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1. 51 佣 The Mercenary Queen Insists on Marrying Him, and the Wild Officer Is Secretly Thrilled 佣兵女王要强嫁，狂野军官心暗爽 Shang Keji尚可及Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A full-cast audio drama is now available [marriage first, love later, revenge on scumbags, strong heroine, making money, 1v1, ensemble cast, island space (appears in Chapter 55), healing and redemption] A Red Army mercenary codenamed “Chef” transmigrates into the body of Su Yuan, a pitiful young woman in the 1960s, and goes to seek out her childhood betrothed, Chi Ye. He's a widower who has remarried and has three children. Penniless and desperate for food, Su Yuan dives into the river to catch 4.9kReads8.8Score614Shelves
2. 52 穿 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, I Become the Whole Village's Beloved Great-Aunt 穿越年代，成为全村团宠姑奶奶 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Modern Romance813k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple, soul transmigration, pocket dimension, period setting, sweet romance, everyday life] “Great-aunt…” “Great-aunt?” “Great-aunt!!!” Su Jianjian furrowed her brow. So noisy. Could they stop shouting and let her get some decent sleep? Her lips moved faintly, and she mumbled, “Mm, mm, mm. Stop making noise.” As soon as she replied, the voices in her dream vanished, and everything went quiet. Who could have guessed that one impatient reply in a dream would make her transmigrate int 6.3kReads8.9Score535Shelves
3. 53 女 Your Majesty, My County Magistrate Is a Little Crazy 女帝，我家县令有点疯 Romantic Senior Brother浪漫的大师兄Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [On a Rampage]+ [Always Gets Even]+ [A Different Tang Dynasty]+ [No Cheap Drama]+ [For All Ages] The empress stared in disbelief at the oddly shaped county town before her. A sign that looked as if a dog had crawled across it hung on the city gate, its edges even outlined in gold leaf. She couldn't help cursing inwardly: “I've never seen anyone so shameless. How could anyone put such ugly writing on a county sign?” But when she learned that entering the town required signing up for various membe 949Reads8.9Score118Shelves

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   Ready for a good read? "The Scoundrel Magistrate Who Ruined Your Flesh and Blood" is a thrilling read! Set under the rule of the Tang Dynasty's Empress, the story revolves around a notoriously infamous magistrate. Seemingly carefree and irreverent, he is actually a man of great talent. With the Empress reigning supreme and the court in turmoil, this magistrate uses ingenious strategies to break through the stalemate and stir up the world. The book captures the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty, the dramatic ups and downs of the Empress's reign, and the inspiring tale of an underdog's rise to power. Open "The Scoundrel Magistrate Who Ruined Your Flesh and Blood" and embark on a journey through this history of passion and intrigue in the Tang Dynasty.

4. 54 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.6kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
5. 55 重 After the Whole Family Read My Mind, We Turned Our Fates Around in the 1980s 重生八零全家读我心后都逆天改命 Jin Yuyan锦钰颜Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, gossip and watching the drama, the whole family can read minds, System] Lu Ying may be the only person ever to get bound to a System after dying from being so obsessed with gossip. When she opened her eyes again, she had gone back to the moment of her birth. Her cruel parents tried to drown her, but she pretended to be dead and scared them half to death. Luckily, her aunt and uncle found her while passing by and took her in. She now had five nephews, all older than her. Unlike her biol 3.1kReads9.0Score436Shelves
6. 56 好 What a Pain! The Cool Campus Beauty Chases Me Every Day 好烦啊，高冷校花天天倒追我 A Little Water Person一只小水人Urban256k WordsCompleted How annoying! The aloof campus beauty keeps chasing after me every day. But I have a fiancée. Can't we keep some distance? “Brat, we haven't seen each other for only ten years, and you've already forgotten me? We're getting married at the end of the year!” “Don't you dare run away on our wedding night!” Ding~ [One: Run away from the wedding and forfeit all your wealth] [Two: Enter the bridal chamber and double your assets] Of course, I'll choose... Just as the whole school thought Zhang Cheng wa 5.1kReads9.1Score508Shelves

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   Ugh, this guy keeps chasing after me. I'm already engaged, can't we keep our distance? And that brat, it's only been ten years, and he doesn't even remember me?

