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

1. 301 七 The 1970s: My Reborn Dad and Transmigrated Mom, While Baby Me Lies Back Like a Happy Slacker 七零：重生爹穿越娘，宝宝咸鱼躺 Star Tana星星塔娜Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Jin Sihai is back in the city after spending several years sent down to the countryside as an educated youth! He’s even brought back a pretty wife and an adorable daughter! But the old couple in the Jin family are no easy company. Old Jin is lazy and loves to brag, while Old Mrs. Jin is fiery and hard to deal with. And that’s not to mention the family of Jin’s eldest brother, who all live under the same roof. Parents and children, brothers and sisters-in-law: give it enough time, and they’re bou 4.4kReads8.6Score441Shelves

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   ① The male protagonist, Jiang Hao, is reborn at a crucial moment in his university graduation. His advisor asks him to confirm whether he doesn't want to stay on campus. Remembering how he, a programmer in his previous life, couldn't afford a house in Shenzhen even until his death, he quickly tells his advisor he wants to stay. 👌👌 Thus, he embarks on a completely different path in this life. 👏👏 ② In this book, the male protagonist is reborn, marries a transmigrated woman as his daughter-in-law, and they have a smart daughter. The story begins with the family returning to Beijing from a rural area in Inner Mongolia. It's quite an interesting story. ✌✌

2. 302 庸 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Yin Mu殷木Urban370k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 190Reads—Score107Shelves

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   Told entirely from a male perspective, the author uses his friend's real-life experiences as a basis to chronicle the life trajectory of a small-town boy from dazzling beginnings to eventual decline. Regarding romance, although the protagonist experiences numerous missed opportunities and regrets during his growth, the book avoids a harem or messy romantic entanglements. Instead, it focuses on his inherent indecisiveness and the cruel twists of reality, depicting those unrequited loves and lingering regrets. Rather than featuring multiple female leads, it's more accurately described as an ordinary boy's yearning for and loss of happiness at different stages of his life, each experience sincere and unwavering. The realistic setting of a small-town setting, the logically sound growth narrative, the protagonist's nuanced emotional journey, and the unpretentious yet authentic writing style—if you're looking for a different kind of story told from a male perspective, check out *The Ordinary Man's Caution*.

3. 303 活 Living as a Model Citizen in Republican-Era China 活在民国当顺民 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban1.3M WordsOngoing From the start, it's 1945. The war against Japan is over, and the times are in turmoil. After Yang Fuping's grandfather closes his eyes for the last time, he leaves behind a letter of prophecy and a coffin no one can touch. His family tends to daily life in their little courtyard, ignoring the shifting tides of history and simply keeping their corner of the world warm and peaceful. Ensemble cast + Republican-era setting + not a wish-fulfillment story + miniature storage space 40.8kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
4. 304 别 Everyone Else Moves to the Countryside, I Settle Down and Secretly Become a Millionaire 别人下乡我落户，偷偷成为万元户 I Won't Eat a Single Piece of Fatty Meat一口肥肉都不吃Urban665k WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth sent to the countryside + System + spatial storage + hunting + one heroine + no cultivation] Life in the countryside is great! The countryside is great! The mountains are full of treasures! Hunt only as much as you can eat, and sell whatever you can't finish~ By some strange twist of fate, Dong Weijun rescued a child playing with a ball on the road, only to be hit by a truck and sent flying. His soul transmigrated into the body of a big, dim-witted man in the 197 19.8kReads8.0Score961Shelves

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   New book in February, highly recommended! A 1970s story with a single female lead, hunting elements, a system, and a satisfying read. The male protagonist transmigrates into the body of a simpleton who was bullied to death by his stepmother and stepsister. He takes care of them right from the start, then signs up for a rural excursion to the Qinling Mountains in northern Shaanxi. The village women, seeing his strength and resourcefulness, all vie to make him their son-in-law. Later, he's won over by the village secretary's wife for her daughter. He also keeps two dogs, a red panda and a golden eagle.

