Reborn in the 1980s: No Superpowers or System, True to the Times 重生80年代，不带异能、系统，尊重时代，符合时代

1. 51 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s as the Village Tigress, I Call the Shots 穿越80母老虎，全村上下我做主 Your Dentures Just Flew Out你假牙飞出来了Modern Romance112k WordsOngoing Devoted husband, lighthearted comedy, doted-on heroine, and building a fortune. Su Xiaomo transmigrates to a rural village in northern Shaanxi in 1985. The name of this poor little village tells you everything: it must be desperately poor! The original owner was the village's notorious shrew, feared by everyone. Luckily, her family all dotes on her. She also has a handsome husband. But since she's transmigrated, this reputation could work to her advantage. Should she play along, or turn over a n 803Reads—Score115Shelves

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   I highly recommend these two new female-oriented historical fiction novels. Both are incredibly engaging from the very first few chapters, getting even more exciting as you read on! The first one, in particular, is incredibly immersive and hilarious—absolutely fantastic. Definitely worth reading.

2. 52 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零，我带着妈妈一起离婚 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you! 350Reads—Score109Shelves
3. 53 我 A Lifetime for Her and Me 我和她的这一生 A Country Person一个农村人Urban245k WordsOngoing In 1992, at the age of twenty, I left my hometown. My family was crippled by illness and poverty. We were on the verge of starving to death. If I stayed, we would all be trapped on that patch of barren soil. If I left, there might be a way for them to survive. The southern wind, laden with cement dust, swept into that big city filled with construction sites. This place had no name, only countless steel bars, scaffolding, and faces waiting to sell their labor. We came here to fight for our lives. 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Finally, I've found a breath of fresh air in the world of rebirth stories set in the 1980s! No superpowers, no cheat codes, no extreme domestic drama—just the story of an ordinary couple in the 1980s, making a living little by little through street vending, odd jobs, and neighborly help. The details are incredibly realistic, brimming with the warmth of everyday life, and it's absolutely captivating! 👉 "My Life with Her" 👉 "My Life, Self-Salvation"

4. 54 我 My Life: Saving Myself 我的人生，渡己 A Country Person一个农村人Urban241k WordsCompleted I moved from the countryside to the big city when I was twenty. On my first day at the factory, I was five minutes late. Those five minutes felt like a slap in the face, waking me up and changing my life. More than ten people crammed into one dorm room. For breakfast, I could only bring myself to buy a tea egg and soy milk. Watching others eat fried rice noodles, I secretly vowed to work hard and make a solid place for myself in the city. There was no sudden wealth and no romance, just a country 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: Building a Happy Life with My Lame Wife 赶山：带跛脚媳妇过上幸福生活 Garfield Isn't a Cat加菲不是猫Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [A Grounded Period Novel + No Pocket Dimension, No System + Wife and Sister-in-Law + Animal Companions + Hunting + Food + Business + Farming + Gathering Herbs] Xu Yi, a modern-day wage slave, accidentally takes the wrong medication while being treated for depression and dies. He transmigrates into the body of Xu Yi, a man with a severe intellectual disability in a mountain village in the early 1980s. To his surprise, he has a beautiful, fair-skinned wife who limps, as well as an adorable six-yea 16.5kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves

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6. 56 重 Reborn in 1985: Tales from the Plains 重生一九八五：平原往事 Guan Sheng from Far and Wide天南海北的关胜Urban397k WordsCompleted When business tycoon Yu Yang woke up, he had returned to 1985 and become a rural young man with nothing to his name. Standing at the cusp of a new era, he drew on a vision more than thirty years ahead of his time and started from an unremarkable corner: he bought a tractor, began hauling goods, and earned his first fortune. Next, he took over the town’s market and built a commercial hub; founded a plastic hose factory to complete the supply chain; and acquired a flour mill to begin capital opera 195Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Grasp the timeline of development, withstand scrutiny, and industrial types

7. 57 狠 A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his 28.4kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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   Inspirational articles are absolutely brilliant.

