Novels like Steel, Gunpowder, and Spellcasters
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Steel, Gunpowder, and Spellcasters, best match first.
- 1 Kingdom Come: A Knight's Path 天国拯救：骑士之途 This is an alternate-history medieval knight novel. The story does not follow an army-based approach, but is structured more like a knightly squad. Eighty thousand chapters' worth of material are already written, and the author is reliable. Read with confidence. P.S. The author lacks knowledge and hasn't looked into medieval sources very much. So the book contains a fair number of original inventions and major alterations. Please understand things according to the rules established in the book. 0Votes10.9kRecs13.7kFans
- 2 A Hundred Billion Nights on Earth 地球上的一百亿个夜晚 Formerly titled The Mythological Earth History Investigator This is the story of a person who may be terrible in every respect, but is forced by a mysterious book of monsters to transmigrate back and forth between different eras of Earth, leading to a series of events. A work written out of personal interest. Updates are irregular, and completion is not guaranteed. Everything in this work, including its plots, knowledge, and names of people and places, is fictional or semi-fictional. Do not imit 0Votes34.2kRecs0Fans
- 3 EN Forge of Ascension 铸命升途 The world is an immense, empty sea. The world is a tiny mote of dust in that sea. Above the heavens hangs the abyss; beneath the dark moon, beings from beyond covet our world. Ancient life forms hack their way through the brambles, using the candlelight of civilization to illuminate the path to ascension. Martial cultivation, Heart Remnants, and Precepts; natural disasters, immortal insects, and Truth... Danger lurks everywhere, but extraordinary encounters and opportunities are just as abundant 3Votes76.9kRecs118.3kFans
- 4 Dawn of the Gray Tower 灰塔的黎明 Hey! Yes, you! Where are you rushing off to in such a hurry? Oh, I know, life isn’t easy, but you don’t have to push yourself so hard. You ask what I’m doing here? Ha ha, I’m just sitting here telling some old stories about wizards, dragons… You know, the things that once appeared in our dreams. Hey, guess what? If you’re not in too much of a hurry, why not sit down and listen? I may not be much of a storyteller, but I promise I put my heart into this tale! Come and hear it. Perhaps it will help 0Votes32.1kRecs22kFans
- 5 Superstring Mage: Mages Fear No Firepower 超弦法师：法师无惧炮火 A frenzy of guns and cannons, flesh-and-blood knights, wars of the mass··· Brief peace is merely an accident. War between mages is eternal. The Earl of Black Harbor can be replaced. The Duke of the Peninsula can be replaced too. I came, I saw, I conquered, and I fear no barrage of gunfire. Behind the strongest shield, Secret-Sigil Mages fear nothing. Amid a sky full of a 0Votes18.3kRecs39.2kFans
- 6 The Holy Maiden Comes, and No One Pays Grain 圣女来时不纳粮 [Medieval fantasy + Taiping Heavenly Kingdom + clockpunk + peasant uprising] The Holy Pope, a golden scepter. The Knight King, a silver-embroidered bed. Those who sow the wheat eat the husks; those who weave the cloth have no clothes. While Eve and Adam toil in the fields, do noblemen and gentlemen sit in high halls? You take my wife and seize my home, you butcher my dear parents! Heads roll beyond counting; blood debts must be paid in blood! Slay the priests! Slay the Pope! Slay the knights! Sl 29Votes173.1kRecs443.3kFans
- 7 Han Descendants of the Jin Court 晋庭汉裔 The mountains we look back on again and again, the sea we never forget. On the day Jiang Wei died in the flames at Chengdu, the last light of the Han Empire vanished for good. The men of Jin stood beside his corpse and picked up a gallbladder as big as a bucket. They stared at one another in bewilderment. The Western Jin Empire was founded on this victory, but the answer to where the future would lead was a terrible one. Forty years later, mourners would fill the land, the Nine Provinces would l 301Votes131.5kRecs144kFans
- 8 The Copper-Enamel Forging Hammer 铜胎掐丝珐琅锻造锤 The crystal-clear glass casing shimmers with light The gleaming copper plates brim with magic The molten crystal surges with energy The spinning flywheel roars with steam Behold! That is copper-bodied filigree enamel 0Votes22kRecs40.7kFans
- 9 EN Notes on the Aberrant Studies of Kraft 克拉夫特异态学笔记 “Imagine that in the world we live in, people spend their entire lives facing a white wall...” “But a rare few get to glimpse the vast world beyond it, and enjoy colors ordinary people couldn’t imagine in a lifetime?” “Yeah, exactly. That’s what I’m getting at. They all died or went mad.” 260Votes313.8kRecs308.7kFans
