Period Pieces! What's Your Number One Pick? 年代文！你心目中的No.1

1. 451 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Turns Dark, Tears Down the Green Tea, and Dumps Her Jerk Husband 八零：真千金黑化，撕绿茶踹渣夫 Tang Dachui汤大锤Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + love after marriage] The moment Ji Xiaoyue opened her eyes, she became the real daughter: timid and impossibly self-sacrificing. Her life as the real daughter was a miserable one: a biased father, a cheating scumbag, a shameless little green tea, and a lonely death with no one to claim her body. Ji Xiaoyue immediately made sure the scumbag and the little green tea were stuck with each other! Catch them in the act! I’ll get the 11.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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   It's great! The first book is already finished, the second one is about rebirth, the male lead dotes on his wife, the female lead is smart and clear-headed, the plot is crazy, there are many awful characters, it's insane.

2. 452 妈 The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门 Tale of the Literary Star文星传Urban304k WordsCompleted For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr 631Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A captivating period drama. In Pingshan City during the 1990s, how many migrant worker girls' dreams and tears were hidden beneath the neon lights? Deceived, misunderstood, and abandoned, she was trampled like a weed, yet she managed to bloom a thorny rose in the cracks of reinforced concrete.

3. 453 四 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Called Off My Engagement from the Start 四合院：开局就被秦淮茹退亲 Adou Doesn't Need Anyone to Help Him阿斗不用人扶Male-Channel Fanfiction50k WordsCompleted As the saying goes, only when your thoughts are clear can you live a perfect life. Xiao Yan transmigrated into the world of "The Birds Fill the Courtyard", becoming a weakling who couldn’t even truss a chicken. Luckily, his System came through at the right time and gave him a chance to improve. When he ran into Jia Zhangshi and her group at Donglaishun and sent her to the police station, he kicked off a campaign of punishing the courtyard’s bullies. Once Xiao Yan officially moved into Courtyard 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A tribute to Tomato's new author, Tiancan Tudou. 7

4. 454 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 7.8kReads7.9Score860Shelves
5. 455 7 The 1970s: You Have Space, So Why Not Hunt and Trade? 70年代：有空间你不打猎倒卖？ Cowherd from the Ten Thousand Mountains十万大山放牛娃Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Travel between two worlds ➕ resell supplies ➕ raise hunting dogs ➕ hunt ➕ raise wild animals ➕ fish for rare giant fish ➕ build a wellness resort ➕ bring technical documents for missiles, aircraft carriers, and fighter jets, along with high-yield hybrid seeds, to the 1970s and 1980s] He transmigrates to 1977, an era when guns and hunting are unrestricted and wild animals are unprotected. Yang Guangshu, fifteen Chinese hunting dogs, Tibetan Mastiffs, Xiasi dogs, and East Sichuan hunting dogs, pl 24.5kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves

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   If you're looking for something to read, check this out! It features cross-dimensional travel, hunting, and trading.

6. 456 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 218Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is irreplaceable because I wrote it, and I absolutely think it's great! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

7. 457 中 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.8kReads—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.

8. 458 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, Starting Out in Beidahuang 穿越七零，开局北大荒 It's a Rainbow Duck是彩虹鸭Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted [Educated youth sent to the countryside + clear-headed, independent heroine + military marriage + uplifting + space] After transmigrating, Lin Wanqiu became the “sacrificial lamb” her family pushed out to take her older sister's place in the countryside. Her father was silent and domineering, her mother biased and harsh, her older brother selfish, and her second older sister hypocritical. She cut ties with them on the spot, took all her subsidies, and left without looking back. In her darkest ho 522Reads8.0Score103Shelves

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   This book is good. Although it doesn't have a high rating, it's very enjoyable and realistic. The female lead is ambitious.

