Quality Period Dramas for a Male Audience #优质年代文，男频

1. 51 年 The 1960s: I Can Get Supplies Reimbursed 年代60：我送物资能返还 Drunken Shrimp, Heart-Piercing Pork酒虾仁猪心Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [1960s] [Tycoon] [Cashback] [Lucky Draws] [Lighthearted, Low on Violence] [Build Wealth] [Lots of Goddesses] Cao Anmin gets a System. Before he can recover from imagining the wonderful life of a tycoon that awaits him, a falling object knocks him into the 1960s. Fortunately, the cashback System is still there! Cao Anmin wakes up and pats his chest in relief. [Ding!] [Daily Sign-In Lucky Draw System loaded successfully. Host, please draw your exclusive reward for today!] Cao Anmi 1.5kReads7.6Score171Shelves
2. 52 6 The 1960s: A Daily Blind Box and a Carefree Life 60年代：每日盲盒，悠闲生活 Being Backsolved被倒推Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Period + System + Countryside + Lighthearted + Family Bonds + Hunting + Inventions + Getting Rich] After awakening memories from a parallel timeline, he discovers that it's the 1960s, and there's no food or clothing! He originally plans to use his newly awakened memories to give his family a better life, but who could have guessed that the Daily Mystery Box System would bind itself to him! Day One: “Mystery box opened. Reward: 30 Shaxian-style braised duck legs!” Day Two: “Mystery box opened. R 1.1kReads8.3Score161Shelves

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   Historical fiction, male-oriented. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] The first book: the protagonist is a reincarnated soul bound to a learning system. Wangzai (the protagonist's nickname) has a sharp tongue and low emotional intelligence in the early stages. Not a perfect character, but very enjoyable; his academic success leads his family to wealth. The second book: the protagonist has a scumbag father, and the bound system forces him to compensate his children. Do you think the protagonist will restrain himself or be restricted because of this? No! He's still very selfish.

3. 53 重 Back to the 1960s: I Can’t Keep My Superpower a Secret 重回60年代：我的异能藏不住了 Heavenly Official's Blessing天倌赐福Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Era setting + reborn + pocket dimension + transmigration + stockpiling supplies + lighthearted + no harem Gu Yunyang transmigrated from the apocalypse back to 1960, into the body of a man who shared his name and had been switched at birth. He also saw the man's entire life. In his previous life, the child who had been switched at birth discovered the truth. With famine raging, he couldn't bear the hunger and came back to claim his place, leaving Gu Yunyang as the awkward impostor son. To avoid b 20.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
4. 54 赶 Tidepool Foraging: Buckets Full Every Day, They Call Me the Clean-Sweep 赶海：天天爆桶，人送外号一扫光 Hanhan MJ韩韩MJUrban2.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Rural Farming] [Coastal Foraging] [Family Life] Wang Qiang accidentally transmigrates to a small fishing village, where he gains a fortune golden finger and begins a life of coastal foraging. With a little bucket and a shovel, he fills his haul every day. People give him the nickname “The One Who Sweeps It All Up.” He works hard along the shore, and with nothing but a shovel, he digs his way to a big house and a small car, and even marries a beautiful wife! From then on, his li 10.9kReads8.3Score786Shelves
5. 55 年 Period: My Taoist Arts Reach the Divine, and You Call Me Superstitious? 年代：道法通神，你说我迷信？ Boiled Some Water烧了点开水Urban1.3M WordsCompleted 46.8kReads7.9Score4kShelves
6. 56 打 Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging in the Mountains to Raise My Eight Younger Siblings 打猎捕鱼采山货，养八个弟弟妹妹 Beyond Pursuit不可追Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Changbai Mountains + reborn in the 1960s + hunting + fishing + gathering mountain produce + many siblings] This book has been adapted into the short drama Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Mountain Produce to Raise My Younger Siblings. Search for it on the platform’s homepage or on Hongguo Short Dramas! Famine in the 1960s! Eight younger siblings starve to death! A lifetime of pain and regret! Reborn in a village at the foot of the Changbai Mountains in the 1960s, he vows to protect his younger s 10.6kReads8.3Score934Shelves
7. 57 重 Reborn as a Doctor in the Fiery Years 重生在火红岁月当医生 The Rabbit in Class Five分在五班的兔子Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The story of a renowned professor transmigrating into the body of a young doctor in the 1970s. You can't hide a special talent forever. Where is the miracle doctor? A small township hospital suddenly becomes famous. Experts from the county and provincial hospitals are left dumbfounded by the pressure from this little hospital, with no choice but to admit defeat. If he'd transmigrated somewhere else, he might have been content to be a miracle doctor. But he ended up in the tropical rainforests of 6.4kReads8.8Score450Shelves
8. 58 包 A Landlord Travels Back to the 1960s, Takes His Fortune, and Goes to the Countryside with His Younger Brother 包租公穿六零卷了家产带弟弟下乡 Long-Tailed Tulip郁金香长尾Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period] + [raising kids] + [pocket dimension] + [sent down to the countryside] Xu Yanhao had graduated from college and settled into life as a landlord, but after a nap, he opens his eyes to find himself back in 1965. His family has all disappeared overnight, leaving behind a huge house, a fortune no one knows about, and a little brother just three and a half years old who is still hungry and helpless. Once he's figured out what's going on, Xu Yanhao immediately packs up and heads to the countr 18.8kReads8.1Score2.7kShelves

