Looking for Period Dramas That Aren’t Cliched or Over-the-Top

1 八 After Getting Rich, the 1980S Factory Director's Wife Starts Disciplining Her Husband BaxyModern Romance437k WordsCompleted 4.1kReads8.1Score220Shelves

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The story is written in a different era. The male and female protagonists are both in their thirties, and their son is 14 years old. But it still can't stop them from being sweet, okay? [Screen licking] The male protagonist always wants the female protagonist to tease him [laughing and crying] [Screen licking] The male protagonist loves to be jealous and eats his son's jealousy, and wants to tease the female protagonist all the time

2 媳 After His Wife Joins the National Service, Her Man and Child Miss Her Like Crazy One Smile Captivates the OrangeModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 38.3kReads9.4Score5kShelves

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The heroine doesn't sign up to go to the countryside when she encounters difficulties, as if the countryside is a paradise. It's not like the black market is my home. If I go there several times a day, everyone else will be blind. You don't have to be the top pick in the college entrance examination in 1977. Peking University and Tsinghua University can choose you. It's not that there's room to eat, drink, and eat, the hero of the special forces soldier can't even see the flaws. The male protagonist is not someone who becomes obsessed with him as soon as they meet, takes the initiative to seduce him, gets married within five chapters, and has two children within ten chapters. The kind of person who just got married and fell in love, and dared to tell the male protagonist the secret of the space without any defense. A very pure heroine, self-reliant and capable of both small and big loves. The most important thing is that every point made by the author is supported by photos from the time. It is really well-founded and recommended. The only bad thing is that it's not over yet

3 重 Reborn in the 1980S: My Brawny Husband Is Strong and Stamina-Filled Peaches Are So ChillyModern Romance565k WordsCompleted 4.7kReads9.0Score361Shelves

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A lusty and provocative period novel, with riches and distinctive characters, everyone is welcome to join in.

4 穿 After Dressing up as Long Aotian's Follower, I Won. The Adventures of BearFantastical Romance117k WordsOngoing 1.5kReads—Score132Shelves

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The era-themed dark-bellied dragon Aotian VS the money-loving little writer! Highly recommended! ! !

5 绝 His Stunning Wife Has Given Birth Again, and the Commander Comes Every Night to Soothe the Baby Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So TastyModern Romance586k WordsCompleted 20kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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The army version of Alley People is super nice and the overall atmosphere is very warm.

6 被 Killed by the Villain, I Was Reborn in the 1970S and Married His Brother Feng QingyanModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 6.2kReads9.3Score808Shelves

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I don't allow anyone who hasn't seen it! Han Lie Mu Li yyds! [Sending Hearts]

7 七 The Happy Life of Lin Yulan, a Sharp-Tongued Woman in the 1970S Bai ShuitanModern Romance440k WordsCompleted 2.5kReads9.0Score185Shelves

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It is a very authentic period story, prices are all based on the information, it is a happy story of the 1970s, the whole text has no system, no space, and no irritating foil. The heroine's IQ is online, and the heroine leads her family to become rich and well-off step by step. Ordinary people can also have an extraordinary life. It is very interesting.

8 虐 After Crushing My Scumbag Father and Stepmother, I Head to the Countryside with My Spatial Farm I'm a Little GoldfishModern Romance401k WordsCompleted 5.5kReads9.2Score613Shelves

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Recommend my own novel, which has been completed and is a great novel for the times☺️

9 一 Love at First Sight: Two Unlucky Souls Get Married In SpringtimeModern Romance573k WordsCompleted 4.9kReads9.0Score459Shelves

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The female protagonist was implicated and died by the male protagonist. Both of them traveled through time. Lin Weiwei traveled through time and became an educated youth going to the countryside. When they woke up, they were both sick. Both of the male protagonists had golden fingers.

10 六 The Sixty-Year-Old Little Funeral Bag Is Hung on the Waist of the Evil Leader Every Day Zhang Mocha Is from Northeast ChinaModern Romance805k WordsOngoing 78.3kReads9.0Score11.3kShelves

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This book is super good-looking, counter-conventional, brain-burning, and funny, and the heroine is super fierce.

11 穿 Traveling Through the 70S: the Goddess's Counterattack I Am Zhu KongyangModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 832Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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The subject matter is novel. When I read the introduction, it said that the heroine is fat, strong, lazy and greedy. I thought she was a cannon fodder ex-wife who was despised by her husband and wanted to die. [Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear] The result~~It's so sweet, a new generation of policewoman! The heroine is a dual-business person online. She is calm and rational, and uses what she has learned to shine in criminal investigation!

