Novels like My Years in the Middle East
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- 51 Hawthorn L's Sixth Book 山楂L的第6本书 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows motivate me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6.3kReads7.2Score32814d adds
- 52 Middle Eastern Emperor: Starting as a Pinduoduo Arms Dealer 中东皇帝，从拼夕夕军火商开始 His parents are both dead, his 18-year-old sister is back home, and he's on a battlefield in the Middle East! When Li Mo, from Earth, transmigrates to a parallel world, he finds himself in an utterly disastrous situation and completely loses it. Then, at that very moment, the Pinduoduo System arrives! Facing the military version of the Pinduoduo System, even a disastrous start is no problem. Li Mo: “No 999, no 998! Just 99!!!” A brand-new AK for only 99! Just as Li Mo's weapons business is boomi 4.8kReads6.4Score35014d adds
- 53 Cities: Skylines: Rush Hour 都市天际线：尖峰时刻 [System + Infrastructure Development + Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce] The protagonist starts in a tiny fishing village and uses the System to lead it through steady growth, from a town to a county-level city, then a regional leader, and finally an international metropolis. 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Great Powers: I Am the Empire, and the Empire Is Me 列强：帝国即我，我即帝国 Just as the young emperor, who had inherited the throne before his time, is at a loss and completely bewildered, ding Here it comes, here it comes! Big Bro System has arrived. See how Emperor Zhou Shengming of Qianwu saves an empire and makes it... stand tall among the worlds of another realm. (A reminder: this is a completely different world!!!! The blurb does it no justice, so head to the story itself.) 148Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 55 Hearing My Reborn Son's Thoughts as We Build a Nation in Nanyang 听见重生儿子的心声在南洋建国 My son is reborn!!! And I can hear his thoughts??? Uh… uh… First, let’s seize a foothold overseas and establish a country. “Dad, you’ve already done everything. What am I supposed to do now?” … 162Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 56 A Cultivator Comes to Blue Star and Becomes a Global Tech Icon 修仙世界穿蓝星，成全球科技偶像 Now that I'm reborn, I should do something big Urban cultivation + founding a country overseas + Blue Star's ultimate boss + aiding the Great Yu Kingdom + treasure heists + foreign female leads only + Nobel Prize + copying songs + carving up the Bear Country + nuking Japan. I'm invincible, so why not become the one calling the shots on Blue Star? Xiao Yu transmigrates from Blue Star to a cultivation world. After cultivating for a thousand years, he prepares to undergo tribulation and ascend to 9Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 57 Super Brain: From Street Vendor to Island Lord 超级大脑，从地摊小贩到海岛之主 By chance, the protagonist gains a super brain and rises from running a street stall to becoming the king of an ocean nation, eventually dominating the entire planet... P.S. This story is a slow burn. The protagonist needs time to build up his strength in the early stages, so please be patient. 5.9kReads6.8Score59114d adds
- 58 South America: I Have a Teleportation Array and Plan to Immigrate 100 Million People 南美：我有传送阵要移民一个亿 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 146Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 59 Red Alert: I Became a Chieftain in the Middle East 红警：我在中东当酋长 The old chief's dying words: "Gah..." Travel vlogger Zhang Ga: "My surname is Zhang, and my name is Ga." Tribal elder: "Seize him! He's our new chief!" On Chief Ga's first day in office, oil burst up from underground, the System activated, and war broke out. Tribal elder: "Chief, what should we do?" Chief Ga: "Don't panic. Drill for oil, train the troops, and build cities." 29Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 60 The Far Eastern Warlord of 1889 1889远东枭雄 In 1889, the darkest chapter in all of history was about to unfold. Wang Qiwen, who had just transmigrated, was determined to change everything. “As the greatest civilization in the world, we cannot afford to miss a single game of cards!” (Everything takes place in another timeline and has no connection whatsoever to the real world.) 307Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 61 Transmigrate to Northern Myanmar and Become a Warlord in a Chaotic Age 穿越缅北成乱世枭雄 A discharged soldier from the 21st century transmigrates into the remnants of the Kuomintang army in the 1950s. He makes his mark across the Golden Triangle and northern Myanmar, becoming a warlord with the goal of founding a nation. No System, no supernatural abilities. 3.1kReads8.5Score14514d adds
