Classic Historical-Era Fiction 经典的年代文

1. 1151 我 I Gasped in Shock!! 我倒吸了一口凉气！！ A Heartless Smile没心没扉的笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy] [Invincible] [A Void-Return cultivator uses technology] [Cultivation] [Academic genius] If metaphysics is the end of technology, what lies at the end of metaphysics? “Our Qingyun Sect is an orthodox school of the Three Pure Ones, registered with the Administration for Industry and Commerce and listed with the Religious Affairs Bureau. From summoning wind and rain and blessing high-voltage power lines, to exorcising ghosts and demons and performing IVF, we can do it all. The 26.2kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
2. 1152 知 A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美 Dewy Green Plants at Dawn朝露翠草木Modern Romance425k WordsCompleted At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Without a system, without a spatial dimension, without any extraordinary possessions, General Xue escaped the prison of the imperial palace and arrived in an era where women held up half the sky. She admired the vibrancy on their faces and wanted to replace their cornbread with white flour buns and meat. Unexpectedly, the people around her were far more extraordinary, allowing her not only to become a protector for many in that special era, but also to remain that dazzling female general!

3. 1153 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
4. 1154 寄 After I Moved In with Mom's Best Friend, Auntie Went Bankrupt 寄宿妈妈的闺蜜家后，阿姨破产了 Tian Yishi天一狮Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Superpowers➕billionaire lifestyle➕cathartic wish fulfillment➕no simping➕revenge on anyone who wrongs him➕positive energy] My name is Chu Liu Feng, and I’m a first-year student at Xia Country University. I’ve been staying at Aunt Xing’s place for a month. Aunt Xing Yi Shan is my mother’s close friend. But lately she’s been in serious trouble. Her husband suffered huge losses on an overseas investment, racked up massive debts, and, unable to pay them back, abandoned Aunt Xing and her daughter and 1.9kReads8.6Score240Shelves
5. 1155 女 A Woman Running a Prison? You Heartless Author, Don’t Do This to Me! 女子监狱长？无良作者别搞我！ Jin Ruhua今入画Urban1.2M WordsCompleted A massive spectacle, a huge production! Dad sends me off to a women’s prison! The author spent thirty years undercover in a women’s prison, pouring heart and soul into this work! My parents couldn’t stand that I didn’t have a partner, so they made up their minds and sent me to work as the warden of a women’s prison! Unfortunately, I’m under the control of the System! Dad, none of this is my fault! If you’re going to blame anyone, blame that unscrupulous author! Author: One day, when I hold power 20.1kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves
6. 1156 1 1986: Restarting Life 1986：重启人生 Zhang Zai张再Urban127k WordsOngoing [Reborn + Period Piece + No System + No Stupidity + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Slow Pace + Everyday Farming] Li Haichuan is reborn in 1986, returning to that passionate era. He thinks the first thing he should do is break up with his first love... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1157 我 I’m the Boss in Italy 我在意大利当老板 Pizza Without Tomato Sauce没有蕃茄酱的披萨Urban1.4M WordsOngoing In late-1990s Italy, Hu Liu’an, a stranger in a strange land, takes you on a journey through an overseas world unlike any other, filled with its own bittersweet experiences and tangled loves and hatreds... 4.8kReads8.2Score279Shelves

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   Chinese in Italy deliberately

8. 1158 四 Siheyuan: Medicine and Martial Arts Are Inseparable 四合院之医武不分家 Xin Chujiu5 2新初酒五2Male-Channel Fanfiction463k WordsCompleted [Period][Lighthearted][Low on Hostility][Laid-Back][One Female Lead] Transmigration doesn't seem all that difficult anymore. An obscure writer woke up one morning and found himself in 1947, without so much as a fuss. From the start, he was an eight-year-old child. Life was going to be tough. Fortunately, he had a golden finger. Yang Sanjin decided to live differently this time and make a good life for himself in this era. 6.8kReads7.2Score195Shelves

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   A favorite period novel among avid readers

9. 1159 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 136.7kReads9.6Score14.1kShelves

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   This novel is so addictive, it's a truly authentic and believable fantasy story! It's packed with captivating moments!

