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. 701 愿 May the Years Be Worth Looking Back On, and May We Grow Old Together 愿有岁月可回首，愿能与你共白头 The Face of the Past Is Gone不见旧时颜Urban1.6M WordsCompleted One heroine + building a business and making money. Having given my heart to one person, I’ll spend the rest of my life giving her everything I can. Li Ye is reborn in high school. He studies hard, works hard to make money, and wins back the unattainable girl he once loved from afar, giving all the love and tenderness of his life to her alone. 1kReads6.1Score—Shelves
2. 702 四 Siheyuan: From the Start at 48, Selling My Art on the Overpass 四合院：开局48，天桥卖艺开始 Post-80s Housewife八零后家庭煮妇Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing Wang Minghao is a top-tier star in the cosplay world. He has just finished attending a convention in Shanghai when he gets into a car accident on his way out. The thing is, he wasn’t the one hit by the truck, so why is he the one who transmigrated? Is it because he shares a name with the person who got hit? Did the rookie System, fresh out of college and newly on the job, grab the wrong person? And once he transmigrates, there’s no going back? Damn it, pay up! With tears in his eyes, he accepts 62.4kReads6.9Score3.5kShelves

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   There's no endless back-and-forth, no letter of forgiveness, and no abuse of the protagonist.

3. 703 前 My Ex-Husband Always Protects His Childhood Sweetheart. I Remarried After Being Reborn, and Now He's Panicking 前夫处处护青梅，重生改嫁他急了 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s, reborn and getting revenge, educated youth sent to the countryside, pocket dimension with a spirit spring, building wealth] In her previous life, Su Qingran came from an educated family. When faced with being sent away or sent to the countryside, she chose to marry beneath her station. She thought she had found a lifeline, but instead faced endless grievances and had to keep giving in. Her husband outsourced his filial duties to her, her mother-in-law was constantly causing trouble, and 25.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
4. 704 大 Great Xia: I Became a Constable and Founded a Dynasty 大夏：我，捕快，建朝称帝 Yuzhu Pavilion玉竹轩Historical2.2M WordsCompleted (No System + Political Intrigue + Iron-Fisted Conquest + Mount & Blade + Faction Building + Traditional Alternate History) He transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking constable in a county town of the Great Xia dynasty. Starting from humble beginnings as a constable, he builds an army and expands his power. Amid the clash of swords and the thunder of warhorses, he earns distinction and rises through the ranks, advancing one careful step at a time. In the end, he carves out territory, claims 12.4kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
5. 705 系 The System Wants Me to Be Kind in the 1970s. Are You Sure? 系统让我在七零向善，你确定？ Gourd Tree葫芦树Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical Era · Strong Female Lead · System · Spatial Dimension · Romance Near the End] [PS: The early part is a fairly traditional period drama. Later on, there are storylines abroad and in Hong Kong. The female lead really does kill people!] Host: Today, we’re honored to interview Ms. Shi Qiyu, who was an orphan in her previous life and is unloved by both parents in this one! Let’s give her a round of applause! Shi Qiyu (calm and elegant): Hello, dear readers. I’m Shi Qiyu, the female lead o 8.6kReads8.6Score766Shelves

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6. 706 世 Life Is Unpredictable: A Slice of Everyday Life 世事难料，人间烟火篇 Nightingale in a Lantern Cage笼灯夜莺Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted A sudden incident of domestic violence shatters the peace of a small courtyard. There are no melodramatic entanglements or twists and turns, just the simplest acts of neighborly help, comforting words, and everyday warmth, capturing the genuine kindness and compassion people show one another. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one is good!

