Seeking Books Set in the 1990s, 1980s, or 1970s! Male or Female Romance Is Fine!! 求九零八零七零年代的书！男女双楠都可以！！

1. 51 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Saving the Tragic Male Lead 穿书七零：拯救悲惨男主 Mu Xi Mutong木西木同Modern Romance152k WordsCompleted (Military marriage, transmigration, 1v1) Tang Tian is an optimistic, cheerful modern girl who loves reading novels. Recently, she's become obsessed with stories about military marriages in a bygone era. She has just finished a rebirth story set in the past. The heroine wronged the hero in her previous life, then was reborn and tried to make amends. But Tang Tian finds the heroine's behavior after her rebirth infuriating, and feels sorry for the devoted, responsible man. After tearing into the 2.1kReads9.1Score13814d adds
2. 52 六 Military Marriage in the 1960s: I Join the Army Corps with a Pocket Dimension and Take It Easy 六零军婚：带空间兵团里面当咸鱼 Good Harvest丰年Modern Romance684k WordsCompleted [Completed] Si Yang transmigrates into a period novel as the unloved biological daughter, where she is framed by the scheming fake heiress and rejected by her whole family. If this place has no room for me, there’s always somewhere that does. With a pocket dimension, what have I got to fear? First, she cleans out the family’s food stores and valuables, then heads to the border region with the corps. The fake heiress wants her to waste away on the frontier? Keep dreaming! A few meritorious deeds 3.5kReads9.0Score40114d adds
3. 53 八 The 1980s: The Spicy Little Wife and Her Tycoon Husband 八零小辣媳：我家大佬有金矿 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, "The Spicy Little Wife of the Eighties: My Man Has a Gold Mine", is now streaming. [Reborn + Sweet Romance + Gold Prospecting] Liu Yueya of Jinnianzi Village is rumored to be a shrew who brings bad luck to her husbands, so no one dares marry her. Wu Guangxu, the village bully, has just gotten out of prison, and no woman in the village dares marry him either. One day, the villagers discover Liu Yueya and Wu Guangxu having an “intimate rendezvous” in the mountains 4.8kReads9.4Score60614d adds
4. 54 八 The 1980s: You Love Army Officers, I’ll Marry a Bad Boy. Jealous? 八零：你爱军官我嫁浪子，眼红啥 Growing Happier渐喜Modern Romance210k WordsOngoing [Swapped Marriages + Both Leads' First Love + Pampered into a Wealthy Family] In her previous life, Ji Zhiyi was matched by her biased grandmother with a penniless mama's boy. Who could have guessed that he'd get into a military academy and rise through the ranks, making a fortune along the way? She soon became the official's wife everyone envied. But only she knew how cold-blooded he was. He and her mother-in-law joined forces to imprison her, then beat her to death. After being reborn, just a —Reads—Score—14d adds

   Reader note

   Books 6 and 8 are especially good; you should give them a try. If you don't like them, please don't scold me.

