Any Stories About European Politics and Wars? No Magic or Fantasy, Preferably Historical 有无欧洲政治和战争的，不要魔法玄幻，偏历史

1. 1 从 Conquering the World as the Kaiser's Driver 从德皇的司机开始征服世界 Fine Drizzle Like Ox Hair细雨牛毛Anime Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted With just a blink, Lin Shangzhou found himself in Germany in 1930, in the world of KX. Even more unexpectedly, family circumstances had made him the Kaiser's chauffeur... But this Kaiser was nothing like the one he remembered. Wilhelm II was gone, replaced by his granddaughter, Empress Alexandrine. Though this version of KX differed in some ways from the one he remembered, Lin Shangzhou felt at ease in the prosperous German Empire of 1930. He knew what was coming and had plenty of time to prepa 8.7kReads9.0Score863Shelves

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   Book 1: The German Emperor was a woman; I helped her win World War II. Book 2: I transmigrated during World War II and became the German Emperor's son-in-law, changing this fate. Book 3: I transmigrated and became Emperor Wilhelm II, restoring Germany's glory. Book 4: A dieselpunk worldview; fighting to win World War II. Book 5: A German version of Red Literature.

2. 2 如 How to Save Germany 如何拯救德意志 The Copycat's No. 1 Wen Leihu Ke Unit文抄列文虎克一号机Historical1.9M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to 1901, Han Si unwittingly saves Wilhelm II, the last emperor of the German Empire. Since he's accidentally gotten involved with the Kaiser, he'll have to find a way to save Germany in order to avoid a miserable fate later on. 2.5kReads8.9Score130Shelves
3. 3 帝 The Empire Returns: My 1915 帝国再临：我的1915 Loves Eating Silly Melons爱吃笨瓜Urban966k WordsOngoing A history student unexpectedly transmigrates as Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in 1915, with World War I raging all around him. He swiftly halts the disastrous submarine campaign, pushes for a technological revolution in tanks and aircraft, deftly drives a wedge between the Entente powers, and secretly funds the spark of revolution in Russia. From breaking the deadlock on the Eastern Front to unleashing a steel tide on the Western Front, from court intrigue to covert diplomatic struggles, he leads 191Reads8.8Score—Shelves
4. 4 在 Chancellor in a Dieselpunk World 在柴油朋克当宰相 Major Major TomMajor汤姆少校Historical648k WordsOngoing (Inspired by the worlds of British Peace, Land of the Caesars, and Kaisrreich.) Automata and Blade Maidens, welcome to this dieselpunk alternate timeline, which I don’t even know how to describe. Here you’ll see automata of the British Empire standing across Western Europe; German Empire landships rolling into rebellious industrial districts once again; the big Poles, now the Intermarium Federation, still alive and kicking, even in union with Germany! And the giant screens of the United States o 108Reads7.5Score—Shelves
5. 5 1 1918: The Red Star Shines over Germany 1918：红星闪耀德意志 What Name Should I Choose?起什么名字才对呢Urban3.3M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it! Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 49.3kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves
6. 6 黑 Black Death Countdown: The Quack's Comeback 黑死病倒计时：流氓庸医的逆袭 Never Reads the Guides从不看攻略Historical456k WordsOngoing [Medieval Europe] [Multiple Female Leads] [Underdog's Rise] [Technology and Medicine] [No System] My name is John now. My original name doesn't matter, because I've transmigrated to medieval Europe. Penniless, I decide to make money with my medical skills and modern knowledge, keep my head down while I grow, then cozy up to powerful people, build alliances, and make a name for myself. My ambitions are simple: get rich, surround myself with beautiful women, and become a lord who rules over his ow 720Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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7. 7 你 You Call Austria-Hungary a Great Power? 你说，奥匈是列强？ The Copycat's No. 1 Wen Leihu Ke Unit文抄列文虎克一号机Historical1.5M WordsOngoing To transmigrate and be born as Karl I, the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, a “second-generation royal,” is truly wonderful! But since I’ve enjoyed all this glory and honor, I’ll have to find a way to restore the empire’s splendor and save it from collapse, so I can avoid the miserable fate that awaits me! Though I may seem weak right now, my ending is destined to be magnificent! So Karl swore. 66.6kReads8.6Score4.8kShelves

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   The first book is very rigorous, and the author's writing skills are quite good.