8. 58 生 My Biological Father Abandoned His Wife and Child? I’ll Make Him Lose Everything 生父抛妻弃子？我让他倾家荡产 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban125k WordsCompleted In his second year of high school, Jiang Yang's biological father abandoned his sick wife and three children, running away with his mistress. As the eldest child, Jiang Yang resolutely gave up his studies and shouldered the burden of supporting his family. Years later, successful and famous, Jiang Yang encounters his biological father in the business world. How will this father and son face off...? [Inspirational] + [Comeback] + [Top Student] + [Showdown] + [Revenge] 45Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 59 孤 Lone Wanderer 孤行者 Wang Yiwang王已忘Urban2.9M WordsCompleted An abandoned “simpleton” takes his first bold step, and a brilliant, shining life begins to unfold. Life’s wonders are not made up of laughter alone. There are far more tears along the way, but come rain or shine, he presses on and grows stronger! 211kReads9.4Score17.9kShelves

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   I recommend these; they're all very good period dramas. The third one has a little bit of supernatural power/space element, but the others don't. The plots are reasonable and the storylines are clear. People born in the 70s and 80s should all enjoy them.

10. 60 世 The Year the World Ended 世界末日的那一年 Little Island, Tiny Island小岛小小岛Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted [No tired tropes, no melodrama: a healing coming-of-age story for readers born in the 1980s and 1990s] 1999, on the cusp of a new millennium. A small residential compound somewhere in southwest China is struck by an “apocalypse.” A man catches his wife cheating. Her lover jumps from a building to escape, but leaves a key behind at the scene. The man makes hundreds of copies and hands them out to every woman in town. “Give it a try. If it opens the door, that’s your husband’s key.” Qi Lin has jus 407Reads9.3Score107Shelves
11. 61 七 The 1970s: The Eight Younger Brothers Who Always Enabled Their Brother Are Reborn 七零之八个扶弟魔的弟弟重生了 A Splash of Vivid Color一抹重彩Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, reborn, spirit spring space, one female lead, family ties, everyday family life, building wealth] In his previous life, Qi Yuejin became the richest man in the country. In the first half of his life, he relied on his eight older sisters and lived well with his wife. By the time he made money and came to his senses, some of his sisters were dead and others crippled, while the younger generation had severed ties with him and wanted nothing more to do with him for the rest of their 39.1kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
12. 62 重 Reborn: Patenting Every Technology to Sever the West’s Tech Advantage 重生：全系专利，斩断欧美科技树 When Can I Lie Flat何日能躺平Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Cutting-edge technology + business + military industry + defending the country + upright values] Carrying the memories of two thousand scientists from every field, Chen Hao is reborn on the day of the college entrance exams in the year 2000. He missed the exam and scored just 180 points? He solves the ten greatest conjectures in mathematics, and the top ten universities fight to recruit him! His father is bankrupt and about to jump off a building from the start? He builds the XP System and 35.1kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
13. 63 重 Reborn: Back in 1977 to Be a Dad 重生：回到1977当奶爸 Half a Cup of Strong Tea半盏粗茶Urban5.1M WordsCompleted When he wakes up, his luxury cars are gone, and so are the beautiful women. Chen Fugui, a billionaire, has been reborn in the 1970s. Will he drift aimlessly through life, or live it to the fullest? For his sweet wife and adorable daughter, he’s going to build a business empire of his own. 11kReads9.0Score958Shelves
14. 64 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 74.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
15. 65 重 Back to 1987 重回1987 Ting Houshan庭后山Urban2.4M WordsCompleted Feng Yisheng, the lone wolf of finance, spent his entire life striving for the top. Just as he reached the summit of the financial world, someone threw him off a rooftop, sending him back to 1987, a year when his parents and older sister had disappeared, his younger sister had been kidnapped, and the girl who had waited ten years for him had given up. It was a time when beauty and harsh reality coexisted. As spring breezes and gentle rain swept across China and all things came back to life, he m 16.8kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
16. 66 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves
17. 67 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
18. 68 坦 Tanks, Planes, and Aircraft Carriers? My Farm Equipment Factory Can Build Them All 坦克飞机航母，我农具厂都能造 Happy Potato Chips开心薯片Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Military industry expert Qin Yang arrives in 1980 and becomes the son of the head of the technical department at a Third Front factory. Once a good-for-nothing second-generation factory brat, Qin Yang sets out to turn his life around. The factory wants to switch from military production to civilian goods? Qin Yang casually invents an air rifle, and Uncle Camel can't stop praising it! Having trouble choosing a small-caliber bullet? Qin Yang makes the gun and bullets himself! The copied SVD sniper 16.3kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
19. 69 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 162.1kReads9.5Score18.1kShelves
20. 70 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Married My Sister’s Best Friend 重生1980：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 Cang Yue Aotian沧月傲天Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [The new novel Reborn in 1975: I Want It All, From a Loving Wife to a Fortune in Scientific Research is now a hit! Click the author's name to read it!] Li Yi is reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980! When Tang Xue asks him to marry her once again, he doesn't hesitate. His answer rings out loud and clear: “I do!” In his previous life, he was blinded by his own foolishness and watched helplessly as Tang Xue fell into darkness! With a second chance at life, he swears to make her the happ 11.7kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
21. 71 九 The Metaphysical Mom of the '90s: Reborn to Protect Her Child, a Spirit Fox Guards the Home 九零玄学妈：重生护崽灵狐守家 Master of the Cleansing Heart Pavilion洗心阁主人Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted Period, metaphysics, main plot plus standalone stories, Northeast China, folk customs, healing Zhang Xiuying is reborn on a snowy night in 1990. In her arms is her youngest daughter, burning with fever. Behind her are three children, thin as skeletons. In her previous life, she was timid and submissive, and her family was ultimately destroyed. In this life, she kicks open the bully’s door and rushes into the blizzard with her children. Four kids, one fox, one family. In this life, no one will la 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Family ties and metaphysics of a bygone era

