Period Novel: Transmigrate into a Book and Become a Spirit 年代文，穿书，是妖精

1. 1 八 My 1980s Military Wife Turns Out to Be a Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox 八零军婚小妻子竟是九尾灵狐 Fish from the Village庄里的鱼Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted (Period setting + devoted couple + supernatural) A sweet period romance: a nine-tailed spirit fox transmigrates to the 1980s and falls into the arms of a handsome soldier. The little fox has always been favored by Heaven. Then she suddenly transmigrates to the 1980s and meets the man destined for her. 1.4kReads7.5Score104Shelves

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   A historical romance novel where the female lead is a little fox and the male lead is a god who dotes on his little wife. A unique and sweet story set in a bygone era. 😘 Completed, definitely worth reading!

2. 2 七 Peachy Treasure of the Seventies: The Sweet, Soft Village Beauty 七零桃宝：娇软村花甜又撩 Su Tang Jiu Jiu酥糖九九Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted [Clumsy, Soft Beauty X Lovelorn Big-Shot Educated Youth + Everyone's Darling + System + Sickeningly Sweet] In her previous life, Xu Ningyi was a thousand-year-old ginseng spirit deep in the mountains. Her greatest obsession was gaining human form, going down the mountain, and eating every delicacy in the world. But then... she got struck by lightning and fried to a crisp! ✨ When she opened her eyes again, she'd become the beloved darling of the Xu family in the 1970s! Her parents doted on her, 549Reads5.6Score111Shelves

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   The female protagonist is a ginseng spirit, currently being serialized!! In her previous life, Xu Ningyi was a thousand-year-old ginseng spirit from the deep mountains, her greatest obsession being to transform into human form and descend the mountain to eat all the delicacies in the world. However, she was struck by lightning and her body was obliterated! When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into the beloved daughter of the Xu family in the 1970s! Spoiled by her parents, doted on by her brothers, and possessing the mysterious Peach Treasure System—a sugary drink? Buy it! White Rabbit candy? Go for it! Little skirts and leather shoes? Take them all! But even this little fairy has her worries: where will the money come from?…

3. 3 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in the ’70s: The Stunning Educated Youth Is Spoiled by a Rugged Man 穿书七零：美艳知青被糙汉娇宠了 Zai Zai iya崽崽iyaModern Romance614k WordsCompleted [Complete❗] [Pretty, pampered educated youth + Rugged country man + Transmigrate into a book + System + Sweet romance] The pampered young lady Lin Tangtang transmigrates into a book set in the past and is lucky enough to bind herself to an Emotion Value Trading System. She can buy all the supplies she wants, but she’s about to become cannon fodder! To avoid dying young, Lin Tangtang sets her sights on the strongest, roughest man in the village! The rugged man has a father with a bad leg and thre 3.3kReads9.0Score323Shelves

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   It's pretty good; one of the better ones for a historical fiction novel. If you can't find anything good to read, check this one out.

4. 4 在 Stealing the Heroine’s Fortunes in the 1970s, I Snag a Soldier and Marry Him 在七零抢女主机缘，拐个军官结婚 Drunk Bowl of Wind醉碗风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Six-year age gap + love at first sight + slow and steady + everyday life] Cheng Zhiyu woke up from a nap to discover she had transmigrated into a book, and not just any character: she had become a cannon-fodder character who was supposed to give the heroine golden fingers. All the original heroine’s golden fingers actually belonged to the cannon-fodder character. The original character was meant to hand them over, but Cheng Zhiyu wasn’t about to. She took the heroine’s golden fingers for hers 4.4kReads5.6Score474Shelves

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   [Admiring][Bump][Smirking][Already interested][Added to bookshelf]

5. 5 穿 Transmigrate to 1959: From the Start, I Bite My Gambling Husband's Thigh 穿越五九：开局就咬赌鬼丈夫大腿 Glory Returned荣归Modern Romance839k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Weak Male Lead + A Touch of Fantasy] In her first life, she was a snake who lived for three thousand years. To become a dragon, she had no choice but to give up her demon body and be reincarnated to experience human life. In her second life, she barely made it to middle age and had finally gained freedom over her money, status, and life. The heavens couldn’t stand seeing a demon thrive, so they put her in a new body. In her third life, she ended up in the body of a pitiful 2.5kReads8.7Score208Shelves