19 全 My Whole Family Treats Me as a Stepping Stone. Why Am I Crazy? Land HagfishModern Romance561k WordsCompleted 6kReads8.7Score600Shelves

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You will really laugh to death, this heroine, her! Yes! Stir! Shit! Stick! There's nothing she can't do unless you think of it. It's really funny. I haven't finished watching it yet, but I can't wait to recommend it [crying with laughter]

20 七 The 1970S: The Rich Beauty from the City Gets Her Country Hunk All Worked Up! Baby Little HuModern Romance504k WordsCompleted 1.7kReads9.0Score157Shelves

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This is so beautiful, I'm following it every day! The male protagonist is so good at flirting, so sweet!

21 搬 After Evacuating Half of the Imperial City, I Traveled to the 1970S Mingyue TianxinModern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 9.4kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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It has been completed for a million dollars. The heroine is the legitimate daughter of an ancient prince. She knew in advance that she was going to travel through time, so she used the space to stock up on a lot of supplies.

22 我 My Highlight Years in Dongguan Warm Wine and Wait for the Wind to ComeUrban173k WordsOngoing 468Reads—Score—Shelves

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These two books are super good??

23 那 My Happy Past in Dongguan During Those Years In Front of the Courtyard with Sparse ShadowsUrban299k WordsCompleted 14.5kReads5.8Score1.3kShelves

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A super nice book☆★★

24 闯 Breaking Through Guandong: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness Stay FloatingModern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 22.6kReads9.5Score2.4kShelves

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A period piece of literature that is as detailed as it is fascinating.

25 重 Reborn in the 1980S, the Little Wife of a Rough Man Frost Contends with Snow's ShadowModern Romance237k WordsCompleted 1.1kReads6.8Score101Shelves

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A rough man dotes on his wife to excess, and he is so sweet

26 六 60 Qingyun Road: She Just Wants to Make Progress Too Much Half Wood Half FireModern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 41.3kReads9.3Score6.2kShelves

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Personally, I think this book is quite special. It is rare to see a period novel in which the heroine is a statistician of a state-owned factory and the hero is a representative of the technical army of a state-owned factory. Moreover, several members of the heroine's family are engaged in careers with iron rice bowls. They are so busy that there is almost no one at home to do housework. At the suggestion of the heroine, her sister-in-law who does housework is even paid a salary [laughing and crying] [laughing and crying]

27 穿 Traveling Through the 60S, Spending Time in Lean Years Eating Melons and Watching Movies Tomatoes Love GreenModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 3.2kReads8.6Score189Shelves

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The heroine's family travels back to the famine years of the 1960s. The opening scene is about escaping from famine. They have space supplies and reach their escape destination safely. Except for the difficulty in escaping from famine, the basic style is a homely and short-lived life, a low-key farming survival, and there are golden fingers but they are not unlimited in use. The heroine and her family basically rely on themselves.

28 被 Kicked Out of the House? I've Got Billions in My Spatial Realm Ye NingmengModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 34.3kReads9.2Score4kShelves

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The only heroine in the era who took the initiative to run to Hong Kong

29 七 Sent to the Countryside in the 1970S, I Was Loved at First Sight by a War God Hoping for the Mountain, No SnowModern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 25.8kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves

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Not cliche, not fancy

31 炮 After the Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law Is Reborn, the Lucky Female Lead Suffers Qiao MiaomiaoModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 34.7kReads8.5Score3.3kShelves

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I really like these three lately. ①The male protagonist is extremely love-minded and listens to his wife in everything. He usually remains silent but once his wife tells him, he starts to fight back. The heroine was reborn and vomited out what she ate. ②A lot of great stuff, but super fun. The heroine wears a book, and her mother is reborn and awakens. The two of them set up a stage to sing and outsmart the old tea boy. ③The male and female protagonists make a fortune together, have a warm and loving family and work hard to make progress. From the female protagonist's perspective, her son gets married, from the male protagonist's perspective, her secret love comes true, and the male protagonist loves her so much

34 随 I Went to the City with My Lame Dad to Live Off a Rich Woman, and I’m Loving It Ling DuanyueModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 19.7kReads8.2Score2.9kShelves

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These two books are really good-looking and basically have no flaws.

36 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start Zhi Yu 1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted 32kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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The parents are short-lived but not cliched. They get married at the beginning and travel through time. Let's see how our heroine and the second-rate son mix up the sweetness of life [smirk][snicker][snicker][smirk]

37 重 Reborn in the Eighties: My Cold Ex-Husband Is Green with Jealousy Sweet WeiweiModern Romance527k WordsCompleted 2.4kReads8.0Score119Shelves

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In the last life, all Wen Xi's thoughts were on Gu Zhishen. He wanted to give birth to a boy to win back Gu Zhishen's heart, but he neglected his daughter's growth, which caused her daughter to have a cold relationship with her. People around her said she was crazy. Until the moment she died, her daughter could not forgive her, and Gu Zhishen did not even look at her. She was ridiculed by everyone, betrayed by everyone, how could she live like this? After being reborn, she decided to treat her daughter well and be filial to her parents. The dog man had better get together with his white moonlight! She wished them a long life together and a son...

