The Best of the Best in Historical-Era Fiction: You’ll Regret Missing These!!! 年代文天花板Top 不看后悔系列！！！

1. 401 快 Quick Transmigration: In Period Novels, I Pursue Self-Interest with Style 快穿：拜金的我在年代文精致利己 Nannan's Cultivation Dream楠楠的修仙梦Modern Romance5.6M WordsOngoing Follow the happy lives of the gold-digging, shameless woman Li Na across stories set in different eras. (Li Na has a different personality in each era story and no memories of her other lives in other era stories. The protagonist is only named Li Na; they are not the same person. Some have a golden finger and some don't, and when they do, it's very minor. The heroine is just an utterly ordinary woman.) Content warning: The heroine is deeply flawed and extremely selfish. She only ever thinks of h 7.8kReads8.2Score359Shelves
2. 402 重 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 Curly Cat Whiskers猫胡子卷卷Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 46.6kReads7.8Score7.5kShelves

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   After being reborn, the female protagonist initially only wanted to go to university and use her scalpel to treat and save lives. However, she never expected to first take up a gun and go to the battlefield, where she fought bloody battles on the border, defended the country, and saved many comrades.

3. 403 魂 Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman 魂归香江：从裁缝铺到女首富 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted [1980s + strong heroine + academic ace + business warfare + Hong Kong] In her previous life, she had a photographic memory, but her heart could stop at any moment. As her heart stopped beating, she thought, “Next life, I don’t want to be human.” When she opened her eyes again, she was Lin Ying, nine years old, having spent nine years in a daze. Today, her soul had finally returned. The spirit medium had divined it three times: “She won’t leave again. You were always yourself. You were just put i 212.9kReads8.6Score37.9kShelves

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   It's amazing! The female protagonist starts from scratch. It's now completed and worth watching.

4. 404 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Seventies' Best Cheat and the Roughest Man 穿书七零：开最牛的挂撩最糙的汉 Hua Xiaoqian花小钱Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted This book is also known as “With Space in Hand, I've Got Myself a Rugged Man.” After blowing herself up, apocalypse powerhouse Ye Weiwei's soul transmigrates into a romance novel, where she becomes a love-struck supporting character with the same name. The original Ye Weiwei was set up by her cousin, who stole her golden finger and fiancé, as well as the affection of her parents, relatives, and several older brothers. In the end, her cousin arranged for her to marry a village scoundrel, who beat 66.1kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves
5. 405 家 With a Little Trouble-Maker at Home, Life Only Gets Sweeter 家有小作精，日子越过越有爱 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming] [1970s era + transmigration into a book + military marriage + going berserk + getting rich] After putting up with a mountain of grievances in her previous life, Wen Ning transmigrates to the 1970s, where there’s nothing to be had, and gets even more fed up. She just wants to go berserk and take on the whole world. When the villagers gossip behind her back, Wen Ning’s response is simple: “I’ll just curse them out.” When she argues with her mother-in-law, Wen Ning’s res 2.6kReads8.4Score194Shelves

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   Super good historical fiction, no cheat codes, the last one has multiple female leads and multiple romantic partners.

6. 406 七 The 1970s: Reclaiming My Luck, the Tycoon's Darling Wife Wins Without Lifting a Finger 七零：夺回气运，首富娇妻躺赢了 Azure Sea and Blue Sky碧海青天Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Satisfying, sweet, and feel-good + spatial powers] In her previous life, Lin Qianxue had her fortune stolen, and after her soul transmigrated, her family was destroyed within three years. When she opened her eyes again, she was back before everything had been taken from her. Refusing to be a sacrificial pawn, Lin Qianxue struck back and reclaimed it all. The rough-and-tough veteran Liu Zongzhen had a heavy fate, a fiery temper, and abundant vitality. He swiftly carried his petite wife home. Whe 34.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
7. 407 前 My Ex-Husband Raises His Daughter's Child, While I Marry a Commander with My Own Child 前夫替闺女养娃，我带崽嫁首长 Huahua Wants to Be Famous花花想火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period military marriage + dimension + second male lead rises to the top + raising children + reborn] On the day of her daughter’s college entrance celebration, Bai Yulian, the widow her husband had supported for years, produced a paternity test. “The hospital switched the babies back then. Qingning is my daughter. She’s yours.” Song Wan looked at her biological daughter, now disabled and mentally impaired, who had been taken deep into the mountains and had three children there. She fainted on 1.7kReads8.7Score279Shelves