22. 72 那 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 Xiong Dayu熊大雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 12kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    The most realistic and best-written novel of the 1980s, its reputation was ruined by its title.

23. 73 重 Reborn in 1978: Starting with Selling Herbal Tea 重生1978：从卖凉茶开始 Candied Sweet Potato Cake拔丝蛋糕地瓜Urban199k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Chen Fan was a businessman who met a crushing defeat. His family was torn apart, his loved ones were gone, and he was left with nothing but regrets. When he opened his eyes again, he was back at the dawn of Reform and Opening Up, eighteen years old once more. His family was drowning in debt, his mother was gravely ill, his sister's engagement had been called off, and his overbearing uncle was determined to seize the family's last means of survival. In this desperate situat 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It conforms to the characteristics of the times and is innovative.

24. 74 守 Alone in an Empty Room, While the Factory Director Next Door Holds Me Close at Night 守空房，隔壁厂长夜揽小蛮腰 Milky Pear Boba奶梨啵啵Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Both Pure in Love + Sweet Romance + Traditional Story, No Rebirth or Transmigration] [Pretty Widow + Untamed Steel Mill Director, With a Striking Difference in Build and Skin Tone, and Chemistry Through the Roof] After her husband dies in an underground accident, He Xiaohe becomes the “jinx widow” everyone at the steel mill thinks they can bully. Her vicious mother-in-law wants to seize her house, then sell her off to the countryside for a bride price. Her shamele 2.2kReads—Score102Shelves

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    Fast-paced plot, ensemble cast, and book reviews

