Novels like A Long Song of Jin
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Long Song of Jin, best match first.
- 1 Espionage: Code Name 010 谍战：代号010 [Respect history, remember history, never forget national humiliation] In the summer of 1937, a transfer order drew a spoiled young man into the fray. But beneath the surface, undercurrents swirled within the camp as mysterious spies quietly infiltrated it, and various factions vied for power... A covert war disguised as a special training program was about to begin. The undercover agent had returned to his place. The ace would have to reveal himself before the blades were drawn. 1.8kReads8.0Score139Shelves
- 2 War of Resistance: The Japanese Are Dumbfounded, Who Are the Real World Powers? 抗战鬼子们懵了到底谁才是列强 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Fighting Beneath Iron Hooves 在铁蹄下战斗 [2019 "Toward a Bright Future" Realistic Fiction Theme Contest] This work is dedicated to the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. We salute the revolutionary forebears who fought beneath the enemy's iron heel for the great cause of national independence and liberation, heroes whose vows went unspoken and whose names remain unknown! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Real Mongolia 真实的蒙古国 In the early 1990s, Mongolia, which had been closed to China for more than seventy years, opened its borders. I was among the first to enter the country, witnessing its changing seasons firsthand. In this book, you’ll experience a real Mongolia. If you enjoy it, please show your support and give me the motivation to keep creating! 17kReads8.7Score670Shelves
- 5 Tales from Xiwang 西湾里的那些事儿 The story begins in the early 1990s in Xiwan, an unremarkable mountain village inhabited by ordinary people. Their stories are just like those of you, me, and her... Guided by He Ting's mother, Li Lanhua, the book follows the previous generation's love and lives. Centered on He Ting's romantic journey, it tells the stories of her and those around her. Will this beautiful girl's fate be filled with hardship or happiness? (This story is entirely fictional.) 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Victor Becomes King, the Loser a Bandit: The Story of Today 成王败寇话今朝 This book tells the story of three generations from the Chen and Liu families of Chenjiashan, Liuyang County, in northern Sichuan, from 1958 to 2007, tracing how their fortunes rose and fell amid the country’s development and changing times. Through the eyes of two ordinary families, it records the migration of people brought about by rural urbanization, beginning with the First Five-Year Plan. It recounts the course of reform, from the rural household responsibility system and the contracting o 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Transmigrate to 1936: I Know How World War II Ends 穿越1936，我知道二战结局 [A classic novel with over 3 million characters is available on the author's homepage. Visit to read it; quality guaranteed.] Lin Yue, a high school history teacher who died saving a drowning student, awoke to find himself a 1936 West Point graduate named Hayes, a man who had nearly drowned in the Hudson River after getting drunk. But his mind contained all the memories of World War II: Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Midway, Normandy. Armed with this foresight, he crushed his entire class in Wes 3.5kReads—Score209Shelves
- 8 Chang’an Beneath the Moon 月下长安 [Folklore × Mystery × Case-Solving × Anthology] Under the moon, Chang’an sleeps. The worlds of the living and the dead walk the same road. She can see the dead, and she can speak on their behalf. Deep in Chang’an’s Eastern Market stands a spice shop with a white paper lantern hanging above its door. Only those whose families have just lost someone, or who are being haunted by ghosts, can see its light. The shopkeeper, Shuyue, lost both her parents as a child and bears a crescent-shaped birthmark 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 No Looking Back on the Past, Meeting My Ex-Husband Again Thirty Years Later 往事不回首，三十年后再遇前夫 I won’t look back on the past. Thirty years later, I meet my ex-husband again. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Espionage: I Am Mapo Tofu 谍战：我是麻婆豆腐 [Spy warfare + agents + System + transmigration] (The rating has only just appeared. The plot is entirely original, so read with confidence.) Zhao, a popular livestreamer known as Treasure Hunter Lao Zhao, had just bought a metal detector. While treasure hunting, he was killed by a land mine left behind by the Japanese and transmigrated to 1937, during the Republican era. He took over the body of a patrol officer in the police station, who was also named Zhao Chunming. Zhao Chunming was also a m 3.1kReads6.5Score182Shelves