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   [Fairy Lolita Sister + Handsome Young Man] [Sweet Romance + Cunning] With a single stroke of fate, the heavens summoned this 3,000-year-old serpent to the 1950s. She was bestowed with a beautiful body, a handsome young man as her husband, awful family members on her mother's side, and awful family members on her husband's side. So many blessings, yet in the end, she discovered she was merely a tool used by heaven! But she couldn't relinquish this tool status; she had to accept it happily! There was no way she could refuse; the young man heaven had given her was too tempting, the promises too sweet. So, the great demon fought her way through, the villagers busied themselves with gossip, and Yu'er chased away over thirty relatives from her husband's side. Look how fast the treacherous eldest sister-in-law of the Ren family ran this time! Jun Mei Gu Yu was severing ties with her family. "Looks like the awful Ren family's Hui is changing for the better!"

6. 6 七 The 1970s Villain Dotes on His Little Wife 七零反派娇宠小媳妇 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance851k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Period Drama + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance + Rugged Man + She Pursues Him] Wen Zhizhi transmigrates into a book and becomes the runaway wife of the story's twisted villain. Afraid that the tragic ending from the book will befall her again, she has no choice but to sweet-talk the villain every day and keep him happy. But somewhere along the way, things start to feel a little off… Cao Erman: “Wifey, you're so good to me.” Wen Zhizhi: “…” Cao Erman: “Wifey, you're so beaut 4.1kReads8.8Score268Shelves
7. 7 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Vixen Enjoys Life Every Day 年代文快穿：狐狸精天天在享福 Chen Lingyun陈凌云Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted [1v1 sweet romance] On the second day after Li Jiaojiao became a spirit, a thunderbolt from the Heavenly Dao knocked her soul out of her body. That's when something called the “System” came looking for her. “Pretty fox spirit, would you like to visit other worlds?” Li Jiaojiao looked at her own “corpse.” Sure, why not? It wasn't like this place was any good to live in. As a ghost, she couldn't find a man, and Li Jiaojiao had been alive far too long. She had risked cultivating into a human for no 3.4kReads5.9Score206Shelves

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   ✨The female protagonist is a fox spirit who has become a demon. Heaven struck her down, leaving her only with the soul of a fairy. A system bound her to the world. In the first world, she is a sent-down youth and the orphan of a landlord in a period novel. In the third world, she is a spoiled brat and a cold-faced military officer.

8. 8 千 A Thousand-Year-Old Great Yokai: Cultivating Immortality in the 1970s 千年大妖：七零年代修仙记 Clover Brings Good Luck四叶草会幸运Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + transmigration to the 1970s + female lead is a great demon + spatial dimension + fantasy] As a nine-tailed civet was ascending through its tribulation, it came across two immortals fighting. By accident, it became collateral damage, and its soul transmigrated into Cheng Jinshu, a village girl in a small village in another parallel world in the 1970s. Faced with a whole family scheming to marry her off, Cheng Jinshu, newly arrived from another world, sends them straight off 416Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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   It's good, but there shouldn't be too many extras.

9. 9 七 The Beautiful 1970s Educated Youth, Doted on by a Rough-Hewn Man 七零漂亮女知青，糙汉捧在手心宠 The Knife-Wielding Love Letter捉刀小情书Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged man + delicate peach blossom spirit + three lifetimes of romance + sweet doting + healing] A delicate, beautiful peach blossom spirit heroine × a rugged hero who adores his wife The peach blossom spirit Tao Yingli failed her heavenly tribulation. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. In the countryside of the 1970s, farm work was hard and life was harsh. Tao Yingli had lost her peach blossom body, and even pulling up 1.6kReads9.0Score214Shelves

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   ① The female lead is a peach blossom spirit who failed her tribulation and transmigrated into a cannon fodder supporting character in a 1970s novel. ② The female lead is a nine-tailed fox who failed her tribulation and transmigrated into a fake heiress in a period novel.

