Genuinely Skillful Historical-Era Novels, No Villains or Black Markets 真正有技术含量的年代文，不要极品和黑市

1. 451 知 A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美 Dewy Green Plants at Dawn朝露翠草木Modern Romance425k WordsCompleted At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No system, no special space, no overpowered characters; only the heroine's positivity, perseverance, wisdom, and composure. Worth savoring!

2. 452 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Married My Sister’s Best Friend 重生1980：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 Cang Yue Aotian沧月傲天Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [The new novel Reborn in 1975: I Want It All, From a Loving Wife to a Fortune in Scientific Research is now a hit! Click the author's name to read it!] Li Yi is reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980! When Tang Xue asks him to marry her once again, he doesn't hesitate. His answer rings out loud and clear: “I do!” In his previous life, he was blinded by his own foolishness and watched helplessly as Tang Xue fell into darkness! With a second chance at life, he swears to make her the happ 11.7kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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   Several excellent books!!!

3. 453 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 218Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Go check out this one! It should meet your requirements.

4. 454 开 Suspended from the Start? I Join the Discipline Inspection Team Instead 开局停职？我转投纪委调查组 Second Master Jiangmen江门二爷Urban7.5M WordsOngoing His superior was under investigation, his girlfriend was cheating on him, and after being targeted by office rivals, he was forced onto leave. Yang Dong hit rock bottom from the start, never imagining that a phone call would change the course of his life. He was seconded to the Discipline Inspection Commission's investigation team to save his superior, only to inadvertently trigger a massive storm. Yang Dong had this to say: "No need to panic. I'll have a cigarette and calm down first!" (No hare 533.5kReads9.3Score28.8kShelves
5. 455 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score755Shelves
6. 456 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 15.6kReads8.1Score898Shelves

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   I recommend two historical fiction novels for you to try.

7. 457 重 The Reborn Good Girl Has a Touch of Madness 重生乖乖女有点疯批属性 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance419k WordsCompleted (Period setting + face-slapping + taking down scumbags + sweet romance + pocket dimension + a touch of mysticism + cultivation + reclusive spiritual-cultivator heir VS sweet but unhinged young lady) All she wants is to return to the Earth's core and avenge her mother. Reborn in the body of a pitiful girl who shared her tragic fate, she inherits the original owner's memories and immediately decides to make her false biological parents pay, beat up the fake older sister who abused her, empty the 58Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Flying kisses][Flying kisses][Flying kisses][Flying kisses][Flying kisses]

8. 458 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 875Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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   This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing style. It has the feel of a period drama, depicting the rise of a lumberjack in a Northeast forest farm, creating a strong sense of immersion. [Thumbs up]

9. 459 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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   The male protagonist is reborn and leads his fellow villagers and soldiers out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, creating a new world for the Han people.

10. 460 六 The 1960s: Even a Second Marriage Can Help Me Marry Up 六零年代：二婚也要攀高枝 Red Roses and Yellow Floribundas红玫瑰和黄月季Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted [Master of making promises, speaks each person’s language, only wants a good life for herself heroine X handsome, capable, rebellious, insecure, affection-starved hero] [Period setting + reborn + everyday family life + career] A shameful scandal has rocked Li Jia Village. Li Jinhe, who married into the city to live a life of comfort, has been divorced because she can’t have children. Her husband doesn’t want her anymore! Those who once envied her for marrying into the city now turn around and pi 11.7kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    Li Jinhe, through a series of coincidences, remarried into a wealthy family and, based on her own abilities, found a job in the local government's subdistrict office, where she diligently served the people.

