Does Anyone Have Any Good Novels Set in the 1940s? 各位大佬有40年代的小说给推一下呗

1. 1 惊 What a Shock! I Opened a Supermarket on the Long March 惊！我居然在长征路上开超市 One Zero一零Modern Romance246k WordsCompleted [No CP + Business-Building + Patriotism + Growth] After failing a job interview, Jiang Nan was walking home when a mango fell from a tree and hit her on the head. By sheer chance, she became bound to a supermarket System. Her mission is to run a supermarket along the Long March route, helping the troops reach their destination safely and improving their happiness levels. At first, she only wanted to earn enough money to return to the modern world and spend it. But eventually, she began using eve 4.4kReads9.0Score440Shelves

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   This novel features a female protagonist who transmigrates and opens a supermarket along the Long March route! 🤣 She helps the pioneers on the Long March by saving lives, improving their happiness index, delivering supplies, opening hospitals, and establishing schools. She's truly a "brick-and-mortar" type of person, helping them whenever they need it. There are touching moments, joyful scenes, and even tear-jerking moments ᜊ•ᴗ•ᜊ. She uses her own abilities to accompany them throughout the Long March. Especially the scene where everyone sees the future world later on—it's very impressive ✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧. The ending is very satisfying; I watched it all the way through, and the plot was fantastic (≧W≦)👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

2. 2 饥 Famine, 1942: I Lead the Refugees Against the Japanese 饥荒1942：我率灾民打鬼子 Goji Berry Tomato Stew枸杞炖番茄Urban300k WordsCompleted In 1942, a devastating famine ravaged Henan Province. The people had gnawed through all the tree bark, and corpses of the starved stretched for miles. After Xu Chen awakened the Anti-Japanese War System, he raised his arms and shouted to the refugees: “Work with me! You'll get all the food you can eat! Kill the Japanese and earn grain!” The refugees went from the despair of dying to roaring defiance against the Japanese invaders. A ruthless army rose in the Yellow River floodplain! “Ding! Killed 197Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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   They're all from around 1940, you can take a look.