9. 459 年 Period: You Can Travel Between Two Worlds, So Why Not Hunt and Trade? 年代：能两界穿梭你不打猎倒卖？ The Rabbit Who Loves Eating Tigers爱吃老虎的兔子Urban303k WordsCompleted Period-era trading + a small farmstead + hunting + raising wild animals and hunting dogs + multiple heroines + travel between two worlds Pretty village girls, sisters-in-law, and educated young women sent to the countryside: buckle up. With his father gravely ill, Yang Guanggui is buried in debt and on the brink of losing everything. Then Yang Guanggui unexpectedly awakens the ability to travel between two worlds, freely moving between 2026 and 1975. One man, one dog, and a Type 56 semiautomatic 1.2kReads8.0Score111Shelves
10. 460 桃 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
11. 461 渣 My Scumbag Husband Tricked Me Into Marriage? I Bring a Century of Research to Marry a Powerful Young Master 渣夫骗婚？我携百年科研转嫁权少 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so a low score is normal.) [Rebirth · military marriage | wild and sensual / age gap | possessive | explosive sexual tension] “Report! Your ex-wife’s patent has our entire military by the throat!” He scoffed, until fighter jet production halted and missile supplies ran dry. Only then did he realize she could hold the nation’s lifeline in the palm of her hand! … Reborn on her wedding day, she was asked to give up the bridal suite for his first love? Jiang Youli smiled. “S 1.1kReads6.5Score100Shelves

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12. 462 清 Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d 677Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 两 A Trader Between Two Worlds: I Have a Home in 1976 两界倒爷，我在1976有个家 The Rabbit Who Loves Eating Tigers爱吃老虎的兔子Urban157k WordsCompleted Chen Jinnian, a wage slave in 2026, dies suddenly from working overtime. When he opens his eyes again, he has become an educated youth sent to the countryside in 1976. After awakening a dual-world travel System, he starts trading goods between the two worlds. From the 1970s collective production teams to the era of reform and opening up, the villagers go from having too little to eat and too little to wear to buying bicycles, televisions, and sewing machines. None of this would have been possibl 176Reads6.1Score—Shelves
14. 464 八 Fiery and Bold, This 1980s Bride Is Too Much for Her Cold-Blooded Officer 八零娇媳野又辣，冷酷军官顶不住 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book · Military marriage · Pocket dimension | Wild and sensual | Possessive | Off-the-charts sexual tension] A top modern beauty and executive is reborn as the real daughter who was forced to die over a pound of pork? She doesn’t accept this fate! … She tears up the script. She’s the female lead now Her vicious grandmother tries to sell her off for a bride price? She turns the tables, sending her off with silver bracelets and a village-wide parade! The fake white-lotus daugh 2.1kReads—Score213Shelves
15. 465 重 Reborn: The Commandery Princess Falls for a Keyboard Warrior 重生之郡主爱上键盘侠 Mu Sha3130穆沙3130Urban370k WordsOngoing He is a programmer at a major tech company from the Earth realm. He spends his time on Tianya, Bilibili, and Zhihu. She is the adopted daughter of the imperial family. But she's always at risk of falling down the social ladder. Beneath the Guardians, all are mere ants! Watch as the two of them join forces and build a family that will endure for a thousand years! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist was a keyboard warrior and a deep-diving enthusiast in his past life; the female protagonist was an empire's backup plan, but all her skills in slaying dragons have become useless! Watch as the two stir up the winds of change and build a thousand-year-old family!

16. 466 荒 Famine Year 1958: One Turn of the Compass Fills My Granary with Grain and Meat 荒年1958，罗盘一转粮肉满仓 Playfully Bewildered戏懵懵Urban2.0M WordsCompleted When he wakes up, corporate office worker Wang Jianguo has become a notorious good-for-nothing at a Northeast China logging camp in 1958. The original owner sold all the family’s emergency food to play lapdog for a woman, then drank himself to death in the snow, leaving behind a family on the brink of collapse: an elderly father with a broken leg, a worried older brother and sister-in-law, and a nephew so malnourished he’s all skin and bones... In these desperate years, with famine looming, surv 1.4kReads6.2Score161Shelves
17. 467 相 After a Mix-Up at a Blind Date, I Got Pregnant by a Tycoon from a Period Novel 相错亲后我怀了年代文大佬的崽儿 Zhuge Lemon诸葛柠檬Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military Marriage + Raising a Child Jiang Man wakes up in the body of a busty, brainless, lazy, gluttonous cannon-fodder supporting character. The character's mother died young and her father is gravely ill. Her grandparents are mean and show blatant favoritism, while her uncles are all waiting to take advantage of her father's lack of heirs. Even her fiancé gets stolen away by her cousin. Jiang Man touches her round face and decides it's no big deal. Her grandmother comes snooping through the h 69.8kReads8.6Score10.8kShelves

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    Incredibly good, incredibly satisfying, the female lead isn't a saint, she's powerful.

