Novels like A Blade in the Tiger’s Den
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Blade in the Tiger’s Den, best match first.
- 151 Espionage: The Thousand-Faced Agent, a One-Man Army 谍战：千面特工，我一人成团 Li Fei transmigrates to Shanghai in a parallel world and awakens the Many-Faced Agent System. Every time he completes a mission, he gains a new face. From then on, Shanghai has a new elusive Communist agent: Many Faces. Captured courier who turned traitor: Every time I meet him, Many Faces has a different face. Military Statistics Bureau: Many Faces is an organization, maybe even a whole regiment. Our bureau has been infiltrated like a sieve. There are Many Faces everywhere. Special Higher Polic 2.2kReads8.5Score19414d adds
- 152 Espionage: Starting with the Assassination of the Emperor 谍战：从刺杀天皇开始 Li Wencheng transmigrates to a parallel world, returning to an era when every inch of land is soaked in blood, and awakens a System! A year later, he witnesses the horrors of the Battle of Shanghai. Acting on impulse, he accepts a hell-level mission: travel to the island nation and assassinate the emperor! 2.1kReads8.1Score11314d adds
- 153 Endless Shadows of Espionage 谍影无涯 Back in an age torn apart by war, he must keep himself alive by navigating between powerful factions. Little by little, he becomes a capable soldier, hiding deep in the enemy’s heartland and turning into a sharp blade driven behind enemy lines. 1.5kReads6.9Score10514d adds
- 154 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
- 155 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
- 156 Counterespionage Storm 反谍风云 About the Story: A spy case threatens China. Luan Jianglong and Si Hongmei lead their team through the investigation, uncovering one clue after another as the case grows ever more complex. But the ending is completely unexpected... 272Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 157 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
- 158 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
- 159 Beacon-Fire Deserter: The Road Home 烽火逃兵：归途 A tribute to Xiao Zhixianxian, a fan-written continuation of The Deserter in the Flames of War. Picking up where the original stopped updating, at Chapter 687. Hu Yi, Xiao Hongying, Mule, Ma Liang, Gao Yidao, Li Youcai... not a single one left out. No System, no transmigration, no cheat abilities. The same old feel, the same familiar faces. After waiting nine years, it’s time for them to come home. 4.6kReads7.3Score45114d adds
- 160 Secrets of the Spy War: The Japanese Translator 谍海秘事之鬼子翻译官 From the start, Liu Dongyang worked as an interpreter for the Japanese army, matching wits with the enemy and treading carefully at every turn. He also faced constant threats from collaborators and traitors, with danger lurking everywhere. Yet he always managed to escape trouble and obtain vital intelligence for his side. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Bright Sword: It Began with Shelling the Command Center! 亮剑：从炮轰指挥部开始！ [History + Historical What-If + Alternate History + Military + War + Transmigration + Rebirth] A second-year Chinese literature student was carried into the world of Bright Sword by a ball of lightning, only to become the artilleryman Wang Chengzhu and acquire a “Heavenly Punishment System.” I, Wang Chengzhu, trembled with excitement and unleashed my full might! Li Yunlong: “Zhuzi, you're a real genius. I've never seen a soldier this good! You're even better than me!” Zhang Dabiao: “Brother Wang 174Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 162 Young Tianxin (Gathering Tea Seeds) 少年天心（捡茶籽） The Young Tianxin (Gathering Tea Seeds) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 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—14d adds
- 164 Bane of Japanese Spies: From the Start, I Awaken a Lie Detector System 日谍克星，开局觉醒测谎仪系统 Before he was reborn, those damned secret agents acted with impunity, buying off traitors and trading intelligence, causing one battlefield defeat after another as brave men died in vain. After he was reborn, the damned secret agents wailed in agony and trembled in fear, shouting that they wanted to go home. Warning, warning. Lie detected, lie detected. Accept the mission?… 313Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 165 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
- 166 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