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   Xu Yanhao, living in the 1960s, took his younger brother Duoduo to a remote rural area to become educated youth in order to avoid becoming cannon fodder who were given golden fingers and wealth.

9. 59 重 Back to 1985: Starting by Cutting Off the Ungrateful 重回85，从斩白眼狼开始 Wandering Cultivator Wang Sanhuo散修王三火Urban194k WordsOngoing Written entirely by hand, with no AI-generated filler. Writing by hand isn't easy: every chapter is typed one character at a time, one finger at a time! [Lighthearted Comedy + No System + No Golden Finger + Making Money + Solving Cases + Family Life + Brotherhood + Urban Underworld + Light Ensemble Cast + Northeastern Dialect] The comedic scenes all come from everyday life. No hunting, no stock trading! Chang Shan was reborn, back in 1985! Since he had been reborn, he would start by settling ac 982Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This novel is so funny! The comedic scenes are all drawn from real life, especially the main characters constantly teasing and bickering with their friends. It feels like something that's happening right next to you. If you don't like it, come and hit me!

10. 60 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 154.5kReads9.0Score14.2kShelves
11. 61 六 The 1960s Mystery Box System: My Scumbag Dad Spares No Expense Spoiling His Six Kids 六零盲盒系统：渣爹氪金宠飞六崽 Tea Pear Seven茶梨七Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [A low-conflict period drama + an outstanding male lead + rebuilding family values + still the one in charge + three ex-wives + six kids] Liu Xueyi married three times and had six children. He trampled on his three ex-wives to live the happy life of a city man, only to pull a classic Nanluoguxiang fool’s move and marry a widow, raising another man’s kids! But Liu Xueyi wasn’t the self-sacrificing type. No matter whose home he was in, he called all the shots. The widow’s family treated him like a 19.9kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
12. 62 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Struck It Rich Through Demolition! 重生八零年代，我靠拆迁暴富了！ 9867Urban1.4M WordsCompleted This book was originally titled I Just Want to Run a Shop, So Why Do You Keep Demolishing It? Liao Yongming is reborn in the 1980s. He doesn't want to relive the hardships of his previous life, and hopes to fulfill his eldest grandson's wish by changing his family's fate through business. So Liao Yongming decides to sell the job his family bought for him with their hard-earned money and seize the opportunity to go into business. With the money from selling the job, he buys a shop and sets out co 10.8kReads8.0Score695Shelves
13. 63 换 Swapping Brides in 1980 换亲一九八零 Sikong Yan'er司空艳儿Modern Romance193k WordsCompleted In 1980, my parents treated me as a bargaining chip in a marriage exchange and married me off to the Zhao family’s frail, spineless second son. My in-laws were cruel, my mother-in-law made things difficult for me, my sister-in-law schemed against me, and my brother-in-law leached off his parents. Everyone thought I was an easy target. But they didn’t know that the girl who had always endured in silence had a backbone of steel. I didn’t make a fuss, but I planned every step carefully. I didn’t fi 8.7kReads6.8Score426Shelves

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    The film evokes a strong sense of nostalgia: from adobe houses, brick kilns, and old-fashioned bicycles to supply and marketing cooperatives buying cloth, night schools teaching trades, and individual clothing factories, the details of life in the 1980s are readily apparent. There are no unrealistic dreams or illusions, only the everyday realities of life, easily drawing viewers into that simple yet hopeful era.

