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1. 401 穿 I Transmigrated as a Brash Villainess and Tricked an Amnesiac Big Shot into Becoming My Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成泼作女配，骗失忆大佬当赘婿 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday warmth + daily life + emotional tension + building wealth + happy ending] This is not an angst-filled story. Su Man transmigrates into a book, finding herself in an unfinished, melodramatic rebirth novel... as a lazy, greedy, foul-tempered villainess in the late 1970s. The original owner gets into danger in the wild and is saved by a powerful man with amnesia. In a series of foolish acts, she tricks him into thinking he's a fugitive, hides his military ID, and forces him 21.4kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
2. 402 穿 Transmigration: My Days Watching the Drama Unfold in the 1970s 穿越：我在七零围观吃瓜的日子 Wu She无射Modern Romance365k WordsCompleted Synopsis: (Period setting + System + everyday life + gossip + no romance) The story is set in a fictional world. Please don’t nitpick the details (they won’t hold up to scrutiny...) Lin Panpan, a modern girl who loves gossip, has an accident while indulging in it and transmigrates into the body of a village beauty in the 1970s. Her gossip System binds itself to her, too. Lin Panpan and the System hit it off right away, spending every day running around and digging up gossip. Ooh, the male educat 97Reads5.5Score—Shelves
3. 403 七 The 1970s: A Sent-Down Youth with Supplies 七十年代：下乡知青有物资 Ling Yue姈月Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Pocket Dimension + Educated Youth + Parallel Timeline] She transmigrates to the 1970s in a parallel timeline? Qiao Qingqing becomes the least favored child in her family. From the start, her sister steals her boyfriend, and she is told she has to go to the countryside as an educated youth? Fine, she never cared about that worthless boyfriend anyway. Going to the countryside, though? That's a problem. Luckily, her golden finger from her previous life comes along too, up 722Reads7.0Score—Shelves
4. 404 下 Lost the Countryside Challenge? I’ll Marry the Chaste Commander and Have Five Treasures 下乡输了？逆袭嫁禁欲首长生五宝 Shui Qing Mo水清茉Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s, an old woman reborn, capitalist heiress sent to the countryside, fake and real heiress, rise to success, celibate military officer, adorable kids] In her previous life, Lu Yuelan, the real daughter of a capitalist family, took the place of the fake heiress, Lu Xinmeng, and married a butcher in the countryside who already had two children. It turned out her butcher husband was a third-generation military man. She built a business and became a wealthy woman in the capital, an 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is great; the slapstick humor is satisfying, and the romance is particularly compelling.

5. 405 残 Crossing the Ashes 残烬渡 Qiu Zimo秋子末Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted Chen Zhuanyun was born in an impoverished village. He studied hard to escape the countryside and worked himself to the bone to put down roots in the city. But fate was cruel: he lost his wife in middle age and his son in old age. Every close relative and old friend around him failed to live past fifty. He bore his burdens in silence all his life, weathered half a lifetime of turmoil, and ultimately died alone, his mind lost in confusion. There is no dramatic reversal, no happy ending. Only half 113Reads7.8Score105Shelves
6. 406 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Coast to Victory with a Farming Game 穿越七零，我靠农场游戏躺赢 Mighty Jiaojiao大力娇娇Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted After accidentally transmigrating to the 1970s, Su Yuqiu trembled with fear. There wasn’t enough food or warm clothing, and she still had to go to the countryside to help build the nation. Luckily, transmigrating came with a golden finger. As long as she worked hard at managing her farming game, she’d have food and money, and a lovely life. Xu Qinghua had a little secret: he had a pocket dimension that helped his career flourish. He thought he was the most special kid in the world. But one day, 1.4kReads8.6Score117Shelves
7. 407 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 28.1kReads7.0Score2.5kShelves

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   Everyone was stunned: "Didn't you say she was your cousin?" He Shaoyan's face darkened. Without explaining, he grabbed Ye Qingzhi's wrist and pulled her back. She stumbled as he dragged her, but she wasn't angry; she even felt like laughing. She said, "He Shaoyan, are you jealous?" He stopped, not turning around, his voice muffled: "Ye Qingzhi, if you dare run again, I'll break your legs." She laughed, this time a genuine laugh.

