Reborn Around the 1990s 重生90年代左右

1. 1 重 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 The Hardheaded Old Man头铁老汉Urban12.9M WordsOngoing (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 39.5kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
2. 2 重 Reborn in the 1980s: From the Start, I Cut Ties and Started Collecting Scrap 重生八零：开局断绝关系去收废品 Counting Little Geese数鹅儿Urban1.2M WordsCompleted 37% of readers finish the first 100,000 words. The rating has just come in. In his previous life, Lin Weiguo was drained dry by his parasitic family. He risked going into an illegal coal mine to pay his younger brother’s bride price, was left disabled, then cruelly abandoned and left to die! Now reborn in the 1980s, he hears his younger brother arrogantly demanding an exorbitant bride price from their parents! Put up with it? Not anymore! He had already proposed cutting ties and leaving with not 1.6kReads7.2Score161Shelves
3. 3 重 Reborn in 1987: Becoming the Richest Man 重生1987年当首富 Readers of My Books Will Get Rich This Year看我书的读者今年暴富Urban3.3M WordsCompleted After a car accident, Chen Feng is reborn in 1987. He earns his first fortune by buying and reselling government bonds. He heads south to the Pearl River Delta to trade in home appliances. When the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets open, he speculates in subscription certificates. Wherever there's money to be made, he'll be there. With his grasp of the times, Chen Feng climbs steadily to the top. 25.9kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves
4. 4 重 Reborn in 1993: Collecting Rent in the Capital 重生1993，我在首都收房租 Riding a Donkey骑驴Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Wang Mingqi, a small-time businessman, is reborn in 1993. To get away from his unreliable father, he uses his knowledge of the future to make his way in Beijing, investing everywhere and buying up houses. Before he knows it, he has become one of the city's biggest property owners. Life in his courtyard house is full of variety, with one petty drama after another playing out like scenes in a movie. Every day, he's either collecting rent or on his way to collect rent, exhausted but happy. 20.9kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
5. 5 重 Reborn in 1982: My Father-in-Law's Family Shows Up to Force a Marriage 重生1982，岳父一家上门逼婚 Xiao Wan萧婉Urban5.3M WordsCompleted Billionaire He Dong is reborn in the difficult times of forty years ago, when he had nothing, and he's overjoyed. He had too many regrets in his previous life, and wants to make amends and change things. His first order of business is to find himself a wife, have a child, be a “good person,” and earn a hundred million! Oh, wait. Those are four things... 21.5kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
6. 6 重 Back to '82 to Hunt, and Enjoy a Carefree Life 重回82打猎，享受悠闲人生 Jin Baicai今白财Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Completed at over one million words, not adapted, available for adaptation] [Set in the 1980s + One heroine + Slow-paced + Everyday life + No System + Hunting + Farming + Cozy] Lu Jun unexpectedly comes back reborn in 1982, an era when guns are not banned, hunting is allowed, and wild animals are not yet protected. Drawing on the hunting experience he accumulated in his previous life, Lu Jun hunts huge wild boars and black bears in the mountains, making a very prosperous life for himself. Every 7.2kReads8.2Score393Shelves
7. 7 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 181.8kReads9.3Score11kShelves
8. 8 码 A Coder’s Rewind: The Flying Youth of 1997 码农回档：飞扬的青春1997 Feier Fasa菲尔法瑟Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Programmer Lü Xin is sent back to 1997 after a car accident, his soul traveling through time. Back on his high school campus, he refuses to settle for an ordinary life. With the times at his back and the knowledge and memories of his past life to rely on, why shouldn't his youth soar on the winds of change? [Reborn in a bygone era + no System + no golden finger + campus life + entrepreneurship] 19.2kReads7.4Score1.7kShelves

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   My soul travels back to 1997, and I start a business while attending high school.

9. 9 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score220Shelves

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   Don't look at the rating! Don't look at the rating! I recommend a different kind of period drama. It's the story of a group of people born in the 1970s growing up. In that wild and untamed era, everyone was striving and fighting for tomorrow. Friendship, family, love, business intrigue, and scheming. It's very good. Readers who are tired of Tomato's formulaic and overly exciting novels should definitely check this out. You won't regret it.

