Period-Era Fiction from the Male Lead’s Perspective 年代文(男主视角)

1. 601 四 Siheyuan: Dad Joined Chiang Kai-shek’s Side, Making Us Rich Peasants. How Am I Supposed to Live? 四合院：老爹投蒋成分富农我咋活 Wild Phoenix 1983乱凤1983Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted My family is classified as rich peasants. Dad backed Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, and my maternal grandfather's family fled to Hong Kong. I have cerebral palsy and keep waving my hands around. Now I've transmigrated to a courtyard house in 1960, right in the middle of the natural disaster years… How am I supposed to survive this disastrous start? The pocket dimension is useless, and the System only cares about settling old scores. It's got no ambition at all… Fang Ping'an, a rural resident with no r 16.4kReads7.3Score746Shelves
2. 602 大 Great Qin: I Am the Lord of Black Ice 大秦：我就是黑冰之主 Prospering Jinwushi蒸蒸日上的凭金吾Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Zhao Bo’s soul transmigrates to 238 BCE. He is the son of a commoner, and Qin is on the verge of unifying the Six States. You think that’s all there is to it? No, no, no. It turns out this is a parallel timeline! It turns out my soul transmigrated into someone else! No System, but I do have cultivation techniques! When Ying Zheng comes calling, I’m no commoner! This is a story about quietly cultivating in the Great Qin. 457Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 603 重 Reborn in a Bygone Era: I Married My Sister’s Best Friend from the Start 重生年代：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 Wu Yuesheng伍月生Urban33k WordsOngoing [No System, no pocket dimension, everyday life, making a fortune, 1980s] Wang Zhigao was reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980. When Xie Yuxi asked him to marry her again, he didn’t hesitate. In front of everyone, he called out, “I will!” In his previous life, he was blinded by greed and watched helplessly as Xie Yuxi fell into despair. Reborn in this life, he swore he would make her the happiest woman in the world. They say that even a pig can fly if it catches the right wind. In an 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Male-oriented, no system, no space, rebirth, daily life, getting rich, getting married and having children.

4. 604 小 A Young Lad Takes on 1966 小孩哥勇闯1966 Three Times Nine Is Eighty-One三九八十一Urban256k WordsOngoing [Period] [Slice of Life] [Slow Paced] [Childlike Fun] [Cute Pets] [Hunting] [Black Market Adventures] [No Female Lead] [Pocket Dimension] [Stockpiling] [Countryside] [Urban] [Business] [Making Money] [Hunting] [Gourmet] [Fine Wine] [Fighting Enemy Spies] In 1966, a young boy awakens memories of his past life. Armed with foresight and a golden finger, he braves a decade of turmoil, strives through a golden age, and sets sail amid the currents of history. 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves
5. 605 1 Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春 Young Master Xiaoxiao孝孝公子Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [A story-driven take on history. Note: There is no single fixed protagonist. Multiple leads reflect the changes of the era and offer a full picture of the 1977 restoration of the college entrance exam.] [The story focuses on several main characters: Hu Wei and Wang Ting, Pan Xia, and Lu Xiaoyun. Their stories weave in and out according to the timeline. If you prefer to follow one character at a time, you can read their chapters in sequence for a complete biography. The other characters may only 5.5kReads8.0Score386Shelves

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   Good books are hard to find, and this one is absolutely fantastic! [Heart][Heart][Heart] Focusing on the entire process of the resumption of the college entrance examination, this is a captivating classic period novel! Adapted from a true story, it tells the tale of a protagonist who overcomes adversity to succeed in the exam and seizes opportunities to accumulate wealth. With a devoted wife and children by his side, the book is filled with delicate details and a fast-paced narrative, brimming with warmth and inspiring ambition. Written from the perspective of ordinary people, it deeply moves readers and is a masterpiece of both period fiction and documentary literature!

6. 606 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Defy Fate with My Pocket Dimension 穿书七零：我靠空间逆天改命 Jiayang's Little Kitchen加洋小厨Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + spiritual spring space + devoted father + no female lead + no harem + slice of life + getting rich] After being trapped by the plot for fifteen years, Qin Wenfeng finally breaks free while saving his son. So what if his Level Five space has been reset to zero? He's got a spiritual spring, seeds, and modern agricultural knowledge that the plot had sealed away! While others earn work points just to fill their stomachs, he grows out-of-season vegetables 8.5kReads7.7Score595Shelves

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   Although the rating isn't high, it's still watchable. Each character has their own unique traits, the male lead's family is very united and loving, and the male lead's son is just too cute!

