Please Recommend Highly Rated Period Pieces. No Dumbed-Down Plots or Cringey Scenes 求啊高分年代文 别降智整尬

1. 451 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 23.2kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
2. 452 七 Military Wife in the 1970s: Island Life Is the Sweetest 七零随军：海岛日常美滋滋 Mingyue Yan明月滟Modern Romance793k WordsCompleted The new novel, The Scholar and the Joyful Life in the Mountains, is now underway. It's a historical farming story, so head to the author's page to read it~ . [Cozy daily life, family and neighborhood affairs, simple and peaceful ☞ beachcombing + food, mainly Cantonese cuisine + farming + adorable kids. Includes educational tidbits and lots of pictures. Complete.] [Content warnings: This is not a power fantasy, and the heroine isn't strong ☞ no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, no fac 601Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   The first book features the female lead, Xu Jing'an, who doesn't go to the countryside. Everyone in the cast is shrewd, and the story is fast-paced. Recommended. The second book focuses more on everyday family life, includes food photos, and is relatively straightforward; it depends on personal preference. The third book features a semi-finished product evaluation system, has a smart female lead, and doesn't involve going to the countryside.

3. 453 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 59.5kReads8.5Score7.3kShelves

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   [I also highly recommend it] The female protagonist travels back to 1970 with a system that allows her to instantly kill, and rises from a purchasing agent in a supply and marketing cooperative to work in the export industry. Her career is fulfilling, her family dotes on her, and the film is full of nostalgia. It's definitely worth watching!

4. 454 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45.7kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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   I'm a bit of a detail-oriented person, and big bugs can ruin the reading experience. I'm determined not to compromise myself. The following books are ones I was able to read from beginning to end, and I recommend them!

5. 455 穿 Reborn as a Lazy Little Villain in the 1970s 穿成年代反派小咸鱼 Young Master Ninth公子九爷Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted [Cute baby, adored by everyone, feel-good wish fulfillment] Xia Yu is a thousand-year-old sloth who transmigrates and becomes the young daughter of a villainous family, destined to die young. Other people’s kids cry, throw tantrums, and roll around on the floor. The only thing their girl does is lie around like a lazy fish. The villainous family is beside itself with worry, racking its brains to get their little lazy fish moving. Second Brother, the villain: “Little sis, you can’t keep lying aro 2.7kReads8.8Score168Shelves
6. 456 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s, Where a Woman from the Stars Sells Men to Build Her Fortune 穿越六零，星际女卖男人发家致富 People Have Said So Too人亦有言Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + no romance + strong heroine) Wei Wei, an interstellar mecha engineer, was testing a new mecha on a desolate planet when she was ambushed. To grasp a chance at survival, she piloted the untested mecha and tried to escape. Little did she know that her leap would take her across not only space, but time as well. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to have arrived in 1963 in China, in the body of a five-year-old girl. She immediately found herself facing a deadl 10.8kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
7. 457 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Educated Youth Wants to Let Go 重生七零：知青想放手 Qu Linglong曲玲珑Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast, No Space, No System, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] One scheme tied two people’s lives together. Reborn in the 1970s, Zhu Xiaomin is determined to scheme her way back. First, she’ll set free the other unlucky soul who’s just like her. Second, she’ll tear that scumbag apart. But things seem to be slipping out of her control. The unlucky one came rolling back on his own and won’t leave, no matter how much she tries to drive him away. Well then… she’ll keep him. “I’ll protect you thi 11.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
8. 458 穿 Transmigrated to the ’70s: With a Space in Hand, the Eldest Sister Supports Her Family 穿越七零：身揣空间长姐养家日常 Mo Qing Yan墨卿烟Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Won't Go to the Countryside in the Seventies: I Have an All-Purpose Space, and Transmigrating to the Seventies: I Raise My Family as the Eldest Sister with a Space [Transmigration + Space] Zheng Yuru unexpectedly obtained a space. She thought the legendary apocalypse was coming, but after falling asleep, she woke up in the seventies! As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that both her parents were dead, her older brother had gone to the countryside, and she had younger sibli 2.9kReads8.7Score185Shelves
9. 459 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Was Switched into a Marriage and Became the Compound's Beloved Daughter-in-Law 重生八零被换亲，我成家属院团宠 Lin Guo'er林果儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xia Xiaohe and her cousin Xia Lanxiang are both reborn. In their previous life, Xia Xiaohe married a poor farmer, while her cousin married a college-educated youth sent to the countryside in the city. Her cousin followed him to the city and enjoyed a comfortable life, earning everyone’s envy. But in the end, Xia Xiaohe and her husband worked hard and made a name and fortune for themselves amid the tide of the times, living in splendor. Her cousin’s life in the city, meanwhile, was a complete mes 6kReads8.9Score563Shelves
10. 460 七 The 1970s: Married in the Morning, Burning Joss Paper for My Ex by Afternoon 七零：上午结婚下午给前夫烧纸 The Divine Beast Isn't Home神兽不在家Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Also known as: "Clearing Out My Eccentric Adoptive Mother's Home, the Fake Heiress Goes to the Countryside" Animated comic: "Tong Hua's Comeback" [Reborn and Revenge on Scumbags + Face-Slapping the Beloved of All + Everyone Begs for Forgiveness + Never Forgiving + Sweet Romance] In her previous life, Tong Hua was plotted against by Kong Mixue, the beloved of all, and sold into the mountains, where she was trapped for over a decade. After finally escaping and making her way home, she found that h 44kReads9.1Score5kShelves