7. 57 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Military Man Dotes on His Husband 重生六零：军少宠夫 Chen Lili尘离黎Two Male Leads344k WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in the Sixties: The Young Officer Dotes on His Husband [Two male leads + devoted to each other + a one-of-a-kind love + pocket dimension + period setting] Gu Ranzhou was a Daoist lord of the Mystic Sect, but all he ever wanted was to be a carefree slacker. What he never expected was that, after taking a job and heading out, he wouldn't make it back. He'd thought he could retire early as soon as the job was done. A great calamity unexpectedly sent him transmigrating to a par 3.1kReads8.9Score302Shelves
8. 58 穿 After Becoming the Villainous Male Educated Youth in a Period Novel 穿成年代文里反派男知青后 Li Yipiao李一瓢Two Male Leads337k WordsCompleted [ABO + alternate-era setting + pheromones + universally disliked to universally adored + face-slapping] [Steady, reliable Alpha who’s good at everything × Beta who goes from universally disliked to universally adored] Su Jin never expected that staying up late to read a novel would lead to him waking up inside it as the gloomy, unhinged villain, a young educated man sent to the countryside. He was a despised rat in the gutter, a pitiful wretch. The only person who treated him decently was the ma 20Reads7.7Score—Shelves
9. 59 穿 A Beloved Family Life After I Transmigrated to the 1970s 穿越七零的团宠生活 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Personal space, beloved by all, multiple births, military marriage] Su Jinyu dies unexpectedly in the apocalypse, only to become the beloved daughter of the Su family, adored by her parents and cherished by her older brothers and sisters-in-law. An accident binds Su Jinyu’s fate to Meng Huaiyuan’s. The Su family’s children inherit their mother’s multiple-birth genes, and the boys keep arriving in pairs. In the first year of her marriage, Su Jinyu gives birth to triplet boys, and her mother-in-l 20.8kReads9.1Score2kShelves
10. 60 快 Quick Transmigration: I’m Clinging to a Big Shot in Period Novels 快穿之我在年代文里抱大腿 Rouge-Smiling Bookworm胭脂笑忘书生666k WordsCompleted Her lifestyle was far too extravagant. If she could sit, she never stood; if she could lie down, she never sat. She avoided hardship and enjoyed every comfort. Because Yu Niaoniao loved the good life too much, the Main God, who couldn’t stand the sight of her, banished her to a department that sent people into period novels to complete missions. She was sent to an era where everything was scarce, expected to suffer and toil to her heart’s content. But! If they wanted her to suffer, she would do 396Reads8.5Score103Shelves
11. 61 七 In the 1970s, the Sweet Little Darling Was Spoiled by a Fierce, Wild Man 七零，小娇娇被疯批糙汉宠翻天了 Spirit Dove灵鸽Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Transmigrates into a book + period setting + sweet romance + heroine pursues hero + beautiful, fair-skinned, timid drama queen x villainous, short-tempered country boy] When Shen Yingying wakes up, she has become the villain's wicked little wife in a period novel. She wakes to find herself caught in the act of running away with another man by her villainous husband. She is so terrified she nearly dies on the spot. After all, the villain in the original novel is a violent, rough-he 58.6kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves
12. 62 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1970s: What a Joke! The Sweet Girl Is Hiding in a Rugged Man's Body 穿书七零：笑死！娇娇披着糙汉壳 December-十二月-Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + food + System + educated youth + sweet romance] A pleasure-loving young woman transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s. The poverty and hunger, the backbreaking labor, and the enormous secret her new body is hiding are enough to push An Ran to the brink. She is neither the lucky heroine nor the villainess. Instead, she is a deranged male character so far down the roster that she barely even counts as a number in the leads’ story. To keep anyone from 5.5kReads9.0Score706Shelves
13. 63 被 Kicked Out of the House? I've Got Billions in My Spatial Realm 被赶出家门？我空间里有亿万物资 Ye Ningmeng叶柠萌Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New story: I Cleared Out the Money and Sent My Stepmother's Family to the Countryside] Gu Qingqing, a self-made rich girl, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s and gets sold from the start, to the richest young man in the whole village. Gu Qingqing rubs her chin and thinks, “I got sold? That's awful!” But looking at the handsome, wealthy young man in front of her, she wonders, “Did I come out ahead after all?” To survive safely in this unfamiliar era, Gu Qingqing firmly clings to the powerfu 14.9kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
14. 64 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s and Became the Female Lead Who Sold Her Child for Food 穿书八零：我成了卖儿换粮的女配 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reading Guide: Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Adorable Kids + System + Business] Jiang Zhi is fabulously wealthy and an excellent cook, the very picture of a winner in life. Jiang Zhizi has fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs, but a terrible reputation and barely a penny to her name. Her one redeeming quality: she can have children. Jiang Zhi transmigrates into a book and becomes Jiang Zhizi. Jiang Zhi: Eyes wide in shock! What? Jiang Zhizi forced herself on a man? What? Jiang 29.2kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
15. 65 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    Everyday life stories, trendy topics—these are all recommendations I've read.

