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1. 151 八 The 1980s: A Fisherman's Little Life in Southern Guangdong 八零：南粤渔家小日子 Yuri Xiuchangguan玉日袖长观Modern Romance332k WordsOngoing [Period Piece] [Shore Foraging Golden Finger] [Fishing and Hunting] [Everyday Child-Rearing] [Family Life] [Cozy] [A Complete Guide to Seafood, Food, and Livelihood] [Later Development in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong] Chen Lizhen had spent half her life working at a fish stall. At last, she got to stay with her daughter for a few days, but after falling asleep, she woke up in a small fishing village in Nanyue in 1985. She was only twenty-five again, and her daughter was a four-year-old li 563Reads—Score103Shelves

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   I absolutely have to recommend this book! It's a must-read for book lovers, so check it out if you're passing by!

2. 152 重 Reborn in the 1980s, the Fussy Beauty Is Spoiled by Her Whole Family 重生八零，作精美人被全家宠翻天 Retired Salty Fish养老咸鱼Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted [1980s + Military Marriage + Family Favorite + Inner Thoughts Revealed + Everyone Speaks Their Mind + Alternate-Era Setting + Wife-Doting, Tough Military Officer vs. Sweet, Gentle Little Peach Blossom Spirit] Wen Xingyue failed her tribulation, was struck dead by lightning, and woke up in the human world. Status: Married. Record: Bullied her brother-in-law and made life difficult for her in-laws. Summary: Cheated on her military officer husband. Wen Xingyue trembled with fear. Then she took a cl 4kReads9.2Score418Shelves
3. 153 重 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance417k WordsOngoing (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score110Shelves
4. 154 盘 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground, They Watch You, They Remember 盘中餐：刑场——它们看着你，它们记得 Bo L Tang波l棠58k WordsCompleted The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground: They Watch You, They Remember 2Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 末 The Doomsday Survivor Transmigrates into a Pitiful Bride in the 1960s 末世苟王穿成六零替嫁小可怜 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + period setting + both virgins + pocket dimension + military marriage) She was the most vengeful survivor in the apocalypse, but after someone close to her grievously wounded her, they threw her into a horde of zombies. She was the sidekick to the eldest daughter of the Qian family in the capital. Just because she was pretty, they poisoned her and deliberately fed her hormones, turning her into a fat, ugly scapegoat. Now the apocalypse’s most vengeful survivor has transmigrated 4.3kReads8.5Score446Shelves
6. 156 双 A Double-Faced Jianghu, Dedicated to the Eighteen of Every Story 双面江湖献给所有故事里的十八号 Bo L Tang波l棠Eastern Fantasy187k WordsCompleted The world sings the praises of heroes, But who remembers the nameless extras? The jianghu is more than flashing blades, It lives in serving tea and sweeping floors, too. Two voices separated by countless mountains and rivers, yet keeping exactly the same rhythm. Unhurried, neither too loud nor too soft. Like a heartbeat, like breathing. Like the jianghu itself, quietly and ceaselessly carrying on. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 157 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: The Villainess Is a Little Unhinged 穿进年代文：反派女配有点颠 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Modern Romance786k WordsCompleted Just because she made one snarky remark about people who were lovesick, Su Yitong transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a young woman sent to work in the countryside in a remote, impoverished village. Still dazed, she takes a hostage and gets mistaken for an enemy spy, then locked in a woodshed. Only then does she realize she's transmigrated into a book as a melodramatic, ruthless villainess who meets a gruesome end! Follow the System's plot? Not a chance! This villainess loves doing the opposite 8.7kReads8.4Score585Shelves

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   This book is really interesting. The female lead goes crazy right from the start and gets knocked unconscious by the male lead. It's not the angst type; it's hilarious. The female lead asks for a phone, and the male lead gives her a chicken in return. [Laughing]

8. 158 镜 The Person in the Mirror: Who's Living My Life? 镜中人：谁在替我活着 Bo L Tang波l棠45k WordsCompleted The Person in the Mirror: Who Is Living My Life 4Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 159 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

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   That has to be this book, hahaha, one person dies in every chapter, the female lead is constantly handing out lunchboxes to the awful characters 🍱

