I've Recently Gotten into Stories Set in a Bygone Era. I Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Can't Get Out 最近迷上了年代文了，直接掉进坑里了，出不来了

1. 51 七 The 1970s: A Background Character's Gossiping Life After Transmigrating into a Book 七十年代：穿书路人甲的吃瓜日常 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted [Educated Youth + Daily Life + Beachcombing + Gossip + A Little Golden Finger + Falling in Love After Marriage] A low-level office drone transmigrated into the 1970s as a girl whose parents played favorites to an extreme, always favoring sons. The original host had secretly passed the exam to become a train attendant, but her parents found out. They wanted to give the job to their eldest son, so they signed her up to go to the countryside instead. The furious original host died, while Ren Min ha 2.1kReads8.4Score109Shelves

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   (1) The original owner's parents were extremely sexist and secretly enrolled her in a rural educated youth program to take her job. Enraged, the original owner caused the female lead, Ren Min, to transmigrate, sell her job, and become a rural educated youth. The male lead was also a rural educated youth; his love for the female lead was gentle and persistent, gradually influencing her. They both passed the university entrance exams, achieving upward social mobility. (2) The female lead, Jiang Ruyu, injured her forehead in an argument with her cousin about going to the countryside. She gained a resource system with a small cheat code, knowing her future destiny. She resolutely refused to go to the countryside, and instead helped her two younger brothers prosper. She met a good man and became wealthy. The novel's plot is simple and unpretentious, focusing on everyday family life. Recommended reading.

2. 52 夫 A Couple Transmigrates Together: Raising Kids and Getting Rich in the 1960s 夫妻双穿：六零养娃致富忙 Yunyun's Guest Beneath the Banana Tree云云蕉下客Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period setting + System + pocket dimension + transmigrate + couple transmigrates together + lots of children] An unexpected car accident sent Lin Wanqing transmigrating into a book, specifically a story about someone being reborn in the 1960s and turning their life around. Fortunately, she had a golden finger. But who could tell her what use a palace-intrigue System could possibly be in this particular era? What? The System could be upgraded too? That feature... she could just about a 12.6kReads8.3Score897Shelves
3. 53 神 The Gods Granted Me Three Wishes, Then I Was Reborn 神明送我三个愿望后，我重生了 Feng Anlan风安澜Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Reborn + sweet romance + good luck + age gap] After a chance encounter with a mysterious deity, Nan Xi gets three wishes and goes straight from being a thirty-year-old office worker back to infancy, beginning a reborn life where everything goes her way! She wishes for her parents to move to the capital to start a business and 15.7kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves

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   All the elements of a blockbuster are here! Reincarnation, easy life, sudden wealth, childhood sweetheart from another country, semi-developmental relationship, the superior bowing down, and super sweet throughout! Highly recommended!

4. 54 七 The Seventies Spatial Farm: The Educated Youth’s Wife Kicks People Again 七零空间，知青媳妇又踹人了 Farming South of the Mountain种田南山下Modern Romance954k WordsCompleted Keeping her distance from troublemakers, Han Qingci has a pocket dimension at her disposal. In the 1970s, she makes a few good friends, chooses someone to spend her life with, and enjoys a quiet, steady life. Those people and events gradually become her life. 11.1kReads9.1Score894Shelves

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   ✨These are all fantastic period novels, mostly set in the 1970s.✨Super good, and the ratings are all pretty good.✨Two are still ongoing, so you can wait and read them later.✨✨

5. 55 七 After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后，儿女双全了 Little Master Xueling雪凌小主Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately 18.4kReads8.2Score2.5kShelves

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   Me too [laughing and crying emoji]