- 11 The Con Artists’ Guild: Tales of the Old Guard 老千门之千门旧事 In those days, the world aboveboard was run by the government, merchant guilds, and the military. Beneath the surface lay an underworld order: The Three Teachings set the rules, the Nine Sects roamed the land, the Thousand Gates set their traps, and the Eight Generals wielded their blades. A young man was drawn into the game by a con on the snowy plains of the Northeast. He witnessed the Thousand Gates and Eight Generals firsthand at the docks of Tianjin, and eventually became a man who could se 131Reads—Score111Shelves
- 12 Little Ghost, Why Are You Following Me Again? 小道鬼，你怎么又跟来了 Feng Ze never imagined that at just twenty-eight, an accident would kill him without destroying his soul. He ends up in the body of a six-year-old boy in the Great Xia Dynasty. That would have been strange enough, but the little ghost inside him came along, too... 9.3kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
- 13 Republican Era: From a Security Regiment to Ruling the Nation 民国：从保安团开始称霸天下 [Power fantasy + Blood Debt System + Modern Weapons + Ruthless Protagonist + No Romance] "Shen Lie, you killed members of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Just wait until the Japanese consulate comes to demand your surrender!" "A security regiment? You think a hundred rusty rifles are enough to take on my Green Gang?" "Regiment Commander Shen, this is the county magistrate. You can't... Bang!" "What!? A mere security regiment commander has tanks, planes, and even an aircraft carrier?" Shen 654Reads—Score101Shelves
- 14 Brother, I've Got Your Back 兄弟，我是你的后背 After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Kuomintang and Communist Party join forces once again to resist the Japanese invaders. Li Zhenhua receives orders to travel to Hunan and organize a guerrilla force to fight the Japanese. He also hopes to find the wife and child he has been separated from for five years. When he arrives in Changsha, the Kuomintang army has just fought its first major battle against the Japanese. With the army’s help, Li Zhenhua and his two assistants head into the mountai 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Espionage: A One-Man-Army for the Military Statistics Bureau 碟战：军统特工一刀流 [Espionage + Multiple Secret-Agent Identities + System + Transmigration] Qian Fei transmigrates to the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China, taking over the body of a language prodigy named Qian Fei. His original body was a member of the Military Statistics Bureau. His transmigration comes with a game System that lets him use Investigation to uncover people's identities. Investigating... Identity confirmed. Windstep activated... Essential for making a getaway. Deadly Strike unleashed... 787Reads5.6Score116Shelves
- 16 Transmigrated to 1936: Shadows of Espionage 穿越1936：谍影 [Over a million words published, so there's plenty to read] + [No cheats] + [War of Resistance in the Republic of China era] + [Traditional spy thriller] + [Female lead] + [Sound logic and intelligence] + [Plenty of satisfying moments]... Zhang Mianheng, the elite soldier of the special forces team codenamed “Dagger,” unexpectedly transmigrates back to Nanjing in 1936 while carrying out a mission... Capture Japanese spies... eliminate traitors... gather intelligence... transport strategic suppli 40.5kReads8.0Score3.4kShelves
- 17 Espionage: The KMT's Living Yama, Slayer of Japanese Devils 谍战：军统活阎王，专杀小鬼子 My name is Chu Feng, and my military intelligence codename is “Living Yama.” I have just one rule: kill the Japanese invaders and the traitors, every last one of them. I have an intelligence System. I know every secret the Japanese are hiding. Want to know why I’m so ruthless? Because I came from the future, and I’m here specifically to send them all to hell! 1.2kReads7.1Score108Shelves
- 18 Waiting for You at the End of the Sea Breeze 在海风尽头等你 An eight-year age gap between the leads, with a mature, steady male lead and a resolute, gentle female lead. Before graduation, she lost her recommendation for postgraduate study. By then, she was already pregnant. Eleven years later, she became his son's homeroom teacher. After breaking free of the shackles within, their fates were rewritten again and again... 3.6kReads7.4Score353Shelves
