Any Finished Spy-Themed Books? They Seem Pretty Rare 有没有谍战类的书，完本的。似乎这类书很少见啊

1. 1 潜 The Sequel to Lurking 潜伏后传 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban686k WordsCompleted In September 1949, at Tianjin Airport, one fleeting glance was all it took. Using the code phrase “the old hen circling,” Yu Zecheng entrusted his life savings and the intelligence he had yet to deliver to his “late wife,” Wang Cuiping. After heading to Taiwan, Yu Zecheng walks on eggshells under Wu Jingzhong. He must contend with factional infighting within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics while fending off the relentless scrutiny of Liu Yaozu, chief of the Operations Division. Meanwh 47.8kReads8.6Score3kShelves

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   This is the complete spy novel.

2. 2 无 Silent 1937 无声1937 Dreaming of the Corner梦知隅Urban746k WordsOngoing In his previous life, he met with an accident while carrying out a mission. When he opened his eyes, he had become Chen Shusheng, captain of a Juntong action squad, locked in an interrogation room and framed as a scapegoat. The Japanese spy wants him dead. His own men have set him up. His superior is happy to go along with it. On this path, one wrong word means death, and trusting the wrong person means ruin beyond redemption. He comes from the future and knows how much more suffering this natio 101.9kReads8.8Score9.3kShelves

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   This is the best spy novel I've read recently.

3. 3 什 What Do You Mean, the Secret Service's Top Operative? 什么是军统第一行动高手啊？ The Zoo's Top Attraction动物园头牌Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Espionage + War of Resistance + Iron-Blooded + All-Rounder] Su Hao is reborn into an age torn apart by war. Compared with the bloodshed on the front lines as soldiers defend their country, a more brutal war is being waged on another front! Killing an enemy agent grants him a month of real-world combat experience. Interrogating one grants him a month of criminal investigation skills. Each time he practices disguise, he gains a day of disguise expertise. Successfully deceiving an enemy with a dis 99.4kReads8.5Score10.8kShelves

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   The most captivating characters in espionage are always those "two-faced" individuals. On one hand, they maintain a respectable identity, a respectable family, and a respectable social life; on the other, they engage in clandestine communications, rendezvous, and life-or-death situations. But don't mistake this for mere acting skill; the real tension lies in the fact that humans have emotions. He feels guilt towards the enemy's wife, he develops admiration for his pursuers, and he is forced to sacrifice innocent lives during missions—what does he do then? If a novel thoroughly explores these aspects, the character becomes truly compelling. Readers will sympathize with him, fear him, feel anxious for him, yet also feel he deserves it. This is what makes a good character—it doesn't offer a simple "good guy/bad guy" answer. In short, the tragedy of a two-faced person isn't that they are exposed, but that they've acted for so long that even they themselves believe in that false facade. This sense of "no going back" is the deepest core of espionage.

4. 4 风 A Wind of Cranes and the Rustle of Grass 风声鹤唳 Jun Bu Jian君不贱Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A cuckoo cannot build its own nest. It can only take over the nests of other birds. What Feng Chen took over was not a nest, but someone else’s identity and name. Even the Military Statistics Bureau’s confidential files in Section Eight contained no photograph of him, only a codename known to no one: Red Cuckoo. A top Kuomintang agent, Feng Chen was ordered to infiltrate the Shanghai underground Communist Party to obtain the list of Communist agents embedded in the Military Statistics Bureau’s u 1.4kReads9.3Score171Shelves
5. 5 谍 Espionage: The Hidden Dragon of Shanghai 谍战：沪上潜龙 Work Two, Rest Ten上二休十Urban272k WordsCompleted The story takes place in Shanghai in 1939, during the period when it was an "isolated island." The Japanese occupied the central districts, while the Wang Jingwei regime clung to survival as their dependent. The International Settlement and French Concession became "neutral buffer zones," but beneath the surface, forces from every side were stirring: Japan's Special Higher Police kept the city under close surveillance, Wang puppet secret-service agencies schemed against one another, gangs such a 373Reads—Score106Shelves
6. 6 我 I Used a Hundred Ways to Kill Japanese Soldiers and Prolong My Life 我用百种方法杀鬼子续命 Water-Nourished Jade Grove Bell水润琼林钟Historical425k WordsOngoing He Shouye, an actor in a hit TV drama, is shot in the heart with a prop gun and wakes up in the Republican era as He Shouye, a ginseng porter. He has no lifespan to spare after his transmigration, but a System that lets him extend his life by killing Japanese invaders arrives and binds itself to him. Follow He Shouye through the many lives he leads as he fights the invaders to stay alive. 2.4kReads—Score167Shelves
7. 7 谍 Espionage: I’m a Screwdriver, Infiltrating No. 76 谍战：我是螺丝刀，卧底76号 Fragrant Blossoms in Spring春暖留芳Urban2.7M WordsOngoing (A rough-around-the-edges spy’s rise to success, with a soft spot for the Communists. Please don’t flame if it’s not your thing!) He’s a disposable pawn in the Military Statistics Bureau, but he has an infinite storage space and supernatural hearing! Thanks to his uncanny ability to hit his targets with flying screwdrivers, he rises to become the top assassin at the Shanghai station, then goes undercover at No. 76 by pure chance. Amid the turbulent world of espionage, he kills Japanese invaders 45.4kReads8.0Score3.1kShelves

