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1. 701 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 156.7kReads9.6Score20.6kShelves
2. 702 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1970s: Every Strike Against My Adopted Daughter Is Fatal 老太太重生七零：刀刀刀养女的命 Qiong Sang Huohuo穷桑火火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yu Mingxiang had cancer. The moment she transferred her assets to her daughter, the girl turned on her and threw her out. Only then did Yu Mingxiang learn that the girl wasn't her biological child at all. Her wicked adopted daughter had killed her entire family! After dying a miserable death in the street, Yu Mingxiang opened her eyes and found herself thirty years in the past, half a month before her whole family was sent to the countryside. Her adopted daughter was stand 58.1kReads8.7Score6.6kShelves
3. 703 小 A Little Zombie Went Looking for Brains, Ended Up in the 1970s, and Joined the Army 小丧尸找脑子找到七零后，随军了 Nine Meows Have Something to Say九喵有言Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Island military romance + transmigration + super-brain genius + special abilities + real and fake heiresses] Zhou Shi is a zombie with brains. She pushes a shopping cart around looking for supplies. Because humans say that if you have food, you have nothing to fear. She uses her brain as a mouth to talk, because she’s heard that if you don’t use your brain, it’ll rust. Her goal in zombie life is to become the most high-class Zombie Queen. High-class means pretty and smart. So this little zombie 14.3kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
4. 704 年 The Era-Novel Heroine and the Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character's Comeback 年代女主文，炮灰男配的逆袭 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban660k WordsCompleted [Male Lead Transmigrates into a Book]+ [Female Lead Reborn]; [Period]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [No Stupid Decisions]; [Male Lead System]+ [Female Lead Pocket Dimension] He transmigrates into the female lead's Period novel, becoming a disposable supporting character who is about to be reduced to ashes by her. Chu Yunsheng promptly marries into the female lead's family, winning over the Chosen 3.9kReads8.7Score299Shelves
5. 705 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 19.9kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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   Go and read them; every single one is a classic.

6. 706 嫁 Marrying a Disabled Soldier: The Gorgeous Beauty Charms and Coaxes Him 嫁军婚残夫，娇艳美人撩他诱哄他 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + doted on by everyone + no golden finger, your mindset determines your fate] [A cast story starring a great beauty who gets a villainess role without realizing it] In 1974, Yu Wan transmigrates into the body of an undocumented drifter, then uses her beauty to become the Qiao family’s stepdaughter. With a new identity, Yu Wan is overjoyed. The Qiao family members each have their own agendas, but they know the truth and keep quiet. Not long after Yu 25.7kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
7. 707 我 I Thrive Even in Years of Famine 我在荒年丰衣足食 Old Cao in Black乌衣老曹Urban1.3M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Qin Jiawei abandoned his wife and daughter to marry a scheming woman, only to be betrayed and consumed by regret. On the brink of death, he returns to the 1970s, when he was sent to the countryside. He rejects the scheming woman, stays by his wife and daughter's side, and starts making his fortune by hunting in the mountains. 257Reads7.4Score123Shelves

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   A top-notch historical fiction novel with clear logic, a captivating plot, multiple female characters without being a harem story, and characters who are kind but not saintly.

8. 708 一 A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p 11kReads9.0Score621Shelves

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   Take you back to the past in an instant

9. 709 带 Transmigrate to the 1970s with a Port Warehouse 带着港口仓库穿越七零 Ran Ran An然然安Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted Shen Jinran transmigrates to the 1970s. What? The famine years are hard to get through? Don’t worry, don’t worry. She has a golden finger, countless shipping containers at her disposal, and a warehouse stocked with 36,000 square meters’ worth of supplies. What? Her family is full of awful people, and they’re the contrast to the female lead’s family? Impossible, impossible. She’ll let her family shine on their own. She swears she’ll stay out of the male and female leads’ affairs. What? She should 9.9kReads9.2Score967Shelves

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   These books are all really good.

