What’s Going On with Historical Fiction These Days?! 现在的年代文都怎么了？！

1. 1 娇 The Sweet Young Lady Has a Rugged Live-In Husband and Big Plans 娇娇背靠上门糙汉贵婿干大事 Loves Meat, Qiao Siye爱吃乔四爷Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted Also known as: The Sweetheart, Backed by Her Live-In, Rugged Husband, Takes on the Big Jobs [Transmigrate into a book + farming + shopping System + space + villain + sweet romance + 1v1 + punishing scoundrels + marriage before love] Ruan Jiaojiao has been dead for three months, and nobody has even come to claim her body. All she cares about is the 50,000,000,000 in her bank account, and she regrets leaving behind more than a hundred male models. To escape her workaholic eldest brother, she hide 26Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   Hearing this from the restroom, Liu Guang emerged with hair growth cream smeared on his head. "You're so chubby, why don't you lose weight? Won't your wife hate you for looking like a pig?" "Hmph, at least I have a thick head of hair. Do you? Just say you're jealous." Director Liu huffed, clasping his hands on his stomach. Ruan Jiaojiao watched the two bickering like children, completely unrecognizable as a director and a team leader. The four little ones stared dumbfounded at Liu Guang's thick layer of hair growth cream. What's wrong with this guy? Does he look like he's lost his mind?