16. 66 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
17. 67 重 Reborn in 1970: The Plump Wife Turns Her Life Around 重生七零：肥妻要翻身 Li Baozhu李宝珠Modern Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name is now a hit] What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a dark-skinned, ugly, fat, and shrewish village woman? What do you do when you transmigrate right into the middle of someone being “forced into something”? What do you do when one lucky encounter leaves you about to become a mother? …Thinking about the original owner's memories, the twins she'll have one day are both adorable and pitiful, and their father is unbelievably handsome… Well 50.6kReads8.4Score4.7kShelves
18. 68 黑 The Black Lotus Returns Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear 黑莲花重生归来，婆家瑟瑟发抖 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear Short dramas: The Crazy Stepmother and New Life from Old Snow In her past life, Su An was abused by her husband. After she called the police, the officer told her it was a family matter and not their concern. She fled to her parents' home for help, but her grandmother said, “Take care of the kids, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages every month. Then he won't hit you, will he? That's how it is 57.7kReads9.5Score6.9kShelves
19. 69 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Village Girl Bride Has a Bit of Sass 重生七零：村姑媳妇有点茶！ Gu Jinmo古堇末Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + twins + devoted couple + no golden finger] Su Dongnuan wakes up in a dilapidated cave dwelling on the Loess Plateau, lying beside a handsome, cold intellectual sent down to the countryside, who is now her husband. She looks at the pitch-black cave, the earthen kang bed, and the clay stove, and her vision goes black. What should she do? Since she's here, she might as well make the best of it. But she has no golden finger, no pocket dimension, and her husband 20kReads9.2Score2kShelves
20. 70 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
21. 71 我 I Was an Army Doctor in the 1960s 我在六零当军医 Pearl Qi's Little Noodles珍珠琪小面片Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted [You change your fate through men, while I conquer the world on my own] Born with memories of her past life, Xu Zhiyi goes abroad to study in the 1960s and becomes a surgeon at a military hospital. Using her memories to protect her family, she marries Qin Zheng and follows him to his base, where they work hard and rise through the ranks together. Reborn, Zhang Yumei clings tightly to her husband from her previous life, Xie Heng. This time, she becomes a division commander’s wife. But why didn’t 361Reads6.5Score—Shelves
22. 72 我 I Came from the Stars to Witness the Age of Soaring Technology 我从星际而来，看科技腾飞时代 Admiring Mount Jun from Afar慕落君山Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Technology to strengthen the nation + alternate setting + interstellar transmigration + no romance, focused on getting things done + not a power fantasy + period piece] Ling Yue is transported from the interstellar age to Blue Star in the 1960s when an explosion caused by the mad scientist next door sends her through time. The land lies in ruins, beset by troubles at home and abroad. Watch as Ling Yue helps her country achieve a technological leap forward. A foreign country threatens us with at 66Reads9.1Score—Shelves
23. 73 穿 Transmigrating to the ’70s: The Beautiful Orphan Girl 穿越七零：貌美小孤女！ Despairing Paper Plane绝望纸飞机Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted [Short story] [Pocket dimension with a spirit spring + stockpiling + devoted couple + sweet military romance + no awful relatives] {Funny girl with looks and money ☆ soldier boyfriend with a lovestruck, unexpectedly cute side} Shen Miaomiao, a young orphan and university student, was dozing off in class when she never expected to glimpse the legendary 1970s! ★ When she woke up, she unexpectedly discovered that her ancestral jade pendant had changed. After activating it, she learned she was about 2.2kReads8.8Score205Shelves

