Novels like The Cicada Stirs
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Cicada Stirs, best match first.
- 1 The Pinnacle of Espionage 谍战之巅 Please support my new novel, "The Spy Hunter". It tells the story of Zhou Yun, a spy hunter in the Juntong's spy-hunting unit, who specializes in targeting Japanese agents, both in the open and in secret, and killing or capturing them. I can see your shadow through your radio waves! I can read your joys and sorrows in your eyes! I can probe your brain waves and leaf through the story of your life. Don't lie to me! In front of me, lies peel away layer by layer, just like an onion. I am a counteri 0Votes37.4kRecs127.1kFans
- 2 Never Exposed 永不暴露 Those famous spies were all failures, because they were exposed. Successful spies remain unknown, unnoticed, and never exposed. They can unite against their common enemy, the Japanese collaborators and secret agents, yet scheme against one another and strike lethal blows for the sake of their respective countries and factions. Once they stood and fell together; they also loved and fought one another. Amid the shadows of espionage, one tragic comedy of love and hatred after another unfolds. 0Votes4.7kRecs16.8kFans
- 3 Shadows of the Northeast Spies 关东谍影 Guo Yiyang is a police officer in Tongcheng, Manchukuo. He is sharp and meticulous, but has a strong underworld streak and can be reckless and impulsive. People call him the hotheaded cop. The Japanese occupied the Northeast and then invaded the rest of China, taking over most of the country. Guo Yiyang is fiercely patriotic and believes that the only way he can feel at ease is to make life difficult for the Japanese. So he helps the Military Statistics Bureau, the underground Communists, the No 0Votes3.4kRecs12.6kFans
- 4 The Way of the Han 汉道天下 Confucianism was elevated above all else, and the farce of abdication played out again and again. After a century of nurturing scholars, disaster struck in the form of the Partisan Prohibitions. Do nations always perish through weakness, while the Han alone fell at the height of its strength? The young Han civilization wandered at a crossroads. I will uphold the Han, my youthful spirit soaring like a dragon. I will spread the Way across the land, my ambition swallowing ten thousand miles like a 0Votes175.3kRecs70.5kFans
- 5 Across the Heavens, Starting with Lake Changjin 诸天从长津湖开始 Even an ordinary stone will be forged into steel here. What you see is only a group of people counting down the days of their lives. A modern man transmigrates to an era ravaged by war. Tempered by the fires of battle, he gradually becomes a true soldier. And it all begins at Lake Changjin. 0Votes45.2kRecs159.9kFans
- 6 Reborn as a Mining Tycoon 重生之矿业巨头 Li Tang was reborn on the eve of the new millennium. He knew how the mining market would develop over the next twenty years, had the coordinates of every newly discovered super-deposit, and understood the ins and outs of the century’s biggest mergers and acquisitions between mining giants... Experts were still lamenting that all the richest deposits were in the hands of mining conglomerates. The giants were fretting over their aging mines and dwindling reserves, and their strategies had shifted 0Votes28.8kRecs113.9kFans
- 7 Setting Sail in 1992 起航1992 Zhang Qihang had never imagined that being reborn could happen to him. He certainly never expected that the first thing he would have to do after returning to the past was take the fall for his company... So be it. Though everyone else wanted nothing to do with the blame, Zhang Qihang saw it as a chance to make up for a regret from his past life. But what puzzled him was how, somewhere along the way, the company had become the country's largest engine supplier. Zhang Qihang was baffled. How had 0Votes126.5kRecs164.3kFans