10. 10 重 Reborn, I Made My Family Cry from Their Own Stupidity 重生后，我把家人们蠢哭了 A-Wu at the Foot of the Slope坡下阿五Urban149k WordsOngoing Also known as Reborn, My Family Thinks I'm Just Making a Fool of Myself No System, no pocket dimension, no cheat powers, just pure grit! Lu Li, a man with no family to support him, returns to 1990. He wants to seize the trends of the times early, selling mineral water and building up industry. But his younger siblings, neighbors, and everyone else thinks he's wasting his time: Why not just farm and get a regular job? Stop making a fool of yourself! Everyone thinks he's gone crazy, but only Lu Li 89Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist, a sixth child, doesn't play by the rules. Reborn in the 1990s, he promises his younger siblings all the best, but fate plays a little joke on him. His actions leave them all dumbfounded [laughing emoji]. While fate closes one door, it also blows the roof off; every cloud has a silver lining. In the end, he builds his own water empire with just a bottle of water. Humorous and funny, every chapter is full of witty remarks.

11. 11 九 The Fake Heiress and Her Eight Overpowered Brothers 九零：假千金八个哥哥都是龙傲天 Yan Xiao'er颜小洱Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [90s] [Everyone's Favorite] [Face-Slapping] [Feel-Good] [Secret Crush Comes True] [Fake and Real Heiresses] Bai Zhiyu lived for fifteen years before learning she was a fake. The family that raised her was the richest in Haicheng. Her birth parents were dirt poor, and she had eight penniless brothers. The swan had fallen from her pedestal, and everyone was waiting to laugh at her. Who would have guessed that her eight brothers were all destined for greatness? They seized the rapid economic bo 20.4kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    Set in the 1990s, the story features a strong, reborn heroine seeking revenge, a pure love warrior, and much more.

12. 12 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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    Sorry, I'm transmigrated into a romance novel with a love-obsessed protagonist; I just want to focus on my career.

13. 13 重 Reborn in 1990: Starting a Business with a Single Dime 重生1990：从一毛钱开始创业 October Sunshine十月暖阳Urban815k WordsCompleted Xiao Daoming, a rising business tycoon, unexpectedly returned to 1990. From the start, his biological parents cut ties with him. Even more bewildering, he was behind on rent and had not a penny to his name. At least Zhu Yuanzhang had a broken bowl when he started out. What did that leave him with? Fortunately, his sweet little niece gave him a ten-cent coin. Fine, he’d use that dime to start a business. Back in 1990, making money was almost too easy. In this life, he would make the two Mas bow a 954Reads8.5Score101Shelves

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    Only those who have read them truly understand how well these three novels are written. They all feature protagonists who start from humble beginnings and gradually rise to prominence amidst the changing times. The stories are logically sound, realistic, and not exaggerated—truly captivating.

14. 14 重 Reborn in 1983 重生到1983年 Eating Popsicles in Winter冬天吃冰棍Urban818k WordsCompleted Han Ming is unexpectedly reborn in 1983. He transforms from a drunk and a gambler into a man who takes responsibility. “When the wind is right, even pigs can fly.” But Han Ming has a message for you: even if you manage to take off, he can still drag you back down. This time, he plans not only to surpass his past self, but to reach the very peak of the world. 492Reads8.4Score—Shelves
15. 15 重 Reborn in the 1990s 重生之九零年代 Romance at Your Fingertips指尖风月Urban2.8M WordsCompleted After waking up, Chen Qingyun found himself reborn in the 1990s. It was an age of upheaval, with society swept up in a great tide of change. Standing at the crest of the times, with the wheel of fate in his hands, he would start over from scratch... Chen Qingyun said, “I’ll earn all the money I missed out on before. I’ll make the campus belle I couldn’t win over regret looking down on me. Every regret from my past life, I’ll make up for in this one.” 124Reads8.6Score135Shelves
16. 16 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.9kReads8.7Score497Shelves

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    It's really beautiful and very cozy.