7. 607 七 The 1970s: A Freewheeling Life with Cheat-Level Insight 七十年代：悟性开挂的潇洒人生 Mud Loach土泥鳅Urban374k WordsCompleted Zhou Yichen transmigrates to the 1970s. With an astonishing gift for understanding, he manages to live life on his own terms in this harsh era. When you’re poor, look after yourself; when you’re prosperous, help the whole world. Alongside making a good life for himself, he also wants to do his part for his country. 996Reads6.6Score—Shelves
8. 608 四 Courtyard, Don't Mess with Me 四合院，别惹我 A Fish That's Not a Salted Fish一条不是咸鱼的鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsCompleted A sixteen-year-old’s story of growing up wild, struggling to support a family, and fighting back hard against the scoundrels in the courtyard! Don’t mess with me! I won’t listen to your self-righteous drivel! You think you can scheme against me? Let’s see you try! Curse my family, and I’ll beat up your eldest grandson! Sha Zhu, you can’t beat me, so stop embarrassing yourself! 15.5kReads7.6Score703Shelves

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9. 609 四 Siheyuan: I Do Whatever I Want 四合院：老子为所欲为 Fu Qing傅顷Male-Channel Fanfiction267k WordsOngoing Pure villain, full of malice!!!! A young steel mill worker orphaned as a child, he is born with immense strength and is ruthless to the core. He lives by the motto, “The kind get bullied, and even a good horse gets ridden.” Growing up in the courtyard, he saw through everyone’s hypocrisy and greed. With no transmigration, no System, and no golden finger, he relies only on his brute strength and a heart blacker than anyone else’s to trample every scumbag in the courtyard underfoot and rule it for 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is so beautiful!

10. 610 提 I'm Done Being an ATM. The School Beauty's Whole Family Is Freaking Out 提款机不当了，校花儿全家急疯了 Wan Qianqian万芊芊Urban3.4M WordsCompleted After pursuing Tang Yue for eight years, Jiang Lin finally won her heart. He spent his life working toward a happy home with his wife and children, and built up a fortune worth billions. Only on his deathbed did he learn that his two sons were actually Tang Yue’s children with the man she had always loved, and that he had spent his entire life doing all the work for someone else to reap the rewards. The two sons he had raised with such care pulled out his oxygen mask with their own hands. Tang Y 38.6kReads7.8Score3.5kShelves
11. 611 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Little World of My Own 四合院：我有一个小世界 Swim Forward往前游Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted After exploring a glowing cave entrance on a sinkhole's cliff face, outdoor enthusiast Wang Yu transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan, where he discovers that the glowing entrance is a portal to other worlds. Wang Yu leads a leisurely life in the Siheyuan world while exploring other worlds and selling weapons. Traveling back and forth between the two realms, he practices martial arts and cultivates immortality, living a carefree life. 22.2kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves
12. 612 六 A Chef at the Machine Repair Factory in the Sixties 六十年代，我在机修厂当厨师 Angel Big Beauty天使大美丽Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Simple, Peaceful Life + One Heroine + Heartwarming] Is this the world of Man Is Iron, Food Is Steel? Sorry, Cui Dake, Ding Qiunan is mine. If they won't make her a permanent employee, I'll help her get the job. I'll find a solution for her parents' work too. If she wants to take the stage, I'll make it happen. Want to go to college? We'll go straight to graduate school. What can I say? I just love spoiling my wife. 2.5kReads8.1Score108Shelves

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    (No hostility, open-ended, humorous) Is this a world where people are as indestructible as iron and food is as essential as steel? Sorry, Cui Dake, Ding Qiunan is mine now. If she can't get a permanent position, I'll help her. I'll help solve her parents' jobs. If she wants to perform on stage, I'll help her achieve that. If she wants to go to university, we'll go straight to graduate school. I can't help it, I just love spoiling my wife.

