Historical-Era Fiction 年代文

1. 401 糙 The Rugged Man Can't Get Enough of His Sweet Young Educated Youth 糙汉对娇娇知青欲罢不能 Bo Ying博萤Modern Romance477k WordsCompleted A pampered, beautiful little princess of Heaven’s Will × a doting, rugged country man Ye Zhiyu, the proud little princess of Heaven’s Will, was so busy having fun that she neglected her cultivation. After failing to survive the lightning tribulation, her father, Heaven’s Will, banished her to a small world. She became a tragic supporting character with the same name, abused until she was utterly broken. Spiritual energy was scarce after the founding of the nation, but luckily her sharp-tongued, 5.3kReads8.9Score528Shelves

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   🔥🔥🔥The Heavenly Princess has descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation.

2. 402 什 What! The Model Educated Youth Is Marrying a Landlord's Son? 什么！知青标杆要嫁给地主崽了？ Four Joys Little Peach四喜小桃Modern Romance163k WordsOngoing [Devoted to each other + reborn in the 1970s + solving crimes + earning commendations + finding salvation in each other] He Yulan died in the old house that held her warmest memories. When her consciousness returned and she opened her eyes again, she discovered that she had been reborn. She had returned to the scorching summer of 1974, before she went to the countryside at seventeen. After waking, she unexpectedly bonded with a Justice System and began earning commendations one after another.. 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Look at this.

3. 403 张 Granny Zhang Reborn: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, She's Gone Berserk! 张老太重生：杀杀杀杀，杀疯了！ Tang Xiaoxi唐小汐Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Granny Zhang thought she was a good mother and mother-in-law. When she was young, she had no one to help her. Determined to keep her children from going through the same hardships, she did everything she could for them, giving money when it was needed and pitching in whenever they needed help. She never held back. She helped all six of her children build families and careers, then raised several grandchildren. When she was in a car accident near the end of her life and received three million in 269.3kReads8.9Score20.4kShelves
4. 404 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 123.7kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
5. 405 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies: The Easygoing Wife Is Forced to Get Ahead 穿越七零，咸鱼娇妻她被迫上进 Passerby Sheep路人羊Modern Romance783k WordsCompleted [Sweet, charming, highly intelligent heroine & gentle, refined, scheming educated youth] A 21st-century doctoral student pulls an all-nighter, collapses, and transmigrates into the body of a young woman working at a forest farm in the 1970s. Ye Wei swears: she is going to be a contented couch potato who enjoys life! She lives carefree, spending every day eating and drinking with her golden finger at her disposal. Apples? Pheasants? She's got it all. Huo Xiang? Coptis? She can do anything. Ye Wei 4.1kReads9.0Score391Shelves

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   ✨Transmigrated to the 1970s, she possesses a cheat-like ability (unusable without cleverness and education). She helps a handsome educated youth who later becomes her love interest. Due to an illness, she uses her modern knowledge and her father's notes as a pretext to obtain a job.✨Her biological daughter is found, but she is tragically sold into slavery. Fortunately, her classmate saves her life, but she still faces academic challenges. Their relationship deepens during their time together, and they marry before the female lead's involvement in the Northwest development project. The female lead is famous in university for her love life and pig-riding skills, never expecting that catching pigs would become her forte in the future, and she encounters...

6. 406 七 The 1970s: I Just Want to Slack Off, Not Study 七零：我只想摆烂不想学习 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [No CP + Academic Prodigy + Growth-Oriented Heroine (Imperfect Character) + Science for the Nation] In her previous life, Xu Zhen worked herself to death with endless overtime. After transmigrating to the 1970s, all she wanted was to split off from the family as soon as possible and happily coast through life like a salted fish. She never expected a study System to come knocking. Eight hours of studying a day was the minimum, and now she had to work overtime too? Xu Zhen: I refuse! But refusing 7.2kReads9.1Score598Shelves
7. 407 六 The Stepmom Comparison Group in the 1960s 六十年代当后妈对照组 Cai Cai采采Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted Liu Qingqing never dreamed that one little fall would send her tumbling into the stepmother-era novel she’d been reading lately. She arrived at a crucial turning point in the original character’s life. Thinking of the ugly faces her parents wore in the book and in the original character’s memories, along with the awful family environment, Liu Qingqing seized the opportunity in front of her and set out on a path completely different from the original story. Even though the man across from her spo 2kReads8.8Score127Shelves

