Novels like The Spy’s Nemesis
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Spy’s Nemesis, best match first.
- 1 Espionage: Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea 谍战之瞒天过海 Espionage: Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in the Apocalypse: The Golden Age of Jiuzhou 重生末世之盛世九州 Xu Liang is reborn and stockpiles tens of trillions' worth of supplies in advance. He also gets tens of trillions' worth of goods for free before and after the apocalypse begins. Before the end of the world even starts, he has already laid the groundwork for building his own power, giving him an enormous lead from the start. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Espionage: This Undercover Agent Is Too Dependable 谍战：这个卧底太稳健了 He is Juntong's ace intelligence operative, a ghost to the Japanese: they know only his code name, never his true identity. When later generations ask him the secret to his success, he has only two words: play it safe. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Building a Super Empire with a Super Empire 带着超级帝国：打造超级帝国 [I’ll do my best to make sure this isn’t a mindless story.] [This book continues the author’s previous novel. If you want more, you can read that one too.] [The first part covers the battles against the Empire of Japan, while the later part follows a path of global conquest and world leadership.] Chen Fan, a young man with Hearts of Iron IV as his backing, has already claimed the territory of two provinces in another world. A powerful nation is beginning to take shape. We will never lose our war 14Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 5 The Lone Wolf of Espionage 谍战之孤狼 A lone wolf is weak, ten wolves are strong, and a hundred wolves rule as kings. 328Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 6 Drawing Sword: I Go Undercover, Then Ride Across the Land of Cherry Blossoms 亮剑从卧底开始马踏樱花 [A fresh take on Drawing Sword + Undercover Intrigue + Espionage and Turmoil + The Iron Tide!] A thunderous boom rings through the sky, and Captain Jia makes his dazzling debut. After transmigrating into the world of Drawing Sword, he awakens an Undercover System and starts out as a low-level spy, becoming a blade planted behind enemy lines. Watch Captain Jia toy with the Japanese invaders and trample the cherry blossoms! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Espionage: Shanghai Shadow 谍战：上海潜行者 In 1930, Shanghai was a city in turmoil. The military intelligence service, the underground Communist Party, the Japanese Kempeitai, the collaborationist Wang Jingwei regime, the Soviet NKVD, Britain's MI6, America's OSS... Forces from every side moved in the shadows, spies crossed paths, and life or death could turn on a moment. Zhang Fengxin, a modern university student, transmigrates to the eve of the War of Resistance and becomes a student in the eighth class of Huangpu Military Academy. By 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Pretender: A Max-Level Translator Reborn as a Shanghai Showgirl 伪装者之满级翻译穿成上海滩舞女 Lin Wan, an elite translator fluent in six languages, transmigrates in a dream and becomes Bailan, a dancer in 1939 Shanghai. In this deadly den of danger, she knows that great talent can be a curse, so she hides her astonishing abilities completely, showing herself only as a down-and-out young woman who speaks fluent English. Her low-key efforts to survive become the perfect disguise. The meticulous Wang puppet official Ming Lou notices her at once and personally sends her into the heart of the 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Espionage: Me and My Traitorous Family 谍战：我和我的汉奸之家 Chen Hui transmigrates into a mash-up world as a spoiled rich kid, the second generation of a powerful family. He thinks he’s come to live the good life, but it turns out his family has a complicated background: his father is the head of a local peace preservation association, his mother runs a brothel, his eldest brother is a senior interpreter for the Japanese, and his second brother is a puppet army battalion commander... At first, he plans to run away to save his own skin. But as time passes 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Blood Sacrifice at the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, 1938 1938血祭黄帝陵 Behind the known history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression lie the blood and youth of countless Chinese sons and daughters. The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, burial place of the ancestor who founded Chinese civilization, bestows blessings upon our land and rivers, protects our homeland, and safeguards China through the ages. At the start of the war, the land around the Yellow Emperor’s Mausoleum became China’s most dangerous arena for espionage. Agents from the Chinese Comm 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Secret Service Sets a Honey Trap, but the Female Spy Takes Control 军统设下美人计女谍反手掌全局 Can you believe it? The beauty trap carefully laid by the Military Statistics Bureau ended up ensnaring its own creators! Nineteen-year-old Qin Yu was mistakenly captured by the Bureau while searching for her missing father, then trained into a killing machine. Everyone thought she had become a secret agent at their mercy. But no one knew that this frail body housed a clear-eyed, steadfast heart devoted to saving the nation, dancing on the edge of a blade with every step fraught with peril. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Time-Traveling Agent: The Turmoil of Republican-Era China 时空特工：民国风云 I was tricked into becoming an employee of a space development company. Now I have to use time-space transfer technology to complete assignments across various timelines in the Republican era. The work is pretty easy, but in his spare time, Zhang Hao wants to stir things up. Green Gang thugs? Warlords carving up the country? With my hands in my pockets, what can you do to me? Imperialist powers? Japanese invaders? I'll turn everything upside down, all on my own! A passionate tale set in the Repu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Agent: I'm Really Not an Accountant 特工：我真不是会计 What I studied wasn’t accounting, but mathematics: a means for humanity to rigorously describe and derive the abstract structures and patterns of things. Meng Jingsi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Espionage: I Shock Zheng Yaoxian from the Start and Become a Symbol of Faith 谍战：开局震惊郑耀先，我成信仰 After transmigrating, Ye Ming finds himself in a world where espionage dramas such as Kite, The Disguiser, The Message, and Lurk have merged. He becomes a military academy student and classmate of Ming Tai and Yu Manli, stunning Zheng Yaoxian from the start. After graduation, Ye Ming is ordered to infiltrate the city of Shanghai and rebuild the Military Statistics Bureau’s Shanghai branch. Before long, Shanghai is gripped by fear of a triple agent who terrifies Japanese and puppet-government spi 410Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 War of Resistance: Raising Hell in Kyoto 抗战：从大闹京都开始 Japanese generals: “From now on, whenever you run into Gongsun Hao, keep your distance. He’s shameless.” Japanese military intelligence: “Why can’t we ever kill him? What is he made of?” The upper ranks of the Shancheng Army: “That slippery rascal’s causing trouble again. Who did he kill this time? What a menace.” The upper ranks of the Juntong: “Hurry and bring Gongsun Hao here. He’ll know what to do.” The world powers: “Gongsun Hao is nothing but a profiteer. He’s not someone you want to mess 19Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 16 Espionage: Lost in the Dust 谍战：隐入尘埃 [Republican Era, Realism, Spy Thriller] That winter, the volunteer army’s spy network in Mudanjiang is hit by a major purge carried out by the Japanese. The organization is almost completely destroyed, and agent Chen Hui, codenamed “Dust,” who is embedded in the Mudanjiang Police Bureau, faces a momentous decision: stay or leave. 675Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 17 The Greatest Spy War: Lurking in the Shadows 最强谍战之仆伏 Set during the Republic of China period, this book tells the legendary story of Zeng Dazhi, one of our agents operating undercover in the East China Sea. Misunderstood, disavowed, and targeted by his own side, he remains true to his original convictions, risking his life to gather intelligence, blow up an enemy ammunition depot, help establish a radio station, transport medicine, and evacuate cultural figures. In the end, he returns to the liberated area, raises his right hand, and swears his al 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Spy War: I Seem to Have Infiltrated the Enemy as an Imperial Prince 谍战，我好像潜伏成了鬼子亲王 Chen Mo, a modern special forces soldier and history-and-espionage enthusiast, unexpectedly becomes reborn in the body of a young Peking University student who shares his name, in Beiping shortly after its fall in 1937. He is bound to the “Civilization Guardian System” and gains a portable storage space. To save the country from disaster, he uses the “Perfect Identity Disguise” opportunity awarded by a System mission to assume the identity of a Japanese royal collateral prince who was about to v 2.3kReads—Score12214d adds
- 19 Republican-Era Spy War: Code Name Sweet and Sour Fish, the God of Slaughter Arrives 民国谍战：代号糖醋鱼，杀神降临 Synopsis: [War against Japan + Brave and clever + One heroine + System + Cunning + Saving the country by indirect means + Deep brotherhood + Smart protagonist + Undercover disguises + High technology + Deep brotherhood + Love of country and family + Passionate] Zhao Jun, an anti-drug police officer, accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, the second year of the nationwide War of Resistance against Japan. The fighting on the front lines is extraordinarily fierce. Resistance fighters shed 3.4kReads6.9Score18814d adds