8. 408 踹 After Kicking Out My Scumbag Husband, I Became the War King’s Most Cherished One 踹开渣夫后，我成兵王心尖宠 Lai Lai Will Come来来会来Modern Romance801k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Military Marriage + Light Ensemble Cast + Reborn + No Golden Finger] [Bold, Spirited Go-Getter + Devoted, Straightforward Man] Everyone in Xingping Village had heard the news: Chai Yubing, the youngest daughter of the Chai family, who had been cherished beyond measure, was dating a self-employed businessman who had served time in jail. Those who were jealous of the Chais, resented them, or were on bad terms with them were secretly waiting for the family to 1.3kReads8.4Score140Shelves

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   Let's take a look at this traditional historical fiction. No cheat codes, just a very normal historical fiction.

9. 409 七 The 1970s: Grab Some Popcorn! The White Lotus Heroine Is Fuming Again 七零：吃瓜！白莲女主又被气哭了 Lu Zhao路昭Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Completed] + [Book Transmigration] + [Period] + [Face-slapping] + [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] + [Storage Space] + [Selfish] + [Vengeful] This is the story of Zhao Xinyi, a weakling from the apocalypse who transmigrates into a Period novel and runs rampant. In an apocalypse littered with corpses, Zhao Xinyi survived for five years by relying on the supplies she had stockpiled before it began and the eight hundred tricks she had up her sleeve. In the end, she dies at the hands of a high-lev 4.4kReads8.8Score303Shelves
10. 410 娇 The Sweet Military Wife Is on Top, and Her Officer Husband Can't Take It 娇娇军嫂在上，军官老公顶不住 First Frost霜初Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Sweet Years, is now streaming~ The second short drama adaptation, Let Me Dwell in Your Heart, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + food + supermarket space + devoted couple + everyday life + love after marriage] Ye Muqi had just become a seven-star chef when a car accident transported her to the 1980s. From the start, she was married, and her husband was a soldier with a slim waist and long legs. For Ye Muqi, who had been single for 29 years, that was a huge plus! T 9.7kReads9.1Score850Shelves
11. 411 当 When the Villainess Gets Bound to a Good Deeds System 当恶女绑定了行善积德系统 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhong Chuchu is a notorious bad girl. No one in the surrounding villages can beat her. If someone gets on her nerves, she fights them. If she can settle things with her fists, she won't waste words. After an accident, Zhong Chuchu from another world merges souls with her and receives Good Deeds and Virtue System 101… The System has all kinds of wonderful items, but they must be exchanged for points. Dong Yichen is a notorious hooligan in the compound. He never does anything worthwhile and is al 18kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
12. 412 奇 Strange Attractor 奇异吸引子 Kantuoer康托尔Urban343k WordsCompleted [Urban Suspense + Business Warfare + Financial Maneuvering + Period Drama] Donghai City, 2006. Lin Yuan dropped out of college and works as a network administrator at a securities firm, but he has an incredible ability: he’s pathologically sensitive to numbers and can spot patterns in a jumble of data at a glance. The candlestick charts no one else can make sense of look to him like unmistakable trails of a hunt. One day, a mysterious account dormant for years suddenly becomes active. Every t 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Stock trading from that era brings back a flood of memories for many investors!

13. 413 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56.5kReads9.4Score7.3kShelves

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    This is my second book of factual writings, and it's mostly about food!

