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1. 651 照 Taking Care of My Widowed Sister-in-Law While Staying Chaste? I Was Reborn and Married a Commander Instead 照顾寡嫂还守身？我重生改嫁首长 A Little Lucky Carp一只小锦鲤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original novel of the short drama Reborn in 1980: My New Bride Wants a Divorce In her previous life, Han Xinrui failed her college entrance exams, lost her job to someone else, and was separated from her parents. She even married a man who only knew how to raise his sister-in-law’s children! After fifty years of marriage, the stress and resentment gave her breast cancer. As she lay dying, her husband proudly showed off his sister-in-law, his arm around her. “I gave Qingqing your university admis 7.8kReads7.9Score852Shelves
2. 652 八 The 1980s Crime Drama: Even a Chef Can Be a Great Detective 八零刑侦剧场：厨子也能当神探 Big White Sail大白帆Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Was life in the 1980s really that boring? Not necessarily. Pigs eat people, dogs poison people, and a dragon falls from the sky! Are these bizarre cases real or not? Welcome to the world of a female criminal investigator in the 1980s. See how detectives of that era solved cases without surveillance cameras or DNA evidence. A word of caution: The heroine is not a transmigrator or someone who transmigrates into a book. There is no System and no golden finger. 16.8kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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   This is a good read, no romance, all crime-solving. Each case is several chapters long, and they're all very engaging. Recommended.

3. 653 七 The 1970s: The Little Village Girl Brings Honor to Her Country Through Education 七零小村姑，靠读书为国争光 Only Plays Zhen Ji只玩甄姫Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Family Drama + System + Academic Prodigy + Knowledge Changes Your Destiny + Ensemble Cast] Wang Zhaozhao becomes the unwanted granddaughter of the Old Wang family, part of the village brigade in Riverside Village in the 1970s. When she is five, her mother becomes her eldest uncle’s wife, while her father marries a stepmother who brings along a stepsister. Later, she gains two younger sisters, one born to her eldest uncle’s wife and the other to her stepmother. Her days are full 14.8kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
4. 654 咱 Our Niu Niu Has a Little Luck on Her Side 咱家牛妞，有点小运气在身上 The Immortal Venerable's Junior Sister Who Can transmigrate into a book and Cheat穿书开挂的仙尊小师妹Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted For questions about the story, see the latest post. Putting missing plot details in the comments is too much trouble, so you can listen to the audiobook for additions. Thank you. [Born in the Era + Growing Through Education + Family Life + Everyday Mischief + A Little Luck] Niu Niu's family was notorious in the brigade for being lazy and greedy. Her father was lazy, her mother was greedy, and she inherited both traits perfectly: if she could lie down, she would never stand up. Her grandparents 16kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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   It's really good! It's written from the perspective of a child named Niu Niu, and it feels very real. It doesn't feel like an adult pretending to be a child. The whole story flows smoothly and there are a lot of funny jokes. I don't even dare to listen to this book to help me fall asleep at night, because I'm afraid I'll laugh and lose all my sleepiness.

5. 655 九 The Nineties: A Scheming Woman Reborn as a Tycoon’s Real Heiress 九零：心机女穿成暴发户的真千金 Si Bu Xiang司不像Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Female lead transmigrates + real and fake heiresses + 1990s setting + satisfying read + sweet romance] In her previous life, Lu Xiyue had a terrible family. Her parents favored sons and tried their hardest to brainwash her into becoming a sister who would sacrifice everything for her younger brother. She played along and turned the tables, brainwashing her parents into paying for her education and buying her a house. But just as she achieved financial independence, she was hit by a car and kill 8kReads8.7Score833Shelves

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   The female lead takes a different approach 🍁🍁 This book is alright. Lu Xiyue's original family in her previous life was terrible. Her parents favored boys over girls and were determined to brainwash her into becoming a doting brother. She turned the tables and brainwashed her parents in return, coaxing them into sending her to school and buying her a house. But unexpectedly, just as she achieved financial freedom, she was hit by a car and died. She transmigrated and became the true daughter of a nouveau riche in the 1990s. The nouveau riche was young but in poor health and had only one daughter, so he urgently needed her to return home and inherit the family business.

6. 656 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 42.6kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves

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   The female lead directly uses her to her advantage.