- 62 Five Million People from the Start: Who'd Want to Be a Warlord? 开局人口500万，谁稀罕做军阀 System + Transmigration + Historical What-If + Alternate World + No Heroine, a great-power rivalry story With a population of five million, how has he only just made it out of the beginner village? The world has seven superpowers, thirty first-rate powers, and countless second- and third-rate nations and factions. Yang Jie wants to become a ruler too. 3.7kReads8.2Score15614d adds
- 63 Reborn in 1895: Founding a New Nation in the South Seas 重生1895，我在南洋立新国 A blend of military conquest and technology-driven development, with no System. See how the protagonist uses the course of history, step by step, to restore the nation in Borneo, then transform an agrarian country into an industrial and military power. Transmigrating back to the Nanyang in 1895, he is the grandson of Liu Aseng, the last president of the Lanfang Republic. He swears to restore the republic! Standing in his way are the European colonizers, the native peoples of the Nanyang, and a n 37.9kReads7.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 64 I Became an Oligarch in Russia 我在俄国做寡头 I, Wu Hao, transmigrated here from Hanxia to become an oligarch. What, you can’t beat them? I’ll do what you don’t dare to do, fight those you don’t dare to fight, and take on the battles you don’t dare to face. With God’s blessing, I’ll restore the glory of the Russian Empire. CIA agent: Boss, with Nikolai in Russia, even the Russian bear is playing dirty. We can’t beat them! CIA boss: What are you saying? You’ve made America look like a joke. Can you get the job done or not? CIA agent: We can, 295Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 65 Becoming King of the World Starts with Acquiring Task Force 141 世界之王从获得141特遣队开始 (Partly set in the Call of Duty universe, combined with various films and TV franchises. Later, the protagonist will transmigrate to other worlds and fight for supremacy.) By a twist of fate, Bai Yu transmigrates to Blue Star, a world very much like Earth. He also unexpectedly acquires a golden finger, and from the start, the 141st Task Force pledges its loyalty to him. Bai Yu will gradually build a power that is invincible across the world. 9.9kReads8.5Score66614d adds
- 66 In America, Commanding a Million Death Soldiers! 人在鹰酱，掌握百万死士！ [American-Style Quick Draw]+ [No Female Lead]+ [American Cops Emptying Their Magazines] Li Qin transmigrates to America and activates the Dead Soldier System, binding himself to a governor from the start. The System's existence also leads Li Qin to successfully build a USB in the USA! Years later, Li Qin stands before the battered Black Palace, looks at the hundreds of reporters below, and roars: “The People's Republic of America is founded today!” Only then do people realize why the tie he wear 65Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 67 Rejected After Confessing to the Campus Beauty, I Became an Arms Dealer 表白校花被拒后，我成了军火大商 Ten years ago, Yang Shuya, the campus belle whom Chu Ran had pursued since childhood, rejected him because he was too poor. After he was reborn, the same thing happened all over again. But this time, I, Chu Ran, am going to live for myself, and for the person I love. Sorry, campus belle, but I choose my own beloved Fang Xihe! At the same time, Chu Ran stumbled upon an arms-trading forum and awakened the Super Arms System. From the start, he sold five million dollars’ worth of weapons. Soon, all 283Reads7.4Score13314d adds