- 19 One Thought to Life or Death 一念生杀 A century-old prominent family, a legacy of national and family hatred. A sudden death at a full-moon banquet, a terrifying disturbance in the manor in the dead of night, a sinister sacrifice in the ancestral hall... A string of murders begs the question: what earth-shattering secret lies behind them? In turbulent times, every step is difficult. Within the Shen family compound, the struggle for power rages. She yearns for freedom more than anything, yet chooses to bear the heaviest burden of fam 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Arrow of Justice 正义之箭 In early 1940, during the Battle of Chengde, Xu Yihang, Xu Erhang, Xu Jinchuan, Rong Shi, and the others took down Shimizu Niju-san and continued on the path of resistance against Japan, fighting all the way to final victory! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Code Name: Wick 谍战代号灯芯 Espionage · play the pig to eat the tiger · battles of wits · cool-headed and composed · fake marriage · love of country In 1936 Shanghai, everyone at the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics station knew Lu Xingzhou was a “deadweight”: he dozed at work, was always the last to handle a case, went weak in the knees at the sight of blood, and ranked dead last in every annual performance review. No one knew that he had quietly handed over half the “meritorious achievements” on Director Dai’s desk 12.8kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
- 22 Don't Arrest Me! The Kempeitai Translator's Online Friends Keep Me Alive 别抓我！特高课翻译靠网友保命 [The rating just came out, and it's set to rise] [War of Resistance espionage]➕ [Transmigration]➕ [Livestream] I transmigrate to Shanghai in 1937, now under occupation, and awaken a cross-era Livestream System. Every viewer is a netizen from the future. Each hour of viewing earns one point, which can be exchanged for firearms, skills, and all kinds of modern supplies. For the first three days, nobody watches my livestream. I save up points to learn Japanese, then pose as a timid translator and i 4.2kReads6.8Score433Shelves
- 23 The Young Patrol Chief of Republican-Era China 民国小巡长 In 1938, Beiping lay beneath the shadow of occupation, with cold winds carrying the smoke of war through its streets. Su Chen, an unemployed young man, transmigrates by accident and becomes a patrol chief on Qianmen Street. More precious to him than the uniform that puts food on his table is the ace he brought with him: a twelve-story department store from 2026. It has everything, from rice, flour, cooking oil, and grain to gold, silver, and jewelry, even military equipment, all available in un 334Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 You Were Supposed to Infiltrate, Not Become a Japanese Colonel! 让你潜伏，没让你当鬼子大佐呀！ [Smart Protagonist]+ [Corrupting the Japanese Army]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Master of Disguise] Transmigrate into a Japanese cannon-fodder soldier on the Songhu battlefield? No problem, I have a complete knowledge of history! A lost little agent from the Military Statistics Bureau infiltrates the Japanese army, planning to keep his head down until victory. Instead, he kills a sergeant, sells weapons, passes along intelligence, and accidentally becomes a Japanese general. Director Dai of the M 5.2kReads6.1Score345Shelves
- 25 Espionage: Shadow Without a Trace 谍战：无间谍影 A story about a modern man who transmigrates into the espionage-ridden Republic of China. The first hundred chapters mainly cover some spy cases in Jinling. I feel like the protagonist hasn't really had a chance to show what he can do yet. My initial plan is to send him into enemy-occupied territory after the first hundred chapters, where he can finally unleash his full potential. Art is a big explosion. 195Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Rooted in the Countryside 根在乡土里 Rooted in the Countryside tells its story through a village in Lingnan where everyone shares the same surname. It weaves together vivid accounts of ancestral halls, grand ancestral rites, wedding customs, funeral rituals, religious beliefs, education, rural revitalization, clan elders giving back to their communities, and the continued revision of genealogies. With delicate detail, it portrays the many ways traditional clan culture is passed down, showing how these cultural roots, deeply embedde 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Espionage: My Codename Is Demon-Mirror 谍战：我代号照妖镜 After a car accident, Shen Qingyun, a university psychology student, woke up in 1939 in someone else's body, that of a clerk in the Military Statistics Bureau's interrogation department. In the Zaosibao torture chamber, a Japanese spy kept his mouth shut, refusing to confess even under severe torture. With the section chief and director at their wits' end, Shen Qingyun used microexpression psychology to find the spy's weak spot and pry open his ironclad lips! When Dai Li heard about it, he was d 936Reads6.3Score107Shelves
