Historical-Era Novels 年代文。。。。

1. 501 抢 Grab, Grab, Grab! A Crazy Couple Snatches Fortune in a Lucky-Charm Story 抢抢抢，疯批夫妻在锦鲤文抢机缘 Six Colors六个颜色Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, comedy, marriage before love, raising kids, getting rich, unhinged, face-slapping, dual spaces, unconventional male lead] An unhinged pair of mortal enemies transmigrate together to the 1970s, make a fortune, and snatch opportunities Su Li opens her eyes and immediately gets into a fight with her mortal enemy. Later, they discover that they’re actually married and have three kids. To make matters worse, she’s become the cannon-fodder sister-in-law in a period-setting lucky heroin 2kReads7.1Score154Shelves
2. 502 魂 Reborn in 1963: Starting by Applying to Go to the Countryside 魂穿1963：从申请下乡开始 Where Is Anyuan安远在哪Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Urban Farming] [Period] [Pocket Dimension] [Storage] [Farming] [Raising Children] [Transmigration] [Lighthearted] [Cultivation] The Three-Lives Stone is a unique treasure that lets a person live three lifetimes. A Nascent Soul cultivator found it. In his first life, he lived for over a thousand years in his original world before dying of old age. In his second life, his soul transmigrated to Earth. He lived to be over a hundred, then died of old age in 2118. In his third life, his soul tran 6Reads8.7Score—Shelves
3. 503 七 Seventies Pocket Dimension: I Have a Tunnel to the Cattle Shed 七零空间，我有地道通牛棚 Out of Sight, Out of Season不见四季Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The 1970s + transmigrate into a book + raising children + taking down scumbags + everyday family life + building a career) After transmigrating into a book, she goes from being a rich second-generation parasite who lives off her family to a capitalist heiress dependent on others for a roof over her head. Worse, she is about to die because the heroine drags her into trouble. Shen Youning is furious. Luckily, she has a farm space. Shen Youning works hard to stock up on supplies, then heads to the 4.3kReads8.2Score517Shelves
4. 504 渡 Failed My Tribulation, Reincarnated Thousands of Years Later 渡劫失败，我数千年后才投胎转世 Common Longing俗望Urban1.4M WordsOngoing A cultivator who failed his tribulation unexpectedly gains a heaven-defying opportunity just as his soul is about to scatter. Thousands of years later, he is finally reborn into the mortal world. But the world no longer has spiritual energy. How can a young cultivator train? Drought strikes year after year, and his family is already dirt-poor, with bare walls and nothing to eat. Even the crops in the fields are about to wither and die. How can the young cultivator change things? Follow a young c 769Reads7.3Score102Shelves
5. 505 开 From the Start, She Sold Human Traffickers: The Fearless Soldier's Wife Takes on the Army Compound 开局卖人贩，兵王悍妻勇闯家属院 A Qi An阿祺安Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage in the 1970s + Love at First Sight + Everyday Family Life + Never Back Down] Shen Xingchui’s two great achievements after transmigrating: First, she took on a gang of human traffickers on a green train and strung them up in a row to sell them off. Second, she whistled at a stone-faced soldier king in uniform, sporting an eight-pack: “Comrade, I hear you’re looking for a wife?” On her first day after transmigrating, the modern sanda champion earned herself the title “Traffi 3.3kReads8.4Score371Shelves

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   A former Sanda champion transmigrated into the body of a young wife, tearing apart human traffickers and seducing a cold-faced soldier! "Comrade, I heard you need a wife?" Chasing wild boars by day: "Extra meal!" Snuggling under the covers at night: "Afraid of the dark~"

6. 506 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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   This is an incredibly good period drama, absolutely captivating! The more you read, the more you want to read, the more addictive it becomes. You'll want to finish it in one go, even if it means staying up all night. The plot is fresh and the content is rich.

