Novels like Shanghai, 1937: The Silent Stitch
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Shanghai, 1937: The Silent Stitch, best match first.
- 151 Reborn Impostor 重生伪装者 With exceptional skills and an outlook far ahead of his time, Liu Zhenhua serves his country under several layers of assumed identities. He gives everything he has for his 455 million countrymen. If I must die on the battlefield for my country, why should I care whether my body is brought home in a horsehide shroud? 460Reads7.4Score6514d adds
- 152 I Transmigrated to the Xiang River as a Red Army Soldier, but I Don’t Know How to Do Anything 穿越湘江是红军但是啥都不会啊 A 2025 social misfit, a rider who's been through three surnames, a regular member of the chicken-dinner committee, and a maker of packaging waste. One day, he transmigrates into a bloody battle on the Xiang River. Luckily, he has a golden finger, so now it's time to make a difference. If I've already died once, what have I got to fear? 6.1kReads8.4Score27214d adds
- 153 War God of Two Worlds 双界战神 One day, a white lotus flower suddenly descended upon the Sacred Ancestor Mountain of Gangwu Star. A baby boy was wrapped inside it. A year later, demonic cultivators from beyond the stars invaded Gangwu Star and their armies advanced, destroying Sacred Ancestor Mountain. The five elders fought to the death to protect the baby, but they were outnumbered and perished. Before dying, they sent him away. But the boy was frail, and the astral winds of the teleportation crushed his body, leaving behin 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Reborn: A Brilliant Life of Reversal 重生逆袭灿烂人生 I'm someone who has been reborn. In my previous life, I drifted through life in a daze, muddling through each day. The first thing I'd think about every morning was where to go to make money and how much I needed to earn. I couldn't think of anything else. But even after working so hard, I accomplished nothing and lost so much along the way. When it came to opportunities in life, I missed out on one good chance and turning point after another. When it came to family, I was left with countless re 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Shadows of Espionage: Starting as a Patrol Officer 谍影暗杀：从巡警开始 “Instant Mission: Kill Wang Mingchu, a traitor to the Fuxing Society. Reward: +50 combat skill experience.” Enhanced physique, martial arts, marksmanship, spatial abilities, disguise... When the Special High Commission discovers that collaborators are being killed one after another, when the Military Statistics Bureau cannot fathom how the Japanese army’s arsenal was blown up, and when the Red Party’s contact point suddenly receives an anonymous warning... No one would have guessed that the guy 20.1kReads7.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 156 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 2 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续2 Sequel 2 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 1 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续1 Sequel 1 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 19Reads—Score114d adds
- 158 Dark Flame: A Lone Star Shines Over the East 暗火：孤星照东方 After the Pacific War broke out, Japan’s wartime economy was strained, yet its naval factories continued running at full capacity. The war in China entered its most grueling phase of strategic stalemate, and the Japanese army carried out brutal “mopping-up” campaigns across the country. They thought the night was their cover, never realizing that I was the night itself. He was known by the codenames Qiming and Qingluan. He was also Stone, and the mysterious codename Ghost. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2 怀疑老婆对我不忠2 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Fourth Cipher 第四套密码 The Fourth Cipher 27Reads—Score314d adds
