Period Novel Where the Female Lead Becomes a Cadre 年代文，女主当干部的

1. 1 七 The High-Ranking Cadre's Daughter in the 1970s: Help the Poor? Not Even a Dog Would! 七零高干女：扶贫？狗都不扶！ The Fan Won't Open扇子打不开Modern Romance497k WordsCompleted Completed [Strong Female Lead] Original title: [Seventies-Era Cadre’s Daughter: Poverty Relief? Not Even a Dog Would Do It!] When a woman gains the power to speak, she won’t speak only for herself! [Sent to the Countryside in Northern Shaanxi + Local Woman Awakens, Along with the Women Around Her + Pocket Dimension and Spirit Spring + Mind Reading + True Female Protagonist + Romance Later, Male Lead Marries into Her Family] She was a genuine child of a prominent compound, the beloved youngest d 24.2kReads8.5Score3.6k14d adds

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   I really love historical fiction!!! This is the top historical fiction on Tomato Bookstore. The female lead's family is very powerful, and she herself is incredibly capable. (P. S. The male lead is an adopted son-in-law.)

2. 2 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 32kReads9.3Score4.1k14d adds

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   These two books are absolutely top-notch! The first one, a political novel, is already finished. The female lead settles down before building her career, and her career path is incredibly satisfying. The pacing is fast but very grounded, and the high-ranking female lead is incredibly shrewd and capable. The male lead is a supportive partner who doesn't interfere with her career pursuits at all—refreshing and not at all greasy. The second one is a research novel that's currently being serialized. The female lead went to study in the Soviet Union and has now returned home, achieving one research result after another. The study abroad storyline is very engaging, and the male lead doesn't appear very often yet. I'm currently following the updates. Both authors are very knowledgeable, and I highly recommend them!

3. 3 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s, the Country Sent Me Abroad to Study 穿越五零，国家送我去留学 A Cup of Wine in the Spring Breeze Among Peach and Plum Blossoms桃李春风一杯酒丶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [No Golden Finger] [Strong Female Lead] [Research] [Few Extreme Male Leads] [Academic Prodigy] [A Strong Nation] [1950s] [Family Life] [Positive Energy] [Romance] An optimistic, positive female lead who refuses to waste energy on negativity, and a handsome male lead who trades his pen for a gun. (The romance is very, very subtle so far. The main plot is studying abroad and doing research.) After waking from a nap, Shi Jiayi becomes one of the chosen ones of the 1950s. The tide of transmigration 71.6kReads9.3Score6.1k14d adds
4. 4 七 The 1970s' Cannon-Fodder Little Sister-in-Law Becomes a Secretary at the Textile Mill 七零炮灰小姑子，纺织厂里当秘书 Cilantro Doesn't Eat Fish Mint香菜不吃折耳根呀Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, but it’ll rise later] [Career-focused, with romance on the side] [Period] [Beautiful heroine] [Family squabbles] [Factory promotions] [Face-slapping the worst of the worst] [Building a career] [Male lead appears later] Transmigrating into a textile mill in the 1970s, Su Lan declares: “I’ll put every troublemaker in their place!” Going to the countryside? Never happening! Trying to steal her assigned spot? No way. As long as it’s in my hands, you’ll never get it. Trying 37.2kReads8.6Score2.3k14d adds

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   Both of these are period dramas, featuring female protagonists who are government officials. They're both quite good, but they're currently being serialized.

5. 5 五 1950s Military Marriage: I Kick My Scumbag Father to the Curb and Head to the City for a Secure Job 五零军婚，脚踹渣爹进城端铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + both leads’ first relationship + heroine builds a career + everyday life + pocket dimension full of supplies + no saintly behavior or handouts + realistic heroine] I’m no good at writing blurbs, so please read the story. The career plot begins in Chapter 53. Romance in the early chapters; from the middle onward, the heroine focuses entirely on her career. This is a story about a powerful woman entering politics, with two strong leads and an even stronger heroine. An Ran was a r 45.9kReads8.6Score6k14d adds
6. 6 穿 Transported to 1980: I Have an Iron Rice Bowl from the Start 穿到1980，开局就有铁饭碗 Tiramisu提米拉苏Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [A career-focused heroine with a government job + 90% career storyline + a male lead who is weaker than the female lead] Lin Ruxin, from 2026, transmigrates into the body of Lin Ruxin in 1981. The original owner was not only ungrateful, but also hopelessly lovesick. As one of the first college graduates, she should have focused on her career, but instead devoted all her attention to men. Lin Ruxin can't stand it. Watch her kick her scumbag boyfriend to the curb and leave her coworkers stunned. W 35.7kReads8.7Score3.6k14d adds

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   This is so good! It's just still ongoing, I'm so anxious to catch up!

