A Tough-as-Nails Reborn Hero in a Period-Era Story 狠人重生。年代文。

1. 51 重 Reborn in 1970: I Can Practice Martial Arts and Cultivation 重生70，我能练武修道 Wind Brings Rain风来落雨Urban1.7M WordsOngoing I transmigrate to the 1970s and choose to go work in the countryside. Period + pocket dimension + golden finger. After arriving in the countryside, I hunt, farm, and search for treasure. With my golden finger, I live a life of plenty... 196.9kReads7.7Score23.2kShelves
2. 52 重 Reborn in 1992: Rising to the Top Starting in Middle School 重生1992，从中学开始逆袭 Black Yunnan Maple黑云南枫Urban1.3M WordsOngoing In his previous life, Lin Wenjie was made a fool of. His father was framed, and his family was destroyed. Reborn in his high school days, he planned to use his memories of the future to earn his first fortune, save his family, and crush his enemies. Then he would live a happy, peaceful life. But by chance, he bought a damaged little tower from an antiques dealer, and it set him on the path to immortal cultivation. From then on, he kept finding priceless treasures and made a fortune in the stock 14.9kReads8.4Score2kShelves
3. 53 重 Reborn, the Entire Marquis's Household Is Filled with Regret 重生后，满门侯府追悔莫及 The Splendor of the Horizon天际的风采Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth and transmigration, a thoroughly uplifting power fantasy, no System, well worth a read!] He is reborn and transmigrates to a dynasty that never existed in history: Great Zhou. He is the illegitimate son of the Marquis of Yongchang, but is sent into the Marquis of Xingyong’s household as a live-in son-in-law, a lucky charm meant to ward off misfortune. There, he lives under someone else’s roof. He takes charge of the household and does his utmost to preserve the marquis’s dignity and rep 3kReads8.3Score191Shelves

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4. 54 诸 Myriad Worlds: Beginning with Mythological TV Dramas 诸天：从神话电视剧开始 Five-Hundred-Pound Fatty Beef五百斤肥牛Male-Channel Fanfiction926k WordsCompleted [High-Martial-Arts Emperor Story, the Myriad Worlds, Dynasty-Building, Ruthless and Decisive, No Female Lead] The protagonist is cold-hearted, selfish, and kills without mercy. I walk with sword in hand, command the world, and slay all living things, heedless of cause and effect, fearing neither good nor evil. On my path to immortality, who is beyond my reach to kill? The blurb does it no justice. Please turn to the main story! 3.9kReads5.9Score197Shelves
5. 55 打EN Cultivating Immortality: My Path to Unrivaled Power 打坐就能涨法力，贫道要无敌 Qian Li Tongfeng千李同风Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Crushes every opponent] [From setbacks to triumph] [One explosive breakthrough after another] [The ways of the world] [Rapidly becomes invincible] Under a gloomy sky, demons run rampant and evil spirits abound. Ordinary people struggle to survive under the protection of extraordinary forces. Cultivation sects stand high above the world, Dao Lords look down on the ants with indifference, and the word “immortal” has become the greatest taboo. Young Li Qingyun is an 55.1kReads8.7Score5.1kShelves
6. 56 谍 King of Spy Wars: This Undercover Agent Gets Danger Alerts 谍战之王：这个卧底有危险提示 Reading Along with You陪你一起读书Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Espionage + Triple Agent + Ruthless + Danger Alerts + Foresight He is the most prized disciple of Kenji Doihara, head of the Special Higher Police. He is the colonel and deputy station chief most admired by Dai Li, head of the Military Statistics Bureau. And he is also the underground Party’s elusive master assassin, “Deep Sea.” Three identities, countless faces. He walks in darkness, yet his heart always faces the light... Chu Tianheng’s soul transmigrates to an era ravaged by war. Using “Dange 18.9kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
7. 57 我 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王 Xing Xing Zi星星子Historical4.3M WordsOngoing [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 386.2kReads9.2Score32.8kShelves
8. 58 灾 Famine Years: With the System, I'm Invincible 灾荒年：拥有系统的我无敌了 Zhu Qing Who Likes Cestrum喜欢使君子的朱青Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [System] [Space] [Multiple Women] [Not Brain-dead] [Not a Saint] After transmigrating into the resource-scarce 1960s, Lin Hao loses both parents and then his grandfather right from the start, leaving him with nothing but four bare walls. Fortunately, his sign-in System arrives, and he has a mystical spring space at his disposal. Marrow-cleansing pills, supplies, and skills keep pouring in. He hunts with one hand and practices medicine with the other. He can venture into the mountains to chase bl 13.8kReads6.6Score1.4kShelves
9. 59 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 40.1kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves
10. 60 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Lie Flat! 穿越七零我躺平了！ Big Head Has a Fish大头有条鱼Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A 48-year-old man who’d chosen to lie flat transmigrates into the body of 18-year-old Li Changshun! He becomes one of the sent-down youths heading to the countryside in 1973. In Kaoshan Tun Brigade, Dongfang Commune, Dong’an County, Danjiang City, he lies in bed, keeping a low profile as he waits for the new era to arrive. (This is simply a story about the ordinary life of a sent-down youth. The writing is unassuming, and the plot moves at a fairly slow pace. It’s steeped in everyday life, not a 64.9kReads7.0Score5.2kShelves
11. 61 江 Unorthodox Remedies of the Martial World 江湖偏方 35 Bottles35瓶Urban1.3M WordsCompleted My name is Zhang Chen. A fortune-teller said I was born with a knack for unexpected riches and would never stay on the straight and narrow. But I don’t care. In this world, people who follow the rules get leftovers, while the bold get to eat meat. I haven’t had much schooling, and I don’t understand lofty principles, but I do know this: you only win if you’re willing to fight. 60.4kReads8.9Score7kShelves

