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

1. 151 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 23.8kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
2. 152 末 The Black-Hearted Doomsday Queen Transmigrates to the 1970s and Goes on a Rampage 末世黑心莲穿七零，她杀疯了 Giant Rabbit Loves Cilantro巨兔爱吃香菜Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s + transmigrate into a book + dimensional space + supernatural abilities + feel-good story + sweet military romance + family life] Su Miaomiao: A dual-powered user with water and space abilities in the apocalypse, she struggled for ten years to become one of the strongest fighters alive! Who knew that after sleeping one night in a cemetery, she’d open her eyes as a pitiful young woman about to be sent to the countryside in the 1970s? Her scumbag father and stepmother had taken over her poo 19.5kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves
3. 153 年 Hunting in the Mountains in the Old Days: Keeping My Sister-in-Law Fed and Marrying a Wife! 年代赶山：养活嫂子娶媳妇儿！ Little Monk Loves Drinking小僧爱喝酒Rural Life187k WordsOngoing [Period setting + no System + hunting + two sisters + mountain foraging + space + farming + multiple women + revenge for every grudge + invincible] When Lin Yong'an opens his eyes, he finds that he has transmigrated to the 1970s. From the start, he is at his elder brother's funeral. A creditor has just bullied his newly-wedded sister-in-law over a debt and now wants to take her and his younger sister as payment. How can he let that happen? Lin Yong'an drives off the creditor, buries his elder b 3.7kReads—Score339Shelves

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   These two books are masterpieces of period fiction!

4. 154 重 Reborn in 1976: From the Start, I Sold My Sister-in-Law! 重生1976：开局卖了小姨子！ Little Monk Loves Drinking小僧爱喝酒Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + no System + hunting + two sisters + mountain foraging + devoted husband + pocket dimension + farming + invincible] Business tycoon Li Changhai is reborn in 1976, on the very day he sold his sister-in-law and drove his wife to hang herself! Given another life, he swears to change his fate, make up for the regrets of his previous life, and repay his wife and children many times over! To escape their life of poverty, Li Changhai heads into the mountains to dig for ginseng, and pic 18.5kReads7.9Score1.7kShelves
5. 155 重 Reborn in Tianjin, 1997 重生津门1997 Fighting Maggots斗蛆蛆Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! No tired old tropes, no melodrama, and chapters already in the bank. See how Han Chao gets a second chance at life and protects everything around him. You say he has no money? No problem: open a Sony theater, fight crickets, and sell technology. You say that’s not fast enough? Then I’ll just have to unleash a big move! The plot is carefully researched, and many of the events are based on things that really happened to people around the author. Every word is ty 16.6kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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   This book! I currently consider it the number one historical fiction novel. The protagonist is from Tianjin, and the opening is hilarious. He earns his first pot of gold by giving crickets teeth. The key is that it's written very realistically. At first, I thought it was the author Hu Zou, but after checking the information, I found that he really does have this skill.

6. 156 重 Reborn in 1987: The System Saves My Wife from the Start 重生1987：系统开局救妻 SettimanaUrban149k WordsOngoing [Period Drama, System, Entrepreneurship and Business, Slice of Life] A car accident sent Zhou Junfei reborn in 1987, back to what everyone called a golden age. Looking at the dilapidated home before him and his haggard wife, who had suffered domestic abuse at the hands of his predecessor for years, he felt a jumble of emotions. Just then, the System came knocking before he could even react. [Ding! Business Fortune System binding...] [Binding successful!] [Initial activation task: Find the pestic 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'd like to recommend my book, *Reborn in 1987: System Starts by Saving My Wife*, a period drama about a system-based business. Reborn into the golden age of Chinese literature, Zhou Junfei activates a system to stop his wife from committing suicide and make amends for all the wrongs he owed the original owner. Starting from a roadside stall, he seizes the opportunities of the era and defeats one business rival after another. Supporting his family and protecting his wife, the pace is leisurely, with daily updates.