7. 707 摆 Fortune-Telling at a Street Stall: From the Start, I Was Given a Banner Calling Me the Bane of Evil 摆摊算命，开局被授罪恶克星锦旗 I Predicted Your Prediction我预判了你的预判Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Fortune-telling + livestreaming + comedy + ghosts and monsters + female lead? (There is romance, so please don’t attack me if it’s not your thing.)] After pretending to be crazy in an asylum for ten years, Xu Lang is finally released and awakens the “Make Your Tall Tales Come True” System. With his mastery of the mystical art in Questions to Heaven, and the System’s support, Xu Lang sets off on an extraordinary life! He’s barely set up his fortune-telling stall when a fugitive who’s been on the 3.1kReads8.9Score335Shelves
8. 708 七 1970s: After Being Kicked Out of the House, I Turned Around and Married a Military Officer 七零：被赶出家门后我转头嫁军官 Little Shuangyu小双瑜Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Feel-good read + period setting + pocket dimension + devoted couple + golden finger + strong female lead] Song Yun, a modern inheritor of ancient medicine, accidentally travels back to 1973 and becomes an unfortunate girl unloved by both her father and mother. She hasn't enjoyed even one day of life as a capitalist's daughter before suddenly acquiring the identity. Her once-devoted fiancé sends an urgent telegram demanding to break off their engagement. Break it off, break it off, break it off! 38kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
9. 709 四 Siheyuan: Raking in the Old Man’s Cash, Living Off Your Parents Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of 四合院：爆老登金币，啃老不丢人 Pure Yang Dao Heart道心纯阳Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted He Yuzhu accidentally transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan and becomes He Yuzhu. What? His father, He Daqing, ran off with the White Widow? Good riddance! Now the good life can begin! What? This world isn't just about Siheyuan? Even better! This book has no toxic drama, no drawn-out misunderstandings, and no gross-out humor. Qin Huairu is all mine. The protagonist is shrewd and calculating, and there's no shame in living off your parents. This book is also known as Siheyuan: Sucking Others D 26.2kReads6.9Score2.2kShelves
10. 710 六 Marrying a Commander in the 1960s, the Fussy Girl Steals the Heroine's One True Love 六零嫁首长，作精抢了女主白月光 Sugar Pudding糖布丁Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Know You Have an Agenda, but I Still Love You [Capitalist heiress + 1960s + spoiled little princess + period setting + military marriage + medical skills + feel-good story] [A beautiful, self-centered little princess × a fierce, wild, chaste officer] Song Shuning, the eldest princess of a financial tycoon, transmigrated into a book. Her family treated her like a blood bank, exploiting her to pave the way for their future. Unwilling to let them control her life, the original own 1.6kReads7.8Score170Shelves

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    It's very technically advanced; the female lead is a researcher who works at a hospital after joining the military, developing various medicines to alleviate the shortage of medical supplies.

11. 711 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Female Farm Manager Sets the Whole Regiment Ablaze 穿书七零：女场长她火爆全兵团 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Military farm] [Building an era] [Humorous farming] After making an offhand complaint, overworked Tan Xiaoxu transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as the male lead’s doomed original wife. The good news: the plot has gone off the rails, and her cousin has taken over the doomed wife’s fate! Tan Xiaoxu, deeply grateful: “What a wonderful person!” If you want to be the doomed wife, go ahead and take my place! Romance-addled fools have no future. Better to reclaim wasteland and build a car 8.3kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
12. 712 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.9kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is quite good. The romance between the two leads and the female lead's career develop quite quickly; time flies by. There's no villainous female supporting character, and the male lead's parents seem to be divorced. Only his mother appears in a few chapters. There are no rural areas, black markets, or anything like that, which feels quite realistic.

