Novels like A Long Song of Jin
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- 101 Broken Thorn 断刺 When the Japanese invaders strike, a rebellious young man runs away from home and is swept by the tides of history from one perilous situation to another. He maneuvers between military intelligence agents, underworld gangs, and Japanese spies; makes choices between conflicting beliefs; sacrifices love and friendship; and transforms as he grows through loneliness... 131Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 102 Espionage: From the Start, I Personally Betrayed My Comrades 谍战：开局我亲手出卖了同志 Shanghai, 1942. On the first day Shen Gui was dragged into Unit 76, bamboo splinters were driven beneath his fingernails. For three days and three nights, he didn't give them a thing. On the fourth day, he confessed. The contact station was destroyed, and six comrades were killed. Overnight, he went from an underground Party member to a traitor despised by everyone. The organization wanted him dead, and the enemy didn't trust him. He became a wandering ghost with nowhere to go. But no one knew t 1.5kReads6.8Score10514d adds
- 103 Undercover at No. 76: My Female Boss Wants to Marry Me 在76号当卧底：女上司想嫁我 Shanghai, 76 Jisifei'er Road, 1943. I am Shen Tingbai, the youngest interrogation section chief at the Wang Jingwei regime’s secret service headquarters, codename Judge. No anti-Japanese agent in my hands can hold out for more than seventy-two hours. They say I’m a loyal dog of the Japanese, a traitor among traitors. No one knows that every time I pry open someone’s mouth, I’m gambling with my own life: extracting the enemy’s intelligence while protecting comrades who haven’t yet been exposed 258Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Life Afloat on the Riverbank 江岸浮生 [Contemporary realism + period chronicle + rural ensemble cast + women’s struggles] Spanning half a century of rural China, this book tells the story of three generations of women on the Jianghan Plain. Caught in the tides of history and the shackles of their families of origin, each struggles against fate in her own way and faces her inner demons, ultimately learning to live for herself. (I’m only here to tell the story as it is. I won’t give the characters perfect personalities. I’ll portray h 541Reads8.5Score10614d adds
- 105 The Time Left Behind 被遗拾的时光 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! This is a period novel set close to real life, following three generations through different eras, from the War of Resistance Against Japan and the turmoil of the Chinese Civil War to the educated youth years and modern city life. It tells how they struggled against the tide of social change and forged different paths 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Savvy Little Soldier 小兵油子 Beacon Bones Beyond the Great Wall: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting Japanese Invaders on the Grasslands [Warlords, War of Resistance, Searching for Family, No Overpowered Cheats, Spy Warfare, Logic and Intelligence, Ruthless] 1921–1945: The land is in turmoil, and China is engulfed in endless flames of war. Adopted as a child by a top undercover spy, the young man is meticulously trained for over a decade to become his other hand. There is no System and no mindless overpowered cheat. Every struggl 238Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Fighting the War of Resistance Alongside the Iron Triangle 抗战之我和铁三角是战友 Su Yang was a soldier stationed at the border. He dies by accident in a border clash and transmigrates into the body of a regimental commander in the early days of Bright Sword. He is also a comrade-in-arms of the Iron Triangle. See how he fights the foreign invaders and defends his homeland. 1.9kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 108 Undercover Diary: Bureau 76 76号卧底日记 He has ears that can hear death in the radio waves. She can't read, but she can memorize anyone's face with a single glance. Nanjing, 1943. Chen Ze'an, deputy head of the communications office at No. 76, is a Wang Jingwei regime agent on the surface and an undercover Communist operative in secret. His only weapon is his extraordinary hearing: he can anticipate death from the static in radio transmissions and detect lies from the sound of a heartbeat. The organization assigns him a “wife”: Cuipin 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Children of the Guan Family 关家儿女 This book is the sequel to my historical novel, The Guan Family Compound. It follows several generations of the Guan family's children through their joys and sorrows against the backdrop of the times, from 1939 to more than a century later, in the twenty-first century. If you're a longtime fan of The Guan Family Compound, please start reading from Chapter One. If you've never read it, I recommend reading that book first, then coming back to The Guan Family's Children. The story will flow better 1.6kReads8.0Score24114d adds