10. 160 丈 After My Husband Died in Service, I Started Living Off My Kids 丈夫牺牲后，我开始啃小 Brush Full of Ink笔满墨Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Zhuo Yue is a famous lazybones in Fuqi Brigade. She doesn’t work in the fields or wait on her in-laws. Her husband earns the money, and her son does the chores. The women in the brigade dislike her, the young wives envy her, and the men, young and old, pity Wei Tianxia for having such an unfortunate family and Wei Xiaojia for having suffered in childhood. Wei Tianxia: “My wife is delicate, beautiful, kindhearted, gentle, and virtuous... Stop being jealous.” Wei Xiaojia: “My mom is kind, consider 4kReads8.3Score472Shelves

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    The baby and the dog are simply my dream couple! The female and male leads are childhood sweethearts, and the male lead is the kind of husband I've raised. The male lead is a cunning and ruthless wolf-dog type, but most importantly, he's obedient and capable. He even sews and mends for me, handing over his entire salary without keeping a penny for himself.

11. 161 平 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Ban Liang搬凉Urban116k WordsOngoing Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 17Reads—Score114Shelves

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    A real-life version of "Ordinary World," this book is especially relatable to those born in the 80s and 90s! The novel begins at the start of the 21st century, told from the perspective of Fang Lizhu, a young man born in the 1980s in a rural area of ​​the Jianghan Plain in central China. Through depicting the various people and events Fang Lizhu encounters during his studies and work, the novel reflects both the changes in the lives of the people of the plain after the turn of the century and the diverse lives of ordinary people facing the dramatic changes of the times, whether they actively or passively choose to persevere or passively escape.

12. 162 老 The Old Woman Is Reborn: Not One of Her Ungrateful Sons or Daughters Will Be Allowed to Go Astray 老太重生逆子孽女一个都别想长歪 Three Colors Love Sunshine三彩爱阳光Modern Romance791k WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Reborn] [No golden finger] [The 1980s] [Light ensemble cast] [Family life] [Slow and steady] [Getting rich] Widow Wu spent her whole life working herself to the bone for her children, only to die miserably on New Year’s Eve. Heaven finally took pity on her, and she was reborn on the day her children pressured her to remarry. Hmph! Now that I’m reborn, do you think I’m going to keep indulging you ungrateful wretches? From this moment on, I’ll live for myself. As for you ungratef 8kReads9.3Score713Shelves
13. 163 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This book, set in a small town in the 1960s, depicts the lives of the female protagonist. Both her parents are employed, and she is still in junior high school in the city. The family scenes are very heartwarming. There are few eccentric characters; no military marriage, no rough men, no scumbag fathers, no stepmothers. It's a warm and down-to-earth family story, full of everyday life, so simple and peaceful that it makes you want to keep reading.

14. 164 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: I Refuse to Be the Heroine of This Tragic Romance 穿书七零之这苦情剧女主我不当了 Eat Less Salt少吃盐Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + changing the plot + everyday life] After burning the midnight oil following her college entrance exams, Jiang Wanwan worked herself to death and transmigrated into a melodramatic period drama she'd watched with her grandma. When she discovered she was the heroine, destined to suffer her whole life, she was horrified! Determined to escape her absurd and tragic fate, she boldly struck a deal with the notorious gang leader rumored to ha 12.2kReads8.5Score920Shelves

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    This is simply a period drama 🌲, without a system or space, the protagonist is selfish 🌿, not a saint, not many extreme characters 🌴, doesn't go to the countryside, doesn't go to the black market, the author has a very creative mind ☘️, and there are several worlds interwoven.

15. 165 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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    🌿🌿🌿🌿This book is amazing! It has all the elements of a period drama, and every character is incredibly well-developed. None of them are truly stupid; they're all cunning and calculating. It feels like it leans towards an ensemble piece, where everyone is the protagonist of their own life. Everyone is ruthless to others and even more ruthless to themselves in pursuit of a better life. In short, they're all ruthless characters, making for a very satisfying and fast-paced read. A must-read!