- 167 The Spy Hunter 猎谍 Espionage is an ancient profession. Ever since wars first began, spies have been the only way for opposing sides to obtain each other's intelligence. Some say that spy warfare is the only kind of battle in the world without gunpowder smoke. But the truth is that almost no battle in this world is free of it. Even covert struggles are full of bloodshed and sacrifice. My surname is Tang. My name is Tang Cheng, though you can also call me Tang Wulang. My father was with the Juntong, the organization 2kReads8.6Score20214d adds
- 168 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
- 169 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
- 170 Screen Worlds: I Can See Your Name 影综：我能看到你的名 Li Weigong, Wu Jingzhong, Zheng Yaoxian, Wang Tianfeng, and Tan Zhongshu are my colleagues. Yu Zecheng, Li Ya, Lu Qiaoshan, Xu Zhongyi, Ming Lou, Gong Shu, Lin Nansheng, Chi Tiecheng... are my students. How could I lose? Watch Gao Feng write his own legend in the world of master spies. We stand at the beginning of the story, watching them head toward their inevitable deaths. 3.2kReads7.4Score15014d adds
- 171 The Poor Become Rich Through Their Own Reversal 穷人逆转才是富 After retiring from the special forces, Ye Tianxuan takes on espionage networks and creates the Veterans Group. Working with his partner Xiao Yue, he turns it into a world-class corporation. Together, they tackle social tensions and cutthroat business competition while resisting interference from foreign forces. He also fights criminal organizations through corporate espionage in the modern business world. This story is entirely fictional, yet reality lies hidden within its fiction. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Infiltrating the Military Statistics Bureau, I Accidentally Built an Arms Empire 我在军统搞渗透，竟造出军火帝国 After transmigrating to a world of espionage, Ren Pingsheng becomes a nobody in the archives room. After accidentally activating the [Mission Lottery System], Ren Pingsheng mows down people like grass and blows up buildings like he’s setting off firecrackers! Zheng Yaoxian treats him like a brother, while the higher-ups are completely wrapped around his finger. Everyone thinks Ren Pingsheng rose through the ranks by sucking up to powerful people. Who would have guessed that, in the blink of an e 795Reads5.9Score10114d adds
- 173 Espionage: From the Start, I'm Told to Investigate My Own Communist Party 谍战：开局让我一个红党查红党 A leak at the newly established Zhejiang branch of the Fuxing Society led to a failed arrest. Acting on Dai’s orders, Lin Mingyu, a Communist Party member undercover at the Central Army Officer Academy, heads to the Zhejiang branch to secretly investigate the Communist Party infiltrators. 384Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Silent Glory: Blade Against Time 沉默的荣耀之逆时之刃 A spin-off novel in the "Glory of Silence" series, telling the story of an unlucky man who transmigrates into a spy thriller with a System. Follow him as he navigates Taiwan during the White Terror and makes it out unscathed. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 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
- 176 The Phoenix-Eyed Agent: I Tear My Rotten Enemies Apart in Republican-Era China 凤眼女特工：我在民国手撕渣敌 I, Su Wanqing, am a small-time female thug at the bottom of the heap at Jiangcheng Wharf. My only talent is hearing other people’s thoughts. For three years, I used that ability to dodge countless assassination attempts, until I met a coachman who was nearly beaten to death. My heart skipped a beat: this man’s thoughts were actually pure. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 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
- 178 A Contest of Wits in the Spy World 谍海较量 By a twist of fate, a psychology graduate student returned to 1937, a year torn apart by war. As he sought out the underground organization and held fast to his red ideals, he contributed what he could to his country's liberation and rejuvenation in a turbulent era, embarking on a legendary career as an undercover agent in the world of espionage. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Fighting the Japanese: From the Start, I Had a Dog 抗日之开局一条狗 (This book includes content from films and TV series such as Cliff, Above the Cliff, and Razor.) Zheng Jingren somehow transmigrated to Northeast China during the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo and successfully activated the System. Its principle was simple: as long as you had money, anything could be achieved. From then on, the vast forests and mountains of Northeast China became the invaders’ graveyard, and Zheng Jingren became their nightmare. I have nothing against the Japanese. I believ 452Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 180 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
