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1. 951 堕 Fallen 堕 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted That year, I was twenty-nine, and Mo Huai was thirteen. When I, someone who no longer wanted to live, met him, someone else who no longer wanted to live, we somehow found the strength to keep going, at least for a little while. So we decided to rely on each other and make it through together. 45.5kReads9.6Score5.3kShelves
2. 952 兵 The Wounded War King: You Want to Inherit Her Wealth? I'll Give You Twins and Humiliate You 兵王残！吃绝户？多胎打脸两不误 Happy Lemon幸福柠檬Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period Setting + Superpowers + Inventory Space + Rugged Hero + Devoted Husband + Multiple Children + Family Life + Both Leads Are Faithful) Qiao Nianyao was a powerful superhuman in the post-apocalyptic world. When an energy explosion erupted as she fought a powerful enemy, she unexpectedly transmigrated five hundred years into the past, bringing her powers and the storage space her opponent had dropped with her. She landed in the 1970s, the very era recorded in history! She also bec 45.4kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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   ✨A low-key time-travel novel set in the past 🤭 The female lead is really low-key 😄, which perfectly matches that era 😆

3. 953 我 My Dad Is a Deadbeat 我爹是二赖子 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted Ji Qiuqiu transmigrated into a book. Her father is the village’s notorious layabout, her mother ran off with another man, and she herself is a wicked relative who latches onto the heroine to bleed her dry. Qiuqiu thinks this little villainess has a pretty good lot in life, so she decides to recreate her life and cling to the heroine to get rich. Then one day, she discovers that the heroine’s cousin is a fellow transmigrator. But this hometown girl heroine has given up and no longer wants to be t 12.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
4. 954 重 Reborn: The More She Dodges a Bad Ending, the More Her Ex-Husband Wants to Kiss Her 重生娇娇她越躲BE前夫越想亲 Meizi Went Blind梅子瞎了Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Main story complete; bonus chapters ongoing • Rebirth + devoted couple + 1v1 sweet romance ] The year Rong Xinyue turned twenty, she was forced to marry a man more than twenty years her senior. After the wedding, she spent every day doing just two things: making trouble for herself and pining for the man she had always loved. She never expected to actually bring about her own demise. Reborn, she found herself back in the past, when the old man was still in his 487Reads9.2Score105Shelves
5. 955 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 a historical fiction, and it's the pinnacle of the genre; no other book can surpass it.

6. 956 渣 Stay Away, You Scumbags! I Switched Marriages and Hit the Jackpot with His Uncle 渣男贱女莫挨我，换亲他叔赢麻了 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + transmigration + switched marriages + sweet romance + devoted couple + love after marriage + island life Yu Yao transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife who worked herself to death serving a scumbag. After her death, the heroine spent her money, lived in her luxurious mansion, and badmouthed her as a failure wherever she went. She didn’t care if the heroine slept with the scumbag, but spending her money was out of the question. She promptly called off 4.2kReads8.7Score423Shelves

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   A really good book, but I don't know why the rating is a bit low (military marriage + time travel + arranged marriage + virginity + island). The female lead breaks off her engagement with the scumbag and then marries the scumbag's uncle. Unexpectedly, she is pampered like a treasure by the abstinent big boss.

7. 957 七 The Beloved Wife of the 1970s Gets Teased! The Black-Bellied Officer Sees Red and Loses Control 七零小妻被撩！腹黑军官红眼失控 Lost and Found失而Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: [The Dashing Courtyard Beauty and Her Aloof Husband Who Holds Her Close and Coaxes Her] After transmigrating, Yu Xiangnian becomes the shrew of a military compound in the 1970s. Her husband doesn’t love her, the children don’t care for her, and the neighbors can’t stand her... So what? She doesn’t care what any of them think! She’s educated, cultured, well-connected, and beautiful. Building a fortune and pursuing her career are what matter! But... Why is this ma 23.2kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
8. 958 供 I Put My Childhood Bride Through College, and Now She Wants to Dump Me 供童养媳上大学，毕业就想甩夫君 Yuan Kai Yuan Xin元凯元心Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Completed] [Family-Loving, Patriotic Chaoshan, 1988] "I want to call off the engagement!" he said. "All right, then let's consummate the marriage." A rough-hewn country man from Chaozhou got himself a beautiful bride in one night, only for her to run away the next day! He chased her to a newspaper office in Guangzhou, the University of Munich in Germany, the Xi'an Mecha Research Institute, the Jiangmen Mecha Experimental Base, and the Dahao Subsea Tunnel Mecha Experimental Base! Human-machine n 2.1kReads8.1Score103Shelves

