Novels Set in the ’80s and ’90s 80、90年代的书

1. 1 七 A Sweet Wedding Night in the 1970s: Even an Arranged Marriage Can Be Wonderful! 七零新婚夜，包办婚姻也很甜！ Orange Soda and Lemon Juice橘子汽水柠檬汁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed Military Marriage Romance] [Beautiful, Sweet-Talking Wife + Gentle, Healing, Rugged Husband] She wakes up on the night of her arranged wedding in the 1970s. Her husband is a handsome, idealistic man with impeccable credentials. Should she marry him or not? Lin Qingya soon decides she’s glad she did. Her rugged husband is surprisingly sweet! The heroine is career-focused, clear-headed, and sensible. The hero dotes on his wife and is gentle and reassuring. Sweet romance throughout, no 6.1kReads9.1Score442Shelves

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   This story begins in the 1970s. Unlike typical period novels, the female protagonist doesn't make her fortune on the black market after transmigrating. Instead, she develops her life systematically, not only personally but also contributing to the development of the commune. Everything is done through official channels, without any smuggling.

2. 2 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.3kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves

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   These books all have ratings of 9.4 or 9.5. They mainly feature characters who travel back in time through time travel or reincarnation, and the whole family works together to overcome challenges, with no one trying to do everything themselves. I love stories like this where everyone works together!

3. 3 八 The 1980s: A Beauty with Skin Like Jade Marries a Soldier and Raises a Child 八零凝脂美人，嫁个军人带带崽 Radish Rabbit Who Loves Cabbage爱吃白菜的萝卜兔Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Eighties setting + military marriage + seducing the man + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + heroine has experience, hero doesn't] She opens her eyes to find she's become the male lead's wicked aunt in a period novel. She abuses him and his younger sister, cheats on their stern uncle, and ultimately brings about her own death. Lu Manman, a breathtaking beauty with smooth, radiant skin, is determined to take it easy. All she wants is to go back home. Who knew her niece and nephew would 12.4kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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   It's good-looking, and the ratings are all quite high.

4. 4 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 89.5kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
5. 5 八 A Fresh Start in the Eighties: No More PUA, Just Making Money 八零重启：拒绝PUA！只想赚钱 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Grandma Shen: I worked so hard raising your dad and his siblings all by myself, and now I have to help him look after the kids and cook, too! What did I do to deserve this? Shen Xiaoya: Grandma, really? Then I definitely won't do anything to deserve that kind of fate. I'll try my best to raise my kids together with someone else! Grandma Shen: … Shen's dad and mom: We aren't very capable, so you kids need to study hard! You'll have to rely on yourselves in the future! Shen Xiaoya: Mom, Dad, don't 17.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
6. 6 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 22.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
7. 7 重 Reborn in 1986: I Open a Supermarket in the City 重生1986我在城里开超市 Lonely Dog Listening to the Rain孤单听雨的狗Urban1.1M WordsOngoing The ratings have only just come in, so they’re bound to rise!! Everything is handmade from scratch~ [Period setting + reborn + feel-good story + building wealth + opening a supermarket + devoted husband and father] [Buy one, get one free] [Trade in your old goods] [The Vegetable Basket Project] … Reborn in 1986, with no awful relatives to deal with, he sells wild greens, opens a supermarket, and starts a franchise... Free eggs with every in-store purchase! Spend 10 yuan, get 1 yuan off; sp 38.5kReads8.3Score3kShelves

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   Reborn in the 1980s, I sell vegetables, run a supermarket, build fish ponds, and construct greenhouses. The data is accurate and not exaggerated. It's about everyday life, without any difficult relatives. It has a strong sense of the era.