- 8 Reborn in Japan as a Scandal-Ridden Screenwriter 重生日本之塌房大编剧 “Mr. Sagara, I hear that every production you’ve worked on has met with disaster, without exception. People in the screenwriting industry even call you the Grim Reaper of the business. What do you have to say about that?” “That’s impossible, absolutely impossible! Many of the actors I’ve worked with have reached the peak of their careers, and most of the projects I’ve been involved in were impossible missions I took on under extraordinary circumstances!” “Impossible missions? What do you mean by 0Votes63.8kRecs39.1kFans
- 9 Back to the Early Tang Dynasty to Become an Immortal 回到初唐当神仙 Also known as: The Great Tang's High Taoist. For some inexplicable reason, Kong Qing returns to the Tang dynasty and becomes a Taoist priest. Then he discovers that something seems a little off about this world... There's a petite assassin named Yinniang. There's a thief who moonlights as a killer named Kongkong'er, and a Kunlun slave named Moli living in Chang'an. Immortals, gods, ghosts, and monsters are everywhere here. It's downright dangerous! Kong Qing looks at the merit points on his Syst 0Votes89.4kRecs219kFans
- 10 From the Start, Fifteen Years of Blacksmithing in Liaozhai 开局聊斋打铁十五年 When a nation is on the brink of ruin, monsters are sure to appear. In the fourth year of Tianyou under the Tang dynasty, the dynasty, which should have fallen, somehow managed to last another two hundred years. But from then until the Song dynasty, demons ran rampant and the world descended into chaos. Qin Bai, who came from a time of turmoil, could acquire all sorts of supernatural abilities by forging metal, fishing, cooking, embroidering, practicing medicine, and more. He also cultivated biz 0Votes23.1kRecs125.7kFans
- 11 Reborn in 1977: Starting Out as an Educated Youth 重生1977年从知青开始 The story begins aboard a train carrying educated youth to Bao’an… 0Votes58kRecs161.1kFans
- 12 Mastering Skills in the World of Film and TV 影视世界学才艺 Xu Duoyi is an utterly ordinary man who longs to be versatile, fabulously rich, blessed with extraordinary luck, and backed by a System. At last, on this day, his very own System activates. “Ding! The Versatility System is now online. I am at your service, Host, and my mission is to make you a versatile winner in life.” “Scanning…” “The vast universe is full of the unknown, and the Host will encounter all kinds of unexpected situations in life. We have detected that the Host lacks survival skill 0Votes27.4kRecs123.1kFans
- 13 Who Taught You to Be a Soldier Like That?! 谁教你这么当兵的！ After half a lifetime of working a sewing machine, Zhao Weihong finally... Died suddenly! When he opened his eyes again, Zhao Weihong was back in the summer after he failed the college entrance exam. He looked at his haggard parents, then at the relatives who had come to demand repayment of their debts. After a moment's thought, Zhao Weihong decided to change the way he lived. “Dad, I think I'll enlist after all.” Years later, with gold stars gleaming on his shoulders, Zhao Weihong quietl 26Votes122.1kRecs443.6kFans
- 14 War of Resistance: Rising to Power with Chu Yunfei 抗战：从成为楚云飞开始崛起 [The protagonist won’t be sidelined + massive armies + global power struggles + thrilling, satisfying action] [A top-tier masterpiece with over ten thousand premium subscribers and an average of 6,300 paid subscribers. Readers can enjoy with confidence.] [All source materials cited in this book are presented from the Chinese military history perspective.] [From the start: The enemy may have us surrounded, but with us here, they’re as good as dead!] [The rise: Flames soar, scorching the heavens a 0Votes71.8kRecs382.9kFans
- 15 Live Appraisal: Congrats, Bro, You've Won a Prison Meal 直播鉴宝，恭喜大哥喜提牢饭 [Livestreaming] [Authentic appraisal of antiques] [30,000-word guarantee, dive right in] Zhang Yang is an undergraduate history student. While working part-time, he gets packaged as an expert and put on livestream to appraise antiques. The entire antiques world’s gears start turning at top speed... Grave robber: “This is a Han dynasty pottery figurine. Remember to brush the dirt off next time. Now let the streamer help you calculate your prison sentence.” Old sucker: “Your jadeite is a beer bott 3Votes21.1kRecs282.5kFans
