Looking for Novels Set in the 1990s 求书九零年代文的

1. 1 重 Back to the 1990s: A Life of Sudden Wealth 重回九零之暴富人生 Dusk Orange暮橙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Muzhen died. She died on the operating table. In the final moments before her death, as she thought back over her life, one thing had always baffled her: Why had she worked so hard her whole life, staying busy from dawn till dusk, wanting only to be a good wife, mother, and daughter, yet never managed it before she died? Her husband resented her for devoting all her attention to the children and neglecting him. Her two children blamed her for being a terrible mother. Her family back home sc 1.4kReads8.1Score106Shelves

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   This 1990s novel features a female protagonist who is reborn and discovers that buying a house in advance has led her down a different path than in her previous life. She starts a business and changes her family's fate. The story unfolds gradually and at a somewhat slow pace. Those who prefer a more relaxed and uneventful narrative might enjoy it.

2. 2 重 Back to the 1990s: I Lead My Whole Family to Become Rich 重回九零：带着全家卷成首富 Yuwen Manman宇文满满Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted Chen Yan, who had thrived in the education industry in her previous life, was left deeply in debt and on the brink of bankruptcy after the relevant policies were announced. Just after paying off all her debts, she was reborn and returned to 1990. At this point, her parents were still alive, and her little brother was still healthy in their mother's womb. With the soul of her previous life, Chen Yan refuses to lie flat in an era where fortunes are there for the taking and settle for being an ordi 2.2kReads8.9Score183Shelves

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   This one is really beautiful, even though it's not spacious.

3. 3 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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   Especially beautiful

4. 4 我 My Glory Days in Dongguan 我在东莞的高光岁月 Warm Wine, Waiting for the Wind温酒等风来Urban406k WordsOngoing My name is Chang Da Qiang. I was born in a small, underdeveloped county town in the late 1980s. My parents were farmers, and in those days, when everything was desperately poor, I graduated from a junior college and looked for work in my hometown. After hitting one dead end after another, I made a bold decision: I headed south to Guangdong to try my luck. Through hard work, I finally had the experiences that inspired this novel. 2.1kReads—Score122Shelves

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   These two books are super good!

5. 5 那 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 Sparse Shadows in the Courtyard疏影庭前Urban299k WordsCompleted [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 5.4kReads6.0Score485Shelves
6. 6 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Protecting Our Lucky Dad 重生九零：保护我方福运老爸 Yun Doudou云豆豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + period setting + no golden finger + growing stronger through sheer ability] To the Song family, Song Shuhua’s father is honest and dull, her mother is illiterate and sharp-tongued, she herself is willful and dim-witted, and her younger brother is timid and clumsy. The whole family is disliked by everyone! In Song Shuhua’s eyes, her grandparents are biased, selfish, and hateful; her uncle is sinister, her aunt is vicious, and those wolves want her and her brother dead! Song Shuhua i 834Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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   The second book is absolutely amazing!

7. 7 穿 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 201.5kReads9.4Score26.2kShelves
8. 8 重 Reborn in 1990: Unleashing My Full Firepower 重生九零之火力全开 Warm Spring Sunrise暖阳春晓Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Xia Qingfang was timid and afraid of trouble. She spent her whole life working odd jobs and ended it in poverty. Fortunately, fate gave her a chance to live again. She returned to the 1990s, when she had just left home to work. This time, she boldly urged her strong young husband to start a business, give up his steady factory job, and bring their child to live with them and attend school, so the child would no longer be bullied. In this new life, Xia Qingfang is determined 3.4kReads7.7Score190Shelves

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   I followed the updates, one after another, until late at night.

9. 9 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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   Historical fiction – The female protagonist, relying on her past life's experiences, builds a business and accumulates real estate with her family, transforming their difficult life into an independent and prosperous one.