6. 56 六 The 1960s: I Have a Guaranteed Job 六十年代，我有铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Courtyard life + family squabbles + everyday life + an ordinary woman's struggle + doting romance + raising kids] Note: No transmigration, no rebirth, and just a little golden finger. Jiang Ruyu gets into a fight with her cousin from another branch of the family over a job opening. She injures her forehead, but unexpectedly gains a System that gives her supplies whenever she checks in. She also finds a book, written by who knows what daydreamer. In the book, she and her two younger brothers all 14.9kReads8.5Score881Shelves
7. 57 七 Taking Her Child With Her to the Army in the 1970s, the Commander’s Ex-Wife Keeps Getting Pregnant 七零带娃随军，首长前妻好孕连连 Seven Tangerines七橘子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s + space + reborn twice + military marriage + adorable baby + mutual devotion + devoted to each other] This is a fictional alternate history. Please do not compare it to real history. Lin Qingyan, an overworked corporate drone from the 21st century, got into an accident while on her way to view a house and transmigrated into a period novel as the male lead's doomed ex-wife. Lin Qingyan only became interested when she noticed that the ex-wife had the same name as her. The doomed ex-wife wit 43.1kReads8.5Score4.7kShelves
8. 58 八 Married with a Baby in the ’80s: My Mortal Enemy Becomes a Henpecked Husband 八零奉子成婚，死对头成了妻管严 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance796k WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangyi woke up, she learned that she had transmigrated into a book, a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine, and she was the vicious supporting character. Her father didn’t love her and her mother was gone. As if having to survive under the thumb of her wicked stepmother since childhood wasn’t enough, her scheming stepsister stole her fiancé and set up her nemesis, the street thug Xie Qingxiao, to ruin her virtue. She became pregnant by accident, and af 13.8kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves

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   "Xie Qingxiao, I'm pregnant." In the old-fashioned state-run restaurant, Lin Xiangyi said to the tall young man sitting opposite her. The young man was around twenty years old, with thick, short hair. His purple vest accentuated his broad, muscular chest, and his bare arms were toned and strong. He had wheat-colored skin, handsome features, and captivating, almond-shaped eyes. He casually spread his legs, leaning back lazily in his chair, holding a cup of tea. Upon hearing Lin Xiangyi's words, he nearly spat out his tea. "Cough cough cough~" Xie Qingxiao coughed violently, his eyes reddening, incredulous. "Lin Xiangyi, what nonsense are you talking about? You, I, you..." He seemed flustered and confused, glancing around before whispering, "How could you possibly be pregnant?" Lin Xiangyi appeared much calmer. She said calmly, "Why not? We had sex three days ago, and I didn't take any medication afterwards." "You know that was three days ago?! In just three days, you were able to find out she was pregnant? If it weren't for the circumstances, Xie Qingxiao would have grabbed Lin Xiangyi and shaken her to see if he could shake the water out of her brain."