- 110 War of Resistance: The Underworld’s Most Notorious Spy, Stirring Up Trouble 抗战：特工界悍匪，搅局者 The rating is baffling (original plot, no System, no undercover work, builds his own faction, ruthless and decisive, no heroine or a single heroine) PS: The protagonist is the kind of person who usually thinks things through instead of charging in recklessly, unless he’s pushed too far. A businessman from the 21st century transmigrates to an era resembling Republican-era China and becomes a low-ranking chief in the Secret Service. Xiao Mingyuan says, “Following the Baldy won’t get me anywhere. I 14.6kReads8.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 111 Starting in the Republic of China, I Apply to the First Whampoa Class, and I'm from Fenghua 民国开局报考黄埔一期我是奉化的 Republican-era setting + Whampoa Military Academy + conventional front lines + no System. Surname: Liu. Given name: Xin. Courtesy name: Huaqiang. Native of Xikou, Fenghua. A modern military enthusiast and expert has been reborn. Of course he has to make up for history's regrets! Charge! 20.9kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 112 I Sign In to the Republic-Era Spy System From the Start 我，开局签到民国特务系统 After transmigrating to the Republican era, I started out with the Japanese chasing me down. At the critical moment, the System activated. Sign in: obtained fluency in Japanese and a pistol. I fired back and killed them on the spot. From then on, Peking gained a living King of Hell whom everyone feared. I kill collaborators, steal weapons, infiltrate the Japanese military, and turn beautiful female spies to my side... Other people rely on their brains to play spy games. I rely on sign-ins. As lo 1kReads—Score11614d adds
- 113 Beyond the Walls, Where Do We Go? 围墙之外，何去何从 [No fixed couples, and readers with strong moral qualms should stay away! This novel loves pairing people in unexpected ways, and the ex-husband eventually becomes the son-in-law!] [All kinds of tangled relationships, mutual scheming, love and hate, but in the end everyone gets a happy ending!] [Everyone’s status gets reshuffled, and each person finds their own path to happiness! Hahaha~~] She watches her husband give her the green hat, then returns the favor in kind. Life is this thrilling, and 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Cliffhanger: The Butterfly at Dawn 【悬崖】续集破晓之蝶 The sequel to the spy classic The Brink! Hard-hitting espionage · historical mystery · a new chapter in the Ice City spy war In 1946, Harbin was liberated. Gu Qiuyan came back, carrying the echo of the gunshot that condemned her six years ago, and an obsession she could tell no one about. A rusted button was waiting for her in a crack in the wall of her old home. It was a deadly signal only she could understand. Was he still alive? Gao Bin, who once controlled everything, now wore a badge bear 3.4kReads8.8Score43014d adds
- 115 Diao Bing Mantun 刁兵满囤 He crawled out of a cesspit, and nothing could kill him. The Japanese invaders’ lives were less durable than his manure fork. A farmer, an iron fork, and a blood-soaked path. No transmigration, no cheat powers. The Japanese killed his whole family, so he’ll make sure their line dies out. 212Reads—Score12414d adds
- 116 The Spy War: A Matter of Life and Death 谍战之生死较量 Autumn 1937. A rainy night. After a burst of gunfire, in a warehouse in a Shikumen building in the French Concession, Sun Shi'an quietly opened his eyes beneath the dim lights, fighting through the agony in his body. Everything in his field of vision was blood red. More than a dozen bodies lay scattered across the floor. His wife, and fellow comrade, Zhang Mei, lay on top of him, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief. At the entrance, several figures in black raincoats trained their submachine 138Reads—Score11014d adds
- 117 Rural Chronicle 乡村纪实 The little details of life, all those everyday moments, come together to paint a picture of a changing countryside. Generation after generation pursues its dreams, working hard in the mountain valleys. They make it through the winter, then the hills turn green in spring. Summer crops blanket the mountains, and autumn is always a season of joy. 212Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 118 War of Resistance: Shadow Sharpshooter 抗战风云：暗影神枪 Where does the thunderclap strike, shattering the ghosts’ courage? A divine marksman emerges from the shadows of the dark woods! Seven years after the fall of the three northeastern provinces, a young sharpshooter appears from deep in the Greater Khingan Range. Bearing the blood debt of a village massacred by the Japanese, he begins a desperate counterattack like a phantom... No clichés / Not a wish-fulfillment novel / Smart characters / Suspense and horror / Witty and humorous 4.1kReads8.2Score35314d adds
