Looking for Male-Focused Historical Fiction Set in the 1950s, 60s, or 70s: Reborn or Transmigrate With a Pocket Dimension 🫣 求男频男频年代文506070年代 重生穿越带空间🫣

1. 51 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 180.5kReads9.3Score10.8k14d adds

   Reader note

   Newly released male-oriented, single-female-lead, system-free, historical fiction: ① Li Xiangdong is reborn in 1979. In his previous life, he was a failure, relying on his parents and children, and had a wife in between. In this life, he becomes a train water handler, traveling all over the country with the train, making money while transporting goods. While others are still worrying about making a living, he is already living a leisurely life with his wife, children, and a warm bed.

2. 52 回 Back to 1970: From the Start, My Family Wants to Split Up 回到1970开局要分家 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban749k WordsCompleted One day, Zhao Yi woke up and discovered he had returned to thirty years earlier. Everything that had happened seemed almost too real to be a dream. Remembering all he had done for his family, only to be met with disdain, Zhao Yi decisively proposed splitting up the household and getting away from those shameless leeches. My new work is here! Please enjoy reading it. I hope you like it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 12.1kReads8.8Score57714d adds
3. 53 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s, Leaving No Regrets 穿越60年代，不留遗憾 Soar Ninety Thousand Miles跃九万里Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigration + System + male lead + pocket dimension] No needless hostility, and hardly any awful characters (almost none). Also known as: The 1960s: Is the County Government Procurement Officer Really Number Two? Adapted into a motion comic, with no interruption to updates. Sun Xuan, a young man from the modern era, unexpectedly obtains a golden finger and transmigrates to the 1960s. Bound to a sign-in System, he has a pocket dimension stocked with abundant supplies, includi 32.1kReads8.1Score2.8k14d adds

   Reader note

   🔥① Li Jianyao was reborn at the age of ten. Before him wasn't his white-haired father, but a strong, 30-year-old man. Unable to contain his excitement, to express his love, he asked, "Do you have a cigarette?" The young father, to show his affection for his son, turned and picked up a broom. Having traveled to the past, Li Jianyao also gained a spatial dimension. To test its capabilities, he...

4. 54 重 Restarting My Life: Breaking Every Rule of the Era 重启人生，我在年代打破所有规则 Bu Xiaoxin不晓心Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book, period setting, System, male lead is a bit of a jerk, lots of women, pure-love fans should read with caution. He has no morals and is selfish, so don’t read if you’re the self-sacrificing type.] He wakes from a night of modern bar-hopping and finds himself in the 1970s. Chen Zui is dazed for a few seconds, then accepts reality. Once the memories in his mind finish merging, he casually exhales a puff of smoke. “I really ought to kneel down and thank you…” Looking at thi 9.3kReads7.4Score59314d adds
5. 55 重 Back to the 1960s to Become an Educated Youth 重回六零年代当知青 Bunny Who Sells Buns卖包子的兔子君Two Male Leads583k WordsCompleted [No female lead + not a wish-fulfillment story + plot-focused + 1v1 romance + two male leads][Straight men, stay away] Jiang He is reborn in the 1960s. Because his original body’s parents favor their other son, it was supposed to be his older brother who was sent to the countryside. Instead, his biased parents push Jiang He out as a replacement. Fortunately, his farming space comes with him. Because of the doomsday rumors in his previous life, he spent his entire fortune buying every kind of sup 1.7kReads8.5Score13514d adds

   Reader note

   Cheng Songning adjusted her small satchel and shrank further into the train seat. It was mid-autumn of 1968, and today was the day she was to be sent to the countryside. She was to take this train for eight hours in a hard seat northward, from Beijing to Shangya Village, located on the border of Northeast China and Inner Mongolia. "Comrade, you're also a sent-down youth going to the countryside."