8. 8 重 Reborn in 1980: After the Family Split, I Make a Fortune with My Wife and Daughter 重生80，分家后带妻女吃香喝辣 Flowing Moon over the Paulownia流月梧桐Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Period setting + reborn + everyday family life + raising children and doting on his wife + daily life + building wealth + business + food] In 1980, forty-six-year-old Lin Guoqiang was reborn. In his previous life, everyone praised him as a good-hearted man. He lent his hard-earned money to his eldest brother for a business, gave his third younger brother his demobilization allowance to marry a wife, paid for his fifth younger sister’s tuition, and tended to his sick parents at their bedside. Bu 187.9kReads7.3Score7.3kShelves

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   Starting in the 1980s, the second son of the Lin family, a man of great influence, overturned tables and, without being humiliated or resentful, carved out his own path to success.

9. 9 赶 Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家 Three-Minute Passionlove三分热度loveUrban2.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets... 47.8kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves

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   Reborn to save his sister, hunting in the mountains, farming by the sea, adorable kids, and an adapted comic series [Top Post]

10. 10 不 I'm Done Competing. I'm Going Home to Explore the Mountains and Seas 不卷了，回去看山海 Kai Wuwu开呜呜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted All that hard work gets you nowhere, and then you get laid off? By the time you regret it, I’ll be lying flat by the sea, feeling the breeze, watching the sunset, and feasting on seafood. I’ll watch the wind brush my face and the willows droop along the riverbank, and listen to raindrops patter from the eaves. 10.2kReads8.4Score563Shelves
11. 11 我 I Brought Ten Billion Supplies Back to the 1960s 我带着十亿物资穿回六零年代 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Complete The completed story of the youngest daughter of the Mo and Yao couple: Transmigrating to Another World: The Beloved Family’s Lucky Carp Divine Doctor. The completed story of the Mo and Yao couple’s youngest son: The Men in the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Adorable Wife Has Triplets. The author’s new book: The Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family’s Ten-Generation Streak of Sons. Shen Yao has nightmares for several days. In them, supplies are desp 5.3kReads9.0Score558Shelves

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    In the first three books, the male lead dotes on the female lead, a character from the 80s or 90s. The female lead is a sent-down youth, and the male lead loves her in a particularly humble way. After the female lead finds out, she gives the male lead a sense of security.

12. 12 七 The 1970s: A Beautiful Educated Youth Uses Billions in Supplies to Woo a Rugged Man 七零：貌美知青带百亿物资撩糙汉 The Fifteenth of the First Month Again正月又十五Modern Romance440k WordsOngoing [1970s setting + transmigration as an educated youth + rich, beautiful heroine + space + rugged husband + getting rich + food] An Yuan transmigrates to 1970 with supplies worth tens of billions. In this simple era, watch her make her rugged man blush while she lies back and makes money! “Xing Yinan of Harvest Village sets the trend for the whole commune. He’s six-foot-two, with a fit build and striking, chiseled features. Most importantly, he’s still unmarried.” * “Honey, my hands hurt~” She hel —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 身 Transported to the 1970s: The Rough-Hewn Man Spoils Me With Billions in Supplies 身穿七零：携百亿物资被糙汉宠哭 Singing All Night夜夜笙歌儿Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted (The new period novel, “Sixties Spatial Power: Ancestor, the Whole Village Is Waiting for You to Feed Them,” is out. Give it a try if you like. It’s guaranteed to be exciting.) Lu Qingyan dreamed of the same man three times. A strong premonition warned her that she would transmigrate to a difficult era. So Lu Qingyan began selling off her properties and shares, converting everything into supplies to store in her space. Perhaps Heaven really did have it in for her: she transmigrated in her sleep 733Reads8.9Score101Shelves
14. 14 重 Reborn as an Educated Youth in the 1970s 重生70年代当知青 Wan Ru宛茹Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted When she suddenly gained access to a spatial realm, she feared the apocalypse might come, or that some virus might spread, so she went on a wild stockpiling spree. But when she sacrificed herself to save a brat, she opened her eyes again in the 1970s, a time of food and clothing shortages. And she was a sent-down youth. What even was a sent-down youth? The least popular kind of person in that era. Fortunately, she still had her spatial realm, so she could live freely and comfortably even in thos 1kReads9.0Score100Shelves
15. 15 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Money Is Better Than Men 重生到90年代，钱比男人香 Three Parts Simple三分简Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted After her husband betrayed her, Sun Yucui ended her life with a bottle of pesticide. She was reborn in the 1990s, amid the boom of reform and opening up. She was sixteen and a half that year. Taking advantage of her experience of the times to come, she cared about nothing but making a fortune. The people she had once been unable to reach were no longer worth a second glance. Only after you've known poverty do you realize money is far more appealing than men. When making money became just a numbe 94Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reborn in the 90s, I'll never get involved in relationships again; money is more appealing than men.

