Bound to a System in the 1970s, I Became a Tycoon

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

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!

Your Number-One Era Novel

Republican-Era Stories, No Couples, and No Brain-Dead Writing

Nothing ridiculously over-the-top with numbers like 999.9 billion, and no System either. I like stories where people achieve their goals through their own hard work. Any protagonist gender is fine, but no pregnancy-and-running-away plots or vague romantic tension with someone.

Clear-Headed Era Stories. She Stands Her Ground. No Acting Like She’s Never Seen a Man Before

Looking for books like "Make Others Happy? Better to Make Yourself Happy". Whether it's about transmigration, the entertainment industry, or a particular era, most authors write their heroines as if they've never seen a man before. No matter how handsome a man is described as being, she shouldn't throw herself at him right away,

Is There No Historical-Era Story About Someone Who Transmigrates Quietly?

I'm looking for a book where the female lead keeps a low profile after transmigrating. Not one of those who claims to be keeping up an act, then goes hunting in the mountains every day or picks fights with everyone. Please recommend something.

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!!! 🥰

I've Been on a Historical-Era Fiction Kick Lately. Please Recommend the Best of the Best

Looking for books similar to *With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s: I'm Good at Stirring Up Trouble and Making Money (Feng Qi Ye He)*.

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...

Looking for an Unconventional Historical-Era Story

I'm tired of stories that are either about the black market or people watching the drama unfold.

Looking for Straightforward Historical-Era Stories, No Reckless Shenanigans

Something that fits the historical setting fairly well, without going too over the top. 🌸

Republic-Era Novels

I never recommend books I haven't read. These are my favorite period novels, and I'm sharing them with everyone. There are also a few quick transmigration stories, so check them out if you're interested.

Looking for Stories with a Pocket Dimension Where the Female Lead Doesn’t Have to Raise a Whole Bunch of People. The Less Helping, the Better

Looking for a Female Lead Who's Very Cautious, Even a Total Couch Potato! No Romance Preferred

Looking for books like The 1960s: I Became the Scheming Female Lead's Stepping Stone. It must be logical, with everyone keeping their wits about them. I prefer cultivation or survival stories.

I Really Love Self-Interested Heroines. Please Give Me More!

Looking for books like My Self-Serving Self Becomes the Worst in the Era.

Any Period Novels with a Sensible Heroine Who Doesn't Reveal Her Golden Finger?

Looking for Period Stories Without Poverty-relief Plots, Featuring Selfish, Stingy, Penny-pinching Protagonists

I really hate it when the female lead keeps helping people out of poverty. It feels like her golden finger exists just to serve the male lead's family. 🤗🤗 I hope the female lead is a lone wolf.

Period-Era Stories: Either No Romance or Very Little, and No Military Marriages at Every Turn

I checked out those recommendations for novels set in a bygone era. The blurbs were pretty enticing, but after reading a few more chapters I was completely done. The characters transmigrate and then become hopeless romantics, swooning over people left and right. What, have they not been watching enough handsome guys on Douyin? Maybe they should watch more next time. Recommend something normal, preferably with no romance.

Stories Where the Female Lead Has a Pocket Dimension and Doesn't Tell Anyone

You can never know what people are really thinking... The heroine can help others, but she shouldn’t tell anyone about it. Never test human nature! Any kind of pocket-space or System story with a golden finger is fine, as long as the protagonist has some brains 🉑️ I’ve been in a reading slump for days, please help!

Looking for Books Like Xu Jing'an's

I want to read books similar to "In the 1960s, I Became the Stepping Stone for the Scheming Female Lead."

A Selfish Female Lead Who Only Cares About Living Well and Doesn't Meddle in Other People's Business

I want to read books similar to "After Becoming the Worst Old Man in a Famine-Escape Novel, I Gave Up." The protagonist should become the worst kind of person after transmigrating into the worst kind of character. They should not want to do any work at all, refuse to save anyone, seize their siblings' resources, and take their parents' affection for themselves. They only care about living well. Something along these lines, please recommend some.

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