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1. 601 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 11.9kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
2. 602 人 At Dusk 人到黄昏 A Foolish Girl一个傻女子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family love, romance, friendship, and neighborly affection. The ordinary, uneventful lives of everyday people; the changing times reflected in rural life; the differences between two generations in their views on elder care; and how the elderly and children of the new era should face the twilight years of life. 46.7kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
3. 603 四 A Pastry Chef Slacking Off in the Siheyuan 四合院里摸鱼的糕点师傅 Tomato Wonderfully Crispy Corn Sticks番茄妙妙妙脆角Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing A food blogger transmigrates to 1948. Does mentoring apprentices bring triple returns? “No Qin family, no Lou family, no hostility.” While everyone else who transmigrates into a siheyuan is busy fighting scoundrels and seizing opportunities, Shen Yan just wants to live like a lazy salted fish: as a pastry chef at a grocery store, he has little work and few worries. After work, he takes the homemade pastries from his pocket dimension, sits by the courtyard gate, cracks sunflower seeds, and watche 74.2kReads7.7Score4.3kShelves
4. 604 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 Sweet and Sour Orange Fish糖醋橙子鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.6kReads9.0Score744Shelves
5. 605 赶 Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家 Three-Minute Passionlove三分热度loveUrban2.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets... 47.8kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves

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   Don't let the low rating fool you, it's incredibly hard-working, and I just happened to stumble upon it.

6. 606 致 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 A Cat That Can Do Side Flips会侧空翻的猫Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 26.4kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
7. 607 日 Day After Day 日子一天又一天 Mu Yushu木雨书Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, two families lived across the street from each other: the Sun family, led by Sun Lanying, and the Chen family, led by Chen Guangtian. On a snowy morning, a teacher from Zicheng No. 1 High School arrived at the Sun family’s home, disturbing their usual peace. The eldest daughter, Ding Hong, ran away with Gao Yong, a married man, and her younger sisters were drawn into the fallout… Across the street, Chen Guangtian suddenly died of a heart attack. His wife, Liu Jinfeng, clashed with 9.5kReads9.3Score939Shelves
8. 608 重 Reborn in Hong Kong, With a Huge Family Business 重生港岛，家大业大 The Hero of This Place此间人雄Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Blood-Soaked Conglomerate | Global Hunt | Six Industrial Empires] In 1980, Shao Weiding opened his eyes and found himself the most rebellious of the six young masters of the Shao Group. Everyone laughed at him for turning his back on a fortune worth tens of billions and risking his life in Southeast Asia instead Then, three years later, they watched him smash open a Swiss bank vault with his bloodstained Rolex and propel the Swatch Group to the very top! When Watsons swept across Asia's retail 31kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
9. 609 土 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12kReads8.9Score761Shelves

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   There's no time travel, no rebirth, and no cheat codes; it's just a gently unfolding, realistic rural documentary story. The immersion is incredible, the details are exquisite—highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

10. 610 俏 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 21kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
11. 611 不 I’m Done Pretending: After Winning the Factory Director’s Favor, I’m Completely Sold 不装了，抱上厂长大腿后我真香了 December Yo十二月呦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Jiang Yang opened her eyes, she was not only married, she also had a sixteen-year-old son. Her husband was the thirty-five-year-old director of a steel mill, and her stepson was a high school sophomore. A month ago, Ruan Wenli, who had been single for years, quietly announced his marriage. His lovely wife was a boiler-room worker more than ten years his junior, and the news shocked the entire third-tier city. Jiang Yang returned home and saw a tall, slender figure who had suddenly appeared 6.8kReads8.7Score529Shelves

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    Don't be misled by the title, because this book is really good!!