14. 64 开 From the Start in the Famine Year of 1960: Buy Anything for One Cent 开局1960灾荒年，每天一分钱秒杀 The Grapes Are Ripe葡萄熟了Urban2.0M WordsCompleted While helping his cousin get a discount by chopping the price on Pinduoduo, Li Fuxing clicked the sharing link she sent him and transmigrated to the 1960s. He also found a Pinduoduo flash-sale mall in his mind. In 1960, everything was rationed and required coupons. People had barely enough to eat or wear, and two jin of millet could buy you a wife. The Pinduoduo mall had everything: Northeast rice, selenium-rich eggs, Longkou vermicelli, White Rabbit milk candy, Erguotou, Wuliangye… And everythi 2.2kReads8.0Score253Shelves
15. 65 穿 Transmigrating to 1959: I Begin as a Level-Eight Benchworker Through Sign-In 穿越五九，从签到八级钳工开始 Young Old Man幼龄大叔Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, Transmigrate to 1959: Starting with the Sign-in System, is now online. Sign in from the start for Level Ten Fitter skills, and make rockets by hand and spaceships with your feet. When seasoned fitter Zhao Ming wakes up, he's transmigrated into the body of a frail young man in 1959. The family is dirt poor, his mother is gravely ill, and his eldest sister-in-law is mean. It's hell mode from the start! Luckily, the God-Tier Sign-in System activates just in time! ( 36.3kReads7.2Score2.2kShelves

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    The dream of a science and engineering man

16. 66 重 Reborn in 1978: Hunter-Doctor of Changbai Mountain 重生七八，长白山猎医 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he weathered storms of bullets and enjoyed the splendor of the city. On his sixtieth birthday, he was reborn in the village where he had once lived. In this life, Liu Hongjun just wants to stay in the mountains, work as the village doctor, and spend his free time gathering herbs and hunting. He wants to enjoy a leisurely life. 44.2kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
17. 67 梦 A Dream Come True, Only It’s 1958 梦想成真却是1958 WD Little GirlWD小妮子Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Xiang Wang, from 2024, arrives in the capital he has always envied after a freak car accident. He becomes a true Beijinger, but it’s 1958. He doesn’t want to be a Beijinger in this era, but what’s done is done. All he can do is struggle through this hunger-filled life, step by step, toward becoming the kind of Beijinger he has always dreamed of being. 18.9kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
18. 68 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Space and Take the Road Less Traveled 重生60，我有空间不走寻常路 Misty Rain in a Quiet Mountain Village寂静山村烟雨蒙蒙Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Chu Fan, a young man from a prominent compound, died in a gang fight. Another Chu Fan, with the same name, took his place and survived, making a name for himself among the local toughs. When faced with the choice of joining the army or going to the countryside, he chose the countryside. He still went on to live a remarkable life. 30.8kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
19. 69 都 We’re All Reborn, So Who Still Wants to Be Someone’s Lackey? 都重生了谁还拉帮套啊 Meow Erbai喵二白Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Cao Chaoyang acted on impulse and chose the path of becoming his sister-in-law’s live-in helper, moving into her home. He worked hard to support his elder brother’s family for twenty years, only for his brother’s legs, crippled for years, to suddenly recover. Thrown out of the house overnight, he had no choice but to get away from people and become a forest ranger. Reborn in 1973, when his sister-in-law once again knelt before him, Cao Chaoyang said firmly, “No!” He would n 17kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    Just you wait and see, he forgets to eat and forgets to sleep.

