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1. 51 末 The Apocalypse Expert's Days as a Contrast Character in a Period Novel 末世大佬在年代文当对照组的日子 Eight Thousand Strange Flowers陌花八千Modern Romance608k WordsCompleted [Period setting + special abilities + transmigrate into a book + contrast couple] Wu Ling, a powerful survivor of the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book and becomes the village’s infamous “pretty, lazy girl.” She’s beautiful but won’t work in the fields, making the village aunties shake their heads. Three engagements have already fallen through, and everyone says she isn’t cut out for married life. Then she spots Chu Mu, the male supporting character in the original story’s contrast couple: A 2.7kReads7.2Score257Shelves
2. 52 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 74.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
3. 53 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 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves

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   🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒If we're talking about individual character designs, it has to be Lu Weiguo + Shi Tingyu

4. 54 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
5. 55 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 107.2kReads9.3Score11kShelves
6. 56 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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   These are all top-tier works in period fiction; reading them will prevent you from getting confused.

7. 57 滚 Kicked Out of Her Family: The Middle School Dropout Strikes It Rich 滚出家后：初中学历的她，发财了 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, farming] + [Family and neighborhood drama] + [The 1990s] + [Everyday modern life, no golden finger] + [Female entrepreneur] She was the second daughter, overlooked by her family, with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary background, and only a junior high school education. He was born into an eminent family and had power and prestige to spare. She was the least promising daughter in the Li family, and her parents were certain she would never amount to anything. With only a junior 55.5kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves
8. 58 七 The 1970s: A Sent-Down Youth Marries a Soldier and Builds a Fortune as a Middleman 七零嫁军汉，知青女配当倒爷起家 Jing Mo京墨Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [A promise kept for a lifetime, giving her life to her country] Fraile from birth, Song Youxiang was abandoned by her family as a child and forced to go to the countryside. Even so, she never received a shred of kindness. Her parents despised her, her older sister resented her for life, and the second sister who had been given away as a child concealed her identity to get close to her. One false accusation after another followed, and they even stole her fiancé… In the end, Song Youxiang died al 7.2kReads9.2Score832Shelves
9. 59 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 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
10. 60 穿 After Transmigrating to the 1980s and Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Became the Army Officer's Most Beloved 穿越八零替嫁后我成了军官心尖宠 Over Ten Thousand a Day日收过万Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 111.3kReads9.2Score14.6kShelves
11. 61 离 The Day We Divorced, I Had a Whirlwind Marriage with a Young Man from the Compound 离婚当天，闪婚了大院子弟 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Family life] [Second marriage] In 1990, Jin Lihong was twenty-five. Her parents were rural residents without jobs. She had married quietly a year earlier, but divorced a year later, stirring up all kinds of gossip. Her ex-husband said, “She’s just a half-trained quack who graduated from a medical school for nurses. Do you really think she can treat patients and save lives? Apart from being pretty, she’s useless.” Her colleagues said, “She wanted to keep her pride, so she went 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
12. 62 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
13. 63 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 889Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing. It has the feel of a period drama and tells the story of a lumberjack's rise to power in a Northeast forest. It is very immersive!

14. 64 七 I Thrive in the Seventies Compound with My Pocket Space 七零大院，我靠空间躺赢人生 Qing Ran y卿染yModern Romance172k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate + space + making a fortune + everyday family life] Ding~~~~~ Brain storage area The rating might be very low at first. The Yun siblings' everyday life as sent-down youths in the countryside. Steal Wen Li's space? So what! Who's Jiang Shi? Oh, the male lead of the original novel! So? That has nothing to do with my Yun Nian. 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good read! The first book is purely a period drama, and the second book is also a period drama.

