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. 501 谁 Whose Youth Is Without Scars? 谁的青春不带伤 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban127k WordsCompleted In the eighties and nineties, I was a child too. I went from being confused and bewildered to a rebellious teenager, from a student whose ideals shone bright to a laborer struggling through hardship. Friendships faded and were forgotten; my first love left a deep mark before ending in heartbreak. Being young means constantly growing up. 84Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 502 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: I Refuse to Be the Heroine of This Tragic Romance 穿书七零之这苦情剧女主我不当了 Eat Less Salt少吃盐Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + changing the plot + everyday life] After burning the midnight oil following her college entrance exams, Jiang Wanwan worked herself to death and transmigrated into a melodramatic period drama she'd watched with her grandma. When she discovered she was the heroine, destined to suffer her whole life, she was horrified! Determined to escape her absurd and tragic fate, she boldly struck a deal with the notorious gang leader rumored to ha 12.1kReads8.5Score886Shelves

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   These are all considered relatively good period novels; some have high ratings but aren't necessarily that good.

3. 503 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零：炮灰军嫂励志科研强国 Traditional Chinese Text繁体文Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi 8.2kReads9.2Score635Shelves

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   They all look great! [Thumbs up]

4. 504 高 A Match Between Equals: My Officer Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic 高门对高门，军官丈夫是个恋爱脑 Lin Miansui林绵穗Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Gentle, Ethereal Su Embroidery Beauty x Handsome, Irreverent Military Heir] [Two Prestigious Families] [Military Marriage] [Lighthearted, Funny Everyday Life] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Adorable Kids] [Family and Country] [Passing on Traditional Culture] [The Pocket Dimension Is Rarely Used] Lin Renzhi stayed up embroidering and worked herself to death. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the only daughter of a senior officer in the 1970s. She had a top-tier family background and loo 160.2kReads9.1Score24.9kShelves

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   A masterpiece worthy of 9.9 Points, waiting for it to rise in the score!

5. 505 邻 Between Neighbors 邻里之间 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban163k WordsCompleted Distant relatives are not as dependable as close neighbors, and close neighbors are no match for the folks across the street. But life is full of contradictions: without conflict, there is no struggle, and without struggle, there is no progress. Neighbors don’t always get along, either. As the saying goes, a neighbor is like a set of scales: they hope the other neighbor stays poor. 327Reads6.5Score—Shelves
6. 506 连 A Serial Killer Rented a Room and Accidentally Moved Into the Criminal Police Captain's Home 连环杀人犯租房子，不小心租进刑警队长家里了 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸7k WordsCompleted A serial killer rents a place by accident, and ends up living with the captain of the criminal investigation team. 220Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is so beautiful.

7. 507 四 Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生 Beneath the Stars, Just for You披星戴月只为你Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red 35kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves

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   Although it's set in a traditional courtyard house, it's genuinely quite interesting. Currently serialized with two million words, this book rejects formulaic plots. Everyone is intelligent, the writing style is humorous, and it's a clean and straightforward read, free of scatological humor. Set in 1953, it features a rigorous and logically sound portrayal of a powerful industrial nation. There's no hostility; the protagonist, Lao Liu, initially seems saintly, but later reveals his scheming nature towards everyone and everything around him. It's neither dark nor unintelligent, transcending stereotypical black-and-white characters. The protagonist has a grand vision, a deep concern for his country, and clear goals. He quietly dedicates himself using his knowledge, which is ahead of his time; the courtyard disputes are merely background. What he truly cares about is the world beyond the walls, a world waiting to rise.

