Stories Set in the 1950s, 60s, or 70s. Good Writing, Please. No Transmigration-and-Raising-Kids Plots 年代文，50.60.70，要文笔好的，不要穿越后养娃的

1. 351 被 A Life Stolen 被拐人生 Old Tales of the Mountain City山城老事Urban733k WordsCompleted Their daughter was stolen, leaving her parents devastated. They searched for her for eighteen years, traveling thousands of miles, but found no trace of her. This story reveals the strange ordeal of a girl who was abducted as a child, along with the tragic fate of her adoptive parents. Full of twists and turns, it makes for compelling reading. Will the girl ever return home, and what fate awaits her? 4.6kReads9.0Score46814d adds
2. 352 寒 A Woman from a Poor Family 寒门女人 Green Plum青梅Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted (Family melodrama + romance + revenge) Bai Xue's birth brought her mother untold hardship. Crushed by feudal beliefs, she and her mother struggled just to breathe, hoping to escape that man's clutches as soon as they could. Overwhelmed with grief, she could no longer face the love her boyfriend gave her. Every day was agony, and the hatred in her heart drove her to swear she would find the man who had violated her and make him pay. Will she find him? What will become of her and her boyfriend? R 2.2kReads9.0Score27014d adds
3. 353 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Commander, Please Guide Me in This Life 重生七零：首长，今生请多指教 Six Green Leaves六叶青Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing [Military marriage in the 1970s + reborn revenge fantasy + life with the troops + love that grows over time + career comeback + five golden fingers] Only when Lin Wanning died did she realize her life had been a joke. Her fiancé and best friend conspired against her, leading her to marry Gu Beixiao, a cold-faced army officer. She hated him for ruining her love story. She made his life miserable until Gu Beixiao was discharged from the military, and they ended up divorced. Meanwhile, the fiancé s —Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 354 海 The Begonias Bloom for You Again 海棠今又为君开 Yi Shuang宜霜Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance + Sweet Romance + National and Family Feuds] In her previous life, Xiuyi trusted a scumbag and agreed to marry him, only to be pushed into a pond by a scheming white lotus and drown! Reborn, she opened a clinic, saved her father and brothers, kicked the scumbag to the curb, and schemed to have the white lotus die a gruesome death in prison. The cold-faced marquis, whose power held sway over the realm, drew her into his arms: “Don't worry! With me here, everything will be your 41.7kReads9.3Score4.5k14d adds

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   Books from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s—books worth reading all night long, they're so addictive! Come check them out!

5. 355 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Supporting Female Lead Wakes Up 快穿之女配醒悟后 Xuan Yuwa旋雨哇Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Not a strong female lead + not a wish-fulfillment story + older-man romance + age gap + no fixed leads + weak, self-interested heroine with a narrow outlook) (Each arc is a standalone story, with different leads each time. The couples aren't always devoted only to each other, and some heroines are much younger than the men. The heroines are all perfectly ordinary people, and being reborn doesn't make them any smarter.) They lost everything in the game of life. In their previous lives, their cho 1.5kReads8.2Score10014d adds

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   They are all historical fiction, spanning various dimensions.

6. 356 重 Reborn in 1970: I Became a Beacon of Chinese-Made Goods 重生七零，我成国货之光 Do Not Microwave不可微波加热Modern Romance143k WordsOngoing Shen Huaixuan, a modern fashion designer, dies suddenly and transmigrates into 1975, becoming a miserable child bride about to be sold to an old bachelor. It's hell from the start: her parasitic birth family, her vicious former fiancé and his relatives, and the village residents all want to tear her apart. Fortunately, her astonishing embroidery and skill at refashioning old clothes are her strongest cards. She tears up her contract of servitude in front of everyone and earns proof of independen 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The female lead is career-oriented and not a saint, making it worth watching. The romance storyline is also very good.