- 162 Transmigrate Through Time and Space: The Tiger Roars as It Slays the Japanese 穿越时空之虎啸杀倭 Laohu was an overseas agent. He died a hero while carrying out his final mission, but his soul transmigrated into the body of a man in a shantytown in Zhabei District, Old Shanghai, in 1938. Using his skills, Laohu kills Japanese soldiers, robs their banks, sabotages their counterfeit currency schemes, raids their supply depots, breaks people out of prison, blows up their headquarters, destroys their airfields, and carries out countless other missions. He also has a System that transmigrated wit 1.1kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 163 Espionage: After All This Time, I Finally Get to Use the Honey Trap 谍战：熬这么久，总算到美人计了 “You damn spy, you’re hurting me!” Just after transmigrating to the Republic of China era, Lu Chen is caught up in a massive conspiracy and tortured in prison. One day, a female officer stands before him with a whip in hand and asks, “Do you have a faith?” Lu Chen: “Not really... I guess.” The female officer says coldly, “Torture him! What’s the difference between someone without faith and a walking corpse?” Lu Chen: “???” I just transmigrated here. How am I supposed to have any faith? Female of 15.1kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 164 Secret War in the Republic of China: The Judge of the Underworld 民国暗战之阎罗判官 In a turbulent era of national crisis, there are traitors and lackeys, but even more people of conscience. Faced with hardship, some profit from the nation’s suffering, while others accept things as they are. Yet there are still people with unwavering faith who disregard their own gain and loss. For the first glimmer of dawn in the darkness, they willingly step into the shadows, becoming judges of the underworld whom their enemies fear at the mere mention. The protagonist works undercover at fir 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Years Without Regrets 无悔岁月 In 1936, dusk settled over Xiangcheng, steeping it in the smell of rust and blood. The late-autumn wind cut like a knife, piercing to the bone. Xu Chengyang tugged down the brim of his police cap. The collar of his coarse wool uniform chafed his neck raw. This black uniform was both his prison and his armor… 459Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Shadows of Espionage: Enemy Agents in Action! 谍影重重：敌特在行动！ In the twenty-eighth year of the Republic, the whole nation was engulfed in the flames of the War of Resistance. Liu Zezhi had graduated from the Military Statistics Bureau's Qingpu training camp just over a year earlier when he was ordered to keep watch on Li Shiqun, who was suspected of planning to defect. Just as expected, Li Shiqun defected, and by a twist of fate, Liu Zezhi accidentally saved his life. Li Shiqun became the head of the 76th Division, the secret police organization of Wang Ji 3.7kReads8.8Score33214d adds
- 167 Sniper 1925 狙击1925 [Upright Values] + [Anti-Japanese Espionage] + [Sniper Elite 4] + [Decisive and Ruthless] Chen Hu transmigrates to Northeast China in 1925 and awakens the Sniper System. He snipes bandits in the snow and takes out a Japanese commander from 800 meters away. With the Kwantung Army’s guns trained on him, he will carve out a path of revenge with his bullets! Through the sniper scope, your life lasts only as long as it takes a bullet to reach you! 15Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 168 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
- 169 Part-Time Secret Agent 兼职小特务 Xu Shitou is a part-time secret agent. He owns a tattered silk painting that lets him lie in wait for prey like a spider, letting them walk right into his trap. Born with one leg shorter than the other, he is known to everyone who knows him as Crooked Five. He lives with his family on the banks of the Huangpu River... 13kReads7.7Score76514d adds
- 170 Fuzhou: Blades and Bloodshed in 1949 福州：刀光血影一九四九 A few words in a local dialect, as indistinguishable as the wind. Once their eyes meet, the hunt and counterhunt begin. Messages whispered on the wind, blood and chaos, a fight to the death... At the end of February 1949, the Huacha secret team, entrusted with a vital mission, encountered an accident on its way to Rong. Team leader Hu Dayi vanished without a trace, and his guard, Wu Erzhu, was captured. At the same time, the Kuomintang's Secrecy Bureau System was carrying out its covert Thunder 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 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
