Looking for Stories Set in the 1940s or 1950s 求四零，五零年代文-

1. 251 重 Reborn as a Poor Little Orphan in the 1960s, I Have a Little Money 重生六零年小孤女有点财 E Dai俄代Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted (Historical setting + space + ancient martial arts + one-on-one romance + medicine and poison + patriotism) The shaman high priest's family is running out of descendants. Unable to bear it, the high priest ancestor performs a ritual to send a modern orphan girl to the 1960s, where she is still an orphan. How infuriating! That old ancestor tricked me! With wolves eyeing her family wealth, she has no choice but to train hard and learn how to protect herself. Persecuted, hunted, targeted for assass 13.5kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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   It's a collection of period dramas, featuring everyday family stories, technological topics, and more—all very enjoyable.

2. 252 白 A Rich Heiress Transmigrates into a Spoiled Youth Educated Woman and Makes It Big with Her Space 白富美穿成作精知青，带空间拽爆 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New book: Sixties: The Little Educated Youth Reclaims Her Body, Then Goes Completely Off the Rails. No Angst, Just Pure Satisfaction. Come on in if you like that!] [Space + Sweet Romance + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Revenge + Scum-Taming] Lin Jingyue was a rich beauty who loved slacking off and taking life as it came. She spent all day living off her family and waiting to die, and had little conscience to speak of. Who could have guessed that life would take a sudden turn? One day 51.4kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves
3. 253 系 System Rebirth: A Happy Life 系统重生之美满人生 Smiling Eyes Curved Like Crescent Moons眉眼弯弯笑Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [System + becoming beautiful + top student + doting husband + warm, sweet romance] System: “The gene optimization serum can only improve your own genes. It can't turn you into a genius. How about trying to find a genius boyfriend and seeing if that works?” Song Cheng: ...Do I really want a System like this? After being reborn and returning to high school, Song Cheng makes different choices, meets the young Fang Muhan, and gradually draws his attention. One reason she works hard after returning 6.1kReads9.3Score585Shelves
4. 254 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s, Where a Woman from the Stars Sells Men to Build Her Fortune 穿越六零，星际女卖男人发家致富 People Have Said So Too人亦有言Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + no romance + strong heroine) Wei Wei, an interstellar mecha engineer, was testing a new mecha on a desolate planet when she was ambushed. To grasp a chance at survival, she piloted the untested mecha and tried to escape. Little did she know that her leap would take her across not only space, but time as well. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to have arrived in 1963 in China, in the body of a five-year-old girl. She immediately found herself facing a deadl 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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   These few books of the era

5. 255 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Delicate Educated Youth Clings to the Villain 穿书七零：娇娇知青抱紧反派大腿 Cute Fruit萌果果Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Delicate Educated Youth + Sweet Romance] The moment Wen Nuan opened her eyes, she had become a rich beauty in the 1970s! Fair skin, a beautiful face, long legs, and even a pocket dimension with a spirit spring for growing crops! But why was she the cannon-fodder female supporting character in a novel?! Determined to change her fate, she decided to stay away from the male lead and the scheming woman. But her biological father was plotting against her, her step 9.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
6. 256 我 I Bring an RV to 1950 and Raise Kids While Making Money 我带房车穿50，养崽赚钱两不误 Hua Sihai花四海Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No romance. The heroine is focused entirely on her career.] Zhou Rong, a middle-aged single woman, is driving her RV on a road trip when she unexpectedly transmigrates into a book set in the 1950s. Her ex-husband wants a divorce? Fine! As long as I get the money! Some people say her life will be difficult after the divorce. She’ll show them: she has money, a car, and a house, and her life is great! If anyone spreads rumors or picks on her family, she’ll beat them up. If they still don’t behave, 3.3kReads9.0Score319Shelves
7. 257 六 The 1960s: I Married a Retired Driver and Raised the Kids 六零开局结婚，嫁退伍驾驶员养崽 Si Qian and Porridge司千和粥Modern Romance468k WordsOngoing Warning: In Chapter 20, the male lead adopts three children belonging to his fallen comrade. They are not his biological children. I’m mentioning this up front because many readers might be taken by surprise when they get to that part. If you can’t accept this, please don’t read on, so you can avoid getting blindsided. About the story: Su Jinshu was happily shopping and heading home when a falling object hit her and killed her. To save her own life, she had no choice but to bind herself to a Sys 1Reads7.5Score—Shelves
8. 258 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Order Takeout 穿越七十年代点外卖 Sunset Orange夕阳橙Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted Feng Xi lived an ordinary life for thirty years. Then, after curiously ordering takeout through some obscure link, she turned into an educated youth about to be sent down to the countryside! Feng Xi figured that since she was already here, she might as well make the best of it. More importantly, she discovered that even in the miserable 1970s, she could order takeout and transmigrate back and forth between the modern day and the 1970s! But why does the village's production-team accountant keep s 848Reads9.1Score—Shelves
9. 259 重 Reborn in 1958: What Am I Supposed to Do Without a Golden Finger? 重生五八：没有金手指我该怎么办 Qiu Ming of Nanyang Ancient City南阳古城的仇明Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (The 1950s + Rebirth + Supernatural Ability + Ordinary Protagonist + Making a Fortune) This story is entirely fictional. Don’t compare it to history. If you don’t like it, please don’t read! In this unusual era, it’s truly hard to live well without some kind of supernatural ability, so the heroine of this book has one! Everyday family life, unfolding at a gentle pace. Feng Qingqing is reborn in the body of her young aunt, who died prematurely in her previous life. The story starts in 1958, which 1.1kReads6.9Score—Shelves