18. 468 重 Reborn in 1958, I Became One of the Four Pests from the Start 重生58，开局成了四害 Lazy Cat's Tail惫懒的猫尾巴Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Shen Lingfeng, a famous feng shui master in Shanghai, is reborn as a young Taoist in a dilapidated temple. Fortunately, he gains a sparrow doppelganger. Unfortunately, in this era, sparrows are one of the four pests everyone wants to stamp out, and even the feng shui geomancy he specializes in is dismissed as “feudal dross.” How will he survive in this era of scarce supplies… How will he make his mark… 19.7kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
19. 469 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Goes Viral in the Compound After Taking a Slap in Her Substitute Marriage 资本家小姐替嫁后靠巴掌爆红大院 Runaway Ginseng Sprite落跑人参精Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + sweet romance + pocket dimension + devoted husband + period setting + alternate history + educated youth sent to the countryside] In a nutshell: Everyone thought she was going to die, but she’s still bouncing around full of energy. The hammiest queen of the apocalypse opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a frail, beautiful woman destined to die young in a period novel. Her mother killed herself, her father is a scumbag, and her half-siblings are scheming aga 6.4kReads8.4Score724Shelves
20. 470 军 The Military Wife Is Both Sweet and Brave, and Her Officer Husband Risks His Life to Spoil Her 军嫂又娇又勇，军官老公用命宠 Qia Lemon洽柠檬Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Pocket dimension + punishing scum + satisfying read + educated youth + military marriage Jiang Ling, a woman with special abilities, transmigrates into a frail supporting female character in a novel set in a bygone era. Her stepmother wants to marry her off to an old man in exchange for a bride price? Her biological father wants her to take the fall for someone else and go to the countryside so he can secure a brighter future? Jiang Ling clutches her chest and falls to the ground, then turns aro 25.3kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves
21. 471 重 Life in the 1960s After Being Reborn 重生60年代的生活 Handsome Uncle帅哥叔叔Urban1.6M WordsCompleted The protagonist’s grandfather has passed away, leaving him a family home with three courtyards. His parents ran away, taking his twin brother and leaving him behind, along with a little sister he has to raise. Most people get a huge advantage when they’re reborn. Chen Zhi’an has it rougher: he’s been reborn twice, and his golden finger is nothing but ten mu of land, with no automatic farming equipment, waiting for him to work it. The first time, he went from a rich, reckless car-racing playboy i 11kReads7.6Score547Shelves
22. 472 8 My Northwest China Farming Simulation Game in the 1980s 80年代我的大西北模拟经营游戏 Little Angel Jinmu668金木小天使668Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will go up, everyone, come take a look!!!] Lin Qiyun transmigrates. As the top science-track student in the first college entrance exam after the Reform and Opening-Up, he is a peerless genius from Tsinghua or Peking University! He has already mapped out his perfect life: stay in the capital, join the National Development and Reform Commission, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and rise swiftly through the ranks. Then, on the eve of graduation, he binds to the “Supe 22.3kReads7.2Score1.8kShelves
23. 473 痞 The Rascal Reborn: A Comeback and a Beautiful Woman 痞子重生：逆袭遇佳人 Classmate Junhao俊皓同学Urban318k WordsOngoing In his past life, Lu Ye was a bastard. Wen Zhiyu, who lived deep in the mountains, carried him through the hardest days on her frail shoulders, yet he wouldn’t even give her a proper place by his side. Shen Qinghan of Modu fought through every obstacle for him, sacrificing all her pride, yet he couldn’t be bothered to make her a single promise. He never refused, never took the initiative, and never took responsibility. In his lonely old age, surrounded by gold and silver, he couldn’t buy a singl 2Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 474 魂 My Soul Travels Back to the 1970s, Where a Soldier Falls in Love with Me 魂穿七零下乡被兵哥哥以身相许了 A Qin Ya阿秦丫Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Alternate-Era Setting + Two Powerful Leads + Pocket Dimension + Soul Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Shopping + Military Marriage + Scientific Research] Important! There is a couple! A couple! Both leads are devoted to each other! He's eight years older!!! Fang Ci'an is a 996 office worker. After hitting the jackpot and winning ten million, she quits her job without a second thought. Then she dreams five nights in a row about a version of herself from another timeline who looks exactly like he 5.8kReads9.1Score651Shelves
25. 475 小 The Little Good-for-Nothing Transmigrates to the 1970s and Is Spoiled into Lying Flat by Her Daddy-Type Husband 小废材穿七零被爹系老公娇养躺平 Mu Yuxue, Who Likes Red Spinach喜欢红菠菜的穆语雪Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing A new sweet military romance set in a bygone era. Welcome aboard! (Transmigrates to the 1970s, doting husband, pampered and content to lie flat, sweet military romance, no angst, all satisfaction) Modern college student Shi Nian unexpectedly finds herself in the 1970s. After saving Shen Lichuan, an officer gravely wounded by enemy agents, she vanishes into thin air, leaving him convinced he has met a celestial maiden. He holds on to that belief for half his life. When she opens her eyes again, a 12.9kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves

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    The female lead is clear-headed and not love-struck; the male lead is incredibly doting.

26. 476 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Road to a New Life 重生八零：逆袭人生路 Li Luo Here在下漓洛Modern Romance215k WordsOngoing [Period setting + reborn + building wealth + business and farming + face-slapping and crushing villains + wicked relatives meet their doom] In her previous life, Lin Xiulan was nothing but a blood bank for the Lin family. Her cousin stole her college admission letter, her husband took all her property, and her uncle's family ground her into the dirt. Seven months pregnant, she was pushed down a freezing staircase. As she perished in a sea of flames, only the taciturn officer Lu Weiguo charged i 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended!! No system, no cheat codes, realistic business plot, revenge plotted layer by layer, strong female lead, step by step calculated, explosive pacing! The male lead, a soldier, provides dual protection and support, it's so addictive! No mindless face-slapping, no mindless crushing, every counterattack is satisfying and justified! You can go all in!

27. 477 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: With a System at My Side, I Bring My Sister to the Countryside 穿越七零：左系统右带妹下乡顶呱 A Qin Ya阿秦丫Modern Romance136k WordsOngoing [Alternate-Era Setting + Two Powerful Leads + Pocket Dimension + Soul Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Business + Military Marriage + Sent Down to an Island] Here’s the important part! (There’s a couple, both are each other’s one and only!) Jiang Yi died for no apparent reason. She’d just collected her severance pay from the company and was walking down the road when she suddenly dropped dead. An investigation in the underworld revealed that the wrong soul had been taken, but her body had alread —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 478 我 I Brought Ten Billion Supplies Back to the 1960s 我带着十亿物资穿回六零年代 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Complete The completed story of the youngest daughter of the Mo and Yao couple: Transmigrating to Another World: The Beloved Family’s Lucky Carp Divine Doctor. The completed story of the Mo and Yao couple’s youngest son: The Men in the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Adorable Wife Has Triplets. The author’s new book: The Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family’s Ten-Generation Streak of Sons. Shen Yao has nightmares for several days. In them, supplies are desp 5.4kReads9.0Score566Shelves
29. 479 渡 Chronicles of Crossing the Sea of Suffering 渡苦纪 Yinning音凝Modern Romance763k WordsOngoing A true-life autobiography, a firsthand account. Born deep in the mountains, raised by a single parent, with a lonely and difficult childhood. A widow and her six children, dropping out of school, sleeping in a pigsty. I left home at fourteen. At fifteen, I was tricked and nearly married off to a deaf-mute man of appalling character. After marriage, I raised two children while living with my twins in a rabbit hutch. I met a devil of an ex-husband and endured every kind of suffering over the cours 163Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's touching, really touching, you can see yourself in it!