- 68 I'm Just Building a Country, Why Are the Americans Panicking? 建个国而已，鹰酱你慌啥 [Rebirth is common, but have you ever seen someone who knew they were going to be reborn, prepared thoroughly, and only then returned to the past?] After learning he’d been given the chance to live his life over, Zhou Fan made thorough preparations. He gathered financial and business information, future high technology… everything he could get his hands on. Back for another life, all he wanted was to make money with ease and enjoy the good life. He watched Gu Nanxi wear the beautiful wedding dr 10.3kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 69 You Sent Me to Africa to Livestream, and I Became King? 让你去非洲搞直播，你成了国王？ Lu Sheng transmigrates to another world. From the start, he confesses to the campus belle, only to be rejected. His System awakens and sends him to a livestream in an African country. With a birth chart tough enough to handle anything, Lu Sheng starts by putting on a show as Aodebiao, riding a clunky old bicycle to deliver deadly bananas! Then he drives a truck through the tropical rainforest to make deliveries! Before he knows it, he has become the king of the country in just two months of summ 207Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 70 Reborn in America: Starting Out by Squeezing the Foreigners for Profit 重生米国：从割老外韭菜开始 Reborn in America by a twist of fate, Su Jie becomes an online celebrity and reinvents himself as a self-help guru. A crowd of foreigners sits before him: “So many employees betrayed me. Boom, I gave them a million dollars. I give every employee who betrays me a million. The ones who stay loyal will be worth hundreds of millions someday! Let me hear you clap!” “Yeah!” The foreigners in the audience applaud like crazy. There's nothing sweeter than fleecing foreigners! Watch Su Jie go from selling 37Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 71 Book One by Liangban Hudou 凉拌胡豆的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows are what motivate me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 554Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 72 Urban: From the Start, I Was Emperor 都市：开局当皇帝 Zhu Zirui: My mom says that when I was little, a fortune-teller said I was destined to be emperor. But what was with that panicked look on her face? Surely she doesn’t believe that nonsense. After the Jingnan Campaign, the Jianwen Emperor of the Ming dynasty fled overseas. He eventually established a new country on an island in the South Seas, where his dynasty lasted nearly six hundred years. By sheer coincidence, Zhu Zirui, who received nine years of compulsory education, inherits this somewha 4kReads8.4Score18814d adds
- 73 The Empire’s New Warlord: Starting Out in a Cannon Fodder Company 帝国新军阀：从炮灰连开局 Story: A transmigrator uses the foresight and knowledge from his previous life to rise through the ranks as a warlord in another world. Highlights: No System, one female lead, and a story you can read with your brain switched on. This isn’t a case of advertising one thing and delivering another. The wealth of combat tactics will leave you thrilled. From basic infantry-artillery coordination to air-ground and infantry-tank coordination, and later amphibious operations and joint land, sea, and air 3.8kReads8.5Score15414d adds
- 74 My Years as Emperor 我当皇帝那些年 Ye Tian, an ordinary wage earner, transmigrates and wakes to discover he has become the ruler of a nation. Being emperor is a blast. The first thing he wants to do is take the empress, who rules the realm by his side, and shed his virginity. Then he’ll revel in wine and women and throw a wild, anything-goes party. He loves his kingdom, but loves beautiful women even more. Filling his harem with beauties from across the land is his greatest dream. 296Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 75 I Became a Chief in Africa 我在非洲当酋长 After graduating from college, Xiao Peng got a job with a mining group and joined the company’s exploration team in Eritrea, a country in North Africa. By chance, he rescued the daughter of a local tribal chief. In gratitude, the chief made him the chief of the Hajisan tribe. It sounded like a wonderful place, but little did he know that his territory lay in the Danakil Desert. The locals still mainly traded through barter, and there was no water, electricity, or internet. More importantly, his 5.9kReads8.3Score56114d adds
- 76 Transmigrate to 1945: Good Thing I Have Superpowers 穿越1945，还好我有超能力 (Period setting) (Transmigration) (Superpowers) (Industry) (Aid) (Founding a nation overseas) (Space development) I transmigrated to 1945. Japan surrendered, and I didn't want to get involved in the civil war. But the county magistrate is my great-grandfather. Now it's my older brother. So, under the county magistrate's protection, I develop and build a new countryside. Oh, most importantly, I've got a cheat. That's the real driving force behind development. In 1958, I went to Burma and seized t 3.9kReads8.1Score15514d adds