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   🍁On the day of her daughter's college entrance celebration, the widow, who had been supported by her husband for many years, produced a paternity test, claiming that her daughter was her own. She then pushed the girl who had been trafficked into the mountains and given birth to three children onto her. Looking at her mentally challenged and disabled daughter before her, she fainted… 🍁When she opened her eyes again, she was back to before the children were switched. She personally switched her own child back. In her previous life, her biological daughter had been tortured into a state of semi-mental disability. In this life, she would protect her and ensure her safety and well-being…

8. 408 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Reluctant Match Is Surprisingly Sweet 重生七零：强扭的瓜有点甜 Meow Commander喵指挥官Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan transmigrated! And she transmigrated right into the most awkward situation imaginable. Why awkward? Because she was forcing herself on a man. This is a terrible misunderstanding, a huge injustice! None of this has anything to do with her. She’s just an innocent passerby who transmigrated into this world. Unfortunately, no one believes her. Well, the original owner was notorious for raising hell and ruling the family compound like a tyrant! So be it. What’s done is done, and crying won’ 11.2kReads9.0Score1kShelves
9. 409 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 78.8kReads9.4Score7.4kShelves
10. 410 渣 My Scumbag Husband Dotes on His Childhood Sweetheart? I Decide When We Divorce! 渣夫宠青梅？离婚我说了算！ The Breakout Queen爆红天后Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted [Bygone-era setting + face-slapping the scum + military marriage + chasing-wife crematorium + tea-flavored officer + sweet romance] Su Jiangli transmigrated into a chasing-wife crematorium story with a countdown to her departure. Her husband, Shen Jiawei, abandoned her at their wedding and brought home his friend’s widow and her son, claiming it was only temporary. That “temporary” arrangement ended up lasting a lifetime. Misunderstandings and conflict tore them apart, leaving the miserable firs 12.4kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    The female lead has a sharp tongue and can easily use her beauty to spread rumors and stir up trouble. Her husband has been ignoring her for over a year because of his "white moonlight" (his first love), while she subtly flirts with him, driving him crazy with her charm. She's quick-witted, decisive, and has a sharp mind—I love her so much!

11. 411 穿 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, I Become the Whole Village's Beloved Great-Aunt 穿越年代，成为全村团宠姑奶奶 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Modern Romance813k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple, soul transmigration, pocket dimension, period setting, sweet romance, everyday life] “Great-aunt…” “Great-aunt?” “Great-aunt!!!” Su Jianjian furrowed her brow. So noisy. Could they stop shouting and let her get some decent sleep? Her lips moved faintly, and she mumbled, “Mm, mm, mm. Stop making noise.” As soon as she replied, the voices in her dream vanished, and everything went quiet. Who could have guessed that one impatient reply in a dream would make her transmigrate int 6.5kReads8.9Score551Shelves

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    🔥The first two books are all top-tier with strong female and male leads, the third is a top-tier story of a beloved female lead, and the fourth is a top-tier story of a female lead flirting with a male lead. 🌸1. Fanxing is one of only two 5S-level mental power war gods in the interstellar world. She is an outstanding commander. She is a research fanatic and an outstanding individual soldier. Taking the head of an enemy from among thousands of enemy troops is as easy as taking candy from a baby. But no one knows that she actually has dual 5S-level mental power.

