Looking for Female-Oriented Period Novels with Smart Characters, No Child-Rearing, and No Awful Relatives 求女频年代文 不降智 不养娃 无极品
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A Female Cultivator Travels to the 1970S and Finds a Dragon Vein 女修穿年代捡到一条龙脉
Note: No romance, fantasy, spatial powers, transmigration, System “The second volume, set in the Immortal Realm, is now out.” Cheng Junyi’s path to immortality had been smooth sailing, but for reasons unknown, she transmigrates to the era her mother once described, when you needed ration coupons to buy anything. So be it. She doesn’t mind; she can get by anywhere. She just didn’t expect to transmigrate into the identity of a capitalist’s daughter. For various reasons, she has no choice but to
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Reborn at Forty-Five, I Turned the Tables at Twenty-Five 四十五岁重生,二十五岁掀桌
[Awakening] [Transmigrating back into your younger self] [Flip the table] At forty-five, Su Zhenlin died in a hospital corridor. Before she died, her son stood by her bed and urged her to sign over the property. “Mom, put the house in my name.” When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 2006, at twenty-five. Across the blind-date table, Chen Guangjun and his mother were discussing how to take her salary card. Su Zhenlin flipped the table. No marriage, no bride price, and she took her salary
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After the Rebirth of a Timid, Virtuous Wife, Her Husband Trembled 窝囊贤妻重生后,老公颤抖了
(Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil
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Reborn in 1994: A Happy Life Begins with Selling Porridge 重生94,幸福生活从卖粥开始
[Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once!
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With the Script in Hand, I Strike It Rich in a Period Novel 极品手握剧本后,在年代文里捡漏
Shen Zhixia finds a script inexplicably appearing in her mind as soon as she is born. In the script, she is the foil to the heroine of a period novel. The heroine Li Zhidong’s parents are hardworking, kind, honest, and down-to-earth. Everyone for miles around knows them as good, honest people. Shen Zhixia’s parents are mean, lazy, greedy, and shameless. Everyone for miles around knows them as the worst kind of people. Li Zhidong will make many influential connections and have countless admirers.
19.1kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
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The 1980S: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲
[Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t
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The 1970S: I’ve Had Enough! The Unhinged Villainess Flips the Dinner Table 七零:不忍了,疯批女配掀饭桌
Synopsis: [Period setting + military marriage + devoted husband + love at first sight + both devoted to each other + punishing scumbags] The moment Su Liluo opened her eyes, she found herself in the middle of a dramatic scene: the fake daughter’s identity had just been exposed, and she was so furious that she’d shoved the real daughter down. Foster father: “You’re not one of the Jiang family. If you don’t want to stay, get out!” Foster mother: “I never thought you could be so cruel. Leave!” Youn
16.4kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
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Military Marriage in the 1980S: Big Shots from Every Walk of Life Call Me Grandma 八零军婚:各界大佬都认我当孙女
[Marriage first, love later + building wealth + super sociable heroine + 1,800 schemes + 18 powerful grandpas] The heroine is a renowned master of making big promises. She loves getting something for nothing, and even a dog passing her has to leave two hairs behind before it can go on its way. She transmigrates into the body of a stupid, overweight woman who’s also been swindled out of her money by a scumbag. The more Wang Xiuxiu thinks about it, the angrier she gets. Damn it! First, she gives h
11.6kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
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Reborn in the 1970S with a Harbor-Side Pocket Dimension, I Refuse to Settle 重生七零带着港口空间不求上进
Shen Jinran transmigrates to the 1970s. What? The famine years are hard to get through? Don’t worry, don’t worry. She has a golden finger, countless shipping containers at her disposal, and a warehouse stocked with 36,000 square meters’ worth of supplies. What? Her family is full of awful people, and they’re the contrast to the female lead’s family? Impossible, impossible. She’ll let her family shine on their own. She swears she’ll stay out of the male and female leads’ affairs. What? She should
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Reborn in the 1980S: My Brawny Husband Is Strong and Stamina-Filled 重生八零,糙汉身强体壮耐力好
(Military marriage + devoted to each other + doting romance + sweet and steamy love story + building wealth) Given a chance to live her life over again, Yu Xiaomin flirts with her husband and doesn't hold back with either her words or her actions~ When Zhou Huaicheng wakes to find his wife suddenly treating him with overwhelming warmth, she is lying on her side with one bare shoulder exposed, her delicate collarbone and tantalizing curves just visible. His mouth goes dry, and his Adam's apple bo