7. 507 七 The Happy Life of Lin Yulan, a Sharp-Tongued Woman in the 1970s 七十年代之贫嘴林玉兰的幸福生活 Bai Shuitan白水谈Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted My new novel, A Lively Life in the Sixties: Revenge First, Gossip Later, is now available! Every character is a piece of work, with revenge, scoundrels getting what they deserve, and plenty of beatings. It’s a different kind of story. If you’re interested, give it a try. Thanks for your support! [Reborn + no pocket dimension + no System + no golden finger + romance, with a cheerful and heartwarming tone] Liu Jie’s parents divorced in her previous life, and she lived alone with her grandmother. 2.3kReads9.0Score181Shelves

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   A story from Northeast China in the 1970s, I hope you enjoy it.

8. 508 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Why Does Your Brother Beat You Up Every Day? 四合院：傻柱你哥咋天天揍你？ Leaving Half a Cigarette留半截烟头Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Moderate violence] [Turning Silly Zhu and Yushui’s lives around] [Rebuilding the family’s values] He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as Silly Zhu’s “short-lived” older brother! After returning from the battlefield, he turns his younger siblings’ lives around. His younger brother, He Yuzhu, is exploited by the whole courtyard and still acts like a pathetic simp. He Weiguo has just one word for him: “A beating!” He’ll beat some sense into him! His younger sister, He Yushui, has suffered 55.8kReads8.1Score3.6kShelves

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   1. Time-traveled to the 1960s, with a system, a happy family. It's about human relationships and social dynamics, without violence, and is humorous. 2. An only son, shouldering the burden of his family, rewarded by the system with his crime-solving abilities, becoming a top detective in the capital. 3. A top-tier comedy in a courtyard house, where characters constantly undermine and prank each other. 4. A violent courtyard house, becoming He Yuzhu's older brother.

9. 509 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Uncle Silly San Is No Longer Silly 重生七零：傻三叔不傻了 Little Horse, Charge Ahead小马向前冲Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + spatial storage + male protagonist’s perspective + Northeast China’s heated kang lifestyle + cozy farming story] Liu Tiezhu spent his whole life doing hard labor for his older brother’s family, only to end up drugged to death and dumped in a mass grave. Given another life, he’ll use the supernatural arts heaven granted him to stand on his own two feet, find the woman who has been longing for him, and live the rest of his life well. 3.9kReads8.9Score275Shelves
10. 510 重 Back to the 1960s, Without a Single Regret 重回60年代不遗憾 Three-Earth Sword三土剑Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Period setting] + [pocket dimension] + [Transmigration] + [farming] + [genius] Li Jianyao is struck by lightning and sent back to the 1960s. The only relative he doesn't see is his great-grandmother; he reunites with everyone else. The meteoric iron he found as a child turns out to contain a pocket dimension. He can grow crops and raise animals inside it, and it even contains an entire sea. Using the pocket dimension, Li Jianyao helps his family and village survive years of famine. With his ext 5kReads8.4Score353Shelves
11. 511 魂 The Soul of a Capitalist Heiress Transmigrates into a Girl Volunteering for Rural Service in the 1970s 魂穿七零报名下乡的资本家小姐 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Liu Ningshuang is a modern orphan with doctorates in two fields. Her only hobbies are kickboxing and boxing. Her soul transmigrates to the 1970s, where she becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. Everyone in her family manages to flee overseas in advance, but there aren't enough boat tickets, so she's left behind. All the treasures the family can't take with them fall into the hands of newcomer Liu Ningshuang. With disaster looming, Liu Ningshuang has no choice but to sign up to move to the 6.2kReads8.9Score453Shelves

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    Both are stories set in the 1970s. 🍀🍀 The female protagonist accidentally activates her spatial ability and starts having dreams, sensing she's about to time travel. She begins hoarding supplies and, sure enough, transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl in the 1970s. Her whole family goes overseas, leaving her behind. Luckily, she had seen what her family did in her dream, like the numerous boxes hidden in the basement [laughs], and all the valuable furniture, which she collected.