9. 59 穿 Transmigrated into a Book in 1970, I’m Kissed and Pinned Against the Wall by an Arrogant Commander, Then Give Him a Baby 穿书70被傲娇首长壁咚强吻生崽 Mu Xiyaoyao木兮妖妖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Le'an, a medical doctor from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, somehow finds herself inside a novel she never finished reading. Sure, she transmigrated, but the real problem is that she ended up in the body of a cannon-fodder character with the exact same name as her. Worse, this cannon fodder doesn’t even survive ten chapters before the heroine schemes to have her killed off. Su Le'an figures that if she can transmigrate into the book, there must be a way to get back ou 521Reads8.0Score101Shelves
10. 60 六 The Sixties: My Superpower Came Along After I Awakened My Memories 六零，觉醒记忆后我的异能跟来了 Shang Buwan商不晚Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (The score is just getting started and will rise) [Wind Powers + Everyday Life + Beloved by Everyone + Family Bonds + Heartwarming + Strong but Lazy Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Alternate Universe + No CP] After her memories awakened, Lu Baoning remembered everything from her previous life. To see if it was all just a dream, she raised her hand and tried to summon her powers. A faint breeze gathered at her fingertips. The good news: her powers had come with her. The bad news: they had fallen b 25.4kReads8.2Score4.2kShelves
11. 61 穿 Transmigrated as the Country Wife of a 1970s Army Commander 穿成七零年代军长的乡下妻 Teacher Mi Ning米的宁老师Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy] Reborn overnight, Liu Sisi becomes the wife of an army commander in a military compound in the 1970s. The original Liu Sisi was an uneducated young woman who had a crush on the village rogue, a good-for-nothing who never applied himself. The two were forced together because their elders had arranged their marriage before they were even born. Liu Sisi made such a mess of her life that she ruined herself, and now modern-day Liu Sisi has taken he 156Reads8.9Score—Shelves
12. 62 重 Reborn in 1960: I Opened My Eyes on a Widow's Kang Bed 重生60：睁眼躺在寡妇炕上 Nan Qi Ben Qi南柒本柒Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [1960s] [Mountain Foraging] [Hunting] [Making a Fortune] [Northeast China] [One Female Lead] When Meng Ye wakes up, he discovers he has transmigrated back to the famine years, when there isn't enough to eat. Worse, he's lying on a widow's kang! While others go hungry nine times in three days, Meng Ye feasts on meat and fish every day. Even the family dog gets meat broth. With the Lesser Khingan Mountains at his back, treasures are everywhere. Blind bears, Siberian tigers, roe deer, green wolves, 34.8kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates back to a time of famine where food is scarce. While others go hungry nine times in three days, he feasts on meat and fish every day. Even his dog drinks meat broth. Nestled against the Lesser Khingan Mountains, treasures abound. The entire Lesser Khingan Mountains are his golden hunting ground! Alone, with only a gun and a dog, the protagonist begins a leisurely life of hunting and raising a beautiful wife.

13. 63 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: A Kiss from the Chaste Commander Keeps Me Alive 八零军婚，和禁欲首长亲亲续命 Pineapple Blowing Rain菠萝吹雨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + alluring, delicate young heiress × a stern yet warm-hearted, ascetic senior officer + kisses keep him alive + devoted to each other + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] (Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional!) What should you do after transmigrating into the role of a villainess? Naturally, do your very best to make the heroine shine! Jiang Zhinian was a genius interpreter from the 21st century, with fair skin, breathtaking beauty, a soft voice, and a delicate figure. Aft 2kReads8.8Score210Shelves
14. 64 我 I'm a Laid-Back Slacker in the Seventies 我在七十年代当咸鱼 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Period setting + sent-down youth + storage space + family life + rural romance) This is a story about the forest region of Northeast China in the 1970s: the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, weddings and funerals, and families welcoming new babies... Chen Yan, a woman in her fifties, dies of an illness and unexpectedly transmigrates to China in 1970. Seventeen-year-old Chen Qingyan hits her head in an accident. When she wakes up, someone else is inside. A series of events unfold in the famil 17.3kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
15. 65 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: Rare Animals Treat My Home Like Their Backyard 赶山：珍稀动物把我家当后花园了 Nan Qi南柒Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming Mountain Adventures + Adorable Animals + Comedy, No Romance + Northeastern Folk Customs] At the northernmost reaches of China lies the Greater Khingan Range. Meng Fei, who was terminally ill, received a livestreaming life-extension System. To stay alive, Meng Fei returned to his hometown and began livestreaming his mountain adventures. “Congratulations, Host! You’ve received [Beast Affinity] and tamed a 500-jin wild boar!” “Congratulations, Host! You’ve received [Advanced Veterina 4.3kReads9.0Score387Shelves
16. 66 抛 Three Years After Abandoning Her Husband and Daughter, She Can Finally See Clearly 抛夫弃女的她三年后不眼盲心瞎了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yu Hua wasn't a good woman. She had “abandoned her husband and daughter,” and spent the hard-earned money her “honest” husband, Chen Jikun, made on a wasteful university life in the city. She also went out of her way to hide the fact that she was married. In an era that prized simplicity and purity, a selfish, vain, spoiled woman like Yu Hua was nothing like the ideal good girl, let alone someone a man would want to marry. Yet Chen Jikun had not only married her, he spent money and effort treati 10kReads8.6Score776Shelves

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    They're all beautiful, very heartwarming, and written in the style of indigenous people from that era.

