The Best of the Best in Historical Era Novels, Worth Rereading Again and Again 二刷三刷的年代文天花板

1. 151 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 1kReads8.9Score102Shelves

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   ♏The pinnacle of historical fiction! The male lead is a special forces captain who goes missing during a mission with his teammates. When he wakes up, he has amnesia and mistakes the fair-skinned, exceptionally beautiful female lead for his wife. [Cool]

2. 152 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1970s, My Cannon-Fodder Husband Is a Master of All Trades 穿书七零：我的炮灰丈夫十项全能 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now online] [Full-cast audio drama available] [Period setting + educated youth + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + inspirational] Lu Xia transmigrated into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a girl whose parents didn’t care for her and who had been sent to the countryside in her elder sister’s place. Remembering how the original owner had always been mistreated, Lu Xia couldn’t stand for it. She sold the job, gave her family a hefty financial hit, 37.9kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
3. 153 八 The 1980s: The Newly Popular Starlet Transmigrates into a Book and Lives It Up 八零：新晋小花穿书后日子爽翻了 Happy Lemon幸福柠檬Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted (Period + powerful male lead + sweet or sassy + never takes abuse + devoted husband + mind-reading moments + building a fortune) Su Luyun is a rising star who has taken the entertainment world by storm. After refusing her cousin's request to use her for publicity, her cousin wrote her into a novel as a disposable foil to the heroine! Su Luyun: “...” She looked at her comatose husband, a handsome 185-centimeter-tall man lying in bed after being injured in the line of duty, so good-looking he made 28.7kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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   The female protagonist transmigrates into a historical novel, only to be told immediately that her husband has become a vegetable! In the blink of an eye, she notices a line of tiny speech bubbles appearing above her husband's head, and she also discovers that the bubbles are pink when he's shy, and different bubbles appear depending on his mood.

4. 154 不 Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built 54.5kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves

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   I've read the first two books so many times that even this avid reader doesn't enjoy other novels anymore. No spoilers, but highly recommended! It gets better with each reading, and you can even learn some conversation skills.

5. 155 小 The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do 25.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
6. 156 不 You Won't Let the Little One Eat Her Fill? Flip the Table! Then Nobody Eats! 不让奶团吃饱饭？掀桌！都饿着！ Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Everyone's Darling + Mostly Locals, Light Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + Funny + Not a Single Member of the Family Is a Soft Touch + Get Even on the Spot] Luo Panpan had never known hardship from the day she was born. Then, at five and a half, her father died. From then on, she never had enough to eat, and they even planned to send her away to be adopted? Not a chance! Her mother was a famous tigress for miles around: bold, resourceful, and good at making money 19.2kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
7. 157 军 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Ruthless Commander Is Doted On 军婚七零疯批指挥官被宠上天 Ye Wu夜妩Modern Romance649k WordsCompleted Fanxing is one of only two 5S-level psychic War Gods in the entire interstellar realm. She is an outstanding commander. She is a research fanatic and an exceptional elite soldier. Taking an enemy commander’s head from among thousands of troops is as easy for her as reaching into a pocket. But no one knows that she actually has dual 5S-level psychic powers, equivalent to having two souls. As a result, her psychic powers have always been unstable, even violent. But she is so powerful that she has 4.4kReads9.0Score306Shelves

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   She was a research fanatic, an exceptional individual soldier. Taking enemy heads from among thousands was as easy as picking candy from a baby. But no one knew she actually possessed dual 5S-level mental power. Essentially, she had two souls, which meant her mental power was always unstable, even volatile. But she was too powerful, almost without weakness… 🌿She had even silently taken control of the United Government's mainframe computer. With a single thought, she could control all the computers in the galaxy, and subjugate everyone. She was a madwoman. Until one day, she suddenly disappeared.