12. 512 七 The Capitalist Matriarch of the 1970s, Winning with Her Children 七零资本家老太，带着儿女躺赢了 June Bean六月豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + elderly woman + capitalist + no romance] Su Qingru transmigrates into a book! She becomes the villainous cannon-fodder mother-in-law of the heroine in a feel-good novel about a powerful woman! The heroine is ruthlessly self-serving, putting herself first in everything. If Su Qingru were the heroine, this would be a pretty satisfying story. But she's not the lead. Her whole family are unlucky stepping stones and cannon fodder on the heroine's shamelessly triumphant pat 271Reads7.1Score112Shelves
13. 513 重 Reborn in the 1970s: There's Still Time for Everything 重生七零一切都来得及 Autumn Comes with Falling Leaves zmy13落叶知秋zmy13Urban253k WordsCompleted Only at the end of his life did a man in his fifties realize how much of a failure he'd been. The woman who loved him most spent her life alone and miserable, while he had been blind enough to fall for another woman who loved him. In the end, he had nothing. Only that first woman was still there for him, seeing him through to his final moments. If he had another life, he would never let her down. But it was already too late. Heaven gave him another chance at a different life. Only as he lay dyin 686Reads8.8Score100Shelves
14. 514 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    🍒🍒Historical Novel🌸🌸 The female protagonist marries the male protagonist from the original novel out of revenge. Nobody had high hopes for their relationship—one was poor, the other lazy—but they get their revenge and live a wonderful life, becoming the envy of everyone. 🤭🤭

15. 515 穿 After I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Married a Bully, I Decided to Lie Flat 穿越七零嫁给恶霸后我摆烂了 Chen Fengche宸风澈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + golden finger + gruff hero + play the pig to eat the tiger] Why have I transmigrated again?! After having her good fortune snatched away twice in a row, Xi Qingqing has transmigrated yet again. This time, she's made up her mind! She's going to lie flat! A nightmare of a mother-in-law? No problem, as long as she treats me well. Married to a bully? Whatever, I'll reform him. A picky, demanding sister-in-law? Hmph! She needs a good dose of reality! See how the sha 6.6kReads9.2Score593Shelves
16. 516 六 The 1960s: The Whole Family Gets Rich Thanks to Their Beloved Little One’s Pocket Space 六零：团宠萌娃靠空间带全家致富 Slippery Kitty脚滑的喵Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After dying, she returns to the age of five, back to those chaotic years of hunger and hardship. Her father hasn't been killed yet, and she's still the precious little girl in his eyes. Even better, she now has a pocket dimension where she can farm and raise livestock! To her surprise, the space keeps upgrading until it becomes a portal that can take her anywhere. Let's see how she uses it to gather supplies from all over the world, punish the wicked, and lead her whole family to a happy life... 1.1kReads8.9Score144Shelves
17. 517 下 Rebirth, Old Lady in the Countryside: Taking Care of My Children and Grandchildren 下放老太太重生：白米饭配红烧肉 Build a House起房子Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Granny Qiao was reborn seven days before her whole family was sent away to the countryside. Looking at her family, all still together, she saw that her son and daughter-in-law were alive, her two little grandchildren hadn't died, and her children were still in school. Everyone she needed to cherish and protect was right there before her. There was still time to put things right, and she wasn't alone, living like a walking corpse. So she took out her family's heirloom, only to discover that it co 31.8kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves
18. 518 随 I Went to the City with My Lame Dad to Live Off a Rich Woman, and I’m Loving It 随跛子爸进城吃软饭，我真香了 Ling Duanyue聆端月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + family life + blended family + stepmother reborn + cozy everyday life] In her previous life, Xiang Nuan was terribly unlucky. Born with a congenital illness, she was abandoned by her parents and relatives. Unloved and uncared for, she struggled through twenty-four lonely years. Her next life began just as miserably. While still very young, she was abandoned by her mother. Her father was a cripple, and the two of them were driven out by their own clan... The one thing she could l 13kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves
19. 519 玄 The Young Master of the Mystic Sect Wins Hearts in a Period Novel 玄门少主在年代文里蛊惑人心 Eating Beans and Staying Awake吃豆豆不睡觉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Book transmigration + space + farming + satisfying wish fulfillment + sweet romance] The young leader of a mystic sect from the twenty-first century accidentally transmigrates into a period novel, becoming a minor character who gets bitten to death by a wild boar right from the start. As for the heroine, whose white-lotus act practically radiates from her, Hua Jiaojiao refuses to accept it. Since she has to live through this era anyway, why not put her little hands, skilled at drawing talismans 5.2kReads8.9Score432Shelves
20. 520 重 Reborn in 1978: My Carefree Life in the Mountains 重生1978：我的悠闲赶山生活 Fa Zhou法舟Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Xiao was reborn on the eve of his imprisonment as an educated youth and awakened the Sacrifice System. From the start, he sent a two-faced green tea girl to prison and cut ties with his family. Giant snakes, dragon bones, ancient secrets, ginseng thousands of years old. He swept through the museums of the island nation, the beautiful country, England... and every other country. After the island nation was wiped off the map, Ye Xiao saw hope for upgrading his System. He would do whatever it to 9.7kReads8.3Score686Shelves
21. 521 五 No One Can Stop Me from Living Well in the 1950s and 1960s 五零六零谁都不能阻挡我过好日子 Glutinous Rice M Wine糯米M酒Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted The heroine refuses to take a loss or put up with mistreatment. There is tentatively no male lead. The focus is on cozy everyday life and family squabbles, with a very minor golden finger. Aside from the beginning, you can pretty much read it as if there were no golden finger at all. She went to great lengths to reach Hong Kong, but her family wouldn’t accept her. After a lifetime of conflict, she died a tragic death. Unexpectedly, heaven gave her the chance to start over. When she opened her ey 3.4kReads8.9Score180Shelves