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With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970S, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零,搞事赚钱样样行
Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members
109.1kReads9.6Score11.5kShelves
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Everyday Chatter in the Sixties 六零闲话家常
Recommended new book: Reborn and Refusing to Marry a Divorced Man: My Childhood Betrothed Spoils Me After her father has an affair, her mother drives their car into the river with the two of them inside, leaving Jiang Mengxue to inherit assets worth hundreds of millions. One ordinary day, she accidentally discovers that she has a huge storage space. After visiting temples and Taoist shrines all over the country, she still decides to sell everything she owns and stock up on supplies. As a child,
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The 1970S: The Glamorous Heiress Transmigrates into a Book with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 七零:美艳娇气包带千亿资产穿书
The young lady never lived through that era, so you can't expect her to have the same spending habits as ordinary people. [Not a poverty-relief story] [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy] [Both are virgins, one-on-one romance] Shanghai–Beijing–Hong Kong [Warning: The heroine is spoiled and not truly kind or beautiful inside! The hero is a lovesick fool! Don't get hung up on prices! If there are any plot holes, just treat them as au
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Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970S 带着淘宝系统穿七零
Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ
25.4kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
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The 1970S: I Win Big with Space Powers 七零:带着空间异能躺赢了
Synopsis: [Period drama + supernatural abilities + transmigration + pocket dimension + shopping mall + both untouched + strong male and female leads] (Drink less water if you need to. There’s almost no filler. I can’t promise every chapter is thrilling, but it won’t be boring. If a couple of chapters drag now and then, just skip ahead.) A young woman inexplicably transmigrates to the 1970s. She possesses two supernatural abilities: mental powers and healing. She also has a magical pocket dimensi
36.4kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
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Good News! the Vicious Fake Daughter of the Era Has Turned Her Upside Down! 喜报!年代恶毒假千金她颠了!
[Vicious female supporting role] + [Fake daughter of the 1970s] + [Golden finger is wide open] + [Evil girl is selfish] + [Refreshing article] + [Shuangjie] Good news, Jiang Chiyu is wearing a book, and it is still a 1970s novel with the heroine's golden fingers wide open! Bad news, Jiang Chiyu is wearing a female supporting role, and she is not the vicious female supporting character throughout the story, but just a transparent person who dies at the beginning. Jiang Chiyu said she recognized i
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Everyone's Favorite: Reborn as a Doomed Cannon-Fodder Side Character 万人迷:穿成作死的炮灰女配
(Audiobook now available) [Period drama comeback + everyone loves the heroine + powerful men bow to love + several men first despise her, then fall for her + groveling exes + romantic rivalry + adapting popular works + entertainment world in the early 2000s] “Tang Ying, are you really that desperate for a man? You shameless thing.” “Even if every other woman in the world died, I still wouldn't look at you.” Tang Ying, a superstar of her generation, transmigrates into a tragic female side charact
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This Is Insane! I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970S with a Supermarket and Tore My Scumbag Husband to Shreds 太癫了,带超市穿书七零手撕渣男
The rating only appeared after the story was finished. It’s very low, so don’t mind it. [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + supermarket space + face-slapping power fantasy + military marriage and family doting + building wealth + strong couple, devoted to each other + refuses to take abuse] My name is Lu Wanwan. I transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder supporting female character who shares the protagonist’s name in a terrible period novel. The original Lu Wanwan was t
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The Eighties on a Seaside Island: A Military Wife Riding the Wind and Waves 八零海岛:乘风破浪的军嫂
Rebirth + military marriage + golden finger + ocean treasure hunting Reborn in 1982, Lin Caidie comes to her senses and immediately sets about breaking off her engagement. In this life, she absolutely won’t walk into that fire pit again. She’s going to pursue her own happiness. Huh, she has a golden finger too? From then on, the ocean is her own backyard.