3. 3 穿 Transmigrating to 1948: My Entire Family Was Wiped Out from the Start 穿越1948：开局满门被灭 Phantom Moon in the Clouds云中幻月Modern Romance609k WordsOngoing Ye Qing, born in the Interstellar Alliance eight hundred years in the future, was reborn after an accident in the body of Ye Qinghuan, a capitalist’s daughter whose family had just been wiped out on the eve of the founding of the nation. Watch her take revenge with her own hands and make her enemies pay. Anyone who tries to hurt her will be sent to meet Marx and repent… You corrupt officials who amassed wealth: what makes you think you can take ill-gotten gains with you? Out of money? No problem 3.4kReads7.7Score192Shelves
4. 4 穿 Transmigrating to 1942: Joining the Guerrilla Forces 穿越一九四二：从参加游击队开始 One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance229k WordsCompleted Lin Zao transmigrated from the apocalypse to 1942. Lin Zao fled famine. Lin Zao joined the guerrilla forces. “Every inch of this land belongs to us. If anyone tries to seize it, we’ll fight to the end!” “Defeat Japanese imperialism! We’d rather die than become slaves in a conquered nation!” “As long as even one of us is still standing, the fighting will never stop!” “If we fight this battle, our descendants won’t have to!” “Charge!” Raise your broadswords and strike down the Japanese invaders! O 530Reads8.4Score—Shelves
5. 5 1 In 1942, the Whole Family Fled Famine 1942年，全家逃荒 Madly Returning to the Realm疯回江山Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted The currents of time and space surged, sweeping Zhang Meng into a cycle between 1942 and 2025. Who says women are as gentle as water? Not me. I want to be a heroine. She led her family through famine and helped them find their way to wealth. And then there were all those poor children. In those chaotic times, the orphanage was a lamp shining through the darkness. She opened restaurants and beauty salons, earning money while gathering intelligence. The first half tells how Zhang Meng established 286Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 异 The Superpowered Warrior’s Soul Travels Back to 1937 异能战士竟然魂穿到1937年 Dou Cheng Loves Dry-Fried Celery爱吃干煸芹菜的窦成Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted My new work is here! You’re welcome to 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! Cheng Ying is a fighter with supernatural abilities in the apocalypse. She has formidable combat skills and spatial powers, including invisibility and teleportation. She also has lightning powers that let her strike enemy aircraft out of the sky. Somehow, she transmigrates to 1937 and becomes part of the enemy army invading Chin 1.4kReads6.1Score123Shelves
7. 7 四 The 1940s: I Start Killing the Enemy in 1941 四零年代：杀敌从1941开始 Qingmian Qianqian清眠浅浅Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted Female-oriented + War of Resistance Against Japan + pocket dimension + no CP + collecting supplies She thought the apocalypse had arrived, but it wasn't until the Japanese invaders were right before her eyes that she realized she'd been born into the War of Resistance era, and that the pocket dimension she'd bound to wasn't complete. They won't even let her catch her breath by hanging herself. She wasn't prepared for anything, and danger keeps finding her at every turn. Loot the Japanese invader 3.2kReads8.4Score238Shelves
8. 8 重 Reborn in the War of Resistance: Every Invader Deserves to Die 重生抗战：入侵者都该死 Light Sleep微眠Urban363k WordsCompleted (War of Resistance + espionage + pocket dimension + Republican era + parallel timeline) Anyone who seeks to destroy our country and wipe out our people will face our blood-soaked resistance to the very end! Zou Yiyi had just been reborn into a parallel timeline when she realized this was the most tragic chapter in the history books she'd once read. Her father had done nothing to provoke anyone, yet the Japanese used him for target practice as he fled famine. As she lay dying, her mother entruste 8kReads8.9Score498Shelves
9. 9 四 Siheyuan: Born into the World in 1937 四合院之胎穿1937 A Heart of Brick and Stone砖石的心Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing After a car accident, I was reborn in 1937. When I was nine, my parents sent me to live with a maternal uncle in the capital. From then on, I made my home there. I didn’t see my mother again until Beiping was liberated. (I have a small pocket dimension, but I rarely use it. It only comes in handy during difficult times.) 7.7kReads6.7Score169Shelves
10. 10 四 The Forties: A Cheat-Code Life With Superpowers 四零年代：拥有异能的开挂人生 Momo de01默默de01Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + alternate 1940s setting + supernatural abilities + pocket dimension + fleeing famine + fighting the war of resistance alone + no romance] Yun Fei, a space-powered survivor of the apocalypse, hides inside her pocket dimension when zombies breach the city. She thinks she can wait out the crisis there, then cautiously escape the zombie encirclement. Little does she know that a superpowered person outside happens to self-destruct... Her pocket dimension sends her soul to 8.5kReads8.3Score415Shelves