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   [28cm height difference + tractor-driving hunk + cute girl] In 1988, I was fourteen years old, a child bride in my husband Yuan Kai's family. His father paid for my university tuition. After graduation, I wanted to get rid of him. He said there was only one condition for breaking off the engagement: consummation of the marriage. [Note: The entire story is filled with love and desire, suitable for readers around thirty years old.] 🧐

9. 959 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Seventies' Best Cheat and the Roughest Man 穿书七零：开最牛的挂撩最糙的汉 Hua Xiaoqian花小钱Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted This book is also known as “With Space in Hand, I've Got Myself a Rugged Man.” After blowing herself up, apocalypse powerhouse Ye Weiwei's soul transmigrates into a romance novel, where she becomes a love-struck supporting character with the same name. The original Ye Weiwei was set up by her cousin, who stole her golden finger and fiancé, as well as the affection of her parents, relatives, and several older brothers. In the end, her cousin arranged for her to marry a village scoundrel, who beat 66.1kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves
10. 960 穿 Transmigration: The Wild, Violent Girl Is Fierce as Can Be 穿越：暴力疯丫蛋超凶哒 Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: After struggling to survive the apocalypse for five years, Qiao Qiyue transmigrates into the body of a little girl in a small mountain village. Two thatched huts and not a grain of rice in the house! One word: dire! 22.6kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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    Highly recommended for fans of period dramas

11. 961 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 1.9kReads9.2Score117Shelves

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    [Laugh][Thinking][I also highly recommend][OK]

12. 962 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Living the Lazy Life with a Heavenly Realm 重生六零：带着天庭空间咸鱼翻身 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The heroine is reborn in the 1960s. When she grows up, she leads everyone in making money. Her biggest backing is the country itself. The story starts off at a leisurely pace. She’s doted on by her elders, has a golden finger, and keeps adorable pets. The heroine has a strong sense of self-preservation and never tells anyone about her space. Her greatest interests are making money, eating, and gossiping. She’s also a dutiful daughter. Liu Sitian was simply honest and paid the exact amount when u 8.3kReads9.3Score683Shelves
13. 963 南 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意，从此不孤行 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1kReads9.3Score104Shelves
14. 964 娇 So Alluring! One Tease from Her, and the War God Blocks the Door to Demand Marriage 娇引！她一撩，兵王堵门要结婚 Cheng Xiaoyao程小尧Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Audiobook now available] A cool-faced but warm-hearted martyr's orphan becomes a young educated woman sent to the countryside, and falls in love at first sight with an abstinent special forces soldier Pocket dimension + striking back against enemy spies + patriotism + two powerful, devoted leads + no self-sacrificing heroine + helping farmers prosper + one-on-one romance + devoted love In the 23rd century, Feng Moyan was an all-purpose killer developed by researchers and made to serve the organ 5.6kReads8.9Score553Shelves
15. 965 快 Quick Transmigration: The Art of Splitting into Clones 快穿之：分身有术 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted The most important thing in life is not where you stand, but the direction you face. In the real world, some people laugh, some cry, some shout, and some remain silent. Life is, in essence, an exercise in endurance. Beauty and ugliness, good and bad: everyone has their own feelings about them. Faced with this tumultuous world and the countless selfish thoughts crowding our minds, we often find ourselves wanting to do more than we can, because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. But what 58Reads8.6Score—Shelves
16. 966 重 Reborn in a New Era: I Only Want an Ordinary, Peaceful Life 重生年代，只想过平凡的悠闲人生 Dreaming Salted Fish Auntie做梦的咸鱼阿姨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted All alone, Li Xiao transmigrates to an era when you need a letter of introduction to go out and nobody has a phone. She is actually happy, because this time she finally has a healthy body and the chance to coast through life. She wants to live a quiet, leisurely life and make her transmigration worthwhile. After dealing with her obvious enemies, she packs her bags and heads to the countryside. As for the ones lurking in the shadows, she'll wait and see. Every day, she slacks off a little at work 14kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
17. 967 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.7kReads9.2Score127Shelves
18. 968 七 In the Seventies, the Roughneck Was Swept Off His Feet by His Sweet Young Educated Wife 七零糙汉被知青娇妻撩得心花怒放 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, sweet romance, adorable baby, pocket dimension] In her previous life, she was misled by a scumbag man and a vicious woman. She turned her back on her upright, handsome, and capable husband, and ended up abandoned by everyone. Reborn on her wedding night, Xia Siyue uses every trick she knows to set the rugged man’s heart ablaze. Xia Siyue grabs the front of his shirt and boldly provokes him: “You’re taking forever just to climb into bed. Are you even a man?” The once-obsessive man’s eye 6.7kReads9.2Score683Shelves
19. 969 七 The 1970s: Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder, I Sold the Family Home to Go to the Countryside 七零：穿成炮灰把家卖了去下乡 Tang Xia棠夏Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Seventies setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + sent down to the Northeast countryside + no goody-two-shoes heroine + incredible martial prowess + doted on by everyone + everyday family life + building wealth + making money + crushing scumbags She woke up to find herself transmigrated into a book as a minor character with no parents. What! This character is also a hopeless romantic? How annoying! When has Lu Wensheng ever needed anyone else to tell her how to live? With a pocke 60.2kReads8.9Score7kShelves
20. 970 A I'm Done! I Don't Want to Be a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Character in the 1970s A了，我不想在七零当炮灰女配 South Wind on the Strings南风入弦Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She'd stayed up too late reading and woke up as the book's worst female supporting character, the fake heiress whose identity had just been exposed. The heroine had already returned and was about to torment her, undermine her, steal her fiancé, and force her to marry an abusive man. With a space at her disposal, she couldn't be bothered getting tangled up with them. She went straight to the supposedly poor, remote place where there wasn't enough food or warm clothes, and became an educated youth 5.2kReads8.8Score398Shelves

