Novels like The Teenage Spy King
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Teenage Spy King, best match first.
- 1 Espionage: I Have a Ghost Gate 谍战：我有一座鬼门关 [Espionage + Juntong + Wild Imagination + Multiple Heroines + Ruthless Action] Zhong Kui, an elite soldier, had his soul transported into Shanghai in 1937, taking over the body of an action-team member of the Lixing Society who had just died. When his superiors learned he was alive and had assassinated several Japanese agents that very day, they promptly transferred him to the intelligence division. Codenamed Yama, he became a true intelligence agent. Using his uncanny Ghost Gate, Zhong Kui hunt 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Shadows of Espionage in the War of Resistance 抗战谍影 During the War of Resistance Against Japan, countless outstanding Chinese people served on the intelligence front. The protagonist, Tang Jian, and several other characters are among them. Witty and courageous, they risk their lives in a desperate struggle against the enemy on a battlefield without smoke. But the fight is brutal, and the enemy is constantly infiltrating their ranks. The clash between the two sides is fierce and merciless, and many people die on this unseen battlefield. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Espionage: The Flight of the Bee 谍战之蜂飞 He was swept into the maelstrom of espionage by the “Lily Gold” deposited at HSBC. He matched wits with master spies and fell into passionate romances with beautiful women, until an ordinary young man became a top agent! He joined forces with his seniors to found the renowned “Institute 724,” serving as the guardian of the shield of New China. Though he was an unappointed “temporary worker,” the international intelligence world trembled at the mention of “Bee”! He was clear about whom he loved a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn in Republican China: Reporting for Duty at the Military Intelligence Bureau! 重生民国，军情处报到！ Chen Lixiao once owned a small public relations firm and had seen all sorts of people. In the end, he failed the test of alcohol and died, only to be reborn in a time of war in the body of a young man with the same name and an extraordinary background. He becomes a section chief in the Military Intelligence Department and, to his surprise, discovers he has a pair of mysterious, uncanny X-ray eyes… 125Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 5 Espionage: From the Start, I'm a Rebel. Who's More Badass Than Me? 谍战：开局叛逆者，谁有我更拽！ Meng Haochuan’s soul transmigrates into the World War II era. On the most covert front, he holds fast to his red faith! Plum blossoms cling to a few branches in the corner, blooming alone in the bitter cold. He is Plum Blossom, the military intelligence agency’s ace agent, both loved and hated by Boss Dai! The bright moon startles magpies from their branches; cicadas sing in the midnight breeze. He is Autumn Cicada, enduring humiliation and hardship, lying low for years as he waits for the right 57Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 6 Abyssal Impostor: King of Spies for Seven Years 深渊伪装者：七年间谍王 In late autumn 1938, on the eve of Wuhan's fall, Nationalist staff officer Chen Xing wakes amid a pile of corpses. In his arms is a top-secret document capable of shaking the course of the war: the “Minutes of the Secret Sino-Japanese Talks,” a treasonous pact. Behind it lies a clandestine deal between senior figures in the Nationalist government and the Japanese invaders. But his true identity is “Jingzhe,” a Communist agent operating behind enemy lines. Now the Japanese special forces, a Junt 2.9kReads7.2Score328Shelves
- 7 Undercover in Military Intelligence, Yet You Become the Demon Den's God of Wealth 卧底军统，你竟成魔窟财神爷 Lin De transmigrates into a world combining spy dramas such as The Rebel, Kite, and The Disguiser, becoming the “God of Wealth of the Devil's Den,” a man with four separate identities. From then on, as an undercover agent with the codenames “Dark Sparrow” and “Lone Wolf,” Lin De commands the tides of power in Shendu. Zheng Yaoxian: “For all my careful calculations, I never imagined that Mr. Lin De would have four identities at once.” Ming Lou: “His alertness and adaptability fooled even me. The 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Undercover: The Files of an International Spy Master, Decoded 潜伏：国际间谍高手档案解密 Drawing on numerous spies' memoirs and autobiographies, publications from China and abroad, and newly declassified archival materials from countries around the world, Undercover: The Declassified Files of Master International Spies selects the most legendary incidents to tell the stories of master spies' work, lives, and relationships. It unveils the secrets of 20 masters who dominated the world of covert warfare and even changed the course of history. 156Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 9 Espionage: From the Start, I Wiped Out a Japanese Squad! 谍战：开局血洗日军小分队！ When Chen Qun woke up, artillery was roaring and the Japanese forces were attacking fiercely, about to break through our army's defenses! Damn! He had actually transmigrated into the War of Resistance! In that case, he might as well stay and wipe out every last Japanese soldier! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Shadows of Intrigue: 57 Thrilling, Gripping Mysteries from the World of Espionage 谍影重重：惊心动魄、扣人心弦的57个谍海谜团 Broadly speaking, a spy is someone who engages in secret investigative work, gathering confidential intelligence or carrying out acts of sabotage against an enemy or competitor to benefit the side they serve. Spies are also known as agents or undercover operatives. One of a spy's main duties is to obtain intelligence through illegal or legal means, in secret or in public. They may also engage in covert activities such as subversion, assassination, kidnapping, bombing, psychological warfare, and 92Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 11 The Covert Front 隐蔽战线 Can he complete his undercover mission while resisting the temptations of a femme fatale and facing the challenges posed by an old demon and a clown? 9Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 12 The Bright Sword Assistance System 亮剑之援助系统 With the help of a System, protagonist Zhang Liang transmigrates into the world of Drawing Sword and supplies Li Yunlong with all kinds of firearms and ammunition, grain, rice, oil and salt, and medical supplies, letting Li Yunlong live like a landlord. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Peerless Young Master 1: Book 19 公子无双1第19本书 In 1931, Leng Feng, who had studied in Japan, joined the Japanese Special Higher Police as an undercover agent... With the three northeastern provinces occupied and the Japanese plotting to conquer all of China, Leng Feng faced a daunting mission as a spy operating among multiple factions. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Espionage: What Do You Mean, Scammer? Call Me the God of Wealth! 谍战：什么诈骗犯，叫我财神爷！ He Nian, an undercover operative in a telecom scam compound, transmigrates to the Republic of China and becomes an infiltrating agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. With his finely honed knack for deception and professionally trained spy skills, he leads the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators around in circles. The last Qing emperor: “He actually pretended to be Nurhaci, the founding ancestor, and told me to send him money. I can no longer face my ancestors.” Kawashima: “He may be a c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Chemical Genius’s Saga in the Flames of War 化学天才的烽火传奇 A sudden earthquake hurls Ding Qiushi, a chemistry PhD, into the turbulent currents of 1932. Faced with an unfamiliar and unsettled age, Ding Qiushi does not lose his way or falter. With the land shattered and flames of war raging everywhere, he resolutely devotes himself to the revolution, turning his vast knowledge of chemistry into a covert and powerful weapon. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Espionage: Starting Out as a Nobody 谍战：从小人开始 A modern young man is reborn in 1937 with a System. From a timid young secret agent to a renowned anti-Japanese hero, it only takes a few short months. Along the way, Ye Chen has killed no shortage of Japanese soldiers. If the System weren't holding him back, Ye Chen really would have kept killing until... 1.2kReads6.6Score100Shelves
- 17 Espionage: A Flirt? I'm the Ultimate Agent! 谍战：花心萝卜？我是最强特工！ [Spy drama: Lurk] + [Triple agent] + [Rewrite the ending] + [Awakened System] In the final days of the War of Resistance. The transmigrator and underground Party member Chen Shen infiltrates the Military Statistics Bureau’s training class, becomes brothers with Ming Tai, and develops feelings for Yu Manli. His exceptional abilities also lead Poison Bee Wang Tianfeng to call him a natural-born agent! Then, on orders from the Bureau Chief and Sixth Brother, he heads to Shanghai, impersonates the t 165Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 18 The Kite That Flew Away 远去的风筝 Han Yong, the last disciple of Chinese martial arts master Gong Baotian, is wanted by the Kuomintang for avenging his family. With no other choice, he joins the Communist Party. During an ambush, a traitor’s tip-off leads to the annihilation of the Party’s intelligence company, and Han Yong is branded a traitor. But he does not lose heart or give up. After drifting to Meixian and Shaoguan in Guangdong, he receives support from like-minded martial artists and the working masses, and establishes t 973Reads—Score100Shelves
