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. 351 重 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance417k WordsOngoing (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
2. 352 放 Let Go of Me, You Crude Woman! 放开我，你这个粗糙的女人！ A Little Thin Pancake一张小薄饼Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead and Weak Male Lead + Tough Country Girl + Female Dotes on Male + Everyday Family Life + Both Pure, One-on-One Romance] PS: This is a gender-bender story, though strictly speaking it isn't a pure gender-bender novel. After all, both the heroine and the hero are natives of their world. Information was scarce in that era, so the heroine has to figure things out bit by bit. Su Mu was famous across the neighboring villages as a woman who was nothing like a woman, 344Reads8.8Score105Shelves
3. 353 资 The Capitalist’s Spoiled Young Master? Perfect to Take Home as a Husband 资本家大少爷？正好扛回家做老公 Song Nianchu宋念初Modern Romance950k WordsOngoing [Period setting + fishing village + marriage first, love later + devoted husband + building a fortune] “Chu, do you want a man or not?” One moment, Song Nianchu is celebrating her company going public. The next, she has transmigrated into an orphan girl in a fishing village in the 1970s. The girl is young and beautiful, but born with superhuman strength. She can kill a mad bull with one punch, and now that she is nearly twenty, no one dares marry her. Her late father is so furious that he appear 22.8kReads8.1Score873Shelves
4. 354 乡 The Country Girl Who Was Supposed to Be My Nephew’s Fiancée Became My Wife, and the Factory Heartthrob Panicked 乡下准侄媳成了小媳妇，厂草慌了 Qian Zhizi千栀子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Seventies, reborn) Zhou Minghan: At his older brother’s urging, Zhou Minghan goes to the countryside to deliver a letter. As a result, without knowing what was going on, he helps his eldest nephew break off an engagement. The country family refuses to accept it, gets him drunk on several cups of liquor, and sends the young woman to his room that night. Since his own family was responsible for this disgraceful mess, Zhou Minghan has no choice but to accept it and take the young bride back to the 3.4kReads7.1Score249Shelves

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   💥💥💥 The female protagonist transmigrates into a book, doesn't go to the countryside or the black market, takes over her mother-in-law's job at the factory, has normal values, and has a husband with a secure job after retiring from the military.

5. 355 重 Reborn in 1958: Grandpa and Grandson Stockpile for the Famine Together 重生58爷孙空间联动囤爆灾荒年 Asking the Sword, Listening to Snow问剑听雪Urban800k WordsOngoing Peng Yi built his fortune from nothing, amassing billions, only to have his own children pull the plug and abandon him in his final years. He died full of hatred. Kneeling before the grave of his beloved Su Wanqing as he drew his last breath, he learned that she had once carried his child. At just twenty-three, she had died in a famine, and mother and child had suffered every hardship life could bring! Heaven had shown mercy: Peng Yi was reborn in 1958, on the eve of their flight from famine! A 5.1kReads—Score472Shelves

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   The best historical fiction, featuring farming, hunting, and disaster relief.

6. 356 松 Old Li from Songling Factory: The Last Black Dragon of Northeast China 松陵厂老李，东北最后一条黑龙 Yi Shanshui奕山水Mystery12k WordsCompleted Old Li of the Songling Factory, the last Black Dragon in the Northeast 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A very good read about the old industrial base of Northeast China, with a quirky industrial style.

7. 357 被 Abandoned by Her Children and Left to Die, Granny Zhang Is Reborn in 1980 被子女抛弃惨死，张老太重生八零 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr 75.9kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves

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   The story of an old lady's rebirth is incredibly satisfying. She's reborn and will never again suffer injustice or let her unfilial children go. She slaps them without hesitation. Reading it even made my breasts feel better!

8. 358 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   These two high-quality period dramas are absolute gems in the female-oriented fiction genre [I highly recommend them too][I highly recommend them too], the first one: the female lead is universally disliked in the surrounding area. Her grandmother, unable to bear it any longer, throws out a letter of introduction and marriage certificate: "Go to the capital and wreak havoc on your in-laws!" 🫧The male lead is a notorious playboy from a wealthy family in the capital. Seeing her formidable fighting power, he cries and pounces on her, "Wife, why did you take so long? I'm almost being bullied to death by my stepmother and the others!" ✨The male and female leads cause chaos at home, and their grandfather, a high-ranking officer, can't stand it anymore and sends them both to the army for reformation.

