Space-Time Fiction With a Male Lead Who Works Hard to Get Rich 空间年代文，男主，勤劳致富的

1. 1 年 Period: A House Full of Educated Youths, and the Neighboring Sisters Are Getting Anxious 年代：满屋女知青，邻家姐妹急了 Liang Sangen梁三更Urban456k WordsOngoing [Reborn + multiple heroines + hunting + mountain foraging + gourmet food + System + family life + cozy everyday moments + feel-good rags-to-riches story] In 1978, the wave of educated youth returning to the cities begins! In his previous life, Zhou Yunfeng did everything he could to curry favor with the educated young women so he could return to the city with them. He even stole all his family’s savings to buy himself a chance, including the money his mother needed to save her life! But as soon 82Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This is a perfect example of a male-oriented period drama, incredibly realistic, without any melodramatic tropes or oppressive themes, and completely devoid of the clichéd "doting husband" trope. The book is still in its early stages, but it's absolutely worth reading—a must-read! Hurry up and check it out, or you'll miss out! Aa ...

2. 2 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 42.6kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds

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   Historical setting, rebirth, adventures in Northeast China involving hunting, fishing, farming, and everyday life; stories of life within stories; humor and comedy.

3. 3 年 A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生 Wen Youcai文有财Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis. 62.9kReads7.7Score9k14d adds

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   A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the depths of the Greater Khingan Mountains in the 1960s, carrying his previous life's spatial abilities and equipment. He and his companions explore, hunt, and earn money. The story is exciting and fast-paced, with hunting as the main plot, interspersed with cross-province searches for relatives, treasure hunts, fighting spies, exploring fortresses, tomb raiding, and adventure. The pets are novel: wolverines, red dogs, black horses, yellow-throated martens, and reindeer. Updates are stable, and the game is entirely hand-written. Welcome to the series!

4. 4 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 394Reads7.4Score9114d adds

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   Rice and water spinach are grown on the river surface; fish and shrimp are raised in enclosures; grapes and kiwis are grown in the valley; ginseng is grown; rabbits and bamboo rats are raised; fruit trees and crops are grafted. Clothing factories, furniture factories, chain clothing stores, and real estate are also possible.

