Looking for Era Novels Rated 9.6 and Up: Essential Reads for Beginners 求9.6分以上年代文 入坑级

1. 451 重 Back to 1976: Helping the Whole Village Get Rich 重回1976：带着全村发家致富 Jiayang's Little Kitchen加洋小厨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn Educated Youth + One Heroine + Everyday Life + Building Wealth] On his deathbed, Song Qingfeng regretted most that, in his youth, his insecurity and foolishness had led him to reject a marriage proposal twice, costing him the person he loved most and condemning him to a lifetime of regret. He never imagined that when he opened his eyes again, he would be back just before the second time he turned her down! When the woman who had haunted his dreams appeared before him once more, Song Qing 5.5kReads8.7Score287Shelves

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   Previously, I mostly read cultivation and time-travel novels set in the Tang Dynasty. "The Academician" was the first historical fiction novel I read, and it was very well written. There are two other books that aren't available on Tomato Bookstore: Qi Cheng's "Great Power Heavy Industry" and Ren Yuan's "Divine Craftsmanship." The remaining two are also decent.

2. 452 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 81kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
3. 453 重 Reborn: Back in 1977 to Be a Dad 重生：回到1977当奶爸 Half a Cup of Strong Tea半盏粗茶Urban5.1M WordsCompleted When he wakes up, his luxury cars are gone, and so are the beautiful women. Chen Fugui, a billionaire, has been reborn in the 1970s. Will he drift aimlessly through life, or live it to the fullest? For his sweet wife and adorable daughter, he’s going to build a business empire of his own. 10.9kReads9.0Score948Shelves
4. 454 穿 Transmigrating to 1977, Starting as an Educated Youth 穿越七七，从知青开始 Hu the Number One Scholar探花胡Urban1.0M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4.2kReads8.7Score323Shelves
5. 455 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.3kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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   These are all the best selections I've chosen. [Thumbs up]

6. 456 重 Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村 Ye Xiaolou叶小楼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha 36.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves

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   [Add to Bookshelf] Book Recommendations, I'm Xiaoguai [Add to Bookshelf] 1. "I, Fight for the Prosperity of the Nation!", A refreshing novel about a female protagonist's growth and ambition, with a system. A socially awkward academic genius is reborn and bound to a positive energy system. Not only must she study hard, but she must also communicate with others, always striving for positivity and embracing a sunny youth. 2. "Transmigrating to the 70s and Receiving 88 Salaries a Month", the female protagonist transmigrates to the 1970s, cunning and resourceful. For oddballs and scumbags, her success is their punishment. She has a bag full of certifications, countless jobs, and paychecks galore. 3. "Reborn in 1975, Starting by Tearing Up the Return-to-City Order", the male protagonist is reborn. In his previous life, he abandoned his wife and daughter, returning to the city to work. He is his wife's support; a family must be together for harmony and happiness. The woman suffered a tragic end, filled with regret! Given a second chance, he protects his wife and daughter, giving them the strongest support.

7. 457 七 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 6.1kReads9.0Score655Shelves

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   [Laughs][Laughs][Laughs] The female lead is both stingy and cute. Because her family fell on hard times, she was sent to the countryside to take refuge. She worked hard every day and saved every penny. The male lead used his connections to be transferred to the same place as the female lead. Knowing that the female lead was stingy, he especially liked to swindle money from her. He loved to see the female lead's distress over money, which was very funny.

8. 458 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4.1kReads9.0Score315Shelves
9. 459 开 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.5kReads—Score192Shelves

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   I'd only glance at a 9.9 Rating book; you need to reread it multiple times to consider it a good book. Has anyone read these? What score would you give them? [Admiration][Admiration][Makes face][Admiration][Thinking]

10. 460 重 After Being Reborn in the 1970s, I Was Carried Off by the Village Bully 重生七零年代后，我被村霸叼走了 Fang Jüliang房踽凉Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Su Qinran opened her eyes again and found herself back on the train bound for Daqing Mountain. Lin Yaotang had never seen such a beautiful woman. At first glance, she seemed like a celestial maiden, while he was nothing but mud at the bottom of a pond. Su Qinran glanced at Lin Yaotang. In her previous life, he had pursued her relentlessly, only to die saving her in the end. She owed him her life. Lin Yaotang: “Aah!!! The goddess looked at me! I’m going to adult education classes! I’m going to le 9.1kReads9.3Score968Shelves

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    These are all top-tier books! 🍒🍒 Strong male and female leads, very engaging! However, some parts are best read in a bit more; the more you read, the more you love it! In the first book, the little princess of the An family runs away to Xiangxia to avoid trouble, then meets her childhood neighbor, and the two even get together.

