I'm Out of Books. Looking for Period Novels and Post-Apocalyptic Stories 书荒中,求年代文和末世文
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Reborn in the 1970s, the Sweet Little Wife in the Rugged Man's Arms 重生七零,糙汉怀里小娇妻甜又软
[Completed] A deceptively clever, sweet-faced, soft and adorable heroine who pretends to be weak to catch her prey vs. a rugged hero who looks like a tough guy but is secretly obsessed with her Period setting + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + reborn + adorable baby + pocket dimension + marriage before love She wakes up in the resource-scarce 1970s, with a muscular man sleeping beside her?! A domineering adoptive mother, selfish siblings, and a twisted fiancé. But all of it is resolved
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Marrying a Rugged Disabled Man in the 1970s, I Bring a Warehouse and Make My Husband and Son Thrive 七零嫁残疾糙汉,带仓库旺夫旺仔
The short drama adaptation, The 1970s’ Lucky Little Bride, is now streaming on Hongguo. [Complete] [Rugged Hero + Sweet Wife + Gourmet Food + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Secret Identity + Feel-Good Story] Top banquet chef Jiang Congyu was suddenly killed when a crystal chandelier fell on her while she was cooking. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book she had read before. And not just that: it was her wedding night, and a handsome man was pinned beneath he
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I Married a Rugged Veteran with My Pocket Space and Lived the Good Life in the 1960s 携空间嫁退伍糙汉,我在六零躺赢
Qiao Ruolin was adopted as a child. During her graduation trip, she and her grandfather passed by a Taoist temple. The temple talked them into donating a million yuan, and she received a green jade bangle said to guarantee a comfortable life in the future. Who knew the little bangle contained a huge pocket dimension? After a car accident, Qiao Ruolin transmigrates to the 1960s, an era of scarce supplies. With no ties holding her back, she decides to help her grandfather make a fortune and marry
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I Handed Over the System from the Start, Then Led China into Space 开局系统上交,我带华国出宇宙
This is not a female-centric novel. It has a couple. Volume One is set during Doomsday, and the story moves into space from Volume Two onward. It’s highly imaginative, so don’t give it one star if that’s not your thing. The author is a beginner and could use your support. [System] + [the nation as her patron] + [Doomsday] + [both leads’ romantic firsts] + [straightforward heroine] + [wild imagination] Mo Xiaobai was just an ordinary, unmarried woman in her thirties. Her parents looked down on
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Apocalypse: Young Master Pei's Precious Darling 末世:裴少的心肝宝贝
In her previous life, she was timid and weak, enduring humiliation just to stay alive. In the end, she discovered that her boyfriend and her best friend had been sleeping together. While the team was out on a mission, the scheming white lotus shoved her into a horde of zombies to draw them away, leaving her dead without a trace. In this life, she has a spatial dimension. She'll find him, live a quiet life with him, and stay safe. Then, when she has nothing better to do, she'll take down the scum
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Reborn: The Icy Big Shot Wants to Give Me His Life 重生后,冷冰冰的大佬要把命给我
[A heroine who sets off heavenly lightning like fireworks and kicks the Ghost King’s head around like a ball vs. an obsessive, possessive, lovesick hero] Everyone says Third Master Lu is cursed, bringing death to his wives. He’s the living King of Hell, someone the entire capital’s elite circle avoids. Women who get close to him are either struck by bad luck or lose their lives. That is, until a soft, sweet little girl appears at his side, constantly asking for cuddles and following him around l
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The Lucky Star of the 1970s: The Unlucky Big Shot Clung to Me and Cried 七零锦鲤:倒霉大佬抱着我哭了
Mu Qing has a pocket dimension stocked with supplies and transmigrates into a foolish village girl in the 1970s. From the start, she’s thrown into an impossible situation: one woman and two men. With a scene where she’s about to be caught in the act looming, she gives up on the plan her family made for her and turns instead to the arms of an unlucky big shot. From now on, she’ll take on the troublesome relatives, demand justice, and deal with everyone who wants to hurt her. And then... Wait, why
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I Have a Space Left Behind by an Immortal Family 我有一个仙家留下来的空间
She had been a medical school graduate student in the twenty-first century, with no family but herself. When she woke up, the world had suddenly changed: drab gray walls and earthen houses. Somehow, she'd ended up in the 1970s, so she could only make the best of it. “Hey, big shot, stop following me around.” “Hey, big shot, why are you always popping up in front of me?” “Hey, big shot, quit flaunting those abs to tempt me.” “Hey, big shot, I'm looking for one partner for life.” Xia Jingchuan: “W
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The 1970s Stepmom's Guide to Raising Kids 七零后妈养崽手册
