Looking for Period Fiction Recommendations 求推年代文

1. 1 穿 Transported to the 1980s, I Was Kept by a Madman 穿到八零年代，我被疯批包养了 A Stroke of Light and Shadow一笔光影Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Shen Zhiyi, who has traveled back to 1988, looks at her impoverished home, her parents who favor sons over daughters, and her broken self. As the old saying goes: knowledge changes your fate, and beauty changes your family. Shen Zhiyi sets her sights on the wealthy Jiang Xiubai at first glance. Using her stunning looks, she sets out to catch him. She lands her catch, but never expected it to be a great white shark that eats people. Shen Zhiyi gets in over her head and can only keep dating him th 72Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   This is a period drama where the male lead is obsessive and possessive, doting on the female lead immensely. He lets her buy whatever she wants, with the only condition being that she never leaves him.

2. 2 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
3. 3 七 The Sweet Little Darling of the 1970s 七零年代之小娇娇甜炸了 A Dudududu阿嘟嘟嘟嘟Modern Romance552k WordsCompleted The village's most sought-after educated youth, Xia, was getting married, and her groom was Lu Zhi, the man everyone in the village despised. Everyone said she must have gone blind. They assumed Xia would suffer once she married that troublemaker, but to their surprise, the two only grew more prosperous and even became the village's first family with ten thousand yuan to their name. After marriage, the delicate Xia turned into a feisty little firecracker, never afraid to give people a piece of h 564Reads8.8Score104Shelves

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   This is definitely a sweet romance novel set in the 1970s!

4. 4 穿 Reborn as an Eighties Child Bride, I Flee My Wedding and the Officer Falls for Me 穿成八零童养媳，逃婚军官沦陷了 Tea Tea Lemon茶茶柠檬Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + 1980s + sweet romance + business] Wen Qingtong's soul transmigrates into the body of a child bride, and her older brother, unable to accept her, flew into a rage and enlisted. He has been away for ten years. As soon as she wakes up, she finds that Mother Wen has sent a letter claiming to be bedridden and near death, forcing Wen Zhanting to come home and get married. But the moment Wen Zhanting gets home, he catches Mother Wen digging in the vegetable garden. Faced with her r 3.6kReads8.2Score263Shelves

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   [Military Marriage + 1980s + Sweet Romance + Business] The female lead transmigrates into the body of a child bride, while her brother, unwilling to accept her, has been away in the army for ten years. The male lead's mother lies, claiming he's paralyzed and won't live much longer, forcing him to return. Upon arriving home, he finds his mother digging in the vegetable garden. Faced with her relentless pressure to marry the female lead, he snaps at her, "Stop forcing me! I will never marry her. If you continue to force me, I'll only support her, but I'll never touch her. She'll live a life of widowhood, and I'll be childless. We'll see!" The female lead, who had originally planned to elope, is immediately tempted by this offer. She hides her belongings, steps out, and greets him with a slight smile, "Hi, brother, are you serious?" This incredible stroke of luck has fallen into my lap! He had only agreed not to touch her, but on their first night of marriage, when she said she wanted to sleep on the floor with a straw mat, the male lead, with his wet, tousled hair falling over his forehead, his starry eyes filled with a bright smile, and his ears slightly flushed, said: "Want to consummate our marriage on the floor tonight? If you don't mind the discomfort, I'm fine with it."

5. 5 肉 A Little Chubby Kid Brings a Shopping Mall into a Period Novel 肉团子带着商场穿进年代文 Soft Words软語Two Male Leads682k WordsCompleted This is a danmei novel set in a bygone era, so make sure you’re reading the right one, cuties! When he wakes up, Lu Tang has become the adopted son who dies young in a period novel! From beginning to end, he only appears in a few chapters before being written out. But his death causes his adoptive parents’ family to turn evil. All four of his brothers become villains too, just to avenge him. The eldest brother breaks his leg, the second is kicked out of the army, and the third is abducted by hum 18.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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   All are completed historical fiction stories, some with two male leads, and some are romance.