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    I've watched them all, they're really good 🤤🤤 You should check them out 👍👍

24. 74 开 From the Start, I Reported My Stepfather, Then the Frail Villainess Was Doted on in the Countryside 开局举报继父，病弱女配下乡被宠 Feng Ling lI风灵lIModern Romance759k WordsCompleted [Space + System + Sweet Romance + Frail Heroine + Rugged Hero] Qiao Qingdai was an utterly ordinary office worker. She was 25 and had been single for years. One day, after work, she decided to treat herself. Instead, a woman fell from the sky and crushed her to death. She drifted around with a soul-reaper from the underworld for a while before realizing that they had taken the wrong soul... After a furious argument, Qiao Qingdai happily took the loot she’d scored: a treasure chest System and a p 18.9kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
25. 75 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Rough Soldier’s Devotion to His Wife 穿越六十年代之军中糙汉溺宠妻 Golden Corn Kernels金黄玉米粒Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted Dong Yishan has known since childhood that she doesn't belong here, and that sooner or later she must return to her own world. She doesn't know why, but without complaint, she studies everything her grandfather arranges, all the things he thinks she might need someday. That is, until the year she turns eighteen... 10.3kReads8.9Score714Shelves
26. 76 魂 My Soul Travels Back to the 1970s, Where a Soldier Falls in Love with Me 魂穿七零下乡被兵哥哥以身相许了 A Qin Ya阿秦丫Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Alternate-Era Setting + Two Powerful Leads + Pocket Dimension + Soul Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Shopping + Military Marriage + Scientific Research] Important! There is a couple! A couple! Both leads are devoted to each other! He's eight years older!!! Fang Ci'an is a 996 office worker. After hitting the jackpot and winning ten million, she quits her job without a second thought. Then she dreams five nights in a row about a version of herself from another timeline who looks exactly like he 5.7kReads9.1Score657Shelves
27. 77 空 Portable Space: A Tycoon Travels to the 1970s and Wins Over a Handsome Young Man 空间：大佬穿七零，拐个漂亮少年 Yi A Ya Le Yi Li一啊鸭乐一梨Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine and soft hero] [Pocket dimension] [Adorable master AI] [Saving each other] Mad-dog heroine and devoted househusband hero At first glance, everyone thought Ning Yuanhua must be a person of noble, serene character, like the moon shining in a clear sky. But after spending time with her, they wished they'd never met her. She could put on an act at the drop of a hat. She was a bastard with a sharp tongue who couldn't care less what happened to anyone else. Cross her, and you're in for 1.2kReads8.8Score114Shelves
28. 78 军 A Military Marriage: My Blind Date Is My Special Forces Childhood Friend 军婚，相亲对象居然是特种兵竹马 Drunken Big Raccoon酒酿大狸子Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + space + dual transmigration + two couples + sweet romance + childhood sweethearts] Lin Momo, a shopping mall manager in the 21st century, never imagined she’d get caught in a fire while taking a nap at the office. Seeing the flames outside the office door, she knew she wouldn’t make it out. But why had her childhood friend, the special forces soldier, come here? “What are you doing here? Trying to get yourself killed?” “Momo, I...” Before Cheng Jinghao could 8.2kReads9.3Score920Shelves
29. 79 末 An Apocalypse Assassin Transmigrates with a Pocket Dimension Full of Supplies to the 1970s 末世杀手带空间物资魂穿七零 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance141k WordsCompleted [Historical era + strong female lead + military marriage + spatial storage + special abilities + stockpiling supplies] Fu Ran, a killer from the apocalypse, gains a storage space and hoards supplies. In the end, her best friend betrays her, and her soul transmigrates into the 1970s, where she becomes a military wife. Ye Moze is forced into marriage and is initially unwilling, but after meeting his future bride, he immediately submits a marriage request. After the wedding, Fu Ran joins the milita 6.2kReads9.1Score547Shelves
30. 80 八 1980s: The Foxiest Femme Fatale and the Wildest Officer 八零，做最美狐狸精戏最野军官 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted A flirtatious movie queen VS a stoic, passionate, impossibly manly military officer. International movie queen Jiang Mengning transmigrates into a book and becomes the despised, wicked stepmother in a military compound. The original owner was unfaithful and arrogant, and ended up being cruelly abandoned after repeatedly bringing disaster upon herself. A stepmother? Jiang Mengning has only one thought after transmigrating: this is a role she should never take. But when the man in uniform appe 2.9kReads8.9Score334Shelves