11. 461 宗 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.4kReads6.4Score304Shelves
12. 462 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: My Young Thug of a Husband Is Surprisingly More Than Meets the Eye 穿越七零，小混混老公竟深藏不露 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life) Su Xieqiu grew up with a father who didn't care for her and a mother who didn't love her. Her grandparents, who raised her, passed away early, too. After working hard to buy a home in a big city, she wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated to the planned-economy era of the 1970s. The original owner was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was timid and a little 80.9kReads9.2Score7.5kShelves

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    A highly rated, excellent novel from that era!!! A testament to my 12-year reading spree! A masterpiece I stayed up all night to finish!!! Heartwarming and without any angst! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

13. 463 刚 Just Arrived in Republican-Era China, I Have Nothing but Money 刚到民国，除了钱，一无所有 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Ning transmigrated into a series of novels set in the Republic of China era. The good news: she had a System. Better yet, the System's reward pool held a full ten billion. Once she spent it all, Su Ning could return to the modern era and live happily as a billionaire. The bad news: the System was called "The Rich Are Heartless"... In the turbulent Republic of China, she had to play a villain who was rotten to the core. Determined to stay alive, Su Ning racked her brains to become relatives wi 97.7kReads8.7Score10.7kShelves

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    It's great! The female lead is decisive and ruthless, striking when necessary. She flaunts her wealth while simultaneously gaining power—truly a worthy protagonist of a wish-fulfillment novel! As long as they don't introduce a romantic pairing later on, it's unlikely to fall apart.

14. 464 我 I'm the Family Babysitter in a Period Novel 我在年代文里当德华 Daydreaming Little Tangyuan发呆的小汤圆Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted A bold, outgoing heroine × a hero who starts out refined and gentle, then falls hard Li Qingxiu transmigrates into a period novel as the younger sister-in-law of its tragic heroine. When her family tries to marry her off to a widower in exchange for a bride price, Li Qingxiu pretends to be crazy, kicks and punches her way through them, then bundles up her bedding and heads off to be her tragic sister-in-law’s own personal Dehua. At her sister-in-law’s home, she meets the older brother, who’s an 23kReads8.4Score2.7kShelves

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    Every single one of them is fantastic, I'm really excited! I haven't found any better historical fiction than these yet (this is just my personal opinion), but I've seen many other readers recommending them as well [smirk].

15. 465 一 I Accidentally Transmigrated into My Late Aunt 一不小心，穿成了我那早死的姑姑 Simple Mountain Birch朴实的山桠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fang Qingqing transmigrates as an aunt who died young. She vows to help her family become among the first to get rich, and to give them hope. Somehow, she ends up catching the attention of a man who will become a bureau chief in the future. She feels bad about holding back his career, but he keeps pursuing her at every turn. Note: In her world, her aunt died young. 4kReads8.2Score381Shelves
16. 466 路 An Ordinary Passerby, Yet I Got Matched with a Cadre's Son from a Military Compound 路人，但相亲到了大院高干子弟 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The 1990s] + [Family life] + [Ensemble cast] + [Not a power fantasy, not a strong female lead] After her own younger sister steals her boyfriend, Wang Lanlan goes home with her blind date to meet his family. She calls the lame man “Third Brother.” Later, Third Brother becomes her husband. Wang Lanlan: Who could’ve guessed? My newlywed husband is abstinent by day and clingy by night. He wears me out mentally during the day and physically at night. 51.4kReads8.0Score6.4kShelves
17. 467 作 Finicky Rich Girl Brings Her Farm to the 1970s and Takes It Easy 作精白富美携农场在七零摆烂 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Pocket Dimension + Goofy Comedy + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Feel-Good Story + Putting Scumbags in Their Place) The heroine doesn’t dabble in the black market or do farm work, and she has only the tiniest bit of conscience. The hero and heroine both speak their minds. There are no misunderstandings or love rivals. This is a fictional world, so please don’t compare it to real history! Su Qingci, a rich beauty who runs a farm in the modern era, gets sent to the 18.2kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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    A bookworm of over 20 years, a period novel I've read countless times, an absolute gem.

