Period Novels with No Romance 年代文，无CP

1. 1 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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   I've been completely engrossed in this book lately; it's set in the Nanning area of ​​Guangxi. Much of it is historically accurate, which I really appreciate. The author also diligently researched various sources. It's not a fantasy novel, which makes it very enjoyable, and the fact that it features ethnic minorities as protagonists is quite rare, allowing me to experience a lot of local culture. The female lead travels back in time from 1997, so her special abilities aren't too overpowered. When she travels back, she's no longer a little girl 🌚 but already in the first year of junior high. There's no romantic pairing.

2. 2 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.4kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves

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   Currently, there is no romantic pairing.

3. 3 下 Fine, I’ll Go to the Countryside. I Have a Pocket Dimension, So What Have I Got to Fear? 下乡就下乡我有空间我怕谁 Knowing the Mist from the Tower临楼知渺Modern Romance716k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + sent to the countryside + raising children + no romance) Fall asleep at home, wake up transmigrated from the sky! Fang Lan wakes up one day and finds she’s transmigrated from the 21st century into a little girl in the 1970s in a parallel world. She’s about to be sent to the countryside, and she’s so hungry she’s dizzy and seeing black. She feels like she might as well die! Then the very next moment, she gains a pocket dimension. Well... it’s a bit small, but 6.7kReads9.0Score692Shelves

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   This book is really good. It tells the story of the female protagonist's daily life with Jiang Donglu, her collaboration with some educated youth, and her wits and courage in fighting against the brigade. It's a pretty good period novel. Most importantly, there's no romantic pairing. Unlike other period novels, where the protagonist has witnessed the brilliance of the new era and returns to the old era, it's not easy to find someone she likes. In that era, how many people could dress so stylishly?

4. 4 回 Back to 1968: I Won't Be a Baby-Making Tool 回到1968：我不当送子工具人 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance643k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Women's awakening] [Political career] [Scientific research] [Pocket dimension] [No child-rearing] [Ensemble cast] [Reborn] Xie Yun, a modern orphan, returns to 1968 and becomes Xie Yun, a country girl raised by a widowed mother, with an exceptionally capable younger brother named Xie Shen. She discovers that she hasn't just transmigrated through time, she's also transmigrated into a book: a story about a stepmother raising children, where she is the first 9.8kReads9.3Score805Shelves

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   This is a non-CP (couple) story, not a story about raising a child; the tag is probably incorrect.

5. 5 博 A Doctoral Big Shot's Beloved Life in the 1970s 博士大佬的七零团宠日常 Summer Breeze夏日良风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Beloved by the whole family + striving through the years (kind family, no awful relatives) P.S. The early chapters are warm and slice-of-life; later on, there is a focus on technology. The female lead has a photographic memory and is a super-genius. There is no romance in this novel, so those who enjoy stories without romance can dive right in. In the 23rd century, the genius Dr. Leng Yue is killed by her own mother and reborn as Ling Yue, the only granddaughter of the Ling family in the 1970s. 8.9kReads9.1Score712Shelves

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   Both of these books are non-romantic, highly recommended! [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

6. 6 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s, Where a Woman from the Stars Sells Men to Build Her Fortune 穿越六零，星际女卖男人发家致富 People Have Said So Too人亦有言Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + no romance + strong heroine) Wei Wei, an interstellar mecha engineer, was testing a new mecha on a desolate planet when she was ambushed. To grasp a chance at survival, she piloted the untested mecha and tried to escape. Little did she know that her leap would take her across not only space, but time as well. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to have arrived in 1963 in China, in the body of a five-year-old girl. She immediately found herself facing a deadl 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
7. 7 七 The 1970s Supporting Female Character Rises to the Top with On-Screen Comments 七零女配靠弹幕走上人生巅峰 Liu Xiao Xian刘小纤Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Shen Xingluo had lived in Hongxing Brigade for eighteen years. One day, while gathering firewood in the hills, she came across an injured man. She was still deciding whether to save him when she saw a line after line of insults about her floating above his head. Furious, she turned and walked away without hesitation. These people were ugly and had delusions of grandeur. If they were so outraged, why didn’t they risk their whole families to save this shameless piece of trash? [Wait, why did the 6.2kReads8.9Score509Shelves

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   A historical fiction story with no romantic pairing. It features elements of fantasy and includes live-action comments, depicting how the fate of an entire family is altered.