16. 166 八 The Little Chef of the 1980s 八零小厨娘 The Cold Wind of Autumn and Winter秋天冬天的冷风Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing Reborn in the 1980s, Su Yao opens her eyes to find herself on the verge of being thrown out by her scumbag father and his mistress. Her mother's house is about to be sold, and her younger siblings are about to end up on the streets. She clenches her fists: She has to make a living on her own! With the skills she honed in her previous life as a top-tier postpartum nanny, she sets up a stall selling egg pancakes. Their aroma wafts halfway down the street, making the neighbors jealous and drawing h 25Reads9.1Score—Shelves
17. 167 幸 Happiness, or the Lack of It 幸福不幸福 Dian Lan滇岚Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing If memories were a game, Happiness would have died many times over. If reality were a game, Happiness would often be left battered and bruised. She wanders the streets of memory, where every shop is shuttered. It seems this world has no room for Happiness. Even as she scrapes by, enduring harsh words and cold looks, she still isn’t ready to give up... 143Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is worth reading.

18. 168 夫 My Husband and I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 夫妻同穿六零，我婆婆是重生的 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 25.2kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves

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    The female lead is super interesting; she doesn't have the typical "female lead halo" and doesn't recklessly rummage through the black market. She's intelligent and meticulous in her work, making money discreetly.

19. 169 资 The Reborn Capitalist Heiress Is Doted on by Her Military Officer Husband 资本家大小姐重生军官老公掌心宠 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + Joining the Army Husband on an Island + Reborn + Young Lady + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] [Alternate setting, 1960s] [Flirtatious, high-maintenance heroine and rough, arrogant hero] Shen Yitang thought there must be something seriously wrong with her. She had spent five years disliking Gu Huaizheng, but after he died, she spent a full ten years missing him. She missed the strong arms that had protected her in the catastrophic flood, and the safe haven he had built for he 19.1kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves

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    🌈❶A unique take on period fiction, featuring a wealthy and beautiful heiress (a capitalist's daughter) and a powerful high-ranking military officer from Beijing. He falls head over heels for her at first sight after a fleeting glance from a window. Knowing she's attracted to her refined older brother, he feigns elegance to arrange the engagement, only to be exposed and then forcefully take her away without any pretense. After marriage, he dotes on her immensely, taking care of everything at home and outside, embodying the ideal husband.

20. 170 硬 Stubborn as a Mule 硬颈种 Xu Wenqing徐文卿Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [Not a Power Fantasy, No Cliches, No Stupid Characters, Mutual Devotion, Striving for a Better Life, Realistic Growth] In Hakka, someone stubborn to the core is called a "hard-necked sort." When Wang Lili was ten, she snatched a big chicken leg at the dinner table. Her father ordered her to give it to her younger brother. She said, "I won't." When Zhao Ruxun was ten, he was forced to let his mother beat him fifteen times in public for protecting his younger brother. He gritted his teeth and didn 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Set in the 1990s, this story revolves around two stubborn individuals. The female lead refuses to follow her father's wishes, while the male lead, determined to be worthy of her, forces himself to become a top student.

21. 171 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
22. 172 年 Period: The Barren Beauty Is Held Close by the Cool and Aloof Military Doctor 年代：不孕美人被清冷军医拢在怀 District Twenty-Nine二十九区Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Family Life + Heartwarming] A new, beautiful woman arrived on a remote corner of the motherland’s territorial waters. As a fashion designer, Su Moyan had studied sketching, pattern making, and garment construction... But on this barren island, there were prawns aplenty and hardly any vegetables. What was she supposed to do? The soldiers were defending the nation’s borders. “Soldiers and civilians are one family,” Su Moyan told Qin Zheng. “We’ll protect you, too.” Later, even th 3.2kReads8.8Score322Shelves

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    🔥🔥A rare historical romance novel where the female lead transmigrates and cannot have children. She and the male lead have no children, but their relationship is very good. The male lead knew about the female lead's health condition before their marriage, and both of them are very clear-headed and understanding.

