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1. 1101 熬 She Outlived the Other Woman, Then Was Reborn 熬死小三，她又重生啦 Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance562k WordsOngoing [Not a palace-intrigue novel, not a farming novel: the heroine's growth and the redemption of a life.] Bai Chunyu had a miserable life in her previous life. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the 1970s, before any of those tragedies had happened! She decisively cut ties with her family, severing them once and for all. She would protect her genius little daughter with her life. Her family's ancestral silver bangle concealed a pocket dimension, stocked to the brim with supplies. S 138Reads7.6Score—Shelves
2. 1102 穿 The Villainess Transmigrated Into a Book and Makes Trouble: The Ascetic Chief Spoils Her Every Night 穿书恶女使劲作，禁欲首长夜夜宠 Silly Pig阿呆猪Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Inner Thoughts + Gossip + Goofy, Satisfying Read + Everyone’s Favorite + Mouthy and Defiant] Jiang Shiyi transmigrated into a book as its most arrogant, wicked villainess. Her story started on her wedding night. Her husband coldly said they would sleep in separate rooms. She snapped a belt at him. “Shut up! Have you even fulfilled your marital duties before you dare to yell at me? Do you even know who’s in charge here?” Her sister-in-la 35Reads—Score100Shelves

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   Want to see the easy progress

3. 1103 八 1980s Military Marriage: The Sales Champion's Wife Opens a Shop to Make Money 八零军婚，销冠军嫂开店搞钱 Xiang Duo向朵Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted After refusing to register her marriage to a jerk, she is pushed over and falls to her death. Ye Qinghuan, the twenty-first century's top saleswoman, transmigrates into her body and opens her eyes to find herself facing military man Lu Zhanfeng. Seeing her injured, Lu Zhanfeng anxiously takes her to the hospital and urgently calls for a doctor to treat her. Touched by his character and thoughtfulness, Ye Qinghuan is moved. With nowhere else to go, she tells Lu Zhanfeng, “To repay you for saving 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A must-read chronicle

4. 1104 退 Breaking Off the Engagement in the 1970s: The Military Wife Only Wants to Build Her Career 退婚七零：军嫂她只想搞事业 What's Xixi Up To?希希在干嘛Modern Romance242k WordsOngoing A satisfying power fantasy with a medical space and a doting military marriage I’ve transmigrated to the 1970s, so what if I’m just a little rich? If you don’t like it, bring it on! You want to marry me off to that good-for-nothing? Not a chance! I won’t even leave you a window. I’m breaking off the engagement the day I wake up! A family full of troublemakers? I’ll tear into them and cut ties in a flash! I’ll deal with trash men and take down homewreckers in my spare time! Other than that, Su —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A must-read historical novel. If you don't agree with the plot setting, just do it. It's a pleasure to read.

5. 1105 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 11.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
6. 1106 炮 The Cannon Fodder Is About to Be Bled Dry? Hand Over That Golden Finger! 炮灰被吃绝户？金手指拿来吧你 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance483k WordsCompleted [Historical era + transmigrated book villainess + family life + 1970s + face-slapping + spatial dimension] Ren Chaomei stayed up all night reading a novel. When she opened her eyes, she had become the vicious supporting female character in the book. While reading, she had thought this character, who shared her name, was an idiot with no sense of right and wrong. Her parents were both dead, and she was living with her uncle’s family, yet she still fought the heroine for everything. She fought ove 39.5kReads8.5Score5kShelves
7. 1107 五 Little One from the 1950s: Mom, I Really Am a Good Dog! 五零崽崽：娘，我真是条好狗！ May We Last as Long as the Moon随明月而长终Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Period drama + adorable child + no romance + farming dimension + everyday life + family squabbles + light ensemble cast + slow-paced] In her previous life, Yadan was a dog. In this life, she's human. On her first day as a human, she throws her head back and howls, then crawls around the yard in the shadows, marking her territory. She steals the precious giant bone from Big Black at the village entrance. And she gets a farming dimension? Huh? Do dogs have to farm too? Yadan looks at her tiny arm 7.2kReads9.0Score676Shelves
8. 1108 军 A Sweet Military Marriage: I Transmigrate into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder Wife and Become His Cherished Darling 军婚甜蜜蜜：穿书炮灰被掐腰宠 Ouyang Jing of Beiyin City北寅市的欧阳靖Modern Romance231k WordsOngoing [Mystic Space Spring + Fight Back from the Brink + Abstinent Officer Turns into a Devoted Husband] She transmigrates into the role of a cannon-fodder heroine in the 1970s, only to wake up and find her awful family trying to ruin her life! Her husband, Huo Jinyan, comes back with divorce papers, determined to end their marriage. But later, the abstinent officer turns into a doting husband, chasing after her until his eyes are red. "Lili, let's not get divorced. I'll do the laundry, cook, and take 37Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist is about to be teased to the point of being twisted around his fingers.