13. 613 年 1959: The Disowned Stepson 年代1959，成了被放弃的继子 Designing Uncle设计大叔Urban173k WordsOngoing Bai Hua gradually went from being an abandoned stepson to the largest and most mysterious collector in the country, becoming the most enigmatic hidden billionaire in all of Huaxia. From the early days of manufacturing to the internet industry that followed, his presence was everywhere. Society had heard only rumors about him. The rich whose names appeared on rankings and ordinary people alike had never seen his true face. He was a mysterious and controversial figure. 21Reads5.9Score—Shelves
14. 614 四 Siheyuan: Head of the Household at Eight 四合院：8岁的我顶门立户 The Not-Too-Far, Not-Too-Near Flying Shadow Hero不远不近的飞影侠Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted After Qin Shuli is discharged from the army, he dies saving someone on his way to university. He transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old boy in Beiping in 1943. The boy’s father has been taken by the Japanese. His mother has been ill for years. He also has three-year-old twin siblings. With such a disastrous start, Qin Shuli decides to lie flat. Luckily, his golden finger arrives. He can take care of his family and kill Japanese soldiers at the same time. Every now and then, he also has 157Reads9.0Score—Shelves
15. 615 重 Reborn in 1982: This Rogue Refuses to Become a Street Loafer 重生八二：浪子绝不做街溜子 What Is There to Eat吃的是什么Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Chen Weiguo is reborn on October 24, 1982, the day before his family falls apart. In his previous life, he was a no-good drifter: idle and irresponsible. He caused his wife and daughter to die tragically, and after his family was shattered, he had no choice but to leave home. He worked hard all his life, only to die alone. This time, he has the chance to start over. Life may be tough, but he's determined to shake off his reputation as a drifter and give his family a good life. Once despised by e 43.7kReads7.6Score4.1kShelves
16. 616 假 The Fake Young Master Goes to the Countryside in Women’s Clothes, and the Cold, True Young Master Sets His Sights on Him 假少爷女装下乡被阴鸷真少爷盯上 Fallen Ginkgo Leaf飘零银杏叶Two Male Leads582k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, two male leads, two male leads! Period setting.] Bai Yimang’s life ended in prison at the age of twenty-two. Then he was reborn, returning to the year he was eighteen. That was the year his life changed beyond recognition. He wasn’t the Bai family’s young master at all. He was a country boy whose life had been switched with someone else’s. In his previous life, Bai Yimang couldn’t accept the truth and was even less willing to return to the countryside and suffer, so he shameless 907Reads8.8Score123Shelves

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    #Historical Fiction [Male Protagonist's Perspective]# ♥☞① To avoid the tragedy of his past life, the fake young master voluntarily went to the countryside, disguising himself as a woman to win over the male protagonist's childhood sweetheart, but unexpectedly ended up winning over the male protagonist instead. ♥☞② The male protagonist transmigrated into a book and has three younger sisters. However, these three sisters are all cannon fodder villainous female supporting characters in three different books. He noticed that his three sisters weren't as despicable as they were in the original stories and even revealed a clear-eyed stupidity, so he decisively embarked on a path of spoiling his sisters and getting rich.

17. 617 穿 After I Transmigrate, I Become a Shopping Agent on Interdimensional Livestreams 穿越后在位面直播代购 Mala Hot Pot Mixed Rice麻锅拌饭Two Male Leads597k WordsCompleted [Extremely sweet male-male romance + live-streaming across realms + two powerful leads who dote on each other + realm-hopping merchant + satisfying read] The death rate among realm-hopping streamers is extremely high. They struggle to survive in the gaps between worlds, and the slightest mistake can cost them their lives. Ye Jue: ? It’s not so bad, really. On his very first day as a realm-hopping streamer, he picked up an incredibly handsome partner. As for struggling to survive between worl 3.3kReads9.4Score516Shelves

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    Two male protagonists, one of whom picked up a girlfriend on the first day of his live stream, they cultivate immortality, play with technology, and build cities in a wasteland.