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    This is Tomato's only historical fiction novel with a 9.7 Rating, so its quality is self-evident. The female lead has top-tier intelligence and emotional intelligence; highly recommended.

11. 461 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
12. 462 穿 Transmigrated as the Cannon-Fodder First Wife, I Bring Space Supplies and Marry the Regiment Commander 穿炮灰原配，我携空间物资嫁团长 Dreaming Back to Chang梦回常Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Sweet Romance] [Marriage Before Love] [Devoted Sweet Romance] [No Overthinking] Su Wan, a modern supply chain manager, dies suddenly after working through the night and transmigrates into a military-marriage novel set in the past. She becomes the cannon-fodder first wife who forced a marriage by threatening to die, only to be destined for abandonment. The frosty regiment commander hands her divorce papers. She signs without hesitation: six months, and they each ke 8Reads—Score166Shelves

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    A pretty good period drama in comparison.

13. 463 八 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1980s: My Ex Regrets It Too Late 八零军婚甜蜜蜜，前夫后悔火葬场 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + satisfying revenge, no putting up with mistreatment + male lead appears late + everyday life + farming + no golden finger + taking down scoundrels + sweet romance + ensemble cast + family matters + military officers + commanding officer] In her previous life, Qiao Jiangxin married into the Chen family. She shouldered every burden to give them a peaceful life, working like an ox and a horse to support her husband's literary ambitions, care for her ailing in-laws, and look aft 43.9kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
14. 464 开 Divorce from the Start: My Family Learns I’m a War God 开局离婚：我战神身份被全家曝光 Cheng Shuo21城烁21Urban135k WordsCompleted For three years, Lin Huang was the live-in son-in-law of the Su family. He did housework for three years and endured three years of contempt. His sister-in-law called him useless, his mother-in-law thought he was an embarrassment, and even the housekeeper dared to give him attitude. Only his wife, Su Qingyue, was cold, but not all that bad. Lin Huang thought he could make do. Then, on their wedding anniversary, she handed him divorce papers herself. “Sign them. Let’s not hold each other back. 1.2kReads—Score127Shelves

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    Synopsis: This is a contemporary romance novel set in a rural village. Shen Xiulan, a woman jilted at her arranged marriage, is introduced to Zhao Dajiang, a poor farmer from a neighboring village who can't afford a wife. She is a timid girl her family considers shameful, while he is an honest, clumsy man whose parents died young. Their love isn't dramatic, nor do they have grand ambitions; they simply learn to make a living in a dilapidated mud-brick house. Shen Xiulan cooks, sews, grows vegetables, and raises chickens; Zhao Dajiang farms, repairs farm tools, and makes furniture. She leaves him a hot meal, and he helps her with an extra row of fields; she secretly makes him a cotton-padded coat, and he clumsily saves money to buy her hair clips. Through the mundane routines of spring planting, market days, autumn harvest, and the New Year, they slowly transform from strangers into each other's support. This isn't a story of revenge or humiliation, but rather a heartwarming tale of a slow-paced, everyday life. Even in poverty, there are arguments, rumors, and entanglements of family ties, but there are also hot meals, lamplight, vegetable seedlings in the yard, and a small family with ever-growing hope. Life doesn't have to be extravagant; as long as each day gets better, that's enough. Readers should believe that among all the lights in the world, there will eventually be one left on for you.