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    1. The female protagonist is reborn back to her childhood and learns that she was adopted. She no longer hopes for her parents' affection 🥰 nor does she go to Hong Kong to suffer. After the family leaves, she simply moves the items they hid into her own space 🥰. 2. The female protagonist returns to when her mother is 18 years old to try to change her mother's tragic fate, but in doing so, she discovers that a huge conspiracy is hidden within. 3. It's very immersive, although the beginning is a bit frustrating. It's also very realistic. This is pretty much what a time-travel story without any cheat codes is like!

22. 522 野 There’s a Real Man in Wild Boar Village 野猪村有个纯爷们 Ghost-Hunting Prodigy捉鬼神童Rural Life315k WordsOngoing [Hunting + Multiple Heroines + Feel-Good Story + Northeastern Dialect + Farming + System] The protagonist is an orphan, but he's strong and healthy. The mother and daughter next door help him obtain the System: Communicating with All Things. Other people take rifles into the mountains to hunt. He goes into the mountains empty-handed, yet every time he manages to sweet-talk animals into coming back down with him. Chickens, ducks, fish, wild boars, deer, roe deer, all kinds of animals. Most bizarr 12.1kReads—Score1.3kShelves

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    Interesting period dramas

23. 523 穿 Transmigrating to the ’90s, I Tear Up My Mom’s Tragic Life Script 穿越九零手撕我妈不幸的人生剧本 Camphor Tree Leaf香樟树叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Changing Fate + Building Wealth + Switched at Birth + Changing Destiny + Never Forgive] If you could go back to when your mother was young, what would you say to her? What would you do for her? Yang Tiantian woke up to find she had transmigrated to the 1990s and become classmates with her mother as a young woman. By then, her mother’s good fortune had already been sold, but she had yet to be schemed against by her sexist parents and a scumbag. She hadn’t yet been robbed of her 7.2kReads9.2Score973Shelves
24. 524 重 Reborn in 1970: I Was Beaten Silly for Eating an Extra Bowl of Rice 重生70年多吃一碗大米饭被打傻 Ghost-Hunting Prodigy捉鬼神童Rural Life267k WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + farming + hunting + educated female youths + Lord Wei + authentic 1970s mountain village] Ma Linye lived in a remote mountain village, where his family treated him like a beast of burden. His father beat him until he was stupid just because he ate one extra bowl of rice. The kind-hearted Sun, a widow from next door, was willing to look after the simple-minded young man. But Zhang Ya and Ma San demanded a thousand jin of grain before they would agree. Seeing the foolish look 259Reads—Score231Shelves
25. 525 国 The State Banquet Chef of the 1980s 国宴大厨在八零 A Glimmer of Light一叶微光Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Imperial banquet chef + unbeatable cuisine + satisfying wish fulfillment] Tang Xi died, then returned to age fifteen with the wordless book of secrets her master had given her: The World’s Finest Cuisine. That year, the Tang family’s biological daughter was finally found, and Tang Xi was left behind by her adoptive parents. Out of guilt toward the true daughter, Tang Xi gave in to her at every turn, but all she got in return was her adoptive parents’ dislike and her childhood sweetheart fiancé’ 904Reads8.2Score122Shelves

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    This selection of historical fiction is from my recommendations as a seasoned bookworm. You can see my love for historical fiction by looking at my homepage. If you like historical fiction, you can trust my judgment.