7. 7 年 The Road to Promotion in the 1980s: She Made Her Mark Through Her Own Ability 年代升迁路：她凭实力出圈 Tang Qing糖倾Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted [Period] [Career] Dai Xinghua wakes up in 1972 in the body of an orphan who shares her name. Her parents died in the line of duty, and their home is about to be repossessed. Looking at the hand she’s been dealt, former “career star” Dai Xinghua takes a deep breath. Stay calm. I can win! She sticks firmly to her principles: What does it matter how much you work? We’re all just cogs in the machine. Don’t compete, don’t fight. But when it comes to my job, I’ll do it to the best of my ability 13.3kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds

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   Highly recommended, all are career-focused novels.

8. 8 快 The Everyman’s Rise to Greatness Through Quick Transmigration 快穿之路人甲奋斗成大佬 Young Hero Yun's Sword云少侠的剑Modern Romance3.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Gender-Flexible Protagonist + Building a Strong Nation] When Shui Miao (Si Shui) was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, she encountered Shi Lei (Rock), a hapless passerby A System. They signed a contract and began traveling through myriad worlds. The protagonist has no plot armor or golden finger (probably). Each transmigration is a life of its own. I’ll do my best to avoid simplistic writing, so please go easy on me. Quick Transmigration World One: Money 35.6kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds

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   One of my favorite authors has a steady and warm writing style, full of humor and wit. His writing has a magical quality that draws you in and makes you want to immerse yourself in the reading experience. He also seems like a very energetic person; no matter how difficult the times, his words always bring a sense of vitality and hope. He's a great remedy for relieving stress in my fast-paced life.

9. 9 快 Quick Transmigration: Playing the Scumbag's Game 快穿之手拿渣男剧本 Young Hero Yun's Sword云少侠的剑Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The civil service exam craze is heating up among the living, and the underworld is caught up in the rat race too. The Bridge of Helplessness is backed up, Meng Po’s soup isn’t selling, and even lowly temps are getting “downsized.” To keep her rice bowl, Zhang Heng grits her teeth and applies to an obscure department: the Scumbag Reform Division. KPI requirements: save the wronged, soothe grievances, and maintain harmony in the small worlds. #UnderworldReemploymentDiary# #ThereAreThousandsOfScumb 31.5kReads8.0Score2.4k14d adds
10. 10 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Steals the Protagonist's Golden Finger 穿书七零炮灰觉醒抢走主角金手指 Ting Wawa婷娃娃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension) Tags: Clear-headed female lead, focused entirely on her career Yang Lihua had been born into this era for over a decade when, on the day her older brother Yang Lixin went on a blind date, she suddenly awakened to the truth: her future sister-in-law was the ill-fated heroine of a period novel, constantly tormented by her sister-in-law, and Yang Lihua herself was the awful sister-in-law readers hated with a burning passion. All sorts o 102kReads8.8Score10.8k14d adds

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    This is a female-centric historical romance novel. The female lead is intelligent, strategic, and seizes every opportunity to advance her career, constantly climbing the ranks. It's super good! [Thumbs up]

11. 11 穿 I Became the Cannon Fodder Ex-Wife of the Male Lead in an Era Novel 穿成年代文男主的炮灰前妻 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Shen Yi’an was an orphan who made a living writing web novels. She never expected a stroke of incredible luck to win her five million yuan. After buying a house, she still had four million left. Just as Shen Yi’an was ready to lie flat, she woke up to find herself in the middle of childbirth. What kind of nightmare was this? Not only was she giving birth, it was the 1970s. Unmarried and in labor, she experienced the agony of being torn apart, then realized she had transmigrated into a book. The 65.3kReads8.2Score5.7k14d adds

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    I can't believe everyone hasn't read this historical fiction novel; all of these books are incredibly good.