12. 412 堕 Fallen 堕 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted That year, I was twenty-nine, and Mo Huai was thirteen. When I, someone who no longer wanted to live, met him, someone else who no longer wanted to live, we somehow found the strength to keep going, at least for a little while. So we decided to rely on each other and make it through together. 45.5kReads9.6Score5.3kShelves
13. 413 穿 I Became the Tycoon's Dark Moonlight 穿成大佬的黑月光 Three Demons三妖Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted What do you do when your husband commits murder right in front of you? Asking for advice online. It’s pretty urgent! Xu Ning wakes up in the body of a poor girl whose father doesn’t care about her, whose mother doesn’t love her, and who has been abandoned by a scoundrel. To get revenge on him, she uses a trick to marry a lame scholar from Qingshui Village. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees her husband, the one she married by mistake, smashing someone’s head with a rock, blow after blow. Re 71.4kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves
14. 414 重 Reborn in the 1980s, the Fussy Beauty Is Spoiled by Her Whole Family 重生八零，作精美人被全家宠翻天 Retired Salty Fish养老咸鱼Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted [1980s + Military Marriage + Family Favorite + Inner Thoughts Revealed + Everyone Speaks Their Mind + Alternate-Era Setting + Wife-Doting, Tough Military Officer vs. Sweet, Gentle Little Peach Blossom Spirit] Wen Xingyue failed her tribulation, was struck dead by lightning, and woke up in the human world. Status: Married. Record: Bullied her brother-in-law and made life difficult for her in-laws. Summary: Cheated on her military officer husband. Wen Xingyue trembled with fear. Then she took a cl 4.1kReads9.2Score412Shelves

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    My bookshelf is filled with the pinnacle of period fiction, all of them sweet and fluffy, with strong male and female leads, slice-of-life stories, top-tier female researchers leading the country's rapid technological advancement, and alluring and independent heroines~(¯▽¯~)(*´·в·)

15. 415 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 108.1kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
16. 416 睁 I Opened My Eyes and Became the Flirtatious Side Character Who Abused the Down-and-Out Prince 睁眼！成虐待落魄皇子的轻浮女配 Taishi Ying太史婴Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama “Reborn as a Flirtatious Widow, I Tormented My Younger Brother-in-Law Until He Ascended the Throne” is now streaming. Prince Ding, Xiao Nanshen, was the Great Xuan's God of War. But people close to him set him up, leaving him gravely wounded and disabled, then pursued him. When poison reached his brain, his subordinate disguised him as a long-lost younger brother and brought him home to hide him. The subordinate died of his injuries, and Xiao Nanshen found himself face-to-face wi 45.5kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves
17. 417 军 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Ruthless Commander Is Doted On 军婚七零疯批指挥官被宠上天 Ye Wu夜妩Modern Romance649k WordsCompleted Fanxing is one of only two 5S-level psychic War Gods in the entire interstellar realm. She is an outstanding commander. She is a research fanatic and an exceptional elite soldier. Taking an enemy commander’s head from among thousands of troops is as easy for her as reaching into a pocket. But no one knows that she actually has dual 5S-level psychic powers, equivalent to having two souls. As a result, her psychic powers have always been unstable, even violent. But she is so powerful that she has 4.4kReads9.0Score306Shelves
18. 418 寡 The Widow's Sister-in-Law Has Nowhere to Run, and the Mad Chancellor Vomits Blood Again 寡嫂无处逃，疯批丞相又吐血了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, decisive young widow vs. refined, deranged villainous minister] [System + fleeing while pregnant + transmigrate into a book + male lead reborn] Song Yao transmigrated into a book as the villainous minister’s widowed sister-in-law. She was caught red-handed while eloping with another man. The villainous minister, who would one day hold power over the entire court, was currently nothing but a sickly young man. Remembering the tragic fate of the original owner, Song Yao immediately deci 9.5kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
19. 419 绝 The Stunning Young Lady Transmigrates to the Seventies 绝美尤物大小姐身穿七零 One Z Soak一z泡Modern Romance564k WordsCompleted Transmigration into another era + transmigrate into a book + undocumented + love at first sight + ruthless pursuit + a slight groveling arc + happy ending Stunning heiress VS soldier who falls for her looks at first sight Modern tycoon’s heir VS the pampered young master of a military compound in the 1970s The heroine transmigrates into another era, while her cousin transmigrates into a book and is reborn. Jing Zhi, heir to the Jing family, the wealthiest family in City A in the 21st century, ha 7.2kReads8.4Score598Shelves
20. 420 奸 The Treacherous Official's Wife: A Book-Transmigrated Heroine's Farming Life 奸臣之妻：书穿女配好种田 Youyou Doesn't Eat Spicy Food柚柚不吃辣Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + sweet romance + family bonds + political intrigue + healing + comedy] Cui Wantang had lived with her old charlatan of a master, dependent on each other. After he died, she was left all alone. Then one day, she transmigrated into a book she hadn't finished reading, becoming the wife of the villainous minister. [The book said Song Yu was a smiling tiger, ruthless and cruel, a lackey and a weapon for the antagonist.] But at this point, Song Yu was only a poor young man who hadn't turned 24.5kReads9.4Score3.5kShelves
21. 421 军 Military Marriage: A 1970s Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor in the Great Northern Wilderness, Cuddling Giant Cats 军婚：七零国医在北大荒撸大猫 Beyond the Twilight Clouds暮云边Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Mountain Adventures + All Kinds of Fluffy Animals + Golden Finger and Space + Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads] [Early on: Sent to the Countryside. Midway: Builds a Factory and Joins the Military Region. Later: Enlists.] With her powerful psychic abilities, Qin Miaomiao survived for ten whole years in the apocalypse! She had no regrets about leaving that world behind. But as she lay dying, she couldn’t help thinking of the big cat that had kept her company for so many years. 5.2kReads8.9Score802Shelves