17. 17 重 Back in 1995, Building a Business While My Little One Strikes It Rich Treasure Hunting 重回九五搞事业，崽崽靠寻宝致富 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted Just got its rating... Cozy everyday life + period setting + reborn + building wealth + raising kids + no romance + a touch of ensemble cast Chen Jiayan woke up one day to find herself back in 1995, when she was five years old, just before a high fever nearly left her stupid. Looking back, her life hadn’t been all that terrible, and there was no one she’d loved but couldn’t have. Looking at her family, decades younger, and their many hardships, she clenched her little fists and gazed out at the 639Reads8.0Score—Shelves
18. 18 被 Kidnapped at an Old Age, Reborn in 1999: The Whole Family Is Together Again 被拐老太重回99，一家整整齐齐 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted Alternate History + Everyday Life + Family Matters + Reborn + No Golden Finger + Adorable Kids As the saying goes, rich old ladies dance in the plaza, while poor old ladies can only sell vegetables and scavenge for trash beside them. In 2029, Yuan Laotai was hit and injured while collecting empty bottles, and ended up in the hospital. Lying in her hospital bed, she looked at the few dutiful children she had left, her heart full of resentment toward heaven, the world, and herself. She thought abo 717Reads8.2Score—Shelves
19. 19 重 Reborn in the 1990s: I Kicked the Worst Relatives to the Curb and Made a Fortune Selling at Street Stalls 重生九零：踹翻极品，我靠摆摊发家致富 Fleeting Between the Fingers指间缥缈Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1990s: I Crush the Worst of the Worst and Build a Fortune Through Street Vending 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short story, finished, easy to read 😄! Highly recommended 👍 Reborn in the 1990s, the protagonist is met with a bunch of awful relatives causing trouble right from the start? The heroine doesn't cry or make a fuss, she just kicks them over and pushes her cart to set up a stall!

20. 20 重 Reborn in 1986: I Open a Supermarket in the City 重生1986我在城里开超市 Lonely Dog Listening to the Rain孤单听雨的狗Urban1.1M WordsOngoing The ratings have only just come in, so they’re bound to rise!! Everything is handmade from scratch~ [Period setting + reborn + feel-good story + building wealth + opening a supermarket + devoted husband and father] [Buy one, get one free] [Trade in your old goods] [The Vegetable Basket Project] … Reborn in 1986, with no awful relatives to deal with, he sells wild greens, opens a supermarket, and starts a franchise... Free eggs with every in-store purchase! Spend 10 yuan, get 1 yuan off; sp 38.5kReads8.3Score3kShelves

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    Revisiting the 1980s: selling vegetables, opening supermarkets, building fishponds, and constructing greenhouses—the data is rigorous, not exaggerated, and highly relatable.

21. 21 重 Reborn in 1991: Starting with a Bankrupt State-Owned Enterprise 重生1991：从破产国企开始 A Big Black Cat at Home家有大黑猫Urban775k WordsOngoing In the summer of 1991, Chen Mo is reborn at a turning point in his life. In his previous life, he was assigned to the near-bankrupt Hongxing Textile Mill. He wasted ten years there, was laid off, and saw his family torn apart. This time, he chooses to walk through the factory gates again. Others see a death trap, but he sees gold lying everywhere. With nothing more than an official approval for a “Labor Services Company,” he starts with the factory's little shop, then builds a logistics network, 372Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A farming story set in a historical period, without a system or cheat codes.

22. 22 我 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Azure Clouds, Everlasting Red青云长红Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.6kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    Then this one is definitely suitable.

23. 23 重 Reborn: My Ex Is Doing Life in Prison, and I'm Worth Billions 重生：前夫牢底坐穿，我身家千亿 A Coconut Hug for Wealth, Chattering Away一椰抱富叨叨念Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Revenge] [Rise to the Top] [Strong Female Lead] [Satisfying Read] [No Romance] The moment the wind pushed her from the 42nd floor, she swore: If she got another life, she would never live for anyone else. When she opened her eyes again, she was on a brick bed in 1991. She was twenty years old and about to marry the first man who had ever hit her. Su Xiulan tucked her 206 yuan and 80 cents of dowry into her pocket and walked away without looking back. This time, all she wanted was money 807Reads6.5Score105Shelves

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    Reborn in the 90s, I can get rich and seek revenge at the same time.

