I'm Hooked on Stories Set in a Bygone Era Lately!!! No Storage Spaces!! No Golden Fingers! 最近迷上年代文了！！！不要空间！！不要金手指！

1. 351 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.4kReads6.8Score210Shelves
2. 352 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Taking My Younger Sister to Northeast China to Join the Educated Youth 重生七零：带着妹妹下东北当知青 Yuxi Is Not a Creek玉溪不是溪Urban8.0M WordsOngoing [Period setting] + [Sent-down youth] + [Hunting and farming] + [Growing ginseng] + [Hard work and perseverance] In his previous life, what Tian Xiangnan regretted most was failing to take good care of his younger sister, which led to her dying far too young. Now that he is reborn, Tian Xiangnan immediately takes his sister with him to the Northeast to become sent-down youths. But on the way there, he unexpectedly discovers a shamanic legacy in a cave. Going hunting? I have homemade, magical sham 26.1kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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   Rebirth novels without spatial abilities or cheat codes

3. 353 黑 The Scheming Little Darling Takes Mom to Divorce Her Husband and Find a General for a Stepfather 黑心小棉袄，带妈离婚找首长后爸 Xing Yuyan邢毓晏Modern Romance427k WordsCompleted (Military marriage, reborn, follows her mother into a new marriage, adorable child, first love, regretful pursuit of wife, ginseng spirit) Her father secretly marries his first love and has a son with her, leaving Xiaoxiao and her mother abandoned in the countryside to fend for themselves. Her mother is a young lady sent down to the countryside, swallowing her anger and enduring it in silence. Xiaoxiao isn't afraid. She hurries on her little legs to the officer's office, leans against the desk, 4.6kReads8.4Score429Shelves

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   Highly recommend! [Added to bookshelf] [Already on my wishlist]

4. 354 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 31.1kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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   This book! There are no cheat codes or clichéd plots about going to the countryside and dealing with a large family through the black market. The female lead is not wronged, and her parents and in-laws all have stable jobs and put her first in everything. The male lead is also a young man who is not greasy and has a real personality. Most importantly, the career storyline is particularly exciting. Highly recommended.

5. 355 六 The Sixties: I Collect Three Salaries at the Factory All by Myself 六零：我一个人领厂里三份工资 Potato Bread土豆面包Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Reborn + face-slapping] [No putting up with mistreatment + betrothal] Pull them up by the roots: when the top beam is crooked, the lower beams follow, and you won't find two good melons on the same vine. Gu Panyao is reborn on the day of the factory recruitment exam. On her way home, she faces the same scene as in her previous life: her stepsister whines pitifully. “Sis, I definitely didn't do well on the exam today. It's my fault for not planning your time properly. I stayed up late last night 1.1kReads8.3Score102Shelves

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   😃Gu Panyao is reborn and returns to the day of the factory recruitment exam. Her stepsister feigns grievance, but she's no longer fooled. Faced with the issue of going to the countryside, she needs to go inside to confirm one thing. This plot is so captivating!💖

6. 356 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Building a Fortune and Raising My Kids 重生八零之发家致富养崽崽 Mu Muzhi木木枝Modern Romance996k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + no awful characters + food + adorable kids + period setting] In her previous life, after Li Heng accidentally fell off a cliff and was left disabled, Qiao Xi abandoned her husband and child, ultimately bringing the Li family to ruin. Given another life, she looks at her gentle, doting husband, then at her adorable, lively son, and swears to make it up to them and never let the tragedy happen again. With food and clothing businesses, Qiao Xi takes things one step at a time, gradu 4.6kReads9.1Score270Shelves

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   Look at this! [Exploration] An orphan who finally grew up, dressed in the 1980s and became an unregistered resident, was blinded by a handsome young man in order to survive. She plotted a marriage, but later abandoned her husband and children due to various reasons, causing her husband's family to be destroyed. [Almost crying] She regretted everything before it even started. She turned over a new leaf and brought happiness to her whole family. [Cool]

7. 357 呆 My Simpleminded Husband Became an Officer and Keeps Kissing His Pregnant Wife Silly 呆傻老公变军官，追着亲懵小孕妻 A Long Time with You漫长与你Modern Romance292k WordsCompleted [1970s + System + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple + Running Away While Pregnant] Shen Tang wakes up in the body of a fake heiress who is a doomed side character in a period novel. Her biological parents have abducted her and are forcing her to marry a fool. At this point, Shen Tang has only one thought: she has to escape. But her adoptive parents have found their real daughter, and her biological parents are rotten to the core. Where can she run? In the end, Shen Tang decides to stay 1.3kReads9.0Score137Shelves

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   Hmm, not bad, not bad.