12. 612 重 Back to the Late 1970s, I Have a Choice System 重回70年代末，我有选择系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban766k WordsCompleted A modern food-delivery rider was hit by a heavy truck while saving someone and sent back to the 1970s, reborn as an educated youth about to take the college entrance exam. Ding! The choice System has been activated. A choice has been triggered. Choice One: Take the college entrance exam? No way. You can return to the city freely in a year, so stay in the village for another year. Reward: Become the village secretary's live-in son-in-law. Choice Two: The college entrance exam is the only way to c 18.8kReads7.0Score1.2kShelves
13. 613 美 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance516k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 11kReads7.1Score248Shelves
14. 614 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 26.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
15. 615 重 Back to 1973: I Have a Sign-In System 重回1973，我有签到系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban892k WordsOngoing A wage slave among wage slaves was summoned to work overtime in the middle of the night. On his way home at dawn, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sent him back to the fervent era. Armed with an incomplete cultivation sign-in System, let's see how he makes his mark in those turbulent times. 16.6kReads6.8Score1.2kShelves
16. 616 重 Reborn in 1974: I Take My Space with Me to the Countryside 重生1974年，我带空间去下乡 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban642k WordsCompleted Li Feng, a wage slave working a 996 schedule, accidentally activated the pocket dimension in the jade pendant his grandfather left him before he died. As a devoted fan of web novels on Tomato, how could he not know what opportunity was coming his way? “Grandpa! Bless your grandson with a chance to transmigrate to an awesome world. I’ll make sure our Li family has plenty of descendants.” The newly unemployed wage slave gathered what little money he had and stockpiled some supplies. Now he waits f 17.2kReads7.8Score715Shelves
17. 617 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Tears Up the Plot and Builds Infrastructure 穿书七零，炮灰手撕剧本搞基建 Frosty Sky Over a Thousand Trees万木霜天Urban1.0M WordsCompleted When Qin Feng opened his eyes, he had become the male lead's stepbrother in a Period novel. A biased father, a vicious stepmother, a reborn male lead, and Qin Feng, destined to be cannon fodder... Faced with a disastrous start, Qin Feng smiled when a construction and engineering study System suddenly appeared. His stepbrother stayed in the city while he went to the countryside. The original owner was furious, but Qin Feng was thrilled. Reclaiming wasteland and farming? Not a chance. He used a se 8.2kReads8.0Score554Shelves

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    I still highly recommend this book. Although it hasn't reached a 9 out of 10 rating yet, everyone who's read it says it's great! [Cool]

18. 618 残 My Disabled Childhood Friend: The Pathetic Puppy Begs the Young Lady for Affection 残疾竹马：卑微小狗求大小姐怜爱 Hot-Tempered Persimmon暴躁柿子Modern Romance365k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts + Bittersweet romance + Flirtatious tension + Reunion after years apart + Happy ending] A self-conscious, scheming, jealous male lead VS a spirited, radiant, resilient female lead When Zhou Jingchen became disabled in one leg after an accident as a child, Wen Xi, who lived in the same residential compound, took on the responsibility of accompanying him to and from school and looking after him. She was bright and bossy, often stealing his snacks and threatening him not to t 40.1kReads9.2Score8.3kShelves

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    It doesn't have a 9.6 Rating, but it's really good. It's a bittersweet romance, and it kept me listening to audiobooks all night long—I just couldn't stop! [Facepalm]

19. 619 从 Becoming a County Magistrate in 1949 从1949开始当县长 Life Is a Journey Against the Current人生如逆旅Urban1.9M WordsCompleted I’m currently a Grade 6 administrator, holding dual posts within the province. [Power at the Peak]+ [The Founding Years]+ [Farming]+ [Officialdom]+ [Recruitment]+ [Slow-Burn Epic] A model student of the era, a pioneer in prison economics, and an expert at reforming souls and minds. It’s 1949, and the Three Great Campaigns have already been won. I leave the military and transfer to local government to become a county magistrate. I’m 23 years old, with an administrative rank of 12. I devote myself 205Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    Don't feel guilty for sleeping in, because you won't create any value even if you get up. If you can find enjoyment in wasting time, then it's not a waste of time. —Lu Xun