14. 414 六 The 1960s: A Quiet Life Like Hers 六零年代：平淡如她 June Beneath the Mountain山下的六月Modern Romance958k WordsOngoing [Everyday Family Life] [Slow-Paced, No Power Fantasy] [Raising Kids] [No Fixed Plot] That year, something unexpected happened in Cheng Xi's family. Before she could even get to her feet and object, she somehow ended up married. After the wedding, she followed her soon-to-be husband, Lu Qian, south into the mountains. For the first few years, Lu Qian would be away for a year or half a year at a time, hardly ever coming home. When she first arrived, she was busy tidying up and decorating her littl 1.3kReads8.0Score—Shelves

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    That's normal; they live a very low-key life. 🧶

15. 415 七 The 1970s: What’s Wrong with Working in Elder Care? I’m Still Outstanding 七零：养老部门怎么了，照样优秀 Embracing Fragrance抱香Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Tags: No Golden Finger, family life, career-focused When Jiang Xiyue wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar era. She angrily points at the sky and shouts, “You damn heavens, you’re so unfair! Why don’t you just strike me dead with a bolt of lightning?” As soon as she finishes speaking, lightning flashes and thunder rumbles in the distance. Hearing the deafening boom, she immediately backs down. Fine! It’s just the 1970s. If she can’t accomplish anything earth-shattering, can’t she at least 6kReads8.4Score611Shelves
16. 416 我 Working in the 1960s to Earn Money and Support My Green Tea Girlfriend 我在六十年代工作赚钱养绿茶 Content and at Ease然自得Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Qingyue transmigrated to the 1960s, only to find herself facing a marriage and a move back to the countryside from the start. Was that really going to happen? Before she could do anything, she found out her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement. Lin Qingyue: What a lucky break! She quickly called off the engagement, then studied hard and earned a place at the lumber mill, becoming a proud worker! After starting at the factory, she discovered that her position had been reserved for h 1.4kReads7.7Score103Shelves
17. 417 魂 My Soul Travels Back to 1972, Where I Raise Beauties and Ride the Tide of the Times 魂穿七二，培养美人横扫时代浪潮 Stars Can Set the Prairie Ablaze星星可以燎原Historical1.7M WordsCompleted [Period] [Sign-In] [Divine Doctor] [Space] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] A real estate tycoon transmigrates into 1972 and binds to the Red Dust Karma System from the start! Ling Feng uses supplies and skills to establish absolute authority, winning hearts through “feeding” and “protection.” Ling Feng has a portable space, peerless medical skills, and deadly combat abilities. He knows that in these unusual times, supplies give you face, personal connections are the substance, and your fists are your 13.5kReads7.4Score1.5kShelves

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    Smart, entertaining, and addictive – come and check it out!

18. 418 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Billionaire Wife Brings Her Child to Force the Commander to Marry Her 八零军婚，百亿夫人带崽逼婚首长 No Medicine for a Cold感冒没药Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + 1980s + Military Marriage + Family Life + Beauty + Transmigration + Raising Kids + Ensemble Cast] Shen Qingzhi transmigrates into a living nightmare from the start. The original owner was sent to the countryside, kidnapped, and drugged. How awful! After Shen Qingzhi escapes, an accident leaves her stranded overseas. Seven years later, she returns with a fortune worth tens of billions and a pair of “heavenly little darlings.” Her daughter is a princess from ancient times sent off 5kReads6.3Score412Shelves
19. 419 重 Reborn in 1978: Don't Even Think About Stealing My Life Again 重生1978，别再想偷我的人生 At the Beginning of Lifeo人之初oModern Romance174k WordsOngoing [This is a long novel about fated cycles of reincarnation across several lifetimes. No transmigration with memories, no System. Each volume is a complete story of its own: Volume One: Years Like a Song, a 1978 college entrance exam rebirth story. Later volumes include the flames of war in the Republican era.] In her previous life, she studied day and night beneath a kerosene lamp, tirelessly preparing for the college entrance exam. In the end, the acceptance letter went to someone else. In 1978, 184Reads—Score102Shelves

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    This one is more normal and closer to reality.