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12. 62 重 Reborn in 1970: The Village's Educated Youth Beauty Takes Them All in One Swoop 重生七零，知青村花一锅端 Mu Qi暮启Rural Life648k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rags to Riches + Multiple Women + Supermarket Space + Everything Made by Hand] When he wakes up, Wang Qiulin finds himself lying on a small wooden bed in the 1970s. Nearby, he hears his fiancée plotting to sleep with another man, then pin the whole thing on him afterward to extort money. Wang Qiulin knocks them both out. He takes the woman as interest, leaves the blame for the cheating couple to bear, and poses as the victim, using the chance to break off the engagement and rui 27.7kReads6.2Score3.7kShelves
13. 63 重 Reborn in 1985 重生在一九八五 Northern Geese in Flight北雁飞舞Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Wu Tianyu never imagined that he could be reborn too. He had read countless rebirth novels and dreamed of getting a second life himself. Now it had really happened, and he was back in the 1980s, in the early days of China's reform and opening up. 18.5kReads9.1Score1kShelves
14. 64 重 Reborn: After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Head to the Frontier Countryside 重生：断亲后，我去边疆下乡 Yuwen Xi of Black Wind Stronghold黑风寨的宇文席Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [The rating has just come in. It'll go up later!] A farming story set in a bygone era + transmigration + family life + System + hunting + gathering medicinal herbs + Xinjiang Ye Zhou is reborn in 1970. From the start, his stepmother pressures him to move to the countryside. In his previous life, Ye Zhou kept giving in, and this family drained him for the rest of his life. By middle age, he was sick with every ailment under the sun, and eventually died alone in a rented room. This time, faced wit 12kReads6.8Score979Shelves
15. 65 七 Tales from an Old Hutong in Northeast China in the 1970s 七十年代东北老胡同里的故事 Hanjiang's Fair Complexion汉江的白晰Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted After struggling to survive in the apocalypse, Hua Qianyue died unexpectedly, only to encounter a blunder caused by a careless underworld official in the afterlife. After a tense negotiation, she failed to return to her body in the apocalypse. Instead, she arrived in a bustling old alley in Northeast China in 1968, carrying her personal space, healing abilities, and the medical legacy of Hua Tuo and the Qing Nang Jing, which the underworld had given her as compensation. She had become an insigni 18.6kReads6.7Score2.6kShelves

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    I especially love how the female lead tortures the enemy special agents.