8. 358 穿 Transmigrate to the Seventies: The Delicate Young Lady Has Arrived 穿越七零，娇娇大小姐驾到 Lucky Pot招财锅锅Modern Romance579k WordsCompleted Completed. Readers are welcome to share their thoughts! [Soul transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Sweet Romance + Healing + A Very Delicate Female Lead! A small ensemble cast. The rating just came out and will rise, so wealthy readers, come check it out!] A brainless, sugary romance. There are some original details and illogical bits, so just treat them as a joke~ Delicate sweetheart Jiao Jiao VS a rough, love-struck man Ten-year age gap! The older male lead knows how to care for someone! Love a 3.2kReads7.5Score231Shelves

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   These are all my favorites! Highly recommended!

9. 359 和 Raising a Child in a Period Novel After Transmigrating with My Secret Crush 和暗恋男神一起穿到年代文里养娃 Uncultured Instant Noodles没文化的泡面Two Male Leads722k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Period Novel + Raising a Child + Farming + Slow Pace] What’s it like to transmigrate into a book together with the man you have a crush on? Jing Qiao: Thanks for asking. I’m already in the book. Jing Qiao accidentally transmigrates into a book with the man he has a crush on. When he opens his eyes, he’s in an era of communal meals, work points, and ration coupons for shopping. The bad news: they have nothing, and there’s a newborn baby to raise. The good news: his crush transmi 3.4kReads9.2Score396Shelves

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   I absolutely love the first one! It features the gentle yet resilient heroine Yao Yao, the tsundere but honest male lead Jiang Han who beats up his brother, the mischievous and lively Chao Chao, and the adorable and cunning Heng Heng. It's a heartwarming and lively family of four (though there are a few side couples). The others are also great, all highly rated and completed novels! PS. The last one has two male leads and children, but the kids in all these books are super cute!

10. 360 军 Three Years of Military Marriage Without Sharing a Bed, Then I Asked to Move Out and Got Pregnant 军婚三年未同房，提出搬走就怀胎 Little Undersea Whale海底小鲸鱼Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted Shen Qingli was reborn. In her previous life, she fell in love with Su Jinshen at first sight. After they married, she gave up her dream of becoming an outstanding surgeon and stayed by his side every day, determined not to let his widowed sister-in-law, Lin Meiyun, take advantage of him. But Lin Meiyun constantly picked fights and framed her, turning her from a quiet, easygoing woman into someone who flew into hysterical rages at the slightest provocation, until she died by suicide after fallin 698Reads6.8Score101Shelves
11. 361 闺 Best Friends Join Forces to Brave the Seventies, and My Child Has Transmigrated into a Book Too 闺蜜携手闯七零，我崽也是穿书人 A Mystery in Every Stroke笔落成谜Modern Romance391k WordsOngoing [Spatial Powers + Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Everyday Life Raising Kids] Bad news: Xu Qingmeng, who had just inherited a fortune worth tens of billions, transmigrated into a book as the future commander's wife, who dies young. Good news (sort of): She wasn't the only one who transmigrated into the book. Her best friend, Gu Nanfeng, came too, and the two of them became sisters-in-law... Xu Qingmeng burst into tears. She and her best friend had finally inherited t 253Reads—Score121Shelves

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    The first book has a cheat system, but it's not too overpowered; the second book is good and unique; the third book is very sweet and enjoyable, worth a try.

12. 362 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.4kReads9.0Score6.3kShelves

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    The historical fiction line, "Sanqiu, you've ruined the whole village these past few years. Why don't you go to the capital and wreak havoc on your in-laws' family?" Is hilarious! [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

13. 363 不 Oh No! The Chaste New Factory Director from the 1980s Is My Ex-Husband 不中了！八零禁欲新厂长是我前夫 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted Era setting, villainess awakens, no golden finger, ex-wife-chasing redemption, reunion after years apart, both leads have no past relationships Lin Miaomiao has just seduced the ascetic young male educated youth who was sent to the countryside when she awakens. Only then does she realize she’s the scheming, wicked ex-wife of the male lead in a novel. In the book, as soon as the male lead returns to the city, he reports her entire family. Her eldest brother lands in prison, her father is suspend 33.4kReads7.4Score2.9kShelves
14. 364 七 A Sweet Little Wife in the 1970s 七十年代小甜妻 The Prince Is No Good王子不才Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted Saihua’s life goal was simple: eat, drink, and be as lazy as possible. Who could have guessed that one day she’d choke to death on a rice cake and end up in the resource-scarce 1970s, working in the fields every morning and evening? It was completely at odds with her life plan. Oh, this Educated Youth Song is rather nice. A little romance would be a comfort to the soul. Oh, Educated Youth Song is always helping her with her work. Maybe she should marry him. After getting together with Saihua, 1.1kReads9.0Score105Shelves