10. 10 重 Reborn in 1990, I Traded My Ex-Husband for Eight Houses 重生九零，我用前夫换了八套房 Autumn Colors Crimson秋色绯绯Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong leads x no pocket dimension x no System x loving family x building wealth x career first, romance later] Bai Zhenzhu is reborn on the very day she divorces her scumbag husband. The mistress pulls out a stack of cash and asks her: “How much do you want to agree to the divorce?” Bai Zhenzhu replies, “One hundred thousand. Not a cent less.” One hundred thousand to get rid of the scumbag, twenty thousand in divorce compensation, and twenty-four thousand in child support. Bai Zhenzhu takes t 20.1kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
11. 11 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 My Tinghan Bamboo我的听寒竹Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.8kReads8.9Score599Shelves
12. 12 重 Back to 2000: I'm Done Being a Doormat of a Wife 重回2000，窝囊贤妻不当了 Sour Particle酸粒子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Yueyue had been married for over twenty years. The money her husband, Wang Chaoyang, earned was either lent to friends and classmates or taken by his parents and siblings. He even used all 300,000 yuan in their savings from running a shop to buy a house for his nephew, while neglecting their three daughters. She was so furious that she fainted on the spot and died. Reborn in 2000, she was twenty-six, with her youngest daughter, just over two months old, in her arms. Her eldest was six, and h 13kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
13. 13 赌 I Married My Crush's Cousin Out of Spite, and Had Triplets 赌气嫁给心上人的堂哥，我一胎生三宝 Thirty Moons叁拾月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After the man she loved got married, Lin Nuo married his cousin in a fit of anger. She obsessively monitored the couple's life until his wife became pregnant. Then Lin Nuo shoved her over, nearly causing a terrible accident. Reborn in the 1990s and faced with the same script, Lin Nuo only wants to gouge her eyes out. Her parents dote on her, her in-laws indulge her, and her older brother, a folksy tycoon, treats her like a princess. Even her college-student husband, who seemed to fade into the b 8.1kReads9.3Score982Shelves
14. 14 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Raising a Child Day by Day 重生八零养娃日常 Nightfall, a Thousand Words夜落千语Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Hao Meixi, a small-time e-commerce entrepreneur, transmigrates to the 1980s with her own personal space and an e-commerce platform at her disposal. The road to prosperity is hers to take. She takes on her awful relatives head-on and works hard with her husband and children to build a comfortable life. No one can stand in the way of her success. 269Reads8.7Score—Shelves
15. 15 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 13.5kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
16. 16 改 Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老 Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 34.3kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
17. 17 一 I Woke Up to Find That the Father of My Child and I Were Both Reborn 一觉醒来，我和孩儿她爹都重生了 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted Zhang Xuemei had never wronged anyone in her life. The only person she had ever wronged was her youngest daughter, whom she gave away shortly after birth. She had secretly gone to see the girl before. Seeing that she was doing well had put her mind at ease, and Zhang Xuemei hadn’t wanted to disrupt her life. But on the night she returned, she fell asleep and woke up thirty years in the past, back when she was pregnant with her youngest daughter and hiding at her parents’ home. She touched her be 4.9kReads8.9Score418Shelves

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    The first book features a husband and wife reborn together, working hard to earn money since they were heavily in debt in their previous life. While their relatives have their own agendas, they aren't truly awful. When their family becomes wealthy, they help their relatives too. The second book follows a neglected and abandoned second daughter who forges her own path. The parents and siblings in this family are truly infuriating to read, especially the mother, who is incredibly biased and demanding. The third book is about a couple who decide to change their lives because of a dream, leaving the island to strive for better education for their children, firmly believing that knowledge can change destiny.