6. 56 暴 The Fierce Young Educated Woman Is Spoiled Rotten in the Countryside 暴力小知青下乡被宠翻天 Xiao Bai Doesn't Want to Be White小白不想白Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted Lin Jiao is loving her carefree country life! The little white lotus is always looking for a chat, so come on over and let Lin Jiao roast you until you question your whole existence! The underlings love to frame people and use others to do their dirty work. One ashtray to the head, and they’re out in three seconds! Mama’s boys, stay away from me. Life’s too short to chase after someone who’ll only make you regret it! When she wants to work in the fields, her future mother-in-law says, “Jiaojiao, 73Reads6.0Score—14d adds
7. 57 好 A Good Man Gets a Scumbag's Script: Does That Make Any Sense? 好男人拿了渣男剧本，这合理吗？ Easygoing Salted Fish咸鱼随心Modern Romance769k WordsOngoing Gu Bei transmigrates into all sorts of scumbags, making amends to the women they harmed and turning the original owners' lives around. An educated youth who abandoned his wife and child in the 1970s A calculating man who doesn't care whether his girlfriend lives or dies in the apocalypse A kept man who films short videos to blackmail people A rich CEO with someone else in his heart A delinquent from the 1980s and an educated female youth from a matriarchal world who transmigrates A playboy heir 4kReads8.4Score19114d adds
8. 58 重 Back to 1973 to Become an Educated Youth 重返1973做知青 Sleep Peacefully安然入睡Urban4.2M WordsOngoing I've been writing for two years, but my skills are still average. This story came from inspiration. Unlike other authors who go on a rampage, I reload and update reliably here. The story may drag a little, so please bear with me. 2.1kReads7.4Score10414d adds
9. 59 七 The 1970s: The Aloof Educated Youth Has Been Scheming to Marry Me 七零：高冷男知青处心积虑想娶我 Fish Swimming Into the Sea入海鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in another era, Cheng Songning has no family left. After seeing off her last relative, she sells her house and heads to the countryside. She plans to rely on her System, live a quiet life, and soar to success when the college entrance exams return. But on her second day in the village, she cuts the calf of a handsome young educated youth who arrived with her. What can she do? Take care of him, of course. But the more she looks after him, the more something feels off. It seems she’s ended 5kReads8.6Score42614d adds
10. 60 年 Period: Three Years of Hardship, I Made My Fortune Hunting! 年代：三年困难，我靠打猎发家！ North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Urban493k WordsCompleted He transmigrates, and finds himself with a crippled older brother and a younger sister who has dropped out of school. They face the earth and turn their backs to the sky, toiling in the fields. It’s 1958. People may not have much to eat, but their spirits are rich. Everyone has faith and hope for the future. As long as they work hard, they can create a better tomorrow! … A country kid transmigrates. He makes a living off the land, then eventually moves to the city. He has a space that can grow. 2.6kReads7.0Score10714d adds
11. 61 重 Reborn in the 1970s, I Married a Bride from Ancient Times 重生到七零，我娶了个古代媳妇 Seeking the Moon with an Unchanged Heart初心不改寻月Urban2.5M WordsOngoing Zhu Nanwu, a modern-day corporate drone, was reborn in the 1970s. Through a twist of fate, he married a wealthy and beautiful woman from ancient times. To provide for his wife and enjoy a comfortable life, Zhu Nanwu used the golden finger he obtained from a reborn woman with ulterior motives, along with his knowledge of the future, to quietly amass his initial capital. When the time was right, he soared to success and became a multibillionaire. The talented ancient beauty Gao Xueyao arrived in a 1.8kReads7.9Score14014d adds

    Reader note

    Although the ratings aren't very high, the plots are all decent. Especially the third book, where the latest plot involves digging up his own grave. The fourth book is still in its third year, but it's really good. The fifth book, judging from the title, initially caused problems with the system.

