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1. 101 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 86.6kReads9.4Score5.2k14d adds
2. 102 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel, and I'm Not Following the Plot 穿进年代文我不走剧情 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Shuyu may be the most unfortunate transmigrator ever. She’d just won the lottery and hadn’t even had a chance to collect her winnings when she kicked the bucket from excitement. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she’d transmigrated into a book. There was no suspense: the body she’d transmigrated into was, of course, that of the vicious female antagonist. The heroine, Shen Xue, was her cousin. Beautiful and kindhearted, hardworking and capable, she was the village’s most admired young 124.2kReads8.4Score12.8k14d adds

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   Good period novels

3. 103 军 The Officer's Seduction: I Get by in the Eighties by Acting Crazy 军官撩人：我靠发癫在八零吃肉 Thousandfold Deity千千神Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + System + face-slapping + sweet romance] In her previous life, Lu Yunxiang was taken advantage of from beginning to end by her cousin, a woman who seemed as pure and mild as a chrysanthemum, and who presented herself as kind and self-sacrificing. The job Lu Yunxiang had worked so hard to earn through exams was given away by her cousin to someone else. Her cousin signed her up to go down to the countryside, leaving her to endure endless hardships in the rural 12.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
4. 104 七 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零，重生后我被最强军官花样宠 Chu Ningqi楚凝七Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 64.1kReads9.2Score8.7k14d adds
5. 105 重 Back to the 1960s: My Parents Chose Their Adopted Daughter Over Me 重回六零，爹妈为了养女不要我了 Bouncing Bunny蹦跶兔Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted 年代 + Strong Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Vengeance for Every Grudge + Fighting the Awful Ones + Family Life + Making a Fortune For the sake of so-called good deeds, her biological parents adopted children who already had both parents, then abandoned their own children in the countryside to fend for themselves. They even made their own daughter take the fall for their adopted daughter. And she was brutally beaten in revenge... Her younger brother was beaten to death with clubs for trying to g 6.5kReads8.9Score56014d adds
6. 106 首 Commander, Your Kid’s Charged to the Front Lines Again! 首长，你家崽崽又冲上前线了！ Yuanzi Cat媛子猫Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing After blowing herself up, 5188 landed in the 1970s. She carefully hid the System still running in her mind and pretended to be a human toddler. To get Grandma to take her home, 5188 volunteered that her parents were dead. Once she learned that changing the fate of a member of the old Jiang family would let her retrieve things from her apocalyptic storage space, 5188 became all the more eager to help. Big Brother wants to improve his physical fitness? Easy! “Granny Jiang, something terrible has h 9.3kReads9.3Score62114d adds
7. 107 被 Abandoned in the Wilderness for Eighteen Years, I Marry the Wrong Man as a Stand-In Bride 被扔荒山十八年，替婚错嫁大首长 Young Master Qi公子七Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period drama + outrageous melodrama + unhinged + doting romance + growth story + feel-good power fantasy + family squabbles] [Adorable, violent, obedient, fiercely protective mutated native vampire bride × cold, versatile, returning Chinese scientist] When Xu Xinyuan is little, her grandparents abandon her in the mountains to fend for herself. Her reborn cousin refuses an arranged marriage, and because Grandma can’t bear to give up the betrothal gifts, she brings Xu Xinyuan back. In her cousin’ 5.1kReads9.0Score49514d adds
8. 108 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Husband Only Wants a Daughter 重生七零：老公就想要女儿 Zebra King斑马大王Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Rebirth + period setting + taking down scumbags + adorable kids + sweet romance + raising children + focused on making money] Du Surui never imagined that after being reborn in the 1970s, her husband in this life would not only dote on her like crazy, but would also be set on having another daughter. Their two sons are nothing but weeds in the eyes of their daughter-obsessed dad and their future little sister. They have no status at all. That’s nothing like her previous life, when Du 82Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A story about raising children in the 1970s; the male protagonist likes little girls, and his two sons are named Zhao Mei and Pan Mei respectively [smirk].