7. 357 双 Dual Transmigration: Using Drones to Hunt in the Mountains in 1980 双穿：我在1980用无人机赶山 Longbow Drinking the Moon长弓饮月Urban367k WordsCompleted Wang Xiangyang tumbles from a black-market alley beneath Changbai Mountain in 1980 onto the streets of Hengdian in 2025. It all begins with a bloodstained twin-fish jade pendant that contains a pocket dimension, allowing him to travel between two worlds. This dirt-poor hunter who once roamed the mountains learns to use drones, stun batons, and QR-code payments in the modern age. Back in 1980, he hunts with “foreign laboratory equipment.” His grandfather’s old hunting rifle comes equipped with th 23Reads—Score—14d adds

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   All are historical texts. ｡°(°¯᷄◠¯᷅°)°｡

8. 358 文 Literary Giant: I Started Translating World Classics in College 文豪：从上大学翻译世界名著开始 Longbow Drinking the Moon长弓饮月Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After waking from a nap, Lin Chaoshen, a modern English teacher, finds himself a sent-down youth in the forests of Northeast China, gnawing on frozen corn cakes. Looking at the axe in his hand, its handle worn smooth by years of work, and thinking of how he'd achieved nothing by the time he retired in his previous life, he feels utterly done for! Luckily, it's 1977! The call to resume the college entrance examinations is about to ring out! Drawing on his knowledge of the future, he studies hard 1.6kReads6.6Score10614d adds
9. 359 快 Quick Transmigration: The Female Lead Won't Take Any Abuse, She Only Takes Down Scumbags 快穿之女主不当受气包，只虐渣 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance3.1M WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration] [Strong Female Lead] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [No Romance] [Comeback] Xu Jinhuan is bound to a Strategy System that sends her to countless small worlds to win men's love, then live happily ever after with them. But she isn't interested. If she has time to sweet-talk a man, she'd rather sweet-talk herself. Men only slow down how fast she can draw her sword. 15.2kReads8.5Score70214d adds
10. 360 八 The Wicked Mother-in-Law of the 1980s: A Finance Tycoon Helps Her Daughter-in-Law Soar 八零恶婆婆，投行大佬带飞儿媳 Serene Joy and Peace清欢亦安Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted Su Wanqing, a former investment banking managing director, is reborn in the 1980s as a notorious wicked mother-in-law. She calmly moves the first bead on the abacus. While everyone waits for her to throw a tantrum, she has already used a complete “business model” to turn the dilapidated Gu family into the township’s first cooperative factory. While the Wen family is still fighting over domestic affairs, she’s negotiating distribution channels. While the scheming young women are plotting to win m —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Women help each other, no female rivalry, a powerful figure transmigrates into a book.

11. 361 四 Siheyuan: The Orange-Red Era Begins in 1960 四合院：从1960开始橙红年代 Rabbit Gets Grass兔得草Male-Channel Fanfiction671k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan Courtyard + Transmigration + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Period Piece + One Female Lead + Comedy] (If you want to read about scraping by on coarse food and plain clothes, don't come in.) Zhang Shaowu, the head of the Three Wolves and an e-commerce company owner, transmigrates to 1960 and lands in the infamous Courtyard of Beasts. He remains true to his role model, Mr. Mengde, as he makes his way through the wolf-and-tiger-filled Orange-Red Era. Inside the courtyard is a little world o 1.4kReads6.7Score—14d adds
12. 362 魂 My Soul Transmigrated to 1970: Jiang Yue Is Forced to Go to the Countryside as an Educated Youth 魂穿七零年：江玥被迫下乡当知青 The Tenth Day初十耶Modern Romance704k WordsCompleted Jiang Yue wins a hundred million yuan in the lottery and awakens the ancestral bangle’s space. She thinks she’s about to go through something like the novels she’s read: either the apocalypse or transmigrating to another world. So she stocks up on enough supplies to last her for decades and buys herself a luxury cruise ship, planning to visit more than a dozen countries. Jiang Yue never expects to wake up one day and find that she has transmigrated to the 1970s. My new work is now available! Com 600Reads7.2Score10114d adds
13. 363 请 Come Into Character, This Is a No-Win Game 请君入戏，这把绝户局 Baili Qingqiu百里青丘Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Tomato Original. Transmigrate into a book, reborn, System, spiritual spring space, both the male and female leads are each other’s one and only. What the heck, what is this mortifying scene?” Su Nanxi’s eyes flew open. A dull ache throbbed at the back of her head. Before she could figure out what was going on, she saw a circle of heads around her, every face full of contempt and anticipation of a good show. She staggered as she sat up from the ground and came face-to-face with a pair of icy eyes 48Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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    High-quality novel recommendations! 💚🩵🤍 The first book features a modern-day minor celebrity who transmigrates into a book with a system! 🤎🧡💛 The second book features a rogue cultivator who transmigrates to a mortal world and joins the army with a spatial ability!