- 119 Cracking Codes and Capturing Spies: From Prisoner to the Military Intelligence Bureau's Seventh Brother 破密码擒间谍，从囚犯到军统七哥 Ye Mingyuan, a modern criminal investigation graduate, wakes up to find himself a murder suspect in the Republic of China era. In a Military Statistics Bureau prison, a whip is dipped in water and a branding iron glows red. His interrogators have only one demand: "Sign the confession." Someone else might have caved. But Ye Mingyuan has read thousands of case files in his previous life, and forensic science, forensic medicine, and criminal psychology all come naturally to him. In just one night, 720Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 120 A Lane Boy's War of Resistance 弄堂小子的抗战 Chen Agen grew up in the alleys of Shanghai and learned extraordinary martial arts from the reclusive master Lu Zijian, known as "Ghost Shadow." Carrying the simple ideal of upholding justice, he joined the police force. But after he unexpectedly saved Wu Siba, a powerful officer in the Japanese puppet organization known as Unit 76, he was forced into the den of evil and became a member of the collaborationist secret service headquarters. There, he witnessed the invaders' brutality and endured 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Sell My Sister? Sell My Little Sister? Why Not Just Go to the Heavens? 卖我姐？卖我妹？你咋不上天？ [Transmigration + Golden Finger + Alternate History + Countryside + Entrepreneurship] Li Siyaya was a special forces soldier who became a special police officer after leaving the military. While apprehending human traffickers, she transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty. The moment she opened her eyes, a little girl was kneeling on the ground, crying, “Grandma, please don’t sell me!” “You little money-loser! I’ll sell you all off so my precious grandson can get a wife!” She looked up and saw her poor 523Reads8.9Score12514d adds
- 122 The Greenwood Resistance 绿林的抗战 In the winter of 1950, Guandong bandit Zheng Sanpao, bearing remorse for his crimes against the people, was led to the execution ground. After the People's Liberation Army shot him, he transmigrated back to 1938, to Wolf Ridge in the Guandong Mountains. He woke to find himself once again the peerless marksman who had once struck fear across Guandong: Zheng Sanpao! Since he had a chance to live his life over, this time he would become a hero of the resistance against Japan! He would punish the wi 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Espionage: I Can Eavesdrop on Everything 谍战：我能窃听万物 He's an agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, yet his superiors have ordered him to save the son of a Japanese military bigwig. He's a marginal figure in enemy intelligence circles, yet time and again he gets wind of the Japanese side's top-secret plans. He's timid, greedy, and lecherous, yet he repeatedly becomes the key to foiling the enemy's schemes. And the only reason he can do all this is that he has an extraordinary pair of ears, able to hear the sounds around him... 9Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 124 Please Don't Let Me Down Again: Stay, Say Thanks, and Embrace 请不要再辜负，陪伴、道谢和拥抱 Please stop taking for granted the people who stay by your side. Keep company, say thank you, and offer a hug. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Espionage in the Besieged City: Codename Gardener 谍影围城：代号园丁 (Traditional spy thriller, no transmigration or golden finger. If that’s not your thing, please don’t flame the author.) In the autumn of 1941, at Rong Manor, an isolated compound in Shanghai’s occupied zone, five “guests” from very different walks of life are trapped by a feast worthy of a trap. They are a glamorous nightclub singer, a timid official, a cold-faced police officer, a shrewd editor-in-chief, and a mysterious Japanese section chief. The manor is under constant surveillance. They ar 869Reads6.7Score10414d adds
- 126 The Hidden Wife 隐妻 [The comic adaptation is now available! Tap “Adaptation Theater” in the lower-right corner of any page of this book to watch instantly. The original novel and short drama each have their own appeal. Share it with your friends!] No rebirth, no transmigration, and no System golden finger, just the true golden years of an entire generation! Having fled an arranged marriage, he joins the tide of migrant workers heading south. In a southern metropolis brimming with both opportunity and challenges, he 805Reads6.2Score10414d adds
- 127 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Family's Hidden Guards 家族暗卫 A story about rural revitalization, bringing a family back together and creating an ideal life. Before the Spring Festival in 2025, my second uncle asked me to return to the village to meet him. He handed me a black stone passed down through our family and told me to inherit the duty of the family’s secret guards, protecting our family’s development from the shadows. I also inherited a fortune passed down through the family, along with the friendship of eight families who had been close to o 7.8kReads—Score1k14d adds