8. 158 八 I Went to the Wrong Table for an 1980s Blind Date and Ended Up Marrying the Mightiest Officer 八零相亲走错桌，我闪婚最强军官 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted The short drama Reborn: Love Hidden in a Dimple is now available. Bai Wei woke up one day to find she had transmigrated to the 1980s and become a woman who had never dated and whose parents were pressuring her to get married. She had to go on a blind date. The matchmaker said the man was fit, extremely handsome, and very rich. Excited, she rushed off to meet him and sure enough, found a super handsome guy. But after talking fo 6.4kReads9.0Score548Shelves

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   [Note] She had a whirlwind marriage with her blind date, and after getting the marriage certificate and returning home, the matchmaker came over cursing and demanding to know why she stood him up. Only then did she realize that she had gone to the wrong blind date and had the wrong person for her impulsive marriage. [Facepalm]

9. 159 六 The Stepmom Comparison Group in the 1960s 六十年代当后妈对照组 Cai Cai采采Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted Liu Qingqing never dreamed that one little fall would send her tumbling into the stepmother-era novel she’d been reading lately. She arrived at a crucial turning point in the original character’s life. Thinking of the ugly faces her parents wore in the book and in the original character’s memories, along with the awful family environment, Liu Qingqing seized the opportunity in front of her and set out on a path completely different from the original story. Even though the man across from her spo 2kReads8.8Score127Shelves

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   🌺The male lead is remarried, widowed, and has a daughter. After their marriage, the female lead went to visit relatives and didn't return for a long time. Missing his wife, the male lead smoked in the yard all night, then took the train the next day to pick her and their daughter up. 😂

10. 160 穿 Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零：地主儿子与土匪闺女 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 22kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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    This is the first time I've read a novel spanning the 1940s to 1980s, and it's excellent. I read it from cover to cover without missing a single chapter. It's not a story about fighting against extreme characters.

11. 161 七 Sweet 1970s Romance: The Rugged Man's Spirit-Spring Doctor 七零甜宠：糙汉的灵泉小娇医 Yin Jing胤景Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted [Period setting + mutual firsts + super sweet + raising a child] Gu Wanwan, heir to a modern family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, was in a car accident and plunged into the sea. Her blood stained her family’s ancestral jade bangle, and she suddenly transmigrated to 1975, landing right in the arms of Lu Guoting, a burly man bathing in a lake. A stern but guileless son of a production-team leader meets a petite yet spirited “little fairy,” and a sweet romance across time begins. L 1kReads—Score116Shelves

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    Highly recommended! [Cool][Adorable]

12. 162 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s, I Accidentally Became an Officer's True Love 穿越80年代，意外成了军官真爱 Yin Sheng音声Modern Romance570k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + period setting + military marriage + stepmother + devoted couple] Fictional military marriage + everyday life with the troops Lu Qiqi, a college student from the twenty-first century, makes a birthday wish to see what life is like in the 1980s. When she wakes up, she really has transmigrated to that decade. But her luck is terrible. Her stepfather wants to pay for his biological daughter to attend college, so he forces Qiqi to marry an older man who has already been married a 16.7kReads8.3Score1kShelves
13. 163 嫁 I Married the Richest Man, Had a Beloved Baby, and Now All My Stepkids Are Overprotective Brothers 嫁首富，生团宠，继子全员护妹狂 Mo Mo's Mo漠漠的陌Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Shock! The Rugged Factory Director Is a Wife-Doting Maniac, is now available. (1980s + Married First, Love Later + Everyday Life Raising Kids + Family Matters + Rugged Husband Dotes on His Wife + Mutual Devotion + Beloved by the Whole Family) A beauty blogger travels back to the 1980s and becomes a woman four months pregnant. But she was supposed to marry a wild, rugged man with washboard abs and overflowing masculinity, so how did he turn into an old, ugly eunuch? An 2.8kReads9.3Score332Shelves

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    A beauty blogger dresses in the 1980s, pretending to be four months pregnant. Her husband has three adopted sons. He's a doting husband who does all the laundry, housework, and finances, and he's always cracking sweet nothings.

14. 164 七 A Military Officer Was Forced to Marry a Village Woman, but Their Arranged Marriage Turned to Love 七零军官被迫娶村妇，先婚厚爱 Men Xiaoxie门小协Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted No transmigration + not reborn + no space + no golden finger + relies on her own abilities With nowhere left to turn, Shen Yining jumps into a river to kill herself, but the passing officer Ji Zhonglin pulls her out. She rolls her eyes and latches onto him, insisting he did something improper to her. Ji Zhonglin: “...” He must have gotten up too soon and pulled her out too soon. Before she jumped into the river, he pissed in the wrong place. Before they are forced to marry, Ji Zhonglin says 49.7kReads8.9Score6.1kShelves

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    This is an incredibly good historical fiction novel, absolutely fantastic! The plot and characters are all outstanding 😭😭😭 Don't be misled by the title!

