For Fans of Late Ming Historical Military Fiction: The Best of the Best 喜欢明末历史军事小说看一下，精品中的精品

1. 201 盐 Salt and Iron 盐铁 It's Really a Dog真的是狗Historical387k WordsCompleted Liaodong is bitterly cold, and salt is worth its weight in gold. To save his parents, young Shen Huai pawns his hairpin for salt. But without a permit, the officials seize it. His father dies in prison, and his mother’s blood stains their doorstep. After a blizzard, he leaves his home behind and follows his uncle, a wandering man of the jianghu, onto the path of the black salt trade. From then on, he is drawn into the fateful abyss of salt and iron, military funds, and political power. At first, 453Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Both books are of very high quality, with excellent writing, rigorous logic, and meticulous research. Most importantly, they present the structural problems of the late Ming Dynasty, while also pointing out issues that have plagued Chinese civilization for thousands of years, and bravely attempting to offer their own answers rather than evading them with ambiguity. The first book is currently being serialized, and its narrative is very mature, encompassing both the cold intrigue of political maneuvering and the exhilarating thrill of battlefield action. This author has clearly put effort into expressing their intellectual pursuits; it's not just random writing. The viewpoints within are actually full of historical insight.

2. 202 边 Borderland Veteran: I Pick Up a Fallen Empress from the Start 边关悍卒：开局捡个亡国女帝 I Unleash the Hundred Blossoms我开百花杀Historical1.9M WordsOngoing (The comic adaptation, The Lonely City Shines Across Mountains and Rivers, is now available. Please check it out.) More than a decade after the Yu Dynasty was founded, aristocratic clans dominate the court and govern through civil rule. The border troops go unpaid year after year, and their lives are worth less than grass. Shen Lie was an elite soldier in his previous life. After transmigrating, he becomes a dull-witted frontier soldier whom everyone can bully at Heihe Fort, the foremost outpost 72.9kReads8.6Score5.9kShelves

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   This novel definitely ranks among the top time-travel novels.

3. 203 开 From the Start, I Live-Stream the Great Ming, and Huaxia Civilization Leads by Ages 开局直播大明，华夏文明断层领先 Making a Living Is Hard养家糊口不容易Historical1.4M WordsOngoing (This book is not intended to disparage the present or glorify the past. The world I've created is fictional, so please don't conflate it with reality. My goal is to work toward China's rise! Nothing else is intended!) My name is Han Bixing, and I transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty as a fool. Everyone calls me crazy and pelts me with stones because I hold up a battered bronze mirror and talk to the air. They don't know that the other side of the mirror is connected to more than six hundred year 6.7kReads9.3Score633Shelves
4. 204 觉 Awakening in 1930: Raging Against Westernizers from the Start 觉醒1930开局怒怼公知西化派 Bouncing Little White Rabbit扑扑小白兔Urban905k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Republican era + System + Patriotic power fantasy + Strengthening the nation through science and technology + Exposing distortions of Western history + Face-slapping + One heroine + Spy warfare] Admirers of the West are not welcome in this book. If you're here to speak up for the West, you can leave! Peking, 1930. The academic giant Hu Shizhi loudly proclaims, “We must Westernize completely,” while the elite campus beauty Meng Qingjia regards this as the cure for saving the natio 856Reads5.4Score—Shelves
5. 205 偷 Stealing the Heavens, Changing the Sun: They Stole Chinese Civilization 偷天换日：他们偷走了华夏文明 Foster Good Relations搞活关系Urban306k WordsCompleted In 2050, the most secretive institution in Huaxia, the Huaxia Institute of Origins, combines cutting-edge technologies such as brain-computer interfaces, time compression, and energy-gathering matrices with the ancient Daoist cultivation technique, the Primordial Return to the Void Art. Together, they train three superpowered elites to form the Void Return Special Operations Team. Their primary mission is to travel back in time and find evidence. In the Ming dynasty, they search for traces sugge 218Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 206 铁 Three Centuries of Iron Hooves: The Crimes of the Qing Dynasty 铁蹄三百年：清朝罪恶史 Wander the World at Ease逍遥走天下Historical88k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 17Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 207 左 The Fifth Book by Zuoshoujianshashan 左手剑沙山的第5本书 Left-Handed Sword Shashan左手剑沙山Historical852k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 穿 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty: My Days as a Female Physician in Europe 穿越大明，我在欧洲做女医官的那些日子 Searching for Plum Blossoms in the Snow and Searching for Plum Blossoms in the Snow踏雪寻梅和踏雪寻梅47k WordsCompleted I Transmigrated to the Great Ming and Became a Female Physician in Europe —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 大 The Female Physician of the Ming Dynasty: Hunted as a Witch by the West 大明女医官:被西方当做女巫猎杀 Zheng Sanxing郑三醒Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted A Ming Dynasty Woman Physician: Hunted as a Witch by the West 9Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 那 Were the Witches Burned at the Stake in Europe Actually Female Physicians from the Ming Dynasty? 1 那些死在欧洲火刑架上的女巫，竟是大明女医官？一 Guo Zhong國忠28k WordsCompleted Were the witches who died at the European stake actually female physicians from the Great Ming? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 姑 Records of the Five Tombs: A Gusu Ghost-Slaying Chronicle 姑苏斩鬼录之五人墓碑记 Old Zhou the Immortal from Suzhou苏州老周仙Historical333k WordsCompleted (The Suzhou Through the Dynasties Series: The Ming Dynasty) As Wei Zhongxian’s cavalry trampled the misty rains of Jiangnan and the Eastern Depot’s shadows blotted out the peak of Tiger Hill Pagoda, a one-armed swordsman, a retired chief minister, and five ordinary Suzhou residents each fought in their own way to preserve the last vestige of righteousness in this city of silk, for all the people under heaven. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Donglin Party of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian in the capital, and the inscription on the tombstone of the five martyrs in Suzhou are all echoes of history.