- 20 Lone Boat in a Sea of Espionage 谍海孤舟 Xiang Yi is reborn in 1939 in the body of a Juntong agent who shares his name. But as soon as Xiang Yi is reborn, he discovers that his predecessor had already defected to the Japanese and their puppet regime, and had also given up a list of Juntong personnel in Beiping, dealing the organization a devastating blow there. It seems there’s no going back to Juntong. Unwilling to become a traitor, Xiang Yi decides to join the Communist Party. But when he searches his predecessor’s memories, he disco 30Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 21 After I Transmigrated into a Japanese Noble Family, I Became a Hidden Spy 穿越日本贵族后，我成了谍战暗棋 Lin Yanchuan, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Konoe Nobuhiko, the second son of Japan’s top aristocratic family, the Konoe clan, during World War II. He has no overpowered cheat, only one modest ability: by reading subtle descriptions of people’s psychology, he can see through their hidden emotions and intentions. When he first enters enemy territory, he treads carefully beneath the aura of his noble birth. As he mimics Japanese etiquette and naviga 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Is This My System? 这是我的系统？ Faced with a wounded nation weeping blood, Jin Nan was enraged. He moved among the many factions, including the Special Higher Police, No. 76, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Wang Jingwei puppet government, the Chongqing government, gangs, and warlords. He gathered a wealth of intelligence, eliminated countless brutal Japanese agents and traitorous bullies, and did everything he could to help his beleaguered nation. Years later, he had become the strongest agent, yet no one had ever seen his 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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—14d adds
- 24 Kite: The Prequel 风筝前传 In 1932, Communist intelligence agent Zheng Yaoxian, codenamed “Kite,” is ordered to go undercover in the Special Services Division of the Fuxing Society. Over eighteen years, he rises from a rookie agent to the high-ranking position of “Juntong Sixth Brother,” navigating Dai Li's suspicions, the Nationalist Central Organization Department's Party Affairs Investigation Bureau's crackdown, and pursuit by the Japanese. As “Guizi Liu,” he strikes fear into his enemies and eliminates traitors, while 633Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 25 The Missing Courier 消失的交通员 In the spring of 1941, Qingcheng simmered with intrigue under Japanese and puppet rule. “Gray Snake,” an ace courier for the Chinese Communist Party’s Qingcheng underground station who knew the key intelligence routes, suddenly vanished without a trace. A top-secret list concerning the safety of underground party organizations across the Jiangnan region disappeared with him. Meanwhile, the Japanese puppet secret service’s Plum Blossom Agency and the Military Statistics Bureau’s Qingcheng station 43Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 26 Me! The Number One Foolish Traitor, Actually the Ultimate Undercover Agent 我！头号蠢汉奸，实则潜伏天花板 [Resistance-war espionage + play the pig to eat the tiger + misunderstandings + double-agent infiltration + deep-cover spy + no abuse of the protagonist + long-form] The whole city curses Cao Liwen as a greedy, stupid traitor, yet the Japanese and the KMT’s secret service compete to promote and recruit him! Everyone laughs at him for being a brainless time-server. Little do they know that he has spent decades playing the fool while undercover, operating from Jiangcheng to the isolated island. He 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 27 Espionage: I Got Rich Killing Japanese Invaders 谍战：杀小日子杀成大富翁 [The Little Wooden Hut Across the Five Lakes] This one got off to a bit of a late start, so please bear with it and keep reading. I promise the excitement never lets up! [Hit Novel] Also known as "The All-Powerful Young Intelligence Officer" Qian Kai transmigrates to 1936 and becomes an archivist at the Xicheng Station of the Fuxing Society’s Special Operations Division. On the forty-ninth day after his transmigration, he awakens his first supernatural skill, followed by another on day seventy-s 763Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 28 I Woke Up as Wen San. Panicking? What Should I Do? 一觉醒来成了文三，很慌？怎么办 A wage slave who works 996 suddenly wakes up one day to discover he has transmigrated into War of Resistance in Peking and become the protagonist, Wen San, also known as Master Wen. What should he do? He’s just an ordinary office worker, and after transmigrating he has neither a System nor a golden finger. How can he survive in this era torn apart by war? ... 198Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 29 The Last Piece of Intelligence 最后一份情报 He is a “dormant” courier, codenamed Lighthouse, the quietest undercover agent in the heart of enemy territory. But when his superior suddenly goes missing and he receives a “top-secret” list riddled with errors, he realizes the entire intelligence network has been infiltrated, and he himself is being set up as a sacrificial pawn. Caught in a manhunt where nothing is what it seems, the only person he can trust is a woman of mysterious identity who has deliberately approached him... Now that ever 2.5kReads7.7Score21514d adds