9. 109 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 14.7kReads8.1Score80914d adds

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   Farming, farming novels.

10. 110 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 615Reads8.0Score—14d adds
11. 111 随 The Man Who Joined the Army Is Married, So I Turn Around and Marry His Commander 随军男人已结婚，转头嫁他首长 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 19.7kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds

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    These are all my treasured books [kissing emoji]

12. 112 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s, Becoming a Stepmother, and Getting Rich While Joining the Army: The Vile Ones, Get Lost 穿八零，当后妈，致富随军极品滚 Trees on Chun Mountain椿山有木Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Super-sweet romance + military marriage + having and raising children + getting rich + spirit spring space + everyday life] Lin Shuyan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel! Her military officer husband is the heroine's biggest golden finger: Rich and powerful, handsome and wealthy. Too bad she's not the heroine. * When he hears that Lin Shuyan is beating the children, her military officer husband comes home with divorce papers. Befo 11.3kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
13. 113 八 The Rugged Man of the Eighties Is Full of Wild Passion, Yet His Little Wife Kisses Him to Tears 八零糙汉野性足，偏被小妻亲到哭 Yue Huasheng月桦笙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + devoted couple + everyday life + putting scumbags in their place + marriage before love] Ye Xiaozhen is beautiful, but was born with an intellectual disability. To get a city bride for her own son, her stepmother sells her to a bully who has already widowed three wives, taking the bride price. He's the notorious jinx of the surrounding villages, a wife-killing menace, the strongest donkey on the production team, and a devil everyone avoids. What good can come of Ye Xiaozhen fal 5.8kReads8.8Score52314d adds
14. 114 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: A Kiss from the Chaste Commander Keeps Me Alive 八零军婚，和禁欲首长亲亲续命 Pineapple Blowing Rain菠萝吹雨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + alluring, delicate young heiress × a stern yet warm-hearted, ascetic senior officer + kisses keep him alive + devoted to each other + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] (Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional!) What should you do after transmigrating into the role of a villainess? Naturally, do your very best to make the heroine shine! Jiang Zhinian was a genius interpreter from the 21st century, with fair skin, breathtaking beauty, a soft voice, and a delicate figure. Aft 2kReads8.8Score22214d adds
15. 115 七 Marrying a Rugged Disabled Man in the 1970s, I Bring a Warehouse and Make My Husband and Son Thrive 七零嫁残疾糙汉，带仓库旺夫旺仔 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, The Seventies' Lucky Little Wife, is now streaming [Complete] [Rugged Hero + Sweet Wife + Gourmet Food + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Secret Identity + Feel-Good Story] Jiang Congyu, a top chef who had cooked for the finest state banquets, was suddenly killed when a crystal chandelier fell on her while she was cooking. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book she'd read before. And the timing couldn't be worse: it was her wedding ni 15kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
16. 116 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
17. 117 美 Food Blogger Transmigrates to the Seventies: Becoming a Mom Without the Labor Pains 美食博主穿七零：无痛当妈来养崽 Wind Comes Late at Night晚夜来风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period setting + Food + Adorable kids + Pocket dimension + Marriage before love From the start, she's saddled with a disabled soldier for a husband and two future villains for sons. A food blogger transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s, bringing her spacious apartment with her, and becomes the contrast-group sister-in-law to the female lead of a period novel. The female lead raises plump, healthy kids while hers are scrawny as monkeys. The female lead keeps her kids spotless while hers are a 2.9kReads8.5Score39514d adds
18. 118 旗 One Flirt from the Qipao Beauty, and the Strongest Officer Blushes 旗袍美人一撩，最强军官羞红脸 Luo Zili洛梓璃Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Super-sweet military marriage + pocket dimension + stepmother raising kids + seductive cheongsam beauty and cool, restrained officer + everyday food + healing] Jiang Zhining has had a rough time. The real heiress pushed her off a cliff, and she nearly ended up in a snake’s jaws, but then she unexpectedly met the toughest officer in the book. When she was thrown out of her home and left homeless, Jiang Zhining turned and stopped the abstinent officer. “Comrade Song Yuzhou, I can never repay you 2.3kReads9.2Score27714d adds
19. 119 金 The Jin Yuanbao Family’s Sudden Fortune from Demolition Compensation 金元宝一家的拆迁暴富日常 A Wondrous Pen Like a Lotus妙笔如莲Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Old Madam Jin dreamed of a golden ingot while pregnant. She asked each of her four favorite daughters-in-law, but none of them admitted it! Could it really have been Ying Canru, who could never get enough to eat and always burned the bottom of the pot when she cooked? ~~ In the delivery room, Ying Canru screamed as she gave birth. Outside, Jin Laifu paced back and forth, glancing at his watch from time to time as he muttered, “Please let the baby be born on the eighth day of the eighth month. Ot 1.7kReads8.8Score11014d adds