- 16 Retracing the Path of a Police Officer, 1993 重走警途1993 In this life, he is going to become a criminal police officer! In this life's police career, he will not leave behind any regrets! Liu Pengcheng, deputy captain of the traffic police brigade of Bian County Public Security Bureau, heroically sacrificed himself while saving a primary school student. When he opened his eyes again, he discovered that he had been reborn before beginning his internship in his junior year at the investigation program of the Northern Provincial Public Security Cadre Sch 6Votes91.4kRecs153.5kFans
- 17 The Rise of the Argentine Empire 阿根廷帝国崛起 War flames rise again in Argentina. Reborn in the 1950s, he fights for the survival of his race, the revival of his people, and the rise of his nation. Seizing the opportunities of the Third Industrial Revolution, he starts a company, joins a political party, and rides the tide of the times. He enters the worlds of the military and politics, reforms the nation, and ascends to the presidency. He takes on Brazil, kicks Britain around, and punches America in the face, turning Argentina into the wor 1Votes33kRecs61.8kFans
- 18 The Han Dynasty Begins with Boasting 大汉从吹牛开始 In the first year of the Second Qin Emperor's reign, Wang Bu'e casually made a boast. What he never expected was that someone would believe him. His boasts grew bigger and bigger, and his followers multiplied. Sitting on the dragon throne, Wang Bu'e wore a worried look. I really don't want to keep boasting... 0Votes80.7kRecs121.5kFans
- 19 The Directionally Challenged Tour Guide 路痴导游 “Why would someone with no sense of direction become a tour guide?” “Because I can walk the same road with you for a lifetime, and it’ll still feel fresh every time.” “Do you say that to every female tourist?” “I’m a tour guide. If I can’t find my way and can’t even talk, won’t the tourists beat me to death?” “I feel like beating you to death right now!” (Author of the completed slice-of-life career novel God-Tier Tony, so dive in without worry.) 1Votes31.3kRecs35.7kFans
- 20 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Eternal Life 修仙从长生不老开始 As a couch potato, Yun Su never spent money on games. He always relied on freebies to take on wealthy players. With trembling hands, he wrote his twentieth birthday wish in his notebook: eternal life. He woke up to find his dream had come true, but nearly froze to death. Was the world of cultivation really this cold? Warning!! My new 2022 book, Cultivation Begins with Immortality, has been uploaded! If you don’t like it, you don’t pay. If you’re a real bro, come and hit me. Readers’ group 0Votes143.6kRecs235.8kFans
- 21 All I Want Is a Life of Freedom in the Mortal World 只求一世逍遥人间 The immortal path is not worth cherishing, and longevity is nothing to rely on. Power is like windblown sand, while wealth and honor are like mist. I, Wang Qilang, ask only to live freely in this world and roam beneath heaven for a hundred years. 0Votes45.2kRecs83.6kFans
- 22 When the Sword Leaves Emei, I Am Its Edge 剑出峨眉我为锋 [New Book: From Snatching Li Mochou to Making a Name Across the Heavens. The moon shines full over Emei as a lone wild goose returns, while clouds part above the Golden Summit and a divine sword takes flight. A white-robed knight yearns to roam free. If a man reaches this point, what more could he ask? I joined the Emei Sect, so now I speak for Emei! 2Votes65.9kRecs278.1kFans
- 23 Espionage and Gossip: Starting with Secretary Hong in Undercover 谍战吃瓜，从潜伏洪秘书开始 Amid the shifting tides of espionage, after watching "Lurk" thirteen times, I accidentally transmigrated into the secretary of Wu Jingzhong, station chief of the Jin Hai bureau. Hong Zhiyou just wants to quietly witness the upheaval of the times, play a lucky charm, and cling to powerful patrons so he can live in comfort. He also wants to snack on gossip and watch the main players battle it out at work. But the more he follows the gossip, the stranger things get. Wu Jingzhong: Strike first and c 8Votes125.6kRecs290.5kFans
