Looking for Historical-Era Stories With Strong Heroines! No Fragile Female Leads! The Male Lead Can Be Strong, but the Heroine Has to Be Stronger! 求女强年代文！！不要娇弱女主！要男强女更强！！

1. 1 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

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   This book is absolutely amazing! The female lead is incredibly intelligent and clever, and the male lead is very responsible. It's truly a fantastic read; all you ladies who enjoy this genre should check it out.

2. 2 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 Romance125k 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 7.5kReads6.4Score168Shelves

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   She's intelligent but not reckless. Not the kind of headstrong, impulsive woman. A subversive transmigration story set in a bygone era, where she reclaims her body. [Victory][Victory][Victory] Su Wan's body was occupied by a transmigrated woman for three years. During those three years, the transmigrated woman's antics were outrageous. First, she plotted "my father marrying into the family and I becoming rich," tricking her father into marrying a wealthy woman, then forcibly taking the wealthy woman's son, the future richest man, into her fold. Her sisters became pawns in her marriage alliances, tools for her future wealth accumulation. Not only that, she also raised a pond full of big fish... The two biggest among them were the reborn male protagonist of the book, who started from scratch and was destined to become incredibly wealthy. The other was her husband, whom she had recently married! He would inherit billions. The book described him in only one sentence: angering him would only result in one word—death. Now Su Wan has reclaimed her body and gained some of the transmigrated woman's memories. But the situation she faces is beyond her control... The transmigrated woman has attracted a bunch of fish! Her husband is furious! Her eldest sister hates her, and her fourth sister is dissatisfied with her! Just as she was lost in thought, Huo Chenxiao walked over...

3. 3 误 Lost in Another Era: Director, I'm Wooing a Man in the Eighties 误穿年代，导演我在八零撩汉子 Qiefener切粉儿Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Space + Both Leads Are Chaste + Parallel World] Can someone tell her where she is? Thick grass, towering trees, no birdsong, not a flower in sight... She was at a film festival overseas, and then she had the misfortune to be caught in a terrorist attack. Was she... kidnapped? What? The year is 1984! Hey, handsome guy in the military training uniform, meeting must be fate. Could you lend me some money? Military uniform: Sure. Actress: Um, I’m borrowing money, not selling myself. 386Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   All three are excellent historical fiction novels, and the female protagonists are all very capable, especially the female protagonist in the second book, who is a scientific genius.

4. 4 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 31.2kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
5. 5 七 The Beautiful 1970s Educated Youth, Doted on by a Rough-Hewn Man 七零漂亮女知青，糙汉捧在手心宠 The Knife-Wielding Love Letter捉刀小情书Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged man + delicate peach blossom spirit + three lifetimes of romance + sweet doting + healing] A delicate, beautiful peach blossom spirit heroine × a rugged hero who adores his wife The peach blossom spirit Tao Yingli failed her heavenly tribulation. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. In the countryside of the 1970s, farm work was hard and life was harsh. Tao Yingli had lost her peach blossom body, and even pulling up 1.6kReads9.0Score214Shelves
6. 6 恶 After the Wicked Darling Toyed with the Hong Kong Tycoon's Heir, She Became Everyone's Darling! 恶娇玩弄港圈太子爷后，被团宠！ Oreo Is a Kitty奥利奥是猫猫Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good 1990s Romance + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Pampered by the Whole Family + Building Wealth] [Unhinged, Alluring, and Cunning Beauty × Scheming, Ruthless Young Master of Hong Kong] Su Miaomiao died, then came back to life. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled to Beishan City in 1989. From the start, her fake best friend drugged her and bundled her off to Wansinian's bed. Who was Wansinian? Hong Kong's top tycoon's heir, infamous for being a ruthless madman. Any woman w 3.2kReads8.5Score394Shelves

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   The female protagonist transmigrates and possesses incredibly strong fighting abilities. Upon their first meeting, she kidnaps the male protagonist and carves her name on his chest. The male protagonist is also very strong, and they develop feelings for each other through mutual care. In the second book, the female protagonist uses everything the male protagonist has to build her own successful career. Then she runs away, and he chases after her relentlessly. The female protagonist's career is thriving, and she can use the male protagonist's resources to climb even higher, which he is willing to do. Both characters are virgins, and the story is very engaging.