8. 8 战 Trench Witch Army: The Blackness of the Line-Filling Succubus 战壕魔女军：填线魅魔的黑色幽 Autumn Uranium Cat秋铀猫Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Reversed views on chastity between men and women] [World War I] [Magic in the Age of Electrification] [Careful research into real history] [High-octane dark humor] Unlucky college student Lin Yin accidentally transmigrates to a battlefield where magic and gunpowder fly side by side. It looks a bit like Europe during World War I, but why are all the soldiers and officers women? [A lowly succubus in a brutal world war] [Dark humor in the style of Yes, Prime Minister] [The male protagonist's chast 12.7kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
9. 9 纯 Pure Evil: The Abbot of a Medieval Monastery 纯坏种，中世纪修道院的院长大人 Narrow Little Bear窄窄熊Historical2.3M WordsOngoing [History] [Political intrigue] [Capital] [Christianity] [Metaphysics] “Father Superior, the demon possessing my daughter will leave today, won't it?” “Are the profits I earn from trading and lending money pleasing to God? Or have I already been tainted by the sin of usury?” “Why does God remain silent in the face of disaster and injustice?” A top financial fraudster's soul travels to Florence in 1345, where he poses as a monastery's abbot from the start. In 1345, the Medici family had yet t 20.5kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves

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   1. Medieval political intrigue and Christian capitalism 2. Time travel to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, specifically to see Karl I, the last emperor.

10. 10 一 World War I: I Became the White-Haired Kaiser’s Wheelchair for Governing the Country 一战：我成了白毛德皇的治国轮椅 Curtainfall X Qiqiyue落幕X柒柒月Historical856k WordsOngoing [World War I + Second Reich + white-haired Kaiser + gray line + old-school tsundere] [An old favorite returns: the previous book had 11,000 reviews and a 9.6 rating, so you can count on the quality] When Claude woke up, he discovered that he had returned to Germany on the eve of World War I, as a struggling second-rate writer. To make a living, he published radical essays in newspapers and gave impromptu speeches on the streets. But his good fortune didn't last: his activities caught the attenti 120.7kReads9.5Score21.2kShelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

11. 11 东 Eastern Front Embers: A Transmigrator's Memoir 东线余烬：一个穿越者的备忘录 The Everlasting Tiger永远的虎Urban607k WordsCompleted He was a top player in the Asia region of "World of Tanks", but now he’s been thrown into the hell of the Eastern Front in 1942. In the game, he knew every inch of a tank’s armor. In real life, he knew the history of that era. He watched his comrades’ blood spill across cold tank treads. He could carry out textbook attacks and defenses, but he couldn’t save a single one of the comrades beside him, each with a name and a living, breathing body. When the final retreat order came and the whole fron 5.5kReads8.7Score570Shelves
12. 12 苏 Soviet Russia, 1920: Starting as Stalin's Bodyguard 苏俄1920：从护卫斯大林开始 So Many Mosquitoes真的好多蚊子Urban2.8M WordsOngoing (Two chapters released promptly at midnight every day.) (Preparations for World War II begin in Chapter 322.) Lin Tuo, a Chinese special police instructor, accidentally transmigrates into the body of Sergei, an orphaned Chinese laborer’s son in Soviet Russia, and steps onto the storm-tossed Soviet soil of 1920. With modern combat techniques, advanced historical knowledge, and extraordinary physical prowess, he overcomes one challenge after another and earns a place in the Cheka’s guard unit. Dur 3.1kReads7.0Score103Shelves
13. 13 我 I’m the Emperor, What Do I Have to Fear? 我是皇帝我怕谁？ Iris Bird 1鸢尾鸟1Urban1.3M WordsOngoing He woke up to find that he had transmigrated into the body of the empire's last crown prince. When his useless father abandoned the country and fled, Lin Feng led his subordinates in a fierce counterattack. Many years later, as the empire rose once more from the ruins of defeat, his subordinates draped the imperial robes over his shoulders. Lin Feng could not help but exclaim, “You people have really made a mess of things for me!” 254.6kReads9.1Score18kShelves