- 24 My Commander, Feng Tiankui 我的师长冯天魁 After transmigrating into the tenacious Sichuan Army, he becomes adjutant to Luo Jialie, chief of staff under Division Commander Feng Tiankui. Though Zhou Xiaoshan knows how the story goes, even he has to admire the division commander’s taste in choosing concubines. Every last one of them is a spy. Just for the sake of those beautiful concubines... no, for the division commander’s impressive skill at subduing infiltrators from all the major factions, he’s a true hero through and through! I, Zhou 0Votes110.5kRecs130kFans
- 25 The Surgeon 外科教父 During an emergency surgery late one night, a young surgeon was struck by a System and embarked on a path to the pinnacle of life. 16Votes248.3kRecs443.5kFans
- 26 Shadows in the Spy War 谍海猎影 Fang Bufei transmigrated to the Republic of China era. He thought that with his experience and abilities, along with his foreknowledge of the bigger picture, even if he couldn't dominate the battlefield and make a name for himself, he could at least make Japanese spies and Chinese collaborators lose their nerve and flee in terror. 0Votes240.8kRecs259.4kFans
- 27 Rebuilding the Prosperous Tang Dynasty by Summoning Players 再造盛唐从召唤玩家开始 The closed beta for The Tang Dynasty: A Turbulent Age is in full swing! In The Tang Dynasty: A Turbulent Age, as long as you work hard enough, you can rise from being cannon fodder hauling bricks and delivering messages to a general commanding armies in battle, or a governor ruling over a region. You ask how to succeed? Of course, you have to grind! This is a magnificent real-time strategy game, a magnificent business simulation game, and, above all, a magnificent role-playing game. Li Yan trans 0Votes79.9kRecs164.3kFans
- 28 The Tycoon Who Started by Making Choices 神豪从做出选择开始 Lin Dingqiang: I’m already a tycoon, so why do I still have to choose? 0Votes82.3kRecs144.2kFans
- 29 Hong Kong Crossover: Infernal Affairs 港综之无间道 Han Chen, Chen Yongren, Yang Jinrong, Liu Jianming, Lin Guoping, Chen Jun… You thought Han Chen sent out five undercover agents back then. No, there were actually seven. What would you do if you woke up and discovered you were one of the seven moles working for Han Chen? See how Zhou Yu turns the Hong Kong crossover world, starting with Infernal Affairs, on its head. Wealth, status, luxury cars, mansions: could you give them up? Black or white, evil or good: who gets to judge? … Zhou Yu patted h 0Votes106.6kRecs302.8kFans
- 30 Shadows over the North 北国谍影 Spring 1939. Xu Chengyan, an underground Communist Party member and agent at a Military Statistics Bureau intelligence station, is ordered to Taiyuan to eliminate traitors. Witnessing the Japanese invaders’ brutality, he decides to venture behind enemy lines to fight them. Taking on the identity of Viper, he assassinates enemy commanders, eliminates collaborators, infiltrates enemy camps, and gathers intelligence, writing a new chapter in the spy-war legend on this northern land! Northern Spy Sh 0Votes572.7kRecs250.4kFans
- 31 I Deceived Kangxi 骗了康熙 At the crucial moment in the struggle among the Nine Princes, the illegitimate son of Longkodo, commander of the Nine Gates, tricks Kangxi badly! 9Votes279.6kRecs385.1kFans
- 32 My Years as a Spy 我的谍战岁月 Codename “Spark”: Your service will live forever! 55Votes1.4MRecs2.5MFans
- 33 My Younger Brother Is Zhuge Liang 舍弟诸葛亮 This is a story about the Zhuge clan, the "teachers of all ages." In Xuzhou during the first year of Jian'an, Lü Bu secretly seized Xiapi while Yuan Shu attacked Huaiyin. The transmigrator Zhuge Jin was accidentally surrounded by Yuan's army inside Huaiyin City and had no choice but to help Liu Bei, who was trapped in a desperate situation, counterattack and kill the enemy. Since thos 0Votes148.6kRecs368.6kFans