- 30 Reborn as an Agent Princess 重生之特工皇妃 After transmigrating into the body of a concubine-born daughter of the prime minister, special agent Bai Qingxuan tramples the wicked First Madam, tears into the pretentious legitimate daughter, and becomes the talk of the Great Li Dynasty! An after-dark visit to the Prince of Qi’s residence unexpectedly turns her into a meal for the cunning Fifth Imperial Uncle. One dark and windy night Prince of Qi Yuan Zhen appears at the window of Bai Qingxuan’s chambers. She draws a hidden weapon and hurls 62Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 31 Shadow of the Spy: The Lion Rises 谍影枭雄 Lu Zhongrui returns to the Republican era. A Huangpu Military Academy graduate, he joins the secret front, hunting down Japanese spies, rescuing Nanjing, taking control of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and turning the tide of a collapsing nation. Step by step, he saves the people and changes the course of history, becoming a legendary master spy! 6Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 32 The Sickly Agent: Stirring Up Trouble in Shanghai 病秧子特工：搅动上海风云 Shanghai, 1949. I was a sickly man who needed to take medicine every day, and also the enemy's ace spy, buried deep undercover. They used my long-lost younger sister as a hostage to keep me in line. From then on, I put on an act in front of the brother I trusted most, evaded the relentless pursuit of my fellow agent, and fed the elegant demons intelligence that was half true and half false. When the switch was thrown and the whole city plunged into darkness, everyone rushed to the front lines. N 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 33 Espionage: A Republic-Era Spy Surviving Between the Cracks 谍战：夹缝生存中的民国小特务 [Transmigration + bloodshed + survival] He was just an ordinary college student, but an accident turned him into the lowest-ranking secret agent in the Military Statistics Bureau. He had planned to keep his head down and survive, but he couldn't bear the torment of his conscience. So he made his move... And found himself struggling to survive in the maelstrom of history! —Reads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 34 Republican-Era Espionage: The Winds of Change 民国谍战之风起云涌 For the shame of the nation and the pain of our families, we will never rest until the Japanese invaders are defeated. Our blood soaks the scorched earth. We are sons of China, brave and true. This is a true story from the years of resistance against Japan. The King of Espionage emerges, reminding us never to forget the heroes of the unseen front. 15.2kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 35 The Nameless Reverse Blade 逆刃无名 Spy thriller + Republican-era China + agents + mystery and deduction + careful planning + high-IQ mind games + undercover work + no romance In 1934, Shanghai was shrouded in turmoil. Shen Yan, a proofreader at a small newspaper, was an ordinary man with just two extraordinary qualities: a photographic memory and an unmatched talent for keeping his abilities hidden. A circle-shaped coded message, a ragtag team of five, and an assassination that would shake the world. He killed the traitor in thre 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Barber's Diary in Times of Chaos 乱世的理发师日记 The story begins in a seaside city known as the Paris of the East. Gunshots and screams rang out from the Red Rose Hair Salon, which was supposed to serve the public. Moments later, people saw the owner and apprentices fleeing in panic, covered in blood...! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Intelligence Codename: I Am Candle Shadow 谍报代号我是烛影 He is the Chen family’s only son, a wealthy young master, fluent in several languages, a top expert, and equipped with memories from his rebirth and a portable pocket dimension. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy. Inside, he is a soldier driven by urgency and guilt after being reborn. He plays a multifaceted spy while cultivating ties with all sides. Love of country and family: the romance and moving spirit of a “lone hero.” 94Reads6.5Score17214d adds