- 129 The Educated Youth of Wenhai Village 文海村知青 A new work is here! Set in the 1960s and 1970s, this novel follows educated youth Ye Sijia and her companion Lin Can as they leave the cities for the countryside. It tells how they face all kinds of challenges in life and work, and eventually find hope. Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it! Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 I Transmigrated to Shanxi During the War Against Japan 我穿越到山西抗日 War rages across the Taihang Mountains, where a lone hero stands his ground. Modern special forces soldier Fu Shuiheng’s soul transmigrates into the blazing anti-Japanese battlefield of Shanxi, taking over the body of a fallen Eighth Route Army soldier who shared his name. With the “Enemy Kill Points System” awakening within him, he rallies scattered troops in a desperate situation and outsmarts the enemy at Heisonggang, wiping out a Japanese patrol of more than twenty men with just over twenty 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Spy Blade: 1933 谍刃1933 No transmigration + no System + no heroine + slow pace + strives to stay close to historical fact Li Mo, an orphan from a Shanghai lane, is taken to the Northeast by a guide working for the Communist Party and becomes a policeman in the puppet state of Manchukuo. Through a twist of fate, he earns the favor of senior Kwantung Army officers. Relying on his own abilities, he rises step by step from a low-ranking policeman in the puppet Manchukuo government to deputy director of the police departmen 87Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 132 Village Chief, Don't Mess with Me 村长，别来惹我 Liang Yuzhen is a widow in the village, beautiful and kindhearted. The village chief is a local bully, but seeing that Liang Yuzhen has no man to rely on, he often stops by to help her with whatever he can, putting on a show of being a good Samaritan. 94Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 133 The Hidden Sentry 暗哨 On the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, a sleeper agent who had been silent for years awakens inside the Kuomintang's Northeastern secret service. Surrounded by treacherous Military Statistics Bureau agents, gang leaders straddling the line between respectable and criminal, and prominent Shengjing women whose loyalties are hard to read, he must maneuver alone through threats from every side, hidden in the shadows as he shines a bloodstained beam of light on the city's liberation... 4.6kReads8.9Score32514d adds
- 134 In the Name of a Traitor 以汉奸之名 He has the script. He knows the names of every traitor. But every time he kills a “future traitor,” the resistance suffers another bloody loss. He wants to save his comrades, but they want to kill him. The only person protecting him is the enemy. The more good he does, the more he looks like a collaborator. After wearing the mask for five years, he can no longer tell: Is he only playing a collaborator, or has he become one? Only when a true comrade gives their life to clear his name, and he knee 18kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 135 Transmigrating into Bright Sword: Laplace's Ghost Gun 穿越亮剑，拉普拉斯的幽灵之枪 [Don't Call Me a Sharpshooter, Call Me the God of Guns!] [War of Resistance] [Espionage] Xu Jinhuan transmigrates into Bright Sword and awakens the combat talent [Laplace's Ghost Gun]. He is, without a doubt, the strongest God of Guns! He joins the New First Regiment and establishes the Wolf Fang Special Forces. He bombards Sakamoto, takes out Yamazaki, and downs a Japanese warplane with two shots! He creates the Black-and-Red Ledger, drawing up lists of Japanese troops and traitors! Called upon 262Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.6kReads8.8Score15414d adds
- 137 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Fall Guy Actor 替罪演员 [Important notice: This story contains no romance or workplace relationship plotlines] Due to an incorrect System label, we would like to clarify that this is a story of psychological warfare and spy intrigue. Everyone is focused on their work, and there is no romance. (Note: All emotional displays in the story are acting strategies and portrayals of relational tension, serving the psychological battles and the deconstruction of the plot. They are not romantic.) [No couples · Not a wish-fulfillm 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Those Years as a Young Hooligan 小痞子的那些年 The strong grow stronger when challenged. The weak are only more wounded by defeat. Growing-up memories of people born in the 1970s and 1980s, and the distinctive flavor of Sichuan and Chongqing in the 1990s. Amidst a deep nostalgia for the era, see how wild grass grows. This book is full of nostalgia and offers an unvarnished glimpse of ordinary life. Looking back, you finally understand: those who master themselves are strong, and those who know themselves are wise. 1.7kReads8.9Score17614d adds
- 140 Ma Boyong’s Hilarious Brief History of China 马伯庸笑翻中国简史 This is the most concise and vivid history of China. The “literary genius” Ma Boyong covers the centuries from the Warring States and the Qin and Han dynasties through to the late Qing and the Republic of China, sketching the threads of Chinese history in just a few strokes. He breaks away from the traditional approach of writing history through political events and the succession of emperors, instead weaving the past together around the novel theme of “the virtues of dynasties.” His sharp comme 3.7kReads9.2Score78214d adds