20. 70 魂 Soul Returned to 1957: A Street Tough in the Capital 魂归1957：四九城街溜子 The Word Fate缘之一字Urban1.4M WordsCompleted To avoid ruining the reading experience, please read this introduction before you start. This is neither a traditional siheyuan story nor fan fiction. There’s no angst, no pity-seeking, and no hostility. The story is warm and uplifting, so readers who like a more aggressive tone should give it a miss. The protagonist is generous and never stingy with the people around him. He wins people over by sharing his wealth. Others save money; I invest in relationships. This is the lesson the protagonist 3.1kReads7.3Score215Shelves
21. 71 杨 Yang Ming's True Story: Starting with Transmigration to the 1980s 杨明实录：从穿越八十年代开始 Zou Yun, Who Loves Tofu Puffs Braised with Meat爱吃油豆腐炖肉的邹云Urban3.1M WordsOngoing Yang Ming woke up to find himself in a dilapidated house in Beijing in 1980! He had become a fourteen-year-old boy from a fallen family who could barely afford to eat, with nothing but a job collecting scrap and a pile of problems left behind by the original owner. Who could have guessed that this “poor kid,” armed with memories of the future, would defy fate by riding the wave of reform and opening up? Seizing opportunities and overcoming hardship, he made his start among piles of scrap in the 24.2kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves
22. 72 重 Reborn in 1985: From Troublemaker to the Pride of the Police Force 重生85，从混子到警界之光 Tiger-Striped Fox虎皮狐狸Urban757k WordsOngoing [Period setting, reborn, police, one heroine, criminal investigation, solving cases] In his previous life, Chen Xiangyang was young and reckless, and took the wrong path. By the time he came to his senses, he was already at the bottom of an abyss, with no way back. Reborn in an instant, Chen Xiangyang returns to 1985. This time, his parents are alive, his brothers are by his side, and the girl he loves has not yet left. There is still time to make things right. In this life, he has only one thou 799Reads8.0Score143Shelves

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    This book is good, I recommend it. It's a period drama where the male protagonist rises from a hoodlum to become a policeman.

23. 73 开 Deputy Police Chief from the Start 开局派出所副所长 Village Beggar村里乞丐Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Period setting + criminal investigation + suspense + one heroine + weak golden finger + deduction 1958, the capital. Yue Pengju, transferred from the Public Security Army, is appointed deputy director of the Taotiao Hutong Police Station. A body dumped in the hutong tears open the calm facade, revealing hidden undercurrents. Following the clues deeper, they uncover the enemy agents' presence. The seemingly peaceful capital has long been hiding deadly dangers. Enemy agents are hunting those invol 7.5kReads7.2Score476Shelves

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    I feel pretty good about it, so I'm shamelessly giving it a shout-out.

24. 74 坠 Dropped into the 1960s: One Cell Phone for Food and Shelter 坠落60年代，一部手机换温饱 Kuang Peng's Beloved邝彭爱侣Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Transmigration + period setting + stockpiling goods + cross-time shopping + striving to solve the problem of hunger Peng Shilin, an orphan of a 21st-century earthquake, started an online general-goods business in college and loved hiking. One day, he went hiking with his girlfriend, also an earthquake orphan who had grown up in the same orphanage. The two argued over their love for each other. When his angry girlfriend tried to leave, she stepped on a round stone and began sliding toward a cliff 2.8kReads8.9Score198Shelves
25. 75 年 Period: Taking Off After Awakening in the Loess Lands 年代：从魂穿黄土地起飞 Village Beggar村里乞丐Urban136k WordsOngoing Period setting + soul transmigration + countryside + city life + underdog comeback + industrial development + System + feel-good power fantasy + career in government A post-90s wage slave who works himself to the bone wakes up after another bout of overtime to find he has transmigrated into the body of a seventeen-year-old boy in the far northwest, arriving in the region in the 1960s. In the spring of 1961, in the mountainous area of Gongchang County, central Long Province in China's far northwe 69Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 年 Period: Transmigrating to 1957 as a Gossip-Hungry Young Police Officer 年代：穿越57吃瓜小警察 Village Beggar村里乞丐Male-Channel Fanfiction620k WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + Period Setting + Siheyuan + Detective Story + Everyday Comedy + Not A Love-Filled Courtyard Not a love-filled courtyard!!! Zhang Dafei transmigrates into the body of another Zhang Dafei, a patrol officer with the subdistrict office in Yuer Hutong, Nanluoguxiang, in 1957. The original Zhang was gravely injured while saving a comrade. As soon as he regains consciousness, the System binds to him and demands a startup password. Startled, he trembles, pain surging through hi 12.3kReads8.0Score708Shelves
27. 77 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 185.1kReads9.3Score11.2kShelves
28. 78 重 Reborn in 1960: The Wood-Type Ability User Lives Life on Her Own Terms 重生60木系异能者肆意逍遥 Overlord Bofu霸王伯符Urban801k WordsCompleted After graduating from university, Chu Fan awakened a wood-type ability in a world overrun by zombies, only to be betrayed by his girlfriend. After his body died, Chu Fan’s soul arrived in the 1960s. See how Chu Fan uses his wood-type ability to shine in the 1960s. 10kReads8.8Score781Shelves
29. 79 重 Reborn in 1985: My Three Stunning Ex-Wives 重生1985，我的三个绝色前妻 Northeastern Guobaorou 1东北锅包肉1Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Just rated, score may rise; take your time reading. Ten thousand words updated daily. Urban life, everyday living, entrepreneurship, getting rich, Period setting, Soviet Union, border trade, romantic rivalry, she chases him to win him back] Xu Guoliang transmigrated back to 1985, to a small city in northern China. He opened his eyes in a cramped, noisy apartment block owned by a state-run enterprise. Seeing the three stunning ex-wives in the room questioning him about stealing their living expe 156Reads5.7Score106Shelves