5. 5 日 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban523k WordsCompleted Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 659Reads6.4Score—14d adds
6. 6 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 14.7kReads8.1Score80914d adds
7. 7 重 Reborn in 1960: The System Helps Me Rule the Hunting Grounds 重生60：系统助我猎界称雄 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban345k WordsCompleted Li Changsheng became a thirty-year mortgage slave after buying a home with no down payment. With housing prices falling and his job gone, he was on his way home when he kindly helped an elderly person who had fallen, only to be extorted by them. So he simply dragged them along to die with him, ridding the world of two bad people. Unexpectedly, he then received a Cloning System and transmigrated, reborn into the body of another Li Changsheng in 1960. See how Li Changsheng uses the Cloning System 990Reads6.1Score—14d adds
8. 8 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 615Reads8.0Score—14d adds
9. 9 我 I Fish with Dragon Blood, and Every Fish and Shrimp in the Sea Goes Wild 我用龙血钓鱼，海中鱼虾都疯了 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Fishing with dragon blood sends every fish and shrimp in the sea into a frenzy. Tempering my body with dragon blood and making a name for myself with dragon fists. I use dragon dung and urine in my space to grow ginseng and tea plants. Every year, I drip another drop of dragon blood beneath the tea plants. Regularly drinking the tea they produce delays aging, strengthens the body, promotes longevity, fortifies the bones and sinews, beautifies the skin, turns white hair black, and even boosts vir 711Reads8.6Score17114d adds
10. 10 何 How to Chase Away Worries? Fish Until Your Cooler Overflows 何以解忧钓鱼爆护 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban744k WordsCompleted Zhang San used to be a street vendor selling leather shoes. When the city launched a campaign to become civilized, street vending was banned. Just as he found himself out of work, his girlfriend betrayed him and ran off with the savings he had built up over six years of selling at his stall. Drunk, Zhang San went fishing by the river and unexpectedly hooked a Shanhe Ring. The ring had been forged by the Primordial Immortal Venerable from fragments of worlds and various heavenly treasures. It con 1.4kReads8.7Score10314d adds
11. 11 钓 A Fisherman Across Time and Space: A Blood-Soaked Fight Against Japan 钓者跨时空：浴血抗日行 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban130k WordsCompleted In a parallel world, in Heishui Town, Hanjing City, a false nation on the Dark Star, Zhou Jianhua accidentally discovers a time machine created by the previous civilization in its final days in an attempt to save the world. The time machine can take him to worlds from the past, but it cannot reach the future. Inside the machine, Zhou Jianhua obtains the Repentance Fishing Boat, which can be upgraded. The Confession Time Machine itself can also be upgraded, and he can travel through time three ti 55Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 莸 I Gain the Water God's Inheritance, and Fishing Is No Longer Hard 莸得水神传承，钓鱼不再难 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban300k WordsCompleted Nan Canghai had his achievements stolen and was fired from his job, so he went out for a walk to clear his head. Caught in a sudden downpour, he happened upon an old, dilapidated Water God Temple by the river. Curious, Nan Canghai ducked inside to take shelter and look around. By a stroke of fate, he merged with the remnant soul of an ancient Water God. Not only did he inherit the Water God's legacy, he also obtained a treasure that controlled water: the Black Tortoise Banner, one of the Four Di 752Reads8.6Score—14d adds
13. 13 重 Reborn as a Cow: Ruling the Dark Planet 重生成牛：称霸黑暗星球 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban113k WordsCompleted Ye Daniu transmigrated and was reborn in the body of an African buffalo that had just been killed by a lion. Using human intelligence, he killed the lion and became the King of the Buffaloes. From then on, the African buffaloes began practicing martial arts and forming battle formations, wiping out prides of lions and packs of wolves. They exterminated the hyenas, unified the grasslands, and became its overlords. When the apocalypse arrived, the King of the Buffaloes led herds of buffaloes, zebr 144Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 重 Back to the Late 1970s, I Have a Choice System 重回70年代末，我有选择系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban766k WordsCompleted A modern food-delivery rider was hit by a heavy truck while saving someone and sent back to the 1970s, reborn as an educated youth about to take the college entrance exam. Ding! The choice System has been activated. A choice has been triggered. Choice One: Take the college entrance exam? No way. You can return to the city freely in a year, so stay in the village for another year. Reward: Become the village secretary's live-in son-in-law. Choice Two: The college entrance exam is the only way to c 17.6kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
