Historical-Era Stories, but Nothing That Ignores Basic Common Sense 年代文不要没有常识的

1. 51 重 Reborn: The Tiger-Cubed Police Officer from a Military Family, Changing Fate with Three Shots from the Start 重生：将门虎警，开局三枪改命 Flowers Bloom on Jimu吉木生花Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Yang Xiao returns to 2003, to the day that changed his fate. This time, he decisively pulls the trigger, killing the armed criminal in front of him and embarking on a turbulent career in government. Starting out as a junior officer at a local police station, Yang Xiao uses his memories of his previous life to crack major cases one after another and earn countless honors. In the treacherous world of politics, Yang Xiao holds fast to the justice in his heart and climbs step by step to the heights 48.1kReads9.2Score5.5kShelves
2. 52 弹 The Second Book by Tan Jian Ting Chao 弹剑听潮的第2本书 Strumming a Sword and Listening to the Tide弹剑听潮Urban5.8M WordsCompleted In the world of fame and fortune, he keeps his resolve hidden beneath a steely exterior. He never compromises his principles, and every move reveals his true mettle... He plans before he acts, breaks deadlocks through hard work, and builds his reputation with foresight. Through the ups and downs of officialdom, he never forgets his original purpose. 125.4kReads9.4Score13.6kShelves
3. 53 梦 Back to the 1970s: My Family Has a Mythical Beast 梦回七零，家有神兽 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance727k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigration + Space + Spirit Spring + Raising Children + Healing + Marriage First, Love Later] A 1990s TV drama called Debt of Sin was the source of Yu Yin’s nightmares, and its theme song left an especially deep mark on her. Yu Yin’s childhood was filled with her parents’ arguments and the crashing sound of things being smashed. When she was young, her parents divorced, and she became a burden neither of them wanted. Once she was an adult, they both tried to meddle in her l 7.9kReads9.2Score432Shelves

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   They are all by the same author. I especially like books 2 and 3, particularly book 3.