11. 461 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.6kReads—Score107Shelves
12. 462 病 The Yandere Esper’s Adorable Wife Is Showered with Love 病娇系异能娇妻得宠着 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted A lovesick little white rabbit VS a scheming, volatile big bad wolf. Su Mo admits she’s a sucker for a handsome face, and Mo Qingze is exactly her type. But when he suddenly says he likes her, she can’t help feeling there’s a catch. Mo Qingze has lost count of how many times Su Mo has made him eat his words. It’s as if, after meeting her, he’s inexplicably broken all kinds of rules. He’d never been late before, but the first time he slept with her, he was late for work. He’d never reposted a 4Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 617Reads8.0Score—Shelves
14. 464 抢 Grab It! If You Don’t Snatch the Golden Finger, Who Will? 抢啊！金手指都不抢，要留给谁？ Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted She is Daipa, the strongest shaman of the Black Miao tribe. She can divine the future and is skilled in poisons and gu magic. Her moods are unpredictable, and a pure black kitten is always at her side. She is Gu Qingcheng, a timid educated youth sent to the countryside after being set up. Someone schemed to make her take another woman’s place as a bride, and she lost her life as a result. She is Ma Xiaotiao, an older single woman whom her relatives think will never get married. She has been stuc 328Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 465 我 I Fish with Dragon Blood, and Every Fish and Shrimp in the Sea Goes Wild 我用龙血钓鱼，海中鱼虾都疯了 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Fishing with dragon blood sends every fish and shrimp in the sea into a frenzy. Tempering my body with dragon blood and making a name for myself with dragon fists. I use dragon dung and urine in my space to grow ginseng and tea plants. Every year, I drip another drop of dragon blood beneath the tea plants. Regularly drinking the tea they produce delays aging, strengthens the body, promotes longevity, fortifies the bones and sinews, beautifies the skin, turns white hair black, and even boosts vir 730Reads8.6Score183Shelves
16. 466 七 Bullet Comments Fill the Sky in the 1970s, and the Pretty Village Girl Moves to the City 七零弹幕满天飞，漂亮村姑进城啦 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyday Family Life + Everyone’s Darling + Devoted Couple + Livestreaming + Ensemble Cast] [Native-Born Heroine + Transmigrated Hero] Jiang Menglian may be a country girl, but she has been cherished and doted on since childhood. When her sister-in-law gets pregnant, her family tricks her into going to look after her during her postpartum confinement. The moment Jiang Menglian steps into the residential compound, the comments flying across the sky make her feel as though she’s stumbled into a l 242Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a native, the male lead is a time traveler, and there's also a reborn woman with a live-streaming system. Driven by a desire to get the most out of things, the reborn woman chases after the female lead every day, wanting to offer viewers something different – ​​a slice-of-life, gossip-filled story about everyday family life.

17. 467 深 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 Jiangnan Yixiao江南一肖Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.9Score217Shelves

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    These are stories about migrant workers from the 1990s; they're worth reading!

18. 468 四 Siheyuan: The Ordinary Life of an Angler 四合院：钓鱼佬的平凡人生 Longlong Is My Precious Darling龙龙是我的心肝大宝贝Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [Fishing]+ [Earning foreign currency]+ [Becoming a factory director]+ [Period setting]+ [Siheyuan] An angler never comes home empty-handed! Chen Chang'an transmigrated thanks to fishing, then rose to prominence thanks to fishing. Amid the tides of a great era, he changed many people’s fates. 21.7kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves

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    See if there's anything you like.

19. 469 年 A Junior Cadre in a Period Novel, I'm a Matchmaking Expert 年代文里小干部，我是相亲专业户 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Rural Life676k WordsCompleted [The 1970s] [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Scheming] [Time-Space Club] [Countryside] [One Female Lead] He enters a novel about educated youths in the 1970s and becomes Zhang Xiangbei, an engineering-and-agriculture university graduate who has just been assigned a job. His girlfriend betrays him, his job assignment is changed, and he's sent to a mountain village to serve as a cannon-fodder educated youth! But this sly guy uses a mysterious old mailbox and his sharp, scheming mind not only to win 9.6kReads8.8Score793Shelves

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    These are three books I've reread countless times; the more I read, the more addictive they become. Please support and follow the author—they're incredibly talented!