10. 710 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 23.4kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
11. 711 青 Childhood Friend Vs. School Belle: Let This Old Man Feel Young Again 青梅vs校花且让老夫聊发少年狂 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban237k WordsOngoing [An Ordinary Path for an Ordinary Man] Meng Bo, a middle-aged has-been, is reborn and returns to that summer when even eating meat was a luxury. In his previous life, despite his kind heart, he was a complete and utter failure!!! Given the incredible good fortune of getting another life, the first thing he does is resolve to take a path completely different from the one he took before. He grabs his childhood sweetheart’s hand: “Xiao Zhao, this time around, I’ll make sure you eat well and drink y 117Reads8.1Score107Shelves
12. 712 白 A Rich Heiress Transmigrates into a Spoiled Youth Educated Woman and Makes It Big with Her Space 白富美穿成作精知青，带空间拽爆 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New book: Sixties: The Little Educated Youth Reclaims Her Body, Then Goes Completely Off the Rails. No Angst, Just Pure Satisfaction. Come on in if you like that!] [Space + Sweet Romance + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Revenge + Scum-Taming] Lin Jingyue was a rich beauty who loved slacking off and taking life as it came. She spent all day living off her family and waiting to die, and had little conscience to speak of. Who could have guessed that life would take a sudden turn? One day 53.7kReads9.1Score6kShelves
13. 713 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.1kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
14. 714 八 Married to a Commander in the 1980s: The Infertile Army Wife Gets Pregnant 八零军婚嫁首长，不孕军嫂怀上了 Sour Tomato西红柿酸Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + 1980s setting + daily life + sweet romance + satisfying revenge + farming + pocket dimension + raising children + building wealth] A pretty military wife in the 1980s begins her life with the army by getting divorced. She kicks her scumbag husband to the curb and marries an even higher-ranking officer. Hua Yuanyuan finds herself in the body of a woman with the same name. Her childhood sweetheart, the husband she had grown up with, has a second family on the side, because his 783Reads9.1Score106Shelves
15. 715 重 Back to 1988 重返1988 West Wind Beyond the Pass关外西风Urban3.9M WordsCompleted Lu Feng had become a billionaire and achieved great success when he unexpectedly returned to the 1990s. Looking at his adorable daughter, he was completely bewildered. Even more bewildering was the question of who this beautiful wife of his was. With a second chance at life, making money was a piece of cake. He would not only reach the pinnacle of wealth, but also teach business tycoons how to make money, give the future richest man a few pointers on starting a business, and then casually stand 4.4kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
16. 716 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—Shelves
17. 717 侯 The Marquis's Widow Raised a Household of Geniuses 侯夫人守寡，却养出满门天骄 Yu Fu余弗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Shuyi transmigrated into the Great Qian dynasty, becoming the wife of the Marquis of Yongning. She was rich, powerful, and high-status, with no parents-in-law and a dead husband: she had it better than almost anyone else who had transmigrated. Just as she was about to enjoy a comfortable life as a wealthy noblewoman, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book, and was its biggest villain. She wasn’t just rich, powerful, and high-status. She also had three unruly children. The eld 70.5kReads9.4Score10.4kShelves
18. 718 重 Reborn in 1987: Making Potato Chips to Support My Wife and Kids 重生87：从做薯片养活老婆孩子 Breaking the Spring Breeze破春风Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Rural Life + Reborn Businessman + One Female Lead + Lighthearted and Witty] After returning to the past, Chen Xingbang faces a dilemma: his master has entrusted his orphan to him. Should he agree? Can he still live a brilliant life of his own? 3.6kReads8.8Score355Shelves
19. 719 大 A Great Nation’s Middleman: I Saved Countless Soviet Girls 大国倒爷，我拯救众多苏联少女 Jungle Mage打野的法师Urban882k WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + running goods in Russia + foreign beauties + womanizer + hugely profitable smuggling Two women stood at the door. Two Soviet women with blonde hair and blue eyes, wrapped in tattered headscarves. Wang Teng's first reaction: Holy shit. His second reaction: Am I fucking seeing this right? A line of text automatically appeared in Wang Teng's mind: [Ding! System notification: Your foreign beauties have arrived. Please sign for them.] Don't get excited, that was just hi 341Reads5.7Score316Shelves

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20. 720 西 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban576k WordsCompleted [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 391Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 721 手 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 115.9kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves
22. 722 重 Restart: My Reversed Flow of Time 重启：我的逆流时光 Year's End年末Urban2.9M WordsCompleted (Multiple heroines + 1970s setting + everyday life) Betrayed by his wife in his previous life, Gu Cheng died full of hatred. When he opened his eyes, he was back in 1977, watching his wicked wife die horribly before him and leaving behind four little sisters-in-law who were crying to be fed. In this magnificent, vibrant era, Gu Cheng decided to start his life over and share a happy life with his sisters-in-law. 29.6kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves

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    These are all high-quality period novels.