6. 6 七 The 1970s: After Remarrying, the Lazy Mom Raises Six Kids! 七零：改嫁后，懒妈养了六个娃！ Little Grass by the Field田边小草Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Blended family + heartwarming child-rearing + parenting guide + no toxic relatives + well-behaved kids] Zhang Xiuhua was reborn in 1975, just after her educated youth husband abandoned her. Now she had to raise two children alone. In her previous life, after Zhang Xiuhua remarried, her second husband was full of schemes and her in-laws were unkind. To support the family, she had no choice but to work in a big city. Her children were left behind and grew up badly, and she regretted it deeply! 13.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
7. 7 年 The Reborn Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law in a Period-Era Lucky Charm Novel 年代锦鲤文的炮灰大嫂重生了 Qiao Miaomiao乔喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn Revenge + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Read + Building a Fortune + Everyday Life] Only when she was dying did Bai Xiuxiu discover that the world she lived in was actually a period novel about a lucky heroine! In the book, she was the lucky heroine's shrewish older sister-in-law. She was mean, lazy, greedy, and did every kind of evil! After the heroine married into the family, Bai Xiuxiu made life difficult for her at every turn. Because she bullied the lucky heroine, she “ 42.5kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves
8. 8 男 The Male Educated Youth Is Cold and Seductive, Haunting the Rough-Hewn Man's Dreams 男知青又冷又欲，糙汉魂牵梦萦 Chen Qian'an陈浅安Two Male Leads385k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because this is a new book, so please don't let that put you off!] [Two male leads] [Book Transmigration] [Period] [Medicine] [Loyal, rugged country boy x skilled Chinese medicine practitioner and educated youth] [One-on-one, both pure] Gu Chenxi died. The good news: he transmigrated into a book. The bad news: he became an educated youth sent to the countryside in a Period novel, who fawned over the heroine until she got him killed. Gu Chenxi saves Lin Yuze, who was also kille 1.1kReads6.6Score102Shelves
9. 9 年 Becoming the Poor Little One's Husband in a Period Novel 年代文里去给小可怜儿当老公 Little Xue of the Qi Family祁家小雪Two Male Leads424k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigration into a book + pocket dimension + sweet romance + dominant protagonist + period setting] Wei Xiao was born into a period novel and, as a proper background character, decided to stay away from the plot and choose a new life for himself. At eighteen, Wei Xiao decided to go to the countryside as an educated youth. He had a pocket dimension from the moment he arrived in this world, and already had everything he needed, so he wasn’t worried about the future at all. But 1.6kReads8.6Score162Shelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Spoiled by the Handsome Cannon Fodder in the 1970s 穿书七零之独宠漂亮小炮灰 The Moon Sets in the West Again月复西斜Two Male Leads579k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + System + pocket dimension + transmigrating into a book as the pursuer + reborn love interest + sweet romance] [Content warning: This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story, and the pacing is very slow. There is a golden finger, but it’s only a minor assist; the protagonist mostly has to work hard on his own. If you only like stories with wildly overpowered golden fingers, this may not be for you. See the final chapter for specific content warnings.] After Chen Yanchu was in a car acci 68Reads9.3Score—Shelves
11. 11 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Rustic Young Man Spoils the Educated Youth 穿越七零，小知青被糙汉宠上天！ Bloodstained Battle Robe飘血征袍Two Male Leads884k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + sweet romance + golden finger + two male leads + both pure] A young educated youth has arrived in the village. They say he’s even more handsome than a girl! The team leader: “Don’t ever marry an educated youth. They can’t be trusted!” Xue Fengnian: “You’re right, Uncle. I absolutely won’t marry a female educated youth!” Behind everyone’s backs, though, he brings the young educated youth food and drink. “Come to me if you need anything. I’ll protect you around here!” Lin Y 13.8kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
12. 12 五 The Little Nobody Who Followed Her Mother to a New Marriage in the Fifties 五零年代随娘改嫁的小炮灰 Jun Yaling君雅灵Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted Qu Weiwei woke up one day as a five-year-old girl instead of the 23-year-old woman she had been. The girl’s father was the richest man in Pingcheng, with five concubines and more than a dozen children born to them. Qu Weiwei was one of those children. On the eve of Liberation, her father planned to pack up and flee overseas. Unfortunately, his legal wife only wanted to take the money and her own children with her. She had no intention of bringing along any of the concubines or their children, so 5.7kReads8.7Score364Shelves