20. 470 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Biological Son 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子 Of the Xianghuang Family镶黄家的Male-Channel Fanfiction356k WordsCompleted A modern mechanical engineer transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes Yi Zhonghai's biological son. With a son of his own, will Yi Zhonghai still scheme against others? Will Silly Zhu still become their meal ticket? Will Love in the Courtyard still turn into a courtyard full of beasts? Ordinary people just want enough to eat and warm clothes. There's no need for so much resentment or sinister scheming, just everyday family squabbles. In this backward era, do your best to help de 37.3kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
21. 471 那 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 Xiong Dayu熊大雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 11.9kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    No system, no melodrama, no clichés, a story set in a realistic historical period.

22. 472 四 I Transmigrated into Siheyuan Too Early 四合院穿越太早 Lay Buddhist Willow Catkins柳絮居士Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] [No stealing others’ romantic interests] [No grimdark drama] [No System] [Industrial development] After transmigrating as a beggar, he finds himself in the Siheyuan, a place said to be impossible to overcome. Without a golden finger, what is he supposed to do? He transmigrates into the Siheyuan twenty years early. With a humble background and a young age, all he can do is work hard one step at a time... Welcome to Siheyuan: Twenty Years Early 13.6kReads7.5Score314Shelves

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    A modern-day "little beggar" grows up and transmigrates into a pre-liberation era beggar. Even with adult wisdom, survival is still incredibly difficult. The setting and characters are well-developed.

23. 473 八 Back to the 1980s After Being Fired by the State-Run Restaurant 八零之穿到被国营饭店开除后 Two Taels of Garlic Paste二两蒜泥Modern Romance268k WordsOngoing [Gourmet + 1980s + family life + entrepreneurship] [Not a revenge story where every slap gets paid back with a slap. The leads don't play many games with each other; this is a slow-burn story of taking things one step at a time.] One moment, the original owner had fallen and died; the next, Wang You transmigrated into her body, pain making stars dance before her eyes. As if nothing had happened, she turned around and reported the restaurant that had fired her, then happily went home! Her father 7.6kReads8.0Score655Shelves
24. 474 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 Romance627k 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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    No quacks or black markets! Instead of going to the countryside, the female protagonist passes the entrance exam for a vocational school and is assigned to a state-owned factory. Armed with modern mechanical knowledge, she works hard to build her career.

25. 475 重 Reborn! She Uses Her Medical Skills to Bring Down the Forces of Darkness 重生！她凭医术掀翻黑暗势力 The Project-Working Cat做项目的猫咪Modern Romance2.8M WordsOngoing [Reborn Strong Female Lead + Medical Wish Fulfillment + Special Abilities + No Romance] [The rating just came in, it'll slowly climb (●'◡'●)] She, Su Yiyi, was a nurse at a county hospital. She died beneath a car's wheels while saving a stray cat. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the night before the college entrance exams. Along with being reborn, she gained a pair of “heavenly eyes” that could see through flesh and bone, and look directly at the source of an illness. From th 17.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
26. 476 醉 Drunken Dream Yao 醉梦瑶 In the Mortal World, Radiant and Lovely嫣然红尘里Urban1.2M WordsCompleted “If this fleeting life has a shore, I would cut the Milky Way into a betrothal gift, forge the setting sun into a golden hairpin, and embroider a hundred layers of mermaid silk into a love knot. I would place it in your hair, beneath the snow at your temples, the mist over your brows, and the spring in your eyes. May I pick up this red bean and plant it in your cloudlike hair, so that when spring comes, a thousand trees of longing will bloom?” “If time could be tied into knots, I would borrow ja 7Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    This book, written by a post-70s author with rich life experience, uses the protagonist's emotions as a thread to connect the everyday life of ordinary people, narrating insights into life. It is profound, meaningful, and an enlightening book.

