Novels like A Land of Passion
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Land of Passion, best match first.
- 1 Espionage: The Days I Slacked Off at the Military Statistics Bureau 谍战我在军统摆烂的日子 We live in a peaceful era, but how many nameless heroes sacrificed their lives for this country and its people? History books are too thin to contain their greatness. Turn a page, and you've got their whole lives! History books are also too thick. We can't remember their names; we only know that they are heroes! He transmigrates through time to China during the War of Resistance Against Japan and takes the place of the original owner. Following his elders' arrangements, he joins the Juntong as a 66Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 2 Espionage Agent: From the Start, I Was Just a Nobody in the Juntong 谍战特工，开局军统当混子 [Republic-era espionage + building an independent power + a male lead who never takes a loss + special operations] Shen Lang bites the dust and unexpectedly is reborn in the Republic of China era. The descendant of a veteran of the War of Resistance, he is determined to become a Communist spy. But the original owner of his body was a useless errand boy in the military intelligence service... A complete deadweight, too... And now someone has a gun to his head, about to use him as a scapegoat... H 444Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 3 Espionage: Cultivating with the Female Commander from the Start? 谍战：开局和女长官修炼？ 646Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 War of Resistance: Rising to Power as the Young Marshal of Fengtian! 抗战：从奉天少帅开始崛起！ Jiang Bai suddenly found himself inside the senior command headquarters of the Fengtian Army. To his astonishment, he had become Marshal Zhang's adopted son. Just as he was celebrating, a crisp System notification sounded. “Ding! The Host's current historical moment has been detected. Please select the optimal course of action!” “Option One: Escape Fengtian, settle overseas, and build a business empire!” “Option Two: Escape Fengtian, join Chiang Kai-shek, and rise to the top of the Huaxia govern 22Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 5 The Fake Commandant 冒牌校尉 Yang Chen was an ordinary frontier soldier with no power, influence, or connections. Thanks to his extraordinary tolerance for alcohol, his superior temporarily assigned him to pose as an officer at a special banquet. But war broke out without warning. After narrowly escaping death, Yang Chen decided to keep up the act, using his assumed officer identity to raise a force and repel foreign enemies amid the chaos. He earned one distinction after another, and so began Yang Chen's turbulent, legenda 1.3kReads7.5Score103Shelves
- 6 Reborn in the Republic: Three Thousand Warlords at My Beck and Call 豪横，重生民国，三千军阀做小弟 [Republican Era] [History] [Transmigration] [Reborn] [Warlords] [No Female Lead] I’m not really that powerful. I only have more than three thousand warlords who willingly serve as my underlings! Gao Qiqiang transmigrates to a parallel world resembling the Republican Era, where he becomes the playboy heir of a powerful family. His warlord father, Chen Tai, is the renowned Marshal of Jianghuai. As Uncle Tai’s most useless child, Gao Qiqiang is sent by the old man to military school to toughen him 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Soul Transmigration to Republican China: My Years in the Military Statistics Bureau 魂穿民国：我在军统那些年 Gu Jinzhao transmigrates to the eve of the full-scale War of Resistance and becomes a low-ranking field operative in the Lixing Society's Special Service Division. In this era, when the nation faces mortal peril, Gu Jinzhao has no powerful connections and cannot influence the course of events. All he can do is make his greatest effort to prepare China for an all-out war. 185Reads8.1Score108Shelves
- 8 Reborn: Spy Among Spies in Republican-Era China 重生之民国谍中谍 The protagonist, Wang Zixin, is pursuing a PhD overseas when family circumstances force him to return to China... Carrying his father's regrets, he transmigrates to the tumultuous Republican era, where heroes vie for supremacy... Let us return together to that age of raging war and see how our predecessors forged a prosperous China with their blood and flesh! The most authentic portrayal of the treacherous, ever-shifting world of the puppet regime's officialdom; the most thrilling account of the 140Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 9 Republican-Era Playboy in the Military Intelligence Bureau 民国之纨绔大少在军统 Synopsis: [Fanfic transmigration + tycoon + alternate setting + comedy + big shots + Shanghai Bund + island lord] The story of a young master from the Republic of China era who becomes an island lord, and an ordinary man who grows into a ruthless power player. Chen Qing transmigrates into the body of the eldest young master of the Chen family during the Republic of China era and awakens a Treasure Chest System. He becomes the head of the Special Affairs Office, forms the Netherworld Special Forc 5.3kReads7.8Score264Shelves