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    ✨✨The female lead is a dragon who transmigrates to the 1970s. She has an incredibly sharp tongue and off-the-charts fighting skills. She's beaten up almost half the villagers, and later even managed to collapse a house with a tree trunk. The male lead is a delicate and weak husband.✨✨Both leads are natives with no special abilities. The female lead is the youngest daughter of the village head, the only girl in three generations of her family. Her grandmother adores her. The male lead is socially awkward and works as a sent-down youth in the female lead's village. It's very sweet and doesn't have many awful characters. ✨✨The female lead is sophisticated, selfish, and a vicious supporting character typical of period dramas. When she bullies the original female lead, a system appears with tasks that reward those who help the original female lead. The female lead completes these tasks while simultaneously sabotaging the original female lead. Both the female and male leads are villains.

22. 422 大 The Young Lady Joins the Army, and the Stoic Officer Falls for Her Sweet Charm 大小姐随军，冷面军官被甜美拿捏 Yan Fubao Ling言福宝瓴Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + reborn + pocket dimension + ensemble cast + punishing scumbags + mutual devotion + an all-around soldier king with incredible stamina VS a beautiful, capable heiress to a capitalist family] In her previous life, the captivating capitalist heiress Rong Jiabao returned to China with her father, only to be manipulated by her own relatives for twenty years before meeting a tragic end. Now she has opened her eyes at age twenty. Are they really going to use the same old tricks on 34.9kReads9.1Score6kShelves
23. 423 读 The Mind-Reading, Sweet and Sultry Wife Makes the Abstinent Officer Blush 读心纯欲娇妻，禁欲军官面红耳赤 Ninefold River Snow九重江雪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Originally titled Mind-Reading, Pure and Passionate Wife: The Chaste Officer Blushes] [Multiple People Can Read Minds] [Military Marriage] [Bratty Heroine] [Disabled Powerhouse] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Dotting Romance] [Feel-Good Story] [Sweet Romance] [Medical Skills] [Beloved by the Nation] Su Lingyu had been spoiled rotten and lived in luxury since childhood. When the System brought her to the food- and clothing-scarce 1980s, she became the villainous ex-wife of Huo Yan, the male lea 8.9kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
24. 424 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Tear My Scumbag Father to Shreds and Become a Secret Blade of the Nation 重生六零：手撕渣爹我成国家暗刃 Between the Morning and the Moon朝月间Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Reborn in the Era + Strong Heroine + Spatial Storage + Wish Fulfillment + Punishing Scoundrels + Military + Comeback + Revenge + Face-Slapping] In the winter of 1960, her mother dies in the fourteenth winter of waiting in vain for her husband. There is no wooden marker on the grave, only thirteen-year-old Zhou Hanxing, collapsed from hunger before the mound of yellow earth. She opens her eyes again, and a modern female soldier king's soul has bound itself to an entire shopping mall's worth o 124.1kReads8.9Score13.1kShelves
