Any Good Stories Set in the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s? 有没有七零、八零或九零年代的好书

1. 1 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s and Became a Cannon Fodder Side Character from the Start 穿书七零，开局成了炮灰女配 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Storage space, mind reading, military marriage, sweet romance, transmigrate into a book, delicate beauty, mischievous little troublemaker] Feng Jiaojiao dies suddenly after working overtime all night, only to transmigrate into a book and become a supporting character who shares her name in a novel she once read. She remembers that the male lead is An Jianjun and the female lead is Qin Siyu. Feng Jiaojiao, the supporting character, is merely a stepping stone in the heroine’s love life, the male 32.4kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
2. 2 冷 The Stern Officer Is Too Fierce, and the Alluring Military Doctor Can't Resist 冷面军官太勇猛，娇媚军医架不住 Slightly Sweet微恬Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + soldier + devoted husband + bashful (o(_////▽////_)o) System + love at first sight + long-planned romance + fictional setting] When his daughter and the son of his first love fell ill at the same time, her husband unhesitatingly gave the only life-saving medicine to his first love’s son. Their daughter died without treatment! Filled with resentment, Xiao Niannian set a fire, killing herself along with her husband’s sweetheart and their son. After her death, Xiao Nian 1.3kReads8.9Score132Shelves

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   A classic novel from a bygone era: The daughter and the son of her husband's unrequited lover both fall ill. Without hesitation, the husband gives the only life-saving medicine to the son, leading to the daughter's death! Filled with resentment, Xiao Niannian sets herself, her husband's lover, and their son on fire. After death, Xiao Niannian floats in mid-air, watching her husband hold her body and weep uncontrollably… Xiao Niannian feels utterly ironic… When she awakens again, facing her daughter's life-or-death moment, she abandons all morality and rushes to feed the medicine to her children, successfully saving her daughter and exposing the unrequited lover's tricks, leading to a swift divorce!

3. 3 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1kShelves

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   Romance novel; the female protagonist is a modern woman who travels back to the 1980s.

4. 4 怎 What Do I Do? I Can't Get Away, and My Wife Is a Sickly Yandere 怎么办，逃不掉，媳妇是个小病娇 Girl, Look This Way菇凉看这边Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted [Yandere romance, period setting, devoted to one another, military marriage] A future research genius who lost faith in humanity and set out to destroy the world is reborn as a fool in the 1970s. She meets a soldier who has also been treated unfairly, yet remains warm and sunny. 150Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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   These books are all very good.

5. 5 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 46.8kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
6. 6 穿 After She Transmigrates Into a Book Set in the 1980s, She Marries a Tycoon and Gets Deliberately Flirted With 穿书八零，她嫁大佬后被蓄意撩拨 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration] [Period] [Sweet romance] [Chaste hero] [Theatrical heroine] [Aloof hero] When Xia Ruanruan opens her eyes, she has become a country bumpkin who’s ruining the aloof heartthrob. Everyone looks down on her, and Xia Ruanruan feels miserable. But now that she’s transmigrated, she has to keep moving forward. She didn’t choose to end up here, but it seems she has no say in going back, either. So Xia Ruanruan does her best to play the good girl (and suck up). One sweet “Baby” is al 2.5kReads9.0Score219Shelves
7. 7 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.7kReads8.7Score495Shelves
8. 8 落 Falling into His Trap 落入他的圈套 Wild Strawberry野草莓Modern Romance390k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, “Caught in His Trap,” is now streaming. Rugged man x sweet girl [sweet romance] Auto mechanic and a little rich girl returning to her hometown After Su Yuan returned to her hometown, she happened to rent a place from Chen Lie. From that day on, the man forcefully pushed his way into her life. Su Yuan thought Chen Lie was a little rough around the edges, but he really knew how to treat a woman well. It was also the first time she had ever fallen so madly for a man. Wha 17.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
9. 9 随 The Man Who Joined the Army Is Married, So I Turn Around and Marry His Commander 随军男人已结婚，转头嫁他首长 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 19.7kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
10. 10 军 Military Marriage and Sweet Rewards: The Fierce, Pretty Army Wife in the 1980s 军婚发糖：彪悍俏军嫂的八零年代 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete] (Period Setting + Military Marriage + Building a Fortune + Loving Wife + Multiple Children + Daily Life) Modern career woman Shen Yiyi transmigrates into a book, becoming the beautiful but otherwise useless female side character who marries into a family to bring good luck to a sick man in this period romance! Her birth family is the sort that would bleed her dry and leave her with nothing! Shen Yiyi: What a joke! Watch her put those spoiled brats in their place and crush the villains 15kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
11. 11 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 51.5kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
12. 12 惊 What! After Having Twins in a Military Marriage, I Thrive in the 1980s 惊！军婚双胎后，我在八零赢麻了 Wan Dou Dou万兜兜Modern Romance688k WordsCompleted The complete novel is available to read. [Twins in the 1980s + Transmigrated into a book + Reborn + Military marriage + Adorable kids + Sweet romance + Faithful couple + Love after marriage] Zhang Qiuqiu woke up one morning to find she'd transmigrated. She'd landed in the resource-scarce 1980s and become a mother on the spot. In addition to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, she now had a soldier husband in a coma, in a persistent vegetative state. Then she discovered that she'd transmigrated in 239Reads9.0Score106Shelves