12. 12 七 A Cadre's Daughter in the 1970s: From Village Belle to Translator 七零高干：从村花到翻译官 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Era of Reversal] [Rise of a Great Nation] [Clear-Eyed Money Making] [The Heroine’s Growth] [Marriage Before Love] [Building a Business in the 1970s] In 1975, deep in the Ten-Thousand Mountains, a single dirt road trapped countless rural children in lives of poverty. Zhao Shuhe had a secret: inside her mind was a 2025 course System. While everyone else was still using abacuses, she already knew matrix calculations. While others were memorizing the 26 letters, she had a complete university-level 214kReads8.8Score34.6k14d adds
13. 13 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.7kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds

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    This book, where the female protagonist works hard to pass her vocational school entrance exam, received a slightly lower rating due to fewer reviewers. It primarily depicts the warm daily life of the main family. Its strength lies in its excellent sense of the era; this is the most focused on historical setting I've read on Tomato (a Chinese online literature platform). Prices are reasonable, details are meticulously researched, and there aren't many glaring flaws, making it feel like you're truly living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. It can be enjoyed as a historical fiction combined with a farming/developmental story.

14. 14 疯 The Mad Buddhist Prince, Greedy, Angry, and Deluded 疯批佛子又贪又嗔又痴 Analu阿那律Modern Romance726k WordsOngoing [Bunny girl × snake-like big shot, living heroine × unhinged monk, fiercely possessive, size difference, both inexperienced] Chu Li is betrayed by her father. She flees to a village, where she is rescued by a young, handsome monk covered in tattooed charms. From then on, their fates become hopelessly entwined, and they both fall hard. - After his father died, Song Zan became a monk for three months to honor his filial duty. But on the final day before returning to secular life, he broke his vows 102.3kReads9.2Score9.1k14d adds

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    A Thai Buddhist monk, a mad boss, and a tycoon—the female lead is an innocent naive girl. The story revolves around her accidentally causing the male lead to break his vows and return to secular life (since their wedding was already approaching). The characters offer a fresh perspective and are worth watching.

15. 15 六 The Sixties: You Don’t Want the Real Heiress? Then I’ll Cut Ties 六零：真千金不要？我反手断亲 Red Bean Milk Tea Lover爱喝红豆奶茶Modern Romance674k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + formidable partners + career-driven heroine] Reborn as the real daughter, she finds that her city-dwelling parents don't welcome her. So she returns to the countryside to live with her widowed mother, determined to change her fate through her own abilities. Become a cadre, earn a recommendation to attend university, rise to leadership, and win everyone's respect! “Did you hear? Widow Zhang's girl was switched at birth with a city girl.” “Yeah, and they still kicked her out an 10.5kReads8.4Score75614d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a real heiress disliked by her family. She decisively cuts ties and returns to her hometown to live with her stepmother. Later, she turns her fate around through her own abilities, becoming a cadre, attending university, and eventually a leader!

16. 16 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.6kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds

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    In that era, within the system, women held power.

17. 17 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
18. 18 我 I Bring an RV to 1950 and Raise Kids While Making Money 我带房车穿50，养崽赚钱两不误 Hua Sihai花四海Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No romance. The heroine is focused entirely on her career.] Zhou Rong, a middle-aged single woman, is driving her RV on a road trip when she unexpectedly transmigrates into a book set in the 1950s. Her ex-husband wants a divorce? Fine! As long as I get the money! Some people say her life will be difficult after the divorce. She’ll show them: she has money, a car, and a house, and her life is great! If anyone spreads rumors or picks on her family, she’ll beat them up. If they still don’t behave, 3.2kReads9.0Score31714d adds
19. 19 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 8.9kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
20. 20 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1960s: The Dazzling Drama Queen Stuns the Nation 穿书六零：作精美人惊艳全国了 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The vivacious and beautiful Yuan Xiaoyuan transmigrates, only to discover that she has landed in a period novel as a nameless cannon-fodder female character. Yuan Xiaoyuan clenches her fists. To hell with the plot and the hero and heroine! No one is going to stand in her way! Not even the frigid Northeastern winter can cool Yuan Xiaoyuan's burning heart when she meets Zhou Yang. Faced with his arrogant, aloof attitude, she swears that even if he's a rock, she'll melt him down. The whol 2.6kReads8.7Score17414d adds

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    The first book's female protagonist starts as a broadcaster, then becomes a factory secretary, and is promoted to a similar position in the second book. The third book's female protagonist is assigned a job after passing an exam.