27. 477 从 Starting from Scratch in a Primitive Tribe 从零开始穿越原始部落 The Cannon Fodder Has No Memories炮灰没有回忆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Note: A versatile, strong heroine with extensive knowledge and practical skills + no romance + early story focused on building up a primitive tribe. When Han Zhi wakes up, she finds herself in a primitive matriarchal society. She eats sour, bitter wild fruit, drinks icy stream water, and lives in a dark, damp cave. She doesn't even have clothes to cover herself! Han Zhi weeps into the wind. “Is this any way for a person to live?” Other people transmigrate with pocket dimensions or Systems, s 56.1kReads8.9Score5.7kShelves
28. 478 我 I Am Li Huaide's Bodyguard 我是李怀德的警卫员 Lying-Flat Enthusiast躺客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing Li Dahu, a soldier, served as Li Huaide's bodyguard. After leaving the military, he was assigned to the Hongxing Steelworks. This is the story of how he struggled through years of famine while supporting his three younger brothers and three younger sisters, and gradually built a better life for himself at the Hongxing Steelworks. 48kReads7.2Score3.1kShelves

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    Ox, ox, ox

29. 479 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 404Reads7.4Score103Shelves

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    Fishing, hunting, and teaching villagers new ways of farming, fish farming, eel farming, rabbit farming, bamboo rat farming, and planting ginseng, bamboo fungus, grapes, kiwifruit, apples, and yellow peaches. They opened bamboo weaving factories, canneries, and furniture factories, and shifted from farming to breeding superior varieties. The villages of Shangxiahe and Xiahe flourished, becoming famous far and wide.

30. 480 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the ’90s: The Actress Conquers Showbiz 穿书九零，女影帝在娱乐圈杀疯了 Calm Winds and Still Waves风瓶浪静Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [1990s + transmigrate into a book + feel-good story + entertainment + creative industries + making money + no romance] The heroine is sweet-tongued, outgoing, and smart. Gao You, who had been an actress in her previous life, transmigrated. She transmigrated into a feel-good novel set in the 1990s, where she became Gao You, a cannon-fodder character who antagonized the male lead's first love. Determined to become financially independent, Gao You decided to return to her old line of work. This tim 556Reads8.9Score104Shelves
31. 481 我 I Bought a House and a Car by Writing Novels in the Nineties 我靠写小说买房买车【九零】 Oil Bean Paste油豆沙Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted “I’ve been reborn, back in the summer break of elementary school in 1998...” In her previous life, she never had a boyfriend, not even by the time she was twenty-seven. She drifted through every day in a daze and had even recently lost her job. Then one day, she woke up reborn. She was going to do everything she’d never done before. ① Write a hit novel, sell the screen rights, and become a famous author. ② Buy property ahead of time and become a landlady with a hundred apartments. ③ Find a hands 3.8kReads8.2Score288Shelves
32. 482 老 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 3.6kReads8.9Score270Shelves

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    Eleven classic period novels, guaranteed to be substantial and satisfying, taking you back to the lives of ordinary people from the 1950s to the 1990s. A wide variety of living environments are covered, from the anti-espionage struggles of the 1950s and 60s, to the educated youth movement and the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 70s, and then to the reform and opening up and the wave of layoffs in the 1980s and 90s.