12. 212 穿 Transmigrating to the Great Ming to Become an Emperor Who Runs a Business 穿越大明当个老板皇帝 Li Qingcheng李青成Historical2.2M WordsCompleted In the ninth month of the forty-eighth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty welcomed an emperor who ran the country like a business: Zhu Youxiao. (This book has no internet conspiracy theories.) But this boss had a bit of a temper. As soon as he transmigrated, Li Xuanshi tried to stop him from meeting his ministers? He personally smashed a eunuch to death, walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and put an end to the Palace Transfer Case. He didn’t know how to be an emperor on his first day on the throne? 21.7kReads8.4Score2kShelves

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    Of all the novels set in the late Ming Dynasty, this one is alright. Other novels only vaguely describe reforms, implying they can be implemented smoothly simply by mentioning their names, or at most, by conducting pilot programs or simply cutting off a few more watermelons. Only in this book, for every reform measure, someone points out its drawbacks, clearly identifies the obstacles, and proposes practical solutions. These solutions are then implemented, rather than being skipped over and immediately showing the benefits.

13. 213 开 Sold into Slavery from the Start, I Rise to Grand Secretary Through the Imperial Exams 开局卖身为奴，我靠科举登顶首辅 Blazing Fire Dragon冲天爆火龙Historical2.1M WordsOngoing After waking up, Wang Wei, a modern university student majoring in Chinese, transmigrated into Wang Gou'er, a young servant who had been sold by his own clan. He thought his life was over before it had even begun, but his new master turned out to be a wealthy provincial graduate. Even more unexpectedly, a twist of fate made him the young master's lifesaver, and he was assigned to work in the study. While the other servants were still struggling to memorize the rules, Wang Gou'er had already set 43.2kReads7.9Score3.8kShelves

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    This is the best time-travel imperial examination novel I've ever read, bar none! The author's writing is profound, their historical knowledge is solid, and the work is captivating! A must-read for anyone who enjoys this genre!