21. 21 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.7kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
22. 22 我 Peace and Joy in the Sixties 我在六零年代平安喜乐 Long An, Who Loves Okra and Fried Eggs爱吃秋葵煎蛋的龙安Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical era + pocket dimension + rural slice of life + cozy everyday moments] A grown woman mysteriously becomes reborn in the body of a little girl who died young, with a different name but the same surname. After a brief period of confusion, Qiu Yuling's fighting spirit ignites when her golden finger, the Get-Rich Farm, activates. While others toil at the black market to trade for supplies, Qiu Yuling says that as long as she lives earnestly and moves a finger or two in her pocket dimensio 8.2kReads8.9Score66514d adds
23. 23 新 A New Pact 新契 Fluffy Winter Hibernation绒绒冬眠期Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted [His heart always beats for me one step too late] Xi Qiaowei and Xu Zhenglin were the neighborhood’s famously well-matched childhood sweethearts, close as could be for twenty whole years. When Xi Qiaowei first fell in love, Xu Zhenglin filled her every thought, but at the time, he had no need for anything as inconvenient as love. Again and again, her hopes were dashed. Again and again, the timing was wrong, until she ran out of courage to keep throwing herself into the flames. He couldn’t under 29.8kReads8.5Score4.4k14d adds

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    A story featuring a high-ranking official's family heroine and a wealthy male lead, a classic tale of childhood sweethearts succumbing to unexpected love, with several storylines involving the heroine's friends as well. It's a great watch! (⁎⁍̴̛͂▿⁍̴̛͂⁎)*✲*

24. 24 九 The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me? 46.4kReads9.1Score5.7k14d adds

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    Just you wait and see! 👍👍

25. 25 父 A Son Brings Honor! The Reborn Tyrant Dotes on His Villainous Concubine 父凭子贵！暴君重生娇宠反派姨娘 Snow and Wind Keep Us Apart风雪不相依Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Complete story + her son brings her status + male lead is a reborn hopeless romantic + obsessive and controlling + sweet romance + not a strong female lead, nor a good person + wins without lifting a finger + timid, but good at pushing her luck with the male lead] (The male lead isn't chaste, but he dotes on her alone from the very beginning.) (The male lead is extremely biased and holds her to a different standard. He thinks she can do no wrong.) Overnight, Song Yao goes from a lowly maid boug 44.8kReads8.5Score4.1k14d adds

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    I've been following this for a long time. The male lead is an emperor with both wisdom and martial prowess, but I've seen the first season where the female lead was spoiled without any reason or reason, and she was both capricious and arrogant, with her own little schemes.

26. 26 妇 When the Women's Director Steps In, All the Eccentrics of the 1970s Flee in Terror 妇女主任一出手，七零极品全吓走 Wan Xi.晚兮。Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing 💥 Wen Wanning, a human weapon from the apocalypse, opens her eyes to find herself a helpless, foolish orphan in the 1970s, someone everyone can bully. ✅ They scheme to send her to the countryside? She breaks her scumbag father's hand! ✅ A wife-beater hits his wife every day? She beats him to a pulp! ✅ A nightmare of a mother-in-law torments her daughter-in-law? She beats the shrew at her own game! ✅ A stingy father-in-law schemes against his son? She empties every last bit of his hidden savin 52.4kReads8.6Score6k14d adds
27. 27 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.7kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds

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    This is a period novel about a female protagonist pursuing a career in politics. It has no special advantages (like a cheat code) and involves the Women's Federation, a difficult role to write about, but the author's writing is insightful, logical, and well-written. The female protagonist is a clear-headed and rational character. It's currently being serialized and deserves a score of 9.5 Or higher. I hope more readers will discover this well-written novel.