8. 508 四 Siheyuan: Getting Rich Quietly 四合院：闷声发大财 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted Courtyard Life #Period Fiction #Comedy #Feel-Good Fiction #Old Fox #Harem #Farming Fiction He transmigrated to 1952 and became Chen Yuanshan, an apprentice at Fengzeyuan. His father was a martyr and left him 13 million in old currency and two main rooms. He thought he could lie flat, but the courtyard was full of beasts. Jia Zhangshi sat on the ground every day, wailing, “Old Jia! Someone’s bullying me!” Silly Zhu called every woman “Sister Qin” and beat up Xu Damao whenever he saw him. Xu Damao 14.6kReads5.3Score433Shelves

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   Courtyard novels

9. 509 下 After Moving to the Countryside, the Capitalist Young Master Becomes the Village Favorite 下乡后，资本少爷成村里的香饽饽 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No AI, Entirely Handwritten] Don't pay attention to the newly posted rating (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + treasure hunting + space + multiple female leads) Li Wu's soul travels to the 1960s, where he arrives in the capital. Because his grandfather was a capitalist, his uncle and cousin reported him and had him denounced, leaving Li Wu no choice but to go to the countryside. Before leaving, he strips the treasures his grandfather left him bare, and t 18.2kReads7.6Score1.6kShelves

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   These four books are unique among period fiction, offering a satisfying and enjoyable read without feeling frustrating. They've even been adapted into short dramas. I'm not exaggerating; they're genuinely excellent.

10. 510 下 Sent to the Northwest Countryside, I Hunt to Feed Uyghur Triplets 下乡大西北，狩猎养活维族三胞胎 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban331k WordsCompleted [No AI, entirely handwritten] (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + antique appraisal) Modern office worker Yi Xin is furious when a friend borrows money and refuses to pay it back, so he decides they should die together. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in 1968 in the body of a man in the capital with the same name. From the start, he is reported for associating with an old Taoist and is thrown into a cowshed. At his lowest point, he awakens a 6.4kReads7.3Score410Shelves
11. 511 资 A Capitalist Scion Lands in the 1960s: Taking His Pocket Dimension to the Countryside in Search of Treasures 资本少爷穿六零，带空间下乡寻宝 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No AI, entirely handmade] Just got a rating, don't pay attention to it (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + treasure appraisal) Wei Wu transmigrates to the capital in 1968 with a pocket dimension. When he learns that his older brother reported their father, leading to his tragic death in a labor camp, he retaliates by exposing his brother's embezzlement at the machinery factory and gets him locked up for good. Then he clears out the fami 24.6kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves
12. 512 带 Back to the 1970s with a System: First a Village Doctor, Then a Boxer 带着系统回七零：先当村医再练拳 Eldest Miss Ying赢氏大小姐Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Adapted for screen by Tomato Real Person! [Period] [Cute pets] [System] [Spirit Spring] [One female lead] [Feel-good power fantasy] Reborn in the resource-scarce 1970s, Lu Han unexpectedly bound himself to a System space. Its Spirit Spring nourished crops, its black soil yielded abundant harvests, and its shelves were stocked with supplies. On one hand, he used the space's treasures to improve his family's life, building a brick house and stockpiling grain to make their days prosperous. On the o 3.3kReads7.8Score242Shelves

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    Highly recommended, it's very good.