18. 468 重 Reborn in 2010: Financial Freedom After the World Cup 重生2010，世界杯后财富自由 Mr. Crab Loves Shrimp 233爱吃虾的蟹老板233Urban932k WordsOngoing [Reborn in College] [Business and Wealth-Building] [Financial Investing] [Multiple Heroines, Including Female Celebrities] [No System] The World Cup gives him a chance to take off, and he sets out on the road to financial freedom. Overseas, he trades international crude oil, gold, foreign currencies, and cryptocurrencies... At home, he trades sugar and cotton futures... He invests heavily in unicorn companies at home and abroad... He starts a gaming company to rake in money and a media company t 84kReads7.5Score8.4kShelves
19. 469 让 I Told You to Pan for Gold! Do You Even Know What That Means? Why Are You Hauling It Away by Car? 让你淘金，淘金懂吗！你用车拉？ Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted A financial crisis sent wages plummeting, and newly graduated students fought tooth and nail for jobs paying just 1,200 yuan. Fresh graduate Chen Feng couldn’t take the disappointment. He stayed home, hanging around doing nothing, smoking and drinking every day. Luckily, he awakened the Gold Prospector System. With a metal detect 19.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
20. 470 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Sweetheart of the Three-Unit Courtyard Makes Money to Support Her Family 重生六零，三合院小娇娇赚钱养家 The Wind Moves, the Heart Stirs风动心动Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Period setting + System + space + devoted couple + heroine pursues hero + educated youth + workers + science and technology professionals] This story is a cozy twenty-six degrees, with a touch of sweetness. The heroine reaches the peak of life through her own hard work! Poor student Dan Qingmo transmigrates! Not only does she experience the movement to the countryside and the Third Front campaign, she also catches the wave of reform and opening up! Take a gamble, and turn a bicycle into a motor 1.9kReads9.3Score231Shelves

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    A personal bookshelf collection from a bookworm over 17 years. These books resonate with the lives of people of that era, are logically sound, intellectually stimulating, imbued with sentiment, ambition, and skillful writing. Highly rated! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

21. 471 破 Solving Cases Is a Little Bitter, but My Sister Is Super Sweet 破案微苦，我姐超甜 KISS in the CloudsKISS云中Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Xuan was reborn. No System, no cheats, no golden finger. But Heaven had given him an outrageously powerful body. And at that very moment, the wheels of fate began to turn. Mu Qingtian: Brother-in-law, do you have a dream? Lin Xuan: I do. I want to show off. Mu Qingtian: ... Lin Xuan: Showing off is a longing for dignity, a fantasy about reality, and the right to pursue what you desire. What’s the difference between not showing off and being a salted fish? ... Hey, honey, why’d you hit me 54.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
22. 472 重 Reborn in 2003: From Online Author to Trillionaire Tycoon 重生03：从网络作者到千亿神豪 Spicy Fish Skin麻辣鱼皮Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Modern-day rebirth + devoted older brother + entrepreneurship and getting rich + a flawed man mending his ways + making up for past regrets + sweet romance Reborn in 2003, he finds his father a drunkard who can barely stand, while his mother is still obsessed with gambling. In his previous life, this was the year disaster struck his six-year-old sister. In a fit of rage, Qin Hanchu stormed into his enemy’s home... This time, Qin Hanchu will never let the tragedy happen again! No System, no capit 13.9kReads8.9Score680Shelves
23. 473 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
24. 474 1 The 1980s Tycoon's Road to Fortune 1980大倒爷的发家之路 Ting Houshan庭后山Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Have you ever wondered? Behind this peaceful world, wars have never truly stopped. The invaders no longer look like they did back then, carrying foreign rifles and cannons. They wear suits and ties, sipping coffee in high-end offices. With a snap of their fingers, they strip you of every last bit of your wealth. In their eyes, the people of the world are just a flock of sheep. They have countless ways to shear them, securing their grip on the world. For a hundred years, nothing has changed. They 10kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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    These two are the earliest period dramas I read. They're from the male protagonist's perspective, the author's logic is very strong, and they're very enjoyable to read. The protagonist's patriotism gradually emerges as he gains power, and when he has the ability to do something for his country, he does so without hesitation. Excellent.