15. 465 黑 The Black Lotus Returns Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear 黑莲花重生归来，婆家瑟瑟发抖 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear Short dramas: The Crazy Stepmother and New Life from Old Snow In her past life, Su An was abused by her husband. After she called the police, the officer told her it was a family matter and not their concern. She fled to her parents' home for help, but her grandmother said, “Take care of the kids, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages every month. Then he won't hit you, will he? That's how it is 58.7kReads9.5Score7kShelves
16. 466 快 Quick Transmigration! The Cherished Beauty Keeps Having Babies 快穿！娇宠美人连连生子 Moonflower No. 1月见一号Fantastical Romance653k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Stunning beauty] [Female-led romance] [Delicate] [Childbearing] [Sweet romance] [Male lead is inexperienced] [Multiple male leads] Content warning: The heroine is very, very weak. An honest heroine x obsessive male leads of all kinds who break into her home and strictly adhere to their code of conduct around women Ming Dai, who dies unexpectedly, binds herself to a Quick Transmigration System. She expects a difficult journey through the worlds, but instead, she's doted on 29.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves

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    I really like it, the plot is good.

17. 467 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Regiment Commander's Childhood Friend Dotes on Her 重生七零：团长竹马掌心娇 Beautiful Woman Who Loves Reading Novels喜欢看小说的美女Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s: The Regiment Commander, Her Childhood Friend, Cherishes Her 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Stop reading those suffocating period dramas! This book features a decisive and ruthless female protagonist who excels in both her career and romance!

18. 468 七 In the Seventies, His Beloved Wife Wants a Divorce, and the Cold-Faced Officer Panics 七零，娇妻要离婚，冷面军官慌了 Sunflower Facing the Sun向日葵迎着阳光Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted Devoted husband + both leads are virgins + rough-hewn man acting clingy + everyday family life + cathartic face-slapping + no misunderstandings + both speak their minds + both are scheming + building a prosperous life The first thing Shen Lishu does after being reborn is ask for a divorce. In her previous life, she spent four years with him and never once heard him say he loved her. She even died a virgin. But when she asks for a divorce, the calm, self-possessed man actually gets down on his kn 25.3kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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    [Heart][Sad][Sad] The female lead is a fake rich girl who lives in the male lead's house and is raised to be a pampered beauty with an extravagant lifestyle. She will never stand if she can sit, and she refuses to suffer in the countryside in order to live a wealthy life. She deliberately seduces her brother, a prince of the Beijing circle, an old cadre with a refined demeanor, and a soldier.

19. 469 快 Quick Transmigration: Starting by Staying Away from the Plot 快穿：从远离剧情开始 Moonflower No. 1月见一号Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Original title: The Quick-Transmigration Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Doesn’t Follow the Plot [Quick transmigration + fictional worlds + some stories conclude in one chapter + varied lengths + doesn’t follow the original plot + absolutely no helping the poor + all male leads are virgins + personal space] [No fixed couple, but the male leads must be pure] The cannon-fodder female characters in the plot suddenly awaken. After growing a brain, Luo Yang refuses to follow the sucker’s script anymore. Sh 19.1kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
20. 470 万 The Rebirth of a Hated Old Woman: Raising a Thankless Wolf 万人嫌老太太重生之长成白眼狼 Moon Half, Three Ponds' Master月半三塘主Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + intense push and pull + both leads are sexually inexperienced] Reborn on the very night she eloped, she refuses to repeat the same mistakes. Sixty years of suffering have taught her it’s time to live for herself. To avoid marrying a divorced man, she turns instead to Yuan Rongzhang, a battle hero destined to die young. Even if she ends up a widow, she’ll live with steely resolve and an unshakable fighting spirit! “Wait, Xu Jingmo, why are you standing so close? I ha 183Reads7.6Score—Shelves
21. 471 穿 Back to the 1970s to Save My Best Friend, While My Scumbag Ex Begs for Mercy 穿回七零拯救闺蜜，渣男跪地求放过 The Tomato I Can't Have得不到的番茄Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted Back to the Seventies to Save My Best Friend: The Scumbag Begs on His Knees for Me to Let Him Go —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can tell from the title.