8. 8 末 An Apocalyptic Woman's Carefree Life in the 1970s 末世女穿七零的躺平日常 Stir-Fried Bunnies爆炒兔兔Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it just opened, but it'll go up! Really! Come on in and take a look, dear readers~ (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ) Period setting + No Romance + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Strong Female Lead After surviving for over a decade in the apocalypse, Qin Wan thinks she's doomed when zombies surround the city. But when she wakes up again, she's transmigrated into the body of a frail educated youth about to be sent to the countryside in the 1970s. She even unexpectedly gets bound to a li 3.9kReads8.4Score303Shelves

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   Completed historical fiction with no romantic pairings, featuring a system but no children.

9. 9 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book in the Seventies: I Win by Lying Back with a Sign-In System 穿书七零：我靠签到系统躺赢了 A Seven-Day Dream一梦七天Modern Romance393k WordsCompleted [No romance + sign-in System + transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + super strength, heroine with max attack power + no self-sacrificing saint] One moment Jiang Qing is hacking at zombies; the next, she’s transmigrated to the 1970s. Luckily, her super strength has come with her. Her biased biological father and stepmother steal the job meant for her? Whatever. She’ll beat them all down. No money or supplies? Whatever. She’ll sell the job to buy supplies and strip the house of everything us 5.6kReads8.4Score408Shelves
10. 10 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Emptied My Family's Home, Went to the Countryside, and Lay Flat 重生七零搬空小日子家底下乡躺平 Secretly Flowing by the Pillow暗向枕边流Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No CP, strong female lead, feel-good revenge story + reborn + 1970s + spatial storage + mysticism + patriotism + payback against the Japanese. This book starts slowly and picks up later. The early part, where she goes to the countryside and takes on the fake heiress, can be a little dull. Feel free to skip it if it’s not your thing; the later chapters are incredibly satisfying. Check the reviews for details. Almost everyone who’s finished the whole book has given it five stars. The reviews are g 4.6kReads8.7Score472Shelves

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    There aren't many books without a romantic pairing.

11. 11 啊 Come on, Open Wide! Heaven Keeps Chasing Lucky Bao to Feed Her 啊，张嘴！天道又追着福宝喂饭了 Qian Naina千奈奈Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) [1980s + adored by the whole family + treasure child + rural life + farming] The Chen family's daughter was switched at birth and wasn't found until four years later. People said the red scar on the child's face was horribly ugly. They laughed that the beautiful Chen family had produced an ugly daughter. The Chen family didn't care. They fiercely protected their little girl and cursed out anyone who dared say a word against her. And somehow, after the child came home, the Chen family' 77.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    This is great! No romantic pairing! And I think the atmosphere is really good and logical. I just finished watching it!!!

12. 12 我 Making Art in the 1980s 我在八零搞文艺 Leisurely Musings闲情偶寄Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Female-oriented novel!!! No CP Content warnings: The protagonist's name isn't very pleasant, this isn't a mindless power fantasy, and it touches on topics like literature and philosophy. After transmigrating back to 1981, Gao Xiaosheng has not only gone from a female college student back to an elementary school student, but also has to repeat the entire process of getting into higher education, and has changed from a woman into a man. I really feel like throwing up blood. All I can do is give up 3.1kReads9.3Score284Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, male protagonist novel, really good, it's a pity I can hardly find similar ones.