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    ♥ Historical fiction, no cheat codes or spatial abilities! ★ First book: Military marriage, two ambitious men struggling with a common illness. ★ Second book: The female lead is incredibly strong but always wants to give up, the male lead is her fatherly boyfriend, treating her like a daughter, constantly being affectionate! —— If you like it, please follow the author! Your Highness, please! ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑

15. 365 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 54.6kReads9.2Score5.4kShelves

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    A historical fiction novel, no overpowered plot devices, featuring two strong, clean-living characters in a military marriage. The plot is fast-paced, and each character is vivid and memorable; it's a thought-provoking read! 🤭🥰

16. 366 恶 The Wicked Beauty Takes Her Child with the Army, and the Tough Officer Spoils Her Tyrannically 恶美人带娃随军，硬汉军官霸道宠 Liu He He鎏鍙鍙Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted The score is a little low at first, but it’ll gradually go up! (Hormone-fueled, stoic and secretly passionate military officer x dazzling young heiress) [Transmigrate Into a Book + 1970s Era + Cozy Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Everyone’s Favorite + Adorable Kids + Devoted Husband + Pocket Dimension] Beautiful, fair-skinned heiress Jiang Tinglan wakes up one day and finds herself transmigrated into a book as the wicked beauty, a supporting character in a period novel. She’s even brought along 1.9kReads8.8Score200Shelves
17. 367 冷 The Stern Officer Is Too Fierce, and the Alluring Military Doctor Can't Resist 冷面军官太勇猛，娇媚军医架不住 Slightly Sweet微恬Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + soldier + devoted husband + bashful (o(_////▽////_)o) System + love at first sight + long-planned romance + fictional setting] When his daughter and the son of his first love fell ill at the same time, her husband unhesitatingly gave the only life-saving medicine to his first love’s son. Their daughter died without treatment! Filled with resentment, Xiao Niannian set a fire, killing herself along with her husband’s sweetheart and their son. After her death, Xiao Nian 1.3kReads8.9Score135Shelves

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    Her daughter and her husband's beloved son both fell ill at the same time. Without hesitation, her husband gave the only life-saving medicine to the son, leading to her daughter's death! Filled with resentment, Xiao Niannian burned herself, her husband's lover, and their son to death. After death, Xiao Niannian floated in mid-air, watching her husband hold her body and weep uncontrollably… Xiao Niannian felt utterly ironic… Awakening again, she faced her daughter's life-or-death moment once more. Disregarding morality, she rushed to feed the medicine to her children, successfully saving her daughter and exposing her husband's scheme, leading to a swift divorce! [Era + Rebirth + Military + Doting Wife + Shyness o(_//II▽ IIII_)o System + Love at First Sight + Long-Premeditated + Fictional Setting]

18. 368 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: Baby, You're the Only One I Love 八零军婚：宝宝，我只喜欢你 Red Winter红色冬天Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + reborn + doting husband + medical skills] In her previous life, Shen Liwu believed her stepsister and grew to detest Zhou Yanjing, hiding from him wherever she went. He died protecting her. Amid the smoke and flames, he used his last strength to say: “Wu Wu, how could you treat me this way? I haven’t done anything wrong. Please, just try to love me once. Stop running away from me... please!” Blood filled his mouth, yet he was still begging her. Reborn, she decides to trust what 1.5kReads7.7Score170Shelves
19. 369 七 The 1970s: Battalion Deputy Yan Is Off to Pick Up Birth Control Supplies Again! 七零：晏副营又去领计生用品了！ Four Bristly Guys四个呲毛Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Comedy + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Family Life + Explosive Gossip] [No space, no System, no golden finger] When Fan Shuang opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to the 1970s. Her father had a limp, her mother was mute, her in-laws were a whole family of lunatics, her husband was bedridden and unable to move, and her sister-in-law was cheating on her and wanted her dead. Her mother-in-law drugged and schemed against her, trying to get her to have a baby with he 2.3kReads8.9Score300Shelves

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    There are no cheat codes, spatial abilities, or systems, and no illogical face-slapping plots. Both the male and female leads have their own opinions, making it a slow-paced, gradual story.

