Period Novels, Nothing Clichéd 年代文 不要老套的

1. 1 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 147.6kReads9.4Score22.3kShelves

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   The period writing is not cliche and not bloody!! No Holy Mother!!! It is a book about best friends spending time together. The two female protagonists are a very sassy rich girl and the beautiful Green Tea who is very coquettish. The male protagonists are two brothers, one is a weak fourth child with a pretty face and the third child is not easy to mess with but loves his wife, daughter and younger brothers and sisters. The two pairs are very different, but they are both easy to match. They have great relatives, but the two heroines are not saints. They are both smart, one can fight and the other can talk.

2. 2 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 33.3kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves

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   [Time Travel] An interstellar genius inventor was accidentally reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou Calendar. When he opened his eyes, he was in the interrogation room. The situation was very critical. He was about to be sentenced to death. Ye Mu was about to use his true skills to try to get rid of his crime and save his life. Who would have expected that she would be told that she was not guilty, and that she would inexplicably become a military wife with a military husband? Thinking about marriage in this era, once is a lifetime... Ye Mu: ... She might as well save herself.

3. 3 七 The Pretty Little Bride of the 1970s: The Village Tough Guy Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 七零小俏媳：我家村霸超凶的 Freshly Squeezed Little Lamb鲜榨小羊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + sweet young woman and rugged man + doting romance + business and farming] Bai Jiaojiao, the fake heiress who had been sent to the countryside, was reborn. When she saw Shen Heng again, she boldly threw her arms around him, determined not to repeat the tragedy of loving him without ever winning his heart. Shen Heng, the local bully of Shili Village, was the very picture of a menacing brute. On their first day of marriage: “I’m the head of this household. My wife has to 14.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   I feel that the content is realistic and not unreal. The male protagonist is handsome and mean [makes a face], while the female protagonist is cute but not at all pretentious [airs a kiss]

4. 4 替 Taking Her Sister’s Place in the Great Northern Wilderness: A Scheming Man’s Rise 替妹插队北大荒，腹黑男的进步史 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- 93.5kReads9.3Score9.4kShelves

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   This is a novel that becomes more and more exciting as it gets written, and it's worth reading! Recommended to see it!

5. 5 小 The Young Educated Youth's Answering System 小知青的答题系统 Frozen Pear Who Loves Cooking for Themself爱上自己做饭的冻梨Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted Zhang Mingyue has a quiz System and follows her clueless second older sister, Zhang Yanyan, to the countryside. The two sisters spend their days watching the locals and enjoying the show. Her golden finger isn't all that powerful, but watching the drama is a lot of fun. 28.3kReads9.1Score3kShelves

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   A period story, unconventional, with a twist in the follow-up. Zhang Mingyue accompanied her "unsighted" second sister Zhang Yanyan to the countryside. She thought it would be an ordinary day, but unexpectedly discovered a mysterious answering system. Although this system is not very powerful, it can always bring unexpected help at critical moments. In the countryside, the sisters' life was full of fun. They sat under the shade of the trees, eating sweet watermelon and watching the villagers perform. Although life is simple, every day is full of joy. Zhang Mingyue even solved the mystery of his own time travel.

6. 6 首 Commander, Your Wife Has Come Looking for You with the Kids 首长，你媳妇带着孩子找来了 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 39.1kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves

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   This book has no space and no golden fingers. It's super pretty and not cheesy at all.

7. 7 我 I'll Lie Flat and Let My Roughneck Husband Get His Act Together! 我躺平，让混混老公卷起来！ Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 47.1kReads9.1Score5.9kShelves
8. 8 取 After Replacing a Scumbag, the Whole Family Found Happiness 取代人渣后，全家都幸福了 Tea Pear Seven茶梨七Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Every scumbag villain is different; age and species don't matter!] Shen Chongrui, an employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, gets promoted from the cannon fodder division to the scumbag villain division. As the Bureau launches an initiative to show more care for the people of its minor worlds, Shen Chongrui's villain missions become redemption and reform missions. First life: A rural boy who profited from others' suffering. After succeeding, he sold his childhood sweetheart to a brothel, a 3.9kReads7.5Score254Shelves

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   The period novel "Small World" is particularly well written.

9. 9 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 29.5kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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   Rebirth + period novel + city start. The heroine has a high IQ and emotional intelligence, and relies on her business acumen to develop her career. The heroine's father is a very good father. He loves the heroine no matter in his previous life or now, and he will listen to his wishes in many matters. The plot is mainly about the history of the struggle between the heroine and the heroine's father, plus some short stories about the parents, which is very novel!