25. 475 坦 Tanks, Planes, and Aircraft Carriers? My Farm Equipment Factory Can Build Them All 坦克飞机航母，我农具厂都能造 Happy Potato Chips开心薯片Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Military industry expert Qin Yang arrives in 1980 and becomes the son of the head of the technical department at a Third Front factory. Once a good-for-nothing second-generation factory brat, Qin Yang sets out to turn his life around. The factory wants to switch from military production to civilian goods? Qin Yang casually invents an air rifle, and Uncle Camel can't stop praising it! Having trouble choosing a small-caliber bullet? Qin Yang makes the gun and bullets himself! The copied SVD sniper 16.6kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
26. 476 官EN The Halls of Power: A Nobody's Ambition 官场：一个小人物的野望 Ink as a Blade以墨为锋Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Starting as a grassroots police officer in 2005, he repeatedly cracks major cases. Amid the treacherous twists and turns of officialdom, he carves out a distinctive path to promotion. 131kReads9.5Score14.9kShelves
27. 477 酒 A Drunken Mistake Forces Me into a Flash Marriage with the Capital’s Most Eligible Heiress 酒后失控，被迫闪婚京圈大小姐 Jiang Haochen江浩辰Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Everyday romance + no System, no golden finger + one heroine + marriage before love] A night of reckless passion, brought about by a twist of fate, changed Duan Ye’s life. Duan Ye admitted his mistake to the woman he loved, but unfortunately, she didn’t care at all. The woman from that night showed up at his door with her household registration booklet, and Duan Ye was forced into a flash marriage. Duan Ye thought his life was bound to be miserable from then on, but who could have guessed... Wh 28.4kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
28. 478 六 Sixties Space: The Lucky Baby Is Sweet and Adorable 六零空间：锦鲤福宝又娇又甜 Little Maruko Sunbathing晒太阳的小丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Transmigration + space + supplies + family favorite + lucky charm + the whole family gets rich + farming + everyday family life Mu Jin died, then came back to life. When she woke up, she had become a tiny fetus still in her mother's womb. Mu Jin yawned. No big deal. What? The 1960s? No need to panic. What? Not enough food or clothes? That she couldn't accept. But what was this space that had suddenly appeared in her mind? Was that enormous wholesale market real? She never expected that transmigr 4.8kReads9.2Score445Shelves

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    The first two books are being serialized, and the last two are completed. Brothers who are looking for something to read can check them out.

29. 479 搞 You’re Bullying Someone at School? You Think I Don’t Have Connections? 搞校园霸凌？真当我没靠山啊？ Lü Buwei吕不萎Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [True Descent into Darkness + Maximum Wish Fulfillment + One Female Lead + Handmade Sci-Fi] After being bullied, Lu Tu awakens the Corruption System: Bully me? Just wait until you're facing a firing squad. The rich and powerful are ruthless and insatiably greedy? Die. 1.4kReads8.2Score122Shelves
30. 480 逐 Riding the Waves of Tokyo Bay: Starting in 1945 逐浪东京湾：从1945开始 Extremely Thick Glasses近视镜特别厚Historical606k WordsOngoing The protagonist himself transmigrates to Hengbin, Japan, after its defeat in 1945. Posing as a local, he works as an interpreter for the US military, becomes a shameless collaborator, builds a yakuza organization, and wreaks havoc on the Japanese who haven't yet paid for their crimes. He also gets up to all sorts of mischief with plenty of cute girls, makes it through the occupation, and eventually becomes a financial magnate. A story about making money and living life to the fullest! As they sa 43.5kReads6.5Score3.5kShelves