20. 620 重 Back to 1981: Starting with the Family Split 重返1981，从分家开始 Hallucinations at Midnight半夜幻听Urban3.6M WordsCompleted Qin Fei was reborn in 1981, at the age of twenty. His second sister-in-law was making a scene about splitting up the family, complaining that he was freeloading. His parents sighed all day over their youngest son’s inability to find a wife, while gossip spread through the village... See how he rides the wave of reform and opening up to live a life unlike any other! 32.3kReads7.9Score3.1kShelves
21. 621 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Steals the Protagonist's Golden Finger 穿书七零炮灰觉醒抢走主角金手指 Ting Wawa婷娃娃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension) Tags: Clear-headed female lead, focused entirely on her career Yang Lihua had been born into this era for over a decade when, on the day her older brother Yang Lixin went on a blind date, she suddenly awakened to the truth: her future sister-in-law was the ill-fated heroine of a period novel, constantly tormented by her sister-in-law, and Yang Lihua herself was the awful sister-in-law readers hated with a burning passion. All sorts o 102.3kReads8.8Score11kShelves
22. 622 四 The Land God of the Siheyuan 四合院的土地爷 Prince Dongming东明王爷Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted In the late autumn of 1953, Wang Tudi, a modern-day drudge, transmigrates to Beijing and becomes a resident of Courtyard No. 95. He inherits the position of the Earth God and protects the peace of the local community. He Yuzhu, Jia Dongxu, Liu Guangqi, Xu Damao, and Yan Jiecheng are all childhood friends of Wang Tudi. They fought together and went hungry together. In the original owner's memories, none of the courtyard's ridiculous dramas ever happened. Everyone stuck together and worked hard ju 6.7kReads8.4Score333Shelves

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23. 623 亲 After My Biological Brother Was Reborn, the Real Heiress Returned 亲哥重生后，真千金回归了 Zheng Baiye郑白叶Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted Lin Yanhui is miserable. Her paternal grandparents favor boys over girls, her father is taciturn, and her mother has a sharp tongue and a sharper heart. And now her name is Huang Zhaodi. In the middle of her chaotic life, she never imagined that one day a group of people would show up at her home and tell her she was their biological daughter! Lin Yanhui: !!! - It wasn’t until three days before Lin Rui died in the line of duty that he learned his family had raised someone else’s child. When they 38.4kReads9.0Score4.3kShelves
24. 624 新 On Our Wedding Night, the Cold-Faced Officer Washed the Sheets 新婚夜，冷面军官洗床单 Meat Sauce Dumpling肉酱团子Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted The ratings came in on Singles’ Day, and they started out a little low. They’ll gradually rise, though~ [Military marriage in a bygone era + sweet beauty VS stone-faced officer + devoted husband + cozy everyday life] She transmigrates into a book on her wedding night. They’ve barely finished when he wants to run away? Jiang Muning raised an eyebrow. “In your dreams!” When she woke up, she discovered that her archenemy, who was supposed to have died with her in an avalanche, had also transmigrate 11.7kReads9.0Score983Shelves

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    Help! It's so hard to find a book where the male and female leads' characters are as compelling as the first one! Also, in the second book, the aloof beauty turns evil…

25. 625 生 She Gave Birth to a Miniature Tycoon: The Beloved Army Wife of the Eighties 生下缩小版大佬：八零军嫂被团宠 Fragrant Bubbles沫香香Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted [1980s setting + military marriage + college student + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + sweet everyday romance] In her previous life, Xia Jingjing was the envy of everyone in the production brigade. She was beautiful, got into college, and had a handsome, considerate husband with a high-paying job. She seemed to have landed in a life of pure bliss. Xia Jingjing thought so too, until one day she saw her husband, Jiang Chen, leaving the hospital with another woman in his arms, d 3.7kReads9.1Score437Shelves

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    This book is really good, it was definitely worth getting hooked! The female lead chose the right person in her second life...

26. 626 滚 Kicked Out of Her Family: The Middle School Dropout Strikes It Rich 滚出家后：初中学历的她，发财了 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, farming] + [Family and neighborhood drama] + [The 1990s] + [Everyday modern life, no golden finger] + [Female entrepreneur] She was the second daughter, overlooked by her family, with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary background, and only a junior high school education. He was born into an eminent family and had power and prestige to spare. She was the least promising daughter in the Li family, and her parents were certain she would never amount to anything. With only a junior 53.7kReads9.0Score5.4kShelves

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    It only has a rating of 9 points, but it's a really good historical fiction novel. There are no plot holes or cheat codes.