26. 526 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: Even a Slacker Has to Hustle 穿书七零，咸鱼也得卷起来 Hawthorn Syrup山楂糖水Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted Yun Shu transmigrated into a book, becoming a supporting character in a period novel. She didn't need to be sent to the countryside because she was already there. She didn't need to deal with horrible people because she was one of them. She didn't want to go back to school, but had to hide there to stay alive. She didn't want marriage to change her fate, yet rumors about her never stopped. She didn't want to attract attention, but kept getting thrust into the spotlight... She thought she had alw 3.1kReads8.9Score219Shelves
27. 527 东 Reborn as a Northeastern Fool: Fools Really Are Lovable 东北傻子重生：傻子真是招人爱 Ghost-Hunting Prodigy捉鬼神童Urban289k WordsCompleted [Multiple Heroines + Revenge + Farming + Scheming] Chen San is from the 1940s and lives in the mountains of Northeast China. In his previous life, he was a fool. Before he died, he watched as both his sisters-in-law were taken away, then starved to death in a dilapidated earthen house. Reborn after death, this time he will make sure his sisters-in-law have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear, and protect them forever as they live together with him in the mountains. 1kReads6.5Score104Shelves
28. 528 带 I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零 Ma Nini马尼尼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong! 16.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
29. 529 傻 Reborn as a Fool: The System Really Understands What Men Want 傻子重生：系统真懂男人心 Ghost-Hunting Prodigy捉鬼神童Rural Life262k WordsCompleted The Fool was once a dim-witted child from a wealthy family, but after certain events, both of his parents died. From then on, the Fool lived alone in a dilapidated earthen house. Fortunately, the kind mother and daughter next door helped him time and again, allowing him to start a new life... See how the Fool deals with his enemies. 391Reads6.5Score118Shelves
30. 530 六 The 1960s: The Little Kid Who Gave the Heroine a Space Is Done with It 六零，送女主空间的小崽崽不干了 Clear Breeze of a Thousand Years千载清风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When she opens her eyes, Miao Qing has become a random supporting character in a period novel. The scene is about to shower the heroine with gifts and hand her a golden finger, but Miao Qing kicks off a life completely different from the plot with a loud, piercing wail. Who would have guessed that after she'd just finished training her underlings, Miao Qing would suddenly learn that the commune she's in is called Hongqi Commune, with Qingshan Brigade, Hongxing Brigade, and Kaoshantun Brigade nea 14.7kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
31. 531 结 After I Refused the Last-Minute Dowry Increase on My Wedding Day 结婚当天我拒绝了临时加彩礼之后 What Is There to Eat吃的是什么Urban4.6M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Top Student + Multiple Heroines + Daily Life + School Life + Smart Characters + No System + Entertainment Industry + Lighthearted Comedy. Starts out as a school-life story, then moves into the entertainment industry and the internet. 4.6 million characters, so there’s plenty to dig into. Well worth a read. A short drama adaptation is now available. Search for the novel’s title to watch. Thanks for your support. ^_^~ 40.2kReads8.1Score3kShelves
32. 532 摄 Regent, Your Princess Consort Has Arrived. Please Confirm Receipt 摄政王，您的王妃已送达，请查收 Shi Jiu莳酒Ancient Romance214k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into another body, both virgins, 1v1] Content warnings: No matriarchy, palace intrigue, power struggles, or scheming white-lotus rival. A light, simple story. If that's not your thing, please move along! The ministers pressured the regent to marry! No matter what, he had to take a principal wife this year. With no choice, the man spoke at the Heaven-Worshipping Ceremony: “Then I ask Heaven to grant me a wife.” And so, a lucky woman fell from the sky straight into the regent's arm 2.9kReads9.0Score266Shelves