13. 513 下 Sent to the Countryside: I Bring My Sister to Save the Five Tibetan Beauties 下乡知青，带妹救赎藏族五朵金花 Jiuyexi九叶溪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Two comic adaptations are in production] [Ensemble cast + multiple heroines + treasure hunting and inheritance + instant revenge + rural comeback + fiercely protective and scheming + everyday family life] Lu Chuan is reborn in the capital in the 1960s as a capitalist's son, despised by everyone. With his family in shambles, he quickly takes his younger sister to the grasslands to join the rural resettlement program and start his life over. He only meant to get by and look for the treasure his a 16.9kReads7.3Score1.6kShelves
14. 514 九 In 1990, She Was a Good Big Sister 九零年，她是好姐姐 Yan Bi燕笔Modern Romance820k WordsCompleted (Not a power fantasy with an all-conquering heroine, and definitely not a rebirth-and-revenge story. It’s just a quiet, everyday tale with some odd conflicts.) Chen Xihua, a rich kid from the twenty-first century who had become a wage slave, was about to turn thirty and inherit the family business when she suddenly transmigrated into the body of Chen Xihua, a seven- or eight-year-old village girl in the 1990s. She realized she had transmigrated into a book, and was a minor cannon-fodder characte 6.9kReads9.0Score596Shelves
15. 515 我 My Dad Is a Deadbeat 我爹是二赖子 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted Ji Qiuqiu transmigrated into a book. Her father is the village’s notorious layabout, her mother ran off with another man, and she herself is a wicked relative who latches onto the heroine to bleed her dry. Qiuqiu thinks this little villainess has a pretty good lot in life, so she decides to recreate her life and cling to the heroine to get rich. Then one day, she discovers that the heroine’s cousin is a fellow transmigrator. But this hometown girl heroine has given up and no longer wants to be t 12.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
16. 516 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel, I Refuse to Move to the Countryside 穿到年代文抵死不下乡 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted More than ten years after Xiangqiao was born into her new family, memories suddenly awaken within her. Her older female cousin is the heroine of a rebirth novel… All kinds of plotlines also pop into her head at random. No matter where they are, her family is always a cannon-fodder stepping stone. Why does everyone want me to go to the countryside? Xiangqiao clenches her little fists. “Want me to go rural? No way!” It’s much better to work in the city and slack off now and then. She can also catc 7.3kReads8.2Score364Shelves
17. 517 重 Auntie Tao, Reborn, Has a Headache Every Day 重生后的陶大妈每天都在脑壳疼 Sticky Peach黏桃Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Tao Qin thought, “I was too controlling in my last life, and my children never felt close to me. What if I try doing things differently this time?” Hey, it really works! I’m getting along better with the neighbors, too. Haha, every day is spent catching up on the latest gossip. 11.1kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
18. 518 妹 The Troubles My Younger Sister Brings: Striving in the '80s 妹妹带来的烦恼，奋斗在八零年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My eldest sister is a vicious villainess, my second sister is the reborn true heiress, and my youngest sister is the cherished muse of a harem novel. Zhang Qingming figured he was doomed... Luckily, he had a whole city with him. Time stood still inside it, and its supplies refreshed every day. 11.3kReads8.7Score981Shelves
19. 519 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 78.8kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
20. 520 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 185.1kReads9.3Score11.2kShelves

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    No end to the classic novels

21. 521 重 Reborn in 1997: I Was Going Bankrupt from the Start 重生97：开局就要破产 Jin Jianfeng金剑锋Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in 1997: From the Start, I’m Going Bankrupt; The Everyday Life of a Middle-Aged Construction Worker Reborn; [Cozy everyday life + construction site stories + family squabbles + no showing off or face-slapping + one female lead] Yang Yuankun spent his whole life as a bricklayer, working himself to the bone. After inhaling too much dust, he stopped breathing in his fifties while lying in a hospital bed. But when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the moment he’d com 20.1kReads8.5Score979Shelves

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    I can accept both of them, but I actually prefer the 1997 book.

22. 522 重 Reborn in the Eighties: No More Being a Doormat! This Is So Satisfying 重生八零，不再当受气包！爽翻天 Qing Li青笠Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted [1980s setting + plot-driven + slow burn + reborn + making money + entrepreneurship + daily life + heartwarming + steady and gradual + family matters + building wealth + one-on-one romance + happy ending] In her previous life, Chen Baorong worked herself to the bone to support her family. Eventually, she fell ill from overwork. She had no children, and only before she died did she discover her scumbag husband’s affair with her younger sister. When she opened her eyes again, Chen Baorong had retu 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Having died tragically in her past life, the female protagonist is reborn at the age of twenty, on the day she was drugged. In this life, Chen Baorong no longer endures humiliation for the sake of so-called face, and directly confronts the scumbag who drugged her and breaks off the engagement.