- 77 Starting as a Regiment Commander: From Then On, the Road to Hegemony 开局当团长：从此踏上争霸路 Warlord + Ambition + War + Resistance Against the Great Powers + Foreign Campaigns Wang Quan transmigrates to another world. After unlocking the standard cheat every transmigrator gets, he can already tell that life is going to be exciting. “Congratulations, Host. You’ve received your starter reward: 3,000 rifles, 165 light and heavy machine guns, 50 field artillery pieces...” “Congratulations, Host. Your industrial equipment purchase is complete. You’ve also received the corresponding technical 15.6kReads8.0Score85314d adds
- 78 Restarting Persia in 1941 1941重启波斯 In January 1941, at a critical moment in World War II, Britain and the Soviet Union were about to intervene in Iran and depose Reza Shah. Just then, a soul from the 21st century happened to enter the body of a Pahlavi. Facing this entirely new world, would Pahlavi choose America, the Soviet Union, or Persia? 598Reads9.0Score10414d adds
- 79 The Great Empire of 1910: Rebellion from the Start 1910大帝国：开局就造反 An invincible naval fleet, beginning at the South Sea Garrison in 1910. This is another world whose technology is roughly comparable to that of the nineteenth century. The protagonist, Gan Xuanzhu, transmigrates there and starts out on an overseas island of the Great Cang Dynasty. With the System at his disposal, he builds an initial fleet in the tiny territory of the South Sea. After defeating the Great Cang Dynasty's eastern island nation of Chongying in two naval battles, the garrison gradu 3.8kReads7.7Score15114d adds
- 80 Warlord: Rising from the Northwestern Frontier to Crush the Great Powers 军阀：从西北边陲崛起，横扫列强 [Warlords] [Republican Era] [System] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Not mindless] Su Zhengyang transmigrates to a world resembling Republican-era China. Warlords have risen everywhere, heroes battle for supremacy, and the foreign powers eye the vast land of China hungrily. By chance, Su Zhengyang activates the Super Warlord System, which can provide all kinds of supplies and military equipment. Armed with a single letter of appointment, Su Zhengyang builds his power step by step, starting in a small 203Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 81 Reborn in 1955 重生一九五五 After completing the first phase of the lunar base in 2049, the protagonist set out to find the regret that had haunted his grandmother her entire life, prevent the persecution of Chinese people across Southeast Asia after World War II, and give the descendants of Yan and Huang more room to survive on Blue Star and greater influence across the planet. With help from the world's only autonomous artificial intelligence, his soul traveled back to 1955. In the end, he dismantled the "White Eagle," w 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Transmigrating to World War II, Starting with Taking Control of the Middle East 穿越二战，从掌控中东开始 [World War II + power fantasy + troop-spawning + System + lawless + no female lead] Lin Yutang transmigrates to a small Middle Eastern country in 1937. Starting with a single infantry company, he seizes control of the Middle East, expands his military, mines gold, drills for oil, and builds aircraft carriers. He leads his army across the Indian Ocean to the East Asian battlefield for a lightning strike against Japan, then sends troops north to crush the enemy beneath an iron tide... 14Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 83 The Eagle Empire Declares Independence, and I Rebuild the Great Ming in North America! 鹰酱独立，我在北美重建大明！ In 1774, America was still one of the thirteen British colonies in North America. France and the British Empire were poised for war, with conflict on the verge of erupting, while Spain occupied vast swaths of Central America. In this turbulent age of upheaval, the Great Qing in the East remained lost in its decaying dreams. Zhu Zhaoyu transmigrated into the body of a descendant of the Ming royal family living in North America, who happened to share his name. He had only meant to keep himself and 16.1kReads8.9Score94514d adds