23. 173 穿 Transmigrated as a Little Lucky Charm, the Best Brother-Trapper Around 穿成小福宝，人称坑哥小能手 When Everything Comes To An End当一切以尽头Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted I’m a legendary film queen, and I’ve actually jumped on the transmigration trend! My billion-yuan villa! Damn it, Heaven, could you make my life any more miserable? At least I have a dimensional space! With the space in hand, the world is mine! Trying to rip me off? No way! The heroine, Ye Ying, thinks that with the supplies in her space, she can lie flat, live leisurely, and be a lazy fish, doing nothing at all. But it turns out she’s been dreaming! Ye Ying opens her eyes, sees a shabby mud-bri 812Reads9.4Score108Shelves
24. 174 重 Reborn in 1960 重生1960 Pipi's Little Pig皮皮的小猪Urban575k WordsCompleted Xie Mian got incredibly lucky and acquired a space. As a fan of apocalypse movies, he woke from a long dream in a panic and swiftly sold all his assets, buying enough supplies to stock ten large supermarkets in preparation for the apocalypse. Unexpectedly, the apocalypse never came. Instead, he found himself in the 1960s. As if going hungry and lacking warm clothes weren't bad enough, he had ended up inside a period novel. In the book, he was a doomed cannon-fodder character who went out of his 2.1kReads8.4Score119Shelves

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    Male protagonist in historical fiction

25. 175 七 The 1970s: I'm a Laid-Back Slacker Who Refuses to Compete 七零之我是咸鱼不内卷 Ziqi Youran子棋悠然Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + devoted couple + no personal space] Wen Shu closed her eyes and opened them to find herself the early-death ex-wife of a ruthless villain from the seventies! She'd not only thrown her weight around, taking advantage of her status as the beloved daughter of the team leader, but had also sent him straight to prison with a single accusation... Remembering the gruesome ending in the book, she shuddered. Then she waved her hand and decided to keep her head 8.9kReads8.4Score787Shelves

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    🐰 When Wen Shu opened her eyes again, she found herself transported to the 1970s, becoming the daughter of a brigade leader and the ex-wife of a ruthless villain. Wanting to escape her fate in the book, Wen Shu decided to stay away from the villain and the plot, just to survive. 🐰 Wen Shu planned to divorce him immediately after the college entrance exam and let him go, which should have been a happy ending for everyone. But why was the powerful figure looking at her with increasingly strange eyes…?

26. 176 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Female Supporting Character Awakens 快穿年代：女配觉醒了 Don't Dwell On The Past不要忆往昔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [fictional setting] [Period] [no fixed CP] [female lead’s perspective] [overpowered golden finger] Ning An, an employee of the Temporal Bureau, transmigrates into small worlds set in different periods. As she eases the supporting female characters’ grievances and makes up for their regrets, she also enjoys a good life of her own. [Content warnings: Please don’t read if these things bother you. Be sure to read this!!!] An extremely overpowered golden finger! The original ma 32.7kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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    The first one is a transmigration novel set in a different era. The second one features a very powerful female lead who conquers everything with her fists. The third one is still quite good, but it's not finished yet.

27. 177 七 Pampered in the Seventies: My Wife Is a Tech Genius 七零娇宠：媳妇是电子大佬 Hereditary Tempura世袭的天妇罗Modern Romance456k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Reborn + System + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Lin Xi, an electronics R&D director who dies suddenly from overwork, opens her eyes to find she’s become a country girl in 1976 who’s being forced into marriage! The original owner was tricked into jumping into a river. As soon as Lin Xi wakes up, she’s forced to marry Zhou Mingcheng, the “poor boy” who rescued her. He’s handsome, sure, but he gave a hundred yuan to save her and nearly ended up 2Reads9.4Score—Shelves
28. 178 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦 Great Golden Immortal大罗金仙Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a 34.5kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
29. 179 七 The 1970s: The Domineering Village Belle Takes Down Every Mary Sue! 七零：霸道村花干翻所有玛丽苏！ Hou Wenyuan侯雯媛Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted A village beauty and village tyrant who can plow three mu a day, paired with a sickly, shameless male God of Wealth. The whole point of this story is to have a great time. [Mutually devoted couple + strong heroine + unhinged humor + satisfying romance] Jiang Zao was the last dragon in the cultivation world. As she ascended and underwent her tribulation, a bolt of lightning struck her into one of countless little worlds. A grandmother and grandfather who favor boys over girls, an uncle's family 4.5kReads8.5Score479Shelves
30. 180 六 The 1960s' Beloved Group's Pocket Dimension: The Capitalist Heiress Goes to the Countryside 六零团宠空间：资本家小姐下乡啦 Melting Snow雪融融Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Beloved by the Whole Family + Adorable Baby + Pocket Dimension + Farming + Sweet Romance + Lucky Charm + Happy Ending + Reborn + Dotting Father + Devoted Husband + Military Marriage + Capitalist Heiress] Lin Nanfeng returns to the early spring of 1967. As a blizzard approaches, the whole family tacitly agrees to leave the country. Except for her and her mother. In her previous life, after deceiving her mother, her father turned around and took his first wife, their son, and several daughters 6kReads9.2Score945Shelves