7. 657 媳 Winning Over My Wife Is Hard: The Cold-Hearted General Turns Jealous 媳妇难追，高冷军少成醋王 Xing Yuyan邢毓晏Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted (Military marriage, arts troupe, strong female and male leads, doting husband, chasing his wife to the crematorium, playing dumb while hiding a sharp edge, extremely jealous hero!) Reborn into a period novel as a beautiful but spoiled, selfish, domineering good-for-nothing, Xia Anran throws in the towel! Someone else can have the job of making the heroine look kind and virtuous. And that fiancé of hers, what’s-his-name, Huo Ruiyang, right? Do you really think you’re such a catch? There are 3.8kReads8.6Score378Shelves

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   This is a story of a strong female lead and a performing arts troupe. [Admiration][Admiration]

8. 658 七 The 1970s: The Difficult Top-Tier Star Is the Cold-Faced Officer’s Allergy Cure 七零作精顶流是冷面军官的抗敏药 Good Luck Is With You好运相随Modern Romance443k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + devoted couple + personal space + raising children + sweet romance + military marriage + winning his heart] [Fussy top-tier star heroine VS outwardly cold, inwardly warm officer] Few truly awful characters, with a fairly cozy feel. When she opened her eyes, Su Chinuan, a top-tier star of the twenty-first century, had transmigrated into a period novel as a thankless, ungrateful cannon-fodder character. Her parents had been sent to a farm for hard labor 2.6kReads8.4Score265Shelves

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   The female lead, armed with a strategy guide, attempts to seduce the male lead. The male lead is born allergic to women, but not to her. After successfully winning her over, he discovers her secret...

9. 659 9 A Hong Kong Tycoon's Canary in the 1990s 90年代港城富商金丝雀 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted The heroine is pure; the hero isn’t. If that bothers you, please don’t attack me. [Historical setting + age gap] The rating will rise later. [Heroine comes out on top + kept woman + raising a child + strong woman] The heroine was originally the hero’s mistress. The hero divorced his wife for other reasons... At nineteen, Su Wanting had no choice but to seek out forty-two-year-old Ye Chengan for the sake of her frail, young brother, becoming “his mistress.” Ye Wanting refused to stay “locked aw 2.7kReads—Score123Shelves
10. 660 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: Starting Over in the Seventies 甜蜜军婚，我在七零年代重开啦 Nuo Yan糯颜Modern Romance826k WordsCompleted Jiang Zitong, a highly accomplished young woman who has just graduated in the modern era, unexpectedly finds herself reborn in the body of Lin Fang in the 1970s. In an age built on stacks of ration coupons, her parents force her to marry a soldier to pay off their debt. Faced with a reality where she needs a permit just to go out and coupons just to eat, she has no power to resist. She thinks she is in for a miserable life, but instead she unexpectedly finds a treasure of a family and husband, a 835Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    Both of these period novels avoid clichés, yet their styles are completely different. The first one is authentic and pure, with sound values, no extreme characters or illogical plots, and is well-developed and morally upright. It's finished, so you can read it with confidence. The second one is about a child who transmigrates into a period novel and becomes an adorable baby. It's very heartwarming and joyful, features a spatial dimension, and incorporates some fantasy elements.

11. 661 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: I Want Love, Family, Friendship, and a Career 穿越七零闺蜜爱情亲情事业我都要 Jiang Liu Sheng Fang江流生方Modern Romance220k WordsOngoing [Devoted Couple + Period Setting + Fake Transmigration into a Book + Everyday Life + Personal Growth] That's just how life is, isn't it? There are always ups and downs, hardships and setbacks. But when your family is together, what do any of those things matter? Orphan Jiang Wan had a terribly hard life in one book. Just as she'd struggled through half her life and was about to see better days, the author sent her into another book to clean up someone else's mess. After coming back, the trouble 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a pseudo-transmigration into a book. Her first meeting with the male lead is in a well, and she initially thinks he's a human trafficker trying to take advantage of her. However, he verbally becomes her fiancé the very next day, which is a bit dramatic. Wanting to get rid of the villainous male supporting character who uses her family's money to climb the social ladder, she lies and claims to have amnesia. This pleases her parents, and that's how the male lead becomes her fiancé.

12. 662 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    These books are all quite unique. ① The male lead is a bully and a scoundrel, a master of stubbornness. He married the female lead when she was mentally challenged and treated her well. They have a son who's a real pain in the ass. 😄 ② They communicate like idiots. Both the female and male leads are shrewd, but the male lead is love-struck and incredibly naive about relationships. The female lead often tricks him. 😄 ③ The female lead divorces and remarries, living a typical life, a stark contrast to her ex-husband's family. 😄 ④ The female lead transmigrates to the 1960s with a system and superpowers. The system takes her to different worlds to complete missions. A handsome man from a cultivation world later transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes her husband. 😄

13. 663 女 The Female Side Character Awakens: My Thuggish Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic 女配觉醒，痞子老公是恋爱脑 Hua Qingkong花晴空Modern Romance537k WordsOngoing [Not a wish-fulfillment story + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + healing + a book that foretells the future] Lin Nuan accidentally opens The Book of Life and catches a glimpse of her fate. The book says that the older girl next door will die tragically in the countryside, and Cheng Huaizhou, who is always picking on her, will give his life trying to uncover the truth. She doesn't want to go to the countryside, and she doesn't want him to die. That summer, she corners him at his doors 929Reads5.4Score100Shelves

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    Sweet little story about an indigenous person trying to save themselves without going to the countryside.