10. 1160 八 A Fresh Start in the Eighties: No More PUA, Just Making Money 八零重启：拒绝PUA！只想赚钱 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Grandma Shen: I worked so hard raising your dad and his siblings all by myself, and now I have to help him look after the kids and cook, too! What did I do to deserve this? Shen Xiaoya: Grandma, really? Then I definitely won't do anything to deserve that kind of fate. I'll try my best to raise my kids together with someone else! Grandma Shen: … Shen's dad and mom: We aren't very capable, so you kids need to study hard! You'll have to rely on yourselves in the future! Shen Xiaoya: Mom, Dad, don't 17.3kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    This historical fiction is really good. It's logically sound and a very satisfying read.

11. 1161 重 Back to 1983: Hunting in the Anling Mountains 重回83，我在安岭赶山狩猎 Sakura Nineteen樱十九Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period] [No System] [Not adapted] [Hunting] [Mountain foraging] [One female lead] [No cultivation or fantasy] Xu Guo unexpectedly returns to 1983 and his youth. It’s an era when you can knock down roe deer with a stick, scoop up fish with a dipper, and find pheasants flying right into your cooking pot. Faced with the resource-rich Northeast, Xu Guo takes up falconry, raises hunting dogs, marries his childhood sweetheart, shoulders his shotgun, hunts game, and digs for ginseng. The game in the A 5.5kReads8.5Score264Shelves
12. 1162 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: Back in 1978, I Was a Fearsome Hunter 赶山：回到1978我打猎超猛的 Green Mountains Know the Misty Rain青山知烟雨Urban582k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Period Piece + Hunting] Good news: I’ve been reborn… in 1978. Bad news: I nearly got beaten half to death. Good news: The mountains are rich in resources, wild animals are everywhere, and hunting is allowed. Bad news: I can’t afford a gun… Good news: I’ve become the village girls’ crush. Bad news: This is an era of scarcity. Every meal is cornbread, steamed corn buns, or sweet potato porridge. We’re so poor we can barely scrape by. Good news: My shooting is godlike. I never miss. To ch 4.1kReads8.4Score197Shelves
13. 1163 相 On Our Blind Date, the Military Officer Showed Up with a Vat 相亲那天，军爷搬了一口缸来 Gu Youran顾悠然Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves

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    After sorting through his memories in this new era, Jiang Lin looked at Jiang Xiaomiao leaning against him. She still bore a resemblance to him in some ways. Presumably, the original owner's appearance was similar to his! He was so handsome in his past life, practically the school heartthrob! He just hoped the original owner wouldn't look too outrageous. "Jiang Lin, are you still hungry? I picked some wild vegetables today and made some wild vegetable soup. I'll go get it for you."