5. 305 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Lucky One Unlocks the Sign-In System 快穿：欧皇能签到后 Yao Siqi尧司祁Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted No romance! No romance! No romance! (Don’t ask why the protagonist doesn’t find a partner. The author just doesn’t know how to write romance.) I’m no good at writing introductions, so just read the story. After Yuan Xi gets hit and killed by a dump truck, she embraces the simple belief that a bad life is better than no life at all and binds herself to System Fifty-Eight. Together, they travel to different worlds to help people fulfill their wishes. What’s it like having a Host who’s ridiculously 42.2kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves

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   🔥🔥🔥These three books are all super exciting, I highly recommend reading them! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

6. 306 年 The 1960s: Ten Minutes Back in the Modern World Every Day 年代六零，每天穿回现代十分钟 Bao Shengguan包升官Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in the 1960s, she can return to the modern world for ten minutes a day, but the location is random. What can she bring back? A junkyard? No problem. Scrap metal, broken glass, even bone fragments can all be sold in the 1960s. If she lands in a cold-storage warehouse, she’ll bring back a hundred pig heads. The aroma of pork head meat will win over everyone in the courtyard in no time... 4.4kReads8.3Score388Shelves

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   The story is set in a historical period, featuring a male protagonist who travels through time and space. He returns to the modern world once a day for 10 minutes each time, and can level up. There is currently no female lead. The male protagonist is only 14 years old when he travels back in time, and he has three younger siblings to care for. His father is dead, and his mother has remarried.

7. 307 穿 Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零：地主儿子与土匪闺女 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 22kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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   The male lead's family were small landowners, and to make their future better, they moved the whole family to Beiping (Beijing). The male and female leads time-traveled and swapped genders. To save money, they only bought half of the cheat system (a powerful ability to grant unrealistic advantages). I kept wondering what the other half looked like as I read on; it cracked me up!

8. 308 渣 My Scumbag Ex Became a Copycat Husband: Back to Before My Wife's Difficult Labor 渣男变模仿丈夫：重回媳妇难产前 Gods, Protect My Account诸神保号Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Female-focused + period setting + small family + child-rearing + everyday life) Zheng Wendong, filled with regret over how he had treated his wife, was reborn in 1999, back when he and his wife had just gotten married. In his previous life, he had failed to see people for who they were, abandoned his pregnant wife, and gone to stand up for the woman he had always loved. As a result, he suffered a grievous injury that left him impotent. His wife worked herself to the bone for him, but he still l 4.6kReads8.9Score346Shelves

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   Zheng Wendong, who caused his wife immense suffering in his past life due to family and friends, has been reborn! 🔥 This time, he not only successfully separated from his family by feigning poverty and appearing carefree, but also made his first fortune by dealing in pharmaceuticals after the separation, sending his wife back to university 🍒 and ensuring her happiness, thus avoiding any further disruption to her life caused by the system-wielding "white moonlight" (a term of endearment for a woman with a romantic relationship). 🌸🌸

9. 309 灾 In a Year of Famine, What’s Wrong with Having a Few Extra Skills? 灾荒年，技能多点怎么了 Easygoing Pig随缘的猪Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xiaojun is a good-for-nothing thug from the 21st century. He gets by with a storefront his parents left him, spending his days either teasing cats or playing with dogs, and flirting with young women out shopping. One day, for some inexplicable reason, he saves a little child playing by the road, only to be hit by a car and sent back to 1959. It’s an absurd and tumultuous era, but fortunately, Heaven grants him a golden finger that lets him run unlimited simulations. Thanks to it, he makes i 15.6kReads7.8Score1kShelves

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   ① The protagonist's soul transmigrates to the 1960s, living in Nanluoguxiang. He possesses a spatial ability (a cheat code) and uses it to lead his family to a better life during the Great Famine. ② Similar to the first book, only with a more significant cheat code.