13. 13 穿 Transmigrating Into an Era Novel: The Tool Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 穿越年代文：工具人拒绝剧情 Ninth Little Sister九小妹Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + no romance + family and village life + stays in the countryside + no school] After waking up from a car accident, Gu Mingyue discovered that she had transmigrated into a period novel. She wasn’t the female lead’s rival or a sacrificial character, but merely a tool character who provided a house when the female lead went to the countryside, then appeared briefly in the background introduction. Did Gu Mingyue mind? Of course not!!! Her pocket dimension was stoc 5.4kReads8.9Score305Shelves

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    Very crisp and easy-to-read writing, a pleasure to read, concise and to the point, full of witty remarks. Highly recommended! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

14. 14 我 I Bound Myself to a Shameless System in the ’70s 我在七零年代绑定了缺德系统 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [No romance] Xu Meng transmigrates into a book as the heroine of a story about a stepmother. From the start, a matchmaker introduces her to the male lead, and Xu Meng flips the table. In her previous life, her family favored boys over girls, and she dealt with it by going berserk. In this life, she wants to live on her own terms, and that still means going berserk. As long as she has no scruples, no one can use morality to manipulate her. The Wicked System is at your service. P.S. The heroine is 7.2kReads9.0Score660Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, no raising kids, the female lead is bound to a wicked system [eating melon emoji] [Our motto is: As long as we have no morals, morality can't hold us hostage!] [Please remember this, host, and work hard.] [Go for it! (^_^)]

15. 15 七 Crazy in the Seventies: Stockpile Supplies, Take It Easy, and Get Revenge on the Scum! 七零疯批虐渣！囤满物资悠闲养老 Hawthorn Jam山楂酱Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted [Reborn + pocket dimension + little black cat + psychiatric certificate + easy wins and stockpiling + no CP] In her previous life, Zhang Wei was drained by her lovesick mother, who took her father’s death benefits to support her stepfather and gave her job to her green-tea stepsister, yet still forced her to go to the countryside. After being reborn, Zhang Wei transmigrates into the body of another poor soul with the same name. Her lovesick mother is now forcing her to hand over her job to her s 741Reads6.8Score106Shelves

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    Her biological father was a martyr, her biological mother is love-struck, and the female lead, a vampire, raises her stepfather's family. She's reborn with a magical space, a black cat, and a certificate of mental illness. The original female lead always wanted to steal back her space! She's legally insane and will fight at the drop of a hat! [Sending hearts]

16. 16 穿 Transmigrating to the Countryside in the Seventies: From the Start, I Awakened an All-Purpose System 穿越七零下乡，开局觉醒全能系统 Frosty Sky Over a Thousand Trees万木霜天Urban1.0M WordsCompleted What should you do after transmigrating as the unloved real young master? After Cong Yue was caught up in a hospital dispute, he opened his eyes again to find himself lying in a youth settlement at a production brigade on the motherland's border, in early 1972. He was the real young master in a story of a real and fake young master. Did he think being taken home by his birth parents meant his happy life was about to begin? No. They just needed someone to take their beloved adopted son’s place in 10.6kReads6.7Score569Shelves

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    No romantic pairing. In his past life, he was a powerful figure who was transported to a bygone era by a system, starting as an educated youth and eventually becoming a veterinarian.

17. 17 四 A Four-Year-Old Genius Can Heal and Fight, and Commanders Vie to Be Her Dad 四岁萌宝能医会武，司令们抢当爹 Le Shen乐燊Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted Just started gaining ratings, and the audiobook version is now available! Also known as: The King of Hell’s Daughter Clears Out the Family Estate and Transmigrates to the 1970s, Where She’s Doted On by Everyone Four-year-old Nuannuan tugs on the King of Hell’s beard: “Daddy, are you going to throw me away?” The King of Hell weeps: “My little ancestor, how about going to the human world for a bit? When you come back, I’ll be your big horse!” Nuannuan’s eyes light up: “Okay, but I can’t go empty-h 6.7kReads8.3Score830Shelves

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    The first book, "Stealing Monkeys and Snatching Little Days: Little Meizi and Little Suzi," is hilarious and exhilarating. With the cutest face, she fights the fiercest battles. A little girl with a leaky coat, constantly causing trouble for her dad! She takes her mom to eat and drink the good life! She fights enemy spies! In the underworld, even the King of Hell personally feeds her, braids her hair, and makes her a big horse. With a tiger-head hat on, she doesn't care about anyone! The second book is also exhilarating, hilarious, and action-packed. The female lead initially tears apart scoundrels, later joining the army to serve her country. After enlisting, she becomes incredibly attractive, both exhilarating and action-packed. The female lead is terrifyingly strong, incredibly skilled in combat, and settles her scores immediately; she even creates her own space with her fists.

