Well-Written, Realistic Stories Set in a Bygone Era 文笔好的年代文符合实际高质量

1. 351 八 The Darling of the 1980s 八十年代掌中娇 Shu Ning舒甯Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she owned five apartments in the capital and drove a big G whenever she went out. But after opening her eyes, she found herself a country girl in the 1980s. Her father, seeking to get ahead, latched onto a “rich heiress” and wanted to divorce her mother. Fine, let them get divorced! Her younger brother, who worshipped the rich and looked down on the poor, could go live with the mistress. She would start over with her two younger sisters! They collected bat guano, sold quail 5.3kReads8.8Score642Shelves

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   The prices in this period novel are quite close to those of the 1980s. My favorite female protagonists in period novels are Xia Xiaolan and Zhou Chuyu, the protagonist of this book!

2. 352 闪 Shining with Stars 闪耀含星 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 3.4kReads8.3Score381Shelves
3. 353 花 The Secret of Huaxi 花溪的秘密 Pile of Money钱堆堆Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 13.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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   The Secret of Huaxi is beautifully written, without any plot devices or special effects. It made me cry so much my eyes were swollen. It perfectly captures the era.

4. 354 重 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance413k WordsOngoing (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
5. 355 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 37.3kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves

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   🍉① On Lin Xiangnan's first day after transmigrating, her family was in an uproar over going to the countryside. At first: "It's just going to the countryside! She has hundreds of millions of resources in her spatial dimension, how could she not do well in the countryside?" After helping her second grandfather hoe the fields for two days: "Going to the countryside is impossible! She's just lazy, greedy, and can't stand any hardship!" ② Yang Yuan: "What? Going to the countryside? Impossible, absolutely impossible! I'm just cunning, lazy, greedy, and sly, so what if I take advantage of others? So what if I'm shrewd? Being shrewd just makes me easy to fool!"

6. 356 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 23.4kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
7. 357 带 Taking a Little House Back to the Seventies 带着小屋穿七零 Hector Who Loves Tangyuan爱吃汤子的赫克托Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After graduating, Jiang Yan joined the army of people preparing for the civil service exams. She stayed up late doing practice questions to secure a government job, but suddenly died from overwork and was reborn in the 1970s. To her surprise, what seemed like a disaster turned out to be a blessing: she landed a secure job. 5.8kReads7.3Score269Shelves
8. 358 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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   You can really tell from the lines that the author must have done research for that era; it's very much in line with the actual conditions of that time and region.

9. 359 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.9kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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   The female protagonist transmigrates into another body, possessing immense strength and exceptional swimming skills, and even saves the male protagonist. After marriage, she accompanies him to his military post, gives birth to two very intelligent children, and is a realistic historical novel. Highly recommended!

10. 360 对 Life in the Courtyard: The Sisterhood of the Comparison Group 对照组姐妹的大杂院生活 Yunyang Peach Cake云阳桃片Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted Lin Wanqiu transmigrates into a book. In the story, she defies her mother's objections and marries Wu Lian'an, just as she wished. But the Wu family is all appearances and rotten to the core. Her husband, Wu Lian'an, is weak-willed and hiding secrets; her mother-in-law is domineering, her father-in-law is a hypocrite, and her sister-in-law is a constant troublemaker... Lin Wanqiu decides she can't spend another day living like this. Unexpectedly, her cousin Lin Jing, who should have lived to see 1.5kReads6.8Score114Shelves

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    Although they time-traveled, the protagonists never felt like they were the main characters after their transmigration; their actions were all in line with the era.