24. 24 九 The 1990s: All the Big Brothers on My Life's Journey 九零年代：人生路上都是好大哥 Trade a Lifetime of Loneliness for a Fortune用孤独终老换一世暴富Urban825k WordsCompleted (The beginning is a little slow, so start at Chapter 10.) Lin Jun spent his whole life living off women while still acting like the one in charge. He wasn't particularly handsome, but women always liked him. Even at forty, one woman was willing to leave her family and children to be with him and share a life of hardship. Still, he never made much money. He worked year after year and never had any savings, while leaving a trail of romantic entanglements wherever he went. Did Lin Jun regret the wa 8.2kReads7.2Score431Shelves

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    This book is quite good.

25. 25 重 Reborn in 1994: I Started Changing My Fate 重生1994，逆天改命从此开始 Long Linli龙麟鲤Urban239k WordsCompleted Reborn in the summer of 1994. My parents are still young, and I can still make up for my regrets. Back then, Jack Ma was still teaching, and QQ wouldn’t appear for another five years. This time, I’ll never be a pushover again. I’ll put bullies in their place, win back my first love, help my brothers make money, and usher in an era of my own. No golden finger, no System, just memories from thirty years ahead of my time. Starting with the Subor learning computer, then a computer study room, then a 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist begins in 1994, riding the wave of the computer and internet era, from computer training and fluctuating memory prices to the early internet, BBS forums, the nascent e-commerce, and the mobile internet boom. There's no system, no cheat codes, no exaggerated speculation, no stamp trading, no stock market manipulation, no climbing the social ladder, and no empty, clichéd plot devices. It simply depicts the most authentic everyday life in the compound, the purest romance of that era, and the most genuine youthful infatuation. True rebirth is about seizing the opportunities of the times. Step by step, steadily moving forward. No exaggeration, no unrealistic expectations, no cheat codes. The struggles and youth of this generation of ordinary people deserve to be remembered.

26. 26 重 The Reborn Tycoon's Rise 重生之首富行 Young Master of the Yu Family于家少主Urban540k WordsCompleted Back to the turbulent 1980s! Opportunities abound, and so do wolves. In his previous life, he was honest and diligent, crushed by big business and cheated by unscrupulous merchants. He spent his life struggling to get by, only to end up with nothing and meet a miserable end. Now reborn, he brings forty years of business foresight and knows every trend before it takes off. He tears up his mediocre old life and starts over! He starts out selling goods at a vegetable market, taking advantage of his 143Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Rebirth of the Richest Man" is a fast-paced and exciting entrepreneurial novel set in the 1980s! The protagonist seizes the opportunities of the times, starts from scratch in a vegetable market, and rises to become the richest man. It's a fast-paced and addictive read.

27. 27 重 Reborn to Build a Business While in Debt in the 1990s 重生之我在九零年代负债创业 Ye leaf烨leafModern Romance128k WordsOngoing "Welcome to the 1990s!" Sun Miao, a top modern shoe-upper designer, died suddenly after working late. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the debt-ridden Sun family: her mother was bedridden, her father was in debt, and their once-thriving shoe factory had become a pile of ruins. "Good heavens! The first thing I have to do after being reborn is pay off debt, and we owe 200,000?!" I really am heaven's chosen workhorse!!! The day the creditors came pounding on the door, Lu Sui wav 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a period drama about entrepreneurship. The female lead is very capable, has excellent design concepts, and a great eye for business. She's constantly oscillating between debt and making money, which is quite interesting. Highly recommended.

28. 28 重 Reborn Before His Wife Dies in Childbirth, He Saves Their Daughter and Strikes It Rich 重生妻子难产前保下女儿疯狂捡漏 Master of the Fangcun Studio方寸轩主Urban442k WordsCompleted A tycoon in the antiques trade is reborn in 1990. Avoiding every mistake he made in his previous life, he rises to success, makes a fortune spotting undervalued antiques, and gives his family and friends the best life possible. No System, and no mindless plot. 283Reads6.2Score—Shelves
29. 29 重 Reborn in the 1990s: After My Divorce, I Become a Lady by Collecting Scrap 重生九零：离婚后我靠收废品成女 The Witch Doesn't Feel Sad魔女不心suiModern Romance309k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Lin Wan spent half her life being meek and desperate to please others. Her in-laws kicked her out, her three-year-old daughter died of a high fever, and after years of overwork, Lin Wan herself died of illness in a rented room. Even the little money she had set aside for her funeral was stolen by her ex-husband just before she died. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on July 1, 1997, the day Hong Kong returned to China and the Zhang family forced her to divorce. I 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The opening conflict is direct: on the day of the divorce, the wicked mother-in-law makes things difficult, and the female protagonist fights back on the spot. She doesn't rely on the charity of others, but on her own skills and the system to find a way out. The plot is fast-paced.