14. 364 带 The Thorny Rose Blooms in Silence 带刺的玫瑰静悄悄地开 Flowers Bloom Along the Road陌路花开Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted A beautiful young woman from a remote mountain village goes through several relationships and gradually grows stronger and braver, becoming a rose with thorns. Determined to seize control of her fate, she works tirelessly and perseveres until she finally puts down roots in the city, where she also meets the love of her life. The successive deaths of loved ones and the hardships of life help her mature, and by middle age, she has finally built a remarkable life. 64Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    A highly recommended completed novel: The Ordinary Road, A Life of Ordinary Life, with delicate writing and sincere emotions.

15. 365 四 Siheyuan: I'm Silly Zhu, and the Living Yama Tells Me to Be Kind 四合院：我傻柱，活阎王劝我善良 Rabbit Gets Grass兔得草Male-Channel Fanfiction565k WordsCompleted Reborn as Silly Zhu, and the retirement crew’s world comes crashing down! Silly Zhu freezes to death in a blizzard, then unexpectedly transmigrates to 1961, just after Jia Dongxu has died and Qin Huairu has been left a widow! From this day on, Silly Zhu becomes a living King of Hell! 2kReads5.7Score10114d adds
16. 366 被 Forced to the Countryside? My Pocket Dimension Gives Me Ten Times the Goods for Free 被逼下乡？我空间能白嫖十倍物资 Sorry, Let Me Get a Word In对不起我插个嘴Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing The animated series is now available [Military Marriage, Two Strong Leads + Pocket Dimension Returns 10x the Supplies (eventually 100x) + Divine Doctor + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance + Later, She Helps Strengthen the Motherland, and the Motherland Gives Her Money to Upgrade Her Space] The moment Su Wanqing opens her eyes, she's staring at the perfect abs of a stunning man! Only then does she realize she's transmigrated into a period novel as the male lead's most unfortunate ex-wife, the book's 24.5kReads8.1Score2.8k14d adds

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    [Military marriage + 10x return of resources in her spatial dimension + divine doctor + face-slapping + sweet romance + transmigrated female supporting character, reborn female supporting character] Su Wanqing opened her eyes to find herself surrounded by a stunningly handsome man's eight-pack abs! She then realized she had transmigrated into the most miserable ex-wife of the male lead in a period novel! In the book, the original owner was forced to marry a disabled male lead, and her good days were cut short by her family's confiscation of property and forced to relocate to the countryside. She was also constantly bullied by her wicked mother-in-law. Unable to bear it any longer, she cheated on the male lead and divorced him, only for him to return to the city and rapidly rise in rank. The transmigrated female lead even stole the original owner's spatial dimension and used a spiritual spring to heal the male lead. The two became pregnant with five children, using her as a comparison. Su Wanqing smiled, tore up the script, and decided that since she was here, the spatial dimension was hers, and the male lead was hers too! The male lead was childless? She'd use her silver needles to ensure a complete cure! His family's property was confiscated? Her spatial dimension would return tenfold, turning a thousand yuan into ten thousand! Life in the countryside was tough? She shopped on the black market, at department stores, and bought canned fruit and beef, then returned tenfold! The whole village was suffering from a deadly disease and had no cure? She prepared medicine in advance and returned tenfold to cure the entire village! The whole village was experiencing drought and food shortages? She collected water from West Lake and transformed it into a spiritual spring! The transmigrated female lead lost her spatial ability and was made miserable by her awful family. Originally, she was waiting for the male lead to return to the city and seduce her, but unexpectedly, the male lead, who was supposed to be divorced, appeared with a pregnant Su Wanqing! The man spoiled her rotten.