14. 214 魏EN The Wei Clan's Cursed Son Becomes Grand Secretary—Now They Beg Me to Return 魏家孽种成首辅，全族跪求我认祖 A Salted Fish in Everyday Life生活中的咸鱼Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as The Wei Fox) [Political Schemes][One Female Lead][Ensemble Cast][The Wei Faction] Condemned from birth, I was given the name Niesheng. On the day I was born, my mother died in childbirth, and my grandfather mourned before the ancestral hall. The whole household looked at me askance, all calling me a disaster star who had stolen another's fate. My biological father hated me like an enemy, my elder half-brother regarded me as an omen of bad luck, and my stepmother hid a knife behind 645kReads9.2Score90.3kShelves

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    It's great, really great. The emotional scenes aren't stiff at all; every plot point flows seamlessly, making it incredibly interesting. It's neither rushed nor overly slow, making it very comfortable to watch. There are highs and lows. It feels like the characters are truly standing right in front of you. I used to be really averse to seeing female leads in these kinds of shows, or rather, I preferred shows without female leads, but this one is exceptionally good even with one.

15. 215 大 Ming Dynasty Tyrant: I’ll Extend the Dynasty’s Reign by 300 Years 大明暴君，我为大明续运三百年 Kunwu昆吾Historical6.1M WordsCompleted [Political intrigue]+ [Passionate]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Ruthless]+ [No System] “Zhu Youjian, go in peace. Everything you had will be inherited by me, Ye Xuan. From this day on, I am the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen. I swear here: Those you, Zhu Youjian, could not kill, I, Chongzhen, will kill. What you, Zhu Youjian, could not accomplish, I, Chongzhen, will accomplish. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are rebelling? Then it depends on whether I give them the chance! The J 100.2kReads9.2Score12.2kShelves

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    All the late Ming Dynasty books you've been looking for are here—I highly recommend the first one. It lacks ornate writing and drawn-out plots—it's more hardcore, with a military theme, and the writing style is a bit different from the mainstream. It's not meticulously researched—the main theme is that there are no good people in the late Ming Dynasty. 🤭

16. 216 南 The Southern Ming Righteous Army 南明义军 The Casual-Notes Daoist随笔道人Historical1.4M WordsCompleted In 1645, the Yiyou Year of the lunar calendar, the Year of the Rooster, the first year of the Hongguang era of the Ming and the first year of the Longwu era; the second year of the Shunzhi era of the Qing; the second year of the Dashun era of the Great Xi; and the second year of the Yongchang era of the Great Shun, Shi Kefa died alongside Yangzhou, Nanjing fell, and Li Zicheng died at Jiugong Mountain. The Qing court surveyed the realm and found no one who could stand against it. The Eight Banne 18.7kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    Please recommend a good book.

17. 217 职 Professional Assassin: From the Start, I Target a Court Official 职业杀手，开局刺杀朝廷命官 Dreaming of the Corner梦知隅Historical626k WordsCompleted [Political intrigue + history + martial arts + clever protagonists] At the end of a dynasty, human lives are worth less than grass. The court, feudal lords, powerful clans, and the martial world are all placing their bets recklessly. Lu Chen has no interest in gambling. He just wants to make enough money to retire in comfort. But the Pavilion Master claps him on the shoulder and says, “This is the best of times.” Then he pushes Lu Chen into the game of contending for the realm. Assassinations, f 979Reads8.2Score101Shelves

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    Go watch historical dramas about political intrigue, similar to "Da Ming Dynasty 1566".

18. 218 明 Late Ming Crown Prince: My Ancestors Help Me Conquer the World 明末太子：祖宗们帮我打天下 A Talented Man Paired with a Blind One才子配瞎人Historical658k WordsCompleted Zhu Cilang: The good news is that I've been reborn as a crown prince. The bad news is that I'm the crown prince of the Chongzhen era. My idol is Emperor Renzong, Zhu Gaochi, a.k.a. Fatty Zhu. Yes, the Ming's acting deputy emperor, who spent more than twenty years as crown prince. Zhu Di was his general for the northern campaigns! Unfortunately, my dad, Chongzhen, is such a good-for-nothing that he can't be my general for the northern campaigns! I'm about to become the crown prince of a doomed dy 2.1kReads6.1Score141Shelves

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    Recommend!!!