10. 10 小 Life in a Lane: Plenty of Good Fortune 小巷人家：福气多多 A Life in the Dust一身红尘Female-Channel Fanfiction414k WordsCompleted The Alley Synopsis: Some changes have been made. Original pairing. Song Ying had just gotten a house when a letter arrived from Lin Wufeng's mother back in his hometown. Only then did he discover that he had a younger sister born after their father's death, just a few months younger than Dongzhe. As the times changed and reform and opening-up took hold, Lin Duoduo, the original heroine, came to live in the alley, where everyday family life unfolded. With her sister-in-law Song Ying backing her u 6kReads9.3Score426Shelves

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    I rarely read chronicles. These are the only favorite books left on my bookshelf. I hope you like them too.

11. 11 穿 Transmigrating to the Sixties: Qiu Yuling’s Elite Life 穿越六零邱玉玲的精英人生 Long An, Who Loves Okra and Fried Eggs爱吃秋葵煎蛋的龙安Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical era + pocket dimension + rural slice of life + cozy everyday moments] A grown woman mysteriously becomes reborn in the body of a little girl who died young, with a different name but the same surname. After a brief period of confusion, Qiu Yuling's fighting spirit ignites when her golden finger, the Get-Rich Farm, activates. While others toil at the black market to trade for supplies, Qiu Yuling says that as long as she lives earnestly and moves a finger or two in her pocket dimensio 9kReads8.9Score717Shelves
12. 12 我 I Became the Biological Mother of the Heroine in a Period Novel 我穿成年代文女主亲妈 Quiet Night Thoughts思静夜Modern Romance362k WordsOngoing Zhou Yiyi transmigrated into a book, becoming the mother of the heroine, who dies early in the story. She was still a young unmarried woman herself. How was she supposed to be a mother? Make sure the girl had enough to eat, warm clothes, and a healthy upbringing? No, no, no. Of course she should teach her the new ideas of modern women. The System popped up. No, no. I'm the Good Deeds Side Character System. You have to do good deeds. Zhou Yiyi rolled her eyes. These requirements are way too much. 3Reads6.7Score—Shelves
13. 13 回 Back to the Eighties: Leisurely Sipping Milk Tea in a Siheyuan 回到八零：我在四合院悠闲喝奶茶 Add Some Ice加点冰块Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [Period setting + making money + striving hard + giving back to the country + no romance + family life + no System + no pocket dimension] Lin Yun had been living a comfortable life, but the moment she opened her eyes, she had become a little girl in a rural village in the 1980s. In an era when people struggled to get enough to eat and stay warm, her family was still the poorest in the village. Going from the convenience of modern life to an era when even getting a meal was a problem, Lin Yun b 330Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    1. No cp, lie down leisurely (rich 💰) 2. Military marriage, talented, start your own business, men and women develop rapidly 3. The parents are short-lived, a family 4. The middle-aged man is reborn 5. The female protagonist starts her own business, has a magnificent life, and the timeline is very long

14. 14 八 1980s Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Brings Prosperity to Three Generations with Her Salon 八零军婚：俏军嫂靠洗剪吹旺三代 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Professional Comeback Queen + Everyday Struggles of Ordinary People] In 1983, in a parallel world, Ye Yuer came from a fashionable stylist to an “old maid” who had just returned to the city with no household registration and no job. To solve her registration problem, her family urged her to find a man through matchmaking and get married. So she decided to become a barber and earn a living on her own. Zhou Xu came home on leave a 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
15. 15 老 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 4.7kReads8.9Score360Shelves
16. 16 金 A Steady Job: Reborn as a Train Water Supplier 金饭碗：重生后我成了火车供水员 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.5M 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.) 155.7kReads9.2Score8.5kShelves
17. 17 暴 My Fortune Begins with Selling Lunch Boxes 暴富从卖盒饭开始 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance555k WordsCompleted Xia Meng: Founder of the country’s largest food service company and a formidable businesswoman renowned throughout the business world. Her journey has been nothing short of legendary. No one knows what she went through or how she rose from the ashes and weathered the tides of the times. People love to talk about her career, and her love life draws even more attention. Everyone knows that Zhao Ling and President Xia supported each other throughout their careers. Years later, one became the founde 2.3kReads9.0Score197Shelves
18. 18 穿 Transmigrating to a Famine Year: Quietly Build Wealth and Live Well 穿越荒年：闷声发财过好日子 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 21.7kReads9.4Score2kShelves

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    The novel chronicle is very beautiful.