17. 67 七 The 1970s: I Marry into the City with the Matchmaker System 七零：我靠媒婆系统嫁进了城里 Shi Lai莳来Modern Romance474k WordsOngoing The rating has only just come in. It’ll go up later! [1970s + Beijing courtyard home + cozy, sweet romance + daily life + a touch of ensemble cast] Qian Manman’s greatest wish is to become a city dweller. She works hard at her studies, hoping that one day she can change her fate. But after graduating from high school, she realizes she can’t find a job at all. Unwilling to spend her whole life in the countryside, Qian Manman decides that if she can’t get into the city by studying, she’ll marry he 50.1kReads8.2Score6.1kShelves
18. 68 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38.7kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
19. 69 不 If You Won't Back Down, Fight! The Army Wife Is a Cultivator 不服就干，军嫂她是修仙的 Orange Blossom桔子花Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + adorable kids + sweet romance + reborn + transmigrate into a book + everyday family life] In her previous life, Qiao Si had been the senior disciple of her sect. With an unreliable master, she had been forced to shoulder all the responsibility. After dying in a secret realm, she woke up again, thinking she could finally be free of it all. Who could have guessed she'd end up in the body of a woman trying to sell her own son? She soon realized that this place w 11.2kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
20. 70 七 My Biological Father Married into the Family in 1970, and I Became the Darling of the Top Students! 七零亲爸入赘后，我成学霸团宠！ Water That Can't Catch Fish追不上鱼的水Modern Romance833k WordsOngoing [1980s + Awakening + System + Top Student + Scientific Research + Everyday Family Life + Beloved by All] A heroine who loves studying and gossip × a sunny boy who struggles with school Six-year-old Shen Shiyu is loved by her parents and is the envy of every little girl in Dahe Village. But overnight, her parents divorce and her birth mother returns to the city. After cracking her head open, she awakens memories of her previous life and binds herself to a top-student System. Before she can roll 21.1kReads6.3Score1.9kShelves
21. 71 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Brawny Husband Is Strong and Stamina-Filled 重生八零，糙汉身强体壮耐力好 Peaches Are So Chilly桃子好凉凉Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted (Military marriage + devoted to each other + doting romance + sweet and steamy love story + building wealth) Given a chance to live her life over again, Yu Xiaomin flirts with her husband and doesn't hold back with either her words or her actions~ When Zhou Huaicheng wakes to find his wife suddenly treating him with overwhelming warmth, she is lying on her side with one bare shoulder exposed, her delicate collarbone and tantalizing curves just visible. His mouth goes dry, and his Adam's apple bo 5.6kReads9.1Score558Shelves

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    A historical romance novel is here! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up] ①Given a second chance, she's determined to seduce her own man without holding back. In this life, she only wants to protect her happiness and her family, balancing love and career, leading her whole family to prosperity and a good life. ②Both the male and female leads have their own careers and are financially secure. There are no mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflicts. They are classmates and have known each other for ten years. Before being with the female lead, he was a rough-around-the-edges construction foreman, but after they get together, he transforms into a domineering CEO and a clingy, love-struck man.