38 爆 So Satisfying! I Stole the Luck of the Perfect Female Lead Fairy Pond KoiModern Romance567k WordsCompleted 6.6kReads9.0Score791Shelves

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This is really beautiful

39 沂 A Family by the Yishui River Li XinxinModern Romance540k WordsCompleted 7.7kReads8.7Score735Shelves

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Unconventional coming of age story

41 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound Moon Rising over the Blue SeaModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 51.3kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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The plot of this book is novel and the story is very smooth. It is not an exaggerated golden finger. It has been a long time since I saw such a book that I wanted to read.

42 七 The 1970S: My Blind Date Is a Little Fierce Stir-Fried Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish, CrawfishModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 13.7kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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🌸🌸🌸Who says you can't be gentle if you look fierce? This novel will break your cognition💥The blind date journey of Qingshan Village beauty Xu Jiao is exciting. Someone introduced her to a man who looked good in the photo, but when she met him, he turned out to be a man who was 1.9 Meters tall, as silent as a wolf, and whose fists were as big as sandbags and could kill two of her with one punch. Xu Jiao felt like beating a drum in her heart🥁 But who would have thought that this seemingly fierce man was actually as gentle as a warm sun in his heart. With trembling hands, he would hand Xu Jiao the rock sugar raspberries that he had skewered one by one. The contrast made Xu Jiao grasp it! After their marriage, their life was so sweet that it bubbled with joy. The male protagonist dotes on his wife to no end, and the female protagonist is going to university to study Chinese medicine. The male protagonist is even transferred to his job to accompany the female protagonist in the city where the university is located. The two also have children and a happy life💕 The male and female partners in the original work also have different developments in their stories. The female partner and the heroine have become good friends, laughing and joking together in life.

43 农 Rural Women Marry City Dwellers Just to Eat Commercial Grain Sweet ApricotModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 12.6kReads7.9Score818Shelves

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There is no golden finger, and the story is written in the Aboriginal era. Jiang Xinbai, who was born in the countryside, only wanted to marry a city man and eat commercial food. Until she met Yang Jinsheng, she knew that her opportunity had come, and decisively took action to seduce him to marry him. Yang Jinsheng knew from the first moment he saw Jiang Xinbai that this woman had ulterior motives for him, but it didn't matter, he was also lustful! ! The two hit it off immediately and their life was prosperous! ! [Love][love][love]

44 被 The Heirless Tycoon Took Her by Cunning Force, and She Bore Him Triplets Nine Hundred MillionModern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted 12.3kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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The content of the plot is very colorful and sweet. The love the male protagonist has for the female protagonist is passionate, sincere, considerate and dedicated (overbearing love [love])🌸The female protagonist is reserved and intelligent🌸🌸She is very, very good at water [Like] The army did not stay in one place all the time, but changed several garrison locations. The elderly people in the family are also kind. The heroine feels like she has fallen into a bad situation after marrying the hero. Of course, the heroine herself is also very good.

45 二 Marrying an Officer Again: The Socially Anxious Beauty Is Doted on by Her Brother-in-Law One More SpoonfulModern Romance362k WordsCompleted 11.4kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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The heroine has just married the hero's younger brother. The hero's younger brother dies unexpectedly. Her parents-in-law treat the heroine as a daughter. As the eldest brother gets along with the heroine, he gradually falls in love with the heroine and begins to pursue her fiercely (the heroine is afraid)

46 中 Starting as a Secondary School Student, I Went Crazy in the Factory Heart RainbowModern Romance439k WordsOngoing 48.8kReads8.1Score5.5kShelves

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Not cliche, the heroine is admitted to a technical secondary school and assigned to a state-owned factory. Hold the knowledge of modern machinery and work hard to build a career.

47 嫁 Married into a Large Courtyard, It Is Convenient to Eat Melons Three Tons of RadishesModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 7.5kReads8.8Score535Shelves

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This book has a lot of laughs. The male and female protagonists are high school classmates. Both of them have cute personalities and like to quarrel. There are many stories about the courtyard and everyone is entertained.

48 极 After Mastering the Script, He Picked up Some Omissions in the Historical Novels. What a Huge MelonModern Romance626k WordsCompleted 18.4kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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Laughing to death😂. It's the best of the best, very funny😂 and very loving. Every supporting character has soul and is very funny 😂very special]

49 黑 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce Jin Rui'erModern Romance559k WordsCompleted 36.5kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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The heroine travels through the past and present, has a fetus, and is the eldest princess of the country in her previous life. She is very smart and thoughtful, and is not obtrusive. The choice of the heroine's mother is also in line with the characteristics of the times. The heroine also knows her mother's grievances, and later provides her mother with the confidence to leave her father.

50 那 It Was Very Windy and Snowy That Night WnankeModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 11.7kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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It is a chronicle that is not overly intellectual, but has depth and connotation, and can be read twice. It contains many sentences that are deeply rooted in people's hearts.