20. 420 星 An Interstellar Big Shot Transmigrates to the 1960s to Retire 星际大佬穿越六零养老 Cheng Yan呈砚Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Heaven must have thought she’d suffered enough in her last life, so it sent her here to enjoy her retirement! The scenery is lovely, the air is fresh, and she can exercise every day. It really is a great place to retire! The only problem is that this country’s technology is a little too backward. She’s worried that her quality of life won’t be secure in the future. Oh well, since they’re so determined, she doesn’t mind secretly giving them a little help! No! She never wanted to serve the people! 2.5kReads7.4Score251Shelves
21. 421 重 Reborn: I Empty the Richest Man's Home and Move to the Countryside 重生，搬空首富家产去乡下 Ping Qing平青Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted Tomato Original + Period Setting + Reborn + Modern Romance + Pocket Dimension + Farming The meaning of being reborn: reconnecting with my mother from my past life when she was still a child, and helping her grow up happy and carefree. [I put my heart into every word. I hope readers will be patient with this story. Thank you.] …Yang Youqing opens her eyes and rubs her forehead. She has been reborn as the carefree third daughter of the richest family in Shanghai. …To avoid the coming political t 310Reads—Score116Shelves

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    A handwritten historical fiction with no AI involvement. The female protagonist is reborn in the 1950s with a spatial ability, bringing with her more wealth than she could ever spend in several lifetimes. She arrives in the countryside to take care of her family, starting as the production team leader, working her way up to the county town to help the villagers become literate and have rice at every meal.

22. 422 夺 Steal My Luck? I'll Beat You to a Pulp, Then Marry a Soldier 夺我气运？揍贬你，嫁兵哥哥去 Miss Wang, the Little Demon王氏小妖Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [Period setting + devoted couples + System + exceptional fighting skills + wealthy heiress] Bai Fuling unexpectedly transmigrates into a period novel. She becomes a stepping stone on the heroine’s path to success. Being a cannon-fodder female side character would be bad enough, but from the start, a local hoodlum harasses her and nearly kills her. How could she put up with that? Her scumbag father deceives and abuses her sweet, naive, lovestruck mother? What are you waiting for? Hit back! The he 991Reads7.0Score112Shelves

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    This kind of historical fiction is quite normal; it's frustrating if it can't be pushed forward.

23. 423 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s and Made a Fortune Supplying the Female Lead 穿书七零，我靠给女主供货发大财 Content and at Ease然自得Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted Jian Yan transmigrates into the resource-poor 1970s. After being sent to the countryside, Jian Yan discovers that she hasn’t just transmigrated, she’s also transmigrated into a book. To make matters worse, she’s become a nameless passerby in the story. Fortunately, she’s bound to a farm that can grow crops as well as produce and sell processed goods. Just as she’s happily gossiping away in the countryside, she suddenly realizes that the female lead’s golden finger seems to be connected to her fa 2.5kReads8.5Score364Shelves
24. 424 狠 A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his 28.1kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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    No regrets reading period novels

25. 425 七 The 1970s: I Married the Man Who Prayed to the Gods 七零：我嫁给了求神拜佛的那个他 Clear Skies on the Second Day of the Fourth Month四月初二晴Modern Romance556k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Rebirth + Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension] Blurb: Bai Xiaxia transmigrates to the 1970s, only to have her engagement broken off. The neighbors are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. To their surprise, before long she's married to someone with even more power and status! She thinks going north to study is a reluctant choice, made after weighing her options —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 426 穿 Transmigrated to the ’70s: With a Space in Hand, the Eldest Sister Supports Her Family 穿越七零：身揣空间长姐养家日常 Mo Qing Yan墨卿烟Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Won't Go to the Countryside in the Seventies: I Have an All-Purpose Space, and Transmigrating to the Seventies: I Raise My Family as the Eldest Sister with a Space [Transmigration + Space] Zheng Yuru unexpectedly obtained a space. She thought the legendary apocalypse was coming, but after falling asleep, she woke up in the seventies! As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that both her parents were dead, her older brother had gone to the countryside, and she had younger sibli 2.9kReads8.7Score185Shelves
27. 427 女 The Female Bank President's Last Resort 女行长的穷途末路 Xu Ci珝慈Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted A teller's act of withholding checks toppled the first domino in the bank run at Yunhai City Commercial Bank. Though bank president Ma Yuquan fought desperately to contain the crisis, she ultimately could not counter the enormous fallout from the sudden disappearance of the bank's major shareholder and the head of its controlling rural bank. Ma Yuquan sensed the situation was full of hidden twists and turns, yet never revealed the secret of who she had been with during her brief disappearance, w 890Reads9.3Score123Shelves

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    The author's imagination is quite normal; it seems like a replay of reality.