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    This is a heartwarming post-marriage story, without any dramatic ups and downs or overpowered plot devices. If you enjoy stories with a steady, fulfilling life, you might like it. 🤭🤭🤭

13. 13 在 In the 1980s, the Beautiful Airhead Slacks Off and Gets Scolded by Her Husband Every Day 在八零，笨蛋美人摆烂天天被夫训 Lu Fengxue鹿逢雪Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Military marriage; sweet romance; triplets; space; groveling-to-win-her-back; airheaded beauty heroine versus gentle, calculating, fatherly hero] Jiang Miaomiao transmigrates into a book as the male lead’s cannon-fodder ex-wife. Everyone in the military compound thinks Chen Yuwei has married a pretty but useless spoiled girl to keep her pampered. They’re sure he’ll soon get fed up and divorce her. Jiang Miaomiao thinks so too, and waits for the day he divorces her. Who could have guessed that t 4.9kReads7.7Score388Shelves

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    All recommended novels are completed and set in the 1980s. The story revolves around a beautiful but clueless woman who is constantly being pampered (military marriage, sweet romance, triplets, space, a "wife-chasing-after-the-death" scenario + a clueless beauty heroine versus a cunning and gentle father-son-like hero). Jiang Miaomiao transmigrates into a book, becoming the male lead's cannon fodder ex-wife. Everyone in the family compound thinks Chen Yuwei married a pretty but useless spoiled brat and will soon divorce her. Jiang Miaomiao herself thinks so too, waiting for the divorce. Who would have thought that the aloof and abstinent man not only doesn't dislike her but also dotes on her like a madman? Jiang Miaomiao can't stand it and tells him to sleep in the guest room: "I'm pregnant, it's too dangerous for us to sleep in the same room." Chen Yuwei: "I'm worried, you kick off the covers when you sleep."