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   These three books are quite good. [Salute][Salute]

8. 408 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
9. 409 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
10. 410 八 The Eighties: After Refusing to Get a Zero, I Made It into College 八零，拒考零分后，高考上岸 A Little Lemon Sauce一只柠檬酱Modern Romance3.8M WordsCompleted Yu Xiaoxiao was a poor student. She wasn't much good at studying, and her job was only so-so. She had no great ambitions in life. All she wanted was a job where she could slack off and live like a couch potato until retirement. Then, without warning, she found herself in the 1980s. With no particular talents to speak of, Yu Xiaoxiao was at a loss. She had no idea how to survive in such a harsh and unforgiving era. In the end, she chose the hardest path of all. A poor student to begin with, she s 10.2kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
11. 411 挺 She Joined the Army with a Big Baby Bump and Dazzled the Entire Family Compound 挺孕肚去随军，她惊艳整个家属院 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (She joins her husband’s army while heavily pregnant and amazes the entire military compound) Song Jinyue, a brilliant scientific researcher, transmigrates to the 1970s after a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s suddenly married after a whirlwind wedding, with a baby on the way. Outside, her older brother and sister-in-law are fighting over the letter that just arrived, ordering her to join her husband at his army post. To avoid getting her brother into trouble, Song Jinyue decides 22.8kReads8.0Score2.1kShelves
12. 412 八 Trading Marriages in the 1980s: The Tycoon Brings His Hopeless Romantic as a Dowry 八零换嫁：大佬携恋爱脑当嫁妆 Silent Clouds漫云不语Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because it just came out (┬_┬). Being lovesick is the best dowry a man can have. 1980s + raising kids + fashion + food] In her previous life, Ji Ning had just completed Hai Shang Lao’s overseas expansion when her terminally ill younger sister dragged her off a cliff. Reborn, her younger sister got first pick of the promising man they had both known in their previous life. By a twist of fate, Ji Ning married into the Zhou family, the scholarly household her sister had married i 4.2kReads8.8Score447Shelves
13. 413 穿 I Transmigrated to 2005, Struck It Rich, and Became My First Love’s Dream Girl 穿越2005暴富后变初恋白月光 Gan Xue甘雪Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Rise to the Top + Changing Fate + Becoming a Swan + Face-Slapping + Getting Rich] After learning that her first love was engaged, Yu Xinwei cried until she fainted. She realized her life had long since spiraled out of her control: she spent every day at the company doing nothing but grinding away as a wage slave, while Lin Yunjian, the man she loved deeply, seemed to have completely forgotten her. Just as she despaired, the golden iris ring abruptly pulled her back to Yidu in 2 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist returns to 2005 with her memories intact. She must contend with warnings from the time-space rules, use her wit to defeat villains, and protect those important to her. With moments of exhilarating wealth and sweet bonds of youthful affection, every chapter is captivating. [Kissing emojis]

14. 414 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45.7kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    An incredibly good historical romance novel with a strong female lead; it's already been adapted into a TV series.

15. 415 陶 The Tofu Seller of Tao Village 陶庄豆腐郎 The Witty Lever杠杆笑匠Urban181k WordsCompleted In 1980s Taozhuang, tofu maker Duan Jinliang prospers thanks to his strange balance scale, enjoying a life of wealth and fame. But two twin brothers at the village entrance set up a wager and snap the scale’s beam in front of everyone, revealing the mercury inside and shocking the whole village. With his reputation in tatters, how can he repay his debts and redeem himself? Hidden in a little tofu shop are turbulent events that test the conscience. 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No one knew that Duan Jinliang wasn't just carrying a tofu stand; he was also operating a scale shrouded in secrecy. When the scale broke during a gambling game, and the mercury spilled out, his dignity shattered. In Taozhuang's tofu workshop, a poignant story of redemption, a tale of conscience, was unfolding. 🍀