10. 10 惨 After a Tragic Death, She Wakes Up as a Down-and-Out Fake Heiress Returning to the Village 惨死后，她穿成落魄回村假千金 Huahua Loves Fish花花爱吃鱼Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Military Romance + Space + Fortune-Telling + Tea-Savvy Heroine + Adored to Bits] After failing to survive her tribulation, she was beaten until her body was destroyed. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a fake heiress in a period novel. She was about to be sent back to the countryside to suffer in poverty, but instead she made a thriving life for herself, eating meat at every meal and having plenty of money to spend. Her parents doted on her, and her older brothers stood up for her. 1.9kReads9.1Score286Shelves
11. 11 八 Reborn in the 1980s, My Wife Was Assigned to Me by the Village 八零重生，媳妇儿是村里分配的 Sweet Romance Darling甜文小宝贝Modern Romance709k WordsCompleted [Cherished by everyone, adorable baby, doting husband, food] A sweet and silly lucky carp heroine + a burly, rugged husband who dotes on his wife Luo Jinxi had just come down from the mountain when she married the rugged Tang Qingping to repay a debt of gratitude. People from outside the village all laughed at them, certain she’d be bullied until she cried. 413Reads9.1Score101Shelves

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    My darlings, this book is simply a masterpiece! From the moment you open it, you'll be completely captivated. It's high-energy from start to finish, the plot is incredibly exciting, and the twists are absolutely brilliant. Everyone, hurry and buy it; you'll regret it if you don't!

12. 12 七 The 1970s: The Glamorous Heiress Transmigrates into a Book with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 七零：美艳娇气包带千亿资产穿书 A Duo u阿哆uModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The young lady never lived through that era, so you can't expect her to have the same spending habits as ordinary people. [Not a poverty-relief story] [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy] [Both are virgins, one-on-one romance] Shanghai–Beijing–Hong Kong [Warning: The heroine is spoiled and not truly kind or beautiful inside! The hero is a lovesick fool! Don't get hung up on prices! If there are any plot holes, just treat them as au 24.7kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
13. 13 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56.1kReads9.4Score7.3kShelves

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    The female protagonists are all great beauties, some transmigrated into books and some were reborn, and the stories are all very interesting.

14. 14 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 88.1kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves

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    I'm here! I'd like to recommend a few historical fiction novels I've read. They're all well-written, highly rated, with good plots, and no dragging or filler.

15. 15 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 7.2kReads7.3Score499Shelves
16. 16 八 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2.1kReads9.0Score230Shelves
17. 17 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s to Be a Soft, Gold-Digging Green Tea 穿到七零当软饭绿茶 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The main story is complete. You can read the bonus chapters first and then the main story, or read them in order. [Marriage first, love later + fussy heroine + devoted relationship + both leads are each other's only ones + previous marriage and hidden hang-ups, don't read if that bothers you. An extremely imperfect cast! Definitely not a romance-obsessed heroine!] Clearheaded, beautiful, delicate woman + rugged, scheming man with off-the-charts EQ and IQ She loves putting on a show, he loves mak 6.1kReads8.9Score542Shelves

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    It looks good, not bad.

18. 18 八 The Rugged 1980s Hunk Is a Beast, and He Spoils His Frail Little Wife to Tears 八零糙汉猛如虎，宠哭病弱小娇妻 Yuzhou渔洲Modern Romance280k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rough-and-tumble man with a lovesick streak + transmigrate into a book + doting husband + mutual devotion] [Quiet, ruthless, and wild Eighties roughneck vs. sweet-voiced, delicate, sickly little flower] Reader beware: The heroine is delicate but not self-sacrificing. This is not a strong-female-lead story, and she isn't a career-driven powerhouse. No golden finger or System at first; those only appear later!! Pei Yan was a notorious ruffian for miles around. No woman in the cou 295Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Recommended

19. 19 预 Foreknowledge and Transmigration: Hoarding Ten Million Supplies to Steal the Heroine's Fortune 预知穿越，囤千万物资抢女主机缘 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance445k WordsCompleted While reading a book, Lu Ruanruan realizes that she shares a name with one of its cannon-fodder supporting characters, and even their appearances and figures are described similarly. After that, she starts dreaming about the book’s plot. She suspects it’s a sign that she’s about to transmigrate into a book, so she stockpiles a huge amount of supplies in advance. Sure enough, she later transmigrates into the book’s world and becomes a pitiful girl her family doesn’t care for. Her older sister has 22.5kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Knowing she would be transmigrated into a book, she went on a shopping spree, emptying her entire family's possessions as soon as she arrived. Her whole family begged the female lead to spare their lives!