14. 14 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Clung to the Male Supporting Character 穿书后我抱上了男配大腿 Gulu Ni咕噜昵Modern Romance445k WordsCompleted When Song Yingwan wakes up, she finds herself in the 1970s. Looking at a face in the mirror that resembles hers by seventy or eighty percent, it takes her a while to accept the truth. She looks at her loving parents and lively, clever younger brother and thinks life here seems pretty good. But after only a few days of enjoying it, she has no choice but to pack up and head to the countryside. Fine, then. She can go to the countryside! The college entrance exams will be reinstated in a few years a 9.5kReads8.7Score739Shelves
15. 15 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: A Kiss from the Chaste Commander Keeps Me Alive 八零军婚，和禁欲首长亲亲续命 Pineapple Blowing Rain菠萝吹雨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + alluring, delicate young heiress × a stern yet warm-hearted, ascetic senior officer + kisses keep him alive + devoted to each other + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] (Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional!) What should you do after transmigrating into the role of a villainess? Naturally, do your very best to make the heroine shine! Jiang Zhinian was a genius interpreter from the 21st century, with fair skin, breathtaking beauty, a soft voice, and a delicate figure. Aft 2kReads8.8Score222Shelves
16. 16 八 After Getting Rich, the 1980s Factory Director's Wife Starts Disciplining Her Husband 八零厂长夫人赚钱后开始训厂长了 BaxyModern Romance437k WordsCompleted Good heavens! When Ye Wen opens her eyes, she’s become a married woman in her thirties with a fourteen-year-old son. Her husband is the thirty-six-year-old head of a clothing factory. Ye Wen wakes up at her aunt’s house. The moment she steps into her own home, she sees her son wearing a pink apron and stir-frying wild greens with a spatula. Sitting at the table, Ye Wen stares blankly at the watery porridge and the painfully green stir-fried vegetables. Didn’t they say her husband was a factory d 2.4kReads8.1Score145Shelves
17. 17 八 Flirting in the 1980s: I Transmigrated Into the Factory Director's Scummy Wife 八零撩婚：穿成厂长大佬的小渣妻 Listening to the Wind Blow听风在吹Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + Devoted Husband + Mutual Flirting + Getting Rich] Jiang Ning transmigrates into a period drama and becomes the difficult supporting character she once played. Looking at her ridiculously handsome husband, she can't figure out why the word “divorce” suddenly won't come out of her mouth. She swears she only wants to cling to a powerful man's coattails and develop a little revolutionary camaraderie with him... Yes, it's best to know which way the wind blows. But what's with 1.6kReads8.9Score109Shelves
18. 18 穿 Book Transmigration: The Beloved Little Nobody of the 1980s 穿书：八零团宠小废物 Udumbara Bright Moon优昙明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qi Yunyi opens her eyes and discovers that she has transmigrated into a book as the vicious female supporting character. In the early part of the story, she relentlessly bullies the male supporting character; in the middle, she relentlessly emotionally manipulates him; and later, she relentlessly curses his entire family. The male supporting character she bullies has the male lead for an older brother and the female lead for a sister-in-law. He’ll grow up to be a heartthrob himself, and most imp 2.8kReads8.5Score242Shelves
19. 19 七 Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Cannon Fodder Dodges the Plot with Bullet Comments 七零军婚：炮灰靠弹幕躲剧情 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted Lin Shuyin transmigrated into the 1970s and became an eighteen-year-old high school senior, about to graduate. She was worried about finding a job. In those days, without a job, you had to go to the countryside, and she didn’t want to! Suddenly, comments appeared before her eyes: [Seriously, Lin Shuyin, you’d be better off going to the countryside. Then you wouldn’t meet your scumbag husband, Zhou Jianguo, and all that stuff that happened later would never happen.] [Sigh! Second Sister Lin had s 20.9kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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    This is a really good period novel, truly depicting the story from youth to old age, very realistic. It felt like watching a period drama, perfectly capturing the essence of "The Lin Family's Daughter." This novel could definitely be adapted into a TV series; I would definitely watch it. Although there is a system, its presence is extremely subtle; I almost forgot it existed! 😂

20. 20 签 After Signing In, the Adorable Girl Helps Her Terrible Whole Family Coast to Victory 签到后，小可爱带极品全家躺赢了 Radishes with Pickles萝卜配咸菜Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, sweet period drama, aloof and gentle top student x double-standard male lead] The Jiang family is notorious for having a lazy, sly, greedy good-for-nothing father, and now he's raised a famously lazy little girl. She's unbelievably lazy... If she can sit, she won't stand; if she can lie down, she won't sit. With a flatbread hanging around her neck, she'll still go hungry until she rolls her eyes back... Jiang Mengmeng grumbles that it's all because her genes are too strong. 1.8kReads8.1Score114Shelves

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    Jiang Mengmeng, the adorable female lead, was initially required to learn by the system but gradually got used to it 🤭 The ending is happy, so I recommend it 😏

21. 21 八 Eighties Sweetheart: A Wild Roughneck to Cherish 八零心尖宠：捡个糙汉野又撩 Listening to the Wind Blow听风在吹Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Xia Li transmigrates into the 1980s as a poor, timid orphan. Just when she thinks she’ll have to go hungry from now on, she picks up a wild man. Aside from being a little dim, the wild man has no other flaws. He hunts in the mountains and farms the fields every day, keeps her warm at home and can fight outside. He’s like a huge guard dog who protects his family. The villagers secretly mock Xia Li for keeping herself a wild man, but she doesn’t care. Who would have guessed that one night, the wil 1kReads8.9Score109Shelves

