Tomato’s Best Historical Novels (Highly Rated) 番茄巅峰历史文（高分）

1. 201 惊 Identity in the Mirror 惊悚之镜中身份 Xiaoyao Lingzi逍遥凌子22k WordsCompleted A Terrifying Identity in the Mirror 1Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 霓 The Brocade Gambit: A Record of Power Plays in the Tang Dynasty 霓裳弈：大唐权谋录 Xiaoyao Lingzi逍遥凌子Ancient Romance14k WordsCompleted Silk and Strategy: A Record of Tang Dynasty Power Plays 5Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 203 乱 In a Chaotic Age, the Mohists Take Up Arms to Protect the People 乱世墨者持器守苍生 Xiaoyao Lingzi逍遥凌子Historical68k WordsCompleted In a chaotic age, a Mohist wields his weapon to protect all living beings. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 204 失 The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 失忆剑仙 Xiaoyao Lingzi逍遥凌子24k WordsCompleted The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 3Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 205 长 The Legend of Shen He of Chang'an 长安禾火之沈禾传奇 Xiaoyao Lingzi逍遥凌子Historical17k WordsCompleted The Legend of Shen He of Chang'an 3Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 206 墨 The Mountains and Rivers Endure, Dyed in Ink 墨染山河在 Xiaoyao Lingzi逍遥凌子Ancient Romance242k WordsCompleted In the final years of the Dasheng Dynasty, the court falls into chaos and the realm crumbles. The emperor is obsessed with eternal life, neglects the affairs of state, and cares nothing for the people. Regent Zhu Heng seizes the opportunity to monopolize power. His allies fill the court, and he controls both the military and the government. Crushing taxes and forced labor burden the people, driving them from their homes and leaving the realm in misery. The once-prosperous dynasty teeters on the 15Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 207 剑 The Sword Immortal Rises 剑仙崛起了 Xuan Chen悬沉Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted The story follows Mo Wuchen, a once-gifted genius whose talents are crippled. Rising from the bottom, he defeats everyone who stands in his way and eventually becomes the ruler of an entire continent. 474Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 水 Water Margin: The World’s in Chaos, So What? 水浒：天下大乱关我屁事 Words Can Heal文字能治病Historical182k WordsOngoing I transmigrated into the world of Water Margin by accident. Before me was a world overrun with heroes, and behind me lay chaos where the people could barely survive. Murder and arson were everyday occurrences, while mountain spirits and monsters appeared and vanished without warning. The System said: Get fifty people to come eat at the tavern, and you’ll receive a pocket dimension. I looked at the counter showing 0/50, then at the three hunters fleeing through the woods in the distance. They’d m 566Reads—Score117Shelves

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   A different kind of Chinese text with a happy ending!

9. 209 千 The Legendary Han Xin, the Greatest General of All Time 千古第一将韩信之千古传奇 Wuchuan Hua无船滑Eastern Fantasy439k WordsCompleted Han Xin was born a beggar, so where did he learn his astonishing military strategies? Where did he master such superb swordsmanship? How did he win every battle without a single defeat? Why were his victories so decisive, with large-scale clashes against his opponents so rare? How were his battlefield instincts and judgments so precise? This book recounts every one of Han Xin’s legendary exploits in detail. 5.1kReads8.4Score472Shelves

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   The plot of the story has ups and downs, and Han Xin deserves the name of a soldier. The legendary counterattack life of Han Xin in the book cleverly combines history, legend and fantasy, and the art of war is even more exciting. Han Xin's legendary life came to an end because of his close relatives, writing about human nature to the extreme.