30. 30 重 Back to 1990: Becoming My Own Sunshine 重回90，做自己的太阳 Fire Frog火蛙Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted Zhang Jieqiong is reborn at the most difficult time for her family. After her parents are laid off in the wave of job cuts, their attempts to start a business also fail. Her greatest regret in her previous life was not understanding the importance of studying. Now that she has a chance to start over, she will become her own salvation. The economic base determines the superstructure. It took her a long time to understand that in her previous life, but this time she will keep it firmly in mind. 114Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    An ordinary family caught in the wave of layoffs was almost crushed by reality, but fortunately, Zhang Jieqiong was reborn. With the clarity of her past life, she studied hard and worked hard to earn money, single-handedly supporting the hope of her entire family.

31. 31 东 A Northeast Veteran's Comeback in 1995 东北老炮儿的重回95年逆袭路 A Dog's Amateurish Writing狗子的三脚猫笔法Urban119k WordsCompleted At 38, Li Xiangyang was a miserable office drone in 2025. After dying suddenly from a stroke, he found himself back in Shenyang in 1995, inhabiting his high-school self, “Li Gousheng.” In his previous life, his father had been laid off, his mother had worked herself to the bone, and he had amounted to nothing. Those regrets were the deepest scars in his heart. With the secrets of the times from the Shenyang Gazetteer etched into his mind and a head start on state-owned enterprise reform, the boo 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A sudden stroke causes death, and the protagonist is transported back to 1995! A 38-year-old office worker becomes Li Gousheng, a high school student, who seizes the opportunities in real estate and the Wuai Market. He appeases his parents, makes money, and enjoys the Northeast-style thriller!

32. 32 我 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Zeng Yi曾呓Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 197.5kReads8.9Score9.8kShelves

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    This book is filled with [admiration][admiration][admiration][admiration][admiration][admiration][admiration]

33. 33 重 Back to 1990 重会1990 The Idle Fish Author咸鱼作者Urban138k WordsCompleted When you grow old, will you be left with countless regrets? Regrets over the things you once missed, perhaps opportunities that could have changed your life, or something else you let slip by. When someone who has passed through middle age and entered old age looks back without thinking, will they regret everything they once missed? 2.3kReads8.0Score156Shelves
34. 34 重 Reborn in 1985: I'm Focused on Making Money, but Young Master Lu Is Chasing Me 重生八五：一心搞钱，陆少追疯了 Easygoing Fish悠忧鱼Modern Romance418k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + Period Setting + No Golden Finger + Comeback + Business Battles + Mystery of Her Origins + Power Couple] In her previous life, Su Hanxue gave everything for her family, only to be forced into a marriage that served their interests. She suffered abuse after the wedding, until her husband pushed her into the freezing river and drowned her. He then used the payout from her accident insurance to live it up with his mistress. In this life, she fights with all her strength to refuse the mar 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn and is focused on making money.

35. 35 年 Period: Reborn in Singapore for a Life of Pleasure 年代：重生新加坡开始快活人生 Tea Breeze and Sleeplessness茶风眠Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in 2000, Lin Yue went to Singapore to work. He relied on wealthy Nanyang ladies to earn his first fortune, then used his shrewdness to stir up the winds of change across Southeast Asia... He pooled resources and built his foundation on industry. After ten years of honing his craft, he led a team of beautiful women from across the world to conquer key fields, including automobile manufacturing, high-precision lithography machines, power batteries, and global financial risk management. From 13kReads7.1Score858Shelves

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    It's rare to see this in Singapore, right?