14. 664 跨 A Cross-Time Call Sends Me to the 1980s to Make Money 跨时空通话，让我穿越到八零搞钱 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted Alternate-Era Novel The rating will go up later. (Third-Generation Red Family + Everyone’s Favorite + Period Piece + Transmigration Through Time + Strong Female Lead + Strong Male Lead + Pure Romance) “What era would you like to call?” She entered “1980” and actually managed to get through to someone living in 1980! The heroine, Lin Shu, told Lin Yike, the supporting female character in 1980, about the most profitable businesses of the decade over the phone. But after Lin Yike made money, she 10Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 665 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book and Was Read for My Thoughts, So I Saved My Dad, Who Was Supposed to Die Young 穿书被读心我拯救了我那早死的爹 Nuo Yan糯颜Modern Romance531k WordsCompleted Mu Xiyao was told by an old Daoist that she wouldn’t live past eighteen. Sure enough, she died on her eighteenth birthday. But the old Daoist had also said that a great opportunity awaited her! So she fantasized about becoming some powerful ghost cultivator or something. But! Could someone tell her?!!! Why had she turned into a tiny four- or five-year-old child? And not just any child, but the pitiful cannon-fodder character from a novel she’d read! Still, something seemed a little off... Her fa 31Reads7.3Score—Shelves
16. 666 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: The Military Bigwig Spoils Me and My Quadruplets 穿越八零，一胎四宝被军区大佬娇宠 Su Muhe苏沐禾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a book + period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted couple + adorable babies) Ye Shuang, a preschool teacher, was hit by a car and killed while saving a student. When she opened her eyes, she had become the male lead’s ill-fated former wife in a stepmother-era novel, a cannon-fodder character who died in childbirth. Her surname was Ye, and her fate was to die giving birth to quadruplets. Just as she was about to give up and accept her circumstances, a c 29.7kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves
17. 667 穿 A Couple of Fake Partners' Everyday Gossip After They Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies 穿书七零塑料夫妻的吃瓜日常 Good Fortune and Good Luck福气满满好运来Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (A sharp-tongued heroine with eight hundred schemes, queen of the courtyard and village, who loves watching the drama unfold × a male lead who seems aloof and untouchable but is really a childish boy who gets bullied by her and tries to fight back) Jiang Nuan transmigrates into a book. In this 1970s romance, she, Jiang Nuan, is a hopelessly lovesick fool who pines for the male lead, gets face-slapped again and again, and still keeps throwing herself at him. She’s nothing but a disposable side ch 11.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    1. Transmigrated to a courtyard house world and became Liu Guangqi. This identity is not bad. Compared to other transmigrators who start as orphans, at least the beasts can't bully her. 2. [Era + Military Marriage + Real and Fake Heiresses + Self-Development + Daily Life + Struggle] [Female lead grows silently + amazes everyone in the end + doesn't back down but knows how to argue] 3. A cunning and shrewd female lead who is a bully in the courtyard village (watching the drama unfold) x A seemingly aloof but actually bullied and childish male lead who tries to fight back. Gu Chaoyang is a jerk, but Jiang Nuan is even more of a jerk. 4. Era + Military Marriage + Space + Family Matters. On the first day of Lin Xiangnan's transmigration, her family was arguing fiercely about going to the countryside. At first: It's just going to the countryside, right? After helping her second grandfather hoe the fields for two days: Going to the countryside is impossible. She just can't stand any hardship.

18. 668 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: Big Shots from Every Walk of Life Call Me Grandma 八零军婚：各界大佬都认我当孙女 Jiujiu Candy啾啾糖Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + building wealth + super sociable heroine + 1,800 schemes + 18 powerful grandpas] The heroine is a renowned master of making big promises. She loves getting something for nothing, and even a dog passing her has to leave two hairs behind before it can go on its way. She transmigrates into the body of a stupid, overweight woman who’s also been swindled out of her money by a scumbag. The more Wang Xiuxiu thinks about it, the angrier she gets. Damn it! First, she gives h 7.6kReads9.2Score869Shelves

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    With just her words, she fooled eighteen powerful grandfathers, got a factory for free, and became an awesome female protagonist.

19. 669 年 The Pretty Little Darling in a Period Novel 年代文中的漂亮小娇娇 The Belle of High Society Y人间富贵花YModern Romance444k WordsCompleted [Stunning heroine] [Delicate and vicious] [Love at first sight] [Multiple male leads] [Heroine-focused] [Rivalry among men and women] [Mary Sue] Warning: Heroine-focused, episodic stories, the heroine is a complete scumbag with warped values. She really is terribly, terribly vicious, so don't read if that's not for you. The stories include: A vicious, pampered young woman in the 1970s The real and fake heiresses at the turn of the millennium A pretty but useless actress in the 1990s An online sc 5.4kReads6.8Score303Shelves

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    The female lead is stunningly beautiful, yet viciously selfish and wicked! Multiple male leads!