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    These books are so good! So good! So good!

20. 120 星 Interstellar Livestream: From the Start, I Claimed the Galaxy's Most Handsome Man 星际直播，开局强占星际第一美男 Smiling Crane微笑鹤鹤Modern Romance568k WordsCompleted [Interstellar Beast World + Childbearing System + Livestream] After thirty years of being single, the lonely and desperate older single woman Su Ruanruan was suddenly in a car accident and transmigrated to an interstellar beast world. This world was insane. Females were rare and highly prized, and females with high fertility were rarer still. Males had to rely on females' spiritual power to soothe them and keep radiation-induced madness at bay. The body Su Ruanruan transmigrated into not only ha 3.7kReads8.3Score33914d adds
21. 121 从 From Top Scholar's Wife to Empress 从状元妻到皇后 Flying Fish 2024会飞的鱼2024Ancient Romance357k WordsOngoing Second Marriage + Age Gap A lightly ensemble cast. Everyone is career-minded, with romance taking a back seat. A rational, intelligent heroine VS a steady, reserved hero Su Yu, an obstetrician-gynecologist, transmigrates to the unfamiliar fictional Great Xi dynasty, becoming the only daughter of the Su family, whose patriarch is a seventh-rank official in the capital. She has loving elders, affectionate parents, caring older brothers, and respectful younger brothers. Having been an orphan in 9Reads8.2Score—14d adds
22. 122 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1970s to Build My Country 穿越我在七零建设祖国 I'd Gladly Share a Dream with You甘与子同梦Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted As a descendant of Huaxia, revitalizing the motherland and building a prosperous, powerful nation is a conviction etched into one's bones. After unexpectedly transmigrating to the 1970s, Nian Youyu eagerly answers the nationwide call for educated youth to go to the countryside, build the land, and defend the motherland. She has already graduated from high school. Raising fish and shrimp, growing medicinal herbs, opening a distillery... As the great leader said, the countryside is a vast world wh 25Reads7.1Score—14d adds
23. 123 豆 The Tofu Seller's Daily Life as Head of the Household 豆腐娘子的掌家日常 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Everyday Street Life]+ [Family Matters]+ [Daily Life]+ [Farming and Business] P.S. No golden finger. The female lead was transmigrated into a body before birth. Content warning: The leads are not each other's firsts. If that bothers you, don't read! A tall, strapping prison clerk and a fair-skinned, beautiful tofu seller with a fiery temper. One is domineering and uninhibited, while the other seems delicate but is actually covered in thorns. See how this ordinary family fights hard to carve out 9.9kReads8.9Score87114d adds
24. 124 团 The Jiang Family's Beloved Little Daughter Can Work Immortal Magic 团宠之蒋家小女会仙法 March in Fragrant Bloom三月含芳菲Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Space + Cultivation + Farming + Beloved by the whole family + Medicine Big news! Big news! The people of Qingzhou spread the word far and wide. The Jiang clan of Xijindu, where no girl had been born in two hundred years, had welcomed a baby girl. They say the little girl was born blessed with tremendous good fortune. On the day she was born, rain fell from the heavens upon the land, which had suffered a prolonged drought. A few days after her birth, the family elders went hunting in the mountain 54.4kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds

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    The Jiang family's little fairy returns with magical powers, and the family's pampered mode is activated! The Jiang family's little fairy, who had been missing for many years, suddenly returns, bringing with her a wealth of magical abilities. Her family is both surprised and delighted, showering her with affection. However, her magical powers have also attracted attention from all sides: the family elders are curious, and mysterious forces are spying. How will the little fairy use her magical powers to resolve the crisis, and what mysteries of her past will she uncover? Click to read and embark on this fantastical adventure with the little fairy!

25. 125 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Spicy Wife Strikes Back 重生七零：小辣妻逆袭 Tuoba Yanqing拓拔言倾Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted Everyone in Jiang'an Production Team knows Liu Xiwu as a fiery, hot-tempered girl who acts on impulse and often storms through the village with a shoulder pole, beating people up. They also know she’s a poor girl abandoned by her biological father, left to rely on her sickly mother. Then, one day, she suddenly becomes sharp and clever. Not only that, she manages to snag a handsome young man who stays by her side to protect her. 1.5kReads8.7Score15014d adds

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    These are all of them!! The first one, I like reading rebirth novels with clear love and hate. The second book has some unexpected plot twists in the last hundred or so chapters. The third book, a relatively tightly paced period novel, was a very comfortable and smooth read overall.

26. 126 八 The 1980s: The Darling of the Family, I Wake Up Lucky Every Day Despite Being a Jinx 八零团宠：身为灾星的我每天醒来运气爆棚 Qian Naina千奈奈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Complete [period setting + everyone’s favorite + lucky little darling + everyday life + farming] The poorest family in the village, the Zhou family, adopts four-year-old Doudou, whom everyone calls a jinx, despite the objections. Who would have thought that their difficult, impoverished life would suddenly get better? The wife’s illness is cured without medicine, just from something the child says! The child casually goes up a hill, and a whole school of fish comes swimming over to meet its end. 1.7kReads9.1Score16614d adds
27. 127 穿 Reborn as a Fierce Woman, I Turn My Life Around With My Child 穿成泼辣女后，我带娃逆袭 Huo Yajun霍雅君Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama Transmigrating as a Shrewish Woman: I Lead My Kids to a Comeback is now streaming. [Feel-Good Story] [A Super Cool Heroine Who Always Gets Even Right Away] Other people transmigrate and become the apple of everyone's eye or a rich beauty. So why did she end up in the body of a wicked woman in her thirties? Not only has she become an evil adoptive mother, she's also destined for a terrible end. And the worst part is, she's an artsy young woman in her twenties who has never dated. 7.1kReads9.1Score61014d adds
28. 128 重 Back to 1973: I Have a Sign-In System 重回1973，我有签到系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban898k WordsOngoing A wage slave among wage slaves was summoned to work overtime in the middle of the night. On his way home at dawn, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sent him back to the fervent era. Armed with an incomplete cultivation sign-in System, let's see how he makes his mark in those turbulent times. 16.4kReads6.8Score1.1k14d adds
29. 129 重 Back to the Late 1970s, I Have a Choice System 重回70年代末，我有选择系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban766k WordsCompleted A modern food-delivery rider was hit by a heavy truck while saving someone and sent back to the 1970s, reborn as an educated youth about to take the college entrance exam. Ding! The choice System has been activated. A choice has been triggered. Choice One: Take the college entrance exam? No way. You can return to the city freely in a year, so stay in the village for another year. Reward: Become the village secretary's live-in son-in-law. Choice Two: The college entrance exam is the only way to c 17.6kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
30. 130 重 Reborn in 1974: I Take My Space with Me to the Countryside 重生1974年，我带空间去下乡 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban642k WordsCompleted Li Feng, a wage slave working a 996 schedule, accidentally activated the pocket dimension in the jade pendant his grandfather left him before he died. As a devoted fan of web novels on Tomato, how could he not know what opportunity was coming his way? “Grandpa! Bless your grandson with a chance to transmigrate to an awesome world. I’ll make sure our Li family has plenty of descendants.” The newly unemployed wage slave gathered what little money he had and stockpiled some supplies. Now he waits f 16.4kReads7.8Score67314d adds
31. 131 重 Reborn as a Poor Little Orphan in the 1960s, I Have a Little Money 重生六零年小孤女有点财 E Dai俄代Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted (Historical setting + space + ancient martial arts + one-on-one romance + medicine and poison + patriotism) The shaman high priest's family is running out of descendants. Unable to bear it, the high priest ancestor performs a ritual to send a modern orphan girl to the 1960s, where she is still an orphan. How infuriating! That old ancestor tricked me! With wolves eyeing her family wealth, she has no choice but to train hard and learn how to protect herself. Persecuted, hunted, targeted for assass 13.5kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds

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    Let me take you to experience a different kind of northern scenery, with space.

32. 132 淮 The Sweet, Gentle Educated Youth from Huaicheng Married the Village Big Shot's Son 淮城来的娇软小知青嫁给了村二代 Soft Whispers浅语潇潇Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + System + Devoted Husband + Everyday Life + Farming to Prosperity] After an unexpected brush with death, Gu Jin transmigrated to China in the 1970s. She couldn't lift a thing or do a day's hard labor. A delicate young heiress, she'd barely transmigrated when she became an educated youth sent to the countryside. The villagers watched, eager to see how this fragile young woman would earn work points in the fields. But then Gu Jin caught the eye of the toughest, most 2kReads7.0Score16514d adds

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    Rough and rough Chinese writing in the 1970s

33. 133 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.1kReads9.4Score3.2k14d adds

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    The book arrived, and it's pretty good.

34. 134 从 Becoming a County Magistrate in 1949 从1949开始当县长 Life Is a Journey Against the Current人生如逆旅Urban1.9M WordsCompleted I’m currently a Grade 6 administrator, holding dual posts within the province. [Power at the Peak]+ [The Founding Years]+ [Farming]+ [Officialdom]+ [Recruitment]+ [Slow-Burn Epic] A model student of the era, a pioneer in prison economics, and an expert at reforming souls and minds. It’s 1949, and the Three Great Campaigns have already been won. I leave the military and transfer to local government to become a county magistrate. I’m 23 years old, with an administrative rank of 12. I devote myself 209Reads9.3Score—14d adds

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    Farming and officialdom in the past

35. 135 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Sons' Golden Fingers Merged with Mine 穿书后我和儿子们的金手指合并了 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death 34.8kReads9.4Score5k14d adds

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    Historical fiction, strong female lead, patriotism, raising children, all characters are excellent.

36. 136 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1k14d adds

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    🌿🌿① Both the male and female leads in this book have incredibly positive values, and there are lots of funny moments, especially when the male lead's grandfather and mother act out a scene to get him to come see a doctor. The grandfather says, "If I weren't still here, I would have thought I was really dead." [Laughing and crying emojis]

37. 137 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds
38. 138 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 46.8kReads9.4Score5.6k14d adds
39. 139 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Fierce Mother of the Villains in the 1970s 穿书七零之反派们的悍妇亲娘 White Cat Under the Moon月下白猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted One day, Zhou Yin transmigrated into a book, where Heaven had foisted five badly raised problem children on her. Every one of them would grow up to become a great villain who wreaked havoc on the world. Zhou Yin could only weep. What else could she do? She couldn't dodge them or run away, so she had to grit her teeth and take them in. Gradually, she realized that these five little villains were each smarter and more thoughtful than the last. So she took them to school, started businesses with th 5Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    I recommend historical fiction; it's alright, except for a few exceptional characters that I can ignore. Some characters have cheat codes (powerful abilities), while others don't!