36. 36 重 Reborn, I Became Xinjiang’s Richest Man by Selling Naan 重生后，我靠卖馕成为新疆首富 Ginkgo029Urban207k WordsOngoing A Bu Du is reborn. Other people use their second chance to get into the internet or real estate, but when he opens his eyes, he finds himself facing a clay oven belching black smoke. Nadire, the tough childhood friend he grew up with, hands him some cumin. “A Bu Du, what are you spacing out for? The naan’s about to burn! If we can’t sell it today, we’ll have to go hungry!” A Bu Du slaps his thigh. “Hey! What do you know, girl? This isn’t selling naan, it’s the foundational architecture of a carb 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist gets something for nothing by persuading the flour mill manager to supply goods on a monthly basis through foreign trade orders. He solves the raw material problem without spending a penny and even poachs a skilled naan bread maker from his rival.

37. 37 重 Reborn in 1990: The System Forces Me to Become the Village Tyrant 重生90：系统逼我当村霸 Ni Linsheng逆鳞生Rural Life544k WordsOngoing [Period setting + System + village bully + reborn + farming and business + face-slapping wish fulfillment] In 2026, overworked office drone Zhou Ye dies suddenly after staying up all night. When he opens his eyes, he's back in 1990. He's become the bully whom all 3,000 villagers are chasing around to curse. His family is so poor they're starving. His older sister has to drop out of school, a supposedly good man in the village is running a scam, and an orphan girl is about to be sold. System: [St 110Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't look randomly when you're looking for a good book! This 90s rebirth and farming novel features a male protagonist who transforms into a domineering village tyrant, settling down in the countryside to develop the area. The more you read, the more addictive it becomes.

38. 38 中 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who, in the mid-1990s, graduated from a teachers' college but gave up her assigned job to work in the south, while the male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown to work in the south. The two of them create a future together.

39. 39 逃 After Escaping Her Adoptive Parents, Her Life Goes into Easy Mode 逃离养父母家后，她的人生开挂了 Xi Wenjin席文锦Modern Romance4.6M WordsCompleted [Period drama] + [Mutual devotion] + [Modern romance] + [Two top students] + [Everyone's darling] + [Modern romance with a cute baby] She's the adopted daughter the Su family took in, a beauty and a top student. Her adoptive parents want to keep the family fortune in their own hands, so they force her to quit school and marry their son. When she learns the truth, she runs away in the middle of the night. After escaping, she meets a business tycoon, and her extraordinary life begins. With help fr 8.5kReads8.3Score885Shelves

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    If you come across these books, you absolutely must read them. They are high-quality, informative, and especially educational.

40. 40 重 Reborn with a Child, I Married a Cold Military Doctor from a Prestigious Family 重生后，带娃嫁世家高冷军医 Xi Wenjin席文锦Modern Romance603k WordsCompleted [Reborn + adorable child + military marriage + true love + revenge + face-slapping] After being reborn, Su Ying’s first move is to divorce her husband. Her scumbag husband, Du Zhenyong, wants to have the best of both worlds and refuses to let her go. She takes her 38 yuan and chases after him to the military base, where she meets the aloof military doctor Gu Nanchen. With his help, Su Ying gets away from her scumbag husband. But the prestigious Gu family refuses to let Gu Nanchen marry a woman w 23.6kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
41. 41 老 My Husband Faked Infertility to Steal My Family’s Fortune, So I Fought Back 老公假装不孕夺我家产，我绝地反击 Xi Wenjin席文锦26k WordsCompleted My husband pretended to be infertile to steal my family’s fortune. I fought back against all odds. 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 重 Reborn in 1990: From the Start, I Was Exiled to a Poor Mountain Village 重生1990：开局被流放穷山沟 Nine Heavens, Ten Suns九天十日Urban157k WordsOngoing Urban Rebirth + Historical Era + Business Rivalry + Slow Burn + Rural Exile + Gaokao Comeback + Business Rise + One Female Lead + No System + Pure Mind Games + Cunning Protagonist Reborn in 1990, Lu Yuanshan is still the discarded son the family exiled to a poor, remote village. In his previous life, he suffered a crushing defeat. He could only watch as the woman he loved was driven to desperation by the village party secretary's son, powerless to help her. This time, he returns with twenty year —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reborn in 1990, from a cowshed to Tsinghua and Peking Universities, from a millet field to a business empire—this is the story of a man who fought his way through the torrent of the times, and also a deep affection that he spent his whole life fulfilling.