16. 66 我 I Solve Cases to Put Food on the Table 我靠破案养家糊口 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1958, I moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Did I transmigrate into a TV drama or transmigrate into a book? Good thing I have so many buffs stacked that I don't have to spend all day playing family power games in one little courtyard! 6.6kReads9.3Score635Shelves
17. 67 四 Siheyuan: After the Vermin Lose It, I Take Off! 四合院，众禽破防后，我起飞了！ Still Little Wrist Bone还是小腕骨吖Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing Zhang Feiyang transmigrates into a courtyard compound, equipped with a frustration-triggering System. Tall and brawny, he brings his eight nephews along to do whatever they please, swaggering around and throwing their weight about. Eight nephews: “Second Uncle, what does it mean to run wild and domineer?” Zhang Feiyang glances at Jia Zhangshi, who’s throwing a tantrum. “This is running wild!” He walks over and slaps her fat face hard. “And that’s domineering!” Jia Zhangshi lets out a scream. “.. 23kReads7.2Score1.4kShelves
18. 68 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: From the Start, I Turned Thirteen Dragon Wholesalers into a Fortune 重生香江：开局十三长龙成首富 Cai San Gouzi菜三狗子Urban446k WordsOngoing Reborn in Xiangjiang in 1978! Business battles, business battles, business battles. Completed: The Gold Arc, The Crude Oil Arc, The Backdoor Listing Arc, The Hehuang Arc, Kowloon Wharves (assisted), Wheelock (assisted), Hongkong Electric Arc, Citibank Arc, Silver and Automobiles Arc 2kReads—Score109Shelves
19. 69 重 Reborn in 1978, I Take the College Entrance Exam with My Father 重生1978，我与父亲一起高考 The Great River Flows to the Sea大江入海流Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Period Setting, Entertainment, Rebirth, Martial Arts, Literary Great] This book, Reigniting 1978, is also known as Reborn: A Rainbow Road and Reborn in 1978: Literary and Martial Success! What makes someone a literary great? Do you think writing a few books and gaining a little fame makes you one? At most, that makes you a well-known author! Within the establishment, who would give you the time of day? A true literary great needs works that influence the entire world, but also the backing of mo 43.3kReads8.3Score3.9kShelves

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20. 70 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s with a Pocket Dimension to Become a Security Guard 穿越60带着空间当保安 No Good People in the Six Realms六界无好人Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Who am I? Where am I? Other people transmigrate, and so do I. They can crush the heavens, the earth, and everything in between. One burst of their kingly aura, and they get whatever they want. I transmigrated here and have nothing. I can’t even get enough to eat. I’m sixteen, but built like a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old. A gust of wind could blow me away. Where’s my System? Aren’t Systems standard issue for transmigrators? ... 88kReads8.5Score6kShelves
21. 71 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
22. 72 重 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 Curly Cat Whiskers猫胡子卷卷Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 46.6kReads7.8Score7.5kShelves

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    Ruthless only towards the enemy, leaving no survivors in their wake.

23. 73 穿 Transmigrated into an 1980s Novel, I Became the Phoenix Man’s Long-Suffering Wife 穿书八零我成了凤凰男的糟糠之妻 Little Cheese奶酪小生Modern Romance654k WordsCompleted Feel-good power fantasy + sweet romance + redemption! The formidable Li Yan transmigrates into the body of the downtrodden first wife of the male lead in a period novel. In the book, her husband, a contemptible man who married into a wealthy family, despises her for being uneducated and narrow-minded, and barely speaks to her. His family bullies her, knowing her stepmother is cruel, her scummy father won't protect her, and she has no powerful family to rely on. They make life difficult for her a 456Reads9.0Score101Shelves

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    This is a complete, multi-genre novel that combines elements of historical fiction, time travel, gangster fiction, government fiction, metaphysics, high-IQ fiction, cultivation fiction, and thriller... In short, it's exhilarating; incredibly exhilarating; fast-paced... [Laughing and crying emoji]

24. 74 逐 Riding the Waves of Tokyo Bay: Starting in 1945 逐浪东京湾：从1945开始 Extremely Thick Glasses近视镜特别厚Historical606k WordsOngoing The protagonist himself transmigrates to Hengbin, Japan, after its defeat in 1945. Posing as a local, he works as an interpreter for the US military, becomes a shameless collaborator, builds a yakuza organization, and wreaks havoc on the Japanese who haven't yet paid for their crimes. He also gets up to all sorts of mischief with plenty of cute girls, makes it through the occupation, and eventually becomes a financial magnate. A story about making money and living life to the fullest! As they sa 43.5kReads6.5Score3.5kShelves

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    The protagonist is intelligent, so you can read with confidence; it's a harem story. The protagonist transmigrates to a fictional world after World War II in 1945, becoming an American translator, a collaborator with the Japanese, forming the Yakuza, causing trouble for the Japanese, and having many women but not being faithful. In the end, he survives the Japanese military rule and the economy recovers, making him a tycoon.

