Male-Oriented Period Novels About the 1958–1963 Famine, Not Female-Oriented Ones 求58-63年饥荒类型的年代文，男频的，不要女频

1. 151 在 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零，伪装归国神豪 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban239k WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 24Reads—Score314d adds

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   It's quite interesting inside, pretty good.

2. 152 八 In the 1980s, I Opened a Supermarket in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 八零之我把超市开进供销社 Little Water-Spirit Junior Sister水灵小师妹Modern Romance186k WordsOngoing [1980s + career + transmigrate and be reborn to turn her life around + glow-up + System + face-slapping] Lin Xiao transmigrates into the body of a downtrodden girl in the 1980s. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and even buying a bottle of soy sauce earns her an eye-roll from the supply cooperative clerk. She immediately binds herself to the [Modern Supermarket System]: Open and lit 24 hours a day, with unlimited products and discounts on bulk purchases. The supply co 12Reads—Score—14d adds

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   These two books are simply the best, my dream love letters!

3. 153 芳 Dreams Forged in Youth 芳华铸梦 Little Water-Spirit Junior Sister水灵小师妹Modern Romance224k WordsOngoing (Period drama) + (family life) + (college entrance exams) + (pure romance) In 1975, Lin Mengyao is a 20-year-old worker at a cotton mill. For three years in a row, she applies to go to university. For three years in a row, someone with connections takes her place. Her father lays bricks to support her. Her mother coughs blood and dies, hoping only that her daughter will get into university and change her fate. But the spot goes to someone else, and she is the one who gets mocked. She refuses to 4Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 154 双 Two Transmigrators’ Road Through the Great Ming 双穿大明之路见不平 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Historical265k WordsOngoing Su Tianci, a modern-day wage slave in 2026, was getting a foot massage at Red Romance when, for no apparent reason, he transmigrated to the war-torn Ming dynasty. Things were hellish from the start, but luckily, he could actually return to 2026! Two vastly different eras now lay before him. 507Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The midday prayer will not be held in Pu.

5. 155 穿 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance135k WordsOngoing [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 8.3kReads6.5Score18414d adds

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   A female-oriented novel. A transmigrated woman is forced into a marriage of convenience and raises fish; I return and win effortlessly. The transmigrated woman is incredibly daring, constantly pulling off unexpected moves, even creating a scenario where her father marries into her family and she becomes rich overnight. It avoids the cliché of a simpleton in a courtyard house struggling to settle accounts, but it does feature a storyline of an old house burning down, a wrong marriage that happens just in time for spring, and the emotional turmoil of "he gave in for half his life, and I wasted half my life." Very good.

6. 156 穿 I Transmigrated as a Brash Villainess and Tricked an Amnesiac Big Shot into Becoming My Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成泼作女配，骗失忆大佬当赘婿 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday warmth + daily life + emotional tension + building wealth + happy ending] This is not an angst-filled story. Su Man transmigrates into a book, finding herself in an unfinished, melodramatic rebirth novel... as a lazy, greedy, foul-tempered villainess in the late 1970s. The original owner gets into danger in the wild and is saved by a powerful man with amnesia. In a series of foolish acts, she tricks him into thinking he's a fugitive, hides his military ID, and forces him 20.7kReads9.0Score2.6k14d adds
7. 157 知 The Educated Youth Era: From Village Literary Star to World's Richest Man 知青年代：从乡村文豪到世界首富 Chen Da陳耷Urban103k WordsOngoing [Period] [Countryside] [Literary Prodigy] [Getting Rich] Chen Jinsheng was watching the commotion when someone pushed him into a river. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young villager. In this alternate world, much like the 1960s and 1970s, he swears he won't be a simp! The trilogies Red Crag, Red Sun, and Red Flag Spectrum make him a nationally renowned young writer. The trilogies The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber ma 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A realistic historical novel, very good, highly recommended.