- 84 The Great Warlord: The Empire's Second-Generation Heir 大军阀：帝国二世祖 When Lin Yi wakes up, he finds himself in another world. It closely resembles the one he knew in his previous life, with the same historical development and cultural heritage. It has the same painful history, too. As the emperor’s nephew, Lin Yi has held the title of prince since birth. But when he sees foreigners throwing their weight around in the Great Xia Empire, the hot-blooded young man resolves to tolerate it no longer. “In an age of great struggle, the strong thrive and the weak perish!” 18.2kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 85 I'm Yemen's Great Tyrant, the World's Sixth-Biggest Rogue! 我也门大暴君，世界第六大流氓！ (I've said it's a mindless feel-good story, so why keep obsessing over the brain issue? There is a heroine. If you like eunuchs... I have nothing to say!) Gao Yan transmigrates after a truck driver works overtime and sends him on his way, arriving in a world exactly like Blue Star. In Yemen, he awakens the Tyrant System. [Host completes a mission and receives three squads of China's Snow Leopard Commando Unit.] [Host completes a mission and receives one rifle production line.] When Gao Yan becom 2.5kReads8.6Score15314d adds
- 86 Unable to Find a Job After Retirement, I Was Forced to Become a Mercenary 退役后找不到工作，被迫当雇佣兵 After retiring from the special forces, Jin Nan can’t find a job and struggles to make ends meet. Then his neighbor comes to him for help. Her daughter has been tricked into working at a telecom fraud compound, and she’ll pay 300,000 yuan to get her back. In principle, Jin Nan only wants to be a law-abiding citizen. But he can barely afford to eat, so he accepts the woman’s rescue mission to make ends meet. He infiltrates the compound alone, gets into a gunfight with the armed guards, and manage 65.9kReads8.4Score6.9k14d adds
- 87 Nanyang, 1933 南洋1933 Transmigrates to the Republican era, develops agriculture and industry overseas, and builds settlements for immigrants. There are also military strategies, and the timeline is historically accurate. He does not return to develop the Central Plains. In 2012, 24-year-old Zi Baozhong transmigrated. He brought the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook, the Militia Training Manual, and the Farmland Irrigation and Water Conservancy Handbook with him to northern Myanmar in 1932. In this turbulent era, Zi Baozhong 6.4kReads8.8Score21414d adds
- 88 As a College Senior, I Chose to Become a Mercenary 大四创业的我选择当雇佣兵 After awakening a System, Wang Yingjie, a college senior starting his own business, chooses to become a mercenary. From then on, he begins enjoying a carefree life livestreaming from the battlefield. He's also known as the man with the highest K/D ratio on the entire internet. 5.4kReads8.7Score22914d adds
- 89 King of the Middle East 中东之王 A niche subject: modern warfare. The hard-hitting life of a war profiteer, Lu Mahdi, who rises from Aleppo by raising troops from the start. He rebuilds the world's rules. 23.6kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 90 The Middle Kingdom 中央之国 (If you’re looking for a brainless power fantasy where signing in gives you troops, this isn’t it! There are cheats, but they’re national bonus cheats. Those who get it know how powerful they are; those who don’t will think they’re useless.) Zhou Xiangyu transmigrates into an alternate parallel world of the late nineteenth century, reshaped by transmigrators from an earlier era, and becomes the newly enthroned Emperor Dekang, Zhou Yongqi... “Holy crap, I’m an emperor, and the dynasty is in its f 161Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn in South America, 1960 重生南美1960 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 92 I’m Conquering the Middle East 我在中东打天下 [Just got rated, don't let it scare you off! The score will rise later.] This is the Middle East, This is where my younger brother is. He is the blade, and his brothers are the edge. Wherever the blade points, none can stand against it. Seize territory, protect the oil, and charge ahead in triumph. Recruit talent, build drones, missiles, radar, satellites, and more. Punch the Squid, kick Eagle Sauce, and bring the neighboring small nations to heel. He carves out a place for himself in the Middle 13.6kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 93 Conquest: The Strongest Warlord Sweeps Aside the Great Powers 争霸：最强军阀横扫列强 Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully activated the Super-Rich Warlord System. This System is at your service and will help you become a qualified super-rich warlord as soon as possible. Without a decent army, how can you call yourself a great warlord? Without your own arms factory, steel mill, and shipyard, how can you call yourself “rich”? Without cannons, tanks, and armored vehicles, how can you claim to have a System? When Chen Jianshen woke up, he found himself in the Great Hen 10.9kReads8.0Score42714d adds