18. 618 流 Hooliganism? My Innocence Must Not Be Defiled 流氓罪？我的清白不容玷污 Wu Renyan吴人烟Urban298k WordsOngoing —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 619 四 Siheyuan: Li Xiuyu's Era 四合院：李修禹的年代史 Jujube Tree on the Cliff崖上的酸枣树Male-Channel Fanfiction760k WordsCompleted One heroine + everyday life + security department + cozy courtyard + no angst A courtyard house, carved windows, drooping green willows, and red begonias. Inside the imperial city, grand mansions with flying dragons carved in stone and phoenixes winding around pillars, jade-green tiles adorned with auspicious beasts gazing up at the sky. The story begins in a courtyard house in 1959. 21.6kReads8.2Score569Shelves
20. 620 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: I Was Kidnapped by Human Traffickers from the Start 穿越60年代：开局被人贩子绑了 Handsome Xiao Isn't Called Handsome小帅不叫帅Urban544k WordsCompleted [Period setting, no System, countryside, lighthearted, family bonds, hunting, getting rich]: Li Xiaohu transmigrates back to the 1960s and wakes up to find himself in the body of a five-year-old child. The original owner should have been on a train heading back to his family’s home in Northeast China, but now he’s tied up in a small warehouse. “What’s going on? Anyone online? This is urgent!” After being rescued, Li Xiaohu makes the most of the good luck he was born with in this life and the rud 686Reads7.5Score107Shelves

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    In the 1960s, the male protagonist transmigrates into the body of a child, possesses a cheat-like ability, and comes from a large, well-connected family in a rural area of ​​Northeast China.

21. 621 结 After I Refused the Last-Minute Dowry Increase on My Wedding Day 结婚当天我拒绝了临时加彩礼之后 What Is There to Eat吃的是什么Urban4.6M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Top Student + Multiple Heroines + Daily Life + School Life + Smart Characters + No System + Entertainment Industry + Lighthearted Comedy. Starts out as a school-life story, then moves into the entertainment industry and the internet. 4.6 million characters, so there’s plenty to dig into. Well worth a read. A short drama adaptation is now available. Search for the novel’s title to watch. Thanks for your support. ^_^~ 40.8kReads8.1Score3kShelves
22. 622 四 Siheyuan: I’m the Sneaky One, and I Outshine All the Scoundrels! 四合院，我老六，秀翻众禽！ Xiu’er, Please Wait秀儿请留步Male-Channel Fanfiction527k WordsOngoing A touch of mischief, masterful scheming, an actor through and through, more beastly than the beasts themselves. One day, Yang Sen transmigrates into the beast-filled courtyard. Faced with all those scheming neighbors, he awakens the Show-Off Moves System and never turns back from his life as a sly schemer. Slandered? Then I'll drag everyone down with me and make us all infamous! Can't solve the problem? Then get rid of whoever raised it! A proper schemer knows how to keep himself hidden and make 5kReads7.3Score152Shelves
23. 623 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: Building a Happy Life with My Lame Wife 赶山：带跛脚媳妇过上幸福生活 Garfield Isn't a Cat加菲不是猫Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [A Grounded Period Novel + No Pocket Dimension, No System + Wife and Sister-in-Law + Animal Companions + Hunting + Food + Business + Farming + Gathering Herbs] Xu Yi, a modern-day wage slave, accidentally takes the wrong medication while being treated for depression and dies. He transmigrates into the body of Xu Yi, a man with a severe intellectual disability in a mountain village in the early 1980s. To his surprise, he has a beautiful, fair-skinned wife who limps, as well as an adorable six-yea 16.7kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves

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    I recommend novels set in the era of hunting and beachcombing.

24. 624 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 58.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves

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    Don't look, you'll laugh nonstop if you do.

25. 625 赶 Coastal Foraging Days: A Hold Full of Fish, Doting on Five Sisters 赶海年代：鱼货满仓，宠飞五姐妹 Billionaire富甲亿方Urban1.4M WordsCompleted (Reborn in a bygone era + fishing village + lighthearted + daily life + beachcombing + fishing + farming + pocket dimension) Xu Mo died on the operating table. When he opened his eyes, he was back forty-five years earlier, at the moment Li Qingyue asked him to marry her. In his previous life, his cowardice and refusal to take responsibility led to all five sisters dying, while his parents wasted away in grief. In the end, he too passed away with a heart full of regret. This time, the chance to m 19.2kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
26. 626 愚 After Dying for My Unfilial Devotion, I Split from the Family and Made a Fortune 愚孝惨死后，分家单过逆袭做富翁 Yan Bao言宝Urban2.8M WordsOngoing In his previous life, Jiang Heng spent his whole life blindly obeying his parents, sacrificing everything for his younger siblings because he thought it was his duty as the eldest brother. All he wanted was their approval. When his two-year-old daughter had a fever, he ignored it, thinking there was no need to make a fuss. In the end, the child developed pneumonia, suffered a severe infection, and died. His wife, Si Nian, was heartbroken and disappeared after divorcing him. Jiang Heng thought hi 11.7kReads7.9Score760Shelves