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    [Transmigrated into a fake heiress? I'll tear the script apart!] Escaping the cutthroat world of a wealthy family with a spatial ability, I'm sent to the countryside as an educated youth to relax. Where's the promised impoverished backwater? My brothers feed me rabbits and red ropes every day, and my ex-fiancé, my older cousin, sneaks over the wall every night to offer me comfort. Wait, something's not right with this script! #ReverseFarming #Warning: Everyone's totally hooked

21. 971 苦 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance588k WordsCompleted This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.2kReads8.8Score404Shelves

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    Different personalities, different lives

22. 972 啥 What? That Shameless Little Brat Actually Married an Officer? 啥？缺大德那混蛋丫头竟嫁了军官 Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + farming + portable space + feel-good story] In Bagua Village, a tiny little place, there was someone everyone wanted to avoid as much as possible... Lazy and idle, sly and shiftless, unwilling to endure the slightest hardship, a constant source of trouble, disliked by people and dogs alike, overbearing and arrogant, vain, brazen and shameless, utterly without virtue... Yun Qingge: “...” That person is me, without a doubt~ The Yun family: “...” We can't let h 9.6kReads8.3Score742Shelves
23. 973 卖 The Butcher's Fierce Wife Is My Third Sister-in-Law 卖肉悍妇是我三嫂 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance624k WordsCompleted When Wang Xiuying was eighteen, she chased two men through the streets with a shoulder pole. Everyone in the village said she was too fierce. Who would dare marry her? And yet my useless third brother insisted on marrying her. On their wedding night, she laid down three rules: from now on, I make the decisions at home; don't let anyone bully you again; wherever I point, you hit. We all thought our third brother had married a tigress and that their life together would be impossible. But who could 1kReads—Score100Shelves
24. 974 七 A Billion-Dollar Space in the 1970s: The Beloved Darling Charms the Rugged Farmer 七零百亿空间，团宠娇女撩爆糙汉 Sleepless Little Lamb小绵羊不眠Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Completed! (Everyone’s Darling + Ten-Billion Fortune in Goods + Making the Whole Family Rich + Taciturn, Rugged Man + She Pursues Him + Sweet Romance + Heartwarming + Devoted Couple) A fortune-teller predicted that Gu Weiwei would be born wealthy and blessed with incredible luck. When she turns nineteen, the prediction comes true. She can catch rabbits that no one else can catch and make money that no one else can earn. “How come this rice keeps multiplying the more I wash it?” Gu Weiwei lies wi 515Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Gu Weiwei, this is truly my most treasured watch. I've watched it at least 10 times; it's simply not enough.