11. 361 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s: The Supporting Actress’s Cheat-Code Life 穿书七零：女配的开挂人生 Red Beans in the Southern Country南国有红豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Qiao Mo, a low-level ability user killed by her best friend, transmigrates into a period novel and becomes a cannon-fodder character. To escape her doomed fate, she stays away from the awful people, works hard, and uses her knowledge of the plot and the golden finger she brought from her previous life to build a glittering future and start a whole new life. 8kReads9.0Score779Shelves
12. 362 穿 The Female General Who Became Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 穿成年代文炮灰的女将军 Sword Bean刀豆Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted Shaomin, whose martial prowess was unmatched, never imagined that after spending half her life on the battlefield, her entire family would be executed for a trumped-up charge. Her furious soul refused to enter the cycle of reincarnation. On a night of lightning and thunder, she watched in spirit as the enemy army cut down the heads of the corrupt emperor and his treacherous ministers. With her great vengeance fulfilled, she was finally able to let go. But then lightning struck her soul and sent 165Reads9.3Score—Shelves
13. 363 七 The 1970s: The Crazy Real Heiress Beats Her Adoptive Mother, Then Goes to the Countryside 七零，疯批真千金暴打养母后下乡 Miaomiao Wants to Get Rich淼淼想暴富Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sent-down youth + educated youth + scum-bashing + devoted husband + supernatural powers] In her past life, Su An was tricked by her parents into going to the countryside in her younger sister’s place, and even handed her job over to her. After being sent down, she worked diligently, sending all the money she earned home to support her parents and help her younger siblings. At long last, she managed to return to the city, only for her parents to sell her off to an old widower. I 56.5kReads8.9Score5.6kShelves
14. 364 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 38.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
15. 365 间 The Spy's Daily Life After the System Dumped Me in Republican-Era China 【被系统坑到民国的】间谍日常 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An ordinary office worker gets a System, but before she can enjoy any of its benefits, it dumps her into a parallel-world version of Republican-era China. That's where her life as a spy begins. From an ordinary field operative to an undercover agent, from a regular spy to a triple agent, she goes from reluctant to willing, writing her own legend in the great metropolis of Shanghai... Check out the new book next door: The Village Girl, the Grand Diviner, also known as After Getting a Puppet Space 45.3kReads9.5Score4.7kShelves
16. 366 被 My Best Friend Stole My Wedding, So I Married an Officer and Had Twins 被闺蜜抢亲，嫁军官怀双胎躺赢了 Strawberry Apricot Rain草莓杏子雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book, Military Marriage + Face-Slapping + Taking Down Scumbags + Pampered Family + Raising Kids + Female Supporting Character’s Comeback + Medicine] Yu Li transmigrates into a period novel as the male lead’s fiancée, who walks in on him cheating and dies by suicide in shame. When she opens her eyes, she learns that while she was working herself to the bone taking care of the male lead’s family, he had already gotten together with her best friend. To get rid 14kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    The writing is good and the story is very engaging. The relationship between the male lead's parents in the second book is particularly heartbreaking and leaves a deep sense of unease. The male and female leads in the first book are both very well-developed. Everyone says Lu Shishen has a cold and aloof personality, his life revolving solely around patriotism. Only Yang Niannian knows this. The serious Lu Shishen by day transforms into a wolf that hasn't eaten for half a year at night.

17. 367 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Taking My Younger Sister to Northeast China to Join the Educated Youth 重生七零：带着妹妹下东北当知青 Yuxi Is Not a Creek玉溪不是溪Urban8.0M WordsOngoing [Period setting] + [Sent-down youth] + [Hunting and farming] + [Growing ginseng] + [Hard work and perseverance] In his previous life, what Tian Xiangnan regretted most was failing to take good care of his younger sister, which led to her dying far too young. Now that he is reborn, Tian Xiangnan immediately takes his sister with him to the Northeast to become sent-down youths. But on the way there, he unexpectedly discovers a shamanic legacy in a cave. Going hunting? I have homemade, magical sham 26.1kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    A bookworm of over 20 years, highly recommended! A period drama with a strong sense of the times! A work of dedication from the authors, the setting and background are quite reasonable.