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    European politics and war

14. 14 重 Reborn: Bloodshed on the Eastern Front 重生之血战在东线 ayaukiUrban4.0M WordsOngoing A second lieutenant is reborn on the Eastern Front of the Soviet-German War. Follow Valery as he fights through one bloody Eastern Front battle after another and forges a legendary story of his own. 19kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    The first book takes the protagonist to the Soviet Union, where advanced tactics and a futuristic perspective are used to adjust the Soviet Union's course and fight back against Nazi Germany. The protagonist is generally intelligent and not entirely mindless. The second book takes the protagonist to Germany, where he becomes the man the German Emperor dreamed of, rising from baron to chancellor and leading Germany to victory. In World War I, he unleashes a massive steel torrent, employing air force bombers and army tanks in a three-dimensional offensive. Now, France is on a path of decline.

15. 15 开 Persia, 1910: Rebuild Its Glory from the Start 开局1910，重建波斯荣耀 Heart Trapped by the Moon陷月心Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Iron-blooded + ruthless + tyrannical + willing to sacrifice everything for the empire! After transmigrating into the son of a local warlord in Persia's Qajar dynasty, he studied abroad, built connections with the great powers, and returned home to launch a military coup. His father ascended the throne and named the country Iran, while he became heir to the empire. The Russo-Iranian War reclaimed lost territory; the Portuguese-Iranian War seized colonies. The empire's glory in World War I, the gr 9kReads7.3Score606Shelves

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    These are all very good books, all novels set during World War I and World War II. The first one is about the development of Iran, the second is about Wilhelm II winning World War I and forming the European Union, the third is about leading Germany on another path of revival during World War II, and the fourth is about being backed by the elite faction in the early stages and the United States in the later stages, playing both sides between China and the United States, helping a five-star general run for president, and ruling Central and South Asia himself.

16. 16 我 My Thousand-Year Empire 我的千年帝国 Si Qian肆仟Urban985k WordsCompleted Before you stands the founder of a new era for the German military, the developer of Middle Eastern oil, a viper at the negotiating table, the leader of the Progressive Party, the scalpel that carved up the colonies, the architect of a thousand-year empire: Mr. Yode von Luoman! 12.3kReads8.6Score719Shelves
17. 17 穿 I Transmigrated as the German Emperor: I'll Restore Germany to Glory! 穿越德皇：我重振德意志！ Spring Field Meow春田喵Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Zhao Zheng, a PhD in history, wakes up to find that he has taken over the body of Wilhelm II, Germany’s last emperor, in 1918! He has only two days before his abdication! Berlin is in turmoil, mutinous sailors seize power, and the Entente powers mass their troops at the border. The once-glorious Second Reich is on the brink of collapse! But armed with a century of historical knowledge, Zhao Zheng refuses to repeat the tragedy! He kicks the arrogant powerbroker Ludendorff aside and seizes iron-fi 45.3kReads8.0Score4.2kShelves

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    Traveling through Europe, this book on traditional military history is definitely a great read for military warfare.

18. 18 重 Reborn as Crown Prince, I Lead Italy to Rome 重生王储，带领意大利走向罗马 Jiujiu Bayi Yi玖九八一一Urban693k WordsOngoing Old Mo issued the call to "March on Rome" and led his men toward victory. But at the gates of Rome, they were stopped. A young man walked up to the Blackshirts and shouted through a megaphone, "Join us or fight us. Be a hero or a traitor." His name was Umberto Savoia, heir to the throne and the man who would lead the kingdom to greatness once more. Win, and the sea is ours. Lose, and stand with the victors. 20.7kReads7.0Score1.7kShelves

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    The first and fourth books are by the same author, a veteran with good writing skills. The third book is also quite good, but the updates are a bit slow.