25. 425 头 Mini Bubbles Over Her Head: The Adorable Little Darling Everyone Loves 头顶迷你气泡，奶萌团宠人见人爱 Kaka Just Keeps Posting卡卡就是发Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved family in a bygone era + adorable child with mood bubbles above her head + powerful father + doted on to the extreme + everyone loves her + pure feel-good escapism] Qiao Qiao died before she turned ten, at the hands of the Shen family, who falsely claimed she was their illegitimate daughter. When she opened her eyes again, she was back at three and a half years old. That year, she was still with the Qiao family, the precious little darling everyone in the family cherished like the ap 6.8kReads9.1Score654Shelves
26. 426 甜 Sweet Desire, Alluring Fragrance 甜欲娇香 Flowers Bloom in the Wutong Tree梧生花Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted Original title: The Plump Beauty Nanny and the Abstinent Tycoon Who Fell for Her Set in a bygone era, with a devoted couple: a curvy, charming beauty and a cool, abstinent technical expert Su Nianhe has a secret she can hardly bring herself to tell anyone. She has had a sweet fragrance about her since childhood, and is soft, curvy, and naturally alluring. To escape being sold off by her own father to an old widower, she runs to the city and becomes a nanny for the Shen family. She carefully keep 15.3kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
27. 427 九 The 1990s: I Became the Early-Deceased Wife of a Tough Big Shot 九零：穿成糙汉大佬的早死前妻 It's the Old Wang Next Door是隔壁老王呀Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + tough, powerful male lead + female lead plays dumb to outwit her foes + male lead reborn + female lead transmigrates] Du Ruo was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household and destined to become a favored consort. But on her wedding night, she was killed by an assassin while saving the emperor. After dying, Du Ruo is reborn in the 1990s as another “Du Ruo,” who was forced to drop out of school and switch fiances, then tried to take her 3.5kReads9.2Score329Shelves
28. 428 五 The 1950s Village Girl Is a Little Crazy: From the Start, She Smashes Her Scumbag Father's Wedding 五零村姑有点疯，开局砸渣爹婚礼 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ni Chuichui had just gotten out of a mental hospital when she had the misfortune to transmigrate into the body of a girl with the same name in the 1950s. Her mother was dead, and her father didn’t care about her. Wearing the standard smile of a villain, Ni Chuichui waved her hand and said, “You think you can just decide you don’t want me? That’s not how it works.” She took her younger brother to the military district, crashed a wedding, drove her stepmother into a faint, and extorted a huge sum 49.7kReads8.7Score6kShelves

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    The female protagonist takes her whole family to new heights. Anyone who offends her doesn't need to stay overnight; she can resolve things immediately. A mental illness certificate is all she needs to get by.

29. 429 八 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2.1kReads9.0Score237Shelves
30. 430 四 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangqi 四合院：我是刘光奇 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Female-Channel Fanfiction467k WordsCompleted A Love in the Courtyard fanfic. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Liu Guangqi. Emmmm, not a bad identity. Unlike other transmigrators who start out as orphans, at least the courtyard's scoundrels can't bully me. As for everything else, I'll just sit back and watch! 10.7kReads9.1Score351Shelves

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    The first two books are already completed, both set in historical periods. The last one is a quick transmigration novel, the second world of which is about to end (both worlds are also set in historical periods).