30. 480 军 A Military Marriage: A Beautiful Army Doctor Arrives at the Family Compound 军婚娇宠：家属院来了个貌美军医 Zai Zai iya崽崽iyaModern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Complete❗][1970s military marriage + no rivalry between women + strengthening the nation through medicine + no handouts] Ye Wanning opened her eyes and found herself in a period novel as the foil to the heroine. In order to avoid being sent to the countryside, the original owner hurriedly married and stayed in the city, only to suffer years of domestic abuse before eventually starving to death. Ye Wanning, who transmigrated with a pocket dimension, refused to be a tragic supporting character. S 413Reads8.8Score—Shelves
31. 481 东 Reborn in the Northeast: Whatever, Let It Be! 东北重生之爱咋咋地！ Make a Name Across the Sea扬名大海Urban125k WordsOngoing [Northeastern period comedy + reborn + making a fortune + pure period fiction] (It’s just a fun, feel-good comedy. Get ready to laugh and don’t worry about anything else.) In his previous life, Hao Jian was hopelessly devoted to Zhang Qi. Then he was injured and became a eunuch! Zhang Qi suddenly married him, and he was endlessly grateful to her! In Hao Jian’s hospital room, just before he died: “Honey, I’m sorry I can’t be with you for the rest of your life. After I’m gone, find someone who’ 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story set in a bygone era, written entirely in Northeastern dialect, absolutely hilarious.

32. 482 队 The Men of the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Sweet Young Wife Has Triplets 队里汉子宠上天，娇媳妇一胎三宝 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Both leads are virgins + sweet romance + military marriage + pocket dimension + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + triplets + absolutely doting husband! A super-strong heroine vs. a devoted commander who scares off every potential suitor) The author’s new book: A Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family Curse of Ten Generations of Single Sons Special note: This is a fictional period story set in an alternate timeline. It is entirely made up and should not be taken 14kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
33. 483 七 The Wolf Cub at the Village Entrance Wags His Tail at Me Every Day 七零村口狼崽子他每天对我摇尾巴 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Handsome, cold-blooded, reborn male lead, obsessive to the point of madness x soft and adorable-looking female lead who ruthlessly crushes scum, fiercely settles scores, and never puts revenge off) [Sweet Romance + Space + Transmigrate Into a Book + Reborn] When she woke up, Ye Qingyan, a wealthy heiress from the twenty-third century, found herself inside a popular period novel. Unfortunately, she had transmigrated into the unlucky female antagonist. The heroine was the stepmother’s 4.6kReads9.3Score538Shelves
34. 484 须 The Sumeru Ring: My Road to a Comeback 须弥戒，我的逆袭之路 Turning the Tide of the Mortal World逆转红尘Urban1.4M WordsOngoing I was reborn on a rainy night in late autumn. Not far away, my second uncle and his son were digging a pit for me, preparing to bury me in a graveyard. In my previous life, I woke up and escaped, never to return. I drifted through life, and just before I died, I came across a news report. On this very day, my second uncle sold my newlywed wife to human traffickers, leading to her being abused and killed. This time, I won't run away. Whoever digs the pit will be buried in it. 8.5kReads7.4Score783Shelves

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    [Heart][Eye roll]

35. 485 七 The Beloved Darling of the 1970s: My Little Cutie Wreaks Havoc with Her Space 七零团宠：萌宝带着空间嘎嘎乱杀 Know Li知李Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted [Adorable little one + beloved by everyone + one-on-one romance + powerhouse] An ordinary young woman unexpectedly gets a pocket dimension. It can store supplies without letting them spoil, and it contains a spiritual field where time flows twice as fast as outside. A job? Never again in this lifetime! Quit! Quit right now! You ask why? I'm going home to farm! After selling her house and spending all her money stocking up on every kind of supply she might need, Li Sitian is all set to head home 4.8kReads9.1Score558Shelves
36. 486 红 A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士 Tianchen Xingyu天辰星语Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world! 6.1kReads8.5Score589Shelves
37. 487 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 16.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    I'm reading this, but there are only a few chapters so far.

38. 488 土 The Potato Oracle’s All-Purpose Comeback Theory 土豆万能接话神棍论 Tao's World涛视界8k WordsCompleted The Potato: An All-Purpose Conversationalist and Mastermind 435Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 489 在 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零，伪装归国神豪 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban239k WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 22Reads—Score127Shelves

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    Di Renjie will continue to rescue him, he deliberately saved him.