2. 2 七 The 1970s: The State-Run Restaurant's Head Chef Supports the Whole Family 七零，国营大厨带飞全家 The Years of Poetry and Wine诗酒年华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period drama + food + System + whole-family transmigration + 1V1] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book and even brings along a Light of Cuisine System... As a minor female character who didn’t make it past chapter three in the original novel, Su Wanwan expected life as a disposable side character to be tough. But who could have guessed... With a mother who dotes on her, a loving father, a fiercely protective second sister, and an honest older brother, Su Wanwan suddenl 3.9kReads8.5Score282Shelves
3. 3 七 Gossip in the Seventies: Even If the Kids Go Without, Their Mother Won’t 七零吃瓜：亏了娃也不能苦了娘 Yellow With a Hint of Green黄中带绿Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted Xu Dongmai, an overworked office worker, transmigrates to the 1970s and somehow becomes a mother without ever marrying or getting pregnant. She gets four grown sons for free, painlessly. Luckily, the original owner had already laid the groundwork for her, so Xu Dongmai sleeps until she wakes naturally every day and leaves everything at home to the kids. After getting her golden finger, her biggest daily worry is what to eat. One day, her soldier husband comes home after leaving the army. Looking 1.9kReads7.2Score101Shelves
4. 4 被 Hounded by a Madman, She Turns Around and Marries an Abstinent Commander 被疯批缠上，转头嫁给禁欲首长 Moon in the Midst明中月Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + both leads are each other's first and only + face-slapping + feel-good fiction Top salesperson Chen Meina works herself to death. When she opens her eyes, it's the 1970s, and she's forcing herself on the male lead. Chen Meina: ? Once she comes to her senses, Chen Meina realizes she's become universally despised. Her awful family helped her tie up the male lead and drag him into bed, only for a reborn woman to catch them in the act, ruining the 11.7kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
5. 5 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 36.9kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
6. 6 换 Swapping Marriages Led Me to the Right Man, and Check-Ins Let Me Thrive in the Compound 换亲嫁对郎，靠打卡在大院躺赢 Monster Meow Meow怪物喵喵Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted [The Sixties + Gossip + Check-In System + Love After Marriage + Family Life + Devoted Husband + A Few Selfish Relatives + Getting Rich Later] Song Yu transmigrates into Song Jiayu, a member of the old Song family in Lushan Village. She knows that her cousin next door is making a huge fuss about swapping marriage partners, and that the man she's supposed to marry is sickly but incredibly handsome. So why wait? For a face-lover like her, looks are everything. Besides, with her check-in System, she 8.7kReads8.9Score813Shelves
7. 7 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 78kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
8. 8 穿 I Transmigrated as the Worst Character in a 1970s Military Romance, and My Cursed Tongue Runs Wild 穿七零军婚文极品，靠乌鸦嘴发疯 Three-Day Star三日星Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + System + face-slapping the scum + making a fortune + feel-good story + true heiress + sweet romance] Heroine: a lucky koi with a poisonous tongue. (An audio version is now available!) Yang Caiwei transmigrated into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s. Everyone called her lazy and useless, and in the book she was a stepping stone for the heroine. If her cheap niece wanted to be a stepmother, then let her. Yang Caiwei had no interest in 8.7kReads9.0Score815Shelves
9. 9 六 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1960s, and the System Scores Me a Job 六零不下乡，系统暴击出工作 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Villain + Shameless + Few Annoying Characters + No Sent-Down Youth Plot + Satisfying Read + Never Overthinks] (How do you keep awful people out of your life? By becoming the worst one yourself, of course.) Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary. What’s scary is ending up as the vicious cannon-fodder character destined for a tragic fate. Look at He Ruixue’s family: her eldest brother is reckless, and her sister-in-law is fierce. Her second sister and brother-in-law are 21.2kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
10. 10 乖 Be Good! We Can Date, but Don't Tell Anyone 乖！处对象可以，别往外说 Hippo Gua Gua河马瓜瓜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, historical era, feel-good story, getting rich, sweet romance] The moment she opened her eyes, modern office worker Jiang Xiaosui had become a notorious woman expelled from a workers’, peasants’ and soldiers’ college in the 1970s. To make matters worse, she realized she had transmigrated into a rebirth novel, becoming the miserable contrast character whose suffering highlighted the heroine’s happy life. According to the plot, her grandfather would lose his position as t 24.5kReads8.6Score3.3kShelves
11. 11 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies on My Wedding Night! 穿到七零洞房当晚！ To Whom Can I Whisper My Feelings?脉脉同谁语Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted [Period setting · Sweet romance, feel-good story · Married first, fall in love later · No golden finger · No pocket dimension · Transmigration · Educated youth · Delicate beauty × rugged country man] Lan Qing transmigrates into another world and gets a new name: Lan Pingwu. From the start, she's thrown into her wedding night. Thinking it's a dream, she figures that if there's such a handsome man in it, with such a great body, she might as well go along with it... When she wakes up again, she r 4.8kReads8.4Score347Shelves
12. 12 穿 After I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Married a Bully, I Decided to Lie Flat 穿越七零嫁给恶霸后我摆烂了 Chen Fengche宸风澈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + golden finger + gruff hero + play the pig to eat the tiger] Why have I transmigrated again?! After having her good fortune snatched away twice in a row, Xi Qingqing has transmigrated yet again. This time, she's made up her mind! She's going to lie flat! A nightmare of a mother-in-law? No problem, as long as she treats me well. Married to a bully? Whatever, I'll reform him. A picky, demanding sister-in-law? Hmph! She needs a good dose of reality! See how the sha 6.7kReads9.2Score604Shelves
13. 13 军 Military Marriage: You Want to Send Me to the Countryside? I'll PUA Your Whole Family 军婚:逼我下乡?我PUA他全家 Li Baozhu李宝珠Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Pocket Dimension] In her previous life, Fang Ying was poisoned by her stepmother and grew uglier by the day. Her childhood sweetheart and fiancé got together with her stepmother’s daughter. Then her entire family pressured her to give up her place at a workers, peasants, and soldiers university and go to the countryside in the other girl’s place! She turned around and married her fiancé’s uncle, a decorated soldier. But he died in action si 49.3kReads9.0Score6.5kShelves
14. 14 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 18.6kReads8.8Score958Shelves
15. 15 六 The Sixties: We Agreed to Divorce, So Why Is the Tycoon Having Second Thoughts? 六零：说好离婚，大佬怎么后悔了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [1960s setting + pocket dimension + returning to the city as a dual-income couple + beautiful, ordinary orphan heroine × prickly educated youth + marriage before love + self-interest above all + devoted to each other] Gu Qingxu, a pampered young lady since childhood, transmigrates into a book! She becomes an ordinary orphan in a period novel, and opens her eyes on her wedding night. While she's still trying to make sense of things, the man beside her suddenly rolls over and grits out in her ear, 4.9kReads8.4Score316Shelves
16. 16 末 The Doomsday Beauty Reclaims Her Golden Finger and Survives the Famine While Pregnant 末世美人抢回金手指揣孕肚过荒年 Six Colors六个颜色Modern Romance420k WordsCompleted The apocalypse beauty is just a little twisted: selfish, spiteful, and quick to get even! Lin Xi spent ten years struggling to survive the apocalypse. Then, with one transmigration, she found herself in a romantic encounter. Ahem, the age gap is just a bit much. It's kind of embarrassing. Her mother remarried and brought seven-year-old Lin Xi into the Lin family, where she was treated like a packhorse. She had to serve her sharp-tongued grandmother, look after her willful aunt, cook and clean fo 2.7kReads8.9Score211Shelves
17. 17 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.4kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves

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    Female-oriented, no romantic pairing! The female protagonist passes the entrance exam for a vocational school and is assigned to a state-owned factory. A heartwarming slice-of-life story + her use of modern mechanical knowledge to build her career.