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10. 260 嗨 Party On in the Seventies! My Wife’s Space Is Full of Endless Supplies 嗨爆七零！娇妻空间里有无限物资 Little Extraordinary小不凡Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A chain-supermarket owner born in the 1990s was accidentally struck by a streetlight while attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reborn in a rural village in the early 1970s. She arrives as a newlywed daughter-in-law in a farmyard, and finds herself blessed with a handsome husband who is well-built, protects her, and treats her like a queen. Life in the little farmyard is ordinary, yet full of surprises; everyday family life is anything but dull. Let’s see how Xia Tong outsmarts her rivals and 1.5kReads8.7Score131Shelves
11. 261 和 After Joining a Variety Show with My Infamous Uncle, My Fortune-Telling Goes Viral 和黑红舅舅参加综艺后，算命爆火 Three-Tailed Rabbit三尾兔Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This story is set in a fictional world and has no connection to reality! [The whole family dotes on her + entertainment industry + mystical arts + livestreaming + family bonds + uncle and niece, no romance] The police in Zhonglingshan Village received a report: “There's a five-year-old at our temple spreading feudal superstition, charging 688 yuan for a fortune! She's scamming people out of their money!” The police: ??? They understood all the words, but put together, they made no sense. A littl 14.6kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
12. 262 七 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 Yaoyao, Wandering the World浪迹天涯的夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 18.3kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
13. 263 中 I Won 3 Billion! 中奖三十亿！ Xiang Buwan向不晚Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Lottery Win + Feel-Good Story + Romance + Everyday Life] Reborn three years in the past, Ren Qing defies fate and wins three billion yuan after taxes! She gets revenge on the cheating man and his mistress! She buys the house and the car! She takes good care of her grandmother, invests and makes money, and leaves her coldhearted parents and younger brother behind. One by one, she makes her once-unattainable dreams come true. And while making money, she even wins over her idol! This time 9.7kReads8.7Score906Shelves
14. 264 一 One Man and One Dog: Conquering the Seventies and Becoming an Army Wife! 一人一狗，闯七零！当军嫂！ Wasabi Lemon芥末柠檬Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted Also known as: One Person and One Dog Take on the Seventies! Becoming a Military Wife! [Female forensic pathologist × male officer] A slice-of-life story about following the troops, with a parallel career storyline! [Alternate universe + 1970s + comedy + family life + dog with special abilities + raising children later on] Qiao Hua, a forensic pathologist from the apocalypse, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s with her dog. She falls for an officer who escorts them back to their country. Bu 1.4kReads9.1Score132Shelves
15. 265 带 Back to the Sixties with a Pocket Dimension: Marrying a Factory Worker Brings Good Fortune to My Husband and Kids 带空间穿六零：嫁厂工后旺夫旺崽 Xu Hui许茴Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + food + personal space + raising children + wish fulfillment + strong heroine + fictional setting] Song Ying, heir to a powerful family, slips in the shower and hits her head. When she opens her eyes again, she has transmigrated into the 1960s version of Song Ying. With a whole collection of secret identities, Song Ying refuses to spend her life as an unremarkable country girl. She plans to cling to a powerful ally and use what she's learned, along with the help of her personal 187Reads6.7Score—Shelves