17. 367 古 An Ancient Heiress Becomes a Military Wife in the 1960s 古千金穿六零当军嫂 High Heels and Red Lips高跟与红唇Modern Romance632k WordsCompleted Qin Shuyi later changed her name to Ning Shuyi. She was an unloved daughter of the Minister's household in the Lan Yue Kingdom. Her mother died when she was five, and as soon as her stepmother entered the family, her grandmother and father sent her to live with her maternal relatives. At twelve, she inexplicably gained access to a space. After that, she often dreamed of scenes from a different era. In her dreams, she went about her work in a numb daze alongside the girl, making the most of every 836Reads7.8Score10214d adds
18. 368 四 Siheyuan: The Third Grandpa Is My Real Father 四合院：三大爷是我亲爹 Of the Xianghuang Family镶黄家的Male-Channel Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted A modern-day salesman transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes Yan Bugui's biological son. In an era when food and clothing are scarce, he struggles to survive and make a better life. This is a story of everyday family life, with no pent-up hatred or deadly conflicts, just an ordinary man's hard work and perseverance. 18.8kReads9.2Score72614d adds
19. 369 年 1982: I'm Really Not a Good-for-Nothing 年代1982，我真不是二流子 gJoyg欢喜Urban976k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + entrepreneurship + social savvy + everyday life + largely an ensemble cast] The rating has just appeared and is climbing. The audiobook and animated series are now available. Give them a try! Back in 1982, Lu Zhigang decided to make up for his regrets and give his family a better life. But why did none of them believe him...? He took over a brickworks, opened a food factory, and led Lujia Village racing down the road to prosperity. 11.6kReads8.3Score48514d adds

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    I've read quite a few period novels, but this one has no system or spatial element, and it's very close to real life. Trust me, give it a try.

20. 370 穿 Transmigrated to 1970: I Activated the Supplier System 穿越1970，我激活供应商系统 Pea Biscuit豌豆饼干Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted (Military Marriage + Space + System + Building Wealth + Devoted Love + Sweet Romance + Family Life + No Black Market) After an accident, Gu Youyou transmigrates to the impoverished 1970s. But the moment she opens her eyes, she’s greeted with a beating from her grandmother. Faced with her grandmother’s bullying, her parents’ inaction, and her family’s indifference, Gu Youyou immediately transforms into a champion of justice and takes everything in sight. The family’s funeral savings? Taken. Their 578Reads7.6Score10914d adds
21. 371 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Live Off the Mountains 穿越六零：靠山吃山 Red Mandala红色曼陀罗Modern Romance763k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + pocket dimension + gentle, cozy life] The golden finger isn’t especially powerful. This is a period story with few outrageous characters, focused on everyday family life and a modest attempt to ride the tide of change. An alternate timeline, with a 6+3+3+4 education system. Born in 1987, this young woman acquired a farming pocket dimension as a child. She thought she’d be the heroine, transmigrate, and become an immortal… Instead, she lived an ordinary life int 1.9kReads6.9Score10014d adds
22. 372 小 The Little Good-for-Nothing Transmigrates to the 1970s and Is Spoiled into Lying Flat by Her Daddy-Type Husband 小废材穿七零被爹系老公娇养躺平 Mu Yuxue, Who Likes Red Spinach喜欢红菠菜的穆语雪Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing A new sweet military romance set in a bygone era. Welcome aboard! (Transmigrates to the 1970s, doting husband, pampered and content to lie flat, sweet military romance, no angst, all satisfaction) Modern college student Shi Nian unexpectedly finds herself in the 1970s. After saving Shen Lichuan, an officer gravely wounded by enemy agents, she vanishes into thin air, leaving him convinced he has met a celestial maiden. He holds on to that belief for half his life. When she opens her eyes again, a 14.1kReads7.5Score1.6k14d adds

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    A must-read for anyone experiencing a reading slump! A sweet romance set in the 1970s, featuring a doting, fatherly husband who spoils his wife endlessly, everyday military life that's sickeningly sweet, and a seemingly useless female lead who's completely resigned to her fate.

23. 373 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Female Supporting Character Awakens 快穿年代：女配觉醒了 Don't Dwell On The Past不要忆往昔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [fictional setting] [Period] [no fixed CP] [female lead’s perspective] [overpowered golden finger] Ning An, an employee of the Temporal Bureau, transmigrates into small worlds set in different periods. As she eases the supporting female characters’ grievances and makes up for their regrets, she also enjoys a good life of her own. [Content warnings: Please don’t read if these things bother you. Be sure to read this!!!] An extremely overpowered golden finger! The original ma 33.1kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
24. 374 直 Livestream: A Mountain Forager Starting with a Fish Hooked in the Mouth 直播：从死鱼正口开始的跑山人 Di Jiutian帝九天Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Bei had been able to hear the mountain god’s voice since childhood. Having grown up at the foot of Changbai Mountain and made his living foraging in the mountains, he affectionately called the local mountain god Old Bai. But gods live on faith, and as technology advanced, more and more mountain gods became mere legends. To help Old Bai regain his power, Zhang Bei started livestreaming his mountain foraging trips. Ginseng buried deep underground for a thousand years, and lingzhi mushroom 15.9kReads9.5Score1.5k14d adds

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    It just matches the era

25. 375 金 A Golden Marriage 金婚 IMCModern Romance442k WordsCompleted One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide 14.4kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    They are all very heartwarming.