19. 19 六 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 12.9kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
20. 20 七 The 1970s: The Richest Educated Youth Swept Her Away to Be His Wife 七零：她被最富知青拐去当媳妇 Late Summer忽晚夏Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted After Lin An'an, an ordinary office worker, had three nights of nightmares in a row, she suddenly acquired a pocket dimension. As a die-hard novel fan, Lin An'an realized that this meant she was about to transmigrate. What was there to wait for? She had the essential pocket dimension. All she was missing was a System, but she wasn’t going to insist on one. Well stocked with supplies and armed with plenty of knowledge from novels, Lin An'an decided to follow the crowd and head to the countryside 20kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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    The writings of these eras are definitely not the cliched kind, and they are all very beautiful. I have personally tested them.

21. 21 穿 The Transmigrated Villainess Ignores the Plot, and the White Lotus Heroine Panics 穿书女配不走剧情白莲女主她慌了 Meiyangyang in May五月的美羊羊Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted What should you do when you transmigrate into a book as the vicious supporting villainess, the foil to the heroine in a Period novel? Hmph! I decide my own fate, not Heaven! The male lead... I’m not saving him. I won’t pave the way for the heroine. The heroine... has been reborn? Now things are getting interesting. If the plot works in my favor, I’m in! If it doesn’t, no way! Every day, I keep watch with the village entrance gossip squad, commenting on the latest drama at one household and the j 883Reads7.9Score100Shelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Novel, I Have a Gruff and Clingy Husband at Home 穿书七零，家有糙汉很黏人 Mumu No Longer Stays Up Late木木不熬夜了Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted One moment, Nan Xiyue was admiring a handsome guy, and the next she had transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era, where she became a stepping stone for a man who lived off women. Luckily, she arrived early, just as they were sent down to the countryside. The freeloader liked pretending to be a good person, so she let him keep up the act to his heart's content. But you, little hoodlum, could you stop following me? I'm still young, and I really don't want a boyfriend. Before meeting Nan Xiyu 3.3kReads8.3Score234Shelves
23. 23 七 In the 1970s, the Villain and I Scoured the Hills for Wild Vegetables 七零年代我和反派挖遍山头野菜 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Parallel Timeline + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Loves to Imagine Things] After finally outliving her deadbeat father and inheriting tens of millions, Luo Minyan was at last able to live the way she wanted: eating and sleeping all day, then playing as soon as she woke up, with every day as luxurious as possible. But after going skydiving, she opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into a book. Most people who transmigrated into books became beloved heroines surrounded by 1.9kReads8.9Score177Shelves
24. 24 七 The 1970s: The Sweetheart Has Nowhere to Run, and the Villain Wants Her Heart 七零：娇娇无处逃，反派要掏心窝 Mint Island Feather薄荷岛羽Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Sign-in System + Seventies + Transmigrate Into a Book + Villainess + Antagonist + Patriotism + Sweet Romance] The heroine and hero are not on the same household register! They are not related by blood! Ruan Su transmigrated into an early-era period novel. In the eyes of the ruthless heroine, she was a thorn in her side; she was the hero’s fiancée, and a wicked, spoiled villainess destined to die. To save her own life, Ruan Su agreed to the System’s demand: protect the antagonist and keep him fr 623Reads8.5Score100Shelves
25. 25 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Chubby Educated Youth Has a Spirit Spring Space 重生七零：胖妞知青有灵泉空间 I'm a Little Goldfish是小金鱼呢Modern Romance798k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Educated Youth + Spirit Spring Space + Supplies + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] She had just finished gathering supplies as the apocalypse arrived, and then she got struck by lightning?? In an instant, she was reborn and transmigrated into the body of a chubby educated youth in the 1970s. Her reflection in the mirror showed rough skin and a face as big as a platter. Miao Jiaojiao nearly burst into tears. Luckily, her spirit spring space, packed with supplies, had 12.3kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
26. 26 年 The Young Educated Woman Who Was Supposed to Die in a Period Novel Survives 年代文里早死女知青活下来了 Gold Gold Gold金金金子Modern Romance291k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s + Pocket Dimension + Family Life + Companionship + Devoted Couple] In her previous life, Zhou Ran lost her parents at a young age and was raised by her grandmother. On the day she won an Olympic gold medal, her grandmother passed away. Heartbroken, Zhou Ran was caught in a car accident and transmigrated to the 1970s, into the body of a young female educated youth about to head to the countryside. She was supposedly going there to help with development, but in tr 2.1kReads8.9Score150Shelves
27. 27 七 The 1970s: The Delicate Beauty Is Pampered Daily by a Rough-Hewn Man 七零：娇软美人被糙汉日日宠 A Little White Cloud一朵白云哦Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted Seventies, transmigrate into a book, System, villain, sweet romance, wish fulfillment Li Yao was the campus beauty. Who could have guessed she would transmigrate into a cannon-fodder character in a novel set in the 1970s? And not just any character, but the villain’s white moonlight? Zhang Shaoqing is the novel’s great villain: aloof and arrogant, with the power to turn the world upside down. One night, the great villain gripped Li Yao by the waist. His low voice slowly rang out: “Since you’ve a 3.1kReads8.6Score238Shelves
28. 28 年 The Everyday Lives of Courtyard No. 16 年代之十六号院子的家长里短 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted Chen Xiangju left her hometown in the countryside and came to the city to stay with her good friend Chen Chunyan. She hoped to find a partner in the city, since she had no intention of returning to the village. Li Gang happened to be looking for a wife. They were introduced and hit it off at once, and Chen Xiangju began her life in the family compound. 14.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Typical compound life, ordinary life, showing all kinds of life, very beautiful.