12. 62 穿 Transmigrated as the Female Lead's White Moonlight 穿成女主白月光 Little Fairy Yaoyao妖妖小仙Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Female-oriented novel with a male protagonist Wei Yuan transmigrates into one world after another, becoming the so-called sacrificial white moonlight. The white moonlight is a young nobleman. The white moonlight is a senior student. The white moonlight is a movie star. … He transmigrates into one novel world after another, face-slaps the male and female leads, and rises to the pinnacle of life. 11.4kReads8.3Score75114d adds
13. 63 快 Quick Transmigration: My Host Is a Walking Bad-Luck Magnet 快穿：我家宿主是霉运体 Run Yueqing润月青Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [Male lead + bad-luck constitution. The first two stories are gentler in tone. Later, once the male lead can control his unlucky nature, he uses his bad luck to mess with scumbags, for example, by sharing his misfortune with them.] Qing Luo has been unlucky for as long as he can remember. Every day, he worries about whether he’ll fall to his death, choke on water, or die some other way. Then, on his twentieth birthday, Qing Luo buys himself a little cake. Just as he’s about to eat it, the cake m 866Reads7.7Score20414d adds
14. 64 快 Quick Transmigration: A Handbook for Raising Good Men 快穿之好男人养成手册 Zhuang Wenqiao Zhi妆文俏之Ancient Romance422k WordsOngoing Only after dying did Song Yi, a superpowered survivor of the apocalypse, learn that he was about to be condemned to the animal realm because of a lifetime of bad behavior and the countless karmic debts he had accrued. But in view of the considerable merit he earned by developing a cure for the zombie virus before his death, the Heavenly Dao gave him a chance to atone for his sins. And so, one man and one System set off on a journey through three thousand small worlds, striving to redeem his repu 4.4kReads9.3Score32514d adds
15. 65 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 3.4kReads8.6Score29314d adds
16. 66 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 42.6kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds

    Reader note

    Reborn in a small mountain village in Northeast China, he starts from scratch by hunting, fishing, and venturing into the mountains with his brothers, experiencing various thrilling and life-or-death adventures, and many exciting and hilarious stories.

17. 67 重 Reborn in 1978: I Make My Fortune by Plagiarizing 重生1978：我靠文抄发家 Five Coins and a Brush五文弄墨Urban702k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1978, just as the national college entrance exams resume and a cultural wave sweeps the country, Jiang Mingchun gets into Yanda and becomes a university student. Drawing on memories from his previous life, he becomes a ghostwriter. 2.4kReads8.6Score10614d adds

    Reader note

    A newly released male-oriented rebirth, plagiarism, and historical fiction novel: ① In 1978, in Xiawan Village, the two Jiang brothers both qualified for university. However, due to their parents' poor health and their younger sister's young age, they faced immense financial pressure. Jiang Mingchun decided to stay in his hometown and shoulder the family responsibilities. His story begins with becoming a primary school teacher and gradually unfolds as he plagiarizes texts from his past life to write his first novel, "Underground Transportation Station," thus earning his first pot of gold.

18. 68 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s for a Life of Freedom 穿越六零之逍遥人生 I'm Fang Chang我就是方长Urban416k WordsCompleted A true story of rural life, taking you through village life and the changes of an era. Chen Bin: "I've transmigrated. Why waste time asking so many questions?" Chen Bin: "I've already died once. Why should I be afraid of a few little punks?" Chen Bin: "If you mess with someone else, they'll let the dogs loose. Mess with me, and I'll let the wolves out." Chen Bin: "I'll find a way for us all to work hard and earn enough to eat. But if you want a free meal, go where you belong." Chen Bin: "I can b 334Reads6.6Score10714d adds

    Reader note

    True to the title, a rural story, full of memories.

19. 69 得 With a Pocket Dimension, I Eat My Fill and Dress Warmly Through the Famine 得到空间的我在饥荒年代吃饱穿暖 Bending in the Wind风中折腰Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Handcrafted in the classic style, a four-million-character epic, packed to the brim] Xiao Weiguo is reborn in the past after living as a corporate wage slave in the 21st century. In an era when you need ration coupons for everything, when nobody has enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, watch as Xiao Weiguo makes a living with the space and his own one mu of land. While everyone else eats steamed corn buns, he has braised pork. While everyone else drinks watery porridge, he has Buddha Jumps Ov 73.4kReads8.3Score5.3k14d adds

    Reader note

    These are some of the better period novels with fewer flaws.