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   The masterpiece "Barbed Wire" has ended, and you're probably experiencing a reading slump again, right? Check out this one! While it may not be on par with your idol Sylvester Liu, it's definitely worth a read—the kind that will make you laugh out loud! [Smile]

8. 8 民 Republican-Era China: From Ruthless Bandit to King of Assassins 民国之从悍匪到杀手之王 Great Snow of the Gengshen Year庚申大雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This book is complete, so feel free to dive in. The author's new book, A Republic-Era Diviner Who Sends the Japanese Devils to Their Graves: I'm a Professional, is also available. Come check it out! In a bandit stronghold in the three northeastern provinces, the bandit king Wang Laoliu, known as the Iron King of Hell, starts out as a notorious outlaw who robs Japanese devils. He fights his way across half of China and gradually rises to become the King of Nanyang. Unlike traditional War of Resis 20.4kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
9. 9 失 After Losing My Job, I Bound Myself to a Freelance System 失业后，我绑定自由职业系统 Steamed Buns, Noodles, and Flatbread馒头面条饼Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Family life, a slow-paced story, not a traditional rich-heir novel] At 33, Chen Yuan was suddenly laid off, completely caught off guard. He wanted to find a new job, but was rejected again and again because he was already “old” at 33. He had elderly parents to support, children to raise, and a wife who stayed home as a homemaker. Raising the kids, paying rent and car installments, and covering everyday expenses... all of it took money. What was he supposed to do?! He'd worked more than ten hour 31.8kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
10. 10 谍 Espionage: I Pose as a Japanese Officer in Enemy-Occupied Territory 谍战：我在敌占区扮演鬼子军官 Fists in Kindergarten拳打幼儿园Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [This novel has a System, with no more than ten uses] [Large cast] [Espionage + business warfare + nation-stealing] The novel has three volumes: [The Mainland Arc] Mainly follows the protagonist's rise and development. [Siam Arc] Portrays the Japanese military in the later stages of the war from Siam's perspective. [Japan Arc] Begins at Chapter 648 and mainly focuses on postwar Japan. Many readers consider this part the highlight. Lin Zhiyuan is Hengdian's best-known actor for playing Japanese 135.4kReads8.7Score17.5kShelves
11. 11 双 Twin Blades: Impostors in the Demon Cave 双星齐刃：魔窟伪装者 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban651k WordsCompleted After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1945, Liu Mingzhang, a secret Communist Party member codenamed Qiming, and Zheng Yaoxian, codenamed Kite, navigate the treacherous environment of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. With intelligence and courage, they pass along information and match wits with their foes. After a series of grueling challenges and brushes with death, they obtain vital intelligence and help the organization strike at the enemy. At last, they witne 214Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at these spy books

12. 12 弄 A Lane Boy's War of Resistance 弄堂小子的抗战 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban364k WordsCompleted Chen Agen grew up in the alleys of Shanghai and learned extraordinary martial arts from the reclusive master Lu Zijian, known as "Ghost Shadow." Carrying the simple ideal of upholding justice, he joined the police force. But after he unexpectedly saved Wu Siba, a powerful officer in the Japanese puppet organization known as Unit 76, he was forced into the den of evil and became a member of the collaborationist secret service headquarters. There, he witnessed the invaders' brutality and endured 137Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 谍 The Spy Game: Gaze into the Abyss 谍海无涯之深渊凝视 Luminous White Radish夜光白萝卜Urban1.5M WordsOngoing When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. When you gaze into the abyss again, the abyss gets impatient: “What are you looking at?” Feng Gang, a modern historian, transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Born into a time of chaos, in the darkest hours before dawn, he discovers that he has no System or superpowers of any kind. All he has is a deep gaze that spans a century and sees through every illusion... 19.6kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves

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    Good Republican Era Spy Novels

14. 14 谍 Spy or Not 谍非谍 Chasing the Moon Through the Clouds冲云逐月Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Modern-day doctor Chen Yanzhou transmigrates into the Republic of China era and becomes a cold-faced physician at Renhe Hospital. In truth, he is “Night Owl,” an agent of the Military Statistics Bureau, and the System has just selected him to awaken two cheats: daily sign-in and mind-reading. In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, the country is in ruins and rival factions are stirring. He has a portable storage space, where sign-ins reward him with skills, medicine, and explosives. He can pe 379Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Spy or not, a great spy novel is here!

15. 15 枫 Red Leaves in the Wind 枫叶飘红 Picking Shells from the Sea008沧海拾贝008Modern Romance72k WordsCompleted Without reading, you cannot understand reason; without studying history, you cannot clarify your aspirations. Looking back, the past stretches as far as the eye can see, like maple leaves drifting slowly down from the branches, farther and farther away, redder and redder. Take history as a mirror, and savor life... 113Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I am so lucky to have met you.

16. 16 人 Artificial Intelligence: Three Eras 人工智能：三个纪元 Picking Shells from the Sea008沧海拾贝0086k WordsCompleted Artificial Intelligence: Three Eras 44Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 谍 Espionage: You Were Told to Infiltrate, So Why Are You Running the Special High Intelligence Unit? 谍战：让你潜伏，你搞特高课课长 Words Love Cigarettes字爱香烟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Super Satisfying]+ [No Torturing the Protagonist] Guan Peng transmigrates to Shanghai in 1934 and becomes a young police officer. His superior immediately makes things difficult for him, but luckily, his System activates just in time. In this world, kind people get bullied, and even a good horse gets ridden! Realizing he needs to change, Guan Peng first kills his superior, then successfully takes his place! Du Yuesheng: “Brother Peng, this is just a little token of my 15.6kReads7.7Score991Shelves

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    A very good book, a satisfying completed novel!

18. 18 谍 Espionage: I Awakened a Daily Intelligence System 谍战：我觉醒每日情报系统 Mister Liu迷思特刘Urban1.3M WordsCompleted He is a low-ranking patrolman in the French Concession, and every day he gets ten new pieces of intelligence. He is also an expert operative, a god of death roaming the night. Because he awakened an Intelligence System. 16.2kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

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    Those who truly understand espionage know that the most ruthless attacks are those that draw no blood. 🗡️ Find a few books about infiltrating enemy lines; the characters disguise themselves as merchants mingling in officialdom, secret telegrams are hidden in poems, and traitors are lurking nearby. Reading them is more nerve-wracking than experiencing the danger firsthand. 😶

19. 19 猎 Hunting in 1931 猎杀1931 Cao Jiuyi曹九一Urban337k WordsCompleted [Hardcore traditional martial arts + folk customs and espionage + all-consuming revenge] In 1931, across the mountains and rivers of Manchuria, dragons and serpents stirred. The Japanese Empire secretly sent a large force of top assassins and undercover death squads into the Northeast, launching the top-secret “Hunting Plan.” Shi Shangfei was a lowly bathhouse scrubber, but the chaos of the times drove him to take up a thirty-eight-jin broadsword of forged iron. Huo Heilong was a battle-hardened 2.5kReads8.4Score240Shelves
20. 20 谍 Spy War: Only I Can Eavesdrop on People's Thoughts 谍战，只有我能偷听心声 Drunk on Wine for the Rest of My Life浊酒醉余生Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Not a formulaic spy thriller. A feel-good story about growth, with an original plot. If you don’t like it, don’t argue.] In 1931, as the War of Resistance was about to break out, under pressure from the situation on all sides, Dai Yunnong traveled to Beiping in person to establish an intelligence network in the three northeastern provinces. Who could have guessed that the secret would leak? The three spy teams sent into the region were exposed, and all thirty Huangpu Academy elites were wiped o 37.9kReads9.0Score5.5kShelves
21. 21 亮 Bright Sword: Lucky Me, I’ve Reached the Japanese Stronghold 亮剑：锦鲤啊，打到鬼子大本营了 Words Love Cigarettes字爱香烟Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Wang Hao is an office worker and fishing enthusiast who transmigrates to the War of Resistance battlefield, where he doesn’t know how to do a thing. What he doesn’t realize is that he has the combined luck of a lucky koi and a total good-luck charm. He goes out fishing and somehow hooks a beautiful Japanese intelligence agent, exposing a Japanese spy network infiltrated into the base area. He goes up the mountain to hunt and somehow takes out a Japanese sniper team and kills a lieutenant colonel 15.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    A very good book, a completed and enjoyable read.