7. 157 巡 Patrolling the Greater Khingan Range, 1976 巡狩大兴安岭1976 Zhou Zhoumu周粥沐Urban3.0M WordsCompleted The protagonist is a special forces soldier from the future. He is wounded and dies while carrying out a border mission, then is reborn in the body of a man in 1976. The man’s father died in an accident while hunting in the mountains, and his mother passed away from overwork. In this era of rationed food, the original owner has a nine-year-old sister. He is seventeen, and while out looking for food for her, he freezes to death by the roadside. The protagonist’s soul transmigrates into his body. 8.9kReads7.2Score702Shelves

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   Reborn in the resource-scarce Greater Khingan Mountains of 1976, the pressure is immense! ✨ In his previous life, he was a special forces soldier fighting for his country. Now, transmigrated, he inherits a mess. His parents have passed away, and in his 17-year-old body, he must support his nine-year-old sister. Heavy snow blocks the mountains, food is scarce, and he nearly freezes to death in the wilderness, only to be rescued by his captain. He fills his stomach with potatoes and bravely ventures into the vast forests with his father's hunting gear. Patrolling the forests, hunting for survival, he protects his sister and builds a life for himself amidst hardship, slowly achieving a turnaround in his fortunes. An immersive experience of survival in the mountains during that era, with a fast-paced and highly engaging narrative!!

8. 158 霞 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 Warm Glowing Clouds霞光暖暖Modern Romance568k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score131Shelves
9. 159 村 Xia Hua, the Village Girl 村女夏花 The Cat Who Loves Gold爱黄金的猫Modern Romance268k WordsOngoing [Realistic rural life + slow burn + heroine’s growth + family and everyday life + face-slapping the scoundrels] Lin Xiahua’s husband is dead. With two children and a dimwitted older brother to support, she has become the most tempting target in Hama Gou Village. Burdened with her family, without a single plot of land, and with her mother-in-law threatening to sell her by the pound to an old widower and his son! To survive, Xiahua learns to navigate all kinds of men and women. She smiles and char 94Reads7.0Score105Shelves
10. 160 香 Xiang Xiu's Tavern 香秀的酒馆 Jiujiu Cat玖久猫Modern Romance85k WordsOngoing Her ex-husband climbed the social ladder, spreading lies and slandering her. Nineteen-year-old Chen Xiangxiu, a farmer raising a child, was thrown out by her in-laws. Grinding her teeth, she rented a run-down courtyard beside the highway and opened a distillery, only to unexpectedly attract three outstanding men from very different walks of life. In the cramped confines of the countryside, a rough village doctor shields her from gossip with his burning embrace; an upright village official paves 16Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 161 穿 The 1980s: I Transmigrate into a Book and Become a Model of Morality 穿书八零，贪财女配成了道德模范 Iced Zhengmeng Noodles冰郑檬粉Modern Romance389k WordsOngoing The score is finally in and still rising! Thanks to everyone for your reviews. [1980s Setting + Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Marriage First, Love Later] She transmigrates into a novel set in the 1980s as the wicked female supporting character: in debt, lazy, and hated by her whole family. The original owner has such a terrible reputation that she’s always trying to take advantage of others. The neighbors despise her, and even her new husband treats her coldly. Xia 18Reads8.1Score—Shelves
12. 162 军 A Sweet Southern Girl Arrives at the Military Compound 军区大院来了一个南方乖乖女 Yan He闫河Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 1970s setting + sweet, well-behaved girl from the south + rugged, paternal northern man + height and build difference + 11-year age gap + sweet romance Qiao Lanshu comes from a family of two state-sector employees in a provincial capital in the south. She is quiet and well-behaved, with a pretty face, and her family worries about sending her to the countryside. So her parents put a marriage certificate in her hands, send her off on a train, and dispatch her thousands of kilometers north to find 67.3kReads8.4Score5.9kShelves
13. 163 六 The Sixties Villainess Wants a New Husband, and Her Rugged Army Officer Is Getting Anxious 六零女配要改嫁，糙汉军官他急了 Little Cat Doesn't Eat Lychees小猫不吃荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Rural army-family third generation + dazzling beauty of a painter + no pocket dimension + slow-burn romance + both are each other's first and only love + ensemble cast in the latter half] Jiang Xizhu stays up all night painting, then opens her eyes to find herself in a period novel as the country fiancée of the male lead, who dies young. Her former fiancé is already married. By a twist of fate, she also ends up marrying a grubby, scruffy husband. They say she's shameless, 77.3kReads9.0Score9.9kShelves