- 28 The Woman Beneath the Pear Blossom Tree 梨花树下的女人 [No rebirth + farming + married first, love later + making money] One is a cripple mocked by everyone, and the other is a woman sold off by her own parents. Chunhong initially wants to live like other country women, raising children and taking care of her husband, but life is always full of ups and downs, and one troublesome problem after another keeps coming. How will the couple deal with it all? This is the story of an ordinary life that carries on, told here for you. 2.9kReads8.0Score352Shelves
- 29 The Scumbag Takedown 擒渣记 Based on a true story: a woman escapes a marriage marred by infidelity, defeats the shameless homewrecker who knowingly became the other woman, and goes on to live life with her head held high. No golden finger, no miraculous help from above. She wins through her own efforts! 345Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 30 The Great Bandit of Guandong Mountain 关东山大匪 (Not a wish-fulfillment novel, not a wish-fulfillment novel, not a wish-fulfillment novel. No System, no transmigration, no superpowers.) We were originally a family of tenant farmers. During a famine, we joined the crowds heading east to seek a new life. My kindhearted mother even took in an orphan along the way, who later became my big sister. At last, after enduring natural disasters and man-made calamities, our boatload of fellow villagers reached this land of forests and mountains, where we 402Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 31 Yuan Xiaoduo’s Colorful Life 袁小朵的花样人生 In the late 1980s, Yuan Xiaoduo failed her college entrance exams. Her family was poor, and her parents had no intention of letting her retake them. Getting a factory job was difficult, but she was unwilling to work in the countryside. Just as she was at a loss, her older sister, a nurse at the city hospital, came home and offered to take her to stay in the city for a while. She secretly promised to help her retake the exams, so Xiaoduo followed her there, overjoyed. But it turned out… 4.7kReads8.3Score465Shelves
- 32 A Little Story About Buying a House 买房的小故事 Among almost everyone I know, apart from only daughters whose parents help them buy a home, daughters in families with both sons and daughters have to work toward buying a home on their own. Many parents even stand in their way. And when a daughter gets married after buying a home, they may throw all kinds of obstacles in her path, hoping she will transfer the property to her brother. They believe a daughter’s home should belong to her parents’ family. This book tells four short stories about wo 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 China's Bright Sword: Iron-Blooded Men Fight Japan to Save the Nation 中华亮剑铁血男儿抗日救国 The Japanese invaders seek to destroy our nation, exterminate our people, and violate our wives, daughters, and sisters. Every patriotic Chinese man has a duty to defend our land and fight the war. Japanese imperialism is the sworn enemy of the Chinese people, who would rather die than become slaves in a conquered nation and vow to fight the invaders to the bitter end. The Red Army guerrillas who survived three grueling years of guerrilla warfare in the south are reorganized as the New Fourth Ar 105Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 34 The Nameless Long River: Thirty Years Behind Enemy Lines 长河无名，敌营三十载 Japan, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Chinese Communist Party, the Soviet Union, the United States, and South Korea: six identities at once, and thirty years embedded in enemy ranks. From the covert battles in Shanghai and the Hangzhou Incident to code-breaking intrigues, the smoke of Nomonhan, espionage in the Far East, and power struggles in a world at war, he hides his real name and bears the burden of his country and people under an assumed identity. His name is absent from the history 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Passionate