22. 22 谍 Spy War: I’ve Caught Every Japanese Spy 谍战，日谍被我抓光了 The Spycraft Angler谍战钓鱼佬Urban2.1M WordsCompleted I'm an avid angler, and I transmigrated into the body of a secret agent. I'm an avid angler. I don't know how to do anything. But I have a System that can identify Japanese spies. I also have a storage space, just for helping myself to free stuff from the Japanese. Before the full-scale war broke out, I had nearly rounded up every last one of their spies. Japanese soldier: Baka! What's going on? We're running out of spies! Kenji Doihara: Baka! What's wrong with you people? We can't train spies a 19.8kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    These are all completed books, well-written, and worth reading!

23. 23 上 Shanghai's Spies and Bandits 上海谍匪 Beautiful Jiangnan秀色江南Urban611k WordsOngoing He is a “slacker” major in the Secret Service, yet secretly controls the underworld order in Shanghai. He is the Japanese “nightmare,” a phantom who massacred a merchants' association in a single night and struck terror into the invaders. He is the Green Gang magnate's “harbinger of death,” a King of Hell who can make a gang vanish with a few words and a smile. He is the “dream lover” of countless socialites and wealthy ladies, and the devil for whom they are willing to give up everything. The J 423Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Red Agents and Bandits in the Republic of China

24. 24 夜 Nightingale 夜鹂 The Dinghan Empire That Loves Pancakes爱吃松饼的鼎汉帝国Urban853k WordsOngoing Espionage in the War of Resistance “When loyalty becomes a crime and betrayal becomes a means of survival, who can hold on to their humanity in a world gone mad?” An epic tale of espionage that blends transmigration, suspense, and devotion to country and family. It uncovers the darkest corners of wartime Shanghai and follows a soul torn apart by fate as it grows from a pawn into the player moving the pieces. In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, late autumn draped Shanghai’s sky in a sickly 1.4kReads—Score103Shelves

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    Lin Guangyao picked up his pen and added a line below the hastily written suicide note: "Wang Tianfeng, head of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai station. Died for his country on the 25th day of the first month of 1939. Does anyone remember him?" He put down his pen, folded the letter, and placed it at the bottom of the drawer. There, locked away, was another piece of paper with four lines of poetry: "Where can a drifting duckweed find its anchor in this chaotic world? Only the plum blossoms reflected in the snow. Do not say that the road ahead is full of frost and snow, for our hearts are connected by a single thread of understanding." The ink had faded somewhat. He gently stroked those lines, as if stroking an old dream that could never be returned to. Outside the window, the lights of No. 76 Across the street were still bright. Behind one of the windows, a woman in a black uniform was looking down, flipping through the files she needed to process that night. She did not look up. He did not wait. He simply closed the drawer, stood up, and walked to the window. The night in Shanghai was always so unfathomably black. But he knew that even the darkest night would eventually give way to dawn. I just wonder if those who never wake up after dawn will feel any regret. Lin Guangyao stood there for a long time. Long enough for the moon to move from the top of the sycamore tree to the eaves. Long enough for the clock to strike eleven. Long enough for him to finally say to himself: Zhou Wenhao, I've finished writing your poem for you. Wang Tianfeng, I've preserved your name for you. I'm still walking the path you walked. The day I can no longer walk, I will stop, just like you.

25. 25 雍 Yongzheng's Secret Blade 雍正暗刃 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Mystery231k WordsCompleted Political intrigue + Assassination + Romance + Court drama. The Blood-Drop Earring, the most ruthless and secretive assassination unit in Yongzheng's Imperial Bodyguard Office, strikes fear into all who hear its name. Chen Ying, its sharpest hidden blade, is ordered to slaughter a loyal minister's entire household. But he discovers that his victims are not rebels: they are a lone official who knows the royal family's deepest secrets. The dying man's question, “Who will silence you when your turn 338Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Political intrigue, assassination, sadomasochism, palace intrigue, espionage—the "Flying Guillotine," as the "special operations group" of Emperor Yongzheng's Imperial Guard… was a name that inspired fear in all who heard of it.

