.1Score—14d adds
4. 554 挽 I Embrace the Moon Reflected in the Clear Huai 挽月映清淮 Qing Yan Qiwu青晏栖梧Modern Romance97k WordsOngoing In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, foreign invaders’ iron hooves shattered the land. Beiping fell, Nanjing was under threat, and flames of war spread across the nation. He told her, “I want to be someone who lives to see tomorrow with you.” 26Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Using a dilapidated temple as her base, Su Wanyue treats anti-Japanese soldiers, but faces a dire shortage of medicine. She risks her life to infiltrate a Japanese military hospital, where she encounters Gu Qinghuai, an undercover agent. He secretly lets her through, and the two are drawn into an even more dangerous espionage vortex.

5. 555 女 Disguised as a Man: The Young Warlord Storms the Green Gang 女扮男装：军阀少帅勇闯青帮 Full Moon Su满月苏Two Female Leads220k WordsCompleted “Strong female lead + dual female leads + angst + ensemble cast” An alternate Republic of China era, a fantastical world A warlord’s young marshal, second in power only to The Outcast, and the famed cross-dressing beauty known as “Young Master” in the bustling foreign concessions, is stripped of her position overnight. Misunderstood and estranged from her father, the president, at odds with her elder brother, drawing guns on her Green Gang comrades, and, at that very moment, abandoned by the per 102Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This book is really good.

6. 556 穿 Back to the 1940s: Fleeing Famine to Shanghai 穿回四十年代逃荒去上海 Longing for a Girl盼妞Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted In 1942, Wang Li woke up in a cellar and discovered she had transmigrated into the body of a landowner’s wife. From the start, she was fleeing famine, and along the way she got separated from her companions. Well, if she had to flee, she had to flee! Life hadn’t been great in the modern world either. Now it was just her and a simple-minded girl. After enduring all kinds of hardships, they finally made it to Shanghai and bought a house. In her spare time, she even helped herself to the belongings 2.7kReads8.2Score13614d adds

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   The side stories are also great; fans of Republican-era fiction should definitely check them out.

7. 557 金 Jinling Nights 金陵夜 Lan Ze兰泽Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted He is the powerful and ambitious Commander of Jiangbei, with authority over all under Heaven. She is a lowly, illegitimate daughter from Jiangnan who has endured endless humiliation. One fleeting glimpse in the night of Jinling, and he took her to heart. Little did he know that once he did, it would be for a lifetime. 47Reads9.2Score—14d adds

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   The female protagonist has two marriages. The first one was very cruel and abusive to her, while the second one was very kind, falling in love with her at first sight and getting rid of her concubines.

8. 558 云 Sunset on Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 云顶落霞：幽灵骑士 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我8k WordsCompleted Sunset on the Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 28Reads—Score—14d adds

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   In "Night Shanghai: Triumph in Shanghai," Japanese agents Okada and Nakajima Shigeko collaborate to steal a defense map of Pukou. Lin Ge discovers their scheme in time, strengthening the defenses and thwarting the Japanese hopes of undermining the Nationalist government.

9. 559 穿 Transmigrated as a Maid in the Republic of China, I Turned the Young Master and Miss Into Completely Different People 穿成民国丫鬟，爆改小姐少爷 Ri Yue Xing Chen日玥星辰Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted (An alternate-history Republican-era setting, with a highly intelligent heroine who has many skills and is also a formidable fighter) Special forces soldier Zhong Xia transmigrated to the Republican era and became the maid of the Su family’s young lady, Su Qianning. Su Qianning was hopelessly lovestruck, willing to lay down her life for a scumbag and lavish money on him, only for him to treat her as a backup option. Zhong Xia thought the money would be better spent supporting the country. At the 2.1kReads9.0Score26014d adds

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   ① The female protagonist, having just transmigrated to the Republican era, faces starvation due to famine. She eats a pancake given to her by a kind person and accepts a dying request to find a contact, slowly becoming entangled in a web of intrigue… In a war-torn era, she infiltrates enemy territory, engaging in espionage and intrigue within intrigue. The male and female protagonists support each other throughout, forging ahead against the odds. ② A special forces soldier transmigrates to the Republican era, becoming a maid in a wealthy family. She transforms a love-struck young lady into a famous female writer and career woman, and turns a spendthrift young master into a physics and mechanics expert. Great! Go watch it!

10. 560 民 Snatching Treasures in Republican-Era China: From the Start, I Steal Leng Qingqiu 民国捡漏，开局截胡冷清秋 Yan Tang Huang闫唐荒Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing Antique appraisal and treasure hunting + TV and film fan fiction + multiple heroines + portable space + fighting Japanese invaders. In the turbulent years of the late Qing and early Republic, China is impoverished and weak, surrounded by foreign powers while its people suffer in misery. Antique appraiser Lu Xiuyuan arrives through transmigration with a portable space, makes a name for himself in the antiques trade, and rides boldly into the world of beautiful women. He seizes a hundred tons o 40.7kReads7.3Score3.8k14d adds

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    A time-travel novel set in the Republican era. Starting as a shop assistant in an antique shop, he becomes a warlord after intercepting hundreds of tons of gold, has many concubines, and possesses a portable space.