16. 16 重 Reborn as the Farm Family's Granny 重生之农家姑奶奶 Teasing Sis逗姐Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After dying in battle in the apocalypse, where she had awakened supernatural powers, Ning Qiu transmigrated into another world. She studied alongside her second elder brother, a scholar, and helped him make a fortune so the family could live comfortably. By chance, she used her powers to cure Master Song's leg ailment, and the two became friends despite their age difference. But this old friend turned out to be none other than the Ninth Prince. When the Ninth Prince came to the Ning family to as 3.3kReads9.0Score313Shelves

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    These days, it's rare to find a book that keeps you reading for a long time. This one is great; it would be even better if it weren't a serialized story. 😁

17. 17 八 The 1980s: A Marriage Swap, a Cool Beauty with a Space 八零换亲：清冷美人有空间 Half a Pickled Fish半只酸菜鱼Modern Romance566k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse transmigration] + [spirit spring space] + [fictional setting] + [period military marriage] + [swapped marriage] The heroine is a powerhouse. Her reborn younger sister gives up a top-tier military officer from a prestigious family and chooses to marry her completely penniless educated-youth husband? Shen Nianzhao, who has transmigrated into a book, thinks that's just perfect. She has a secret, after all, and it would be bad if the sharp-minded educated youth discovered it. That domine 1.9kReads7.5Score197Shelves

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    I like it. No further introduction needed.

18. 18 知 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 32.5kReads8.4Score2kShelves
19. 19 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 6.7kReads9.4Score565Shelves
20. 20 八 Those of Us Born in the ’80s 八零后的我们 Wang Xiaomiao汪小喵Modern Romance880k WordsCompleted We, the post-80s generation, have weathered life's joys and sorrows and suffered enough from the hardships of life and marriage. Amid the daily grind, our days have been steadily dwindling, and before we knew it, our generation had reached middle age... 2.7kReads8.2Score165Shelves

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    Synopsis: Based on true events, the story revolves around the female protagonist's growth and a series of events she encounters. The protagonist has strong moral principles, is clear-headed, and strives for self-improvement… Two chapters updated daily. If you, like me, enjoy thought-provoking novels by Yu Hua and Lu Yao, you might want to check out my new book. Character traits: Distinctive personalities. Main characters: Li Yu, Li Pan.

21. 21 踹 I Dumped My Ex-Husband: My Second Marriage to a Commander 踹了前夫：二嫁首长做新娘 Xiang Ning乡凝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After Su Ran was killed by her cheating boyfriend and his mistress, she was reborn thirty years earlier, on the day of her wedding. She immediately caught him in the act, found proof of his infidelity, and demanded a divorce. With support from her mother and five older brothers, she successfully left the scumbag behind and led her family into business. She would save her family from the fate of dying young, which had befallen them in her previous life, and embark on a life of unstoppable success 49Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good, satisfying novel set in the 1980s.