22. 72 五 The 1950s: Becoming My Hometown's First Female County Magistrate 五十年代，做家乡的第一个女县长 Shengsheng625生生625Modern Romance787k WordsOngoing New title: "After Getting Into University in 1954, I Steadily Work My Way Up" No romance, historical setting, female protagonist in government administration [Female Career Story] [No Romance] [Steady Progress] [Blind Box System] [Building Up Her Hometown] Tags: Strong female lead, focused on her career, government administration Historical setting spanning the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s Strong female lead, not a wish-fulfillment story, grounded in reality, steady and methodical, no awful family me 25.8kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
23. 73 带 I Brought Trillions in Supplies to Work in a City Across Time and Space! 带着千亿物资到时空城上班！ Uh Uh Uh 666额额额666Modern Romance771k WordsCompleted [Space for Stockpiling + System + Quick Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Gourmet + Multiple Babies] [The story mainly takes place in different eras, with a few other small worlds along the way] Xia Yunxi was a university student in the 21st century. The moment she graduated, she inherited her parents’ trillion-yuan fortune. Just as she was about to start living a carefree life, her enormous wealth attracted a rogue System! The main System came after them. The rogue System was destroyed, and s 7.4kReads8.6Score621Shelves
24. 74 糙 The Rough-Edged Contractor's Treasured Darling 糙汉包工头的心头娇娇宠 Hawthorn Roll山楂卷卷子Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted [Rugged construction foreman × darling little heiress] [Both inexperienced, sweet romance, both leads have their own careers and plenty of money. No mother-in-law drama, no misunderstandings.] [The leads were classmates and have known each other for ten years. Before they got together, he was a rugged construction foreman. Afterward, he reinvented himself as a young business tycoon and a lovesick, clingy puppy.] After her parents died in a business accident, Su Qingwan graduated from a prestigi 413Reads7.4Score—Shelves
25. 75 带 I Took My Space Back to the 1970s to Give My Country a Database 带上空间穿七零为祖国献上资料库 Auntie Nut坚果小姑妈Modern Romance607k WordsCompleted Food blogger Bai Guoguo has just returned from a fun trip to Harbin when she unexpectedly acquires a space and learns that she is about to transmigrate to the 1970s. She prepares plenty of supplies for survival and even manages to get three huge boxes of assorted technical documents. In the 1970s, she helps her country take off ahead of schedule, and even finds herself a partner along the way! (The rating is a little low because the novel has only just started receiving reviews. Please be patien 888Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    🍒🍒🍒The female protagonist dreams of traveling back to the 1970s or 80s. She starts hoarding supplies, including a lot of information about the country's development. Back in that era, she goes to the countryside and uses drones to deliver the information to the military. The first time she succeeds without being detected, but the second time she is caught and then protected by the government.