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    These are all time-travel novels. What happens when you travel back to the 70s or 80s and end up in the body of a dark-skinned, overweight woman? What if you get tricked into having a cheat code? See how the female lead reverses her fate. International film star Jiang Mengning is rumored to be a wicked stepmother. See what sparks fly between the charming film star and the seemingly cold but actually passionate, hormone-fueled military officer. A surgeon who has performed three consecutive surgeries dies suddenly on duty and thus travels back in time to the body of Yu Xiangnian, who shares the same name. See how the female lead manipulates the male lead.

31. 81 七 The Beloved Wife of the 1970s Gets Teased! The Black-Bellied Officer Sees Red and Loses Control 七零小妻被撩！腹黑军官红眼失控 Lost and Found失而Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: [The Dashing Courtyard Beauty and Her Aloof Husband Who Holds Her Close and Coaxes Her] After transmigrating, Yu Xiangnian becomes the shrew of a military compound in the 1970s. Her husband doesn’t love her, the children don’t care for her, and the neighbors can’t stand her... So what? She doesn’t care what any of them think! She’s educated, cultured, well-connected, and beautiful. Building a fortune and pursuing her career are what matter! But... Why is this ma 23.1kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
32. 82 媳 My Wife Came to the Base to Divorce Me, and Now the Chaste Commander Is Panicking 媳妇来部队离婚，禁欲首长他急了 Gu Sang顾桑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Ask Your Heart How Much has launched] [Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + devoted couple + family life + raising kids + face-slapping] The moment Jiang Ning opened her eyes, she realized she had become the cannon-fodder female character in a period novel. She'd been married for three years without ever seeing her husband, and was destined to spend the rest of her life alone. Jiang Ning thought, Spend the rest of my life alone? No way! She decisively left behind 56kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves

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    Wow! This is so cute!

33. 83 八 The 1980s: My Wife Is a Bewitching Charmer 八零年代：媳妇是个勾人精 Wine Girl酒女Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to keep writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 863Reads7.3Score106Shelves
34. 84 玄 The Young Master of the Mystic Sect Wins Hearts in a Period Novel 玄门少主在年代文里蛊惑人心 Eating Beans and Staying Awake吃豆豆不睡觉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Book transmigration + space + farming + satisfying wish fulfillment + sweet romance] The young leader of a mystic sect from the twenty-first century accidentally transmigrates into a period novel, becoming a minor character who gets bitten to death by a wild boar right from the start. As for the heroine, whose white-lotus act practically radiates from her, Hua Jiaojiao refuses to accept it. Since she has to live through this era anyway, why not put her little hands, skilled at drawing talismans 5.3kReads8.9Score439Shelves
35. 85 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Sons' Golden Fingers Merged with Mine 穿书后我和儿子们的金手指合并了 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death 35kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves

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    The characters are portrayed with great detail, allowing us to feel the hard work and struggles of people from that era. It is precisely their sacrifices that have made our modern lives prosperous and peaceful.