20. 370 南 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Shanjiu's Home杉玖家Urban371k WordsCompleted Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    300 Million people, yet not a single name is remembered. You are one in 300 million. In 2024, the total number of migrant workers in China was 299.73 Million. In 2025, this number exceeded 300 million for the first time. What does 300 million people mean? It's equivalent to the total population of the United States, or four times the population of the entire United Kingdom. They are scattered across construction sites, assembly lines, delivery trucks, and behind breakfast stalls at four in the morning. They have no names—in the news they are called "migrant workers," in statistical reports they are called "floating population," and in the mouths of city dwellers they are called "outsiders." But each of them has a name. The documentary "Going South" remembers one—Yuan Shoushan. In January 1985, he was 24 years old. Carrying a snakeskin bag, he traveled for six days and five nights on a green train from the mountains of Guizhou to a construction site in Guangzhou. He tied steel bars on construction sites for forty years. It took him twenty years to rise from a bricklayer to a substitute supervisor managing more than twenty people. Every month he sent money back home, with the remittance slip's remarks section stating, "Cheng'an tuition fees, study hard." He raised all three of his sons to adulthood—one went to Tianjin University and became an engineer; one opened an advertising shop in the county town; and one sacrificed his life saving lives in the Wenchuan earthquake, posthumously awarded a first-class merit. But he grew old. At sixty-four, the construction site no longer wanted him. His knees gave way; he couldn't get up after squatting. He had worked in Guangzhou for forty years, without social security or a pension. He walked out of the construction site gate carrying a burlap sack, glanced back, and saw the tower crane still turning and the cement mixer still running, but those jobs were no longer his. He remembered his mother's dying words—"The light must not go out." The light didn't go out. But his own light was almost out of oil. Guarding the mountain wasn't a solitary endeavor. The first generation of migrant workers—those who came to the cities to work in the 1980s and 90s—are silently aging. More than 30% of migrant workers are over fifty. They are important participants and contributors to China's urbanization and economic and social development, yet they face difficulties such as career choices, sustained income growth, rights protection, and old-age care. Some have worked for over thirty years without ever paying social security. Unable to find a place to live in big cities, and facing limited retirement resources in rural areas, they are the most silent group squeezed by the dual pressures of "forced extended labor" and "early exit from the job market." They built this city, only to be silently pushed out by it. "Going South" tells the story of "one" person among these 300 million. It doesn't write about heroes or legends. It tells the story of an ordinary person who spent forty years walking from Guizhou to Guangzhou, from youth to old age. It tells of the money he sent home each time, the words he never spoke, and the times he sat on the rooftop watching the lights of the Guangzhou Tower light up section by section. It tells of his elder brother dying on the battlefield, his son dying in Yingxiu, and his mother living to ninety-seven, her last words being, "The lights must not go out." 55 Years, four generations, 70 chapters. If you are also one of the 300 million—or if your father, your uncle, or your cousin is—please read "Going South." It will tell you: you are not alone. Your story is remembered. --- "Going South" - A realistic epic about ordinary people: 300 million people built this city, and then quietly withdrew from it.

21. 371 军 Three Years into Her Military Marriage, She Returns with Two Mini-Mes to Divorce Him 军婚三年不见，她带俩缩小版离婚 Qiao Mo乔茉Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Substitute marriage + military romance in the 1970s + spatial ability + raising adorable kids + devoted couple + doting husband + slice of life] The short drama "Brocade Woven Through Time" is now streaming... The moment Yun Zhizhi opens her eyes, she finds herself cast as a wicked woman who stole her younger sister's fiancé! Her newlywed husband hasn't come home in three years, leaving her and the two children to fend for themselves until they starve to death in a cowshed? Yun Zhizhi decides s 11.7kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    The first book features Jiang Yuman, who transmigrates: "You brat, eating so well!" [Shy] The female lead transmigrates just as the male lead's family is being sent to the countryside. She's about six months pregnant and becomes a teacher there, giving birth to a boy. She's about to be transferred to the military. The second book features Yun Zhizhi, who brings her twins to the male lead's house to divorce him. Of course, the male lead refuses, proving himself superior. The female lead becomes a doctor in the military. The third book features a female lead who transmigrates from the apocalypse, beating up her scumbag father and stepmother. Her father tries to get her sent to the countryside, but her maternal grandfather provides an escape route: a marriage agreement with the male lead. She goes directly to the military and becomes a researcher, which is quite impressive.

22. 372 失 The Amnesiac Young Officer Recovers His Memory, and the Fair Beauty Flees Overnight 失忆军少恢复，凝脂美人连夜跑路 Sanfan Begging in Secret暗中讨饭的三三Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted Lu Chengzhou was notorious in the military district as a cold-faced King of Hell. After a freak accident left him with amnesia, a delicate woman suddenly threw herself into his arms. She claimed she had been his girlfriend before he lost his memory. Her skin was smooth as jade, her beauty utterly captivating. By day, she rose on tiptoe to straighten his uniform. By night, she pressed her sweet lips to his ear and begged him to hold her. The proud, aloof Lu Chengzhou was coaxed into smiling from 8.2kReads8.3Score874Shelves

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    🍀 Historical fiction ① The male lead suffers an accident and loses his memory. The female lead comes to live with him and becomes his girlfriend. Just as their relationship deepens, the male lead regains his memory and believes that the female lead doesn't truly love him but is only looking for a replacement for her unborn child. Little does he know that the child's biological father is actually him… [sending heart]

23. 373 被 Forced to Join the Army, the Scientist's Wife Tames a Young Wolf 被迫随军，科研军嫂拿捏小狼狗 Xiao Jing Isn't Home小京不在家Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Following the Army + Pocket Dimension + No Sent-Down Youth + No Black Market + Sweet and Satisfying + Skilled Actress + Gets Revenge on the Spot + Doesn't Vilify the Original Heroine] Ji Wanqing, an apocalypse survivor with supplies in her pocket dimension, transmigrates to the 1970s. In her previous life, she was worn out from struggling to make ends meet. She's had enough, so in this life she's waving the lie-flat banner and embracing a leisurely retirement! The Ji family, who abused the orig 7.2kReads8.9Score698Shelves
24. 374 弹 The On-Screen Comments Terrify the Delicate 1970s Female Lead, and the Big Shot Holds Her Close to Comfort Her 弹幕吓坏七零娇女配，大佬掐腰哄 Sweet Medicine甜药Modern Romance858k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history era + spoiler-filled comments + stealing someone’s sweetheart + pure indulgence + building wealth + everyday family life. A possessive, doting, aristocratic young man sent down to the countryside × a spoiled, coquettish beauty transformed by the comments] As the only daughter of the village chief of Songjia Village, Song Jiaojiao is every bit as sweet as her name. Her whole family has spoiled her since childhood. Shen Yanli, the educated youth she met through matchmaking, fell 18.7kReads8.6Score2kShelves
25. 375 睁 I Open My Eyes in the Bridal Chamber? Wait, How Did My Flash-Marriage Partner Change? 睁眼洞房？等等，闪婚对象咋换了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted [Married first, love later + devoted to each other + no golden finger + devoted husband + sweet romance with no angst] She opens her eyes to find herself in bed with her sworn enemy? Reborn in 1985, Yao Jingchu knocks the groom out cold. But Lu Tingxiao, who became mentally disabled after saving someone during his military service, is unexpectedly cured by the accident. The Lu family weeps with joy and treats her like a lucky charm. Staring at Lu Tingxiao’s broad shoulders, narrow waist, and lon 718Reads9.0Score101Shelves

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    This book has a rating of 9.0. The plot is fast-paced, there are no plot holes, and no cheat codes.

26. 376 我 I'm the Worst, So What Can You Do About It? [The 1970s] 我是极品，能奈我何【七零】 Li Site李思特Modern Romance548k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + everyday family life; heroine is a human weapon, police] Shi Yu transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1976. At first, all she wants is enough to eat, then to eat well. In the end, the times push her into becoming a police officer. She gets to watch the drama unfold, enjoy the show, and beat people up. What could be better? The heroine’s superhuman strength returns around Chapter 40. The male lead is Li Yinian, but he doesn’t appear much! (The characters aren’t perfect; fictional 1.9kReads6.8Score115Shelves

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    1️⃣ The female protagonist transmigrates from a post-apocalyptic world into a book set in the 1970s. Besides her immense strength, she has nothing else to offer. 💪 Everyone in her family is quite "interesting": a scheming and profit-driven father, a love-struck stepmother, a clever and lively stepson, and a neglected stepsister. The author writes in a very realistic and down-to-earth style, not rigidly. ✨ 2️⃣ 9.1 Rating. A local only child in the 1990s, she starts as a doorman at a bar 🍷 and soon becomes wealthy due to land expropriation. She has a strong sense of information. Her parents are interesting; one holds the money 💳 and the other knows the password. They must be together to withdraw money, and most of the assets are in the female protagonist's name! The female protagonist is also very distinctive, with short hair similar to Chen Farong, and is extremely tall. Both characters are virgins.

27. 377 穿 Transmigrated into the Young Marshal's Wife 穿成少帅夫人 Twelve One One One十二幺幺幺Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted Mu Wanni transmigrates to the Republican era, sometimes playing the pig to eat the tiger and sometimes showing off her sharp tongue. She falls in love with the young marshal Meng Yichuan, and together they venture across the land. Cold on the outside but warm within, Meng Yichuan had only one impression of the real Mu Wanni before the transmigration: she was timid and meek, and he could barely be bothered to look at her. But the Mu Wanni who transmigrated into her body makes him feel that she is 1kReads8.9Score114Shelves

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    Historical fiction 💢 The first book is set in the Republican era. I really love the love between the male and female leads; they love each other, trust each other forever, and their love is mutual. 💢 The second and fifth books feature female leads who are sophisticated egoists. ✨ The sixth book is super good; I've read it several times. I reread it whenever I'm looking for something to read. The female lead is a strong woman who accompanies the army to an island. It's heartwarming with a touch of humor, hahaha.

28. 378 怀 Pregnant with Twins Blessed by a Spirit Spring! The Cold-Faced Officer Spoils Her to No End! 怀灵泉双胎！冷面军官宠她入骨！ Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool military officer + alluring beauty] (Multiple transmigrators + daily life with the army + married first, love later + raising kids and pregnancy + devoted to each other) [She opens her eyes to a whirlwind marriage and a child.] When Jiang Nian opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s story her roommate wrote, as a busty, airheaded supporting character with a tragic fate, and a cute little daughter to boot. After she runs away and gets caught again, she finds herself standing beside h 10.4kReads8.7Score829Shelves

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    Qin Sanye and Jiang Nian's daily life as soldiers raising a child: They transmigrated into a period novel written by their roommate, accompanied by a baby and pregnancy 🤰, and entered into an arranged marriage with Qin Sanye, the aloof campus heartthrob from the neighboring military academy, which blossomed into love.

29. 379 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras 快穿年代世界 Writing for Money写文赚钱钱Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted See how Lin Jiaojiao lives happily in worlds from different eras. (Note: The heroines have different personalities in each period story. Some have a golden finger, and others don't.) 1. She Has a Serious Illness in the 1970s 2. The Capitalist Darling of the 1970s 3. The Reborn First Wife of the 1980s 4. The Foil of the 1990s 5. She Transmigrates into a Scumbag Who Abandoned Her Husband and Child in the 1970s 6. The 1960s, When Sons Were Valued More Than Daughters 7. My Childhood Friend with a Po 13.4kReads8.1Score799Shelves
30. 380 金 The Jin Yuanbao Family’s Sudden Fortune from Demolition Compensation 金元宝一家的拆迁暴富日常 A Wondrous Pen Like a Lotus妙笔如莲Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Old Madam Jin dreamed of a golden ingot while pregnant. She asked each of her four favorite daughters-in-law, but none of them admitted it! Could it really have been Ying Canru, who could never get enough to eat and always burned the bottom of the pot when she cooked? ~~ In the delivery room, Ying Canru screamed as she gave birth. Outside, Jin Laifu paced back and forth, glancing at his watch from time to time as he muttered, “Please let the baby be born on the eighth day of the eighth month. Ot 1.8kReads8.8Score121Shelves
31. 381 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 56.7kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    The female lead is sophisticated and self-centered, while the male lead is obsessive and possessive. It feels a bit like forced love. Fans of historical fiction and forced love stories are in for a treat!

32. 382 六 A Beautiful Doctor in the 1960s: Reborn to Marry the Wildest Officer 六零漂亮医生，重生改嫁最野军官 A Tiny Qiao一只小小乔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Military Marriage] [Fake and Real Heiresses] [Pocket Dimension] [Educated Youth Life in the Beidahuang Corps] [Love Grows Over Time] The cannon-fodder female supporting character, Yun Qiao, was switched at birth twice. The thief pretended to be pregnant and stole her the first time, but then disliked her because she had a disability in her foot. So the second time, she swapped Yun Qiao with another baby girl. In her previous life, Yun Qiao was overjoyed, thinking she had finall 8.7kReads8.6Score840Shelves
33. 383 青 As Green as the Pines 青松如许 A Little Chubby One一只小胖砸9k WordsCompleted Qingsong Ruxu —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended by vintage enthusiasts: a clean and refreshing read

34. 384 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    The male lead is head over heels in love. In the beginning, he's like a sulky puppy, worried that the female lead still likes a pretty boy. But later it's all super sweet. Plus, there are no misunderstandings between the two leads; they're both the type to speak their minds.

35. 385 觉 Awakening in the 1970s: The Scheming Ones Fight Me for the Protagonist Role 觉醒七零：老六们跟我争夺当主角 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Guess who the original protagonist of this world really is + everyday family life + no awful characters + no face-slapping + watching the drama] Gu Dong was hit by a door, which awakened the memories of three lifetimes and happened to give her a not entirely useless golden finger. After learning that her husband, with whom she had shared a respectful marriage for years, would soon be sent away to the countryside, Gu Dong began making plans for the future. The two, who had been growing further a 323Reads8.4Score—Shelves
36. 386 被 Forced to Marry a Man Said to Bring Misfortune? I Become the General's Family Darling Instead 被逼嫁克妻大佬？反成首长家团宠 Shao Hua 17邵华十七Modern Romance883k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + military marriage + married first, fall in love later + slow-burn romance + equally strong leads + sweet romance and face-slapping + raising a child] Ding Xia wakes up to find she’s transmigrated into a period military-marriage novel. From the start, she faces two death sentences: Either marry Xiao Jingping, the hidden powerhouse with a “widow-maker” reputation, who has already outlived two fiancées. He’s the “guardian angel” specially created by the 12.8kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves

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    In this book, the female lead transmigrates into a novel and marries the male lead right at the beginning, taking the first step to escape the plot. Before the original female lead appears, she confesses to the male lead and his family, uniting them against the original novel's male and female leads, thus freeing the whole family from the plot's control. This is the first novel I've read where the female lead openly challenges the original novel's male and female leads. It's very good and novel, featuring a clean romance, sweet love story, arranged marriage to love, military marriage, historical setting, and no cheat codes.

37. 387 白 Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire 白手起家，倒腾小盒子三年千万 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Mocked for selling birth control products in the dorm from the start? Disciplined? No problem! Make money while teaching in the countryside. Build a fortune worth tens of millions over four years, bringing ideals, love, and wealth into reality. [The novel will be finished within a week, so read with confidence] [No transmigration + no System + no pocket dimension + no overpowered characters + no golden finger + an extraordinarily realistic story of hard work] 14kReads8.1Score979Shelves

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    No system, no Kong Lin, no overpowered characters, no cheat codes, logically sound, and superb writing.

38. 388 利 Born Lucky in the 1980s: I Always Put Myself First 利己的我在八零天生好命 War's Last Survivor战末生Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted Shen Congyue is a two-faced woman with a rebellious streak. In public, she treats everyone with courtesy and carries herself like a refined young lady from a prestigious family. In private, she does whatever she pleases, seemingly unconcerned with what anyone thinks. Yet no one can find the slightest fault with her, and plenty of people have paid a price for underestimating her. When she reached marriageable age, her stepmother couldn't wait to introduce her to three potential matches. Shen Co 45Reads5.4Score—Shelves
39. 389 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 78.8kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    This book has a rather interesting premise: a two-stage time-travel storyline, with the male protagonist's soul transmigrating and the female protagonist being reborn. The villains aren't stupid either; on the contrary, they're quite insidious.

40. 390 六 Love in the 1960s 六十年代的爱情 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance837k WordsOngoing [Period]+ [No golden finger]+ [Childhood sweethearts]+ [Switched children]+ [No rebirth, no transmigration]+ [Military marriage] This is a love story set in Northeast China in the 1960s. In that conservative era, when people rarely spoke of love, a young man and woman who had grown up together joined hands in marriage, raised a family, and shared life's joys and hardships. A husband and wife who stay together into old age: they spend a lifetime showing the world that love is woven into the every 43.9kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    These two are really good-looking, highly recommended!

41. 391 娘 Mother's Getting Married, and Sister-in-Law Wei Is on the Rise 娘要嫁人嫂子小魏崛起 A Mere Mortal in This World1984世间一俗人1984Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted A fanfiction of the TV drama My Mother Wants to Marry. No transmigration, no rebirth, and no golden finger. Everything happens because sister-in-law Wei Shuqing has an absurd dream. As events unfold, she chooses to leave the Qi family early and pursue her own happiness… 10.8kReads9.1Score705Shelves

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    Let me briefly talk about the first fanfiction, "Mother Wants to Remarry." The originally cannon fodder sister-in-law awakens and remarries—it's so satisfying! You'll know how good it is once you read it!!!

42. 392 七 In the 1970s, Even the Wrong Match Makes a Sweet Marriage 七零年代之相错的亲也很香 The February Breeze Is Like Scissors二月春风似剪刀Modern Romance449k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan had transmigrated to the 1970s for no apparent reason. She was faced with the prospect of being sent to the countryside if she couldn’t find a suitable match. She took one look at her petite frame and hurriedly got herself ready to go on a blind date. She could still be saved. “Hello, are you Comrade Yan? I’m Jiang Wan.” Yan Beixun had just returned home after finally getting some time off, only for his grandfather to arrange a blind date for him. “Yan Beixun.” An unexpected encounter, 1.5kReads8.7Score150Shelves
43. 393 我 My Life: Saving Myself 我的人生，渡己 A Country Person一个农村人Urban241k WordsCompleted I moved from the countryside to the big city when I was twenty. On my first day at the factory, I was five minutes late. Those five minutes felt like a slap in the face, waking me up and changing my life. More than ten people crammed into one dorm room. For breakfast, I could only bring myself to buy a tea egg and soy milk. Watching others eat fried rice noodles, I secretly vowed to work hard and make a solid place for myself in the city. There was no sudden wealth and no romance, just a country 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm sharing two period novels with a very down-to-earth feel, both telling the stories of ordinary people struggling and making a good life as times change. One is complete and can be read in one sitting; the other is currently being serialized, with a steady pace and no melodramatic twists. Perfect for those looking for something to read!

44. 394 被 My Younger Sister Stole My Match, So I Married into a Big Courtyard, Gossiped, and Took It Easy 被妹妹抢亲，嫁进大杂院吃瓜开摆 SixSix Cutie六六小可爱Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Yu had a dream. In it, she got her wish and married a man from the city. But her husband, Fu Xiangyang, was a coward, while her domineering mother-in-law was intensely controlling. Jiang Yu could barely breathe under the pressure. A year into the marriage, she still hadn't conceived. She had to drink bitter, foul-smelling medicine every day, and her mother-in-law would beat and berate her at the slightest pretext. Jiang Yu woke from the nightmare, only to find the matchmaker at her door. T 25.8kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves
45. 395 七 The 1970s: A Rugged Veteran Returns and Coddles His Sweet, Gentle Young Educated Youth 七零：退伍糙汉抱哄软娇小知青 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted Completed [A sweet, charming young educated youth who has no idea how irresistible she is VS a stern-faced, warm-hearted, brooding and crafty veteran] Period setting + doted-on heroine + farming + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + personal storage space + transmigrate with her body + age gap Overnight, Qin Li transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1970s. As soon as she arrives, she’s bitten by a snake and caught in a mudslide. To make matters worse, her scheming stepsister is constantly 2.6kReads9.2Score258Shelves

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    These two books, the first one has space but I haven't used it much, the second one, the rebirth one, is really good! [Eating melon emojis]

46. 396 八 The 1980s: What If the First Wife Who Died Young Isn't Reborn? 八零，早死原配没重生怎么办？ Leaping Into Mountains and Seas跃入山海Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted Original title: The 1980s: A Cool Military Doctor Spoils His Ugly Country Wife [Period setting + making money + the native-born, doomed original wife crushes the reborn heroine] Jiang Kuihua is a plain country girl through and through. Zhan Zhengqing is a promising chief neurosurgeon from a good family. The two marry by chance, but everyone says an ugly, uneducated woman like her isn’t good enough for Zhan Zhengqing, and that divorce is only a matter of time. Jiang Kuihua doesn’t think about it 217Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    These books are all fantastic! The ratings aren't high, but they're incredibly unconventional and truly unique; I highly recommend them. The others are also excellent, representing different subgenres of historical fiction, each one uniquely enjoyable.

47. 397 我 A Lifetime for Her and Me 我和她的这一生 A Country Person一个农村人Urban245k WordsOngoing In 1992, at the age of twenty, I left my hometown. My family was crippled by illness and poverty. We were on the verge of starving to death. If I stayed, we would all be trapped on that patch of barren soil. If I left, there might be a way for them to survive. The southern wind, laden with cement dust, swept into that big city filled with construction sites. This place had no name, only countless steel bars, scaffolding, and faces waiting to sell their labor. We came here to fight for our lives. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 398 李 The Li Daughters Climb the Social Ladder 李家闺女们跨越阶级 Rose in the Storm风暴里的玫瑰花Modern Romance352k WordsOngoing (Coming-of-age + era-setting family story + comeback + four couples + sweet romance) In the impoverished countryside of the 1970s, a family settles in the capital with the help of their four daughters. In an era when sons are valued over daughters, the four Li girls endure all kinds of gossip and criticism. In a time when educational resources are scarce, the Li family insists that all four daughters go to school. When it comes time to marry, the four Li girls are free to choose for themselves: 16.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
49. 399 赶 Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家 Three-Minute Passionlove三分热度loveUrban2.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets... 47.8kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves

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    Historical fiction, hunting in the mountains, cute kids series

50. 400 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Everyday Life of a Background Character and the Male Supporting Lead After Marriage 穿书之路人甲和男配的婚后二三事 June's Elk六月麋鹿Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a Book + Devoted Husband + Punishing Scumbags + Love at First Sight + Marriage Before Love] Food streamer Qiao Wanyue transmigrates into a novel she'd read, but not as the heroine or even a supporting character. She becomes a random passerby. She can live without a pocket-space golden finger, but right from the start she has to deal with a heartless aunt plotting to marry her off to an old widower. Let's see how she cleverly gets out of it. Lu Shaoping has an eight-pack, can 3.3kReads8.4Score218Shelves

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