16. 266 法 The Forensic Expert Transmigrates to the 1970s: Wooing Her Husband and Solving Cases with Ease 法医大佬穿七零，撩夫破案样样行 Xi Ning兮宁Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [Alternate era setting + military marriage + sweet romance + forensic pathologist + crime-solving + space + cozy everyday life] Shen Zhuqing, a top forensic pathologist, dies and wakes up as the male lead’s cannon-fodder ex-girlfriend in an era-set novel. The moment she opens her eyes, a shameless couple is jumping around right in front of her. How could she put up with that? She kicks the scumbag between the legs and scalds the shameless woman’s face with boiling water. She’s here for a good ti 4.3kReads9.0Score777Shelves
17. 267 穿 She Transmigrates to the 1970s as a Martyr's Orphan and Has a Golden Finger 穿越七零烈士遗孤她有金手指 Brown Sugar and Crisp Pear红糖酥梨Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted He Suyue transmigrates to 1970. Her father is a martyr, and her mother has just passed away. She thinks she'll have no choice but to live with her grandmother after graduating from high school and spend her days earning work points. Fortunately, she has a golden finger. Perhaps when the college entrance exams are reinstated, she can go to university like all the other women who transmigrate. Who knew that an unexpected incident would reveal she has another golden finger, one that means her futur 10.9kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
18. 268 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
19. 269 飒 A Fearless Heroine Brings a Port-Sized Storage Space to the 1960s 飒爽女侠带港口空间穿六零 Mei East, South, West, North梅东南北Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Overpowered space + transmigration to a bygone era + formidable heroine + a huge golden finger] The early story takes place in the countryside of Northeast China, and the later story in Hong Kong. A coming-of-age tale with no scummy characters and no angst, warm, bold, and fierce in tone. Set in a fictional world, so don’t scrutinize the prices too closely. As the story progresses, the heroine’s chivalrous heart and brazen tactics come further to the fore. ♥ In 2023, security-industry ace Lian 20.9kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
20. 270 古 An Ancient General Reborn as a Young Educated Youth 古穿今，古代女将军穿成小知青 Windblown Parasol Tree迎风梧桐Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Tong Xinlan, a female general who died on the battlefield, never imagined she could come back to life. Of course, she didn't return to her own body. She woke up in the body of a young woman in an unfamiliar world. This world was much like the one she'd known, yet different in certain ways. See how she finds love and builds a life of her own in this strange new world. 4.9kReads9.0Score567Shelves
21. 271 六 My 1960s Military Wife Is a Little Spicy: The Sharp-Tongued Officer Spoils Her Tyrannically 六零军嫂有点辣：毒舌军官霸道宠 Nalan Yi纳兰翊Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1960s Military Marriage + Devoted Couple, Sweet Romance + Revenge on Scumbags + Making Money and Raising Kids + Supermarket in a Pocket Dimension + Superpowers + Never Letting Enemies Get Away + Satisfying Military Story] Yu Wanqing had assets worth billions, but while exploring Mount Kunlun, she encountered Japanese soldiers trying to damage China's dragon veins. She took them out, but was badly wounded. When she woke up, she'd transmigrated into the body of a young woman in t 44.5kReads9.2Score6kShelves
22. 272 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 544Reads7.7Score106Shelves