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    Male-oriented, male perspective, historical setting, rebirth story, no rural life.

30. 80 乡 Rural Romance: Raising the Richest Man in Xiangya Mountain 乡村爱情，象牙山首富养成记 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction742k WordsCompleted My new 2025 book, “Country Love: My Dad Is Liu Neng,” is out now! [Feel-good wish fulfillment, Country Love, Country Love series, period setting, tycoon, urban daily life, urban farming, TV series, light comedy, easygoing, Northeastern rural TV drama crossover, village celebrities, transmigration and rebirth, alternate universe, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, romance, stealing someone's love interest, Wang Xiaomeng, Ivory Mountain, hot springs, resort, Xie Guangkun, Zhao Si, Wang Laoqi, 8kReads8.2Score335Shelves
31. 81 京 Tales of Old Kyoto: My Family Helps Me Bring Honor to Our Name 京都往事：家里让光大门楣 Three Make Cheng三人成澂Male-Channel Fanfiction734k WordsCompleted After entering the capital with their troops, two brothers from the Jinchaji Border Region each bought a small Siheyuan, hoping to settle down at the foot of the imperial city and raise a family. Unfortunately, the elder brother died in Korea, while the younger brother had only one son. Their third brother back home also had just one son. What could they do? The only son in the capital would have to inherit the family lines of both branches, carrying on the elder and younger branches alike... 6.3kReads7.3Score409Shelves
32. 82 穿 Transmigrating Into a Sent-Down Youth, I Start by Spoiling My Wife and Daughter 穿成下乡知青，从娇养妻女开始 Feng Xiuying凤琇莹Urban251k WordsOngoing [Period + building wealth] Zhou Hai, an honest modern man, wakes up as an educated youth sent down to the countryside in the 1970s. He has the same name, a house stripped bare, a pot of wild-vegetable gruel on the stove, a wife as thin as a rail, and a daughter crying from hunger. His predecessor was a bully at home, mocked by the whole village as a freeloader. But Zhou Hai isn’t worried. He remembers his past life and knows what to stock up on and when, and where the opportunities of the era li 16Reads—Score140Shelves

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    I recommend it.

33. 83 年 1960: Taking Life Easy 年代1960：生活过的悠哉悠哉 Tang Paopao唐跑跑Urban657k WordsCompleted A heatstroke while planting rice, then a sudden transmigration. With a space in tow, how can you get by in these difficult times? Find a job and marry a wife. Grow crops, raise fish, go hunting: life is a joy. [Everything in this book is fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] 5.5kReads8.3Score300Shelves
34. 84 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Helping Dad Rise Through the Ranks Is Only Natural 都重生了助老爸步步高升很合理吧 Braised Pork Chunks红烧肉段Urban1.5M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Lu Chen was a carefree playboy who squandered a winning hand and became notorious as a son who brought shame to his father. After being reborn, he turned over a new leaf and helped his dad rise through the ranks. I’m no good at writing a blurb, so just dive right into the story. 3.1kReads5.4Score206Shelves
35. 85 刚 Just Reborn, and My Three Ex-Wives Show Up with Kids 刚重生：三个前妻带娃杀上门 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Rural Life1.0M WordsOngoing [Transmigration and rebirth, 1990s setting, everyday mountain hunting, multiple heroines, Greater Khingan Range, making a fortune, light wish-fulfillment] Lu Fan, a wilderness survival expert, is reborn in a parallel world in the Greater Khingan Range of the 1990s. He becomes a good-for-nothing at Hongxing Forest Farm, sharing a name with his original self. From the start, three ex-wives show up at his door with three children in tow. On top of that, Wang Defa, the forest farm director, demands 5.9kReads5.4Score637Shelves
36. 86 乡 Rural Romance: More Children, More Blessings 乡村爱情多子多福 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction354k WordsCompleted New book out now: "I Livestream from the Underworld, and My Top Supporter Is Qin Shi Huang" [Beginner-friendly power fantasy, rural romance, Country Love, period setting, wealthy tycoon, urban daily life, urban farming, TV adaptations, mildly comedic, easygoing, a crossover with Northeastern rural TV dramas, famous village locals, transmigration and rebirth, alternate universe, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, romance, stealing someone's love interest, Wang Xiao Meng, Ivory Mountain, hot s 3.6kReads5.4Score124Shelves