11. 11 末 From the Apocalypse to the Forties: Building the World's Strongest Nation 末世穿四零，建世界最强大国 Iron Demon of Antai Tower安泰大厦的铁魔Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted (Period setting + space + supernatural abilities + patriotism) Ye Qingning, a Level 9 spatial esper in the apocalypse, blew herself up and transmigrated into the parallel 1940s as Ye Qingning. The early story focuses on resisting the Japanese; later, it turns to rebuilding the country. Her golden finger is still as powerful as ever. 929Reads7.2Score102Shelves
12. 12 重 Reborn in the Age of War 重生战争年代 Black Coffee with Bread黑咖配面包Urban438k WordsCompleted (Rebirth, space, strength-based ability, playing the fool to catch the tiger, historical era, parallel world) In the apocalypse, Lan Xinyue survived thanks to her strength and spatial abilities, only to be betrayed by her closest friend while fighting a high-level zombie. “Xiao Yan, why?” Lan Xinyue couldn’t believe it. Reborn in the 1940s, she joins the revolution, helps the country fight the Japanese and capture enemy spies, and works undercover. The male lead is a soldier who protects his cou 5.9kReads9.1Score437Shelves
13. 13 重 Reborn in the 1940s, Laying Low Until the New Millennium 重生在四零一路苟到新世纪 The White Princess of Lufeng City炉沣市的白公主Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She went to sleep at home as usual, but when she opened her eyes, she had become a five-year-old child in the Republican era. Soon after, she lost her mother. She had enough to eat and drink at home, but still felt like an outsider. Just as she was finally getting used to her new life, she discovered how difficult it was to stay alive. She wanted to run away, but the world outside was engulfed in war. Leaving would mean certain death. If she stayed, she would be ignored and bullied at home. Ther 4kReads7.5Score225Shelves
14. 14 鬼 Japanese Invaders, Don't Run! The Strongest Couple of the 1940s Joins Forces to Wipe You Out 鬼子别跑！四零最强夫妇联手歼敌 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + fleeing famine + transmigrate into a book + war + an era-version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith + deadly combat + alternate Republic of China] Yun Chuyou has transmigrated into a book again, becoming the fake heiress and female supporting character in the male-oriented novel Beacon Fires Across the Land. With a face so beautiful she can get away with murder, she should have had every advantage from the start. Instead, her “landlord father” kicks her out, starving refugees try to rob 7.9kReads9.0Score799Shelves
15. 15 四 The 1940s: Conquering the Hard Years 四零：干翻艰苦年代 Yellow Sand, Heart in Sorrow黄沙心悲凉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1940s + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Artificial Intelligence + Growth] In a time of war, little Jiegeng was abandoned by her own mother. With her baby brother in her arms and the help of an artificial intelligence, she took one step at a time out of a small mountain village and grew into a towering tree. 9kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
16. 16 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1940s and Make Waves with My Space 穿越四零，我靠空间兴风作浪 Yellow Sand, Heart in Sorrow黄沙心悲凉Modern Romance832k WordsCompleted [Alternate-History Power Fantasy] + [Strong Female Lead] + [War of Resistance Against Japan] Zhuang Jingzhu, a PhD who had returned from overseas, died alongside the ringleaders of a criminal gang to avenge her father. She transmigrated to another world much like Earth, where a great famine was raging and the entire nation was fighting back against the Japanese. Using her spatial ability, she cleared out Japanese weapon depots, grain stores, and hospitals, seized supplies to support the resistan 11kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
17. 17 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 22.2kReads9.4Score2kShelves
18. 18 星 The Interstellar Pirate Boss Transmigrates to the 1940s 星际海盗老大穿越到四零年代 Furong Qiqi芙蓉七七Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Chen Feifei, the notorious leader of the Wolf Gang, a band of space pirates in the interstellar age, accidentally fell into a black hole. After narrowly escaping death, she transmigrated to another world in the 1940s, where she became the refined young lady Ye Zhiqiu. I was too reckless in my past life, so I'll keep my head down in this one. As long as I stay alive, that's enough. But being a complete pushover isn't great either. A gang leader should still act like one. The food here is deliciou 340Reads7.2Score—Shelves
19. 19 胎 Born into the 1950s, I Helped My Scumbag Dad Divorce by Cutting Him Out of the Family 胎穿五零，渣爹要离婚我送他除族 The Big Raccoon from the Hawaiian Shirt Squad Who Loves Watching the Show花裤衩大队的吃瓜大狸Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The short drama I Was Born in the 1950s, and I Helped My Mother Remarry is coming on April 15, 2025. Stay tuned! Yan Dan is a plant-based ability user in the apocalypse, where people have become experts on plants. She also has a decent-sized storage space for all kinds of supplies. She thought she could live at the base until the apocalypse ended, but then a zombie horde led by the Zombie King attacked it. And then... then she accidentally kicked the bucket. When she opened her eyes, she had som 10.2kReads8.9Score966Shelves