9. 359 重 Back to the 1980s to Live the Good Life 重回八零过好日子 Starry Songstress星籁歌姬Modern Romance5.1M WordsCompleted [Historical + feel-good + rags-to-riches + sickeningly sweet mutual devotion + two strong leads] She died a miserable death in her previous life. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn in 1988? This time, she was going to make money, make money, and make even more money. What scumbag men and shameless women? Hah, get lost and stop blocking this young lady's path to fortune. And what about a devoted husband? Sure. Since you're handsome and devoted, I'll gladly take you first. Years later, 852Reads5.5Score101Shelves

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   When Gu Jin regained consciousness, she felt a splitting headache, like the throbbing pain after waking up from anesthesia. Was she not dead? Where was she? Her hands instinctively reached up to see what was going on, but she touched a strong arm. The next second, her hands were grabbed, the world spun before her eyes, and she was pinned down by a man.

10. 360 不 Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built 54.5kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves

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    This one is definitely the best! The female lead is very smart, a career whiz, and becomes the group's darling through her own abilities.

11. 361 八 Graduating from College and Starting Factory Work in the 1980s 八零年代大学毕业从进厂开始 Calm and Steady Jade安安稳稳的玉Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted Yao Fanghua had been quiet and taciturn since childhood, but she had a pair of nimble hands. Her fingers were long and deft, and she loved nothing more than taking things apart and fixing them in silence. After she took apart Old Master Yao’s beloved radio and got a thorough beating, she took to carving stones and pieces of wood. Her mother sighed that she had been born into the wrong body: she should have been a boy. After graduating from college, Yao Fanghua was assigned to a fan factory, but 9kReads8.5Score802Shelves

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    💥💥💥Truly technically sophisticated period novels💥💥💥 Those stories about earning money and making a living through one's expertise are far more engaging than those mindless wish-fulfillment novels with overpowered protagonists.

12. 362 穿 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, My Beast Companion Is a Vampire 穿越年代，我的御兽是吸血鬼 Who Am I Wandering For为谁去流浪Rural Life488k WordsOngoing A grounded tale of rural life and farming, adventure in another world, beast taming, and immortality. After transmigrating to an impoverished village in 1955, Zhou Jiasheng becomes the family outcast, the eldest child no one wants! His parents take his siblings to the city to get a job with a state-owned enterprise, leaving him behind in the countryside with food but no money, to fend for himself. Just when he is at his wits' end, the troublemaking System that caused him to transmigrate is alrea 88.9kReads8.4Score10.9kShelves

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    Rural life and cross-border adventure in the era of literature

13. 363 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 95.8kReads8.8Score7.1kShelves
14. 364 七 1970s Space: A Transmigrated Daughter and Her Reborn Mother 七零空间：穿越闺女重生妈 Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生Modern Romance392k WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1970s] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Mutual devotion] [A touch of ensemble cast] [Educated youth] [Two worlds connected] She opens her eyes and has transmigrated into a book set in the 1970s. Even the paper character's slap across her face hurts like hell. She has become a short-lived cannon-fodder character. Damn it! This woman is going to defy fate and change her destiny! 46.5kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves

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    Six-time reread! Highly recommended!! This Tomato Era novel is exceptionally good; I stayed up several nights reading it, and many scenes had me laughing so hard I was speechless!

15. 365 穿 Transmigrating Through Thirty Years of the 1960s 穿越六零三十年 Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Educated Youth] [A Light Ensemble Cast] [Building Wealth] [The 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s] Chen Xi, the heroine, is transported to the 1960s by a silver-white dragon-and-phoenix ring. She becomes a ten-year-old girl with the same name, and her dream comes true: she gains an enormous space for farming and raising livestock. Blinded by a handsome face, she even takes in the gorgeous Chu Xuan. The only thing she regrets is giving him too much spirit spring w 13.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    You absolutely have to read this 1970s novel! I've read many scenes multiple times, hahaha... Hilarious face-slapping moments, natural plot twists, you'll be laughing your head off, it's a steal! A huge steal!