15. 65 七 In the Seventies, the Female Lead’s Misery Makes Me Happy 七零，女主日子不好我心情美美哒 Qing Ran y卿染yModern Romance189k WordsCompleted Ding Brain storage center The original heroine, Fu Yao, had a hard life, while Fu Xi’s days just kept getting better and better as she made her fortune 35Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 Gu Yue Er Dong古月耳咚Modern Romance690k WordsOngoing When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 21.6kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    His biological mother wished him dead, his stepmother wished him alive! The male protagonist was verbally abused to death in his hospital bed by his biological mother. Reborn in the 1960s, his first act is to find himself a stepmother! On the day his stepmother moves in, his biological mother is so angry that she slams the door and goes back to her parents' home! Already 100,000 words long, incredibly satisfying, a must-read for anyone looking for something to read!

17. 67 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, 189Reads—Score102Shelves

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    ✨A super cool rebirth story set in a bygone era! Her college entrance exam spot was stolen, her father died unjustly, her mother fell seriously ill, but the heroine returns and turns the tables with a single whistleblower letter!

18. 68 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Enlisting with a Spirit Spring 重生七零：带着灵泉去当兵 Nope非也吖Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in a single moment, Su Yao returns to 1976 with a Spirit Spring space. She enlists in the army and sets out on the path to turn her life around! In the military, she uses her skills to put fake sweethearts in their place, crushes every scumbag, and rises through the ranks until she becomes a legendary female soldier admired by all! He is the military’s cold and proud prodigy, the Gu family’s heir. Unstoppable on the battlefield and a detached observer of political schemes, he has eyes onl 2.3kReads7.9Score256Shelves

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    [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

19. 69 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s as the Village Tigress, I Call the Shots 穿越80母老虎，全村上下我做主 Your Dentures Just Flew Out你假牙飞出来了Modern Romance112k WordsOngoing Devoted husband, lighthearted comedy, doted-on heroine, and building a fortune. Su Xiaomo transmigrates to a rural village in northern Shaanxi in 1985. The name of this poor little village tells you everything: it must be desperately poor! The original owner was the village's notorious shrew, feared by everyone. Luckily, her family all dotes on her. She also has a handsome husband. But since she's transmigrated, this reputation could work to her advantage. Should she play along, or turn over a n 803Reads—Score115Shelves

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    I recommend these two period novels, especially the first one. It starts off strong, gets more exciting as it goes on, and is both funny and sweet. They're great! So exciting!

20. 70 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零，我带着妈妈一起离婚 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you! 350Reads—Score109Shelves
21. 71 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves

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    The sacred book in my heart.

22. 72 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.3Score116Shelves
23. 73 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 361Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.1kReads7.1Score270Shelves
25. 75 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 419Reads8.5Score105Shelves
26. 76 你 You Can Raid My Home, but Let Me Go Make a Fortune in Hong Kong 你们抄我家，我去香江捡钱可以吧 Cat Who Loves Three-Hua Plums爱吃三华李的猫Modern Romance720k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, historical era, sweet romance, one-on-one, devoted couple, pocket dimension, entrepreneurship and wealth] Su Manman transmigrated into the body of a pampered young lady from the Su family, someone with the same name but a very different fate. From the start, she was told that someone had reported her family for hiding gold and silver treasures. Looking at the boxes upon boxes of antique paintings and calligraphy, antique ornaments, antique jewelry, and more, Su Manman thought… 29.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
27. 77 娇 Her Lips Curl! The Cold-Blooded Soldier Turns Red to the Tips of His Ears! 娇唇轻勾！冷酷兵王红透耳根！ Cheng Xiaoyao程小尧Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted 1970s setting + devoted couple + sweet romance + military marriage + spatial powers + spirit communication + strengthening the nation and punishing scoundrels + reborn + satisfying transmigration into a book Si Yanxue was once an all-around heir to a powerful clan, a master of medicine, scientific research, ancient martial arts, and spirit communication. She could even talk to birds and beasts, but died an untimely death during a mission. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a 24.9kReads8.7Score3.2kShelves

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    The female lead is incredibly capable; she cured the male lead's infertility.