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    Highly recommended, the male protagonist is reborn.

27. 627 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Strikes It Rich After Rebirth 四合院：穿成傻柱赚翻了 Cultivating Little Demon修炼的小妖Female-Channel Fanfiction167k WordsCompleted He transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and became He Yuzhu, keeping his distance from all the ridiculous messes. Given another chance at life, he wanted to live however he pleased! If anyone didn’t like it, they could fight him! [Pocket dimension + stockpiling supplies + treasure hunting + 1970s setting + marriage before love + following the army + doting dad] 2kReads7.8Score104Shelves

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    A historical fiction novel, featuring a male protagonist and a touch of getting rich in Hong Kong.

28. 628 小 The Alley: A Woman in a Man's Body, Refusing to Be the Foolishly Filial Zhuang Chaoying 小巷人家：女穿男不当愚孝庄超英 Handwritten Haha手书哈哈Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration + System + face-slapping + devoted husband + Romance in the Alley] Romance in the Alley: A Woman Transmigrates into a Man and Refuses to Be the Foolishly Filial Zhuang Chaoying Also known as: Alley Romance: “My wife is crying. Am I, Zhuang Chaoying, a monster?” This is a simple, everyday family story about transmigrating into Zhuang Chaoying and giving everyone a happy life. There are no billionaires or industry tycoons here, just an ordinary life, though money wil 2.3kReads8.9Score162Shelves

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    Wandering through the alleyways and among the houses, from the time the college entrance examination was reinstated, he pretended to be a superhero. He doted on his wife and children, living a simple and happy life.

29. 629 穿 Transmigrating to 1960: Sent Down to the Countryside 穿越60：下乡插队 Zhou Xingxing, Who Loves Chocolate爱吃巧克力的周星星Modern Romance490k WordsOngoing Zhou Xiaoyang, a young man from a modern city, accidentally transmigrates to the black soil of Northeast China in 1960. As a sent-down youth, he throws himself into the great wave of development in Beidahuang. From holding a fountain pen to gripping a plow, from an inexperienced young man to putting down roots on the frontier, this is an epic of youth spanning time and space, a portrait of struggle etched into the black earth. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traveling back to the 1960s to work in the countryside

30. 630 大 Like a Flowing River: The Years of Burning Passion 大江大河：激情燃烧的岁月 Lovestruck Morning Star恋恋晨星Male-Channel Fanfiction165k WordsOngoing Every generation has its own mission. In an era full of change, people from every walk of life are striving to shine. Those who bravely ride the tide are the ones who write this era's turbulent, surging story. The forty-year wave of reform has driven the great wheel of history forward, while the era's fortunate trailblazers race toward the mighty rivers, flowing ceaselessly day and night. Through the lives and growth of characters such as Song Yunhui, Tian Xiaoxia, Luo Yuzhu, and Chen Jianghe, t 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Like a Flowing River," should we choose Song Yunping or the original work by Ouyang Qian? Which one is it?

