This Is the Only Story Set in a Bygone Era for Me!!! 年代文我只认它！！！

1. 951 八 The Frail, Delicate Darling of the 1980s Factory Director 八零厂长的病弱娇气包 A Chestnut一颗板栗Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Top-Quality Male Lead] [Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger] In the 21st century, Jiang Wanwan is sickly, delicate, and so frail that a gust of wind could knock her over. After an accident, she arrives in the 1980s. She takes a liking to a man, and it seems he has taken a liking to her too. Who’s the fish, and who’s the prey? Jiang Wanwan raises the thing in her hand and smiles sweetly. “Factory Director Huo, do you like it?” “Like what?” In his 28 4.1kReads7.4Score465Shelves

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   I think the 10th book is quite good, I don't know why the rating is so low. I like soft and sweet female protagonists, so these are all non-strong female protagonists.

2. 952 甜 So Sweet! After Marrying a Butcher in the 1970s, I Lie Flat 甜爆！七零嫁杀猪匠后我躺平了 Another Road另路Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [A lie-flat beauty vs. a doting husband / No golden finger, no black market / Everyday life] Chu Jiaojiao wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated to the 1970s. Looking at the poverty-stricken home, bare of everything, she feels like banging her head against a wall just to knock herself out... To avoid the backbreaking labor, she sets her sights on the village butcher, who lives better than anyone else. At first, the butcher coolly rejects her advances. Chu Jiaojiao tries all thirty-s 656Reads7.2Score107Shelves
3. 953 末EN Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪 Black-and-White Octopus黑白色章鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu 59.5kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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   The first book is simply the best female-centric historical romance novel ever; I absolutely love the female lead's personality. The second book is also a female-centric post-apocalyptic novel, without a romantic pairing, but I also really like the female lead's personality.

4. 954 军 Military Marriage: The Bandit Wife of ’70 Is Gorgeous, Svelte, and Irresistible 军婚：70匪妻她腰软貌美太拿人 Second Master Bu卜二爷Modern Romance904k WordsCompleted [Secret Identity + Transmigration + 1v1 Romance + Face-Slapping + Research + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Dual Transmigration + Powerhouse + Unhinged Comedy] Bai Lu, the King of Systems, is reborn in 1976. After basking in the light and heat, she goes completely off the rails. Following the motto, “If I can't have a good time, neither can anyone else,” she attacks indiscriminately. A certain military officer puts on a stern face and tries to lay down rules for her every day. She immediat 3.3kReads8.8Score308Shelves

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   For historical fiction, this is the only one I trust!!! Scientific research is vital to national development! The female lead is the queen of systems, completely clueless about love. She gets cold at night and climbs on top of the male lead to sleep! When he disturbs her sleep, she complains to the military wife next door that her husband won't let her sleep [facepalm].

5. 955 九 The 90s: Ever Since I Stopped Being Filial, I've Had the Sweetest Smile 九零，自从不孝后我笑的可甜嘞 Ten Steps, Ten Steps十步十步Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Li Xingjian’s reputation was ruined before she could return home. Her biased mother demanded that she give her childhood sweetheart and fiancé to her younger sister, then forced her to sacrifice herself to secure her sister’s future. “You weren’t pure to begin with. Even if I let you marry, who would want you? Once your sister makes something of herself, she’ll spare you a bite to eat. I’m only doing this for your own good, aren’t I?” Her useless father turned a blind eye t 45.2kReads9.3Score4.9kShelves

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   🌾🌾Who knows? I finished reading it before I even finished breakfast! It's so good, so funny! It's about everyday family life, and the female lead will keep you laughing non-stop [facepalm][laughing]. It's a hilarious story that makes you laugh from beginning to end, enough to keep you up until 2 AM. I really love it.

6. 956 八 Married with a Baby in the ’80s: My Mortal Enemy Becomes a Henpecked Husband 八零奉子成婚，死对头成了妻管严 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance796k WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangyi woke up, she learned that she had transmigrated into a book, a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine, and she was the vicious supporting character. Her father didn’t love her and her mother was gone. As if having to survive under the thumb of her wicked stepmother since childhood wasn’t enough, her scheming stepsister stole her fiancé and set up her nemesis, the street thug Xie Qingxiao, to ruin her virtue. She became pregnant by accident, and af 13.5kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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   Holding a script, she transmigrated to the 1970s: A vicious ex-wife? No, she's a womanizer who steals the heroine's thunder! 🏆 Jiang Yuman's transmigration into the book was hell mode: vicious ex-wife + six months pregnant + husband demoted to the countryside! But having a script is so satisfying: the Fu family will definitely be exonerated in two years, and the reborn heroine's position as an official's wife? I've already stolen it! 🚫 She decisively tore up the "abortion and divorce" script, and went to the countryside with her handsome husband while pregnant! What's there to be afraid of with a space to back her up? In the end, she didn't need it at all! Her aloof husband, Fu Jingchen, had already secretly spoiled her like a precious treasure, and her in-laws took great care of her, turning her bitter days into a sweet paradise! 🍯 Just waiting for exoneration? Her husband's extreme pampering made her a winner in life! The reborn heroine was waiting to take over? Jiang Yuman smiled while touching her baby: Thanks for the invitation, this "vicious ex-wife" will accept all the pampering from the big boss and his whole family, I've taken all your storyline! 👑 #TransmigratingIntoThe70s #CatchingTheFemaleHost'sChance #Space #SweetPamperingWithoutAbusiveness #TheBigShotPampersYou