20. 70 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 191.8kReads9.3Score7.9k14d adds
21. 71 重 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 Young Master Lin Jiaquan林家權少Urban5.5M WordsOngoing After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 175.9kReads8.8Score15.6k14d adds
22. 72 林 Lin Fusheng: A Student’s Everyday Life in the ’70s 林福生，70年代读书日常 Corn Breakdance玉米扒舞Urban525k WordsCompleted A period novel about building wealth and strengthening the nation. In his previous life, the male lead was a master surgeon who also knew a thing or two about traditional Chinese medicine. He worked himself to death, and when he opened his eyes again, he was in the middle of a mud fight. Getting pelted with mud brought back the memories of his past life. 793Reads7.3Score10114d adds

    Reader note

    Latest male-oriented, get-rich-quick, historical fiction: ① In the sweltering summer heat, the story begins with a man who was a moderately renowned surgeon in his past life. In the blink of an eye, he is transported back to the 1970s, becoming Lin Fusheng, a four-year-old boy in a rural village. Despite his young age, he goes up the mountain to collect herbs, using licorice, mint, and other herbs to make herbal tea to sell. He uses the money from selling the herbal tea to go to school and change his destiny.

23. 73 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 重生60年代，开局就上山下乡 A Solitary Stone孑然的石头Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Single Female Lead] Ye Hao transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1960s. Just as he is about to starve to death, he awakens an ancient treasure passed down from antiquity: the Azure Lotus Mystic Jade! Watch as he lives it up during the famine, improving his own life while also doing his part to help this country rebuild from the ground up! Our goal is the stars and the sea! 1.9kReads8.8Score23914d adds

    Reader note

    🌈①When Ye Hao, a 21st-century office worker, transmigrates to a dilapidated temple in the 1960s, he uses a spatial jade pendant to swallow mountains and rivers and gather starlight, from consuming live crabs to prolong his life to reselling tons of grain, and then using cutting-edge technology to reshape the nation's destiny! Will he defy fate and become a lone hero, or will he use his mortal body as a torch to ignite the spirit of the people? ☂️

24. 74 6 The 1960s: Reborn with a Pocket Dimension During the Famine 60年代：带着空间重生饥荒时期 In This Life, I Think Only of You此生念卿一人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [1960s] + [Farming] + [Pocket Dimension System] + [Heartwarming] + [Getting Rich] + [Slow-Paced] Su Bai woke up drunk and discovered that he had transmigrated to the resource-poor 1960s. Fortunately, he was bound to a mysterious pocket dimension System with a richly stocked inventory panel, offering everything from food to everyday necessities. Faced with his family's poverty, Su Bai used the System's supplies to improve their lives, making sure his family had enough to eat and warm clothes to w 10.8kReads7.0Score73314d adds
25. 75 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Road to Success 重生七十年代开始奋斗 Handsome Uncle帅哥叔叔Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After waking up, a returnee elite finds himself in the body of Li Yuanchao, a fifteen-year-old boy living in Courtyard No. 9 on Jinyu Hutong in the capital. Before he can even get used to his new identity, he has to face the sweeping campaign sending young people to the countryside. While the whole courtyard worries about who will be on the list, Li Yuanchao pulls out an application notice to help build the Xiang-Qian Railway. “Director Wang, I’ll go build the railway. Room and board are covered 13.8kReads7.4Score89614d adds
26. 76 我 [Era Transmigration] I Have a Compensation-for-Grievances System 【年代穿越】我有委屈补偿系统 The Bright Moon Knows明月知知Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration]+ [Period]+ [Space]+ [System]+a touch of fantasy later on With a pocket dimension and a system, An Xin has everything she needs and wants nothing more than to quietly enjoy life. But the secrets surrounding her family’s treasure repeatedly land her in danger... 3.5kReads8.6Score39914d adds
27. 77 重 Reborn in 1959 with a Pocket Dimension 重生59空间在手 Twelve of the World天下十二Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Drama] [Pocket Dimension] [A Few Heroines from TV Shows and Movies] [Mostly Original Plot] [Slow-Burn, Not a Power Fantasy] If you don't like it, don't read. A young man from modern times is reborn in 1959, in a large courtyard compound in Beijing. In an era when people never knew if they'd have enough to eat the next day, and even meat was a rare treat at New Year, watch as he uses his pocket dimension to rise up from a humble purchasing clerk. 15.9kReads7.3Score1.1k14d adds
28. 78 重 Reborn in a Chaotic Age: Dawn Breaks, and Glory Shines Again 重生乱世之破晓曙光再辉煌 Time, Bing Yi Jia光阴丙乙甲Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Rebirth + Patriotism + Revenge + Family + Pocket Dimension + Farming + Period Drama (This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.) In his previous life, Liu Pingkou lived through a time of turmoil. The Japanese army killed the adults in his family, leaving him, his younger sister, and his twin younger brother to survive in a cellar. Once it was safe, he couldn't afford to raise his siblings, so he entrusted them to kind strangers. After the founding of the country, h 3.1kReads6.9Score16714d adds

    Reader note

    The space is really useful.