26. 376 四 The Land God of the Siheyuan 四合院的土地爷 Prince Dongming东明王爷Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted In the late autumn of 1953, Wang Tudi, a modern-day drudge, transmigrates to Beijing and becomes a resident of Courtyard No. 95. He inherits the position of the Earth God and protects the peace of the local community. He Yuzhu, Jia Dongxu, Liu Guangqi, Xu Damao, and Yan Jiecheng are all childhood friends of Wang Tudi. They fought together and went hungry together. In the original owner's memories, none of the courtyard's ridiculous dramas ever happened. Everyone stuck together and worked hard ju 6.5kReads8.4Score31014d adds

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    No children, has a private space, knows magic.

27. 377 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿这些年 Jin Shiliu金十六Urban5.4M WordsCompleted After his master died, Lin Ran inherited his craft, took over the funeral business, and promised his master he would not leave this small town for three years. Keeping his promise, Lin Ran had to face the world without his master's protection. He saw all the strange sides of human nature that he had never witnessed before! Lin Ran remembered his master's words: “People look down on those of us in this line of work. Compared with ordinary people, we're also missing something. They call it being ‘ 72kReads9.2Score7.8k14d adds
28. 378 重 Reborn: Back in the 1980s to Make My Fortune 重生：回到八零当富翁 Frenzied Banana发飙的芭蕉Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A rebirth story set in a bygone era, with no mindless wish fulfillment, a single heroine, no courtyard-house drama, and a warm, everyday feel. Xu Erlong is reborn, returning to the eve of the day his family forced him to haul bricks at a black kiln to pay for his cousin's university education. Why should his cousin get meat while he has to make do with bran? Why should his cousin go to university while he is forced to haul bricks? Xu Erlong refuses to put up with it any longer and decisively 18.4kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
29. 379 七 The 1970s: The Beloved Little Lucky Star Rides a Pig All Around the Village 七零年代：团宠小福宝骑猪满村跑 It's a Bug是虫子啊Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted (The rating has just come out, so it isn't meaningful yet) Period setting + raising kids + adored by the whole family + Heaven's darling + lucky charm + adorable baby + patriotism Lin Yue, abandoned by her scumbag husband and left to raise three sons alone, goes up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables and finds a chubby baby?! Heaven: Your good fortune is still to come! Ever since she found the little chubby dumpling, the Lin family has been carrying fish in one hand and chicken in the other. 33.8kReads8.9Score92214d adds

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    A story of raising a baby, a beloved daughter of heaven, a lucky charm, an adorable child, and patriotism. Lin Yue, abandoned by a scumbag and raising three sons alone, finds a chubby baby while digging for wild vegetables in the mountains?! Heaven says: Your good fortune is yet to come! Since finding the little chubby dumpling, the Lin family has been living a life of luxury, with fish in one hand and chicken in the other. A wicked aunt causes trouble, so Lin Yue takes her children to separate from the family and live independently, cooking meat every day, making her aunt drool with envy! A severe drought strikes, the whole village is short of water, but Lin Yue's well is overflowing with water?! "Little Bao's mother, all the grain in the village has died long ago, how come yours is so fresh?" Lin Yue looks at the little chubby boy squatting in the ground not far away, puffing away, and helplessly spreads her hands. What can she do? She has a lucky charm at home, heaven is always feeding her! So one day, the whole village knows that the chubby boy Lin Yue took in is a fairy sent from heaven. Little Fatty rode his pig all over the village, with everyone chasing after him feeding him pancakes. Fatty exclaimed, "We can't finish them all! We can't possibly finish them all!!!" Little Fatty led his family to plant ginseng and other medicinal herbs, making the village the most famous medicinal herb village in the country! They sent all sorts of rare and precious medicinal herbs to the nation, and Little Fatty became the nation's darling!