16. 416 年 1982: I'm Really Not a Good-for-Nothing 年代1982，我真不是二流子 gJoyg欢喜Urban972k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + entrepreneurship + social savvy + everyday life + largely an ensemble cast] The rating has just appeared and is climbing. The audiobook and animated series are now available. Give them a try! Back in 1982, Lu Zhigang decided to make up for his regrets and give his family a better life. But why did none of them believe him...? He took over a brickworks, opened a food factory, and led Lujia Village racing down the road to prosperity. 10.3kReads8.3Score457Shelves

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    I've read no fewer than 100 historical fiction novels, but I still prefer those without systems or spatial abilities. I've already read the one below twice.

17. 417 守 Shouzhuo Studio and the Craftsmen 守拙斋与手艺人 A Longing Glance凝眸起相思35k WordsCompleted Shouzhuo Studio and the Craftsman —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This short story, over 30,000 words long, tells the story of a craftsman's perseverance and the clash of eras. It's not a wish-fulfillment story; if you don't like that, please don't read it.

18. 418 七 The 1970s: I Slacked Off, and the State Sent Me a Sweetheart 七零：摆烂后，国家送我个小娇夫 Xing886幸886Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted Lin Xiaoyue transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era and becomes a lazy, greedy cannon-fodder supporting character whose sole purpose is to highlight the heroine's kindness and virtue. Bound to the [Universally Disliked System], all she has to do is collect ten thousand Dislike Points to exchange them for one hundred million in cash and go home. To get rich as soon as possible, she starts doing everything she can to make people hate her: Go work in the fields? She pretends to faint. Fet 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I absolutely rave about this book, "The 70s: After Giving Up, the Country Gave Me a Spoiled Little Husband"! The spoiled heroine paired with the loyal hero is simply irresistible!!

19. 419 7 1979: A Happy Life Begins at a State-Owned Factory 79，进国营厂开始的幸福生活 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Period romance + personal growth + family life + mutual secret crushes + true and fake heiresses + romantic tension + taking down scumbags] The protagonist joins a wilderness survival livestream, loses her footing, and falls to her death. She transmigrates into Xiao Caixia, a pitiful girl abused by her entire family. She turns the tables on her tormentors and lands a job at a major company. Bai Jianjun, a decorated military officer with a limp, gradually falls for her. Using modern rehabilitati 610Reads6.8Score100Shelves

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    A high-quality period drama. Very enjoyable, nuanced, and evocative. A book you won't want to put down.

20. 420 九 Cheated Out of My Inheritance in the 1990s, I Go Wild and Take Them All Down 九零被吃绝户，我靠发癫嘎嘎乱杀 More Trees, More Rain木多雨也多Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + space + putting scumbags in their place + making money + serving the nation] Xia Ran sacrificed her life saving someone in her previous life. Only later did she learn that her soul had been taken by mistake, but by then there was no going back. With her compensation (a space + perfect photographic memory + superhuman strength), she transmigrated to 1990 and into the body of Xia Yindi, whose husband had just died. Xia Yindi had been reborn from a later era, but died on the spo 130Reads9.1Score175Shelves

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    If you want to live a great life, you should start criticizing others early; if you want a smooth life, you need plenty of money!

21. 421 七 The Seventies: Everyone in the Family Is Obsessed With the Grind, and Completely Unhinged 七零，卷，全家都卷，还癫 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period + spatial dimension + military marriage + pampered romance + mischievous comedy + feel-good power fantasy + family life + outrageous parents who dote on their daughter + face-slapping + talented heroine] This is the story of an ordinary farming family that gradually rises from the humblest beginnings to become a wealthy household. Also known as: “The 1970s: If You Treat Me Badly, I Won’t Take You Along for the Ride” A lighthearted comedy about building a career, a whol 20.4kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves

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    1✨Han Ke stroked the goose's head, "Alright, I didn't raise you for nothing. From now on, whether it's fighting injustice, robbing, or doing all sorts of bad things, it'll all depend on you. Because you're outside the scope of the law, you can be a lawless outlaw. I have high hopes for you. 😎 ✨I really want to knock these two third wheels off, so they can never shine again. 💫 ⭐️"Remember, I love Auntie. I'll give Auntie money when I earn it." Da Ya declared first. "I'll take care of Auntie when I grow up." Da Hu also declared. "When Auntie is gone, I, I'll break a pot for her." Er Hu felt they hadn't gotten to the point. 😅 "..." Han Ke, "..." No need. 😬

22. 422 魂 My Soul Travels Back to 1972, Where I Raise Beauties and Ride the Tide of the Times 魂穿七二，培养美人横扫时代浪潮 Stars Can Set the Prairie Ablaze星星可以燎原Historical1.7M WordsCompleted [Period] [Sign-In] [Divine Doctor] [Space] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] A real estate tycoon transmigrates into 1972 and binds to the Red Dust Karma System from the start! Ling Feng uses supplies and skills to establish absolute authority, winning hearts through “feeding” and “protection.” Ling Feng has a portable space, peerless medical skills, and deadly combat abilities. He knows that in these unusual times, supplies give you face, personal connections are the substance, and your fists are your 13.5kReads7.4Score1.5kShelves

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    Super exciting historical fiction, ruthless and decisive, grand in scale, and incredibly thrilling.

23. 423 七 A 1970s Army Officer Is Forced to Marry, but His Whole Family Spoils Her 七零军官被迫娶妻，奈何全家宠爆 Ugly Little Thing丑小样Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate world + transmigration + pocket dimension + military marriage + cozy daily life + sweet romance + devoted couple] A family of three sets out on a road trip, but how did she end up alone in the barren countryside of the 1970s? Where are her parents? Spoiled since childhood, Qiao Anxi is completely at a loss. Her original body's so frail that she clearly can't carry heavy loads or do hard labor. What is she supposed to do? Oh, it looks like she got a handsome soldier fiancé thrown in, t 6.4kReads8.7Score683Shelves
24. 424 重 Reborn in 1990: The Fat Wife Wants a Divorce, and the Soldier King Panics 重生90：肥妻提离婚兵王他急了 White Jade Falling by the River汀白落玉Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Farming] “Bang!” Jiang Ruyan opened her eyes to discover she had become a 160-jin bride in the 1990s! Her original self had been married off to the Fu family by her son-preferring parents for an 8,000-yuan bride price, only to have her breath choked out by her qipao on her wedding night. A top agricultural science graduate from the 21st century took one look at her swollen face in the mirror and nearly blacked out. Lose weight! S 406Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a chubby, unsophisticated woman who doesn't know how to dress or put on makeup. The male protagonist doesn't dislike her, but he doesn't like her either. They separate after their first marriage because applying for military dependent status takes a month. During that month, the female protagonist doesn't eat or drink and exercises, even fainting from hunger, but finally succeeds in losing weight. The male protagonist picks her up at the train station and is stunned by her beauty. Afterwards, the female protagonist maintains her stance of a marriage of convenience, but the male protagonist eventually falls for her and begins a tumultuous pursuit to win her back.

25. 425 军 Five Years of Marriage, and He Never Comes Home: If You Don't Love Me, Let's Divorce 军婚五年家都不回：不爱，那就离 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted The author has lived in a military compound as a military wife for eleven years. Come see what real military life is like. The short drama Raising Kids in the Seventies, starring Wang Kaimu and Wang Yunyun, is now streaming on the Tomato platform. Watch it for free on Hongguo. Feel-good story + period setting + military marriage + raising children + mutually faithful romance + winning back his wife + authentic life in a military compound The new book is almost complete too. If you’ve finished th 29.3kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves

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    This book is a period romance novel with a satisfying plot [thumbs up][thumbs up][gossip], telling the story of a transmigrated/reborn female protagonist who suffers five years of neglect in her military marriage, is ignored by her husband and bullied by her in-laws, but protects her adorable child and awakens to fight back, decisively throwing out divorce papers, while building her career and taking revenge on her ex-husband, making him regret his actions.