20. 670 娘 Mother's Getting Married, and Sister-in-Law Wei Is on the Rise 娘要嫁人嫂子小魏崛起 A Mere Mortal in This World1984世间一俗人1984Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted A fanfiction of the TV drama My Mother Wants to Marry. No transmigration, no rebirth, and no golden finger. Everything happens because sister-in-law Wei Shuqing has an absurd dream. As events unfold, she chooses to leave the Qi family early and pursue her own happiness… 11kReads9.1Score708Shelves

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    These books are all quite unique. ① The male lead is a bully and a scoundrel, a master of stubbornness. He married the female lead when she was mentally challenged and treated her well. They have a son who's a real pain in the ass [laughs]. ② They talk past each other. The female lead is shrewd, and so is the male lead, but he's love-struck and incredibly naive about relationships. The female lead often fools him [laughs]. ③ The female lead divorces and remarries, living a typical life, a stark contrast to her ex-husband's family [laughs]. ④ The female lead transmigrates to the 1960s with a system and superpowers. The system takes her to different worlds to complete missions. A handsome man from a cultivation world later transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes her husband [laughs].

21. 671 胎 Born in 1970: The Beloved Baby Girl of the Family 胎穿70：家里最受宠爱的老来女 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted (Pure love, awakening, born into the era, period setting, youngest daughter born late in her parents' lives, two strong leads, everyday family life) The rating will go up later. A novel set in an alternate version of the past. Her father is a factory director, and her mother heads the finance department. Lin Xiaoman is the youngest daughter in the Lin family, with five older brothers. One day, while she is sick, memories of her previous life suddenly awaken. It turns out she was born into the 1 9.4kReads6.0Score1kShelves
22. 672 重 Back to Day One of 1980: I Split My Uncle's Head Open 重回八零第一天，我把大伯开瓢了 West Wind at the Little Tower小楼西风Modern Romance123k WordsOngoing (Feel-good story, everyone’s favorite, building wealth, military marriage, love that grows over time, college entrance exams, everyday family life) After an accident, Yun Qiao returns to the 1980s. In her previous life, she was a pushover: her relatives sold her off, bullies took advantage of her, and in the end she even dragged down the Zhou siblings who had protected her. Given a second chance, Yun Qiao understands one thing: you can’t be a doormat. When her awful relatives stir up trouble, sh —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn and reverses her life, seeking revenge for wrongs and repaying kindness with kindness.

23. 673 重 Reborn: A Blessed Beauty in the 1980s 重生八零福运娇妻 Azure Sea and Blue Sky碧海青天Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Her fiancé is stolen, her future snatched away, and as a relentless scheme closes in, Qiao Yuxi is framed until not even her bones remain. Reborn, she finds her father has a new love, her mother has a beloved of her own, and the whole family dotes on everyone else's precious little darlings. Qiao Yuxi spreads her hands. Love whoever you want. I'm done with this family! She gives the villains a cold tongue-lashing and rolls up her sleeves to smack the troublesome kids. She doesn't even want her p 5.7kReads9.2Score628Shelves

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    A normal story won't leave you feeling frustrated. Trust me.

24. 674 六 The 1960s: Lightning in Hand, Demons and Monsters, Stay Away from Me 六零：雷电在手，魑魅魍魉莫挨我 Two Treasures at Home家有两个宝Modern Romance688k WordsCompleted A time-travel fantasy with a powerful female lead, satisfying revenge, transmigration to another world, buying and selling goods for profit, playing the pig to eat the tiger, secret identities, and special abilities. (Note: This is not a traditional period novel, and has a touch of fantasy.) There is a male lead. Huang Nan wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a period novel as the hapless cousin of the heroine. In the novel, whenever the heroine doesn’t want to work, the cousin does it 8.9kReads9.3Score1kShelves
25. 675 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s: The Aloof Tycoon Chases His Wife to the Crematorium 穿越八零，高冷大佬追妻火葬场 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted Both leads are devoted to each other and equally strong, with a top-tier young man and an entrepreneurship arc (Transmigration and rebirth, making a fortune, a family with lots of sisters) The heroine is a polished self-interest-first type. The hero starts out aloof, then later goes through hell trying to win her back An alternate-era story The Su family has six daughters. Each one is prettier than the last, and the sixth daughter is the most beautiful. The heroine is the sixth Su daughter. Th 139Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 676 末 The Doomed Young Lady Lands in the Countryside Just Before the Move, Hiding Out in the City 末世娇女穿在下乡前夕，苟在城里 The Sky Clears After the Rain雨过天也晴Modern Romance711k WordsOngoing Lin Jiao was born lucky. Even in the harsh conditions of the apocalypse, she lived a life everyone envied. Who could have known that while she was browsing the shops and joining the crowds at the base, a System fragment would hit her temple, killing her and sending her to another world? Her original self was unloved by both parents. She decided to sell her job and follow the man she loved to the countryside. Then a reborn heroine stole her man, and she died suddenly from a heart attack. After tr 2.9kReads7.2Score188Shelves

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    She doesn't go to rural areas or black markets; she loves herself very much.