23. 523 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    If you want something light and easy, books 1, 2, 3, and 4 are good. If you want something realistic and challenging, books 7 and 9 are good, and book 6 is a bit angsty. All of them are good. Book 9 is good; the orphan of a martyr suffered too much in her past life and is reborn to join the army. Both the male and female leads are worthy of the title "protagonist." It has positive values, and I personally like this book.

24. 524 重 Reborn in 1978: Sharpening My Blade Against the Great Powers 重生七八，磨刀霍霍向列强 Bold Ink, Light Brush浓墨轻笔Urban261k WordsOngoing (Period drama + ruthless action + reborn + System) Chu Xing's military parents were murdered, and his younger sister was sold. Even when he died, he had been unable to avenge his parents or find his sister. Reborn in his fifteen-year-old body, he acquired a System by a twist of fate. In this life, he swore to find his sister and avenge his parents. But these two seemingly simple goals were fraught with danger. And from the very beginning, he had fallen into a carefully laid trap set by the Syste —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is addictive, try it and see!

25. 525 老 Dad Told Her, If You're Unhappy, Make a Scene 老爹告诉她，不顺心就要闹 The Sky Is Lonely天空是寂寞Modern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing Wang Xiaoxiao followed her dad to the military base. Two months later, both her dad’s allowance and her stepmother’s allowance were in her hands. She also gained a tagalong, He Jin. She and her dad kept jumping back and forth between loving each other and setting each other up. Under He Jin’s aura of genius, the thing she did most was sign confidentiality agreements. Wang Xiaoxiao gained two more dads: He Jianmin and Ding Jianguo. A story about an Army kid who wandered into someone else’s field 59.2kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
26. 526 六 The Sixties: Herding Sheep, Studying, and Getting Into College 六十年代：放羊读书考大学 Mei Qingqing梅青青Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Native orphan girl + nanny System + later a landlady + scientific research) Song Jiu became an orphan at six and thought she was going to starve to death. Then a System suddenly appeared and told her that if she worked hard at one thing, it would reward her with delicious food. Why bother dying, then? Time to work hard! Eating every delicacy under the sun was no longer just a dream! Dating? No, no, no! Men would slow down how fast I get my homework done! With no man on my mind, my pen naturally 1.6kReads9.3Score152Shelves

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    The first two books suited my taste perfectly. The prices weren't outrageous, and the female lead wasn't incredibly stupid. The romance in the first book developed naturally; it wasn't about some rough, uncouth guy or anything like that, nor was it cheesy.

27. 527 秦 Qin's Replacement: A Bricklayer Rewrites Three Hundred Years of Qin History 秦替：泥水匠改写了三百年秦史 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical1.4M WordsOngoing Qin's Substitute In 1991, Zhang Daode, a boy from a small town in southwestern Hunan, studied hard and earned excellent results on his high school entrance exam. But someone with power took his place, crushing his hopes of continuing his education and forcing him into a life at the bottom of society as a bricklayer who knew nothing but hardship. Then a sudden fall at a construction site turned his life upside down. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to the end of the Warring States p 1.5kReads9.2Score174Shelves

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    A new work, unable to be rated.

28. 528 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
29. 529 青 Qingshi Pass, Pear Tree Grove 青狮口，梨树林 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Urban366k WordsOngoing The Green Lion’s Mouth, the Pear Orchard follows Zhang Yunxi’s life as its narrative thread, setting it against the vast backdrop of a century of change in rural China. In Qingshikou Village, in the land of Xiangchu, it unfolds as an epic etched in the rings of the earth. From the many wars of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, to the farming and pioneering spirit of the early Republican era, to protecting homes and forests during the War of Resistance Against Japan, from collective labor i —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
30. 530 八 The 1980s: My Daughter Was Switched at Birth, Yet I Just Smiled 八零：女儿被调包后，我却笑了 Snow Between the Brows眉间雪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Wen Ning’s entire family died. Only then did she learn that the daughter she had painstakingly raised was a fake heiress, and that her sister-in-law had switched her real daughter while Wen Ning was weak after giving birth! The fake heiress went to university, became a pianist who traveled the world, and married into a wealthy family. The real daughter was abused, married off to an old man, sent to prison, and died in a fire. Consumed by hatred, Wen Ning dragged the fake he 10.9kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    This book is truly underrated by its ratings. Its writing style is unique, and the central character, Grandma Shufen, is a reflection of almost every one of the younger generation. The family is warm and joyful.