18. 18 滚 Kicked Out of Her Family: The Middle School Dropout Strikes It Rich 滚出家后：初中学历的她，发财了 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, farming] + [Family and neighborhood drama] + [The 1990s] + [Everyday modern life, no golden finger] + [Female entrepreneur] She was the second daughter, overlooked by her family, with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary background, and only a junior high school education. He was born into an eminent family and had power and prestige to spare. She was the least promising daughter in the Li family, and her parents were certain she would never amount to anything. With only a junior 55.5kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves
19. 19 状 The Top Scholar Came from a Dump 状元来自垃圾场 Chong Jiu重玖Modern Romance694k WordsCompleted Zhou Yingchun had a dream. In it, her husband Li Haoyu was injured on the job and lost the ability to work. Their family struggled to get by on a small island in Taihu Lake, and their children had no chance to get a proper education. Life was hard. She told her husband about the dream, and they managed to avert the misfortune. She started working at a garbage wharf and gradually put down roots in the city. Their child got into a good school and ranked first in the city on the college entrance ex 433Reads8.7Score105Shelves
20. 20 重 Reborn in the 1990s: With a Pocket Dimension, I’m Bound to Get Rich 重生九零：空间在手 暴富我有 The Years of Poetry and Wine诗酒年华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Sweet Romance + Everyone's Darling] Su Weiwei once vowed never to get married, and was sent straight back to 1996, with a pocket dimension thrown in for good measure. Making delicious food, selling clothes, building a brand... Su Weiwei blazes her way forward and builds her own business empire. But... she'd firmly decided to enjoy being single, and yet the handsome guy next door is so gorgeous that her resolve is crumbling. With a face that could be enjoyed like a fe 786Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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21. 21 重 Reborn in 1990: The Top Student Is Doted on by Her Seven Older Brothers 重生九零当学霸，她被七个哥哥团宠了 Lemon Tea Leaves柠檬茶叶子Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted Song Zhizhi is reborn in the 1990s. All seven of her older brothers, five uncles and aunts, and both her grandparents are still alive, and she also gains the Good Fortune System. Not only is she showered with love by her family, she can also accumulate good fortune as she strives to become a top student. As long as she keeps excelling academically, she earns points that she can trade for luck, knowledge, beauty, and combat ability, leading her whole family down the road to prosperity. Her wonder 708Reads8.5Score102Shelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: In the 1970s, I Have Billions in Supplies and Catch the Eye of a Rugged Man 穿书七零：带亿万物资被糙汉盯上 Fu Wanzi伏丸子Modern Romance713k WordsCompleted [1970s] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Pocket Dimension] [Educated Youth] [Dual Cultivation] Bai Xiaoxiao, the eldest daughter of the Bai family in the 21st century, transmigrated into the 1970s after a shopping mall exploded. Luckily, heaven had been kind to her, gifting her the family’s massive shopping mall, stocked with enough supplies to last her ten lifetimes! Her original self had a father who didn’t care for her and a mother who didn’t love her. Her family signed her up to go to the count 3.4kReads8.6Score292Shelves

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23. 23 神 Tycoon System: I Spend Money to Raise Kids in a Period Novel 神豪系统：我在年代文里氪金养崽 The Brightest Bulb Is Me灯泡属我最亮Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (1990s setting + tycoon System + spending money to raise the kids + no romance + building a business empire + wish fulfillment) When Ye Xiaolin woke up, she had landed in a world formed from a fusion of several period novels. She’d become a wicked woman who despised poverty and loved wealth, abandoning her children and running away in pursuit of a materialistic life. She was bound to a tycoon System. To complete its main quest, she created the persona of a wealthy overseas returnee and embarked 8.6kReads7.8Score660Shelves
24. 24 娇 The Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled Rotten by a Rugged, Fierce Man 娇滴滴小美人被凶猛糙汉宠野了 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [Complete❗] Xie Hezhang, a local troublemaker from Helian Village with a bad class background, found himself pursued by a city girl sent to the countryside. The young woman couldn't carry a shoulder pole or lift a hand, and complained that her hands hurt whenever she did farm work. Her only hobby was trailing after him wherever he went. One afternoon, fed up with her, Xie Hezhang cornered her in the cotton field and threatened, “Keep following me and I'll beat you up.” The sweet little Shu Qingy 6.7kReads9.2Score682Shelves

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    It's already finished, rated 9 points or higher, and it's really good.

25. 25 嫁 After Marrying the Sickly Man Next Door, I, Who Was Infertile, Got Pregnant 嫁给隔壁病秧子后，不孕不育的我怀上了 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Junyi dreams that she's gone back several decades, leaving her adoptive parents to return to her birth parents. Her grandmother torments her, she loses the ability to have children, her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she dies of exhaustion at a young age. She frantically stocks up on supplies in her pocket dimension. Then she really arrives in the world from her dream, ready to spend her life alone, only for the handsome neighbor who got into university to come next door and propos 1.3kReads9.0Score206Shelves
26. 26 系 The System Sends Me Back to Sixteen 系统让我重返十六岁 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A rebirth story, a System story, a patriotic story, and a tale of striving for success. Top scorer in the national college entrance exam, Olympic champion, special forces soldier, diplomat. This isn't a romance. It's a female-led story, and the male lead barely appears until the final chapter. The moment Lu Xiaoxing opens her eyes, she's back at sixteen, in her senior year of high school. She's also bound to a Progress System. Walking or running each day is enough to complete her check-in tasks 15.9kReads9.5Score2kShelves

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    These three books are from different eras, but they're all really good. The first one is mainly about the female protagonist being reborn and changing her ordinary fate from her previous life; the male protagonist has relatively little screen time. Those who enjoy stories of female protagonists striving for success might want to check it out. The second one is a story about a pampered, spoiled child. I don't remember the third one very well because it's been so long. The important thing is that all three are finished! They're all books I've kept hidden away. Hope you can help! 😳