- 10 Espionage: I Can Read People’s Inner Thoughts 谍战：我能洞察心声 Chen Yongren, formerly a special operations agent, has his soul transmigrate to the Republican era, where he becomes a minor spy for the Military Statistics Bureau and awakens the Spy King System. Every time he catches a Japanese spy, he gets a chance to draw a prize. He obtains the [Insight] skill: Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated. He can listen at will to the thoughts of everyone within a five-meter radius of himself. He obtains the [Ultimate Actor] skill: In a time 20.7kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
- 11 A Bloody Fight in Songhu: From Drawing a Police Station to Commanding a Million Troops 血战淞沪从抽到警察局到拥兵百万 [From the start at Songhu] [Defend Jinling] [Later battles on the main front] [Mass troop deployment] [Lucky draw System] [TV and movie worlds] (The low rating is because the book has only just begun. The author already has a million-word resistance-war novel rated 9.0 as a guarantee of quality. This isn’t a beginner’s story; readers should have some military knowledge. There won’t be a sharpshooter single-handedly killing a hundred Japanese soldiers from over 800 meters away.) Veteran Fang Mo t 1.4kReads9.0Score168Shelves
- 12 Starting as a Foot Soldier 从小兵开始 Qiao Lie, a young thug who spent every day brawling, got hit on the head with a brick. When he came to, he discovered that he had become a foot soldier on a battlefield. In a dynasty that had never existed in history, the uneducated Qiao Lie begins as a lowly soldier and embarks on a carefree, colorful life in ancient times... 12.2kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 13 War of Resistance, 1950: From the Start, I Have a Tabby Cat 抗战1950，开局一只狸花猫 During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the war that founded the nation, battlefield journalist Li Nuoyi heads for a snowbound front line with a mischievous tabby cat, enduring countless hardships along the way. The Americans are nothing special, and their lackeys are even more pathetic. He goes toe-to-toe with the great powers and brings glory to China! 25.2kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 14 Espionage: I Became the Biggest Secret Agent 谍战：我成了最大的特务头子 In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic, Xie Yanlai transmigrated back to Beiping. As a Whampoa Military Academy graduate assigned to reinforce the Beiping branch, he foiled Major Ishikawa of the Special Higher Police's plot to buy off Beiping's political leaders within half a month, breaking the record for the fastest promotion of a Whampoa graduate. A month later, he took down the North China Army's secret treasury. Three months later... Xie Yanlai was able to repeatedly earn outstanding mer 3.5kReads8.8Score330Shelves
- 15 War of Resistance: This Killer Is Only Nine 抗战之这个杀星才9岁 Bai Luo, former commander of a special operations brigade, transmigrates to a parallel world during the War of Resistance Against Japan. The good news: his long-awaited chance to tear Japanese soldiers apart with his bare hands has finally come. The bad news: his body is less than nine years old. I'm not great at writing blurbs, so please check out the story itself. This is a new author's first book. Please go easy on me, dear readers. 548Reads9.3Score139Shelves
- 16 Espionage: I Accidentally Became the Head of a Military Intelligence Bureau Station 谍战：我一不小心成了军统站长 No one knows his name, but his achievements will never be forgotten! Others who go undercover become objects of suspicion. When he goes undercover, he suspects everyone else! He is a military intelligence station chief, a traitorous secret agent, and a steadfast Communist Party member, all at once. Through a twist of fate, he infiltrates the Japanese puppet regime's secret service bureau. Three identities, one conviction: to fight the War of Resistance to the very end! 16.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
- 17 Fighting the Japanese with the Sichuan Army: I Can Hear the Enemy's Strategic Plans 川军抗战，我能听到鬼子战略部署 [Independent development] + [strategy and tactics] + [historical storyline] + [endless feel-good] Brave men march out of Sichuan, the front line is in crisis! From the start, I transmigrate straight to the front lines of the war against Japan! I can hear the Japanese forces’ strategic plans. Other people transmigrate and get powerful equipment. I take on the Japanese with strategy. I draw on the strategic wisdom and tactics passed down by the old veterans, leading the surviving Sichuan soldi 27.2kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