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    1. Hate Deok-sun, understand Deok-sun, become Deok-sun. After reading the extra chapters, I realized the male lead really resembles his father. 2. A comedic career-oriented story where the female lead gets 88 jobs purely through her own abilities. 3. A true princess transmigrates into a historical novel and can even contact her family in another world in her dreams; her cheat ability is her downfall. 4. The two people firmly believe in each other and speak their minds directly. It's quite ordinary, but after reading the extra chapters about the tragic ending of her previous life, the ordinariness of the main story is actually the best ending. 5. Three female leads: one in a post-apocalyptic world, one in a famine relief story, and one who awakens as a paper doll in a villainous village. The ending isn't a happy one; after awakening as a paper doll, she sacrifices herself, taking the entire village with her. A very complete character development arc. 6. 7. Quite cheerful and not upsetting. 8. The adorable female lead grows up from a baby, spurring on and reforming her parents and brothers. The whole book feels more like the growth trajectory of the female lead's father. The family was very warm and loving, even though they were lazy and played around. The parents didn't manage the money; they gave it to the youngest daughter to keep, because they realized that if they had a little money, they wouldn't want to work hard anymore. 9. It's somewhat like the career-themed novel in the second book, but the ending felt like it had a time buff. The author probably wanted to finish it quickly, so the writing was too rushed.

14. 164 重 Reborn in the 1970s, the Princess Follows Her Prince Consort to His Army Posting 重生七零，公主跟着驸马去随军了 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-modern transmigration + the 1970s + self-interest above all + a pampered, fussy little princess vs. a male lead who works hard to correct the heroine’s thinking and make her love her country and party] (Eight-year age gap) Wen Yuanzhi was the emperor’s most beloved little daughter, raised in the palm of his hand. When she came of age, the emperor granted her a princess’s residence, twice the size of the estates given to his other sons. Her consort was a young general who had just won 43.3kReads9.0Score5.4kShelves
15. 165 貌 Beautiful Educated Youth Returns to the City, and Her Powerful Ex-Husband Comes After Her 貌美知青回城后，大佬前夫追来了 Lampwick Woad灯心菘蓝Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted Lin Zhiwei, a young woman sent to the countryside, was desperate to return to Beijing. Under her mother’s relentless calls, she tearfully divorced Zhou Yi, her husband of one year, whom she was still deeply in love with. A month after the divorce, she clutched her stomach and realized she might… be pregnant. Meanwhile, Li Li, the second female lead, was eagerly waiting for Zhou Yi to divorce. She was reborn, and knew he would become a powerful business tycoon in Pengcheng, a real estate pioneer, 28.1kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
16. 166 官 The Road to Power: From Handong to the Summit 官途：从汉东至权力巅峰 One Big Silly Fish一条大笨鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing "From the military to politics" "Period drama" "Business strategy" "The pinnacle of power" "A crossover of TV worlds" In the Name of the People, A Bouquet of Flowers Beneath the Mountain, The Knockout, and more. He is Liang Sian, Liang Sanxi's younger brother. He is also Zhao Mengsheng's friend. Every classic must have its regrets. Let the protagonist rewrite them, because these characters deserve better endings. After taking charge of a region, he starts with Qi Tongwei! 7.2kReads6.6Score199Shelves

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    11. A Chronicle of Officialdom: Starting in 1979, Liang Si'an (now 32 years old, Standing Committee Member and Vice Mayor of Jingzhou City, at the level of a full-fledged department head) is a comrade-in-arms of Zhao Mengsheng, uncle of Qi Tongwei, a national-level strategic talent, recipient of the honorary title of Hero of the Sino-Vietnamese War, special researcher of the Central Commission for Restructuring the Economic System, and a promoter of military reform…