36. 86 说 You Said I Wasn't Good Enough? I Married a Rogue Soldier Instead, So Why Are You Crying? 说我不配？我改嫁军痞你们咋哭啦 Huo Yan Le Lei火炎雷蕾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Devoted Couple + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance + Marriage After Pregnancy + Husband Chases His Wife to the Crematorium] At 49, Tang Ning lies in a hospital bed. Though she spent most of her life in a loveless marriage, she is still grateful that Heaven gave her a son before she married. She devoted her life to helping her husband, Song Zhenxing, rise to the top, and raised their son to become the youngest member of the core team, with a bright future ahead. 3.1kReads7.1Score314Shelves
37. 87 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: The Female General Gets Courted in the 1970s 甜蜜军婚女将军在七零被撩了 Dream 100梦想一零零Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-modern time travel, military marriage, medical skills from the era, martial arts, twins and triplets, unexpected triplets and quintuplets, one-on-one romance, female general and eldest daughter of a duke’s household] The heroine unexpectedly becomes pregnant when her eldest son is old enough for college. She runs away from home without telling her military-officer husband and secretly gives birth to quintuplets. Gu Qingcheng was the mascot of the Gu family army. After ten years of wa 20kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves

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    These are all great period dramas, so good you won't want to sleep until you finish reading them.