16. 366 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Billionaire Wife Brings Her Child to Force the Commander to Marry Her 八零军婚，百亿夫人带崽逼婚首长 No Medicine for a Cold感冒没药Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + 1980s + Military Marriage + Family Life + Beauty + Transmigration + Raising Kids + Ensemble Cast] Shen Qingzhi transmigrates into a living nightmare from the start. The original owner was sent to the countryside, kidnapped, and drugged. How awful! After Shen Qingzhi escapes, an accident leaves her stranded overseas. Seven years later, she returns with a fortune worth tens of billions and a pair of “heavenly little darlings.” Her daughter is a princess from ancient times sent off 5kReads6.3Score412Shelves

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    They're all pretty good, and they're all on my bookshelf [smirk]

17. 367 知 The Educated Youth Widow Is Cursed to Bring Misfortune to Her Family 知青寡妇克亲命 Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Modern Romance437k WordsCompleted A powerful lightning-wielder in the apocalypse fights the Zombie King to protect their base, and they both end up gravely injured. But the base’s second-in-command takes advantage of the situation, kidnapping the wounded fighter and planning to cut open their skull and steal their lightning core. After detonating the core, they are reborn in the body of a young educated-woman widow in 1968. She’s said to bring misfortune to everyone around her: her paternal grandparents, parents, siblings, husba 2.2kReads8.5Score179Shelves
18. 368 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 115.9kReads9.2Score9.7kShelves
19. 369 回 Back to 1961 as a Public Security Officer 回到1961当公安 A Hongtashan Cigarette Makes You Feel Like an Immortal来支红塔山快活似神仙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Both parents alive] [Has a System] [One female lead] I woke up to find myself in Courtyard 93 on Nanluoguxiang in 1961. What? Wasn’t it supposed to be Courtyard 95? And seriously, what is this? I’m just a lowly security guard! How did I become a police officer? And why am I supposed to protect the peace for everyone? 43.1kReads8.0Score2.3kShelves

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    [Time Period + Literary Master + Lighthearted + No System + Not Brainless] Lin Xiangwen transmigrated back to a small mountain village in 1977. However, his situation was disastrous from the start. His beautiful wife, a former educated youth, whom he had only married a few days prior, was demanding a divorce and returning to the city. Fine, divorce her then! She'd regret it later! Lin Xiangwen was full of confidence about the future. With the college entrance exam about to be reinstated, and his precognitive advantage, it would be a piece of cake. As for plagiarism or being a great writer? He could only say one thing: "Anyone with hands can do it!"

20. 370 五 The Little Treasure Hunter of the Fifties 五零捡漏小当家 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted A kindergarten teacher in her thirties wakes up to find herself in 1952, inhabiting the body of Qian Laixi, a five-year-old playmate kept by a capitalist family. The household is about to flee, the country is in turmoil, and her own family is still stuck in poverty as servants. No problem! She has a stingy “Junk System” that recycles just about anything. The He family is clearing out? Fine, she’ll scan every last inch of their property! Unclaimed treasure? She’ll gladly take it all, from silver 20.2kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves

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    Not fluffy fluff, no awful characters, no black market, no clichés—each story is unique and offers a different feel. Read every single book without skipping chapters; they're all incredibly enjoyable and worth the investment.

21. 371 旧 Childhood in the Old Days 旧时光里的童年 The Second Kid in the Old Days旧时光里的小二Urban134k WordsCompleted The author recalls a rural childhood in Wuchang County, Heilongjiang Province, during the 1970s and 1980s. The book describes rural life and the changes brought about by the household responsibility system in the early days of reform and opening up, along with the joys and hardships of the author’s childhood before the age of ten, major family upheavals, and the warmth and coldness of human nature. 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a collection of stories about the lives of ordinary people, written based on the author's personal experiences. The writing is simple and unadorned, the emotions are sincere, and it is very moving.