27. 627 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 177.3kReads9.2Score13.1kShelves
28. 628 年 Period: A Battle for Husbands Among the Children of High-Ranking Officials 年代：高干子弟夺夫大战 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period novel + 1990s]+ [Family life]+ [No golden finger + native-born protagonist] Lin Daoxi was deliberately abandoned at birth, and her cousin Gao Qing took her place as the biological daughter of the family. With everything going wrong from the start, Lin Daoxi was penniless, plain-looking, and dealt a terrible hand. Her father was a gambling addict, her mother had broken the law, her younger brother was timid, and she had dropped out of school. When Lin Daoxi announced she was going to R 10.6kReads8.9Score976Shelves
29. 629 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s: Kneel, You Good-for-Nothing Children 老太太重生八零：极品儿女靠边跪 Little White Down小白毫Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + reborn in a bygone era + ruthless old woman + making money and punishing scoundrels + an ensemble cast striving to succeed] Given another chance at life, the old woman shows no mercy. Anyone who tries to split up the family or drag her down gets thrown out! Her awful children can get on their knees and stay out of her way! Zhang Siqin spent half her life as a widow, pouring her heart into raising three sons and two daughters. She bought a house in the city for her eldest so 470Reads—Score107Shelves

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    These two books are quite special. They're really great! Most of the novels I read are pretty much the same, all the same and boring, but these two are really interesting!

30. 630 发 Getting Rich for a Prosperous New Year 发家致富好过年 Little White Down小白毫Modern Romance721k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, incredibly sweet and doting, satisfying and swoon-worthy] In her previous life, Luo Hui was blind and terrible to the people who loved her. She treasured a heartless ingrate, causing everyone who truly loved her to die one by one. In the end, she even brought about her own death. After being reborn, she became an umbrella shielding her family, doing everything she could for them. And besides her family, there was one man she had to protect. “Zhou Yanyu, do you have a girlfri 16Reads8.4Score—Shelves
31. 631 重 Reborn with Divine Eyes: Ginseng Hunting Takes Me to the Top 重生神眼：我挖参走上人生巅峰 Brother Hua from Shimen石门华哥Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted A wicked mother-in-law abuses her daughter-in-law just because the young woman ate twelve eggs and a hen while recovering after childbirth. Fine, just watch me teach her a lesson. We'll split up and live separately, with cured pork hanging all around the yard to make the mother-in-law drool. I'll take my sisters hunting in the mountains, search for treasure in Changbai Mountain, take on giant wild boars, find century-old ginseng, and build a business empire. I'm going to be a female tycoon. 8.4kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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    This is alright. The female lead returns to the 1980s to hunt and dig for ginseng in the mountains, leading everyone to a better life.

32. 632 后 After My Stepfather Became a Black Market Big Shot, My Investment Was Rejected 后爸成为黑市大佬后，我投资被拒 Tuohai Is Also a Shoe拖亥也是鞋Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [System] [Space] [Era] [Reborn] [No Couple] Shen Yan returns to 1959, and from the start she’s a pitiful girl being bullied? Her grandaunt and cousin drug her with an aphrodisiac and try to pair her with a fool? She turns the tables and sends the scumbags to prison. Who knew the fool wasn’t a fool at all? His father is a deputy county magistrate, and his mother is a prominent young lady from the capital! Unable to withstand their insistence, Shen Yan becomes the goddaughter of the deputy county 6.1kReads8.7Score644Shelves

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    #Highly recommended for those experiencing a reading slump!!

33. 633 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (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 28.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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    I read every single chapter without skipping a single one!

34. 634 间 The Spy's Daily Life After the System Dumped Me in Republican-Era China 【被系统坑到民国的】间谍日常 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An ordinary office worker gets a System, but before she can enjoy any of its benefits, it dumps her into a parallel-world version of Republican-era China. That's where her life as a spy begins. From an ordinary field operative to an undercover agent, from a regular spy to a triple agent, she goes from reluctant to willing, writing her own legend in the great metropolis of Shanghai... Check out the new book next door: The Village Girl, the Grand Diviner, also known as After Getting a Puppet Space 45.3kReads9.5Score4.7kShelves

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    These three books, rated 94, 95, and 96, are the tallest on my bookshelf.