19. 19 阿 The Alexios Chronicles: The Rise of Rome 阿莱克修斯传：罗马崛起 LuoS MuP LuQ SiR罗S慕P路Q斯RHistorical1.3M WordsOngoing He was the second ruler since Alexander the Great to usher in a new age of Hellenization. He treated the Mediterranean like his bathtub and crushed the First Crusade. Honors were just passing clouds. What pleased him was the new order he had created for Rome and the world. 768Reads6.8Score—Shelves
20. 20 我 I Became the Legendary Man Too Tough to Kill, Who Threw Russia into Chaos 我成了祸乱沙俄的传奇耐杀王 The Copycat's No. 1 Wen Leihu Ke Unit文抄列文虎克一号机Historical347k WordsOngoing Chen Yuan accidentally transmigrated to 1906. At first, he only wanted to rely on his knack for fortune-telling to survive the chaos, but before he knew it, he'd become a powerful warlord in the Russian Empire. With the chaos of the coming First World War looming, he has no choice but to fight back. Tsar Nicholas II: He is a Hannibal sent to me by God! Stolypin: That boy... is the Empire's last beacon. Wilhelm II: I was not defeated by Russia, but by one man. Grand Duchess Olga: Don't run. Didn' 15.4kReads7.3Score1.4kShelves

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    These are good.

21. 21 一 World War I: Starting by Saving the Austro-Hungarian Empire 一战：从拯救奥匈帝国开始 Xu Hanyu许韩宇Historical365k WordsOngoing In 1910 Vienna, Lin Muhan falls from the future into an empire nearing its end. By an unexpected turn of events, the Emperor of Austria even grants him the power to reform the empire. Along the banks of the Danube, the setting sun is quietly shrouding the six-hundred-year-old Habsburg crown. The military is bloated and outdated, ethnic tensions simmer beneath the surface, suspicion lurks behind the alliance between Berlin and Vienna, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s train of destiny races toward t 180Reads6.5Score—Shelves
22. 22 美 An Old American Dynasty 美利坚望族 Old Ye of Manshan Island漫山岛的叶老Historical1.9M WordsCompleted How will a Chinese wage slave from 2025 make waves in twentieth-century America and climb from the bottom to the top? How will Teana Smith find his way through this turbulent, unpredictable era? 61Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 建 Building Australia: From Kangaroos to Dragons 建国澳大利亚，从袋鼠到巨龙 Zhou Zihua, Who Loves Salami爱吃萨拉米的周子华Urban2.0M WordsCompleted When a financial history student from the twenty-first century wakes after an accident, he discovers that he has become Prince Arthur, grandson of Queen Victoria, in the heart of the British Empire in 1890. He possesses knowledge from the future, but the ancient aristocratic system sees him as a deviant outsider. A carefully engineered gilded exile sends him to a land at the edge of the world: Australia. This forgotten corner of the Empire is a wild continent of immense potential, made up of six 602Reads6.2Score—Shelves
24. 24 法 France, 1794 法兰西1794 Kill Without Burial管杀不管填Historical3.4M WordsCompleted A glorious tale of struggle after transmigrating into a minor German nobleman during the French Revolution and the Directory. “His Excellency Andrew, the great and glorious, arrived in his beloved Paris in 1794.” 956Reads8.9Score104Shelves

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    There is European politics and war, from the Middle Ages to the modern Industrial Revolution, real history and the world of Mount & Blade, from gangsters to warmongers to emperors, the history of the West.