25. 75 8 Tales of Xizhou in the 1980s 80年代西州往事 Silk Road Comics丝路漫画Urban235k WordsCompleted This is a story about youth, and a story about growing up. It is filled with passionate brotherhood, the innocent love of childhood sweethearts, clashes of steel in the streets and alleys, and the struggles and choices people face in the tides of a changing era. Most importantly, it captures the warmth unique to that time: the unreserved sincerity between people, a purity that seems almost like a luxury today. 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a snapshot of an era: in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the spring breeze of reform swept through Xizhou City. Department stores were torn down to make way for skyscrapers, skating rinks were transformed into dance halls, tourism began to flourish, and individual businesses sprang up like mushrooms after rain. Zhang Xi pointed to the construction site at Da Shizi and shouted, "This will become Xizhou City's Zhongshan Road, Nanjing Road, and commercial center! We're sure to achieve great things!" Wang Dong saw clothes "half the price of department stores" at the West Gate of Urumqi and realized for the first time the importance of "source of goods." Xiao Hong's father started selling pool tables in a store, becoming one of the earliest individual business owners of that era. The tide of the times thus quietly surged into everyone's lives.

26. 76 一 A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p 12kReads9.0Score718Shelves

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27. 77 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—Shelves
28. 78 西 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban576k WordsCompleted [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 391Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 重 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban282k WordsCompleted So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 465Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 这 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban313k WordsCompleted Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 284Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 重 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban273k WordsCompleted At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 127Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 重 Reborn in 1978: Don't Even Think About Stealing My Life Again 重生1978，别再想偷我的人生 At the Beginning of Lifeo人之初oModern Romance174k WordsOngoing [This is a long novel about fated cycles of reincarnation across several lifetimes. No transmigration with memories, no System. Each volume is a complete story of its own: Volume One: Years Like a Song, a 1978 college entrance exam rebirth story. Later volumes include the flames of war in the Republican era.] In her previous life, she studied day and night beneath a kerosene lamp, tirelessly preparing for the college entrance exam. In the end, the acceptance letter went to someone else. In 1978, 189Reads—Score102Shelves

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    No system, no space, no superpowers, close to reality

33. 83 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Road to a New Life 重生八零：逆袭人生路 Li Luo Here在下漓洛Modern Romance215k WordsOngoing [Period setting + reborn + building wealth + business and farming + face-slapping and crushing villains + wicked relatives meet their doom] In her previous life, Lin Xiulan was nothing but a blood bank for the Lin family. Her cousin stole her college admission letter, her husband took all her property, and her uncle's family ground her into the dirt. Seven months pregnant, she was pushed down a freezing staircase. As she perished in a sea of flames, only the taciturn officer Lu Weiguo charged i 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend this book! It's realistically plotted with no system or cheat codes, a revenge story unfolding layer by layer, a strong female lead navigating each step with meticulous planning, and an explosive pace! The male lead, a soldier, provides mutual protection and support – it's so addictive! No mindless face-slapping or mindless crushing; every counterattack is satisfying and well-reasoned! You can just jump right in!

34. 84 两 Trading Between Two Worlds in 1983: A Tycoon Rises 两界倒贩1983巨鳄崛起 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban500k WordsOngoing Destitute Su Tianci accidentally transmigrates from 1983 to 2025, an age of soaring economic growth. Two vastly different eras now lie before him: one wad of bills from 1983 can be exchanged for over a hundred thousand, while an electronic watch from 1983 costs only a few bucks in 2025... 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    From now on, the yard will be...