- 172 Republican-Era Spy Shadow 民国谍影 [No System + No transmigration, not reborn. Ace agent Xu Lai, with five identities] Not a power fantasy. Readers who like power fantasies, proceed with caution! A thrilling spy saga in Shanghai’s foreign concessions: A spy among bandits, a double agent among spies, betrayal upon betrayal, one sellout after another! This story is dedicated to the unsung heroes who fought the Japanese invaders to the death for the rise of China! Also known as The Days I Spent as a Collaborator for the Japanese Pup 33Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 173 The Lotus Spy 芙蓉谍 The moment the silver scissors pried open the dragon’s vulnerable scales, the fuse began to sputter and spark. Jiang Ruobing stared at the red words on the “Torch Dragon Project” map: “Level Rongcheng on the sixth day of the winter month.” Suddenly, her fingertip brushed half an embroidered hibiscus on the back! As the Military Statistics Bureau’s most ruthless ace, she could kill with a steel needle. But no one knew that inside her Shu embroidery frame, she was using three shades of blue threa 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Railway Archives 铁路档案 A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 175 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, but You're Thriving 谍战：让你潜伏，你混得风生水起 [Spy thriller + no female lead] Lin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a peripheral operative at the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named Catfish. His handler is killed, the Shanghai station is wiped out, and the new station chief is another notorious traitor to the Bureau, at least according to Lin Jiang's memories! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the Big Data Deduction System!] Special Higher Police School: “Who exactly is Catfish?” Military Statistics Bu 19.2kReads7.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 176 Bloodshed in America: I'm a CIA Defector 喋血美利坚，我是CIA叛徒 [Traditional style, no System, no mindless power fantasy, hard-edged and realistic espionage thriller] Chen Tao, a Chinese anti-narcotics officer. He opens his eyes aboard a vehicle bound for a terrorist attack. His memories are fragmented, and he has become the CIA’s most wanted traitor. The vehicle is packed with poison gas. Ninety minutes remain on the countdown. The target: Staples Center, with twenty thousand lives at stake. His superiors want him silenced, the CIA wants him alive, and the 7.9kReads7.1Score88414d adds
- 177 A Sea of Spycraft and Mystery 谍雾谜海 When faced with known history, some follow it faithfully, while others want to change it! This is a war between two transmigrators! A contest between light and shadow! But who will emerge victorious in the end...? 3.8kReads8.9Score37614d adds
- 178 Republican-Era Espionage: The Secret Agents All Call Me Chief 民国谍战：特务都叫我处座 A righteous soul transmigrates to the twenty-second year of the Republic of China. By then, the Japanese were already preparing to invade China. Lu Yang, a Chinese student studying abroad, is recruited into their spy organization. A transmigrator takes advantage of the situation and embarks on a thrilling mission worthy of Mission: Impossible. He starts out as a low-ranking police officer in the Nationalist government, then gets recruited by both the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and th 1.4kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 179 Spy-Battle Match-Three 谍战消消乐 A modern-day special police officer transmigrates into the puppet state of Manchukuo as a low-ranking policeman. Li Bai unexpectedly acquires a match-three System, and thus begins a winding, eventful career as an undercover agent. Completing missions expands an enormous pocket dimension and can even grant him unique special abilities. The System’s astonishing bonus rewards turn out to be all kinds of beautiful women. Li Bai is having the time of his life. Keeping a low profile in enemy territory 9kReads8.2Score71814d adds
- 180 Wielding Wind and Thunder in Silence 无声执风雷 [Modern-day agent + modern-day espionage + mind-bending] By a twist of fate, a reporter met a former covert operative. After getting to know him, the reporter came up with the idea for this story. Thanks to it, he went from working for a small-time newspaper to becoming editor-in-chief. The story he wants to tell is about a group of young people and their lives on the secret front. 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 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