27. 677 八 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零，首长不追了，带崽离婚真香 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 36kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
28. 678 我 Working in the 1960s to Earn Money and Support My Green Tea Girlfriend 我在六十年代工作赚钱养绿茶 Content and at Ease然自得Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Qingyue transmigrated to the 1960s, only to find herself facing a marriage and a move back to the countryside from the start. Was that really going to happen? Before she could do anything, she found out her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement. Lin Qingyue: What a lucky break! She quickly called off the engagement, then studied hard and earned a place at the lumber mill, becoming a proud worker! After starting at the factory, she discovered that her position had been reserved for h 1.3kReads7.7Score103Shelves

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    These are some period drama novels I've been reading recently. The first one was quite well-written, though it was a bit verbose, with one event taking up three chapters, but it was still enjoyable. The female lead shines in a factory, while the male lead plays a sickly but good young man in the countryside. The second one is similar to most period dramas: face-slapping, marriage, university entrance exams, etc. The female lead is a genius girl who excels in everything, while the male lead is a street hustler and a black marketeer.

29. 679 七 I Met the Man Who Stole My Heart in the 1970s 七零年代我遇到心动的汉子 Jingxuan Yang MeijinC景轩羊梅锦CModern Romance508k WordsCompleted Important! This is very important! No pocket dimension + no golden finger + no awful relatives (there's just one) + no unresolved heartbreak Liu Xiqiao stayed up all night reading novels and somehow read herself right into another world. She transmigrates into the body of an eighteen-year-old girl from the year 1974 who has the exact same name. She wakes up and collapses right back onto the bed. Looks like she's not the only one who stayed up all night. With simple luggage on her back, she takes 1.2kReads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Hehe, the female lead gets married as soon as she goes to the countryside.

30. 680 八 The 1980s: What If the First Wife Who Died Young Isn't Reborn? 八零，早死原配没重生怎么办？ Leaping Into Mountains and Seas跃入山海Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted Original title: The 1980s: A Cool Military Doctor Spoils His Ugly Country Wife [Period setting + making money + the native-born, doomed original wife crushes the reborn heroine] Jiang Kuihua is a plain country girl through and through. Zhan Zhengqing is a promising chief neurosurgeon from a good family. The two marry by chance, but everyone says an ugly, uneducated woman like her isn’t good enough for Zhan Zhengqing, and that divorce is only a matter of time. Jiang Kuihua doesn’t think about it 212Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    ✨🎉The female lead is obsessed with making money [drooling], her family spoils her [inquiring], and can't stop her [smirking], she doesn't go to the black market, but secretly sets up her own stall [laughing], and once she can get the license, she can start making big money with peace of mind [a masterpiece]

31. 681 穿 After Becoming the Younger Sister of a Cannon-Fodder Villainess in a Period Novel 穿成年代文炮灰女配的妹妹后 Tenant Who Hates Cats讨厌猫的租客Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted After Sui Sui fainted from an excessively rapid heartbeat caused by premature beats, she woke up to find she had become the younger sister of a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel. To keep her older sister, Li Shuang, from meeting the same fate as her counterpart in the book, Sui Sui volunteered to go work in the countryside. Facing the harsh rural conditions, she drew on the perseverance she had built up as a wage earner, studying hard and getting into college on her own 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This isn't a wish-fulfillment story; there's no black market, no gossip, and no rough men. It's just a simple, ordinary story about educated youth going to the countryside.

32. 682 刚 I Had Multiples Right After Joining the Army: The Easygoing Military Wife’s Good Fortune 刚随军就多胎，咸鱼媳妇好运来 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] (1960s, military marriage, soldier king, daily life, multiple births, sweet romance, devoted couple) She transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the village’s contrast to her older female cousin. Her cousin is clever, gentle, and virtuous, while she’s spoiled, arrogant, and big-busted but dim-witted. Jiang Qian, who arrives with a pocket dimension stocked full of supplies, thinks that’s no problem at all! When her blind date takes a liking to her cousin, apologizes to her, and then se 26.8kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
33. 683 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An unexpected beginning and a delightful ending—the first heart-wrenching romance novel, *Listening to the Wind's Song*, is fresh in its subject matter and feels incredibly real. It tells a story of loneliness and sorrow, where laughter weeps through tears.