5. 55 呜 Wah! The Rich City Girl Who Went to the Countryside Is Smitten by a Fierce Wolf Cub 呜！下乡白富美被凶猛狼崽撩野了 Three Thousand Pears三千梨Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [1970s, Reborn, Beloved by Her Family, Pocket Dimension, Wealthy and Beautiful Educated Youth] Qiao Mingyue has her body taken over by a transmigrator. All she can do is watch “herself” make one foolish mistake after another, ending up alone and miserable. Reborn for a second time, Qiao Mingyue dodges the transmigrator at every turn, takes her family's assets, and heads to the countryside. … A beautiful young educated woman arrives in Beishui Brigade, so dazzling that people can't take their eye 4.4kReads9.1Score59014d adds
6. 56 都 You Shut Me Out, So Why Beg Me to Have Your Baby? 都拒之门外了，哄我生崽干嘛 Sandong Yunli三冬云厘Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted 1970s + Raising a child + Comparison plot + The groveling begins Jiang Shengsheng transmigrated into a period novel, where she was supposed to take the heroine's place as a bride and eventually be beaten to death by her husband. She refused the arranged marriage swap and chose to marry the army's famously aloof "high mountain flower": an officer who had no interest in marriage, barely spoke, and was cold by nature, but had broad shoulders, a trim waist, money, and good looks. No one believed the 103Reads7.3Score—14d adds
7. 57 被 My Best Friend Stole My Wedding, So I Married an Officer and Had Twins 被闺蜜抢亲，嫁军官怀双胎躺赢了 Strawberry Apricot Rain草莓杏子雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book, Military Marriage + Face-Slapping + Taking Down Scumbags + Pampered Family + Raising Kids + Female Supporting Character’s Comeback + Medicine] Yu Li transmigrates into a period novel as the male lead’s fiancée, who walks in on him cheating and dies by suicide in shame. When she opens her eyes, she learns that while she was working herself to the bone taking care of the male lead’s family, he had already gotten together with her best friend. To get rid 14.1kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
8. 58 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 106.5kReads9.3Score10.8k14d adds
9. 59 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 28.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds
10. 60 身 Living in the 1980s: Raising My Child on Good Food and Drink 身穿八零：带着崽崽吃香喝辣 Mountain Elm山榆Modern Romance241k WordsCompleted (Transmigrates in body + amnesia, which she eventually recovers from, no angst + adorable baby + space + medical skills + fictional setting, not meant to be historically accurate.) At the prime of her life, Xu Fengmian had endless possibilities ahead of her. Then she woke up one day to find she had a son who was six months old and nearly seven. “Impossible! This absolutely can't be!” But the birth certificate slapped her in the face with the truth! Looking at the chubby baby with a glistening li 2.1kReads7.4Score17114d adds
11. 61 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s, Becoming a Stepmother, and Getting Rich While Joining the Army: The Vile Ones, Get Lost 穿八零，当后妈，致富随军极品滚 Trees on Chun Mountain椿山有木Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Super-sweet romance + military marriage + having and raising children + getting rich + spirit spring space + everyday life] Lin Shuyan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel! Her military officer husband is the heroine's biggest golden finger: Rich and powerful, handsome and wealthy. Too bad she's not the heroine. * When he hears that Lin Shuyan is beating the children, her military officer husband comes home with divorce papers. Befo 11.3kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
12. 62 六 A Warm Marriage in the 1960s: She Sells Her Job and Moves to the Countryside to Marry a Veteran 六零暖婚：卖工作下乡嫁退伍军哥 Falling Moon and Platycodon月落桔梗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Veteran Soldier + Rugged Hero + Beautiful Educated Youth + Pocket Dimension] Yun Yaotiao had a precognitive dream. In it, she relived her short, hardship-filled life over and over again. She lost the job her mother had left her. Her biological father sold it to support her stepsister, whom she'd never even met, then had the gall to say, “If you weren't so stingy about holding on to that job, Caicai wouldn't have had to go to the countryside. You owe her this.” Her stepmothe 2.4kReads8.9Score21014d adds
13. 63 假 The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Move to the Countryside, Then Marries a Rough-Hewn Man and Takes the Top Scholar Exam 假千金被逼下乡后，嫁糙汉考状元 Warmly Woven Clothes暖织衣Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Everyone in the village says Tong Siya is pretty as a fox spirit, and that would be bad enough, but her waist is so slender and supple you could encircle it with one hand. She can’t lift a hoe or carry bricks, can’t handle hardship, and is a handful besides. If she gets married, she’ll probably cuckold her husband! Jin Ye, the roughest and wildest man in the village: “I’ll do it! I don’t care if I get cuckolded. I just want to find out what it’s like to be with a fox spirit.” Later, after gettin 2kReads8.9Score14314d adds
14. 64 七 1970s Military Marriage: I Take My Pocket Dimension and Slay My Way Through 七零军婚，我携空间杀疯了 San Yi Beibei三一贝贝Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Military marriage + devoted couple + pampered by everyone + marriage first, love later + pocket dimension. Liu Zhixia, a self-made businesswoman in the 21st century, never imagined that a routine inspection of a shopping mall would somehow lead her to transmigrate into a book. She becomes Liu Zhixia, a cannon-fodder supporting character in the 1970s who was supposed to die by suicide. Her father uses a debt of gratitude to secure what he believes is the best possible future for his dau 8.2kReads9.1Score96014d adds
15. 65 左 A Baby in One Hand, a System in the Other: The Military Wife Makes It Big in the Eighties 左手崽崽右手系统，小军嫂混八零 Ran Ran An然然安Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted The first time Fang Ying let her compassion run wild, she got dragged into trouble and died. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself straining to give birth. This was ridiculous. Should she focus on pushing, or on trying to remember what happened? That was the question! Well, the baby was born, and she was left depressed. The child’s father had gone off to serve in the military, and Fang Ying had no parents of her own. She’d only managed to finish college thanks to her family’s compens 1.3kReads7.7Score10614d adds
16. 66 大 The Courtyard Compound: The Warmth of Everyday Life 大杂院：人间烟火气 Du Xiaore杜小惹Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family drama + everyday life] If you're young and inexperienced, take this as a warning and steer clear. This book probably isn't for you. It has none of the usual wish-fulfillment tropes and no imaginary cheat powers. It's simply an ordinary story about people in northern China. [No transmigration, no System, no pocket dimension, no being reborn, and none of the modern-novel elements you know.] It records the ordinary life of a northern town in the 1980s, capturing the memorie 8.8kReads9.1Score78214d adds
17. 67 七 In the 1970s, the Sweet Little Darling Was Spoiled by a Fierce, Wild Man 七零，小娇娇被疯批糙汉宠翻天了 Spirit Dove灵鸽Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Transmigrates into a book + period setting + sweet romance + heroine pursues hero + beautiful, fair-skinned, timid drama queen x villainous, short-tempered country boy] When Shen Yingying wakes up, she has become the villain's wicked little wife in a period novel. She wakes to find herself caught in the act of running away with another man by her villainous husband. She is so terrified she nearly dies on the spot. After all, the villain in the original novel is a violent, rough-he 59kReads9.3Score8.8k14d adds
18. 68 七 A Spatial Realm in the 1970s: After the Family Splits, I Make Ten Million First 七零有空间：分家后先爆赚一个亿 Thirteen Clan十三氏Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Period Setting + Personal Space + Sweet Romance + Building Wealth] Bai Ruoqiao has just become the richest person in the country when the System tells her she has to return to the 1970s. What should she do? Stockpile supplies, of course! Caught in the act from the start? No big deal! I'll turn the tables on you ten times over. While I'm at it, I'll make sure my brother-in-law can never have children, then kick my wicked mother-in-law into prison. Then I'll take my sickly son and my bur 1.4kReads9.0Score11214d adds
19. 69 带 Raising Kids in the 1970s with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间在七零养崽崽 Li Susu黎苏苏Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + farming + transmigration + bygone era + sweet and satisfying] One day, she wakes up and finds herself in the 1970s, where clothes and food are scarce and supplies are in short supply. Her in-laws are a nightmare, and there are several hungry children to feed. Luckily, before transmigrating, Qiao Ran acquired a pocket dimension and stocked up on plenty of supplies. With food in hand, there's no need to panic. She spends her days dealing with awful people and putting scoundrels 2.7kReads9.0Score32214d adds
20. 70 离 Let’s Divorce! I Don’t Want to Be a Cannon Fodder Wife in the 1970s 离婚吧！我不想在七零当炮灰女配 Ka Tu Ka卡图卡Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Period] [Spirit Spring] [Space] [Book Transmigration] [Farming] [Reborn] [Supplies] [Rugged Man] [Arranged Marriage] [Sweet Romance] Luo Yi accidentally ends up inside a period novel, as a cannon-fodder supporting character who gets written out early. The male lead is her husband, Xiao Fan, a soldier she has only met once, on the day they registered their marriage. When Luo Yi read this period novel, she was so furious she nearly hurt herself. To make the female lead look good, the unscrupulous 7.9kReads9.2Score67014d adds
21. 71 公 The Princess Sneaks Out on the Eve of Her Wedding, and the Crown Prince Comes to Catch Her Himself 公主婚前趁夜出逃，储君亲自抓人 Wuxi巫溪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Forceful Possession + Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Devoted Couple + Male Lead with a Black Heart Beneath His Gentle Exterior] Prince Xie Linheng was famous for having no interest in women. For years, he had never been close to a single woman. In the second year of Jian’an, the emperor fell gravely ill, and the crown prince took power. Desperate to see her mother, Yu Tingwan had no choice but to seek Xie Linheng’s help. Everyone said the crown prince was as noble and graceful as a pine tree, peerl 28.1kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds

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    The first book on classical Chinese was particularly good, and the third one is my current favorite. I also think the others are quite good.

22. 72 回 Before I Left My Husband and Child in the 70s, I Was Spoiled Rotten 回到七零抛夫弃子前，我被宠爆了 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + pocket dimension + rugged man + raising kids + sweet romance] Shen Yiyi was a professional villainess in the Quick Transmigration Bureau. On her final mission, she transmigrated into a period novel and became a vicious educated youth who was infatuated with the male lead, married the story's great villain, gave birth to three cannon-fodder sons, was lazy and difficult, and then abandoned her husband and children to return to the city. In the end, the male lead “carried out justice on H 30.8kReads9.3Score3.4k14d adds
23. 73 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
24. 74 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 15kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
25. 75 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 7.7kReads8.7Score49514d adds
26. 76 七 The 1970s: A Rough Country Boy Blushes Red After the Sweet Educated Youth Flirts with Him 七零：乡下糙汉被娇娇知青撩红脸 Little Squat Squat小嘛小蹲蹲Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Spoiled capitalist heiress vs. naive, rugged country boy + reborn + space + spirit spring + lucky charm] In her previous life, Lin Wanwan was forced to marry the poor, rough son of a rural landlord after accidentally falling into the water. When the transfer order arrived, Lin Wanwan resolutely chose to divorce him and return to the city with her childhood sweetheart. It wasn’t until her childhood sweetheart carved out her heart that Lin Wanwan finally realized the person who loved her most was 4kReads8.8Score33914d adds

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