15. 15 重 Reborn in 1974: I Take My Space with Me to the Countryside 重生1974年，我带空间去下乡 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban642k WordsCompleted Li Feng, a wage slave working a 996 schedule, accidentally activated the pocket dimension in the jade pendant his grandfather left him before he died. As a devoted fan of web novels on Tomato, how could he not know what opportunity was coming his way? “Grandpa! Bless your grandson with a chance to transmigrate to an awesome world. I’ll make sure our Li family has plenty of descendants.” The newly unemployed wage slave gathered what little money he had and stockpiled some supplies. Now he waits f 16.4kReads7.8Score67314d adds
16. 16 重 Back to 1973: I Have a Sign-In System 重回1973，我有签到系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban898k WordsOngoing A wage slave among wage slaves was summoned to work overtime in the middle of the night. On his way home at dawn, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sent him back to the fervent era. Armed with an incomplete cultivation sign-in System, let's see how he makes his mark in those turbulent times. 16.4kReads6.8Score1.1k14d adds
17. 17 重 A Reborn Country Boy 重生的农村少年 Hakka Man客家汉子Urban57k WordsOngoing An ordinary worker at a state-owned enterprise faced the same unchanging machinery every day, along with clouds of dust and greasy lubricant. Then, by chance, he returned to the summer he could never forget. —Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 重 Reborn: I Take My Entire Class of Underachievers to College 重生，我带学渣班全员上本科 Half a Life of Poverty穷酸半老Urban1.2M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of the novel Reborn: I Took My Entire Class of Underachievers to College is now streaming on Hongguo Short Drama and Tomato. Please check it out! [An education novel with no System, no superpowers, and plenty of heart] Yang Mingyu, a master teacher of his generation, has spent his whole life regretting the total failure of his first class of “underachievers.” By chance, he returns to the world twenty years earlier. He faces once again the class that the entire school h 1.1kReads8.8Score15814d adds
19. 19 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is the Heiress of a Capitalist Family 七零，我的老婆是资本家大小姐 Flowers Fly in May五月飞花Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Hunting + capitalist heiress as wife + raising children + getting rich + one heroine] Zhou Wenshan joins the ranks of transmigrators and returns to the 1970s. From the start, his engagement is called off! As luck would have it, a capitalist family is sent down to the village. Zhou Wenshan takes one look at their daughter, Chen Wan, and falls for her… … Chen Wan's family is framed and sent down to Zhoujia Village. They don't get enough to eat and still have to work in the fields. Then Chen Wan s 173.3kReads8.5Score13k14d adds
20. 20 重 Reborn in 2005: Rising from a Shady Brokerage 重生2005，从黑中介开始崛起 Planet Battle King星球战击王Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn in 2005: Rising from a Shady Agency, My Secretary and I Were Reborn Together, and My Golden Finger Is My Girlfriend [Two people reborn] [50% urban slice of life + 30% entrepreneurship + 20% romance] [No System] [No tired tropes] Ning Yu, a mob boss, is reborn in 2005. He knows nothing about the stock market, can't remember lottery numbers, and has neither resources nor connections. How can he earn his first pot of gold? He doesn't want to repeat his old mistakes this time ar 9.2kReads8.8Score59414d adds
21. 21 降 Dragon-Subduing Divine Constable 降龙神捕 Sharp Edge Hidden in Night Eyes夜眸藏锋Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted After several years as a police officer, I found myself in a strange and fantastical world. Mountain spirits roam the hills, while vengeful spirits, evil ghosts, and zombies appear in endless numbers at night. Though weak as ants, we should still aspire to greatness. Though oppressed, we must forge an unyielding heart. That was all nonsense. I’m just a low-level constable, working for the yamen. Greetings, honored sirs. 80.9kReads9.2Score10.9k14d adds
22. 22 我 My Life in 1975 我在1975年的那些事 Your Bro Yang Next Door隔壁你阳哥Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two worlds connected + transmigration + period setting + everyday life + pocket dimension + special abilities + decisive violence + multiple female leads + no simping + business. A story spanning two worlds, from 1975 to 2025. It all begins with catching someone in the act. After an accident, Chen Chang'an discovers something strange about his wife. It leaves him disoriented and even frantic, and he dies in a car crash. By a stroke of luck, he arrives in a parallel world in 1975 and gains the ab 4.9kReads8.6Score34614d adds
23. 23 穿 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, My Beast Companion Is a Vampire 穿越年代，我的御兽是吸血鬼 Who Am I Wandering For为谁去流浪Rural Life500k WordsOngoing A grounded tale of rural life and farming, adventure in another world, beast taming, and immortality. After transmigrating to an impoverished village in 1955, Zhou Jiasheng becomes the family outcast, the eldest child no one wants! His parents take his siblings to the city to get a job with a state-owned enterprise, leaving him behind in the countryside with food but no money, to fend for himself. Just when he is at his wits' end, the troublemaking System that caused him to transmigrate is alrea 76.7kReads8.4Score9.5k14d adds