10. 310 重 Reborn in 1985: My Three Stunning Ex-Wives 重生1985，我的三个绝色前妻 Northeastern Guobaorou 1东北锅包肉1Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Just rated, score may rise; take your time reading. Ten thousand words updated daily. Urban life, everyday living, entrepreneurship, getting rich, Period setting, Soviet Union, border trade, romantic rivalry, she chases him to win him back] Xu Guoliang transmigrated back to 1985, to a small city in northern China. He opened his eyes in a cramped, noisy apartment block owned by a state-run enterprise. Seeing the three stunning ex-wives in the room questioning him about stealing their living expe 156Reads5.7Score106Shelves

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    It's a historical novel told from the male protagonist's perspective, and it's quite good.

11. 311 重 Reborn in 1979 重活1979 Year's End年末Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Back in 1979, when everyone else was chasing money, Fang Yuan decided to slow everything down and enjoy time with his family. He caught eels, gathered wild ginseng, earned work points with the production team during busy seasons, and went hunting and foraging in the mountains during the off-season. He doted on his wife and teased his daughter and son. Life was blissfully carefree. 406Reads9.1Score135Shelves
12. 312 刚 Just Reborn, and My Three Ex-Wives Show Up with Kids 刚重生：三个前妻带娃杀上门 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Rural Life1.0M WordsOngoing [Transmigration and rebirth, 1990s setting, everyday mountain hunting, multiple heroines, Greater Khingan Range, making a fortune, light wish-fulfillment] Lu Fan, a wilderness survival expert, is reborn in a parallel world in the Greater Khingan Range of the 1990s. He becomes a good-for-nothing at Hongxing Forest Farm, sharing a name with his original self. From the start, three ex-wives show up at his door with three children in tow. On top of that, Wang Defa, the forest farm director, demands 5.9kReads5.4Score637Shelves
13. 313 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Helping Dad Rise Through the Ranks Is Only Natural 都重生了助老爸步步高升很合理吧 Braised Pork Chunks红烧肉段Urban1.5M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Lu Chen was a carefree playboy who squandered a winning hand and became notorious as a son who brought shame to his father. After being reborn, he turned over a new leaf and helped his dad rise through the ranks. I’m no good at writing a blurb, so just dive right into the story. 3.1kReads5.4Score206Shelves
14. 314 重 Reborn in 1989: Building China's Technology Empire 重生1989：缔造华夏科技帝国 Thousand-Sea Guanyin千海观音Urban3.3M WordsCompleted Reborn from 2035 into the golden age of 1989, Xu Huasheng, a top Chinese chip expert, stands at the forefront of the times with a mind full of technological knowledge. He swears that this time around, he won't let himself be pushed around. Starting with the VCD industry, then moving into home appliances, pagers, mobile phones, chips, lithography machines, the internet, cars, drones, new energy, medical equipment, rockets, and satellites, Xu Huasheng begins with his own electronics factory and se 60.7kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves

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    Historical fiction, all told from the male protagonist's perspective. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