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    The protagonist is intelligent, so you can read with confidence; it's a harem story. The protagonist transmigrates to a fictional world after World War II in 1945, becoming an American translator, a collaborator with the Japanese, forming the Yakuza, causing trouble for the Japanese, and having many women he doesn't love. He eventually survives the Japanese military rule, and the economy recovers, making him a tycoon.

31. 481 六 The 1960s: A Three-Year-Old’s Slip of the Hand Sends China Soaring 六零：三岁奶包手一抖，华国起飞 Tao Dayao桃大夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, patriotism, positive energy, adorable baby adored by everyone, space, building wealth, interplane trading mall, romance, sweet pampering.] She was a famously lazy old ancestor in the Tribulation stage of the cultivation world. Her greatest dream was to pass her tribulation and go right back to lazing around. She never expected to get unlucky and die from the final bolt of heavenly lightning. When she opened her eyes again, she had left the cultivation world, rich in spiritual en 3.7kReads9.3Score357Shelves
32. 482 重 Reborn: Hualong Invades the World, Starting with Mining 重生：华龙入侵全球从开矿开始 Being Ugly Is Not a Crime丑不是罪Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Xiao Yao is reborn in 1997, just as the mining industry begins to take off in northern China. With greedy outsiders eyeing his family’s property, he starts by selling bowls, then secures a gold mine, moves into iron ore, and establishes Hualong Mining, driving his enemies to the brink of ruin. The vast wealth of information from the future becomes his winning edge as he rises. Before anyone notices, he becomes the world’s largest investor. He invests in the internet giants, the Two Ma, ahead of 6.8kReads8.5Score366Shelves
33. 483 浪 The Prodigal Returns: I Can See the Future 浪子回头：我能预见未来 Bai Ling白灵Urban4.1M WordsOngoing The short drama of the same name, I Can See the Future: The Prodigal's Return, premieres on Hongguo on December 6. On his way to get a divorce, Lin Ming finally realized what a bastard he'd been his whole life! He couldn't change the fact that he was getting divorced, but he unexpectedly gained the ability to foresee the future! Rising prices, volatile real estate, stock market fluctuations, global trends... he can handle them all with ease! Years later, a reporter interviews Lin Ming: “You're n 19.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
34. 484 重 Reborn in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain 重生1972长白山之救赎 Lost Little Yu迷茫的小羽Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Historical era, urban rebirth, urban farming, building a fortune, doting on his wife and raising children, light cheat abilities] In his previous life, Zhou Rui’s weakness indirectly caused his younger siblings’ deaths and led to the loss of his niece, leaving him with a lifelong torment. With the help of his ancestors’ divine artifact, Zhou Rui was reborn in 1972. In this famine-stricken era, he will use the abilities he gained in his previous life and his transformed body to give his younger 89.6kReads8.5Score6.9kShelves
35. 485 重 Reborn: The Underdog’s Comeback 重生以后包子的逆袭 Xufeng Niaoniao栩风袅袅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Reborn + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Campus Life + Strong Female and Male Leads + Top Student + Character Growth + Patriotism) The female lead, Mu Wan, is kind but not a pushover. She has principles and always gets even with those who wrong her. The male lead, Xiao Jinyu, is the son of a military compound family and a military-affiliated scientific researcher. Before she was reborn, Mu Wan accidentally stayed up too late and died of cardiac arrest. A family heirloom, a Merit Pearl, took 4.8kReads9.1Score589Shelves
36. 486 我 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Azure Clouds, Everlasting Red青云长红Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.7kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    It's a completed novel; you might want to check it out.