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    A novel about getting rich through adventures in another world

24. 24 重 Reborn in 1978: Getting Rich When a Black Bear Accepts Me as Its Master 重生78：暴富从黑熊认主开始 The Cat Who Stays Up Late Instead of Writing熬夜不写稿的猫Urban166k WordsOngoing Xiao Congwu, an overworked wage slave in his previous life, dies suddenly and wakes up reborn in the Changlingzi Mountains in 1978, with a black bear staring straight at him. He thinks he’s in a deadly situation from the start and about to die on the spot, but then the birthmark on his chest inexplicably begins to glow. It forms a special bond with the black bear, and he takes the ruler of the mountains as his sidekick! From then on, Xiao Congwu has free rein in the mountains. Pheasants and rabb 41Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Looking for a good read? I highly recommend "Rebirth in 1978: Getting Rich Quick, Starting with a Contracted Black Bear" – a novel where the male protagonist becomes wealthy through hard work in a historical setting! Reborn in 1978, the protagonist, Xiao Congwu, awakens his contract ability and gains the help of a powerful black bear! He refuses to be a sycophant, tears apart scheming young women, and doesn't rely on opportunism. He hunts and digs ginseng in the mountains, earning money through hard work, protecting his sister, supporting his family, and striving for a better life. The black bear companion concept is fresh, the confrontations with difficult characters are satisfying, and both career and romance are well-developed. If you enjoy novels about male protagonists getting rich in a historical setting, this is a must-read!

25. 25 玩 Playing the Ancient Immortal Path 玩古仙途 Playing with Antiquities玩古Urban533k WordsOngoing Ancient artifacts conceal strange secrets, and ordinary mortals dare knock on the gates of immortality. Young Fang Chen seeks out mysterious relics buried by time, and comes across a jade pendant with its own space. Through the struggles of the apocalypse, he parts layer upon layer of mist. Is the world a prison, or a game? Wherever he looks, a road lies ahead! He cultivates immortality all the way, and in the end, the young man attains the Great Dao! 1.9kReads6.2Score13714d adds

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    Youth + Space + Cultivation + Fantasy