15. 315 重 Reborn in 1988: The Bandit Boss Donates an Aircraft Carrier to the Nation 重生1988悍匪大佬为国捐航母 Northeastern Guobaorou 1东北锅包肉1Urban590k WordsOngoing [Business wars, daily life, period setting, underworld, reborn, Soviet Union, smugglers, Varyag aircraft carrier, trading canned food for planes, stock subscription certificates, real estate bubble] In my past life, the underworld left a trail of corpses in its wake. Given another chance at life, I, Liu Huaqiang, lay down my butcher's knife. I will build a financial empire, protect the people I love, and make the world hear my voice! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 316 乡 Rural Romance: Raising the Richest Man in Xiangya Mountain 乡村爱情，象牙山首富养成记 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction742k WordsCompleted My new 2025 book, “Country Love: My Dad Is Liu Neng,” is out now! [Feel-good wish fulfillment, Country Love, Country Love series, period setting, tycoon, urban daily life, urban farming, TV series, light comedy, easygoing, Northeastern rural TV drama crossover, village celebrities, transmigration and rebirth, alternate universe, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, romance, stealing someone's love interest, Wang Xiaomeng, Ivory Mountain, hot springs, resort, Xie Guangkun, Zhao Si, Wang Laoqi, 8kReads8.2Score335Shelves
17. 317 重EN Reborn to Rise Above the Rest 重生之出人头地 Naonao Doesn't Like to Make a Fuss闹闹不爱闹Urban1.6M WordsCompleted This is a story set in Hong Kong in the 1950s. It was a passionate, turbulent era. In those fiery years, there were countless big bosses and their underlings, and no end to tales of lives tossed about by hardship. There were also countless beauties and talented people, and no end to tales of romance and passion. You could call it a dark age, a chaotic world where good and bad were all mixed together, but it was often an age in which heroes rose to prominence. 31.7kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
18. 318 重 Reborn, I Refuse to Be a Sap: From the Start, I Put My Mother-in-Law in Her Place 重生不当接盘侠，开局打脸丈母娘 The Stone Will Grow石头会长大Urban3.9M WordsCompleted In his previous life, everyone envied Zhao Guoqing for marrying a woman from the city. Not long after she moved in, she gave him a big, chubby baby boy. She was beautiful and had a salary, yet didn’t look down on him for being from the countryside! Only Zhao Guoqing, reborn, understood that his calculating wife was looking for someone to raise another man’s child! She’d picked him because his rural family was honest and easy to manipulate, hoping to find a cheap dad for the bastard in her belly! 23.6kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves
19. 319 1 1983: A Poor Man Marries a Naive Educated Youth in a Crumbling Kiln 1983：寒门破窑娶懵懂知青 Jade Flower Stone花玉石Urban3.6M WordsCompleted Back in 1983, he finds himself facing a home made up of two shabby cave dwellings and a younger sister who hasn’t yet come of age. He’s the poorest lad in the village. Can he really marry the prettiest educated youth who’s come to the countryside? Did he pay a bride price? Did she bring a dowry? All the crumbling courtyard walls and broken cave dwellings have to show for it is a single red wedding character. Zhou Yuanyuan only got married because she’d given up on everything. The poor lad cheris 4.9kReads8.6Score436Shelves

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    [What][Pouting][Thinking][Laughing][Laughing][Laughing]

20. 320 重 Reborn, Selling Fish and Shrimp, and Making a Fortune! 重生卖鱼又卖虾，我赚麻了！ A Little Jie Jie一枚小洁洁Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday life][1980s][Making money][Rebirth][Family] In his previous life, Shu Zhiqiang married the village beauty, only to discover that none of his three sons were his. To marry her, he dragged his whole family down and let down everyone who had ever treated him well. Perhaps it was karma that made him die of a serious illness at fifty. But to his surprise, he was reborn on the day he got engaged to his previous-life wife. When faced with his future mother-in-law’s aggressive demands, he 6.4kReads8.3Score518Shelves
21. 321 我 A Lifetime for Her and Me 我和她的这一生 A Country Person一个农村人Urban245k WordsOngoing In 1992, at the age of twenty, I left my hometown. My family was crippled by illness and poverty. We were on the verge of starving to death. If I stayed, we would all be trapped on that patch of barren soil. If I left, there might be a way for them to survive. The southern wind, laden with cement dust, swept into that big city filled with construction sites. This place had no name, only countless steel bars, scaffolding, and faces waiting to sell their labor. We came here to fight for our lives. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two books with the most authentic period style were unearthed.

22. 322 我 I, Qi Tongwei, Refuse to Curry Favor With the Powerful. I'll Start as a Village Official 我祁同伟，不事权贵，从村官干起 Ba Mi巴迷Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 35.1kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
23. 323 赶 Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家 Three-Minute Passionlove三分热度loveUrban2.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets... 47.8kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves

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    Here you go, you're welcome.

24. 324 年 The Era-Novel Heroine and the Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character's Comeback 年代女主文，炮灰男配的逆袭 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban660k WordsCompleted [Male Lead Transmigrates into a Book]+ [Female Lead Reborn]; [Period]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [No Stupid Decisions]; [Male Lead System]+ [Female Lead Pocket Dimension] He transmigrates into the female lead's Period novel, becoming a disposable supporting character who is about to be reduced to ashes by her. Chu Yunsheng promptly marries into the female lead's family, winning over the Chosen 3.9kReads8.7Score299Shelves

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    Strong sense of period drama! Transmigrating into a novel set in a bygone era, the male lead, as the female lead's scumbag ex-boyfriend in her past life, decisively elopes with her before being taken advantage of by the reborn female lead, Huihui, who possesses a spatial ability... Commune, county town, college entrance exam, university... Pure romance, not mindless, strong sense of period drama, and full of intelligence.