After waking up, Tang Wanyin finds herself in the 1970s, married to a man she had met only once! The scoundrel abandoned his wife and fled overnight by clinging to a moving train, leaving Tang Wanyin to become the stepmother of three children! Meng Yuqi says: I'm always quick about things. I only took one day of leave to visit family. In the morning, I rescued my wife from the reeds; at noon, I dragged her off to register our marriage; and by evening, I left her with three kids before running of
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Abandoned Wife of the 1990s: From the Start, I Divorced and Became the Richest Woman 九零弃妇:开局离婚做首富
What should you do after transmigrating into an ugly, overweight abandoned wife in the 1990s? She didn’t ask for a single cent in bride price and even brought a hefty dowry, yet her sister-in-law took over the marital home, and her husband’s family beat her bloody and called her a shrew who didn’t know her place. What should she do? Ji Xue says: Easy. Since they call her a shrew, she might as well show them what a real shrew can do. She drums up a racket to tell the whole neighborhood about her
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Bound to a Reading System, an Eighties Cannon Fodder Gets Rich Overnight 绑定读书系统,八零炮灰一夜暴富
Reborn in the 1980s, Liu Chuncao bound herself to the Knowledge Is Power System. As long as she studied, she would earn money and unlock skills with a boost. Her awful mother sided with outsiders and burned her own daughter’s school acceptance letter, hoping to send her stepdaughter to school instead. Liu Chuncao refused to live a miserable life. She outsmarted the villains, dished out face-slapping justice, and used her system-boosted skills to build a prosperous life. Then came an unexpected t
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Transmigrate into a Book: The Adorable Cannon Fodder of the 1970s 穿书七零炮灰很可爱
After transmigrating into a period novel, Gu Nuan becomes a little cannon-fodder character who gets caught up in trouble through no fault of her own. Gu Nuan isn't worried. With a golden finger in hand, her System space has everything she could need! I'm an invincible, adorable little cutie, Sometimes sweet and good, sometimes a little naughty, I love clowning around, and occasionally being a rascal. The heroine should be good and bloom in the summer sun, The hero should be good, with bread and
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The Lucky Wife Takes Charge: The 1980s Tough Guy Blushes 锦鲤娇妻在上,八零糙汉脸红了
The fool from the Ji family marries the prettiest girl for miles around. From then on, everyone in the village waits for Ji Laosan to be cuckolded. But why does the Ji family start getting lucky? They go up the mountain and find a wild boar that's run into a tree and killed itself. They do the laundry, and fish swim right into the washbasin. Even Ji Laosan's foolishness gets cured. -- Wen Xiaonuan is reborn in the 1980s and swears to cherish and pamper her husband to make up for the mistakes of
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Reborn in a Bygone Era: This Wife Brings Prosperity to Her Family 重生年代,这个媳妇儿很旺家
[Complete] [New book: Dressed in Eighties Style, the Rugged Man Won’t Leave His Sweet Wife Alone] [Sweet romance, everyday family life, devoted couple (No space, no space, stop asking. I’m not writing one. The heroine herself is her golden finger, thank you.)] Xia Youtao was sitting peacefully at home when the ceiling light suddenly fell on her. When she woke up, she had arrived in an unfamiliar era. Back before she transmigrated, her parents only knew how to hold out their hands for money, all
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A Space in the 1970s: The Sent-Down Youth Is Doted on by a Rugged Man 七零空间:知青娇妻被糙汉宠爆了
(Rebirth, sweet romance, spatial dimension, putting scumbags in their place) Lin Qiqi is reborn in the original owner's body, while the murderer who killed the original owner is draped over her, putting on a show of sisterly affection. Lin Qiqi slams the table and rises to her feet. “You schemed to kill your little sister and steal her life. How dare a scumbag like you pretend to be her sister?” First, she'll tear off the fake mask of the kind and virtuous big sister and expose her for what she
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Reborn in the 1970s: The Big Shot's Wife Is Beautiful and Bold 重生七零:大佬的媳妇又美又彪
In her previous life, Yan Xiaoxiao was set up by her cruel mother and scheming older sister, and met a tragic end. Reborn in the 1970s, she is determined to live life on her own terms. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she's invincible. She protects her biological father, takes revenge on her cruel mother, kicks her scheming sister out, and wipes out every despicable villain who crosses her path. But a powerful young man takes her hand and says warmly, “Darling, I'll beat them up. You jus
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Reborn: In the 1970s, I Take on the White Lotus 重生福妻:我在七零斗白莲
In her previous life, Cao Xiaoman was a fool who was blind to the truth and mistook wolves for family. Reborn, she sees everyone around her clearly. She can take on scoundrel men and bring down fake sweethearts. What they ate of hers, she'll make them spit out; what they took from her, she'll make them give back. She'll settle old and new scores all at once.