25. 25 1 Restarting Persia in 1941 1941重启波斯 Cola Without Ice可乐不加冰块Historical1.0M WordsCompleted In January 1941, at a critical moment in World War II, Britain and the Soviet Union were about to intervene in Iran and depose Reza Shah. Just then, a soul from the 21st century happened to enter the body of a Pahlavi. Facing this entirely new world, would Pahlavi choose America, the Soviet Union, or Persia? 598Reads9.0Score104Shelves
26. 26 不 The King of Britain 不列颠之王 Si Qian肆仟Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Li wakes up in postwar Britain, having crossed into another world. No money? No problem. Raise oil prices by five points. No land? North America is the backyard. No people? Ever heard of specialized security forces? Watch Lin Li stir up the world and carve his path to becoming Britain's greatest ruler. 13.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves
27. 27 我 My Years of Struggle in Soviet Russia 我在苏俄奋斗那些年 Naive Pig懵懂的猪Historical3.3M WordsOngoing A transmigrated soul wanders through the Soviet Union of the 1940s. Beneath a uniform of the NKVD, how many stories lie hidden... 11.2kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
28. 28 人 Writing Self-Help in America, I Become the Nation's Choice for President 人在鹰酱写鸡汤，全民求我当总统 Steamed Plum Pastry Sauce蒸梅油酥汁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Darcy transmigrates to America and becomes a sheriff. He activates the Influencer System: all he has to do is write toxic inspirational quotes and cultivate influencers to earn rewards. How hard can that be? He fires off all kinds of self-contradictory quotes to fool foreigners: “America, Please Wait for Your People!” “Don't Make America Great Again! Give the Little People Their Dignity!” “Why Does China Wash Its Dishes Seven Times?!” The more foreigners he fools, the more buffs the System 15.9kReads9.6Score2.1kShelves
29. 29 美 America, 1860: Starting from Scratch as a Tycoon 美利坚1860：从零开始当财阀 Zi Shi Tian子示天Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [European and American Business Wars] [The American Civil War] [The Gilded Age] [Technological Development] Business tycoon Allen died beneath a heavy truck in a car accident, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into the body of a 19-year-old Irishman in New York in 1860. With just 75 dollars to his name, Allen used his modern business acumen to start from scratch, first opening a canning workshop, then expanding the factory and starting a company. In the turmoil of the Civil War, his carefully l 14kReads8.7Score391Shelves
30. 30 从 From Duke's Son to Emperor of the Empire 从公爵之子到帝国皇帝 Old Zhuang's House老庄屋Historical853k WordsOngoing [Alternate continent + no magic or martial arts + emperor + nation-building + no System + conquest + political intrigue + slow burn + at least four chapters daily] Lin En, a staff officer from a modern military academy, accidentally transmigrates to the continent of Lafabranca and becomes the son of a duke in the Kingdom of Klan. With modern military thinking and tactical ideas far ahead of their time, Lin En builds a legendary army unmatched on the continent. At fourteen, he inherits the title 337Reads8.3Score—Shelves
31. 31 重 Reborn as the Emperor of France 重生之法兰西皇帝 The Naive Boy懵懂的少年Historical1.0M WordsCompleted What might happen if a history enthusiast were somehow born in France during the Napoleonic era? The mighty British Empire’s navy is wiped from the face of the earth before him, and even the vast Russian Empire falls at his feet. The reborn Andre surveys the world and cries out boldly, “All of Europe has already submitted to me!” 1.5kReads7.3Score100Shelves
32. 32 人 In America, Commanding a Million Death Soldiers! 人在鹰酱，掌握百万死士！ Tiger Stripe虎皮Urban995k WordsCompleted [American-Style Quick Draw]+ [No Female Lead]+ [American Cops Emptying Their Magazines] Li Qin transmigrates to America and activates the Dead Soldier System, binding himself to a governor from the start. The System's existence also leads Li Qin to successfully build a USB in the USA! Years later, Li Qin stands before the battered Black Palace, looks at the hundreds of reporters below, and roars: “The People's Republic of America is founded today!” Only then do people realize why the tie he wear 67Reads8.5Score—Shelves