- 18 Bright Sword: The Iron-Blooded Expedition in the War Against Japan 亮剑：抗日之铁血远征 Napoleon once said: “When the lion is asleep, even flies dare to land on its face and buzz. China is a sleeping lion. Once awakened, it will shake the world.” In Chu Xiong’s eyes, the Japanese pirates were those foolhardy flies. They were the ones who woke the sleeping lion of the East! This is a story about the War of Resistance that has no System and no Li Yunlong. The resistance was the work of millions of people. There is no System or Li Yunlong here, and I hope everyone will still show this 18.5kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 19 War of Resistance: You Kicked Me Out, and Now You Want Me to Come to the Rescue? 抗战：当初赶我走，还想我救援？ Military academy graduate Lu Zhixian unexpectedly transmigrates to the era of the War of Resistance Against Japan, into a parallel world that blends shows like "Drawing Sword", "Snow Leopard", and "My Chief and My Regiment". As a major adviser in the Jin-Sui Army, he goes along with his new identity and fights the Japanese invaders in Shanxi Province. Over the past six months, his exceptional skills and knowledge of the future situation have earned him one victory after another. But who could ha 49.9kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves
- 20 Espionage: Body in Cao's Camp, Heart with Han 谍战：身在曹营心在汉 Long Yan transmigrated, and woke up in the body of a Japanese man. And one with a little royal blood, at that. He swore to the heavens that even if he was wearing a Japanese man's skin, he would defend the land of China to his dying breath! A fake Qiu Chan is in mortal danger? Long Yan says with a serious look, “Comrade, I’m Qiu Chan! I’ll cover you, so hurry and run!” The real Qiu Chan, whose identity has been stolen, is completely dumbfounded? Ye Chong raises his hand and shoots someone dead 604Reads9.4Score100Shelves
- 21 Spy War: Only I Can Eavesdrop on People's Thoughts 谍战，只有我能偷听心声 [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
- 22 Agent: From the Start, I Make Contact with Zheng Yaoxian 特工：开局郑耀先和我接头 Shen Fei transmigrates into a world that brings together several espionage dramas, all fraught with danger. Here, there are Kite, The Infiltrator, The Disguiser... And the person he’s supposed to meet is none other than Zheng Yaoxian, Sixth Brother of the Military Statistics Bureau! And so, a secret agent feared by the enemy emerges, codenamed “Nightmare”! 5kReads9.3Score506Shelves
- 23 Transmigrating into a Spy War: My Codename Is God of Wealth 穿越谍战，我的代号是财神 [Espionage + Political Intrigue + Undercover Agent + Supply Trading + The Ultimate Power Fantasy = A Must-Read] Chen Yang, a disposable agent from the Fuxing Society's military training brigade, is ordered to infiltrate Shanghai and gather intelligence. By chance, he gets into a collaborationist Japanese agency and is put in charge of transportation. To better conceal his identity, Chen Yang puts the art of trading money and sex, perfected in a later era, to good use. He conspires with logist 2.3kReads9.3Score281Shelves
- 24 War of Resistance: Starting an All-Out War from the Northeast Army 抗战：从东北军开始全面战争 That day, he was reborn in 1932, having been a member of the Chinese Army’s special forces! The nation had fallen, and the Northeast was on the brink of collapse! He rose up to resist foreign invaders alongside the heroes of his country! He entered politics to serve as a provincial governor; He joined the military to become his enemies’ nightmare! He led a million-strong army to guard the borders, all for the sake of peaceful homes and safe days for everyone! 17.8kReads9.1Score1kShelves
- 25 The Gentleman of the Republic 民国的先生 The plot is reasonable, with no System. An ordinary person transmigrates to the Republican era. I hope readers can find a touch of Republican-era charm here. The narration is grounded, with no exaggeration whatsoever… 6.5kReads8.6Score380Shelves
- 26 War of Resistance: This Li Yunlong Dares to Attack Taiyuan 抗战：这个李云龙他敢打太原 “No System,” “intelligent characters,” “strategy,” “military industry,” “technology-focused” A 21st-century mechanical engineer transmigrates as Li Yunlong and wins battle after battle, from Cangyun Ridge to the Korean battlefield. From northwest Shanxi to the four northeastern provinces, from small arms to Miss Qiu. He takes one step at a time, building and developing at every turn, gradually getting things on track. 1 35.4kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
- 27 Bright Sword: Following Kong Guoyin, I Build the Strongest Military Industry 亮剑：追随孔过瘾，打造最强军工 [Military production + War of Resistance + Special operations + No female lead + Li Yunlong + Independent Regiment] While on a mission, Kong Hao is ambushed by spies from Sakura Country and unexpectedly transmigrates to the turbulent years of the War of Resistance. The land is overrun, and the people are slaughtered. A Chinese man from the future vows to defy the odds and lessen his people's suffering. Short on heavy artillery? He builds a devastating spigot mortar. Worried about enemy planes ru 16.2kReads8.3Score921Shelves