34. 684 吃 Gossip! Gossip! More Gossip! 吃瓜！吃瓜！吃瓜啦！ Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + whirlwind marriage + gossip) Lin Hua, a laid-back woman who loves gossip, transmigrates from the future to a parallel world in the 1970s. She accidentally discovers that she has transmigrated into a book, and that she has become a cannon-fodder character. All she wants is to change her fate. She marries a minor character from the story, stays away from the male and female leads, and lives a quiet, comfortable life, enjoying the gossip from u 4.4kReads7.9Score256Shelves

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    (Era + Transmigration + Flash Marriage + Gossip) Lin Mi, who is both a lazy bum and loves gossip, transmigrates from the future to the 1970s in a parallel universe. She accidentally discovers that she has transmigrated into a book and become a cannon fodder character.

35. 685 甜 Sweet! The Beautiful Army Wife Searches for Her Husband on the Island and Gets Doted on Like a Queen 甜！漂亮军嫂海岛寻夫后被宠上天 Dou Shishi斗十石Modern Romance830k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s + devoted couple + sweet romance + multiple babies at once + slice of life + obnoxious characters + alternate universe] Warning: Weird and obnoxious people everywhere!!! She has worked herself to the bone for her husband's family for five years and gets nothing in return. Now they're about to kick her out. After her mother's funeral, she faints at the grave, and when she wakes up, she finally sees the light. She's no longer Lin Zaozao, who lets people beat and scold her. 3.5kReads8.9Score267Shelves

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    "Give this letter to my parents when the time comes, and they will let you leave." The letter was a will, which stated that the son was unfilial and unable to serve his parents, but also clearly stipulated that the widow should be treated well, and that she should receive half of the pension as a reward for fulfilling his filial duties. It also asked the family to release her as he wished. 🍁Then, the man left that very night, and there was no further news for two years. She didn't know the details because her in-laws were keeping it from her. Afterwards, they openly and secretly picked fights with her, as if they wanted to get rid of her. But judging from their behavior, it didn't seem like the man had any problems, yet he never returned. There were only letters sent every now and then, but these letters never reached her. 🍁That's another explanation: the man became successful, and his family felt she was no longer good enough for him and wanted to dump her. His family didn't approve of her, starting from when she didn't have any pregnancy symptoms three months after the marriage. Seeing that she had no one from her family except for her sick mother, and that her husband wasn't around, they all bullied her.

36. 686 九 Reborn in '93: An Old Man's Youthful Ride on the Tides 九三重生：老朽少年踏浪潮 Author Daiwa作者呆娃Urban248k WordsOngoing [Reborn] [Urban Farming] [Soul Transmigration] [Making Money] [Stock Trading] [Urban] [Transmigration] [One Heroine] On July 9, 2026, 64-year-old Di Lei unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1993 while playing mahjong. Drawing on his life experience, he starts over and writes a new chapter in his life. This novel is written in a rough, down-to-earth style. 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'll recommend one to try.

37. 687 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 13.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    🌟A zombie queen with a brain🧠 transmigrated to the 1970s, encountered "Stinky Egg" who stole her car and supplies, and also met many other "Eggs." This intelligent zombie especially loves listening to gossip and eating melons, using her brain a lot, afraid that her brain will rust! 😂😂😂😂😂

38. 688 从 Changing the World, One Supernatural Chive at a Time 从培育出超凡韭菜开始改变世界 Little Fujian Farmer闽间小农Rural Life404k WordsCompleted [Period novel + farming + slice-of-life System + food + slow burn + no heroine + unconventional power fantasy] Question: What are the most frustrating things about novels where someone transmigrates back to the past and starts farming? Answer: The protagonist has such an overpowered cheat, but the story still saddles them with a bunch of relatives like Pokemon, endlessly bickering about family affairs. Why can't they just get on with farming?! And they've already had a modern education, so why d 632Reads6.8Score106Shelves

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    Despite having a silver spoon in his mouth and being able to travel to the United States visa-free, he chose to return to China to develop his career, not pursuing a small-scale farming economy, but instead using his financial resources to build a farming base.

39. 689 九 Nineties: At Fifty, I Beat My Scumbag Husband and Unfilial Son, Then Marry into a Wealthy Family 九零：五十岁锤爆渣夫逆子嫁豪门 Little Bai Bai Ascends to the Clouds小白白上青云Modern Romance214k WordsOngoing (Feel-good period drama + no golden finger + taking down scumbags + doting on daughters + ensemble cast + everyday family life) At fifty, Song Zhaodi, who had spent her whole life working like an ox for the Zhang family, discovered that her husband had been cheating on her. Even her second and third sons were Liu the Widow’s children. Her three daughters had been forced to drop out of school and suffered endlessly, while her ungrateful son beat her to death with two punches. The scumbag and the 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In this book, a fifty-year-old woman is reborn, beats up her scumbag husband and unfilial son, and makes amends to her three daughters.