31. 431 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 21.6kReads8.8Score931Shelves
32. 432 陈 Chen Xiaotao’s Comeback 陈小桃的逆袭 50-Year-Old Aunt Living Alone50岁独居阿姨Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted In 1974, Chen Xiaotao was born into a poor rural family. She was an angel and a devil. To those who treated her well, she was an angel; to anyone who wanted to hurt her or the people she cared about, she was a devil. In truth, Chen Xiaotao was a union of angel and devil. 188Reads8.8Score144Shelves

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    I highly recommend these two books. The female lead has no romantic partner and is very inspiring.

33. 433 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 6.6kReads8.0Score378Shelves
34. 434 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: A Kiss from the Chaste Commander Keeps Me Alive 八零军婚，和禁欲首长亲亲续命 Pineapple Blowing Rain菠萝吹雨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + alluring, delicate young heiress × a stern yet warm-hearted, ascetic senior officer + kisses keep him alive + devoted to each other + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] (Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional!) What should you do after transmigrating into the role of a villainess? Naturally, do your very best to make the heroine shine! Jiang Zhinian was a genius interpreter from the 21st century, with fair skin, breathtaking beauty, a soft voice, and a delicate figure. Aft 2kReads8.8Score210Shelves
35. 435 快 Quick Transmigration: I'm Done Following the Plot as a Male Cannon Fodder, Time for a New Path 快穿：男炮灰我不走剧情，换赛道 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + self-interest + period settings + cultivation + male supporting characters + stopping at nothing to achieve one's goals] Qingshan was an endangered yew tree growing high in the mountains of Yunnan. In a daze, it gained sentience and cultivated into a spirit. During its tribulation, its entire body was obliterated beneath a storm of thunder. Its final wisp of soul was intercepted by an initial System belonging to a certain Bureau of Time and Space, and so began a long jour 82.3kReads8.5Score4.9kShelves
36. 436 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 17.5kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    I don't regret watching it, it's really beautiful. In my mind, Qiao Yunxi, the number one boss of the apocalypse, passed through a period novel and became a corpse tool with no lines in it. In the beginning, someone tried to kill her, but she turned the person into a weird fool. The adoptive mother wanted to get her a job and a house, so she paralyzed her and packed it up and gave it to her adulterer. Her adopted sister wanted to ruin her reputation, so she turned around and sent her to the countryside, preparing to repay her with a 'superior man'! Want to steal her bicycle? I'll blow your eyes out and bring you to justice, so a wanted criminal who had been wandering around for several years was caught. Want to steal her money? Then choose a sack. From then on, the name "Pink Sack" resounded throughout Shenjia'ao. A bad boy in the village wanted to defile her, so she gave him a boar. From then on, the bad boy became a mole. The man jumped off the wall and looked at the petite figure holding a stick in front of him, beating people smoothly and happily. He hesitated slightly, "Um, I think I went the wrong way. Why don't you continue?" From then on, he embarked on a journey of taking the blame for her, and eventually, he carried his wife, Qiao Yunxi, on his back: "Weren't you discharged from the army? Where did you get the gun?" The man: "I said I found it, would you believe me?" Qiao Yunxi: "Yes, I believe you completely."

37. 437 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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    As I get older, I enjoy reading historical fiction; it's not all the same, and I've finished reading it.