- 28 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts and Expose Japanese Spies 谍战：开局偷听心声，识破日谍 Su Mu wakes up one morning and finds he has transmigrated to the Republic of China, becoming a low-ranking agent for the Military Statistics Bureau! Just as he’s losing hope, he gains the ability to read people’s thoughts! Agent at No. 76: Damn it, how did our secret plan to arrest the deputy chief of the Military Statistics Bureau get leaked? Chief of the Special Services Section: Damn it, who exposed the top-secret agent infiltrating Mountain City? I’ll kill him! Headquarters of the Plum Bloss 66.2kReads8.8Score5.1kShelves
- 29 The Southern Song Dynasty’s Top Undercover Agent 南宋第一卧底 In the sixteenth year of the Jiading era of the Southern Song, Shen Mo, a modern-day undercover agent, began manipulating the fate of the empire in the palm of his hand. Countless ingenious schemes, ruthless plots, and brutal tactics poured from him. His modern forensic techniques cracked one bizarre Southern Song case after another, while his espionage skills crushed the secret agents of the Liao and Jin. When the Mongol Yuan cavalry, invincible across the land, came thundering toward them, the 6.1kReads9.1Score846Shelves
- 30 Arriving in Bright Sword, the System Urges Me to Repay a Debt of Gratitude 初到亮剑，系统催我去报恩 [Arms Dealer System + War of Resistance + Arsenal + Spycraft + Logistics + Behind-the-Scenes] What's the biggest thing in Bright Sword that left fans feeling it could have been better? Sun Desheng: “Regimental Commander, using Tiger tanks to take out those Japanese tin-can tanks is so satisfying. Shame we've got so few.” Li Yunlong: “No rush. Use these for now. Another 200 are already on the way.” Zhang Dabiao: “Regimental Commander, my First Battalion is nearly 5,000 men now. We can't fit any m 28.1kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 31 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: The Spy Enters the Game 穿越民国：谍影入局 Transmigration to the Republic of China era + resistance-war espionage + multiple identities + spies within spies + mutual devotion (Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress) One day, Lin Ruotang suddenly transmigrated to the Republic of China era. She wasn’t a young lady from a wealthy family, a concubine, or a schoolgirl. She was a refugee who had nearly starved to death. She had barely transmigrated before she was on the brink of starvation. Luckily, a kind stranger gave her a sesame f 23.7kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
- 32 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动 [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
- 33 The Spy's Daily Life After the System Dumped Me in Republican-Era China 【被系统坑到民国的】间谍日常 An ordinary office worker gets a System, but before she can enjoy any of its benefits, it dumps her into a parallel-world version of Republican-era China. That's where her life as a spy begins. From an ordinary field operative to an undercover agent, from a regular spy to a triple agent, she goes from reluctant to willing, writing her own legend in the great metropolis of Shanghai... Check out the new book next door: The Village Girl, the Grand Diviner, also known as After Getting a Puppet Space 45.9kReads9.5Score4.8kShelves
- 34 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 454.1kReads9.5Score48.3kShelves
- 35 War of Resistance: My Strategist's Eye Awakens, Revealing a Mini Map! 抗战：我谋士入局，觉醒小地图！ As he transmigrated through the darkest period of history, Lin Tian Chen awakened a visualized map in his mind. “I’ll enter the game as a strategist and raise the banner to win half a move against Heaven.” From then on, the army gained a commander who could direct the battlefield like a god. With limited resources, he would execute tactical flanking maneuvers to perfection; with abundant resources, he would unleash firepower on an unparalleled scale. He led his forces north to campaign in Guando 5kReads9.6Score617Shelves
- 36 Urban: Ten Years of Cultivation, and I’m Unrivaled the Moment I Descend the Mountain 都市：修仙十年，下山即无敌 The new book has built up a backlog of chapters and can be found on the author's homepage. It tells the story of the hundred thousand years after this book. [Expert Descends the Mountain + Invincible Cultivation + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Decisive Killing + Multiple Realms] The Great Dao is flawed, and spiritual energy has withered. A mighty cultivator who had survived the tribulation traveled the world. By chance, he discovered a peerless prodigy born with a spiritual physique, forcibly took 253.6kReads9.0Score23kShelves
- 37 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 186kReads9.5Score20.6kShelves
- 38 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 3.4kReads—Score172Shelves
- 39 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