22. 472 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

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    A slow-burning, enduring love story, without any nonsensical or outrageous plot twists. The timeline is well-structured, it's already finished, and it's long enough to be enjoyable to read!

23. 473 惊 Astonishing! The Top Scientist Is Being Kept by the Strongest Officer 惊！科研大佬被最强军官吃软饭了 Huang Xiaobai黄小白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + making money + apocalypse powerhouse + romance + military marriage + scientific research] [Also known as: Military Marriage: The Fierce Beauty Goes to the Countryside to Crush Her Enemies Without Taking It Easy] [Content warning: The heroine is extremely protective of her food. She spends the early part of the story in the countryside, for about 450 chapters, before turning to research] [Content warning: There is a male lead, but he 17.3kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    Also known as "Transmigrating into the 70s, I Receive 88 Salaries Every Month," the female protagonist boasts unparalleled intelligence and emotional intelligence, a master of deception! She transforms scoundrels into sycophants, seeking revenge without delay! Su He wakes up to find herself transmigrated into a historical novel, a fake heiress sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress is an almost superhuman figure, constantly plotting and scheming, leading to the ruin of the Su family and the original owner's miserable existence. Su He remains calm and collected; wherever there are people, that's her stage! With a few clever schemes, eight hundred cunning family members begin their infighting, begging and pleading for her favor. Resource exchange, understanding people's hearts, devising strategies, one side job after another, eighty-eight salaries until her hands cramp. Building her hometown, serving her country, she's the good person of An County! The real heiress still wants to play dirty tricks?

24. 474 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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    The novel, set in a modern era, is a good read with a focus on everyday family life and includes some awful relatives. It's worth reading.

25. 475 穿 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 213.7kReads9.4Score28.6kShelves
26. 476 穿 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, My Beast Companion Is a Vampire 穿越年代，我的御兽是吸血鬼 Who Am I Wandering For为谁去流浪Rural Life488k WordsOngoing A grounded tale of rural life and farming, adventure in another world, beast taming, and immortality. After transmigrating to an impoverished village in 1955, Zhou Jiasheng becomes the family outcast, the eldest child no one wants! His parents take his siblings to the city to get a job with a state-owned enterprise, leaving him behind in the countryside with food but no money, to fend for himself. Just when he is at his wits' end, the troublemaking System that caused him to transmigrate is alrea 88.9kReads8.4Score10.9kShelves

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    Newly published historical novels

27. 477 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 37.9kReads9.4Score4kShelves
28. 478 快 Quick Transmigration: The Max-Level Expert Slaughters Her Way Through the World by Accumulating Merit 快穿：满级大佬靠攒功德杀疯了 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深1.2M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, power fantasy, formidable heroine, top student] The moment Yu stepped onto the Immortal-Welcoming Terrace, the shockwave from two powerful figures fighting shattered her immortal body with a single sword strike. The Ancestor stuffed her into a rift in time and space: travel to different worlds, do good deeds, accumulate merit, and become a saint through merit. [First Life: Scientist] In 1973, a village girl in the mountains grows up to become a scientist. She keeps her ident 34.3kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves

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    The first book has several worlds set in different eras; the second one is highly recommended.