13. 713 权 The Pinnacle of Political Power: A Great Rejuvenation 权路颠峰：伟大复兴 This Meat Is Poisonous这肉有毒Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Political career + one heroine] The young Shen Xudong from the future accidentally transmigrates into the body of a college student with the same name in the 1980s and is assigned to the county government. He had been set on lying flat, but unexpectedly catches the attention of his superiors and earns their promotions. Drawing on his memories of the future and his broad perspective, he relies on technological innovation and reform to gradually lead the nation onto the path of becoming a powerfu 20.4kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
14. 714 工 The Tool Character Goes on Strike, Leaving the Chosen One Helpless 工具人罢工，天命之子只能干瞪眼 Down-and-Out Little Fairy扑街小仙女Historical554k WordsCompleted (The ratings have only just started.) In the world of novels, the male and female leads are both favored by the Heavenly Dao. When they have twisted values, they spell disaster for everyone else in their world. Some people are forcibly branded as villains, while others are used as stepping stones. Luo Changge was one such person, but he refused to follow the tragic script. He killed the female lead as soon as he arrived, and was hunted by the Heavenly Dao in return. To stand against the Heavenly 2.7kReads7.4Score131Shelves

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    🍀🍀The protagonist, with a resolute character, is a chosen one in the cultivation world. Having suffered injustice at the hands of the main world's male and female protagonists, he ventures to a smaller world to find a way to counter the Heavenly Dao and help those villains who will be used as stepping stones.

15. 715 六 The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 42.9kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
16. 716 海 A Tackle Shop by the Sea 海边有家渔具店 I Came from Outer Space我从外星来Urban1.6M WordsCompleted (The first few chapters lay the groundwork for the family background and relationships. The fishing adventure begins in Chapter Eight! This is a laid-back fishing story that builds a utopia for fishing enthusiasts.) Shi Tian, a rich second-generation heir, gets hooked after a shady app mysteriously appears on his phone. With all kinds of fishing talents carefully training him, he strays farther and farther down the path of becoming a crafty fishing fiend! Shui Bi Zhang: I spent half a year turni 4.9kReads8.9Score284Shelves
17. 717 恶 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage After Being Reborn, So I Took Her Place and Won by Doing Nothing 恶婆婆重生后杀疯了，我替嫁躺赢 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 18kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
18. 718 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves

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    This is a masterpiece, absolutely stunning.

19. 719 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 194.4kReads9.3Score8.3kShelves
20. 720 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.3Score116Shelves
21. 721 系 The System Ran Away, So I Built an Aviation Empire on My Own 系统跑路了，靠自己建立航空帝国 Please Call Me Maxim请叫我马克西姆Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A System from the start, only for it to run away later? So I have to do everything myself? Come on, System, everyone else starts with a skyscraper and a few hundred million. I’m left to do it all on my own. I know everything about staffing, administration, dispatch, ground services, maintenance, and air traffic control. The only thing I can’t do is fly a plane. Now this is what a truly competent chairman looks like. Let me lead the company, step by step, toward greatness. The ultimate goal: to b 5.5kReads9.1Score259Shelves
22. 722 风 When the Wind Passes Through the Paulownias, I'll Meet You Again 风过梧桐再遇你 Wan Hong万宏14k WordsCompleted When the Wind Passes Through the Wutong Trees, I’ll Meet You Again 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two articles are bursting with a sense of nostalgia; it's as if that era is right before our eyes!

23. 723 我 I Have a Fishing Tackle Workshop 我有一个渔具工坊 You Are the Truth of This World你是人间真理Urban721k WordsCompleted Cui Xiaoli runs a fishing tackle shop. Just as it was about to go under, a high-tech fishing tackle workshop fell from the sky. All he had to do was put materials into the storage unit, and it would make high-quality fishing gear. Fishing, collecting the money, and traveling: from then on, Cui Xiaoli enjoyed a relaxed, carefree life in the countryside. 2.5kReads9.0Score153Shelves
24. 724 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves
25. 725 热 The Hot-Blooded Hunter: God’s Assault 热血猎人神之袭击 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [Survival] [Hunting] [Fighting the Japanese invaders and looting their gear] [Cultivation] Wang Fei has just entered the world of cultivation when he's forced into becoming a live-in son-in-law. One blow shatters his dantian, setting him on a long road from staying alive to rising to greatness. Though he has lost his cultivation, he takes countless disciples. This novel was not written by AI. Every word was painstakingly typed out by the author, who only hopes readers will enjoy the story in its 27.1kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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    [KISS][Heart][Heart][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