28. 78 科 A Top Scientist Returns to the 1970s, Where a Chubby Girl Protects Her Child and Brings Her Husband Good Fortune 科研大佬回七零，胖妞护崽又旺夫 Sweet Rice Wine Dumplings酒酿甜心圆子Modern Romance280k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + joining the military on an island + strong, chubby heroine + devoted mother and lucky wife + triplets + adored by the whole family] In 2030, plants and animals are going extinct in droves. Foreign powers are eyeing the country hungrily, and China is beset by troubles at home and abroad. To save her country, Xu Xingchen is willing to transmigrate to the 1980s and change the fate of her ex-husband, Huo Xingzhou, a “national treasure.” Who would have thought she would transmigrate 331Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 桃 At the Source of the Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源头 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Rural Life565k WordsOngoing As Old Zhou Nian lay dying, he took Zhou Liye by the hand and told him, “Xiaoye, it's up to you to carry on the Zhou family line. If you trace our family back far enough, we go all the way to the Zhou dynasty, to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Chang, and Ji Fa. Our ancestors were once members of the imperial family, and our original surname was Ji. It was only after the dynasties changed that our family took the surname Zhou! Here's our ancestral genealogy and the family heirloom, this ja 107.4kReads7.7Score9.6kShelves

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    Set in the 1990s, this story of rural farming and love in the countryside attracted 100,000 simultaneous online viewers! A ten-star recommendation! 👍

30. 80 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 3.1kReads9.0Score299Shelves

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    [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

