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Period Novels That Are as Realistic as Possible

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I don't want a protagonist who goes head-to-head with everyone from the start. The story should develop realistically and stick as close to real life as possible.

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1 The Woman Who Can't Live Without a Man Ink-Wash CreekModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 45.7kReads7.8Score3.2kShelves
2 The Single Female Village Doctor Warm Glowing CloudsModern Romance539k WordsOngoing 67.7kReads7.8Score3.3kShelves
3 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away Nine-Nine CatModern Romance825k WordsOngoing 14.2kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
4 Shenzhen Factory Love Jiangnan YixiaoModern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted 3.6kReads8.9Score302Shelves
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The work stories of the 1990s are very real!
5 My Husband Cheated on Me, so My Mistress and I Changed Husbands and Changed Our Lives. Du YuxingModern Romance553k WordsCompleted 22.8kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
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Efforts to be realistic in period writing
6 The Courtyard Compound: The Warmth of Everyday Life Du XiaoreModern Romance546k WordsCompleted 10.1kReads9.1Score878Shelves
7 Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire Seeing a Dragon on Mount NanUrban824k WordsOngoing 19.3kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves
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These two are both, no system, no space, and the writing is superb
8 Back to the 1980S: Turning My Life Around Through Fishing and Hunting Seeing a Dragon on Mount NanUrban1.5M WordsCompleted 30kReads8.2Score2.5kShelves
9 Transmigrating to a Bygone Era, I Live Off My Parents and Lie Flat Like a Carefree Fish Wangzai Little HeadModern Romance815k WordsCompleted 9.1kReads8.4Score667Shelves
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Fetal transfusion, no golden finger, started in the 1980s, and the heroine took exams all the way to college. The parents of an only child love her very much. Very realistic. It's not a big open house, it's not like a box of gold bars, it's like a courtyard.
10 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom Ji YuningUrban2.2M WordsCompleted 13.7kReads8.1Score917Shelves
11 From Sent-Down Youth to Political Leader: My Career in Officialdom Niu ShiUrban1.5M WordsOngoing 79.2kReads8.3Score5.7kShelves
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No time travel, no rebirth, no system, no space. Stable three updates.
12 My Little Mother, Li Hua, Fight If You Don't Accept It. Du YuxingModern Romance120k WordsOngoing 15Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Chronicles with realistic themes
13 Love Affairs Along the Road to a Day Job Wind and Moon at the Tip of the PenUrban2.4M WordsOngoing 11.1kReads7.9Score745Shelves
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He was rejected when he was born in the countryside, but he broke into the city to make love. A relatively realistic story about love in the past.
14 The Snowstorm That Night Was Fierce w NankeModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 11.7kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
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I regard this book as my spiritual food. When I am unhappy, I read a few chapters and all the depression disappears. Great love. Thanks to the author.
15 Tiezhu's Fate Ink-Wash CreekUrban291k WordsCompleted 5.7kReads6.8Score310Shelves
16 At Dusk A Foolish GirlModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 59.8kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves
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Very realistic period writing
17 Those Years Working in Lingnan Dongting Fish SongUrban1.0M WordsCompleted 15.3kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
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This is a million-word masterpiece that truly reflects the changes in society and human nature in China's thirty years of reform and opening up (1988-2018). It is also a rare masterpiece on the Internet in the past ten years. After it was published on Tomato, it was reprinted by many platforms. It is very suitable for readers born after 60.70.80 To savor it!
18 Lost in the Night: A Educated Youth's Escape Lone ShepherdUrban3.1M WordsOngoing 61.3kReads8.3Score3.2kShelves
19 Boating Together Little Mouse MaomaoModern Romance244k WordsOngoing 29Reads—Score—Shelves
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This book is beautiful
20 I’m Reborn, So Why Would I Go to the Countryside? Listening to Lotus in the Night RainModern Romance393k WordsCompleted 4.6kReads8.8Score425Shelves
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Rebirth is just starting over, not invincible, only beautiful
21 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen Azure Clouds, Everlasting RedUrban1.0M WordsCompleted 46.1kReads8.6Score4.3kShelves
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A realistic novel about people who went south to work in Shenzhen in the 1990s, and the real life of working and entrepreneurship.
22 When I Wake Up, I Will Not Go Back to the Life in My Dream MYTCHITOSUrban1.5M WordsCompleted 178Reads—Score—Shelves
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From high school to university, and now to graduate school, this can be regarded as the author's own life experience.
23 When I Wake up from the Dream, a Different Life 2 MYTCHITOSUrban644k WordsOngoing 21Reads—Score—Shelves
24 Beautiful First Half of Life Ink-Wash CreekModern Romance291k WordsOngoing 54.8kReads6.7Score1.8kShelves
25 The Ugly Daughter-in-Law Takes on Her Cruel Mother-in-Law Pan YuModern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing 51.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
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Super realistic, rural scenes are now present, beautiful! How do a family of people with both epilepsy and epilepsy make a living?
26 Black Yarn and Rouge Writer Lu TaoModern Romance205k WordsCompleted 1.6kReads5.8Score—Shelves
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Social realism, close to life, real, as if you are immersed in the scene. I couldn't stop reading the first chapter. The plot is shocking and exciting!
27 Li Longbiao in Chaos Writer Lu TaoUrban253k WordsCompleted 336Reads5.8Score—Shelves
28 Rouge Leftover Girl Writer Lu TaoModern Romance117k WordsCompleted 382Reads5.8Score—Shelves
29 See Through Half of Life Writer Lu TaoModern Romance170k WordsCompleted 137Reads5.8Score—Shelves
30 A Family of Three Goofballs Transmigrates to 1959 and Turns the Whole Clan Upside Down Rapid1Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 4.9kReads9.2Score568Shelves
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Look! Really a little scared
31 Pothos Jiesi PavilionModern Romance201k WordsCompleted 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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This is a novel about "not telling". Don't say you like it, don't say waiting, don't say whether it's worth it. But those unsaid words are hidden in candy wrappers, in tin boxes, and in the beeps of telephone booths. If you have ever filled a whole page with a person's name, if you have saved things that you are reluctant to throw away, if you have ever waited for someone - you will see yourself in this book. "Whether it's worth it or not, it's not you who has the final say"
32 Young People in the Car Door Yard Yangengshan PeopleModern Romance283k WordsCompleted 30Reads—Score—Shelves
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Realistic period writing, wonderful! Nice!
33 Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family Broken Little ToeUrban2.6M WordsOngoing 16.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
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Memoirs of an Old Northeast Hunter
34 Weeping Blood Tung Flower Shui WenqiuModern Romance893k WordsOngoing 3.9kReads—Score337Shelves
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They are all period novels with realistic themes.
35 Wild Chrysanthemums in the Storm Shui WenqiuModern Romance508k WordsCompleted 2.4kReads8.4Score221Shelves
36 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister Little Pear Blossom OModern Romance588k WordsCompleted 2.4kReads8.8Score481Shelves
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New. In a newer, pure era, no time travel, super real, 1960s
37 Siheyuan: My System Turns Trash Into Treasure The Wild Divine Beast Who Loves Dry-Roasted Tea1.8M WordsCompleted 24.7kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
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It's all okay, Siheyuan Chronicles,
38 Siheyuan: Years Like Flowing Water Thunderbird Bro1.1M WordsCompleted 19.7kReads8.6Score706Shelves
39 The Fire Burns Bright A Little IndifferentUrban1.0M WordsCompleted 967Reads8.9Score138Shelves
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Urban + Daily + Literature + Completed + Period Literature + Realism, mainly using the character's work, marriage, and children as clues to create an image of an honest and hard-working person. The protagonist's marriage is actually not perfect. The girl he likes does not dare to be with him due to identity issues, so he can only succumb to social pressure and marry a girl recognized by everyone. In order to write this book, the author deliberately went underground to experience life, and also visited many, many coal mine workers and leaders, as well as some old coal mine directors and mining bureau directors who were in their 80s and 90s. In order to verify the price of goods in the 1960s, the author also specifically found newspapers from that year and repeated verification one by one with old people. This is a rare and very realistic article, but it was directly given one star by a group of Tomato readers who like quick and refreshing articles, which lowered the rating. It's a pity not to be seen
40 A Career in Public Service At Ease and UnrestrainedUrban1.7M WordsOngoing 5.8kReads9.2Score475Shelves
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A truly realistic epic novel about the officialdom of the times!
41 A Beautiful Doctor in the 1960S: Reborn to Marry the Wildest Officer A Tiny QiaoModern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted 8.1kReads8.6Score794Shelves
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Ye Yunqiao, a real daughter, refused to recognize her own mother who had ulterior motives, and resolutely chose to go to the countryside in Beidahuang. She worked as a health worker based on her strength, met her true destiny, and helped her aunt avoid death. However, it turned out that her life experience was different. Here, she met all kinds of people, all kinds of things happened, and she gained a different life. The author's writing is very good and worth reading.
42 The Swapped Brides: Whose Fault Is It? March Knows PaintingModern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing 104kReads8.2Score4.4kShelves
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A new version of the comic series is released, allowing you to more intuitively experience the famous scene of marrying sisters! It is recommended to read the original novel after watching the comic, it will be more interesting!
43 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970S: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again July RabbitModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 16kReads9.3Score2kShelves
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Double life, no golden fingers
44 80'S Tool Man Marries into Love Home Contrarian with a Bone to PickModern Romance857k WordsOngoing 89Reads5.8Score—Shelves
45 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment Hedge ShadowModern Romance582k WordsCompleted 11.4kReads8.9Score895Shelves
46 The Adoptive Mother Who Was a Shrew in the 1980S Became a Passerby Contrarian with a Bone to PickModern Romance384k WordsOngoing 1Reads5.8Score—Shelves
47 A Supporting Actress’s Gossip-Filled Life in the 1970S Contrarian with a Bone to PickModern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted 1.7kReads6.2Score101Shelves
48 That Red Land Xiong DayuUrban1.0M WordsCompleted 3.4kReads8.8Score315Shelves
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Tomato's most authentic historical novel, adapted from real people
49 The Sixties: I Bring Billions in Supplies to Shop My Way Through the Siheyuan Tao Tao Xing Bing LeUrban1.0M WordsOngoing 8.3kReads8.9Score501Shelves
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I personally think this book is okay, but it doesn't have many words. There may be a few bad points in the front, but the back is not bad. For those who like period literature, I personally would like to take a look at it, but it's just a bit of a refresher. Not many words
50 Wonderful Restart of Life Glorious BeautyModern Romance362k WordsCompleted 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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Bai Mengyao died in an accident. When she woke up, she found that she had traveled through time. After the time travel, her name was still Bai Mengyao, but what made her depressed was that the original owner of Bai Mengyao was a lazy village woman who only knew how to live in the East and the west and talk nonsense every day. What made her even more depressed was that she traveled back in time to the 1990s. All the inconveniences in her life almost made her collapse, but after finally reviving her life, she had to convince herself to adapt to the current life. Bai Mengyao suddenly changed her gender, which not only made her husband who was about to divorce her slowly give up the idea of divorce, but even the neighbors discovered her change, so a series of tragedies and comedies were staged in that small mountain village...