19. 219 大 The Ming Dynasty's Favorite: Zhu Biao's Daughter Is a Transmigrator 大明第一团宠：朱标闺女是穿越来 The Wind in Jinling City金陵城的风Ancient Romance650k WordsCompleted [Beloved by All · No Romance · Little Girl · Dual Transmigration] A five-year-old cutie brings her family’s ancestral jade pendant and turns the Ming imperial palace into a family playground! Zhu Xiaoxiao was simply taking a trip to Zhongshan with her family when, in the blink of an eye, she transmigrated to the imperial palace of the Ming dynasty. Before her stand a stern grandpa in a dragon robe, a gentle and kind Crown Prince uncle, and her fourth uncle, Zhu Di, who’s always competing with he 392Reads7.2Score110Shelves
20. 220 天 The Sky Screen Reveals: The Frail Noblewoman Is Actually a Conquering Overlord 天幕曝光：柔弱贵女竟是统一霸主 Singing and Dancing Beneath the Moon月下歌舞Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted Lin Wan transmigrates to the Qin Dynasty, hoping to live quietly as a frail female official by Ying Zheng’s side, slacking off whenever she can. But then the heavens suddenly change, and a sky screen descends, forcing everyone across the world to watch “A Roll Call of Legendary Figures: The Woman Who Gave the World to Qin”! The Six Kingdoms panic: “Qin’s secret weapon is this delicate beauty?” The entire court is stunned: “What happened to that sickly good-for-nothing? Why is she holding a map o 140Reads—Score113Shelves
21. 221 大 Great Ming: I Was Living Among the Commoners, Yet I Turned Out to Be the Real Crown Prince 大明：流落民间的我居然是真太子 Angry Little Donkey愤怒的驴驴Historical790k WordsOngoing [Ming Dynasty + Commoner Prince + Comedy + Everyday Life] Zhu Li transmigrated to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, but something felt off when he woke up. Half his body was buried in dirt, and he was dressed in a lavish silk burial robe. What the heck? He didn’t think much of it. Using his modern way of thinking, he started a small business in Jinling and settled into a pretty comfortable life. Then one day, a strange old man came into his shop and started asking all sorts of questions. Zhu Y 42Reads5.7Score—Shelves
22. 222 大 Great Ming: I Just Started Slacking Off, and Zhu Di Begged Me to Take the Throne 大明：我刚摆烂，朱棣求我登基 Angry Dai Jiaogui愤怒的戴娇贵Historical459k WordsOngoing [Ming Dynasty + laid-back + comedy] After transmigrating, he became Zhu Zhanhe, the eldest legitimate son of the Prince of Han and the beloved eldest grandson of the Yongle Emperor. Familiar with Ming history, he knew that after the Prince of Han's rebellion failed, all his sons were killed. So Zhu Zhanhe decided to slack off and stay out of the succession struggle. But even though he wanted to slack off, his grandfather Zhu Di heard every thought in his head. Zhu Di: “My good grandson, with you 19Reads5.8Score—Shelves
23. 223 大 Great Ming: You Were Told to Guard the Tomb, Not Resurrect the Ancestors 大明：让你守陵，没让你复活祖宗 Mountain Breeze and Shimmering Waters山风与水光Historical812k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the emperor who was supposed to die young, he spends ten years keeping a low profile in the Ming imperial mausoleum before awakening the [Imperial Ancestral Temple Yin-Yang System]**! In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao dies. Zhu Yuanzhang is consumed by grief, while Zhu Yunwen starts making his move. With the Ming Dynasty on the brink of chaos, Zhu Xiongying stops keeping a low profile. "Who gets the throne? 1.3kReads5.4Score108Shelves
24. 224 大 Great Ming: The Days I Took Old Zhu to Live in Seclusion in the Mountains 大明：我带老朱隐居山林的日子 Angry Great Tianhao愤怒的大天昊Historical765k WordsOngoing [Ming Dynasty + Comedy + Taking Commoner Zhu Chongba to Meet the Yongle Emperor] Zhu Gaoxi accidentally transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and becomes Zhu Di's fourth son. Thanks to the System, he obtains a cultivation method and becomes the only immortal cultivator in the world. With the path to immortality proving too dull, he brings his imperial grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang back to life from Xiaoling Mausoleum. Zhu Yuanzhang stares in confusion. “What? I'm alive? What year is it?” Zhu Gaoxi: “The 103Reads5.5Score109Shelves
25. 225 荡 Pacifying the Troubled Times: I Start by Grinding Proficiency to Become a God of Slaughter 荡平乱世：从肝熟练度开始当杀神 Ji Chen Tianwan寂尘天万Historical1.3M WordsOngoing Ji Chen transmigrates. This is a chaotic age. The northern barbarians surge south, and there’s human meat to eat to your heart’s content. Meanwhile, the nobility in their palaces care only for pleasure. Sons kill fathers, younger brothers kill older brothers, women are enslaved, and men become concubines. It’s a deranged age where everyone indulges in depravity. All Ji Chen wants is to survive the chaos. A powerful clan: “Young man, you’re a very handsome fellow...” Luckily, the System activates 27kReads8.3Score3kShelves