31. 81 手 With the Script in Hand, This Quick-Transmigration Cannon Fodder Host Is Living It Up 手握剧本去快穿炮灰宿主浪翻了 3578Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration Story] [Pocket Dimension] [System] [Growing Host] If you like it, please leave a good review. If you don’t, feel free to check out other books. Please don’t flame me! (≧∇≦)/ Meng Tiantian had just caught her boyfriend cheating with her best friend, a two-faced white lotus, in their rented apartment. She punched the homewrecker and kicked the scumbag boyfriend. After letting it all out, she cut ties with them both and stormed off. She never expected to step outside and fall 3.8kReads9.0Score282Shelves
32. 82 开 A Slap from the Start, and She Turns Around and Empties Her Scumbag Father's Safe 开局一耳光她反手搬空渣爹保险箱 3578Modern Romance711k WordsCompleted [Heiress] + [Transmigration] + [pocket dimension] Half-awake, Fu Lingshan came to from her sleep feeling ravenously hungry. As the heiress of an ancient martial arts family, a prodigy supported by the entire clan, Fu Lingshan had long since transcended the need for food. How could she be hungry? The moment she opened her eyes, Fu Lingshan was fully awake! What is this place?? The dim room didn't even have a proper window. The little light inside came through a small pane of glass above the do 2kReads9.1Score203Shelves
33. 83 快 Quick Transmigration Across Worlds: The Heartless Woman Settles Down and Finds Love 快穿万界当炮灰，渣女收心觅情郎 3578Ancient Romance291k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Void Beast + Space + Cannon Fodder’s Rise + One Male Lead] After spending over two thousand years in the cultivation world, Meng Tiantian expected to die and have her soul vanish forever. Instead, she was saved by a Void Beast that had just hatched in her space. To find the fragments of her lover’s soul and save the frail little beast, Meng Tiantian returns to her old line of work and begins traveling through different times and spaces once more. She starts her transmigr 1.2kReads8.7Score141Shelves
34. 84 拿 You Used Me as a Stepping Stone? Reborn, I Cleared Out the Whole Family's Home 拿我当踏脚石？重生归来搬空全家 1259Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted The short drama Reclaiming Her Glory is now streaming. Please show it lots of support! The animated series Nuan Nuan's Comeback is now streaming. Please show it lots of support! [Period Setting]+ [Reborn]+ [Torturing Scumbags and Face-Slapping]+ [Spatial Storage]+ [Clearing Out the Whole Family's Belongings]+ [One-on-One Romance]+ [Growing Female Lead] Harsh insults rang in her ears. The moment Wen Nuan opened her eyes, she saw Wen Qing's face, full of disgust. The pain in her body made her feel 3.4kReads8.9Score338Shelves
35. 85 短 The Short-Lived Cannon Fodder Rises, Punishes Scumbags, and Marries the Strongest Military Officer 短命炮灰崛起虐渣嫁最强硬汉军官 3578Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [Military marriage] + [Book Transmigration] + [Pocket dimension] + [face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place] + [Both are each other's first and only] + [Pampered romance] In her previous life, Yu Duoduo was an orphan. After finally getting into college, she was hit by a car and killed while helping an old woman catch a thief. When she woke up, she never expected to have transmigrated and become the eldest daughter of a cultivation family. She was adored from childhood and had an easy l 292Reads8.2Score—Shelves
36. 86 顶 Taking My Stepbrother's Place in the Countryside? I'll Send Him to Labor Camp Instead! 顶替继兄下乡？转头送他去劳改！ 1259Modern Romance384k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Strong Female Lead] + [Book Transmigration] Jiang Xile is an eighth-level dual-ability powerhouse from the apocalypse, known as the Queen of Two Powers. After years of struggling to survive in the apocalypse, she unexpectedly finds herself in danger during an accident. With no other choice, she blows herself up, taking the Zombie King with her. If she's going to die, she might as well take someone down with her. Unexpectedly, after the explosion, she tran 1.8kReads8.4Score165Shelves
37. 87 娇 The Delicate Educated Youth Is Cannon Fodder: A Rugged Man Spoils Her Rotten 娇弱知青是炮灰：糙汉宠翻天 3578Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted [Young Lady]+ [Period]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Cultivation] She woke up to find herself on a train... Song Ruolin stared in confusion... What was going on? A 21st-century influencer and author died from staying up too late, then transmigrated into a melodramatic period novel... The male lead was her childhood friend, but sadly, she wasn't the heroine! Song Ruolin was horrified to discover she was a cannon-fodder character! Her existence helped the male lead find true love... and made the heroine's 3.9kReads9.0Score363Shelves
38. 88 穿 I Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder and Stole the Heroine's Golden Finger 穿成炮灰我截胡了女主金手指 3578Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted [Capitalist heiress] + [Period] + [spatial powers] “Fang Yu! Come take your medicine!” The moment she woke up, she heard someone calling her to take medicine. Would she dare? Just look at that bowl of pitch-black herbal medicine! No, she really didn't dare! She never expected to transmigrate into a Period novel as a cannon-fodder character who gives the heroine a golden finger! What was she supposed to do now? Faced with the heroine's gentle, considerate concern, Zhang Fangyu couldn't help feeli 1.9kReads9.0Score161Shelves
39. 89 快 Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Host Tears Up the Original Plot and Goes on a Rampage 快穿炮灰宿主手撕原剧情杀疯了 3578Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + System + personal space + changing pairings + initially weak heroine who gradually grows stronger + historical eras + farming + cultivation + interstellar + beast world + apocalypse] She thought it was the beginning of a new life, never realizing that the end of this journey would lead to yet another conspiracy! 1. The pitiful girl who went to the countryside in the 1970s in place of her stepbrother 2. The stepping stone for the heroine in a period novel 3. The wealth 7.2kReads8.5Score676Shelves
40. 90 开 Caught Cheating from the Start, I Dump the Male Lead and Marry the Villain 开局被捉奸，我踹了男主改嫁反派 1259Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history period setting] + [Rugged man with a tender heart] + [A disposable character reborn] + [Spatial storage] [Deeply devoted, clingy rough-hewn man vs. bright, straightforward, and fierce female educated youth] Only after she died did Song Yunlan learn that she was a disposable character in a novel! Unable to let go of her grievances, she wandered around her parents and family. Then one day, she saw the man who had given up everything to avenge her. Watching the stubborn, foolish 10.8kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
41. 91 大 Frozen to Death on New Year's Eve, the True Daughter of the 1970s Takes Revenge on Her Whole Family 大年夜冻死后七零真千金虐翻全家 1259Modern Romance462k WordsCompleted The animated series Reborn: The True Heiress Strikes Back is now available. Please show it lots of support! [Reborn]+ [Personal Space]+ [Family Life]+ [Abuse the Villains and Serve Them a Reality Check]+ [Growing Heroine]+ [Ensemble Cast] Su Hongyu was thrown out of her home by her ungrateful younger brother on New Year’s Eve and froze to death. Now she’s reborn! She returns to the crossroads that once changed the course of her life. This time, she won’t compromise for the sake of some nonexiste 29.2kReads8.3Score626Shelves
42. 92 末 An Apocalypse Big Shot Transmigrates to the 1970s and Starts a Fight by Flipping the Table 末世大佬穿七零，掀桌子直接开打 1259Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [The 1970s] + [Clearing Out the Entire Family's Possessions] + [Domestic Squabbles] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Cultivation] Bad news: Qiao Song was surrounded by a zombie horde during a mission and had no choice but to detonate the core of her superpower! Good news: Qiao Song survived! The awful part: She had transmigrated! She had only just received all of the original owner's memories when someone slapped her right across the face. Her frail body instantly sprang back to li 7.2kReads8.6Score724Shelves
43. 93 逼 You’re Forcing Me to Marry a Fool? I’ll Empty the Whole Family’s Home and Send You to Reeducation Through Labor 逼我嫁傻子？搬空全家送你去劳改 1259Modern Romance214k WordsCompleted [Alternate historical setting] + [Transmigration] + [Farm Space] + [Sent-down to the countryside] + [Strong female lead] + [Putting scumbags in their place early on, romance later] + [One-on-one romance] Qin Yao, a gaming-addicted girl, stayed up late stealing crops in a game and unexpectedly died, transmigrating to a parallel world. She became a poor, pitiful girl with a scumbag father and a dead mother. Faced with her stepmother's schemes, her scumbag father's indifference, and the mockery and 518Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 反 The Villainous Young Lady Is Actually a Research Genius! 反派大小姐竟然是科研大佬！ Cat Lantern Guest猫灯客Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Period Setting + Scientific Research + Fake and Real Heiresses + A Rising Nation] The standard period-novel setup: a scheming adopted daughter, a domineering male lead chasing after his love, wealthy-family feuds, and a protagonist who wins at life through romance. Lu Zhaozhao flips through the script and falls silent for three seconds. ...Fair enough, but I’m not taking part. On the first day after transmigrating into the body of a vicious rich-girl villain, her biol 24.8kReads8.5Score3.4kShelves