25. 975 重 Back to the 1990s: A Political Science Graduate's Son-in-Law 重回90，从政法女婿开始 The Carousel That Runs Eight Days a Week一周上八天的旋转木马Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted No womanizing, no System, one female lead, a serious officialdom novel, a crime thriller set in a past era, and a fiercely protective wife. A slow-burn story, written simply to make you smile. During the urban transformation of the 1990s, crimes were rampant and restoring order was an urgent priority. Li Feng, once an experienced grassroots criminal investigator in the twenty-first century, was reborn by accident in 1996 as a young captain with a master's degree in criminal investigation. He w 2.2kReads8.2Score166Shelves

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    An indispensable part of historical fiction, this novel combines historical setting, a son-in-law's story, and officialdom. Highly recommended by a ten-year veteran reader! [Heart][heart]

26. 976 小 The Little Sweetheart Is a Big Shot 小娇娇是大佬 It's Nice, Not Naisi是奈斯不是耐思Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Parallel World + Period Drama + Spies + One-on-One Romance + Superpowers] After taking a short nap, apocalyptic survivor Chu Xin wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the body of a girl in 1960s China who shares her name. The original girl's parents and grandfather had been sent away to the countryside, and she was about to be sent down herself. Then someone followed her, she hit her head, and died on the spot. When she opened her eyes again, someone else had taken over her body. Being se 8.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    1. Historical fiction + military marriage, Chu Xin and Zhou Yichen. 2. Historical fiction + military marriage + rebirth, Zhou Siqing and Meng Zhanjing. 3. Historical fiction + military marriage + transmigration + doting husband, Jiang Zhizhi and Lu Xingchen. 4. Historical fiction + military marriage + beloved by the group + real and fake heiresses + transmigration back to the past life, Jiang Tiange and Lu Zhengxi. 5. Historical fiction + transmigration and rebirth, Jiang Li and Huo Beiyu.

27. 977 古 From Ancient Times to the Modern Age: An Empress and Emperor's 1970s Gossip Chronicles 古穿今，帝后七零年代吃瓜日常 llx Flying Fishllx飞鱼Modern Romance738k WordsCompleted [Period] [The 1970s] [Ancient-to-modern transmigration] [Transmigrating into another person’s body] [Emperor and empress] [Educated youth] [Storage space] [Palace] [Gossip] [Family affairs] [Female-oriented] [Alternate history] [The Emperor and Empress Strike It Rich: Daily Life in the 1970s] Yun Bianyue and Zhao Jingnian plunged into the water to evade an assassin’s hidden arrow. As they fell, they saw a flash of blue light. They had planned to swim down to the bottom of the lake and then surfa 1.6kReads8.8Score216Shelves

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    This book has a low rating, but I think it's quite good. It's different from other rebirth and time-travel novels. This one features a male and female protagonist who travel from ancient times to the present and are dedicated to learning technology to return and discover their own dynasty, which is quite refreshing.

28. 978 五 Taking It Easy in the Fifth-Year Military Factory Compound 五零军工厂大院儿摆烂生活 Yun Li云璃Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted [Everyday life in a military factory compound + a young stepmother tames the kids and charms her husband + ensemble cast + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + devoted couple] Jiang Suian transmigrates into the role of the Jiang family's troublemaker! She's even pregnant with a “love child”! And to top it all off, she's bound to an “evil against evil System” that demands she commit wholeheartedly to being wicked! Her eldest brother begs everyone he can think of to help her find a chance 2.5kReads7.1Score143Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book. The female lead is clear-headed and not a saint. The male and female leads fall in love after an arranged marriage. It portrays human nature very realistically and focuses on everyday family life.

29. 979 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Ditching My Scumbag Husband to Farm My Way to Riches 重生八零：甩掉渣夫种田当首富 Good Harvest丰年Modern Romance513k WordsCompleted (Completed) In her previous life, her scumbag husband drank the wedding cup with another female educated youth at their wedding. When Qiao Zhixia objected, the woman jumped into a river and died. Only then did Qiao Zhixia learn that the woman was her husband’s beloved first love. After subjecting Qiao Zhixia to a year of cold violence, her scumbag husband chose to die for his beloved. Her mother-in-law and sister-in-law schemed together, driving Qiao Zhixia to a horrific death. Only then did she 4.1kReads9.1Score461Shelves

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    💐💐💐A historical romance novel. In her previous life, her husband died for his beloved, and the female protagonist was tricked by her in-laws and sold to a remote mountain where she died tragically. She was reborn right at her wedding when her husband was drinking the nuptial wine with his beloved. She decisively disrupted the wedding, took back her belongings, and got a divorce.