33. 33 北 North American Tough Cop: Starting Out as a Patrol Officer in Los Angeles 北美悍警：从洛城巡警开始 Ice Descends on the City冰临城下Urban2.8M WordsOngoing A cleaner from the gray world becomes a sun-loving Los Angeles detective. What a wonderful thing, to live in the sunlight! Rock stood beneath a Hollywood landmark, gazing at the bikini-clad beauties on Santa Monica Beach. He pushed his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose. From now on, he would protect Los Santos... 82.4kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves
34. 34 穿 Transmigrating, Starting by Becoming the President of America 穿越，从成为艾美莉卡总统开始 Immortal Tongzi桐梓仙人Urban564k WordsOngoing After a night of drinking, Ye Yang, an ordinary young man from China, transmigrated to a parallel world and was reborn in the United States of America, also known as Eagle Sauce. Ye Yang's new identity was that of a cabinet minister, and he even had a beautiful wife. He thought he was about to live the dream: marrying a rich beauty, becoming a CEO, and reaching the pinnacle of life. But on the very first day after transmigrating, his wife wanted a divorce, and the president dismissed him from hi 1.5kReads7.1Score—Shelves
35. 35 穿EN Transmigrating to a Small Country and Developing Its GDP to Number One 穿越小国，发展GDP到第一 Won a Wisp of Tea Fragrance at Book Gambling赌书赢得缕茶香Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Farming + Development + War + Ensemble Cast + Ideals] To borrow Sankara's words: What was the Republic of Bujinia like before he took over? Its national GDP was just 7.26 billion dollars. Its land area was a pitiful 274,000 square kilometers. Its entire armed forces numbered fewer than 100,000! The navy? What's a navy? Can a landlocked country even have one? And what was Bujinia like after he took over? Its GDP surpassed that of the United States Federation, accounting for 40% 30.1kReads9.3Score2kShelves
36. 36 爆 A Fifty-Million Margin Call? I Short Wall Street Instead 爆仓五千万？我反手做空华尔街 Pipa Folding Knife琵琶折刀Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Financial Crisis] [Wits and Strategy] [Big Short] [Wall Street] Many years later, when sitting before the interview cameras for Time magazine’s Person of the Year feature, Lu Ze would always remember that rainy Manhattan night on February 28, 2008. “So, Mr. Lu.” The renowned journalist looked at the man before him, the one who had made the entire global financial system tremble, and posed the question that had come up time and again at congressional hearings, behind closed doors at the Federal 289.5kReads9.1Score36.6kShelves
37. 37 足 Football: Reborn in 2004, I Build a Black Shop in the Football World 足球：重生04，我打造足坛黑店 Meng Dapao蒙大炮Sports1.2M WordsCompleted Good news: veteran soccer fan Li Shiguang has been reborn, and he's now a rich second-generation heir. Bad news: his dad, Leeds United's largest shareholder, died before Li Shiguang was reborn. Taking over from his late father and becoming Leeds United's owner, Li Shiguang is immediately faced with enormous debts and the scheming old fox Bates, who's eager to buy the club on the cheap. With the help of the strongest Club System, which he awakens shortly afterward, Li Shiguang gets started with h 8.2kReads8.2Score635Shelves
38. 38 1 1895: The Rise of Nanzhou 1895：南洲崛起 Lu Lu Zi路路子Historical2.5M WordsOngoing If the Ming Dynasty had moved south, Australia would be Ming territory. If Australia were in Chinese hands, inheriting the legacy of the Ming Dynasty… What would happen if the world’s timeline changed in 1895? What would the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, who controlled almost all of Oceania, do? What would they do when they saw the Chinese people struggling beneath the Qing army’s iron heel? 13kReads6.2Score775Shelves
39. 39 帝 Imperial Russia: Make the Romanovs Great Again! 帝俄：让罗曼诺夫再次伟大！ Passing Years, Stained by the Mundane逝年染凡Historical223k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted]+ [Meticulous Research]+ [Imperial Russian Power Struggle] In November 1894, when his father, Alexander, suddenly dies, Nikolai, considered to be of mediocre ability, hastily takes charge of the giant empire mired in crisis. And I, Li Hongtu, have somehow become Nikolai shortly after his coronation. What is to become of the empire’s future? Perhaps, as I stand in the Winter Palace gazing at the Neva River, the empire’s chariot has already quietly turned away from the abyss. After al 12.9kReads7.4Score1.3kShelves