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Reborn: My Youth Will Be Unforgettable 重生之我的青春要精彩
[Reborn Comeback + Campus Heartthrob Pursues Her + Secret Crush from a Hacker] Lin Xiaoman is reborn back to her senior year of high school. Seeing the intimate photo of Su Qing and Liu Hao on her phone, and the extra 100,000 yuan in startup capital in her bank account, she vows not to make the same mistakes again. [Campus Startup Drama] She starts “Run, Rabbit, Run.” By day, she’s an energetic girl dashing between dorm buildings; by night, she’s a startup fanatic working overtime. [Love Triangl
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Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金:豪门疯抢
[Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i
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Transmigrated to the Seventies: The Easygoing Wife Is Forced to Get Ahead 穿越七零,咸鱼娇妻她被迫上进
[Sweet, charming, highly intelligent heroine & gentle, refined, scheming educated youth] A 21st-century doctoral student pulls an all-nighter, collapses, and transmigrates into the body of a young woman working at a forest farm in the 1970s. Ye Wei swears: she is going to be a contented couch potato who enjoys life! She lives carefree, spending every day eating and drinking with her golden finger at her disposal. Apples? Pheasants? She's got it all. Huo Xiang? Coptis? She can do anything. Ye Wei
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Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970S Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活
[Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no
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Sweet Military Marriage: Starting Over in the Seventies 甜蜜军婚,我在七零年代重开啦
Jiang Zitong, a highly accomplished young woman who has just graduated in the modern era, unexpectedly finds herself reborn in the body of Lin Fang in the 1970s. In an age built on stacks of ration coupons, her parents force her to marry a soldier to pay off their debt. Faced with a reality where she needs a permit just to go out and coupons just to eat, she has no power to resist. She thinks she is in for a miserable life, but instead she unexpectedly finds a treasure of a family and husband, a
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A Curving Lotus Leaf, A Gentle Longing 一弯荷叶,浅浅相思
This is a love story about two young people set against the backdrop of war. In an age of relentless conflict, their fates are bound to the war as well. One day, Hehe flees with her parents to escape the fighting and seek refuge in the south, where they begin a new life. There, she meets the most important person in her life, Ye Shuo... What kind of spark will their love ignite in an age ravaged by war?
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The Stunning Translator from the Eighties Is the Army Officer's White Moonlight 八零美貌翻译官,竟是军官白月光
[Complete] [Period setting, 1980s, family love, military marriage, age gap, doting father type, gentle slow-burn, unconventional period novel, awful characters get taken down quickly, no frustrating setbacks, making a fortune, high-ranking families, no pocket dimension, no golden finger] The moment Wen Zhile opened her eyes, she realized she had been reborn. She had gone from being a professor’s daughter to the second daughter of the Dai family, villagers in Jianghe Village. They treated her lik
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Sweet Military Marriage: Clinging to the Strongest Officer and Never Letting Go 军婚甜蜜蜜,抱上最强军官不撒手
Military Marriage + Period Setting + Mind Reading + Marriage First, Love Later Su Qiaoqiao transmigrated into a book. She became the military wife everyone envied, but in reality, she was a vicious shrew, a cannon-fodder character who wouldn't survive three episodes! To stay alive, Su Qiaoqiao was ready to go all out. So what if her mother-in-law was paralyzed? She was a master surgeon from the twenty-second century, a genius who could do anything! Her husband didn't believe her? Suspected her?
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Reborn in the 1980S: From the Start, I Took a Factory Job 重生八零,开局进厂打工
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
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Others Suck Up to Their Dads, I Suck Up to My Son. I'm the Best at Making a Scene and Being Filial 别人啃爹我啃儿,轰堂打孝我最行
[Reborn in a Bygone Era + Marriage First, Love Later + Stepmother + Pocket Dimension] Gu Hanqiu was surrounded by idiots from the moment she was born. After a series of dramatic romances and bitter feuds, she finally found the peace she had long been missing. After being reborn into the world of a period novel, Gu Hanqiu plans to leave those unbearable idiots behind and live an ordinary life for once. But things don't go as she wishes. Every so often, someone pops up to disrupt her life. Well,
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