- 94 The Rise of Dongzhou: The World Hegemon Dismembers the World! 东洲崛起：世界霸主肢解世界！ Transmigrating into a parallel world + colonialism versus tributary rule + wars for supremacy + unification + battleships and heavy artillery. The Eastern Continent Empire is founded, and the great powers vie for supremacy! I arrived by accident in this similar parallel world, only to discover that everything was different from the history I remembered. Tributary system versus colonial system! Military, economic, and cultural forces collide. Who will have the last laugh? Soldiers, take up your g 1.7kReads9.1Score10214d adds
- 95 The Revival of the Chinese American Democratic Republic 复兴之华夏美洲民主共和国 With the strength of an entire nation behind it, a political group disguised as a corporation arrived at the mouth of the Amazon River in South America in 1615. What changes would this South American butterfly's fluttering wings bring to the world? 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Empire’s Number One Playboy 帝国第一纨绔 In the final years of the Great Qian dynasty, just after the Industrial Revolution, the realm was in chaos. Gao Shaoyi, the empire's most notorious playboy, the emperor's nephew, and a third-rank marquis, suddenly awakened memories of Earth. He had thought he could keep living the life of a playboy, surrounded by beautiful wives and concubines. But the Great Qian Empire was now battered by storms, beset by powerful enemies abroad and a foolish emperor at home. Even staying alive was a challenge. 463Reads8.6Score15914d adds
- 97 My Empire 我的帝国 War is a form of human interaction. Su Yu accidentally transmigrated to another world, becoming the son of a provincial governor, and gained “War and Peace,” which let him exchange reputation points for any weapons and equipment he wanted. Watch as he builds a vast empire amid the chaos of the times. “Su Yu: The most meaningful thing I’ve done in my life was turn the world into one.” 16.7kReads8.8Score78414d adds
- 98 1912: Sweep Through a Chaotic Era with My Arsenal 1912：我靠军火库横扫乱世 Late Qing dynasty, the third year of Xuantong, Rong County, Sichuan. Gunfire echoes across the land. A world in turmoil is coming, and the nation is on the brink of collapse. Chen Feng, a soldier in the Jiaolong Special Operations Assault Team, opens his eyes to find that he has transmigrated into this turbulent era, where human life is worth less than grass. Bandits run rampant within the country, and mutinous soldiers burn and slaughter. The Qing court is corrupt, while foreign powers circle l 19.7kReads6.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 99 America, 1860: Starting from Scratch as a Tycoon 美利坚1860：从零开始当财阀 [European and American Business Wars] [The American Civil War] [The Gilded Age] [Technological Development] Business tycoon Allen died beneath a heavy truck in a car accident, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into the body of a 19-year-old Irishman in New York in 1860. With just 75 dollars to his name, Allen used his modern business acumen to start from scratch, first opening a canning workshop, then expanding the factory and starting a company. In the turmoil of the Civil War, his carefully l 14kReads8.7Score39114d adds
- 100 Warlord: King of War 军阀：战争之王 War is a form of human interaction. Han Feng unexpectedly transmigrates to another world, the New Empire, where he becomes the son of a military governor who commands three provinces. He also gains World Nuclear Peace, which lets him exchange prestige points for any weapons and resources he wants. See how he leads his men through these chaotic times, saves the Xia Dynasty from collapse, and builds a vast empire. 116Reads9.1Score—14d adds