14. 1164 打 Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging in the Mountains to Raise My Eight Younger Siblings 打猎捕鱼采山货，养八个弟弟妹妹 Beyond Pursuit不可追Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Changbai Mountains + reborn in the 1960s + hunting + fishing + gathering mountain produce + many siblings] This book has been adapted into the short drama Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Mountain Produce to Raise My Younger Siblings. Search for it on the platform’s homepage or on Hongguo Short Dramas! Famine in the 1960s! Eight younger siblings starve to death! A lifetime of pain and regret! Reborn in a village at the foot of the Changbai Mountains in the 1960s, he vows to protect his younger s 10.6kReads8.3Score934Shelves
15. 1165 重 Reborn in 1977, I Have a Golden Eagle Doppelganger 重生1977，我有金雕分身 Loves Broccoli爱吃西蓝花Urban633k WordsCompleted Qiu Yun is reborn in 1977, in a small mountain village, and discovers by chance that he can control a golden eagle. In his previous life, his mother died in childbirth while giving birth to his little sister, and his father died of illness not long after. Young and foolish, Qiu Yun blamed it all on his little sister, seeing her as a jinx who brought death to her family. He treated her coldly, and when she was bullied, he did nothing. In the end, she drowned while still a child. This time, when h 1.2kReads8.2Score104Shelves
16. 1166 四 Siheyuan: Running a Little Tavern in Beijing Amid War and Espionage 四合院：抗战谍战在京城开小酒馆 Eastern Breeze东方清风Urban545k WordsCompleted [War of Resistance Espionage]+ [War of Resistance]+ [Espionage]+ [Period]+ [Space]+ [Special Forces]+ [Transmigration]+ [Book Transmigration]+ [Siheyuan]+ [Invincible] Also known as "War of Resistance Espionage: I Open a Little Tavern in the Capital"/ "Zhao Zilong, the War of Resistance Hero Who Rose to Prominence in the Siheyuan"/ "Espionage: I Open a Little Tavern to Serve the War of Resistance"/ "Espionage: A Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to the War of Resistance" Modern-day Special Fo 1.4kReads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Here are some recommendations for period novels, featuring courtyard houses, the War of Resistance against Japan, and fighting the Japanese invaders. Some are original works, others are fan fiction. Highly recommended…