25. 325 我 My Life: Saving Myself 我的人生，渡己 A Country Person一个农村人Urban241k WordsCompleted I moved from the countryside to the big city when I was twenty. On my first day at the factory, I was five minutes late. Those five minutes felt like a slap in the face, waking me up and changing my life. More than ten people crammed into one dorm room. For breakfast, I could only bring myself to buy a tea egg and soy milk. Watching others eat fried rice noodles, I secretly vowed to work hard and make a solid place for myself in the city. There was no sudden wealth and no romance, just a country 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 326 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

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    This is a historical romance novel with many female protagonists; if you like that kind of story, give it a try!

27. 327 那 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 Xiong Dayu熊大雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 11.9kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    The male lead has a strong inner strength! The story is morally sound, free of melodrama and clichés, a refreshing masterpiece adapted from a personal experience! I've watched it three times.

28. 328 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Man's Rise 快穿炮灰男逆袭记 Qing Ping庆平Modern Romance4.1M WordsCompleted A quick transmigration mission-taker who specializes in playing villains is assigned to the cannon-fodder comeback group. As a veteran quick transmigration mission-taker, he uses all kinds of golden fingers and cheat abilities to turn cannon fodder lives around. World One: A lucky boy charges into the 1960s World Two: Exploring the modern world with X-ray vision World Three: After the Ninth Prince’s thoughts can be heard, he becomes everyone’s darling World Four: He stops being a simp and gets a 13.1kReads6.1Score951Shelves
29. 329 七 A Laid-Back Life in the 1970s 七零年代的摆烂日常 Douqiqi豆齐齐Two Male Leads437k WordsCompleted I was reborn. No big deal, this is already my third time, so I’m used to it. Wait, what? I didn’t get reborn, I transmigrated into a book? No big deal. The male lead isn’t me anyway. As long as I still have my space and supernatural abilities, nothing can stop me from coasting through life, eating and drinking for free. The author’s imagination and writing skills are limited, and pretty much everything else is limited too. If you don’t like it, feel free to leave. The author is just a simple, w 11kReads8.5Score1kShelves

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    The male protagonist has a spatial ability and superpowers; he wants to live a carefree life.

30. 330 我 I Am Li Huaide's Bodyguard 我是李怀德的警卫员 Lying-Flat Enthusiast躺客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing Li Dahu, a soldier, served as Li Huaide's bodyguard. After leaving the military, he was assigned to the Hongxing Steelworks. This is the story of how he struggled through years of famine while supporting his three younger brothers and three younger sisters, and gradually built a better life for himself at the Hongxing Steelworks. 48kReads7.2Score3.1kShelves

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    The best of the period dramas

31. 331 重 Reborn in 1985: My Passionate Years 重生1985：我的炙热年代 Cheng Yezhou程夜舟Urban582k WordsOngoing [A reborn, period-set farming story, relying entirely on memories of a past life and hard work in the present. No golden finger, System, pocket dimension, or harem. Things start looking up from Chapter 15! A positive story all the way!] When Lu Zheng wakes up, he has returned to the fateful summer of 1985. In his past life, he was a coward all his days. He watched helplessly as his uncle seized the family property, the woman he loved married far away so she wouldn't hold him back, and his parent 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist, after being reborn, has no system that allows him to foresee the future, no spiritual spring space, and no mystical luck. His only "cheat code" is his hard-earned experience from his previous life and his precise grasp of the pulse of the times. From setting up a street stall to building a factory, every step is in line with the business logic of the 1980s, with details so realistic it's like watching a documentary!