17. 167 重 Back to the 1970s, Spoiling Grandma and Taking Down Scumbags 重回七零，傍着奶奶肆意虐渣吃瓜 Jin Yuan Manying槿园满盈Modern Romance159k WordsOngoing (1970s setting + space ability + superpowers + food + reborn + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + broken engagement + true and fake heiresses + everyday family life + stockpiling + building wealth + punishing scumbags + gossip-watching + strong female lead + feel-good + old lady + comedy) Timid and spineless Lin Xiaoxi spent two whole lives meekly struggling to survive. After blowing herself up at the end of the world, she thought she was done for good. Instead, she was reborn in the sum 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I found an amazing 1970s novel! The female lead is reborn, and her biggest advantage is her protective grandmother. With a combination of spatial abilities, superpowers, and culinary buffs, she's ruthless in dealing with awful characters and scumbags. She also gets to witness all the neighborhood gossip in her daily life. No romantic pairing; the female lead shines brightly on her own! [Heart emoji]

18. 168 穿 Transmigrating into a Book in the 1970s: The Educated Youth Goes Wild, with Endless Schemes 穿书七零：知青发癫，套路无边 Shabby School Heartthrob破烂校草Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Alternate history + Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Pocket dimension + Everyone is a villain + Ensemble cast + No romance + Mystery?] After dying in an apocalypse novel, Xu Qinglan transmigrates into a book again. This time, she's a sacrificial nobody forced to go to the countryside in a period novel! If she resists being sent away, she'll be trapped in an endless loop. After dying countless times, she finally gives in. The protagonist seems like a delicate, innocent white lotus wit 25.8kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
19. 169 穿 After I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Married a Bully, I Decided to Lie Flat 穿越七零嫁给恶霸后我摆烂了 Chen Fengche宸风澈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + golden finger + gruff hero + play the pig to eat the tiger] Why have I transmigrated again?! After having her good fortune snatched away twice in a row, Xi Qingqing has transmigrated yet again. This time, she's made up her mind! She's going to lie flat! A nightmare of a mother-in-law? No problem, as long as she treats me well. Married to a bully? Whatever, I'll reform him. A picky, demanding sister-in-law? Hmph! She needs a good dose of reality! See how the sha 6.6kReads9.2Score593Shelves
20. 170 年 The 1970s: A Country Bride Moves to the City to Become a Factory Worker 年代，乡下小媳妇进城当工人 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + married first, love later + family squabbles + portable space + the heroine won't take abuse and fights back] Xia Yang was born under an unlucky star. She merely called someone a jinx, and the petty crow immortal smacked her with a wing, sending her to 1971 and into a novel about a rugged country man doting on his wife. She transmigrated into the gluttonous third sister-in-law of the male lead, who was supposed to die on her wedding day. The moment she opened her eyes 9.1kReads9.0Score642Shelves
21. 171 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 313.9kReads9.1Score47.6kShelves
22. 172 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: I Take My Terrible Family Along for the Ride 七零军婚：我带极品家人一起起飞 Jin Jinyu金金雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [1970s + military marriage + period setting + family drama + trading System + building wealth + transmigration and rebirth] On her way to school to pick up her admission letter from Capital University, Gu Tao gets hit by a black car and lands in the 1970s, along with a somewhat “simple-minded” little System. She opens her eyes to find a scheming dad, a lazy mom, a brother and sister bent on scrounging from their workplaces, and two younger brothers who keep wanting to smash other peo 9.3kReads8.5Score1kShelves
23. 173 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Heiress Marries an Officer With Her Child 重生六零：资本家小姐带崽嫁军官 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Period drama + capitalist heiress + military marriage + raising a child In her previous life, Wen Shuning, the daughter of a wealthy capitalist family, was betrayed by her closest relatives. They seized her family fortune, and she died tragically on a farm while pregnant. Her spirit drifted to Hong Kong, where she saw her scumbag father’s family living high on the hog with her family’s wealth, while her cheating ex and his lover had a house full of children. Reborn, she awakened at last and acte 1.5kReads6.7Score155Shelves

