Any More Realistic Stories Set in a Particular Era? Looking for Recs 有没有真实一点的年代文啊？求推荐

1. 501 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.9kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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   These books are all very realistic.

2. 502 夺 Reclaiming the Family Fortune: The Heiress of a Capitalist Family Goes to the Frontier 夺回家产，资本家大小姐下乡边疆 Reading and Farming in Sun and Rain晴耕雨读书Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Revenge on scumbags after being reborn + pocket dimension + revenge + period mystery] Gu Qingru, the capitalist family's pampered daughter, died a truly miserable death in her previous life! Her older brother and sister-in-law joined forces to trick her into marrying an abusive man. Her vast family fortune was stolen, and in her old age, her unfilial children drove her out of the house, leaving her to die on the street. Reborn, she sneers: “This time, it's your turn!” She lays traps at every tu 2kReads8.4Score329Shelves

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   Are there any novels like this one that are realistic yet possess the typical tragic ending characteristic of period dramas, featuring a female protagonist with ideals and ambitions?

3. 503 被 The Time Left Behind 被遗拾的时光 Radiant Elegance逸品芳华Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! This is a period novel set close to real life, following three generations through different eras, from the War of Resistance Against Japan and the turmoil of the Chinese Civil War to the educated youth years and modern city life. It tells how they struggled against the tide of social change and forged different paths 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a true historical drama, adapted from real people and events. The cruelty of war and the brilliance of humanity are vividly portrayed here.

4. 504 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Spring Flowers Taste a Little Sweet 重生八零之春花有点甜 May I Be There for the Joy of a Thousand Miles千里快哉应有我Modern Romance229k WordsCompleted In a simple, warm-hearted era, a quiet love story blossomed, ordinary yet full of tenderness. Their meeting seemed to be a clever arrangement of fate. The heroine was reborn before the nightmare began and was saved by the hero. They were drawn to each other, going from strangers to kindred spirits, every step filled with unspoken understanding and warmth. With mutual support and encouragement, they grew together and moved forward hand in hand. The hero excelled in the military and earned the res 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Growing towards the sun, warm and steadfast. Worth watching.

5. 505 七 Bullet Comments Fill the Sky in the 1970s, and the Pretty Village Girl Moves to the City 七零弹幕满天飞，漂亮村姑进城啦 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyday Family Life + Everyone’s Darling + Devoted Couple + Livestreaming + Ensemble Cast] [Native-Born Heroine + Transmigrated Hero] Jiang Menglian may be a country girl, but she has been cherished and doted on since childhood. When her sister-in-law gets pregnant, her family tricks her into going to look after her during her postpartum confinement. The moment Jiang Menglian steps into the residential compound, the comments flying across the sky make her feel as though she’s stumbled into a l 242Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is a native, embodying the virtue of diligence in period dramas. However, she lacks the actual diligence, often resorting to bartering when needed. While she is undeniably beautiful, she does possess moral virtues. The male lead is a time traveler, and there's also a reborn woman with a live-streaming system. Driven by a desire for gossip, the reborn woman constantly follows the female lead around, wanting to offer viewers something different – ​​a slice-of-life, gossip-filled story.

6. 506 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 18kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
7. 507 穿 Transmigrated Into an 80s Novel: The Supporting Actress Has a Super-Cool Lucky Wife 穿书八零：女配福妻超飒哒 Teasing Sis逗姐Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Wei Zixing spends every day changing the plot just to stay alive. She dumps the scumbag, marries a lazy man, and turns him into a “four-virtues” kind of guy, only to run into the scumbag and his nasty new girlfriend around the next corner. Zhao Jiashi: Everyone, move out! Protect our precious girl! The Wei-Zhao couple joins forces and gives the scumbag and his nasty girlfriend a thorough beating. The nasty girlfriend, Zhang Ning: I'm the heroine! Why is a side c 204Reads7.3Score—Shelves
8. 508 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23.1kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
9. 509 七 A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te 13kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
10. 510 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 29.8kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
11. 511 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 63.2kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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    Push, push, push!!!

12. 512 年 Period: Three Years of Hardship, I Made My Fortune Hunting! 年代：三年困难，我靠打猎发家！ North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Urban493k WordsCompleted He transmigrates, and finds himself with a crippled older brother and a younger sister who has dropped out of school. They face the earth and turn their backs to the sky, toiling in the fields. It’s 1958. People may not have much to eat, but their spirits are rich. Everyone has faith and hope for the future. As long as they work hard, they can create a better tomorrow! … A country kid transmigrates. He makes a living off the land, then eventually moves to the city. He has a space that can grow. 2.6kReads7.0Score106Shelves
13. 513 娇 The Sweet, Clever Miracle Doctor: Her Military Husband in the Seventies Would Give His Life for Her 娇憨神医有点甜：七零军夫拿命宠 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted Reborn in the military-marriage era + marry first, love later + a personal space + traditional Chinese medicine Mei Yujie had been dead for five years without ever being reincarnated. After accepting the underworld’s reassignment, she was reborn straight into 1979, as a shameless woman who had swindled someone out of money and marriage and was preparing to divorce him and marry another man. Tsk. That reputation was going to be hard to shake. Mei Yujie: Don’t panic. I definitely can’t keep my lov 403Reads8.7Score—Shelves
14. 514 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 92.9kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
15. 515 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.3kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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    💖Book Recommendations by Xiaoguai💖 One book each set from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, which I personally find quite relatable. 💛First Book💛 The female protagonist transmigrates. Originally a white-collar elite, she unexpectedly wakes up as a middle-aged woman surrounded by children and grandchildren. Worse still, her eldest son, a promising young man, dies saving someone, and his wife absconds with their money, leaving behind six children. Her second son is honest and simple, but thankfully has a good mentor. Her third son is cunning and lazy, but thankfully he learns from his mistakes. Her youngest son fails his college entrance exams and is unemployed, but thankfully finds a good in-law family. The female protagonist rolls up her sleeves and makes money, proving that even an old woman's life can be vibrant and fulfilling! 💛Second Book💛 The female protagonist is a ghost, reborn in someone else's body! First, she deals with the scumbag husband and mistress, then buys a job in the far northwest and leaves home in style. Don't ask why, just say she's building the country and isn't afraid of difficulties! Everything about making and enjoying food makes for a delightful reading experience! 💛Third Book💛A Beijing tenement courtyard in the 1960s, the female protagonist travels through time. Tenement courtyards are naturally gathering places for gossip and idle chatter, filled with the everyday chores and chatter of neighbors—a vibrant and lively atmosphere! It portrays ordinary people in a unique era, from elderly men and women to young wives and wives. The story is engaging and captivating; once you start reading, you can't put it down!

16. 516 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 7kReads9.4Score587Shelves
17. 517 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    I'm currently reading a historical romance novel, it's really good.

18. 518 大 Boss, Your Lucky Sweetheart Is Reborn in the 1970s 大佬，锦鲤甜妻在七十年代重生了 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + enterprising heroine who only starts buying courtyard homes later on + male lead is a research powerhouse devoted to serving his country] Qin Wanwan was crouching by a grave, watching the commotion, when she accidentally became the center of it. She possessed someone and was reborn. She dealt with the scumbag and the other woman in kind, sending them both to a farm for reform. Then she sold her ancestral home, bought a job, stuffed her pockets with cash, and plunged straight in 1.3kReads9.3Score559Shelves
19. 519 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.2kReads9.6Score10kShelves
20. 520 我 My Whole Family Traveled Back to the 1960s 我全家穿到了六零年代 Sweet Potato Vine红薯藤Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Historical era + farming + raising children + inspirational + satisfying read] Hold on, hold on... Wow, this car’s going so fast! That’s it, one press of the accelerator and they’ve driven their Mercedes straight into a small village in the 1960s. Luckily, the names of all three family members have stayed the same. But what about their personalities? Changing them takes a good reason. How could such a little thing stump this trio of transmigrators? Dad is in charge of winning people over, Mom h 10.2kReads9.3Score977Shelves
21. 521 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.5kReads8.9Score983Shelves
22. 522 七 The ’70s: The Chaste War God She Teased Makes Her Heart Tremble 七零，她撩的禁欲战爷心尖颤 Sanli Chun三里纯Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + face-slapping + historical era + educated youth + space + inspiring] After years of hard work, Huo Xibao finally owned a house, a car, and savings by the time she turned thirty. Then, when she opened her eyes again, she had become a pitiful girl in the 1970s. This was a disaster! She hadn’t even had the chance to enjoy all the wealth she’d worked so hard to earn! Huo Xibao was consumed with regret. But even in this desperately poor life, someone still wanted to squeeze every la 379Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    This book is so realistic!

23. 523 六 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance301k WordsCompleted A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Poor woman. Tragic man, what's wrong with them?!

24. 524 军 Military Marriage: You Want to Send Me to the Countryside? I'll PUA Your Whole Family 军婚:逼我下乡?我PUA他全家 Li Baozhu李宝珠Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Pocket Dimension] In her previous life, Fang Ying was poisoned by her stepmother and grew uglier by the day. Her childhood sweetheart and fiancé got together with her stepmother’s daughter. Then her entire family pressured her to give up her place at a workers, peasants, and soldiers university and go to the countryside in the other girl’s place! She turned around and married her fiancé’s uncle, a decorated soldier. But he died in action si 53.3kReads9.0Score7.2kShelves
25. 525 精 Back from the Psychiatric Hospital, No One in My Family Gets Away 精神病院归来，全家一个都别想跑 Furiously Opposed炸毛对对Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted [Angst First, Then Payback + No Relying on Men + No Forgiveness + No System, No Omnipotence] Li Qing was reborn in 1999, in her third year working at a psychiatric hospital! Kidnapped from her hometown as a child and sold to the countryside to be raised as an adopted daughter, she was constantly beaten and berated by her adoptive parents. Her greatest dream was to find her biological parents. As it turned out, she really did find them. They were not only from Shangjing, a major city, but also be 2.6kReads8.8Score260Shelves

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    Too realistic and truthful, it was criticized.

26. 526 悲 The Misfortunes of Zhang the Elder 悲催的张老大 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance423k WordsCompleted The Tragic Tale of Zhang Laoda is a realist period novel that vividly portrays the midlife struggles of the post-1980s generation. The story follows Zhang Laoda, a typical man from the bottom of society: hardworking and kind, but timid and long-winded. He spends his whole life laboring for his family, only to end up abandoned by everyone and consumed by endless sorrow. The novel opens in the autumn of 2018. At a construction-site canteen stinging with the smell of diesel, Zhang Laoda receives a 15Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 527 老 My Old Home Connects to the Modern World: A Village Girl's 1970s Office-Worker Life 老宅通现代：七零村花的社畜日常 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [From the 1970s to the modern day] Chen Qiaoyu, born and raised in the 1970s, has been feeling a little panicked lately. She and her younger brother were driven out by their father and stepmother, sent to live in the dilapidated old Chen family home with only two threadbare quilts. Who could have guessed that the crumbling old house hid a passage to another era? [From then on, Chen Qiaoyu begins traveling back and forth between the 1970s and the modern day every day] The villagers of Yaojia Vil 11.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
28. 528 父 Parents' Love: A Transmigrated Couple's Life 父母爱情：怨偶的穿越生活 Qing'e青娥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage, Dual Transmigration, Mutual Healing, Obsessive Male Lead, No Golden Finger, Somewhat Realistic, Laid-Back Female Lead, Not a Strong Female Lead] Chun Jiao woke up to find herself in a military-marriage period novel. But she hadn't transmigrated as the heroine, the capitalist heiress An Jie, or even An Xin, the heroine's gentle older sister. Instead, she'd become a character with no connection to them whatsoever: An Chun Jiao, the half-sister of the softhearted An Jie! Abandon 1.4kReads8.2Score105Shelves
29. 529 东 Dongguan, Dongguan: The Blossoming '90s 东莞，东莞，90繁花年代 Old Jiu's Records of History老九史记Urban501k WordsCompleted This story is based on real life. One day, Er Gou said mysteriously to Li Minghui, “Ah Hui, did you know? I heard a new Taizi Bathhouse opened nearby. They say it offers a service imported from Thailand.” The story follows a protagonist who turns his fortunes around in the electronics business of the Pearl River Delta. In 1990s Dongguan, KTVs, nightclubs, and bathhouses offered a different kind of splendor. There were also pure-hearted romances between migrant workers over beef brisket rice nood 1kReads8.2Score102Shelves

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    The subject matter is novel, not your typical romance novel, but a very realistic portrayal of working and starting a business in Dongguan in the 1990s. Those who know, know how great it was for a man in Dongguan in the 90s! At this moment in the dream, Li Yan playfully scolds, "Ahui, you little rascal, why are you so naughty?" Li Minghui is about to explain...

30. 530 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.1kReads9.6Score10.7kShelves

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    This was also written by Xiang Bei, and it contains many jokes about Northeast China.

31. 531 破 A Shattered Half-Life: The Struggle of a Working-Class Woman 破碎半生，底层女性的挣扎 Qu Ma Cai曲麻菜Modern Romance64k WordsOngoing No transmigration, no being reborn. This is simply a record of the first half of an ordinary working-class woman's life, from birth to marriage and having children, spanning more than forty years. Along the way, she experiences family conflicts, the breaking apart of family ties, and the pain of being misunderstood. The heroine is kind by nature, but that very kindness leads her to make some mistakes. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a story set in the 1980s and 90s, spanning up to the present day, though the plot isn't particularly dramatic. It's not finished yet.

32. 532 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Became the Aunt Who Died Young 穿越六零，我成了早夭的三姨妈 A Cup of Hot, Cooled Boiled Water一杯热的凉白开Modern Romance945k WordsOngoing [Transmigration, 1960s setting, golden finger, a touch of ensemble cast, cozy everyday life] A university counselor transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the third aunt who died young in her previous life. In an era full of both opportunities and challenges, she firmly believes education can change one's fate and insists that her whole family study hard! When hardships arise, the family faces them together. When opportunities come, they pull together, ultimately finding lives completely differe 134Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    Quite realistic, from the 1960s.

33. 533 旧 Childhood in the Old Days 旧时光里的童年 The Second Kid in the Old Days旧时光里的小二Urban134k WordsCompleted The author recalls a rural childhood in Wuchang County, Heilongjiang Province, during the 1970s and 1980s. The book describes rural life and the changes brought about by the household responsibility system in the early days of reform and opening up, along with the joys and hardships of the author’s childhood before the age of ten, major family upheavals, and the warmth and coldness of human nature. 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Based on the author's own experiences, the novel narrates the life in rural Northeast China in the 1970s and 80s, as well as the major family upheavals and the warmth and coldness of human relationships experienced by the protagonist.

34. 534 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Together to the 1990s and Become Army Wives 闺蜜齐穿九零，一起当军嫂 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Military romance in the 1990s, marriage before love, a charming and alluring clinic owner with a flirtatious streak VS an officer who looks refined but is a jailbird at heart, two heroines and two heroes, both couples devoted only to each other) Bo Munian and Chen Sibin are two of the finest men in the Marine Corps. Neither expected that their first mediation assignment would end with them getting swept up in the mess themselves: both wound up marrying women they’d just met, and on the very sam 771Reads7.1Score100Shelves

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    Different texts

35. 535 重 A New Lease on Life: My Two-Faced Sisters and Their Families, Stay Away 重获新生，绿茶姐妹一家别来沾边 Beautiful Name, Anticipated Joy美名期悦Modern Romance643k WordsCompleted My name is Mei Yuejun. In 1993, my uncle, a bachelor most of his life with a disabled leg, married a widow from another village who had two daughters. After that, our once-warm home was beset by one disaster after another. My younger sister disappeared, my mother went mad, and my father left home with my younger brother and vanished. To care for my seriously ill mother, I listened to my stepsister and dropped out of school to work. My mother and uncle died one after another, and the brother I ha 662Reads8.5Score101Shelves

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    Without any special advantages, the story progresses step by step. The female lead is quite clever and slowly helps her family save money.

36. 536 九 The ’90s Bride Is Fierce and Wild, and Her Soldier Can’t Handle Her 九零媳妇又辣又野，兵哥H不住 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (1v1 military marriage set in the 1970s) They say the Jiang family's twin sons are both exceptionally handsome and talented. The brothers made a name for themselves when they both achieved the highest scores in their respective arts and sciences exams across the province and got into prestigious universities. Sadly, although they look identical, their personalities couldn't be more different. The elder, Jiang Yize, is aloof and cold, with a na 4kReads8.8Score448Shelves
37. 537 老 Old Scoundrel 老贼 The Fool Wants Me to Dig Up a Mountain愚公让我去挖山Urban121k WordsCompleted As the old saying goes, people can meet with misfortune at any moment, and the weather can change without warning. Early the next morning, Li Tang showed up in a storm of fury to demand an explanation. “Kong Lingqi, look what that old scoundrel’s done!” Li Tang flung the torn poster into my hands and said angrily. “What old scoundrel? Who’s an old scoundrel? What happened to the poster?” I asked. “That lousy dog of yours crawled out of its crate last night and wrecked my poster. I wasted my y 333Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These historical novels, each with a different style, are all quite good!

38. 538 我 In the 1980s, I Became a Military Wife Through My Own Merit 我在八零靠实力成为了军嫂 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance788k WordsCompleted (Sweet period romance + military marriage + intense romantic tension + pure romance + gourmet cooking + 1v1) People often say, “A stranger is as lovely as jade, a gentleman peerless in the world.” Lu Sinian, a prominent figure in the military compound, has always seemed like an immortal being to the unmarried young women there: lofty and untouchable. Then Zhang Yaoyao moved into the compound. One look at Lu Sinian was enough to leave her awestruck, and she announced in front of everyone that she 351Reads7.5Score—Shelves
39. 539 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 8.5kReads8.3Score894Shelves

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    A captivating period drama, rich in detail and skillfully written.

40. 540 重 Back to the 1980s: The Young Nanny's Road to Prosperity 重回八零，小保姆发家日常 No Oats for Me不吃燕麦Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Food + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Lighthearted + Family Life + Getting Rich] Back at seventeen, in her final year of high school, how could a girl from a tiny mountain village become a phoenix? Hang Jingshu set off with her newly chosen name and fought her way out of the mountains! With no skills to fall back on and no qualifications, her only option was to work as a live-in nanny. Who says working as a nanny means you have no ambition? Who says farming can't lead to a brigh 621Reads8.8Score103Shelves

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    These two female-oriented historical fiction novels are quite different; the first one incorporates food elements, while the second is a lighthearted and humorous story, both with relatively realistic descriptions.

41. 541 欠 A Lifetime Owed to My Parents 欠父母的一生 Zi Bingfeng紫冰枫Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted {Period setting, alternate history, reborn, feel-good, no golden finger, everyday family life} Zhang Mianying spent her whole life striving and suffering, raising her son to be a success, only to end up alone in her old age. Regret, remorse, helplessness, and grievance: her emotions were a tangled mess. When she opened her eyes again, Zhang Mianying discovered that she had returned to the time before she went to college. Now that she had another chance, she would never foolishly spend this life 211Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Sincere feelings—if I could do it all over again, I definitely wouldn't have married someone from so far away.

42. 542 高 The Highland Sky Road 高原天路 Liu Jin刘瑾Urban351k WordsCompleted Set in the 1950s, this story begins with a road-building corps on the plateau. It tells of the famine and revolutionary spirit of that era, as well as the hardships and struggles faced by road workers... I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 543 嫁 Marrying into a Crowded Courtyard, Where Gossip Is Everywhere 嫁进大杂院，吃瓜好方便 Three-Ton Radish三吨萝卜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Courtyard Compound + Ensemble Cast + Family Life + Loves to Watch the Drama Unfold + Slice of Life + A Heartwarming Take on Love in the Courtyard] In 1975, the courtyard compound in the alleys near the Red Star Steel Mill was as lively as ever. In the east, Yang Shujuan kept fretting: “Our girl is timid, and she doesn't have much luck with her parents. Where's she going to find a husband?” In the west, Diao Yulian was busy feeding her child: “Jiabo, my precious Jiabo, Mommy's darling little swe 7.3kReads8.8Score514Shelves
44. 544 黄 Sunset on the Yellow River 黄河落日 Liu Jin刘瑾Urban244k WordsCompleted Sunset over the Yellow River is a work set against the 1938 Huayuankou Incident. The story unfolds against a backdrop of warfare and follows two love stories experienced by a woman who cannot speak... 80Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 545 重 Reborn with a Child, I Married a Cold Military Doctor from a Prestigious Family 重生后，带娃嫁世家高冷军医 Xi Wenjin席文锦Modern Romance603k WordsCompleted [Reborn + adorable child + military marriage + true love + revenge + face-slapping] After being reborn, Su Ying’s first move is to divorce her husband. Her scumbag husband, Du Zhenyong, wants to have the best of both worlds and refuses to let her go. She takes her 38 yuan and chases after him to the military base, where she meets the aloof military doctor Gu Nanchen. With his help, Su Ying gets away from her scumbag husband. But the prestigious Gu family refuses to let Gu Nanchen marry a woman w 24kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
46. 546 应 A Recent Graduate's Daily Struggle After Being Assigned to the 1960s 应届牲被调剂到六零的奋斗日常 Number One, Can't Get Up in the Morning起床困难户一号Two Male Leads639k WordsOngoing [Daily Life + A Little Golden Finger + Hard Work + Two Male Leads] Wen Yanshi was a lowly fresh graduate trying to juggle civil service exams, public-sector job exams, and graduate school entrance exams. After staying up all night and dying suddenly, he was reborn in 1955, but his memories were hazy. At six, he fell out of a tree and hit his head, awakening his memories of his past life. Born in an era where you couldn't lie flat, Wen Yanshi works hard at his studies in pursuit of his dreams. So 1.3kReads8.8Score116Shelves

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    This book is absolutely true.

47. 547 梦 Dreaming of the Pearl River 梦回珠江 Liu Jin刘瑾Urban291k WordsCompleted This work is based on the revolutionary history of the Guangdong Army. Its characters and relationships were inspired by stories passed down by word of mouth among the elders. It tells of soldiers’ choices between their country and their love during the revolutionary era… 12Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 548 飏 Yangcheng 飏城 Liu Jin刘瑾Historical200k WordsCompleted This is just one of countless stories from the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression: sacrifice, passion, fear, and moving moments fill every cell. In this era, even love seems to have been reduced to waiting... 69Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 549 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Supporting Female Lead Wakes Up 快穿之女配醒悟后 Xuan Yuwa旋雨哇Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Not a strong female lead + not a wish-fulfillment story + older-man romance + age gap + no fixed leads + weak, self-interested heroine with a narrow outlook) (Each arc is a standalone story, with different leads each time. The couples aren't always devoted only to each other, and some heroines are much younger than the men. The heroines are all perfectly ordinary people, and being reborn doesn't make them any smarter.) They lost everything in the game of life. In their previous lives, their cho 1.7kReads8.2Score100Shelves

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    This is so real.

50. 550 5 At Fifty, She's No Weed, She's a Treasure 50的她不是草其实她是块宝 A Red One Every Day每天一片红Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted [Silver-haired wish fulfillment + No rebirth + No System + No pocket dimension + A story focused on positive values] #A 50-year-old farmwife seeks a new beginning# After Lin Meiru discovers her husband has been cheating, she insists on getting a divorce. “You can’t even earn money. How will you survive without me?” Lin Meiru defies the odds and learns to sell things from a street stall after her divorce. The wheels of fate begin to turn... 60Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    People who appreciate realistic themes tend to have profound thoughts; these are the kinds of books that truly deserve to be called books…

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