8. 158 双 Traveling Between Two Worlds in Republican-Era China: Hunting Down the Japanese 双穿民国之专杀小鬼子 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban117k WordsOngoing Drop all pretenses of decency and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to overthink things; when trouble comes, just go crazy. Better to inconvenience others than make yourself suffer. That was Su Tianci in 2026. He'd only joined a cycling club because he wanted to talk about cycling technique. Who could have guessed he'd somehow fall off a cliff? When he came to, he'd transmigrated to Shanghai in 1937... 1.1kReads—Score15914d adds

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   That's why

9. 159 须 The Sumeru Ring: My Road to a Comeback 须弥戒，我的逆袭之路 Turning the Tide of the Mortal World逆转红尘Urban1.4M WordsOngoing I was reborn on a rainy night in late autumn. Not far away, my second uncle and his son were digging a pit for me, preparing to bury me in a graveyard. In my previous life, I woke up and escaped, never to return. I drifted through life, and just before I died, I came across a news report. On this very day, my second uncle sold my newlywed wife to human traffickers, leading to her being abused and killed. This time, I won't run away. Whoever digs the pit will be buried in it. 8.8kReads7.4Score79214d adds

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   [Laughing and crying][laughing]

10. 160 红 A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士 Tianchen Xingyu天辰星语Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world! 6.1kReads8.5Score61014d adds
11. 161 土 The Potato Oracle’s All-Purpose Comeback Theory 土豆万能接话神棍论 Tao's World涛视界8k WordsCompleted The Potato: An All-Purpose Conversationalist and Mastermind 416Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 162 年 Starting in 1960: Sent to the Northwest Countryside to Become a Cadre 年代开局1960下乡西北当干部 Take a Big Flight放个大飞机Rural Life89k WordsOngoing [Early Development + Business and Construction + Hunting + Bandit-Slaying + Treasure-Hunting + Farming + A Little Flirting with the Female Lead] Bai Ye, who had achieved nothing in life in the 22nd century, was killing time one evening by playing a new life-simulation game when he nodded off. When he woke, he discovered he had transmigrated to 1960. For a moment, he thought his luck had finally changed. After all, he was now a top student fresh out of Capital University, and his 4.7kReads—Score73714d adds

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    The new book begins in 1960.

13. 163 重 Living a Second Life as a Young Man in the Compound 重活一世，大院少年 Starry Words星星语话Urban68k WordsOngoing Dare to tell me you'll work with me, and I'll make you a multimillionaire. Save yourself... work hard to make money... change your own fate and that of the people around you, so everyone can put their talents to use and live a normal life through hard work. 247Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Bring it on! The little guy's counterattack

14. 164 重 Reborn in 2002: The Rise of the World's Richest Man! 重生2002，世界首富的诞生！ Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban120k WordsOngoing Su Tianci was a miserable wage slave. During yet another overtime shift, he suddenly died at his keyboard while typing. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated back to the month before his middle school entrance exams. With more than twenty years of memories from the future, how will he climb, step by step, all the way to the top? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 165 两 Fire and Glory Across Two Worlds 两界穿梭之火红时代 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban115k WordsOngoing Su Tianci was an utterly ordinary online writer buried in debt. When his royalties came in, he decided to treat himself and headed to the Red Romance Club. He had just picked Technician No. 88, a gorgeous, fair-skinned beauty with long legs, when he closed his eyes and opened them again to find that, for no apparent reason, he had transmigrated to the 1970s, into the body of a man with the same name and almost exactly the same looks. Even more astonishing, he could travel back to 2025. Two enorm 5Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 166 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 706Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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    The plot is explosive; the young ghost-catching master goes into the city and does whatever he wants.

17. 167 掏 She Spent the Family Fortune: The Capitalist Heiress Married a Young Officer 掏空家底，资本家大小姐嫁军少 Kung Fu Potato功夫马铃薯Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + military marriage + pocket dimension + a capitalist heiress who looks bright and lovely but is proud at heart, paired with a disciplined officer with incredible stamina and an eight-pack] In her previous life, Shen Zhitang was set up by her scumbag father and stepmother, who tricked her into marrying the powerful and influential Gao Jianren. When disaster struck, her father’s family used the Gao family’s connections to sneak off to Hong Kong, enjoying a life of luxury with the Shen fa 21.1kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
18. 168 我 I'm a Laid-Back Slacker in the Seventies 我在七十年代当咸鱼 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Period setting + sent-down youth + storage space + family life + rural romance) This is a story about the forest region of Northeast China in the 1970s: the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, weddings and funerals, and families welcoming new babies... Chen Yan, a woman in her fifties, dies of an illness and unexpectedly transmigrates to China in 1970. Seventeen-year-old Chen Qingyan hits her head in an accident. When she wakes up, someone else is inside. A series of events unfold in the famil 15.9kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds

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    The Ghost-Catching Little Master Goes to the City to Live a Good Life

19. 169 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Takes the Business World by Storm 重生八零：营销女王横扫商界 CPOModern Romance41k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Conquers the Business World 77Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I'm totally a fan of the female lead! She's frighteningly clear-headed, never fights over men, and focuses solely on her career—it's so satisfying to read! The writing style is also very comfortable. I highly recommend it to any book-starved reader! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