26. 426 前 My Ex-Husband Raises His Daughter's Child, While I Marry a Commander with My Own Child 前夫替闺女养娃，我带崽嫁首长 Huahua Wants to Be Famous花花想火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period military marriage + dimension + second male lead rises to the top + raising children + reborn] On the day of her daughter’s college entrance celebration, Bai Yulian, the widow her husband had supported for years, produced a paternity test. “The hospital switched the babies back then. Qingning is my daughter. She’s yours.” Song Wan looked at her biological daughter, now disabled and mentally impaired, who had been taken deep into the mountains and had three children there. She fainted on 1.7kReads8.7Score279Shelves
27. 427 六 Cultivating Immortality in the Sixties: Life Is Worth Living 六零修仙，人间值得 Mo Zhaixing莫摘星Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted No transmigration, no System, everything is done by hand. Mo Zhaixing was called an idiot ever since she was little. One day, she awakened and discovered that she was actually a cultivator! The real world has scant spiritual energy, but that's no problem: the small worlds are rich in it! She robs the rich to help the poor and pities all living things. She cultivates diligently, yet still can't break through... Wait?! All these hardships were meant to make her work more diligently after returning 475Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Breaking through the ceiling of development, let's push forward, Chinese people! 🔝

28. 428 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1970s: Every Strike Against My Adopted Daughter Is Fatal 老太太重生七零：刀刀刀养女的命 Qiong Sang Huohuo穷桑火火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yu Mingxiang had cancer. The moment she transferred her assets to her daughter, the girl turned on her and threw her out. Only then did Yu Mingxiang learn that the girl wasn't her biological child at all. Her wicked adopted daughter had killed her entire family! After dying a miserable death in the street, Yu Mingxiang opened her eyes and found herself thirty years in the past, half a month before her whole family was sent to the countryside. Her adopted daughter was stand 58.1kReads8.7Score6.6kShelves
29. 429 八 Reborn in the Eighties: System in Hand, Crushing Scumbags and Raising Kids 八零重生：系统在手，虐渣养崽 Yi Cheng Wan Xu依澄晚叙Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted Dumping My Scumbag Husband: I Strike It Rich Raising Kids with the System Lin Yicheng is reborn in 1982. On the third day after giving birth to twins, her scumbag husband Chen Jianjun and sister-in-law Chen Zhaodi join forces to frame her. They seize her dowry and brand her a woman who brings ruin to her husband and family. In her previous life, she fought to protect her children, only to watch them starve to death, get sold herself, and die of cold and hunger. This time, she unexpectedly binds —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's finished. [Smile]

30. 430 美 The Gorgeous, Tough Wife Joins the Army with Her Child, Leaving the Big Shot in a Panic 美艳悍妻携崽随军，大佬心慌慌 Er Wu Tongtong迩乌彤彤Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the era setting + pocket space + transmigrated into a book as a villain] Shi Zhiyan transmigrates into the former wife of the heroine’s younger cousin in an era-set novel. She is a cannon-fodder character who takes out her anger by blackening the heroine, and serves as a foil to the heroine, her younger female cousin. She is cast as a busty, foolish, delinquent second female lead, there to highlight the heroine’s virtue and kindness. In the end, her cousin joins the army wi 9.7kReads8.5Score816Shelves
31. 431 携 Reborn with Billions in Supplies, I Marry the Commander While Pregnant 携亿万物资重生，挺孕肚嫁首长 Guagua Loves Instant Noodles爱吃泡面的瓜瓜Modern Romance470k WordsCompleted [Military romance in the era + spirit-spring space + capitalist heiress + twins and child-rearing + face-slapping and crushing scum] After a miserable life in which her family fortune was stolen, her husband was reported “killed in action,” and she was separated from her children, Su Linghua is reborn on the night her own mother and uncle framed her! This time, her divine merit space opens early! She turns around and reports her scheming, fake-sweet cousin and an old cadre, bringing the two of t 964Reads6.9Score116Shelves