26. 76 七 The 1970s: A Background Extra's Easy Life of Gossip and Lying Flat 七零：穿成路人甲吃瓜摸鱼躺平 Hao Lüyao豪绿腰Modern Romance597k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period setting + transmigrated into a book + military marriage + dimensional space + sweet romance + everyday life + love after marriage] Sang Qianqian transmigrates into a period novel as a minor character mentioned only in passing. She is also a wealthy young lady from a capitalist family, about to be sent to the countryside. Her family wants her to get married so she can avoid being sent away. But the man she was supposed to meet for a matchmaker date stands her up at the last minu 822Reads6.3Score109Shelves
27. 77 穿 Transmigrated into My Wedding Night in the 1980s: The Puppyish Guy Beats the Rugged One 穿成八零新婚夜，奶狗他比糙汉香 Young Master, Don't Run公子别跑Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted A levelheaded heroine vs. a warm, healing puppy-like guy An imaginative period story + sweet romance + tangled relationships + past and present lives + raising kids and building wealth + a puppy who turns out to be a wolf In her previous life, Shen Yusu met a scoundrel who deceived her feelings, and she died a tragic death. In a twist of fate, she transmigrates into the body of another Shen Yusu, with the same surname and given name. When she wakes, a strange man is lying beside her, holding 204Reads6.6Score—Shelves
28. 78 穿 Transmigrating into a Book: Tian Mimi’s Educated Youth Life in the 1970s 穿书70年代田蜜蜜的知青生活 Mumuzi Who Can Ride a Pig会骑猪的沐沐子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Main story complete [1970s + transmigrate into a book + reborn + pocket dimension + supplies + no self-sacrificing heroine + satisfying read] Tian Mimi was a modern college graduate. After her parents died in an accident, she happened to discover a pocket dimension inside their wedding rings. When an abnormal typhoon made her think the apocalypse was coming, she went on a wild shopping spree for supplies, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into a book. In the 1970s, Tian Mimi was a sixteen-year-o 6.2kReads9.1Score650Shelves
29. 79 七 A Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s, with a Stoic Officer Who Craves Her Every Day 七零军婚甜如蜜，冷面军官日日馋 Picking the Moon and Making It Poetry摘月成诗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + high-maintenance heroine + raising kids + military marriage + marriage before love + devoted couple] When Lin Jiaojiao opens her eyes, she's become the doomed mother of the future villain in a novel set in a bygone era! She only gets to live through the first three chapters of the book?! The original owner was lazy and troublesome, and all she wanted was to return to the city. According to the original plot, tonight she'd sneak off to the woods with a pretty-boy educ 2.1kReads8.0Score173Shelves
30. 80 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Reluctant Match Is Surprisingly Sweet 重生七零：强扭的瓜有点甜 Meow Commander喵指挥官Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan transmigrated! And she transmigrated right into the most awkward situation imaginable. Why awkward? Because she was forcing herself on a man. This is a terrible misunderstanding, a huge injustice! None of this has anything to do with her. She’s just an innocent passerby who transmigrated into this world. Unfortunately, no one believes her. Well, the original owner was notorious for raising hell and ruling the family compound like a tyrant! So be it. What’s done is done, and crying won’ 11.2kReads9.0Score1kShelves
31. 81 漂 The Gorgeous, High-Maintenance Mediator of the 1970s 漂亮作精在七零当调解员 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance298k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Hilarious + Military Marriage] You were supposed to mediate family disputes, not encourage people to get divorced! - After five years as a marriage counselor, breaking up countless unhappy couples, Jiang An'an was hit over the head with a brick and flung into the material-scarce 1970s. Her father was a lazy good-for-nothing, her mother was tough as nails, and all three of her older sisters were a handful. As for her, she was a beautiful airhead who 6.1kReads8.8Score600Shelves
32. 82 穿 A Transmigrated Mother-in-Law Takes Her Pregnant Daughter-in-Law to Join the Army on an Island 穿越婆婆带双胎儿媳海岛随军 Yu Xiyu余西余Modern Romance718k WordsOngoing The rating has just been posted, and it will rise as more chapters come out. [Transmigration] [Period Setting] [Pocket Dimension] [Feel-Good Story] [Food] [Family Life] [Sweet Romance] [Raising Kids] Lin Shulan transmigrated. She had spent her whole life unmarried in the 21st century, reaching her seventies. One morning, she woke up in the body of her original namesake from a century earlier. Not only had she become a mother, but a few months later, she became a grandmother, too. She was certain 2.5kReads6.4Score194Shelves
33. 83 冷 The Stern Officer Is Too Fierce, and the Alluring Military Doctor Can't Resist 冷面军官太勇猛，娇媚军医架不住 Slightly Sweet微恬Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + soldier + devoted husband + bashful (o(_////▽////_)o) System + love at first sight + long-planned romance + fictional setting] When his daughter and the son of his first love fell ill at the same time, her husband unhesitatingly gave the only life-saving medicine to his first love’s son. Their daughter died without treatment! Filled with resentment, Xiao Niannian set a fire, killing herself along with her husband’s sweetheart and their son. After her death, Xiao Nian 1.3kReads8.9Score135Shelves

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    This is a super good period drama, my first and most beloved book. I was put in a dark room (a euphemism for being kept under wraps) and stared at it for ages, but finally I can take it out again! [Heart emojis] The daughter and her husband's unrequited lover's son both fall ill. Without hesitation, the husband gives the only life-saving medicine to the son, leading to the daughter's death! Filled with resentment, Xiao Niannian sets herself, her husband's lover, and their son on fire. After death, Xiao Niannian floats in mid-air, watching her husband hold her body and weep uncontrollably… Xiao Niannian feels utterly ironic… When she wakes up again, facing her daughter's life-or-death moment, she abandons all morality and rushes to feed the medicine to her children, successfully saving her daughter and also exposing the unrequited lover's tricks, leading to a swift divorce!