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    💥Don't panic, don't panic, I've got you covered with this book!💥 🌱🌱🌱① For those who love pure-hearted tough guys, check this out!🥰🥰🥰 The female lead picks up a wild man with amnesia. Luckily, he's good at hunting and farming, and he's also an obedient puppy.😏😏😏 The male lead is a captain who lost his memory during a mission. Before: Women? Partners? Can they be more interesting than Type 81 tanks and tanks? Now: My wife is so good!🥰🥰🥰

22. 22 重 Reborn in the ’70s: The Little Educated Youth Doesn’t Know How Delicate She Is 重生七零，小知青她娇不自知 Guoguo Is a Little Naughty果果有点皮Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted 1v1 romance + flirtatious sweethearts + rugged country man + no golden finger + cozy daily life] Wei Huai fell for the new female sent-down youth at first sight. Everyone in the village said, “Whatever you do, don’t marry Chu Nian. She’s so delicate she can’t even do a day’s work. What good is she?” Wei Huai wouldn’t listen. He loved how delicate Chu Nian was. If she smiled at him, he’d give her his very life! In her previous life, Chu Nian was sweet-talked and deceived by 7.8kReads9.0Score733Shelves
23. 23 穿 Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Alluring Young Intellectual Is Pursued by a Roughneck 穿书七零：尤物知青被糙汉缠上了 Mountains, Rivers, and Clouds山川云Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + period setting + rugged man + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + 1970s + pocket dimension + love at first sight + raising kids] After transmigrating into the body of a cannon-fodder female character in a period novel with the same name, Tang Wan only wanted to live her own life and, while she was at it, befriend the hidden big shot from the original story. But she never expected this hidden big shot to be the village tyrant. Can someone tell her what to do when the 3.5kReads8.6Score273Shelves
24. 24 搬 Clearing Out the Cash: The Lovely Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside and Marries a Soldier 搬空钱财：下乡的娇知青她军婚了 Rice-Eating Plate干饭的盘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Space + period setting + sent down to the countryside + military wife + joining her husband at his post + raising kids] Jiang Wenwan transmigrated into a book, becoming the disposable capitalist heiress in Seven Zero Darling: Sent to the Countryside and Spoiled Every Day by a Rough-Hewn Educated Youth. Her mother used her biological father’s pension money to start a new family. Her own daughter became the family’s workhorse, going to bed last and getting up first. Her mother was so lovestruck s 10kReads8.9Score833Shelves
25. 25 在 After Going Wild in a Period Novel, I Became Unstoppable 在年代文里发疯后，我所向披靡 Sui Sui Ping An眭眭平安Modern Romance226k WordsOngoing [One devoted couple + comedy + sweet romance + military marriage + rugged hero + happy ending + System space + age gap + mutual salvation] [Sweet, soft, wild flirt vs. restrained, old-school officer] Open your mouth, get moving, hit the ground, and make them all afraid. Overworked office drone Chu Youyou transmigrates into a period novel and finds the villagers pointing fingers at her. She isn't scared in the slightest. Whenever trouble comes, she goes wild. It's easy and saves effort. After dis 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist, exploited and forced to revise her work by her boss, unexpectedly transmigrates into a period novel. After being disturbed by several elderly women chirping crickets under a tree at the village entrance, she goes mad and crawls in the shadows, terrifying the women. They wait for the protagonist's nominal husband to return and complain, but unexpectedly, he protects her.