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    Rebirth + Spiritual Spring Space + Adorable Twins – this historical romance novel's premise is incredibly appealing! The female lead is ruthless and decisive, emptying her family's fortune and heading straight for her elite soldier husband. From being mocked as a capitalist's daughter to being revered throughout the entire military region, the plot is packed with exciting moments. The romance is delicate and touching; the cold-faced officer's doting moments with his wife will have you grinning from ear to ear! 😘😘😘

32. 432 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.8kReads8.6Score826Shelves

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    You could try these two books. They're relatively new, so the plots aren't as clichéd as the older ones; they're quite fresh. You should give them a try.

33. 433 娃 The Baby's Already Here, and Now You Say My Officer Husband Is the Wrong Man? 娃都生了，你才说军官老公搞错了 Aren't Cats Adorable?小猫不可爱吗Modern Romance709k WordsCompleted [Period setting + both leads reborn + transmigrate into a book + secret identities exposed + one-on-one romance + sweet pampering] The rating just came out, so it’ll rise over time. Su Tong wakes up one day to find she’s transmigrated into a period novel. She’s become the male lead’s disposable ex-wife, who makes a scene, breaks off their engagement, and ends up dying miserably in the street. Meanwhile, the heroine takes advantage of the situation and wins the heart of the future general with he 5.5kReads8.3Score752Shelves

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    I absolutely love this book! The plot is engaging and concise, and the writing is superb!

34. 434 七 The 1970s: I Transmigrated into a Book, and My Lazy Husband Is No Match for Me 七零穿书：女配嫁懒汉你懒我更懒 Ming Baby明宝宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: (Devoted husband + triplets + seven gourd babies + both leads are a bit of a handful) Xu Ya transmigrates from the apocalypse to the 1970s and, from the start, marries a lazy, difficult husband. He's so handsome? She's keeping him. She's the fake daughter? The real daughter is reborn and back for revenge? So what? She's not scared. There's a baby on the way. She's pregnant? A stunning educated youth has her eye on Xu Ya's husband? She must be blind. He's not available. All kinds o 6.2kReads8.3Score492Shelves
35. 435 军 Military Marriage: The Commander’s White-Moonlight Returns with a Pocket Dimension 军婚：首长白月光携空间杀回来了 The Yu Family's Fish Head于家的鱼头Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Military romance in a bygone era + jade pendant space + devoted couple + sweet romance] A lawless little sweetheart VS the aloof Demon King of the capital's elite circle Jiang Shuwei has a dream. In it, the Jiang family is ruined by Fu Yanchen. Her grandparents, parents, and beloved elder brother all die, fall ill, or go mad... Her own fate is just as tragic, and she only learns the truth as she lies dying. Fu Yanchen, the man she has been married to for years, has stayed faithful to her cousin 3.5kReads8.7Score511Shelves

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    Ninth Master had been plotting this for a long time! A powerful cheat ability!

36. 436 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Whole Village’s Cannon Fodder Hear My Thoughts and Change Their Fates 穿书七零：全村炮灰听我心声改命 Drunk Bowl of Wind醉碗风Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted An alternate setting [Transmigrate into a book + ensemble cast + controllable inner thoughts + period setting + adored by all] After working overtime for a full month, Xie Yao drops dead. Before losing consciousness, she thinks she’s done for. But who would have thought she’d get another chance at life? When she wakes up, someone has pulled her out of a river. She’s arrived inside the period novel she was reading. Worse, it’s an angst-filled story, and she isn’t the heroine or even a supporting 119Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Already wanting to try it] 🥰

37. 437 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    It's truly a great read! It's a historical romance novel set in the 1970s, featuring a rugged, rugged male lead, sweet romance, transmigration, a male lead obsessed with love, and raising children. Ruan Niannian transmigrates into a novel set in the 1970s, becoming the love-struck female supporting character of the same name. She goes to the countryside with the male lead, who uses her as an ATM before getting engaged to the female lead. To get his attention, she gets involved with Jiang Ran, the poorest and fiercest man in the village. Everyone in the village waits to see them fail, but they end up having one child, two children, three children, and living in a big house—their life is incredibly happy and fulfilling...