34. 84 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: Su Xia's Life Raising Kids 穿越六零，苏夏的养崽生活 Half Past Noon半午Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Having Children + Stockpiling Supplies + Raising Kids + Everyday Life + Retirement] Su Xia, a modern office worker, has the same dream several nights in a row. A few days later, she gains a pocket dimension and senses that she is about to transmigrate. She starts stockpiling all kinds of supplies, then takes her pocket dimension with her as she transmigrates to the famine-stricken 1960s. An older unmarried woman becomes a young married “mother who starved to 12.2kReads8.0Score1kShelves
35. 85 七 The 1970s: The Petite Wife Returns to the City with Her Educated Youth Husband 七零：小矮妻随知青丈夫回城记 Fragrant Bamboo by Night夜里竹来香Modern Romance157k WordsCompleted [Period] Chen Gaogao is famous throughout the surrounding villages for being short! Her father is the production team leader, her mother gave birth at an advanced age, and she has three pairs of twin brothers. With five sisters-in-law and nine children, their family is practically a football team. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful! The aunties with sons are so terrified of her, they blanch at the mere mention of her name! So what if she's pretty? She's terribly short. Giving birth might even cost 160Reads5.2Score—Shelves
36. 86 夫 A Couple Transmigrates into a Book and Goes Wild with the Villain's Script 夫妻穿书，拿反派剧本杀疯了 The Fan Won't Open扇子打不开Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Book transmigration + space + spirit spring + putting jerks in their place + one heroine + pets + two years as an educated youth + no negative portrayal of educated youth + no college entrance exam] A young couple transmigrates into a romance novel, where Wan Chen'an becomes a cannon-fodder character. Scene one: “The house is mine, the old man is yours. Get out, you little bastard, and don't come crawling back!” Scene two: “Take the family assets, then bundle up those three burdens and send the 9.7kReads8.8Score968Shelves
37. 87 八 The 1980s: A Northern Coyote Officer and His Gentle Wife from the Water Country 八零：军官北方土狼军嫂水乡娇娘 A Pot of Fine Wine一壶大花酒Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted Period Setting + Lots of Sweetness + No Transmigration, Rebirth, or Golden Finger + Striking Size Difference and Electric Chemistry + Healing and Redemption + A Slow-Burning Romance After becoming a fallen heiress, Liu Chuntao gained another identity when a flood struck: a poor little girl who had lost her mother. She truly wanted to die alongside her mother, but before Liu's mother died, she clutched her hand and said, "Chuntao, you mustn't die. If you die, I'll become a vengeful ghost and won' 626Reads8.8Score102Shelves
38. 88 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s, Make Money, Win His Heart, and Raise the Kids 穿越八零年代，挣钱撩汉养崽崽 Slightly Tipsy with Orange Flavor橘子味微醺Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [No golden finger in this book. Readers who prefer pocket-dimension or System stories should steer clear. The heroine isn’t a self-sacrificing saint, the hero is warm and devoted, there are adorable kids, and few awful characters.] After a nap, Qin Man woke up to find she had transmigrated to the 1980s and become a woman whose identity was unknown. Apparently, the woman she had become was a simpleton, married to the village heartthrob, who was attending university, and had a lovely pair of twins 7.6kReads9.1Score433Shelves

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    You absolutely must read this first one! It's my number one historical fiction novel; I can't find anything similar. I love Xiaozhu! [Crying][crying]

39. 89 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 149.8kReads9.0Score17.7kShelves

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    [Drooling][Drooling] These books are seriously amazing! They're all time-travel stories set in different eras, and the female leads are all very clear-headed and not at all naive or overly sweet. The plots are fresh and original, and each one is so sweet it's addictive! [Smirking][Smirking] The characters are incredibly well-developed, and the writing is exquisite down to the smallest detail. I highly recommend them to everyone! [Masterpiece][Masterpiece][Masterpiece]

40. 90 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 2kReads8.9Score177Shelves

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    I think these two books are pretty good.