26. 26 我 I Stuff My Face in a Novel Set in the Old Days 我在年代文里胡吃海塞 Become a Star做颗星星Modern Romance589k WordsOngoing Modern-day Jiang Yan has been a picky eater since childhood. She won’t eat this or that. Work stress only made her appetite worse. She’d go three days without eating, then eat nine meals, and often wouldn’t eat at all if she could help it. Her coworkers often joked that she was the perfect corporate workhorse: she didn’t need fodder, just kept charging ahead. After spending three days and two nights revising the eighteenth version of a proposal, only for the client to still reject it, her bloo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 闺 Best Friends, Double Time Travel: Watching the Protagonists in a Period Novel 闺蜜双穿：在年代文里围观主角 Light Tea, Faint Jasmine轻茶浅茉Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + spatial storage + farming + building wealth + everyday gossip + raising kids + best friends become sisters-in-law] Entirely fictional, entirely fictional, entirely fictional!! After the college entrance exams, Chen Zhile got her acceptance letter and made plans to go bungee jumping with her best friend, Xia Chu. One second they were standing on the bungee platform, and the next they had jumped into an ongoing period novel, becoming nameless background 324Reads6.3Score—Shelves
28. 28 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel, and I'm Not Following the Plot 穿进年代文我不走剧情 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Shuyu may be the most unfortunate transmigrator ever. She’d just won the lottery and hadn’t even had a chance to collect her winnings when she kicked the bucket from excitement. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she’d transmigrated into a book. There was no suspense: the body she’d transmigrated into was, of course, that of the vicious female antagonist. The heroine, Shen Xue, was her cousin. Beautiful and kindhearted, hardworking and capable, she was the village’s most admired young 124.2kReads8.4Score12.8kShelves
29. 29 我 I Become a Great Demon in a Period Novel 我在年代文中作大妖 Gongzi Leng公子冷Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted This is a fictional alternate-era setting and should not be compared with reality. Any similarities are purely coincidental. Lin Wei only had one drink with her best friend. When she woke up, she knew something was wrong: she had somehow landed in a rural village in the 1960s or 1970s and become an ugly, disfigured educated youth sent down to the countryside. And that wasn’t all. Someone had drugged her, and someone else had secretly taken photos of her. Before she could even sort everything out 169Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 七 A 1970s Bride's Second Chance at Love with a Tycoon from a Novel 七零之改嫁年代文首富 Making My Own Latte拿铁自己冲Modern Romance573k WordsOngoing She transmigrates into a period novel as the original wife, only to find her husband cheating on her with another woman? No way! Watch her punch the wicked mother-in-law, kick the cheating husband to the curb, and raise her child while making money. She opens restaurants, builds factories, buys land, and grows rich, eventually becoming a famous businesswoman. Hand in hand with the handsome Chinese billionaire who fell in love with her at first sight, she rises to the top in the 1980s. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 年 The 1970s: This Book Is a Little Improper 年代，这本书有点不正经 Tomatoes Are Spicy番茄很辣Modern Romance701k WordsOngoing [Alternate-history fantasy era + transmigrate into a book + going crazy + hilarious + space + System + stockpiling goods + face-slapping + multiple male leads] Content warning: This is an alternate-history fantasy setting. Prices are high. The story is mainly lighthearted, humorous, and full of memes. Everyone in it is mentally unwell. It doesn’t follow normal logic and isn’t a traditional period novel. If that’s not your thing, please move along. How can you transmigrate into a period novel and 642Reads8.6Score—Shelves
32. 32 穿 Who Says I Can't Be the Female Lead After Entering a Period Novel! 穿进年代文里谁还不是女主了！ Eat Your Little Tummy吃掉你的小肚子Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage] [Sweet Romance] [Period Setting] [Rebirth and Revenge] [Rich and Beautiful Female Lead Who Doesn't Go to the Countryside] Only when she died did Chen Jiaojiao learn that after the vicious supporting female character in this book was reborn, she herself had gone from being the female lead to the vicious supporting character! The whole point was to clear the female lead's name! How could Chen Jiaojiao put up with that? But what was she supposed to do when the female lead's olde 8Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 穿 Transmigrating into a Period Novel: I Refuse to Be Cannon Fodder and Take Charge of My Life 穿越年代文，拒当炮灰，自主人生 Chestnut Homesick想家的板栗Modern Romance450k WordsOngoing After taking a fall, He Youran woke up to find herself transmigrated into a period military-wife novel as its pitiful, doomed second female lead. In front of her, the wicked heroine, pretending to be a little lamb, kept tripping her up. Behind her, her equally doomed, overlooked officer husband kept making foolish mistakes. What was she supposed to do? He Youran was a strong woman determined to be the protagonist of her own life. She roared inwardly, “My fate is mine to control, not the book’s. —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 年 I Really Don't Like My Brother in This Period Novel! 年代文我真不喜欢我哥！ Messy Rice Cake乱七八糟的年糕Modern Romance53k WordsOngoing Su Min, an orphan, transmigrates into the 1970s as the vicious supporting character who has a crush on her older brother. Determined to change her fate, she starts by giving up on him and never interfering in his love life. She and her girlfriends work hard to make the best of their lives, and along the way she finds herself a husband, gets into college, and enjoys a happy life with her family. —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6kShelves

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    The female lead is quite cautious; she has a system but won't rely on it exclusively. Initially timid and submissive at home, she lets loose after going to the countryside. She sets a small goal: to earn a few hundred million and quietly amass wealth.