7. 957 兵 The War King Can Read Minds, and His Beautiful Stepmom Wife Gets Pampered Despite Doing Nothing 兵王会读心，漂亮后妈摆烂被宠哭 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + historical era + widowed sister-in-law + raising a child + bickering couple + space + everyday life as a military wife] In her past life, her husband Yang Shengjun defended his comrade's widow and accused Xu Zijin of being petty, unreasonable, and unkind. Xu Zijin spent her whole life blaming herself and had a head full of white hair before she turned fifty. Her son said she wasn't generous enough, and that she got jealous even though she knew his father had a responsibility 26.1kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves

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   [Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf] "Mrs. Lu, hold on a little longer. Commander Lu is on his way and will be here soon." Jiang Yi's pupils began to dilate, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. "No need, I have nothing to say to him." A document lay beside her—a divorce agreement. She was over fifty! This woman, Su Wanqing, had been standing between her and Lu Yunxiao for over thirty years. Now it was time to give him his freedom and let him be with this woman legitimately! But unexpectedly, when she woke up, she was reborn before her son fell into the water. In her previous life, Lu Yunxiao had been saved by his comrade-in-arms, so he took it upon himself to care for his comrade's widow, Su Wanqing, and her son! He not only gave her and her son the house allocated to his own family, but also a portion of his salary to them, and he did so for three years! Even when her son and her husband's comrade's widow's son fell into the water at the same time, her husband saved his comrade's widow's son, but her son died! In this life, all she wanted to do was divorce her husband and take her son with her...

8. 958 八 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零，首长不追了，带崽离婚真香 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 36kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
9. 959 七 The 1970s: Transmigrated as the Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife of a Disabled Big Shot 七零，穿成残疾大佬的炮灰前妻 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Sign-In System + Transmigrate into a Book + Food + Disabled Male Lead + Raising Children + Doctor + Wife-Doting Husband + Male Lead Is a Hopeless Romantic] [The original title was: The 1970s: Transmigrating as the Disabled Tycoon’s Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife] Note: Dear readers, the male lead’s legs will recover, but it will take time. He can’t just stand up all at once! Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary, and neither is becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character. What’s scary is that she has 8kReads9.0Score672Shelves

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   This book is highly recommended! It's a period drama with a female protagonist who has a cheat-like ability—a daily sign-in system. However, the system is incredibly friendly, frequently providing her with abundant resources. It's truly excellent! The system even gives her red envelopes during Chinese New Year! It's a lighthearted and easy read about everyday family life.

10. 960 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1970s: What a Joke! The Sweet Girl Is Hiding in a Rugged Man's Body 穿书七零：笑死！娇娇披着糙汉壳 December-十二月-Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + food + System + educated youth + sweet romance] A pleasure-loving young woman transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s. The poverty and hunger, the backbreaking labor, and the enormous secret her new body is hiding are enough to push An Ran to the brink. She is neither the lucky heroine nor the villainess. Instead, she is a deranged male character so far down the roster that she barely even counts as a number in the leads’ story. To keep anyone from 5.5kReads9.0Score706Shelves

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    A unique period drama with a female protagonist disguised as a man – definitely worth reading.

11. 961 六 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1960s: The Fertile Army Wife Can't Take It Anymore 六零军婚甜蜜蜜，易孕军嫂扛不住 Yang Da杨大Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted [Alternate Historical Era + Military Marriage + Island Life + Pocket Dimension + Sweet Heroine + Mutual Devotion] [Four Babies at Once + Sweet Romance + The Husband Chases His Wife to Win Her Back] When Tian Sisi woke up, she had landed inside a tragic military-marriage novel set on an island in the 1960s. The original heroine was the Heavenly Dao’s own daughter. After several lifetimes of entanglement with the male lead, she ultimately lost hope and faded away. Unlucky Tian Sisi had been reborn 1.6kReads8.9Score136Shelves

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    Waking up, Tian Sisi found herself transmigrated into a 1960s island military romance novel filled with heartbreak. The original owner, the favored daughter of the Heavenly Dao, had been entangled with the male lead for several lifetimes, ultimately fading away in despair. The unlucky Tian Sisi was reborn into the female lead's body. Faced with a heartless military officer husband, she seized the opportunity to divorce him. "Ugh~~~~~" Shen Boyuan was vomiting violently in the bathroom, while Tian Sisi patted his back with a pained expression. She was the one pregnant, but Shen Boyuan was the one suffering—he couldn't escape morning sickness and pregnancy symptoms! At the beginning, the Heavenly Dao gave Tian Sisi a useless cheat code. Tian Sisi angrily cursed the Heavenly Dao for being biased. Later—my god, she was actually the Heavenly Dao's favored daughter! This wasn't just a cheat code; it was a heaven-reaching finger!