- 10 EN The Witcher: The Witcher's Handbook of the Wolf School 猎魔人：狼学派的狩魔手记 In 1179, Ailin transmigrated to the world of The Witcher. Kaer Morhen's castle was home to more than twenty active witchers and nearly fifty witcher apprentices. However, The undercurrents that would bring the schools down had already begun to stir. Caught in the tide of events, Ailin could hardly stay out of it. Fortunately, he awakened a Witcher Manual. He could grow stronger just by killing monsters. [Ding! First monster defeated: Drowner. Rating: B] [Rewards: 1 vial of Drowner Heart Essence, 161Votes70kRecs234.5kFans
- 11 Sean's Struggle 肖恩的奋斗 Amid the roar of steam engines, lead bullets were pressed into shape. Soldiers lined up shoulder to shoulder and took aim at the mighty blood warriors, while bronze cannons roared. Bloodthirsty predators hid among the celebrating crowds, secretly sneering at the splendid aristocratic carriages. Ambitious schemers held their wine and watched the tides of fortune change with a smile... 0Votes56.3kRecs30.1kFans
- 12 The Emperor’s Angel of Death 帝皇的告死天使 This is the 41st millennium of the Galactic Human Empire, and this is the story of that age; Humanity has forgotten the power of science and technology, and forgotten too much ever to reclaim it. Humanity has also forgotten the promise of progress and understanding, for this cruel and dark future holds nothing but war. There is never peace among the stars, only endless slaughter and carnage, and the raucous laughter of the hungry gods. Soshyan Alexei, a Battle-Brother of the Star Knights Chapter 236Votes252.4kRecs252.3kFans
- 13 The Age of Anomalies 异常纪元 The laws of physics are dying, and the world is becoming a draft gone mad. Everything we know as common sense is slowly failing. Sudden cancer, a whale carcass on a mountaintop, snake eyes on the highway… As reality falls apart, can reason lead us to the end? 6Votes27kRecs98.7kFans
- 14 The War Banner of Osuya 奥苏亚的战旌 I woke up in the Northern Wastes, on the continent of Osua, where swords and magic reigned. I began in a village, dreaming that I could live in seclusion, but history and fate kept pushing me forward. [Quests] [Weapons] [Characters] Where did these notes come from? A massive vertical pupil loomed in the mist. Between cities, horses’ hooves were stained with blood. Bloodlines and races were tangled and varied. Prayers from those with different hearts went unanswered by the Old Gods. Who concealed 0Votes53.4kRecs88.7kFans
- 15 The Warhammer Throne 战锤王座 At the end of time, Chaos rises and demons run rampant. The mighty human empire crumbles into decay. The western kingdom of Bretonnia has lost its former glory, the Kingdom of the Mountains shuts itself away and awaits its doom, and the elves are divided and locked in endless strife. On the eve of the apocalypse, the Chosen Son, Rod, arrives in the northern kingdom of Kislev, on the front line against the invasion of Chaos. But what awaits him is endless darkness… A dark, realistic story. Group 0Votes62.3kRecs77.5kFans
- 16 EN Journey Beyond the Endless Night 绝夜之旅 At the dawn of the Fifth Age, the Sunless Calamity descended. The Silver Court crumpled into a pale silhouette. Time ground the Empire into dust. The Sea of Origins still roared, its turbulent tides gnawing day and night at the boundaries of reality, washing the fragments of civilization into sharp-edged despair. After one dark millennium after another, even the banners of the Three Sages snapped during the Twelfth Expedition. The Iron Father’s furnaces fell cold as a tomb, the Philosopher’s tre 914Votes124.8kRecs238.3kFans
- 17 Blood Tax 血税 Part Two, Light Cone, is now out. The war on the eastern front has ended, and the young armored cavalryman has escaped the brink of death and madness. The world capital opens up its distant neon lights before him, while the whispers and scent of conspiracies ten or twenty layers deep linger in his ears. All tenderness and beauty seem like a false dream. What lies before him is an irresistible temptation, and... a transparent barrier he cannot cross. If the story unfolding here resembles one you 1Votes867.4kRecs523.2kFans
- 18 I Have a Sanctuary 我有一个庇护所 George transmigrates to the Middle Ages and becomes a baron. He also inherits the legacy of the God of Sanctuary. But he soon discovers that this world is not only shrouded in a great fog, but also awaits a famine and the apocalypse! [I've eaten the last half-loaf of black bread. If I can't find food today, I'll have no choice but to take this battered hammer and walk int 0Votes55kRecs140.5kFans