29. 29 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 22kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    The heroine is a soul traveler, has a very high IQ and a very good emotional intelligence. And the most awesome thing is that as soon as a top-notch person appears, he will be fucked quickly. Really love this kind of plot.

30. 30 腹 My Abs-Showing Soldier Won't Leave Me Alone, and the Seventies Are Filled with Passion 腹肌兵哥缠人，在七零日日笙歌 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 37.3kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves

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    This book is super nice

31. 31 替 I Was Sent to Marry the Male Lead's Doomed Older Brother: Now I'm Lying Flat for Good 替嫁男主早死大哥：我彻底躺平了 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance410k WordsOngoing Eighties, marriage first and love later, slice of life, period setting, transmigration into a book Lou Xia, a homebody, dies suddenly while reading late at night and transmigrates into a book. She becomes the doomed, beautiful but useless first love of the overpowered male lead. The first love has a tragic background: her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her stepsister forces her to switch betrothed husbands, marrying the male lead’s doomed older brother instead. Not 33.7kReads8.7Score2.9kShelves

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    Good looking, not cliché

32. 32 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 17.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
33. 33 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 49.5kReads8.8Score3kShelves
34. 34 娇 A Delicate Beauty Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Villainess in the Seventies 娇气美人穿成七零年代炮灰女配 Shu Wan书宛Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted Xu Wanning transmigrated into a book and became the villainess in the novel The Sweet Wife of the Seventies. In the end, she was destined to die a miserable death in prison... Miss Xu Wanning: “Waaah, I want to go home...” The great villain Han Jinghuai: “Be good, Ningning. Don't be afraid. Your husband will stand up for you.” 3.7kReads8.4Score238Shelves
35. 35 在 Being a Green Tea in a Period Novel 在年代文里当绿茶 Shu Yiyi书意意意Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted [SC 1v1, Sweet Romance, Woman Pursues Man, Sweet Little Green Tea x Tough Guy Who Pinches Pennies Outside the Home. Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Everything serves the plot and isn't meant to withstand scrutiny! Issues have been corrected.] When Shen Qingli woke up, she had become the wife of an early-deceased male supporting character in a period novel. A man this simple was easy for her to handle. With a take-it-as-it-comes attitude, she was good at pouting, cuddlin 515Reads5.8Score—Shelves
36. 36 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 19.2kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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    Relatively new