32. 332 四 Siheyuan: I Rely on the Villagers to Crush the Vermin 四合院：我靠村里人碾压众禽 Eight Packs of Cigarettes八盒烟Male-Channel Fanfiction549k WordsCompleted The whole village chewed tree bark to send me to school, so I’ll take the entire village to live in a courtyard compound! During a famine, Zhang Zhongmin transmigrated with the Pinduoduo System, but couldn’t activate it because he wasn’t in a courtyard compound. To repay the villagers for hunting wild boars and selling grain so he could get a factory job, he clutched his golden finger that let him buy grain cheaply and tearfully headed to the city. Whenever grain went on flash sale, he bought it 9.2kReads8.5Score544Shelves

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    These two books, although serialized, are quite well written.

33. 333 年 1959: The Foolish Root 年代1959傻根 The South Wind Welcomes Guests南风迎客Urban126k WordsOngoing From the start, he “ate” a transmigrator. Watch Shagen's transformation. I'm not good at writing blurbs, so please head straight to the story. I promise you won't be disappointed. Writing a book isn't easy, and no story can suit everyone's taste. If it's not for you, please go read another great author's work instead. Please don't leave a bad review on purpose. I hope you find a good book. Thank you. 213Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 334 火 Going with the Flow in a Fiery Era 火红年代之随波逐流 An Utterly Ordinary Young Gentleman平平无奇小郎君Male-Channel Fanfiction677k WordsCompleted Zhong Shan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Let’s see how Zhong Shan gallops through this era. Zhong Shan is a fine young man, handsome and wealthy. Quite something, quite something, Zhong Shan is a fine young man! (Sorry, wrong song.) No angst, mostly everyday life. An outsider in the retirement community. 18.6kReads7.9Score636Shelves

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    An excellent piece of literature from a bygone era, about not going to the countryside or joining the army! Worth reading.

35. 335 魂 My Soul Travels Back to 1972, Where I Raise Beauties and Ride the Tide of the Times 魂穿七二，培养美人横扫时代浪潮 Stars Can Set the Prairie Ablaze星星可以燎原Historical1.7M WordsCompleted [Period] [Sign-In] [Divine Doctor] [Space] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] A real estate tycoon transmigrates into 1972 and binds to the Red Dust Karma System from the start! Ling Feng uses supplies and skills to establish absolute authority, winning hearts through “feeding” and “protection.” Ling Feng has a portable space, peerless medical skills, and deadly combat abilities. He knows that in these unusual times, supplies give you face, personal connections are the substance, and your fists are your 13.5kReads7.4Score1.5kShelves

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    It's amazing, don't miss it! A powerful figure's soul is transmigrated, a grand vision! Super exciting!

36. 336 重 Restarting My Life: Breaking Every Rule of the Era 重启人生，我在年代打破所有规则 Bu Xiaoxin不晓心Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book, period setting, System, male lead is a bit of a jerk, lots of women, pure-love fans should read with caution. He has no morals and is selfish, so don’t read if you’re the self-sacrificing type.] He wakes from a night of modern bar-hopping and finds himself in the 1970s. Chen Zui is dazed for a few seconds, then accepts reality. Once the memories in his mind finish merging, he casually exhales a puff of smoke. “I really ought to kneel down and thank you…” Looking at thi 9.9kReads7.4Score632Shelves

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    A rare example of a male-centric, wish-fulfillment novel in the historical fiction genre. Unlike other stories that focus on hardship, the protagonist only experiences some suffering in the early stages while working in the countryside. Later, he takes off dramatically, becoming incredibly wealthy and powerful after reuniting with his family.