28. 28 八 The Eighties: A Fake Overseas Student Serves His Country in His Own Way 八零年代：冒牌留子另类报国 Zhanjiang Red湛江红Urban920k WordsOngoing Xu Zhiyuan, from the 21st century, was hit by a truck and sent straight to the 1980s, where he became an international student studying in America. The top student Xu Zhiyuan majored in mechanical engineering, a field that desperately needed engineers back home. His soul was replaced, and a layabout who’d barely scraped through school took the place of the academic ace. A third-rate punk really couldn’t make sense of all those technical terms. He couldn’t even keep pretending. In reality, Xu Zhi 123.4kReads8.9Score11.5k14d adds

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    Purely satisfying read, extremely enjoyable.

29. 29 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    Instead of going to the countryside, the female protagonist takes the high school entrance exam early, gets into a vocational school, and is assigned to a military factory. Armed with modern mechanical knowledge, she works hard to build her career.

30. 30 六 In the 1960s, After My Marriage Was Stolen, I Married a Soldier-Farmer with My Own Farm 六零被夺婚后，我自带农场嫁军农 Little Fairy of the Book Tower书楼小仙子Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted A young nurse transmigrates to the 1960s and discovers that her original self was poisoned to death by her stepmother and younger sister. Her younger sister took her place in marrying a city-based military officer and went on to live a good life. The original owner, meanwhile, married a poor farmer in a small mountain village. Fortunately, she activates a farming System. She also gets an all-purpose hoe. She grows crops, raises chickens, and digs for medicinal herbs in the hills behind the vill 2.4kReads7.5Score28614d adds

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    In the 1960s, the female protagonist has a special ability and works as a sanitation worker.

31. 31 八 The 1980s Female Police Officer: From the Local Station to the Provincial Compound 八零女警察：从派出所到省委大院 Chrysanthemum Fish菊花鱼Modern Romance125k WordsOngoing [The female lead neither transmigrates nor is reborn. She's a career-driven woman who enters politics, solves cases, and navigates family life. Power is the best beauty treatment.] Lin Qingzhu is the luckiest girl at the embroidery factory. Her mother, Lin Meihua, is the head of factory security, while her father, Wang Yuan, is head of the technical department and an expert embroiderer. They had only one child, a daughter, who even took her mother's surname. After graduating from high school, Li 106Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Female protagonist enters politics

32. 32 最 The Strongest Clan: No One in the Yu Family Backs Down 最强家族：郁家无怂人 A nomi阿nomiModern Romance549k WordsCompleted Yu Yu thinks the sky has fallen. She turns out to be the fake heiress. The real heiress is coming in hot. What should she do? Sniffle, Dad, are you still going to care about me? Oh, good. As long as you still do. Boohoo, Big Brother, you can't treat her better than me. Fine, I won't. And just like that, the sky clears again. In a turbulent era, great families struggle to survive. The Yu family alone stands firm, unyielding! When family members scheme and the world turns ruthless, the Yu fami 7.2kReads8.0Score36914d adds
33. 33 黑 The Black Lotus Queen: My Ex-Husband Regrets It, and My Son's Surname Is Zhou 黑莲花女王：前夫悔恨我儿都姓周 Fang Wai, Who Loves Deep-Fried Prawns爱吃油煎大虾的方外Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A female-led story with little romance. The domineering CEO is the heroine. When the scandal that she had an “illegitimate son” broke, Bai Xiaoting had been waiting for that moment. Everyone laughed at her for not graduating high school and called her a parasitic vine clinging to a wealthy family. They had no idea that from the day she married into the Lin family to the day she left with her child, every move had been part of a carefully planned game. She had never forgotten her dream: to become 9.7kReads9.2Score70.4k14d adds

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    This is a female-centric, empowering novel. The female protagonist is intelligent and capable, has a child and a love life, but isn't love-struck. She prioritizes her career, remains clear-headed, and despite experiencing setbacks, steadily progresses.