9. 1109 花 The Secret of Huaxi 花溪的秘密 Pile of Money钱堆堆Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The late 1980s [The values are somewhat questionable; not devoted to each other; no blood relation, so it’s not incest; already divorced; the heroine doesn’t cheat while married. Read with caution.] Can anyone really not live without someone else? Can you live after getting divorced? Hua Xi thinks you can. Can you live after your husband dies? Hua Xi thinks so too. It’s just that without someone by her side who knows when she’s cold or warm, she’s always running into one problem after another. T 8.6kReads9.0Score758Shelves

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   Brushing it for the third time

10. 1110 穿 Transmigrate into a Book as a 1970s Cannon Fodder, and I Go Full-On Buddhist and Bonkers 穿书七零炮灰，我佛佛癫癫狂狂 Er Zui二醉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After dying together with a mutated beast, Tang Hanyue transmigrates into a period novel as a pitiful cannon-fodder character. The girl is beautiful but frail, and dies on the train while taking her adopted brother’s place in the countryside. Her biological older brother, meanwhile, is the male lead of the original story. Tang Hanyue: (O_o)?? Before leaving, she clears out the home of the adoptive mother who abused the poor girl, lands her a major blow, and heads off to the countryside at her le 6.7kReads8.3Score707Shelves
11. 1111 掏 She Spent the Family Fortune: The Capitalist Heiress Married a Young Officer 掏空家底，资本家大小姐嫁军少 Kung Fu Potato功夫马铃薯Modern Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + military marriage + pocket dimension + a capitalist heiress who looks bright and lovely but is proud at heart, paired with a disciplined officer with incredible stamina and an eight-pack] In her previous life, Shen Zhitang was set up by her scumbag father and stepmother, who tricked her into marrying the powerful and influential Gao Jianren. When disaster struck, her father’s family used the Gao family’s connections to sneak off to Hong Kong, enjoying a life of luxury with the Shen fa 27.3kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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    The wife of the poorest county magistrate in history opened up wasteland and farmed

12. 1112 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 6.5kReads8.4Score885Shelves
13. 1113 小 Tales of the Lesser Khingan Mountains: The Fearless Wife of the Sixties 小兴安岭往事：六零悍妻 The Gear-Linked Bird牵机鸟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Family Life] [Growing Up] [An Extraordinary Ordinary Life] In the winter of 1959, a tough woman from the apocalypse barged into the Lesser Khingan Mountains. With her brute strength, Mi Duo slaughtered pigs and wolves, and even teased black bears. Mi Duo’s wish: get married, have children, live an uneventful life, and die of old age. Mi Duo’s daily life: hunt bears, fight wolves, tear into scumbags, and pull an extra night shift whenever someone rubs her the wrong way. Mi Duo’s fut 18.7kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
14. 1114 六 The Sixties: From Total Wimp to Neighborhood Watch Hero 六零：小趴菜秒变朝阳群众 The Chubby Guy Who Loves to Write爱写作的小胖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (This story is entirely fictional and focuses on everyday life. The heroine is the type who fights back when challenged, while the hero is the fussy, meddling type. Writing isn’t easy, so please be kind. If you don’t like it, please don’t leave a bad review.) Shi Xi agreed to trade a year of her life with someone on a moment’s impulse of compassion, and nearly regretted it until she was sick. After finally making it back, her one wish was to avoid being sent to the countryside. To achieve that, 7.4kReads9.0Score656Shelves
15. 1115 穿 After Becoming a Cannon Fodder, I Became the Village’s Richest by Finding Hidden Treasures 穿成炮灰后我靠捡漏成全村首 Beijing Prince帝都贝勒爷Modern Romance823k WordsCompleted Era + Romance + Protection + Transmigration + Special Powers + A Shocking Secret At its heart, this is the story of a mother who, in the face of extreme hardship, is swept into a decades-long struggle over a shocking secret. Armed with her love for her family, a special power she inherits by chance, and an unyielding will, she must search for her husband and protect her children while gradually uncovering the mystery of her own origins. In the end, she must make a far-reaching choice when confro 1Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    Cannon fodder level