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    This is a novel set in a different era, much better than those stories that focus on rural life, the black market, university entrance exams, or opening a clothing factory.

31. 181 胡 Nonsense! Why Can't a Capitalist Heiress Strengthen the Nation Through Science? 胡说！资本家大小姐怎么不能科研强国 Lucky Calico Cat狸花招财宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original novel of the short drama I, the Goddess of Scientific Research, Repair Tractors in the 1950s Qu Lingyi transmigrates into the 1950s and becomes the foil to the heroine of a period novel: an unlucky heiress from a capitalist family in Gusu. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s landed in a nightmare from the start. Her scumbag live-in son-in-law of a father plans to flee to Hong Kong with his illegitimate children, leaving her behind to take the fall. Her childhood sweetheart swears he’ll 15.1kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
32. 182 六 Life in a 1960s Courtyard: I Play the Scheming Villainess and Marry the Strongest Officer 六零大杂院，做缺德女配嫁最强军官 June Bean六月豆Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Su Weiwei transmigrates into a novel with a ridiculously powerful golden finger, where the heroine is blessed with incredible luck, ruthless, and reborn to turn the tables and deliver face-slapping revenge. Unfortunately, Su Weiwei is the lazy, greedy, spoiled, shameless villainess who gets slapped in the face. And just now, she stole the heroine’s golden finger, called her a thief, and had her own mother beat the heroine so badly that her face was disfigured. As Su Weiwei wonders how they’ll be 3.4kReads7.4Score207Shelves
33. 183 葬 A Proposal at the Funeral: The Soldier Is a Commander 葬礼上求婚：兵哥哥是首长 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The moment she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at her birth parents' funeral. She was an orphan burdened with debt, and someone was even pressuring her to marry on the spot. Luckily, her father's former comrade arrived in time, paid off the debt, and drove away the people trying to force her into marriage. But who could have guessed that this uncle, ten years older than her, would ask if she wanted to get married? What was going on?!! After asking him a barrage of questions, she learned tha 2.4kReads7.9Score297Shelves
34. 184 等 The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship. 759Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who, in the mid-1990s, graduated from a teachers' college but gave up her assigned job to work in the south, while the male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown to work in the south. The two of them create a future together.

35. 185 七 The Seventies Darling Goes on a Killing Spree with Her Snake-Talking Skills 七零娇娇靠蛇语杀疯了 Wangcai Is a Good Dog旺财是一只好狗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Animated series: The Beloved and Invincible Girl of the Seventies [Growing Heroine + Growing Golden Finger + Romance + Light Ensemble Cast + Cute Pets] A disastrous start? She was knocked flying by a fiendish god while being reincarnated in the underworld. One lost a secure job, while the other gained a big brother who was a real blockhead. A spy at the educated youth station? She turns him in and gets him a silver bracelet, while the state even assigns her a fiancé. A giant python blocking the 9.2kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
36. 186 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Killer Queen's Comeback from a Cannon-Fodder Life 穿越七零，杀手女王逆袭炮灰人生 A Blade of Grass 8寸草心8Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Killer Queen, “Chi,” dies when her organization sends her to assassinate an international crime boss and steal the Heart of the Ocean, only for her to be caught in a deadly trap! Clutching the Heart of the Ocean, she takes everyone down with her. When she wakes up again, she has transmigrated into a book, and into the body of Xia An’an, the story’s vicious supporting villainess! She’s both stupid and cruel. She tries to push her simple-minded older brother down the stairs, only to fall her 18.8kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    I'd like to recommend some period novels with elements of murder and fantasy!