40. 690 带 I Took My Space Back to the 1970s to Give My Country a Database 带上空间穿七零为祖国献上资料库 Auntie Nut坚果小姑妈Modern Romance607k WordsCompleted Food blogger Bai Guoguo has just returned from a fun trip to Harbin when she unexpectedly acquires a space and learns that she is about to transmigrate to the 1970s. She prepares plenty of supplies for survival and even manages to get three huge boxes of assorted technical documents. In the 1970s, she helps her country take off ahead of schedule, and even finds herself a partner along the way! (The rating is a little low because the novel has only just started receiving reviews. Please be patien 896Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    🌿🌿🌿This book is so great! The female protagonist knew in advance that she was going to travel back to the 1970s, so she prepared a lot of supplies and various scientific and technological data. Later, she decisively handed over the data and made a huge contribution to the strength of the country. She really has a strong sense of patriotism.

41. 691 怀 Pregnant with Twins Blessed by a Spirit Spring! The Cold-Faced Officer Spoils Her to No End! 怀灵泉双胎！冷面军官宠她入骨！ Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool military officer + alluring beauty] (Multiple transmigrators + daily life with the army + married first, love later + raising kids and pregnancy + devoted to each other) [She opens her eyes to a whirlwind marriage and a child.] When Jiang Nian opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s story her roommate wrote, as a busty, airheaded supporting character with a tragic fate, and a cute little daughter to boot. After she runs away and gets caught again, she finds herself standing beside h 10.4kReads8.7Score842Shelves

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    🍒✨The female protagonist transmigrated into a book and became the villainous supporting character. She started out pregnant, with a child clinging to her, wanting to nurse! She was stunned. To make matters worse, a handsome man handed her another child, saying, "The baby's hungry, nurse her." 😳Unexpectedly, she had a special constitution and was incredibly fertile, having two children in three years! The aloof and arrogant handsome man was not only strong and muscular, but he also gave her all his earnings, did all the laundry and cooking, and even had a second identity…

42. 692 年 The Male Lead of a Period Novel? Marrying an Abstinent Military Officer Is Much Better 年代文男主？哪有嫁给禁欲军官香 Xia Shang下伤Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (1960s, military marriage, devoted couple, female lead is a worker-peasant-soldier university student x the young heir to a powerful family in Guangdong) After her parents divorced and remarried, Liu Yao became a poor little thing loved by neither of them. After graduating from a prestigious university with a master's degree, Liu Yao thought she could change her fate against all odds. But once she arrived in the big city, she was nothing more than an insignificant nobody, one of those small-to 956Reads7.9Score110Shelves

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    I think it's pretty good! [Flying kiss 😘] The female lead transmigrates into a novel and becomes the original female lead's cousin. The original male and female leads are a 40-year-old man with six kids. [Facepalm][Facepalm] My goodness, the original female lead is wary of the new female lead! Hahaha. The male lead is also unconventional; while other male leads wear suits, he goes out in red shorts. [Facepalm][Facepalm] But it's still a good read, hahaha.

43. 693 我 I Make Paper Offerings in a Period Novel 我在年代文里做纸扎 Buron of the House of Fragrance怡红院的布隆Urban6.7M WordsCompleted Li Hongwen transmigrates into a book, landing in a period novel about a wicked supporting female character’s rise to power. The heroine has a pocket dimension, and the villainess has a supermarket. All he has is the paper-offering craft he learned in his previous life, but that trade is taboo in this era!!! Luckily, a skill from his previous life that he never got to use works in this world. And so, an unremarkable supporting male character who knows the plot appears, much to the villainess’s su 21.7kReads7.6Score1.3kShelves

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    This book seems to take a rather unique approach 📖: The protagonist transmigrates into a book as a sent-down youth in the countryside. He doesn't have a system, a large supermarket, or a spatial dimension; he only has the paper-crafting skills he learned in his previous life, which are useless in this era 🌿🌿 Fortunately, the protagonist cultivated a secret technique in his previous life that allows him to trade with the underworld 👻 The plot is well-written 🌻🌻

44. 694 野 Off the Beaten Path 野路子 Yuan Yu袁语Modern Romance800k WordsCompleted Zheng Sinan said she was deeply grateful to live in this era. The tide of reform had swept away the fate that meant girls were unwelcome from the moment they were born. If she wanted to, she could earn money and get an education. Her future was no longer bound to the path laid out by the previous generation. She dared to dream big, and she could earn money by the stack. What difference was there between men and women? Everyone was making their way in this society. You had your sense of superiori 118Reads—Score108Shelves
45. 695 换 They Hadn't Seen Each Other in Four Years Since Their Arranged Marriage, Then the Man Who Died in Battle Came Back 换亲四年未见，战死的男人回来了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [1970s setting, military marriage, face-slapping, ex-husband's groveling redemption, second male lead wins, self-interest above all] Shen Man is a stunning, glamorous dancer with national-level status. The moment she transmigrates, she opens her eyes to a nightmare: she's about to be caught cheating, publicly humiliated, and die of shame. And now, after four years away, the man who was supposed to have died in battle has returned alive. Lu Zhengguo hates the original owner for drugging him and c 14.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    🍭🍭🍭This book is really amazing! It's a classic "wife-chasing-after-the-crisis" story, a broken mirror that can't be mended, and the second male lead takes over. It seems like the ex-husband likes the female lead later on, but that doesn't stop him from distrusting her and finding her restless, which makes him annoying. Fortunately, the female lead ends up with Gu Qinglin and they live happily ever after. It's really great.