12. 962 挺 She Joined the Army with a Big Baby Bump and Dazzled the Entire Family Compound 挺孕肚去随军，她惊艳整个家属院 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (She joins her husband’s army while heavily pregnant and amazes the entire military compound) Song Jinyue, a brilliant scientific researcher, transmigrates to the 1970s after a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s suddenly married after a whirlwind wedding, with a baby on the way. Outside, her older brother and sister-in-law are fighting over the letter that just arrived, ordering her to join her husband at his army post. To avoid getting her brother into trouble, Song Jinyue decides 21.2kReads8.0Score2kShelves

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    🔥🔥Check this out! It's a period drama, a fairly classic plot, and there are quite a few similar stories. Song Jinyue, a brilliant research student, is transported to the 1970s after a car accident. She opens her eyes to find herself in a whirlwind marriage and pregnant. Her brother and sister-in-law are causing trouble outside because of her newly arrived military assignment. To avoid causing trouble for her brother, Song Jinyue decides to go with her husband, despite her pregnancy, to meet her officer husband whom she's only met twice. … Xi Fenglie knows his wife was tricked into marrying him, and he knows she hates him, looks down on him, and will divorce him sooner or later. He waits and waits. Two months later, after a near-death experience on a mission, he returns to his unit and receives notification that his wife has arrived. Looking at his delicate, beautiful wife, Xi Fenglie's Adam's apple bobs. "I know why you've come to see me. I agree to a divorce." His wife, sitting opposite him, suddenly stands up and slaps him across the face. His ears were ringing, but he clearly heard his wife say, "I'm pregnant."

13. 963 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Saving the Tragic Male Lead 穿书七零：拯救悲惨男主 Mu Xi Mutong木西木同Modern Romance152k WordsCompleted (Military marriage, transmigration, 1v1) Tang Tian is an optimistic, cheerful modern girl who loves reading novels. Recently, she's become obsessed with stories about military marriages in a bygone era. She has just finished a rebirth story set in the past. The heroine wronged the hero in her previous life, then was reborn and tried to make amends. But Tang Tian finds the heroine's behavior after her rebirth infuriating, and feels sorry for the devoted, responsible man. After tearing into the 2kReads9.1Score144Shelves

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    🌟🍅Here it comes~✨①Tang Tian is an optimistic and cheerful modern girl who loves reading novels and has recently become obsessed with period military romance novels. She recently read a period rebirth novel where the female lead, having wronged the male lead in her previous life, wants to make amends after being reborn. However, Tang Tian finds the female lead's behavior after her rebirth infuriating and feels sorry for the devoted and responsible man. After criticizing the author in the comments section, she unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of the book. Upon learning she can't go home, she decides to kidnap the man the female lead has wronged in two lifetimes.

14. 964 惊 Shocking! The Cold Military Officer Is the Father of Her Child 惊！冰冷军官竟是孩子他爸 Salt Little Five盐小五Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Raising a child + military marriage + everyday life + first love for both] After waking up, wealthy beauty Xu Yao transmigrates once again to the 1970s, becoming the mother of the great villain in a small world! The original Xu Yao was busty but brainless. After failing to scheme her way into marrying the man she loved, she had a son with someone else. She blamed all her misfortunes on the boy, beating and cursing him until he grew up bitter and twisted. He eventually became the great villain, 2.5kReads8.9Score221Shelves

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    Of course, it's this one! [Admiration] The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the biological mother of the main villain in a small world. She starts by taking advantage of her son, trembling with fear [facepalm]. A pitiful little dumpling, a mother raising a child in reverse [laughs]. Raising a child + military marriage + two first loves [Admiration]

15. 965 我 I Came from the Stars to Witness the Age of Soaring Technology 我从星际而来，看科技腾飞时代 Admiring Mount Jun from Afar慕落君山Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Technology to strengthen the nation + alternate setting + interstellar transmigration + no romance, focused on getting things done + not a power fantasy + period piece] Ling Yue is transported from the interstellar age to Blue Star in the 1960s when an explosion caused by the mad scientist next door sends her through time. The land lies in ruins, beset by troubles at home and abroad. Watch as Ling Yue helps her country achieve a technological leap forward. A foreign country threatens us with at 66Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    This is an amazing book!! A patriotic novel. The female lead's parents took poison to force other researchers to return home, making her memorize their research findings. The female lead happens to time-travel to this world, discovers the data is flawed, and doesn't understand why this could be fatal, but she still obediently memorizes it, tells her parents' friend, and even provides what she believes to be the correct parts. No romance, interstellar travel, historical setting, scientific research.