- 182 Why Should I Put Up with This? I'm Zhou Weiguo 为何要忍，我是周卫国 While carrying out a mission, special forces soldier Zhou Weiguo was ambushed by a traitor and killed by a sniper's bullet. He unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Snow Leopard, taking over the body of Zhou Wen, the Zhou family's second young master, who shares his name. Thus begins an extraordinary journey. Since this is such a passionate era, Zhou Weiguo decides he will live an extraordinary life and never back down. 47Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 183 Espionage: I Have the System of the King of All Evil 谍战：我有万恶之王系统 The cold-blooded assassin Chen Guobin is transmigrated into a small-time patrol officer in Shanghai, badge number 9527. He’s accidentally caught up in a Military Statistics Bureau manhunt and forced to become one of its agents. He’s trapped in occupied territory, where danger lurks everywhere and death waits around every corner. Luckily, he awakens the King of All Evil System. He can earn all kinds of rewards by stopping bad people from misbehaving or simply taking them out. He beats up a traito 30.7kReads7.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 184 The Sequel to Lurking 潜伏后传 In September 1949, at Tianjin Airport, one fleeting glance was all it took. Using the code phrase “the old hen circling,” Yu Zecheng entrusted his life savings and the intelligence he had yet to deliver to his “late wife,” Wang Cuiping. After heading to Taiwan, Yu Zecheng walks on eggshells under Wu Jingzhong. He must contend with factional infighting within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics while fending off the relentless scrutiny of Liu Yaozu, chief of the Operations Division. Meanwh 47.8kReads8.6Score3k14d adds
- 185 Life in a Spy War 在谍战世界生活 A spy thriller set in the Republic of China era. Volume One: Infiltration Volume Two: The Disguiser, pairing with A Cheng Volume Three: The Kite, pairing with Sixth Brother Volume Four: The Rebel, pairing with Chen Moqun Volume Five: Before Dawn Volume Six: The Fifth Special Operations Group Volume Seven: Sparrow, pairing with Tang Shanhai Volume Eight: Dancing with Wolves, pairing with Shang Mingshuo A new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. 3.2kReads8.4Score14114d adds
- 186 Republican Era: A Web of Spies 民国：谍影重重 (Republican-era China + espionage + covert operations + hunting Japanese spies) Zhang Yao returns to the turbulent Shanghai of a bygone era. By a twist of fate, he joins the Military Statistics Bureau, where he crosses paths with Gui Zi Liu, Zheng Yaoxian; Emei Feng, Yu Zecheng; and Xiao Er, Xu Zhongyi. Despite countless obstacles, he manages to pass on the intelligence he gathers and capture Japanese spies one after another. In this turbulent age, he gives his life for his country without a mom 220Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 187 Agent: Fighting Yu Manli from the Start 特工：开局搏斗于曼丽 After transmigrating, Lin Guangnian enrolls at the Military Statistics Bureau’s secret agent academy, where he becomes classmates with Yu Zecheng, Yu Manli, and Ming Tai. He shocks Wang Tianfeng during a training exercise. Wang Tianfeng: “The best student I’ve ever taught!” Zheng Yaoxian: “Move the plan up. Support Lin Guangnian in all his operations!” Yu Manli: “I don’t love a hooligan like you!” Yu Zecheng: “Big Brother, what’s our next move?” 216Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 188 Espionage: From Agent to Japanese Aristocrat 谍战：从特工到鬼子贵族 “Who am I? …Chen Lin? …Or Konoe Ichiro? …Chinese? Or Japanese?…” “You are Konoe Ichiro, heir to Japan’s Konoe family, one of the Five Regent Houses, and Konoe Fumimaro’s eldest grandson. You are Japanese!!!” “That’s right, I’m Konoe Ichiro… Konoe Ichiro… I am Konoe Ichiro… I’m Japanese… Then who are you?” “Me? My name is Chen Lin! I’m Chinese… Chen Lin!” 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Espionage: I Was Undercover, Then Awakened the Fierce Cop System! 谍战：潜伏的我却觉醒悍警系统！ [Espionage + Wits and Strategy + Cheat Ability + Ruthless + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Punishing the Japanese Invaders + Tycoon] When it comes to killing Japanese invaders, is anything more satisfying than slaughtering them openly, right in front of their own men, and then getting promoted and rewarded by them afterward? Li Mengzhou transmigrates to Shanghai in 1938, becoming a rookie who has just joined the police force, and awakens the Tough Cop (Bandit) System! “This is occupied territory! The crim 3.5kReads7.8Score29414d adds
- 190 Espionage: From Shanghai's Little Beggar to the King of Spies 谍战：从上海滩小乞丐到特工之王 Chen Shaoan’s soul transmigrates to old Shanghai, where he becomes a beggar scraping by. By chance, he saves a wounded woman, and ends up stumbling into the Military Statistics Bureau. With the Japanese invasion of China underway, Chen Shaoan uses his Role-Playing System to purge traitors, capture enemy moles alive, and assassinate senior Japanese officers, becoming a world-renowned king of spies. 7.7kReads8.7Score68814d adds