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    The female lead is just perfect! She's so radiant, without a hint of frustration. The male lead's presence is just right, not overly intense. And the female lead doesn't lose her mind while in love. I love it! I think it's really good. [KISS][Smile]

33. 533 重 Reborn in 1982: This Rogue Refuses to Become a Street Loafer 重生八二：浪子绝不做街溜子 What Is There to Eat吃的是什么Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Chen Weiguo is reborn on October 24, 1982, the day before his family falls apart. In his previous life, he was a no-good drifter: idle and irresponsible. He caused his wife and daughter to die tragically, and after his family was shattered, he had no choice but to leave home. He worked hard all his life, only to die alone. This time, he has the chance to start over. Life may be tough, but he's determined to shake off his reputation as a drifter and give his family a good life. Once despised by e 43.7kReads7.6Score4.1kShelves

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    Reborn in 1982, no exaggeration, no hostility, and with a high IQ.

34. 534 国 The Imperial Academy’s Fallen Woman 国子监破鞋 Flying King1996飞大王1996Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing 136,543 people have already missed this book because of its title... One-of-a-kind pure heroine + nobody is innocent + romance and desire + the fate of the nation. Beauty fades, and with it, love. Golden fingers are just something people say to fool the gullible. She is a soul from another world, sharp-eyed and streetwise. In this decaying dynasty, she aims to amass a fortune beyond imagination and avoid the humiliation China suffered over the past century. 19Reads9.2Score168Shelves

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    Relationships are full of weighing and maneuvering, rarely involving mindless sweetness; rather, they are complex relationships where interests and emotions are intertwined.

35. 535 全 The Whole Family Are Good-for-Nothings, Beaten into the Textbooks by a Centenarian Granny 全家废物，被百岁老太揍上教科书 Eight Young Masters of Star City星城八少Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fu Ying devoted her life to her country, earning countless honors and leaving behind legends in every field, along with more big-shot disciples than anyone could count. At a hundred years old, she was forced into retirement. She asked someone to help her find her long-lost blood relatives, hoping to spend her remaining years surrounded by family. But when she returned to a remote mountain village, she discovered things weren't as wonderful as she'd imagined. Her nephew had died, and his dreadful 1.9kReads9.3Score252Shelves
36. 536 七 The 1970s: The State-Run Restaurant's Head Chef Supports the Whole Family 七零，国营大厨带飞全家 The Years of Poetry and Wine诗酒年华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period drama + food + System + whole-family transmigration + 1V1] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book and even brings along a Light of Cuisine System... As a minor female character who didn’t make it past chapter three in the original novel, Su Wanwan expected life as a disposable side character to be tough. But who could have guessed... With a mother who dotes on her, a loving father, a fiercely protective second sister, and an honest older brother, Su Wanwan suddenl 3.9kReads8.5Score293Shelves

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    Although the rating isn't above 9, the plot and writing are decent, it has a system, and there's a romantic pairing.