20. 170 六 The Violent Woman of the Sixties Takes on Everyone 六零暴力女干翻全场 Ying Jinchuan, Who Loves He Tang Red Cranes喜欢鹤塘红的应金川Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Keywords: Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Revenge, Rise to Success in the 1960s After a starship explosion sent her from a monster-infested interstellar world, Jiang Sidong opened her eyes in the body of a young girl in 1959. Her original self had been literally tormented to death by her paternal aunt’s family, and the three years of famine had only just begun. She looked at the cracked earth, and at people driven to sell their sons and daughters for a piece of tree bark... As she cultivated her p 8.6kReads8.4Score85214d adds

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    It's addictive from the first glance; the little ghost-catching master uses Taoist magic to empty the warehouse of his awful relative.

21. 171 受 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister-in-Law Quits, and the Ungrateful Family Panics 受气小姑撂挑子，白眼狼全家慌了 Baby Little Hu小胡宝宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Family Life + Pocket Dimension + Mutual Devotion + Sweet Romance] This story is entirely fictional. Just enjoy it! In her previous life, she worked like a beast of burden for the Su family, only to be pushed down the stairs by her heartless nephew and die a tragic death... With a second chance at life, let someone else be the beast of burden! No one is going to keep her from the man she missed out on in her previous life! She activates her pocket dime 14.1kReads8.3Score1.6k14d adds

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    A supernatural fantasy novel set in the old days, featuring a young ghost-hunting master who secretly aids a guerrilla force in the city.

22. 172 双 Two People Transmigrate to 1949, and from the Start We Meet Lou Zhenhua 双穿一九四九，开局遇到娄振华 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Male-Channel Fanfiction150k WordsOngoing Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. No more emotional self-torment; when something happens, just lose it: better to inconvenience others than make yourself suffer. That was Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrated to Beiping just after its liberation. He also awakened a pocket dimension that could take him back to 2026. The economically booming year 2026 and the war-torn year 1949, two vastly different eras, now lay before him. 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds

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    Set up an ambush in the mountain city

23. 173 穿 I Transmigrated to 1949, and Now I'm a Refugee? 穿越一九四九，我成难民了？ Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban131k WordsOngoing Forget about personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to overthink things; if something happens, just go crazy: better to make things difficult for others than suffer yourself. That was Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrated to Beiping just after its liberation. He also awakened a space that could take him back to 2026. The boom years of 2026 and war-torn 1949, two vastly different eras, now lay before him. 315Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Did you see that man's face clearly?

24. 174 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical903k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 6.1kReads—Score41414d adds

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    The male protagonist is reborn and leads his fellow villagers and soldiers out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, creating a new world for the Han people.

25. 175 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.8kReads—Score11014d adds
26. 176 渡 I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and 155Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A fantasy novel set in the modern era, featuring a young exorcist master who robs the poor and helps the rich in the city.

27. 177 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction976k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 166Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist of this book is the embodiment of 'suspicion' and 'cunning', and every step of his growth is accompanied by a renewed understanding of humanity and power.

28. 178 大 A Great Nation’s Middleman: I Saved Countless Soviet Girls 大国倒爷，我拯救众多苏联少女 Jungle Mage打野的法师Urban882k WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + running goods in Russia + foreign beauties + womanizer + hugely profitable smuggling Two women stood at the door. Two Soviet women with blonde hair and blue eyes, wrapped in tattered headscarves. Wang Teng's first reaction: Holy shit. His second reaction: Am I fucking seeing this right? A line of text automatically appeared in Wang Teng's mind: [Ding! System notification: Your foreign beauties have arrived. Please sign for them.] Don't get excited, that was just hi 335Reads5.7Score3914d adds
29. 179 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Cultivate Immortality, Driving My Scumbag Ex and Stepmother Crazy 重生六零我修仙，渣男后妈气疯了 Dumb Little Deer呆小鹿Modern Romance146k WordsOngoing [Space + Rebirth + Period Setting + Mountains of Supplies + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Yun Shuyao, from the year 2026, is stabbed to death by her scumbag husband. When she opens her eyes, she has transmigrated to 1960, where her predecessor was starved to death in bed by her stepmother and stepsister. She gives a cold laugh. In her previous life, she worked for a scumbag. This time, she’s living for herself. Her space is full of mountains of supplies, and she happens to arrive during a famine. She 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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