- 19 Solar System: Mutation 太阳系：异化 A seasoned old hand with a passion for seal bellies, an engineer devoted to making human-body dolls, and a dance expert who loves counting money: each pursues their own heartfelt dream, but unwittingly draws the solar system into a massive vortex. No one can escape being swept up in it. 1Votes24.3kRecs54.8kFans
- 20 EN Has He Ascended Yet? 今天他飞升了吗 “Have you ever wanted to take a trip with your family, only to be harassed by demon beasts?” “Have you always treated others kindly, yet found yourself plagued by nightmare creatures?” “Are you worried that terrifying demons might be lurking everywhere in your peaceful life?” “My name is Yue Wen, and I run the Yue Family Cultivation Services Agency. If you’re facing any of these problems, feel free to contact me anytime.” “Our agency is committed to offering great value and eliminating evil down 2.3kVotes260.7kRecs793.5kFans
- 21 EN Kingdom of All Nations 万国之国 He once wanted nothing more than to be a brave and battle-hardened knight in the Crusade to the East, a loyal vassal of Baldwin IV, a defender of the Holy Land and the people's peace, and a benevolent lord of a county... 26Votes148.3kRecs205.3kFans
- 22 EN Who Designed This Hellish Dungeon? 这阴间地下城谁设计的！ (Original title: Who Designed This Hellish Dungeon?) To survive, Gong Qiying, who has the misfortune of becoming the lord of the Sain Dungeon, has no choice but to make his dungeon as “hellish” as possible. Doors marked [Cannot be opened from this side], chests that [Trigger a teleportation trap], a 365-li stretch with no rest stops between the starting point and the boss room, monster knights stationed with greatbows on either side of a narrow bridge, sneaky ambushers waiting around corners, an 55Votes75.4kRecs270kFans
- 23 Defend Nanshan Park 保卫南山公园 EVA! Gundam! Pacific Rim! Tell me loud and clear: what's a man's idea of romance! 25Votes130.4kRecs193.9kFans
- 24 My Cyberpsychosis Is a Quest Prompt 我的赛博精神病是任务提示 This is Eden City. Multinational high-tech corporations have risen to power, controlling every aspect of people's lives. The gap between rich and poor has begun to widen at an unprecedented rate. Cybernetic modifications and dangerous deals fill every corner. High tech, low living standards. On rainy nights beneath the neon lights, gunfire devours the troubled dreams of the sleepless. People have grown accustomed to upgrading themselves with cybernetic limbs. But excessive modification graduall 63Votes68.4kRecs145.2kFans
- 25 The Werewolf Hunting Code 狼人狩猎法则 Three hundred years later, the dark side of the world has stirred once more. The legendary monsters have returned to this world. They’re right there among us. (The protagonist isn’t human. His bloodlust and inhuman traits grow as the story progresses, and he isn’t a good person in the conventional sense.) (This book focuses on nonhumans, not furries. Please take note.) 85Votes109.7kRecs153.4kFans
- 26 A Mysterious World Beneath the Cyberpunk Surface 赛博朋克下的神秘世界 Blessed by Cthulhu, is it a curse of misfortune or a gift from the Old Ones? As he delves into dungeons time and again, Han Zichuan continues to mutate, gradually uncovering the secrets of a mysterious world. In the end, he will break the cycle of fate and cast off the shackles of destiny. Dungeons, aether, mutations, the uncanny, Cthulhu, cyberpunk, a mysterious world... 0Votes13.1kRecs20.4kFans
- 27 Wanderer of the Abyss 深渊漫游者 After accidentally blowing up the global internet with one slip of the hand, Jiang Zhou became the worst criminal in human history and fell into a long slumber. When he wakes again a hundred years later, he finds himself in an out-of-control age where the primitive and the civilized intertwine, and control and resistance collide. In the abyss, countless out-of-control AIs run rampant. Above Olympus, supercorporations that consider themselves gods look down on the masses. In baseline reality, ord 33Votes64.2kRecs116.4kFans
- 28 The Tao and the Carbon-Based Monkey's Guide to Care 道与碳基猴子饲养守则 Luo Binhan, an ordinary human, is abducted by an alien spaceship. The other members aboard include a young master of the cultivation world, a succubus, an artificial intelligence, Ultraman, and a wishing machine. Luo Binhan is certain there is something wrong with this universe. Reader group for those who need to answer difficult questions: 569466054 This book is open to all fan works and transformative creations. Thank you for your support. 510Votes448.5kRecs404.4kFans
- 29 Goat Simulator 山羊模拟器 A magical journey starring a goofy goat. A novel told from a goat’s point of view. A crazy goat makes for plenty of laughs. Currently unlocked: (Healing Goat) (DJ Goat) (Rainbow Goat) (Fortune-Telling Goat) (Bodybuilding Goat) (Evil Goat) (Laser Goat) (Breeding Goat) (Sealing Goat) Reader group: 758907150 0Votes10.2kRecs0Fans