16. 966 八 A Tough Mystic in the 1980s, With a Handsome Husband Waiting at Home 八零玄学悍妻，家有娇夫待签收 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A story set in a bygone era + Chinese metaphysics + mild supernatural elements + ghost-hunting + romance + strong heroine. No transmigration or rebirth; both leads are natives of the setting. [Brilliant, aloof genius with a goofy side, and no interest in men VS. A sharp-tongued, scheming, tsundere man with a poisonous-sweet manner] Tian Shiling, nicknamed Tianbao, is known in Qiantang Village as the coffin girl. Her mother died in childbirth, her father is unknown, and she was raised by the vill 46.4kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves

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    This is a super nice historical fiction novel with elements of metaphysics. It's a historical story with metaphysical elements, making it very interesting. The female lead has a female body but a male life. It's a great book whose title doesn't do it justice. At first, I thought it was one of those novels that supposedly revolves around the male and female leads and uses light metaphysics but is actually a palace intrigue story. But I got curious and read on, and found that it's actually about the female lead's growth. The emotional descriptions are very delicate, without being melodramatic, sentimental, or cheesy. I'm starting to wonder if the author is a professional in this field. It's just not finished yet! [Crying][crying][crying]

17. 967 都 We’re All Reborn, So Who Still Wants to Be Someone’s Lackey? 都重生了谁还拉帮套啊 Meow Erbai喵二白Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Cao Chaoyang acted on impulse and chose the path of becoming his sister-in-law’s live-in helper, moving into her home. He worked hard to support his elder brother’s family for twenty years, only for his brother’s legs, crippled for years, to suddenly recover. Thrown out of the house overnight, he had no choice but to get away from people and become a forest ranger. Reborn in 1973, when his sister-in-law once again knelt before him, Cao Chaoyang said firmly, “No!” He would n 17.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    The protagonist has been reborn. In his previous life, he mistakenly entered the path of the grain trap, raised other people's children, worked hard all his life, and was kicked out of his home in his old age. This time, he has been reborn, and he firmly says no. He wants to enjoy life and marry a woman of his own. Now that he has been reborn, who still wants to be a accomplice? He wants to live his own life.

18. 968 年 Period-Era Quick Transmigration: Helping the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Live a Good Life 年代快穿：带炮灰女配过好日子 Chang Yun昌云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Quick Transmigration + Feel-Good, Sweet Romance and Flirting + No Fixed Male Lead] In romance novels, some supporting female characters have money, beauty, and a great figure, yet they keep making stupid choices and acting like fools. They squander a winning hand and meet tragic ends. Ye Susu works for the Time-Space Travel Bureau. With the resentment of supporting female characters from various worlds building up, she's sent to save these doomed characters, turn their tragic l 19.7kReads8.6Score2kShelves

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    Historical fiction, including both completed and unfinished works, are all either currently reading or have finished reading and are considered the best. I believe they deserve a place among the representative historical fiction genres.

19. 969 炮 The Cannon Fodder Awakens: Thriving in a Period Novel 炮灰觉醒，我在年代文里如鱼得水 The Rice Cake Won't Eat Fish年糕不吃鱼Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + quick transmigration + space (only in the second world) + no memories in the second world + golden finger + no fixed couple + a touch of ensemble cast + realistic] World One: My Cousin Is the Lucky Female Lead (ensemble cast + low-key) ✓ Feel free to skip World Two: Transmigrated as a Selfless Workhorse (1968) ✓ World Three: The Cannon-Fodder Best Friend Returns to the City ✓ World Four: A 1990s Migrant Worker’s Reversal ✓ World Five: One Adult and Three Kids in the 1970s ✓ World 19.9kReads8.2Score1.6kShelves
20. 970 七 1970s Space: Better to Woo a Young Educated Youth Than Be a Stepmother 七零空间：做后娘不如撩知青 Up Three Thousand上三千Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Apocalyptic-era commander Xia Qianqian transmigrates into the female lead of a story about a wicked stepmother. In the original story, the female lead loses to a woman who transmigrated into the book. As soon as Xia arrives, the System tells her to win back an old widower and become his young stepmother. "Ha! Why be a decent person when I could be a doormat?" The commander destroys the System, kicks the old widower to the curb, and leads her whole family to prosperity, leaving the scumbag man fu 223Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    1️⃣ This book has a different theme than the others. It features a female marshal and a zombie king from the apocalypse who are reborn in the 1970s to continue their past romance. Both of them have spatial abilities, superpowers, and resources. The male lead is a bit love-struck. Overall, it's a good book!