33. 483 日 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban523k WordsCompleted Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 637Reads6.4Score—Shelves
34. 484 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
35. 485 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Sent Down to the Great Grasslands 重生七十年代，下乡大草原 Misty Rain in a Quiet Mountain Village寂静山村烟雨蒙蒙Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ma Wei was reborn in the capital in the 1970s, and his family was a complete mess. He quickly found a chance to head to the great grasslands and start a new life. There, he found both his purpose in life and his partner. He was able to thrive because he had the livestock-raising space every transmigrator needed. 29.9kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
36. 486 重 Reborn in 1960: The System Helps Me Rule the Hunting Grounds 重生60：系统助我猎界称雄 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban345k WordsCompleted Li Changsheng became a thirty-year mortgage slave after buying a home with no down payment. With housing prices falling and his job gone, he was on his way home when he kindly helped an elderly person who had fallen, only to be extorted by them. So he simply dragged them along to die with him, ridding the world of two bad people. Unexpectedly, he then received a Cloning System and transmigrated, reborn into the body of another Li Changsheng in 1960. See how Li Changsheng uses the Cloning System 992Reads6.1Score—Shelves
37. 487 何 How to Chase Away Worries? Fish Until Your Cooler Overflows 何以解忧钓鱼爆护 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban744k WordsCompleted Zhang San used to be a street vendor selling leather shoes. When the city launched a campaign to become civilized, street vending was banned. Just as he found himself out of work, his girlfriend betrayed him and ran off with the savings he had built up over six years of selling at his stall. Drunk, Zhang San went fishing by the river and unexpectedly hooked a Shanhe Ring. The ring had been forged by the Primordial Immortal Venerable from fragments of worlds and various heavenly treasures. It con 1.4kReads8.7Score103Shelves
38. 488 魔 The Demon King Retires and Starts a Second Career 魔王退休再就业 Loves Fresh Oyster Congee爱吃鲜蚝粥Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted, heartwarming food story] [No CP] Qili Li's Demon King castle has been sealed by eighteen top magisters, who used all their magic to do it. Her vast fortune has been frozen, and now that she's finished her part in the story, she has no choice but to find a new job to support herself. Feel free to ship the side characters. P.S. I've revised the controversial parts. I may have missed something, so there might still be bugs. Please let me know if you spot any. Thank you. The author 113Reads8.1Score—Shelves
39. 489 年 Everyday Life of a Railway Police Officer in 1956 年代1956铁路公安的日常生活 Angry Back Molar愤怒的后槽牙Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Novel] [Public Security] [Slice of Life] Han Dong is reborn in 1956 as a high-ranking official’s son who shares his name. In this special era of planned economics, while others are still worrying about making ends meet, he relies on his far-ahead vision and practical, hardworking approach to rise through the ranks, starting as an officer in a directly subordinate unit. He grows through the challenges of restoring public order, standardizing railway police operations, and managing complex 7.8kReads7.1Score485Shelves
40. 490 闪 My Flash-Marriage Husband Vanished. I Took the Baby and Stunned the Military Compound 闪婚男人消失，带崽惊艳军工大院 Peach Youyou桃幽幽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing [Theatrical Little Wife * Cool-Headed, Steady Factory Director] [Everyday Life in a Military Factory Compound] [Warm and Funny] [Slow-Burn Romance] [Both Leads Are Each Other's First] [Fertile Heroine] Everyone in the military factory compound said Qiao J Jinjin was a greedy little vixen who loved money more than life itself. They said she was a country girl who'd never seen the world, with a foxlike face that was too vulgar for respectable company... Then she met Xie Yanzhou and activated the “ 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first heartwarming slice-of-life story, unpretentious, slow-paced, and gently unfolding. Set in a military factory compound, the female lead is clear-headed and not resentful, while the male lead is outwardly cold but inwardly warm and easily charmed. Due to a series of unforeseen events, the two haven't seen each other for seven years. The female lead then brings her twins to the military compound. The later part, depicting her journey to wealth and power, is quite engaging.

41. 491 四 Siheyuan: The Story of an Ordinary Man 四合院之小人物的故事 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted This book doesn't demonize anyone; it gives everyone something to hope for. The protagonist won't spend the whole story cooped up in the Siheyuan. The main focus is on what happens later, as things develop and change. Follow Wang Yong's perspective as he returns to that era. 503Reads8.6Score104Shelves

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    When I have time, I'll recommend these two books to other book lists. Don't underestimate the content just because of the titles.