28. 428 七 The Leading Lady of a 1970s Military Marriage: I Seize the Moment and Make a Fortune 七零军婚大女主，手握风口暴富 Camellia Oil007山茶油007Modern Romance158k WordsOngoing [1970s + transmigration + orphaned heroine with no awful relatives + ordinary-born male lead who makes his own way + no pocket dimension or golden finger + military marriage + strong female lead] Synopsis: Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of an orphaned girl in the 1970s, with no father or mother. A perfect hand from the start. Ning Qingshang has no System or pocket dimension, but her mind is filled with decades of future trends. She knows every policy opportunity and every chance to 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've recently been reading a historical romance novel. There's no space or system involved. The female lead transmigrates into the body of an orphan in the 1970s, starting with a room all to herself. The male lead is a deputy battalion commander in the army, on a 15-day leave. He wins her over with the simple statement, "You're all alone; if I don't treat you well, who will?" It's not the kind of love at first sight; it's the mutual recognition that "this person can build a life together." The male lead is stationed for three months, and the female lead lives alone in her temporary room, buying groceries, cooking, navigating the black market, getting medicine for the clinic, and confronting gossipy relatives. There are no dramatic events, just the typical realities of daily life. Her palms sweat the first time she goes to the black market, and she memorizes faces in her notebook afterward; she almost gets her leg grabbed and trembles all night, but manages to protect her belongings; she feels a warmth in her heart when someone stands up for her. What touched me most were the details: cooking mung bean soup reminding her of the rare quiet at home in her past life; worrying about whether Old Meng has eaten while stir-frying salted pork and green beans; receiving a letter and counting down the days until Lu Tingshan returns. Not a wish-fulfillment story, but a realistic portrayal of a bygone era. The female lead is clear-headed and unpretentious, the male lead is reserved yet caring, and the supporting characters are all well-developed and relatable. It's a slow-paced, gradual read, perfect for leisurely enjoyment.

29. 429 作 Finicky Rich Girl Brings Her Farm to the 1970s and Takes It Easy 作精白富美携农场在七零摆烂 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Pocket Dimension + Goofy Comedy + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Feel-Good Story + Putting Scumbags in Their Place) The heroine doesn’t dabble in the black market or do farm work, and she has only the tiniest bit of conscience. The hero and heroine both speak their minds. There are no misunderstandings or love rivals. This is a fictional world, so please don’t compare it to real history! Su Qingci, a rich beauty who runs a farm in the modern era, gets sent to the 18.2kReads9.2Score2kShelves
30. 430 抢 A Robber Reborn in the 1990s: Cutting Ties, Taking Revenge, and Loving Myself 抢劫犯重生九零，断亲报仇爱自己 Chen Xiaofan Who Loves Yellow Heart Greens喜欢黄心菜的陈小凡Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Alternate 1990s + Reborn for Revenge + Cathartic Family Severance + Late Male Lead Appearance + Heroine Lives for Herself + Focus on Career and Getting Rich] Gong Xi opens her eyes to find herself back in 1997. She’s eighteen that year and on her way to rob a jewelry store. Her father, deep in loan-shark debt, sells her to appear in a sleazy film to pay it off. With nowhere else to turn, Gong Xi has to find a way to get herself sent to prison. After finally getting out and turning ove 3.7kReads8.4Score477Shelves

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    Rebirth, severing ties with family, revenge, making money in a bygone era