37. 537 兵 The War King Can Read Minds, and His Beautiful Stepmom Wife Gets Pampered Despite Doing Nothing 兵王会读心，漂亮后妈摆烂被宠哭 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + historical era + widowed sister-in-law + raising a child + bickering couple + space + everyday life as a military wife] In her past life, her husband Yang Shengjun defended his comrade's widow and accused Xu Zijin of being petty, unreasonable, and unkind. Xu Zijin spent her whole life blaming herself and had a head full of white hair before she turned fifty. Her son said she wasn't generous enough, and that she got jealous even though she knew his father had a responsibility 25.6kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves

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    The 🦄🐴 Army Commander only had eyes for his beloved. On their wedding day, the groom abandoned the female lead to save his widowed sister-in-law who was feigning illness. He easily called her away countless times, but ignored his own wife. Since you two are so close, respect is paramount. In her rebirth, the female lead no longer clings to him and instead marries her ex-husband's nemesis. He, however, regrets it.

38. 538 惊 Goodness! Reborn After Being Widowed, She’s Spoiled by a Powerful Man 惊！守寡重生后她被大佬宠坏了 A Deer Blossoms一鹿开花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period Setting + Rugged Man + Educated Youth + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids + System + Everyday Family Life) Lu Huaijiao is a rich beauty whose name suits her perfectly: delicate, gorgeous, and loaded with money. In her previous life, after someone schemed to send her to the countryside, she married Gu Changzheng, the fiercest and roughest man for miles around. Back then, she couldn’t stand this man, who seemed to have endless strength in every muscle. Three years into their marriage, he died u 7.1kReads8.1Score427Shelves

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    A seemingly unassuming but actually tough and rugged male lead versus a beautiful, rich, and sharp-tongued female lead. The male lead dotes on the female lead immensely [heart emojis]. The female lead is reborn before the male lead's death. Unlike most rebirth stories, she didn't abandon her husband and children in her previous life. Her relationship with the male lead was more about regret. She disliked him somewhat for certain reasons in her past life, but in this life, she decides to live a good life with him. Super sweet!!!

39. 539 七 The 1970s: The Whole Family Are Jinxes, Gossiping and Tearing Up the Script 七零：全家倒霉蛋，吃瓜撕剧本 Red Ginger Pineapple Beer红姜菠萝啤Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (Just received a rating) [Everyone Loves the Gossip + Underdog Turns the Tables + Military Wife and Rugged Soldier + Raising Kids] Gu Miao transmigrates from the apocalypse into a book set in the 1970s, becoming the unlucky female foil to the blessed heroine. Her whole family is doomed to bad luck. Her baby brother nearly dies at birth, her mother runs away with another man, her eldest brother is executed for hooliganism, and her father, an army officer, is supposed to be left to the heroine. As 553Reads7.7Score106Shelves
40. 540 七 The Second Wife in the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院二婚妻 March Typewriter打字机三月Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Era setting + family compound + raising children + regret and reconciliation + transmigration and revenge + love after marriage Liu Mianmian, a master of green-tea tactics, transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed supporting character who dies young. Her husband gets a job in the city and, after making a name for himself over the next few years, runs into his childhood sweetheart, the woman he's always carried a torch for. While the faithless husband and his first love rekindle their roman 3.4kReads9.1Score360Shelves
41. 541 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 Romance623k 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 34.8kReads8.2Score3.7kShelves

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    Instead of going to the countryside, the female protagonist passed the entrance exam for a vocational school and was assigned to a state-owned factory. With modern mechanical knowledge, she worked hard to build her career.

42. 542 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 103.8kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves

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    The female lead is always idle and can't endure any hardship. She wanders around all day. Her mother thinks she's a street urchin, haha. She even pretends to have a headache and leaves work early. She's definitely got a good look.