18. 18 末 From the Apocalypse to the 1970s: I Tear Into the Worst of the Worst and Marry a Soldier 末世穿七零：手撕极品转嫁兵王 Le Shen乐燊Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Revenge Before the Sun Sets + Spatial Spring + Apocalypse + Female Yama + No Saintly Foolishness, No Taking Losses + Satisfying Read + Crushing Scumbags + Face-Slapping + 1970s + Tearing Apart the Worst by Hand + Special Forces + Enlisting + Serving the Nation + No Romance] Xia Shuning once ruled the apocalypse with her fire-type ability, only to be struck by lightning and reduced to ashes. She transmigrated to the 1970s and became a miserable capitalist heiress. Her adoptive parents sold her 15.4kReads8.5Score2kShelves
19. 19 五 The 1950s: Becoming My Hometown's First Female County Magistrate 五十年代，做家乡的第一个女县长 Shengsheng625生生625Modern Romance787k WordsOngoing New title: "After Getting Into University in 1954, I Steadily Work My Way Up" No romance, historical setting, female protagonist in government administration [Female Career Story] [No Romance] [Steady Progress] [Blind Box System] [Building Up Her Hometown] Tags: Strong female lead, focused on her career, government administration Historical setting spanning the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s Strong female lead, not a wish-fulfillment story, grounded in reality, steady and methodical, no awful family me 25.9kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves

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    Some of them are this book.

20. 20 七 The 1970s Workhorse Heroine Quits After Seeing the Comments 七零老黄牛女主看见弹幕后不干了 We Are Compatriots我们是同胞Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted No romance + On-screen comments + No competing for dominance + No cold-faced laundry-washing + Real heiress, fake young master story + Ensemble cast + Love for women At fifteen, comments suddenly began floating before Lin Ying’s eyes. Only then did she learn that she was the overworked, long-suffering heroine of a book! Her mother scolds her for being so inconsiderate? Lin Ying: She turns around and beats up the younger brother who tattled on her. Her father says she’s nothing but trouble? Lin Y 541Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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    No couple, there really is no couple.

21. 21 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人，当然赚钱啊 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.5kReads8.9Score109Shelves

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    Reborn in 1994, she starts her business and becomes wealthy by selling porridge and milk tea. A female-centric historical romance novel with no romantic pairing. 🍅

22. 22 重 Back to the 1970s, Spoiling Grandma and Taking Down Scumbags 重回七零，傍着奶奶肆意虐渣吃瓜 Jin Yuan Manying槿园满盈Modern Romance159k WordsOngoing (1970s setting + space ability + superpowers + food + reborn + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + broken engagement + true and fake heiresses + everyday family life + stockpiling + building wealth + punishing scumbags + gossip-watching + strong female lead + feel-good + old lady + comedy) Timid and spineless Lin Xiaoxi spent two whole lives meekly struggling to survive. After blowing herself up at the end of the world, she thought she was done for good. Instead, she was reborn in the sum 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Historical fiction with no romantic pairings and no children; the female lead herself is still a child.

23. 23 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Tragic-Novel Heroine Gets a Unhinged Script 快穿：当虐文女主拿了疯批剧本后 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted In every tragic romance, the heroine is tormented by the hero until her heart is torn apart, and her heart, kidneys, and brain are cut out. Yet the heroine loves the hero without fail, devoting herself wholeheartedly to her career as his doormat. Now Jingsha has become the heroine of a tragic romance. She's obsessive, unstable, scummy, and downright crazy. She torments the male lead, then the male supporting character, then the female supporting character. In the end, they all love her but can n 8.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    Little Crab is here! A quick transmigration story set in the 🦞 era 🦞, no romance 🦞, no raising kids 🦀 ① A story of a female protagonist's revenge, high intelligence, satisfying read, strong female lead 🦀 ② A story of a cunning, violent, dramatic, and gossipy woman, satisfying read 🦀 ③ A story with a spatial dimension, punishing scumbags, satisfying read 🦀 ④ A story of revenge, one female lead per story 🦐🦐