22. 372 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 11.9kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
23. 373 重 Back to 1959, I Bind a System and Turn My Life Around 重回五九绑定系统逆袭人生 Snowfall in the Bamboo House竹楼听雪Urban574k WordsCompleted [System + Lighthearted Comedy + 1970s + Updated Promptly at 7 a.m. Daily] Li Guangzhao wakes up to discover he has been reborn at the age of eighteen. Facing his father-in-law, he doesn’t act rashly this time! He awakens a System. Money? To him, it’s just a string of numbers. Food? The supplies in his System’s storage space are enough for his whole family to eat their fill whenever they want! Every regret from his past life, he’ll make up for this time! 6.9kReads8.1Score532Shelves
24. 374 四 Siheyuan: A Wild Boar Gets Me a Ten-Mu Greenhouse from the Start 四合院：开局野猪送我十亩地大棚 Yu Li Chacha余鲤茶茶Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Gossip] [Watching the Show] [Period] [Transmigration] [Purchasing Agent] [Invincible] [Witty] [Funny] [Daily Life] [One Female Lead] [Ruthless] PS: The Courtyard House content doesn’t make up a particularly large portion of this story. Most of it focuses on the protagonist’s everyday life. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! PS: The male lead has a pet companion who provides the comedy, but the pet’s role becomes less prominent later on. If you’re not into pets, feel free to skip those part 39.6kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves
25. 375 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.2kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
26. 376 机 A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞 Math Is Too Hard数学太难Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new 1.2kReads9.3Score228Shelves

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    The female lead is truly capable, possessing exceptional research and investigative skills! She uses her abilities to achieve what she wants, contributing to national progress and improving the status of women!

27. 377 四 Siheyuan: I Do Whatever I Want! 四合院，我为所欲为！ Zhang Youfu张攸伏Male-Channel Fanfiction235k WordsCompleted Multiple heroines + self-interest + no troublemaking in the courtyard + officialdom + slow-burn development Timeline: The Courtyard + The Wreath at the Foot of the Mountain + In the Name of the People Promoted in the 1960s, offered protection and sent to work as an editor in Shanghai in the 1970s. Dismissed in the late 1970s, he moves to Hong Kong, then returns to China in the 1990s. This book doesn’t punish the vile characters in the courtyard. The difference in status is too great, and the pro 7.9kReads—Score264Shelves

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    The courtyard house where the protagonist is not a good person

28. 378 重 Reborn in the 1980s: From the Start, I Took a Factory Job 重生八零，开局进厂打工 Jiang Twenty蒋二十Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yunxi transmigrates into the role of a universally loathed supporting character, the female foil to the heroine. The heroine endures endless hardships without giving in, while Ji Yunxi lives in comfort, spoiled and cruel. During the 1987 wave of migrant labor, the heroine gets into college and finally holds her head high, while Ji Yunxi uses connections to land a job on an assembly line. The heroine lives out a romantic drama straight from real life every day, while Ji Yunxi seethes with jeal 45.5kReads8.4Score5.2kShelves
29. 379 都 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 Demon-Slaying Order Abbot屠魔令斋主Male-Channel Fanfiction443k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.9kReads6.8Score102Shelves
30. 380 界 Realm Capital 界都 Xiao Fei Loves Potatoes小飞爱吃土豆Urban1.0M WordsOngoing I contain all things. It all began on the first day I entered Jiangcheng Elite Academy... This is a world where Blue Star is divided in two, five hundred years after the spiritual qi revival. You'll find that everyone around me, whether ordinary or exceptional, is remarkable in their own way. The universe has ten domains, the ten domains have the Milky Way, the Milky Way has Blue Star, Blue Star has the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Realm has Huaxia, and Huaxia has Jiedu... Are you ready to embark on 355Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One is about the future era, and the other is about the apocalyptic era, which will amaze your eyes!