30. 980 娇 My Rebellious Wife Is Doting on by a Dashing Young Officer 娇妻一身反骨，骁勇军少宠不停 Fan Jing繁璟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Passionate military officer and sweet, spirited nurse] [Devoted secret love, doted on by a military family] On the verge of death, Zhou Siqing finally sees her scumbag boyfriend and stepsister for who they really are. Reborn, she comes to her senses. Right in front of her scumbag boyfriend, she shamelessly flirts with the aloof dream guy her stepsister can't win over, killing two birds with one stone by making that horrible couple furious. What? Her scumbag boyfriend regrets it? Sorry, I don't 4.5kReads9.1Score583Shelves
31. 981 七 The Leading Lady of a 1970s Military Marriage: I Seize the Moment and Make a Fortune 七零军婚大女主，手握风口暴富 Camellia Oil007山茶油007Modern Romance158k WordsOngoing [1970s + transmigration + orphaned heroine with no awful relatives + ordinary-born male lead who makes his own way + no pocket dimension or golden finger + military marriage + strong female lead] Synopsis: Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of an orphaned girl in the 1970s, with no father or mother. A perfect hand from the start. Ning Qingshang has no System or pocket dimension, but her mind is filled with decades of future trends. She knows every policy opportunity and every chance to 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book. The female lead isn't a saint or a stepmother! There are no cheat codes, no system space, and no awful relatives!

32. 982 关 I Don't Have Much Success to Report on the Civil Service Aptitude Test 关于行测我没有太多成功的经验 The Carousel That Runs Eight Days a Week一周上八天的旋转木马Urban308k WordsOngoing Some people are reborn to get rich. Chen Mo was reborn to understand where wealth truly comes from. Recently, WCTV's program People of Our Time interviewed Chen Mo, a renowned economist and expert on reform research. Public records show that Chen Mo has participated in research on numerous major economic policies and led several industrial upgrading projects. Many of his theories have been included in university curricula as classic case studies. Chen Mo himself has been hailed as: “The person w 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 983 七 The 1970s: The Wild Officer Is Wrapped Around the Finger of a Stunning Powerhouse 七零：狂野军官被绝美大佬拿捏了 Pear Star Bunny梨星兔纸Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed [Period setting + military marriage + space + sweet romance + doting husband + feel-good story + both leads are cherished by everyone + everyday life in the army] Jiang Zhizhi, a special forces soldier hailed as a peerless beauty and all-around genius, transmigrated into a book and became the beloved youngest daughter of a family of scientists. From the start, her parents were sent away for labor reform. Her choices were to go on a blind date with a six-foot military officer or pack he 32.3kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves
34. 984 八 The 1980s: The First Wife Sends Her Ungrateful Adopted Son Away 八零：原配把白眼狼养子送走了 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + transmigration into a book + a wife raising children] By the time Song Yanzhi realizes she is the adoptive mother of the male lead in a period novel, she has already been reborn. According to the plot, she is about to work herself to the bone for the male lead and his sister for the rest of her life. In the end, her husband will abandon her, and she’ll die of sheer rage. The male lead’s birth mother will swoop in and marry her husband. Her own son, meanwhile, will become the villain i 3.3kReads7.9Score214Shelves
35. 985 失 After Losing My Memory, I Was Forced to Become the Villain's Bedmate 失忆后被迫成为反派枕边人 Yun Shu沄书Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted [Dotingly loved by everyone + lucky charm + face-slapping and putting scoundrels in their place + raising children] Who gets transmigrated into a book and wakes up in a delivery room? Memories came rushing back into Lin Mianmian’s mind, accompanied by waves of pain. Wasn’t she a lonely ghost? How had she been reborn in the body of this cannon-fodder supporting character who died in childbirth? And it was a novel she’d only read the blurb for. The worst part was that the original owner had offend 15Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    Both of these books are very good; the male leads are very doting and even a little subservient.

36. 986 前 My Ex-Husband Faked His Death to Marry Someone Else? I'll Marry His Commander 前夫诈死娶新欢？我改嫁他首长 Ananke安娜可Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted 959Reads8.4Score143Shelves

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    It's still being serialized, don't be fooled by the ratings and "reading" status, it's really good. I'm also an author, writing historical fiction, and I feel that this book is worse than any of my other 9.0 Rated books.