24. 24 快 Quick Transmigration: The Gossip-Loving Big Shot Gets a Black Lotus Script 快穿：吃瓜大佬拿了黑莲花剧本 Lingxi菱溪Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Black Lotus + Violence + Drama Queen + Taking Down Scumbags + Gossip + Period Setting + No Romance] Luo An cultivated immortality for more than three hundred years, only to be struck by a bolt of tribulation lightning that blasted her soul from her body and left her charred all over. Just then, 001, which had been observing her for a long time, bound itself to her. To enjoy the gossip and drama while taking down scumbags, this powerful cultivator decided to visit the myri 7.5kReads9.0Score800Shelves
25. 25 快 Quick Transmigration: The Unhinged Queen Wreaks Havoc on Scumbags in Period Dramas 快穿之颠婆在年代文里狂虐渣 Meng Lei Loves Meat梦蕾爱吃肉Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted (No CP + quick transmigration + System + period settings + pocket dimension + revenge on scumbags) Do you believe in book spirits? Su Yu didn't. Then a ridiculously powerful System caught her and told her she had to complete missions to erase the original host's resentment and earn more years of life. It went on and on trying to brainwash her, but she wouldn't budge. The moment it mentioned a five-hundred-million bonus, though, Su Yu believed every word. The only problem was that she got assigne 662Reads8.4Score101Shelves
26. 26 无 A No-CP Period Piece 无CP的年代文 May Field Notes五月采风Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted No CP + Period Setting + Transmigrate + Reborn + System + Cultivation + Revenge Multiple worlds, different protagonists, different lives, different personalities, and stories set in different eras. These are all short stories. The stories are unrelated to one another, and this is not quick transmigration. 2.2kReads8.9Score129Shelves

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    🍀🍀A historical fiction, no male lead, only a beautiful female lead… 🍀🍀The female lead had a precognitive dream beforehand [stunned][stunned] and awakened a spatial ability, starting to hoard various resources [smirking][smirking]. She discovered her biased grandparents upon transmigrating, secretly feeding her most beloved grandson eggs [smirking][smirking]. Why treat her grandchildren differently? She turned and went to the yard to cry and play the victim, sobbing and babbling, needing to find her place after transmigrating [smirking][smirking]. She absolutely wouldn't tolerate it… The female lead has a spatial ability and resources, isn't a saint, doesn't compromise herself, has no family ties or romantic love, and is a career-oriented female lead…

27. 27 手 Armed with the Villainess's Script, I Only Want to Go to College 手拿女配剧本，我却只想考大学 Jiang Liangjiang江凉姜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 11.5kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a novel without a romantic pairing, focusing on studies and everyday family life.

28. 28 七 The 1970s Space: An'an Was Born the Apple of Her Family’s Eye 七零空间：安安生来就是全家团宠 Jiaojiao's Willfulness娇娇的任性Modern Romance855k WordsOngoing The animated series is out! Set in the 1970s; beloved by the whole family; a toddler of two or three; no romance; a personal space; country life; an ensemble cast; gossip and lively goings-on; everyone in the family is a protagonist; adorable pets; blessed with good luck. A few things to know before you read: 1. The story begins when the little one is born. The early chapters focus on the family, since the baby is too young to do much. Gossip and country life are woven in, too. 2. There's a spac 25.4kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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    They're here, they're here, they're here!