37. 187 七 Scientific Research in the 1970s: My Sweet Wife Faints Again 七零科研：小娇妻又晕倒了 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Period Setting + Military Marriage + Scientific Research + Pocket Space + Doctor + Married First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Patriotism Shen Zhixu accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a delicate young woman who shares her name. To make matters worse, she lives in the countryside. Spoiled by her parents since childhood, she would faint just from sitting in the sun. She was known throughout the village as its sickly beauty. When she open 1.5kReads7.2Score114Shelves
38. 188 闯 Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东：林二妮的颠簸幸福路 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol 21.7kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

    Reader note

    There are no deliberate dramatic conflicts, making for a relaxed and natural reading experience with a comfortable and immersive atmosphere.

39. 189 魂 Soul Transmigration: The Underworld's Wicked Woman in the 1970s 魂穿，地府恶女在七零 Silence8沉默8Modern Romance631k WordsCompleted A specially written Year of the Snake novel for 2025. May everyone who reads it enjoy booming success in their career, wealth, good fortune, and health... Wang Wangwang, a wicked woman from the underworld, wakes up to find that the King of Hell has kicked her into an alternate version of the 1970s. She has become a girl with the same name, just accidentally pushed to her death by her third older brother! She looks at her simplehearted eldest brother, her frank second brother, her crafty third br 5.3kReads9.2Score609Shelves
40. 190 沧 Remembering the Years as the Seas Changed 沧海桑田忆年年 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance391k WordsOngoing My father and Uncle Wang Si, whom he had begged for help from among the neighbors, rode along an unknown little road dusted with snow, just as dawn began to break. Their whips cracked through the silent morning with a crisp, swirling sound. One cart carried the last of our corn kernels in burlap sacks, a few battered water jars, and four large geese. The other held pots and pans, the furniture that was still usable, and some clothes that had been worn by who knew how many children. All the quilt 1.8kReads8.9Score154Shelves
41. 191 末 The Doomsday Queen Has Quadruplets in a Period Novel 末世女王在年代文里一胎四宝 Silence8沉默8Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (This story is entirely fictional. Please don’t compare it with history!) Qin Xiaoxiao, a tough-as-nails woman from the apocalypse, wakes up as Qin Youzhi, a soft and sweet young educated youth who has just been sent to the countryside. She discovers she has entered a novel called Reborn, She Is Doted on by a Tough Guy, where she is a cannon-fodder supporting character. Qin Youzhi decides to stay away from the heroine and hero, but for some reason, the hero keeps running into her! What’s going o 9.5kReads8.9Score719Shelves
42. 192 年 Period: The Shameless Villains Live to a Ripe Old Age 年代：缺德反派们长命百岁了 Orange Ears of Grain橙穗穗Modern Romance808k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’ 11.9kReads7.8Score846Shelves

    Reader note

    This one's alright. They're the female protagonist's awful relatives from that era. They're stepping stones used to highlight the female protagonist in this period novel. They're the despicable villains in the book.

43. 193 手 Armed with the Villainess's Script, I Only Want to Go to College 手拿女配剧本，我却只想考大学 Jiang Liangjiang江凉姜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 11.5kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

    Reader note

    This is a slice-of-life story about family life. Lin Ermai unexpectedly transmigrates into a book, receiving the script of a villainous supporting character. In the original book, she committed numerous evil deeds out of jealousy of the female lead, Lin Jiaojiao, and met a tragic end. But the transmigrated Lin Ermai only wants to study and get into university.

44. 194 学 Scholar or Tyrant: Who Can Have a Good Life? 学霸和枭雄，什么人能过上好日？ Phoenix Wood Cicada凤木蝉兮Modern Romance498k WordsCompleted (Dual male leads. Period story. Urban.) One is a poor scholar, the other a big shot in the underworld. They struggle for fifty years. What does it take to live a good life? And what is a good life? 4Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    True history is never about following a path no one else has walked. [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing]

45. 195 穿 Transmigrating Into an Era Novel: The Tool Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 穿越年代文：工具人拒绝剧情 Ninth Little Sister九小妹Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + no romance + family and village life + stays in the countryside + no school] After waking up from a car accident, Gu Mingyue discovered that she had transmigrated into a period novel. She wasn’t the female lead’s rival or a sacrificial character, but merely a tool character who provided a house when the female lead went to the countryside, then appeared briefly in the background introduction. Did Gu Mingyue mind? Of course not!!! Her pocket dimension was stoc 5.4kReads8.9Score305Shelves

    Reader note

    They are all novel, good-looking and nice.