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23. 273 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 28.2kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
24. 274 年 Period: My Military Marriage Life After I Transmigrate into a Book and Become Everyone's Darling 年代：我的军婚生活，穿书成团宠 Hangjia of the North北有航佳Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigration + adored by the whole family + everyday family life + building a fortune] Lin Wuyue, a graduate student in Beihang’s Sixth Department, transmigrates into a book and finds herself in the 1950s. In her previous life, her grandmother was her only family. After transmigrating, she receives the love of her new grandmother, Lin Wangshi, as well. Lin Wangshi has an eye condition, so Lin Wuyue takes her to seek treatment. The girl is so wonderful that the commanding o 75Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Please recommend some historical fiction novels!

25. 275 恶 The Villainess Transmigrates to the Seventies, Beats the Scum, Makes Money, and Marries a Soldier 恶女穿七零，虐渣搞钱嫁兵哥哥 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s military marriage + revenge and face-slapping + making money + sweet romance + pocket dimension + adorable pets] The heroine is petty, vindictive, cold-hearted, and has only the tiniest bit of conscience. She never waits until tomorrow to get revenge! Tang Niannian struggles to survive for three years in the apocalypse, then transmigrates into a tragic cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The book’s heroine steals the original owner’s spiritual spring pock 44.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves
26. 276 穿 Transmigrating to the 1950s: I’m a Military Wife Who Goes Sea Foraging and Marries a Soldier 穿越五零年代：赶海军婚我是军嫂 Eastern Breeze东方清风Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Period] + [military marriage] + [making a fortune] + [everyone’s darling] + [sweet romance] + [Transmigration] + [countryside] + [fishing] + [beachcombing] Chen Qingqing has transmigrated. Oh! To be precise, she has transmigrated into a book. From the start, she is rescued by Zheng Dongfeng, a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army, and gets dumped by a mama’s boy. Her parents are both dead, and at home she has a headache-inducing stepmother and a younger sister who shares neither parent with 77Reads6.3Score—Shelves
27. 277 敢 Dare to Mess with Her? Even Passing Dogs Get Slapped Twice 敢惹她？路过的狗都得挨两巴掌 Half of Summer半边夏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Alternate world] [Romance] [Two powerful leads] [Feel-good revenge] [Pocket dimension] [Total annihilation] [She never takes a beating] Su Li is a tough woman. Just how tough? Tough enough to treat every troublemaking scumbag who comes after her like a monster to grind. If you disagree with her, she'll throw down. Cross her, and you'll regret it. Sometimes even a dog passing by gets smacked twice. There is romance, though the male lead appears rather late. The heroine is decisive and won't let 12kReads8.8Score1kShelves
28. 278 六 The 1960s: I Went from One Job to Another 六零：我工作换了一个又一个 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + temporary-worker System + everyday life + building a career] Qin Manxue transmigrates. She looks at the neighborhood office right in front of her, then at the poisonous best friend who’s talking her into going to the countryside. Qin Manxue kicks her flying, then dusts off her hands. “Hmph! She and her Beijing household registration are staying together for good. No one’s splitting us up. There’s no way I’m going to the countryside.” A job? No need to look for one. The temporar 31.6kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
29. 279 六 The 1960s: Lightning in Hand, Demons and Monsters, Stay Away from Me 六零：雷电在手，魑魅魍魉莫挨我 Two Treasures at Home家有两个宝Modern Romance688k WordsCompleted A time-travel fantasy with a powerful female lead, satisfying revenge, transmigration to another world, buying and selling goods for profit, playing the pig to eat the tiger, secret identities, and special abilities. (Note: This is not a traditional period novel, and has a touch of fantasy.) There is a male lead. Huang Nan wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a period novel as the hapless cousin of the heroine. In the novel, whenever the heroine doesn’t want to work, the cousin does it 8.9kReads9.3Score1kShelves
30. 280 你 You Can Raid My Home, but Let Me Go Make a Fortune in Hong Kong 你们抄我家，我去香江捡钱可以吧 Cat Who Loves Three-Hua Plums爱吃三华李的猫Modern Romance720k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, historical era, sweet romance, one-on-one, devoted couple, pocket dimension, entrepreneurship and wealth] Su Manman transmigrated into the body of a pampered young lady from the Su family, someone with the same name but a very different fate. From the start, she was told that someone had reported her family for hiding gold and silver treasures. Looking at the boxes upon boxes of antique paintings and calligraphy, antique ornaments, antique jewelry, and more, Su Manman thought… 29.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
31. 281 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book and Started Farming and Studying in a Warlord's Household 穿书后，我在军阀后院种田学习 Immortal White Crane白鹤仙Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted Jiang Jiangjiang was an utterly ordinary countryside lifestyle video blogger. After graduating from college, she returned to her home in a remote mountain village, where she raised cats, grew vegetables, cooked, and filmed videos to earn a little money. Apart from that, she liked reading novels. Who could have guessed that she'd wake up inside the melodramatic novel A Rose in Troubled Times, a tale as sappy as Love Deeply? She'd even become Jiang Xiyue, a cannon-fodder character who wasn't impor 3.5kReads8.7Score239Shelves
32. 282 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Become a Pretty Widow 穿越六零成为俏寡妇 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted (Content warning: The heroine is ten years older than the hero. She’s a player and isn’t sexually inexperienced, so proceed with caution!!!) Shi Lan, a carefree, troublesome party girl who loves the high life, transmigrates to the hardship of the 1960s and gets three new labels: married, mother, and widow. From the start, she’s being introduced to a prospective match. As if! She thinks her new identity is pretty great: she has money and status, and gets to be a mother without the pain of childbi 5.4kReads9.2Score488Shelves

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    The female lead is a true powerhouse; she has no pampered wife and relies entirely on her abilities. All the supporting characters in the book are intelligent. The female lead is a public servant who strives to make a good living in that impoverished era, enjoying meat every day and having money.