31. 381 四 Siheyuan: Getting By in the Era with a Game System 四合院，带着游戏系统混年代 Twenty Years Dumping Concrete on Construction Sites工地打灰二十年Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Li Qinghe accidentally transmigrates into a television drama world set in 1955. In this composite world, where many period dramas have been brought together, Li Qinghe uses a video game cheat and works hard alongside his family to build a better life. Moving into a siheyuan, watching the drama, enjoying the gossip: a laid-back slice of life. No angst, no angst, no angst. If that's not your thing, don't come in! 46.2kReads8.3Score2.2kShelves
32. 382 七 The 1970s: What’s Wrong with Working in Elder Care? I’m Still Outstanding 七零：养老部门怎么了，照样优秀 Embracing Fragrance抱香Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Tags: No Golden Finger, family life, career-focused When Jiang Xiyue wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar era. She angrily points at the sky and shouts, “You damn heavens, you’re so unfair! Why don’t you just strike me dead with a bolt of lightning?” As soon as she finishes speaking, lightning flashes and thunder rumbles in the distance. Hearing the deafening boom, she immediately backs down. Fine! It’s just the 1970s. If she can’t accomplish anything earth-shattering, can’t she at least 6kReads8.4Score611Shelves
33. 383 这 This World Is Such a Mess! 这个世界好混乱啊！ Xiao Fei Loves Potatoes小飞爱吃土豆Sci-Fi & Apocalypse329k WordsOngoing Who am I? Where am I? Am I dreaming? Everyone in the world seems strange. What was that I heard… My heart hurts so much. At last, I picked up my knife… I died… I came back to life, but I no longer had a heart… This is a world with just one continent and a few islands, and it is on the brink of an eerie apocalypse. Can someone without a heart feel the warmth and coldness of human life? How can I hold on to my heart in a world gone mad? Why can I calmly watch the living die right before my eyes? 188Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 384 穿 Transmigrate to the Famine Years: The Everyday Life of a Background Character 穿越饥荒之路人甲的生活日常 One Million on a Scratch Card刮刮乐一百万Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Caution: This is not wish-fulfillment. The characters are all flawed. The tone is dark and realistic, and the setting is an alternate fictional world. Much of the content is invented, so read with care if that bothers you.] [Historical era + Transmigrating into a book + Politics] She transmigrates into a scrawny child during a famine. By the time Xu Lele struggles through childhood and her life starts getting better, you tell her this is a sweet romance about a transmigrator sent to the country 6.9kReads7.4Score273Shelves
35. 385 1 Turning My Life Around in 1960, Starting with Putting Food on the Table 1960从解决温饱开始逆袭 Snowfall in the Bamboo House竹楼听雪Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After an unexpected rescue, the male lead transmigrates to the 1960s. In this unusual period of history, supplies are scarce and life is hard. However, thanks to the golden finger that comes with transmigrating, he never has to worry about food or clothing. Armed with a miraculous pocket dimension, he begins a journey to change his fate. He captures enemy spies, earns recognition for his achievements, and even has a distinguished gentleman personally choose a name for him! He presses on through 14kReads8.4Score937Shelves
36. 386 年 Period: Returning to 1977 to Become a Literary Master 年代：回到1977当文豪 Cool Since Childhood打小就酷Urban694k WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Literary giant] [Lighthearted] [No System] [Not brainless] Lin Xiangwen transmigrates back to a small mountain village in 1977. But from the start, everything goes horribly wrong. His beautiful educated-youth wife, whom he married just days ago, is demanding a divorce so she can return to the city. Fine, let's get divorced. Just wait and regret it later! Lin Xiangwen is full of confidence about the future. The college entrance exams are about to resume, and with his foreknowled 4.8kReads8.0Score223Shelves
37. 387 六 The Sixties: You Don’t Want the Real Heiress? Then I’ll Cut Ties 六零：真千金不要？我反手断亲 Red Bean Milk Tea Lover爱喝红豆奶茶Modern Romance674k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + formidable partners + career-driven heroine] Reborn as the real daughter, she finds that her city-dwelling parents don't welcome her. So she returns to the countryside to live with her widowed mother, determined to change her fate through her own abilities. Become a cadre, earn a recommendation to attend university, rise to leadership, and win everyone's respect! “Did you hear? Widow Zhang's girl was switched at birth with a city girl.” “Yeah, and they still kicked her out an 10.4kReads8.4Score776Shelves
38. 388 灾 In a Year of Famine, What’s Wrong with Having a Few Extra Skills? 灾荒年，技能多点怎么了 Easygoing Pig随缘的猪Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xiaojun is a good-for-nothing thug from the 21st century. He gets by with a storefront his parents left him, spending his days either teasing cats or playing with dogs, and flirting with young women out shopping. One day, for some inexplicable reason, he saves a little child playing by the road, only to be hit by a car and sent back to 1959. It’s an absurd and tumultuous era, but fortunately, Heaven grants him a golden finger that lets him run unlimited simulations. Thanks to it, he makes i 15.6kReads7.8Score1kShelves
39. 389 六 The Little Public Security Officer from the 1960s Loves Watching the Drama Unfold 六零小公安爱看热闹 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance967k WordsCompleted [Period setting + everyday family life + watching the drama unfold] Jiang Nansheng had just left the military and was all alone. Longing for a lively atmosphere, she deliberately chose an especially lively job: a young policewoman at the local police station. As soon as she arrived, she knew instinctively that she'd come to the right place. It really was incredibly lively, with gossip cropping up every day. Getting paid to enjoy the drama was an absolute delight... When she got older, she went o 6.5kReads8.4Score602Shelves