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    This book is super good! It's about Nikolai Nehemiah, the last monarch of modern Russia. It's handwritten, not mindless at all—just look at the reviews! Highly recommended! [Heart emojis]

40. 40 世 World War: Battleship Arms Dealer 世界大战：战舰军火商 Drunk in the Land of Flowers醉至种花家Historical1.7M WordsCompleted In 1905, deep in the deserts of the Persian Gulf, the transmigrator Chen Feng uses his knowledge from beyond the age to build ten revolutionary Dreadnought-class battleships under the noses of the great powers. The first arms-trading conference draws only three clients: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Argentina. But when six enormous warships thunder into the Suez Canal, a global naval revolution begins, sparked by an industrial miracle rising from the desert. 8.1kReads7.7Score575Shelves

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    No female lead, rigorous scientific logic, focusing on industrial technology, not a wish-fulfillment novel.

41. 41 大 Big Guns and Battleships: Building a Shipyard to Conquer the Qing and Expel the West 大舰巨炮：伐清灭洋从造船厂开始 Willows Dance in the Spring Breeze杨柳舞春风Historical1.0M WordsOngoing [Entirely handmade, no AI] [Shipbuilding System] + [battleships] + [aircraft carriers] + [submarines] + [naval warfare] + [overseas development] + [shaping world events] + [overthrowing the Qing and driving out foreign powers] Yang Yifeng is reborn in an alternate 1900 in South America and inherits a shipyard. With the Boxer Crisis unfolding and a shipbuilding System at his disposal, he resolves to rewrite his people’s tragic history and make the wolves pay! He wants his descendants to proudly s 59.5kReads8.5Score7.2kShelves
42. 42 我 I Am Bismarck: From the Imperial Guard to Rebuilding the Empire 我俾斯麦，从近卫军团到重建帝国 Qiluo Loves Thumb Cookies爱吃拇指饼干的绮罗Historical585k WordsCompleted [Entirely Handwritten] + [Absolutely No AI] + [Serious Historical Fiction] + [War] + [Ensemble Cast] In 1918, the empire suddenly collapsed. One morning, Otto Bismarck awoke to find himself the youngest grandson of Bismarck. With the empire already doomed and the Kaiser having fled, Otto led his men of the First Guards Regiment in a desperate fight back. “If the empire is gone, I’ll build another one, just as my grandfather did.” Years later, when the empire rose again on the continent, he gazed 6.6kReads8.0Score339Shelves

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    Lacking a systematic approach, it leans heavily towards historical reflection.

43. 43 穿 I Transmigrated, but Got the Hearts of Iron System 穿越，但是钢铁雄心系统 38th Parallel North北纬三十八度线Urban2.1M WordsOngoing Hearts of Iron IV + Millennium Dawn mod Technology + fantasy + magic + superpowers + the uncanny + Cthulhu + subversion of tropes A world of top-tier technology, born beneath the game’s “console,” becomes intertwined with a world from the previous century and a vast civilization of immortal cultivators. As the will of a civilization embodied by the United Earth Government, a world with boundless industry and an overwhelming technological advantage, they will defeat powerful foes with a well-deve 2.3kReads5.6Score174Shelves

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    Come on, let's hire more people!