37. 987 被 Jilted by a Cold, Stern Officer, the Sweet Young Wife Heads for the Battlefield 被冷阎军官退亲后软娇转投战场 Liqi's Autumn Foamflame荔彩柒的秋日沫炎Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Studying Abroad and Medicine + Sweet, Delicate Heroine Enlists + Storage Space + Two Strong Leads + Sweet Romance] She kills herself over unrequited love right from the start!!! Shen Xin had been fighting on an interstellar battlefield when her subordinate betrayed her and attacked her from behind, using an ice-cold bullet she had developed herself. The moment it pierced her heart, she knew she was dead. But what was going on now? Without a doubt, the next secon 3.7kReads8.0Score284Shelves

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    Completed. The plot is original, set in a military and political family, featuring sophisticated self-interest. The female lead is aloof yet charming, making the male lead blush with excitement. There are no awful characters, and no charity work. The female lead is incredibly capable, quick-witted, and constantly pulling off clever maneuvers; she's a weapons research expert and an agricultural builder.

38. 988 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 33.3kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves
39. 989 离 Let’s Divorce! I Don’t Want to Be a Cannon Fodder Wife in the 1970s 离婚吧！我不想在七零当炮灰女配 Ka Tu Ka卡图卡Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Period] [Spirit Spring] [Space] [Book Transmigration] [Farming] [Reborn] [Supplies] [Rugged Man] [Arranged Marriage] [Sweet Romance] Luo Yi accidentally ends up inside a period novel, as a cannon-fodder supporting character who gets written out early. The male lead is her husband, Xiao Fan, a soldier she has only met once, on the day they registered their marriage. When Luo Yi read this period novel, she was so furious she nearly hurt herself. To make the female lead look good, the unscrupulous 7.1kReads9.2Score582Shelves
40. 990 九 Down-and-Out Heiress in the 1990s Marries a Rugged Man and Has His Baby! 九零落魄千金，嫁个糙汉生崽崽！ Chen Tumao陈土猫Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted A devoted couple + period setting + forced marriage + loyal puppy-like male lead + farming + not a sweet romance + not a wish-fulfillment story! When Wen Jing was eighteen, she discovered that she wasn't the Wen family's daughter and returned to her biological parents. The village's resident troublemaker, Lu Yanshen, took one look at her and set his sights on her. He forced her to marry him, and they had a son. “You're my mother, and you and my dad are truly in love.” “No, no, no. It wasn't forc 3kReads8.3Score167Shelves
41. 991 军 The Young General’s Sassy Instructor Teases the Enemy Agents Until They’re in Tears 军少娇痞教官戏耍敌特颤泪三行啊 Liqi's Autumn Foamflame荔彩柒的秋日沫炎Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history 1960s + strong leads facing off + hilarious face-slapping wish fulfillment + bickering couple + farming during famine + getting rich through research] Rebellious, cocky, and charming instructor VS calm, cool, and calculating young master from the capital In her previous life, Nan Fengyun was known as Phantom, the world's strongest international assassin. But her arrogance got the better of her, and she was killed when her target ambushed her during a mission. Then she was rebo 732Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 992 金 A Golden Marriage 金婚 IMCModern Romance442k WordsCompleted One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide 14.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended! This is a period novel I've already read twice. It's purely a period story, with no time travel, no spatial abilities, and no cheat codes.

43. 993 七 The 1970s: The Small-Town Girl Is Carried Off by the Cold-Faced War Hero 七零：小村姑被那冷面兵王叼走了 Charcoal-Grilled Crumbs碳烤渣渣Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration and rebirth + space + strong heroine and hero + devoted husband + mutual devotion in body and soul + adorable babies + cherished by everyone] When Jiang Li opened her eyes, all she could see was darkness. She moved her body and realized she was still alive. She thought, It really is a miracle I survived falling from such a high cliff. But when she felt the clothes on her body, she froze. “Huh?” “When did my boobs get so big?” “No, when did my hair turn into braids?” “Ow!” “Why do 42.8kReads9.0Score5.4kShelves
44. 994 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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    This book is amazing! It's a military marriage story. The female lead is smart and clear-headed, not a saint. The male lead is a high-ranking officer who dotes on his wife and fights against awful people. The plot is both exciting and thrilling.