30. 380 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.2kReads9.3Score64714d adds

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    Just watch, not a single one of them utters a sound. [Licking screen]

31. 381 缺 So What If She's a Bit of a Jerk? She Doesn't Want to Be a General's Wife 缺点德咋了？她又不想当军少夫人 Ten Herbs十味草药Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted [1960s] [Beloved by Everyone] [Devoted Couple] [Pocket Dimension Supplies] [The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint and doesn't beat herself up] [Knows when to lose it, with a few flaws] [The hero's wife-chasing road to ruin] [Shopping service at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative] Si Ning transmigrated into a book! She landed in the resource-scarce 1960s, as a lazy, gluttonous cannon-fodder supporting character. To get enough to eat, the original owner cozied up to a powerful man and stage 76Reads6.1Score—14d adds

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    Hahahahahaha

32. 382 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s, I Thrive with My Spirit Spring Space 穿越六零我靠灵泉空间躺赢了 Mu Yuchen'er木羽晨儿Modern Romance884k WordsOngoing Su Yunjin transmigrates into a period romance novel as the foil to the heroine, becoming the fiancée of the 17.3kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
33. 383 小 The Young Couple 小两口儿 Lucky Treasure福宝Ancient Romance105k WordsCompleted [Kind, Capable Chubby Girl × Straight-Laced Bootlicker Li Dabao] [Historical Romance + Premium Novel + Farming + Sweet Romance + Married Life + Countryside + Humble Living + The Husband’s Long Road to Winning Her Back] Pang Ya’s parents arranged a match for her with Li Dabao, a man from the neighboring village who had just been jilted. Pang Ya was secretly delighted. She had been quietly in love with Li Dabao since she was very young. After they married, Pang Ya honored her parents-in-law, treat 4.3kReads9.2Score38314d adds
34. 384 车 The Young People of Chemen Courtyard 车门院里的年轻人 Hermit of the Ink-Growing Mountain砚耕山人Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted This is a symphony of destinies spanning generations. In a small courtyard in northern China in the 1970s, several families struggle and drift with the tides of the times. Lei Shaxiao, an orphan whose parents died young, falls in love with Aiai, another orphan from the neighboring courtyard. They were an ordinary couple, but amid the raging currents of the era, Shaxiao rises to become a renowned lawyer who commands the room. Money, power, and desire come one after another. He loses himself in th 35Reads—Score314d adds

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    A book for those born in the 50s, 60s, and 70s—a collection of stories about work, life, and love from your generation of young people. Super engaging! 😄

35. 385 随 My Soldier Husband Wants to Switch Brides, So I Marry His Commander Instead 随军男人要换亲，转头高嫁他首长 Tong Yuyue童雨月Modern Romance619k WordsCompleted Liu Qingyue was suddenly reborn decades in the past, before her tragic life had begun and before her pocket dimension was stolen. She decided to rewrite her fate! She followed the army to an island, only to discover that her fiancé was having an affair with her younger sister and planned to frame her as no longer chaste so he could replace her with a new bride. She exposed their affair in front of everyone, and even revealed that her sister was pregnant before marriage, making sure the scumbag p 1.2kReads8.8Score10114d adds

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    Different Eras of Literature

36. 386 重 Reborn in 1960: From Bachi Alley to Hongjiagou 重生1960：八尺巷爆到洪家沟 The Chosen One王者之选Urban407k WordsCompleted After leaving Eight-Foot Alley, Hong Tiejun found an empty corner and tossed the cornmeal into his pocket dimension. Before he had even made it to the mouth of the alley, he had already wolfed down the cornmeal cake. Feeling the money and ration coupons in his pocket, Hong Tiejun couldn’t help reflecting... Hongjiagou lay at the foot of Dahei Mountain, and it was still a desolate place. Nestled against the mountains and water, Hongjiagou had fields stretching out in every direction... Hong Tie 1.2kReads6.7Score—14d adds

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    A period drama with superb writing!

37. 387 都 We’re About to Divorce, but My Abstinent Officer Blushes and Begs Me to Have His Baby 都要离婚了，禁欲军官脸红求生崽 Jiu Hong九泓Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted A period drama, romance, transmigration, and everyday family life Period setting + veteran corporate drone + stoic military officer Su Yuan transmigrates. She transmigrates into a book, The Rough-He catches the Beloved Heart of the 1970s, her latest go-to sleep aid, and becomes a doormat character who is killed off early. Her original character’s parents favor sons over daughters. To scrape together a dowry for their son, they hastily marry her off to the soldier Gao Weidong. After the wedding, 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    After transmigrating into the book, she wanted to be unique and beautiful. The more independent and self-loving she became, the more she gained. As the darling of the group, a great love gradually blossomed in her heart. [Heart emoji]