37. 487 回 I Returned to My Hometown for Silver Dollars, Then Struck a Gold Mine Worth Millions in the Mountains 回乡捡银元，进山挖出千万金矿 Brew a Cup of Tea泡杯清茶Urban865k WordsOngoing [The Red Fruit short drama is now online, and it's a little hit!] After delivering takeout in the Magic City for several years, Zheng Jing ended up unemployed and heartbroken, returning to his hometown with nothing. Disheartened, he had planned to live out an ordinary life, but unexpectedly awakened the [Unclaimed Metal Detection System]. Old silver coins buried in the fields, gold ornaments hidden in the beams of an old house, ore veins beneath barren slopes... As long as a metal object has no 56.1kReads8.3Score5.6kShelves
38. 488 都 I’ve Been Reborn—Why Would I Still Chase After Her? 都重生了谁还追她啊 A Noble Spirit in My Heart心有浩然气Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Publication rights acquired] [Short drama released] [Comic drama released] One argument made Jiang Feng realize that his life had already been ruined. Just then, he was reborn in the 2014 college entrance exam hall. He was eighteen that year, and he and Gu Mengyao had yet to become a couple… 245.2kReads9.1Score17.7kShelves
39. 489 村 The Great Pagoda Tree at the Village Entrance 村口那棵大槐树 Runxin 666润鑫666Modern Romance374k WordsOngoing The 1960s: too few clothes and too little food! In remote Tianshui Village, everyone was struggling to stay alive! Every character is a vivid reflection of that era. They have no golden fingers and they don't transmigrate... so they can only fight tooth and nail against life and fate just to survive! Girls especially had a harder time of it in those days. Listen to the names: Dai Xiao, Huan Xiao, Zhaodi... You can tell at a glance they were named by parents hoping for a son. Back then, many girl 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No cheat codes, no time travel. The beginning is unremarkable, but the story is full of surprises, becoming increasingly addictive as you read on. Each protagonist is a vivid portrayal of that era. An era of scarcity! Everyone was struggling to survive! Fighting desperately against life and fate! Isn't this just like us, struggling in real life...?

40. 490 回 Rewind to 1983 回档1983 Riding a Donkey骑驴Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After a night of drinking, middle school teacher Li Huijun was reborn on the eve of the 1983 college entrance exams. Determined to keep his family from suffering again, he became the top scorer, sold salted fish, collected antiques, and held public office, quietly building himself into a tycoon. Now watch as the man standing atop the mountain of wealth stirs up the winds and clouds of the world... 13.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
41. 491 赶 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海：开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 Mountain Peak山峰Urban4.6M WordsCompleted (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 130.1kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves

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    These are all ones I think are pretty good, I recommend them to you experts.

42. 492 年 Period: Village Bully, What's Wrong with Being Unable to Find a Wife? 年代：村霸，娶不上媳妇怎么了？ Ning Lihuo宁离火Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Handcrafted + period setting + village bully + hunting + business + everyday life] Lin Feng transmigrates to the 1980s and becomes the biggest village bully for miles around! The sky is falling! In this world, being a good person is hard. Looks like there’s a brighter future in being a bad one! But not being able to find a wife is a real problem. What should he do? Perhaps... From the countryside to the county seat, then to Haicheng and the capital! Keeping pace with the times, he strides forwa 41.3kReads7.3Score3.1kShelves
43. 493 婆 My Mother-in-Law Wants Me to Live as a Widow? My Army Officer Husband Is Back 婆婆让我守活寡？军官老公回来了 Songzi Mo松子茉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Based on the original novel of the Red Fruit short drama “Transmigrated Into the 1970s: On Our Wedding Night, My Mother-in-Law Told Me to Live as a Widow.” [Period setting + military marriage + space + raising children] In a single moment, Zhou Zhitong transmigrates into a book and becomes a cannon-fodder military wife left behind in the countryside. She is destined to work herself to death before she turns thirty. Worst of all, her two children will be sold to traffickers by their wicked grandm 1.8kReads8.5Score266Shelves

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    The score gradually increased