4. 54 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
5. 55 穿 I Became an Army Wife in the 1970s 穿到七零年代当军嫂 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance778k WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Space]+ [Family Life]+ [No Going to the Countryside] Xu Di was born in the 1980s. After graduating from high school and failing to get into college, she spent two years working a sewing machine in a clothing factory. At twenty, she found a match through a blind date, got married, and had a child. In 2020, Xu Di, who was always bottling up her anger, was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. She underwent surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and her short life came to an en 16.4kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
6. 56 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Saving the Tragic Male Lead 穿书七零：拯救悲惨男主 Mu Xi Mutong木西木同Modern Romance152k WordsCompleted (Military marriage, transmigration, 1v1) Tang Tian is an optimistic, cheerful modern girl who loves reading novels. Recently, she's become obsessed with stories about military marriages in a bygone era. She has just finished a rebirth story set in the past. The heroine wronged the hero in her previous life, then was reborn and tried to make amends. But Tang Tian finds the heroine's behavior after her rebirth infuriating, and feels sorry for the devoted, responsible man. After tearing into the 2kReads9.1Score144Shelves
7. 57 年 Period Romance: The Sweet but Silly Beauty Charms the Villain into a Daze! 年代：笨蛋美人把反派哄晕了！ A Shu阿暑Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted (Historical setting + one-on-one romance, no love triangle + pampered heroine + mutual flirting) The heroine is timid, sweet, and a little silly; the hero is a villain hopelessly in love. Lin An'an is an orphan who has never known the warmth of a family. As an overworked office drone, her greatest wish is to have a little place of her own, save up enough money, and raise a puppy, so she can live comfortably even if she loses her job. She never expected that transmigrating into a book would grant 2.2kReads8.1Score137Shelves
8. 58 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: I Won Over the Sickly Villain and Had His Babies 快穿年代：拿下病娇反派生崽崽啦 Little Spinning Top小陀螺转转Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted [Period Drama] [Rugged Hero] [Childbearing] [Sweet Romance] [Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] Lin Shushui had only read a story about cute little kids and found the children in it adorable. So she said, "Everyone's encouraging people to have kids, so I'll have this one." And then she got bound to a Childbearing System. System: Sweetie, it's more reassuring to have the children yourself. Their fathers will absolutely be the strongest, most virile, most handsome men around. They're all big shots from 9.3kReads8.8Score853Shelves
9. 59 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 15kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   Good period dramas often allow readers to experience the atmosphere of a specific era and the lives of people. [Under pressure to complete] "The Beautiful Life of a Marginal Character in a Period Drama" - Synopsis: The female protagonist, from modern times, transmigrates into the body of the second daughter of a working-class family in a small city in the 1970s. She unexpectedly discovers that this is a script she once read, and she has transmigrated into the world of the novel. The original owner was the second daughter who was not valued by her family. The female protagonist is indifferent, intelligent, and clear-headed. She eventually gets a job as a packaging worker in a pharmaceutical factory through her own efforts. She seizes opportunities time and time again, learns and enriches herself, constantly gets promoted, and is allocated a new apartment. The female protagonist marries the male protagonist, initially for the sake of the factory's housing allocation. The two had lived together in the hospital when she first transmigrated. The male protagonist transmigrates from the future. He was once an experimental subject created by a research institute, later developed his own consciousness and became very intelligent. He accidentally transmigrated to this unfamiliar era. - Highlights: The female protagonist is clear-headed and rational, without any cheat codes, changing her destiny through her own efforts. The story is simple but not boring, and the daily life of the family is described in detail. *Pigeon Alley* - Synopsis: This story follows the life of Zhong Wenshu, the protagonist, from 1972 to 2024. At seventeen, she took over her mother's job at the supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the "Down to the Countryside Movement." At eighteen, she married a police officer from the neighboring courtyard, starting a small family. Later, she went to university and became an art teacher, leading a smooth life. The author endows the protagonist, Shushu, with all the happiness of that era: a good family background, a harmonious and loving family, a childhood sweetheart, and no conflicts with her mother-in-law after marriage. - Highlights: Not a time-travel or rebirth story; leans towards slice-of-life, without the melodramatic gossip typical of period novels, focusing instead on the simple and realistic life and growth of a family, full of everyday warmth. *The Sixties: A Plain Daily Life After Time Travel!* - Synopsis: Xia Zhiyu travels to the 1960s with a small system that allows her to make money. With a good attitude, she uses her cheat codes to eliminate bad families before being sent to the countryside, and after arriving, she's quick to argue and enjoys her life. Later, she meets a military officer, and the two walk hand in hand through life. - Highlights: The system is interesting, the female lead is adorable, the story is light and enjoyable, and there are many heartwarming moments.

10. 60 六 The 1960s: The Ordinary Days After I Transmigrated! 六十年代：穿越后的平淡日常！ Despairing Paper Plane绝望纸飞机Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [System + Cozy and heartwarming + Educated youth + No angst + Military marriage] A pretty educated youth and a military officer with an unexpected soft side Multiple side couples - She closed her eyes, and a lifetime passed. She opened them, and another lifetime began. As Xia Zhiyu wondered if she was losing her mind, she called for the System that was supposedly essential for transmigration. Hey! It really came, ready to dote on her twice as much and help her make money. Before heading to the c 35Reads6.8Score—Shelves
11. 61 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Become a Japanese Aristocratic Officer 谍战：开局化身日本贵族军官 Cabbage Sprout白菜秧子Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Li Yan was a frail, sickly man until one day he discovered that he had gained a doppelganger with a highly sensitive identity. Connecting his various doubles to his real body was a modest-sized storage space. From then on, he began moving through the largest commercial city in the Far East under a variety of identities. A covert agent for the Military Investigation Bureau, an aristocratic officer in the Japanese Marines, a rickshaw puller by day and a rooftop-running bandit by night… All these i 22.1kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves
12. 62 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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    My darlings, today I'm recommending a super sweet 1970s military romance novel—"1970s Military Marriage: My Sons and I Are All Transmigrated into a Book"! This novel is simply the perfect combination of "transmigration + military marriage + doting husband," it's so sweet and indulgent, I was smiling like a proud aunt the whole time, I couldn't stop reading!

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