31. 631 1 In 1975, I Went to the Countryside to Escape Disaster 1975年我下乡避祸 Niu Shi牛柿Urban1.5M WordsCompleted This is not a feel-good power fantasy. There is no pocket dimension, no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration. The times are turbulent, and the road ahead is uncertain. To protect Li Chengxiao, his family bears the pain of sending him to the countryside for an assigned rural posting, away from danger. Alone, he puts down roots in the village, enduring hardship and lying low with quiet resolve. With his unique insight and steady temperament, he establishes himself amid adversity, discreetly b 92.7kReads8.5Score11.3kShelves
32. 632 重 Reborn in 1980: Breaking the Ice for Fish from the Start to Support My Lovely Wife 重生八零年，开局破冰取鱼养娇妻 Lazy Immortal懒仙Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Reborn on the day his wife and daughter die, he chips through the ice to catch fish on a snowy night in an effort to save their lives. The story strives to accurately recreate the society of the time: his wife dreams of white flour and rice, while his daughter loves White Rabbit candy. Zhang Erhe believes that risking his life is worth it if it means his wife and daughter can eat their fill and stay warm! 3.9kReads8.1Score303Shelves

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    Enough said, the pacing is alright, single female lead, doting on his wife and daughter.

33. 633 重 Reborn in 1988: I Won’t Marry a Wife Who Always Bails Out Her Brother 重生1988，扶弟魔老婆不娶了 The Rice Cake Won't Eat Fish年糕不吃鱼Urban438k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 227Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    You might want to check out the male protagonist's rebirth story.

34. 634 足 Football: I Lifted the World Cup in 1982 足球：1982年我举起了世界杯 Ji Yuning季宇宁Sports1.0M WordsCompleted You Xi transmigrated from 2025 back to 1981. His transmigration was caused by encountering “that ball,” which was really a fixation on Chinese football. Thanks to it, he got a cheat and won the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, becoming a legendary king of football. That ball also turned out to be a weapon for killing, looting, and laying waste to cities and nations. With it, he could take revenge to his heart’s content and vent all his pent-up frustration. And, of course, there were plenty of gorgeous 48Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 635 重 Rebooting 1988 重启1988 Year's End年末Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Millionaire Qin Lang returns to 1988. Seeing his beautiful wife and adorable daughter struggling in poverty, Qin Lang, who lost his way chasing money in his previous life, decides to climb to the top once more, with family in one hand and career in the other, and shape this wild, fast-growing era! 1.4kReads9.1Score244Shelves

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    Rebirth in a New Era (Male Protagonist's Perspective)

36. 636 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Son-in-Law’s Lot Is a Tough One 重生之八零，赘婿难当 A Bright Full MoonPo一轮明月PoModern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted (Period setting - love that grows over time - underdog comeback - carefree wish fulfillment) The animated series is now live! Jiang He was a coldhearted, penniless loser. In a rare fit of kindness, he died by drowning while bravely trying to save someone. When he opened his eyes, he found he had been reborn and transmigrated into a book he'd read, as a minor cannon-fodder character who had married the heroine. In the end, he was sent to a brutal coal mine and never made it out alive! Jiang He ha 26.5kReads7.4Score2.2kShelves
37. 637 重 Reborn in 1988: I Have a Farm That Goes Everywhere with Me 重生1988，我有个随身农场 Morning Star晨星Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Reborn in 1988, Li Changsheng watched as his wife cooked a pot of highly poisonous pufferfish, while their daughter gazed at it eagerly, drooling. He could only smile with delight... Reborn for a second life, he gained a portable farm. It had not only Life Potion, which sped up the growth of crops and poultry, but also an ever-expanding area of cultivable land. [Li Changsheng’s Farmland]: Cultivable area: 2.83 million square meters. Sown: Guitang No. 50 sugarcane Sugarcane ready for harvest: 29, 5.8kReads8.6Score551Shelves
38. 638 末 A Doomsday Powerhouse Dotes on a Cool, Reserved Young Intellectual in the 1970s 末世大佬甜宠七零清冷小知青 Lazy Fish Mommy咸鱼妈咪Two Male Leads573k WordsCompleted The main story is complete. Next up are the extra stories set in another world, including the ancient-era bonus stories about Feng Yang and Yuan Zheng that you readers wanted! Two male leads + sweet romance Lei Ting had been prepared to die alongside the Zombie King, never expecting to wake up again. Though it was the poor and backward China of the 1970s, the fresh air, lush greenery, and charming “him” made him feel as if he’d arrived in paradise! Su Yunqing had been frail and sickly since c 3.8kReads9.0Score343Shelves

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    The first book is super sweet, with two male leads. The second book, I read it twice, it's really amazing!