33. 283 五 The Silly Little Darling of the 1950s Brings Good Fortune 五零傻宝是福娃 Shi Rui施蕊Modern Romance572k WordsCompleted Set in a fictional version of the 1950s, so please don't worry too much about whether everything fits the historical setting. The author likes writing stories where everyone dotes on the heroine, thank you! The early chapters follow a little girl's everyday life, while the later chapters focus on sweet romance. The story takes place in 1950s Longguo. Everyone thinks the heroine is a fool, but she's actually a lucky little treasure and a clever girl. She has superhuman strength, a pocket dimensio 684Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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    Born in the 1950s, he was considered a fool by outsiders, but he was actually a lucky and clever little devil. He possesses superhuman strength, spatial abilities, and lightning-based superpowers.

34. 284 抗 War of Resistance: My Little Sister Is Rather Strange 抗战：我的妹妹很古怪 The Not-Too-Far, Not-Too-Near Flying Shadow Hero不远不近的飞影侠Urban181k WordsCompleted No one knew whether he had transmigrated or whether this was a dream of Zhuang Zhou's butterfly, but Lu Zhiyuan woke up in the body of a fool from the War of Resistance era. He thought he was the chosen one. Who could have guessed that after arriving, he would discover his younger sister was the strange one? A pocket dimension? A spirit spring? He couldn't make heads or tails of it. Lu Zhiyuan had never seen anything like it. Yet inexplicable things kept happening around him. The only thing he k 3Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist transmigrates into the body of the original owner of a body that was mentally impaired by artillery fire during the War of Resistance against Japan. He and his sister travel thousands of miles from Sichuan to find their father. Even after her brother's mental injury, the sister never abandoned him. After the protagonist arrives, he fights the Japanese alongside his sister. The sister has a special ability, is somewhat clever but also a bit naive. The siblings, working together, manage to create the feel of a special forces team! [Laughing][laughing] Their father, a veteran of the Sichuan Army, is also very capable. [Attention]

35. 285 六 The 1960s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Actually a Wife-Doting Devotee 六零年代：冷面军官竟是宠妻狂魔 A Chili Pepper That Can Run会跑的辣椒Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted Transmigration + hoarding supplies + pocket dimension + face-slapping + everyday family drama + doting on his wife Ruan Xiaotang, from the twenty-first century, transmigrates to 1958 with a pocket dimension stocked with tens of millions' worth of supplies. From the start, her scumbag fiancé breaks off their engagement. Fine, let him. He's a highly evolved primate. Let him go eat shit. She'll make sure the scumbag and his shameless mistress get what they want. They think they can make her swallow 96Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist travels back to the 1960s with a special ability.

36. 286 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1940s and Make Waves with My Space 穿越四零，我靠空间兴风作浪 Yellow Sand, Heart in Sorrow黄沙心悲凉Modern Romance832k WordsCompleted [Alternate-History Power Fantasy] + [Strong Female Lead] + [War of Resistance Against Japan] Zhuang Jingzhu, a PhD who had returned from overseas, died alongside the ringleaders of a criminal gang to avenge her father. She transmigrated to another world much like Earth, where a great famine was raging and the entire nation was fighting back against the Japanese. Using her spatial ability, she cleared out Japanese weapon depots, grain stores, and hospitals, seized supplies to support the resistan 11kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    ① A story set in the 1940s, spanning from 1942 to the 1980s. A husband and wife travel through time together (or each other's) and share a space. ② Traveling back to 1942, a time when heroes are forged by circumstances. Witness how an ordinary person thrives and achieves great feats during this difficult era of war.