44. 494 重 Reborn in the Nineties: The Wild Years 重生九零之野性时代 Bin Cola彬可乐Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Li Fei was betrayed by his best business partner and his beloved young wife, leaving him trapped in a power struggle among the heirs of wealthy families. Unable to fight back, he leaped from the tower of his company building and ended his life. To Li Fei's surprise, he didn't die. Instead, he was reborn in the 1990s, just after finishing his college entrance exams. His mother was still alive, and his father was still at his post. Determined not to repeat the mistakes of his past, he began amassi 30.2kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
45. 495 都 We’re All Reborn, So Who Still Wants to Be Someone’s Lackey? 都重生了谁还拉帮套啊 Meow Erbai喵二白Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Cao Chaoyang acted on impulse and chose the path of becoming his sister-in-law’s live-in helper, moving into her home. He worked hard to support his elder brother’s family for twenty years, only for his brother’s legs, crippled for years, to suddenly recover. Thrown out of the house overnight, he had no choice but to get away from people and become a forest ranger. Reborn in 1973, when his sister-in-law once again knelt before him, Cao Chaoyang said firmly, “No!” He would n 17kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
46. 496 六 The 1960s: I Married into a Treasure-Dungeon 六零，嫁进宝藏副本了 Lailai Dada睐睐哒哒Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Kids + Slow-Paced, Cozy Daily Life + Working Hard to Build a Fortune + Male Lead] [The rating is low because it was just released and will go up! Sobbing, I never thought I’d be saying this one day~] At first, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. Everyone else who transmigrates gets a golden finger, while I can only piggyback on someone else’s.” Later, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. The little boss’s golden finger is really, really useful!” In short, the heroine 2.8kReads9.3Score147Shelves

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    This is the highest I've seen so far. It's heartwarming and ordinary, but quite positive and uplifting. It features a female protagonist, and everyone is very nice. It's also quite funny, so it's pretty good.

47. 497 赶 Tidepooling: Raising a Child by the Sea 赶海：我靠赶海养娃 I Just Want to Be a Fat NEET我只想当一名肥宅Urban3.5M WordsOngoing A corporate drone is reborn in the good old days of 2008. While everyone else who gets a second chance is trading stocks or flipping houses, Gu Han can only bury himself in the grand pursuit of harvesting seafood from the shore. With a bucket, a shovel, and a rain cape, he ushers in a brand-new era of beachcombing. “Dad, are we going to catch big crabs today? We’re going to make lots and lots of money, right?” 3.4kReads8.6Score206Shelves
48. 498 重 Reborn in 1983: My Carefree Hunting Life in Northeast China 重生83：我在东北打猎的悠闲人生 Luo Tian洛天Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [Authentic period drama + no pocket dimension, no System + one heroine + devoted husband + hunting with guns + digging for ginseng + business + adorable pets + food + farming] Tang He had spent most of his life rushing from place to place. Just before he died suddenly, he saw once more the vast mountains, forests, and sea of trees in the Greater Khingan Range, along with the girl in the little floral jacket. Life was so exhausting and bitter. If he got another life, he thought, he would like t 10.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
49. 499 哀 Hunting in the 1970s on Ailao Mountain 哀牢山之70年代赶山狩猎 Floating0Life浮0生Urban807k WordsCompleted Two unfamiliar souls transmigrate to an unfamiliar era. A mysterious legacy of mountain hunting. Thrilling hunts. Fierce pets. Mighty mounts. Exciting treasure hunts, and the cultures and traditions of many ethnic minorities. Follow this warmhearted couple as they take you into a different era. 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please add my new book to your favorites!

50. 500 随 I Followed My Mom Into Her New Marriage and Became the Military Compound’s Favorite 随妈改嫁：我成了军区大院的团宠 A Life Without Sorrow or Joy余生无悲欢Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + 1970s + transmigrate + feel-good story + space] [Beautiful heiress vs. aloof, doting CEO] Nan Xi transmigrated from the apocalypse into the 1970s, and her father died just ten days after she was born. When she was five, she went with her mother to visit her grandparents, who had been sent down to a farm. The two took a wrong turn and were caught by Nan Bosen, who was taking part in a military exercise. Nan Bosen fell in love with her mother, Shen Xinyue, at first sight, and the 22.8kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    This historical fiction is super good; anyone who likes historical fiction should check it out.

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