- 181 Night Hawk: Espionage in Shanghai from Five Factions 夜鹰，五方谍战上海滩 He is the manager of a trading company in the foreign concessions, a smooth and well-connected socialite, a codebreaking expert courted by the Military Statistics Bureau, a welcome guest at No. 76, and even a sworn brother to a Green Gang boss. Beneath all those layers of disguise, he has only one true identity: an underground Communist Party operative, codenamed “Night Hawk.” Shanghai in 1941 is an isolated island, but it's also a living hell. The Japanese collaborators, the Special Higher Poli 6.3kReads7.2Score49214d adds
- 182 I'm a Foreigner in Republican-Era China 我在民国当老外 [World War II + spy thriller + Republic of China era + American politics + postwar Japan and Korea] He transmigrates into the body of a West Point graduate and becomes a captain and assistant military intelligence attaché at the U.S. military attaché office in the Republic of China. He helps the Republic of China and rises through the ranks in the United States. Later, he becomes the commanding officer on the front line of the U.S. war against Japan. After the war, he oversees all of Japan's aff 4.9kReads7.5Score12514d adds
- 183 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
- 184 Espionage: A Silent Struggle 谍战：一场无声的斗争 An ordinary aspiring writer unexpectedly finds himself in Republican-era China. Using his strengths, amid internal strife and foreign threats, he resolutely chooses a path of discretion, efficiency, and long-term undercover work for his people and his country. 6.3kReads8.2Score43114d adds
- 185 Young Tianxin (Chopping Bamboo) 少年天心（砍竹子） The Young Tianxin (Chopping Bamboo) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 You Took My Farmland and Swallowed My Money? An Old Farmer's Desperate Counterattack Ruins the Village Tyrant and the Village Chief 推我良田吞我钱？老农的绝地反击，让村霸村长身败名裂 You Took My Farmland and Swallowed My Money? This Old Farmer's Desperate Counterattack Ruins the Village Tyrant and the Village Chief —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Faceless Man of Republican China 行走在民国的无面人 Yao Zhendong transmigrated. He didn't have the System that others had, but he brought with him a gift from his previous life: the Fool pathway of a mysterious potion series. He arrived in a world where the line between black and white was impossible to discern. The protagonist is suspicious by nature, quick to swing between joy and anger, neurotic, and somewhat selfish. 82Reads7.8Score1714d adds
- 188 A Spy in the Shadows, Starting with The Rebel 谍战从叛逆者开始的特工 This is purely for my own amusement. I’m sorry if it makes you unhappy. At first, I wanted to take things slowly, but then I got criticized, so I changed it. I changed it. Then people said the characters weren’t written well. That part I’m not changing. Later, I messed up the golden finger, so I gave up. Anyway, I’m having a great time writing it now. If it’s stressing you out, sorry. I didn’t mean to. 1.5kReads8.1Score10814d adds
- 189 Blood and Intrigue 谍血风云 [Decisive and Ruthless] [Absolutely No Saintly Do-Gooder] [Fired with Passion] Returning to the war-torn Republic of China, the protagonist uses his slight head start to navigate between the various factions. On the secret front, every move is fraught with danger; between black and white, he repeatedly risks his life, earning achievements that no one will ever know about… 14Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 190 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
- 191 The Cowardly Agent 鼠胆特工 Lin Jie transmigrated into the body of a cowardly traitor. Then Juntong used a honey trap on him, and he became an undercover agent for the organization. To hide his identity, he pretended to be greedy and lecherous, embarking on a very different path. 865Reads7.0Score10314d adds