36. 36 军 Five Years of Marriage, and He Never Comes Home: If You Don't Love Me, Let's Divorce 军婚五年家都不回：不爱，那就离 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted The author has lived in a military compound as a military wife for eleven years. Come see what real military life is like. The short drama Raising Kids in the Seventies, starring Wang Kaimu and Wang Yunyun, is now streaming on the Tomato platform. Watch it for free on Hongguo. Feel-good story + period setting + military marriage + raising children + mutually faithful romance + winning back his wife + authentic life in a military compound The new book is almost complete too. If you’ve finished th 28.6kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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    ❤️The pinnacle of historical fiction! 🌈A military officer husband who hasn't returned for five years? She transmigrated into the body of a military wife in the 1970s, a woman whose husband has ignored her for five years. 🌿Her military officer husband was forced into marriage by the original owner and left the day after their wedding, disappearing for five years. He left her with a son lighter than a monkey, and an in-law family so awful they're beyond words… Li Xinming knew her military officer husband didn't love the original owner, and that the child was even conceived through drugs given to him by the original owner. Since he didn't love her, then she'd get a divorce!

37. 37 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2kShelves

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    Honey, these two 1970s novels saved me from my reading slump, they're definitely worth reading!

38. 38 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves

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    The female protagonist travels back to the 1970s. She's a painter, and the male protagonist is a soldier. Their marriage is a military one, but it's very sweet! The female protagonist has a special ability, though she doesn't appear in many scenes. The male protagonist falls in love with her at first sight; it's a very good and sweet story.

39. 39 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.1kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
40. 40 不 Wait, Since When Are the Cannon Fodder So Delicate? Do You Have a Death Wish? 不是，谁家炮灰这么娇，不要命了 Meow Doesn't Kiss Fish喵不亲鱼Two Male Leads2.8M WordsCompleted An abstinent, unhinged villainous brute versus a lucky young master who transmigrates into a book Song Chi has transmigrated into a book. The good news: he’s now the son of a wealthy family. The bad news: he’s a spoiled, arrogant cannon-fodder character who’s destined to die, and his biological parents have sent him to the countryside to work as an educated youth. “Ahhhhh, heavens! Why am I so unlucky?” Song Chi clutches his head and cries. He’s a pampered young master who can’t lift a fing 29.2kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves

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    This!!!

41. 41 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.4kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves

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    I was reading this book for the first time and thought I wouldn't like it, but I never intended to continue reading. It's written by a very capable 80s-born woman.

42. 42 七 The Happy Life of Lin Yulan, a Sharp-Tongued Woman in the 1970s 七十年代之贫嘴林玉兰的幸福生活 Bai Shuitan白水谈Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted My new novel, A Lively Life in the Sixties: Revenge First, Gossip Later, is now available! Every character is a piece of work, with revenge, scoundrels getting what they deserve, and plenty of beatings. It’s a different kind of story. If you’re interested, give it a try. Thanks for your support! [Reborn + no pocket dimension + no System + no golden finger + romance, with a cheerful and heartwarming tone] Liu Jie’s parents divorced in her previous life, and she lived alone with her grandmother. 2.3kReads9.0Score198Shelves

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    🔥The first book's female protagonist lived a lonely life with her grandmother in her previous life. She transmigrates back to the 1970s to a life of unconditional pampering by her incredibly kind family, leading them to wealth and prosperity.🔥The second book's female protagonist just wants to fight her enemies, but a tall, handsome young man with a great physique wants to be her underling and even warm her bed. What a delightful romance!

43. 43 六 Stirring Up Trouble in the 1960s and 1970s 六七十年代搅风搅雨 Phantom Moon in the Clouds云中幻月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Ning Jingshu, a powerful esper in the apocalypse, perished alongside the Zombie King, she was born into a family of capitalists in a period setting. Abandoned by her family, she was adopted by a military family through a twist of fate. She became an undercover enforcer, protecting her family during the turbulent years, hunting down spies, and later heading overseas for a little zero-cost shopping. She also stirred up trouble between foreign countries, watching them descend into chaos while 6.8kReads9.2Score563Shelves

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