44. 44 重 Reborn in Tokyo: From a Noble Heiress to a World-Class Tycoon 重生东京：从华族千金到世界财阀 Chihaya Rinna千早凛奈Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Business Wars] [Conglomerates] [Economics] [The Bubble Era] [Political Intrigue] “Even a pig could take off if it stood in Tokyo's path of rising fortunes in 1985. And I will be the dragon that commands the winds and rain.” A Wall Street elite is reborn in Japan in 1985, only to face the imminent bankruptcy of her family? Saionji Satsuki says: This is like taking a max-level character to slaughter the beginner village! This is the year before the Plaza Accord is signed, with the yen on the verg 113.3kReads9.3Score11.7kShelves
45. 45 异 Another World: France Under Furina's Rule 异世界：芙宁娜领导的法兰西 Has Shennong Been Poisoned to Death Today?神农今天被毒死了吗Eastern Fantasy907k WordsOngoing [Empress] [No Marriage] [Magic vs. Technology] [War] (The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later.) “Fate is like a play. You never know where the twists will come.” In 870 of the Holy Calendar, the steel tide of the Bahas Empire swept through Paris, and a baby was born amid the flames of war. Her name was Furina de Fontaine. Twenty years later, she became France’s most famous actress. But in this world ruled by magic, France was headed for ruin. Its Hydro elemental magic was steadily running 42.2kReads9.3Score4kShelves
46. 46 穿 Between Two Worlds, with an Armored Tide at My Back 穿梭两界，我的身后是钢铁洪流 Boundless Rivers and Mountains无限江山Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Calling in the Parents] + [Steel Torrent] + [Mechanical Fantasy] + [Across the Stars] + [Smart Characters] Ultimate Summoning Technique: Motherland, I need you! Transmigration means hacking through thorns and blazing a trail, struggling through hardships, facing deadly battles and danger at every turn. After fighting tooth and nail in another world to carve out a tiny territory, the enemy is about to reach his gates. The foolish nobles have abandoned my country. Th 47kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
47. 47 烈 The Multiverse Commander Who Rose with the Flames 烈焰升腾开始的综漫指挥官 Ashes Agent灰烬代理Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigration is a pretty appealing concept, but not everyone is guaranteed to land safely. Shen Lian is one such unlucky soul. A broken System dumped him on the Eastern Front. It could give him some basic combat skills, but it couldn’t get him out of his predicament. So Shen Lian fought all the way from Moscow to Berlin in 1945. Along the way, he gradually lost his humanity, becoming no different from the other participants in the war. After he died in Berlin, the System dumped him in a peace 5.5kReads8.8Score541Shelves

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    Volume 1 meets the requirements; the following volumes contain information on modern European warfare.

48. 48 国 In the National Fate Arena, I Choose 1936 Germany 国运擂台我选1936德三 Yi Mengfei意梦非Urban289k WordsCompleted When World War II history became a lost chapter, the National Destiny arena arrived in the modern era. Veteran player Lin Yan took command of Germany in 1936, and, amid the world's laughter, forged an alliance with the Soviet Union ahead of time. When the steel tide tore through the dawn, the world realized he wasn't just playing a game; he was wielding the forgotten laws of war. As lightning flashed, this unfamiliar world would remember the fear of being ruled by Hearts of Iron. 649Reads—Score102Shelves
49. 49 第 World War II: Battleship Arms Dealer 第二次世界大战：战舰军火商 Drunk in the Land of Flowers醉至种花家Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The SI season draws to a close, and the Cyprus Agreement is signed. The League of Nations is founded, and the five permanent members are decided. But this is not the beginning of peace. It is the prelude to another world war. The agreement has merely hit pause on the war, not ended it. The new season is about to begin. When the Americans learn that Lanfang is building a seventy-thousand-ton battleship... America: I’m in. The British Empire: So am I. Germany: I’m now on equal footing with Britain 68Reads6.2Score—Shelves
50. 50 不 Britannia 不列颠尼亚 Francis of Mississippi密西西比的方济各Historical413k WordsOngoing At the end of the Victorian era, the most glorious and most decadent period of the Sun Never Sets Empire, Arthur opened his eyes as a transmigrator. At the time, the British Empire seemed secure on its throne as the world's hegemon, its territories spanning the globe. Yet this colossal power was already riddled with internal crises, and the countdown to its collapse had quietly begun. Abroad, the rising powers of Germany and America posed an imminent challenge. At home, bureaucratic corruption 1.6kReads8.4Score102Shelves

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    I don't know why, but the author stopped updating, even though it's really well-written.

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