15. 165 折 The Age of Turmoil 折腾时代 Jing Xiaomo荆萧默Urban492k WordsOngoing Life is all about taking chances! In that restless age, Li Anran works in a big city, and her dream is about to come true. But when she returns to Qinzhou for a funeral, she's practically put under house arrest and told to stay and work in the small city. Zhang Huifei has the talent to get into one of China's top universities, but he unexpectedly fails the college entrance exam. To make sure his sister Li Anran can stay in Qinzhou without worries, he starts stirring things up... As a result, Li 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Whether you can watch it multiple times depends on your discerning eye.

16. 166 爹 A Rugged, Fatherly Man Raises a Delicate Little Mute 爹系糙汉养了个娇气包小哑巴 No Class Is Beyond Corruption有腐无类Modern Romance472k WordsCompleted Period setting + sweet romance + slow-burn affection + self-indulgent heroine + voluptuous beauty + both leads are each other's first Fussy little mute vs. gruff, protective older man Lin Zhizhi is a little mute who can't speak. But she loves listening to gossip. So one summer night, she climbed onto a stool and leaned over the wall to eavesdrop on the widow next door getting into a fight. Just as she was getting into it, a strong arm suddenly wrapped around her waist and dragged her straight in 28.9kReads8.6Score9.9kShelves

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    Historical fiction, clean romance, no transmigration, no system, no space, both male and female leads grow as characters. The only drawback is that it's not finished.

17. 167 随 Joining Her Husband's Army on the Island: Mountain Delicacies and Seafood with Chicken and Duck 随军婆婆上岛：山珍海味配鸡鸭 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation is now streaming on Hongguo. (No pocket dimension, no romance, army life on an island, everyday life, family matters, raising children, food, capitalist daughter-in-law) In her previous life, Chen Guilan looked down on her daughter-in-law for being a capitalist's daughter and on the hardship of life on the island. She refused to join the army and care for her pregnant daughter-in-law, choosing instead to stay nearby and look after her pregnant daughter. But her daughte 11kReads8.4Score955Shelves

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    I personally think they're all great, especially the second one; I could read it countless times and still not get enough.

18. 168 七 The 1970s: Battalion Deputy Yan Is Off to Pick Up Birth Control Supplies Again! 七零：晏副营又去领计生用品了！ Four Bristly Guys四个呲毛Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Comedy + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Family Life + Explosive Gossip] [No space, no System, no golden finger] When Fan Shuang opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to the 1970s. Her father had a limp, her mother was mute, her in-laws were a whole family of lunatics, her husband was bedridden and unable to move, and her sister-in-law was cheating on her and wanted her dead. Her mother-in-law drugged and schemed against her, trying to get her to have a baby with he 2.3kReads8.9Score300Shelves
19. 169 七 The 1970s’ Rich Beauty Is Teased to Tears by Her Handsome Mixed-Race Husband 七零白富美被漂亮混血老公撩哭了 Mu Muzhi木木枝Modern Romance609k WordsCompleted [Rich, beautiful young female intellectual × mixed-race, aloof heartthrob] [Rebirth + adorable baby + sweet romance + period setting] In poor, backward Taolin Village, there was a mixed-race boy known far and wide. He had clear blue eyes and was strikingly handsome. But because of his family background, no one dared approach him or spend much time with him. Everyone assumed he would never find a wife. Then someone saw the aloof mixed-race boy holding hands beneath a peach tree with the pretty yo 1.8kReads8.8Score225Shelves
20. 170 被 Pampered by a Rugged Man Until I Became a Delicate Little Darling 被糙汉宠成娇气包 A Third of a Cloud云间三分Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted Hey, everyone! My new book has a low rating, so please give it five stars! Love you all so much!!! [Alternate historical setting + no pocket dimension + reborn in the 1970s + everyday life + sweet romance + family drama] [Rugged male lead dotes on her every day + down-and-out female lead becomes his pampered little wife] Yang Beibei is reborn the day before she is sold to a sleazy father and son. She crashes straight into a rugged man from the neighboring village. The rugged man, built like a ta 14.6kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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    🍉🍉The pinnacle of historical fiction, absolutely hilarious hahaha [facepalm], 🌿❶The female lead is reborn without taking any detours; she deliberately bumps into the arms of a rough, muscular man from the next village. The muscular, rough man: Don't you want your reputation anymore? The delicate, pitiful little girl: No, no, I want my life~