13. 13 胎 Reborn in the 1950s: I Nearly Drowned Right After Birth 胎穿五零：刚出生的我差点被溺毙 Dragon Who Loves Bayberries爱吃杨梅的龙Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Reincarnated in the womb + 1950s setting + pocket dimension + cozy everyday life + a slow and steady life] Also known as: Reborn in the 1950s: I Nearly Drowned Right After I Was Born She was reincarnated in the womb, and her story began with a near-fatal drowning... Luckily, her useless father had a rare moment of conscience and barely managed to save her life. She’d just had her first decent meal, and then she was abandoned!!! Õ_Õ: Hey, little one, do you have a lot of questions??? Scene One: 2.9kReads7.9Score197Shelves
14. 14 六 Making My Fortune in the 1960s 六十年代之我发家致富了 Zhi Ye o芷烨oModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrated to the 1960s, when even food and clothing are hard to come by? Su He says, “I'm not worried. I've been prepared for this.” What? She's transmigrated into a book set in the 1960s? Su He, a minor character, says, “No problem. I'll just stay on the sidelines and quietly make a fortune.” What? The original heroine wants to fleece her? Su He clutches her secret identity close and says, “I really only have this little bit. No one can find out my big secret.” (Author's disclaimer: This no 3.2kReads7.9Score191Shelves
15. 15 你 If You Dare Turn My Dad into a Stepfather, I'll Send You to Labor Camp 你敢亲爹变后爹，我就送你去劳改 Snow Falls Without a Trace落雪无影Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed. [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + space + punishing scoundrels + black eats black] My writing may be limited, but writing a book is no easy task. If you don't like it, please stop reading, but don't leave a bad review. Thank you, dear readers! Li Ningfei touched her forehead, where blood kept dripping down, and stared at the middle-aged man with a twisted face before her. Countless memories surged into her mind... She realized she had transmigrated into a book! The middle 1.8kReads8.7Score157Shelves
16. 16 穿 The Transmigrated Cannon Fodder's Life as an Educated Youth 穿书炮灰的知青日常 Wu Zhe Who Loves Beiling Meatballs爱吃北岭丸子的吴哲Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + no black-market trips + devoted couple + pocket dimension + special abilities] Ling Yunyue wakes up as a minor character, a young educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. She snaps to her senses and quickly starts stockpiling supplies, determined to keep her distance from the male and female leads. But she accidentally runs into another minor character. Huh? Why is this one so different from the book's description? Zou Sikang never imagined that after blowi 14.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
17. 17 胎 Born into the 1950s, I Packed My Bags and Went to the Countryside as a Youth 胎穿五零打包行李下乡当知青 The White Princess of Lufeng City炉沣市的白公主Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After a pandemic, she is born into the world 50 years earlier. What can she do when her mother favors sons over daughters? Luckily, she has a portable space. She finally grows up with her grandmother, only to have her mother secretly register her to go to the countryside, taking the job slot she had just earned away from her. What can she do? Accept reality, pack up, and go. Living in the educated youth compound, everyone has their own agenda. She just wants a peaceful life until she can return 3.4kReads7.9Score164Shelves
18. 18 孤 A Lone Orphan Is Reborn in the 1970s with an Infinite Supply of Goods 孤女带着无限物资重生七零 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Supply Pocket Dimension + Reborn + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance] After winning the sanda championship and obtaining a pocket dimension full of supplies, Bai Zhi begins a frenzied stockpiling spree. Later, she is reborn in the 1970s as a young orphan. What happens when a violent woman becomes a pitiful little thing and her persona falls apart? Educated youths head to the countryside, and the poor peasants rejoice. You need a travel permit to go out, and shopping requires b 3.2kReads8.8Score256Shelves
19. 19 苟 Keeping My Head Down in a Period Novel 苟在年代文 Sheep in the Pink Fog Sea粉雾海有喜羊羊Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted Sent Down to the Countryside, Space, Supplies, Laid-Back Living When the future richest woman, Xu Nian'an, was eighteen, she acquired a space. Who could have guessed that her own mother would stab her to death while she was gnawing on a pig's trotter? In one moment, she transmigrated into her stepsister, who had been sent to the countryside as an educated youth by that very same mother. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
21. 21 麻 I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了！四儿一女供我在七零读大学 Liu Liu Will Surely Get Rich六六一定发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi 10.5kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    The first book is hilarious; it's a rebirth novel, and both the main and supporting characters are very interesting. The second book is a quick transmigration novel with different eras and worlds, set in a technologically advanced country. The remaining two are heartwarming and sweet novels.