17. 1167 渔 Hunting and Fishing on Fanjing Mountain 渔猎梵净山 Master Cang, Who Likes Panda Dogs喜欢熊猫犬的苍阁主Urban2.4M WordsCompleted (Traditional period setting + no pocket dimension or System + one female lead + fishing + foraging in the mountains + hunting + farming) Burdened by many regrets from his previous life, Tang Zhe is reborn in the winter of 1979. That winter, his father and younger sister, who were supposed to die, are still lying in hospital beds. He hasn't yet been sent to the battlefield and had his balls blown off... There's still time to change everything. In the vast Fanjing Mountains, for hundreds of miles 1.7kReads8.6Score213Shelves
18. 1168 东 Hunting to Feed the Whole Family in the Northeast of the 1970s 东北年代之狩猎养全家 Clear Skies and Gentle Breeze云淡风清Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (No pocket dimension, no System, hunting + period setting) Lu Mingzhou was reborn. In Kaoshantun, Northeast China, there were plenty of ferocious beasts. Pigs came first, bears second, and tigers third. None of them were to be trifled with. In his previous life, his older brother, Lu Mingyuan, went hunting in the mountains and was killed by a beast. That was where the tragedy began. Lu Mingzhou decided to do everything he could to save the family that should have been happy... In this life, 7.2kReads8.5Score591Shelves
19. 1169 抗 War of Resistance: A Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to Hunt Japanese Soldiers from the Start 抗战：特种兵开局穿越赶山打鬼子 Hangjia of the North北有航佳Urban367k WordsCompleted This book is also known as The Anti-Japanese War: Transmigrating to the 1930s to Fight the Japanese / The Resistance: From Transmigrating into a Book to Hunting in the Mountains and Fighting the Japanese / The Era: A Guerrilla Force Behind Enemy Lines in Shandong Province [Resistance and spy warfare + Anti-Japanese War + opening arc + special forces + transmigration + period setting + transmigrating into a book + countryside + mountain hunting + genius] Special forces soldier Zhang Qi transmigra 731Reads8.4Score102Shelves
20. 1170 回 Back to 1960: I Actually Became a Farm Owner! 回到1960：我竟成了农场主！ Healthy and Fit身康体健Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, daily life, farming, a pocket dimension, stockpiling supplies, family and neighborhood life] Li Zhiyuan, a young man from modern times, transmigrates back to the 1960s, when people don't have enough to eat or wear. Luckily, the farm he manages comes along with him, and even undergoes all kinds of miraculous changes. Life slows down. His extended family gets along, and there is none of that exhausting scheming and infighting. More and more, he feels that this era... might actuall 18.5kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
21. 1171 四 Siheyuan: Fighting Japanese Spies in the Anti-Japanese War in Changbai Mountain 四合院：抗战谍战在长白山打鬼子 Hangjia of the North北有航佳Urban115k WordsCompleted [War of Resistance espionage + period setting + pocket dimension + courtyard home + transmigration + mountain foraging + transmigration into a book + no System] Shen Fei unexpectedly transmigrates to the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China in the 1930s. He rescues his comrades, forms a guerrilla force, and fights the Japanese invaders. More precisely, Shen Fei transmigrates into a book. When the Japanese commit atrocities, take them out! Drive the Japanese invaders away. For victory, open fire 43Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1172 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Uncle Silly San Is No Longer Silly 重生七零：傻三叔不傻了 Little Horse, Charge Ahead小马向前冲Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + spatial storage + male protagonist’s perspective + Northeast China’s heated kang lifestyle + cozy farming story] Liu Tiezhu spent his whole life doing hard labor for his older brother’s family, only to end up drugged to death and dumped in a mass grave. Given another life, he’ll use the supernatural arts heaven granted him to stand on his own two feet, find the woman who has been longing for him, and live the rest of his life well. 3.9kReads8.9Score275Shelves
23. 1173 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Transmigrates, Beginning as a Creation Genius 四合院：傻柱穿越从创世天才开始 Lord Xiye喜叶大人Male-Channel Fanfiction349k WordsOngoing [Siheyuan] + [Modern Urban Farming] + [Period] + [Transmigration] + [Xuanhuan] + [System] + [Genius] + [Sacred Artifact Space Upgrades] + [Divine Physique Upgrades] + [Romance] In his previous life, He Yuzhu devoted himself to the Siheyuan until the very end. Before he died, he bonded with the Return to Creation System and earned the recognition of an advanced sacred artifact from the Siheyuan. From then on, he embarked on the path of cultivation as a genius creator. 44Reads8.2Score—Shelves
24. 1174 重 Reborn in 1980: Building a Fortune Through Fishing and Hunting, with an Educated Young Woman Pursuing Me 重生80：渔猎起家，女知青倒追 Raise the Brush and Slay the Gods提笔斩神Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [The 1980s + reborn comeback + no System + one heroine + hunting and fishing + getting rich in the countryside + everyday family life + grassroots development] Zhang Lei wakes up to find himself back in the 1980s. This year, the crossroads of fate lies right before him. One more step, and he can land the coveted iron rice bowl that everyone envies. But remembering the tragedy in his past life that changed his whole family's fate, he resolutely gives up his bright prospects and returns to the 12.9kReads8.2Score758Shelves
25. 1175 银 The Bank President’s Daughter-in-Law from the Countryside 银行行长家的农村儿媳妇 Long Xinyue龙馨月Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Brother-and-sister dynamic + Urban romance + Marriage first, love later + Childhood sweethearts + Female growth The wealthy male lead and the rural female lead were born in neighboring hospital beds, just one day apart. The female lead is stunning and attracts admirers wherever she goes, yet she’s gentle and well-behaved. The male lead is a roguishly handsome man of the world, considerate and capable, a born CEO and the king of jealousy. Though their values and upbringings are worlds apart, fate 2.9kReads8.7Score296Shelves
26. 1176 荒 Famine Year, 1958: I Feed My Whole Family by Hunting in the Mountains 荒年1958：我靠赶山狩猎养活全家 Silly Radish笨萝卜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Wang Ming, a special forces soldier from the twenty-first-century Long Kingdom, was reborn in 1958 to a family with nothing but four bare walls and a mountain of debt. At home were his seriously ill mother, his young little sister, and his beautiful eldest sister, who had caught the eye of the village bully. It was a disastrous start, but Wang Ming smiled faintly. The mountains of the White Mountains and Black Waters rose in layer upon layer, a hundred-thousand-mile wilderness full of danger. Ro 9kReads7.9Score815Shelves
27. 1177 穿 Transmigrated as a Little Lucky Charm, the Best Brother-Trapper Around 穿成小福宝，人称坑哥小能手 When Everything Comes To An End当一切以尽头Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted I’m a legendary film queen, and I’ve actually jumped on the transmigration trend! My billion-yuan villa! Damn it, Heaven, could you make my life any more miserable? At least I have a dimensional space! With the space in hand, the world is mine! Trying to rip me off? No way! The heroine, Ye Ying, thinks that with the supplies in her space, she can lie flat, live leisurely, and be a lazy fish, doing nothing at all. But it turns out she’s been dreaming! Ye Ying opens her eyes, sees a shabby mud-bri 834Reads9.4Score109Shelves
28. 1178 四 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to the 1950s and Enlisting to Fight the Americans 四合院：穿越五零年代参军打鹰酱 Hangjia of the North北有航佳Male-Channel Fanfiction419k WordsCompleted [Espionage + period setting + courtyard house + from the start + special forces + pocket dimension + transmigration] Modern special forces soldier Yi Xiaotian transmigrates to the 1950s and becomes Yi Xiaotian, the son of Yi Zhonghai. He leads his childhood friends from Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluogu Lane, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu, Xue Jie, and Li Mingfei, onto the battlefield. These passionate young men join the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, fighting the Yankees and defending 1.1kReads7.1Score—Shelves
29. 1179 6 The 1960s: My Family Is on Its Way to Prosperity 60年代：我家奔小康了 Didi Fearless迪迪无畏Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn in a parallel timeline + period setting + pocket dimension + building wealth + helping the whole village prosper + serving the nation] Li Jinqiu opens his eyes and finds himself reborn at eighteen, in the famine-stricken 1960s. His System comes with a pocket dimension, and from then on, he begins an extraordinary life... Younger brother: “Third Brother, what are we having today?” Li Jinqiu: “Fish with pickled cabbage. It’ll make your teeth sing.” Younger sister: “Third Brother, I wan 14.3kReads8.2Score998Shelves
30. 1180 六 The Sixties: Farming with Cheat Powers During the Famine 六零年代：我在饥荒中开挂种田 Silent Sunset沉寂的夕阳Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Chen Guodong transmigrates to the famine-stricken 1960s, starting off with half a ball of wild vegetable dumpling? [Period piece + storage space upgrades + farming + family life + comedy, no angst + turning his life around and getting rich] (The whole story focuses on a heartwarming comeback. Come experience the warmest everyday life and the charm of the era.) 11.6kReads7.5Score887Shelves
31. 1181 四 Siheyuan: A Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to Serve and Defend the Nation Through Aviation 四合院：特种兵穿越参军航空报国 Hangjia of the North北有航佳Male-Channel Fanfiction551k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find 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! 519Reads8.1Score—Shelves
32. 1182 6 The 1960s: Reborn with a Pocket Dimension During the Famine 60年代：带着空间重生饥荒时期 In This Life, I Think Only of You此生念卿一人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [1960s] + [Farming] + [Pocket Dimension System] + [Heartwarming] + [Getting Rich] + [Slow-Paced] Su Bai woke up drunk and discovered that he had transmigrated to the resource-poor 1960s. Fortunately, he was bound to a mysterious pocket dimension System with a richly stocked inventory panel, offering everything from food to everyday necessities. Faced with his family's poverty, Su Bai used the System's supplies to improve their lives, making sure his family had enough to eat and warm clothes to w 11.9kReads7.0Score785Shelves
33. 1183 四 Siheyuan: My Unrestrained Life 四合院：我那放飞的一生 The Jianghu Road Is Chosen江湖路已选Male-Channel Fanfiction121k WordsOngoing Chen Liang has just transmigrated to the Siheyuan when he gets one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news is that he has a personal System! The bad news is that his System blew up on its very first day. Still, even though the System is gone, its boundless legacy remains. And so Chen Liang lives in absolute comfort during this passionate, fiery era! As for the beasts filling the courtyard? Come on, broaden your horizons! They’re not exactly his pals, and with a little effort, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The brand new courtyard house