27. 27 八 The 1980s: The Darling of the Family, I Wake Up Lucky Every Day Despite Being a Jinx 八零团宠：身为灾星的我每天醒来运气爆棚 Qian Naina千奈奈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Complete [period setting + everyone’s favorite + lucky little darling + everyday life + farming] The poorest family in the village, the Zhou family, adopts four-year-old Doudou, whom everyone calls a jinx, despite the objections. Who would have thought that their difficult, impoverished life would suddenly get better? The wife’s illness is cured without medicine, just from something the child says! The child casually goes up a hill, and a whole school of fish comes swimming over to meet its end. 1.7kReads9.1Score153Shelves
28. 28 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 30.8kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
29. 29 九 There Was No Underworld in the Nineties 九十年代没有江湖 White Fox, the Big Villain白狐大反派Urban457k WordsOngoing Years later, workers renovating Qinghe's old town unearthed a moldy ledger beneath an abandoned factory housing complex. The ledger listed laid-off workers, families of miners killed in accidents, women from dance halls, and several lines of numbers blurred by water. On the last page, there were only three words: Chen Qingshan. Some said he was the most loyal man in Qinghe. Some said he was the man who most deserved to die. Others said that if not for the times he lived in, Chen Qingshan mig 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a realistic novel that explores ways out of life. The "iron rice bowl" is no longer secure, and the protagonist is forced to make a living by doing manual labor. By comparing the two ways of life, it fully expresses the plight of ordinary people looking for a way to survive under the changing times.

30. 30 年 The Wife Who Dies Young in a Period Novel? The Ascetic Professor Falls in Love 年代文早死妻？禁欲教授沦陷求爱 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance977k WordsCompleted [An alternate 1980s setting, awakening as the foil to the heroine; slow-paced, everyday traditional story; marriage first, love later, and family life; raising kids with sweet affection; no golden finger; local-born characters who aren’t perfect] After Song Zhiyao impulsively picks a fight over divorce, she takes her child to her parents’ home and has a dream that makes her awaken to the truth. Well, would you look at that: she’s living inside a period novel! And she’s not even the main heroine, 34.4kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
31. 31 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 15.3kReads8.1Score860Shelves

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    The book is currently set in 1990. The protagonist travels to the Soviet Union.

32. 32 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人，当然赚钱啊 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.5kReads8.9Score109Shelves

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    1990s novel, female protagonist novel

33. 33 九 The 1990s: I Took Down the Heroine, Tried to Slouch, and Ended Up Starting a Business 九零：干掉女主，摆烂不成去创业 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance305k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Food + Stepmother + Raising Children + Cute Kids + Spirit Spring Water in a Pocket Dimension + Entrepreneurship + Feel-Good Revenge] Black Impermanence from the underworld kicks Shen Qingqing into the book I Fell for the Handsome CEO, becoming a gullible cash dispenser for the heroine. The heroine can take a hike. Who cares about the plot? Let’s change it! With her pocket dimension and spirit spring, Shen Qingqing opens a kindergarten and settles into a laid-back life of raisin 37Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 穿 Transmigrate into a Book as a '90s Bad Girl, Only to Find My Brooding Husband Sweet and Flirty 穿书九零渣女身，阴鸷老公甜又撩 Marshmallow Pudding棉花糖布丁Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted Completed [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + face-slapping revenge + building wealth + raising a child] Su Yun transmigrates into the 1990s as a despicable, scummy woman. She stops chasing wealth and despising the poor, and clings to her gloomy husband, begging for forgiveness. In the original story, she kicks the heroine, makes trouble everywhere, causes her own son’s death, and ends up married to a fool, beaten to death by her husband. Su Yun won’t let the story go t 645Reads7.5Score100Shelves

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    [Top Post] This isn't a female-centric novel. The female lead starts out running a pancake business, while the male lead is a translator with access to clothing suppliers (meaning he gets goods at low prices), making money through the clothing business. Then, based on her past life experience, she learns when to profit from stocks. The male and female leads are incredibly sweet.

35. 35 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 7.3kReads9.1Score422Shelves

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    The historical fiction books all have good ratings, especially the first one, which I found very enjoyable and highly recommend. It has a simple yet heartwarming story that's not overly dramatic. Give it a try!