31. 431 四 Siheyuan: I Take Over Courtyard No. 95 and Fill It with My Ex-Wives 四合院：我独占95号院住满前妻 King of Milan米兰球王Male-Channel Fanfiction252k WordsOngoing Multiple female leads, no System, relying entirely on brains and memories. A top-level career path, with little angst and a realistic tone. In 2026, at the Dialogue studio. Host: Elder Jing, were you afraid when you swam back to the mainland? Jing Daqiang pondered for a moment. He thought, Back then, I'd only just transmigrated, and they were pointing a gun at me. I was terrified. His expression stayed composed. "No. I was driven by a powerful conviction." Host: What made you think of applying 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The year 51 started with mostly daily routines and no systematic gameplay.

32. 432 七 A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei 306Reads6.4Score—Shelves
33. 433 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Became Grandma’s Little Sister 重生六零：我成了外婆的妹妹 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Modern Romance73k WordsOngoing [When an ordinary person is reborn in a rural village in the 1960s, forget about getting ahead or making grand plans. First, stay alive.] [1960s rural life + family and neighborhood affairs + education and growth + ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.] When Zhu Yan wakes up in the body of her grandmother's second-youngest sister, who died young, she vows to change her grand —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story set in a normal historical period, without any special advantages or overpowered abilities; relatively uneventful.

34. 434 阿 A-Dou’s Comeback 阿豆的逆袭 Ah Shuilan阿水兰Urban182k WordsCompleted He was born with a disability: no neck, his head almost resting on his shoulders... On top of that, he lost both his parents as a child. Yet this very man eventually made a comeback like Forrest Gump. He not only married the village beauty, but also found success in his career. How did he turn his life around and rise to the light? Was it luck? Character? Talent? Maybe it was a bit of everything. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a historical novel with a beautiful writing style and a thought-provoking ending.

35. 435 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
36. 436 六 The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 42.9kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
37. 437 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score170Shelves
38. 438 重 Reborn and Losing My Mind for Money, but the CEO Loves My Madness 重生发癫只搞钱，霸总偏爱超癫狂 Er Lingzi二玲子Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted Jin Chan Chan, 35 years old, died a miserable death in her previous life because she was hopelessly love-struck. Now she's reborn on the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. She tears up her love letters and swears she'll focus on making money, not romance! On her first night reborn, she fills in as an emergency replacement, singing funeral songs all night and earning her first pot of gold. Next, she cashes in on the lottery, building up her second fortune! She seizes the opportunity of so 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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39. 439 大 Daring to Act 大胆作为 Ah Shuilan阿水兰Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted She was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Raised in a remote mountain village, she became famous far and wide for her beauty, but she was neither delicate nor dependent on men. With an excellent memory, high emotional and intellectual intelligence, and a stubborn refusal to give up, she carved out a place for herself in the world. She studied opera, ran a stall, worked odd jobs, and did business, eventually making her mark in the commercial world. Because of her unusual birth, her life was far 6Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 440 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

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    Rural Realistic Love Novels

41. 441 七 The 1970s: The Rough Male Supporting Character from a Period Novel Comes to My Home 七零：当年代文糙汉男配在我家 The Moon Is No Longer Whole月不圆了Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + body swap + rugged man + supplies pocket dimension + getting rich + doting on his wife] Help! I wake up and find a man in my house, and he's the rugged male supporting character from a period novel! He keeps calling me “comrade”! Lin Changchang spots a business opportunity and takes the clueless rugged man along to sell fish, open a shop, and trade supplies. In the end, she even snags herself a devoted husband. Lin Changchang: “What a rip-off!” Shen Bailiang: “It's not a ri 17.5kReads8.8Score3kShelves
42. 442 七 The Second Wife in the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院二婚妻 March Typewriter打字机三月Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Era setting + family compound + raising children + regret and reconciliation + transmigration and revenge + love after marriage Liu Mianmian, a master of green-tea tactics, transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed supporting character who dies young. Her husband gets a job in the city and, after making a name for himself over the next few years, runs into his childhood sweetheart, the woman he's always carried a torch for. While the faithless husband and his first love rekindle their roman 3.4kReads9.1Score360Shelves

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    A realistic, well-written novel set in an era, without unnecessary supernatural elements.