21. 971 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, She Was Sold Off as a Fool and Then Struck It Rich 穿七零，被当傻妞贱卖后她暴富了 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + crazy, satisfying power fantasy + raising kids + strong heroine] [Fu Qingshan: Half my life is devoted to the country, and the other half to you.] A genius girl from the 21st century takes on a mission to change a villain's fate and becomes a strong but dim-witted country girl in the 1970s. Though she was born to a dual-income urban family, she was maliciously switched at birth and raised as a lowborn country girl. She opens her eyes in a coffin. Her adoptiv 20.3kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
22. 972 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
23. 973 蓄 A Deliberate Seduction: A Scientific Genius Accidentally Flirts with an Abstinent Army Officer 蓄意引诱：科研天才误撩禁欲军哥 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting / military romance / college entrance exams / urban development and research / alternate history / slow burn / the research plot starts very slowly, so this may not be for you if you only want research and infrastructure development] Among the autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome was once called “the genius disorder.” Jiang Yan was diagnosed with Asperger’s as a young child, but she was also an undisputed child prodigy and rising star of the interstellar age. After dyin 3.7kReads8.1Score267Shelves
24. 974 年 Period: A Battle for Husbands Among the Children of High-Ranking Officials 年代：高干子弟夺夫大战 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period novel + 1990s]+ [Family life]+ [No golden finger + native-born protagonist] Lin Daoxi was deliberately abandoned at birth, and her cousin Gao Qing took her place as the biological daughter of the family. With everything going wrong from the start, Lin Daoxi was penniless, plain-looking, and dealt a terrible hand. Her father was a gambling addict, her mother had broken the law, her younger brother was timid, and she had dropped out of school. When Lin Daoxi announced she was going to R 10.4kReads8.9Score978Shelves

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25. 975 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 190.3kReads9.2Score13.6kShelves
26. 976 军 Five Years of Marriage, and He Never Comes Home: If You Don't Love Me, Let's Divorce 军婚五年家都不回：不爱，那就离 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted The author has lived in a military compound as a military wife for eleven years. Come see what real military life is like. The short drama Raising Kids in the Seventies, starring Wang Kaimu and Wang Yunyun, is now streaming on the Tomato platform. Watch it for free on Hongguo. Feel-good story + period setting + military marriage + raising children + mutually faithful romance + winning back his wife + authentic life in a military compound The new book is almost complete too. If you’ve finished th 29.1kReads9.2Score4kShelves
27. 977 六 Life in a 1960s Courtyard: I Play the Scheming Villainess and Marry the Strongest Officer 六零大杂院，做缺德女配嫁最强军官 June Bean六月豆Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Su Weiwei transmigrates into a novel with a ridiculously powerful golden finger, where the heroine is blessed with incredible luck, ruthless, and reborn to turn the tables and deliver face-slapping revenge. Unfortunately, Su Weiwei is the lazy, greedy, spoiled, shameless villainess who gets slapped in the face. And just now, she stole the heroine’s golden finger, called her a thief, and had her own mother beat the heroine so badly that her face was disfigured. As Su Weiwei wonders how they’ll be 3.4kReads7.4Score207Shelves
28. 978 八 The 1980s: Raising the Villain's Son into a Well-Behaved Little Boy 八零之把反派儿子养成乖宝宝 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted When Ban Xia woke from a dream, a flood of information suddenly filled her mind. She discovered that she was living in a book, and that she was the mother of the story’s great villain, a man who had secretly loved the heroine but could never have her. In the book, she was merely a passing character, mentioned in a single line when her grown son learned the truth. Yet that brief mention summed up her entire life of suffering. Her son was taken away, she miscarried and became infertile, her husban 3.2kReads9.1Score261Shelves

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    🎋🎋A perfect, wealthy, and beautiful woman; she doesn't have to go to the countryside; she has a system in her system; she works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, excelling in both economics and politics. The male lead comes from a very warm family. He dotes on her immensely. Furthermore, the author's accompanying illustrations give off a particularly reliable feeling.