35. 635 八 An Eighties College Student Rises to Great Heights Through Sign-In Rewards 八零大学生，靠签到扶摇直上 Twelve Lan十二澜Modern Romance398k WordsOngoing Lin Zhiyu is the golden girl of the staff housing compound. She is strikingly beautiful, gets into a top university, and is so sweet and gentle that everyone in the neighborhood adores her. A dream reveals that her second-eldest sister, who went to the countryside, is the heroine of the story. She has a spiritual field space, and will eventually build a thriving business, making the whole family prosperous. In the original story, Lin Zhiyu grows jealous of her sister's successful business, ruins 302.3kReads8.5Score45.7kShelves
36. 636 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
37. 637 七 The High-Ranking Cadre's Daughter in the 1970s: Help the Poor? Not Even a Dog Would! 七零高干女：扶贫？狗都不扶！ The Fan Won't Open扇子打不开Modern Romance497k WordsCompleted Completed [Strong Female Lead] Original title: [Seventies-Era Cadre’s Daughter: Poverty Relief? Not Even a Dog Would Do It!] When a woman gains the power to speak, she won’t speak only for herself! [Sent to the Countryside in Northern Shaanxi + Local Woman Awakens, Along with the Women Around Her + Pocket Dimension and Spirit Spring + Mind Reading + True Female Protagonist + Romance Later, Male Lead Marries into Her Family] She was a genuine child of a prominent compound, the beloved youngest d 22kReads8.4Score3.2kShelves
38. 638 前 My Ex-Husband Always Protects His Childhood Sweetheart. I Remarried After Being Reborn, and Now He's Panicking 前夫处处护青梅，重生改嫁他急了 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s, reborn and getting revenge, educated youth sent to the countryside, pocket dimension with a spirit spring, building wealth] In her previous life, Su Qingran came from an educated family. When faced with being sent away or sent to the countryside, she chose to marry beneath her station. She thought she had found a lifeline, but instead faced endless grievances and had to keep giving in. Her husband outsourced his filial duties to her, her mother-in-law was constantly causing trouble, and 25.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves

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    These books are rated 9 out of 10. The first one is set in the 1980s, and the second one features a female protagonist who is a fox spirit who transmigrates to Hong Kong Island with an entertainment industry background; I found them very enjoyable to read.

39. 639 七 The 1970s: A Max-Level Expert's Easygoing Retirement 七零：满级大佬的咸鱼养老日常 Money, Come Find Me小钱钱快来找我呀Modern Romance771k WordsCompleted The female lead has no romantic pairing of her own, but there is her parents' love story, so it has a romance tag!!! Jiang Yu's goal in life: eat, drink, and enjoy a peaceful retirement. Jiang Yu's actual life: a gifted child prodigy who serves the nation through her abilities. Who shattered her dream of being a happy loafer? Her biological father lives off women, and her biological mother is the queen of giving up. At six years old, Jiang Yu is forced into action and made to shoulder the burden 57.3kReads8.5Score9.1kShelves
40. 640 重 The Reborn Woman Calls Me a Widow, but the Commander Quickly Sets Her Straight 重生女说我是寡妇，首长速打脸 Nan Beiyu南北羽Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted In 1982, Ye Zhou's situation is bad from the start: she and her stepsister's fiancé are caught together in a room. Her stepmother and stepsister are rotten to the core, so she'll teach them how to behave! Ye Zhou straightens her clothes and goes out to call the police. Her stepmother panics. “We shouldn't air our dirty laundry in public.” Her stepsister is terrified. “You like him? You can have him.” A man is nothing compared to money! One day, the handsome and elegant man hands her all his savi 7.5kReads9.1Score1kShelves
41. 641 官 The Realm of Officials 官家天下 Uncle Pie馅饼大叔Urban5.9M WordsOngoing First, this is a genuine political novel, written by one of the genre's most experienced authors. The story is logically sound and highly readable. Quality guaranteed! Second, the story starts at the prefecture-level city from the very beginning. The protagonist will not be sent down to the towns and villages. This book will not spend hundreds of chapters at the township level. Third, there is political maneuvering, economic development, satisfying revenge, and, naturally, personal life as well. 203.1kReads9.3Score16.8kShelves

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    I personally suggest you take a look!

42. 642 重 Back to the 1970s: The Rough Country Boy I Forced Into Marriage Is So Sweet 重回七零：强扭的糙汉好甜 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + taciturn, rugged man + lively, charming educated youth + mutual doting + farming + pocket dimension] In her previous life, Lin Xiaoyan was forced to move to the countryside. In a fit of anger, she broke off her engagement to Gu Xiao, a man she had never even met. After missing each other for half a lifetime, they met again and, after many twists and turns, found their way back to each other. Sadly, a fire set as part of a plot made her believe she'd never see Gu Xiao again. But 30.5kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves

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    A historical romance novel, highly recommended! Both the male and female leads have special abilities, making it a kind of dual rebirth story. The female lead has memories of her past life from the beginning, while the male lead remembers them later. The story is very sweet, and there aren't many toxic characters.