20. 20 八 The 1980s: The Roughneck's Beloved Little Enchantress 八零：糙汉的国宠小妖精 Li Mibao李米宝Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted [Pure Love + Sweet Romance + National Treasure of Medicine + Space Golden Finger] The beloved young lady of the Jiang family is actually a fake? Just as everyone waited for a show, the Jiang family's young lady broke with her usual ways, boldly changed her name, and happily ran off to the countryside to get married. Everyone shook their heads and sighed, figuring the shock must have made her lose her mind. At their first meeting, he said, "Jiang Nan, how can you be so shameless? I really don't l 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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21. 21 八 The Stunning Fox Spirit of the 1980s Has Every Man in the Village Eating Out of Her Hand 八零绝美狐狸精，全村壮汉成翘嘴 Big Brother, I'm Scared哥哥人家怕Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: A Stunning Fox Spirit Enters the Era Novel 八零军婚，绝色狐狸精到年代文后 Bai Jie百婕Modern Romance305k WordsOngoing (Also known as Eighties Fox: The Stunning Vixen Who Dreams of Having an Affair Every Day) (Military marriage + both leads inexperienced + pregnant and on the run + desperate pursuit + seduction + System + captivating heroine) Lin Wan is a nine-tailed fox who is three hundred years old. The fox clan has only one special ability, the art of bewitching hearts, along with their naturally stunning beauty. After eating a high-grade beauty fruit, she transmigrates to the 1980s. Now she has the System. 42Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 桃 A Peach Blossom Spirit Gets Married at First Sight in the 1970s and Is Spoiled Rotten 桃花精在七零闪婚被宠翻天 Cherishing Today's Beauty惜今颜Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Military marriage + Love after marriage + Secret crush] Yu Chu, a peach blossom spirit who had cultivated for five thousand years, was struck by lightning just as she was about to become an immortal. She was then reborn as a tiny baby still in the womb. Fortunately, her pocket dimension came with her. Otherwise, she’d have rather been struck by lightning until she vanished into oblivion. After being reborn into the Luo family, Luo Yuchu grows up cherished and adored, reaching t 166Reads6.1Score—Shelves
24. 24 豹 A Leopard Spirit in the 1970s 豹子精在七零年代 Banana Peelna香蕉皮naModern Romance244k WordsCompleted Qi Ji was a leopard spirit. After years of diligent cultivation, she was just one tribulation away from ascending to immortality. She survived the thunder tribulation, but before she could celebrate, an extra bolt struck and killed her. Only after reaching the underworld did she learn that a grim reaper had made a mistake and struck the wrong person… With the space and supplies given to her as compensation, Qi Ji arrived in the ordinary human world of the 1970s. Before she knew it, she'd c 63Reads6.2Score—Shelves
25. 25 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves
26. 26 七 The Fox Spirit of the Seventies 七十年代狐狸精 I'm Sang Sang我系桑桑呀Modern Romance859k WordsCompleted Her father died and her mother remarried. Just like her name, Xia Ku'er had a hard life from childhood on. She could work but couldn't talk, and everyone on the production team called her stupid. Then, when the little fool turned eight, she suddenly came into her own. She fought the worst of the lot, stood up to her cousins, and took on her aunt by marriage, turning the entire Xia family upside down and making herself the laughingstock of the whole production team. From then on, she set out on t 8.4kReads9.1Score788Shelves

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    Xia Ku'er, a soft-hearted girl whose father died and mother ran away, suddenly became shrewd at the age of eight—fighting against the worst of people, arguing with her cousin, tearing apart her aunt, and exposing all her bloodsucking relatives! The production team laughed at her for being crazy? But she relied on this "demonic" spirit to carve out a path to prosperity from the mud!

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