- 30 A Dream of the Old Gods 旧神残梦 Pagan pantheons are tangled together, and parasitic spirits are spreading like a plague. But I don't care. I just want to get my hands on ten tons of cash, fast. 3Votes77.7kRecs111.4kFans
- 31 An Unromantic Fantasy World 不浪漫奇幻世界 In Brika City, rules always come first. Dwarves may drink no more than 100 ml of alcohol a day; Werewolves may not go out after eleven at night; Ratfolk should get vaccinated once a week; Druids must obtain approval before planting trees; Every weapon owned by a warrior must be registered; Brika City is a microcosm of the unromantic fantasy world where Ryan has arrived. 0Votes46kRecs62.5kFans
- 32 Black Sails 黑帆 By the time I came to my senses... I was already an outlaw. Far beneath azure skies, black sails billowed. Gold and silver treasures, blades clashing in blood. Pillaging and slaughter, with no reverence for the gods. Youth fades quickly, all turned to wine and meat. [Daily Life] [Romance and Relationship-Building] [Simulation Management] This book is also known as “How I Transmigrated to Another World and Started Worshiping Guan Yu.” 8Votes112.5kRecs593.6kFans
- 33 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial economy and smallholder farming economy that coexisted under the dynasty were both struck by deflation. The effects of the Little Ice Age piled on, and one domino after another fell into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, roving rebels crossed south over the Mianc 789Votes375.3kRecs378.2kFans
- 34 The Sword and All Living Beings 剑众生 Young Tang Zhao sets off into the martial world with a pair of glasses, the only keepsake left by his teacher. He still remembers the blessing from his teacher, a failed transmigrator: “Set off wearing my glasses. Maybe they'll give you some cheat abilities?” The blessing comes true in a dry well beneath a ruined temple in the wilderness... Put on the glasses and take a look at this fantastical world! Welcome to the world of swordsmen! You think it's a cat, but it's actually a sword! You think i 0Votes97.5kRecs108.7kFans
- 35 EN Embers of the Gun 余烬之铳 This is a damned Victorian fantasy novel. Add a spoonful of steam engines to get that damned tech tree moving! Add a spoonful of love and hatred to give everyone a good reason to fight! Add a spoonful of insanity to make this dark world a little lighter, then finish with a spoonful of calamity for the main boss... Wait! Damn it, I added too much! Year 931 of the Yin Erwei Ge calendar. The city I live in has been named the most advanced city in the West. The main reason? World-changing steam 13Votes220.3kRecs612kFans
- 36 Knights and Magic Wands 骑士与魔杖 [Traditional fantasy, knights, sword and sorcery (no power-leveling), everyday life in a fief (not farming), slow-paced] Order crumbles amid the chaos that has come, while thundering hooves bring calamities from the old days. A soul that does not belong to this age opens its eyes once more: castles, towers, blades and magic, desire and disaster. The Cards of Neti awaken an ancient destiny, and the end draws silently near… 3Votes166.4kRecs470kFans
- 37 My Book Friend, Long Aotian 我的书友龙傲天 I’ve lived my whole life walking on thin ice, because one whisper has always echoed in my ear. “Young hero, you wouldn’t want your fellow disciples and family to find out you’re writing this kind of book, would you?” I must never let the authorities discover my identity, never let my fellow martial artists uncover my pen name, never let twisted haters dox me, and never lose my good name. I’ll stake my reputation as a peerless genius of the righteous path, teeter on the edge of social death, and 0Votes32.3kRecs150.2kFans
- 38 Demon-Slaying Expert 降魔专家 When I pulled the book of forbidden knowledge from the shelves of the city library, I was helpless and terrified, forced to watch as my life hurtled onto another track, one riddled with ravings of madness. Along the way, I also happened to run over some trash that thought it could stop me. 30Votes150.5kRecs164.7kFans
- 39 The Shadow of Great Britain 大不列颠之影 “Next, please welcome the most distinguished recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, the Victoria Cross, and the Order of the Companions of Honour; leader of the anticolonial cause; bell-ringer of the East India Company; hero of the Crimean War; Fellow of the Royal Society; lifelong friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Alexandre Dumas; steadfast supporter of scientific luminar 390Votes289.6kRecs610.1kFans