26. 726 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 373Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 727 故 The Old Well in My Hometown 故乡的老井 Wan Hong万宏6k WordsCompleted The Old Well in My Hometown 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 728 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
29. 729 文 Showbiz: I Have a Wish-Granting Cat 文娱：我有一只祈愿猫 Meng Lou濛娄Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Showbiz + everyday life + adaptations of existing works + low conflict] P.S. This is a showbiz story focused on everyday life. The pacing may be a little slow at first, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing. After a chance act of kindness, Fang Can is marked by a wish-granting cat with special abilities. From then on, the young man embraces the lofty spirit of a scholar and fearlessly lives his youth to the fullest. His gender-swapped portrayal of Yang Guifei is hailed as the most beautiful 21.8kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
30. 730 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.2kReads7.1Score280Shelves
31. 731 相 My Blind Date Was Stolen? The Gruff Army Officer Calls Me His Darling Every Night 相亲被截胡？糙汉军官夜夜喊她宝 Chang Xing Chang Xing长幸常幸Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + marriage before love + family life; rugged older military officer and sweet young wife, eight-year age gap, he’s been plotting this for ages, one-on-one and both leads are each other’s only ones] Complete. Read with confidence! _ Su Ruan went on a blind date. The bad news: Her nemesis swooped in and stole her date. The good news: A stranger suddenly appeared and pretended to be her boyfriend, saving her face. The bad news: The man who saved h 16.9kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves

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    There's no cheat system or special abilities; it's a purely original story, a lighthearted and sweet romance with a touch of humor.

32. 732 穿 Reborn as a Short-Lived Supporting Character, the Laid-Back Beauty Just Wants to Lie Flat 穿成短命女配，娇懒美人想躺平 Congee, Congee, Oh Congee粥粥呀粥粥Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted Love-Struck Soldier vs. the Adorable Girl Who Just Wants to Lie Flat 1️⃣ Military romance in a bygone era, sweet and healing, with a lighthearted pace and an overload of sweetness 2️⃣ The heroine seems like a pampered, lazy slacker, but she is secretly a formidable powerhouse, with one secret identity after another revealed 3️⃣ The cold-faced hero awakens to his love-struck side, spoils his wife without limit, is fiercely protective and shamelessly biased toward her, and gets jealous at the drop 875Reads6.3Score102Shelves

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    A very realistic period drama, the female lead's true colors keep being revealed, the male lead is intelligent and quick-witted, and their romance, with both of them being talkative, is just so enjoyable [shy].

33. 733 黑EN Death God of the Night 黑夜杀神 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Eastern Fantasy509k WordsCompleted Hunted from the start, I barely escaped with my life. I fought to defy fate, launching attacks and taking down countless powerful opponents. Born with a beautiful face... I hope you enjoy the story. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.6kReads8.8Score194Shelves
34. 734 重 Reborn in 1978: Sharpening My Blade Against the Great Powers 重生七八，磨刀霍霍向列强 Bold Ink, Light Brush浓墨轻笔Urban261k WordsOngoing (Period drama + ruthless action + reborn + System) Chu Xing's military parents were murdered, and his younger sister was sold. Even when he died, he had been unable to avenge his parents or find his sister. Reborn in his fifteen-year-old body, he acquired a System by a twist of fate. In this life, he swore to find his sister and avenge his parents. But these two seemingly simple goals were fraught with danger. And from the very beginning, he had fallen into a carefully laid trap set by the Syste —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This historical novel is absolutely fantastic!