34. 1184 重 Reborn in 1970: A Thousand Acres of Mountains Become My Hunting Ground 重生70，千亩大山都是我的猎场 Stay-at-Home Little Rice Bug居家小米虫Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Guang Hao abandoned Ai Xiaofang, only to be schemed against by his wicked fiancée after returning to the city. Not only did his parents die tragically, but he himself ended up living out his days alone. Heaven gave him another chance, and he was reborn with a full seventy years of memories. Guang Hao discovered that the skills he'd learned in his previous life had been perfected to the highest level after his rebirth! With his peerless hunting skills, Guang Hao turned the t 16.2kReads8.2Score845Shelves
35. 1185 重 Reborn in 1958: What Am I Supposed to Do Without a Golden Finger? 重生五八：没有金手指我该怎么办 Qiu Ming of Nanyang Ancient City南阳古城的仇明Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (The 1950s + Rebirth + Supernatural Ability + Ordinary Protagonist + Making a Fortune) This story is entirely fictional. Don’t compare it to history. If you don’t like it, please don’t read! In this unusual era, it’s truly hard to live well without some kind of supernatural ability, so the heroine of this book has one! Everyday family life, unfolding at a gentle pace. Feng Qingqing is reborn in the body of her young aunt, who died prematurely in her previous life. The story starts in 1958, which 1.1kReads6.9Score—Shelves