29. 79 七 The Sweet Wife of the 1970s Has a Space, but Her Whole Family Pressures Me to Live Off Her 七零娇妻带空间，全家逼我吃软饭 Zhu Moumou祝某某Urban697k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a 1970s book + farm space + sweet, doting wife + beloved by the whole family!] [A man who knows the whole story versus a man reborn with memories of his past life!] The moment Zhu Tianfan opens his eyes, he discovers he's transmigrated into a romance novel as Li Xiuxiu's villainous ex-husband! In the book, the original owner is afraid of being sent to the countryside because his parents favor his younger brother. But on his wedding day, the Li family's businesses are sudden 5.3kReads7.6Score31614d adds

    Reader note

    ① The male protagonist transmigrates into a 1970s female-oriented novel, becoming the original female lead's vicious ex-husband. He possesses a farm-themed spatial ability, a "golden finger" that allows him to change the original female lead's fate of starving to death far from home, while also dealing with the covetous gaze of the reborn male lead. His wife's family spoils him rotten; despite his promise to endure hardship in the countryside, he ends up sleeping in every day and living off her.

30. 80 6 The 1960s: From the Start, I Led the Village Through Famine to Feast on Meat 60年代：开局荒年，我带着全村吃肉 Niuniu Rides a Cow妞妞骑牛Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Transmigration + Hoarding Supplies + Lighthearted + No Harem] Li Youfu transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name in 1960, a year of famine, and sees the man's entire life. In his previous life, he was the apple of his family's eye, but he was blind to the truth and married a woman who drained him to support her younger brother. His entire family was bled dry and met a tragic end. As he lay dying, all he wanted was to make up for his regrets and 1.8kReads8.7Score33014d adds
31. 81 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: Keeping the Peace at Nursing School 穿越八零：我在卫校守平安 Mr. Wordless无言先生Urban643k WordsCompleted [Transmigration]+ [Period]+ [System]+ [Daily Life]+ [Slow Pace] After an accident, Wang Chuan transmigrated to 1980 and became a glorious defender of the country, starting out with a disability. Fortunately, the System may have arrived late, but it did arrive. Let's see how he makes his way through this beautiful and magnificent golden age! Everything in this book is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental, so please don't assume it refers to anyone in particular! 2.2kReads8.3Score15014d adds

    Reader note

    [Cool][Cool][Cool]

32. 82 穿 Transmigrating to 1976: Hunting in the Mountains with My Pocket Dimension 穿越76，带着空间上山打猎 Seeking Words on the Wind觅语乘风Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Space] [Hunting] An overworked young man unexpectedly transmigrates to the Greater Khingan Mountains in 1976. In an era when people barely have enough to eat or wear, Xu Chen defies his family's objections and resolutely heads into the mountains to become a forest ranger. He originally planned to use his spatial ability to trade in mountain goods and make his fortune. But after an accident leads him to cross into Russian territory with a young woman in tow, he embarks on an Arctic fox hunt. Fro 4.8kReads7.3Score23914d adds

    Reader note

    Space hunting, ruthless and decisive

33. 83 重 Reborn: Back to 1983 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1983当富翁 Half Gratitude, Half Grudge恩怨各一半Urban3.4M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available on JD.com! The text has been carefully revised and is even more exciting. There are plenty of discounts right now, so if you're interested, go grab a copy!) Zhou Yufeng, a corporate CEO, unexpectedly returns to 1983, an era of planned economies and feeling one's way across the river by touching the stones. With his lovely wife wanting a divorce and his younger brother and sister struggling to get by, watch as he turns the business world upside down and changes 134kReads9.3Score16.4k14d adds

    Reader note

    These are all of them, though not many. Chinese people don't lie to other Chinese people; we are all one family.