22. 22 穿 Transmigrated into an 80s Novel: The Beloved Spicy Little Wife 穿书八零团宠小辣媳 Xiang Ning乡凝Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Zhou Xia transmigrated into a book, landing in a melodramatic period novel full of emotional and physical suffering. With a pocket dimension, a hidden spring of spiritual water, and expert medical skills, she went from being frail and delicate to a remarkable woman with formidable martial arts skills. The original heroine threw herself at a scumbag, was completely fooled by him, and even had to accept the illegitimate child he had with her cousin... Zhou Xia thought the heroine was hopeless! Wha 41Reads8.5Score—Shelves
23. 23 重 Reborn: The Apple of My Eye 重生八零掌中宝 Xiang Ning乡凝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Her past life was a mess, but this time she has everything going for her. Reborn in the 1980s, Yu Xiaoyu cuts ties with her good-for-nothing boyfriend, takes on her stepmother and stepsister, and raises her little sister with help from her magical space. Life gets better every day. Even the fool she married on a whim turns out to be handsome and refined. He isn’t afraid of a fight, can do the laundry and cook, and follows Xiaoyu around every day, pampering her like a precious treasure. No amount 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves
24. 24 海 Island Military Marriage: The Reborn Army Wife Raises Her Kids to Prosperity 海岛军婚：重生军嫂养崽暴富了 Xiang Ning乡凝Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Ye Tao was killed by her scumbag ex, then reborn. She was lucky enough to escape him and successfully set up a date with a soldier. The soldier: “As long as it's you, I'll spoil you forever. I'd even give my life for you.” Ye Tao: “You hit the jackpot marrying me. I'll make you a rich man one day.” Ye Tao emptied her ex's and her own family's homes of all their belongings and money, and stored everything in her space. Now she had her start-up capital. The rest depended on her luck, but getting r 811Reads8.0Score125Shelves
25. 25 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1980s and Have a Bunch of Ginseng Babies 穿越八零我有一堆人参娃娃 Lazy Meow懒喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + doted on by everyone + lucky star] After an accident, Liu Juan transmigrates forty years into the past and becomes her own aunt, Liu Suhong. After transmigrating, Liu Suhong discovers that she can understand animals. A red-crowned crane gets injured, so she saves it. Then it pecks her, and she becomes incredibly strong? She goes to the fields with her parents to harvest wheat and unexpectedly finds a rough jade stone. There’s the start-up money she needs! There’s a child in the 112Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    They are all from the 80s and 90s.