18. 18 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 224Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Aren't contemporary historical fiction good enough? This one is excellent!

19. 19 九 Down-and-Out Heiress in the 1990s Marries a Rugged Man and Has His Baby! 九零落魄千金，嫁个糙汉生崽崽！ Chen Tumao陈土猫Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted A devoted couple + period setting + forced marriage + loyal puppy-like male lead + farming + not a sweet romance + not a wish-fulfillment story! When Wen Jing was eighteen, she discovered that she wasn't the Wen family's daughter and returned to her biological parents. The village's resident troublemaker, Lu Yanshen, took one look at her and set his sights on her. He forced her to marry him, and they had a son. “You're my mother, and you and my dad are truly in love.” “No, no, no. It wasn't forc 2.9kReads8.3Score165Shelves

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    Set in 1990, Wen Jing was hit by a car and woke up with amnesia, finding herself several years later. She was now married, with her husband Lu Yanshen and eldest son Lu Simo by her bedside. The male lead is a loyal, devoted type.

20. 20 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

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    This book is absolutely perfect.

21. 21 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 112kReads9.1Score6.5kShelves

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    The female lead is soberly resigned to her fate, and this young master is just too rare 😂 The legendary young master who hands you water, even screws on the bottle cap, and proactively carries your suitcase 🧐 The young master is so handsome when he gives you money 😆 The plot is quite enjoyable, and the other villains will be dealt with by other villains.

22. 22 甜 So Sweet! After Marrying a Butcher in the 1970s, I Lie Flat 甜爆！七零嫁杀猪匠后我躺平了 Another Road另路Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [A lie-flat beauty vs. a doting husband / No golden finger, no black market / Everyday life] Chu Jiaojiao wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated to the 1970s. Looking at the poverty-stricken home, bare of everything, she feels like banging her head against a wall just to knock herself out... To avoid the backbreaking labor, she sets her sights on the village butcher, who lives better than anyone else. At first, the butcher coolly rejects her advances. Chu Jiaojiao tries all thirty-s 656Reads7.2Score107Shelves

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    No system, no spatial ability, no cheat codes—the female protagonist transmigrates into a book. The original owner's family was incredibly poor, and in order to improve her life, she set her sights on the best-off male protagonist in the village, seducing him until he was unwittingly drawn to her. She'll give you anything you want! And she's not a saint!

23. 23 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, delicate writing style. It has the feel of a serious period drama, depicting the rise of a lumberjack in a Northeast forest farm. It's very immersive! 😘

24. 24 八 Everyday Detective Work in the Eighties 八零年代探案日常 Hu Feiing扈飞ingModern Romance933k WordsCompleted (I've been enjoying stories set in this era lately, but I'm not very familiar with it, so just treat this as an alternate history.) Su Er Ya, also known as Su Jing, is an ordinary girl who is also, in some ways, quite extraordinary. After graduating from college, she joined the Public Security Bureau and became a police officer. She had never once eaten her fill, but finally did once she was in charge of her own salary. That was when she realized just how strong she was. (Hehe, the heroine absol 5.6kReads8.5Score602Shelves

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    Although it's not finished and doesn't have a high rating, it's novel.

25. 25 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 Sweet and Sour Orange Fish糖醋橙子鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.5kReads9.0Score768Shelves

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    It's set in a bygone era, and the main character is an elderly woman, but I highly recommend it. The early episodes are filled with everyday family drama and chaos, while the later episodes focus on building a career.

26. 26 我 I Bound Myself to a Shameless System in the ’70s 我在七零年代绑定了缺德系统 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [No romance] Xu Meng transmigrates into a book as the heroine of a story about a stepmother. From the start, a matchmaker introduces her to the male lead, and Xu Meng flips the table. In her previous life, her family favored boys over girls, and she dealt with it by going berserk. In this life, she wants to live on her own terms, and that still means going berserk. As long as she has no scruples, no one can use morality to manipulate her. The Wicked System is at your service. P.S. The heroine is 7.2kReads9.0Score660Shelves
27. 27 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s, Where a Woman from the Stars Sells Men to Build Her Fortune 穿越六零，星际女卖男人发家致富 People Have Said So Too人亦有言Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + no romance + strong heroine) Wei Wei, an interstellar mecha engineer, was testing a new mecha on a desolate planet when she was ambushed. To grasp a chance at survival, she piloted the untested mecha and tried to escape. Little did she know that her leap would take her across not only space, but time as well. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to have arrived in 1963 in China, in the body of a five-year-old girl. She immediately found herself facing a deadl 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
28. 28 穿 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 201.5kReads9.4Score26.2kShelves
29. 29 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 7.2kReads7.3Score499Shelves
30. 30 做 Be the Sweetest Girl, Win the Toughest Man 做最软的妹子，撩最硬的汉 Three-One Wants to Sleep In三一想睡懒觉Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted A once-wealthy young lady, down on her luck and soft-hearted × a seemingly cold but warmhearted, pure-hearted tough guy A period novel, no one is reborn, one-on-one romance, both leads are inexperienced in love, sweet and doting A little beggar showed up at Jiang Shuo's door, dressed in rags and speaking timidly. He took her in, never guessing that once she was cleaned up, the little beggar would turn out to be a sweet, gentle beauty. Fair-skinned and lovely, gentle and considerate. With smiling 1.3kReads8.7Score120Shelves