35. 735 千 I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband, Only to Be Rejected? The Military Wife Is So Capable, the Nation Has Its Eye on Her 千里奔夫被嫌？军嫂太强国家盯上 Sweet Blossoms on Brocade锦上甜花Modern Romance800k WordsOngoing [Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to 6.6kReads9.3Score468Shelves
36. 736 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 419Reads8.5Score105Shelves
37. 737 年 Period: I'm a Post-70s City Cultivator 年代：我是70后都市修仙者 Zhang Writes Articles张写文章Urban544k WordsCompleted [Historical era, growing personal space, decisive and ruthless, immortal cultivation, strategy] The soul of a modern person from 21st-century Earth transmigrates to the early 1980s in a parallel world. It also brings along a golden finger in the form of a personal space. This golden finger can be upgraded step by step. Once he gathers the nine origins of the world, he can create a real continent of his own. And each time he gathers an origin, the golden finger grants him knowledge of a new skill 3.6kReads8.4Score214Shelves

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    This period fantasy novel is quite good; the story's setup and development are very reasonable, making it very enjoyable to read.

38. 738 医 The Art of Healing 医路精诚 Already Old已旧Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The companion novel to this book, I Am a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, is complete. The new novel, From Village Doctor to Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is currently being updated. Interested readers are welcome to check it out. At a time when traditional Chinese medicine is in decline, hospitals bearing its name are treating patients with Western medicine. Wang Chen, an heir to the Shanghan school, simply cannot stand it: even for a common cold, a traditional Chinese medicine ho 21.6kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
39. 739 情 City of Heartbreak 情伤都市 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Urban215k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come 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! 995Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 740 重 Reborn in 1987: From the Start, I Stole Hong Kong’s Goddess 重生87：开局截胡港岛女神 Arctic Gray Wolf极地苍狼Urban4.8M WordsOngoing [Urban farming + reborn + historical era + entrepreneurship] Chen Hao wakes up to find that the woman beside him is none other than Li Zhi, Miss Asia and the dream girl of countless men! Chen Hao also discovers that he has been reborn on Hong Kong Island in 1987. That year, a global stock market crash hits, costing stock-market legend Warren Buffett billions of dollars and becoming his lifelong nightmare! Chen Hao seizes this golden opportunity to buy the dip in stock markets around the world, m 18.3kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
41. 741 四 Siheyuan: I See the Warmth and Coldness of Human Nature 四合院：我在四合院看人情冷暖 Puppy Who Loves German Shepherds喜欢德牧的小狗狗Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted A courtyard story without all the hostility: Old Yi has a son, the Jia family has a hardworking and self-reliant daughter-in-law, and Da Mao will have a son someday. Yushui no longer lacks love. So what will happen to the other families? Follow Wang Weimin, an ordinary man, as he climbs step by step to the top and makes his way onto the world stage. 4.3kReads6.1Score100Shelves

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    Good book, good book!

42. 742 禁 Forbidden Zone Hunter 禁地猎人 Canvas Shoes with Rubber Soles Beneath Erqi Tower二七塔下胶底布鞋Urban2.7M WordsOngoing His parents favored his older brother, who took over Lin Mo’s assigned job after he graduated from high school. Lin Mo was forced to go to the countryside in Northeast China in his brother’s place. Hardship was everywhere. The lack of food and constant hunger tested not only their will to live, but also their humanity. Tales of ghosts and monsters were rampant in the village, and the villagers feared the nearby mountains, treating them as forbidden ground. The lame old principal of the village s 41kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves

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    I just unearthed a book; it has no rebirth or cheat codes. These days, there are practically no novels that don't feature rebirth or cheat codes—it's truly a rare breed.

43. 743 张 Zhang Shan's Journey to Immortality 张山的修仙之旅 Purple Ginseng Fruit紫参果Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The physician Zhang Shan is reborn in a farmhouse in the spring of 1962. He hunts, supports his family, practices medicine, and goes into business. By chance, he enters a lost prehistoric world and encounters the mysterious Smurfs, sea demons, dragons, elf folk, high-level cultivators, and more. I already have over 300 chapters written ahead. It's a long, heartwarming, and wonderful story. What could be better than sitting down with a cup of tea and taking your time to enjoy a good book? My new 351Reads6.0Score100Shelves

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    A true historical novel set in the 1960s, the protagonist practices medicine, hunts, cares for his younger sister and mother, and accidentally encounters a Taoist master. The story is captivating and not to be missed.