46. 696 离 The Day We Divorced, I Had a Whirlwind Marriage with a Young Man from the Compound 离婚当天，闪婚了大院子弟 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Family life] [Second marriage] In 1990, Jin Lihong was twenty-five. Her parents were rural residents without jobs. She had married quietly a year earlier, but divorced a year later, stirring up all kinds of gossip. Her ex-husband said, “She’s just a half-trained quack who graduated from a medical school for nurses. Do you really think she can treat patients and save lives? Apart from being pretty, she’s useless.” Her colleagues said, “She wanted to keep her pride, so she went 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
47. 697 八 The 1980s: The Northeastern Queen Takes the World by Storm 八零：东北女霸总风靡全球 Blooming Camellia花开靡茶Modern Romance473k WordsCompleted The System Is Losing It! Who Told You to Feed the Multiple-Birth Pills to Pigs? Also known as: I Got Rich Raising Pigs with the Childbearing System Feel-good fiction + comedy + Northeast China + strong female lead + no romance + getting rich + patriotism Huh? Why have I transmigrated again? Song Qingli looked up, her face lighting up with excitement. She never expected to come back here! Back to the late 1970s and early 1980s in Northeast China! Only this time, she had a childbearing System that 115Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    [Top post][Top post][Top post] [Historical fiction + No romance] The female lead uses a multi-birth pill given to her by the system to feed pigs and pandas, and she gives birth to more than twenty babies in each litter. [Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying]

48. 698 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 65.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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    Amazing! Choose your own! 1️⃣ A powerful older sister who can turn her ex-husband and ex-mother-in-law into family! 2️⃣ Set in the 90s, the female lead is a cute 182cm tall! 3️⃣ The era of not going to the countryside proved that being good at math is really awesome! 4️⃣ This one is the most amazing: a female military leader and her adorable husband! The first time I've seen someone bring their father, younger brother, and husband along to the military, hahaha.

49. 699 年 The Reborn Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law in a Period-Era Lucky Charm Novel 年代锦鲤文的炮灰大嫂重生了 Qiao Miaomiao乔喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn Revenge + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Read + Building a Fortune + Everyday Life] Only when she was dying did Bai Xiuxiu discover that the world she lived in was actually a period novel about a lucky heroine! In the book, she was the lucky heroine's shrewish older sister-in-law. She was mean, lazy, greedy, and did every kind of evil! After the heroine married into the family, Bai Xiuxiu made life difficult for her at every turn. Because she bullied the lucky heroine, she “ 42.5kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves

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    🍒🍒🍒Okay, these three books are indeed quite unconventional, and they are definitely period dramas, but they all revolve around the theme of educated youth sent to the countryside. 🍒In the first book, the female lead is the legendary "other people's child," whose father makes her toys, including a water testing device. Using that little toy, she can find water sources. With a little more tinkering, she invents high-yield crop fertilizer, earning a high salary at a young age, with everything taken care of by the government. 🍒In the second book, the male and female leads are a pair of stay-at-home moms, originally from the countryside and exploited by their extended family. Unsurprisingly, the male lead isn't their biological son. Watch as they scheme and exploit their former family, peeling away layer after layer of skin to reclaim their hard-earned money. 🍒In the third book, even finding odd jobs is difficult nowadays, but in the 1970s, the female lead takes on one temporary job after another. Ah, as people today, I'm ashamed of myself… You readers can see for yourselves. If you're still not satisfied, you can check out my homepage. I publish over a thousand books a year—I feel crazy! [Awkward laugh]

50. 700 穿 Transmigrated into a Pitiful Girl in the 1960s, She Uses Her Wood Powers to Grow Crops 穿成六零小可怜，木系异能搞种植 Zhou Bei洲北Modern Romance884k WordsCompleted Lin Qi came from the apocalypse to the 1960s and entered the body of a simple-minded girl who had starved to death. Even after half a year, she still couldn’t fully control a body that wasn’t originally hers. Her movements were slow, she had trouble speaking, and her eyes were often vacant and unfocused… So people outside started saying: The Lin family’s third child isn’t crazy anymore, but she’s become mentally disabled. Either way, she was still a fool. The fool Lin Qi became a stumbling block 10.9kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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    🍁🍁🍁The female protagonist transmigrates to a post-apocalyptic era with wood-based superpowers. She becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside in the 1960s and makes a good life for herself. It's really great! In the early stages, the female protagonist is strong and the male protagonist is weak, but later the female protagonist becomes strong and the male protagonist becomes strong. The author gives her a lot of advantages, and everything is solved by the female protagonist's violence. Highly recommended!

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