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What?! The Cannon-Fodder of the 1970s Becomes a Millionaire Behind the Female Lead's Back 惊!七零年代炮灰背着女主成首富
[No Romance, heroine focuses entirely on her career, with family bonds and friendship] An IT girl was electrocuted to death. When she woke up, she found she had no father or mother, only a muddleheaded grandfather, and she had nearly been swindled out of her money and her virtue by a widow. Her background was tragic enough, but things got even worse when Shi Xin realized she hadn’t just been reborn: she had been reborn into a sweet romance novel. Unfortunately, Shi Xin wasn’t the heroine. She wa
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I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了!四儿一女供我在七零读大学
[Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi
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Wow! The Whole Family Is Full of Villains, Yet They Spoil Her Rotten 哇噻!一家子的反派,把她宠上天
[The 1970s: the whole family dotes on a blessed little girl with a pocket dimension and mind-reading powers. No brainless plot!] Xie Youyou transmigrated into a book as the only daughter of a family of major villains. At this point, though, the villainous family was still farming in a remote mountain village. The villainous grandma was a notorious shrew for miles around. If anyone said a word against her, she'd bring a rope and threaten to hang herself outside their door, cursing them until they
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[The 1960s] My Backyard Opens Into the Produce Market 【六零】我家后院通菜市场
Also known as: Cabbages Aren’t Allowed to Become Spirits After the Founding of the Nation A cabbage spirit is struck by heavenly lightning and accidentally reincarnates into the Jiang family as their little daughter. Using her special ability to speed up the growth of vegetables, she never expected that her family’s backyard could also lead to a modern vegetable market. A little scene: (The butcher and Dad Jiang) “Sir, give me two jin of pork bones.” “Sure thing!” “Brother, that’s a meat ration
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After I Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies, I Become the Male Lead's Ex-Wife's Burden 穿书七零,成为男主前妻拖油瓶后
The pacing is fairly slow, and this isn’t a wish-fulfillment story. The first half is mostly told from the older sister’s perspective, while the second half shifts to the younger sister’s. It’s also about a family working hard to make a living. Just a little heads-up for new readers! After experiencing the apocalypse and an ancient era, Lin Ya was reborn once again, this time into a novel set in a bygone era. She became a minor character whose ending was summed up in just ten words. Her gentle,
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When the Little Tyrant Transmigrates into the Era Novel's Lucky Star Foil 当小霸王穿成年代文福星对照组
(No CP) (Transmigrate into a Book) (Strengthening the Nation) A little survivor from the apocalypse woke up to find she'd become a baby. Her tiny head was full of huge questions. When the blessed girl next door carried home a huge fish that had jumped right into her arms, Chen Xi tripped on flat ground. When a pheasant played at being injured to get the blessed girl, Chen Xi was chased all over the mountain by a wild boar. When the blessed girl played in the mud and found gold, Chen Xi lost ever
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The Sweet Young Lady of the 1970s 七十年代小娇娇
The moment the young educated youth Wen Wan arrives in Lu Jiazui, she becomes famous: famous for her beauty, famous for taking her time, and famous for her sharp tongue and soft, sweet manner. When the educated youths first arrive, Lu Dongping sees Wen Wan and thinks, How is this little thing supposed to work in the fields and earn work points? Whichever team gets her will be unlucky. Take her home and she'll be treated like an ancestor. Later, Wen Wan becomes his very own little ancestor.
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A 1970s Spatial Realm: The Educated Youth's Husband Returns from Cultivation 七零空间:知青她男人修仙回来了
[Veteran Soldier from the Seventies x Gentle Educated Youth Wife + Both Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Cultivation + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids] Fang Qiao dies saving someone. When she opens her eyes again, she discovers she has been reborn in the resource-strapped 1970s, when you need ration coupons for everything. Food and clothing are scarce, but her daughter is still in her womb. Even more surprising, her dead husband has returned from another world, having cultivated immortality! He has also
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Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Siblings Devote Their Lives to Their Country 穿越六零:兄妹以身许国
After a plane crash, a brother and sister transmigrate to a parallel world in the 1960s, an era of material scarcity. Jiang Yu: “I will become a sharp blade, leading my troops to strike our enemies with precision. With advanced training methods, I'll make our soldiers even stronger.” Jiang Yan: “I'll ride the tide to build up starting capital, establish a collective economy, and lead everyone toward a happy life. With the System, I'll break through foreign technological blockades and help our co
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The Sixties: Herding Sheep, Studying, and Getting Into College 六十年代:放羊读书考大学
(Native orphan girl + nanny System + later a landlady + scientific research) Song Jiu became an orphan at six and thought she was going to starve to death. Then a System suddenly appeared and told her that if she worked hard at one thing, it would reward her with delicious food. Why bother dying, then? Time to work hard! Eating every delicacy under the sun was no longer just a dream! Dating? No, no, no! Men would slow down how fast I get my homework done! With no man on my mind, my pen naturally
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