26. 26 谍 Espionage: Reborn as a Noble, I Help My Brother Go Undercover 谍战：穿成贵族，我帮弟弟当卧底 Bobo bot啵啵botUrban641k WordsOngoing (The main story is nearing its end, and it's ready to read!) [No CP. The protagonists are Zhou Jiyan/Fujiwara Jiyan and Fujiwara Che.] [A minor golden finger and System space, neither of which plays a major role.] After a book hit Zhou Jiyan on the back of the head, he transmigrated to Shanghai in 1940 with his modern history notebook. His new identity was Fujiwara Jiyan, a member of the Japanese nobility and an employee of the Plum Agency. With Shanghai occupied, Zhou Jiyan couldn't just sit by 30.7kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
27. 27 谍 Espionage: A Fake Mother and Son, Truly Undercover 谍战：假母子真潜伏 One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Ancient Romance857k WordsOngoing [Espionage] [War of Resistance] [Transmigration] [Secret Identity] "I don't want to suffer, but I never wanted to eat dirt either..." Forty-two-year-old Zhao Cuihua transmigrates. She wakes up in the body of a young widow in Dazao Village, in the thirty-first year of the Republic of China. From the start, she has only one life, and she nearly starves to death. The land is scorched for a thousand miles. There's no grain in the fields, no bark on the trees, and people have barely a breath left. He 43.7kReads8.2Score5.4kShelves
28. 28 民 Republican Era Espionage: Code Name Crab 民国谍战之代号螃蟹 Light Boat in a Snowy Night雪夜轻舟Urban1.0M WordsCompleted They endured a long, dark night, writing an indispensable page in China's War of Resistance with their blood. Some say your writing feels real, but who knows that the real world of espionage was even more brutal, too brutal to put into words. With this book, I pay tribute to all the heroes who gave their lives for their country on the intelligence front. 23.3kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves
29. 29 暗 The Nameless Shadow War 暗战无名 Feng Zai枫仔Urban163k WordsCompleted Shen Lingfeng's undercover career begins at the Kuomintang's Linjiang Municipal Investigation and Statistics Office. The story follows him as he matches wits with the enemy, passes along intelligence and protects the organization amid constant danger, while bearing witness to that tumultuous chapter of history. 1.1kReads6.7Score102Shelves

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    Good espionage dramas are about understanding human nature. Living on the edge, constantly at risk of exposure, even a moment of peace is a luxury. They weren't born brave; they simply chose to take responsibility. There's no protagonist's halo, only endless torment and difficult choices. Every time I finish reading, I'm deeply moved: today's peace was once protected by those who risked their lives.

30. 30 骑 Delivery Rider Codename 007: I'm Not a Secret Agent 骑手代号007，我不是特工 Tai Moshen太末生Urban403k WordsCompleted “The System is forcing me to become a secret agent, but I’m just a delivery rider trying to earn enough to buy medicine for my little sister!”, Chen Xiao On a stormy night, Chen Xiao accepts a delivery order bound for hell. The customer is already dead, and the person who accepted the delivery is lying in a pool of blood. Killers are outside the door. As he lies dying, the [Hive Special Operations Mission System] forcibly binds itself to him. From then on, half of his delivery bag holds life-sav 360Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    Rider 007 battles top secret agents!!

31. 31 谍 The Spy Game: I Come from Republican China 谍影风云之我来自民国 I Love Qiutang, and I Am a Great Writer爱吃秋秋糖大文豪是我Urban546k WordsOngoing 1936 The Military Statistics Bureau, Japanese spies, moles inside the police department... Amid the spy wars engulfing Beiping, Zhang Liyun is just an unremarkable new hire in the archives department. No one knows that every nightfall, he can step into the National Library of 2026 and read about history yet to unfold. Hunting Japanese spies is like taking an open-book exam? No, it’s more like a battle on a completely different level. While his superiors rack their brains over missing-person case 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are two new novels with great depth and good writing. Unlike fast-paced, wish-fulfillment novels, these two novels have a lot of layers and are well worth reading!