- 19 The Rifling in the Barrel 枪膛线 A war story that stays closer to the truth than any other; a Nationalist Army captain who crawls out of a pile of corpses; an impossible mission; a romance that seems destined to blossom… His codename is “New Year”! His activation plunges him into a world of twists and treachery; his arrival changes the fate of both sides… Where will his path lead? 14Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 20 Espionage: I Play Double Agent and Become an Arms Dealer 谍战：我玩无间道，成了军火贩子 In 1940, Jinling, the Military Statistics Bureau had been all but wiped out. The 76th Office, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, the Special Higher Police, the puppet government: all kinds of forces were entangled together. Xiang Yang, a member of the 76th Office’s security team, was a marginal figure and also a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. In a world where it was impossible to distinguish friend from foe and everything lay in —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Hunter of Shanghai 上海滩猎人 Chen Ke transmigrates into a world where espionage stories converge and gains a Spy-Hunting System. Report to the Chairman: Members of the Shanghai Black Dragon Society are disappearing one after another. Report to General Toihara: Our agents hidden in Shanghai have gone missing. 65Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 22 Back to the Republican Era as a Secret Agent 回到民国做特工 Chen Feng, an esper who fought zombies in the apocalypse, runs into the Zombie King during a mission. With no other choice, he blows himself up to take the Zombie King with him. But Chen Feng never expected that his spatial ability would cause his soul to travel back to the Republic of China, where he possesses a military intelligence agent. From then on, Chen Feng begins a battle of wits and courage against Japanese and puppet-regime spies. 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Dreaming Back to the War of Resistance: Spy Hunter in the Mountain City 梦回抗战之山城猎谍 Long Xing was a SWAT officer. During an operation to arrest drug traffickers, he was poisoned and fell into a coma. When he woke up, he found himself in 1937... Was it a dream, or had he been reborn? By a twist of fate, Long Xing killed a Japanese man, and the dragon-shaped pendant he wore began to react... Determined to discover the reason and find his way back to the 21st century, he began a life of hunting spies and fighting the Japanese invaders... 1.5kReads8.3Score182Shelves
- 24 Republican Era: From the Military Intelligence Bureau to Ruling the World 民国：从军统开始纵横天下 By a stroke of fate, Zhou Lin transmigrated back to the Republic of China in 1936 and became an intelligence agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. It was an era of turmoil, but also one full of opportunities. With a clear head, an accurate grasp of the situation, and a little help from the System, watch as Zhou Lin navigates the competing forces of Japan, the Nationalist government, and the underground Communist Party. How will he, caught at the heart of the maelstrom, rise to become a major 77Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 25 The Flames of War and the Spy Doctor 烽火谍医 Ye Zhengwen, a doctoral supervisor with expertise in both Chinese and Western medicine, unexpectedly returns to 1938. His superb medical skills make him famous far and wide, and the Japanese invaders and puppet troops recruit him into their inner medical circle. This gives him access to the enemy's most closely guarded secrets, as well as the chance to hold a knife to their throats. With the nation on the brink of collapse and his homeland facing ruin, Ye Zhengwen is like a scalpel plunged into 192Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 26 Espionage and War 谍与战 Wu Zimo, a police officer at the Xing'an Town Police Station in Manchukuo, transmigrates and awakens a talent for perceiving mental states. He can detect people's microexpressions in