23. 723 重 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban282k WordsCompleted So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 449Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 724 神 The Shennong System: Building an Oasis in the Desert 神农系统之我在沙漠建绿洲 Jungle Mage打野的法师Urban782k WordsCompleted Liu Xinsheng transmigrated with the classic three-piece package: a green tea ex-girlfriend, a breakup, and a System. Still, having a System was better than having none. Liu Xinsheng took a deep breath and was about to press for more information when the System spoke again. [Host's current condition detected: poor, single, unemployed, in suboptimal health, and barely passing in looks. Overall assessment,] “Wait, barely passing in looks?” Liu Xinsheng protested. “The original guy wasn't exactly 121Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 725 灵 Spirit Spring Dimension: The Princess Consort Just Wants to Raise Her Child and Farm 灵泉空间：王妃只想带崽种田 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Farming + Cozy Romance + Adorable Kids + Pocket Dimension) Luo Yan transmigrates into the body of a discarded wife and happily heads home to take up farming. There, she finds an elderly grandmother, young siblings, and a paralyzed older brother... As well as four adorable quadruplets, whose mother is unknown, crying to be fed. No matter. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she has nothing to worry about. She honors her grandmother, raises the little ones, protects her siblings, cares for h 2.5kReads9.3Score471Shelves
26. 726 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Space and Take the Road Less Traveled 重生60，我有空间不走寻常路 Misty Rain in a Quiet Mountain Village寂静山村烟雨蒙蒙Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Chu Fan, a young man from a prominent compound, died in a gang fight. Another Chu Fan, with the same name, took his place and survived, making a name for himself among the local toughs. When faced with the choice of joining the army or going to the countryside, he chose the countryside. He still went on to live a remarkable life. 30.8kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
27. 727 重 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban273k WordsCompleted At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 128Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 728 满 My Whole Family Are Cannon Fodder, but After They Read My Mind, They Rebel 满门炮灰读我心后，全家造反了 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Physical edition of "Claiming the Pearl 2" goes on presale October 17 at 7:30 p.m.] [Mind reading + System + adored by the whole family + transmigrate into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger] Qiao Jiaojiao had accumulated so much virtue in her past life that the Old King of Hell granted her a rebirth with all her memories intact, plus a golden finger: a Virtue Points Shop. Qiao Jiaojiao was thrilled to start her new life, only to discover she hadn't been reborn at all. She'd transmigrated i 124.4kReads9.7Score14.2kShelves
29. 729 和 I Reincarnated into a Period Novel as the Foil to My Ex-Husband 和前夫穿成年代文对照组 Whale, Hurry Up and Type阿鲸快码字Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This is an alternate-era setting, so please don't take it seriously!!!! [Over one million words, real-life married couple transmigrate into a book together, heroine doesn't suffer, raising kids, period setting] Jiang Ci had just divorced her husband of six years, a man she had no feelings for. She had barely stepped out of the civil affairs bureau when she transmigrated into a book. When she opened her eyes, she had become the supporting female character in a period novel, a foil to the heroine. 7.2kReads8.6Score639Shelves

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    Some of the ratings aren't very high; everyone has different preferences. For me, the ones I could finish reading were ones I could watch in my spare time.

30. 730 这 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban313k WordsCompleted Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 271Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 731 重 Reborn in 1975, Building an Agricultural Cthulhu 重生75，打造农业克苏鲁 Li Buru李不如Urban103k WordsOngoing [Agricultural Technology System] [Strengthen the Nation Through Agriculture] [Farming Through the Decades] [Building a Lovecraftian China Through Agriculture] Li Yang is reborn in 1975, on the very day his fiancée's family framed him as an enemy agent. He awakens an Agricultural Technology System and a pocket dimension. In his past life, he trusted his fiancée and took a locked suitcase from her. Little did he know that the next day, she would have him arrested and thrown in prison, where he end —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a rare historical fiction written from an agricultural perspective. The setting is quite accurate for that era, the plot flows smoothly, and the exciting moments are satisfying.