43. 543 欢 Huanhuan Is Here! 欢欢欢欢欢欢欢欢来了 Lan Chun兰春Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + sweet romance] After binding herself to a System, Yu Huan became the ex-girlfriend of the male lead in every world. But she was only a supporting character. As soon as the heroine appeared, she, the woman who wasn’t destined for him, would soon be written out. Transmigrating into the substitute for the man’s unrequited love, Yu Huan happily spent his money on food, drink, and fun, waiting for the heroine to return from abroad so she could take her breakup settlement and en 83.5kReads9.1Score6kShelves
44. 544 八 The Fallen Heiress of the 1980s Marries a Factory Director and Raises His Kids 八零落魄千金，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Tea Tea Lemon茶茶柠檬Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [1980s + no rebirth or transmigration + no golden finger + everyday family life + raising children] Su Wanyan had been stunningly beautiful since childhood. She spoke two foreign languages and excelled at school, with a guaranteed place at a university in the capital within reach. But when her family went bankrupt overnight, her father, egged on by her stepmother, sold her to their uncultured, thuggish creditor to settle the debt. At first, when Jiang Liting heard that the Su family wanted to of 12.8kReads7.6Score757Shelves
45. 545 重 Reborn in 1980: My Golden Finger Helps Me Gather Seafood 重生1980：我有金手指赶海 Little Wish小小的愿Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn: Everyday Sea Foraging, and I Have a Golden Finger. Before he was reborn, Chen Fei was a spendthrift and a gambler. I've been reborn, and this time I've gained an unusual ability: I can see the fish in the sea. The ocean is mine to harvest... I'm going to make a fortune! Countless seafood and mountains of shellfish... I'll take it all! Chen Fei vows to turn over a new leaf and give his wife a happy home. 9.6kReads8.7Score545Shelves

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    Don't categorize courtyard house fanfiction as historical fiction; they're completely different genres. If you want to read something, read pure historical fiction.

46. 546 重 Reborn in the 1980s: An Old Retiree's Hilarious Daily Life 重生八零：退休老太太的爆笑日常 Wen Yan雯颜12k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Retired Old Lady's Hilarious Daily Life 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reborn in the 1980s, the old lady gets rich!

47. 547 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Married My Ex-Husband’s Younger Brother 穿书七零，我嫁给了前夫亲弟弟 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + Period drama + 1970s + Transmigrate into a book + System + Punish scumbags + Raise kids + Make money + Mutual devotion to one another] (The male lead is not her biological child! Not her biological child! Not her biological child!) Su Mang was a seasoned novel fan. After complaining about the plot of a book, she transmigrated into it. She became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of the male lead, who shared her name... The original Su Mang learned she was getting divorced, slammed her head 2.7kReads8.9Score238Shelves

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    🌹A man pushed his wife onto his younger brother's arm to marry the daughter of a high-ranking official. He made them register their marriage. Later, watching the couple brush their teeth together in the morning, the man suddenly felt a pang of sadness…

48. 548 带 Back to 1984 with Video Game Skills 带着游戏技能回到1984年 Doggy, Don't Run狗子别跑Urban553k WordsOngoing [Everyday life + countryside + beachcombing + fishing + one heroine] Wang Chuan'an was unemployed and bored at home, so he started playing League of Legends. He had just entered the game and was about to join a level-one team fight when he realized he'd brought the wrong summoner spell. In his excitement, he knocked over a drink on the table. It spilled onto a power strip and electrocuted him to death. When he woke up again, he had been reborn in a small fishing village in 1984. The good news ju 195Reads7.0Score—Shelves
49. 549 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Spicy Old Lady's Comeback 重生八零：麻辣老太太咸鱼翻身记 Wen Yan雯颜15k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Spicy Old Lady's Laid-Back Comeback 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 550 血 Bloody Romance: On the Road 血色浪漫之在路上 A Lowly Soldier at the Frontier边关一小卒Male-Channel Fanfiction453k WordsCompleted The romance of the powerful, the bloodshed of the common folk. I’m still young, and I long to set out, carrying my original passion with me as I search for my original dream and seek out new experiences. Come on, let’s hit the road! 17.3kReads9.2Score834Shelves

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    The only book I recommend

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