21. 171 先 Marriage Before Love: A ’70s Rough-Hewn Husband’s Everyday Devotion 先婚后爱：七零糙汉宠妻日常 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Modern Romance245k WordsOngoing [Marriage First, Love Later] [Northeastern China in the 1970s] [Family Life] [College Entrance Exam Comeback] [Sweet Daily Romance] 1976, a small county town in Northeast China. Lin Wanxing opened her eyes and found herself in the body of a second daughter whom her father didn't love and her mother didn't care for. Her older brother was the apple of her father's eye, while her younger twin siblings were the apple of her mother's. Caught in the middle, she slept in the storage room, ate leftove 27.9kReads—Score2kShelves

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    Everyday life, heartwarming stories of a bygone era

22. 172 带 I Returned with Two Tiny Lookalikes, and My Whole Family Dotes on Me 带着两个缩小版回归被全家团宠了 Wings of the Stars and Moon星月之羽Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Complete + 1970s + space + transmigrate into a book + adorable kids + food] At thirty-five, Jiang Li was unmarried and childless, ran a small company that earned millions a year, and enjoyed a wonderful life. At nineteen, Jiang Li was beautiful but foolish. She had a terrible reputation in her village, lived in poverty, was abandoned by everyone, and eventually died at the hands of her younger siblings, whom she had sold. The thirty-five-year-old Jiang Li transmigrated into a book and became th 4.7kReads9.1Score654Shelves
23. 173 睁 I Opened My Eyes in the 1970s and Followed a Down-and-Out Big Shot to the Countryside to Enjoy Life 睁眼七零，追着落魄大佬下乡享福 Three Milk Candies三颗牛奶糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional military marriage + super sweet, devoted romance + everyday family life + face-slapping the scum + space for raising kids] Sheng Jinhe is fair-skinned and gorgeous, with a captivating charm. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself as the male lead’s doomed former fiancée in a period novel. She gave the heroine her job and her golden finger, and in the end even drowned and lost her life to bring the male and female leads together. Sheng Jinhe stares at the sky in speechless di 17.2kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves

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    These two books are the pinnacle of period fiction, absolutely amazing! [Laughs] Especially the first one. The female lead is sophisticated, self-centered, but not a saint, and she's relentless. She's mentally beautiful, knows how to fight and argue, and can't stand the slightest insult. It's all about crazy, eccentric writing that will have you laughing throughout. It's incredibly stress-relieving and a pure, cathartic read.

24. 174 八 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1980s: My Ex Regrets It Too Late 八零军婚甜蜜蜜，前夫后悔火葬场 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + satisfying revenge, no putting up with mistreatment + male lead appears late + everyday life + farming + no golden finger + taking down scoundrels + sweet romance + ensemble cast + family matters + military officers + commanding officer] In her previous life, Qiao Jiangxin married into the Chen family. She shouldered every burden to give them a peaceful life, working like an ox and a horse to support her husband's literary ambitions, care for her ailing in-laws, and look aft 43.9kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves

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    It used to be rated 9.9. This book shocked me. It was absolutely amazing, a true masterpiece of comedy. [Facepalm] I can't read it secretly while sleeping, I'm afraid you'll end up like me, bursting from holding it in. The jokes are so good, I could reread them countless times and they still feel fresh. I love it so much!!!

25. 175 谢 Boss Xie, Your Little Nanny Is Acting Up Again 谢老板，你家小保姆又不安分了 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [1990s + reborn + raising a child + everyday life] Shen Aiqiu is reborn in 1991. In her previous life, keeping her head down and tolerating everything brought her neither a happy family nor a healthy, thriving son. Instead, she was displaced from her own home and became a haggard, middle-aged woman cast out onto the street. In the end, she and her son both died miserably in the streets. Reborn, she refuses to endure it all over again. This time, she won't depend on anyone else. No matter how dif 20kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
26. 176 七 A Delicate Peach in a Remote Mountain Village in the 1970s 七零山沟沟，有一颗娇艳水蜜桃 Yu Wanwan余晚晚Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Farming + Adorable Kids + Devoted Husband] The village rascal actually married a city girl who’d come to the countryside as an educated youth... The educated youth was beautiful, elegant, and even knew how to dance. That little punk had landed quite a catch. The man lay on a rickety wooden bed, hands behind his head and legs crossed, grinning as he thought to himself. Lu San had finally gotten himself a wife, and his little bride was gorgeous. He had to protect her, cherish 966Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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    Shen Ya was reborn on the night she married Lu Qingjue. This time, she didn't run away. In her previous life, she deliberately married Lu Qingjue for a chance to return to the city, but her marriage was unhappy, and resentment grew. She even aborted her pregnancy to try and return home. Reborn, she only wants to raise her child, get rich, and live a comfortable life…