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    This is fantastic! A highly recommended historical novel.

20. 20 活 Living as a Model Citizen in Republican-Era China 活在民国当顺民 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban1.4M 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 38.6kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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    1. On the day Japan surrendered in 1945, Yang Fuping and his younger brother ambushed the enemy in the middle of the night and finally obtained the gold the old man had mentioned. However, remembering the old man's prediction of various calamities for the family, they were even more worried about how to avert them. The war was ongoing, and people were suffering; it was a very difficult situation. 2. This story is about a female protagonist who travels back in time to 1948 in Pingjiang's brothel, a young maid. Worried about the impact of her identity after liberation, she tries to escape to Hong Kong with her mute sister and the brothel's top courtesan. The 1940s Hong Kong is depicted with a strong sense of everyday life.

21. 21 逃 Escaping the Yihong Brothel: Making It on Our Own in Hong Kong 逃离怡红院，我们在香江自力更生 Rang Gou攘诟Modern Romance333k WordsOngoing [No golden finger + 1950s setting + romance later on] After finally making it into college and escaping her awful parents, Cheng Jiao opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the body of a servant sold to the Yihong Brothel. The Qing Dynasty has fallen, but its rotten customs remain. Chiang, you’ve really outdone yourself. There’s no way she’s staying here and accepting her fate. She’ll escape with the brothel’s top courtesan! Hong Kong is the perfect place for three women to build a li 550Reads7.1Score—Shelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrated Into a 1940s Book: From the Start, It's Just Me, My Little Sister, and a Baby Fleeing for Our Lives 穿书四零：开局就剩妹妹带娃逃命 Cute Little Mahua麻花小萌Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing High school student Jiang Jiyun was innocently caught in the crossfire while watching an incident out of curiosity, then transmigrated to an era torn apart by war. It was the setting of a historical novel she had read, where she became a nameless passerby who was killed off without ever appearing in the story. From the start, Japanese soldiers swept through the countryside, massacring the entire village. After burying the original owner’s mother, Jiang Jiyun set out with the child entrusted to h 14.7kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    These two books are quite good.

23. 23 迟 Belated Love Is Worthless, So I Chose to Serve My Country 迟来深情比草贱，我选择报效祖国 Yu Ying予樱Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + patriotism + positive energy + underdog comeback + face-slapping scumbags + everyone gets their comeuppance] Li Wanqing is bound to the Strong Nation System and helps countless tragically deceased supporting heroines fulfill their wishes. The wronged wife of the 1970s, cast aside because she can’t bear a son? The biological daughter hated by everyone? The Republican-era young woman with bound feet? Sorry. Given a second life, I pledge my devotion to my country and will st 70Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    Quick transmigration + patriotism + positive energy + face-slapping and scum-abusing...

24. 24 五 The Fifties: Taking My Landlord Father to Make It in Hong Kong 五零，带着地主老爹闯香江 With the Mountain Foothills与山麓Modern Romance138k WordsOngoing Ming Zhaozhao wakes up as a pampered young landowner's daughter in the 1950s. Her family owns a thousand mu of fertile land, and she is her landlord father's only child. In stories of the era, she's the perfect scapegoat: a wealthy only child whose assets are ripe for the taking, and the daughter of a big landowner. With death flags piling up, she decides to take all the family wealth and flee with her father to Hong Kong. 1.9kReads7.3Score133Shelves
25. 25 我 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to Become a Big Villain in a Period Novel 我带着空间在年代文里当大魔王 Sen Dafu森大富Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When the apocalypse arrives, Xu Chang'an awakens strength and wood-element abilities, and is lucky enough to unlock a pocket dimension. She thrives in the apocalypse! But in the fourth year of the apocalypse, after she seizes the weapons from an arsenal, she’s struck by lightning and reborn as an unborn child still in her mother’s womb... 4kReads8.9Score426Shelves

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    Both of these books are from the 1940s, and the content is excellent; they are definitely worth reading. It's just a pity they were serialized.

26. 26 四 Siheyuan: Enjoying Life in the Revolutionary Era 四合院：火红年代享受生活 Wishing You Wealth and Prosperity恭禧發財Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing The male lead, Liu Ping'an, somehow finds himself transported to a world full of different realms, back before Liberation. With both parents alive, he works hard at farming, plunders foreign countries, and builds his fortune. The early chapters mainly focus on his comical life teasing the neighborhood busybodies. In the middle, he ventures out to expand his horizons. This book will be at least a million words long. Xu Damao: Women are devils! My greatest joys in life are eating, sleeping, and be 14.7kReads7.8Score481Shelves

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    This book is worth reading.

27. 27 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book and Started Farming and Studying in a Warlord's Household 穿书后，我在军阀后院种田学习 Immortal White Crane白鹤仙Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted Jiang Jiangjiang was an utterly ordinary countryside lifestyle video blogger. After graduating from college, she returned to her home in a remote mountain village, where she raised cats, grew vegetables, cooked, and filmed videos to earn a little money. Apart from that, she liked reading novels. Who could have guessed that she'd wake up inside the melodramatic novel A Rose in Troubled Times, a tale as sappy as Love Deeply? She'd even become Jiang Xiyue, a cannon-fodder character who wasn't impor 3.5kReads8.7Score239Shelves