- 40 Records of the Celestial Bureaucracy 天官志 When Heaven unleashes its killing intent, the stars shift and constellations change. When Earth unleashes its killing intent, dragons and serpents rise from the land. When humankind unleashes its killing intent, heaven and earth are overturned. 9Votes128kRecs224kFans
- 41 A Nineteenth-Century Guide to Medicine 十九世纪就医指南 “We live in an innovative city, an age filled with miracles, and the surgery this royal theater brings you is equally epoch-making. Ladies and gentlemen, appearing today is an outstanding young surgeon, a young man renowned for performing more than a thousand operations and repeatedly setting records in various fields, a true pioneer of medicine. Very well, without further praise, please allow me to introduce Professor Kavi Friedrich Heins to you without reservation!” This book is also known as 22Votes75.1kRecs143.8kFans
- 42 Fist of Imagination 空想之拳 My name is Liang De. I'm twenty-seven, not a student, and after transmigrating I live near the university district in Xiangbei City. I'm unmarried. Before I transmigrated, I had to work overtime every day until nine at night before I could go home. If I slacked off, I'd have to work through the night. I smoke and get perms, but I don't drink. I only swear online. I don't spend money on games, and I don't use pirated copies. I always watch the anime every hot-blooded guy should see. When I decide 22Votes287.8kRecs261.5kFans
- 43 Twenty-Seven Years 二十七载 The world stands at the turbulent turning point between old and new societies, as clashes in politics, economics, ideas, and culture grow ever more intense. Moste Vilak, a photographer from the slums of Zivode City, is reborn two months into the past. Starting by once again posing as the son of a conglomerate, he stirs up everything and turns the world upside down amid rapid industrial growth and wildly expanding ambitions. [This is a fictional world. Please don't compare it to reality.] [The al 4Votes84.8kRecs146.5kFans
- 44 Academic Gathering with Lich Colleagues 和巫妖同僚的学术聚会 In an age when knowledge is forbidden, the physician Lyle must be cautious even in his academic research. Then an invitation from Andrei Academy appears before him. Andrei Academy in Cassandale? Lyle takes a closer look at the tombstone in front of him. Hiss, scholars sure know how to pick a place. 0Votes64.5kRecs161.4kFans
- 45 My Name Is Buck 我叫巴克 My name is Buck Lee. Thanks to my hard work, there hasn't been a single murder in my precinct for five years. 0Votes45.7kRecs74.9kFans
- 46 EN God-Level Witcher 神级狩魔人 A player’s soul enters the world of The Witcher. After being tested by monsters, magic, and war, he rises from witcher apprentice to grandmaster. Only then does he realize that everything is just beginning. 0Votes134.2kRecs269kFans
- 47 EN No Heavenly Tribulations During the College Entrance Exam, Please! 请勿高考时渡劫 Demons, spirits, and cultivators hide in modern society, enjoying the conveniences technology has to offer. A thousand-year-old tree spirit passes itself off as a prized ancient tree and collects government subsidies every month; An eight-hundred-year-old fox spirit livestreams herself posing seductively, sucking the life force from her viewers; A five-hundred-year-old Confucian cultivator shuts himself away for a century to study the Eight-Legged Essay, only to discover upon emerging that the i 19.4kVotes492.8kRecs1.6MFans
- 48 EN A Door to Another World 致异世界 Swords and magic, gods and dragons, demons and the abyss, humanity and the races. A door appeared in this fantastical, uncanny world, bringing someone who did not belong here. When the consciousness of two civilizations collides, what will emerge between them? A druid stands before a wheat field several meters tall, while the fishfolk chase shoals through their fishing grounds; A rune-lit magic train crosses the plains, and students in the academy chant their multiplication tables; Ogryns and ch 16Votes153.5kRecs590.9kFans
- 49 EN The Immortal Devourer 食仙主 The mysterious and uncanny swords scattered across the land await swordmasters whose names will shake the world. Who can comprehend the wondrous arts and lost scriptures passed down through the ages? Among the hundred wards of Chang'an, people who can raise fire and swallow the sun lie hidden. In the Central Plains stand vast and decaying thousand-year-old clans. In the north, the silent and battle-hardened barbarians sharpen their blades, while the southern kingdoms revel in song and dance amid 860Votes523.6kRecs874.9kFans
- 50 The Blade of the Siren 塞壬之刃 After five years, I've finally returned to my hometown of Liucheng. My parents asked what I'd been so busy with all this time. I couldn't bring myself to tell them I'd been busy getting cozy with monster girls, and had even been caught. 0Votes92.8kRecs277.6kFans