43. 643 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Lie Flat! 穿越七零我躺平了！ Big Head Has a Fish大头有条鱼Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A 48-year-old man who’d chosen to lie flat transmigrates into the body of 18-year-old Li Changshun! He becomes one of the sent-down youths heading to the countryside in 1973. In Kaoshan Tun Brigade, Dongfang Commune, Dong’an County, Danjiang City, he lies in bed, keeping a low profile as he waits for the new era to arrive. (This is simply a story about the ordinary life of a sent-down youth. The writing is unassuming, and the plot moves at a fairly slow pace. It’s steeped in everyday life, not a 64.9kReads7.0Score5.2kShelves

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    A classic period drama! Set in Northeast China, featuring educated youth, male-oriented content, a space setting, multiple female leads, and a gentle, slow-paced story without any hostility.

44. 644 团 Regimental Commander: My Cannon-Fodder Brothers 团长：我的炮灰兄弟 To Sleep or Not to Sleep眠或不眠Urban433k WordsOngoing A third-year student at a traditional Chinese medicine college in the 21st century contracted COVID-19 and died despite treatment. After death, his soul transmigrated into the body of a defeated soldier who had just died in the TV series "My Chief and My Regiment"... The fusion of two lives’ souls gave him several special abilities. With those abilities and the advantage of knowing what was to come, he resolved to help these lovable, admirable cannon fodder find a different path in life… 235Reads8.7Score—Shelves
45. 645 民 Republican Era: The Last of the Jianghu 民国：最后的江湖 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted From an outlaw to a high-ranking general in the Republic of China, then into the War of Resistance against Japan, he walks the loneliest path of all. He seeks no place in the history books, only for the land and rivers to bear witness: on this black soil, there will always be those who refuse to kneel! (Xiang Bei, formerly known by the pen name Lao Zei) 32.9kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
46. 646 八 The 1980s: Changing Our Fate Starts with Getting My Husband to Take the College Entrance Exam 八零，改变命运从让丈夫高考开始 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted [Reborn + family life + inspirational + raising kids + building wealth] Lin Yuzhu had spent her whole life drifting along. Only in middle age did she finally work up the courage to save money with her husband and start a restaurant. But the restaurant never opened. The newly renovated shop was destroyed in a gas explosion caused by a neighbor’s illegal gas hookup, and Lin Yuzhu, who had been cleaning inside, died in the blast too. She thought her life was over, but when she woke after the explos 9.5kReads9.0Score918Shelves

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    These two are a bit different from the others; you might want to take a look.

47. 647 喜 Joy in the Tang Dynasty 喜唐 Weiwei's Wei微微的薇Historical3.6M WordsCompleted Bright and glorious is the Tang, favored by Heaven to rule the myriad lands. Our founding ancestors answered Heaven’s call, and the four imperial clans followed its ways. Heaven granted us boundless blessings, and our clans share a common virtue. Our descendants carry on the legacy, offering sacrifices to the gods and matching the Pole Star. What did it really mean for all nations to pay tribute? Was it about uncritically worshipping foreign languages, or going abroad and being treated as honore 123.6kReads9.4Score12.8kShelves
48. 648 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 278.5kReads9.4Score24.3kShelves
49. 649 我 My Name Is Sun Zei, Not Thief 我叫孙贼，不是贼 The Chubby Guy Who's Always Dieting一直在减肥的胖哥Urban6.4M WordsOngoing Set in an alternate universe during the 1980s, this story follows a boy who grows up in harsh conditions. It all begins with his desire to eat his fill, but once his eyes are opened to the world, he wants to understand it better. This is not a story about being reborn or transmigrating, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. It focuses on martial arts, cultivation, and everyday life. A slow-burn, System-free story of daily life and personal growth, if every person’s life is a book, then Sunzei’s st 42.2kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
50. 650 贞 The Spendthrift Son of the Zhenguan Era 贞观败家子 Qian Fugui-er钱富贵erHistorical5.4M WordsOngoing He transmigrated into the world as the son of Li Yuan's third brother, who had died young, and grew up far from home. "Nephew!" Li Yuan called out to Li Fu. "Nephew!" Li Fu called out to Li Chengqian. Don't be afraid. Your uncle's here... Go, invite His Majesty over. I have something to discuss with him. What? I should go see him? What are you talking about? He's just an emperor, while I am a noble prince! 32.3kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves

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