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    Two very good period novels

24. 174 搬 Clearing Out the Family Fortune, the Capitalist Heiress Marries a Commander After Joining the Army 搬空祖产，资本家小姐随军嫁首长 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted (Complete + Historical Era + Military Marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling Supplies + Capitalist Heiress + Love Grows Over Time + Devoted Husband + Triplets) Chen Shuang transmigrates into a period novel and becomes the most pampered capitalist heiress in Shanghai. In the book, a political storm is on the horizon, and predators lurk all around her. Her uncle's family murders her parents, steals a century's worth of the Chen family's savings, and escapes to Hong Ko 2.3kReads7.3Score213Shelves
25. 175 四 Starting as a Deputy Section Chief in Siheyuan 四合院从副科长开始 Plantain Weed Traveling in Dongguan车前草在东莞旅游Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsCompleted [Security Department Deputy Chief from the Start] [Sign-In Rewards] [Well-Connected] [All I Want Is to Be a Lazy Fish] After transmigrating into the chaotic world of the Four-Nine City courtyard compound, he starts out as the deputy chief of the steel mill's security department! Zhang Jianjun arrives in the central courtyard with his own pocket space, where he witnesses Jia Zhangshi whining about being poor and leeching off others, Silly Zhu using moral blackmail, and Yi Zhonghai plotting behi 53.7kReads6.4Score3.1kShelves

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    A courtyard house, a security office, a slightly aggressive atmosphere, an antique collector, and a mundane life.

26. 176 重 Reborn in 1990! The Old Lady Beats the Unfilial Brats to a Pulp 重生九零！老太太爆锤极品不孝子 Shui Yizhou水亿洲Modern Romance46k WordsOngoing [Period] [Nineties] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [Ensemble Cast] [Beating the Unfilial Descendants to a Pulp] Granny He spent her whole life pouring her heart and soul into her children, only to end up starving to death on the street in her old age, with no one to claim her body. When she was young, she and her husband willingly worked like beasts of burden, giving everything they had to support their children, hoping only that they would live well in the future. But her favoritism toward her unfilial e 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My number one favorite! ☝🏻 Although it's a new book, it really captures the feel of that era. [Please update more frequently!][ ...

27. 177 八 The 1980s Nanny: The Cold-Faced Officer Loses Control and Wants a Baby 八零小保姆，冷面军官失控想生崽 A Dream in the Bamboo Heart竹心一梦Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Manhua adaptation in progress] Period setting + marriage to a soldier + transmigrate into a book in an alternate world + devoted to each other + possessive, sweet romance + love grows over time + a gentle, slice-of-life romance about doting on his wife. (Older husband, younger wife; growth, comeback, doting on his wife, having a baby, and patriotism) A stern, older, abstinent military officer VS a sweet, soft-spoken girl who's both beautiful and talented, and refuses to be pushed around Bai Qia 2.9kReads8.7Score316Shelves

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    This is a treasure! It's absolutely amazing, incredibly good. There's no sense of confinement, the emotions are delicate and realistic, it's very vivid, and it's super sweet. The male lead is incredibly possessive, the relationship is slow and steady, and it's incredibly sweet. If this were made into a short drama, it would definitely be a hit. This is a book I've read twice. It perfectly embodies patriotism and love for family. It's a super loving book, full of patriotic sentiment.

28. 178 八 An Eighties Beauty Marries for Good Fortune and Is Doted on by Her Rugged, Fatherly Husband 八零美人冲喜，被爹系糙汉宠上天 A Dream in the Bamboo Heart竹心一梦Modern Romance694k WordsCompleted Pure romance + transmigration into a book, fictional setting + period piece + older husband, younger wife + building a fortune + sweet romance + slow-burn, satisfying face-slapping. Bai Qian, from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, transmigrates into a book and becomes a plump, laid-back young bride, married off to bring good luck to He Yanzhou, a cold-faced, rugged man. The man is gravely ill, and lays down three rules with her: this marriage is just for show, and he’ll nev 1.2kReads8.6Score160Shelves
29. 179 少 A Young Woman Transmigrates to the 1960s with Her Spatial Realm and Becomes a Widow 少女带着空间穿越六零变寡妇 Milk Foam and Cheese奶盖与芝士Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Content: [Historical Era + Space + System + Stockpiling Supplies + Farming + Feel-Good Story + Famine and Disaster + Play the pig to eat the tiger + Scheming + Sweet Romance + Domestic Life + Cultivation] The heroine is a beautiful 18-year-old woman from the modern era, and her late parents left her a fortune worth billions! Her grandmother, uncles, and other relatives try to seize her inheritance, only to be set up by the heroine and sent to prison! The heroine stocks up on a mountain of suppli 1.1kReads9.0Score118Shelves