31. 531 大 The Ming Dynasty’s Talented Scholar, Jie Jin 大明才子解缙 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical170k WordsCompleted Jie Jin, a gifted scholar of the Ming Dynasty, lived a turbulent and legendary life. Brilliant from childhood and endowed with extraordinary talent, he was hailed as a “child prodigy.” He made his mark at a young age, sailed through the imperial examinations on the strength of his vast learning, passed the highest-level exam, and embarked on an official career. Quick-witted and inspired in his writing, Jie Jin oversaw the compilation of the "Yongle Encyclopedia", bringing books from across the 5Reads7.5Score—Shelves
32. 532 8 1982: Hunting in the Mountains and Marrying the Village Belle! It Starts with Hunting a Bear 82赶山打猎娶村花！从猎熊开始 Helpful Citizen Old Ma热心市民马老头Urban1.6M WordsCompleted In the Xiaoxing’an Mountains, rich in wildlife, the male lead Feng Guolong is known as Feng Er. He is reborn in an era when guns and hunting are still allowed. He ventures into the mountains, hunts, and searches for treasure. He catches fish, raises deer, and digs for ginseng. Follow Feng Guolong as he grows step by step and reaches the pinnacle of life. Little by little, he makes up for the regrets he left behind in his previous life. He marries the village beauty he loves, protects his 23.5kReads8.0Score1.7kShelves

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    These few are alright.

33. 533 宪 Song Jiaoren, Father of Chinese Constitutionalism 宪政之父宋教仁 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical70k WordsCompleted The Father of Constitutionalism: Song Jiaoren presents the sweeping life of Song Jiaoren, a pioneer of constitutional government whose story unfolded amid the tumult of the late Qing and early Republican eras. As a founder of modern Chinese constitutionalism, Song Jiaoren called himself “the Fisherman.” With his pen as his sword and his blood as his ink, he carved a path toward constitutional government in an age shrouded in turmoil. In Japan, he translated Western legal codes, introducing const 28Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 534 重 Reborn in 1976: Hunting Countless Wild Beasts 重生1976：狩猎无数野物 Beacon Fire Fan烽火迷Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Completed. The new book is Reborn in 1970: Making a Fortune Through Eagle Hunting, also known as Hunting in the Mountains: My Dad Came from an Eagle-Raising Village in Northeast China. After a car accident, veteran Zhao Cang unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young street punk with the same name in the 1970s. He even gains an invincible Hunting System, launching an incredibly lucky and unbeatable hunting career. He heads into the mountains to shoot birds and pheasants with a slingsh 16.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
35. 535 2 Galaxy 2125 2125星河 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Sci-Fi & Apocalypse371k WordsCompleted 2125 Star River Lebenswelt is a science-fiction epic set in a quantum universe. It tells the grand story of human civilization seeking a path to “entropy-shadow symbiosis” amid an entropy crisis. The story centers on the young girl Xiao Nuo, chosen by the Programmer Civilization as an “entropy-shadow symbiont.” Bearing a dark-gold totem, she joins her mother Lin Wei, who wields the Chunjun Sword containing constitutional codes; Zhang Ke, a quantum computing genius; Alexei, a descendant of the Pr —Reads7.5Score—Shelves
36. 536 回 Back to 1960: I Actually Became a Farm Owner! 回到1960：我竟成了农场主！ Healthy and Fit身康体健Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, daily life, farming, a pocket dimension, stockpiling supplies, family and neighborhood life] Li Zhiyuan, a young man from modern times, transmigrates back to the 1960s, when people don't have enough to eat or wear. Luckily, the farm he manages comes along with him, and even undergoes all kinds of miraculous changes. Life slows down. His extended family gets along, and there is none of that exhausting scheming and infighting. More and more, he feels that this era... might actuall 18.5kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
37. 537 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: From the Start, I’m Asked to Take in a Dying Man’s Child 穿越六零：开局遭遇临终托孤 Mr. Wordless无言先生Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Historical era + Rebirth + System + Pocket Dimension + Light fantasy] After dying, Xu Jianguo was reborn in a parallel world in the 1960s. He happened to save a Taoist master and his apprentice, and as the old Taoist lay dying, he entrusted his three-year-old apprentice to Xu Jianguo's care. With a little sister suddenly in his life, Xu Jianguo began raising a child. Watch as he makes the most of the vibrant 1960s. 13.4kReads8.8Score863Shelves
38. 538 大 A Big Shot in the 1970s: The Aloof Officer Spoils Her Rotten 大佬穿七零，高冷军少宠上天 Yu Yu Yu瑜渔予Modern Romance280k WordsCompleted [Powerful families + refuses to go to the countryside + skips the college entrance exams + pocket dimension + devoted couple + doting husband + big shots + third-generation military family’s aloof beauty + strong male and female leads + strengthening the military and the nation + exhilarating power fantasy] [Blurb] Su Ling, the God of War of the interstellar age, an invincible being who conquered billions of star systems. In a battle across dimensions, her body was destroyed and her soul transm 2.1kReads7.3Score202Shelves