26. 26 重 Reborn in the 1990s: I’m Here to Outwork You All! 重生九零：我是来卷死你们的！ Wisping Mist and Gardenia雾栀袅袅Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn + top student + making money + outgoing social butterfly + sweet romance] At thirty-five, Jiang Xiaoli went backcountry skiing with friends and got herself killed in an avalanche. When she woke up, she discovered she was sixteen again, and her loving mother was still alive! With a second chance, she was determined to have it all: family, friendship, and love. In this golden age, she’d focus on both making money and studying. She started out selling spicy strips at a street stall and beca 2.4kReads8.8Score221Shelves
27. 27 重 Back in the Eighties: My Family's Demolition Compensation Bought Half a Street 重回八零：我家拆迁分了半条街 Cat Who Loves Houttuynia折耳根的猫Modern Romance954k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Period Setting + Farming + Strong Male and Female Leads + A Feel-Good Rags-to-Riches Story] After spending ten years selling boxed lunches at construction sites, Jiang Tian was reborn in the year she dropped out of school. That year, her younger brother hadn't yet been tricked into a backstreet brick kiln and worked to death, and her mother hadn't yet fallen gravely ill. Picking up the boxed-lunch skills she'd honed over the years, the first thing the “Lunchbox Queen” did after being 7.7kReads9.1Score769Shelves
28. 28 八 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 12.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
29. 29 九 Getting Rich in the 1990s: I Married for Love and Became a Borderland Trader 九零暴富宠婚：我在边境做倒爷 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Two transmigrators + both leads are each other’s first and only love + storage pouch + few troublesome characters] An accident sends Tong Xiaoqian to a small mountain village in northeastern China in the 1990s, right on her wedding night. To keep her company on the way through transmigration, she even gets a dog man as a bonus. Literally: a dog and a man. Lei Yihong is baffled too. Why would something as absurd as transmigration happen to him? And why did he have to transmigrate with the stupid 827Reads9.2Score124Shelves
30. 30 重 Reborn in the 1990s: The Big Shot’s Wife Is Sweet and Alluring 重生九零：大佬娇妻又甜又撩 Azure Sea and Blue Sky碧海青天Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Period Setting] [Face-Slapping Feel-Good Story] Ning Weiwei had fair skin and a slender waist. Reborn overnight, she became unstoppable, opening a restaurant and selling clothes with great success. Unfortunately, her family was a handful. With no other choice, she had to become the unfilial one, ruthlessly cutting ties with them one by one! One day, an arrogant young man moved in next door. With his high nose, phoenix eyes, straight brows, and bright gaze, he kept wandering around in f 8.1kReads9.3Score747Shelves
31. 31 八 The 1980s System: Grandma's Everyday Fortune from Street Vending 八零有系统：老奶的摆摊暴富日常 Zhu Xiaobao朱小包Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [No Romance] [Ensemble Cast of Women] [Raising a Child] [Reborn] [Period] In her twilight years, Sheng Xia looked back on her life. Her husband was handsome, wealthy, and influential; her daughter was capable and filial. She herself had been beautiful and had lived well. She could close her eyes with no regrets. But when she opened them again, she had returned to the day her husband's childhood sweetheart came to call. In her previous life, the childhood sweetheart had come asking for a job. Thi 373Reads8.6Score—Shelves
32. 32 开 A Little Wooden Boat from the Start, and I Take Over the Entire Ocean 开局一条小木船，我承包整个海洋 The Fifth Dimension第五空间Urban2.0M WordsCompleted I only wanted to rescue someone who had fallen into the sea. I never expected to get dragged into it myself and wake up back in 1990. It was the same familiar little fishing village on the island, but I was no longer the jerk I used to be. I was reborn aboard the boat on my first trip out to sea, and happened to come across a school of large yellow croaker. A few drift nets brought in hundreds of pounds. I was rolling in money. At first, I thought I was just lucky. But on later fishing trips, I 421Reads8.6Score128Shelves
33. 33 重 Reborn in 1980: The Savage Age 重生1980-蛮荒时代 A Bowl of Douhua一碗豆花Urban930k WordsCompleted In 1980, the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was established. In 1980, private businesses were officially allowed, and the first self-employed entrepreneur emerged. In 1980, the market economy set sail. With no rules in place, a wild frontier was born. When this era arrived, it surged forward, unstoppable. All things grew unchecked, dust and dawn rose together, rivers converged into mighty streams, and nameless hills rose into peaks. For a time, heaven and earth seemed boundless. 196Reads8.6Score—Shelves
34. 34 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Road to Prosperity 重生八零致富记 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Su Susu, a refined young lady from a prominent family, dies after catching a bad cold and is reborn as a rural girl in the 1980s. She has only just become a bride and hasn't even had time to feel shy when a spiritual spring suddenly appears out of nowhere! This is looking good! She gives up her former self's bad habits, works hard to manage the household, and makes a little money on the side. Little does she know that the embroidery skills she honed in her past life are now at a master level. Th 4kReads9.1Score220Shelves
35. 35 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Song Chunying’s Happy Life 重生九零：宋春英的美满人生 Che Xiaoxiao车哓哓Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn + comeback + mutual pampering + adorable kids] In her previous life, Chunying's husband was framed and made a scapegoat. After losing both her husband and daughter, she died of grief. Reborn unexpectedly in 1990, she resolves to protect her husband and their two sweet, well-behaved daughters. To escape the path fate has laid out for her, she bravely takes her whole family away from their hometown to seek work, even though she'd never left home in her previous life. The road ahead is full 1kReads8.8Score101Shelves
36. 36 七 The Seventies: Reunited with My Ex Four Years Later, I Become Everyone's Darling 七零，四年后巧遇前任被团宠 Si Xuan丝轩Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reunited after a breakup + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + devoted couple + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + the male lead will later transmigrate to the modern era to win her back] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder female character. The moment she opens her eyes, the male lead is sweet-talking her in a cornfield. According to the plot, he is only using her as a stepping-stone. Su Wanwan refuses to follow the plot. That very night, she meet 83.9kReads8.4Score8.6kShelves

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    I feel like it's not finished yet. It would be even better if the author wrote a few more chapters. But this book leaves you wanting more. It's really good and I really enjoy reading it.