- 191 Espionage: Killing the Japanese Earns Me Extra Years, So I Can Do Whatever I Want 谍战：杀鬼子增阳寿，我无法无天 [The Disguiser] [Cliff] [Infernal Affairs] [The Rebel] [Sparrow] [Penetration] [Target] [Kite] In a spy-war world blending multiple TV dramas and films, Lin Zhengyi accidentally starts on infernal difficulty. He goes undercover at the 76th Agent Headquarters, where four department chiefs watch him like hawks. First Department Chief: Gao Bin from [Cliff] Second Department Chief: Mu Xihe from [Infernal Affairs] Third Department Chief: Chen Moqun from [The Rebel] Fourth Department Chief: Bi Zhongli 1.4kReads6.7Score10014d adds
- 192 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... 4.6kReads8.9Score32014d adds
- 193 Espionage: Code Name Big Dipper 谍战：红色特工代号北斗星 In 1936, an era of turbulent waves! There was a group of people feeling their way through the darkness, using the flame of their faith to light up the pitch-black night sky. Jiang Huo, code-named Polaris, went undercover in the Special Service Office, walking on thin ice and teetering on the edge of a cliff! In the narrowest of spaces, the struggle was cruel and merciless! In the dark of night, it was a tale of hardship and greatness! Their names may have been forgotten amid the years of raging 550Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 194 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 3 《怀疑妻子对我不忠3》 My Wife Might Be Cheating on Me 3 32Reads—Score214d adds
- 195 Espionage: Three Years, Then Three More, Until I Became an Enemy Nation’s General 谍战：三年又三年，我成敌国将帅 Jiang Chen transmigrates into a world where spy dramas like Kite, The Disguiser, and The Message have merged. From the start, he becomes the favored disciple of Zheng Yaoxian, the Sixth Brother of the Juntong. After training under Zheng Yaoxian, Jiang Chen infiltrates the Special Higher Police Agency once again. And so, a triple agent who strikes terror into the hearts of Japanese and puppet-government spies emerges. The three Ming brothers: Jiang Chen is my handler. I'm convinced! Zheng Yaoxian 3.4kReads7.1Score23314d adds
- 196 Espionage: Starting from Above the Cliff 谍战：从悬崖之上开始 Though the nation lies broken, its mountains and rivers remain. Ding Ran transmigrates to a hundred years in the past and becomes a triple agent. The island nation: “That man is a demon, an out-and-out demon.” The Baldies: “How can someone so perfect exist in this world?” The Beautiful Country: “Get his identity at any cost.” In the end, Ding Ran writes his own legend in that era. 2.4kReads8.7Score14114d adds
- 197 Spy Games: Starting with a Female Spy Taking Me Home 谍战风云：从被女特务捡回家开始 His soul transmigrates to Jinling in 1936, and from the start, the ravishing female secret agent Ye Jieqing “picks him up” after he passes out. They meet again two years later, only for him to discover that she has become the wife of Li Shiqun, head of the 76th Office. Will their old romance be rekindled, or will he use the opportunity to infiltrate enemy territory? Armed with multiple golden fingers, including enhanced physical abilities, a portable space, and a radar that scans for evil, Chen 52.1kReads8.2Score4.6k14d adds
- 198 Espionage Agent: From the Start, I Was Just a Nobody in the Juntong 谍战特工，开局军统当混子 [Republic-era espionage + building an independent power + a male lead who never takes a loss + special operations] Shen Lang bites the dust and unexpectedly is reborn in the Republic of China era. The descendant of a veteran of the War of Resistance, he is determined to become a Communist spy. But the original owner of his body was a useless errand boy in the military intelligence service... A complete deadweight, too... And now someone has a gun to his head, about to use him as a scapegoat... H 461Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 199 Espionage: The Ultimate Undercover Agent, Night Hawk of the Military Intelligence Bureau 谍战：最牛潜伏，军统夜鹰 [Original Characters + Intelligence + Assassinations + Sweeping Through Shanghai’s Foreign Concessions] Zhao Haifan transmigrates to Shanghai during the isolated-island era and becomes a Juntong agent, codename Night Hawk... The story strives for realism, and most characters are based on historical figures. The ten great female agents of Juntong, the ten female fiends of the 76th, and the Imperial Flowers of Japan’s Tokko. A heroine who supplies the Nationalist Army with vital resources. Chinese 9Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 200 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