43. 43 重 Reborn in 1990: My Whole Family Wants Me to Be the Villain 重生90，全家逼我当恶人 Tomorrow Tian Ming明天天鸣Urban229k WordsOngoing Li Fumin was an honest man in his previous life. So honest that he handed all his wages to his parents, so honest that he gave the woman he loved to his younger brother, so honest that his whole family sent him to prison, so honest that he took a bullet. As he lay dying, he thought, If there is another life, I definitely won't be an honest man again. Heaven let him be reborn. When he opened his eyes, his younger brother was holding an engagement banquet with Zhang Xiaomei, the woman he hadn't —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book, you can read it.

44. 44 重 Reborn in 1994: Building the Perfect Leading Man 重生94：打造完美男神 Bedrock1994磐石1994Urban833k WordsCompleted The rating just came out. It’ll go up later~ [No Excessive Hostility] [Fast Timeline] [One-on-One Romance] At thirty-three, Liu Sen gets a fresh start after a failed life and returns, carrying memories of his previous life, to a maternity ward in 1994. The Perfect Male God System activates, and this time he starts striving for excellence from infancy. Discipline, growth, strength. The pacing is fast. It takes about 20 chapters to go from infancy to college, so keep up! A new author with a new b 297Reads6.5Score106Shelves

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    For those looking for a good read, this is a must-read! The romance is pure and straightforward, without any messy ambiguity or harem elements. It focuses on growth, family, and career. The pacing is excellent, offering both the thrill of overcoming adversity and building a career, as well as the slow-paced moments of practicing calligraphy, playing chess, learning arts, and spending time together at school. The plot is not melodramatic, has positive values, and the characters are vivid. Whether you enjoy reincarnation stories, character development stories, or historical fiction, you'll find it enjoyable.

45. 45 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Dividing the Family and Seizing the Land, I Become the Queen of Farm Machinery 重生九零分家夺地，我成农机女王 Qing Yue Shu清月抒Modern Romance102k WordsOngoing [No Male Lead · No Romance · Female Lead Focused on Her Career · Reborn · Period Setting · Countryside · Farming] Reborn in a rural village in the 1990s, Su Wan immediately secures the rights to her homestead and farmland, inheriting both the house and the land. She goes to school and prepares for exams, runs an agricultural machinery business, collects scrap, and grows crops in greenhouses, devoting all her energy to her education and career. There is no male lead, romance, or flirtation anywhe —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reborn in the 1990s

46. 46 重 Reborn in 1990: Life With a Game-Breaking Bug 重生1990之卡BUG人生 Xu Xiaohe许小盒Urban377k WordsOngoing Thirty-year-old programmer Chen Xu dies suddenly after working 996 hours. When he wakes up, he’s back in a small county town in 1990. He knows his father will be laid off in three months, and he knows every wave of opportunity about to sweep through the era. In this life, the former code-writing wage slave plans to use bugs to hack his way into a new life. He starts by helping his father secure a job, then moves on to trading secondhand computers, assembling compatible PCs, and building systems —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Having read so many stories about reincarnation leading to instant wealth, this one feels very realistic. The protagonist starts with fifty yuan as capital, uses a Little Tyrant (a popular Chinese electronics brand) to write a profit calculator, and convinces his father to make his first business deal. The logic is very smooth.

47. 47 黑 The Underworld: A Fight for the Blood Road 黑社会：血路争锋 Jing Hang J景航JUrban721k WordsCompleted In the late 1990s, the waters of the Hai River in Jinmen City carried a stench that wouldn't wash away. They lapped over the dock's bluestone slabs and soaked the mud-caked trousers of Lin Shen. The sixteen-year-old boy huddled in the shadow of a shipping container, clutching a brown paper bag. Inside were three packs of cigarettes he'd managed to “borrow” from a cargo ship that day. They were tribute for Brother Hu, the third-in-command of the Shunfa Gang, and his only bargaining chip for survi 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A thrilling and exciting gangster novel set in the 1990s. Highly recommended! [Sending Hearts] (Completed)

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