34. 84 重 Back to 1988 重返1988 West Wind Beyond the Pass关外西风Urban3.9M WordsCompleted Lu Feng had become a billionaire and achieved great success when he unexpectedly returned to the 1990s. Looking at his adorable daughter, he was completely bewildered. Even more bewildering was the question of who this beautiful wife of his was. With a second chance at life, making money was a piece of cake. He would not only reach the pinnacle of wealth, but also teach business tycoons how to make money, give the future richest man a few pointers on starting a business, and then casually stand 4.4kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
35. 85 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
36. 86 日 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban523k WordsCompleted Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 659Reads6.4Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    Rebirth and time travel.

37. 87 影 The Film and TV World: I Make My Fortune with a Pocket Dimension 影视世界：我靠空间发家致富 Durian Watermelon Coconut榴莲西瓜椰Male-Channel Fanfiction408k WordsCompleted [Love in the Courtyard + A Lifelong Journey + A Little Alley Home + Everyday Life + No Hostility] Li Xin, an overworked office drone from the 21st century, transmigrates into a world of TV drama spin-offs in the 1960s. An ordinary man, he plans to witness the protagonists’ stories as a mere bystander, grow vegetables and raise chickens in his spare time, and wait patiently for the winds of reform to arrive. 667Reads5.5Score—14d adds
38. 88 回 Back to 1960: A Grand Life 回到60，壮阔人生 Faith of the Dragon Clan龙族的信仰Urban537k WordsCompleted Yang Jianjun returns to the 1960s and gains access to a personal space. He leads his family through the hardest few years. In an era when having enough to eat and warm clothes is all it takes to be happy, Yang Jianjun begins his own life with a cheat-like advantage. 3.6kReads8.5Score20614d adds

    Reader note

    Updated, a historical fiction, male protagonist

39. 89 重 Reborn in 1956: Starting Out as a Factory Doctor 重生1956从厂医开始 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Reborn into the world of Love in the Courtyard. The timeline is 1956, and I even get a System? I get to marry my goddess right from the start? I can earn all kinds of supplies just by studying, treating the sick, and taking disciples? I have thirty thousand direct disciples and three hundred thousand grand-disciples. Who calls the shots in China's medical world? You say this isn't scientific? We've already transmigrated and got a System backing us up, and you still want to talk science? 140Reads9.3Score—14d adds
40. 90 7 The 1970s: I Became Old Xu, Starting Out as a Shepherd 70年代：成了老许，从放牧开始 Hu Zhang虎仗Male-Channel Fanfiction735k WordsOngoing “Old Xu, do you want a wife?” “Just say the word, and I’ll bring you one in a bit!” Have you ever envied the carefree life of a shepherd, or the simple ways of that era? Have you ever wanted to transmigrate to the Chilechuan Pasture? To see the grandeur of a thousand steeds galloping, and the peaceful sight of cattle and sheep appearing as the wind bends the grass. “Ding! Wish granted. Transmigration countdown...” Hope you enjoy life on the pasture! 15Reads8.5Score—14d adds
41. 91 暗 Undercover Currents, 1979: I Have a Pocket Dimension That Can Make Me Rich 暗流1979，我有空间能致富 A Punch Over the Shoulder回身一拳Urban2.9M WordsOngoing This isn’t a mindless wish-fulfillment story. Read according to your tastes. Jiang Xuechen is reborn in 1979 with a pocket dimension. He rises from a country boy to a global tycoon. He tosses high-yield tomato seeds from the 21st century into vegetable greenhouses in the 1970s. He grows Taihang Longjing, with an exquisite flavor, in the frigid Taihang Mountains. Economic achievements completed so far: Bringing tea cultivation to the north and creating a northern tea-drink brand. Brewing wine wit 229Reads7.8Score—14d adds
42. 92 重 Reborn in a Bygone Era: Never Forgive 重生年代：永不原谅 A Thousand Roads Like a Painting千陌如画Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s: Refusing Rural Reassignment, Turning the Tables, Cutting Off Family, Marrying His One True Love, and the Fake Young Master Mystery. No Space or System. In his previous life, Luoyang was utterly ruined by the so-called family he trusted. They stole his job, signed him up for rural reassignment, took his university spot, and saddled him with his brother's lover. Finally, they had both his kidneys removed, leaving him to die a miserable death! Reborn, he defies fate: passing th 4.6kReads8.0Score29314d adds
43. 93 我 I Have a Universe That Starts in the Siheyuan 我有一个宇宙从四合院开始 Take a Big Flight放个大飞机Male-Channel Fanfiction552k WordsCompleted One male protagonist (no female leads) + expanding across the universe + all kinds of transmigration After leaving his job, Hu Da, a programmer with a respectable career, plans to pass the time with some mental nourishment. On the way, he comes across a secondhand bookstall and buys the Four Great Classical Novels along with more than a dozen popular novels from years past. When Hu Da rereads Stellar Transformation, he idly imagines himself as the protagonist and starts cultivating by following 4.1kReads8.7Score15114d adds