29. 479 军 Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠：我在七零与兵王互撩 Su Youran苏悠然Modern Romance618k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would 24.7kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
30. 480 重 Back to the Sixties: The Heiress Clears Out Her Enemy's Home and Has a Blast 重回六零，大小姐搬空仇家爽炸了 Pudding Is Pudding布丁是布丁Modern Romance504k WordsOngoing [Period setting + military marriage + satisfying revenge + special abilities + strong heroine + revenge on scumbags] Yu Wanzhou has awakened. Not only is she a doomed cannon-fodder character in a period novel, she’s also a max-level powerhouse from the apocalypse, ruthless and decisive! Reborn once more, she refuses to repeat the mistakes of her past. She tears up the original heroine’s storyline and devours her System to upgrade her pocket dimension. Her hypocritical uncle wants to kill Gra 196.8kReads8.4Score24kShelves

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    This novel doesn't follow the typical rural farming plot. The female protagonist awakens her memories, realizing she's a short-lived cannon fodder character in a period drama, but actually a max-level powerhouse in a post-apocalyptic world! She devours the original female protagonist's system, empties her wicked uncle's fortune, brings the scumbags to justice, accompanies her grandfather to the countryside with supplies, and joins forces with a cold-faced military leader. It's incredibly captivating, though still being serialized.

31. 481 恶 The Villainess Transmigrates to the Seventies, Beats the Scum, Makes Money, and Marries a Soldier 恶女穿七零，虐渣搞钱嫁兵哥哥 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s military marriage + revenge and face-slapping + making money + sweet romance + pocket dimension + adorable pets] The heroine is petty, vindictive, cold-hearted, and has only the tiniest bit of conscience. She never waits until tomorrow to get revenge! Tang Niannian struggles to survive for three years in the apocalypse, then transmigrates into a tragic cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The book’s heroine steals the original owner’s spiritual spring pock 46.1kReads9.3Score4.9kShelves
32. 482 不 Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built 54.5kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
33. 483 大 Male Chauvinist? I Got Into College, So I’m Running Away 大男子主义？考上大学我决定跑路 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance462k WordsCompleted Naive heiress x calculating male lead with questionable morals Transmigration into her own body + undocumented + sweet romance + transmigration into a book Jiang Yingyue transmigrated. The good news was that she was still in her own body. The bad news was that she had no legal identity. Short on money, she decided to sell her watch and keep her head down for a while. But because she was wearing such strange clothes, someone reported her as a spy, and she was hauled off to the Public Securit 910Reads8.3Score101Shelves

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    The first book shouldn't be deterred by the title and synopsis. The self-serving female protagonist is transported to the 1970s and marries a cunning and manipulative male protagonist to live a better life. She later tries to save money to leave him but is defeated by reality. The male protagonist gives her all the good food and drinks while he eats coarse grains himself – I absolutely love it! It's a rare type of period drama. The second book also features a female protagonist who is undocumented and chooses to marry the male protagonist on their first meeting to resolve her undocumented status. The male protagonist comes from a prominent family, is handsome and capable, and is the police chief. This is also a rare type of story. The third book also features a female protagonist who is undocumented and is also good; the male protagonist is quite cunning.

34. 484 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Side-Character Couple Goes to the Countryside as Educated Youths 穿书后，配角夫妻下乡当知青 White Star Heavenly Bamboo白星天竺Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted While reading a novel, Li Ruolan is surprised to discover that her and her husband’s names appear in a novel set in a bygone era. They are educated youths who go to the countryside alongside the male and female leads, and their names appear only two or three times as minor characters. That very night, Li Ruolan dreams of the minor character’s memories. When she wakes up, her husband says he had the same dream. Just as they both think it must be a coincidence, a pocket dimension appears. Li Ruola 26.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
35. 485 十 Tian Xiaofang, the Village Beauty at Eighteen 十八岁村花田小芳 Spring Comes to the Old Year春入旧年Modern Romance360k WordsOngoing 🔥 Rural Life in the 1950s | A Rough Farmhand Secretly Loves the Village Belle Wang Mancang is the poorest farmhand in Wangjia Hollow. His parents died young, he can barely read, his skin is dark and his hands are covered in calluses, and he lives in a drafty mud-brick house. He secretly admires the village belle, Tian Xiaofang. Knowing he has nothing to his name and can't afford even a fraction of the bride price, he can only bury his feelings deep in his heart. Who could have expected trouble t 251Reads—Score138Shelves

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    A rural romance in the 1950s is suddenly shattered by fate, rumors spread, and two unfortunate people support and comfort each other.