7. 7 乖 Don’t Run, Sweetheart! The Big Shot from Shanghai and Beijing Is Claiming You 乖别跑！沪京大佬强制爱 Cassius of the Deer Enclosure鹿圈的卡修斯Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted [1990s + Period Setting + Everyday Family Life + Local Bully + CEO + Cozy, Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Winning Her Back + Taking Her by Force] (Not a traditional power fantasy) (A 1990s CEO-tries-to-win-her-back story) In her previous life, Jiang Min was sold by her family to the factory manager’s son. Later, his family sent her to sleep with a superior in exchange for job opportunities. Luckily, Wei Xiao rescued her. Unfortunately, Wei Xiao, the man who saved her, turned out to be a r 253Reads6.8Score—Shelves
8. 8 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 83.3kReads9.4Score13.4kShelves

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   The male lead is a pilot, and the female lead is a skilled healer; the female lead is more powerful than the male lead.

9. 9 闪 A Whirlwind Wedding and Military Life: My Forceful Officer Leaves Me Swooning Every Time 闪婚随军：强势军官令我次次沦陷 Qing Yunyun青芸芸Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Complete novel + sweet romance + career-driven heroine + building wealth + female awakening and mutual support + no golden finger + funny, heartwarming, and moving] Ye Wenxi, a career-driven woman at a major 21st-century corporation, transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting character in a novel set in a bygone era. Through a twist of fate, she and Lu Weidong end up having an “honest exchange.” Fortunately, he has a strong sense of responsibility and insists on seeing things th 15.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   Go check it out; see just how strong our powerful women can be! Every woman in the story has a distinct character arc. (The more outstanding the women become, the more prominent they will be later on.)

10. 10 绝 His Stunning Wife Has Given Birth Again, and the Commander Comes Every Night to Soothe the Baby 绝美娇妻又生了，首长夜夜来哄娃 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted Completed [One devoted couple + a sweet marriage in the 1970s + military marriage + swapped marriages + cozy everyday romance + family life] After taking a nap, Shen Zhiyou suddenly discovered that the world she lived in was actually a book, and she was the brainless, malicious second female lead whose only purpose was to drive the plot! In the book, she was practically possessed, insisting on marrying Jiang Wenbin no matter what. After the wedding, Jiang Wenbin thought she was filthy and made h 24.3kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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    This is a historical fiction story where the female protagonist awakens...

11. 11 六 Joining the Army in the 1960s: Fleeing Famine and Marrying a Cavalryman in a Flash 六零随军：逃荒，闪婚骑兵哥哥 Miaobai喵白Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military Romance + Cavalry Commander + Tianshan Grasslands + Farming and Hunting + Sweet Everyday Life] My grasslands, my horse. I do whatever I want out here. A spirited military wife transmigrates to the 1960s, flees famine across five provinces, and finally reaches a cavalry regiment in the far northwest, where she begins life with the troops. She clears land, digs for caterpillar fungus, and hunts wild beasts. With fields to farm and meat to eat, life is good. Riding a Tibetan wild ass, lea 18kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    This is a very well-written article and I highly recommend reading it.

12. 12 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
13. 13 六 The Chubby Girl of the Sixties Marries a Cripple and Has Triplets 六零小胖妹，嫁给瘸子后竟三胎了 Cheng Xiaomai程小麦Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period] [Everyone’s Darling] [System] [Rise to Become a Rich Beauty] An Ning had spent her whole life alone, but at last she had a family! The only catch was that she’d switched to a different time and place, landing in the 1960s. She rolled up her sleeves, ready to settle down and make do with a poor but honest life, only to discover she had an unbelievably powerful exchange system. While everyone else was still scraping by on wild greens and water, An Ning was quietly getting rich. She traded 2.7kReads8.9Score238Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1960s, becoming a 200-pound (overweight) woman, but is given a transmigration system that allows her to communicate with multiple dimensions. In the 1960s, an era when others were starving and eating grass roots and tree bark, the female protagonist has food in hand and is not worried. The handsome male military officer, discharged due to injury, is shunned by his family and fiancée, but the female protagonist manages to take advantage of him, they marry, and together they fight back against their enemies. With their loving family, they live a life of luxury, envied by all. The novel is short and lacks a dramatic plot, but it is full of warmth and perfectly captures the characteristics of that era. The author's writing is mature and smooth, making it a good period drama and worth recommending!