38. 438 在 Stealing the Heroine’s Fortunes in the 1970s, I Snag a Soldier and Marry Him 在七零抢女主机缘，拐个军官结婚 Drunk Bowl of Wind醉碗风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Six-year age gap + love at first sight + slow and steady + everyday life] Cheng Zhiyu woke up from a nap to discover she had transmigrated into a book, and not just any character: she had become a cannon-fodder character who was supposed to give the heroine golden fingers. All the original heroine’s golden fingers actually belonged to the cannon-fodder character. The original character was meant to hand them over, but Cheng Zhiyu wasn’t about to. She took the heroine’s golden fingers for hers 4.2kReads5.6Score450Shelves
39. 439 全 The Whole Village Calls Me a Freeloader? I'll Eat Like a King and Make Them Jealous 全村骂我吃软饭？我猛吃香死他们 I Was Born a Genius朕生来便是大才Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, and it’ll drop more, so read it now. I’ll hide it if it falls below five stars.] Rich second-generation heir Lin Guosheng transmigrates to the rural countryside of the 1960s, where people barely have enough to eat or wear! Last life, he ate, drank, and had fun. This life, he eats bran and works the fields! He works until he passes out! He’s bedridden! He can’t carry anything on his shoulders or lift a thing with his hands! … Lin Guosheng’s mother sticks out her backsi 199Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    It's good-looking and super funny; this type is quite rare.

40. 440 恶 The Wicked Widow Slaughters Her Way Through the Wilderness with Her Kids in the Seventies 恶毒寡妇，带崽在七零野区乱杀 It's Not Too Late to Know Winter知冬未晚Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted An apocalyptic superpowered queen transmigrates into the role of a wicked widow and cannon fodder in the 1970s. With a divine temple pocket dimension and a villain self-rescue System, she turns her life around, raises two burdensome children into a fortune, and happens to bring a powerful superhuman back into her life. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Transmigrated into a vicious widow in the 1970s? The post-apocalyptic queen handles it with ease! With a spatial system, she raises children, makes money, tears apart villains, encounters powerful figures with superpowers, and rises from cannon fodder to become the richest woman of her era!

41. 441 重 Reborn in 1968: You Deceive Me, You Deceive Everyone 重生1968：你骗我骗大家骗 Chuanyu Koi川雨锦鲤Urban282k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1968, an anti-fraud engineer has no computers or big data, yet still catches con artists so thoroughly they start questioning their lives. “I've died once, so in this life, I just want to make sure the scammers die before I do.” 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Smiling face][Smiling face][Smiling face]

42. 442 八 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零，首长不追了，带崽离婚真香 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 35.7kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves

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    So good!!! A classic "wife-chasing-after-the-crimson" trope, the second male lead takes his place! [Kissing emojis]