29. 979 快 Quick Transmigration: I Follow the Rules, While the Villainess Just Wants to Cause Trouble 快穿守法是我，女配只想祸祸 Immortal White Crane白鹤仙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Period fiction] [No fixed couple] [Not a fast-paced power fantasy] [Spatial dimension] The Alliance’s Cannon Fodder Supporting Female Characters Department is restructuring its teams. They’re short-staffed, so Yuan Xue, who was already on the verge of retirement, gets called back and put in charge of the Period Supporting Female Characters team, along with her retirement-oriented System, A Jin. Yuan Xue looks at the points she just exchanged for cash: A Jin: Master, the d 4.1kReads7.6Score227Shelves
30. 980 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Sweetheart of the Three-Unit Courtyard Makes Money to Support Her Family 重生六零，三合院小娇娇赚钱养家 The Wind Moves, the Heart Stirs风动心动Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Period setting + System + space + devoted couple + heroine pursues hero + educated youth + workers + science and technology professionals] This story is a cozy twenty-six degrees, with a touch of sweetness. The heroine reaches the peak of life through her own hard work! Poor student Dan Qingmo transmigrates! Not only does she experience the movement to the countryside and the Third Front campaign, she also catches the wave of reform and opening up! Take a gamble, and turn a bicycle into a motor 1.9kReads9.3Score246Shelves
31. 981 囤 I Stockpiled Billions of Supplies and Thrived in the 1970s by Taking It Easy 囤亿万物资，我在七十年代躺赢 Won't Change My Name Until I Get Into Shenzhen University不上深大不改名Modern Romance471k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + System + selfish heroine + lazy, food-loving, love-brained male lead] After having the same dream for a whole week, Ruan Jiaojiao dreams that she transmigrates into a book called Reborn in the Seventies: A Military Marriage as Sweet as Honey. The reborn heroine steals the original host’s pocket dimension, kicks the original host, a fake innocent white lotus, to the curb, and takes her fiancé. She even plots to marry the original host off to a local good-for-n 2.5kReads6.6Score269Shelves
32. 982 八 Flirting in the 1980s: I Transmigrated Into the Factory Director's Scummy Wife 八零撩婚：穿成厂长大佬的小渣妻 Listening to the Wind Blow听风在吹Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + Devoted Husband + Mutual Flirting + Getting Rich] Jiang Ning transmigrates into a period drama and becomes the difficult supporting character she once played. Looking at her ridiculously handsome husband, she can't figure out why the word “divorce” suddenly won't come out of her mouth. She swears she only wants to cling to a powerful man's coattails and develop a little revolutionary camaraderie with him... Yes, it's best to know which way the wind blows. But what's with 1.6kReads8.9Score117Shelves

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    🍀✨The female lead's brother is a soldier. She's visiting him, and the male lead, her brother's best friend, falls in love at first sight when he picks her up at the train station. An Ting's younger sister is also coming to visit. Rumor has it she looks a lot like her brother, almost identical. Everyone thinks it's a pity the girls are all that beautiful… Later, someone sees the stunningly beautiful An Ruo, and everyone goes wild! All the single guys exclaim: We were careless!

33. 983 假 The Fake Heiress Takes It Easy and Plays Sardines in a Period Novel 假千金在年代文里摆烂当咸鱼 Zhou Xiaodie周小蝶Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Adorable Kids + Sweet Romance + Married Life + High-Ranking Official's Family] Shen Nanxi had spent eighteen years as a wealthy young lady in the city before learning she was a fake heiress. Then she was sent back to the countryside, where her heartless birth parents sold her for three hundred yuan. She was sold to the Lu family in the neighboring village. The Lu family wasn't poor, and plenty of women wanted to marry into it, but the Lus had their eye on Shen Nanxi. First, 1.7kReads8.7Score121Shelves
34. 984 穿 Transmigrated into a Pitiful Girl in the 1960s, She Uses Her Wood Powers to Grow Crops 穿成六零小可怜，木系异能搞种植 Zhou Bei洲北Modern Romance884k WordsCompleted Lin Qi came from the apocalypse to the 1960s and entered the body of a simple-minded girl who had starved to death. Even after half a year, she still couldn’t fully control a body that wasn’t originally hers. Her movements were slow, she had trouble speaking, and her eyes were often vacant and unfocused… So people outside started saying: The Lin family’s third child isn’t crazy anymore, but she’s become mentally disabled. Either way, she was still a fool. The fool Lin Qi became a stumbling block 10.9kReads8.8Score1kShelves
35. 985 渣 He’s Just a Jerk. Wouldn’t It Be Better to Marry an Army Officer? 渣男而已，转身嫁军官老公不香？ Jiu Qi酒七Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Devoted husband, marriage first and love later, twins, food, raising kids, fictional setting] Yu Chengzhou fell for an older girl in the residential compound when he was just ten, simply because she was such a good cook. Even then, he wanted to marry her and bring her home, but she was already engaged. Ten years later, he watched her get dumped by her fiancé’s family and was so happy he nearly jumped for joy. He went straight in and confessed, then whisked her away that very day and 5.6kReads9.2Score868Shelves

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    🔥The female lead is an amazing cook, so delicious it makes the neighbor's kid drool. The male lead fell for her when she was ten because of this and decided to marry her. Unfortunately, she was already engaged. However, the good news is that he witnessed her fiancé's family breaking off their engagement. The male lead was overjoyed, almost jumping for joy. He rushed in and confessed his love, winning her over that very day, and then quickly took her back to his military base. [Thumbs up]