a fraction of a second, improving from one-fifth of a second to as fast as 1/25 of a second. By honing and refining his mental abilities in the field, Wu Zimo steadily becomes faster at recognizing and catching microexpressions. This gives Wu Zimo a foothold in the puppet Manchukuo police force and becomes the found 14Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 27 Red 红色 It's been four years since the drama Red. I had so many thoughts while we were filming, but I didn't expect to have even more afterward. There's too much to say. Just like the characters in the drama, brothers can't escape the tides of history and the changing times. Fortunately, life is short, and there's no time to savor the setbacks in front of us. We have to hurry and make something new and interesting. Even if it turns out frustrating, that's still more vivid and moving than old memories. I 7Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 28 A Taoist Priest in the Volunteer Army's Ice Sculpture Company 志愿军冰雕连里的道士 During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, a company of volunteer soldiers was ordered to hold off the enemy. After lying in ambush for three days and nights in the freezing snow, they became the Frozen Company. One day, one of its soldiers woke up! What sparks will a peerless martial arts master create in a modern city? Let’s wait and see. 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Espionage: Caught at the Meeting? Reveal My Special Higher Police Identity 谍战：接头被抓？亮出特高科身份 [Spy thriller + Republican era + 20,000 words daily + triple agent + no female lead + System] Good news: I transmigrated, and I even got a System. Bad news: I got arrested from the start while trying to make contact. My memories awakened during interrogation, and it turned out I was a well-connected insider at the Special High Police Agency, with powerful backing. So no problem. Then came more bad news: I was assigned to infiltrate the Military Statistics Bureau, forcing me to become a triple ag 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Assassination! I’m a Useless Sniper 暗杀！我是废物神枪手 Main character: Li Zhong In 1937, an intelligence expert suddenly appeared within the Kuomintang Military Statistics Bureau. He could uncover hidden Japanese spies and Chinese collaborators, and the fearsome 76th House was so terrified of him that it had nowhere to hide. He could see right through your disguise! 174Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Espionage: You'd Better Come Clean 谍战：你最好老实交代 In this dark forest where everyone is acting and everyone is lying, Jia Derang serves his country with a unique ability. Whenever someone lies in front of him, their body glows red. Other people use torture to interrogate suspects. Jia Derang just “reads their faces.” Whether he’s dealing with Japanese spies who deny everything or collaborators who weep and beg for mercy, Jia Derang always greets them with a smile: “Relax. You’d better come clean.” After all, when the red glow from your body is 535Reads—Score104Shelves
- 32 No Return Call 无回电 In 1949, on a besieged island battered by storms. He is Jin Tie, deputy director of the Communications Department of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, codenamed "Fisherman." After twelve years undercover, he suddenly loses contact with his organization overnight. A piece of intelligence that could save hundreds of lives is trapped inside him, like a bomb with its fuse nearly spent. The enemy has arrived. Gu Shenyan, codenamed "Hound," is a top agent who trusts data, not human nature. H 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 From the Start, I Merged with Yan Shuangying and Tore Through the Espionage World 开局融合燕双鹰，我把谍战杀穿了 [Spy thriller + System + feel-good power fantasy + high ratings + a veteran author with ten million words who never leaves a story unfinished] Shen Qingshan accidentally transmigrates to the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China and becomes cannon fodder in the Lixing Society's action squad. Just as he hesitates over whether to run for it, he gains all of Yan Shuangying's abilities. From then on, his fate is in his own hands, not Heaven's! 382Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 34 Espionage: You Were Told to Keep Watch, Not Blow Up the Special Higher Police 谍战：让你盯梢，你炸掉特高科？ In 1940, Shanghai, known as the Magic City, is in the stalemate stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Tensions and conflicts among the Japanese Special Higher Police, the Plum Agency, Wang Jingwei’s puppet 76th Division, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Central Statistics Bureau, and the Communist Party grow ever fiercer, with covert battles breaking out constantly. Zhou Hongyi transmigrates into the body of the brother-in-law of a notorious traitor and joins the Wang Jingwei regime’s 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Espionage: Armed with the Death Note, I Went on a Killing Spree 谍战：手握死亡笔记，直接杀疯了 Su Ming transmigrates to the War of Resistance era and becomes a Juntong agent undercover at No. 76, codenamed Hades. From the start, he obtains a Death Note and launches a merciless killing spree! The director of No. 76: Who on earth is Hades? Why can he kill whoever he wants, while we’re completely powerless to stop him? The chief of the Special Higher Police: Damn it! We have to find Hades, or I’ll end up like the previous chiefs, giving my life for His Majesty the Emperor. But I don’t want t 6Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 36 Espionage: I Can See the Labels on Other People 谍战：我能看到别人身上的标签 My name is Qi Sheng. Sheng, as in “to triumph over Heaven by half a move.” I can see the labels other people give me. Some call me a “handsome young man.” Others call me a “cold-blooded killer.” And some call me a “living King of Hell.” If anyone asked what label I’d give myself, I’d choose “Blood Crow,” the name that makes the Japanese invaders tremble at the mere mention of it. 206Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 37 Code Name: Migratory Bird 代号候鸟 A heart-pounding covert war, as deep as the ocean! The most enduring declaration of love in the world is staying by someone’s side… 1kReads7.7Score103Shelves
- 38 Infinite Espionage: Rewriting My Fate from Kite 无限谍战：从风筝开始逆天改命 Zhuang Wei, an undercover agent, unexpectedly awakens a spy-operation System. Guided by the System, he completes missions in several spy-fiction worlds, including The Kite, The Disguiser, and Lurk, steadily growing stronger. He helps the ill-fated characters in these worlds defy their destinies and change their lives, ultimately becoming an outstanding spy himself and uncovering the secret behind how he was brought here... 331Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 39 Republican Era: All My Readers Are Big Shots! 民国：我的书迷都是大佬！ Gu Zhangge transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a down-and-out man from Nanyang. From the start, he awakens a Fame System and writes under the pen name Gu Jin. One novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, takes Shanghai by storm. He writes, "The greatest heroes serve their country and its people," awakening the slumbering spirit of the nation. He thinks he's merely a best-selling author, but the list of his fans is astonishing: literary masters write articles recommending him, while Gr 340Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Shadows over the South Manchuria Railway, 1935 满铁谍影1935 At a quarter past six on the morning of January 11, 1935, the sky over Beiping was still dark. Tong Cheng picked up a steaming bowl of traditional Beijing douzhi and drank it down in big gulps in front of Fujimoto. The fermented bean drink slid down his throat and into his stomach with a series of “glug, glug” sounds, like a frog croaking. When he finished, Tong Cheng let out several satisfied burps, his face beaming with happiness. Nearby, Fujimoto Masamichi nearly threw up. He barely managed t 198Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Undercover in 1936: Call Me King of Hell Ning 谍战1936：请叫我宁阎王 Straight-laced version: Ning Yan is reborn, back in 1936 Nanjing, as a student at the Army Officer Academy. It is assignment season, and through a twist of fate, Ning Yan saves a Japanese member of the Communist Party and obtains an identity badge. From then on, he joins the Military Statistics Bureau, assumes the identity of Ito Hirobumi, and launches the Cuckoo Plan! Bearing the hopes of the Ito family’s revival, he undertakes a decades-long infiltration deep in enemy territory. The Military S 95Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 42 The Fog of Espionage 谍战迷雾 Liang Tianzhou, a medical intern who returned from studying in Japan, transmigrates to the Republic of China era and becomes one of our underground agents. Faced with misunderstanding from the woman he loves, the expectations of a young girl, and the passionate advances of a beautiful agent, what should he choose? You have one sinister plot after another, but I have a divine