    Reader note

    It's not rebirth, it's world rebirth.

44. 94 从 Everyday Life Beginning in 1955 从1955年开始的日常生活 A Bug at the Edge of the Sky天边一条虫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted 1. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. 2. There are no golden fingers, no golden fingers, no golden fingers. 3. This is not a courtyard-house novel. 4. The plot is bland, the writing is long-winded, and there are other flaws. 5. Two female leads, two female leads, two female leads. In that era, such relationships were “common,” meaning the only two kinds of romance bearing the strongest “mark of the era” were “ill-fated entanglements” and the romance in this novel. So there must be two female 78Reads9.3Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    It's unremarkable at first, and not very interesting later on, so you can keep it going for now.

45. 95 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 394Reads7.4Score9114d adds

    Reader note

    All three books are set in the era of the Blue Screen (a fictional historical period), and all feature spatial elements.

46. 96 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 615Reads8.0Score—14d adds
47. 97 重 Reborn: Back in the 1980s to Make My Fortune 重生：回到八零当富翁 Frenzied Banana发飙的芭蕉Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A rebirth story set in a bygone era, with no mindless wish fulfillment, a single heroine, no courtyard-house drama, and a warm, everyday feel. Xu Erlong is reborn, returning to the eve of the day his family forced him to haul bricks at a black kiln to pay for his cousin's university education. Why should his cousin get meat while he has to make do with bran? Why should his cousin go to university while he is forced to haul bricks? Xu Erlong refuses to put up with it any longer and decisively 18.4kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds

    Reader note

    This is a male-oriented historical fiction set in the 1980s.

48. 98 年 A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生 Wen Youcai文有财Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis. 62.9kReads7.7Score9k14d adds
49. 99 我 My Life in 1975 我在1975年的那些事 Your Bro Yang Next Door隔壁你阳哥Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two worlds connected + transmigration + period setting + everyday life + pocket dimension + special abilities + decisive violence + multiple female leads + no simping + business. A story spanning two worlds, from 1975 to 2025. It all begins with catching someone in the act. After an accident, Chen Chang'an discovers something strange about his wife. It leaves him disoriented and even frantic, and he dies in a car crash. By a stroke of luck, he arrives in a parallel world in 1975 and gains the ab 4.9kReads8.6Score34614d adds

    Reader note

    Highly recommended!

50. 100 七 Transmigrate to the 1970s: Tang Ershao’s Daily Life as the Family Breadwinner 七零穿越：唐二少养家日常 Lan'er, Be Strong蓝儿当自强Urban302k WordsCompleted Tang Shen, the second young master of the Tang family, dies in a car accident. When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to the 1970s in a parallel world and become a member of Tang Gou Village in Fuji Commune. In this era when being poorer is considered more glorious, his wife is pregnant, his younger brother is mentally disabled, and he is the backbone of the family. Tang, who has never known hardship, is absolutely freaking out... 203Reads8.4Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    Male-oriented historical fiction set in the 50s, 60s, and 70s: Rebirth, time travel, and a spatial ability. 🫣❤️❤️ ① Xu Jianguo unexpectedly travels to the 1960s, suddenly becoming the guardian of a junior female disciple in a Taoist sect. 💦 His journey raising the child is full of hilarious mishaps, 💥from cooking to farm work, 💊he cleverly uses modern knowledge, 💎making the arduous life enjoyable. 🌈An old Taoist priest entrusts his orphan to him, 🐳and he braves the 1960s with the child, 📺the journey is filled with laughter, ☂️enacting a vibrant life in the 1960s.

Other lists with 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids