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1. 351 供 I Put My Childhood Bride Through College, and Now She Wants to Dump Me 供童养媳上大学，毕业就想甩夫君 Yuan Kai Yuan Xin元凯元心Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Completed] [Family-Loving, Patriotic Chaoshan, 1988] "I want to call off the engagement!" he said. "All right, then let's consummate the marriage." A rough-hewn country man from Chaozhou got himself a beautiful bride in one night, only for her to run away the next day! He chased her to a newspaper office in Guangzhou, the University of Munich in Germany, the Xi'an Mecha Research Institute, the Jiangmen Mecha Experimental Base, and the Dahao Subsea Tunnel Mecha Experimental Base! Human-machine n 2.1kReads8.1Score103Shelves
2. 352 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.7kReads9.2Score127Shelves

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   [I also highly recommend it] 🥺😘 [OK]

3. 353 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Turns Dark, Tears Down the Green Tea, and Dumps Her Jerk Husband 八零：真千金黑化，撕绿茶踹渣夫 Tang Dachui汤大锤Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + love after marriage] The moment Ji Xiaoyue opened her eyes, she became the real daughter: timid and impossibly self-sacrificing. Her life as the real daughter was a miserable one: a biased father, a cheating scumbag, a shameless little green tea, and a lonely death with no one to claim her body. Ji Xiaoyue immediately made sure the scumbag and the little green tea were stuck with each other! Catch them in the act! I’ll get the 11.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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   Super good!! Transmigration into a book, the male lead dotes on his wife, the female lead is smart and clear-headed, the plot is very exciting, there are many awful characters, it's crazy!

4. 354 南 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意，从此不孤行 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1kReads9.3Score104Shelves

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   [Thinking][What][Almost crying][Sending a heart]

5. 355 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Became Grandma’s Little Sister 重生六零：我成了外婆的妹妹 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Modern Romance73k WordsOngoing [When an ordinary person is reborn in a rural village in the 1960s, forget about getting ahead or making grand plans. First, stay alive.] [1960s rural life + family and neighborhood affairs + education and growth + ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.] When Zhu Yan wakes up in the body of her grandmother's second-youngest sister, who died young, she vows to change her grand —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is incredibly realistic once you start reading.

6. 356 岭 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 Dongting Fish Song洞庭鱼歌Urban1.0M WordsCompleted This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   Such a realistic, substantial, and profound book reflects the social and human changes in China over the past thirty years of reform and opening up (1988-2018)! Whether it's good or not, just look at the readers' reviews! It's highly recommended for those born in the 60s, 70s, and 80s to savor!

7. 357 快 Quick Transmigration: The Art of Splitting into Clones 快穿之：分身有术 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted The most important thing in life is not where you stand, but the direction you face. In the real world, some people laugh, some cry, some shout, and some remain silent. Life is, in essence, an exercise in endurance. Beauty and ugliness, good and bad: everyone has their own feelings about them. Faced with this tumultuous world and the countless selfish thoughts crowding our minds, we often find ourselves wanting to do more than we can, because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. But what 58Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   [I highly recommend it too][I'm almost crying][Kiss][OK]

8. 358 八 The Courtyard House of the 1980s 八零烟霞宿舍院子家 Waiting for You Here原地等你Modern Romance452k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Ordinary Life + Ensemble Cast + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Slice of Life + Teachers + Small Joys] Colleagues getting along, marriage and family, the path of an ordinary life, the warmth of everyday life, little joys and great happiness. In the 1980s, several young people who had never known one another before meet in the staff dormitory of a teacher-training school... Xiao Ning is laid-back and straightforward, carefree and openhearted. She moved here with her family —Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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   The faculty dormitory compound in the 1980s was full of life and warmth; everyone was very eloquent, like they were performing a comedy sketch.

9. 359 笑 Smiling as I Ask the Pagoda Tree About the Past 笑向槐花问前事 Waiting for You Here原地等你Modern Romance742k WordsCompleted (Sweet romance in the 1970s, cherished by everyone, educated youth sent to the countryside, traditional family medicine, special missions, upright values, deep love for the country and its people, childhood sweethearts, brothers who watch each other's backs, a golden finger used only for survival and convenience, viewed from the sidelines, not a strong female lead) A pair of watches became her space train car. After waking from a dream with seven days' worth of hazy memory fragments, she headed 821Reads9.1Score104Shelves
10. 360 范 The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生 Liu Ningduochang刘宁多昌Modern Romance736k WordsCompleted This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail. 114Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Very realistic, a Shenzhen urban romance and workplace story.

11. 361 七 The 1970s: The Commander’s Daughter Is Betrothed to Me 七零：首长家千金跟我是娃娃亲 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigration + grounded, everyday life Shi Yue never imagined that she would find love and family in another timeline, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. After testing positive for COVID, Shi Yue transmigrates to the parallel timeline of the 1970s, bringing along a hereditary pocket dimension. She plans to make a little money by taking advantage of the college entrance exams and the wave of reform, then settle down to a peaceful life. But it turns out she is the long-lost dau 272Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    I recommend these two books. The plots aren't melodramatic, and the everyday life isn't exaggerated; they're quite fitting for that era.

12. 362 七 A Survival Journal from the 1970s 七零年代生存日志 Zheng Xiaoshi郑小十Modern Romance795k WordsCompleted Zhao Hongfang, a modern woman, suddenly finds herself in the 1970s. Faced with a familiar yet strange new world, she is completely bewildered. It's all right. Ever since she was little, she'd known that if you had a problem, you should go to the police. The problem is, where are the police? 1.2kReads7.0Score100Shelves

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    This is perfect; I, who rarely follow serialized content, am now following it every day.

13. 363 穿 A 1970s Wedding, Then Love 穿到七零，先婚后爱真香了 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted A period-life experience package somehow sent An Hao to the legendary 1970s, where she became a pitiful girl relying on a favor to seek shelter with her future in-laws. To save herself, An Hao signed an agreement with a man: they would divorce in two years, and then she could spread her wings and fly. Lin Feng was the military district’s most popular young officer. After one trip home, he became a married man. Supposedly, it was an arranged childhood betrothal. But was the little potato in front 64Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 364 重 Reborn in the 1970s: After a Marriage Swap, I Became the Military Officer's Beloved 重生七零：换亲后我成了军官心尖 Young Scholar of May五月小生Modern Romance771k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Space Spring + Family Life + Love That Grows Over Time + Twins and Raising Children] Song Siyi and Song Sijia were both reborn. In their previous lives, Song Siyi married a young intellectual sent to the countryside, while her cousin married the army officer who was the brigade leader's younger son. In the end, Song Siyi and her husband worked hard and made a name and fortune amid the tide of the times. She became the wife of a billionaire, admired by everyone. But after her cousin ma 33.7kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves

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    Take these two books.

15. 365 四 Siheyuan: Medicine and Martial Arts Are Inseparable 四合院之医武不分家 Xin Chujiu5 2新初酒五2Male-Channel Fanfiction463k WordsCompleted [Period][Lighthearted][Low on Hostility][Laid-Back][One Female Lead] Transmigration doesn't seem all that difficult anymore. An obscure writer woke up one morning and found himself in 1947, without so much as a fuss. From the start, he was an eight-year-old child. Life was going to be tough. Fortunately, he had a golden finger. Yang Sanjin decided to live differently this time and make a good life for himself in this era. 6.8kReads7.2Score195Shelves

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    Both are relatively realistic historical novels

16. 366 穿 Transmigrated to 1960, I Start with Eight Calabash Brothers 穿越60的我开局带八个葫芦娃 Xin Chujiu5 2新初酒五2Urban554k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] + [Spatial Storage] + [Lighthearted] + [Single Heroine] + [Decisive and Ruthless] He transmigrates to the 1960s. While other transmigrators arrive with both parents, grandparents, and siblings around, Yang Zhiyuan finds himself fleeing famine. And he has eight kids to look after. From the start, he nearly starves to death. Other people start with a bowl and end up with a noose. He starts with a jar and ends up with eight Calabash Brothers and a noose. See how Yang Zhiyuan manage 5.4kReads7.9Score240Shelves
17. 367 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s to Be Dehua, Snag a Commander, and Have a Baby 穿越八零当德华，拐个首长生个娃 Yao Yan妖晏Modern Romance628k WordsCompleted Jiang Wanning wasn’t very skilled, but she had plenty of nerve. On her first day at the military housing compound to help care for her sister-in-law during her postpartum confinement, she fell for the military’s feared King of Hell, Lu Zhounian. She not only sneaked a peek at him bathing, she even wanted to sleep with him. Her older brother was worried sick over the whole thing. After he repeatedly tried to talk some sense into her, Jiang Wanning finally gave up pursuing Lu Zhounian. She dutiful 4kReads8.0Score443Shelves
18. 368 小 A Lane in the City: Transmigrating as Huang Ling, I Set the Family Straight from the Start 小巷人家：穿成黄玲开局整顿家风 You Jiujiu幽九九Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [A Little Alleyway Family fanfiction + period setting + face-slapping + System + daily life + ensemble cast] [Focuses on Huang Ling standing up to the Zhuang family and living her own life. The other families have smaller roles. There will be a divorce, and there will be no saving Filial Zhuang. There is a new pairing (if you like strictly one-on-one, both-virgins romances, scroll on and don't click!). Characters from the original will appear.] Huang Ling, a modern-day office drone, stayed up se 16.9kReads9.2Score2kShelves
19. 369 成 I Became a Billionaire, but They Sent Me to a Mental Hospital 成了亿万富翁，我却被送进精神病 Wang the Fool王呆子Urban352k WordsOngoing In the early 1980s, Dugu Feng's father lost his iron rice bowl, and the family was so poor they could barely put food on the table. With no other choice, Dugu Feng gritted his teeth and took his whole family out to do backbreaking labor, starting by taking on the small construction jobs no one else wanted from contractors. He was an honest man who never cut corners, and his work was excellent. Little by little, he made a name for himself in the trade. From a small-time contractor to founding a 253Reads7.7Score124Shelves

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    He became a billionaire, but his family sent him to a mental hospital. Take a look!

20. 370 八 The Village Belle of the ’80s: I’m Done Waiting on You! 八零村花：她不伺候了！ 24K Pure Fat24K纯肥Modern Romance141k WordsOngoing [Period novel + no rebirth + no transmigration + ensemble cast + family life + slow burn] For forty years, she stood by her rough-and-tumble husband, helping him rise from nothing to a fortune worth tens of millions. In return, he carefully plotted to frame her for “cheating” and abandon her. Rescued after attempting to take her own life, she became the laughingstock of the whole village. All the years of humiliation at her in-laws’ hands and the worry she poured into raising her children turne —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A true rural story, recommended by readers only.

21. 371 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
22. 372 一 I Accidentally Transmigrated into My Late Aunt 一不小心，穿成了我那早死的姑姑 Simple Mountain Birch朴实的山桠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fang Qingqing transmigrates as an aunt who died young. She vows to help her family become among the first to get rich, and to give them hope. Somehow, she ends up catching the attention of a man who will become a bureau chief in the future. She feels bad about holding back his career, but he keeps pursuing her at every turn. Note: In her world, her aunt died young. 4kReads8.2Score381Shelves

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    It recreates authentic rural life in the 1980s, without any special advantages, systems, military marriages, or educated youth sent to the countryside; everyone is a genuine rural person.

23. 373 有 There Was a Girl Named Xiaohua 有个女孩叫小花 My Little Warm Jackets我的小棉袄们Modern Romance420k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! This book captures some of the culture and food of rural northern Fujian in the 1980s and 1990s. Follow Xiaohua and her family as they work hard and lead warm, ordinary lives. No exaggeration, melodrama, or foolish antics. It’s not a feel-good power fantasy, and there’s no rebirth or transmigration. There’s no golden finger, just 30Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    A truly authentic account of the indigenous era, very good! 👍

24. 374 八 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance900k WordsOngoing I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 6.1kReads8.0Score386Shelves
25. 375 重 Reborn in 1981: From Crushing Debt to Becoming a Tycoon 重生1981，从欠巨款到首富 Rain on Glazed Glass琉璃听雨季Urban110k WordsOngoing No System. Please go easy on this if you're looking for a System story! In 2023, overworked office drone Chen Mo is unexpectedly reborn as his 22-year-old self in 1981. From the start, he gets a “surprise package”: creditors demanding repayment on a stormy night. With a three-day deadline hanging over his head, the protagonist becomes one of the earliest livestream sales pioneers, selling everything from clothes to appliances as the country moves from a planned economy into reform and developmen —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No System, No Success: Unlike common system novels, the protagonist rises from adversity through his own wisdom and hard work, allowing readers to experience the real hardships and sense of accomplishment of entrepreneurship.

26. 376 七 Brothers and Sisters in the 1970s and 1980s 七零八零兄弟姐妹 There Are Little Fish in the Water水里有小鱼Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted In the late 1980s, the father of the Lian family, a teacher, drowns while rescuing a child who had fallen into the water. At the same time, the Lian family’s second daughter, Lian Yunjie, switches identities with Yan Jie, a university graduate from another timeline. Their mother is devastated and soon passes away. The four siblings are forced to grow up overnight. Two middle schoolers and two elementary schoolers live in the residential compound of No. 6 Middle School. They receive help from kin 237Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Don't let its low rating fool you; it's incredibly well-written! While the protagonist is a transmigrator, he doesn't have many overpowered abilities. The writing is excellent, the descriptions are heartwarming, and the supporting characters are vividly portrayed. The themes of family, friendship, and the young lovers are particularly touching! So, I highly recommend this book! And there are 23 more works by this author to look forward to!

27. 377 兵 The Years of the Corps 兵团岁月 Glitchy Immortal乱码真人Modern Romance109k WordsCompleted I was born in a company in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a place you can’t find on a map. There were no mountains or sea. But in October, there was a field of white more vast than the ocean: the cotton fields in bloom, stretching as far as the eye could see. When the wind blew, they rolled like silver waves. From crawling along the ridges between the cotton fields at one year old to carrying a cloth sack bigger than myself and squeezing through the plants at seven; from followi 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Memoirs of a Post-80s Generation in Xinjiang

28. 378 闯 Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东：林二妮的颠簸幸福路 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol 21.7kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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    Immersed in it, with a strong sense of involvement.

29. 379 公 Upholding Justice 公义立身 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Urban102k WordsCompleted Xu Zhiqiang was born into a poor rural family in the 1960s. Through sheer hard work, he got into university. After graduating, he was assigned to work at a steel mill, where he brought a near-bankrupt factory back from the brink. Later, an anonymous letter changed the course of his life once again. After enduring setbacks in life as well as pressure and blows at work, Xu Zhiqiang entered the real estate business and rose to the pinnacle of success. 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist was born into a poor family, but through hard work he got into university, and after graduation he was assigned a job and began his career.

30. 380 八 The Brash Stepmother from the Eighties Becomes a Nobody 八零泼妇养母成了路人甲 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Liu Peiyun was ready to enjoy a quiet retirement, but instead transmigrated into a book as Lu Xuebi, a village girl whose engagement had been broken off in the 1980s. Since she was already here, Lu Xuebi decided to make the best of it. She studied for college entrance exams while leading her whole family to seize the opportunities of the times. Only later did she learn she had transmigrated into a book: she was the heroine’s shrewish adoptive mother, an obstacle on the heroine’s road to wealth a 975Reads5.9Score116Shelves
31. 381 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 2kReads8.9Score177Shelves

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    I've been watching it recently, it's pretty good.

32. 382 七 A Supporting Actress’s Gossip-Filled Life in the 1970s 七十年代女配的吃瓜日常 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After learning she has transmigrated into a historical-era novel as a pawn meant to whitewash the protagonist's group, Jiang Yanqiu first steals half of the original heroine's golden finger, then gives away half of the transmigrated heroine's golden finger. Then she keeps her head down, stays away from the protagonist's group, and enjoys the show. With nobody at the educated youth station willing to talk to her, bored Jiang Yanqiu has nothing to do but gossip to pass the time. She has to admit, 1.9kReads6.2Score102Shelves
33. 383 庸 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Yin Mu殷木Urban370k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 190Reads—Score107Shelves

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    A realistic portrayal of the era, rejecting any artificial filters, rooted in a poor small county town in the 1990s. It tells the story of an ordinary teenager's impoverished and awkward youth, his unrequited love, and the countless missed opportunities in life, objectively depicting the hardships and regrets of ordinary people in that era.

34. 384 漂 The Beautiful Stepmother Makes a Comeback: Raising Kids in the 1970s 漂亮后妈要翻身，我在七零养崽崽 Purple Candy紫皮糖Modern Romance4.7M WordsOngoing Su Can was raised by her own mother to be fat, ugly, and not too bright. Her mother forced her to marry her younger sister's husband, a man with two paralyzed legs. When Su Can refused, she was starved for half a month, then sent to the village where he lived, barely clinging to life. She died of a serious illness. Su Can, a bodyguard, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and inherits this mess. Their home is bare, with no money and not even enough food. With a disabled soldier for a husband a 76.4kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    Transmigrated into a book as a fat, ugly stepmother? Bodyguard Su Can takes over her ruined family: a disabled soldier in a wheelchair, three skinny kids? Watch her beat up her biological mother, start a side business, and transform from fat and ugly into a hot mom. Her disabled husband stands up and shouts, "Wife, we played this hand beautifully!"

35. 385 沧 Remembering the Years as the Seas Changed 沧海桑田忆年年 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance391k WordsOngoing My father and Uncle Wang Si, whom he had begged for help from among the neighbors, rode along an unknown little road dusted with snow, just as dawn began to break. Their whips cracked through the silent morning with a crisp, swirling sound. One cart carried the last of our corn kernels in burlap sacks, a few battered water jars, and four large geese. The other held pots and pans, the furniture that was still usable, and some clothes that had been worn by who knew how many children. All the quilt 1.9kReads8.9Score163Shelves

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    Is it okay if it's based on a real person? Do you like it?

36. 386 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s to Be a Soft, Gold-Digging Green Tea 穿到七零当软饭绿茶 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The main story is complete. You can read the bonus chapters first and then the main story, or read them in order. [Marriage first, love later + fussy heroine + devoted relationship + both leads are each other's only ones + previous marriage and hidden hang-ups, don't read if that bothers you. An extremely imperfect cast! Definitely not a romance-obsessed heroine!] Clearheaded, beautiful, delicate woman + rugged, scheming man with off-the-charts EQ and IQ She loves putting on a show, he loves mak 6.1kReads8.9Score539Shelves
37. 387 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.5kReads9.0Score563Shelves

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    Super good, worth watching multiple times! It's very realistic; the female lead doesn't have any cheat codes, she relies entirely on her own hard work and diligence! When eight-year-old Mo Er Ya, along with her five-year-old brother Mo Wu Wa Shi Tou, were playing with mud balls, covered in dirt, Qiao Qiao from next door was transported to another world after falling into the water. Thus, eight-year-old Mo Er Ya knew she would become cannon fodder in a lucky charm novel, fighting with the female lead for a man, causing trouble everywhere, and ultimately dying a miserable death! Mo Er Ya boldly wiped the dirt off her face, sneering disdainfully: Impossible, absolutely impossible! Anyone who believes that is an idiot! However, when a fair-skinned, beautiful, and adorable lucky doll actually arrived at their house, Mo Er Ya believed it. Because… ever since the lucky doll came to their house, she's had trouble even drinking water!

38. 388 七 The 1970s Young Lady: A Selfish Woman Meets a Tormented Man 七零大小姐，当自私女遇上苦情男 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance851k WordsCompleted Also known as: A Rare Young Couple, Trading Verbal Blows The male lead is a real scientist. The female lead is an optimistic, quick-witted little ray of sunshine who is always full of confidence. (A clear growth arc + supporting each other + puppy love) When she woke up one day, Jiang Wangshu discovered she had acquired a husband. He was a man. Beneath his ordinary features lay extraordinary brilliance and a steely character. When government policies finally loosened, he shed his humble pas 1.9kReads8.7Score149Shelves

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    It's incredibly realistic. The male and female leads are very down-to-earth; they don't have aloof or domineering personalities.

39. 389 玩 Making the Most of a Life Full of Ups and Downs 玩转跌宕起伏的人生 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted [Traditional] [Period] [Romance] [Countryside] [Ensemble Cast] [Revenge] [The 1980s] [Strong Female Lead] [Comeback] [Inspirational]… Li Huiping was bright and talented, but while preparing for the high school entrance exam, she spent time tutoring Qiao Shan, the classmate she had a crush on, and lost the chance to prepare for the exam herself. As a result, she missed out on getting into a key high school. After the exams, Qiao Shan ignored her. Heartbroken, Huiping saw through men’s fickleness 181Reads8.4Score106Shelves
40. 390 重 Reborn in the 1970s: An Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生七零：知青在北大荒 Yi Ziyan易子晏Modern Romance5.0M WordsOngoing He Siwei is reborn in the year she went to the countryside. She refuses to go to the farm where her childhood sweetheart works, as she did in her previous life. Instead, she chooses a firewood farm in the mountains. Armed with the traditional Chinese medicine skills she learned by her father’s side and her knack for identifying herbs, she begins her life as an educated youth sent to the countryside in the Great Northern Wilderness. 29.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
41. 391 姐 Sisters for Life: You Get Divorced, I Become a Widow 姐妹一生一起走，你离婚来我丧偶 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A second marriage, both leads sexually pure. No being pushed around or mistreated, just pure satisfaction! Good news: My best friend and I have traveled back to the 1980s! Bad news: We’ve both ended up in the bodies of useless doormats! She worked herself to the bone caring for her husband’s family, never complaining, only to be treated like a free maid. Meanwhile, her husband was out enjoying romantic dates with a shameless woman. She was a complete sucker! Her best friend had it even worse. He 2.6kReads8.7Score395Shelves
42. 392 重 Reborn in the Nineties: A Country Girl's Rise to Riches 重生九零，农女逆袭当富婆 Lucky Cat 000403招财猫000403Modern Romance741k WordsCompleted Reborn + a rural woman's rise + making a fortune + taking down scumbags At the entrance to a garment factory, reborn Wu Xiaolan's grape juice stand becomes a hit. Her rivals cut prices? She launches a new product: cold skin noodles. Management makes things difficult? She leads the way in securing the first license for a mobile food stall. Short on workers? She brings together a feisty girl who sells eggs on the black market, a quick-witted young woman who works at a snack shop, and the village c 105Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story of a reborn protagonist from Northeast China, set in a bygone era, without a system or spatial dimension, focusing on an ordinary person starting a business from a street stall.

43. 393 七 In the 1970s, the Sweet Little Darling Was Spoiled by a Fierce, Wild Man 七零，小娇娇被疯批糙汉宠翻天了 Spirit Dove灵鸽Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Transmigrates into a book + period setting + sweet romance + heroine pursues hero + beautiful, fair-skinned, timid drama queen x villainous, short-tempered country boy] When Shen Yingying wakes up, she has become the villain's wicked little wife in a period novel. She wakes to find herself caught in the act of running away with another man by her villainous husband. She is so terrified she nearly dies on the spot. After all, the villain in the original novel is a violent, rough-he 58kReads9.3Score8.7kShelves
44. 394 她 Pregnant, She Moves Out and Empties Her In-Laws’ Home, Then Uses Her Supplies to Strengthen the Nation 她揣崽搬空婆家，携物资强大国家 Listening to Fish in Mengli孟里听鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Dual supernatural powers + space + exclusive devotion + punishing scumbags + family life + raising kids + getting rich + military marriage Ye Lanqing transmigrates into a book. After enjoying an easy ride through the apocalypse, she's ready to retire and enjoy her old age. But when she opens her eyes, she's somewhere else entirely, facing eviction from her home and the theft of her compensation money. She rolls up her sleeves and gets to work. Those trying to steal her money won't even have thei 3kReads8.7Score413Shelves
45. 395 重 Life in the 1960s After Being Reborn 重生60年代的生活 Handsome Uncle帅哥叔叔Urban1.6M WordsCompleted The protagonist’s grandfather has passed away, leaving him a family home with three courtyards. His parents ran away, taking his twin brother and leaving him behind, along with a little sister he has to raise. Most people get a huge advantage when they’re reborn. Chen Zhi’an has it rougher: he’s been reborn twice, and his golden finger is nothing but ten mu of land, with no automatic farming equipment, waiting for him to work it. The first time, he went from a rich, reckless car-racing playboy i 11kReads7.6Score547Shelves
46. 396 没 You’ve Got to Be Kidding: A Tang Dynasty Assassin Taking the College Entrance Exam 没搞错吧我一个大唐刺客参加高考 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban451k WordsCompleted A Tang Dynasty assassin has just beheaded a military governor, only to open his eyes as a hopeless high school senior! He spent the first half of his life relying on a swift blade. Now he has to battle trigonometry? With just 100 days left until the college entrance exam, what’s an assassin like me supposed to do? And just as the turmoil is still unfolding, he learns that his beautiful master has transmigrated from the Tang Dynasty too… 387Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    There are no domineering CEOs or windfalls; it's all about the struggles and glimmers of hope of ordinary people, yet it's so captivating that it leaves you itching to see more. [Wink]

47. 397 八 An Army Wife in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables on the Snowy Plateau 八零军嫂，雪域高原种菜忙 A Bountiful Harvest for a Prosperous Year五谷丰登庆丰年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A military-marriage and farming novel. The early chapters feature plenty of conflict and foreshadowing, and the story is set in the early 1980s. If you can’t accept the mainstream attitudes of that era and prefer feel-good wish-fulfillment stories, this may not be for you. Your support keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Please keep your comments civil. I’m grateful to every reader who takes the time to read. Qian Duoduo, a post-00s college student, goes back in time afte 2.7kReads9.0Score220Shelves

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    This is a borderland story, not a wish-fulfillment novel. The male and female leads don't retaliate arbitrarily when faced with problems, which might be a bit frustrating. The female lead transmigrates to the 1980s. The male lead is a border soldier, leaving her and their child in their hometown. His family is terrible; they not only withhold the money he sends back but also cause their child to develop epilepsy. After dealing with his family (though not really), the male lead hears the female lead mentioning greenhouse vegetables and coaxes her to join the army to grow vegetables. Unable to resist the persuasion of her child and the male lead, she goes. Once there, she can't leave. Seeing the soldiers' miserable lives, she starts diligently growing greenhouse vegetables to improve their meals. Later, she even gets her father and brother to work in the snowy plains, earning money while helping the soldiers. Thanks to the female lead's efforts, the soldiers get vegetables, various supplies, and eventually, their outposts are built with steel-framed houses, so they no longer have to freeze in caves. This part after she joins the army is incredibly touching. There are some unpleasant characters, but not many truly awful ones; everyone's efforts to live a good life are quite moving. (It's not a wish-fulfillment story. The male and female leads are probably both calculating and have a good sense of the bigger picture. There were several times when I was very angry, but they didn't retaliate.)

48. 398 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Sons' Golden Fingers Merged with Mine 穿书后我和儿子们的金手指合并了 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death 35.2kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves
49. 399 七 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Cold-Faced Officer Follows Her Around, Spoiling Her 七零军婚好甜冷面军官追着哄 Xiao Yun Xinxin小芸新新Modern Romance441k WordsCompleted After she transmigrates, forensic pathologist Su Xiaofang wakes up as an army wife living in a military compound in the 1970s. Thinking of her previous life, when she was a miserable pushover, scapegoated at work and exploited by her parents, only to die in an accident, she knows she has to live for herself this time. But the original owner is in terrible shape: sickly, skinny, and dim-witted. She’s been married to her officer husband for three years without consummating the marriage, and he loo 298Reads8.4Score101Shelves

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    This book has a very strong sense of the era and feels very realistic. Aside from the time-travel element, it's a super sweet military romance novel set in the 1970s. There are no special abilities, no systems, and no cheat codes; it realistically reflects military life in the 1970s.

50. 400 村 The Great Pagoda Tree at the Village Entrance 村口那棵大槐树 Runxin 666润鑫666Modern Romance374k WordsOngoing The 1960s: too few clothes and too little food! In remote Tianshui Village, everyone was struggling to stay alive! Every character is a vivid reflection of that era. They have no golden fingers and they don't transmigrate... so they can only fight tooth and nail against life and fate just to survive! Girls especially had a harder time of it in those days. Listen to the names: Dai Xiao, Huan Xiao, Zhaodi... You can tell at a glance they were named by parents hoping for a son. Back then, many girl 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The opening is unremarkable, but it hides a secret, full of surprises as it unfolds, becoming increasingly addictive as you read on… No cheat codes, no time travel… Each protagonist is a vivid portrayal of that era. An era of scarcity! Everyone was struggling to survive! Fighting desperately against life and against fate…

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