18. 368 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: My Sister Fights, She Doesn’t Talk 穿越八零：妹妹只动手不动口 Cute Little Mahua麻花小萌Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted Su Yunyan used to be an ordinary nine-to-five office worker. Then a sudden zombie outbreak changed the entire world. Thanks to her special ability and golden finger, she barely survived for six months in the apocalypse. When a high school classmate shoved her into a horde of zombies, a strange stone struck her and carried her into another parallel world. Back on campus, Su Yunyan became much more assertive. When someone came looking for trouble, she'd rather throw a punch than waste words... Why 1.8kReads8.9Score153Shelves
19. 369 你 Hello, 1976! 你好，1976！ vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.5M WordsCompleted The orphan Zheng Weimin transmigrates to 1976. He thinks he’ll finally experience the warmth of a family, but instead he’s abandoned once again. Luckily, he has the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Without them, he really wouldn’t have been able to turn things around. As the saying goes, nobody visits the poor in the busy city, while distant relatives come flocking to the rich in the mountains. It’s true. Zheng Weimin experiences life in all its harshness and, after being reborn, fin 38.3kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
20. 370 七 The Shameless Family of 1970 七零之无赖一家人 Sunny Peach桃子晴朗Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted [Period setting + beloved by all + self-serving and refined + warped values! Ensemble cast of protagonists + eccentric whole family + awful relatives + pocket dimension] (A family ensemble in a parallel setting, not reality. The heroine has little presence early on. She's not very smart, self-serving in a refined way, and an ordinary person.) I thought I was the chosen one because I had a pocket dimension. I thought the apocalypse was about to begin, so I frantically stocked up on supplies. I 8.2kReads8.8Score759Shelves
21. 371 闺 My Best Friend and I Transmigrated Together, and I Feast on Gossip in the Seventies 闺蜜双穿，我在七零年代吃大瓜 Zhao Yuetang赵悦糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Couple Transmigration + System + Pocket Dimension + Family Life + Romance] There are countless transmigration stories, but car accidents account for half of them. She’s in an accident right after getting a new car, and she and her best friend transmigrate into a book. Her best friend is beautiful, fair-skinned, and long-legged, with handsome men always around her. She’s dark, skinny, and short-legged, running all over the pla 2kReads8.9Score210Shelves
22. 372 炮 The Cannon-Fodder Educated Youth Transmigrates into a Book and Gets Rich Gossiping in the 1970s 炮灰知青穿书七零靠吃瓜致富 Jiu Yue玖悦Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted Fang Yumo transmigrated into a period novel after an air disaster, becoming a minor cannon-fodder character. As a perk of joining the transmigration wave, she was bound to a Learning System. Medicine, cooking, carpentry, bricklaying, basket weaving, animal husbandry, farming, and more: she had to learn it all. “Yumo, the accountant’s youngest son just had his engagement called off. The girl’s family says he has a hidden ailment.” “That grandson from the house at the end of the village was sold b 939Reads8.7Score100Shelves
23. 373 胖 My Chubby Wife Is Sweet and Soft, and the 1970s Officer Spoils Her With His Life 胖媳妇又娇又软，七零军官拿命宠 Gu Xi Ci故夕辞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Seeking adaptation for a short drama] [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] After transmigrating, Su Mei goes from a senior doctor to a lazy, nasty military wife in a 1970s military compound. In her previous life, she had worked hard her whole life, only to die suddenly. Su Mei is determined to lie flat and be lazy this time around. But when she sees the original owner’s situation, she 8.5kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    ① A disastrous start! Jiang Wan transmigrates to the scene only to find herself in a situation where she's being forced into a relationship? The original owner's antics have angered everyone, and she's destined to take the blame! Fine, she's had enough of this humiliation; she'll inherit the "family compound bully" persona! Let her be dramatic, who's afraid of who? But the cold-faced military officer she's forcibly brought in isn't easy to fool; his X-ray-like gaze makes her facade crumble. However, the plot takes a sharp turn—he actually thinks her cursing is too refined? "Can't you even curse like a shrew?" "Don't you know the 'crying, making a scene, threatening suicide' mantra? You can't let your persona crumble!" Jiang Wan clutches her chest: Help! This military heartthrob who taught her how to cause trouble, apologized for her, and made money for her—she'll fight anyone who tries to take him away!

24. 374 养 The Pig-Raising Prodigy Transmigrates to the 1970s 养猪小能手穿七零 The King Is a Cat大王是只喵Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + divorce and remarriage + face-slapping and punishing scum + whoever she touches has twins] After transmigrating into the body of a young wife in the 1970s who can’t have children and is forced to raise her husband’s mistress’s child, Tang Shiyu angrily divorces him. Who knew that after remarrying her childhood sweetheart, a discharged soldier, she would have triplets? While shopping at the market, she runs into her scumbag ex-husband, who is still with his mist 981Reads8.8Score103Shelves
25. 375 七 With a Space in the Seventies, This Heroine Is Absolutely Unhinged 七零有空间，这个女主她丧心病狂 Tomato Fish Stew番茄鱼煲Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted [Period setting, pocket dimension, transmigration, older woman and younger man romance: mature beauty and puppy-like boy] In the 21st century, mature beauty Chen Qiangwei transmigrates into the body of a girl in the 1970s who shares her name. The original girl was big-busted, dim-witted, and hopelessly in love. From the start, her fiance teams up with a shameless woman to scheme for her job. Chen Qiangwei quickly dumps him and lets the two villains get together. To keep people from uncovering he 710Reads8.9Score100Shelves
26. 376 睁 I Opened My Eyes in 1970 and Refused to Let Postpartum Depression Win 睁眼70，我拒绝产后抑郁 Big Black Melon大黑瓜瓜Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted (Not a power fantasy) + (Devoted to each other) + (Doting husband) + (Everyday life) + (No golden finger) + (Complete) Thirty years ago, Liu Yue lost a daughter. After spending most of her life searching, she finally found her daughter just before she died! Seeing her daughter, now in her early forties, still having one baby after another, Liu Yue couldn’t have regretted it more! In a moment of desperation, she returned to the time when her daughter was just a month old! Looking at the man besid 2.6kReads8.6Score177Shelves