38. 88 全 My Whole Family Can Hear My Thoughts, and We’re All the Worst People of the Era 全家读我心，年代极品竟是我全家 Sang Yi桑意Modern Romance656k WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Hoarding Supplies + Beloved by the Whole Family + 1960s + Loves a Good Laugh] (Completed) (Once she figures out the truth, she gets right to work~) Lu Ming has been reborn again, still the unlucky daughter of a family destined to be everyone else's stepping stone. Just thinking about being stolen away to the countryside makes her heart ache. “Dad, take another look at me. Your darling little girl is about to be stolen away. Maybe we’ll meet again someday.” Chen Liang: Help! How d 1.6kReads8.8Score207Shelves
39. 89 穿 A Couple of Fake Partners' Everyday Gossip After They Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies 穿书七零塑料夫妻的吃瓜日常 Good Fortune and Good Luck福气满满好运来Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (A sharp-tongued heroine with eight hundred schemes, queen of the courtyard and village, who loves watching the drama unfold × a male lead who seems aloof and untouchable but is really a childish boy who gets bullied by her and tries to fight back) Jiang Nuan transmigrates into a book. In this 1970s romance, she, Jiang Nuan, is a hopelessly lovesick fool who pines for the male lead, gets face-slapped again and again, and still keeps throwing herself at him. She’s nothing but a disposable side ch 11.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
40. 90 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The Little Foolish Army Wife Cheats Her Way to Success in the ’70s 军婚甜宠：小傻瓜军嫂在七零开挂 As Fragrant as Jade香似玉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted First married, then in love + Sweet military romance [Entirely fictional: Military marriage, historical setting, both chaste, satisfying story, devoted love, first married then in love] They say this seventeen-year-old girl is unbelievably stupid! And she has a crazy case of spring fever: every spring, she chases men all over the village! One day, a versatile, cool beauty wakes up in the body of Tian Yuzhu, a silly girl in the 1970s. Her family considers her a burden and dumps her on the Shi fam 3kReads9.1Score603Shelves
41. 91 八 The 1980s: The Demon Queen Turns Out to Be the Real Heiress 八零：魔王她成了真千金 July Rice Wine七月酒酿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A slow-burn story. The early chapters focus mainly on the female lead’s growth. Feel free to pass if that’s not for you.] [The male lead got lost in the story again… No romance.] The true heiress who was switched at birth should have suffered through every hardship in the countryside. But after His Highness the Demon King, Lanting, stepped in, all of that disappeared. With a grand sweep of his hand, the Demon King revealed a bright white smile. This time, someone else would have to endure every 30.3kReads8.5Score3.4kShelves
42. 92 随 The Man Who Joined the Army Is Married, So I Turn Around and Marry His Commander 随军男人已结婚，转头嫁他首长 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 19.4kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
43. 93 相 I Went to the Wrong Blind Date Table and Married an Officer, Then Made a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 相亲走错桌嫁军官，携空间赚翻了 October Frost十月霜华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional] (military marriage in a bygone era + devoted love between two virgins + face-slapping villains + a touch of fantasy with a pocket dimension + no saintly heroine + building wealth) After ten years of keeping her head down, Gong Linglong finally avenged her parents and reclaimed everything that belonged to her. Just as she was about to enjoy life, a soul-reaper dragged her spirit down to the underworld! Damn it! They got the wrong soul? And she couldn't go back? With her fiery 52kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
44. 94 穿 Transmigrating to the 1990s: My Husband Is a Cash Machine Sent from Heaven 穿越九零，天降取款机老公 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted A big, needy puppy of a man who craves security x a young woman focused on making money Zhuang Xiaoxiao transmigrated. When she woke up, she discovered she’d taken the bride’s place and spent the wedding night with the groom... Well, you know... no, really... the groom was pretty well-built!! Gu Cheng couldn’t say he was satisfied with his wedding night, either! Mainly because the bride was even more experienced than he was!! The two stared at each other in silence! Zhuang Xiaoxiao look 1.7kReads8.5Score108Shelves
45. 95 丈 Her Husband Always Takes His Childhood Sweetheart’s Side, but He Panics When She Remarries a Commander 丈夫处处护青梅，改嫁首长他急了 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Shen Youran wakes up to find that she has transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era, where she has become a cannon-fodder supporting female character. Her husband is about to marry the goddess he has secretly loved for years after his wife dies, while the child the original owner had with an unknown man is destined to become a foil for comparison. The moment Shen Youran sees the adorable little dumpling of a child, her heart melts! Now that she has transmigrated here, this is her child. She 1.8kReads9.0Score306Shelves
46. 96 带 Taking My Supply Space to Become the Family's Little Ancestor in the 1960s 带着物资空间去六零年代当小祖宗 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Military romance, powerful leads, period setting, lighthearted, satisfying read] Cao Jingjing, who possessed both fire and spatial abilities, was dragged to her death by the Zombie King. When she opened her eyes, she had arrived in the 1960s, an era of food and clothing shortages. Her scummy fiancé: “I’d marry a pig or a dog before I’d marry you!” The white-lotus woman who stole her fiancé: “You can’t do anything! Leave the wonderful Brother Wei alone!” The villagers: “Cao Jingjing is lazy and 11.5kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
47. 97 重 Reborn in the ’70s: The Only Daughter Spoils Her Mute Live-In Son-in-Law 重生70独生女，娇宠哑巴赘婿 Mother Cang Er苍耳妈妈Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Nian Suisui has two great wishes: first, to have several children with Bai Muyi, so they can be surrounded by grandchildren in their old age. Second, to heal Bai Muyi’s voice. She wants to hear him speak. Bai Muyi has always held the image of a lovely woman in his heart. Before he lost his voice, he once dreamed that one day he might marry her and bring her home. After his voice was ruined, the light in his heart went out. That lovely woman would never have anything to do wit 3.6kReads8.4Score552Shelves
48. 98 易 Fertile by Nature, She Has the Factory Boss's Only Heir After Losing Her Memory 易孕体质，失忆后破厂长三代单传 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Nineties setting, both leads are virgins, sweet romance, doting love, marriage first, love later, secret crush, slice of life] Qin Baozhu has been spoiled rotten since childhood, indulged and allowed to do whatever she wants. One day, an accident sends her tumbling off a train. The pampered heiress becomes an illiterate simpleton, and someone picks her up from the train station. When she wakes up, she's been married for six years, and there's a little one crying beside her. “Mommy, I promise I 7.8kReads8.5Score471Shelves
49. 99 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
50. 100 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 54.2kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves

    Reader note

    These are all period novels I've read, and they're really great! Highly recommended!

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