40. 140 嫁 After Marrying the Sickly Man Next Door, I, Who Was Infertile, Got Pregnant 嫁给隔壁病秧子后，不孕不育的我怀上了 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Junyi dreams that she's gone back several decades, leaving her adoptive parents to return to her birth parents. Her grandmother torments her, she loses the ability to have children, her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she dies of exhaustion at a young age. She frantically stocks up on supplies in her pocket dimension. Then she really arrives in the world from her dream, ready to spend her life alone, only for the handsome neighbor who got into university to come next door and propos 1.3kReads9.0Score19514d adds
41. 141 穿 Reborn as the Villainess in a Period Novel 穿成年代文里的恶毒女配 Green Silk, True to You青丝不负Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Qingqing transmigrated into a period novel, becoming the villainess who was doomed to keep digging herself into a hole. The reborn heroine was watching her like a hawk, ready to grind her into the dirt. Xu Qingqing clutched her little blanket and trembled! Forget it. If I can't afford to offend her, I can at least stay out of her way, right? Wouldn't it be better to help her brothers build their careers, or get close to the handsome villainous big shot? But as she kept lying low, things start 57Reads8.5Score3414d adds
42. 142 八 The Chubby Girl's Whirlwind Romance in the 1980s 八零小肥妻她闪婚了 Little Moon小月亮Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Gu Wan was madly in love. She stole money from home to sing at a bar, only to be ruined by a rotten man, fall gravely ill, and end up homeless. Before she died, Lu Qing, who had remained unmarried for eight years, took her home and cared for her tenderly. Gu Wan regretted everything. Reborn on her wedding night, still wearing her red bridal dress, she cracked the scoundrel over the head with a brick, then ran into the village like the wind and threw herself into the arms of 46Reads8.4Score—14d adds
43. 143 七 The Pampered Wife of the Seventies Fights Back, While Her Rough-Hewn Husband Pursues and Spoils Her 七零娇妻要逆袭，糙汉紧追宠上天 Joy Upon Joy喜上加喜Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Taking Down the Villains + Sweet Romance + Transmigration + Space] A top-tier, spoiled rich beauty transmigrates overnight into a poor farmer's wife. From the start, she has to face her wicked mother-in-law. Which pig from the production team is so full of herself? There's no point talking. Let's fight! She had planned to quietly build herself up with her space at her disposal, but her superstitious mother-in-law and sleazy brother-in-law kept causing trouble. What a way to run i 184Reads8.5Score10214d adds

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    "Did you say you ate pig poop for lunch? Your mouth stinks!" This is a super hilarious period drama. The female lead is incredibly good at roasting people and it's hilarious. Her cheat-like abilities aren't huge, but they're quite impressive. It's a satisfying read from start to finish, with all the scumbags yelling in frustration! She makes a fortune, goes to university, has money, tickets, and a man—a true winner in life!

44. 144 一 I Woke Up as the Terrible Mother of Seven Sons 一睁眼，成了七个儿子的极品老娘 Plucking a Flower折花一枝Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No male lead + System + farming + family life] When other people transmigrated, they became princesses or young ladies, or at the very least, a peasant girl. But Song Chuxue transmigrated right into a flood, and on top of that, found herself with seven troublesome sons! At least she'd escaped the awful body she'd had in her previous life. And luckily, just when food was scarce, she got the essential transmigrator's golden finger: a sign-in System. 1.6kReads8.7Score16614d adds

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    A farming novel where the protagonist transmigrates into the body of a mother-in-law.