14. 14 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    🔥A period drama featuring a strong female lead. She's adept at navigating social situations and reading people's expressions. She has a cheat-like ability and a spatial ability. The female lead rises from a small supply and marketing cooperative as a substitute to the city's purchasing manager! She frequently travels across the country, and with her cheat-like abilities, it's definitely a satisfying read! Highly recommended! As for the male lead, he hasn't appeared yet!

15. 15 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    This is definitely a female-centric historical romance novel. I love the kind of female lead who always strives for her goals. Although there is a male lead, he appears in relatively few chapters. However, their story gets quite sweet later on. If you like this kind of novel, give it a try!

16. 16 下 Only After Moving to the Countryside Did I Learn My Family Are All Military Bigwigs 下乡后，才知家人们都是军区大佬 Moonlight in the Nine Netherworlds九幽月光Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sent down to the countryside + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + spatial storage + military marriage + true daughter + female-led wish fulfillment] Su Nuohan was an elite mercenary in the twenty-first century. She died tragically during a mission to rescue hostages. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the Su family’s biological daughter in Haicheng in the 1970s, and had been set up to go to the countryside in place of the family’s fake heiress. After absorbing t 47.5kReads8.3Score5.8kShelves

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    This book is very good.

17. 17 金 The Jin Yuanbao Family’s Sudden Fortune from Demolition Compensation 金元宝一家的拆迁暴富日常 A Wondrous Pen Like a Lotus妙笔如莲Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Old Madam Jin dreamed of a golden ingot while pregnant. She asked each of her four favorite daughters-in-law, but none of them admitted it! Could it really have been Ying Canru, who could never get enough to eat and always burned the bottom of the pot when she cooked? ~~ In the delivery room, Ying Canru screamed as she gave birth. Outside, Jin Laifu paced back and forth, glancing at his watch from time to time as he muttered, “Please let the baby be born on the eighth day of the eighth month. Ot 1.8kReads8.8Score115Shelves

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    A very novel theme. The way the female lead's parents raise their child is absolutely amazing, and the female lead is incredibly insightful. This book is addictive; you can't put it down!

18. 18 从 From the Apocalypse to the 1970s: With You, Every Day Is Sunny 从末世到七零：有你便是晴天 Xiao Feng Mo Yu萧风墨雨Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Set in the 1970s + transmigration + portable space + super strength + devoted couple + sweet romance + feel-good power fantasy) Mo Yu struggled to survive for ten years in the apocalypse, going from a clueless girl fresh out of school to someone equipped with all the skills needed to stay alive. Could all that hardship really be summed up in a single word? After transmigrating one day, all she wanted was to lie back and enjoy life. Little did she know, her predecessor had been entrusted with a 13.5kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    Stronger men, stronger women

19. 19 月 Moonlight Over the West Tower: A Brilliant Life After I Transmigrate to the Eighties 月满西楼，穿越八零的灿烂人生 Xiao Feng Mo Yu萧风墨雨Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Ancient woman transmigrates to the modern era (period setting + personal space + formidable martial arts + business and wealth + utterly sweet romance) A generation’s greatest heroine, Yue Qingyu, transmigrates into the body of a simple-minded girl in the 1980s. Her mother is an educated youth sent to the countryside, while her father is the village’s best-looking good-for-nothing, useless at everything. When the college entrance exams begin, her mother gets into university. Her father takes her 5kReads9.2Score653Shelves
20. 20 末 An Apocalypse-Era Woman Transmigrates Into a Period Novel About a True and Fake Heiress 末世女穿到真假千金年代文 That Figure from Years Ago当年的那道身影Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [1970s + Sweet Romance + Personal Space + Devoted Couple + Everyday Family Life + Love Grows Over Time + Feel-Good, No Needless Frustration] Feng Chuxiao, who struggled to survive in the apocalypse, was a novel fan. She especially loved reading transmigration stories where the protagonist got to slap everyone in the face. They always left her feeling wonderful. While other people stockpiled food, she collected books and things nobody else wanted, dreaming that one day she might transmigrate too. 12.6kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
21. 21 七 The Plump Wife of the 1970s and the Reserved Educated Youth Tycoon 七零肥妻，禁欲知青是大佬 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Xunwei is a renowned master chef, yet somehow she ends up in the body of a chubby village girl who was tricked by a scumbag in the 1970s. The moment she opens her eyes, she pins down a young educated man who has just been sent to the countryside and has her way with him. The scumbag breaks off their engagement, and the whole village insists she force the young educated man to marry her? No problem. That’s a piece of cake! With a spatula in her left hand and seasonings in her right, she’ll coo 7.7kReads9.1Score887Shelves

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    These are all very good, and the female lead is an excellent cook and has a strong personality, making them worth watching.