32. 32 谍 Shadows of Espionage: Stalking Through the Dark Abyss 谍影风云之暗渊潜行 I Love Qiutang, and I Am a Great Writer爱吃秋秋糖大文豪是我Urban340k WordsOngoing I transmigrated to Republican-era China and became a rookie in the Military Statistics Bureau. But nobody knows I'm a modern cryptography expert and an experienced criminal investigator. A Japanese spy's “perfect bombing”? I spot the flaw in three seconds. The Special Higher Police's “unbreakable cipher”? I can tell at a glance it's a Caesar shift. Deputy Station Chief Wu Qiming is corrupt and secretly working with the enemy? I set a trap with false intelligence and let him walk right into it. B 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5.8kReads8.5Score683Shelves

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    A high-quality, completed novel in a new genre, a hardcore work by a science and engineering enthusiast. It starts slowly but builds to a stellar, mind-bending plot, blending science fiction, realism, suspense, and mind-bending elements. The writing is brilliant and logically rigorous, the narrative humorous yet concise, and there are no time-travel, reincarnation, or cheat codes. The content covers history, workplace, military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, scheming, murder, as well as high-tech espionage, hacking, and aerospace electronic warfare. The ending features a profound twist. Tailor-made for veteran readers; if you don't enjoy it, I'll kill myself!

34. 34 疯 The Beautiful Warrior of the Asylum 疯人院漂亮女斗士 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted A Pretty Fighter in the Asylum “Love is heaven, and killing each other is hell. We drift between the two, unable to escape.” Wen Yue and Yang Liang are locked in a love-hate battle, caught between fire and ice over a medical research breakthrough. Then a series of bizarre events begins: Professor Wen suddenly drops dead, Wen Yue’s daughter accidentally falls from a building, and Yang Liang forcibly sends Wen Yue to a prison-like psychiatric hospital... In the hospital, Wen Yue endures inhuman to 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Workplace intrigue, contemporary espionage…® A mental asylum torture chamber + a love-hate relationship + a beautiful female warrior team to overturn the live human trafficking ring + espionage secrets!!! A dark and thrilling counterattack!!

35. 35 蝶 Butterflies and Spies 蝶来谍网 The Internet Is Like This网是如焉Urban465k WordsCompleted A beautiful female bandit blunders into Harbin's espionage network. She takes a male spy hostage, only to find herself trapped in bed with him. The two decide to plot together in private and put their plans into action beyond their bedroom door. They spill blood in a bandit stronghold, root out traitors in a brothel on Peach Blossom Lane, lie in wait to catch bandits at an illegal gambling den, and smash up an opium house to rid the area of its evils... This is neither fantasy nor a story about 15.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    Let's see if this one meets the requirements.

36. 36 明 The Ming Dynasty’s Special Reconnaissance Troops: The Night Watchmen 明朝特种侦察兵夜不收 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Historical456k WordsCompleted A battle of wits between elite scouts, a shadow war of espionage full of twists, and a poignant romance between two people caught in forces beyond their control: all this awaits in the legendary tale of the Ming Dynasty’s Night-Rejecting scouts! During the Jiajing era, unrest flares along the frontier as the Mongols and Jurchens watch hungrily from the shadows. An elite reconnaissance unit known as the Night-Rejectors becomes the sharpest hidden blade guarding the Ming border. Shen Yan, the son 425Reads6.4Score100Shelves

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    A web of espionage twists and turns, a poignant love story woven into the fabric of a Ming Dynasty special forces reconnaissance tale! Thrilling, suspenseful, and fraught with danger.

37. 37 破 The Windbreaker 破风者 Half a Sunbeam半扇阳光Historical181k WordsCompleted In 1931, Jiang Hanwen, head of the Shanghai Central underground organization of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested and promptly betrayed the revolution. Under the command of special commissioner Wu Shude, the Shanghai district of the Kuomintang Central Investigation Department, predecessor of the Zhongtong, used information provided by the turncoat Jiang Hanwen to launch a sweeping manhunt and purge of our underground intelligence network in Shanghai and its key operatives. Chen Tongzhou, 2.4kReads8.8Score267Shelves

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    It realistically recreates a brutal and bloody battle that took place on the secret front of our Party in Shanghai in 1931.

38. 38 零 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动 Windless Rainy Night雨夜无风Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on 11.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    A tightly woven narrative with no unnecessary dialogue, a pinnacle battle of wits and courage. Every chapter is packed with climaxes, making it a must-read hardcore spy thriller of the year.