38. 388 废 The Useless One in 1970 废材在70 Teacher He, Who Loves Eggplant Sauce Ribs爱吃茄酱排骨的何老师Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted Qin Yanni was a modern-day good-for-nothing who could do nothing right and ate everything in sight. She transmigrated to 1970, and still couldn't do anything right. Then she met a handsome male best friend... What? He's actually an enemy spy?! She tries to do a good deed... What? The person she's helping is... again...? Lu Huaian thinks to himself, I don't even have to do anything. Just keeping an eye on you will be enough to meet my KPI for this lifetime. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 389 重 Reborn in an Era of Famine, I Feed My Whole Family Well 重生灾荒年代，带着全家吃香喝辣 A Cup of Tea and a Cigarette一盏茶一支烟Urban377k WordsCompleted [Some details are exaggerated. If you dislike that, please don’t read or complain.] [Reborn] [1960s] [Pocket dimension] [Building wealth] [Spirit spring] [Psychic power field] [Pocket-dimension farm] In his previous life, his parents worked themselves to illness, but his selfish grandparents refused to pay for their treatment and even kicked them out of the family home. They died in misery. His sister was forced to marry an elderly widower. He beat and abused her every day, until she could bear 2kReads7.9Score17014d adds

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    Time Travel | Reborn in the 1950s, with a cheat system and a portable space, I can hunt in the mountains, gather ginseng, grow crops, and raise a family to become wealthy.

40. 390 穿 Transmigrating to an Ordinary Life: Sun Shaoping’s Journey Home 穿越平凡：孙少平的年代归途 Stars Aren't That Star星星不是那颗星星Male-Channel Fanfiction346k WordsOngoing [Slow Burn] [Farming] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] In the height of summer in 1976, a rainstorm on the Loess Plateau triggers a flash flood. Sun Shaoping returns from the freezing river, breaking free of the regret-filled fate he had in the original story. In his past life, he was insecure and sensitive, struggling through half a lifetime, trapped by poverty and confined to an ordinary existence. He could only watch Tian Xiaoxia drown in the floodwaters, watch Tian Runye waste away in an 1.2kReads—Score15114d adds

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    Everyone who has seen it says it's good.

41. 391 重 Reborn in 1958: The Bewitched Widow Hunts and Fishes in the Xing'an Mountains 重生58：破防俏寡妇渔猎兴安岭 Hey KK嘿KKUrban1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + hunting + fishing + pets + pocket dimension + everyday life + comedy + family bonds + no dark, violent themes] Chen Yi was reborn in 1958, on the very day the young widow Liu Huairu knocked on his door! In his previous life, Chen Yi fell for the widow's tricks. Not only did he become the man who raised another man's child, he also brought tragedy upon his entire family. This time, when faced with Liu Huairu's seduction, Chen Yi turned the tables on her! [Ding! Congratulations, Host. Yo 7.7kReads7.2Score65914d adds
42. 392 穿 Reborn as a Short-Lived Supporting Character, the Laid-Back Beauty Just Wants to Lie Flat 穿成短命女配，娇懒美人想躺平 Congee, Congee, Oh Congee粥粥呀粥粥Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted Love-Struck Soldier vs. the Adorable Girl Who Just Wants to Lie Flat 1️⃣ Military romance in a bygone era, sweet and healing, with a lighthearted pace and an overload of sweetness 2️⃣ The heroine seems like a pampered, lazy slacker, but she is secretly a formidable powerhouse, with one secret identity after another revealed 3️⃣ The cold-faced hero awakens to his love-struck side, spoils his wife without limit, is fiercely protective and shamelessly biased toward her, and gets jealous at the drop 1kReads6.3Score10214d adds

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    Very realistic, very detailed, not melodramatic or mindless, it's good! [Shy]