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    This is a reincarnation story set in a bygone era. Before her rebirth, she had a misunderstanding with the male lead, but after her rebirth, they will reconcile and resolve the misunderstanding, and gradually fall in love with each other through everyday family life.

27. 377 末 An Apocalypse Big Shot Becomes the Village Tyrant in the 1970s! 末世大佬在七十年代当村霸！ The Sky on the Left左边的天空Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + superpowers + educated youth + raising children + face-slapping and taking down scumbags] Gu Zhixia, a woman from the apocalypse, wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated into the body of a country girl in the 1970s who shares her name. The original Gu Zhixia, the youngest daughter born to her parents late in life, was the family darling. But after her niece, Gu Taohua, unexpectedly awakened the ability to foresee the future and tried to steal Gu Zhixia's future marr 3.7kReads8.4Score245Shelves
28. 378 八 A 1980s Military Marriage with Twins: The Scorned Ex-Wife Turns Her Life Around 八零军婚有双宝：炮灰前妻洗白了 Schoolgirl女生徒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + period setting + military marriage + adorable kids + everyday family life Qin Xiaoqiao's husband is the male lead in a period novel. He's from a wealthy family and is an army officer, destined to rise to great heights and make a name for himself. Unfortunately, she's not the heroine. She's merely the male lead's doomed ex-wife, a fat, lazy glutton who, in the author's version, wreaks havoc and gets her family and children killed. In the end, she dies miserably with not 13.3kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    This is a historical fiction novel with no special abilities, no cheat codes, a military marriage, and a sweet romance (initially indifferent, later irresistible; a very good historical military officer novel where none of the characters have cheat codes, they build their fortunes through their own hard work and wisdom; the female lead isn't a saint, she gets revenge on the spot).

29. 379 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
30. 380 军 A Smile from the Military Rose, and the Young Commander’s Heart Went Haywire 军花一笑，年轻首长就心肝乱跳 Xinxin Le心心了Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Alternate World + Reborn + Military Marriage + Devoted Sweet Romance + No Golden Finger] In her previous life, Wen Jiaojiao had turned her life into a joke. Her ambitions soared, but her fate was as fragile as paper, and she ultimately met a tragic end. Given another life, she only wants to keep a low profile and do her duty. But she never expected that someone had swapped out her life from the very beginning, and that the slander against her had come from the mouths of those c 7.8kReads9.1Score682Shelves
31. 381 铁 Rust and Blossoms 铁锈与繁花 Tian Yuefang of Deer West Island鹿西岛的田月芳Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted 1990s + inspirational realism + female awakening + a determined comeback + making a life far from home + workplace transformation + family ties + sincere romance + friendly neighbors At seventeen, she never imagined that the peachwood talisman her mother pressed into her palm would accompany her through so many storms: from the crowded sleeper cars of a green train to the fluorescent-lit workshop of an electronics factory; from an old night-school building overgrown with ivy to the desk in her o 689Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The moment the green train started moving, she thought it was carrying away her cowardice, but later she realized it was taking her destiny back into her own hands. The moldy basement, the curses on the assembly line, the torrential rain night when she was fired... All the pain turned into one sentence: "Pain proves that I am still alive."