22. 22 快 Quick Transmigration: You Brat! I’m the Reinforcements Your Dad Sent 快穿之逆子！我是你爹请来的救兵 Insomniac c失眠者cModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP + quick transmigration + strengthening the nation + strong female lead] She wants to live. She wants to make her wishes come true. For that, Lin Yu fears neither mountains of blades nor seas of fire! Face-slapping? Strengthening the nation? Focusing on her career? She wants it all! The male and female leads? If they have nothing to do with her, they can get lost! She becomes an inconsequential cannon-fodder cousin in a reborn lucky heroine story? From the start, she slaps the lucky heroin 4.1kReads9.1Score442Shelves
23. 23 穿 Transmigrated into a Book in the Seventies: The Beloved Mingzhu Shines Bright 穿书七零：团宠明珠熠熠生辉 Xifan, No Sugar Added曦饭不加糖Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted [Dotingly loved by everyone + punishing scumbags + revenge + one-on-one romance = lucky star Zhuzhu] Gu Mingzhu transmigrates into a book, into a period novel she and a friend had planned together. Panicking? Gu Mingzhu grins smugly. Her parents dote on her, her brothers and sisters-in-law adore her, and from the start, she's hit the jackpot: her second brother, who loves her most, is the male lead! She takes her eldest niece to high school. She enters the black market and builds her own turf. S 108Reads8.4Score—Shelves
24. 24 七 A Warm Marriage in the 1970s: She Marries a Rough Rascal and Is Spoiled Like a Treasure 七零暖婚：嫁给痞气糙汉被宠成宝 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone says the bad-tempered rascal from the Xie family is a shameless layabout. How on earth did he get so lucky as to marry Jiang He, the woman everyone in the surrounding villages wants for a wife? The young men who have a crush on Jiang He are all so jealous they could grind their teeth over Xie Shenqing. And yet, despite having such a kind and lovely wife, Xie Shenqing is always shouting at and scolding her. Even the neighborhood aunties whisper that it's a shame and that Jiang He has had 6kReads8.9Score376Shelves
25. 25 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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    [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Clean Romance] Jiang Nianzi, a fighting prodigy, transmigrates into a novel and arrives in an alternate 1980s, becoming a delicate and sickly beauty. Expecting to encounter a series of awful characters, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to crush them all. However, her shrewish mother favors daughters over sons, her seemingly innocent older sister is a siscon, her grandmother is obsessed with looks, her younger brother is brainwashed by his mother, and her sister is the only one who matters! The family's mantra is: "Nianbao, you can't do that, you should rest!" Until his family visits him at the military camp, and he sees Jiang Nianzi, a beautiful woman in a cheongsam, with red lips and black hair, calling out sweetly to his comrade, "Brother." Shen Cheng suddenly grabs his comrade's neck: "This is the sister you were talking about?" His comrade realizes he hasn't seen his cousin for years.