Years of a Young Educated Youth in Northeast China, 1979 1979小知青在东北的激情岁月 Business tycoon Jiang Minghao dies of overwork after working for 72 hours straight. He opens his eyes to a drafty, ramshackle house, a tearful village beauty, and a toddler who’s afraid of him… He’s returned to 1979, to Jianshanzui Production Team, where he was sent down to work, and to the very day his wife is waiting for him at the brigade office to file for divorce. Divorce? Not a chance! What did he come back reborn for? To make money! To spoil his wife! To dote on his daughter! Make 657Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 36 The Anti-Japanese Bandit Army 抗日匪军 The story follows Chen Xianyi, a member of a unit of the Northeastern Army stationed in Shuoxian County, Shanxi Province. Most of his unit is killed in action while fighting the Japanese. As he covers the civilians' retreat, he is struck unconscious by a stray bullet. When he wakes, he sees the Japanese massacring the entire town. Overcome with grief and rage, he acquires a System and later joins Qingfeng Stronghold. He successfully unites the bandits of the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Stockades 2.9kReads—Score201Shelves
- 37 A Comeback: The Most Thrilling Lives Belong to Those Who Never Give Up! 逆袭，不服输的人生最精彩！ Hua Feng was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of his life. But overnight, not only did his beautiful wife run off with a pretty boy, the woman also made off with the millions he had scraped together through countless hardships, leaving nothing but a complete mess... Life’s dramatic ups and downs came far too quickly. He could only start over from scratch! Want to laugh at me? Get lost! What, you want me to back down? Who do you think you are? Keep dreaming! Watch as a man who has hit rock b 107Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Ordinary World: Part Two 平凡的世界后续一 A continuation of Ordinary World, set between 1985 and 2025, following the novel’s protagonists through nearly forty years of change. In this version, Sun Shaoping remains true to his first love, Runye is still the same Runye as before, but Sun Shaoan has changed completely. 24kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
- 39 Blueberry, the Leftover Woman 剩女蓝莓 Blueberry is an unmarried woman who’s still living at home. She has two unreliable best friends: Mihua is a bit of a flirt who teases men and ended up kicked out by her husband with nothing, while Feifei loves mahjong and dreams only of marrying into a wealthy family… Three women, and plenty of drama. Love, ethics, human nature… They say hotpot is all about the lively world around the table. Our story begins with a hotpot meal… The story is a slow burn. I hope you’ll enjoy it! 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 War of Resistance: Flames of War Across Ten Thousand Miles 抗战之烽烟万里 [Transmigration] [Ruthless War Against Japan] Li Hong transmigrates to 1937 and becomes a company commander on the front lines. He fights his way through bloody battles against the invaders, building factories, promoting education, and pushing reforms to forge a powerful, battle-hardened army. Leading his forces east, he defeats one powerful enemy after another, sweeping all before him and annihilating countless foes. He helps his nation rise anew from the flames of war and makes the world look 163Reads6.8Score115Shelves
- 41 Espionage: Codename Screw 谍战之代号螺丝钉 Good news: A sharpshooter from the shooting range transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a little agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. He has extraordinary hearing, peerless marksmanship, and a few other tricks up his sleeve... Bad news: The Lone Wolf team has been wiped out, and I’ve become a prisoner of the Japanese. Their guns are already aimed at the back of my head. I’m about to get boxed, and it looks like I’ll be meeting my great-grandma any minute... My name is Lin Tianxian 3kReads6.4Score186Shelves