26. 26 魂 I Reincarnated as Sha Zhu, and From the Start It Was a Night of Passion with Lou Xiaoe 魂穿傻柱开局是与娄晓娥的销魂夜 Pine Shadows and Moonlight in the Courtyard半庭松月Male-Channel Fanfiction661k WordsCompleted Haiwang Tong Yajun's soul transmigrates into Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan. From the start, it is the very night Lou Xiao'e is about to flee to Hong Kong with her parents and gives herself to He Yuzhu! Lou Xiao'e leaves without a word, and the jade bangle she leaves behind for Silly Zhu is accidentally stained with blood, turning into a portable pocket dimension that helps him grow and make progress in the Siheyuan... The former Haiwang now has Qin Shuiru, Yu Li, Qin Jingru, Ran Qiuye, Yu Haitang, a 275Reads5.8Score—14d adds
27. 27 非 Unnecessary Desire 非必要情动 Having Seen It All, Enjoying the Cool阅尽清凉Modern Romance276k WordsCompleted Four women: Shen Jun, Yun Mei, Yang Lanlan, and Bai Jie. Faced with the ambiguities of the internet age, the complexities of the real world, betrayal in marriage, and unspoken rules in the workplace, they are all trapped in a vast web… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 28 写 A Writer's Soul Reincarnates as Silly Zhu, Living However He Pleases 写手魂穿傻柱之随心所欲 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted He Yuzhu woke up in the body of Silly Zhu from the Siheyuan, determined not to repeat his past mistakes. But when Qin Huairu came over looking pitiful to borrow some food, he lost his head for a moment and pulled her inside. As he was feeling refreshed and getting his memories straight, he suddenly realized it was 1958. Jia Dongxu was still alive, and Qin Huairu wasn’t a widow yet! Just then, Jia Dongxu’s anxious shouts came from outside the door: “Huairu! Huairu, where are you?” 31Reads6.1Score—14d adds
29. 29 魂 Reincarnated as He Daqing, I Marry Huairu and Change My Foolish Son's Fate 魂穿何大清娶淮茹为傻儿子改命 User88002538用户88002538Urban1.2M WordsCompleted “Seven-character Regulated Verse: Reflections on Transmigrating into He Daqing” Within the courtyard, schemes bring both warmth and woe; Reborn, one hand can turn grief to joy. With clever plans, grain and meat nourish a thousand heirs; Careful mending brings two phoenixes together beneath love’s sky. Hidden talents flourish amid the bustle of the streets; A home rich in virtue opens a new path. Looking back at the lights and kitchen smoke, The He family’s branches thrive, leaning on the railing 3.2kReads6.6Score10814d adds
30. 30 一 Xu Damao, the First-Blood Champion 一血达人许大茂 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction823k WordsCompleted Crossing Between Worlds: Xu Damao's Modern Comeback Xu Damao, a top literature student, couldn't find a job after graduation and became obsessed with the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He especially envied the womanizing, cunning “Xu Damao,” jokingly calling him a master of getting women into bed. Then one day, he transmigrated and became the very Xu Damao he “admired,” just as he was about to marry the wealthy Lou Xiao'e! Faced with a courtyard full of beastly neighbors, including the calc 2.3kReads5.7Score13314d adds
31. 31 魂 Reborn as Qin Huairu: A Woman Must Stand on Her Own 魂穿秦淮茹之女人当自强 Having Seen It All, Enjoying the Cool阅尽清凉Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted After waking up, Qin Ru, a business queen worth billions, found herself turned into Qin Huairu, the timid, tragic heroine of Love in the Courtyard! Fresh from tearing into a cheating jerk and his mistress, she faced the whole courtyard full of shameless parasites and sneered, “Let's see how you like playing with me.” In the technical workshop, she modernized the production process and quickly rose to become a senior-grade worker. In management, she led sweeping reforms with an iron fist, stampin 720Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 32 穿 Transmigrated to the Siheyuan, Where I Married Huaihua 穿越四合院之我娶了槐花 User88002538用户88002538Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Modern young man Tian Xuyang is betrayed by his girlfriend and humiliated by his rival, but in his darkest hour he fights back and makes his enemies pay dearly. Just as he is sinking into a luxurious life supported by a rich woman, he suddenly discovers that his "sugar mommy" is actually Yu Li, the restaurant owner from Love in the Courtyard. He has accidentally transmigrated into a book and landed in a Beijing courtyard in the early 1980s! Among the gray tiles and brick walls, the sounds of Sil 3.7kReads—Score12914d adds
33. 33 魂 Reborn as He Yushui: Little Cop, Hurry Up and Wash My Feet 魂穿何雨水小警察快来给本宫洗脚 Having Seen It All, Enjoying the Cool阅尽清凉Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted He Xiaoyu, a mechanical engineer, suddenly died after working late night after night to finish technical drawings. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an eight-year-old girl named He Yushui, a pitiful little character with barely any presence, swept along by fate in the story of Love in the Courtyard, which she'd stayed up late reading. Looking at the small, thin figure in the mirror, He Xiaoyu took a deep breath. Since heaven had given her another chance at life, she would never let 12Reads5.8Score—14d adds
34. 34 重 Reborn in 1958: Grandpa and Grandson Stockpile for the Famine Together 重生58爷孙空间联动囤爆灾荒年 Asking the Sword, Listening to Snow问剑听雪Urban820k WordsOngoing Peng Yi built his fortune from nothing, amassing billions, only to have his own children pull the plug and abandon him in his final years. He died full of hatred. Kneeling before the grave of his beloved Su Wanqing as he drew his last breath, he learned that she had once carried his child. At just twenty-three, she had died in a famine, and mother and child had suffered every hardship life could bring! Heaven had shown mercy: Peng Yi was reborn in 1958, on the eve of their flight from famine! A 5.4kReads—Score48014d adds

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    The best historical romance novel, the male lead has a dual-space ability.

35. 35 仗 Thriving Through the Eras with My Pocket Dimension 仗着空间潇洒混年代 Chuo Chuan辶巛Urban574k WordsCompleted (Period setting) (Pocket dimension) (One female lead) (Hunting) Cheng Weiguo, an active-duty special forces soldier, sacrificed himself while covering his teammates' retreat during a mission. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a sixteen-year-old orphan in Kaoshan Village at the foot of Changbai Mountain in 1965. He inherited the original owner's memories, along with an item he'd acquired on his mission: a jade gourd pendant. It granted him a pocket dimension that could expand without l 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Good books during a reading drought

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