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    The first book features a very powerful "golden finger" (a cheat code in the game), and the female lead is also quite strong—the kind who pretends to be weak to outsmart others. The second book, on the other hand, has a female lead without any "golden finger," but she's very intelligent and becomes wealthy through her own wit and resourcefulness. Most importantly, the second female lead has a powerful husband; when her husband from her past life reappears, she basically wins without even realizing it.

30. 180 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Lie Flat! 穿越七零我躺平了！ Big Head Has a Fish大头有条鱼Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A 48-year-old man who’d chosen to lie flat transmigrates into the body of 18-year-old Li Changshun! He becomes one of the sent-down youths heading to the countryside in 1973. In Kaoshan Tun Brigade, Dongfang Commune, Dong’an County, Danjiang City, he lies in bed, keeping a low profile as he waits for the new era to arrive. (This is simply a story about the ordinary life of a sent-down youth. The writing is unassuming, and the plot moves at a fairly slow pace. It’s steeped in everyday life, not a 64.9kReads7.0Score5.2kShelves

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    A story about Beijing youth sent to the countryside! Male-oriented, non-aggressive, multiple female leads, and includes a space element!

31. 181 六 The 1960s: Escaping from the Start to Build a Hidden Utopia 六零，开局逃亡开辟世外桃源 Milk Foam and Cheese奶盖与芝士Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Yi Ke, a modern woman, transmigrated into the body of a poor young woman in the 1960s. She fled into the mountains to survive, only to be forcibly married by a mountain man. The miserable life she'd expected never came to pass. The two of them had been fated to be together for two lifetimes. The mountain folk had no fields to farm? No problem, Yi Ke had plenty of land! They had no oxen to plow their fields? No problem, Yi Ke would catch wild oxen in the mountains! They had no fertilizer for thei 43Reads8.5Score—Shelves
32. 182 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s: Kneel, You Good-for-Nothing Children 老太太重生八零：极品儿女靠边跪 Little White Down小白毫Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + reborn in a bygone era + ruthless old woman + making money and punishing scoundrels + an ensemble cast striving to succeed] Given another chance at life, the old woman shows no mercy. Anyone who tries to split up the family or drag her down gets thrown out! Her awful children can get on their knees and stay out of her way! Zhang Siqin spent half her life as a widow, pouring her heart into raising three sons and two daughters. She bought a house in the city for her eldest so 470Reads—Score107Shelves

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    I think this is a really special book. It's really well-written!!! I really like it!!! The plot is completely engaging, the characters are very vivid, and there's no dragging or sentimentality. I highly recommend it!!! It's my favorite type of book!!!

33. 183 我 My 1970 我的1970 Big Mountain Loves Fishing大山爱钓鱼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Thank heaven for giving me the chance to be reborn, but why did I have to go back to when I was seven? I even have to pretend I don't recognize the characters I know. Otherwise, they'll definitely think I'm possessed. Believe it or not, Mother would kill the family's big rooster just so she could secretly invite a spirit medium over to drive the ghost out. Guess I'll just have to lie low! 4.7kReads8.5Score260Shelves

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    These three books are pretty good.