22. 22 娇 The Sweet Military Wife Is on Top, and Her Officer Husband Can't Take It 娇娇军嫂在上，军官老公顶不住 First Frost霜初Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Sweet Years, is now streaming~ The second short drama adaptation, Let Me Dwell in Your Heart, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + food + supermarket space + devoted couple + everyday life + love after marriage] Ye Muqi had just become a seven-star chef when a car accident transported her to the 1980s. From the start, she was married, and her husband was a soldier with a slim waist and long legs. For Ye Muqi, who had been single for 29 years, that was a huge plus! T 9.5kReads9.1Score857Shelves
23. 23 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 30.8kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
24. 24 漂 The Beautiful Army Wife Is So Alluring, Even the Ice-Cold Commander Has Fallen for Her 漂亮军嫂太撩人，冷面首长沦陷了 Jia He Yue嘉禾岄Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance + Heroine's Entrepreneurship] When Fu Xueyao wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated to the 1980s. Here, she's a lazy girl who's willful, spoiled, rude, and crude, and even her newlywed soldier husband was tricked into marrying her. Since she's here, she might as well make the best of it. Fu Xueyao, who has been single her whole life, thinks this bargain husband isn't bad at all. A slim waist, long legs, a great figur 2.3kReads9.0Score186Shelves
25. 25 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s and Raise Kids on a Military Island 穿越六零，随军海岛养崽崽 Wan Xiyi万喜宜Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period Setting + Pocket Space] [Joining the Army on an Island + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Love After Marriage + No Toxic Characters + Everyday Life] Jiang Zhizhi is a modern-day food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s. Luckily, the little house she had just bought outright comes along with her, and the refrigerator inside even has a duplication function. But before she can process what’s happening, her older brother and sister-in-law bundle her up with he 2.9kReads8.5Score194Shelves
26. 26 七 The 1970s: The Culinary Goddess 七零厨神美人 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [A cooking god, military-industrial research, patriotism, delicious food, positive energy, and an exhilarating era: don’t miss this period novel!] Cooking god Zhao Wan Feng transmigrates. She lands in a third-line military factory and even scores a perfect scientist husband. In that case, she’ll work hard and aim to become the cafeteria’s head cook, then settle down and enjoy life… No, she’ll become the cafeteria’s star, put down roots at the military factory, have children with her husband, and 3.4kReads9.2Score434Shelves
27. 27 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Turns Dark, Tears Down the Green Tea, and Dumps Her Jerk Husband 八零：真千金黑化，撕绿茶踹渣夫 Tang Dachui汤大锤Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + love after marriage] The moment Ji Xiaoyue opened her eyes, she became the real daughter: timid and impossibly self-sacrificing. Her life as the real daughter was a miserable one: a biased father, a cheating scumbag, a shameless little green tea, and a lonely death with no one to claim her body. Ji Xiaoyue immediately made sure the scumbag and the little green tea were stuck with each other! Catch them in the act! I’ll get the 11.2kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    Good read... The first book is finished, the second one is about rebirth, the male lead dotes on his wife, the female lead is smart and clear-headed, the plot is crazy, there are many awful characters, it's a killing spree...

28. 28 照 Taking Care of My Widowed Sister-in-Law While Staying Chaste? I Was Reborn and Married a Commander Instead 照顾寡嫂还守身？我重生改嫁首长 A Little Lucky Carp一只小锦鲤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original novel of the short drama Reborn in 1980: My New Bride Wants a Divorce In her previous life, Han Xinrui failed her college entrance exams, lost her job to someone else, and was separated from her parents. She even married a man who only knew how to raise his sister-in-law’s children! After fifty years of marriage, the stress and resentment gave her breast cancer. As she lay dying, her husband proudly showed off his sister-in-law, his arm around her. “I gave Qingqing your university admis 7.8kReads7.9Score852Shelves
29. 29 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.1kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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    This book is amazing! 👍 The female lead is poised, beautiful, and cool; she's inventive, intelligent, and patriotic.