36. 36 九 Twins in the Nineties: My Rugged Husband Spoils Me Like a Treasure 九零生双胎，糙汉老公把我宠成宝 Yue Bai越柏Modern Romance969k WordsCompleted Ye Tan is reborn in the 1990s. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself heavily pregnant and struggling to deliver twins. Facing a malicious stepmother-in-law and human traffickers lying in wait, Ye Tan delivers her own babies. She successfully gives birth to healthy twins, a boy and a girl. She protects her children and changes the fate of her rugged husband, who was destined to die young. She ventures out to build a career, face-slaps her awful relatives, tears into her scumbag first l 246Reads7.6Score—Shelves
37. 37 重 Reborn in the 1960s as the Family’s Lucky Little Darling 重生六零团宠小福星 Duo Rui Mi Fa Suo朵瑞米发娑Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted She wakes from a nap to find herself back in the chaotic, resource-scarce 1960s, transformed into an adorable little girl. “Anyone who dares touch my granddaughter will have to step over my dead body…” Protected by her grandmother, the little girl begins a happy life in the 1960s, though there are sad and painful moments along the way. In the end, she finds precious family love, a happy romance, and warm friendships… 855Reads7.9Score—Shelves
38. 38 重 Reborn in 1990: I Strike It Rich with My Pocket Dimension 重生九零，带着空间逆袭暴富 Xu Yiwan许意晚Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Xia Chutang is reborn in the 1990s. She awakens a pocket dimension and gains extraordinary stamina and hearing. She studies hard, turns from a hopeless student into a top scholar, and gets into the best university in the capital. She persuades her mother to leave her lazy, abusive father and start over. She uses her grandmother’s secret recipe to start a factory and go into business. Her aunt’s family, who ruined her family in her previous life, gets what they deserve. Want her help? Sorry, she’ 1kReads8.6Score151Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

39. 39 九 Cheated Out of My Inheritance in the 1990s, I Go Wild and Take Them All Down 九零被吃绝户，我靠发癫嘎嘎乱杀 More Trees, More Rain木多雨也多Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + space + putting scumbags in their place + making money + serving the nation] Xia Ran sacrificed her life saving someone in her previous life. Only later did she learn that her soul had been taken by mistake, but by then there was no going back. With her compensation (a space + perfect photographic memory + superhuman strength), she transmigrated to 1990 and into the body of Xia Yindi, whose husband had just died. Xia Yindi had been reborn from a later era, but died on the spo 127Reads9.1Score175Shelves

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    This book is enjoyable; the plot is relatable and the content is rich, encompassing both personal love and national sentiment.

40. 40 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Female Ghost Is Anxious About Her Looks 直播算命：女鬼她容貌焦虑了 Hua Qingqing华卿卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Live Fortune-Telling: Your Dad’s Been Running Around Naked Down There for Three Years [No romance, livestreaming, fortune-telling, episodic stories] Lin Qingwan transmigrates into a book while attending a metaphysics lecture and reading a tearjerker. She becomes the poor, lovesick heroine who loses a kidney, a leg, and her sight, goes bald, yet stubbornly survives to get a happy ending with the male lead. After waking up to find her home completely bare, Lin Qingwan returns to her 5.2kReads9.2Score743Shelves

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    Come on, come on!

41. 41 老 Why Should I Have to Support That Old Hag? 老太婆凭啥让我养老 Nurturing Heart Cottage育心小筑Modern Romance390k WordsCompleted Wang Fangping was reborn. Had she really been angered to death? In her previous life, her in-laws exploited her until she was destitute. She spent most of her life trapped in the countryside, slaving away for the extended family. She moved to the city and took on the heaviest, dirtiest work, yet still couldn’t afford a home. When her mother-in-law was able to work, she helped the younger son’s family. When she could no longer manage on her own, Wang Fangping was expected to look after her in 449Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    Wang Fangping died a miserable and resentful death in her previous life. After being reborn, she stayed away from her husband's bloodsucking family and led her younger siblings to get rich quickly through hard work.