34. 184 八 Reborn in the 1980s, I Married My Ex 八零重生嫁前男友 Sunny and Warm阳阳暖暖Modern Romance179k WordsOngoing Reborn + 1980s setting + sweet romance + pocket dimension In the 1980s, during the early days of reform and opening up, goods were extremely scarce and the fledgling market couldn’t meet demand. Anyone with courage, ideas, drive, and enough diligence, who knew how to follow the trends, could seize opportunities and achieve a measure of success. Gold was everywhere in those days, and making money was easy. The female lead is reborn right at this incredibly lucrative moment. As soon as she’s rebor —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 185 穿 Transmigrating to the Countryside as a Young Educated Youth in the 1970s 穿越七零下乡小知青 Little Fish in Late Autumn深秋的小鱼Urban589k WordsCompleted No System, no personal space, just an ordinary farming story. Song Zhiyuan wakes up one day and, for no apparent reason, finds himself a high school student in the 1970s. Both his parents are alive, and he has three siblings. Before he can adjust to life in this era, the campaign sending educated youths to the countryside begins. Thus starts Song Zhiyuan's ordinary life, swept along by the tide of the times. 2.3kReads8.4Score108Shelves
36. 186 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 154.5kReads9.0Score14.2kShelves
37. 187 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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38. 188 重 Reborn in 1978, I Take the College Entrance Exam with My Father 重生1978，我与父亲一起高考 The Great River Flows to the Sea大江入海流Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Period Setting, Entertainment, Rebirth, Martial Arts, Literary Great] This book, Reigniting 1978, is also known as Reborn: A Rainbow Road and Reborn in 1978: Literary and Martial Success! What makes someone a literary great? Do you think writing a few books and gaining a little fame makes you one? At most, that makes you a well-known author! Within the establishment, who would give you the time of day? A true literary great needs works that influence the entire world, but also the backing of mo 43.3kReads8.3Score3.9kShelves
39. 189 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s with a Pocket Dimension to Become a Security Guard 穿越60带着空间当保安 No Good People in the Six Realms六界无好人Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Who am I? Where am I? Other people transmigrate, and so do I. They can crush the heavens, the earth, and everything in between. One burst of their kingly aura, and they get whatever they want. I transmigrated here and have nothing. I can’t even get enough to eat. I’m sixteen, but built like a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old. A gust of wind could blow me away. Where’s my System? Aren’t Systems standard issue for transmigrators? ... 88kReads8.5Score6kShelves
40. 190 重 Reborn in 1978: Hunter-Doctor of Changbai Mountain 重生七八，长白山猎医 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he weathered storms of bullets and enjoyed the splendor of the city. On his sixtieth birthday, he was reborn in the village where he had once lived. In this life, Liu Hongjun just wants to stay in the mountains, work as the village doctor, and spend his free time gathering herbs and hunting. He wants to enjoy a leisurely life. 44.2kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
41. 191 都 We’re All Reborn, So Who Still Wants to Be Someone’s Lackey? 都重生了谁还拉帮套啊 Meow Erbai喵二白Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Cao Chaoyang acted on impulse and chose the path of becoming his sister-in-law’s live-in helper, moving into her home. He worked hard to support his elder brother’s family for twenty years, only for his brother’s legs, crippled for years, to suddenly recover. Thrown out of the house overnight, he had no choice but to get away from people and become a forest ranger. Reborn in 1973, when his sister-in-law once again knelt before him, Cao Chaoyang said firmly, “No!” He would n 17kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
42. 192 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Sent Down to the Great Grasslands 重生七十年代，下乡大草原 Misty Rain in a Quiet Mountain Village寂静山村烟雨蒙蒙Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ma Wei was reborn in the capital in the 1970s, and his family was a complete mess. He quickly found a chance to head to the great grasslands and start a new life. There, he found both his purpose in life and his partner. He was able to thrive because he had the livestock-raising space every transmigrator needed. 31.5kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
43. 193 那 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 Xiong Dayu熊大雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 11.9kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    Because the novel I downloaded, Tomato, turned out to be an obscure book [facepalm]

44. 194 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 58.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves

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    Do not read this book while drinking water, or you will spit laughter all over the person opposite you.