26. 26 旗 One Flirt from the Qipao Beauty, and the Strongest Officer Blushes 旗袍美人一撩，最强军官羞红脸 Luo Zili洛梓璃Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Super-sweet military marriage + pocket dimension + stepmother raising kids + seductive cheongsam beauty and cool, restrained officer + everyday food + healing] Jiang Zhining has had a rough time. The real heiress pushed her off a cliff, and she nearly ended up in a snake’s jaws, but then she unexpectedly met the toughest officer in the book. When she was thrown out of her home and left homeless, Jiang Zhining turned and stopped the abstinent officer. “Comrade Song Yuzhou, I can never repay you 2.3kReads9.2Score284Shelves

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    The third one is the best: Painter and Soldier.

27. 27 军 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 16.7kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
28. 28 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
29. 29 都 We’re All Reborn, So Who Still Wants to Be Someone’s Lackey? 都重生了谁还拉帮套啊 Meow Erbai喵二白Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Cao Chaoyang acted on impulse and chose the path of becoming his sister-in-law’s live-in helper, moving into her home. He worked hard to support his elder brother’s family for twenty years, only for his brother’s legs, crippled for years, to suddenly recover. Thrown out of the house overnight, he had no choice but to get away from people and become a forest ranger. Reborn in 1973, when his sister-in-law once again knelt before him, Cao Chaoyang said firmly, “No!” He would n 17.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    The first book features a male protagonist who is reborn and vows to live a second life, no longer helping his older brother, and ends up with a female educated youth named Zhu Lin (yes, the same Zhu Lin who played the Queen of the Women's Kingdom). The second book features a 70-year-old saleswoman and a Hong Kong businessman with amnesia. The male protagonist later returns to Hong Kong and experiences a dramatic pursuit of his wife, by which time she has graduated from university and risen to the position of mayor. The third book features a male and female protagonist who are both purely insane.

30. 30 明 A Secret Marriage? Goodbye! Take Your Divorce Papers 明招暗娶？再见吧！离婚本请拿好 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The female lead pursues a career in government, and the two leads each have their own stories. Don’t worry about their romance! Blurb: Everyone says Ning Qing was born lucky. She was an unwanted child with no one to care for, yet someone adopted her. It’s just that her marriage prospects aren’t great. Her adoptive mother tries every trick in the book to match Ning Qing with her second son! Too bad the two of them can’t stand each other! The brave get to enjoy life first. She secretly sets he 2.9kReads8.2Score231Shelves
31. 31 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: That Couple's Both a Little Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 47kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves
32. 32 去 Keep the Daughter-in-Law, Send the Son Away: The Matriarch Leads the Whole Family in a Divorce 去子留媳，老封君怒领全家和离 Jin Jin You Tiao瑾瑾有窕Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance, inner-family intrigue, carefully laid plans, face-slapping and punishing scumbags, a strong female lead] At sixty, Song Jinyang, Princess Consort of Runan, discovered that the Prince of Runan had secretly kept a mistress for years. After the mistress died, he had even made her his secondary wife, entered her into the clan genealogy, and given her the honors and offerings of the princely household. Furious, Song Jinyang demanded a divorce, but never expected her s 2kReads8.7Score305Shelves
33. 33 订 No Word from My Betrothed in Six Years, So I Ask a Barren Officer to Break Off the Engagement 订亲六年没回信，找不育军官退婚 Renewing Every Day, Again and Again日日新又日新Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + devoted couple + beloved by the whole family + pocket dimension + spoiled beauty × cold, ruthless, calculating officer] Xue Qingdai, heir to a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, accidentally transmigrates into a period novel written by a hack author, becoming the male lead's wicked ex-wife. Her entire family is fiercely protective of their own, and they spoil her rotten. With her father serving as the village party secretar 420Reads6.8Score—Shelves
34. 34 被 Hounded by a Madman, She Turns Around and Marries an Abstinent Commander 被疯批缠上，转头嫁给禁欲首长 Moon in the Midst明中月Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + both leads are each other's first and only + face-slapping + feel-good fiction Top salesperson Chen Meina works herself to death. When she opens her eyes, it's the 1970s, and she's forcing herself on the male lead. Chen Meina: ? Once she comes to her senses, Chen Meina realizes she's become universally despised. Her awful family helped her tie up the male lead and drag him into bed, only for a reborn woman to catch them in the act, ruining the 11.7kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
35. 35 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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    These are all period dramas I've read. They depict the gradual process of escaping poverty and achieving prosperity.