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    A refreshing take on period romance novels featuring high-ranking officials. The male lead comes from a high-ranking family and is himself one, incredibly devoted to his wife, and constantly thwarts any potential romantic advances. Unlike the typical high-ranking official who is powerless and leaves the female lead to suffer, this novel features a strong, independent female lead who doesn't go to the countryside, take the college entrance exam, work in the black market, or engage in any money-making schemes. She's the most carefree and independent female lead I've ever read in a period romance novel. Highly recommended! [Strong][Strong][Strong]

39. 539 开 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 747Reads8.4Score107Shelves

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    These period dramas are so captivating they'll keep you up all night reading them; you just can't get enough and can't stop.

40. 540 百 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.3kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
41. 541 陈 Chen Xiaotao’s Comeback 陈小桃的逆袭 50-Year-Old Aunt Living Alone50岁独居阿姨Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted In 1974, Chen Xiaotao was born into a poor rural family. She was an angel and a devil. To those who treated her well, she was an angel; to anyone who wanted to hurt her or the people she cared about, she was a devil. In truth, Chen Xiaotao was a union of angel and devil. 188Reads8.8Score144Shelves

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    Every single one is great.

42. 542 七 The 1970s: After Remarrying, the Lazy Mom Raises Six Kids! 七零：改嫁后，懒妈养了六个娃！ Little Grass by the Field田边小草Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Blended family + heartwarming child-rearing + parenting guide + no toxic relatives + well-behaved kids] Zhang Xiuhua was reborn in 1975, just after her educated youth husband abandoned her. Now she had to raise two children alone. In her previous life, after Zhang Xiuhua remarried, her second husband was full of schemes and her in-laws were unkind. To support the family, she had no choice but to work in a big city. Her children were left behind and grew up badly, and she regretted it deeply! 13.5kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
43. 543 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in 1974, and Got a Wife from the Start 穿书1974，开局送老婆 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban608k WordsCompleted Li Shuyang inexplicably finds himself in a strange new world. Before he can figure out what’s going on, he’s forced to split up the family. Once he gets the story, he realizes he has transmigrated into a book. At first, he’s terribly disappointed with life here, but then he discovers he’s been given a wife. For a lifelong bachelor in his thirties, that’s an offer he simply can’t refuse. 7.7kReads8.9Score294Shelves