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    A period drama! The female lead is a fallen heiress. A little beggar girl comes to Jiang Shuo's doorstep, ragged and timid. He takes her in, but after washing her up, he discovers she's actually a sweet and gentle little beauty! 🌿✨ Her eyes crinkle, her lips are pursed, and she has a pair of sweet dimples. Her shy "brother" is simply irresistible. ‼️ Initially, Jiang Shuo, used to being carefree, finds it troublesome to have such a delicate little girl living in his house. Later…

31. 31 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 22.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    These high-quality period novels

32. 32 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 105.4kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
33. 33 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 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
34. 34 恶 The Villainess Transmigrates to the Seventies, Beats the Scum, Makes Money, and Marries a Soldier 恶女穿七零，虐渣搞钱嫁兵哥哥 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s military marriage + revenge and face-slapping + making money + sweet romance + pocket dimension + adorable pets] The heroine is petty, vindictive, cold-hearted, and has only the tiniest bit of conscience. She never waits until tomorrow to get revenge! Tang Niannian struggles to survive for three years in the apocalypse, then transmigrates into a tragic cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The book’s heroine steals the original owner’s spiritual spring pock 44.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves
35. 35 回 Back in the Old Days, I Scored Freebies Everywhere 回到年代到处薅羊毛 Iron Demon of Antai Tower安泰大厦的铁魔Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted Qin Ruyi was an ordinary old woman from the twenty-second century. By chance, she activated a medical space and was reborn in an earlier era. She scoured the world for bargains and stocked her space to the brim. Transmigrating to an earlier era to heal the sick and save lives? Sorry, she has no interest in becoming a doctor. What does she want to do? Lie around and take it easy. But she can't pass up a chance to grab free stuff. After being poor all her life, she can't help getting a little gree 1.1kReads9.0Score108Shelves
36. 36 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s to Live the Good Life 穿越七零姐是来享福的 Drawing Circles Round and Round圆圈画圆Modern Romance759k WordsCompleted Period setting + space + toxic heroine + no children + no supporting the poor + 1v6 + all male leads are untouched The heroine has a strong sense of entitlement. She’s a toxic woman: self-serving, polished, skilled at acting and lying, shameless, and morally questionable. Xu Chang’an is about to have her kidneys harvested when an explosion sends her into a parallel world. Good news: Her kidneys are still there. Bad news: The explosion killed her. Good news: She’s alive again. Bad news: It’ 6.7kReads8.9Score739Shelves

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    Check this out, it's an unconventional period drama where the female protagonist pioneers a new path.

37. 37 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 88.1kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves

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38. 38 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
39. 39 报 Report, Commander: Your Grandson Took His Wife Out to Beat Someone Up Again 报告首长你孙子带媳妇又去打人了 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete + male lead takes the domestic role, female lead takes the career role + fussy, love-struck husband + daily face-slapping antics of the compound's little tyrant in the 1970s] Shen Xia transmigrated into an ongoing period novel and became a pitiful girl whose father didn't care for her and whose mother didn't love her. After transmigrating, Shen Xia accidentally discovered that something was wrong with her identity. She reported her adoptive parents, sent her adoptive father to labor ca 17.3kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
40. 40 云 Yun Fei’er’s Journey Through Time and Space 云飞儿的时空之旅 Yan the Prawn燕大虾Female-Channel Fanfiction331k WordsCompleted I didn't write that story about the military wife in the 1950s well. Even I feel embarrassed about it, so please skip it and don't read it! Many people have also pointed out problems with it, but the book is already finished, so I can't change it. I hope you can skip it and go easy on me. Please forgive Xia Da Xia and don't report it. It can't be fixed now, and if it gets reported again, I'll be devastated. This is the story of Yun Fei'er transmigrating to various worlds. She's an ordinary perso 1.1kReads8.3Score102Shelves

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41. 41 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人，当然赚钱啊 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.5kReads8.9Score109Shelves

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    Reborn in 1994, she starts her business and gets rich by selling porridge and milk tea. It's a period novel with a strong female lead and no romantic pairing. 👍 The rating is a bit low right now, but it's really good!!!