- 141 War of Resistance: Taking Revenge with a Child Soldier Squad 抗战：带着娃娃兵复仇 Luo Yang, a modern man with a background in science and engineering, accidentally transmigrated to the War of Resistance era while on a business trip. He encountered a group of orphans and led them from small victories to great ones, dealing blow after blow to the invaders. Back in the modern day, Luo Yang had never understood why their forebears had refused to surrender even under torture. Weren’t they afraid of pain and death? After transmigrating, he realized that anyone who watched their lov 6.5kReads8.4Score54714d adds
- 142 Espionage: It All Starts with Teaching a Colonel's Wife a Lesson! 谍战：从教训大佐夫人开始！ Chen Shaoan transmigrated to the years of the War of Resistance against Japan. Driven by fervent patriotism, he awakened the undercover System and embarked on the path to becoming an ace agent. As long as he was promoted or passed along important intelligence he had obtained, he would earn Anti-Japanese Points. He could use them to buy stamina, modern weapons, peerless martial arts, supernatural abilities, and more… His wife asked, “Is this what you wanted?” Chen Shaoan smiled but said nothing. 639Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 A Woman’s Married Life 女人的婚姻生活 This story follows three women through the joys and sorrows of married life. Huang Zijun, Hua Rumi, and Rong Shanshan are close friends, and each has a family of her own. As the saying goes, every household has its own troubles… 5.4kReads9.1Score51414d adds
- 144 Bright Sword: After Transmigrating into Ding Wei, I Make Li Yunlong Lose His Cool 亮剑：穿越丁伟后，老李心态炸了 You hear about Li Yunlong every day. Today, it’s finally my turn, Old Ding. I’ll take Li Yunlong’s road and leave him nowhere to go. I’ll steal his wife and make him a bachelor for life. Li Yunlong cursed furiously, “Damn it! The biggest mistake I ever made was getting to know you, Old Ding!” But the very next second, his expression changed completely. “Sister-in-law Tian Yu, please tell Old Ding to equip our Old Li with two more divisions’ worth of those Type 81 rifles!” 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Farming? No, I'm Building a Financial Empire in Ancient Times! 种田？不，我在古代搞金融！ Shen Yanshu, a certified public accountant, suddenly dies and awakens in the northwest of the Great Yin dynasty, where she becomes an orphan with no one to rely on. A dilapidated thatched hut, a vicious uncle pressing her for money, and not a penny to her name. She has no miraculous advantage, only modern financial know-how. She earns her first capital selling goods from a stall, then opens a money exchange and builds an ambitious chain of exchange houses along the northwestern frontier. 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 You Can’t Let Go of Your First Love, Yet You’ve Become My Downfall 你放不下白月光，却成为我的劫 She guarded the memory of the man she had lost seven years ago, locking her heart away with it. He was a retired mercenary covered in scars, and she was the only light in his darkness. He weathered every storm for her, giving all he had left, yet still couldn't overcome the dead man in her heart. The dead man's younger brother was obsessed with her, closing in at every turn. She couldn't let go of the past, and he couldn't let go of her. In the end, she became the tribulation he could never over 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 From Barnyard Chicken to Phoenix 土鸡变凤凰 From Country Bumpkin to Cinderella 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 From Ordinary to Legendary 从平凡走向传奇 Fu Bikang, a passionate young man of the modern era, can only watch anti-Japanese war dramas in helpless indignation. An accident sends his soul back to the bloody battlefield of 1937, where he becomes a dying soldier amid mountains of corpses. Just as despair takes hold, the Headshot the Enemy System awakens: killing enemies earns points, which can be exchanged for weapons, ammunition, skills, and even the power to turn the tide of battle! The armchair critic of yesterday becomes a lone wolf in 306Reads5.5Score10014d adds
- 149 The Taste of Life 人间味道 This is a collection of short stories about family, friendship, love, and devotion to one's country. Life has no answer sheet; it is a journey. Every ordinary story celebrates the brilliant moments of ordinary people. My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 I Can Rewind Five Minutes, and I Became a Spy-Killing Demon 回档五分钟，我成了谍战杀神 I rewound five minutes, crawled back from hell, and became Second Young Master Zhang, a spoiled heir in Shancheng. The Japanese have my father’s command post surrounded by a massive force. I’ll save him! The Special Higher Police have sprung a deadly four-stage trap. I’ll break it! I came back to life to kill the Japanese and root out the collaborators! A tactical pen with a triangular blade, stained with blood and deadly at the throat, lets me steal other people’s skills. A pair of blood-red do 39Reads5.9Score11714d adds