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    You can take a look at this book.

36. 1186 重 Reborn in the Hungry Years: My Cellar Opens Onto the Wilderness, Where Meat Is Plentiful 重生饥饿年代，地窖通山野肉管饱 Chili Oil Tangyuan红油元宵Urban2.5M WordsOngoing Lu Haishan was reborn, back in the summer of 1978. That year, torrential rains, droughts, and epidemics struck one after another. The commune’s grain harvest plummeted, livestock died in droves, and the villagers were desperately hungry. That year, Lu Haishan had just returned home after being wounded and discharged from the border war. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, he played cards and drank, and racked up a mountain of debt. His older sister, Lu Haicao, was forced to sell her b 1.2kReads7.7Score114Shelves
37. 1187 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 84kReads9.4Score5.5kShelves

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    I've read all four of these books, and they're all incredibly good.

38. 1188 重 Reborn in the 1950s: A Man Has to Fight for His Future! 重生五十年代之爷们儿要奋斗！ Sharpening the Knife磨磨刀儿Urban379k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1950s in a parallel world, with only a tiny pocket space in this life. Stock up on antiques and grain. Make ends meet, and lend a hand when you can. Your strength still has to come from within. Roam far and wide for freedom and to secure a comfortable life for the future. A man has to strive! 3kReads8.7Score118Shelves

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    Classic and enjoyable period novel ① Li Xuewen looked at his family members and others who were pale and thin. He glanced at the panel in his mind, thought for a moment, and went outside to pick herbs to sell. He wanted to fill his stomach first.

39. 1189 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 38.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    🫐🫐This is a different kind of story about a real and a fake heiress. The two characters are quite harmonious and loving. The real heiress is reborn and the relationship is loving, while the fake heiress is a native. The real heiress brought her parents, who had been sent to the countryside, back to the city ahead of schedule. Later, when the female lead's biological father took her away, the real heiress gave her her savings book, worried that she wouldn't be doing well in the countryside, and also sent her many things. The female lead's father and brother both have problems, but they are both very kind to her, and other relatives also like her very much. [Think about it carefully][Think about it carefully]

40. 1190 重 Reborn: Treasures Abound in the Mountain Village 重生之山沟沟里宝贝多 Herding Cattle by the Wei River放牛渭河边Urban508k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of a veteran who served in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, then returned to his hometown to farm after leaving the military. After being reborn, Wu Changgeng returns to 1979. At forty-three, he is a middle-aged man whose parents have passed away and whose wife has left him. With only two acres of poor farmland, he hunts in the mountains, mines asbestos, harvests raw lacquer, gathers medicinal herbs, and leases forest land, gradually building a prosperou 213Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    The first book is still being serialized and seems alright. The second one is very appealing!