11. 561 朔 The New Moon and Full Moon Seem Like a Dream 朔望似梦 Pikachu Person皮卡丘丘人Modern Romance192k WordsOngoing At first, she was the master and he was her servant. Later, she became the prey, and he the hunter. [Amnesia] [Lost and Found] [Fictional Late Qing and Early Republican Era] [Mutual Healing] [Both Virgins] [Old Flames Rekindled] [Happy Ending] She is Sang Fengyue, the willful, unruly third daughter of the richest family in Shencheng. He is Shi Muyun, top assassin of the Pili Hall, a man of extraordinary skill who was raised by his adoptive father to be emotionally manipulated and knows how to k —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Whose male lead gets sold out at the beginning? This Republican-era romance is super good! #I would call it the best Republican-era romance! I love it so much! The female lead is a spoiled rich girl, but she's beautiful and cool (^n) The male lead goes from a cold-blooded killer to a little wolf dog, who is considerate and gentle to the female lead, and only has eyes for her "Я( `)3)) The mutual love is absolutely beautiful! In the beginning, the male lead is a little wolf dog, but later he becomes a great handsome man. In the beginning, the female lead is ridiculed every day for adding "who" to her name, but later she makes everyone's faces swell up! You won't regret investing in it.

12. 562 我 I See the Spring Breeze 我见春风 Yang Sui杨碎Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted The elders of the Shen family arranged a fiancée for Shen Heli. They said Miss Song had studied abroad, and that she was a woman of unmatched beauty and talent. But Shen Heli only found it troublesome. If she'd studied abroad, why would she agree to an arranged marriage? After he finally met her, he had only one thought: He really was lucky after all. 264Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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    A beautiful romance novel set in the Republican era, it blends patriotism with personal emotions. The male and female protagonists are not one-dimensional characters typical of traditional romance novels; their emotions are nuanced and their personalities are realistic.

13. 563 凤 The Phoenix-Eyed Agent: I Tear My Rotten Enemies Apart in Republican-Era China 凤眼女特工：我在民国手撕渣敌 Tomato Ketchup Stir-Fried with Tomato Juice番茄酱炒番茄汁Urban371k WordsCompleted I, Su Wanqing, am a small-time female thug at the bottom of the heap at Jiangcheng Wharf. My only talent is hearing other people’s thoughts. For three years, I used that ability to dodge countless assassination attempts, until I met a coachman who was nearly beaten to death. My heart skipped a beat: this man’s thoughts were actually pure. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I would call this the best Republican-era intellectual battle novel of 2026. Without a doubt. It left me feeling emotionally heartbroken after reading it.

14. 564 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—14d adds

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    Okay, once upon a time in the village there was a man named Ah

15. 565 两 A Trader Between Two Worlds: From 1988 to 2025 两界倒爷从1988到2025 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban469k WordsOngoing Su Tianci was an unemployed street loafer in 1988. He was planning to head into the mountains to hunt for some meat, but accidentally fell off a cliff. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to 2025, an age of booming economic growth. Even more astonishingly, two vastly different eras now lay before him, and he could travel back and forth between them. 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
16. 566 快 Quick Transmigration: The Green Apricot Space 快穿之青杏空间 No Solution无解Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Republican Era] [Period] [Apocalypse] [Cultivation] Four stories that stand alone yet are connected, following the female lead’s gradual growth. If you’re looking for a power fantasy, this one isn’t for you. Lin Zizai taught herself to cultivate from a young age and developed a cubic spatial dimension. She had an extraordinary memory, but no one to teach her how to handle people and navigate the world. One day, her supposedly beloved grandmother, who had ulterior motives, possessed her, setting 2.6kReads8.7Score25614d adds

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    The female protagonist was raised as a vessel by her grandmother from a young age. At 24, she was possessed by a witch. Because she had secretly learned cultivation from her grandmother since childhood and even created a one-cubic-meter space, her soul was transported to the body of an 18-year-old girl in the Republic of China era. Finally freed from her grandmother's control, she can freely make friends and breathe freely. But what if she's still unwilling to simply give her body to that old witch?

17. 567 纸 A Glamorous Waiter’s Rise to Power, Conquering Shanghai 纸醉金迷侍应生，逆袭横扫上海滩 I Am a Quiet Pebble我是安静的鹅卵石Urban692k WordsCompleted Shanghai in a time of turmoil, with an unconventional tale of espionage and resistance against Japan. Wei Tianhao transmigrates to the Republic of China era with a billion rolls of toilet paper and takes a job as a waiter at the Jindongkai Song and Dance Hall in Shanghai. Before long, the dance hall manager seduces him and makes him her lover. Soon, female agents from foreign consulates are flocking to his side. Most outrageous of all, he actually trades toilet paper for a Japanese female spy~~ 212Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Light novel genre, an unconventional Republican era setting, with a completely novel premise, easy and smooth reading experience.

18. 568 1 1937: I Have an Arsenal 1937：我有个军火库 Fang Shaobai方少白Urban617k WordsCompleted A modern soldier transmigrates to the Republican era, where he studies intangible cultural heritage and uses the military knowledge he learned in the future to support the war of resistance. Every inch of land is soaked in blood; a hundred thousand brave men fight with all their might! How can four hundred million Chinese compatriots let the Japanese invaders run rampant? Kill the invaders and defend our homes and country! For a soldier's honor and the dignity of our people, China's passionate s 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Traveling back to the Republic of China era, first living an ordinary life, then participating in the War of Resistance against Japan.

19. 569 民 Republican Era: From the Start, I Spoil the Warlord Showdown and Give the Commander a Headache 民国：开局剧透军阀混战大帅麻了 Da Shun Da Li大顺大莉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The rating has just come in, and it's going up! The Beiyang era. After transmigrating into the lowest of the low, a rickshaw puller, Chen Kai casually sent a shocking political essay to the Peking Gazette: “The Zhili clique's defeat is certain, and Feng's forces will surely switch sides!” When it came out, his fellow pullers laughed that he'd gone crazy from hauling rickshaws, his landlord sneered that he was daydreaming, and a famous Peking pundit even publicly wagered that he'd eat the newspap 359Reads7.1Score35114d adds

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    Extremely high quality! An unexpected historical trajectory.

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