30. 30 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 190.3kReads9.2Score13.6kShelves

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    This was originally a story about a strong female lead; the male lead only appears later.

31. 31 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    I've been reading period dramas lately about different lives.

32. 32 回 Before My Whole Family Was Wiped Out, I Impulsively Married a Senior Army Officer 回到全家灭门前，我闪婚了军老大 Gong Ziqi宫紫绮Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, marriage first and love later, doting male lead, independent and strong female lead, triplets] In her previous life, her entire family was slaughtered. Reborn, she makes a fortune raising pigs, amasses a wealth of money, leads her family out of the mountains, and settles in the capital, all while secretly searching for the killer. He's a wealthy young military officer famous in the capital's elite circles, and the object of countless socialites' dreams of marriage. Yet h 2kReads9.2Score308Shelves
33. 33 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
34. 34 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Doomed Original Wife Came Back to Life! 穿书后，早死的炮灰原配复活了！ Mr. Sea of Consciousness识海先生Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Period Setting + Mysticism + Military Marriage + Love Triangle] Ruan Zhao was the thirty-eighth sect leader of the Xuanqing Sect. While sealing the last evil demon in the mortal realm, she was ambushed by her enemy and killed, then transmigrated into a period novel. She became the original wife of the story’s top villain, a cannon-fodder character who died young. She lived in a dilapidated, dirt-poor house in the countryside, with two pitiful children in tow. Once she 2Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; it's still being updated. The content is very engaging, ladies, you should check it out!

35. 35 军 Military Marriage: After Refusing to Raise a Heartless Brat, I Married the Commander, and It Was the Best Decision Ever 军婚，拒养白眼狼后，嫁首长真香 Mi Mi Duo Hehe米米多嘿嘿Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted The full story is complete, so read with confidence! A sweet, satisfying military romance set in the past, devoted love, two devoted leads, joining the army, and putting the villains in their place In her past life, Zhan Xinyue was set up by her adoptive mother and married off to a rugged country man with two children. Meanwhile, her adoptive mother's daughter, Zhan Hongyan, stole her childhood engagement and married a handsome, promising young officer. After their marriage, the rugged man rod 5.7kReads9.1Score739Shelves

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    These books are really good. The female leads are exceptionally talented, the plots are engaging, and the female lead isn't a naive or overly sweet character. You should check them out.

36. 36 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 101.8kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves

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    The female lead is extremely capable

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
38. 38 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
39. 39 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

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    The female lead has two hundred million yuan in the 1960s or 70s; the male lead has a relatively minor presence. It's quite a good story.

40. 40 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 20.1kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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    The daily life of a general's eldest daughter in the 1960s, enjoying gossip and drama 🍉🍉🍉

41. 41 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, She Was Sold Off as a Fool and Then Struck It Rich 穿七零，被当傻妞贱卖后她暴富了 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + crazy, satisfying power fantasy + raising kids + strong heroine] [Fu Qingshan: Half my life is devoted to the country, and the other half to you.] A genius girl from the 21st century takes on a mission to change a villain's fate and becomes a strong but dim-witted country girl in the 1970s. Though she was born to a dual-income urban family, she was maliciously switched at birth and raised as a lowborn country girl. She opens her eyes in a coffin. Her adoptiv 20.3kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    These are all books where the female lead is quite capable; they're not dependent on the male lead or just lazy, irresponsible characters. They're all basically crazy female leads, so you can tell from the start that they're satisfying reads. When they encounter difficult characters, they either confront or beat them up 🤭 It's quite a treat to read!