42. 42 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26.6kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    No system, no space, but the writing is good.

43. 43 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel and Refused to Be a Tool from the Start 穿越年代文，开局拒绝当工具人 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban665k WordsCompleted An accident brought Li Dongyang inexplicably to an unfamiliar place. At first, he thought he had landed in the hard-laboring 1970s, but then he realized he was inside a period novel he had read in his previous life. Knowing how the story would unfold, Li Dongyang refused to be anyone’s pawn. 7.2kReads8.7Score252Shelves
44. 44 六 Making My Fortune in the 1960s 六十年代之我发家致富了 Zhi Ye o芷烨oModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrated to the 1960s, when even food and clothing are hard to come by? Su He says, “I'm not worried. I've been prepared for this.” What? She's transmigrated into a book set in the 1960s? Su He, a minor character, says, “No problem. I'll just stay on the sidelines and quietly make a fortune.” What? The original heroine wants to fleece her? Su He clutches her secret identity close and says, “I really only have this little bit. No one can find out my big secret.” (Author's disclaimer: This no 3.2kReads7.9Score191Shelves
45. 45 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.6kReads8.9Score993Shelves
46. 46 带 Lounging Around in a Period Novel With a Fortune in Supplies 带着百亿物资在年代文里摆烂 A Red Hearth一盏红炉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yan worked tirelessly on missions across different planes, and finally saved enough points to apply for a peaceful retirement. She had planned to enjoy her retirement as a happy slacker, armed with a hundred billion worth of supplies. But who could have guessed the System would malfunction, and she would be reborn in the 1970s, an era of severely underdeveloped productivity? Here, there was always some troublemaker trying to harm her. Her retirement was ruined. Not only did she have to toil 7.8kReads9.1Score746Shelves
47. 47 我 I Reunited with a Big Shot in the Seventies 我与大佬重逢在七十年代 Su Youran苏悠然Modern Romance642k WordsCompleted [Dual transmigration + bygone era + both leads have been faithful + powerful leads] Jiang Ruomeng insists she really only wanted to kiss her brand-new boyfriend, really just a kiss, nothing else. But before she can even kiss him, she transmigrates into the body of a young woman named Lu Siyu in the 1970s! The girl was adopted by the Lu family, and with supplies scarce, Jiang Ruomeng assumes she’s in for a hard life. But her new life turns out like this: When someone bullies her, her grandmother 6.3kReads9.3Score931Shelves
48. 48 年 Period: Ding! Congratulations, Host, Your Sign-In Was Successful! 年代：叮！恭喜宿主签到成功！ Sanshi Is Running三石在奔跑Modern Romance702k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + on-screen comments + sign-in System + no romance + punishing scumbags] When she died, she was surrounded by children and grandchildren, and she closed her eyes with a smile. But when she opened them again, thinking she’d returned to the days of her youth before marriage, she figured she would walk the same path as in her previous life and love her husband all over again... Unexpectedly, she saw on-screen comments. [What’s the opening plot again?! I think a matchmaker c 9.7kReads8.5Score808Shelves
49. 49 年 The Reborn Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law in a Period-Era Lucky Charm Novel 年代锦鲤文的炮灰大嫂重生了 Qiao Miaomiao乔喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn Revenge + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Read + Building a Fortune + Everyday Life] Only when she was dying did Bai Xiuxiu discover that the world she lived in was actually a period novel about a lucky heroine! In the book, she was the lucky heroine's shrewish older sister-in-law. She was mean, lazy, greedy, and did every kind of evil! After the heroine married into the family, Bai Xiuxiu made life difficult for her at every turn. Because she bullied the lucky heroine, she “ 42.5kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves
50. 50 年 The Pampered Wife Awakens and Goes Berserk in a Period Novel 年代文包子原配觉醒后发疯了 Clouds Skimming Shadows云掠影Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn + face-slapping + going berserk + getting rich Only after Meng Jiao awakened did she realize she was the meek, ill-fated first wife in a period novel. In the book, her mother-in-law abused her, her sister-in-law bullied her, and her brother-in-law slandered her. Yet she kept working without complaint, giving everything to the family. She exhausted herself holding up the Song family, but never earned their respect. In the end, after her brother-in-law accused her of having an affair with a 2.1kReads8.4Score173Shelves

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