sword for breaking them apart. Amid truth and lies, illusion and reality, he skillfully outmaneuvers the enemy. With myste 209Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 43 Espionage: Tortured from the Start, but I'm Really Not a Spy 谍战：开局遭酷刑，我真不是间谍 After arriving in a parallel era, he has a spy System and goes undercover in a Japanese stronghold. Other undercover agents keep a low profile and conceal their identities. Sun Lang throws his weight around and courts death, turning Haishi upside down. He gets everyone in the region so furious they could explode... Military Statistics Bureau: "Since this Sun Lang refuses to join us, he'll only be a menace if we let him live. Send someone to kill him." The Red Party: "This Sun Lang shot one of ou 8Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 44 One Man's Flames of War 一个人的烽火 Chosen for no apparent reason and sent for no apparent reason through numerous FPS games, he thought clearing them all would let him return to reality. Instead, he arrived in a tragic, heroic era teeming with legends. Just what kind of whirlwind will this little butterfly stir up? The golden finger is only a supporting tool + decisive and ruthless + mildly comedic + one female lead 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 A Tangled Web of Espionage: I’ll Be the Ninth of the Eight Guardians! 谍综重重：八大金刚我行九！ [From Juntong bigwig Brother Jiu to Marquis Ju, and then to Springtime in Hong Kong!] [Female lead Li Ningyu + turning Japanese loyalists into capable servants] Everyone knows that Dai Li’s most capable men in the Lixing Society are known as the Eight Vajras. But who says the Eight Vajras can’t have a ninth member? Here he comes, walking straight toward you! The Nationalist government’s intelligence community’s god of fortune! A trusted confidant of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army, 22.1kReads7.5Score2.3kShelves
- 46 Espionage: My Codename Is Death 谍战：我的代号是死神 Who is the Grim Reaper? He is closer than you think. On the eve of the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, all sides are vying for power. Xiao Long is bound to the Death System, giving him an infallible friend-or-foe identification system, peerless close-combat skills, and a hypnosis technique that leaves no trace. He shows no mercy to Japanese spies and foils the enemy’s plots time and again. 487Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 47 We're at War, Who Has Time for Your Heiress Returns Story? 都抗战了，谁跟你玩千金归来 For female readers. Very popular. If it’s not your thing, move along. Gossip + espionage + no romance + play the pig to eat the tiger Colleagues at the Investigation and Statistics Bureau: “Don’t be fooled by how short Xiaoxiao is. She’s got plenty of cunning.” Hong Xiaoxiao: “Cunning? Is that a compliment? Don’t bully me, I’m very cunning!” The Blue Shirt Society: “Talented people are hard to come by. Everyone at the Blue Shirt Society warmly welcomes Hong Xiaoxiao!” Section Chief Ding of Unit 227Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 48 Espionage: The Black Dog Gets a System 谍战：黑狗子获得系统后 He was a retired military doctor, but his soul crossed over into the body of a secret police agent. With the System at his side, he can carry out covert assassinations and gather intelligence without a trace. He has no organization, yet his heart belongs to his country. He infiltrates enemy ranks, but remains loyal at heart. For his country, he kills his wife and accepts an enemy as his father. He bears humiliation and hardship, drifting through a life of wine and excess! With the System at his 155Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Defrocked Monk's Rise and Fall in the World of Espionage 还俗和尚谍海沉浮 This book is mainly about Hu Tianyou matching wits with the Japanese invaders. Alongside the fight against Japan, it also follows the male protagonist through several romances. You’re sure to find it thoroughly satisfying! 1.3kReads7.5Score163Shelves
- 50 Lone Hero of Yingxiong 孤胆雄英 Tags: Republic of China era, espionage, passionate, mind games, ruthless, warlord rivalries, love of family and country [Ruthless hero returns + espionage and mind games + decisive and ruthless + beauties of a chaotic age] Shanghai, a city awash in blood and turmoil. Chen Moyan awakens to find his fellow agents dead and himself a “lone ghost” with the Juntong’s guns trained on him. Kill his colleagues to earn their trust? He becomes Juntong’s sharpest blade, earning the nickname “Chen the King o 1.6kReads8.6Score153Shelves