- 34 Those Years I Was Scammed into Northern Myanmar 我被骗到缅北的那些年 Think Northern Myanmar is paved with gold, a paradise where you can make money without lifting a finger? No. This is a living hell of misery! Beatings with electric batons, tooth-pulling, and finger-breaking are just child's play here... Think this place is nothing but a living hell? No. It's also a sea of knowledge! Finance, currency, beauty, yoga: you'll have to learn it all from scratch. Because here, you're no longer yourself. You're a beautiful, high-quality white-collar woman working in fi 9Votes20kRecs249.2kFans
- 35 Reborn to Fight Terrorism in America 重生之美利坚反恐 To save his family, he takes on a mission like Taken, joins the CTU from 24, gets hunted by Jason Bourne from The Bourne Identity, and teams up with Ethan Hunt from Mission: Impossible. With Rainbow Six and Call of Duty in the mix, I struggle to survive in the worlds of movies and games. I am Steve Owen. 0Votes106.1kRecs77.4kFans
- 36 The Cthulhu Mythos Investigator in Detective Conan 柯南里的克学调查员 Q: The likelihood of committing murder in a locked room Conan-style detective: 1. Set up a locked room using fishing line, tape, videotapes, and the like. 2. Use mechanisms, poison, poisonous insects, and so on to kill someone inside a locked room. 3. Hide in the locked room after committing the murder. Lovecraftian investigator: 1. Use mythological creatures to commit murder. 2. Use voodoo curses to commit murder. This book is also known as "A Certain Unscientific Investigator", "How I 0Votes79kRecs248kFans
- 37 Lord of the Mysteries: The Outer God Is Actually Me 诡秘：外神竟是我自己 After transmigrating into the world of Lord of the Mysteries, Lin Ruo became the spirit behind the Fool, Klein. As a transmigrator with plenty of experience, Lin Ruo was far from happy about it, but fortunately, he still had the supernatural ability he'd gained in his previous world: [Truth and Fallacy]. [Truth and Fallacy] is a rule-based supernatural ability. [Truth] can guide fate, while [Fallacy] twists reality. Using [Truth and Fallacy], Lin Ruo first tore up 008's script. Then, in order to 2Votes78.9kRecs181.2kFans
- 38 I Can See Health Bars 我能看到生命值 An utterly ordinary medical student suddenly gets help from a System that lets him see his patients' life points! From then on, treating the sick and saving lives becomes second nature, and he goes on to become a legend in the medical world. 2Votes185.3kRecs294.1kFans
- 39 Tokyo's Literary Age 东京文艺时代 A young director transmigrated to Japan in the 1980s. And so, an extraordinary journey through Japanese cinema began. 0Votes125.6kRecs109.4kFans
- 40 The Age of Cinema 电影的时代 In the summer of 2000, Tang Yan graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and plunged headfirst into the desolate film industry, an era that belonged to cinema. 0Votes119.5kRecs175.1kFans
- 41 I Am the Emperor Who Lost His Kingdom 朕就是亡国之君 In the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era, Zhu Qiyu awoke from a long dream on the imperial throne and opened his eyes. The Tumu Fortress disaster had already taken place, and the three elite generations of the capital garrison had been wiped out. His elder brother, the worthless Emperor Zhu Qizhen, was knocking at the gates of Datong Prefecture. Zhu Qiyu realized that he had to defend not only the capital and the Ming dynasty, but also his wife, children, and family! Does personally overseein 6Votes200.9kRecs722.7kFans
- 42 The Spy Network 谍网 The country is shattered, Japanese invaders run rampant, and this is a chaotic era! A seemingly insignificant translator slowly rises within the enemy's intelligence agency. Maneuvering, scheming, recruiting, and striking, he weaves a vast web of his own and repeatedly achieves extraordinary feats. But who could have imagined that he was actually a triple agent? 0Votes175.3kRecs148.2kFans
- 43 Back to 2002 as a Doctor 回到2002当医生 Zhou Congwen was determined to conquer cancer and ease human suffering. While promoting particle implantation therapy, he was in a car accident and died before he could see his mission through. By a twist of fate, though, he returned to 2002, to the time in his previous life when he had just started working, refused a drink with the old department director, got psychologically bullied, and saw his life hit rock bottom. That man is back. 0Votes518.2kRecs422.3kFans