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44. 544 穿 Transmigrate to the 1950s: Starting by Leaving a Mountain Village 穿越五十年代：从走出小山村开始 Salty Fish Liver咸鱼肝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A delightfully ordinary young man + everyday life + college entrance exams + hard work + one heroine] Just as Zhou Xingran's life was getting back on track, he suddenly transmigrated to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and his family is dirt-poor. No matter. Relying on others is worse than relying on himself. So, first things first: he might as well get into college! P.S. The golden finger is very minor. The protagonist mainly 14.5kReads8.9Score728Shelves
45. 545 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.5kReads9.0Score563Shelves
46. 546 重 Reborn: Back in the 1980s to Make My Fortune 重生：回到八零当富翁 Frenzied Banana发飙的芭蕉Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A rebirth story set in a bygone era, with no mindless wish fulfillment, a single heroine, no courtyard-house drama, and a warm, everyday feel. Xu Erlong is reborn, returning to the eve of the day his family forced him to haul bricks at a black kiln to pay for his cousin's university education. Why should his cousin get meat while he has to make do with bran? Why should his cousin go to university while he is forced to haul bricks? Xu Erlong refuses to put up with it any longer and decisively 18.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
47. 547 重 Reborn as the Beast King of the Greater Khingan Range 重生之我在大兴安岭当兽王 Si Xi寺喜Urban1.3M WordsOngoing A true-to-life story of hunting and trekking through the mountains of the Greater Khingan Range in northeastern China in the 1960s: setting snares, using dogs to surround game, wielding hooked guns, and hunting roe deer with the mountain guides and the hunters known as "Green Hides." And then there is the legendary "ravine jumper," the Siberian tiger. This book pays tribute to the extraordinary years of our parents' generation. 53Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    🔥🔥Book Summary: Tian Xiangnan is reborn with regrets; his younger sister, Xiangbei, died young. He takes his sister to the countryside as an educated youth, where they inherit a cave witchcraft tradition. 🌿He makes his own witchcraft water with miraculous effects, attracting prey and leading to abundant livestock. When short of money, he cultivates medicinal herbs to supplement his diet, exchanging them for cash, grain, and general merchandise at the supply and marketing cooperative. 🌿A despicable person comes to provoke him; his MMA membership proves its power. 🌈🌈

48. 548 一 It All Began in 1983 一切从1983那年开始 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban583k WordsCompleted He opens his eyes to find himself back on the day before his wife gives birth, the day when everything can still be changed. His wife was pushed, causing their son to be born a month premature and suffer from poor health ever since. The couple worked from dawn till late at night to pay for their child’s treatment, until his wife died in a mining accident. This is where all their hardships began, and where they will end. 3.8kReads8.9Score161Shelves
49. 549 重 Reborn in 1970: A Thousand Acres of Mountains Become My Hunting Ground 重生70，千亩大山都是我的猎场 Stay-at-Home Little Rice Bug居家小米虫Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Guang Hao abandoned Ai Xiaofang, only to be schemed against by his wicked fiancée after returning to the city. Not only did his parents die tragically, but he himself ended up living out his days alone. Heaven gave him another chance, and he was reborn with a full seventy years of memories. Guang Hao discovered that the skills he'd learned in his previous life had been perfected to the highest level after his rebirth! With his peerless hunting skills, Guang Hao turned the t 16.2kReads8.2Score845Shelves
50. 550 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Carefree Young Hunter 重生六零年代：逍遥小猎户 An Ren安仁Urban696k WordsCompleted The soul of a modern man transmigrates back to the 1960s and becomes a poor young hunter in a mountain village. Fortunately, he has a spirit-mountain space with him. Armed with a modern man's ideas and knowledge, watch Liu Dazhu grow alongside his country and rise to new heights in this era, when New China has only just been founded... 2.4kReads8.6Score147Shelves

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