37. 337 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel and Refused to Be a Tool from the Start 穿越年代文，开局拒绝当工具人 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban665k WordsCompleted An accident brought Li Dongyang inexplicably to an unfamiliar place. At first, he thought he had landed in the hard-laboring 1970s, but then he realized he was inside a period novel he had read in his previous life. Knowing how the story would unfold, Li Dongyang refused to be anyone’s pawn. 7.3kReads8.7Score257Shelves

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    🌻① Zhou Wenshan opened his eyes to find himself transported to the resource-scarce 1970s. Before he could even adjust, his childhood sweetheart and fiancée ran off with a sent-down youth, ending their engagement abruptly. [Heavy blow!] The Chen family in the village was a capitalist family falsely accused, and Zhou Wenshan fell in love at first sight with Chen Wan, the daughter of the Chen family! Chen Wan, looking at this man who always brought her things, directly asked, "Do you like me?"... A male-oriented novel set in a historical period 📚~

38. 338 年 1973: Starting with Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside 年代1973：从知青下乡开始 Wen Xin闻信Urban682k WordsOngoing [Sent to the Countryside in the 1970s + Lighthearted Humor + Everyday Family Life + Cunning Old Fox] On the day Lu Yuan is sent down to the countryside, he saves the village’s five-year-old little matriarch. From then on, even the village dogs salute him... ... ... (From the start, there’s no stealing houses or jobs, an abusive stepmother, or cheating followed by revenge. Read with caution if that’s what you’re looking for!) 3.6kReads7.6Score127Shelves
39. 339 得 With a Pocket Dimension, I Eat My Fill and Dress Warmly Through the Famine 得到空间的我在饥荒年代吃饱穿暖 Bending in the Wind风中折腰Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Handcrafted in the classic style, a four-million-character epic, packed to the brim] Xiao Weiguo is reborn in the past after living as a corporate wage slave in the 21st century. In an era when you need ration coupons for everything, when nobody has enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, watch as Xiao Weiguo makes a living with the space and his own one mu of land. While everyone else eats steamed corn buns, he has braised pork. While everyone else drinks watery porridge, he has Buddha Jumps Ov 75.3kReads8.3Score5.4kShelves

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    The protagonist returns to 1958, fortunately with a spiritual field in his space. In this era of scarcity, I only want to live a good life with my family. If conditions permit, I hope the country can achieve better development. While developing myself, I also want to help the country take off and grow together.

40. 340 重 Reborn in 1958: With the Nation in Peril, I’ll Find a Wife First 重生1958国难当头我先找媳妇 Virtuous Grinding Style贤着磨式Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension] [Reborn?] [Period setting] [Male-oriented] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Three Years of Famine] [National fortune and revenge] [Somewhere in Northeast China] [Making stuff up] Welcome to Northeastern Chinese folk literature. The top street loafer of Northeast China welcomes you! The world's second most handsome dog of an author solemnly promises: This novel is entirely fictional. Any similarities are just similarities... P.S. The further you read, the more rousing it gets. A cure 3.5kReads8.1Score229Shelves
41. 341 田 A Country Dad 田园乡村奶爸 Red Bean Cake红豆糕Urban628k WordsCompleted [Super Dad + Farming + Rural Development + Comedy + One Female Lead] After seven years in the military, Zhao Han retired and returned to his hometown with his children to become the village chief. He grows flowers, goes hunting, takes the kids out, and keeps a panda as a pet. With golden snub-nosed monkeys at his side, he rules the mountains. While enjoying a laid-back life, he also develops the village. Before he knows it, this super dad has transformed a poor mountain village into a paradise.. 26.9kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    💖Book Recommendations by Xiaoguai💖 💛First Book💛 The male protagonist returns to his hometown after being discharged from the army, raising his two children. A lighthearted and humorous story of a stay-at-home dad and his farming life; the male protagonist has a special ability. The two children are also adorable; the daughter is a true angel, while the son is like a perpetually drafty leather jacket. 💛Second Book💛 The male protagonist is reborn, a story of a prodigal son turning over a new leaf. He cherishes his wife and daughter, protects his family, reforms his ways, and works hard to support them. The male protagonist's family is quite united, working together as a team, and their lives improve steadily. 💛Third Book💛 The male protagonist is reborn, returning to his childhood, growing up alongside the female protagonist. A story of childhood sweethearts, innocent and supportive, where they accompany and heal each other. Neither the male nor female protagonist has grand ambitions; they simply want to live a peaceful and happy life together.