29. 29 六 Making My Fortune in the 1960s 六十年代之我发家致富了 Zhi Ye o芷烨oModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrated to the 1960s, when even food and clothing are hard to come by? Su He says, “I'm not worried. I've been prepared for this.” What? She's transmigrated into a book set in the 1960s? Su He, a minor character, says, “No problem. I'll just stay on the sidelines and quietly make a fortune.” What? The original heroine wants to fleece her? Su He clutches her secret identity close and says, “I really only have this little bit. No one can find out my big secret.” (Author's disclaimer: This no 3.2kReads7.9Score191Shelves
30. 30 年 Period: Ding! Congratulations, Host, Your Sign-In Was Successful! 年代：叮！恭喜宿主签到成功！ Sanshi Is Running三石在奔跑Modern Romance702k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + on-screen comments + sign-in System + no romance + punishing scumbags] When she died, she was surrounded by children and grandchildren, and she closed her eyes with a smile. But when she opened them again, thinking she’d returned to the days of her youth before marriage, she figured she would walk the same path as in her previous life and love her husband all over again... Unexpectedly, she saw on-screen comments. [What’s the opening plot again?! I think a matchmaker c 9.7kReads8.5Score808Shelves
31. 31 带 I Transmigrated to a Bygone Era with a Spatial Pocket and Became Invincible 带着空间穿越年代我无敌了 Little Xiaozi小笑子Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted (Period setting + magical space + food + feel-good power fantasy + no romance) Lin Qianqian transmigrated into the 1970s as a pitiful little girl whose father was dead and whose mother had run off! She planned to rely on the supplies in her magical space until the college entrance exams came around, get into university, then buy up some courtyard houses and become a landlady. Just thinking about it made her ridiculously happy. But in this era of scarcity, you needed ration coupons for everything 473Reads7.2Score—Shelves
32. 32 我 In the 1970s, I Was the Queen of the Factory 我在七零是厂界一姐 Orange-Flavored Iced Tea橘子味的冰红茶Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [No romance + period setting] Bang, bang, bang! The first thing Shen Nanyi does after transmigrating to the 1970s is grab a brick and beat a homewrecker, avenging the original owner! They want her to go to the countryside? No way she’s going. Let someone else go! She turns around and sends the scumbag couple to the far northwest for forced labor! While taking down scumbags, she doesn’t forget to build her career. First, she sets herself a goal of earning 100 million! From then on, she wants only 323Reads6.8Score—Shelves
33. 33 我 My Sister Is the Villainess of a Period Novel 我妹妹是年代文恶毒女配 Tomato-Stewed Fish番茄炖鱼Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted [Period setting + no romance + striving + family life + gossip] Good news: Song Jingzhi has transmigrated. Bad news: She’s the older sister of a vicious supporting character in a period novel, and she dies young. Good news: The supporting character is still a five-year-old tyke. Bad news: Their parents are both dead, so she can only rely on herself. Overnight, fashion designer Song Jingzhi becomes the older sister of Song Minmin, a vicious supporting character in a novel set in the 1970s, who di 443Reads8.1Score119Shelves
34. 34 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.2kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    The story features a character who transmigrates into an old woman without a romantic pairing. It has many foreshadowing elements that are well-resolved, and many short sentences are written like prose, showcasing excellent writing style.

35. 35 7 The 1970s: Farming Life with My Best Friend 70年代：跟闺蜜的种田日常 Dongqiao Melon东桥瓜Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted [No Romance] Lin Shu suddenly finds herself in the 1970s. Her parents are gone, her house has been taken back, and she still has to go to the countryside as an educated youth. Things couldn’t get much worse. It is only when she sets off that Lin Shu realizes she has transmigrated into a book. She has no idea what to do about the story that lies ahead. Luckily, her older sister Xu Man has transmigrated too, so Lin Shu can mooch off her again. Reader’s Guide: 1. The heroine has a pocket dimension. 107Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    This one!!! Go see it, friends!!

36. 36 六 The 1960s: The Villagers Insist on Worshipping Me 六零：村民们非要拜我 Zhuang Zhou's Flower庄周的花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented + Parallel alternate world + Period setting + Transmigration + No romance + Beloved by all + Cute pets + Everyday family life] Modern-day overworked office drone Lin Anzhi had all the prerequisites for transmigration: an orphan’s background, late-night overtime, and a thunderstorm. Sure enough, she transmigrated. She ended up in the body of a three-year-old village girl in the 1960s. The good news: Her frail, sickly predecessor seemed to have a golden finger, and Lin Anzhi could 12.6kReads8.4Score899Shelves

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    The story begins with a severe drought in the 1960s. The female lead has a seemingly divine character and later becomes involved with the nation, altering many historical events. She holds a high position, and the plot revolves around family, country, and kinship; there is no romantic pairing.