32. 732 重 Reborn in 1978: Hunter-Doctor of Changbai Mountain 重生七八，长白山猎医 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he weathered storms of bullets and enjoyed the splendor of the city. On his sixtieth birthday, he was reborn in the village where he had once lived. In this life, Liu Hongjun just wants to stay in the mountains, work as the village doctor, and spend his free time gathering herbs and hunting. He wants to enjoy a leisurely life. 44.2kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
33. 733 老 My Old Home Connects to the Modern World: A Village Girl's 1970s Office-Worker Life 老宅通现代：七零村花的社畜日常 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [From the 1970s to the modern day] Chen Qiaoyu, born and raised in the 1970s, has been feeling a little panicked lately. She and her younger brother were driven out by their father and stepmother, sent to live in the dilapidated old Chen family home with only two threadbare quilts. Who could have guessed that the crumbling old house hid a passage to another era? [From then on, Chen Qiaoyu begins traveling back and forth between the 1970s and the modern day every day] The villagers of Yaojia Vil 11.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
34. 734 和 After the Divorce, the Villainous Stepmother Brings Blessings to the World! 和离后，反派后娘福载天下！ Mo Yi Mo Jia莫乙莫甲Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Su Xin peered into the secrets of fate and discovered that her terrible luck in this life was because someone had stolen her fortune and the merit she'd accumulated over a hundred lifetimes in her previous one! As she was pondering how to fix it, a bolt of lightning sent her back to her previous life. From the start, her stepfather had already packed her off to become someone else's stepmother. A wild System suddenly bound itself to her, too. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven troublesome k 36.3kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves
35. 735 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score755Shelves
36. 736 穿 I Became the Whole Village's Favorite After Becoming a Wicked Stepmother 穿成恶毒后娘我成了全村的团宠 Rising Higher Every Day登登日上Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Assassin Xiang Qingyao had retired from the killing trade when a plane crash sent her into the body of an ugly widow in a farming village. Now she has to raise four odd little brats. Xiang Qingyao wonders, should she just die again? Her vile relatives want to sell them for cash. Xiang Qingyao says, “Come on, tell me how you want to die.” A guileful but honest, good-natured young man says, “Qingyao, I’ll do anything you ask. Just don’t leave me.” A handsome, flirtatious young county magistrate sa 7.2kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
37. 737 穿 After I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Married a Bully, I Decided to Lie Flat 穿越七零嫁给恶霸后我摆烂了 Chen Fengche宸风澈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + golden finger + gruff hero + play the pig to eat the tiger] Why have I transmigrated again?! After having her good fortune snatched away twice in a row, Xi Qingqing has transmigrated yet again. This time, she's made up her mind! She's going to lie flat! A nightmare of a mother-in-law? No problem, as long as she treats me well. Married to a bully? Whatever, I'll reform him. A picky, demanding sister-in-law? Hmph! She needs a good dose of reality! See how the sha 6.6kReads9.2Score593Shelves
38. 738 重 Reborn, I Run a Taoist Temple 重生后我经营一座道观 Kindergarten Grandpa幼儿园大爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted From the start, Wang Dashan killed a bandit, saved his grandfather, and then set out on a path from hunting to becoming a tycoon who would help restore his country. In 2023, 58-year-old Wang Dashan, alone in the world, was reborn in the Taoist temple where he had lived at age fifteen. To save his grandfather, who had been killed by bandits while protecting the villagers, and make up for the regret of having wanted to care for his parents only after it was too late, he picked up a knife and kille 19.1kReads9.0Score2kShelves
39. 739 重 Reborn in 1983: Hunting, and Bumping Into a Wolf Who Puts Its Paw on My Shoulder from the Start 重生83打猎：开局碰到狼搭肩 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (Everyday life + easygoing + hunting + food + adorable pets + planting + raising livestock + System) Yang Dahai is reborn in the far north, where he begins a happy, carefree life of hunting in the countryside, surrounded by endless forests and vast grasslands. In early spring, there are dandelions, willow-herb shoots, thorny shoots, yellow glass leaves, mountain millet, old ox grass, groundnuts, shepherd's purse, and wild mustard greens. In summer, there are matsutake, hazel mushrooms, elm mushr 11.2kReads8.1Score795Shelves

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    Highly recommended!!!

