Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife in the ’60s: Anyone Who Objects Can Fight Me

Famine Stories Set in the 1950s and 1960s

No stories set in the 1970s or similar. I've seen people asking for recommendations and getting random suggestions. Please read the title carefully, thanks!

Looking for Down-to-Earth Stories Set in a Past Era, Nothing Too Over-the-Top

I'm in a reading slump.

Brilliant Historical Fiction, Rated 9 or Higher, Meticulously Researched, with a Down-to-Earth Protagonist

I've read a lot of stories like this, even some highly rated ones, but their protagonists all seem to have an arrogant, godlike perspective. Since they know how things unfold and how they end, they spoil everything for the locals and act smug about it. It's really uncomfortable, and they show no respect for history.

Period Novel! The Heroine Has a Job, Won't Be a Housewife or Do Chores, and Doesn't Want to Be a Stepmother

No female leads who work themselves to the bone doing everything! Absolutely no chasing after the male lead, and no second or third babies! Either no children or just one!!! 🥰

Highly Rated Feel-Good Period Novels, 9.5 and Up. I Like Smart Heroines, No Helpless Damsels

Looking for feel-good period novels rated 9.5 or above. I like smart characters. No helpless little wives, please. Funny, goofy stories are fine too.

Any Understated, Sensible Period Novels? Not the Kind Where They Eat Lavish Meals Every Day

Looking for books like Making Others Happy? I'd Rather Make Myself Happy. Historical-era story with a female lead. It doesn't matter whether she transmigrates or has a golden finger, but it shouldn't be brainless or too showy. I hate those stories where she has a pocket dimension people can enter but insists on cooking outside, and is always...

Can I Get Some Normal Stories Set in a Particular Era?

No silly, naive heroines and no characters suddenly getting stupid. The male lead should be loyal and virtuous. Kids are fine, as are rebirth, transmigration into a book, transmigration, or native-born protagonists. Please, recommend something normal. I'm losing my mind trying to find a book.

Please Recommend Highly Rated Period Pieces. No Dumbed-Down Plots or Cringey Scenes

I'm Hooked on Stories Set in a Bygone Era Lately!!! No Storage Spaces!! No Golden Fingers!

Preferably complete, well-written rather than amateurish, and fast-paced.

Do Period Novels Really Have to Send the Characters to the Countryside? Looking for Ones That Don’t

Every single historical-era novel is about educated youth being sent to the countryside, or petty rural dramas. Can these authors write anything other than educated youth? Are there any historical-era novels that aren't about going to the countryside or rural life? Even something about spies in the 1940s would be fine!!!

Period Novels Where the Female Lead Doesn’t Bail Out Her Family, Have Lots of Children, Go to the Black Market, or Take Over Someone Else’s Mess

The male and female leads should come from well-matched families. The heroine shouldn't get married as soon as she transmigrates. She should have a harmonious family, but not be the family's darling. Her grandparents, uncles, and aunts shouldn't be awful people. The heroine can go to the countryside, but don't force her to. Some stories make the heroine go to the countryside even when there's no need for her to.

Looking for Normal Period Pieces!

Looking for realistic stories set in a particular era! No contrived drama, no exaggeration, no love-brained characters, and no naive, sugary-sweet heroines!

Period-Era Fiction! Really Good Ones! No Pocket Spaces, They’re Too Unrealistic!

I don't know why, but lately I've been really into stories set in a bygone era, especially ones about transmigration. Transmigrating into a book is fine too. I read one about a soft-hearted freeloader and a green-tea schemer and really loved it. It felt so real, but it's still being updated. Ladies, any more recommendations? No stories where they get a pocket dimension and supplies like a supermarket, though.

Finding a Job Through Your Own Merit in a Period-Era Novel

Are there any stories where the female lead transmigrates into a rural setting in an era novel, then uses her abilities to get a job at the commune or in a government department? I'm out of things to read.

A Cautious Female Lead in a Period-Era Novel Who Refuses to Be a Cannon Fodder

Looking for books similar to Choosing Others? Better to Choose Myself. Must be complete. I truly didn't skip a single chapter. The female lead is clear-headed and practical.

Hong Kong City, Xiangjiang, and Period Novels

A Typical Period Novel With a Small Golden Finger and a Logical Plot

Deal-breakers: stories that dumb down the characters, lavish black-market trading, or lovesick characters.

Period Novels You Won't Want to Skip a Chapter Of

Looking for books like "Famine Years: My Pocket Dimension Is a Grain Shop". Stories about a female lead working in the city.

Can We Stop Cramming So Many Golden Fingers into Period Dramas? It Feels So Fake

Any Period Novels With a Cool, Detached Heroine? No Cutesy, Helpless Types

Period-Era Stories with No Rural Relocation, Black Market, Unrequited Devotion, Military Marriage, or Terrible In-Laws

Looking for a Historical-Era Story Where the Female Lead Won't Raise Someone Else's Child or Be a Doormat

No stepmothers, or anything like that. I can't handle raising kids right from the start.

Your Number One Period Novel

The female lead isn't a saint, has no awful relatives, and is decisive, mighty, and domineering. Period setting, aimed at women, contemporary romance.