36. 986 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: In the 1970s, a Sent-Down Youth Is Doted on by a Rugged Man 穿书七零：炮灰知青被糙汉宠爆了 Sour Tomato西红柿酸Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted (Complete) (No awful relatives + Devoted husband + Raising kids + Making money + Everyday life) Jiang Niandong, a miserable little accountant, transmigrated into a book and became a doomed educated youth in a period novel. She has a rugged man who loves her to the bone, takes care of all the housework, and spoils her rotten. So why did he disappear after she'd only enjoyed his company for a few days? … A sickly beauty who can't lift or carry a thing, a three-year-old toddler who keeps asking fo 2.4kReads8.9Score110Shelves

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    ① Rough-around-the-edges male lead, sickly beauty female lead transmigrates into a book ❤️ ② The female lead has a powerful cheat ability, very impressive! The male lead is from a matriarchal society and is incredibly handsome! ③ The male lead is a researcher who falls in love with the female lead at first sight. The female lead is a transmigrator and financially savvy. ④ The female lead is pampered by her family, and her family is very happy. The male lead is a soldier.

37. 987 队 The Men of the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Sweet Young Wife Has Triplets 队里汉子宠上天，娇媳妇一胎三宝 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Both leads are virgins + sweet romance + military marriage + pocket dimension + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + triplets + absolutely doting husband! A super-strong heroine vs. a devoted commander who scares off every potential suitor) The author’s new book: A Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family Curse of Ten Generations of Single Sons Special note: This is a fictional period story set in an alternate timeline. It is entirely made up and should not be taken 13.9kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
38. 988 穿 Transmigrating into a Book: Tian Mimi’s Educated Youth Life in the 1970s 穿书70年代田蜜蜜的知青生活 Mumuzi Who Can Ride a Pig会骑猪的沐沐子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Main story complete [1970s + transmigrate into a book + reborn + pocket dimension + supplies + no self-sacrificing heroine + satisfying read] Tian Mimi was a modern college graduate. After her parents died in an accident, she happened to discover a pocket dimension inside their wedding rings. When an abnormal typhoon made her think the apocalypse was coming, she went on a wild shopping spree for supplies, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into a book. In the 1970s, Tian Mimi was a sixteen-year-o 6.3kReads9.1Score653Shelves
39. 989 假 The Fake Heiress Returns to Her Village to Find Her Birth Family, and Her Officer Childhood Friend Sees Red 假千金回村认亲，竹马军官急红眼 Xiao Xin Nuo小芯诺Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [Period setting, mistaken identities, golden finger, pocket dimension, military marriage, and a long road to winning his wife back] Wen Lanxuan had been in love with Zheng Beixiao, who was five years older than her, since she was six. But whenever she showed him affection, he always gave her the cold shoulder. After Zheng Beixiao enlisted at eighteen, Wen Lanxuan sent him one unanswered “love letter” every month. She still believed that a cold-hearted man like him must see her as different from 5.9kReads8.7Score696Shelves

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    The female lead is doted on by her biological parents and brothers. She grows stronger step by step, leading her family to wealth and prosperity. The male lead, on the other hand, experiences a "wife-chasing-after-the-crime" ordeal.

40. 990 在 In the 1980s, the Beautiful Airhead Slacks Off and Gets Scolded by Her Husband Every Day 在八零，笨蛋美人摆烂天天被夫训 Lu Fengxue鹿逢雪Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Military marriage; sweet romance; triplets; space; groveling-to-win-her-back; airheaded beauty heroine versus gentle, calculating, fatherly hero] Jiang Miaomiao transmigrates into a book as the male lead’s cannon-fodder ex-wife. Everyone in the military compound thinks Chen Yuwei has married a pretty but useless spoiled girl to keep her pampered. They’re sure he’ll soon get fed up and divorce her. Jiang Miaomiao thinks so too, and waits for the day he divorces her. Who could have guessed that t 4.9kReads7.7Score385Shelves
41. 991 女 Woman Reborn as a Man: Hard Times as the Big Brother 女穿男：艰苦岁月当大哥 There Is a Big White Dog有一只大白狗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration, period setting, marriage and children, everyday ensemble cast, few nasty characters, a little child-rearing, tiny golden finger] In Huiwan Alley, Hongshi Town, there was a happy family of two working parents. The parents loved each other, and they had two sons and two daughters. Their fifth child was on the way. But everything changed overnight. The mother died after giving birth to the fifth child, leaving behind a baby who needed constant care. During the famine 19.8kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves

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    The fifth book features a super cool female lead, and her abilities are all self-taught, without a system or spatial dimension.