36. 486 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 177.3kReads9.2Score13.1kShelves
37. 487 七 70s Military Marriage: The Couple’s a Bit Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 47.1kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves

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    The first thing I did was watch the short drama, which I thought was pretty good. The second book was hilarious; the female lead was a total troublemaker. The third book was good.

38. 488 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1970s, My Cannon-Fodder Husband Is a Master of All Trades 穿书七零：我的炮灰丈夫十项全能 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now online] [Full-cast audio drama available] [Period setting + educated youth + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + inspirational] Lu Xia transmigrated into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a girl whose parents didn’t care for her and who had been sent to the countryside in her elder sister’s place. Remembering how the original owner had always been mistreated, Lu Xia couldn’t stand for it. She sold the job, gave her family a hefty financial hit, 37.9kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves

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    Also known as "Transmigrating into the 70s, I Receive 88 Salaries Every Month," the female protagonist boasts unparalleled intelligence and emotional intelligence, a master of deception! She transforms scoundrels into sycophants, seeking revenge without delay! Su He wakes up to find herself transmigrated into a historical novel, as a fake heiress sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress is an almost superhuman figure, constantly plotting and scheming, leading to the ruin of the Su family and the original owner's miserable existence. Su He remains calm and collected; wherever there are people, that's her stage! With a few clever tricks, eight hundred cunning family members begin their infighting, begging and pleading for her favor. Resource exchange, understanding people's hearts, strategizing, one side job after another, eighty-eight salaries until her hands cramp. Building her hometown, serving her country, she's the good person of An County! The real heiress still wants to play dirty tricks?

39. 489 逼 You're Forcing Me to the Countryside? I'll Empty the House and Head Off to the Farms in Style 逼我下乡？我搬空家底潇洒插队 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Rural Life365k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1975, Lin Jianguo looks at his biased parents and the younger brother about to take over his job, then gives a cold laugh. If you won't treat me right, don't blame me for returning the favor! He activates his pocket System and acquires Grandmaster-level Baji Fist, expert hunting skills, and expert marksmanship. He clears out every valuable belonging in his biased parents' house, then casually signs up his stepmother's son to go to the Great Northwest. With his bags on his back, he head 10.6kReads7.5Score831Shelves
40. 490 掐 Waist-Grabbing and Over-the-Top Spoiling! The Fake Heiress Has Caught the Soldier’s Eye 掐腰强宠！假千金被兵哥盯心上了 South Wind on the Strings南风入弦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Nan Qiao woke up, she had become a fake heiress happily preparing to sneak off to the countryside as a sent-down youth. At last, she wouldn’t have to marry her fiancé, the future political big shot who would rise to the top. Nan Qiao knew that one day, her fiancé would meet the love of his life. After she died in an accident, the two of them would end up together: one would become the richest woman in the country, while the other would wield enormous influence in politics. Nan Qiao shuddere 3.4kReads8.0Score310Shelves
41. 491 重 Reborn in 1979: I Became the Hunting King of the Greater Khingan Range 重生七九：我在大兴安岭当猎王 Su Su苏玊Urban221k WordsCompleted After dying in poverty in his past life, Chen Weidong is reborn and returns to the Greater Khingan Range in 1979 with a pocket dimension. He makes his fortune hunting and gathering medicinal herbs, and helps his clueless brothers get rich. He takes on wicked relatives and tramples villains. In these mountains, he calls the shots! #RebirthInTheEra #PocketDimension #GreaterKhinganRange #MultipleHeroines #FarmingAndFortune #HuntingAndHerbGathering #Brotherhood #SatisfyingComeback #GuideToGettingRic 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Multiple female leads, ##Rebirth and hunting in a historical setting,#