38. 438 救 Help! What Should I Do About the Baby I Conceived with a Returned Educated Youth? 救命！怀了回城知青的崽怎么办？ Thousand-Layer Crushed Ice千层碎碎冰Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [1970s + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + no golden finger] Xia Meng transmigrated. She landed in the poverty-stricken 1970s, in the body of a village girl who was pregnant out of wedlock and desperate enough to want to die. In the original novel, an educated youth abandoned her. She raised their child alone, playing both father and mother, and wore herself out by the age of forty. When the child grew up, his biological father appeared to claim him. By then, he had become a leading sci 6.4kReads8.9Score345Shelves

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    The male lead had an unexpected one-night stand with the female lead while he was working in the countryside. After he returned to the city, the female lead discovered she was pregnant and went to find him. The male lead came from a wealthy family, and they quickly got married.

39. 439 快 Quick Transmigration: The Powerful Men of Period Novels Cry as They Kiss Me 快穿：在年代文里被大佬们亲哭 Mushroom Pan-Fried Bun蘑菇生煎包Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted Women's fiction: Period, Quick Transmigration, putting scumbags in their place, powerful leads, devoted husbands, happy ending, rugged men, educated youths By a twist of fate, actress Song Lili arrives in three thousand worlds to take on various Period Quick Transmigration missions, helping the miserable, wronged original owners fulfill their wishes. Along the way, she meets all kinds of men in these Period worlds: the mightiest military officer, a rugged veteran, the village chief's son, a cold 6.1kReads8.5Score394Shelves
40. 440 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
41. 441 疯 Are You Crazy? You'd Snatch Up a Lazybones? Then I'll Marry an Officer 疯了？懒汉你也抢？那我嫁军官 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + personal space + devoted husband + raising children + family life + devoted to each other] Shen Niannian was reborn, waking up on her wedding night in 1979. The shocking part was that the man she’d married was Gu Yanzhi, the husband of her cousin Shen Youyou in her previous life! What a shock! In her previous life, she married Wang Jiangang. The two of them collected scrap and antiques, built a company, became famous in the provincial capital 12.2kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    The pinnacle of historical fiction!! You'll regret it if you don't read it!! Sisters, go for it!! Super good!! I stayed up all night and finished it in one go! Still wanting more! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

42. 442 七 The 1970s: I Marry a Powerful Man to Help with Disaster Relief, and My Life Takes Off 七零：嫁大佬救灾荒，我风生水起 Run Once跑一次Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting+dual transmigration+System+transmigration into a book+two powerful leads+strengthening the nation through technology+an unbelievably powerful golden finger] Gu Linxuan transmigrated into a book, becoming a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel. She watched the hero and heroine go from meeting to getting to know each other, and from getting to know each other to a game of pursuit and evasion. They completely ignored the usual plot conventions. As Gu Linxuan puzzled over 3.5kReads8.9Score423Shelves

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    I read the whole series in one go, especially the second book; I couldn't get enough of it even after reading it three times.

43. 443 兵 The War King Can Read Minds, and His Beautiful Stepmom Wife Gets Pampered Despite Doing Nothing 兵王会读心，漂亮后妈摆烂被宠哭 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + historical era + widowed sister-in-law + raising a child + bickering couple + space + everyday life as a military wife] In her past life, her husband Yang Shengjun defended his comrade's widow and accused Xu Zijin of being petty, unreasonable, and unkind. Xu Zijin spent her whole life blaming herself and had a head full of white hair before she turned fifty. Her son said she wasn't generous enough, and that she got jealous even though she knew his father had a responsibility 25.6kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves
44. 444 长 Eldest Son: My Brother and Sister Simulated My Life, and I Broke Down in Tears 长子：兄妹模拟我人生，泪崩 Flight Captain飞行团长Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Anti-drug trafficking] [Narcotics officer] [High IQ] [Mastermind] [Undercover] The Wei family has five children. The second is a wealthy businessman, the third has an impressive background, the fourth is a research professor, and the fifth is a pop star. Only the eldest has amounted to nothing. He’s notorious and despised by his siblings. Because he sold off his younger siblings and drove his family away! He’s done every kind of evil, and his siblings loathe and spurn him! Then, on the day the 80.6kReads9.5Score12.8kShelves

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    "As the eldest son, I can't fall. I still have younger siblings. With Mom and Dad gone, as their patriarch, I must hold this family together." A twelve-year-old boy, facing the murderer of his parents, meticulously plots revenge, protecting his younger siblings as they grow up, sacrificing so much...