34. 34 让 You Want Me to Cook at Three in the Morning? I’ll Slap Your Whole Family Away 让我三点做饭？我反手扇飞你全家 Soft Soft Green Robe糯糯青衫Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted (The short drama My Slaps Changed My Fate in the 1970s is now available.) [Period setting + military marriage + mental illness + both devoted to each other + career in government + a heroine who would rather throw hands than talk, versus a rough-around-the-edges regiment commander who stole his comrade’s bride] Ever since Su Wanxing was diagnosed with a mental illness, life has been going wonderfully. She can curse out whoever she wants and beat up whoever she wants. She can even beat up a perve 17.8kReads8.6Score2.3k14d adds

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    They're all of this type: historical fiction, set within the system, women in power, strong female leads.

35. 35 机 A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞 Math Is Too Hard数学太难Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new 1.2kReads9.3Score22814d adds
36. 36 局 Director, Your Wife Doesn’t Want You Anymore 局长，你媳妇不要你了 hi That Someonehi那小谁Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [A Smooth-Talking Little Business Owner Reborn as a Young Widow x A Scheming High-Ranking Official] Xu Hongxiu, a small business owner who made a name for herself in the modern marketplace with her silver tongue, opens her eyes after an accident and finds herself reborn as a mistreated young widow in the 1990s! She'd barely woken up before the village chief's family started acting shamelessly, trying to seize her land. There was no way she could stand for that! She grabbed a rope, marched into 5.6kReads8.7Score62214d adds
37. 37 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: I'm a Diplomat 穿越六零，我是外交官 Wanwan Has Plenty婉婉有余Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted "I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and I’m Just an Extra" Hang in there! The humble extra eventually becomes a diplomat. ▷ [Hardcore survival] Transmigrated to the great famine of 1959, she survives by digging into rat holes for grain and selling mountain goods. ▷ [A quiet comeback] She pretends to be invisible, but gets noticed by an officer after studying foreign languages: “There’s more to this girl than meets the eye.” ▷ [Career highlight] From orphan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a bowl 5.6kReads8.1Score30014d adds
38. 38 天 Damn It, Why Did She Get Sent to the Seventies Again? 天杀的，怎么又让她穿七零了 Lost 40 Jin已瘦40斤Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted [Reborn + period setting + System + farming + pocket dimension + Hong Kong City + no saintly heroine] Xu Ying, an office drone at a major company in the 21st century, somehow finds herself reborn in the 1970s. As expected, she gets a golden finger: a sign-in System. With its help, she makes it through several years of life as an educated youth more or less unscathed. Then, like most heroines in period novels, she returns to the city after passing the college entrance exam, hoards courtyard house 4kReads7.2Score32914d adds
39. 39 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Supporting Lady's Thousand-Layered Schemes 综影视：女配的千层套路 Mao Xiaobai Bai毛小白白Female-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsCompleted (A place to park my ideas! Just storing some ideas here~ The rating just came out low, but it'll go up later! It gets better the farther you read!! Trust me!! Thanks, everyone!!!) Lin Xiao's quick transmigration missions are to become the passerby supporting characters who break readers' hearts in stories full of unfulfilled wishes. The System wants her to turn their fates around, but all she wants is to offer them a happy ending with her sincere affection. Lin Xiao never intended to take anyt 6.6kReads5.7Score20114d adds

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    I'd like to recommend my own novel, a quick transmigration/TV series romance novel that gets better as you read on!

40. 40 在 A Ghost Working in Empresses in the Palace 在甄嬛传里打工的鬼 Zhouzhou Loves Congee舟舟爱喝粥Female-Channel Fanfiction2.6M WordsCompleted After wandering the world for many years, a young ghost bride dodges the ghost-catching business one day and enters the underworld, only to find herself in another workplace. The story revolves around Empresses in the Palace, with An Lingrong as the starting point as she tries to get by in the imperial harem. There’s just the right amount of a golden finger, and just the right amount of brains. A heads-up for friends who love Huanhuan. 30.1kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
41. 41 综 Film and TV Crossover: Little Flights of Fancy 综影视之小脑洞 Mousse Qiqi慕斯琪琪Female-Channel Fanfiction326k WordsCompleted (Under contract) Each little plot idea is short. The protagonist can be male or female, and each story can be read on its own! I use the characters’ names from the show because coming up with names is too hard! P.S. Anything different is my own headcanon. It’s not that I remembered it wrong! (I watched it so long ago, I can’t remember clearly.) 4.7kReads8.7Score16414d adds
42. 42 重 Back to 2010: Starting as a Township Clerk 重回一零，从乡镇科员开始 Red Lantern Festival元宵红Urban1.0M WordsOngoing This book is grounded in reality and rooted in everyday life. The world of officialdom is no ivory tower; it is where the bustle of ordinary life is most intense. The story begins at the grassroots and draws on real life, with the daily grind of food and bills alongside the twists and turns of power struggles, and the struggles and steadfastness of ordinary people set against the upheavals and transformations of a changing age. The world today is undergoing changes unseen in a century. Official 962Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This one is pretty good.