42. 992 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Educated Youth Wants to Let Go 重生七零：知青想放手 Qu Linglong曲玲珑Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast, No Space, No System, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] One scheme tied two people’s lives together. Reborn in the 1970s, Zhu Xiaomin is determined to scheme her way back. First, she’ll set free the other unlucky soul who’s just like her. Second, she’ll tear that scumbag apart. But things seem to be slipping out of her control. The unlucky one came rolling back on his own and won’t leave, no matter how much she tries to drive him away. Well then… she’ll keep him. “I’ll protect you thi 11kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    The No.1 In historical fiction, without a doubt. Although the female protagonist is reborn, she doesn't have any cheat codes or outrageous ways to get rich. She takes it one step at a time, from leading the educated youth settlement to ensure they have enough to eat, to making the commune better and better, to having all the educated youth in the settlement get into top universities. It's very captivating.

43. 993 你 Hello, 1976! 你好，1976！ vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.5M WordsCompleted The orphan Zheng Weimin transmigrates to 1976. He thinks he’ll finally experience the warmth of a family, but instead he’s abandoned once again. Luckily, he has the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Without them, he really wouldn’t have been able to turn things around. As the saying goes, nobody visits the poor in the busy city, while distant relatives come flocking to the rich in the mountains. It’s true. Zheng Weimin experiences life in all its harshness and, after being reborn, fin 37.3kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
44. 994 清 A Junior Banner Soldier in the Late Qing 清末小旗兵 Hai Ling海凌Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating to the late Qing was bad enough. To make matters worse, I became a soldier in the Eight Banners! Fu Ning thought he'd reached the end of the road, but since he was here, he might as well leave something behind. This is the story of a university student in an obscure field struggling to survive in a time of chaos, and of an ordinary person striving to change things in that era. 12.1kReads8.7Score926Shelves
45. 995 九 The Daughter in a Blended Family in the 1990s 九零重组家庭女儿 Mo Buqing墨不清Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [A few things to know before reading: No transmigration! No being reborn! No golden finger! Not fantasy! No System!] Autumn, 1992. Gu Weiguo is back, bringing two pieces of news! He’s getting remarried, and the woman has two children... He wants his mother and his son and daughter to join him in the army... Gu Yan isn’t too keen on the idea, but after his older sister explains the pros and cons, he agrees to go with them. On the train, Gu Heng catches sight of human traffickers and saves two chi 642Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    A highly-rated, completed historical fiction novel! Definitely a book whose title misleads readers! It depicts serving one's country alongside outstanding individuals! A very heartwarming and realistic story! 🔥🔥

46. 996 九 Nineties Hong Kong: I Woke Up as a Kidnapped Heiress's Sister-in-Law 九零香江：睁眼穿成被绑豪门大嫂 Beauty Plucking Stars美人摘星Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b 23.9kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
47. 997 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零：炮灰军嫂励志科研强国 Traditional Chinese Text繁体文Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi 8.2kReads9.2Score656Shelves

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    Exactly ten books, all historical fiction, high-scoring historical fiction with a score of 9 or above, super awesome.

48. 998 兵 The Soldier Gets Rejected on a Blind Date, So a Female Educated Youth Volunteers Herself 兵哥哥相亲被拒，女知青毛遂自荐 Super A Detective on the Case超A侦探认真办案Modern Romance899k WordsCompleted [A self-reliant heroine] + [communications engineering major] + [raising kids] Lu Congyue, a soldier returning to his hometown for a visit, originally just wants to take care of a personal matter while he's there: find a mother for his two fallen comrades' orphaned children. But after he lays it all out, the village girl he's approached turns him down without hesitation. As it happens, the young female intellectual sent to the countryside, Ye Shuyi, overhears everything. "Comrade Lu, what do you 278Reads7.5Score—Shelves
49. 999 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s and Became the Female Lead Who Sold Her Child for Food 穿书八零：我成了卖儿换粮的女配 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reading Guide: Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Adorable Kids + System + Business] Jiang Zhi is fabulously wealthy and an excellent cook, the very picture of a winner in life. Jiang Zhizi has fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs, but a terrible reputation and barely a penny to her name. Her one redeeming quality: she can have children. Jiang Zhi transmigrates into a book and becomes Jiang Zhizi. Jiang Zhi: Eyes wide in shock! What? Jiang Zhizi forced herself on a man? What? Jiang 29.2kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
50. 1000 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Female Farm Manager Sets the Whole Regiment Ablaze 穿书七零：女场长她火爆全兵团 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Military farm] [Building an era] [Humorous farming] After making an offhand complaint, overworked Tan Xiaoxu transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as the male lead’s doomed original wife. The good news: the plot has gone off the rails, and her cousin has taken over the doomed wife’s fate! Tan Xiaoxu, deeply grateful: “What a wonderful person!” If you want to be the doomed wife, go ahead and take my place! Romance-addled fools have no future. Better to reclaim wasteland and build a car 8.6kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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