- 192 Espionage: I Ran Amok in the Juntong 谍战：我在军统杀疯了 [Invisibility + pocket dimension + ruthless decisiveness + sharp intellect + steady growth] He is the most inconspicuous nobody at the bottom of the Juntong, and no one knows his true identity. Ordered to infiltrate the Japanese and puppet secret service agencies, he spends every day outwitting the enemy to obtain intelligence, dancing on the edge of a blade. He is also an elusive master assassin who never shows mercy to his enemies. He eliminates traitors and kills Japanese invaders. Known as t 4.2kReads6.6Score21514d adds
- 193 Espionage: I Turned the Enemy Camp Upside Down 谍战：我在敌营翻江倒海 Spy System activated: “Level One skill activated: Spy Identification.” “Level Two skill activated: Information Alerts.” “Level Three skill activated: Danger Detection.” “Level Four skill activated: Document Reading.” “Level Five skill activated: Spatial Rewards.” Yang Zhennan: I came because of history, and history changed because of me. 951Reads7.4Score10214d adds
- 194 Agent Legend: Chong Ming 特工传奇之重明 An ordinary professional manager unexpectedly transmigrated into the Republic of China era and became a Juntong agent. With no golden finger, he relied on what he knew from his previous life, put his knowledge to use, and kept learning and growing. Amid the changing times, he did his part for his country and people, creating one thrilling spy legend after another... 146Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 195 At Headquarters 76: One God-Tier Trait Every Day 人在76号：每天一个神级词条 After transmigrating to Shanghai during the isolated-island period, Su Chen became a low-ranking spy in the 76th, with no connections and no backing. The moment he arrived, he was already facing a brutal purge by the Japanese invaders! At that very moment, the Daily Keyword System activated. [Today's Keyword: Lockpicking] He could turn the Special Higher Police's classified archives into his own backyard. [Today's Keyword: Firearms Master] Even an old, battered pistol could make a precise shot f 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Espionage: Telling Jokes in Republican-Era China 谍战：我在民国说段子 After staying up all night ranting about spy dramas, 996 office drone Cheng Ming wakes up having transmigrated to Shanghai in 1938, now under occupation! From the start, he's an abandoned pawn of the military intelligence service, pursued by traitors at No. 76 and surrounded by Japanese agents. He just transmigrated, and already he's about to get himself killed? Fortunately, he awakens a historical-commentary golden finger. While others rely on marksmanship and strategy to go undercover, he uses 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Purple Star Emperor of Honghuang: I Plot for Eternity Among the Stars 洪荒紫微帝君，我以星辰某万古 After Pangu created the heavens and the earth, the Dragon-Han Tribulation came to an end, on the eve of the Lich Tribulation. Power levels: Earth Immortal → Heavenly Immortal → True Immortal → Profound Immortal → Golden Immortal → Grand Unity Golden Immortal → Great Luo Golden Immortal → Quasi-Saint → Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal (Saint) → Heavenly Dao Realm All-Heavens Star Deduction System (Incomplete Version) Functions: deduce the secrets of heaven, optimize cultivation techniques, 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 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
- 199 Espionage: The Military Intelligence Bureau's Judge, the Nightmare of Japanese Spies 谍战：军统判官，活成日谍噩梦 [Espionage + identity detection + assassination + System] Reborn in 1936, Lin Mu, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy, is unexpectedly assigned to the Special Service Department. He soon becomes Japanese spies’ worst nightmare! Kawashima Yoshiko: “Damn it, the assassination plan has been foiled again!” Tsuchihashi: “The Judge is everyone’s worst nightmare.” He kills Japanese invaders, captures Japanese spies, and takes Shanghai by storm, becoming a traitor’s worst nightmare! “I have nothing t 58Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 200 Undercover at the Secret Service Bureau 潜伏在特务处 A traditional spy thriller: no golden fingers and no transmigration. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing. Spring 1941, Jiangcheng. Lin Yanzhou, a technician at Hanyang Ironworks, draws the attention of Japanese spy Nanzou Yun Zi after repairing a German diesel engine at the docks. Then Zhao Bingjun, deputy director of the Secret Service, coerces him into joining their ranks. As his three identities near exposure and the “Jiaogang Plan” sets its sights on Jiangcheng, he makes patience his 834Reads6.5Score11114d adds