25. 75 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: After the Broken Engagement, the Original Male Lead Trembles in Fear 年代快穿，退婚，原男主瑟瑟发抖 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: After Breaking Off Her Engagement, the Cannon Fodder Heroine Has a Lucky Pregnancy Note: This story is entirely fictional. (Alternate history + Era-hopping + Devoted couples + Adorable children + Triplets + Farming + Transmigration + Intelligent brain pocket dimension + Interstellar + More children, more blessings + Cannon fodder fights back + Face-slapping scumbags + Strong heroine + Modern romance + Republican era + Showbiz) Synopsis: The a 7.2kReads9.0Score420Shelves

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    Second Book Contents: ① 1970s: The Burden of a Second Marriage and Early Death √ ② 1960s: The Stepdaughter Deceived into a Ghost Marriage √ ③ The Stepdaughter Thrown into the Sea and Drowned in Hong Kong √ ④ 1980s: The Original Wife Buried Alive to Suppress Her Soul in Hong Kong √ ⅹ A Young and Promising Business Elite ⑤ 1970s: The Replaced True Heiress √ ⑥ A Pairing Up, The Life of a Sister-in-Law, Two Male Leads √ ⑦ The Original Wife Abandoned by Educated Youth √ ⑧ Over Fifty Years Old, Her Name Not on the Marriage Certificate ⑦ 1970s: A Comparison of a Reborn Heroine ⑨ The Tool Character and White Moonlight in Abusive Novels ⑩ 1990s: The Female Student Who Jumped to Her Death (BJ)

26. 76 四 Siheyuan: Starting Out as Little Rascal Kang Jiu 四合院：从小混蛋康九开始 The Mochi Is So Dark麻薯好黑Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted After waking from a deep sleep, I discovered I had become Kang Jiu, who was beaten to death by the children of the compound in Blood Romance. I also had a six-year-old little sister. And that wasn't all. The compound where I lived turned out to be the one from The Turbulent Households of the Courtyard. I planned to keep my head down for ten years and wait for my chance to take off. Bang Geng tried to steal my sister's food, so I slapped him flying. Jia Zhangshi tried to avenge her grandson, and 8.2kReads8.7Score306Shelves
27. 77 老 After Her Own Son Starves Her to Death, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1970s 老太太被亲儿子饿死后重生七零 Little Apple Is So Sweet小苹果真甜Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge on scumbags + family squabbles + reborn in the 1970s + everyday rural ensemble] In her previous life, after being widowed, Huang Wanqing devoted herself entirely to her children and worked herself to the bone for fifty years! She helped her four sons start families and careers, raised eight grandchildren as an unpaid nanny, and even collected scrap to help with household expenses in her old age. But after a fall left her unable to work, they abandoned her in the old house, wh 7.7kReads8.8Score558Shelves

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    I think these are pretty ruthless.

28. 78 快 Quick Transmigration! From the 1930s to the New Millennium, I Outdid Everyone 快穿！从三零到千禧我卷赢所有 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + devoted couples + sweet romance + no fixed pairing + pocket dimension + reborn + transmigration + revenge + face-slapping + comeback + calculated self-interest + fictional period setting + note that there are male supporting characters + tragic supporting characters] Note: This story is entirely fictional. In Star Calendar Year 3300, Jiang Qingqing was born in an interstellar orphanage and left unclaimed. To survive, Jiang Qingqing takes only an old, battered robot discarded by 6.2kReads8.4Score363Shelves
29. 79 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 194.4kReads9.3Score8.3kShelves
30. 80 重 Back at Fifty, My Ungrateful Children Kneel Before Me 重回五十岁，逆子逆女都跪下 Yue Sheng悦盛Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming. (A silver-haired woman’s story set in a bygone era, focused on everyday family life. If it’s not your thing, please don’t complain.) At ninety, Li Qingxiang was paralyzed on one side. Her eldest son and daughter-in-law abused her, forcing her to live in a pigsty, where she froze to death on a snowy night. When she opened her eyes, she was fifty again. Li Qingxiang decided to change how she raised her children, ditching her image as a doting mother and becoming a 5.6kReads8.7Score454Shelves
31. 81 重 Reborn: I Have XYY Syndrome, Not a Mental Illness 重生：我是超雄症不是神精病 I Really Don't Eat White Radishes我真不吃白萝卜Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Reborn + 1990s + Shanghai + Based on a True Story + Multiple Heroines] A veteran research subject at 600 Wanping South Road A patient with supermale syndrome: strong, imposing, irritable, and aggressive. The same symptoms as Qin Shi Huang, Xiang Yu, and Zhang Fei. In his previous life, he fought a bloody battle against a horde of enemies to protect his wife and child, ultimately dying alongside his nemesis in prison. Reborn, he returns to the age of fourteen with memories of his past life and a 2.3kReads7.5Score169Shelves