44. 744 重 Reborn in 1982: The Foolish Village Guardian's Hunting Life 重生82：傻子守村人的赶山生涯 The Daydreaming Zhou梦游的小周Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Every village has one or two “village guardians.” They're often slow-witted, but kindhearted. The elders say village guardians come to the human world to endure hardship and cultivation. They ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, taking the bad luck upon themselves. After Chen Wang, a modern-day wage slave, suddenly died, his soul returned to the 1980s and possessed a fool who had just died in Chenjia Village, a village guardian from the Chen family. He has nothing but four bare wal 5.9kReads8.6Score381Shelves
45. 745 八 The Little Star of the 1980s: I’m Just Like the Story’s Main Character 八零小戏精，书里主角啥样我啥样 Want to Be a Social Butterfly想当社牛Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted Six-year-old He Tianyin found a glass marble and accidentally swallowed it. The next morning, when she woke up, a strange thing had appeared before her. People inside it told stories. Because she couldn’t read, she was desperate to hear them, so she spent an entire month learning how to read. Once she could read, she finished the first novel of her life. The heroes’ adventures filled her with longing. When she finished the story, she resolved to become a righteous hero herself, and even managed 658Reads6.5Score103Shelves

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    Are there any similar good books about living a happy and fulfilling life with a loving family?

46. 746 重 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban273k WordsCompleted At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 127Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please recommend it.

47. 747 疯 I'm Going Crazy! The Legitimate Daughter of an Ancient Family Transmigrates to the 1970s 疯了！古代嫡女穿越到了七零年代 Flowing Water Goes Ding-Dang流水个叮当Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Su Jinmi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household, is murdered by her half-sister and accidentally lands in a world of scarcity in the 1970s. She can't cook or farm. What can a frail, pampered young lady do when she can't carry a load on her shoulder or lift a thing with her hands? Don't worry. She has a pocket dimension, medical skills, and a good-for-nothing who knows how to make money. The good-for-nothing, a devoted husband, lives by one motto: His wife is responsible for l 17.1kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves

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    A surprisingly good time-travel novel.

48. 748 穿 Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零：地主儿子与土匪闺女 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 22kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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    A technically oriented article from the era of technology.

49. 749 六 In the 1960s, Everyone Who Clashed with Her Had Quintuplets 六零：和她不对付的都一胎五宝了 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Hu Yao, a martial arts school coach, transmigrates into the body of a timid young wife with the same name, married for a year to a soldier in the Trumpet Flower Brigade but still a virgin. She also gets bound to a childbirth System. Give birth, get rewards. Hearing that giving birth came with rewards, Hu Yao flashed a chilling smile. Having a baby? Easy. Her wicked mother-in-law calls her barren? She wants a baby so badly? Coming right up. Her sister-in-law mocks her? Coming right up. Even the d 21.9kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves
50. 750 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6kReads7.5Score385Shelves

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    Transmigrating to another world as a mortal, the protagonist discovers the rarity of immortal opportunities. Spiritual roots, magical abilities, resources, companions, and suitable land—each element effectively blocks the path to ascension for ordinary people, much like the feudal aristocratic families' control over knowledge. No money? The protagonist uses borrowed resources, leveraging the influence of the border army to open a market and become a landlord. Having lived a simple life in China, he can't abandon his love of farming. He develops spiritual fields, cultivates spiritual plants, improves alchemy efficiency, and runs a spiritual food business, but unexpectedly, he encounters a flurry of cultivators breaking through their cultivation realms… As a model socialist youth, once he gains power, he won't tolerate the locals. He hides behind the scenes, using internet thinking to collect cultivation techniques from across the land and promote their free distribution online…

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