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    The female lead is a local character, without any special advantages or plot devices. Both the male and female leads are former soldiers who became police officers. The female lead enjoys excitement and spends most of her time at the police station observing the drama unfold. The male lead steadily rises through the ranks to become the bureau chief. Their careers are both remarkably smooth.

40. 390 带 I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零 Ma Nini马尼尼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong! 16.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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    A highly-rated completed historical fiction novel, [Sparrow's Culinary Masterpiece], features a relatively novel plot. The female lead is a factory worker's daughter who uses her culinary skills as a springboard to a brilliant life. She's a career-oriented heroine with older siblings who help her family rise to prominence. The male lead is a professor and a foodie; they're a perfect match! [Sparrow's Culinary Masterpiece][Sparrow's Culinary Masterpiece][Sending Hearts]

41. 391 重 Reborn as a Doctor in the Fiery Years 重生在火红岁月当医生 The Rabbit in Class Five分在五班的兔子Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The story of a renowned professor transmigrating into the body of a young doctor in the 1970s. You can't hide a special talent forever. Where is the miracle doctor? A small township hospital suddenly becomes famous. Experts from the county and provincial hospitals are left dumbfounded by the pressure from this little hospital, with no choice but to admit defeat. If he'd transmigrated somewhere else, he might have been content to be a miracle doctor. But he ended up in the tropical rainforests of 6.4kReads8.8Score450Shelves
42. 392 爬 After Getting into the Wrong Bed, I Married an Army Hero and Was Spoiled Senseless 爬错床后闪婚兵王被宠得无法无天 Liu Youchun柳又春Modern Romance2.2M WordsOngoing [Period setting + military marriage + devoted couple + sweet romance] [Bossy, commanding mature woman who’s actually a sweet, seductive little minx x cold, reserved war hero who’s actually a secretly passionate, innocent big bad wolf] Leng Qianyue transmigrates into a period military-marriage novel and becomes a timid cannon-fodder woman who’s constantly bullied by her scumbag father and stepmother, then disappears after running away from home. She’s schemed against as soon as she arrives. He 673Reads7.9Score—Shelves

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    If you're looking for something technically sophisticated, check out this one [OK]. Although the title lowers the rating a bit, the content is fantastic [thumbs up]. No melodramatic plot twists, no mindless wish fulfillment, the female lead doesn't go to the countryside or the black market, she builds her career with her brains and doesn't rely on men [thinking]. It's a sweet and flirtatious romance novel; the female lead is a charming and seductive little devil, and the male lead is a deeply affectionate and domineering wolf [smirking]. It's the kind of story that spoils you to the extreme, so if you're not afraid of being overly sweet, click in [thinking].

43. 393 九 The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me? 45.6kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn in 1999, avoiding any detours. She enters the system through a university selection process, possesses exceptional abilities, follows a good leader, achieves outstanding political achievements, and rises rapidly from a low-level clerk! Power is the best tonic! A powerful tonic! So captivating you won't even notice someone dying next to you! The male protagonist admires her strength and secretly loves her. Initially, his political career is primarily focused on work, but later he goes into business and his role diminishes.