37. 37 8 She Wants a Divorce in 1987? I Turned Around and Bought a Yamaha 87年她要离婚？转身我买雅马哈 The Stranger Is as Beautiful as Jade陌上人如玉Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s] [Single Life] [No Heroine] [Tycoon] [System] No business ventures + Enjoying life + No romance + Nostalgic era A nostalgic story set in the 1980s. Readers born after 2000, proceed with caution!!! Synopsis: In 1987, the day before my divorce, I bound myself to a System. The Confirmed Bachelor System: As long as I stay single, I get a daily single-person allowance. From then on, I began enjoying a leisurely, comfortable life. My wife thought I was going nowhere and insisted I cough up 5.2kReads6.7Score230Shelves

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    Both of these are slice-of-life stories with no main plot. The first one is still ongoing, but it's confirmed that it has no female lead and mainly focuses on face-slapping and the protagonist's daily life. The second one tells the story of a female college student who is reborn as a boy, and then goes on a wild adventure. Its ending is a bit abrupt, but it's still a very good period drama.

38. 38 我 I'm Already the Fake Heiress. Why Should I Put Up With You? 我都成假千金了，还能惯着你？ Gold in My Pocket兜里有金金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP Period-Era Story! Transmigration into a Book! Cultivation Reversal! The heroine is super strong and beautiful, a smart, feel-good story! Get revenge on the spot! No deadweight teammates!] The Wen family's stupid, ugly fake heiress seems to have gone crazy! After the Wen family kicked her back to the Tang family, she started studying every day. She used to come in last every year at Experimental High School, but now she's made the top ten at an ordinary middle school! Everyone was shocked! 717Reads8.1Score102Shelves

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    I highly recommend historical fiction featuring female protagonists!! All the female leads are independent and have no romantic partners!! There are no male leads!! They carve out their own path and build their careers within the historical setting!! 👏👏👏

39. 39 七 1970s Pocket Dimension: I Won't Be the Wronged Little Sister-in-Law 七零空间：不做冤种小姑子 Xia Xixi夏西西Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhu Yu was reborn in a period novel as the Zhu family's unmarried aunt, who had remained single her entire life. Being unmarried wasn't the problem. The real issue was that Zhu Xiaoqin, the woman she'd become, had worked like a beast of burden for the Zhu family all her life, and in the end, there wasn't even anyone to see her off. The neighborhood committee had to arrange her funeral. How was that not completely ridiculous...? 4.2kReads8.5Score248Shelves
40. 40 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.6kReads9.0Score585Shelves
41. 41 穿 Transmigrated to the ’70s: With a Space in Hand, the Eldest Sister Supports Her Family 穿越七零：身揣空间长姐养家日常 Mo Qing Yan墨卿烟Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Won't Go to the Countryside in the Seventies: I Have an All-Purpose Space, and Transmigrating to the Seventies: I Raise My Family as the Eldest Sister with a Space [Transmigration + Space] Zheng Yuru unexpectedly obtained a space. She thought the legendary apocalypse was coming, but after falling asleep, she woke up in the seventies! As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that both her parents were dead, her older brother had gone to the countryside, and she had younger sibli 2.9kReads8.7Score193Shelves
42. 42 穿 Transmigrated to 1958 to Raise the Kids 穿到五八养崽崽 User10991359用户10991359Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Period setting, no romance, raising kids, supermarket, striving, helping the whole village prosper) After twenty-seven years of being single, Xiaoqi got launched into the air by a car in the middle of the night and won a one-way ticket to the afterlife! She crossed parallel worlds with her little supermarket and arrived in Huaxia, where she became a widowed military wife with two kids! With a devastating disaster only months away, she got over her shock and reluctantly took up the mantle. She r 162Reads7.5Score—Shelves
43. 43 带 Bringing Supplies to the 1950s: My Two Kids and I Lie Flat 带物资穿五零：我和两宝咸鱼躺平 Zhu Zhu, Not Zhu Zhu珠珠不是朱朱Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + farming + raising kids + no romance] When Gu Yinghua opened her eyes again, she had become a young widow whose husband had died. Her family was dirt poor, she had two hungry children to feed, and a three-year period of hardship was about to begin. Gu Yinghua threw her head back and cried, “How am I supposed to survive this?!” 630Reads7.2Score101Shelves
44. 44 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: With a System, I'm the Strongest! 穿越70年代，我有系统我最强！ Gray Jujubes Don't Come Cheap灰枣不吃亏Modern Romance107k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + No Romance + System + Getting Back at the Villains + Ensemble Cast + Friendship] Xu Zhizi was an ordinary college student in the 21st century. One dark and stormy night on her way home, she got incredibly lucky! That’s right, she got hit by a heavy truck on the highway! In the blink of an eye, she went from college student to a poor little girl whose parents had both died and who was being tormented by her uncle’s family. Her original self, Xu Zhenzhu, had been starved to d 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This was originally supposed to be a no-romance story, with the female lead having an animal-raising system. However, it's tagged as both "no-romance" and "modern romance," so the system must have misjudged it.