42. 492 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Revenge 四合院之傻柱复仇记 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Male-Channel Fanfiction445k WordsOngoing A burned-out office worker who dropped dead in 2026 becomes Silly Zhu, who froze to death on the streets in 1951. Bound to a System, he learns cooking, traditional Chinese medicine, and Bajiquan. As he raises his little sister, he makes every beast who schemes against him pay the price. 26.9kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
43. 493 资 The Reborn Capitalist Heiress Is Doted on by Her Military Officer Husband 资本家大小姐重生军官老公掌心宠 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + Joining the Army Husband on an Island + Reborn + Young Lady + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] [Alternate setting, 1960s] [Flirtatious, high-maintenance heroine and rough, arrogant hero] Shen Yitang thought there must be something seriously wrong with her. She had spent five years disliking Gu Huaizheng, but after he died, she spent a full ten years missing him. She missed the strong arms that had protected her in the catastrophic flood, and the safe haven he had built for he 19.3kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves

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    😂These two books are undoubtedly 9.9-point masterpieces, hilarious!🤦 I read them on my way to and from get off work, or even on the subway. I haven't skipped a single chapter! I've already read them three times! Every time there's a new surprise! They're truly endlessly rereadable!

44. 494 四 Siheyuan: How Dare You Steal My Inheritance? 四合院：我的遗产你们也敢吞？ Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Male-Channel Fanfiction378k WordsOngoing When a doctoral graduate’s soul landed in 1961, he became a young man in rural Changping who shared his name. His parents were dead, and his uncle’s inheritance had been completely divided among the “old neighbors” in Courtyard 95 on Nanluoguxiang: three rooms, eight thousand yuan in savings, and a secure job at the steel mill, all seized. With no way to seek justice, he had only a will and the future technology and master-level martial arts bestowed upon him by his transmigration. From appealin 6.4kReads6.6Score191Shelves
45. 495 重 Reborn in 1975: Framed by a Female Educated Youth 重生1975从被女知青陷害开始 Su Su苏玊Urban189k WordsOngoing 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 496 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance623k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.8kReads8.2Score3.7kShelves

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    The number of recently discovered period novels has already caught up with the previous ones.

47. 497 大 The Great Emperor Returns: Starting with the Annihilation of His Clan 大帝归来：从灭族开始 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Urban305k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Lu Changsheng, the supreme cultivator of the cultivation world, spent a thousand years cultivating before ruling the myriad realms with a single sword. When he tore through space and returned to Blue Star, he discovered that only five years had passed on Earth. Monsters were running rampant across the Western Pacific, and half the country had fallen. With a single sweep of his sword, he wiped out countless demons. But when he finally returned home, he was met with this: His parents had 1.4kReads—Score170Shelves
48. 498 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Rewrites His Life 四合院：傻柱改写人生 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Male-Channel Fanfiction548k WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was driven out of the Siheyuan and froze to death beneath a bridge. Reborn in this life, he returns to find the courtyard just as it was. But He Yuzhu is no longer the Silly Zhu everyone could push around. 9.5kReads6.7Score316Shelves
49. 499 七 The 1970s: I Marry into the City with the Matchmaker System 七零：我靠媒婆系统嫁进了城里 Shi Lai莳来Modern Romance474k WordsOngoing The rating has only just come in. It’ll go up later! [1970s + Beijing courtyard home + cozy, sweet romance + daily life + a touch of ensemble cast] Qian Manman’s greatest wish is to become a city dweller. She works hard at her studies, hoping that one day she can change her fate. But after graduating from high school, she realizes she can’t find a job at all. Unwilling to spend her whole life in the countryside, Qian Manman decides that if she can’t get into the city by studying, she’ll marry he 50.1kReads8.2Score6.1kShelves

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    They're all great, but unfortunately the traffic is only so-so. I recommend them.

50. 500 四 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yuan Tiangang 四合院：我舅舅是袁天罡 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Male-Channel Fanfiction382k WordsCompleted Yuan Tiangang, the Tang dynasty's Imperial Astrologer, wakes up to find himself the unlikely uncle of He Yuzhu, a man living in a Beijing courtyard. Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum? A dose of Tiangang Arts will set her straight. Yi Zhonghai puts on a false front? Let's calculate the day your bad luck will strike. Qin Huairu wants to leech off you? Uncle will teach you what it means to “make you cry with the Huayang Needle.” Everyone is dumbfounded: Is this old man a divine being or a lunatic? He Y 2.4kReads—Score106Shelves

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