40. 740 中 You Dumped Me After I Passed the Scholar Exam, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Rich? 中秀才就休妻，我暴富你又哭什么 Yaoyao Ruoshui妖妖若水Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The moment Ye Caiping opened her eyes, she found herself a divorced woman, with her sister-in-law back home sharpening a knife against her. It wasn't that her sister-in-law was unreasonable. The original owner of this body was simply too awful! How awful? Here, take a look: Whenever her husband's family needed to build a house, if there was even a single grain of surplus food at her parents' home, she'd come sniffing around like a mad dog and take it all. So her mother-in-law could eat meat ever 34.3kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves
41. 741 重 Reborn in 1976: Leading the Whole Village to Prosperity 重生76，带领全村吃肉奔小康 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Li Xiangdong lived in wealth until the age of sixty, surrounded by children and grandchildren, only for his wife to send him to his death with two horns on his head. When he opens his eyes, he’s back at fourteen. Since he’s been given another chance, he’ll make up for every regret, one by one. His fourth sister, forced into a marriage swap; his third sister, who died young; his younger brother, raised to be good for nothing; and his mother, oppressed by her mother-in-law her whole life. Li Xiang 1.5kReads8.6Score123Shelves
42. 742 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.2kReads9.3Score655Shelves
43. 743 重 Back to 2008: Reclaiming My Youth 重回2008，再塑韶华 Riding the Wind in Search of the Moon乘风寻月Urban173k WordsOngoing [Farming] + [Multiple heroines] + [Entrepreneurship] + [Reborn] + [Nostalgia]. Reborn in 2008, Xie Tianqin holds the key to the times. Starting with a night-market crayfish stall, he uses savvy marketing strategies to draw huge queues and quickly earn his first fortune. He then seizes the moment and launches an online store that rakes in money by the day. By getting ahead of industry trends, Xie Tianqin rises from an ordinary man to a rising star in the business world, steadily building a commer 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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44. 744 重 Back to 1982: Building a Fortune Through Hunting 重回1982：狩猎兴家 Lord Jie of Wangxiang Pavilion望乡阁的界王大人Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Modern-day Zhao Weiguo is unexpectedly reborn as his eighteen-year-old self in 1982, in Kaoshan Village at the foot of Changbai Mountain in Northeast China. Armed with memories of his past life and a vague sense of what the future holds, he is determined to change the fate of his impoverished family and save his loved ones from dying young. From the start, he uses the scraps of hunting knowledge he remembers to save his father from a life-threatening injury and acquire a promising puppy named Bl 29Reads5.8Score—Shelves
45. 745 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Taking My Younger Sister to Northeast China to Join the Educated Youth 重生七零：带着妹妹下东北当知青 Yuxi Is Not a Creek玉溪不是溪Urban8.0M WordsOngoing [Period setting] + [Sent-down youth] + [Hunting and farming] + [Growing ginseng] + [Hard work and perseverance] In his previous life, what Tian Xiangnan regretted most was failing to take good care of his younger sister, which led to her dying far too young. Now that he is reborn, Tian Xiangnan immediately takes his sister with him to the Northeast to become sent-down youths. But on the way there, he unexpectedly discovers a shamanic legacy in a cave. Going hunting? I have homemade, magical sham 26.1kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    It's a very good story, and it's still being written and not yet finished.

46. 746 重 Reborn in 1980: Hunting and Building a Life in the Changbai Mountains 重生1980我在长白山狩猎兴家 Lord Jie of Wangxiang Pavilion望乡阁的界王大人Urban1.2M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Qin Feng was a celebrated special-forces king and corporate chairman, yet he was lonely inside and carried deep regrets. After an accident, he is reborn in the winter of 1980, in a poor mountain village called Kaoshan Tun on the banks of the Tumen River, deep in the Changbai Mountains of Northeast China. He has become an eighteen-year-old youth. Drawing on his former combat skills, management acumen, and the steely resolve born of his desire to make amends for past regrets, 595Reads6.0Score—Shelves
47. 747 七 A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te 13kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves

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    These books are all very good; the writing and logic are excellent.

48. 748 过 Adopted Son, Part Two 过继二 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Wealth + power plays] [Reality + perseverance] [Life + passion] [Love + living] A man must be as tough as iron, but also as resilient as steel. Only then can he face the harshness of reality and the twists of fate, and rise to meet new challenges. I'm Zhao Erhai, and here's my story... 4kReads9.3Score490Shelves

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    These two books are incredibly realistic novels! Feel free to jump in and you'll be hooked!

49. 749 囤EN Stockpiling a Hundred Billion in Supplies: An Assassin Squad Clears the Apocalypse 囤百亿物资，杀手小队通关末世 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted (Female-led story, zombies, team-based, decisive and ruthless, not a bleeding heart) Bai Yaoyao, ranked number one on the assassin leaderboard, awakened a spatial ability after the apocalypse began. She led her brothers from the organization to carve out a path through the carnage and reach the top of the apocalypse's Ten Strongest list. Yet, in the end, she still died in the apocalypse's tenth year, cut to pieces by an Emperor-rank spatial zombie. She thought her life was over. But when she ope 115.2kReads9.5Score11.3kShelves
50. 750 重 Back to 1982: My Nine Daughters Are Stunning 重回82：我九个女儿美炸了 The Cat Watches the Flowers花猫子看花Urban1.5M WordsCompleted People say that reaching seventy is a rare feat. But at Tang Jiancheng’s seventieth birthday banquet, the guests were truly rare! Apart from the yellow dog at his feet, not a single person showed up! And yet, he had once been the father of nine daughters! Lost in painful memories, Tang Jiancheng drank himself unconscious. When he woke again, he had somehow returned to 1982, ten days after the birth of his ninth daughter... This time, he swore to protect his daughters and make sure not one of the 10kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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