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    These are all good period dramas; you can check them out.

37. 87 庸 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Yin Mu殷木Urban370k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 190Reads—Score107Shelves

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    [No simplistic plots, no simplistic twists, no drastic alterations—a serious historical account of a small-town boy's life] Based on a friend's real life, the author chronicles the complete trajectory of a small-town boy from elementary school's brightest point to high school's bottom-ranking student, and finally to the margins of society. The entire book contains no cheat codes, no time travel, no reincarnation, and no system cheats; only the genuine struggles and ups and downs of ordinary people amidst the torrent of history. The sense of the small-town era is precisely captured—the opportunities and predicaments in the urban-rural divide, the clash between tradition and modernity, are all permeated in every choice and every missed opportunity made by the character. The writing is calm and restrained, neither sentimental nor simplistic, like reading a serious historical documentary about that era. The protagonist doesn't defy fate or suddenly gain superpowers; he lives a real life, step by step (or stumbles and falls).

38. 88 乡 Country Love: Raising the Richest Man in Xiangya Mountain 3 乡村爱情，象牙山首富养成记3 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction305k WordsCompleted [Easy, brainless power fantasy, fanfiction, Country Love, Xiang Ai, period setting, tycoon, urban slice of life, urban farming, TV series, light comedy, laid-back, country celebrity, transmigration and rebirth, fictional setting, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, swooping in to steal someone's opportunity, Wang Xiaomeng, Xiangya Mountain, hot spring, resort, mineral water factory, Xiaomeng Tofu Products Factory, 3.2kReads—Score104Shelves
39. 89 重 Reborn in 1998: I Snatched Everything from the Bigwigs 重生1998：我截胡了所有大佬 Chen Shouyi辰守一Urban195k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1998, he works himself into a tech tycoon! With AI Shouyi at his side, he beats every mogul to the punch. From 50 yuan to an empire among the stars. He walks the path others took, leaving them nowhere to go. In this life, I make the rules! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A pure brain-based business war, exploiting information asymmetry to reap the benefits of 1998!

40. 90 四 Siheyuan: In a World Mashup, I Have Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院：融合世界中，我悟性逆天 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction408k WordsCompleted [Under the Zhengyang Gate + period dramas crossover + courtyard life + heaven-defying comprehension + transmigration + patriotic fiction + alternate setting + urban] The new book "Rural Love Story: My Dad Is Liu Neng" is currently being serialized. It has reached a good number of chapters, so there's no need to wait for more. Come and read it now. Han Chunming never imagined that watching television could make him transmigrate. But he transmigrated into the TV series "Under the Zhengyang Gate" a 2.9kReads6.0Score102Shelves

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    These are all period dramas, you can check them out, they're all male-oriented.

41. 91 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: I'm Done Being the Cannon-Fodder Male Lead in This Romance Novel 穿书女频，这个炮灰男配我不当了 Luan Yu27栾雨27Urban172k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into a Female-Oriented Novel: I'm Done Being the Cannon-Fodder Male Lead After I, Xu Que, died, I was picked up by a heroine-rescue System. System: “Go to a female-oriented novel and play the cannon-fodder male lead. Be the heroine's backup boyfriend.” I sneered. “A simp? Get lost.” System: “Complete the mission and return to reality with luxury cars and mansions.” I raised an eyebrow. “More importantly, I want to rule this female-oriented world.” Bow before your king. World 5Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This era's Wen 9 is well written.