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    Highly recommend these research papers from that era!

45. 95 七 The 1970s Matchmaker Who Talks the Young Master from the Capital into Becoming a Live-In Son-in-Law 七零小媒婆，忽悠京少当赘婿 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing Many years later, some friends sat together chatting. "Have you noticed that every village used to have a fool or a madman?" "Yeah, yeah! That madman would even go around hitting people!" Dou Xiaochan: Hehe, I'm the fool and madwoman you were talking about... Shen Moci: I'm the one who was tricked into going home as a live-in son-in-law by the fool and madwoman you were talking about... "What?!" Everyone's eyes nearly popped out of their heads. Shen Moci: To be honest, I was really scared at the 26.7kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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    It's a super satisfying and enjoyable read.

46. 96 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 1.9kReads8.9Score179Shelves
47. 97 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.1kReads8.5Score258Shelves
48. 98 重 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 Curly Cat Whiskers猫胡子卷卷Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 49kReads7.9Score7.8kShelves

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    The female protagonist only wanted to go to university, become a military doctor, and stay away from bad people and bad things. Unexpectedly, before she even picked up a scalpel, she was already armed with a gun. The nuclear aircraft carrier was stolen, the nuclear submarine was stolen, and the enemy was dealt with like vegetables.

49. 99 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 41.6kReads8.2Score2.9kShelves

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    A story set in the Northeast, set in a bygone era, involving hunting, fishing, farming, and adventures with his brothers. It revolves around various thrilling and life-or-death encounters, resulting in many exciting and hilarious tales.

50. 100 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an incredibly captivating period drama; you'll be hooked from the first read!

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