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    There weren't many books from the 1950s, only a few. The second to last one, in particular, was amazing! [Kissing emojis]

28. 28 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s as a Landlord's Darling Daughter 穿越五零成了地主娇小姐 Tea Roaster on the Flatlands坪上炒茶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This book takes a wholesome approach. Only a sweet, silly heroine can find simple happiness. A light, leisurely pace, focused on everyday life! She wakes up to find herself collapsed in a funeral hall. Song Jinxiu is so terrified she nearly scares herself to death. Once her memories return, she learns that she has transmigrated into the body of another Song Jinxiu. Her status isn't bad. She's even a landlord's daughter. But... It's the 1950s! Can someone tell me what to do? What should I do? I' 613Reads7.9Score101Shelves
29. 29 五 The Little Nobody Who Followed Her Mother to a New Marriage in the Fifties 五零年代随娘改嫁的小炮灰 Jun Yaling君雅灵Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted Qu Weiwei woke up one day as a five-year-old girl instead of the 23-year-old woman she had been. The girl’s father was the richest man in Pingcheng, with five concubines and more than a dozen children born to them. Qu Weiwei was one of those children. On the eve of Liberation, her father planned to pack up and flee overseas. Unfortunately, his legal wife only wanted to take the money and her own children with her. She had no intention of bringing along any of the concubines or their children, so 5.7kReads8.7Score364Shelves
30. 30 五 Space in the 1950s: After I Transmigrated, I Just Wanted to Take It Easy and Raise Kids 五零空间：穿越后我只想咸鱼养崽 Xiao Xiao's Fish肖肖的鱼Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted Shen Beibei's dream is to enjoy the carefree retirement she's always yearned for, without having to scramble for money or other worldly things. After transmigrating, she may no longer have to worry about money, but she discovers that money alone can't buy anything, and she only finds herself drifting farther and farther from the retirement she wants. 754Reads8.7Score—Shelves
31. 31 穿 Transmigrating to 1940: The Eight-Year-Old Farm Girl Goes on a Rampage 穿越四零，八岁农女杀疯了 Salty Fish Is My Trade咸鱼本渔Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted Li Xue had fallen asleep in her dreams. When she woke up, she had become an eight-year-old girl. The girl had witnessed her entire family being killed, and in her terror, she had died too. From the girl's memories, Li Xue learned that it was now the year 1942. She wanted to cry but had no tears left. Wiping them away, she resolved to take revenge on those who had wronged her and settle every score. 6.2kReads8.9Score316Shelves

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    These seem to be, maybe, or perhaps all of them: spy novels set during the War of Resistance against Japan, and very exciting stories.

32. 32 我 I Achieved Immortality in the Cultivation World with a Childbearing System 我靠生子系统在修仙界长生了 Salty Fish Is My Trade咸鱼本渔Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my work, and thank you all for your support! [Toxic heroine + childbearing System + irresistible charm + multiple male leads + brainless wish fulfillment] Li Xue was an ordinary modern woman who transmigrated to the 1940s and lived there for more than a decade. Then she got the chance to transmigrate to the world of immortal cultivation, where she obtained not only the legendary System but all sorts of other wonderful things as well. To live forever, Li Xue decide 106Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    The two books are separate parts. In the first book, Li Xue transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old orphan girl in 1942 with a spatial ability. She kills Japanese soldiers, hoards supplies, and upgrades her spatial ability. At the age of 21, she donates the food, money, and other valuables from her spatial ability to the country and then transmigrates to the cultivation world. The second book tells the story of Li Xue, who, after arriving in the cultivation world, sleeps with various S-rank or higher-level men with good fortune, has children, increases her cultivation level, extends her lifespan, and receives rewards. [Facepalm][facepalm]

33. 33 假 How Would You Survive in a Rural Village in the 1950s? 假如你在50年代农村如何生存 Pei Ji of the Island of Palmyra巴尔米拉岛的裴寂Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted An ordinary vocational college student in the 21st century has just graduated and started working, only to find himself in the 1950s before long. With no parents and still young, his start couldn’t be worse! For some inexplicable reason, he also owes a huge debt of heavenly merit that he must repay. Fortunately, a senior with some conscience gave him a peculiar golden finger. During each special period, he has to stir things up as much as he can, change other people’s fates, and make amends to H 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Forties and Fifties