37. 287 空 A Pocket Dimension: After Dying of Illness, I Arrived in the 1940s 空间：病死后来到了四十年代 A Road of Blossoming Flowers一路繁花盛开Modern Romance809k WordsCompleted Just a few years after graduating from college, Gu Wanyue went to the big city of Shanghai to work. She earned five thousand yuan a month, yet still sent half of it back home. Because of hardships she endured in childhood, she developed stomach cancer. Then, in a dream, she saw the life of a young girl in an era ravaged by war, when all industries were waiting to be rebuilt. It was also the era in which she would embark on her own journey. 96Reads8.3Score147Shelves

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    They're all set in the 30s, 40s, and 50s; these period dramas are really good. They include stories about the War of Resistance against Japan, doing business, military marriages, and even covering up a corpse.

38. 288 穿 Transmigrating to 1940: The Eight-Year-Old Farm Girl Goes on a Rampage 穿越四零，八岁农女杀疯了 Salty Fish Is My Trade咸鱼本渔Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted Li Xue had fallen asleep in her dreams. When she woke up, she had become an eight-year-old girl. The girl had witnessed her entire family being killed, and in her terror, she had died too. From the girl's memories, Li Xue learned that it was now the year 1942. She wanted to cry but had no tears left. Wiping them away, she resolved to take revenge on those who had wronged her and settle every score. 6.2kReads8.9Score316Shelves

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    They're all from the 1940s and 50s, each one a gem, incredibly good, the kind of book you'll want to keep reading after you start.

39. 289 五 The 1950s Space Gas Station: The Bandit Queen Comes Down the Mountain 五零空间加油站：匪婆下山啦 Mu Yunshu木蕴枢Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + bygone era + interstellar + apocalypse + farming + food] When Zhuang Luofeng first transmigrates, she thinks she's simply ended up in a quirky family where everyone has a secret identity. She figures that's not bad: with awesome parents to protect her, she can find a factory job, get a secure position, and become a proud member of the working class. Sounds great! But as soon as she comes down the mountain, she not only finds herself with a supposedly dim-witted fiancé, but al 10Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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40. 290 带 Back to the 1950s with My Pocket Dimension 带着空间回到五十年代 Mu Zhen木甄Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After waking up, Lin Xuechun discovered that she had become smaller. She wasn’t in a hospital bed, but had woken up in a large vintage American-style bed. After waking up, Luo Kaiming also found that he had become smaller. He wasn’t in a hospital bed either, but had woken up on a narrow military cot. The two had been married in the modern world. When a neighbor’s improper construction work caused an explosion, they were caught in it. When they woke up again, they realized something was wrong. Th 1.2kReads7.7Score109Shelves
41. 291 五 The 1950s: My Pocket Dimension Has an Acre of Land, and Life Is Sweet 五零：我的空间有一亩田，很甜 New Nobleman Butterfly Orchid新贵蝴蝶兰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Transmigrating isn’t scary. What’s scary is when and where you transmigrate to. Luckily, my pocket dimension came along too. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even know how I died. I have food and clothes, so I’ll just keep my head down and get by here! Hello, readers. The author is writing about events in a parallel world, so many things will appear ahead of their time. That’s because there are two other transmigrators as well. Please go easy on the star ratings. I’d like to thank you all in advance... 359Reads6.2Score—Shelves
42. 292 五 An Only Daughter in the 1950s 五十年代独生女 The Wind Within自有风Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted Synopsis: In her previous life, Baozhen lived in a family that favored boys over girls to an extreme. Just when she was finally the only one left at home, the apocalypse arrived, and she starved to death. Only after she died did she learn she'd been born into the wrong family. The Judge gave her a golden finger and sent her back to her real parents. From then on, she lived a happy life with a loving father and a doting mother... Even when food and clothing are scarce, there's no need to worry, h 979Reads7.7Score112Shelves
43. 293 我 I Transmigrated as the Child of a Classified Work Unit in the 1950s 我穿成了五十年代保密单位子弟 Life in Progress生活进行时Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted After a car accident, Song Yunxi transmigrates with an entire street of market stalls to a classified military-industrial facility in Chengdu, Sichuan, at the end of the 1950s, where she becomes the child of an employee. 545Reads6.4Score—Shelves
44. 294 书 Book Transmigration to the 1940s: The Concubine-Born Son His Father Abandoned 书穿四零，成了被亲爹放弃的庶子 Jun Yaling君雅灵Modern Romance455k WordsCompleted This is a period novel told from the male lead’s point of view. It contains a little bit of Shadi, but most of the story is more slice-of-life. Shi Ning’an had finally waited for the country to reopen. He wanted to look for work again, but couldn’t bear to abandon the food account he had spent years building. So he dug into the money he’d saved to buy a house, took over a shop, and started making private meals and desserts himself. After more than half a year of preparation, he finally opened fo 3.7kReads8.5Score182Shelves
45. 295 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I’ll Spoil My Husband and Raise Our Child 重生七零我要宠夫养崽 Yan Yu岩隅Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted In her previous life, the heroine was a young intellectual sent to the countryside. Unwilling to endure hardship, she married the hero after arriving in the village. But after they wed, she made his life miserable and abused their children. When the sent-down youths were allowed to return to the city, she ran off with one who had been admitted to university. Because of what happened with her, the hero was injured while on a mission and discharged from the military. Their two sons were mocked bec 489Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    This book, written in the 1970s, is finished. You can check it out if you're looking for something to read. The female lead is a sent-down youth, and the male lead is a retired soldier who becomes a commune secretary. They have two children.