39. 639 重 Back to 1986: The Golden Age 重回1986：黄金时代 Bai Yulong, Who Loves Tuancha Tea爱吃团茶的白玉龙Urban355k WordsCompleted In 1986, vocational student Shen Nian was framed and sent to prison for eight years. His younger brother took out loan-shark debt to clear his name, then went astray. His mother cried herself blind, and his father died of grief. When he opened his eyes, he was eighteen again. This time, he would never be anyone’s pawn. Starting with a three-wheeled cart and a tin shack, he would carve out a path to success in the building-materials trade, an industry no one thought much of. Cement, mortar, preca 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hidden rich level

40. 640 重 Back to '82 to Hunt, and Enjoy a Carefree Life 重回82打猎，享受悠闲人生 Jin Baicai今白财Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Completed at over one million words, not adapted, available for adaptation] [Set in the 1980s + One heroine + Slow-paced + Everyday life + No System + Hunting + Farming + Cozy] Lu Jun unexpectedly comes back reborn in 1982, an era when guns are not banned, hunting is allowed, and wild animals are not yet protected. Drawing on the hunting experience he accumulated in his previous life, Lu Jun hunts huge wild boars and black bears in the mountains, making a very prosperous life for himself. Every 7.2kReads8.2Score395Shelves
41. 641 快 Quick Transmigration: Moral Blackmail? Social Niceties? Screw That 快穿：道德绑架？人情世故？死啊 Demon Realm妖域Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Fictional Period Setting] [No Fixed CP] [Selfish and Self-Serving] [Male Protagonist’s Perspective] In parallel worlds, there’s always a version of “you” who is showered with love but lets down the people who cherish him. Schemed against, unloved by his parents, betrayed by friends and family… Died young? A fall guy? A sucker who raises someone else’s child? A cannon fodder? A supporting male character? When the supreme original self arrives: “You’re all dead!” Kill those 3kReads6.9Score161Shelves

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    This is one of my recent favorites.

42. 642 魂 Reborn in 1959: Startling by Each Step 魂穿59，步步惊心 Little Bug Back from 6060回来的小虫Urban1.2M WordsCompleted The novel is being revised... (One heroine, spatial abilities, mild violence, family life, a gradual build, steady growth.) The story mainly has three stages. In the early part, he helps his family escape poverty. In the middle, he gets a job at a steel mill, working on equipment and supplies, with some familiar courtyard-life elements mixed in, though they are not the main focus. In the later part, he helps the country develop its national defense. His spatial abilities are controllable, and he 126Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely this book

43. 643 重 Back to 1979: I Used My Foresight to Become the Richest Man 重回1979：我先知先觉成首富 JTXZ Nine-Heaven WalkerJTXZ九天行者Urban222k WordsOngoing In 1979, in Chenjiazhai, a mountain village in western Guangdong. The moment Chen Jiale opens his eyes, he’s back on the morning when he and Su Zijing were set up in his previous life. After getting drunk, the two of them ended up in bed together, while the culprit, Shen Haonan, waits outside with a crowd, gloating... This time, he won’t run away. He’ll take responsibility to the end, leave no regrets, and make sure Su Zijing gets married, has children, and enjoys every day of a happy life! He’ 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story follows a farmer's son who is reborn in 1979. He leads the villagers to open a jade mine in the south and process jade artifacts to make a living, transforming a small mountain village with eight parts mountains, one part land, and one part farmland into a prosperous village where every household earns tens of thousands of yuan. It contains themes of patriotism, love, and hatred.