45. 195 重 Reborn in Childhood, Traveling Between Two Worlds 重生回幼年穿梭两界 Wishing You a Long Life长命百遂Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted (Period setting, space, two people reborn, wasteland apocalypse, travel between two worlds, gradual progress, not a wish-fulfillment story) No romance… no romance… no romance After living to the age of 84 and dying peacefully, Chen Yu is reborn in her childhood hometown, bringing with her a wasteland space filled with supplies. Chen Yu diligently develops the space and helps her older brother and sister get rich. Unexpectedly, three years later, Pei Ying, the space’s original owner, gets in touc 937Reads9.0Score110Shelves
46. 196 重 Reborn as a Simpleton, I Became a Billionaire by Collecting Scrap 重生二傻子，靠收破烂成亿万富豪 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban444k WordsCompleted A ninety-three-year-old man from another timeline transmigrates to 1982. His soul takes up residence in the body of a high school student nicknamed Ersha, or “Second Fool.” The student is known as the king of repeaters. At twenty-three, he is still in high school. The original owner of the body, Wu Dazhi, was nicknamed Gouzi as a child. Despite his towering build and weight of over two hundred pounds, he was timid by nature and afraid of trouble. People bullied him constantly, but he never dared 10.3kReads6.3Score819Shelves
47. 197 1 1983: A Weasel Haunts a Reborn Woman 1983黄皮子缠上重生女 Wishing You a Long Life长命百遂Modern Romance692k WordsCompleted No CP… Rebirth… Revenge… Family life… A touch of fantasy… An adorable weasel spirit… Slow-burn plot In his previous life, Gu Hang had a difficult upbringing. From the age of eight, he was beaten by his own father almost every day. A county teacher helped him get into teacher's college, but someone else took his place, and he never knew. At sixteen, he left home to work. Because he was 1.75 meters tall, a friend introduced him to modeling. He was sentenced to two years in prison for beating up a 4.1kReads9.1Score696Shelves
48. 198 哥 Bro, Keep Simping for That Fake Sweetheart and I'll Go After Your Nemesis 哥，你再舔白莲花我就舔你死对头 The Wilderness and the Wind Conspire Together山野与风同谋Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted [Training Her Brother + Training Her Husband + Girl Pursues Guy (Gives Up Halfway) + Guy Pursues Girl (Face-Slapping Comeuppance)] Sharp-tongued military rogue male lead vs. spoiled, rebellious female lead. They come from equally matched families. A hilarious, satisfying period romp where everyone is crazy! The female lead is a little selfish and morally dubious! In her previous life, her hopelessly lovesick older brother devoted himself to fawning over a fake innocent, only to meet a tragic end 19.7kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves

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    They're all crazy, hilarious and outrageous period dramas that get more and more addictive the more you read. Every chapter is full of witty remarks. The female lead is selfish and self-serving, while the male lead is sarcastic and arrogant.

49. 199 年 More Children, More Blessings in Period Dramas 年代剧里多子多福 Someone's Home有个人在家Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing Li Jianshe transmigrates to Beiping before Liberation. As soon as he arrives, he meets He Yuzhu, who is selling steamed buns, and by a stroke of luck, moves into Siheyuan No. 95. But this place is more than just an ordinary courtyard: it also has the famously swaggering guy from his previous life, a neighborhood committee director from a family of three generations, the Flower of Zhengyang Gate, and many other mysteries waiting to be uncovered. What kind of ripples will Li Jianshe make in this v 29.3kReads6.8Score2.8kShelves
50. 200 重 Reborn in 1969: From the Start, My Whole Family Nearly Starves to Death 重生1969：开局全家差点饿死 Ming Weitianlai明未天来Rural Life1.2M WordsCompleted The north wind whips snow through the air, and water freezes solid at a touch. Zhao Xiangdong opens his eyes and finds himself back in Kaoshantun, Northeast China, in 1969. His father has a broken leg, his mother is sick with worry, and his younger siblings are howling with hunger. The whole family is on the verge of starving to death. He awakens a mysterious Spirit Spring space that can bring the dead back to life and cleanse the body. His father’s leg is broken so badly it can’t be set? A dri 12.1kReads7.0Score1kShelves

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