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    A ruthless superhero! Back to the past! To change everything! Wang Yongzhong, a patient with superhero syndrome, was misdiagnosed as mentally ill by an incompetent doctor. From that moment on, Wang Yongzhong's life was completely changed. To protect his wife and children, despite acting in self-defense, Wang Yongzhong was imprisoned for a year for accidentally injuring bystanders, and died in a struggle in prison… Wang Yongzhong is reborn, back to the 1990s, before everything has happened, and there is still time to change things. In this life, Wang Yongzhong will not allow the same thing to happen again!

32. 82 替 Take My Cousin's Place in the Countryside? I'll Empty the Whole Family's Ancestral Tombs and Dance 替堂妹下乡？搬空全家祖坟蹦迪 God of Wealth's Dark Moonlight财神黑月光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn revenge + making money and causing trouble + born to stir up chaos] In her previous life, Ruan Xianxian took her cousin's place in the countryside, then returned to the city and married the fiancé her cousin no longer wanted. She thought she'd found salvation, but what awaited her was endless patience and scheming. A heartless grandfather, a cousin who stole her golden finger, and a husband who outsourced his affection made for one bizarre family. Only when a speeding tr 44.3kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
33. 83 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: My Young Thug of a Husband Is Surprisingly More Than Meets the Eye 穿越七零，小混混老公竟深藏不露 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life) Su Xieqiu grew up with a father who didn't care for her and a mother who didn't love her. Her grandparents, who raised her, passed away early, too. After working hard to buy a home in a big city, she wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated to the planned-economy era of the 1970s. The original owner was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was timid and a little 80.9kReads9.2Score7.5kShelves
34. 84 重 Reborn as a Simpleton, I Became a Billionaire by Collecting Scrap 重生二傻子，靠收破烂成亿万富豪 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban444k WordsCompleted A ninety-three-year-old man from another timeline transmigrates to 1982. His soul takes up residence in the body of a high school student nicknamed Ersha, or “Second Fool.” The student is known as the king of repeaters. At twenty-three, he is still in high school. The original owner of the body, Wu Dazhi, was nicknamed Gouzi as a child. Despite his towering build and weight of over two hundred pounds, he was timid by nature and afraid of trouble. People bullied him constantly, but he never dared 10.3kReads6.3Score819Shelves

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    An eighty-year-old man laughed so hard he rolled around on the kang (a heated brick bed) after reading this book.

35. 85 全 My Whole Family Abuses Me? Then I'll Abuse the Whole Family! 全家都家暴我？那我家暴全家！ What Is Big Sis Eating Today?大娘今天吃什么Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Two female leads + reborn + going off the rails + no romance + a female ghost possessing someone] [A coming-of-age story. The early chapters aren't a power fantasy, so if that's not your thing, this may not be for you.] Wen Jing was an honest woman who had been abused and kept under control her entire life. Faced with a pack of calculating wolves, she was utterly powerless against them. In the end, they even planned to sell off her own daughter. Push an honest person too far, and they'll do thi 288Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    No romance in this era-defining novel. All characters are villains and madmen. The antagonists aren't stupid. The female lead starts off ruthlessly killing her entire family. Her character develops gradually. No romance! No romance! No romance!!