34. 34 我 I Bring an RV to 1950 and Raise Kids While Making Money 我带房车穿50，养崽赚钱两不误 Hua Sihai花四海Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No romance. The heroine is focused entirely on her career.] Zhou Rong, a middle-aged single woman, is driving her RV on a road trip when she unexpectedly transmigrates into a book set in the 1950s. Her ex-husband wants a divorce? Fine! As long as I get the money! Some people say her life will be difficult after the divorce. She’ll show them: she has money, a car, and a house, and her life is great! If anyone spreads rumors or picks on her family, she’ll beat them up. If they still don’t behave, 3.3kReads9.0Score319Shelves
35. 35 穿 Transmigrate to 1959: From the Start, I Bite My Gambling Husband's Thigh 穿越五九：开局就咬赌鬼丈夫大腿 Glory Returned荣归Modern Romance839k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Weak Male Lead + A Touch of Fantasy] In her first life, she was a snake who lived for three thousand years. To become a dragon, she had no choice but to give up her demon body and be reincarnated to experience human life. In her second life, she barely made it to middle age and had finally gained freedom over her money, status, and life. The heavens couldn’t stand seeing a demon thrive, so they put her in a new body. In her third life, she ended up in the body of a pitiful 2.5kReads8.7Score208Shelves
36. 36 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s: I Became a Big Shot in Hong Kong 穿越五零，我在港岛当大佬 Cui Landai崔岚岱Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + space + gangs + battles of capital; the heroine is lustful but not promiscuous, the hero is a scheming, dark-hearted wolfdog] This novel is pure fiction. Please don’t relate it to real life or overthink it. Just sit back and enjoy. Qiao Luo transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1953. Before she can even celebrate, she finds out that her grandfather was a traitor, her father is a landlord, and her uncle fled overseas with the Nationalist Party. Not one person in her family is any 4.3kReads7.9Score337Shelves
37. 37 年 Transmigrate into a Book Set in a Bygone Era: The Villain and I Stockpile Supplies to Survive a Famine 年代穿书，我和反派囤货过荒年 No Medicine for a Cold感冒没药Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xie Zhaozhao transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed supporting character who won't survive three chapters. Her father has just died in the line of duty, and before the compensation money has even warmed her hands, her mother takes the cash and runs off to remarry. In the original story, Xie Zhaozhao dies miserably during a famine, and her stepsister gets the golden finger. To hell with the plot! Eight-year-old Xie Zhaozhao clutches the fortune she painstakingly snatched from her mother, s 1kReads7.4Score101Shelves
38. 38 重 Reborn in 1942: While Others Flee on Tree Bark, I Eat Stewed Meat 重生42逃荒别人吃树皮我吃炖肉 Getting Up in the Morning to Eat Spinach早上起来吃菠菜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine] [Reborn] [Pocket dimension] [Decisive and ruthless] [Killing Japanese invaders] [Killing people and looting their bodies] [Multiple heroines, no single female lead] Ma Tian was a hitman who had only recently entered the profession when his fixer set him up. He was sent to assassinate a Southeast Asian general, only to discover it was a trap. At the last moment, he detonated the explosives in his hands, taking his enemies down with him. He transmigrated into the body of Su Chen, 29.2kReads7.1Score1.4kShelves

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    Come here, fleeing famine, male protagonist, kills Japanese devils and traitors. The male protagonist is decisive and ruthless, neither doting on his sister nor any other woman, there are women but no female lead. He won't be swayed by women, won't lose his mind, and won't touch their noses. He's a breath of fresh air. The male protagonist has the heart of a hero, killing anyone who gets in his way. If his sister becomes an obstacle, he'll even kill her to prove his path. If you like famine relief and the "sister-killing" style, you should check this out, a highly recommended read!