46. 296 五 A Delicate Young Lady in the Fifties 五十年代娇娇女 Catnip猫儿薄荷Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted Feng Qi, the only little princess in three generations of the secluded Feng family in the twenty-first century. The heavens showed strange signs the moment she was born, marking her as an extraordinary girl destined for greatness. Watch this remarkable girl transmigrate through time and space and shine with the help of her pocket dimension. (A parallel world, entirely fictional. Please don’t read if it’s not your thing. Thank you.) 1kReads8.8Score100Shelves
47. 297 全 My Whole Family Can Read Minds: We Take an Island Back to the 1950s and Turn Our Lives Around 全家读心：带着海岛回五零逆袭 Fireworks at Three Years Old烟花三岁Modern Romance615k WordsCompleted [The whole family can hear her thoughts + island space + both leads transmigrate back + using technology to strengthen the nation] Jiang Youwei has always dreamed of returning to seventy years ago and changing her family’s tragic fate. But when she wakes up, she has gone back to the day she was born. In her previous life, she was switched with another baby that very day, and her family members died one after another. Terrified, Jiang Youwei grabs her mother. [Your best friend has bribed this nur 140Reads7.4Score—Shelves
48. 298 末 A Doomsday-Era Woman Takes Her Sign-In System to the 1960s 末世女带着签到系统闯六零 Potato Tower土豆塔Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted [A bona fide apocalypse-era woman transmigrates to the past; period setting + flight from famine + spatial storage] [The male lead appears late.] Ban Wu, whose brains have been eaten out by zombies, wakes up one morning to find that she's transmigrated. This 1960s era may be hard, exhausting, and poor, but at least she can fill her stomach! Heroine: Where are my powers? System: I combined them. (smug face) Heroine: So now you can hand my own stuff back to me as rewards? 261Reads7.1Score—Shelves
49. 299 我 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to Become a Big Villain in a Period Novel 我带着空间在年代文里当大魔王 Sen Dafu森大富Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When the apocalypse arrives, Xu Chang'an awakens strength and wood-element abilities, and is lucky enough to unlock a pocket dimension. She thrives in the apocalypse! But in the fourth year of the apocalypse, after she seizes the weapons from an arsenal, she’s struck by lightning and reborn as an unborn child still in her mother’s womb... 4kReads8.9Score426Shelves

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    Awakening powers and wood-based abilities in the apocalypse, he opens a spatial dimension and hoards goods. Four years into the apocalypse, he is struck by lightning and becomes a posthumous child. With his spatial dimension and devalued abilities, he becomes the pillar of his family. His stepfather returns alive, only to discover he has transmigrated into a cannon fodder character in a novel. His wood-based abilities have healing properties.

50. 300 五 The Landlord's Daughter Plays It Safe in the 1950s 五零地主家的大小姐猥琐发育 Pretty Little Huahua貌美如花小花花啊Modern Romance861k WordsCompleted Complete [Huge Storage Space + Invincible System + 1950s + Devoted Couple + Patriotism + Focused on Her Career] Lin Yunxi is one of countless wage earners. Her life is a two-point commute between work and home. She doesn't socialize, travel, or go shopping (purely because she has no money, she's broke!). Oh, and she also likes to dream big! She dreams of winning the lottery and striking it rich, and every night before bed she fantasizes about making a fortune and spoiling her younger brother. He 3.6kReads7.8Score298Shelves

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