42. 92 我 My Name Is Liu Dapeng, and My Dad Is Liu Neng 我叫刘大鹏，我爹是刘能 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good wish fulfillment, Country Love, Country Love series, period setting, tycoon, urban daily life, urban farming, TV adaptations, light comedy, easygoing, a fusion with Northeastern rural TV dramas, village celebrities, transmigrate and reborn, alternate setting, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, romance, one female lead, stealing someone else's love interest, Wang Xiao Meng, Ivory Mountain, hot springs, vacation resort, m 3.8kReads5.8Score119Shelves
43. 93 重 Reborn in 1985: From Spoiled Rich Kid to the World's Richest Man 重生85，从大院纨绔到世界首富 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Urban455k WordsCompleted [New novel, My Dad Is Liu Neng in Country Love, now serializing] [Transmigration and rebirth, period fiction, everyday life, one female lead, black-market trading, 1980s, entrepreneurship, lighthearted, no System] In his previous life, office drone Qi Dongqiang transmigrated one day and discovered that he was a young man from a powerful family living in a government compound. With such an impressive identity, he couldn’t let this rare advantage and its resources go to waste. He would have to lev 4.3kReads6.7Score140Shelves
44. 94 八 The Eight-Year-Old Detective: My Dad Becomes a Police Chief Thanks to Me 八岁神探，我爹靠我成局长 Northeastern Guobaorou东北锅包肉Mystery274k WordsCompleted [Crime Solving, Urban, Reborn, Eight Years Old] Jiang Xiaobai, the world’s top detective, transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old! Sending him to elementary school with kids his age? No way! For the sake of his unfulfilled dream, watch as he gradually pushes his adoptive dad into a position of power! [This story is entirely fictional. If you don’t like it, go yell at another author!] 104Reads6.2Score—Shelves
45. 95 重 Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80，从大院祸害到国士无双 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel 4.7kReads6.3Score304Shelves

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    I think my own book is pretty good, so I'll try recommending it. 😃😃😘😘 😃😃

46. 96 重 Reborn in 1988: The Bandit Boss Donates an Aircraft Carrier to the Nation 重生1988悍匪大佬为国捐航母 Northeastern Guobaorou 1东北锅包肉1Urban590k WordsOngoing [Business wars, daily life, period setting, underworld, reborn, Soviet Union, smugglers, Varyag aircraft carrier, trading canned food for planes, stock subscription certificates, real estate bubble] In my past life, the underworld left a trail of corpses in its wake. Given another chance at life, I, Liu Huaqiang, lay down my butcher's knife. I will build a financial empire, protect the people I love, and make the world hear my voice! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 97 乡 Romance of the Countryside: I’m the Village Director of Xiangya Mountain 乡村爱情，我在象牙山当村主任 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction240k WordsCompleted [Transmigration and rebirth, TV drama fanfiction, Country Love, lighthearted] Qi Dongqiang unexpectedly transmigrates into the TV drama Country Love, becoming Qi Santai's nephew, a character who never appeared in the original series. He heads to Xiangya Mountain Village to serve as deputy village chief. As it happens, the day Qi Dongqiang takes up his post in Xiangya Mountain Village is also the day his cousin Xie Yongqiang graduates from college... This blurb can't do the story justice. Please 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 乡 Rural Love: I Never Meant to Be a Casanova 乡村爱情：我真没想当海王啊 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction122k WordsCompleted 293Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 99 重 Reborn in 1977: From the Start, I Marry a City-Educated Youth 重生1977，开局迎娶女知青 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Urban138k WordsCompleted [Five chapters every day, five chapters every day, five chapters every day. We’re saying it three times because it’s important.] [Period setting, wheeling and dealing, one female lead, lighthearted, from the start, everyday life, modern city] Liu Aijun, a privileged young man from a military compound, tricked Qin Xue, a young woman sent to the countryside, into sleeping with him. He later used his family connections to abandon her and return to the city to join the army. When Qin Xue discovered 43Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 100 四 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1954, with Silly Zhu as My Neighbor 四合院：重生54年，邻居傻柱 The Big Totoro in the Door Crack门缝里的大龙猫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Li Zhenmin transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan in 1954 and becomes He Yuzhu's neighbor. Knowing what the future holds, the first thing Li Zhenmin does after awakening the System is learn to cook. A cook will never go hungry, no matter the era. At this point, He Yuzhu is still a naive little kid, following Li Zhenmin around and calling him “big brother” whenever he gets the chance. Xu Damao isn't as bad as he'll become in the future, either. He keeps pestering Li Zhenmin to take him on as 27.9kReads7.4Score1.3kShelves

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