10. 210 天 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.6M WordsCompleted This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 156Reads—Score106Shelves
11. 211 民 Folk Customs Record: Chen the Paper Effigy Maker 民俗录：纸扎陈 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery262k WordsCompleted There's an old saying in western Hunan: “Better to walk through a mass grave at night than cross the Paper Effigy Chen family.” When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying in a thin-walled coffin. Paper figures all around the room were smiling at him. He was the last living member of the Paper Effigy Chen family. For three generations, his ancestors had made paper effigies for a living, but the Chen family didn't just make paper people and horses... They shaped souls. They shaped rules. They 36Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 棺 The Yin Within the Coffin 棺中太阴 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery122k WordsCompleted When he woke up inside the coffin, the thing pressing down on its lid was poking its head over to sniff him. The spiritual energy in this world had been depleted for eight hundred years, and the Celestial Court and underworld had long since become legends. In their place stood a set of rules, cold to the core: The register is heaven's decree: every cultivator's rank, the prices in the ghost market, and the incense masters' standings in the White Lotus Sect are all recorded in an invisible ledger 10Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 风 The Wind Rises Among the Clouds 风从云间起 Ten Thousand Years万岁岁Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted #CultivationNovel #RebornWebNovel #Multi-HeroinesCultivation #MustReadForReadersInASlump #High-RatedWebNovel #XianxiaRecommendations #ComebackPowerTrip Reborn cultivation | Rise against the odds across the heavens | A cast of stunning heroines | Mutual salvation | Hero protects beauties | Classic xianxia | Pure power fantasy with no tired formulas Highly recommended reborn xianxia | An exhilarating read! In his past life, the solitary immortal had no attachments. In this life, he devotes everyt 3.3kReads8.2Score329Shelves

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    Every encounter has a foreshadowing, and every love spans reincarnation. The male protagonist does not have central air conditioning, is not sentimental or greasy, and has his own preferences, which are compensated one by one. The tenderness I owed in my previous life; the sincerity I missed in my previous life will never let go in this life.

14. 214 我 My Glory Days in Dongguan 我在东莞的高光岁月 Warm Wine, Waiting for the Wind温酒等风来Urban309k WordsOngoing My name is Chang Da Qiang. I was born in a small, underdeveloped county town in the late 1980s. My parents were farmers, and in those days, when everything was desperately poor, I graduated from a junior college and looked for work in my hometown. After hitting one dead end after another, I made a bold decision: I headed south to Guangdong to try my luck. Through hard work, I finally had the experiences that inspired this novel. 2.3kReads—Score145Shelves

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    These two books are super nice`()

15. 215 那 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 Sparse Shadows in the Courtyard疏影庭前Urban299k WordsCompleted [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 10.2kReads5.9Score1.1kShelves
16. 216 开 From the Start: Crown Prince of Sui, Destined to Be the Heavenly Khan 开局隋太子，目标天可汗 The Handsome Mingming男神大明明Historical88k WordsOngoing A 21st-century man of science and engineering finds his soul in Yang Zhao, Crown Prince of Emperor Yang of Sui's dynasty. As it happens, Yang Guang has gone to Jiangdu on an imperial tour, leaving the crown prince to govern the empire. Yang Zhao launches a fierce campaign against the aristocratic clans, manufactures firearms, and pacifies the realm. Then he ushers in the Age of Exploration ahead of schedule, and the Great Sui goes on to dominate the global village! 337Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wall Crack recommends this book, please like and comment.

17. 217 透 After Burning Through My Lifespan, I Became a Peerless Prodigy 透支寿元后，我修成绝世天骄 y Xin Gany心甘Eastern Fantasy116k WordsOngoing Lu Yu accidentally transmigrated and awakened a Lifespan Panel. As long as he spent lifespan, his martial arts, alchemy, and artifact crafting could all advance instantly! Killing star beasts granted him more lifespan, leaving no bottlenecks on his path of cultivation. To outsiders, he was just an unremarkable young man in Lin'an City, with only the fourth level of Body Tempering. No one knew that he had mastered the blade, excelled at both alchemy and artifact crafting, and kept his skills hidd —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! Potential masterpiece!

18. 218 误 Lost in the Prosperous Tang Dynasty, Drunk on a Floating Life 误入盛唐醉浮生 Looking at the Missing Moon望缺Historical1.2M WordsCompleted One day, I accidentally stumbled into the prosperous Great Tang and became a nobody in Chang’an. The brightly lit, bustling streets of Suzaku Avenue, the poets and scholars who drank and caroused, the borderlands filled with the clamor of warhorses and weapons This was the best of times, and the most treacherous of worlds. Carrying memories that didn’t belong to this era, I hid my talents amid the lively bustle of the taverns. But when locusts swept across Guanzhong, Turkic cavalry came knockin 86Reads5.7Score138Shelves

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    Shuhuang Quick Code|Hard-core historical novels of the early Tang Dynasty focus on the conquest of Goguryeo in the late Zhenguan years, restoring the real ancient battlefield, neither magic modification nor fantasy. Seeing the various behaviors of all living beings under the golden armies and iron horses, you will feel full of immersion while reading it, and you will be fascinated by history when you close your eyes📖

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