41. 1191 秦 The Qinling Mountain Herb Gatherer 秦岭采药人 Herding Cattle by the Wei River放牛渭河边Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After graduating from junior high in the 1990s, rural boy Huang Yang was admitted to the Sanqin Forestry School, a thousand miles from home. His family was poor, so he studied while going into the mountains to gather medicinal herbs and earn money. After obtaining a mysterious jade-bamboo-root pendant, he embarked on a life of extraordinary good fortune. He opened plantations and a tourism company, leading his fellow villagers to prosperity… Urban life, miracle doctor, fighting villains, farming 7.2kReads9.1Score957Shelves
42. 1192 重 Reborn in 1976: The Village Belle Clings to Me from the Start 重生1976，开局村花赖上我 Dressed at Dawn晓妆初成Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Educated-youth story + not a wish-fulfillment tale + everyday life + reborn + master of laying low + witty and irreverent] Read with caution. In his previous life, after returning to the city, he went to college, pursued scientific research, and won award after award. But an accident left him reborn as an educated youth in a small village. This time around, he only wants to put down roots in the village and live a quiet life. But you can’t hide a pearl in the mud. He ends up making an even bigg 3.5kReads8.7Score181Shelves

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    Novels about educated youth sent to the countryside: Book 1: The protagonist, Xu Jinyan, travels back to the 1970s and becomes an educated youth sent to the Great Northern Wilderness. He enters into a fake marriage with Li Wanyu, another educated youth sent to the countryside. After the resumption of the college entrance examination, he passes the exam and enters university. With the help of the female lead's family, he gets a job at the cultural center, using writing as a side job to start his path to wealth and change his destiny. Book 2: The protagonist, Qu Zhuo, travels back to the 1970s and becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. He is framed and taken away for interrogation by the security department. Fortunately, he cleverly realizes something is wrong and shouts for help, getting rescued by the villagers and beginning his journey through that era. Book 3: The protagonist travels into the body of a villainous female supporting character and becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. He possesses a special paper-making skill and begins a simple life, waiting for the resumption of the college entrance examination. After passing the exam, he returns to the city and begins his life of reversal.

43. 1193 重 Reborn: The Underdog’s Comeback 重生以后包子的逆袭 Xufeng Niaoniao栩风袅袅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Reborn + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Campus Life + Strong Female and Male Leads + Top Student + Character Growth + Patriotism) The female lead, Mu Wan, is kind but not a pushover. She has principles and always gets even with those who wrong her. The male lead, Xiao Jinyu, is the son of a military compound family and a military-affiliated scientific researcher. Before she was reborn, Mu Wan accidentally stayed up too late and died of cardiac arrest. A family heirloom, a Merit Pearl, took 4.8kReads9.1Score589Shelves
44. 1194 重 Reborn in 1980: I Start by Making Money to Build a Brick House 重生80：从挣钱盖砖瓦房开始 Xi Yi Ao希一奥Urban839k WordsCompleted A reborn-in-the-past story with no System or golden finger. Just a straightforward rebirth, a warm, slow-paced daily life, and none of that mindless power fantasy. When Zhang Ziming wakes up, he has returned to the 1980s. At the beginning of the reform and opening-up era, none of the hardships he faced in his previous life are difficult anymore. While making money, he also takes the opportunity to teach a few clueless troublemakers a lesson. With a second chance at life, he is going to make a fo 483Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔥① The male protagonist is reborn in the 1980s when his father borrowed money to build him a house. When he tried to borrow money from relatives, he was met with disdain. So, he decided to earn the money himself, figuring that with memories of the next few decades, he wouldn't have to worry about making money. 🔥② Before his death, the protagonist learned that his wife had cheated on him and that the child wasn't even his. He died of anger, but unexpectedly, he was reborn in his youth.