32. 382 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: Spoiled Rotten by a Handsome Officer in the 1970s 甜蜜军婚，穿七零被酷帅军官爆宠 Ugly Little Thing丑小样Modern Romance486k WordsCompleted [Alternate Setting + Cozy Everyday Life + Food + Sweet Romance + No Going to the Countryside] Lin Qianyi, who has been pampered all her life, transmigrates to the underdeveloped 1970s, only to find herself saddled with the original owner’s mess as soon as she arrives. What do you do when a local bully wants to force you to marry him? I’d better marry someone else first! Let’s see if the bully dares mess with me after I marry a handsome, capable military officer. Everyone at the machinery plant t 8.3kReads9.2Score759Shelves

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    Lin Qianyi, pampered and privileged, unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s. Upon arrival, she finds herself in the predicament left by the original owner of the body: forced into marriage by a tyrant. In a moment of crisis, she cleverly decides to strike first, marrying a cool, handsome, and capable military officer to escape the tyrant's clutches. The workers at the machinery factory, who initially thought she would be destroyed by the tyrant, are astonished to discover she has a military officer as her partner. Thus begins the heartwarming daily life of the cool, handsome officer doting on his wife, and their sweet story unfolds in this fictional era.

33. 383 东 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance859k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 53.6kReads8.7Score3kShelves

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34. 384 新 On Our Wedding Night, the Cold-Faced Officer Washed the Sheets 新婚夜，冷面军官洗床单 Meat Sauce Dumpling肉酱团子Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted The ratings came in on Singles’ Day, and they started out a little low. They’ll gradually rise, though~ [Military marriage in a bygone era + sweet beauty VS stone-faced officer + devoted husband + cozy everyday life] She transmigrates into a book on her wedding night. They’ve barely finished when he wants to run away? Jiang Muning raised an eyebrow. “In your dreams!” When she woke up, she discovered that her archenemy, who was supposed to have died with her in an avalanche, had also transmigrate 11.7kReads9.0Score983Shelves

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    🥰Qin Muye was bound by his father's arranged marriage and married the original owner of this body. Their wedding night went smoothly, but before dawn he fled and joined the army, disappearing without a trace. The original owner suffered cold treatment from her in-laws and lived a miserable life. When the female lead transmigrated, she saw Qin Muye trying to run away and immediately raised an eyebrow: "Dream on! Stay here!"

35. 385 八 An Eighties Beauty Marries for Good Fortune and Is Doted on by Her Rugged, Fatherly Husband 八零美人冲喜，被爹系糙汉宠上天 A Dream in the Bamboo Heart竹心一梦Modern Romance694k WordsCompleted Pure romance + transmigration into a book, fictional setting + period piece + older husband, younger wife + building a fortune + sweet romance + slow-burn, satisfying face-slapping. Bai Qian, from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, transmigrates into a book and becomes a plump, laid-back young bride, married off to bring good luck to He Yanzhou, a cold-faced, rugged man. The man is gravely ill, and lays down three rules with her: this marriage is just for show, and he’ll nev 1.2kReads8.6Score160Shelves

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    These are simply treasures among period dramas. I've read the military marriage novel three times, and the other one, "Rough Guys of Northwest China," is also incredibly good. You definitely won't regret getting into this genre. I'm really looking forward to the military marriage novel being adapted into a comic or short drama; it would be a huge hit! It's full of patriotism and incredibly enjoyable. It's the only period drama I've ever read with a 9.9 rating. I hope it gets adapted; both books are so vivid. Highly recommended, ladies!

36. 386 八 The 1980s Nanny: The Cold-Faced Officer Loses Control and Wants a Baby 八零小保姆，冷面军官失控想生崽 A Dream in the Bamboo Heart竹心一梦Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Manhua adaptation in progress] Period setting + marriage to a soldier + transmigrate into a book in an alternate world + devoted to each other + possessive, sweet romance + love grows over time + a gentle, slice-of-life romance about doting on his wife. (Older husband, younger wife; growth, comeback, doting on his wife, having a baby, and patriotism) A stern, older, abstinent military officer VS a sweet, soft-spoken girl who's both beautiful and talented, and refuses to be pushed around Bai Qia 2.9kReads8.7Score316Shelves
37. 387 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 Gu Yue Er Dong古月耳咚Modern Romance681k WordsOngoing When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 22.2kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    His biological mother only cared about money her whole life. Even when her son was terminally ill with cancer, she was still nagging, "Who told you not to hand over your salary to me?" Chen Guoping was heartbroken to death. Reborn in the 1960s, he immediately started matchmaking for his father, insisting that he choose his own stepmother—someone gentle, virtuous, and genuinely caring. On the day his stepmother entered the family, his biological mother trembled with anger, while he, holding a bowl of hot soup noodles cooked by his stepmother, smiled more happily than anyone else.