43. 443 离 Back Before My Divorce in 1970, This Time I Won’t Go Soft 离婚前重回七零，这次我不心软了 1259Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted [Period Drama] + [Reborn] + [Ex-Husband Regrets It Too Late] + [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] + [One-on-One Romance] After spending half her life with Chu Liangbo, Xu Qinghuan discovers that he has always held a hopeless love for another woman. Watching her husband nudge their son and daughter closer to that woman, Xu Qinghuan feels as though her heart is being sliced apart. When her husband abandons her yet again for the woman he loves, Xu Qinghuan finally decides to divorce him. Seeing h 3.1kReads9.0Score304Shelves
44. 444 文 Literary Giant: I Started Translating World Classics in College 文豪：从上大学翻译世界名著开始 Longbow Drinking the Moon长弓饮月Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After waking from a nap, Lin Chaoshen, a modern English teacher, finds himself a sent-down youth in the forests of Northeast China, gnawing on frozen corn cakes. Looking at the axe in his hand, its handle worn smooth by years of work, and thinking of how he'd achieved nothing by the time he retired in his previous life, he feels utterly done for! Luckily, it's 1977! The call to resume the college entrance examinations is about to ring out! Drawing on his knowledge of the future, he studies hard 1.6kReads6.6Score106Shelves
45. 445 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. 352Reads6.5Score—Shelves
46. 446 五 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 4.3kReads8.4Score454Shelves
47. 447 从 From Village to City: Their Lives Swept Along by the Tide of the Times 从村到城，她们在时代洪流里沉浮 Ah Shuilan阿水兰Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted Their fates seem to repeat across generations. Three generations of women all grew up under the shadow of fathers who left or divorced their mothers. Raised in households with only their mothers, the women share similar traits: resilient and adaptable, dignified and self-assured, hardworking, and devoted to living life well. From the countryside to the city, women of the new era have finally welcomed a spring of their own. Their lives have become richer and more colorful, full of endless possibi 8Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 448 我 I Became the Wicked Stepmother Who Was Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 我穿成了年代文女主的炮灰恶婆婆 More Green Light青光更多Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After dying of a serious illness, Yang Mei transmigrates into the body of a village woman in the 1970s and becomes the hateful mother-in-law everyone despises. After inheriting the original owner's memories of her past life, Yang Mei sets some goals for the future: First, make the most of this healthy body. Sleep until she wakes, eat meat until she's full, and enjoy life to the fullest! The only problem is, right now every household eats coarse-flour flatbreads, so that's going to be tough. Seco 528Reads9.0Score101Shelves
49. 449 穿 Put on Your Secret Identity! The Cannon-Fodder Young Intellectual Has a Powerful System 穿上马甲！炮灰小知青手握大系统 Distant Stars遥星辰Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted The pampered young heiress has money and power to spare, but after being reborn, she finds herself a pitiful girl forced to move to the countryside, despised by her wicked stepmother and bullied by her stepsister. Can she put up with that? Absolutely not. So, on the night before she leaves for the countryside, she reports her own father. Money? She takes it all. Clothes? All packed. Bedding? Gone. Kitchen? Cleared out. Furniture? Taken too. She doesn’t leave so much as a hair behind. After swag 4.1kReads9.1Score367Shelves
50. 450 回 Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family 回忆一九三一养家打猎打鬼子日子 Broken Little Toe骨折得小脚趾Urban2.9M WordsOngoing In 1931, the Japanese invaded China. Ling Feng hunted to feed his family and fought the Japanese to capture supplies. He and his good brothers enjoyed the good life, built houses, and got married. 17.6kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    Memoirs of a Hunter's Daily Life in the Early 1930s

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