44. 644 重 Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man 重生82年，全球首富 Post-90s90后Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Marriage Before Love + Reborn to Make Amends + Revenge at Last + Trillions in Assets + Retiring in Comfort Original title: Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man The male lead, Ye Nan, spent years burying himself in work. After being diagnosed with cancer, he donated all his possessions and eventually passed away with regrets. But when he wakes up, he remembers how, after getting drunk and acting recklessly, he caused Ji Yuqi to become pregnant before marriage, which ultimately led her to jump 2.1kReads8.2Score184Shelves
45. 645 四 Siheyuan: From Technical College Graduate to Government Cadre 四合院：从中专毕业开始当干部 I Am the Big Yellow Bee我是大黄蜂Male-Channel Fanfiction324k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + daily life + wild imagination + mildly tormenting the beasts + runaway plot] Lin Feng transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, only to discover that the original story wouldn't begin for several more years. At this point, First Master Yi had a promising disciple, his “nephew” Silly Zhu was obedient, and he was still kind to everyone and fair in handling affairs around the courtyard. He was every bit the good-natured, honest man. At this point, Silly Zhu had become an ei 1.4kReads5.5Score—Shelves
46. 646 四 Siheyuan: Finding Happiness as a Pot Mender 四合院：从补锅匠开始幸福 The Cat-Dog War猫狗大战Male-Channel Fanfiction500k WordsCompleted Su Chengming transmigrates and is reborn in the 1970s. He becomes a pot mender. He travels from street to street and over mountains, repairing broken pots for families everywhere. By chance, he discovers that the world he's arrived in is actually the world of Love in the Courtyard. When he returns to his hometown, he meets Han Chunming, Zhong Yuemin, Shuai Hongbing, and others, who have been sent down to the countryside. After that, more and more people from all walks of life enter his life... 2kReads6.8Score—Shelves

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    He transmigrated to the 1970s and became a tinker, acquiring a system for repairing everything. He traveled from street to street, traversing mountains and valleys, repairing all things. Later, he learned that he had transmigrated into a film and television drama.

47. 647 女 A Woman Transmigrates into a Man: No Lying Flat in the 1970s 女穿男，七零年代躺不平 Talent All the Way wxh一路有才wxhModern Romance433k WordsOngoing In her previous life, she was called Yuansheng Wu. Her parents never loved her, so her grandparents raised her instead. They gave her all their love, but it didn’t last long, because they passed away. After that, she lived alone. She disliked dealing with people, so they called her a “freak.” She took up traveling, and during one trip, she found a stone. Suddenly, a voice in her mind urged her to stock up on supplies. But who could have guessed that while gathering supplies, she would be forced 81Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story revolves around a woman who transmigrates into a man's body during her rebirth and possesses a special ability. The female lead has limited screen time and the focus is more on family and friendship, as she goes to the countryside with her brothers and sisters and shines brightly in the rural community.

48. 648 猛 I Come to My Senses and Return to the Day Before My Pregnant Wife Dies 猛清醒，回到怀孕老婆亡故前一天 Jade Flower Stone花玉石Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Modern rebirth + devoted dad + a scumbag man turning over a new leaf + doting on his wife and children + building a fortune He Ning carries a deep regret. His outward success cannot conceal the pain in his heart, and he lives a miserable life until he dies with his eyes open. He is reborn thirty years in the past. The moment he opens his eyes, his son is still tiny, his wife is pregnant, and his daughter has yet to be born. The end of the year is approaching in the twelfth lunar month. For his w 3.4kReads9.1Score387Shelves

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    A ten-year veteran bookworm is here to recommend books! [Thinking] First book: 🍅In his past life, he couldn't wait to leave after receiving the transfer order back to the city, but unexpectedly lost his beloved wife and daughter. Reborn, he returned to the city step by step, giving his wife and daughter the best life. Second book: 🍅In his past life, He Ning had a vast fortune but no one by his side. Returning to before his wife's difficult childbirth, he started his doting husband mode, leading the whole village to grow watermelons and dig wells, and helping his sister and Aunt Mei get rich. Third book: 🍅Reborn in Northeast China, he was overjoyed before his sister jumped into the river. He first paid off the family's debts, and in an era of abundant wealth, he led his friends down the right path, getting rich together.

49. 649 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: From the Start, I Find a Golden Tabby from Northeast China 赶山：开局捡个东北金渐层傍身 Original-Flavor Spicy Pepper Soup原味胡辣汤Urban965k WordsOngoing Zhao Qinghe was reborn. He brought a lucky System with him when he was reborn in 1986 in a parallel world, returning to the time of his university graduation and to the mountains and rivers that had raised him. In his previous life, he studied hard for ten years, spent twenty years as a corporate drone, and finally died suddenly at work. In this life, he can head into the mountains with ease, come home with a full haul, and enjoy a happy life among the mountain forests and villages. With the adv 332Reads7.0Score—Shelves
50. 650 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 875Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing. It has the feel of a period drama and tells the story of a lumberjack's rise to power in a Northeast forest. It is very immersive!

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