40. 490 军 1970s Military Marriage: The Capitalist Heiress Has a Spirit Spring Space 军婚七零，资本大小姐有灵泉空间 Jin Huohuo o金火火oModern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Educated Youth] [Stockpiling] [Alternate World] [Stunning Heiress] [Violence] [Pocket Dimension] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] [Everyone’s Darling] [Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Jiang Zhitong had been venting online after someone doxxed her, and suddenly she became fabulously rich overnight! Not only did she gain a fortune worth hundreds of millions, she also unexpectedly awakened a Spirit Spring Dimension. With her identity laid bare, she worried her vast wealt 37.3kReads8.0Score5.9kShelves

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    This is so beautiful!

41. 491 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 875Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich, delicate writing style. It has the feel of a serious period drama, depicting the rise of a lumberjack in a Northeast forest farm. It's very immersive! It's already over a million words, so you can read it with confidence.

42. 492 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s to Help My Sister Woo an Officer, but He Set His Sights on Me 穿越七零，帮姐撩军官他却盯上我 The Salted Fish Flails in My Dreams梦里咸鱼在扑腾Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted Bai Shao transmigrates and sets out to help her sister get rid of a two-timing scumbag. But the unfaithful man refuses to take the hint, so she grabs a branch and chases after him, yelling that he’s a pervert. He gets so scared that he runs whenever he sees the sisters. Regiment Commander Zhang seems like a good catch: handsome and a guaranteed long-term meal ticket. After they marry, Bai Shao will follow him to his posting. She can use him to keep her awful grandmother and third uncle in check. 288Reads6.7Score103Shelves

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    A surprise within a surprise, not something everyone does.

43. 493 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 757Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tears well up in my eyes, my heart overflows with emotion as I listen to the wind and rain; light shines in my heart, my writing is among the best of its time.

44. 494 系 System Spare Parts: I Want to Go to College 系统边角料：我要上大学 The Lazy Little Fish from the Countryside乡下的小闲鱼Modern Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [No CP] [Not a Typical Wish-Fulfillment Story] She only wanted to succeed one step at a time, help her motherland develop, and spare it a few detours. [Lighthearted Daily Life] After being reborn, Huang Xiaolan gained a sign-in System. As long as she studied, she could improve her intelligence. Huang Xiaolan didn't want to be a slacker and a good-for-nothing anymore... She wanted to change. The first thing she would do was go to college. Tsinghua or Peking University...? The serious version: In 1.9kReads6.8Score137Shelves

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    Beautiful! [Admiration][Admiration]

45. 495 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended, great read, and complete!

46. 496 三 The Riverside Years of Three Generations 三代人的临江岁月 I Am Plants and Trees我是草木Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted [Period drama, realistic fiction, nuanced style, no System, no golden finger, not a feel-good power fantasy] In the 1970s and 1980s, in Linjiang Town, Zhang Jiuyuan was an unwanted orphan. When he returned to his hometown, his elder brother and sister-in-law had taken over the family home and fields. Penniless, he had no choice but to build a thatched hut nearby. The villagers mocked him for having no sons and being doomed to a life of poverty. That was until he found a baby girl on the road 2.1kReads8.2Score178Shelves

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    A very good and realistic novel set in a specific period.

47. 497 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
48. 498 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 37.3kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
49. 499 杀 Killer Queen: Living It Up in the 1970s 杀手女王：七零年代当咸鱼 That Morning Glory那只牵牛Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [Spatial Mall + Assassin Transmigrates and Is Reborn + Mission System + Sweet Romance] After completing one last big job, the assassin Xiao Qi planned to quit the business for good and find a quiet, comfortable little village where she could live a lazy life. Who knew her organization would secretly shoot her in the back after she finished the mission! Xiao Qi should have been dead, but when she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in China in the 1970s. Looking at the earthen walls all around 4.7kReads9.2Score634Shelves
50. 500 一 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 9.6kReads8.9Score815Shelves

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    It's not about military marriages or rough men; it's so real it brings tears to your eyes.

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