37. 37 穿 Transmigrating into the ’80s’ Layoff Crisis, Pregnant and Carrying a Little One 穿越80下岗潮挺着孕肚带着萌娃 Wielding Brush and Ink to Stain Qingcheng执笔泼墨染青城Modern Romance391k WordsCompleted Lou Yun was a brilliant surgeon. Out of jealousy, a colleague framed her, causing a patient’s death and provoking the patient’s family into a violent hospital dispute. She was stabbed to death by one of the family members with a fruit knife. When she wakes up, she finds herself lying in the mud with a huge belly. Something cool brushes her face, so she instinctively hugs her body pillow. Hm? That feels nice. Since when did it feel so real? So springy, wow. And warm, too. Not bad, not bad. A bolt 2Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 磕 After Four Years of Stupidity, I Became the Beloved Wife of a Rough Village Bully 磕傻四年，成了糙汉村霸的娇媳妇 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 40.3kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
39. 39 七 The 1970s: The Eccentric Little Cousin Loved by Her Awful Family 七零：全家极品团宠逗比小堂妹 Little Round Yuan圆小圆呀Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Bygone Era + System + Adorable Child + Hilarious Comedy + Scientific Research + Child Prodigy] [Original title: The Beloved Darling of the Seventies Brings Prosperity Through Science and Technology] The Interstellar God of War is betrayed. With the last of his strength, he sends away his only daughter, Yuan Yuan, then dies alongside the traitor. Interstellar toddler Yuan Yuan transmigrates into a beloved little cousin in a period novel and gets bound to an Interstella 7.9kReads9.4Score664Shelves
40. 40 七 The 1970s: My Whole Family Is Cannon Fodder, While I’m a Native Trouble-Maker 七零：全家都是炮灰，我土著极品 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 7.8kReads9.0Score643Shelves
41. 41 年 Period: Everyone Is a Big Shot Except Me, the Only Good-for-Nothing 年代：所有人都是大佬，唯我独废 Udumbara Bright Moon优昙明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qi Yunyi opens her eyes and discovers that she has transmigrated into a book as the vicious female supporting character. In the early part of the story, she relentlessly bullies the male supporting character; in the middle, she relentlessly emotionally manipulates him; and later, she relentlessly curses his entire family. The male supporting character she bullies has the male lead for an older brother and the female lead for a sister-in-law. He’ll grow up to be a heartthrob himself, and most imp 4.2kReads8.5Score400Shelves
42. 42 穿 I Transmigrated to 1960 and Had No Food, So I Caught a Spy to Make Some Money 穿越六零没饭吃，抓个敌特换钱花 I Am a Butcher's Knife我是一把杀猪刀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Super-Strong Female Lead in a Period Setting: Strong, Strong, Strong] Xiang Nuan spent three years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Now thirteen, she unexpectedly kicks the bucket and transmigrates to the late 1960s, into a poor working-class family. Her father couldn’t get a word out of him even if you beat him with three sticks, and he fretted over every little thing. Her mother was timid and submissive. She also loved having children, believing that the more children a family had, th 7.5kReads8.9Score692Shelves
43. 43 你 You’re Selling Swords, I’m Losing It: Every Day Is a Joyful Seventies 你贩剑，我发颠，快乐七零每一天 Hou Wenyuan侯雯媛Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted A village beauty and village tyrant who can plow three mu a day, paired with a sickly, shameless male God of Wealth. The whole point of this story is to have a great time. [Mutually devoted couple + strong heroine + unhinged humor + satisfying romance] Jiang Zao was the last dragon in the cultivation world. As she ascended and underwent her tribulation, a bolt of lightning struck her into one of countless little worlds. A grandmother and grandfather who favor boys over girls, an uncle's family 5.5kReads8.4Score582Shelves
44. 44 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 94.6kReads9.6Score10kShelves
45. 45 穿 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 158.2kReads9.6Score18.2kShelves
46. 46 星 When the Little Grass from the Stars Cried, the Commander Married Her 星星来的小草一哭，首长领证了 Ling Meng Baby凌萌宝宝Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted Hua Tang was the only little grass-seed baby in the entire interstellar world with the power to grow plants. She was adored by everyone across the stars and coveted by countless interstellar bigwigs. The Alliance's God of War, interstellar thieves, and revered demon beasts all fought to become her master. With a wave of her hand, plants multiplied at astonishing speed, bringing barren planets back to life. She could then sell them off, making her master a fortune, while her doting master spoiled 545Reads8.2Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    It's a good read about a planet plant's soul traveling back to the 1970s.

47. 47 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: My Sons and I All Transmigrated into a Book 七零军婚，我和儿子们都是穿书的 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 34kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves

    Reader note

    Nice chronicle

48. 48 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 22.7kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
49. 49 姐 Two Sisters Storm the 1970s: The Soldiers Can't Stop Squealing 姐妹花闯七零：兵哥哥们疯狂尖叫 Taste of Intoxication尝醉Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted [Sickly Black Lotus + System Space + Obsessive Male Lead + Devoted Couple + Serving the Nation + Military Marriage] Li Susu, a legendary God of War, died unexpectedly. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a delicate young lady in the 1970s. She was too weak to carry anything on her shoulders or in her hands, and she panted after every few steps. Apart from her beautiful face, she was useless at everything and could do nothing but play the victim. Her body belonged to a frail young lady 15.8kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
50. 50 小 A Little Zombie Went Looking for Brains, Ended Up in the 1970s, and Joined the Army 小丧尸找脑子找到七零后，随军了 Nine Meows Have Something to Say九喵有言Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Island military romance + transmigration + super-brain genius + special abilities + real and fake heiresses] Zhou Shi is a zombie with brains. She pushes a shopping cart around looking for supplies. Because humans say that if you have food, you have nothing to fear. She uses her brain as a mouth to talk, because she’s heard that if you don’t use your brain, it’ll rust. Her goal in zombie life is to become the most high-class Zombie Queen. High-class means pretty and smart. So this little zombie 23.5kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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