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    Yes, the God of Slaughter is alive.

26. 226 大 Great Ming: I Turn Out to Be Zhu Biao's Twin Brother 大明：我竟是朱标双胞胎弟弟 Three Thousand Pavilions三千亭Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Chu Mu transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes a village scholar living among the common people. He plans to use his advanced knowledge to become a wealthy landowner, but after scolding Emperor Sun Zhu Yunwen into a faint while distributing disaster relief, he unexpectedly attracts the attention of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, who are traveling incognito! A birthmark on his upper thigh, and a bowl of noodles eaten squatting on the ground... His identity is exposed! He is actually the Ming 2.8kReads5.4Score180Shelves
27. 227 大 Great Ming's Two-Way Portal: Bringing the Zhu Family to Force Old Zhu to Abdicate 大明双穿门：带朱家人逼老朱退位 Young Master Feng公子枫Historical224k WordsCompleted Zhu Yuntong’s situation is disastrous from the start: What? Old Zhu is going to make Zhu Yunwen Crown Prince’s Heir? Just when he’s at his wits’ end, he gets a Two-Way Gate System! “Great, great, I have to fight for the throne this time. I’ll turn the Ming Dynasty upside down!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time before Grandma died, bring her here, and have her back me up!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time before my mother died, bring her here, and have her stand up for me!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time b 21.8kReads6.9Score1.4kShelves
28. 228 大 Great Ming: After My Nephew Disappeared, I Inherited the Family Business! 大明：侄子失踪后，我继承家业！ Zhuge Rabbit诸葛兔子Historical838k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanhe becomes the son of Zhu Gaoxu and binds himself to the Spirit-Seizing System. From the start, he’s at Xiaoling Mausoleum, where he captures the spirits of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma! Looking at Zhu Di, who is about to ascend the throne, Zhu Zhanhe decides to give him a “surprise.” Zhu Zhanhe: “Grandpa, with your enthronement just around the corner, what’s your greatest regret?” Zhu Di: “Sigh, it’s that your great-grandpa and great-grandma can 307Reads—Score105Shelves
29. 229 万 The Beloved Zhu Xiongying of All Dynasties, Starting by Helping His Fourth Uncle 万朝团宠朱雄英，从帮帮四叔开始 Chai Zongxun柴宗训Historical172k WordsCompleted (Note: In this book, everyone uses standard forms of address for parents, relatives, and friends, such as “Father,” “Dad,” and “Imperial Father.” Distinctive titles from different dynasties, such as “Lord” and “Aye,” are not used.) After experiencing a series of grand and eventful trials, including coming back from the dead and mastering cultivation, Zhu Xiongying, the Ming dynasty's legitimate eldest grandson, is given the opportunity to help figures from dynasties throughout history. What hard 67Reads8.1Score—Shelves
30. 230 本 I Am Zhu Chongjiu, Fourth Brother to Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 本王朱重九四哥洪武大帝朱元璋 The Little Sparrow Who Likes Wang Yuyan喜欢王语嫣的小山雀Historical2.5M WordsCompleted I have an incredibly noble name: Zhu Chongjiu. I also have an incredibly noble identity: the younger brother of the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the Prince of Qin of Great Ming. A person who never existed in history. Great Ming has many regrets: Crown Prince Zhu Biao’s early death, Empress Ma’s early passing, the young Crown Prince Xiongying’s untimely death… My mission is to rewrite these regrets and take Great Ming to new heights. But karma turns in cycles. Little do I know that whi 40kReads7.8Score3.2kShelves
31. 231 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 494kReads9.7Score70.5kShelves
32. 232 我 My Wife Is the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Number One Female Demon 我老婆是东晋第一女魔头 Handsome Young Man俊俏少年Historical2.6M WordsOngoing The kings of the Sima clan turned their blades on one another. The northern barbarians ate their fill of human flesh. The aristocratic families fled south in terror. The starving commoners boiled their children in pots. Heroes fought for their lives on the battlefield, while nobles got high in their palaces. Sons killed fathers, younger brothers killed older brothers, daughters became slaves, and men became concubines... This absurd age was one long debauch. Tang Yu: “I just want to protect myse 121.2kReads9.3Score11.5kShelves
33. 233 胎 Born into a Farmer's Family as Their Late-Born Son, I Change Our Fortunes Through the Imperial Exams 胎穿农家老来子，靠科举改换门庭 Tu Yi凃扆Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [Imperial Examinations + Daily Life + No Golden Finger] Just after passing the civil service exam, Song Xi was sent by a cement truck trying to meet its quota to an ancient dynasty called Great Qi. He was reborn as a farmer's son, and his mother gave birth to him at an advanced age, drawing plenty of ridicule from those around them. His family owned nothing but four bare walls, and they could afford meat only once or twice a year. Fortunately, his family loved him, and he had something to look f 19.5kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves

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    A masterpiece among imperial examination novels! The family relationships are exceptionally well-developed!

34. 234 入 I Joined the Death Row Camp, Determined to Rebel 入职死囚营，我一心造反 Burning Like Fireworks像烟花般燃烧Historical1.0M WordsOngoing “I’m not here to die. I’m here to take lives!” Chen Dong, a low-ranking frontier soldier, was framed after offending his superior. His entire family was executed, while he was specially sent to the northern frontier’s “death-row camp” for his “bravery,” a hellhole where prisoners were used as expendable flesh against the enemy. It is hell from the very first page: on his first night in the camp, he faces a barbarian sneak attack and the law of the jungle within the walls. 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Historical high-energy political intrigue novel

35. 235 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 972.9kReads9.3Score119.1kShelves
36. 236 修 The First Great Mess in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一混乱 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted “Sect Master Sun, your sect is now a renowned sword sect in the northern cultivation world. What is your opinion of Dean Xu?” “I often tell people in the know that Dean Xu is my idol. People hunt him down, and he still tries to make friends and strike deals with them. He raises disciples until they reach Foundation Establishment, then stops teaching them and sells them off to other sects. Now his students are everywhere, and his people are all over the place.” “And how do the senior members of 174.2kReads9.5Score30.3kShelves
37. 237 穿 Transmigrate and Get It Right in One Go 穿越之一步到位 The Flowers Keep Blooming花继续开Historical190k WordsOngoing A pure power fantasy. Never mind whether it's reasonable: the main goal is an adrenaline rush. Transmigrate to a fictional world and do whatever you want. Starting as a down-and-out prince, rise against the tide and forge a path to power. Then take on different transmigrated identities, conquering worlds and eras. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very reasonable, recommended.