43. 443 星 The Star Chef Stir-Fries Jiangshi, Driving Uncle Nine's World Wild with Cravings 星厨爆炒僵尸，馋疯九叔的世界 Little Lucky Immortal Crab小福仙蟹蟹Mystery324k WordsCompleted Chu Liuwei transmigrated into Uncle Jiu's world and became his junior granduncle. Others ran at the sight of zombies. He got hungry. “This zombie meat... The texture's firm. It should be delicious after three hours of braising.” Others cultivated through painstaking practice. He cultivated by eating. Years later, his very own restaurant opened to the world. The line stretched from the King of Hell's palace to the Southern Heavenly Gate. Even Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha sent him a dream to reserve a 13Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 444 八 The Darling of the 1980s 八十年代掌中娇 Shu Ning舒甯Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she owned five apartments in the capital and drove a big G whenever she went out. But after opening her eyes, she found herself a country girl in the 1980s. Her father, seeking to get ahead, latched onto a “rich heiress” and wanted to divorce her mother. Fine, let them get divorced! Her younger brother, who worshipped the rich and looked down on the poor, could go live with the mistress. She would start over with her two younger sisters! They collected bat guano, sold quail 5.3kReads8.8Score642Shelves
45. 445 护 The Protector of the Nation, the Eldest Princess, Raises Hell in the 1950s 护国长公主在五十年代撒泼打滚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted After the Guardian Princess died peacefully of old age, she was reborn in a small mountain village. There was a young man in the village who wanted to go fight the Japanese, but his parents refused because he wasn’t married and had no children. The young man went to the princess for help. After thinking it over, she agreed. Once the princess became pregnant, the young man left. And then he never sent word again. As soon as the country was founded, the princess set out on a journey to find her hu 18.2kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
46. 446 八 An Army Wife in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables on the Snowy Plateau 八零军嫂，雪域高原种菜忙 A Bountiful Harvest for a Prosperous Year五谷丰登庆丰年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A military-marriage and farming novel. The early chapters feature plenty of conflict and foreshadowing, and the story is set in the early 1980s. If you can’t accept the mainstream attitudes of that era and prefer feel-good wish-fulfillment stories, this may not be for you. Your support keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Please keep your comments civil. I’m grateful to every reader who takes the time to read. Qian Duoduo, a post-00s college student, goes back in time afte 2.7kReads9.0Score220Shelves
47. 447 军 The Fussy Wife of a Military Romance Hero Awakens in the ’70s 军婚年代文男主的作精老婆觉醒了 Unhurried Swordheart剑心悠悠Modern Romance243k WordsOngoing [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + devoted couple + face-slapping] [Selfish, spoiled troublemaker x possessive, brooding male lead hopelessly in love] * When Chen Zhenyi wakes up one morning, she suddenly realizes that she is the troublesome ex-wife from a period romance novel. She glances at the man still asleep beside her, then angrily grabs him and shakes him awake. That dog of a man is always going on about how much he loves her. She knew he had to be lying! Divorce. They 8Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 448 七 The 1970s: From the Start, I Give Birth, and My Rough-and-Ready Husband Dotes on Me 七零之开局生崽糙汉老公宠爆了 Playful Demon妖逗Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration + period setting + military marriage + golden finger + raising children + daily life] Siyueyue: ??? I have to give birth from the start? And to twins? My husband died in service? I've been single for thirty years, and now I've transmigrated straight into a childbirth scene. The kids' father died in service, but I'm not worried. I'll raise the babies myself. I'll use all the world's delicious food to raise them into chubby little things. Even my in-laws, who eat with us, have 6.6kReads8.8Score512Shelves

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    🍀🍀Isn't this my dream husband? Just imagine being held in such strong arms, how wonderful that would be... Cough, I'm dreaming, she's married. Hmm? Wait, this isn't her.

49. 449 六 The 1960s: I Became the Protagonist's Vicious Eldest Sister-in-Law 六十年代之我是主角的恶毒大嫂 Chubby Rice Ball瘦瘦的圆子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1960s + cozy everyday life + workers + building a fortune + raising children later on] Huang Qinqin was given her name because her parents hoped she would grow up diligent and hardworking. But things didn't turn out as they had hoped. The Huang family has three siblings, and her parents and two older brothers are all hardworking. Huang Qinqin, meanwhile, is famous far and wide for being lazy! People in the steel factory's residential compound have always said the Huangs were crazy to spend mone 11.3kReads7.7Score827Shelves
50. 450 小 The Little One’s Happy Life 小不点的幸福生活 Mu Huo Qing木火青Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [1970s setting + transmigration into a book + the whole family dotes on her + everyday family life + building wealth + a touch of ensemble cast] Lin Xiaoman was born into the world of the lucky heroine novel, A Happy Life in the 1970s with Yi Ke. Unfortunately, she wasn't Yi Ke. She was just the contrast character in Yi Ke's happy life. The dutiful daughter who hoped her father would make something of himself looked at him, lazing about and wasting his time on cockfighting and dog-walking. His t 58.7kReads8.9Score3.9kShelves

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    The tadpoles search for their father to save their family from a tragic fate. (The original female lead is a very good person, not someone who is being vilified.)

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