39. 39 夜 Night Hawk: Espionage in Shanghai from Five Factions 夜鹰，五方谍战上海滩 A Smile一枚微笑Urban530k WordsCompleted He is the manager of a trading company in the foreign concessions, a smooth and well-connected socialite, a codebreaking expert courted by the Military Statistics Bureau, a welcome guest at No. 76, and even a sworn brother to a Green Gang boss. Beneath all those layers of disguise, he has only one true identity: an underground Communist Party operative, codenamed “Night Hawk.” Shanghai in 1941 is an isolated island, but it's also a living hell. The Japanese collaborators, the Special Higher Poli 6.3kReads7.2Score500Shelves

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    Espionage + Suspense + Gangster + Martial Arts + Ah, Ah, Ah!!!

40. 40 武 The Martial Emperor Comes to Qing: Wielding Dream of the Red Chamber to Restore the Ming 武皇临清：手执红楼复大明 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Ancient Romance472k WordsCompleted “My empire! Who’s kneeling down and handing it over to someone else?!” Outraged by the late Qing’s incompetence and treachery, Wu Zetian and Zhu Di rise from the dead and travel through time in a fury. With the cipher key to Dream of the Red Chamber in hand, they restore the Ming dynasty… 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Di Renjie solves ten major atrocities involving the Manchus massacring Han Chinese… Zhu Di and Empress Wu Zetian time-travel together, plotting to overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming! "Who is kneeling and offering up my empire?!" A tragic love story between Zhu Di and Shangguan Wan'er… A fresh premise, brilliantly written! Extremely enjoyable! Highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

41. 41 莱 The Laizhou Stone Array 莱州石阵 Wisteria Blossom Brew紫藤花酿Urban210k WordsCompleted On the eve of liberation, the Jiaodong Peninsula lies under dark, stormy skies. A deadly struggle between the underground Communist Party and the Bureau of Secrecy quietly unfolds: some operatives have spent years undercover, hiding their true selves; danger lurks at every turn in the dead of night; and every clash of wits is a matter of life and death. These anonymous fighters, each known by a codename beginning with “Stone,” carry the torch of their faith and eventually find the dawn in the da —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story of underground struggle during the Liberation War. The plot is tight, the writing is fluent, the characters are well-developed, and the logic is clear. Recommended!

42. 42 潜 Undercover in the Shadows 潜伏暗渡 Forget War and Risk Perishing 007忘战必危007Historical300k WordsCompleted Yu Zecheng is coerced by Wu and trapped in an isolated stronghold under the shadow of the White Terror. Wan∽ sheds her timid facade and legally enters the island as a manager for Hong Kong’s Mu family, making a perilous contact with Yu Zecheng. Acting on orders, they pose as husband and wife to carry out their undercover mission. In Taipei, surrounded by secret agents and caught in factional strife, the pair use the bustle of everyday life as cover to pass on intelligence in secret. From awkward 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book read by 10,000 people

43. 43 谍 Railway Archives: Infiltration, Espionage, and the Shocking Case of Liaoshen 谍战潜伏铁路档案辽沈惊蛰 St RifleSt步枪Urban204k WordsOngoing Espionage, agents, undercover work, urban life, history, mystery, hard-core railway detail, war, the Republic of China era, and passion. In the thirty-sixth year of the Republic, on the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, undercurrents swirled along the railway lines at Jinzhou, Siping, and Meihekou. Ye Tian, a Communist underground agent codenamed Jingzhe, went undercover as a railway traffic dispatcher. He gathered military intelligence and disrupted Nationalist transport, providing crucial support 5Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    Positive energy real-life historical espionage

44. 44 铁 Railway Archives: The Hour of Jingzhe 铁路档案之惊蜇时分 St RifleSt步枪Urban349k WordsCompleted This book is set in a different period from the earlier novel Railway Archives. On August 15, 1945, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic, Japan surrendered. The espionage game had already been set in motion. Before the Liaoshen Campaign, Ye Tian was recruited by the Military Statistics Bureau under the codename Qingci. He became a double agent, using both his railway dispatcher’s job and his Qingci identity to wage a covert battle as a Communist underground operative. He supplied the Communist 6Reads7.4Score—Shelves
45. 45 铁 Railway Archives 铁路档案 St RifleSt步枪Urban329k WordsCompleted A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 3Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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