42. 342 穿 Transmigrating to 1959: I Begin as a Level-Eight Benchworker Through Sign-In 穿越五九，从签到八级钳工开始 Young Old Man幼龄大叔Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, Transmigrate to 1959: Starting with the Sign-in System, is now online. Sign in from the start for Level Ten Fitter skills, and make rockets by hand and spaceships with your feet. When seasoned fitter Zhao Ming wakes up, he's transmigrated into the body of a frail young man in 1959. The family is dirt poor, his mother is gravely ill, and his eldest sister-in-law is mean. It's hell mode from the start! Luckily, the God-Tier Sign-in System activates just in time! ( 36.3kReads7.2Score2.2kShelves

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    Historical fiction, male-oriented, single female protagonist, industrial technology theme.

43. 343 重 Reborn in the 1960s: This Heroine Is a Little Crafty 重生六零：这个女主有点茶 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The person the members of Lengshuigou Production Team hate most is A Cha. She may be young, but she’s ruthless, and she’ll steal chickens or pull any other dirty trick. On top of that, she’s impossibly hard to kill: her father and mother are both dead, and anyone who gets close to her is doomed to bad luck. But Gao Qingyang doesn’t care. He keeps finding ways to get close to her. He knows A Cha isn’t nearly as awful as people say. She’s a good person! 6.6kReads9.1Score588Shelves
44. 344 再 Reborn as a Person, I Want It All 再世为人我全都要 Second Brother Tang唐家二兄Urban702k WordsCompleted This rebirth takes him a little too far back, straight to elementary school. But that’s not so bad: many of his elders are still around. He lived in poverty his whole previous life, so this time he’ll let them enjoy the good life early. Besides, being young means having plenty of opportunities, so anything is possible. Pick and choose? No, I want it all! 3.3kReads9.2Score243Shelves

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    🔥🔥Absolutely from the male protagonist's perspective, don't miss it!

45. 345 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
46. 346 七 A Police Officer in the 1970s: Building a Fortune with My Younger Siblings 七零年代当警察，带着弟妹一起发 Down-and-Out Scholar Wen Ao落魄书生文傲Urban279k WordsCompleted In an extraordinary era, extraordinary youth and extraordinary passion gave rise to an extraordinary story. Fang Mobao transmigrates to 1969, a time unlike any other. Supporting his four younger siblings and mentally ill mother, he struggles to survive and rides the waves of the times, determined to make an extraordinary life for himself! 221Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 347 重 Back to 1949: The Whole Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 重回1949长白山都是我的猎场 I'm Eighteen This Year老夫年十八Urban3.4M WordsOngoing (No System, no pocket dimension, hunting + major events of the era) Xie Yicheng is reborn in early 1949, in a village in the Changbai Mountains of Andong Province, Northeast China, just after liberation. In an era of scarce supplies and a country waiting to be rebuilt, where the mountains are rich in treasures yet fraught with danger, the entire Changbai range becomes his family’s hunting ground. Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, bears, roe deer, and martens; deer, sheep, musk deer, badgers, fo 20.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    These historical fiction books are all pretty good.

48. 348 彩 Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始 Uncle Wang Tells Stories王叔说故事Urban171k WordsOngoing In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an 82Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author has a wealth of life experience and writes about rural life in a very realistic way, depicting the life of an ordinary old farmer.

49. 349 重 Reborn in 1984: A Warm Home with My Wife and Kids 重生1984老婆孩子热炕头 Big Fat Tangerine大肥橘Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Authentic period drama + No space, no System + One female lead + Devoted husband and father + Hunting + Ginseng digging + Business + Cute pets + Food + Farming] Xu Dahai, a wealthy bachelor worth over a billion yuan, is reborn in Northeast China in 1984, on the very day his wife and daughter died! It’s a race against time: he must save them! In this life, he’ll make up for all the regrets of his previous one and give his wife and daughter twice as much love and care. He’ll make sure they live w 24.1kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
50. 350 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 81kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves

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    9.9 Excellent. [Facepalm] I can't watch this while sleeping, I'm afraid you'll suffer internal injuries like me from holding it in. I've already watched it about five or six times. The jokes never get old, no matter how many times I watch them. I love it so much!

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