38. 388 快 Quick Transmigration: The Alluring Beauty's Life of Being Spoiled 快穿之钓系美人娇宠日常 Qing Yao清夭Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing The bewitching beauty Tang Wan has been the beloved of the villains in every world, but the plots of those worlds always force her to leave them for one reason or another, leaving them heartbroken and unable to have the one they love. Until one day, she binds herself to the Villain-Saving System and awakens to the truth. And then Paranoid CEO: “Where are you trying to run off to this time?” Cold-faced husband: “I swear I’ll earn money to support you. Don’t leave me.” Ruthless leader: “Please, do 13.9kReads9.2Score422Shelves

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    The Second World 🎀 The Beautiful Ex-Wife of the Future Richest Man 🔥 The author's writing is incredibly smooth and natural 🔥🔥 I absolutely adore the male lead, and the female lead is a master at seduction ❤️❤️❤️❤️

39. 389 末 Transmigrated to the 1960s During the Apocalypse, the Female Side Character Wants to Run Away After Joining the Army 末世穿六零，随军后女配她想跑路 This and That云云尔尔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1960s + Spatial Storage + Superpowers + Military Marriage + Past and Present Lives] Important: The original heroine is not vilified! Lin Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The Zombie King slapped her to death, and when she opened her eyes, she discovered she had transmigrated. Unfortunately, she wasn’t the heroine, just a disposable cannon-fodder character! She had to split from the family as soon as she transmigrated? She did it without hesitation! Thinking of the hunger ahead, she decisively t 3.5kReads8.8Score399Shelves

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    In the first book, Lin Xiuxiu transmigrated into a novel and was slapped to death by the zombie king. She opened her eyes to find herself transmigrated… [Top post][Top post][Top post] In the second book, the landlady Shen Yao transmigrated into a novel and became a cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name, betrayed by her best friend, forced to go to the countryside for love, and ultimately dying tragically! An only child from a dual-income family, with harmonious relatives and a department store sales clerk job that everyone envies—Shen Yao must be out of her mind to go to the countryside! 😆😆😆

40. 390 社 A Sociable Little One Takes Her Sweet, Delicate Mom Along to Join the Army 社牛崽崽带娇软亲妈去随军 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Gifted Kids + Women Supporting Women] Jiang Ningning transmigrates into a military-marriage novel as the deceased biological mother of a pair of gifted twins. Her husband sends her a monthly child support payment, but the original owner is weak-willed and constantly gets swindled out of the money by her in-laws on one pretext or another. The twins raise their mother by scavenging, until their fifth birthday, when the disillusione 9.3kReads8.9Score941Shelves

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    He received a telegram from home: his wife had eloped with someone else, taking their child with her. Before he could even grieve, a shout suddenly came from outside the iron gate: "Lin Heidan, come out quickly! We've brought your wife to join us!" Huo Donglin turned around to see his son, a spitting image of him, holding a megaphone, and his daughter, unfurling a banner. In the very center stood his stunningly beautiful young wife, whom he hadn't seen in five years. From then on, Huo Donglin lived a life of chaos, constantly vying with his twins for his wife. The twins' catchphrases: "Mom is the prettiest! Mom's cooking is amazing! Mom will definitely get into university… My dad is almost not good enough for her!" Huo Donglin: !