27. 177 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 81kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
28. 178 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Pretty Widow Is Pressured into Marriage by a Handsome Educated Youth 重生六零俏寡妇被俊知青逼婚 Gentle Sunshine优暖的阳光Modern Romance727k WordsCompleted Reborn + mutual devotion + faithful to each other + storage space (introduced later) A period farming novel. The heroine isn’t a powerhouse, won’t go to the black market or follow the army, and won’t become the richest person alive. Set in an alternate history. The medical treatments in this story are not to be taken as real advice; everything is sourced from the internet. A simple, happy life in the countryside. A handsome young intellectual with excellent medical skills arrives at Taoyuan Brig 3.2kReads8.7Score234Shelves

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    His wife, heavily pregnant, accompanied him to the countryside during his time as a sent-down youth, and their unborn child became a posthumous child! After the male protagonist fell ill and died, his soul transmigrated into the body of a sent-down youth, who happened to be sent to the same place where he had been sent! He then used this identity to approach his wife again…

29. 179 八 The Fallen Heiress of the 1980s Marries a Factory Director and Raises His Kids 八零落魄千金，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Tea Tea Lemon茶茶柠檬Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [1980s + no rebirth or transmigration + no golden finger + everyday family life + raising children] Su Wanyan had been stunningly beautiful since childhood. She spoke two foreign languages and excelled at school, with a guaranteed place at a university in the capital within reach. But when her family went bankrupt overnight, her father, egged on by her stepmother, sold her to their uncultured, thuggish creditor to settle the debt. At first, when Jiang Liting heard that the Su family wanted to of 11.7kReads7.6Score713Shelves
30. 180 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 14.7kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    These are all period novels that I would read again and again.

31. 181 穿 I Transmigrated into the Heroine's Sloppy Little Sister, and Now I'm Just Coasting 穿成女主的邋遢妹妹，她咸鱼了 Mao Mao Is Not Hair毛矛不是毛Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Li Xiaoqing, a freshman, stays up late reading a novel and accidentally transmigrates into the very story she just finished. She becomes the heroine's younger sister, a lazy glutton who loves causing trouble. Now that modern-day Li Xiaoqing knows the plot, she'll cling to her sister's coattails and coast to victory! Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional! 6.9kReads8.7Score606Shelves

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    In this period drama, she transmigrates into the body of the female lead's lazy, gluttonous, and troublesome younger sister. She decides to cling to her older sister's coattails and live a life of leisure [laughing emoji]. The moment she arrives, her sister accompanies her to a bathhouse, and afterwards, her skin becomes several shades lighter [facepalm emoji].

32. 182 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 95.8kReads8.8Score7.1kShelves
33. 183 我 In the 1970s, I Took Over My Mother-in-Law's Iron Rice Bowl 我在七十年代接了婆婆的铁饭碗 Cable Car Carrying an Iron Pot载着铁锅的缆车Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted Huang Xiaohua, a 30-year-old woman in the 21st century who was constantly pressured by her family to get married, suddenly transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes Zhang Xiaoqian. Her arrival immediately solves the problem that had been giving her parents so much grief. She marries into a residential compound, takes over her mother-in-law’s job, and begins a completely different life. There are no troublemakers here, just the simple happiness of everyday life. 11.8kReads8.8Score957Shelves
34. 184 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 313.9kReads9.1Score47.6kShelves
35. 185 七 In the 1970s Courtyard, I Married a Sickly Factory Director 七零大杂院，嫁病秧子老公是厂长 Yun Fuling云茯苓Modern Romance876k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + reborn + space + courtyard compound + sweet romance + building wealth + cozy everyday life + putting villains in their place] Su Ge woke up one morning to discover she'd transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s. In the story, she was the eldest daughter of the family, doing the most work, suffering the most hardship, and taking the most abuse. In the end, her second younger sister even schemed to make her go to the countryside in her place. Her p 5.7kReads8.8Score550Shelves

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    In his previous life, Sheng Qihui was sickly his entire life, his ambitions thwarted, and he suffered endless scorn and cold treatment. Reborn after death, his body remained sickly, but he gained a mental "battery bar." With only 5% battery, he could only maintain the most basic daily life, frequently "shutting down." Sheng Qihui thought his life would be like this forever, until he unexpectedly met his sweetheart.