37. 37 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Set Up a Stall and Earned Ten Thousand 重生1980：开局摆摊赚一万 Give Me a Stick of Spicy Strips辣条分我一根Urban176k WordsOngoing Qin Feng, a billionaire worth tens of billions, was reborn in 1980. In his previous life, he was addicted to gambling and committed every kind of evil. Only after his wife could no longer take it and jumped into a river with their infant child did his family cast him out and he finally come to his senses. Unfortunately, it was already too late. Now that he's back, see how he turns the tables! Make money? I'm not obsessed with money. I've come back to do something big! Boss, how much for thes —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend the first book! I suggest stocking up on it before you start reading, otherwise you won't be satisfied! 😘😘🥺

38. 38 重 Rebooting 1988 重启1988 Year's End年末Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Millionaire Qin Lang returns to 1988. Seeing his beautiful wife and adorable daughter struggling in poverty, Qin Lang, who lost his way chasing money in his previous life, decides to climb to the top once more, with family in one hand and career in the other, and shape this wild, fast-growing era! 1.4kReads9.1Score244Shelves
39. 39 爹 My Parents Never Loved Me, but After Moving to the Countryside, I Had Twins 爹不疼娘不爱，下乡后我一胎双宝 Call Me A Momo叫我阿沫沫Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted In the modern world, Xu Zhiyi was a brilliant doctor. One night, after working overtime in surgery, she suddenly died of overwork. When she woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a novel she'd read, as a cannon-fodder supporting character who shared her name. She'd transmigrated to the 1970s, where her father didn't care for her and her mother didn't love her. She wasn't their biological child, and her adoptive parents thought she was wasting food at home, so they signed her up 2.5kReads8.5Score318Shelves
40. 40 穿 The 1980s: I Transmigrate into a Book and Become a Model of Morality 穿书八零，贪财女配成了道德模范 Iced Zhengmeng Noodles冰郑檬粉Modern Romance391k WordsOngoing The score is finally in and still rising! Thanks to everyone for your reviews. [1980s Setting + Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Marriage First, Love Later] She transmigrates into a novel set in the 1980s as the wicked female supporting character: in debt, lazy, and hated by her whole family. The original owner has such a terrible reputation that she’s always trying to take advantage of others. The neighbors despise her, and even her new husband treats her coldly. Xia 21Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This is a book I've been reading recently, written in the 1980s, and I think it's pretty good.

41. 41 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26.6kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    No system, no space, logical flow, and good writing style.

42. 42 锦 The Lucky Wife Takes Charge: The 1980s Tough Guy Blushes 锦鲤娇妻在上，八零糙汉脸红了 Nan Zhi南稚Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The fool from the Ji family marries the prettiest girl for miles around. From then on, everyone in the village waits for Ji Laosan to be cuckolded. But why does the Ji family start getting lucky? They go up the mountain and find a wild boar that's run into a tree and killed itself. They do the laundry, and fish swim right into the washbasin. Even Ji Laosan's foolishness gets cured. -- Wen Xiaonuan is reborn in the 1980s and swears to cherish and pamper her husband to make up for the mistakes of 635Reads9.0Score102Shelves

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    Whether a book from the 80s and 90s is popular or not depends on how supportive the people of that era are. Let's all cheer for the authors!