38. 238 重 Back at Nineteen: Goddess, Why Aren't You Proud Anymore? 重返十九岁，女神你怎么不骄傲了 Mumu Loves Fish木木爱吃鱼Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [A down-to-earth rebirth story with solid logic and clear-eyed characters, a textbook for young people striving and falling in love.] Xu Jianghe, a major player in Shanghai’s venture capital scene with a ten-digit fortune, unexpectedly found himself reborn at the age of nineteen. In his previous life, he’d been an elite at the top of his game. Now he was starting over as a young man who had achieved nothing and was plagued by insecurity. From then on, every step brought a shock, and flowers bloo 143kReads8.6Score12.6kShelves
39. 239 五 The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: I Unify the Land 五代十国，我一统天下 So the Ties Have Run Their Course原来缘尽啊Historical711k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the seventh year of Tianfu in the Later Jin, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (942), he becomes the seventh son of Li Congyan, the Han Chinese Prince of Qin and Military Governor of Fengxiang. At first, I really was a bad guy who stopped at nothing, because that was how I survived. Later, I really did become a good person, because I still had a conscience, though not much of one. 13kReads8.4Score805Shelves
40. 240 末EN The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ Noodle King Zai板面王仔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 411kReads9.2Score34.2kShelves
41. 241 重 Reborn Before My Wife Cheated 重生亡妻出轨前 Uncle Shou手叔Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless]+ [swift revenge]+ [carefully laid schemes] Wan Shan reads in his late wife's diary about the life of lies and manipulation he had endured. Even six heart stents can't contain his hatred. If he could live his life over, he swears he would ruin the wife who deceived him, make her old flame suffer terribly, and make his ungrateful relatives infamous... Little bits and pieces, a reborn couple at odds in a bygone era, adding fuel to the fire and fanning the flames of revenge. 41.7kReads8.5Score3.6kShelves
42. 242 汉 A Brash Man at the End of the Han: With My Sayings in Hand, the World Is Mine 汉末莽夫：语录在手，天下我有 Full Moon in the Mortal World人间月圆Historical827k WordsCompleted An unconventional take on revolutionary ideals, an unconventional transmigration, an alternate history, and no golden finger. A People’s Army soldier unexpectedly transmigrates into the late Han dynasty, becoming Pan Fu, a decrepit old man with only a breath left in him. His only companion is his not-too-bright, simple-minded son, Pan Long. Knowing he has little time left, he forces himself to leave behind the lessons of a lifetime, then breathes his last. Pan Long writes down his father’s fina 695Reads8.0Score100Shelves
43. 243 清 The Warlord of Late Qing: Shu Marshal 清末枭雄：蜀帅 Old Puke老朴客Historical1.3M WordsCompleted In 1905, he was the finest student at a Sichuan military academy, yet also the most notorious playboy in Chengdu’s pleasure quarter. He had meant to drink and make merry until the end of his days, but then came devastating news from home: his father had been killed by bandits. The flames of vengeance for his family burned away his reckless ways. He abandoned his prospects in the New Army and returned home, beginning his path to warlord rule by organizing a local militia. 788Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    A divine book! A true divine book; its low score cannot diminish its brilliance!