36. 186 六 The 1960s: I Have a Guaranteed Job 六十年代，我有铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Courtyard life + family squabbles + everyday life + an ordinary woman's struggle + doting romance + raising kids] Note: No transmigration, no rebirth, and just a little golden finger. Jiang Ruyu gets into a fight with her cousin from another branch of the family over a job opening. She injures her forehead, but unexpectedly gains a System that gives her supplies whenever she checks in. She also finds a book, written by who knows what daydreamer. In the book, she and her two younger brothers all 14.9kReads8.5Score881Shelves
37. 187 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 11.7kReads8.1Score682Shelves
38. 188 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 21.6kReads8.8Score931Shelves
39. 189 首 The Commander Broke Off Our Engagement for His White Moonlight. Reborn, I Won't Marry Him 首长为白月光悔婚，重生我不嫁了 Jiang Youchu江柚初Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted [Reborn + spatial storage + the regretful husband pursues her to the crematorium, then realizes she's wonderful and gets face-slapped + one-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only] In her previous life, Jiang Xiachu loved Lu Huaiyan for ten years. In return, she got three years of military marriage without seeing him. He didn't even come to see her after she gave birth to their daughter. Everyone said she had forced the marriage on him. His absence from their engagement banquet had ma 6kReads7.8Score264Shelves

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    The pinnacle of historical fiction. My first book! Absolutely amazing and incredibly good! [I highly recommend it!][I highly recommend it!] In her past life, Jiang Xiachu loved Lu Huaiyan for ten years! But all she got in return was three years of military marriage without seeing each other. Even after she gave birth to their daughter, he didn't come back to see her. Everyone said this marriage was forced upon her; his absence on their engagement day proved everything! Opening her eyes again before they even got their marriage certificate, Jiang Xiachu publicly broke off the engagement. This time, she wouldn't marry him! Since he broke off the engagement for his white moonlight and still treated her like a sister and family, then she wouldn't love him either! Lu Huaiyan: "Have you thought it through? Are you really going to break off the engagement? You're not going to cry again!?" Jiang Xiachu: I'll break it off immediately!

40. 190 兵 The War King Can Read Minds, and His Beautiful Stepmom Wife Gets Pampered Despite Doing Nothing 兵王会读心，漂亮后妈摆烂被宠哭 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + historical era + widowed sister-in-law + raising a child + bickering couple + space + everyday life as a military wife] In her past life, her husband Yang Shengjun defended his comrade's widow and accused Xu Zijin of being petty, unreasonable, and unkind. Xu Zijin spent her whole life blaming herself and had a head full of white hair before she turned fifty. Her son said she wasn't generous enough, and that she got jealous even though she knew his father had a responsibility 25.6kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves
41. 191 压 Squeezing Me Dry? I'll Empty the Family's Assets and Take Everyone to the Countryside 压榨我？掏空家产全家下乡 Shu Che疏澈Modern Romance552k WordsCompleted [Period setting + getting rid of scumbags + pocket dimension + unhinged heroine + born to strip families of their wealth + no romance] Mindless wish fulfillment!!! Unhinged fiction!!! The heroine is not a good person! Not a good person! She curses people out! She hits people! To raise money for her cousin’s job, Fang Li’s family tried to force her to marry an old man who had already been married and had five children. Fang Li refused, so her cousin drugged and kidnapped her. In despair, Fang Li 17.8kReads8.6Score2kShelves
42. 192 坐 The Lu Family’s Eldest Daughter Is Back After Ten Years in Prison 坐了10年牢的陆家大姑娘回来了 Heartfelt at Midnight深夜走心Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Lu Xiaoxia, who is serving a prison sentence, is reborn at the age of 19, on the very day her stepmother gives her to a scumbag as a present. Having killed, done time, and fought for her life against prison bullies, Lu Xiaoxia starts dishing out payback from the start. The scumbag is right outside the door? She cripples him right from the start. Her stepmother schemes to squeeze every last bit of value out of her? She makes her pay back every cent, with interest. The house is crawling with monst 36.8kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves

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    [I also highly recommend][Sparrow Eater's masterpiece] The pinnacle of period fiction, these two books are especially good, especially the first one️⃣, which has been adapted into many short dramas. They are really incredibly stress-relieving and entertaining. This is almost the least depressing of all the Tomato novels I've read. If you're in a bad mood, you can read this. It's definitely worth investing in, sisters👭.