45. 1195 重 Reborn in 1980: No More Taking on Someone Else's Burdens, Let's Split the Family First 重生80：不接盘，先分家 Latte拿铁Urban393k WordsOngoing 1980s + Reborn + Smart Protagonist + Everyday Life + Satisfying Revenge + Inspirational. From his hospital bed, Chen Xingyun learned the truth, and it hit him like a bolt from the blue. Heaven had shown mercy: he was reborn on a summer night in 1982. It began with catching his past life's mother-in-law cheating. Then he stood up to his past life's father-in-law and gave the vicious little homewrecker a hard slap. You want me to take the blame for your mess? You'd better take a couple of slaps fi —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1196 重 Reborn at the Dawn of Reform and Opening Up 重生，回到改革开放初 Left Behind a Yang留了只杨Urban683k WordsCompleted Reborn + wastrel turns his life around + devoted husband + building wealth + no System + one heroine A billionaire is reborn in the 1980s, the era of reform and opening up. In his previous life, he had too many regrets. This time, he is determined to make amends and change things for the better. In this life, he will turn over a new leaf and become a better man, give his beautiful wife a good life, work hard to make money, have a child, and live happily ever after... 258Reads6.5Score—Shelves
47. 1197 怨 A Jinxed Doctor and His Sneaky Patients 怨种医生跟他的老六患者 An Qing and July安青与七月Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (No System + Everyday Consultations + Emergency Medicine + Career Advancement + All-Around Doctor Who Gets the Short End of the Stick) Lu Zhanfeng, a battlefield doctor, is reborn at Jiangbei Tianji Hospital. Drawing on the experience of two lifetimes, he becomes a top-notch general practitioner skilled in both Chinese and Western medicine. Lu Zhanfeng has a knack for thinking outside the box. Director Li: The pregnant woman has a tumor growing near her tailbone. The fetus blocks the surgical fi 6.5kReads9.2Score561Shelves

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    Traditional Chinese medicine classics have been passed down through generations. Professor Qin Geng, a renowned professor at the affiliated hospital's emergency center, is 60 years old this year and still insists on working frontline shifts. He holds consultations like tonight's four times a month. However, he never expected that this ordinary consultation would embroil him in a medical dispute, with social media labeling him as "unethical," "unable to save lives," and "disregarding human life."

48. 1198 穿 Transmigrated as a Fierce Dao-Seeking Immortal, I Marry a Beggar from the Start 穿成泼辣悟道仙子，开局嫁乞丐 Growing Tender Bean Sprouts发嫩豆芽Fantastical Romance785k WordsOngoing [Fantasy romance + comedy + strong female lead + equally matched couple + feel-good power fantasy + ancient setting] "The heroine is fiery, while the hero is the reincarnation of the Cold Moon Sword Sovereign from the Immortal Realm, reborn to cultivate again. The story is wildly imaginative and a little unhinged, so buckle up!" Su Zhimo, a woman in her early twenties, accidentally transmigrates to another world, a cultivation realm of towering sects where humans, demons, and monsters coexist. S 291Reads9.3Score102Shelves

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    Rebirth, time travel, hunting, historical fiction

49. 1199 我 I'll Raise My AI Myself 我的AI我来养 Realm of the Void太虚之境Historical1.0M WordsCompleted This book charts AI's path to awakening through five trials in different settings. At some point in the future, when an awakened super AI sees this story, might it say, "So, many years ago, a human already saw the path we came from. This human is rather interesting."? From reincarnating in ancient times and learning the greater good of family and country, along with the joys and sorrows of gender, to discerning the essence of quantum energy in a cultivation world, then experiencing the five sens 446Reads9.3Score—Shelves
50. 1200 被 A Life Spurned by Another World 被异世界唾弃的一生 Cool-Off Period清冷期Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + ensemble cast + no cheats + sword and magic + fictional world + some angst] My soul transmigrated to another world. No System, no dazzling start, and this isn’t a power fantasy. Give me a little patience, and I’ll give you a fantasy world unlike any other. This is the story of an ordinary modern office worker who must first survive in a world torn by chaos, then step over heaps of corpses on his way to becoming the Doomsday Demon feared by all. Reader advisory: The first two 4.9kReads9.0Score430Shelves

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