- 44 The Great Song Dynasty's Great Detectives 大宋神探志 After transmigrating to the early years of Emperor Renzong’s reign in the Northern Song, before the luminaries from his language textbooks had made their mark, he was preparing to take the imperial examinations and hopefully become one of the era’s shining stars when he heard about the young Bao Zheng’s crime-solving exploits. A few casual words could clear up a mystery? Some inexplicable urge could make me keep searching? … Bao Zheng, Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce: one familiar stranger after another a 4Votes168.4kRecs327.7kFans
- 45 My Investment Era 我的投资时代 As Xia Jingxing lay dying, he remembered the young man who had set off for a foreign land. Back then, he had thought: If I could live those years over, I would never squander the turbulent, opportunity-filled twenty years that followed. What you never forget will eventually echo back. Returned to the age of eighteen, he began to sing: I'm still the same boy I used to be... PS: The author has already completed a two-million-character novel, Winning the New Fin 0Votes216.3kRecs410kFans
- 46 I've Heard So Much About You, Hero 久仰大侠 Also known as: I Was Reborn as a Beggar Clan Disciple, and I'm Still Wandering the Jianghu. At some point, a disheveled woman appeared in the Jianghu. Her name has nine strokes, the martial art she excels at has nine steps, and her favorite little tune is the Song of Nine Nines. Others call her a great hero, but she says she's no hero. There is a widely circulated legend about her in the Jianghu. The legend goes like this: Within nine steps, she can surely be invincible beneath the heavens. P.S. 1Votes126.3kRecs93.9kFans
- 47 Korean Variety Shows: Starting as an Undercover Agent in New World 韩综：从卧底新世界开始 He is Ding Qing and Li Zicheng’s sworn brother. He is the most deeply embedded insider. He is the sixth great chaebol of the rising South Korea. But before all that, he was just a low-ranking undercover cop who seemed to have been kicked off the force for getting caught up in someone else’s mess. [The New World storyline has begun.] After seeing the words floating before him, Lin Wei made himself a vow. “One day, I’ll have the entire Korean Peninsula under my heel!” New World, The Yellow Sea 3Votes57kRecs242.4kFans
- 48 Detective Conan: A New Police Story 柯南之新警察故事 My name is Uehara Katsumi. I'm a transmigrator, 25 years old, currently living in Tokyo and working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. I'm a conscientious little cop who spends his days slacking off. I like fishing and going to izakayas. I also enjoy getting a perm and traveling now and then. Life is comfortable and pleasant. My immediate superior is Juzo Megure, and among my colleagues are police force elites like Miwako Sato, Ninzaburo Shiratori, and Wataru Takagi. Even so, I still 0Votes59.6kRecs224.9kFans
- 49 Crushing the Heavens, Starting with Wind and Cloud 横推诸天从风云开始 Su Li obtains the Myriad Worlds Pearl and transmigrates into the world of Eternal Life. The Storm Riders, The Legend of the Sword and Fairy in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanyuan, Mount Shu, The Primordial World, Shrouding the Heavens. The Emperor, Grave of the Gods, Renegade Immortal, Pursuit of the Truth. Perfect World, The Desolate Era, Humanity's Great Sage. … This is the story of Su Li using the Myriad Worlds Pearl to sweep through the heavens. P.S. This novel is also called Transmigrating from Ete 0Votes88.7kRecs399.6kFans
- 50 Treasure Hunting Begins in England 寻宝从英伦开始 An amateur web novelist arrives in a parallel world. This world is not all that different from the one he left behind, but there are obvious differences in many details. Liang En discovers that there are countless things he can do in this world. Just as he is preparing to make a grand start, however, a card System sends him down the path of searching for treasures around the globe. 1Votes102.5kRecs141.6kFans