42. 492 四 An Ordinary Life in the Siheyuan 四合院的普通人生 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted A story about a courtyard house, seen through the eyes of an ordinary person. It's full of negativity, but there's positivity too. No invincible heroes, no toilet humor. Thank you for your support! 55.9kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
43. 493 八 The 1980s: I Snag a Tough Guy for a Husband for Two Cents 八零：两分钱薅个硬汉当老公 Ma Paopao马跑跑Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigration + comeback + getting rich + tough guy + one-on-one sweet romance] Jiang Yan transmigrates into the fourth daughter of the Jiang family, a household with no male heirs. A poor family, no sons, and a laughingstock in the whole village? None of that bothers Jiang Yan! Watch her thrive in an era full of opportunities. Take on handicraft work, make little hair accessories, build a major factory, bring in production lines... Grow bigger and stronger, and reach new heig 32.5kReads8.4Score3.9kShelves
44. 494 钓 A Fisherman Across Time and Space: A Blood-Soaked Fight Against Japan 钓者跨时空：浴血抗日行 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban130k WordsCompleted In a parallel world, in Heishui Town, Hanjing City, a false nation on the Dark Star, Zhou Jianhua accidentally discovers a time machine created by the previous civilization in its final days in an attempt to save the world. The time machine can take him to worlds from the past, but it cannot reach the future. Inside the machine, Zhou Jianhua obtains the Repentance Fishing Boat, which can be upgraded. The Confession Time Machine itself can also be upgraded, and he can travel through time three ti 45Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 495 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 58.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves

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    Do not read this book while drinking water, or you will spit laughter all over the person opposite you.

46. 496 莸 I Gain the Water God's Inheritance, and Fishing Is No Longer Hard 莸得水神传承，钓鱼不再难 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban300k WordsCompleted Nan Canghai had his achievements stolen and was fired from his job, so he went out for a walk to clear his head. Caught in a sudden downpour, he happened upon an old, dilapidated Water God Temple by the river. Curious, Nan Canghai ducked inside to take shelter and look around. By a stroke of fate, he merged with the remnant soul of an ancient Water God. Not only did he inherit the Water God's legacy, he also obtained a treasure that controlled water: the Black Tortoise Banner, one of the Four Di 750Reads8.6Score—Shelves
47. 497 师 Master, That's My Wife and My House 师傅，那是我的老婆，我的房 Eight-Treasure Egg八宝蛋儿Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Chen Feng was tricked by his master into a fake marriage so he could get an apartment. In the end, he lost both the woman and the apartment, and landed in prison. Given another chance at life, Chen Feng declares: “I want both the woman and the apartment!” With a second chance, Chen Feng is determined to change himself and write his own story in this extraordinary era. 17.5kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
48. 498 穿 Back to the 1970s as an Educated Youth 穿回70年代当知青 Smiling Little Rapeseed微笑小油菜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no female lead, slow burn] Beneath the waves of grain lies a struggle for survival deeper than the harvest itself. The land and agriculture need more devoted protection to yield a bumper crop. In this world of cooking smoke rising into the sky, there is a group of silent guardians. They are not gilded clay idols in the halls of power, but farmers bent over the fields, craftsmen working amid roaring flames, and brave souls guarding the frontier. With cracke 30Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    A truly technologically advanced historical novel! You can tell the author put a lot of effort into it!

49. 499 重 Reborn as a Simpleton, I Became a Billionaire by Collecting Scrap 重生二傻子，靠收破烂成亿万富豪 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban444k WordsCompleted A ninety-three-year-old man from another timeline transmigrates to 1982. His soul takes up residence in the body of a high school student nicknamed Ersha, or “Second Fool.” The student is known as the king of repeaters. At twenty-three, he is still in high school. The original owner of the body, Wu Dazhi, was nicknamed Gouzi as a child. Despite his towering build and weight of over two hundred pounds, he was timid by nature and afraid of trouble. People bullied him constantly, but he never dared 10.3kReads6.3Score819Shelves
50. 500 重 Reborn as a Cow: Ruling the Dark Planet 重生成牛：称霸黑暗星球 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban113k WordsCompleted Ye Daniu transmigrated and was reborn in the body of an African buffalo that had just been killed by a lion. Using human intelligence, he killed the lion and became the King of the Buffaloes. From then on, the African buffaloes began practicing martial arts and forming battle formations, wiping out prides of lions and packs of wolves. They exterminated the hyenas, unified the grasslands, and became its overlords. When the apocalypse arrived, the King of the Buffaloes led herds of buffaloes, zebr 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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