45. 45 在 Getting Paid to Slack Off in the 1960s 在六十年代里带薪摸鱼啦 Er Yi Loves Eating Melons耳一爱吃瓜Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted Yun Li had just graduated from graduate school when she woke from a nap, only to find herself in a 1960s alleyway. Luckily, there was the pocket dimension she’d accidentally activated, with a house and car stocked full of supplies... Huh, there was a sign-in System in the pocket dimension now, too. So it was the one that had brought her to this era. Ah, why did this little System love gossip as much as she did? These leading men and women had way too much melodrama in their lives. Still, getting 1.8kReads5.4Score128Shelves

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    A gossip novel set in the 1960s, without a male protagonist.

46. 46 胎 Born in 1958, I Become the Darling of Every Protagonist Group 胎穿五八年被各路主角团宠 Ten Over Three十于三Modern Romance196k WordsOngoing [No CP + period setting + beloved by everyone + System + food + born in the womb + transmigrate into a book + parallel world] Ji Yuanming was living a perfectly good life, but on the eve of her thesis defense, she suddenly transmigrated, becoming a baby still in the womb. She figured her family was happy and complete, so there was no reason for her to transmigrate. All the hard work she had put into her thesis had gone down the drain. Still, luckily, she seemed to have arrived in 1958 in a paral 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, has a system, no raising children, the protagonist is a reincarnated character, but the writing style is a bit poor.

47. 47 带 I Brought a Space to the 1960s and Raise Kids with Pinduoduo 带着空间到六零，靠拼夕夕养崽崽 Tao Tao Xing Bing Le桃桃瑆冰乐Modern Romance214k WordsCompleted [No Romance] [Pocket Dimension] [System] [Farming] On the recommendation of her friends and family, Su Xiaoyu downloads PDD, an incredibly popular shopping app. After countless “help me slash the price” requests and cash-wheel spins, Su Xiaoyu decides the whole thing is a huge scam. Why can everyone else claim a few hundred yuan, while all she ever gets are coins and seeds? She spends every day raising chickens and ducks in Duoduo Farm and Ranch, but whenever she's earned enough to redeem real g 667Reads8.3Score105Shelves

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    This book, which I started following on TikTok, is absolutely amazing!

48. 48 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
49. 49 穿 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 201.5kReads9.4Score26.2kShelves
50. 50 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Mighty Woman Takes Down Scumbags 重生七零，大力女疯狂虐渣 Hope to Retire Tomorrow希望明天就退休Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it just came out, but it'll rise later! Jiang Hanyan is betrayed by her teammates and dies in the apocalypse. By a stroke of luck, she is reborn in the resource-scarce 1970s. After being reborn, she discovers that the original owner was a drudge who had been abused since childhood. A hypocritical father, a biased mother, a cruel older brother, a selfish younger sister, and her, left in pieces! She does the most work, gets the least food, and is still the one beaten t 696Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, revenge against scumbags

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