43. 393 带 Back to Age Ten with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间回到10岁 These Days, Saying I Love You Means Nothing现在社会说爱不值钱Urban3.1M WordsCompleted He Qinghai is a country man, and also a man in his seventies who gets drunk every day and mutters things no one can understand. One time, after drinking too much, he accidentally hit his head on a rock. Blood ran down his head and onto the dark little wooden pendant he had always worn around his neck. Unseen by anyone, the pendant absorbed the blood, then vanished in a flash of light. He Qinghai returns to his childhood, to around 1956, bringing with him a blessed space. Some things have yet to 18.7kReads7.9Score1.7k14d adds
44. 394 重 Reborn with the Thirty-Six Stratagems, I Won’t Abort This Baby 重生玩转三十六计，这胎老娘不堕 Barbecue Caramel Potatoes烧烤焦糖土豆Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted On the cold operating table, Su Yanqiu suddenly opened her eyes. She was back on the day her two-faced best friend and the scumbag she loved had tricked her into an abortion! In her previous life, she thought her rough-and-tumble husband, Zhao Mo, was crude and trusted the wrong people. She lost her family fortune and died alongside her unborn child! Only when she was dying did she learn that the taciturn man had searched every ravine for her and killed her enemies with his own hands. In the end 46Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    Don't be fooled by the ratings, it's actually super good!

45. 395 重 Reborn in 1958: With the Nation in Peril, I’ll Find a Wife First 重生1958国难当头我先找媳妇 Virtuous Grinding Style贤着磨式Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension] [Reborn?] [Period setting] [Male-oriented] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Three Years of Famine] [National fortune and revenge] [Somewhere in Northeast China] [Making stuff up] Welcome to Northeastern Chinese folk literature. The top street loafer of Northeast China welcomes you! The world's second most handsome dog of an author solemnly promises: This novel is entirely fictional. Any similarities are just similarities... P.S. The further you read, the more rousing it gets. A cure 3.5kReads8.1Score24014d adds
46. 396 穿 Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s: Stay Away from Me! 穿书七零，你们不要过来啊 Listening to Zen in the Rain卧雨听禅Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Zhao Nuannuan just wants to scrape by with what little she has and improve her living conditions. But why is this world riddled with transmigrators? The male and female leads are everywhere, stirring up trouble. Stay away from me! I don't want to become cannon fodder!!!! 1.4kReads8.7Score10214d adds

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    No pairing required, feel free to enter.

47. 397 穿 Transmigrating to 1975: Build Wealth with My Pocket Dimension 穿越1975：带空间发家致富 Shi Xiaobai时小白Modern Romance365k WordsCompleted [Period Story + System Space + Real and Fake Heiresses + Everyday Family Life] Su Mu × Lu Yuan Su Mu transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a little cabbage nobody loved: her father didn’t care for her, her mother didn’t love her, and she was a poor little thing. She also arrived just as the trend of exchanging brides was sweeping the country. The heroine’s life can be summed up in one sentence: “My life has been smooth sailing.” Theme: Even in an unfamiliar world, make the most of every day. 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a historical fiction story, please leave your comments! ~(¯▽¯~)

48. 398 民 Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村 Uncle Li of the Island Reef海岛礁的黎叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban 3kReads8.1Score44214d adds

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    This is a multi-female protagonist historical fiction novel, encompassing elements such as domestic intrigue, bandits, the War of Resistance against Japan, famine relief, the Korean War, and the experiences of educated youth sent to the countryside. If you enjoy novels that closely reflect real life, don't miss this one…

49. 399 北 Smoke and Fire in the Northern Lands 北国烟火事 Wen Bocheng文波成Urban124k WordsCompleted The winter of 2000 in Northeast China. He was Wang Jianjun, a laborer at the bottom of society, covered in dust but full of sincerity. She was Liu Jiajia, radiant and determined, from a well-off family. One chance meeting, and a love neither dared to hope for. Their families were worlds apart. Their relatives pressured them to marry, and reality weighed heavily on them. Forced apart, they loved each other with all their hearts but could only let go in pain. He swallowed his grievances and fought 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Stories of Northeast China in the 2000s

50. 400 军 Military Industry Tycoon Transmigrates into a Book Set in the 1980s, Developing Science and Building Missiles for the Nation 军工大佬穿书八零，为国家搞科研造导弹 Four Happiness Sweet Bun四喜小甜饼Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Family Drama + Major National Projects + High-Tech Military Industry + Military Marriage + Espionage + Political Intrigue] [Straight-Shooting Woman + Strong Yet Tragic Land Combat King = Powerful Leads and Satisfying Everyday Romance] A mix-up by a young ghost while she was eating crispy pork sent military-industry mogul Lin Miao transmigrating into a book, right into the far northeast! Good news: She has a pocket dimension! Bad news: It’s full of secondhand, recycled industrial junk! Even wors 25.4kReads9.0Score3k14d adds

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    I recently found a novel set in the new era; a must-read when you're looking for something to read. It's very reliable.

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