16. 1116 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 34.2kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
17. 1117 仙 The Immortal Venerable Has the Weirdest Vibe 仙尊他画风不对 Beijing Prince帝都贝勒爷Mystery303k WordsCompleted Also known as The Introverted Immortal Venerable Doesn't Want to Talk, this is a cultivation romance blending food, swordsmanship, painting, and the adorable quirks of social anxiety. Jiang Buyan, a cold and introverted Immortal Venerable, only wants to paint in peace, but Ling Shuang, his “junior sister” returned reborn, breaks through his defenses with a bowl of “Dao-Discourse Soup.” She cultivates through food and uses dishes as metaphors for swordsmanship, astounding everyone at the sect tou —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 1118 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate to the 1970s! One Marries the Uncle, the Other the Nephew, and They Live Across the Hall 闺蜜一起穿七零！嫁舅甥，住对门 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Both Male Leads Are Devoted + Sweet Romance + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Family Life + Funny Early on] Wen Tang and her best friend Chi Yue found a novel about a real and fake heiress on a fiction website. Unlike other stories of its kind, the two heiresses weren't rivals but helped each other. They went to the countryside together, got married together, and even married an uncle and his nephew. Then they built their fortunes togethe 8.6kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
19. 1119 别 Don't Save Him, This Love-Brained Fool Is World-Ending 别救了这个恋爱脑是灭世级 Beijing Prince帝都贝勒爷Modern Romance673k WordsOngoing Transmigrate into a book + villainess + trope subversion + System + secret identities + wish fulfillment I transmigrated into an old-school angst novel. My mission was to save a world-ending love-struck fool. Instead, I sent the male lead to a boot camp for gentlemen and locked his beloved moonlight in a containment jar. The System crashed: [Host, we're supposed to save them, not exorcise them by force!] Flipping through the Regulations for the Management of Anomalous Beings, I replied calmly: “ 2Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1120 逃 After Escaping Her Adoptive Parents, Her Life Goes into Easy Mode 逃离养父母家后，她的人生开挂了 Xi Wenjin席文锦Modern Romance4.6M WordsCompleted [Period drama] + [Mutual devotion] + [Modern romance] + [Two top students] + [Everyone's darling] + [Modern romance with a cute baby] She's the adopted daughter the Su family took in, a beauty and a top student. Her adoptive parents want to keep the family fortune in their own hands, so they force her to quit school and marry their son. When she learns the truth, she runs away in the middle of the night. After escaping, she meets a business tycoon, and her extraordinary life begins. With help fr 7.8kReads8.3Score812Shelves

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    I took out this book that has moved the years. It is really beautiful. This is literature.

21. 1121 穿 Book Transmigration: The Beloved Little Nobody of the 1980s 穿书：八零团宠小废物 Udumbara Bright Moon优昙明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qi Yunyi opens her eyes and discovers that she has transmigrated into a book as the vicious female supporting character. In the early part of the story, she relentlessly bullies the male supporting character; in the middle, she relentlessly emotionally manipulates him; and later, she relentlessly curses his entire family. The male supporting character she bullies has the male lead for an older brother and the female lead for a sister-in-law. He’ll grow up to be a heartthrob himself, and most imp 3.4kReads8.5Score294Shelves
22. 1122 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 20.5kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    These books are all very good, and they are all novels worth reading.

23. 1123 都 We've All Transmigrated, So Who Still Wants to Be a Fake Heiress? 都穿越了，谁还当假千金 Grass Yu Grass Fish草禺草鱼Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Shared spirit worlds + transmigration into a book + socially anxious artist + protective playboy + unconventional face-slapping power fantasy The heroine starts off socially anxious and becomes godlike later. The hero is a reckless, spoiled playboy. A poor, socially anxious artist somehow transmigrates into a book set in a shared spirit world, becoming an early-dead, useless fake heiress in a male-lead power fantasy. Now that she’s transmigrated, why would she play a fake heiress destined to die 9.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
24. 1124 军 Military Marriage: I Mistakenly Stole an Era Girl's Life 军婚：误抢年代妹子的人生 I'm Not A-Ben仆非阿笨Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [A light ensemble cast, men and women serving in the military, female lead is also an armor designer] [From soldiers in hiding to female officers and engineers, the heroines are all creating more opportunities for women] Armor engineer Song Qingqing accidentally steals a country girl’s chance to be reborn. While maintaining her persona and following the original owner's subtle guidance, she keeps studying on her own and gets others to study with her. After enlisting, Song Qingqing loses touch wi 2kReads8.1Score238Shelves
25. 1125 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 172.6kReads9.5Score19.7kShelves

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    ✨✨🌟In his previous life, Zhou Yang was a top academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who dedicated his life to the country. But life was a mess. Reborn and returned to that special day, it only took him 🌸one minute to decide. Zhou Yang, who shook his head and sighed, still tore the sealing order into pieces. Since God is giving me a chance. Then I just want to have a... Home of my own? 🍀

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