41. 391 带 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 Lychee Smoothie荔枝冰沙Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
42. 392 又 Pregnant Again, I'm the Apple of Commander Zhou's Eye 又怀上了，成为周大首长的心尖宠 Qiu Mei秋妹Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + arranged marriage to love + pocket dimension + sweet romance + lots of children + effortless success] Lin Ke, a modern woman past the usual marrying age, transmigrated into a book. The original heroine and a reborn supporting character were fighting to the death over a young educated youth sent to the countryside. One was stunningly beautiful, the other irresistibly charming. Lin Ke was just an extra in the story, barely worth mentioning. She was only there to watch t 24.3kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves
43. 393 满 The Max-Level Big Shot in the 1970s: If You Won't Back Down, I'll Fight 满级大佬在七零，主打不服就干 Fresh Popcorn爆米花来咯Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted The heroine is domineering, with an outrageously high combat ability. Later, she joins the military. The hero is an educated youth who later goes into scientific research. A strong heroine paired with a weaker hero. If that’s not your thing, please move along. [Historical setting + transmigration with body intact + no pocket dimension or System + Strong Female Lead] Mai Sui, a max-level powerhouse, transmigrates to the 1970s. She just wants to lie flat and live a quiet, ordinary l 64.5kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves
44. 394 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 63.2kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves
45. 395 八 A Tough Mystic in the 1980s, With a Handsome Husband Waiting at Home 八零玄学悍妻，家有娇夫待签收 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A story set in a bygone era + Chinese metaphysics + mild supernatural elements + ghost-hunting + romance + strong heroine. No transmigration or rebirth; both leads are natives of the setting. [Brilliant, aloof genius with a goofy side, and no interest in men VS. A sharp-tongued, scheming, tsundere man with a poisonous-sweet manner] Tian Shiling, nicknamed Tianbao, is known in Qiantang Village as the coffin girl. Her mother died in childbirth, her father is unknown, and she was raised by the vill 48.8kReads9.2Score7.3kShelves
46. 396 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, She Was Sold Off as a Fool and Then Struck It Rich 穿七零，被当傻妞贱卖后她暴富了 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + crazy, satisfying power fantasy + raising kids + strong heroine] [Fu Qingshan: Half my life is devoted to the country, and the other half to you.] A genius girl from the 21st century takes on a mission to change a villain's fate and becomes a strong but dim-witted country girl in the 1970s. Though she was born to a dual-income urban family, she was maliciously switched at birth and raised as a lowborn country girl. She opens her eyes in a coffin. Her adoptiv 21.2kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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    All are highly rated period dramas, with excellent writing and high quality; various genres are included.

47. 397 小 A Little Zombie Went Looking for Brains, Ended Up in the 1970s, and Joined the Army 小丧尸找脑子找到七零后，随军了 Nine Meows Have Something to Say九喵有言Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Island military romance + transmigration + super-brain genius + special abilities + real and fake heiresses] Zhou Shi is a zombie with brains. She pushes a shopping cart around looking for supplies. Because humans say that if you have food, you have nothing to fear. She uses her brain as a mouth to talk, because she’s heard that if you don’t use your brain, it’ll rust. Her goal in zombie life is to become the most high-class Zombie Queen. High-class means pretty and smart. So this little zombie 14.3kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
48. 398 军 Military Marriage, Sugary Sweetness: The White Lotus Green Tea Girl Is Everyone's Darling in the 1970s 军婚爆糖：白莲绿茶在七零做团宠 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted “Fair-skinned beauty with a sweet, tea-like charm x outwardly cold, inwardly warm doting husband” After a plane crash, international superstar Jiang Qingrou transmigrated. An orphan in her previous life, she had somehow ended up in a big family in the 1970s. Her two older brothers spoiled her, and her parents treated her like a treasure. What’s more, in an era when people struggled to get enough to eat or stay warm, everyone in her family had a steady job, and she herself was the star of the dan 6.5kReads8.9Score760Shelves
49. 399 六 1960s Military Marriage The Fake Heiress Stops Sucking Up After Awakening 六零军婚：假千金觉醒后不舔了！ Luo Qingfu落青蚨Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Fake Heiress and Real Heiress + Rebirth + Satisfying Revenge + Military Marriage + Spatial Dimension + Coastal Foraging and Fishing + Warm, Sweet Romance Later On] “I want to marry into the Zhou family!” The moment Shi Lanlan said those words, Qiao Qingqing knew she'd been reborn just like her. In her previous life, the Shi mother had maliciously switched the babies. Shi Lanlan had been the beloved darling of the Qiao family for eighteen years, while Qiao Qingqing had lived like a dog in the Sh 4.6kReads8.8Score536Shelves
50. 400 捐 I Donated Billions in Assets, Then Transmigrated to the Famine Era! 捐了亿万资产后，穿饥荒年代！ Smiling Beauty笑美人Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The 1960s + blended family + both leads’ first relationship + raising kids + copy space + outspoken heroine + everyday life] [The short drama is now streaming. Search for “A Heart Like Fine Brocade.”] In her previous life, Qiao Yu had cancer and never married. She made a fortune using her special space to buy cosmetics overseas for clients. After dying young, she finds herself in the difficult 1960s. The bad news: her late husband left behind two children, and her current husband has adopted th 6.7kReads9.0Score513Shelves

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