41. 91 八 The Eighties Cannon Fodder Charms the Male Lead and Climbs to the Top 八零小炮灰，撩爆男主要上位 Cheng Yiqi橙以七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical setting + devoted couple + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + everyday military life + rugged husband who dotes on his wife + older man + falling in love day after day Xu Zhouzhou transmigrates into the body of a stunningly beautiful minor character in an 1980s novel. The minor character is a background extra who gets killed off from the start. But she happens to have a breathtaking face, and as the village’s last educated youth unable to return to the city, she lives alone 10.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
42. 92 黑 The Black Heiress 黑千金 Song Xiangbai宋象白Modern Romance682k WordsCompleted Zhou Zhizhi was born a wealthy heiress, but she was abandoned in a remote county and taken in by a man who had just been released from prison after serving time for a serious crime. At just five years old, she was already able to save her father. Later, she also brought home an old scholar and former examination candidate, and the three of them began building a life together. The hardened criminal turned into a coal magnate, while the abandoned girl became a true heiress of the underworld. How w 32.6kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
43. 93 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.2kReads8.5Score268Shelves
44. 94 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 29.8kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
45. 95 七 A Warm Marriage in the 1970s: She Marries a Rough Rascal and Is Spoiled Like a Treasure 七零暖婚：嫁给痞气糙汉被宠成宝 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone says the bad-tempered rascal from the Xie family is a shameless layabout. How on earth did he get so lucky as to marry Jiang He, the woman everyone in the surrounding villages wants for a wife? The young men who have a crush on Jiang He are all so jealous they could grind their teeth over Xie Shenqing. And yet, despite having such a kind and lovely wife, Xie Shenqing is always shouting at and scolding her. Even the neighborhood aunties whisper that it's a shame and that Jiang He has had 6.1kReads8.9Score380Shelves
46. 96 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
47. 97 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 14.6kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    🤤🤤These books are seriously amazing! They're all time-travel stories set in different eras, and the female leads are all very clear-headed and not at all naive or overly sweet. The plots are fresh and original, and each one is so sweet it's addictive! 😏😏 The characters are incredibly well-developed, and the writing is exquisite down to the smallest detail. I highly recommend them to everyone! [Masterpiece by QueShi][Masterpiece by QueShi][Masterpiece by QueShi]

48. 98 和 I Reincarnated into a Period Novel as the Foil to My Ex-Husband 和前夫穿成年代文对照组 Whale, Hurry Up and Type阿鲸快码字Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This is an alternate-era setting, so please don't take it seriously!!!! [Over one million words, real-life married couple transmigrate into a book together, heroine doesn't suffer, raising kids, period setting] Jiang Ci had just divorced her husband of six years, a man she had no feelings for. She had barely stepped out of the civil affairs bureau when she transmigrated into a book. When she opened her eyes, she had become the supporting female character in a period novel, a foil to the heroine. 7.2kReads8.6Score639Shelves

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    It's a really good show. The male and female leads are a modern couple who are about to get a divorce when they travel back in time to become a married couple from another era. It's amazing!

49. 99 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 44.6kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves

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    The female lead in the first book is truly amazing; she can do anything, and her mind works incredibly fast—she comes up with a solution in no time.

50. 100 七 A Lucky Little Girl in the 1970s: With Mystic Powers, Bad Luck Knows to Stay Away 七零萌娃，玄学在手霉运绕道 The Rabbit Loves Buns兔子很爱吃包子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + contrasting characters + everyone’s favorite + everyday family life + following the army + transmigrate into a book + fortune teller + child protagonist] The fully leveled fortune teller Yuan Man revealed the secrets of heaven and transmigrated to the 1970s. A terrible start: a dad who’s a top-tier workhorse, a mom blinded by love, a grandma rumored to bring misfortune to her husbands and children, and herself, doomed to die young. Worst of all, she discovers that the neighbors 14.5kReads8.4Score2kShelves

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    The main characters are three little children who make wishes (Fu Bao, reborn), Yuan Man (Man Bao, transmigrated into a picture book, a fortune teller in her previous life), and Xie Yunchuan (a small business owner who followed Yuan Man). There is no romantic pairing.

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