43. 43 八 Eighties Sweetheart: A Wild Roughneck to Cherish 八零心尖宠：捡个糙汉野又撩 Listening to the Wind Blow听风在吹Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Xia Li transmigrates into the 1980s as a poor, timid orphan. Just when she thinks she’ll have to go hungry from now on, she picks up a wild man. Aside from being a little dim, the wild man has no other flaws. He hunts in the mountains and farms the fields every day, keeps her warm at home and can fight outside. He’s like a huge guard dog who protects his family. The villagers secretly mock Xia Li for keeping herself a wild man, but she doesn’t care. Who would have guessed that one night, the wil 1kReads8.9Score106Shelves
44. 44 大 The Great Nation's Top Doctor 大国上医 Fang Qianjin方千金Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Fang Lezhang, an outstanding modern doctor from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, wakes up one morning reborn in the 1990s as Fang Le, a medical student of that era. Suffering from tuberculosis, he has taken a leave of absence and is stuck at home, despised by everyone as a sickly consumptive. Fortunately, he has a kind and beautiful wife to care for him. Now that he's reborn in the 1990s, should he ride the wave of the times and become the richest man alive, or draw on his 17.5kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
45. 45 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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    Reborn in 1994, she starts her business and gets rich by selling porridge and milk tea. It's a period novel with a strong female lead and no romantic pairing. The rating is a bit low right now, but it's really good!!!

46. 46 重 Back to the Nineties: I Bought Half a Street by Picking Through Junk 重回九零，我捡破烂买下了半条街 A Big Little Shell一颗大壳子Modern Romance467k WordsOngoing Reborn diplomat landlady heroine × refined, distinguished research genius hero Zhao Lijun had just seen off her parents, who had died in their fifties after years of pent-up sorrow, when she suddenly returned to the starting point of every tragedy. This year, her little brother hadn’t yet drunk the pesticide that would make him depend on medicine for the rest of his life. Her older brother hadn’t dropped out of school because the family was poor, only to sit at home while her aunt’s family sche —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book features a female protagonist who is reborn at age 12 and steadily helps her older siblings and younger brother collect garbage to achieve a remarkable turnaround. Family bonds are a major highlight of the book, and it's a very heartwarming slice-of-life story.

47. 47 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 stories of overcoming adversity and achieving success are worth reading.

48. 48 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: Joining the Army in the Great Northwest 穿越七零，随军大西北 Potato Stews Potatoes in a Pot土豆用锅炖土豆Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted A devoted military marriage, with neither lead having been with anyone else. She won't raise another man's child. She has no extraordinary talent for making money. This is simply a story about an ordinary, insignificant person quietly doing her part for her country's development. After transmigrating into a new body, Zheng Ci follows her mother's orders and goes on a blind date. She thinks it'll just be a formality, but she never expects to be captivated by his good looks... This story is entire 2kReads8.6Score106Shelves
49. 49 八 Sweet Wife in the Eighties, Blushing as the Chaste Officer Courts Her 八零甜妻脸红红，禁欲军官追着哄 Gu Nuanqing顾暖卿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s Military Marriage + Transmigration into a Book + Not a Strong Female Lead + No Starting a Business] [Timid, Cowardly, Teary-Eyed, Wimpish Heroine + A Chaste, Tsundere, Protective, Affectionate Military Officer Husband] She’d only read a short story before bed, but when Yu Suihuan woke up, she had transmigrated into a book. Worse, she’d become the slovenly, universally disliked supporting female character with the same name, known as the family compound’s worst troublemaker. Thinking about 7.2kReads8.5Score623Shelves
50. 50 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: A Kiss from the Chaste Commander Keeps Me Alive 八零军婚，和禁欲首长亲亲续命 Pineapple Blowing Rain菠萝吹雨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + alluring, delicate young heiress × a stern yet warm-hearted, ascetic senior officer + kisses keep him alive + devoted to each other + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] (Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional!) What should you do after transmigrating into the role of a villainess? Naturally, do your very best to make the heroine shine! Jiang Zhinian was a genius interpreter from the 21st century, with fair skin, breathtaking beauty, a soft voice, and a delicate figure. Aft 2kReads8.8Score220Shelves

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