45. 145 七 The 1970s: The Stunning Black Lotus Amasses Wealth in Secret 七零：娇美黑莲花她低调暴富了 When Will This Salted Fish Turn Over咸鱼什么时候翻身Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted [Inspirational story + building wealth + satisfying business success + dual transmigration] [Set in an alternate world, so don’t get too hung up on the details] [Career-obsessed heroine who only wants to make money vs. gentle, considerate hero who quietly gives his all] Jing Lin died on the operating table after cardiac arrest. But she wasn’t quite dead yet. When she opened her eyes, she found she had transmigrated to the resource-strapped 1970s. With awful relatives, a philandering father, a g 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book features a dual time-travel setting.

46. 146 七 The 1970s: The Sweet, Gentle Educated Youth Becomes the Brigade Leader’s Daughter-in-Law 七零：娇软知青成大队长家儿媳妇 Qingqing Zijin青青子金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved Wife + Space + Imagination + Supplies + Sweet Romance + Secret Identity + Food] Originally titled: The Space-Wielding Female Educated Youth in the Seventies, with Her Ancestors Here to Help The Ning family had only one living relative left: Ning Wan. By a twist of fate, Ning Wan transmigrated. Worried she’d become a cannon-fodder character in a strange new place? Don’t panic. Her ancestors were here to help: Assets under the names of her nine generations of ancestors, duplicated and del 5.4kReads9.0Score46514d adds

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    They're all pretty good, quite nice.

47. 147 七 A Happy Life in the Seventies 七十年代幸福生活 A Late Orange一只晚橙Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Su Wan was reborn and grew up to eighteen. With her wedding and move to join the army just around the corner, she thought this life would be smooth and peaceful. She was ready to coast through life when she discovered she had transmigrated into a lucky heroine novel! Both she and her fiancé were doomed supporting characters! What could she do but fight to take control of her own destiny? See how Su Wan escapes the lucky heroine’s shadow, marries and follows her husband to the army, starts a busi 1.9kReads9.0Score13314d adds
48. 148 穿 The Day Before My Parents Divorced, I Found Happiness Again 穿到爸妈离婚前一天，我又幸福啦 Shangguan Yi上官亿Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted He Xiangkui transmigrates to the day before her parents’ divorce, just in time to see them arguing over her paternal grandmother. Her father is so blindly obedient to his mother that he has driven a wedge between himself and his wife. He Xiangkui says that won’t do. Since she’s already here, she might as well set the family straight. If her father keeps putting his mother first, she’ll make sure they get divorced! She doesn’t want that useless father or that troublemaking grandmother! Her father 1.9kReads8.4Score15014d adds

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    This book is set in a pre-divorce era. The protagonist travels back in time to before her parents' divorce, is pampered by them, and is incredibly heartwarming and enjoyable.

49. 149 被 Adopted by Beastmen, I Become a Planetary Billionaire's Heir 被兽人领养后，我成了星球富二代 Shangguan Yi上官亿Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted Jiang Xingyue accidentally winds up on a planet of beastfolk, where she becomes the size of a preschooler. She is adopted by a male beastfolk researcher. He is a confirmed bachelor who has never raised a human child, so the two of them just stare at each other, wide-eyed. The male beastfolk teaches her to use the toilet, pointing at it and saying, “You can poop here!” Jiang Xingyue: I can’t go with you watching me... Male beastfolk: “A kid who can’t poop isn’t a good kid...” Jiang Xingyue: Dude, 3.1kReads8.4Score27914d adds
50. 150 女 The Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Empress: She Brings Billions of Merit into the 1960s 女帝三岁半：她带亿万功德穿六零 Build a House起房子Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted (Adorable, everyone’s-favorite story with a touch of fantasy.) After saving three thousand worlds, the empress thought her life was over. But, to her surprise, a fragment of her soul was reincarnated into a little fool in the late 1960s. The girl’s family was dirt poor, and life was painfully hard. Her father was lame, her mother half-blind, and she had two older brothers, grandparents, an eldest uncle, a second uncle, and a younger uncle: a huge family with a poverty rating of minus 100. But th 9.6kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds

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    I highly recommend this book.

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