44. 394 年 1959: Transmigrating Into a Siheyuan With a System 年代1959：穿越四合院带系统 Yi Zhi You Lan一致幽兰Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration]+ [Lighthearted Comedy]+ [System]+ [Siheyuan]+ [Vile Neighbors]+ [Period]+ [Farming]+ [No Grimdark Angst]+ [Alternate Universe]+ [Male-Oriented Spin-Off]+ A Siheyuan web novel Transmigrating to the capital, in a courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. After transmigrating, Li Weiguo wakes up to find himself in the parallel world of Love in the Courtyard. What should he do about all the vile neighbors in the courtyard? He can't avoid them forever. He'll just have to deal with whatever 11kReads7.6Score543Shelves
45. 395 年 1960: Taking Life Easy 年代1960：生活过的悠哉悠哉 Tang Paopao唐跑跑Urban657k WordsCompleted A heatstroke while planting rice, then a sudden transmigration. With a space in tow, how can you get by in these difficult times? Find a job and marry a wife. Grow crops, raise fish, go hunting: life is a joy. [Everything in this book is fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] 5.5kReads8.3Score300Shelves
46. 396 穿 I Transmigrated to Newton’s Era, and Only I Know Mathematical Analysis 穿越牛顿时代，只有我会数学分析 Orchids by the River江有兰芷Historical180k WordsCompleted A young mathematician from the 21st century transmigrates to Newton’s era. He invents no new theories, but launches a “revolution in the rigor of mathematical analysis,” replacing infinitesimals with epsilon-delta language and geometric intuition with axiomatic systems. In the end, he transforms mathematics from an art dependent on the intuition of geniuses into a modern science built on logical foundations, while choosing to become an anonymous founder in history. 69Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    This is definitely a technically demanding historical text, requiring knowledge of both mathematics and physics. The math felt too difficult, while physics seemed more relevant to everyday life! [Kissing emoji]

47. 397 中 The Chinese Academy of Sciences Came to the Entertainment Industry to Poach Someone! The Haters Were Stunned 中科院来娱乐圈捞人！黑粉全蒙了 Old Popsicle老雪糕Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “Thanks to [If You're This Capable, Why Not Join the Chinese Academy of Sciences?] for sending a hundred Carnival gifts. Boss, you're invulnerable to bullets and blades.” After turning down yet another visit from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Gu Ran turned around and explained the three ways to achieve controlled nuclear fusion to his fans. Other streamers' fans have an average education level of middle school. Gu Ran's fans average a PhD. 113.8kReads9.1Score16.9kShelves
48. 398 四 Siheyuan: Starting My Cultivation as a Procurement Chief 四合院之从采购科长开始修炼 Shadowbreaker Shakes the Heavens绝影撼天Male-Channel Fanfiction593k WordsCompleted Xiao Ping, an ordinary young man from the lower rungs of 21st-century society, was struck on the head by a flowerpot falling from a high-rise while saving someone. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into a TV drama set in the 1960s. “Wait, what? I've ended up in the story of Love in the Courtyard, where everyone in the compound is a beast...? “What? I have a secret realm, and time moves faster inside it. I even have cultivation techniques! I'm already this powerful, so why waste my ti 158Reads8.2Score178Shelves
49. 399 小 Pretty Boy Goes to the Countryside: Marrying Into a Female Officer's Family Is a Sweet Deal 小白脸下乡，入赘女军官软饭喷香 Frozen Lychee荔枝冻Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [One heroine + older sister heroine + mountain foraging + handsome live-in son-in-law + convenience store pocket space + playing dumb while hiding his strength] Lin Chen inherited the convenience store that had appeared in his dreams. Just as he reached a turning point in life, his biological mother pressured him to give his job to his stepbrother and go to the countryside to work as a peasant. Instead, he sold the job, used his trip to the countryside as an excuse to get his stepfather and moth 18.7kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves

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    1. Going to the countryside as a village doctor. He discovers that being far from the capital (political center) makes his cultivation (breathing exercises) increasingly effective. A shaman appears. 2. The protagonist, driven by love, severs ties with his family (his biological mother and stepfather). He goes hunting in the countryside.

50. 400 五 The 1950s: The Family's Beloved Child Takes a Grain Shop Through the Famine 五零团宠，带着粮铺混饥荒 llx Flying Fishllx飞鱼Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [For female readers] [Period] [Spatial storage] [Famine] [Family darling] [Everyday family life] [Slice of life] [Dual transmigration] [Coming of age] [Reincarnated in the womb] [Alternate historical setting] [A black pot falls from the sky: transmigrate to the 1950s and become the family’s darling] When Zhao Suisui returned home for the New Year, she passed her aunt’s grain shop. Her aunt had something urgent to do and asked her to mind the store. Just as she was lying on a rocking chair, watch 25kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    The first book features a protagonist and his older brother who are transported to another world by a meteorite. The story unfolds in two dimensions, with the protagonist initially living in a village. Later, he joins his father in the army, experiencing everyday life, parallel worlds, and the female lead gaining knowledge of some major historical events.

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