45. 445 七 Marrying a Rugged Disabled Man in the 1970s, I Bring a Warehouse and Make My Husband and Son Thrive 七零嫁残疾糙汉，带仓库旺夫旺仔 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, The 1970s’ Lucky Little Bride, is now streaming on Hongguo. [Complete] [Rugged Hero + Sweet Wife + Gourmet Food + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Secret Identity + Feel-Good Story] Top banquet chef Jiang Congyu was suddenly killed when a crystal chandelier fell on her while she was cooking. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book she had read before. And not just that: it was her wedding night, and a handsome man was pinned beneath he 15.5kReads9.3Score2kShelves
46. 446 穿 Transmigrating Into an Era Novel: The Tool Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 穿越年代文：工具人拒绝剧情 Ninth Little Sister九小妹Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + no romance + family and village life + stays in the countryside + no school] After waking up from a car accident, Gu Mingyue discovered that she had transmigrated into a period novel. She wasn’t the female lead’s rival or a sacrificial character, but merely a tool character who provided a house when the female lead went to the countryside, then appeared briefly in the background introduction. Did Gu Mingyue mind? Of course not!!! Her pocket dimension was stoc 5.5kReads8.9Score304Shelves

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    These period dramas are absolutely amazing, incredibly good, unconventional, and bittersweet.

47. 447 七 Military Marriage on a 1970s Island: Daily Life as a Stepmom 七零海岛军婚：二婚后妈养娃日常 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military Marriage + Stepmother + Second Marriage + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Food + Everyday Life + Love After Marriage When she opens her eyes, Song Shiwei discovers she has transmigrated into a book! Worse, she’s become the female cannon fodder with a tragic ending! To save her life and escape the plot’s control, she impulsively marries Zhou Tingyue, a cadre ten years her senior! She thinks she can now enjoy a carefree little life of her own! But when she arrives, she discovers that the f 3.4kReads8.9Score312Shelves
48. 448 七 The Second Wife in the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院二婚妻 March Typewriter打字机三月Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Era setting + family compound + raising children + regret and reconciliation + transmigration and revenge + love after marriage Liu Mianmian, a master of green-tea tactics, transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed supporting character who dies young. Her husband gets a job in the city and, after making a name for himself over the next few years, runs into his childhood sweetheart, the woman he's always carried a torch for. While the faithless husband and his first love rekindle their roman 3.4kReads9.1Score360Shelves
49. 449 堂 My Cousin Insisted on Swapping Marriages? I Married a Military King, So Why Are You Crying? 堂姐非换亲？我嫁兵王你又哭啥 Moonlight on a Spring Night春夜月光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + reborn + swapped marriages + space + medical skills + devoted to each other in this life + marriage first, love later + sweet romance] [The new book, The Vase Becomes a Spirit, and Best Friends Time-Travel Together to a 1970s Military Marriage, is out now. All you Moonlight fans are welcome to check it out. Just search for the author's name.] Wen Xin and her cousin Wen Rou were reborn together. In her previous life, her cousin must have been jealous of how w 1.3kReads8.9Score136Shelves
50. 450 军 Military Marriage Bliss: The Whole Family of My Rugged 1970s Husband Spoils Me Rotten 军婚蜜宠：被七零糙汉全家宠爆 Mu Yunwei沐云微Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted (Devoted husband + military marriage + space full of supplies + raising children + married first, love later + cozy daily life + food livestream System) Su Qingwan had just used the recipes her grandfather left her to build a nationwide chain of restaurants and achieve financial freedom. Then a new virus struck, and she kicked the bucket. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a villain in a 1970s military family compound, a horrible woman who tormented everyone and abused two little chi 1.2kReads9.1Score169Shelves

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