36. 86 假 The Fake Young Master Was Sent Back to the Countryside, Where He Turned His Life Around with His Wife and Children 假少爷被赶回农村带妻儿逆袭人生 Beautiful Spring Day春光明媚Urban1.8M WordsCompleted When Xie Zhao opened his eyes, he was back in 1983. That year, the richest family in Huxian County, the Chen family, found their real son and sent the impostor, Xie Zhao, back to Shishui Village. He couldn’t believe that the parents who had once treasured him like their own flesh and blood no longer wanted him. Had all the love they’d shown him over eighteen years been a lie? He went to ask them, but they wept and cursed him as a curse upon the family. They said he had made their biological son 20.9kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    It's really good that the male lead is reborn.

37. 87 权 At the Pinnacle of Power: I Can't Believe I'm a Scion of a Great Clan 权贵巅峰：我居然是世家子弟 Examiner of Merits司勋考功Urban4.3M WordsOngoing In 2001, Su Xi had just been assigned to a local police station. He was nothing more than an inconspicuous beat cop. During a dangerous arrest, he captured a vicious murderer alive and saved the life of a veteran police leader. Without meaning to, he also protected the career of a senior provincial department official! A stroke of luck drew him into the game, and the door to a political career opened before him. As he cracked down on organized crime and corruption, put down roots in the region, 159.5kReads9.3Score15.4kShelves

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    How ruthless is ruthless? Does killing the rope length count?

38. 88 重 Reborn in 1976: Hunting Countless Wild Beasts 重生1976：狩猎无数野物 Beacon Fire Fan烽火迷Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Completed. The new book is Reborn in 1970: Making a Fortune Through Eagle Hunting, also known as Hunting in the Mountains: My Dad Came from an Eagle-Raising Village in Northeast China. After a car accident, veteran Zhao Cang unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young street punk with the same name in the 1970s. He even gains an invincible Hunting System, launching an incredibly lucky and unbeatable hunting career. He heads into the mountains to shoot birds and pheasants with a slingsh 16.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The first book is an absolutely thrilling hunting novel set in a historical period!!! The second book, "When the Little Tiger of the Lu Family in the Northwest Emerges from the Mountain," requires you to stand at the top, and features a single female lead!

39. 89 幼 The Young Tiger Leaves the Mountain, Sweeping the Capital's Rising Elite from the Start 幼虎出山，开局横扫京城新贵 Please Give Me a Lanzhou请给我一支蘭州Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Urban + passionate + wealth fantasy + romance + one heroine] The moment the young tiger raised by the Lu family of the Northwest set foot in the capital, a storm was bound to erupt. Old feuds between the great families, clashes among the newly powerful: the young tiger was destined to become the lord of the mountain. “Stop picking me up all the time. It's embarrassing,” the little girl pouted in protest. Lu Wei scratched his head awkwardly. Even the lord of the mountain had to bow his head for 35.2kReads8.7Score3.3kShelves
40. 90 疯 My Unhinged Wife Is a Little Pig 疯批媳妇儿是小猪 Shi Qibao十柒宝Modern Romance257k WordsOngoing [Childhood Friends] [Loyal Dog] [Unhinged] [Wife-Obsessed Protector] He Pingye was knocked silly, and became both crazy and domineering. But nobody knew he had simply been reborn. In his previous life, he died horribly. His soul drifted without a home as he watched the "little pig" he had personally cared for and protected for twenty years, his little moon, sacrifice her freedom and lose the use of her legs for dancing in order to avenge him. She endured everything in silence, suffering one humi 3.6kReads—Score209Shelves

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    This new book, from the early 1990s, has a great story and excellent writing. [I've learned something new!]

41. 91 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance995k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This book is incredibly good! [Sparrow's Masterpiece] It's a military marriage with no stepmothers, the female lead is intelligent and independent, not a saint or a charity worker, and works hard to get into a vocational school instead of going to the countryside. It mainly depicts the warm daily life of the main family, with reasonable prices and no lowbrow humor. [Already hooked!]

42. 92 在 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零，伪装归国神豪 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban239k WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 22Reads—Score127Shelves

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    Back then, I was in Youzhou

43. 93 重 Back to the 1970s: Bringing Hundreds of Billions of Supplies to the Army 重回七零，带上千亿物资去随军 You Man有蔓Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + reborn + one-on-one sweet romance + taciturn, rough-edged man + delicate beauty + pocket dimension + mutual flirting] In her previous life, the man Su Ranyan went out of her way to avoid was swept away by a flood while saving her. That heroic scene came back to haunt her in her dreams, again and again, reminding her of the depth of the love she had missed. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on her and sent her back to the day the man asked her for a divorce. This time, she won’t let 19.6kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    🌿🌿🌿 [1970S + Rebirth + Revenge + Scumbag Abuse + Sweet Romance + Golden Finger] The following basically meet all the requirements, and they are all highly rated. You definitely won't regret watching them!!! Super good!!!