45. 995 重 Reborn in a Siheyuan: An Orphan Girl in the 1960s 重生大杂院之孤女在六零 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance715k WordsCompleted Female Lead: Yu Huimin thinks you never can tell what life has in store. She has money and looks, and she’s in the prime of her youth, when bam! Someone hits her and kills her, sending her straight to the 1960s. Luckily, the kitchen space she got in her previous life came along too. Otherwise, she’d want to die just to get back! Male Lead: Qiao Qinglai thought the apocalypse would be tough, but it turns out the 1960s are no easier. His wind ability has been reduced to the lowest level, and in th 1.2kReads7.3Score102Shelves

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    Both books are by the same author, and neither features a rural setting; the protagonists work in the city. The first, set in the 1950s, has a female protagonist who is reborn and seeks revenge before moving her entire family to Northeast China. It includes a classic farm setting and a spatial dimension. The second, set in the 1960s, features a kitchen, a daily sign-in system, and a spatial dimension. Some initially said the second book was a "gold digger" story, but those who persevere will find it's a story of two people supporting each other. Neither book involves fighting against extreme characters; both are later turned into stories about the government.

46. 996 婆 Mother-in-Law Rushes to the Capital Overnight: She Wins Over the Compound with Her Cooking from the Start 婆婆连夜进京：开局厨艺征服大院 Qiuqian Yao秋千幺Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + cozy everyday life + raising kids + family and neighborhood affairs + career + ensemble cast) Chen Zhimin is a no-nonsense Northeast Chinese auntie. When her son and daughter-in-law need help, she packs her bags overnight and heads straight to the capital to look after the child. If her daughter-in-law says east, she won’t go west. If her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog, she won’t go after the chickens. Thanks to her cooking skills, she thrives in the military compo 51.3kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves

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    This is practically the mother-in-law of every daughter-in-law's dreams! 💥💥💥 Chen Zhimin's daughter-in-law was about to give birth, and she packed all her belongings and went to the capital overnight. She doesn't go west when her daughter-in-law says east, and she doesn't chase chickens when her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog. She thrives in the military compound with her culinary skills, juggling childcare and business ventures—at over fifty, she's at the prime of her life!

47. 997 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4.1kReads9.0Score315Shelves
48. 998 七 Joining the Army in the Seventies: The Brilliant Scientist Tames a Rugged Man Who Can't Have Children 七零随军：科研娇妻驯服绝嗣糙汉 True to the Mountain at Dawn不负熹山Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted Si Nian was beautiful and lucky, but one careless mistake led to her father being reported, putting her at risk of being sent to the countryside. To spare their daughter from hardship, her family pulled some strings and found her a blind date who could protect her. But as soon as she arrived, she saw her cousin had gotten there first and stolen her prospective match. Si Nian was about to confront her when a string of comments suddenly floated above her head. [Such a beauty, yet she's going to ma 1.8kReads8.8Score186Shelves

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    The first book features a male lead who is a soldier and a female lead who is a researcher. She has some advantages, but not many. It's a strong-willed couple. The second book features a male lead who is also a soldier and a female lead who is a translator. The main focus is raising a child; it's very heartwarming.

49. 999 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Sweet and Gentle Supporting Actress Becomes the Male Lead's Beloved 穿书七零，娇软女配成男主心尖宠 Guoguo Is a Little Naughty果果有点皮Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Delicate heroine + rugged hero + sweet romance and flirtation + System + the hero’s long road to winning her back] Wealthy heiress Qiao Ranran suddenly transmigrates into the body of a female sent-down youth in the 1970s. The girl may be beautiful, but she can’t do hard labor, and she’s also a vicious supporting character who schemes against the male lead? With a terrible hand from the start, Qiao Ranran just wants to be a couch potato. But her personal System wants to turn her into a model y 101Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    I've finished reading them all and I really enjoyed them, especially the highly rated ones. I'm a bit out of reading lately, do you have any similar recommendations? I'm really begging you!

50. 1000 荒 Women on the Wasteland 荒土上的女人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance634k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1985, Liu Shuhua married into the Zhao family. On the third day after the wedding, she flipped her father-in-law’s dining table and declared in front of the whole village, “My husband may be slow-witted, but from now on, I’m in charge of this family.” No one dared cross this sturdy, sharp-eyed shrew. But misfortune struck: her husband, Zhao Daqiang, was left paralyzed after a truck accident while hauling goods. Creditors blocked the door, her brother-in-law stole her belongings 176Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    I love reading stories set in real historical periods.

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