- 38 No One Knows Your Name 你的名字无人知晓 This is a “book of darkness” for hardcore fans of historical spy fiction. If you’re hoping for someone to transmigrate or be reborn, or for a System that gives them cheat-like powers... there’s still time to leave. But if you long to sink into the real, filthy quagmire of espionage from 1930 to 1949, rife with conspiracies, schemes, and betrayal, and to witness with your own eyes how an ordinary man is forged by the Soviet NKVD into a nameless phantom, shaping the course of war from the shadows —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Shanghai, 1941: Code Name Crane Ferry 抗日上海1941：代号渡鹤 [Spy thriller + based on true events + mind games + no System + high-stakes game] In 1941, Shanghai was an isolated island surrounded by Japanese-occupied territory. The city was a crossroads of power, with undercurrents running deep. On the surface, it was the “Paris of the East,” a glittering world of pleasure and luxury. In truth, it was a city of spies where every faction vied for power. Shen Mo was a rising star in Shanghai, deputy chief inspector at the French Concession police station. Da 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Espionage: Finding Life in Desperate Straits 谍战之绝处逢生 Against the enemy, he is a sharp sword. To destroy them, he must endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. He longs to live beneath the "sunlight," but his duty confines him to the "shadows." This story is dedicated to the unsung heroes who gave everything for their country! 92Reads7.4Score2514d adds
- 41 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 530Reads—Score10414d adds
- 42 A Haze of Spies 谍雾濛濛 Shen Junfei, a high-ranking Communist Party agent deep undercover in enemy territory, suddenly withdraws, leaving behind a “young swallow” who has yet to spread her wings. Just like that, she is cast into the vast ocean of espionage... 4Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 43 Espionage: The Fog 谍战之雾蒙蒙 The sudden withdrawal of Shen Junfei, a senior Communist agent deeply embedded in the enemy's ranks, leaves behind an immature “young swallow.” And so it is cast into the vast, perilous world of espionage... 389Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 44 The 29th Book by Beigan Dao Yun Jue 背干到云绝第29本书 25Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 45 The Luminous Pearl 夜明珠 The novel follows the biggest unsolved mystery of the Republic of China era, the looting of the Eastern Qing Tombs, and the struggle to steal, seize, and protect their treasures. Who plundered the Eastern Qing Tombs? In an age of warring warlords, when the flags atop city walls changed hands overnight, all kinds of factions coveted the treasures and fought and schemed against one another, shrouding the case in mystery. Warlords robbed tombs, antique dealers smuggled cultural relics, Nationalist 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Republican Era: A Transmigrator's Spycraft Code 民国：穿越者的谍战密码 Shanghai on the eve of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. As Li Liancheng, a transmigrant struggling to survive at the bottom of society, he is unexpectedly drawn into an intelligence war between the Kuomintang, the Communists, and Japan, using modern thinking to unravel a web of espionage. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Espionage: I Handle Logistics at Headquarters 76 谍战：我在76号管后勤 Li Zongheng, a college student from the 21st century, transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes the head of the supplies allocation section at Wang Jingwei’s 76th Division. Looking at the den of evil before him, Li Zongheng gives a cold laugh. This lucrative cushy job will make the perfect cover for fighting the Japanese! With control of supplies, he manages ammunition and medicine above, and food and fuel below. The foreign firms in the concessions are his supply stations, and the 76th Di 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Republic-Era Young Marshal: You're All Trash 民国少帅，在座的都是垃圾 [Republican Era]+ [Young Marshal]+ [Passionate]+ [Quest for Hegemony] During the Republican Era, the island nation launched a full-scale invasion. In more than a dozen major battles, the Huaxia Empire lost over two million soldiers. Marshal Xue Taishan was appointed in the empire's hour of need and led his army to wipe out 200,000 enemy troops. Yet he was executed by slicing, his mother hanged herself in despair, and her corpse was desecrated. Han Qianyu, betrothed to him since childhood, also b —Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 49 I Save Zheng Yaoxian from the Start and Become Sixth Brother's Sworn Brother 开局救下郑耀先成为六哥结拜兄弟 Song Sicheng, a modern rich young man, accidentally transmigrates into the body of the third young master of the Kong family's main line. After living overseas for seven years, he returns to his war-torn homeland. After unexpectedly saving Zheng Yaoxian, the military intelligence agent known as Sixth Brother, a new story begins... 17Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 50 Black-and-White Impressions 黑白印象 “The night gave me black eyes, and I use them to seek the light!” During the White Terror, Japan plotted numerous schemes and incidents in an attempt to divide or invade China. Ren Pengfei, an underground Communist Party member, Yan Hanlin, a Red Agent, Su Youwen, and others work to expose Japan's plans to invade China and awaken the people. They pit themselves against Japanese spies, military police, and Kuomintang agents. This novel is packed with espionage and sinister plots, with suspense at —Reads—Score—14d adds