42. 42 五 Wild Military Marriage in the 1950s: I Knocked My Mother-in-Law's Head Off from the Start 五零军婚狂野，开局打爆婆婆的头 Fish Meow Cake鱼喵饼Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted [Two Strong Leads + Mind-Reading + Gossip-Watching + Both Leads Are Chaste + Unhinged + Revenge on Scumbags + Divine Power] Hu Qiyue transmigrates into the role of a cannon-fodder character in a story about a woman devoted to her family in a bygone era. In the book, the in-laws constantly humiliate and abuse the heroine. They gaslight the cannon fodder too, and in the end, she sacrifices everything so her husband's family can enjoy a peaceful life. The good news: the story is over, and she's not 101Reads6.9Score—Shelves
43. 43 六 The Famine Years of the 1960s: A Madwoman Is the Luckiest of All 六零荒年：发疯女人最好命 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Card-drawing System + Going crazy, the whole point is having no reason and using madness to solve every absurd situation] Fu Hanyu transmigrated into a book. No, she had actually transmigrated a long time ago. She just didn't know if she'd arrived by the wrong route, because one day she suddenly became a local. By the time her memories returned, she was not only married, but had already given birth. That wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was 5.6kReads8.3Score415Shelves
44. 44 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 64.9kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves
45. 45 穿 Transmigrated to 1958 to Raise the Kids 穿到五八养崽崽 User10991359用户10991359Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Period setting, no romance, raising kids, supermarket, striving, helping the whole village prosper) After twenty-seven years of being single, Xiaoqi got launched into the air by a car in the middle of the night and won a one-way ticket to the afterlife! She crossed parallel worlds with her little supermarket and arrived in Huaxia, where she became a widowed military wife with two kids! With a devastating disaster only months away, she got over her shock and reluctantly took up the mantle. She r 162Reads7.5Score—Shelves
46. 46 星 The Interstellar Queen in the Seventies 星际女王在七零 Has the Scum Lost Weight?渣渣瘦了吗Modern Romance541k WordsCompleted In the future interstellar world, Wang Fei, the No. 1 mercenary who swore she'd never marry and lived by the motto “one person fed, the whole family has nothing to worry about,” transmigrates! She ends up in the body of a same-named girl in a remote countryside village in the 1970s. Her father is dead, her mother is missing, her grandparents despise her, and she was driven from home to starve to death. Before transmigrating, Wang Fei was like a mother dragon, obsessed with collecting rare treasu 904Reads9.0Score100Shelves
47. 47 七 The Seventies Spatial Farm: The Educated Youth’s Wife Kicks People Again 七零空间，知青媳妇又踹人了 Farming South of the Mountain种田南山下Modern Romance954k WordsCompleted Keeping her distance from troublemakers, Han Qingci has a pocket dimension at her disposal. In the 1970s, she makes a few good friends, chooses someone to spend her life with, and enjoys a quiet, steady life. Those people and events gradually become her life. 11.3kReads9.1Score905Shelves
48. 48 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: Giving My Life for My Country 穿越七零之以身报国 Tiger Cub Who Learns to Dance学跳舞的虎崽Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted Hu Hongxiang closes her eyes and opens them again. After a good night's sleep, she finds herself back in the 1970s, in the body of a shy little girl. Unable to find a job, she has no choice but to go to the countryside. At first, all she wants is to make it through that special period, then go to college, buy a house and stocks, and spend the rest of her life with plenty of money and free time. She never expected transmigration to come with an essential golden finger: a System. But this System i 330Reads9.0Score—Shelves
49. 49 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Get Rich with Time-Crossing Red Envelopes 穿书七零，我靠超时空红包暴富 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted (Chat system, spatial storage, period setting, cozy) Lan Ling woke up to find she had somehow transmigrated into a period novel, where she had become an insignificant passerby in the village where the heroine had been sent down to the countryside. Her home was bare, and supplies were scarce. Luckily, her phone had come with her. Not only could she send supplies through a messaging app, it also came with its own storage space. But the only person left in her contacts was her childhood friend and 1.7kReads8.6Score130Shelves
50. 50 牛 Amazing! The Strong Farm Girl Digs Up Ginseng and Strikes It Rich! 牛啦！大力女知青挖人参暴富啦！ Jiaqi佳奇Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A trinket that modern-day girl Yao Dongxue bought on a whim while shopping suddenly gave her access to a pocket dimension. But she discovered that she might not be the only one who had it. One night, she began watching the daily life of a girl from the 1970s who shared her name, all through her dreams. The girl had a happy family and was incredibly strong. Even in an era that Yao Dongxue considered harsh, she lived a happy life. For three years, Yao Dongxue watched her in her dreams every night. 9.8kReads8.9Score855Shelves

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