39. 39 重 Reborn in 1960 重生1960 Pipi's Little Pig皮皮的小猪Urban575k WordsCompleted Xie Mian got incredibly lucky and acquired a space. As a fan of apocalypse movies, he woke from a long dream in a panic and swiftly sold all his assets, buying enough supplies to stock ten large supermarkets in preparation for the apocalypse. Unexpectedly, the apocalypse never came. Instead, he found himself in the 1960s. As if going hungry and lacking warm clothes weren't bad enough, he had ended up inside a period novel. In the book, he was a doomed cannon-fodder character who went out of his 2.1kReads8.4Score119Shelves

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    The first book, for a seasoned bookworm, is the best of the two because it's so realistic. It features a gender-swapped protagonist living in a chaotic world from the Republican era to the 1950s and 60s. It feels incredibly real, giving us insight into the hardships and struggles of farmers in the 1940s and 50s, and explaining why reform and opening up were necessary to unify China. The second book is great because the female protagonist is from her original homeland; there's no reincarnation or time travel. She grows stronger step by step through the harsh realities of society. The third book is male-oriented and also quite good.

40. 40 从 Life in the Siheyuan, Beginning in the New World 从新世界开始的四合院生活 Someone's Home有个人在家Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted This is the story of an ordinary man who transmigrates into a world combining a whole host of period dramas. It follows him from before Liberation all the way to the new millennium. In the torrents of everyday life, simply keeping your footing is a struggle; making a name for yourself is harder than reaching the heavens. You and I are ordinary people, but ordinary people have dreams of their own, too. 2.5kReads8.2Score132Shelves
41. 41 穿 Transmigrated to 1942: From the Start, All I Have Is a Handful of Grass 穿越1942，开局一把草 Warm Sunshine in Spring春天里的暖阳Urban851k WordsCompleted During the Republic of China era, warlords run amok, foreign enemies invade, and natural disasters strike! When staying alive becomes a pipe dream, survival, and finding a way to live better, become the protagonist's only motivation. See how Hou Xiaoge, an older single man from the new century, transmigrates to the Republic of China and stirs up a storm. 17.3kReads8.4Score631Shelves
42. 42 穿 Transmigrated to 1940, I Cleaned Out the Enemy Camp 穿到四零，我搬空敌营 Loves Colorful Peanut Candy爱吃多彩花生豆Historical378k WordsCompleted Rebirth + spatial powers + psychic abilities Feel-good story + alternate setting, similar to China in 1942 … Li Luo fights desperately against a zombie horde in the apocalypse, only to be pushed into the mass of zombies by her companions and perish. But when she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the war years and begins her journey of resistance against Japan. Being a spy is no big deal when you've got a golden finger. What, a sniper? Easy. That's my specialty. Infiltration? No problem, as lon 11Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    The 1940s and 1950s

43. 43 重 A Life After Being Reborn in the 1950s 重生五零后的一生 The White Princess of Lufeng City炉沣市的白公主Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Past fifty, with no children of my own, I cared for my elderly parents until they passed away. With a little money in hand, a space suddenly appeared. What else was there to do? Buy, buy, buy! But after I'd finished shopping, nothing happened. With no other choice, I could only grow old slowly back in my hometown. When I opened my eyes again, I discovered I was a tiny embryo. Only after I became conscious did I learn when I had been born. From then on, I went from Li Nuan to Li Mianmian. A lifet 2.6kReads8.2Score136Shelves
44. 44 重 Reborn in the 1950s, I Take It Easy with Billions in Supplies 重生五零，我带亿万物资摆烂了 Tao Tao Xing Bing Le桃桃瑆冰乐Modern Romance945k WordsOngoing [Reborn] [1950s] [No CP] [Personal space] [Billions in supplies] [Raising kids] [Wish-fulfillment story] When Xia Yun suddenly gains a personal space, she thinks the end of the world is coming. She rushes out overnight to stock up at the mall, only to discover that several malls have vanished without a trace! She returns to her space and discovers that the missing malls have all appeared inside it! Suddenly, she has billions in supplies! Before she can enjoy it for long, she steps out of her spa 597Reads8.9Score102Shelves
45. 45 入 Joining the Discipline Inspection Investigation Team: Why Is the Whole Country Panicking? 入职纪委调查组，咋全国都慌了 I'll Buy a Plane When I Make It Big火了买飞机Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was framed and wrongfully imprisoned. One mistake led to another. Reborn in 2006 with the memories of his past life, he solved one major case after another, earning accolades such as “Model Investigator,” “Star of Inspection and Investigation,” and “First-Class Merit,” before receiving the highest honor of all: Nationally Acclaimed Civil Servant! When Yang Wen looked back, he realized he had risen to such great heights! 18.4kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
46. 46 末 Apocalyptic Woman: Espionage in Republican-Era China 末世女【谍战在民国】 The Stream in My Dreams梦中的溪流Modern Romance225k WordsOngoing Qingguang woke up to find herself a rookie who had just graduated from a military intelligence training program. Since her family lived in Shanghai, she was assigned to work as a radio operator at the Shanghai station. In the apocalypse, humanity has lost its compassion and the strong rule supreme. Faced with natural disasters, human calamities, and zombies, everyone struggles to survive. But now she's arrived in the Republic of China, a place she'd only ever seen in history and literature books 6Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    The 1940s: Republic of China + Anti-Japanese War + Developing China