- 42 I Built a Tourist Attraction in Republican-Era China 我在民国建景区 In the final years of the Guangxu era, outside Wuchang, Shen Yi takes over his family's estate and puts up a sign: “Eternal Scenic Realm.” Outsiders scoff. It's just a retro-style park built on land claimed by a rich young master who does whatever he wants. Only Shen Yi knows that the remains of a China lost to history for a thousand years are being summoned into this park. Qin crossbowmen practice their aim in the morning light, grumbling that the damp weather has made their bowstrings stiff —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Manor Shrouded in Mist 迷雾笼罩的庄园 In this paradise-like estate, sordid deals that make one's blood run cold play out day after day, concealing countless unknown secrets and crimes. Ning Yuan, Li Qiao'er, Tong Xiaoling, Kang Yan... Each of these vibrant young people is a victim beneath the estate's glittering surface. Some sink into this dark swamp, while others turn the tables and survive against all odds. Gao Jun, Li San'er, Jia Xiaoyun... They collude with the powerful, grab what they want through trickery and force, scorn mor 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Splendor of Huangpu 黄埔风华录 Chen Ye, courtesy name Poxiao, meaning “bringing the dawn,” is 28 years old. In his previous life, he was a tactical instructor in a PLA special forces unit and held a master's degree in military engineering. He is reborn in the early Republic of China era in the body of a young overseas Chinese returnee with the same name. His father is a leader among overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, while his mother comes from a wealthy family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The various heroines each have their ow 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Husband Swap 换夫记 Xue Mingming married simply because she'd reached the right age, only to discover that her husband wasn't the right person for her. She settled into a life that felt like going through the motions. Then she crossed paths with Nie Qiyuan, a former high school classmate whose career was on the brink of bankruptcy and whose marriage was hanging by a thread, though neither recognized the other. How should these two married, middle-aged people handle their work, their lives, and their feelings??? A b 18.6kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
- 46 I Led My Troops in a Raid on the Imperial Capital, and Dad Called Me Crazy 带队掀了帝都城，爹说我疯了 Reborn on the eve of a looming war, I watched my elder brother fawn over actors while my father put his faith in shady wanderers. I’d had enough. I emptied the family coffers to buy a System, spending 500,000 silver dollars to build a heavily armed German-style brigade. The day I surrounded the marshal’s residence, a hundred heavy cannons took aim at Yangcheng. Father smashed his teacup. “Third Son, are you trying to kill your old man?” I slapped an abdication letter down in front of him. “Fathe 26Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 47 A Single Mother’s Road to Redemption 一个单亲妈妈的救赎之路 I was a woman left single, and by the time I reached middle age, becoming a single mother was bound to turn my life upside down. At the halfway point of life, I’ve been through everything you can imagine, and even things you can’t. So what? The middle of life is a battlefield, and I am a shield, guarding a corner of tenderness amid the chaos. Halfway through life, I’ll be my own rock, pressing forward through disorder, gentle yet strong. Through half a lifetime of storms, I give it everything. A 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Undercover Agent's Mark 潜伏者的印记 A mysterious classified file has come to light, revealing the silent battlefield of the infiltrators. The silent war is all the more terrifying. He has lived undercover for years, each mission like walking a tightrope. He can never tell friend from foe among those around him, and every step hides a deadly trap. As the clouds of suspicion gradually clear, the marks of those years spent undercover will ultimately become medals of history. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Dreams of the Green Fields 绿野梦 In a turbulent era, Zhao Gen, who had gone away to train as a mason, brought home a beautiful wife named Yanli. A compulsive gambler, he abandoned her without a word. With no one to rely on, Yanli learned all kinds of farm work just to survive. One day, while gathering firewood deep in the mountains, she met with an accident and was rescued by Chun Gen, a man with an ugly face. Zhao Gen remained missing for years. Out of gratitude, Yanli and Chun Gen eventually got together. Just as they were se 35Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 50 Performing the Changes 演易 This is an incomplete book, in a way a failed attempt. But failure is the mother of success, and it helped me see the road to success. Heaven rewards diligence. I have no regrets. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