44. 244 铁 The Iron Hoof's Lament 铁蹄哀明 How Could the Mountain Moon Know My Heart?山月怎知心事Historical2.3M WordsOngoing [Hunted by the Tartars from the start, later I hunt them down] Han Lin transmigrates to the dying days of the Ming Dynasty, just as the Battle of Ningyuan takes place. Captured and made a booi, he spends six months building up his strength before leading a group of fellow booi in rebellion! But by a twist of fate, he ends up killing the chieftain and embarking on a completely different life. Nurhaci: “Who was the one who made him a booi in the first place?!” Hong Taiji: “Han Lin, you've brought 9.8kReads8.6Score763Shelves
45. 245 男 A Man's Journey 男儿行 Wine Addict酒徒Historical2.3M WordsCompleted “We may die, but before we do, we must live like human beings!” Set against the peasant uprisings at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, this novel tells the story of a group of ordinary, unremarkable men who rise up in rebellion and rebuild the Chinese nation from the ruins. The protagonist is an ordinary man. Though he transmigrates, like countless others of Chinese descent in that era, he fights with his blood and all his might for the right to “live like a human being”! This story is not about revi 553Reads7.3Score100Shelves
46. 246 锦 A Carefree Official in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 锦衣卫里的闲散官 Fat Coca-Cola肥胖的可乐Historical2.1M WordsCompleted Flying-fish robes, embroidered spring knives. When the brocade-clad guards draw their blades, the court runs red with blood. Traitors who collude with the enemy: execute them! Officials who take bribes: execute them! Those who disrupt the court: execute them! Those who form cliques for personal gain: execute them! In an age of prosperity and splendor, where life drifts like willow fluff, the embroidered spring knife holds the realm in check. He Lu put away his Embroidered Spring Knife, still sta 32.7kReads9.1Score3kShelves
47. 247 大 Great Ming: From the Start, I Reveal Zhu Yuanzhang's Future 大明：开局剧透朱元璋 Qing Hong青红Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Xu Qing transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty and happens to arrive during a battle between the rebel army and the Yuan forces. Guo Zixing’s rebels mistake him for a spy and throw him in jail. As it turns out, his cellmate is Zhu Yuanzhang. “Brother Zhu, what’s your dream?” Zhu Yuanzhang: “A wife, kids, and a warm bed.” Xu Qing: “Why not dream bigger? Like becoming emperor.” Zhu Yuanzhang: “???” Xu Qing: “I can see that you’re destined for greatness, Brother Zhu. One day, you’ll surely be 20.3kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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    This is something I've seen before; it should be alright. Give it a try!

48. 248 大 Great Ming: I Am the Founding Father of Wealth, Zhu Daile 大明：朕！明财祖，朱刀乐 Lots of Pitfalls, Few Words坑多话不多Historical903k WordsCompleted The land of China! Across history, the unified dynasties have changed twelve times. Right and wrong are hard to judge. But! Historians have all taken note that it was on this ancient land that generation after generation witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties, their prosperity and decline, one replacing another. That is why, since ancient times, people have said: “Are kings and nobles born to the purple?” The founding emperor was born into humble circumstances. He begged for food, entered a mo 1.2kReads7.6Score104Shelves

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    If you want to see how intellectuals led to the downfall of the nation, you can read this book. The protagonist has a very clear perspective on history, which can give you a sober understanding.

49. 249 从 From Little Kid to Top Scholar, I Cheat My Way to the Top 从幼童到状元，我一路开挂 Dreaming Back to Childhood Songs梦回童歌Historical2.1M WordsOngoing [Alternate-history fiction + imperial examinations + slice of life + no golden finger] Here, clan ties are more important than life itself, and clan rules take precedence over the law. When Qin Haoran was three, his father was killed in a bloody fight over water rights. According to clan rules, the entire clan was supposed to raise the family that had lost its breadwinner. But fate's cruelty was far from over. Three years later, his young mother, unable to bear a life of loneliness and widowhood 59.2kReads8.6Score4.4kShelves

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    It's alright, the imperial examination upgrade.

50. 250 魂 A Soul's Journey to the End of the Jin Dynasty, Starting at Yumenguan 魂越晋末，从玉门关开始 Wielding a Spear at the Abyss执戈临渊Historical1.2M WordsOngoing She transmigrates into the chaotic final years of the Jin dynasty and starts by finding an oasis and recruiting refugees. Tang Yu swears to put an end to this blood-soaked age of chaos. He will unite the Western Regions and enter the Central Plains. The court and its people have already fled south; from the north, I will reclaim the Han spirit. The story begins with a ten-year-old body stationed at Maquankou within Yumen Pass. It follows a passionate young man from a later age on his journey to 2.9kReads6.3Score257Shelves

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    This novel is good; I recommend it to everyone. It has rigorous logic, reasonable data, and realistic characters.

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