43. 43 相 Blind Date System: From Village Girl to Woman of the Era 相亲系统：从村姑到时代女强人 Softly, Gently徐徐絮絮Modern Romance348k WordsOngoing Blind Date System + Period Setting + Comeback + Winner in Life + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Pure Wish Fulfillment In 1975, Chen Hehua's classmate stole the job she was supposed to get after graduation. When she returned to her village, her family pressured her to marry a crude butcher. Just when she had nowhere else to turn [Ding! Blind Date System successfully bound!] [Get a reward for every blind date! Choose any one requirement your match has to exchange for a reward!] Butcher's 329Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Recommend some good period dramas [Already hooked]

44. 44 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 64.7kReads8.5Score8.1k14d adds

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    [Learned it][I highly recommend it too] Traveling back to the 1970s, Wen Jingshu, armed with a limited-time flash sale system, rises from a lowly purchasing clerk at a supply and marketing cooperative to a meteoric rise. Stockpiling scarce goods, negotiating large foreign trade deals, spearheading the construction of an instant noodle factory—she earns awards and promotions through her abilities, her career skyrocketing. With supportive family, the novel is richly detailed and full of satisfying moments, a truly addictive period drama.

45. 45 女 The Female County Magistrate: Singing for the People 女县长：颂乐人民 Three Packs of Zhonghua Cigarettes三包中华Urban271k WordsCompleted What does development mean? The clash of those in high office, the schemes of planners, or collusion between officials and businessmen? The moment Li Huachu opened the door to power, he already knew the answer: development comes from the people, benefits the people, and its fruits are shared by the people! 23Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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    Is this the one? (Youpin)

46. 46 葬 A Proposal at the Funeral: The Soldier Is a Commander 葬礼上求婚：兵哥哥是首长 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The moment she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at her birth parents' funeral. She was an orphan burdened with debt, and someone was even pressuring her to marry on the spot. Luckily, her father's former comrade arrived in time, paid off the debt, and drove away the people trying to force her into marriage. But who could have guessed that this uncle, ten years older than her, would ask if she wanted to get married? What was going on?!! After asking him a barrage of questions, she learned tha 2.4kReads7.9Score29414d adds

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    She is the most dashing female cadre

47. 47 七 Scientific Research in the 1970s: My Sweet Wife Faints Again 七零科研：小娇妻又晕倒了 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Period Setting + Military Marriage + Scientific Research + Pocket Space + Doctor + Married First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Patriotism Shen Zhixu accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a delicate young woman who shares her name. To make matters worse, she lives in the countryside. Spoiled by her parents since childhood, she would faint just from sitting in the sun. She was known throughout the village as its sickly beauty. When she open 1.6kReads7.2Score11314d adds
48. 48 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score17414d adds
49. 49 五 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 4.8kReads8.4Score51714d adds
50. 50 七 The Pampered Heiress of 1970s Hong Kong Marries a Barren Officer and Has Two Babies in Three Years 七零港城娇女嫁绝嗣军官三年抱俩 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + heiress from Hong Kong City + marriage before love + a twist on infertility + two children in three years] Shi Lechu, a pampered capitalist heiress from Hong Kong City, fled with her family to the capital to escape a lecherous young master who was forcing her to marry him. Unfortunately, she was reported soon after arriving. The day before she was sent to the countryside, the cold-faced military officer Si Huaizhi cornered her against a wall. “I heard you need someone to marry. 1.4kReads—Score13414d adds

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