36. 36 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
37. 37 我 I Became the Wicked Stepmother Who Was Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 我穿成了年代文女主的炮灰恶婆婆 More Green Light青光更多Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After dying of a serious illness, Yang Mei transmigrates into the body of a village woman in the 1970s and becomes the hateful mother-in-law everyone despises. After inheriting the original owner's memories of her past life, Yang Mei sets some goals for the future: First, make the most of this healthy body. Sleep until she wakes, eat meat until she's full, and enjoy life to the fullest! The only problem is, right now every household eats coarse-flour flatbreads, so that's going to be tough. Seco 558Reads9.1Score101Shelves
38. 38 偏 The Possessive Prince's Beloved Physician Consort 偏执王爷的团宠医妃 Si Jin司锦Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The scoundrel broke off their engagement and joined forces with her ungrateful cousin to bully her. Her straightforward eldest brother said, “Shu'er, don't cry. I'll throw them out!” Her scheming second brother said, “I'll spread their filthy deeds across all four kingdoms. The ministers and commoners will drown them in spit...” Her shrewd third brother said, “We'll make them pay back everything they've swallowed over the years, with interest!” Her fabulously wealthy father said, “My darling dau 3.2kReads9.2Score670Shelves
39. 39 重 Back to 1983: Our Short-Lived Family Takes Off 重回八三，一家短命鬼腾飞了 Sweet Potato Vine红薯藤Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted My mom was a sent-down youth, and my dad was a complete sucker. What about me? I guess I was the product of their love. One day, my biological mother decided she wanted to return to the city and enjoy the good life. Suddenly, I, her little “product,” became an obstacle. The first time she shoved me down, I hit my head and bled. Somehow, I didn't die. Then, twenty years later, my biological mother sent me to meet King Yama a second time. But the old man told me I'd saved plenty of people in life 6.3kReads9.1Score782Shelves

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    It's quite good, a simple story set in a bygone era.

40. 40 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 181.8kReads9.3Score11kShelves

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    These are all highly-rated period dramas, including some about stay-at-home dads and teachers 😄

41. 41 老 After My Wife and Daughter Died, I Was Reborn in the 1980s 老婆女儿去世后，我重生八零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban life in a bygone era + one heroine + teacher]“In our next life, let’s not be husband and wife again!” His wife called him, her voice hollow and lifeless, utterly devoid of emotion. It felt as if his soul were being torn apart. He shouted into the phone, “Don’t do anything foolish! I’m on my way to the hospital!” The next moment! His daughter lay in a hospital bed, a white sheet covering her face. His wife sat beside her, calm and despairing. “We did everything we could. Your daughter pass 16.4kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
42. 42 重 Reborn Sign-In: The Busy Farmer Dad 重生签到：乡村奶爸种田忙 Gentle as Morning Clouds婉似朝芸Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation of the same name is now streaming. Please show Yawan some support, and see whether the drama's portrayal matches your idea of Yawan.] [Search for Reborn Sign-In: The Country Dad's Busy Farming Life on the Tomato or Red Fruit short-drama apps to watch.] [Heartwarming everyday life, one heroine, adorable kids, male lead turns over a new leaf] After dying of illness, he opened his eyes again to find a little toddler weeping and saying, “Daddy, don't hit me. My butt still 4.6kReads9.3Score307Shelves
43. 43 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 74.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
44. 44 年 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷， Just Got Nothing Better to Do就是闲的Urban4.1M WordsCompleted New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available. 202kReads9.4Score13.6kShelves
45. 45 首 The First Minister's Beloved Wife Has a Pocket Dimension 首辅娇医有空间 A Yang阿漾Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted [Farm Girl + Miracle Doctor + Space + Chief Councilor] Sheng Lao'er spent one tael of silver to buy a husband for his shrewish, dim-witted daughter. The man died the very next day. That left Sheng Xi with a complete mess on her hands: a dilapidated house with bare walls, a sickly bargain-bin husband, an empty rice jar, and a younger brother who had been sold and vanished without a trace. Whatever else happened, she needed to make money first. She wasn’t aiming to become rich and powerful; she ju 5.9kReads9.2Score965Shelves
46. 46 七 A Widow Remarries in the 1970s 七十年代之寡妇再嫁 Hengheng Zai蘅蘅崽Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted At twenty-four, Qiao Dani became a widow with two children, known throughout the brigade as one of its poorest households. At thirty, Lin Hengjue fell from the heights overnight. The distinguished Professor Lin, once admired for his elegance and brilliance, became one of the notorious “Black Categories” whom everyone in the cowshed avoided like snakes and scorpions. People kept urging her to remarry. Qiao Dani finally hardened her heart, stamped her foot, and marched into the cowshed to ask Li 6kReads9.3Score582Shelves

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    There's no cheat code involved, but it's worth a look!

47. 47 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 32.7kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves

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    A beautifully crafted period novel [you can savor it carefully]

48. 48 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 318.5kReads9.1Score47.4kShelves
49. 49 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 37.3kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves

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    I pulled out some of my most treasured period novels to read, they're really great!

50. 50 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦 Great Golden Immortal大罗金仙Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a 34.5kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves

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