42. 42 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Once I Took Control of My Fate, Everyone Wanted to Spoil Me 重生九零：掌握命运后我被追着宠 Three Rounds of Drinks酒三巡Modern Romance171k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, pampered by everyone, historical era, storage space, everyday family life] Her aunt was wicked in her previous life, bringing about her grisly end: she died with her bones never recovered, consumed by rage even after death. Luckily, Chunyi was reborn. She vowed never to follow her evil aunt again! At just two years old, Chunyi bit the aunt who came to take her in. Her venomous glare finally scared the woman away. From then on, Chunyi was doted on by everyone, and life couldn't have bee 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Space, Reborn in the 90s, Beloved by All

43. 43 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves

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    They all look great! 😘

44. 44 重 Back to the 1990s: The Road to Fortune 重回九零致富路 July Little Rice Ball七月小丸子Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted Back in the early 1990s, Su Jinhua turns down a blind date and joins the wave of workers heading south. Getting another chance in the midst of a great era, Su Jinhua's greatest wish is to seize the moment. She plans to buy another home while houses are still dirt cheap, but ends up becoming a landlady before she knows it! Su Jinhua never meant to make a big fuss about things. After all, nothing beats coasting to success. But who can keep a low profile when their abilities won't allow it? She onl 757Reads6.4Score—Shelves
45. 45 重 Reborn in a Pocket Dimension: The Little Landlord of the 1990s 重生空间之九零年代小地主 A Letter on Plain Silk尺素Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Su Yin was the child who, in that old, familiar mix-up-at-birth story, was raised by a wealthy family. When the truth about her origins came out, she was fortunate enough to be adopted by them. She looked like a guaranteed winner in life, but the reality was the exact opposite: her adoptive mother hated her, and her sister resented her. She kept her head down and gave way again and again, only to lose everything and die miserably. Now reborn, Su Yin rises like a phoenix from the ashes, leaving b 46Reads8.8Score108Shelves
46. 46 重 Back to the '90s: A Rich Girl on Campus 重回90校园当富婆 Jade Beauty of the Jade Terrace瑶台玉人Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted At forty, Xiao Yao feels like she's accomplished nothing. She doesn't have much education, and work has always been a struggle. Even at forty, she still has to watch what she says around others. She loves children and wants a family. But a scumbag wasted the best years of her life, and now she's alone. Her parents used to work at a state-owned factory. By now, their glory days are long gone. They didn't go into business when others did, and they didn't buy a home when others were buying. They li 5.9kReads8.9Score571Shelves
47. 47 重 Reborn in the 1990s: The Cast-Off Wife's Cheat-Code Life 重生九零：弃妇的开挂人生 Jiang Monan江陌南Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Kang Ying, a career-driven businesswoman of the 21st century, transmigrates into the body of Kang Ying, a peasant woman in the 1990s. The original Kang Ying is honest and kind, yet her husband and mother-in-law treat her terribly, and they haven't consummated their marriage in three years. With a new “soul” in her body, the abandoned wife Kang Ying first breaks free of her awful in-laws, then launches a business, makes a fortune, and marries a warmhearted man. This is her story of turning her li 116Reads7.8Score—Shelves
48. 48 穿 Traveling Between the 1970s and the Modern World 穿梭在70年代与现代世界 A Rain-Perfumed Cloak of Straw一蓑薰雨Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + travel to the modern era + making a fortune + everyday family life + wish fulfillment] Lin Qingyan is reborn in the second year after following her childhood sweetheart to the countryside as an educated youth. When she wakes up, she stays away from the scumbag, refuses to be cannon fodder, and uses her foreknowledge of the next few years to make money and get into college. What? She has a pocket dimension too? There’s a mysterious well, and a door that leads 4kReads8.9Score464Shelves
49. 49 带 Back in 1990 with My Memories, I Make a Fortune in a Small Town 带着记忆回90我在小镇身家过亿 Zhang Jinbao张金宝Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted When Guo Mengmeng returned to her childhood with her memories intact, the first thing she did was tell her parents to hurry up and buy the old house next to her aunt’s place in the city. It would later become a famous demolition and redevelopment zone! The second thing she did was demand a name change! Who knew how many times she’d been called, “Mengmeng! Stand up!” Of course, it didn’t work! Then, naturally, she grabbed all the chances her family had missed to get rich! There was the chance to 1.6kReads8.2Score146Shelves
50. 50 重 Reborn in 1990: I Changed My Fate with the Lottery 重生90之：我靠彩票逆天改命 White Jade Staghorn Fern白锦龟背竹Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [A proud heroine blessed with luck and hard work × a cool, proud top scholar] [Period setting + reborn + building a fortune] [School life + mutual secret crushes] Ding Mo had lived a miserable life in her previous life. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and she even died suddenly at her desk. Reborn at seventeen, she arrived just in time for a lottery overhaul and secretly bought a ticket that won five million. With the prize money in hand, she was like a sitting duck 176Reads—Score—Shelves

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