43. 193 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s: A Spatial Realm of Trillions in Supplies to Support Educated Youths 穿越六零：空间千亿物资养知青 Mint Island Feather薄荷岛羽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The 1960s + Trillion-Yuan Supplies + Personal Space + Educated Youth + Transmigrate + Both Leads Are Virgins + Sweet Romance + Patriotic] She wakes up one morning and transmigrates to the 1960s~ What? Her whole body has traveled through time! She's an undocumented person with nothing to eat or drink, and not a penny to her name! No! She's ten years younger, a radiant eighteen-year-old beauty. No! She dreamed of the past in advance, so her money, ration coupons, and identity documents were all p 3.3kReads9.0Score334Shelves

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    🌿🌿The people of Dahe Village didn't approve of Ruan Niannian and Jiang Ran being together. The educated youth at the settlement said: "You're not good at work, and Jiang Ran's family is poor. If you marry him, you two will go hungry nine meals in three days!" Ruan Niannian looked at the man who had heard everything and said: "Jiang Ran, I don't eat much." Jiang Ran thought to himself: He can afford to support his wife.

44. 194 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 13.5kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
45. 195 大 After the Powerful Man's Wicked Ex-Wife Awakens, She Is Spoiled Rotten 大佬的恶毒前妻觉醒后，被宠上天 One More Billion Bites, Please再吃亿口叭Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s + sweet romance + slow-paced devotion as she raises her husband and children + face-slapping the scumbag and his mistress + blackening the original heroine + pure satisfaction!] (The rating has only just come in, so it may be a little low at first. It’ll rise later. Updates are steady, so feel free to dive in.) [Top graduate and class monitor of the Men’s Virtue Program vs. a bright, bold little firecracker who’s spoiled rotten and proud of it] Only after Zhu Mingyue died di 10.4kReads8.0Score810Shelves

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    The first book was so good, I read it many times. The second book felt a bit too fast-paced and had a slightly rushed ending, but it was still very good.

46. 196 嫁 I Married into the City to Get By, Lie Flat, and Watch the Drama Unfold 嫁进城里混日子，吃瓜躺平看热闹 Xi Tangqing溪棠清Modern Romance663k WordsCompleted [Newly rated] [Era setting + marriage before love + family life + no System + no golden finger + selfish, self-serving, not-too-bright local heroine] A growth story! Not a powerhouse heroine! Jiang Zhiyu has known since childhood that her looks are an advantage. She doesn't want to spend her life scratching a living from the soil. She wants to marry a man with a job in the city. Starting in high school, she picks the most generous of the boys who bring her gifts and begins seeing him. After gett 2.2kReads5.8Score144Shelves
47. 197 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 78.8kReads9.4Score7.4kShelves

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    The first one is amazing; any one of the characters could be a main character on their own. The second one has such a loving family; it's very heartwarming. The third one is incredibly high in emotional intelligence; you can learn a lot of practical knowledge from it. The fourth one is hilarious. The fifth one is surprisingly good—a tough guy!

48. 198 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 101.2kReads9.6Score10kShelves
49. 199 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 97.4kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
50. 200 八 The Fierce Eldest Sister of the 80s Crashes Her Scumbag Father's Wedding from the Start 八零长姐如虎开局砸了渣爹结婚宴 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical setting + 1980s + light ensemble cast + false rebirth + adorable children + satisfying revenge + no golden finger + family drama] Her scumbag father brought his mistress home, moved into his ex-wife's house, slept in her bed, and even abused her children! Then Yao Shula, specially brought in to deal with the scumbag father, was reborn. She had to deal with her scumbag father and his mistress, and look after her younger siblings too. And since she'd come all this way, she might as wel 70kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves

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    The first book was really good! It's completely different from traditional period novels. I learned so much about history. It was truly a mix of laughter and tears. The author seemed to take us on a journey through that era. The stories of some soldiers weren't like the typical villainous female or male supporting characters; each character had a distinct personality.

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