46. 196 三 The Three Treasures Pagoda and Purple Gold Mountain 三宝塔与紫金山 Muzi Surong木子苏蓉Modern Romance114k WordsCompleted The story unfolds slowly between Sanbao Town in southeastern Yunnan and Nanjing, the ancient capital of six dynasties. Yun Kun, a young man from southern Yunnan, dreams of escaping the mountains. Through sheer perseverance, he rises from a poor boy to a faculty researcher at a military academy. Ning Xiang, who lives east of Nanjing, once enjoyed a peaceful, ordinary life, but the tides of the times bring a drastic turn: her household registration is falsified, and she is forced to move to the co 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I read and recommend it. Mountains far, pagoda near, the roots of Jinling… the story of the male protagonist, the changes in the female protagonist's family. The narrative unfolds gently and is very enjoyable. A very good new author. I'd give it extra points for writing a review.

47. 197 陈 Chen Xiaotao’s Comeback 陈小桃的逆袭 50-Year-Old Aunt Living Alone50岁独居阿姨Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted In 1974, Chen Xiaotao was born into a poor rural family. She was an angel and a devil. To those who treated her well, she was an angel; to anyone who wanted to hurt her or the people she cared about, she was a devil. In truth, Chen Xiaotao was a union of angel and devil. 188Reads8.8Score144Shelves
48. 198 大 After the Powerful Man's Wicked Ex-Wife Awakens, She Is Spoiled Rotten 大佬的恶毒前妻觉醒后，被宠上天 One More Billion Bites, Please再吃亿口叭Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s + sweet romance + slow-paced devotion as she raises her husband and children + face-slapping the scumbag and his mistress + blackening the original heroine + pure satisfaction!] (The rating has only just come in, so it may be a little low at first. It’ll rise later. Updates are steady, so feel free to dive in.) [Top graduate and class monitor of the Men’s Virtue Program vs. a bright, bold little firecracker who’s spoiled rotten and proud of it] Only after Zhu Mingyue died di 10.3kReads8.0Score803Shelves
49. 199 七 The 1970s: I Became the Female Supporting Character's Foil in a Period Novel 七零：穿成年代文女配对照组 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted A period drama about an independent female lead, with no golden finger! She passed the high school entrance exams, but her family wouldn’t let her attend. Instead, they sent her uncle’s daughter, who had never gotten along with her, to school. Short-tempered Lin Erxia erupted into a fight. After a furious scuffle, she passed out from anger. When she woke up, she realized she seemed to have transmigrated into a book... 12.5kReads9.0Score855Shelves
50. 200 开 Divorced from the Start: Returning to the Village to Fish for Treasure 开局离婚：回村赶海捕鱼捞宝藏 Siren Is a Fish塞壬是条鱼Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted (Beachcombing + fishing + taking down scumbags + family life) Fu Wan, a fisherwoman, has been reborn! In her previous life, after she was thrown out, her daughter was sold into the mountains. Her father went out to sea and was caught in a storm, his fate unknown. Her brother, whose leg had been pierced by a stingray and left him bedridden, killed himself. Her mother couldn’t bear the shock and took rat poison. But Heaven treated her kindly: not only was she reborn just before her divorce, but th 111kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves

    Reader note

    🍑① A super-powered beachcombing adventure, getting rich overnight! 🍉② A little zombie transmigrates to a new era and is treated like a "little idiot." 🍊③ The research section after chapter 20 is thrilling. 🍒④ A rebirth without malice, just wanting to live life to the fullest. 🍅⑤ A mother and her two children transmigrate into the book together, healing each other. 🥑⑥ The worst person I am is actually myself, a super-satisfying, roguish life! [27,000 Words, track record available, please follow]

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