35. 85 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves
36. 86 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves
37. 87 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves
38. 88 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.6kReads5.8Score316Shelves
39. 89 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score101Shelves
40. 90 两 Warlords of Two Worlds: The Pirates' Last Stand 两界枭雄之倭寇末路 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban539k WordsOngoing Su Tianci was betrayed by his girlfriend. He got drunk, and when he woke up, he had somehow transmigrated to 1936, a year ravaged by war. Seeing the Japanese invaders bullying ordinary people, how could Su Tianci possibly stand by and do nothing? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 91 双 Dual Crossing to 1936: I Looted the Japanese Army’s Treasury 双穿1936我搬空鬼子金库 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Historical804k WordsOngoing Lin Feng is a retired special forces soldier. After leaving the military due to an injury, he works as a security guard. His parents are ill, and his brother is in debt. Thanks to a jade pendant, he transmigrates to 1936, an era engulfed in the flames of war... 560Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 双 Crossing Between Two Worlds: From the Start in 1952, I Was Already a County-Level Cadre 双穿一九五二开局就是正科级 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban443k WordsOngoing In 2026, Su Tianci accidentally transmigrated to the war-torn Korean battlefield. Fortunately, he had brought along a pocket dimension. The System grabbed a bucket and ran. To return to 2026, he had to reach the siheyuan. Two vast eras lay before him. 28.5kReads5.5Score1.6kShelves

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    Ing in No. 2 Middle School QwQ

43. 93 双 Traveling Between Two Worlds to Fight in Korea, I Beat Up the Americans 双穿抗美援朝，我暴打美国佬 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Historical632k WordsOngoing In 2026, overworked wage slave Su Tianci gets his writing royalties. He plans to go out for a foot massage with the full-service treatment, as a reward for himself. But he never expects to open his eyes and transmigrate to a battlefield engulfed in war. There’s no water, medicine, or food. Fortunately, he can return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 24.7kReads7.2Score1.7kShelves
44. 94 在 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零，伪装归国神豪 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban239k WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 22Reads—Score127Shelves
45. 95 两 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban361k WordsOngoing Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 5kReads5.8Score216Shelves
46. 96 重 Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80，从大院祸害到国士无双 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel 4.7kReads6.3Score291Shelves

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    🔥It's absolutely amazing!🔥The second installment of the "Troublemaker Trilogy," titled "Reborn in the 80s: From a Menace in the Compound to a Peerless Hero," is simply exhilarating! [Laughs][laughs][sends hearts][sends hearts] [laughs][laughs]

47. 97 我 My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills 我的九四，从漫山野菜开始 Bookworm from a Stone Box石合子出来的书呆子Urban754k WordsOngoing Xu Shouyi was an outstanding modern farmer of the 21st century. After serving as village chief for 20 years, he went to a neighboring village to advise them on a new planting method. Then, caught in a sudden downpour, his car plunged off a cliff… When he woke up again, he had returned to 1994. There was still time to set things right. In his previous life, he’d drifted through life and only come to his senses in middle age. This time, he would use his knowledge to lead his kind-hearted neighbors 485Reads—Score100Shelves

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    What about the 90s generation? Still full of intelligence and emotional intelligence. Worth watching.

48. 98 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score759Shelves
49. 99 为 A Career in Public Service 为民官路 At Ease and Unrestrained安心无忌Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [A gritty, realistic tale of ambition and struggle in the government ranks] In 1990, top student Zhen Weimin offends the wrong people and gets kicked down to a poor rural township. Everyone thinks his life is over. But he is determined to make flowers bloom among the thorns. He breaks through obstacles with his knowledge and grounds himself in his conscience, with every step in sync with the pulse of the times. Starting in the township, he moves forward one step at a time. This is a true chronic 26.9kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    Give this book a try, it's really good.

50. 100 四 Siheyuan: I'm He Yushui's Older Brother 四合院：我是何雨水哥哥 I'm Braised Pork Ribs with Potatoes我是土豆焖排骨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Courtyard setting + Silly Zhu + He Yuzhu + He Yuzhu’s older brother + no System + one female lead + period setting + a little hot-tempered, but not too much + won’t take a loss or let others push him around] My name is He Gaoheng. I’ve never trained in martial arts and couldn’t even hurt a chicken with my bare hands!!! One day, I transmigrated and became He Gaoheng, the older brother of Silly Zhu from the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang! He Daqing, the He family’s pillar, ran off, leaving the 6.6kReads5.4Score183Shelves

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