47. 47 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    1. Ye Sanqiu was notorious in the Trumpet Flower Brigade, hated by everyone. The villagers and even her own family suffered terribly because of her. Old Mrs. Ye and the brigade leader were both worried sick. Forced into a corner, Old Mrs. Ye threw out a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. "Sanqiu, you've ruined the village these past few years! Go to the capital and wreak havoc on your in-laws!" Ye Sanqiu: In-laws aren't important; what's important is that she wants to see the world in a big city! 2. Female Captain VS Special Forces King: A woman trying to steal her husband's property? Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt occupied Lin Wanxia's house and even tried to sell her to a mentally challenged man from the next village for a high "bride price" of 5,000 yuan. Lin Wanxia wanted to steal her cousin's boyfriend and ruin her marriage, but she entered the wrong room and was cornered on the bed by a strange man. Lin Wanxia decided to play along, marrying the best soldier, dealing with her uncle and aunt's family, and reclaiming her property. Fighting against the worst, crushing the scum, raising livestock, doing business, flirting with men, raising children, and living a prosperous life! 3. Military marriage + medical skills + a strong nation and passionate spirit + flirting with peacekeeping female military doctor Song Wei is reborn. This time, she chose a different path from her previous life. Her goal is to find the boy she once liked. In Lu Jiu's eyes, Song Wei is like a sand cat, timid, agile, and cowardly, occasionally showing her claws, cute yet fierce. He likes her but is afraid of making her cry... Who would have thought that after a few years, the sand cat has grown up, practicing medicine and saving lives, driving and repairing cars, surviving in the wild, and mastering explosives... She is good at everything.

48. 48 快 Quick Transmigration: A Couch Potato Reborn as an Extra Scores Big 快穿：咸鱼穿成路人甲赢麻了 Let the Spring Breeze Carry Three Mountains Away蓬州吹取三山去Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Hoarding Supplies + Not a Power Fantasy + Film and TV Worlds + Cultivation + No CP] Chen An travels through three thousand worlds as a nobody, all to rebuild her physical body and ascend to immortality. Warnings: The female lead is a lazy, laid-back person who just wants to lie flat. Very lazy. 1.7kReads7.7Score111Shelves

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    The tenth story features a female protagonist who travels back in time to Henan during a famine 1942.

49. 49 清 Raising Children in the Qing Palace: The Side Consort Wins by Taking It Easy 清宫养崽，侧福晋她躺赢了 Mango Sago, Yeah芒果西米露吖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Ran spent more than a decade diligently serving as a palace maid in the Qing court. At long last, she caught the eye of Consort De of Yonghe Palace. She had hoped that, once she turned twenty-five, she could ask Consort De to let her leave the palace. Instead, she was assigned to serve as the Fourth Prince, Yinzhen’s, first woman. Wait, wasn’t that Song’s job in history? There was no defying an imperial decree, so An Ran arrived at the imperial princes’ residence in a small sedan chair. Since 16.8kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    The plot is reasonable and the story is engaging.

50. 50 进 I Entered the Wrong Room and Married the 1980s' Greatest Special Forces Soldier 进错房，嫁给八零最牛特种兵 Gu Yue Yan古月言Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Commander, Your Wife Just Rammed an Enemy Ship with a Whale Again [Period military romance, island life, raising kids, strengthening the nation, wealthy family, devoted couple] Female ship captain vs. special forces king She has a golden finger, but it’s not much of one. (It barely comes into play in everyday life and is mostly used against foreign enemies.) Trying to take everything from her? Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt seize Lin Wanxia’s family home and even try to sell her to 3.2kReads9.0Score510Shelves

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