44. 94 重 Back to the 1980s: From the Start, I Cut Ties with My Family 重回八零：开局断亲斩亲缘 February Knows the Doll二月知偶Urban481k WordsOngoing Tang Guangyuan has suffered from asthma since childhood, enduring years of hardship and abuse at the hands of his family. After his biological mother beat his own son, who was not yet three years old, Tang resolutely cut ties with her entire family. Overcome with rage and resentment, he unexpectedly became reborn, his soul coming from his modern-day self in the future. After being reborn, Tang Guangyuan awakened the “Farming Spirit Spring System.” The spirit spring water not only cured his ast 636Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Do you have any recommendations for well-written historical fiction, preferably farming-themed, like the book below?

45. 95 重 After Being Reborn, I Won Back My Beloved 重生之后，追回我的朱砂痣 Five Little Cats五只小猫Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was pushed into a river and forced to marry that beast in human form. After the wedding, the scumbag used her father’s influence to return to the city. They spent twenty years in a sexless marriage. She refused to let her husband touch her because she had always carried an unspoken love in her heart. Later, her father died of illness, and her mother passed away soon after. The scumbag ground her down until she was barely recognizable. She also learned that her father ha 9.4kReads9.3Score965Shelves
46. 96 关 The Guanshan Saber 关山刀 Yearning for Yaoshan尧山眷恋Historical86k WordsCompleted On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascended to Heaven. Yan Feilong's father did not come home. Three days later, his mother was found dead in the village temple, a wound in her stomach. The twelve-year-old boy slipped a chipped knife into his clothes and walked into the salt flats, looking for a man: tall and thin, with a mole on his chin. He found him. Three strikes. One for his father, one for his mother, and the last so he could go on living. His revenge was d 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ruthless. Tough. Cold. Stubborn. Hateful. No nonsense.

47. 97 凡EN The Mortal's Cultivation Journey: Ancestor of Talismans 凡人修仙之符祖 Tomatoes Dipped in Soybean Paste番茄蘸大酱Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing [Mortal's journey, no System.] Xu Changshou, a young cowherd, is brought into the world of cultivation after saving an errand disciple of the Green Immortal Sect. He later awakens a bloodline jade talisman and obtains a legacy in the Dao of Talismans. Starting with the art of drawing talismans, he steps onto the path of cultivation, ascends to immortality, slays demons, attains eternal life, questions the heavens, creates the Great Dao of Talismans, and achieves the rank of Talisman Ancestor. 223.9kReads8.8Score16.8kShelves

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    All good books, take them yourself.

48. 98 七 The 1970s: A Rugged Veteran Returns and Coddles His Sweet, Gentle Young Educated Youth 七零：退伍糙汉抱哄软娇小知青 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted Completed [A sweet, charming young educated youth who has no idea how irresistible she is VS a stern-faced, warm-hearted, brooding and crafty veteran] Period setting + doted-on heroine + farming + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + personal storage space + transmigrate with her body + age gap Overnight, Qin Li transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1970s. As soon as she arrives, she’s bitten by a snake and caught in a mudslide. To make matters worse, her scheming stepsister is constantly 2.6kReads9.2Score258Shelves
49. 99 朕 I'm Shocked! The Prodigal Son Is Actually a Demonic National Preceptor! 朕震惊了，败家子竟是妖孽国师！ Strolling in the Wind漫步风中Historical2.7M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into the Da Feng Dynasty as the son of the Duke of Ying, a notorious fool and wastrel known throughout the capital. Lin Chen cracks his knuckles. “If I’m the duke’s son, who do I have to fear?” And so Lin Chen charges headlong through life, from the capital to Jiangnan, from temples to court, from the northern frontier to the grasslands, leaving a fearsome reputation in his wake. Da Feng’s merchants are stunned. “Wait, you became the richest man in Da Feng. How is that being a w 86.9kReads8.7Score6kShelves
50. 100 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 14.6kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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