A Breath of Fresh Air in the Period-novel Genre, with Original Twists. I'm Done with Those Overused Plots 年代文清流，反套路，那些烂大街的再也看不下去了

1. 451 六 The Lucky Star of the 1960s: The Lu Family's Grain Storehouse Is Overflowing 六零小福星，陆家屯粮爆仓了 Listening to Bamboo by the Ferry听筠渡Modern Romance608k WordsOngoing [Farming in a bygone era, getting rich, everyday family life, super strength, reading fortunes and earning merit, adorable lucky baby, everyone's favorite, pocket dimension, stockpiling supplies, gossip] After her parents die in service and her grandparents pass away, the four-year-old little dumpling is left an orphan. The good news: everyone in the Lin family wants to adopt her. The bad news: they're all after the money set aside for her care. As the orphaned child of fallen heroes, the lit 25.9kReads8.6Score3kShelves

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   🌈❶ A story of literary refinement in the 1980s. Four-year-old Mei Bao is a strongwoman who can kill a wild boar with one punch🐷. As a result, she became famous after a fight and almost couldn't be adopted. Later, she was taken to Northeast China by her great-aunt. She went up and down mountains and down rivers with her friends, dug for ginseng, ate melons🍉 and watched plays, changing the originally tragic fate of many people.

2. 452 六 The Sixties: A Loony Old Trickster and a Pathetic Brat 六十年代：癫癫的老六，废废的崽 Sunflower in the High Tower高阁向阳花Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Period Setting + Everyday Family Bonds + Guilt-Free Power Fantasy + Female Lead Has Few Scruples] The third installment about Chang'an and Gu Laoliu “Your dad fell off. Go pick him up.” In the middle of her sleep, Chang'an is kicked flying by an old man with a “Whoosh!” When she wakes again, she looks up at the lunatic squatting on a tree branch, a red pair of underwear on his head. Chang'an says nothing, only sighs. “Daughter, I brought the brigade’s pig 6.8kReads9.1Score700Shelves
3. 453 穿 Transmigrating to an Era of Disaster as the Cannon Fodder Aunt 穿越到灾难年代当炮灰舅妈 Lazy Taurus金牛懒懒Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted The rating has only just appeared; it’ll go up later, and the male lead will change. Also known as: The Unlucky Girl Transmigrates to the 1970s, Earns Virtue, and Defies Fate (Space, transmigration, System, stockpiling supplies, period setting, changing one’s luck, cannon fodder, raising little ones) The heroine transmigrates, while the original male lead, Wen Chuan, is reborn. At the request of most readers, the male lead changes to Situ Mo in chapter ninety. [There are countless books on the s 458Reads7.2Score105Shelves

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   It's very good, unlike typical period dramas.

4. 454 五 The Fifties: I Transmigrated into a Rich Fool 五零：穿越成一个有钱的傻子 Tea Roaster on the Flatlands坪上炒茶Modern Romance460k WordsOngoing It’s normal for the rating to be a little low right after launch! Love you all! Wang Tiantian transmigrates and wakes up as a fool. She even comes with a golden finger: a planting space. So what if she’s a fool? At least her family is rich. They have money, land, food, and servants to wait on them. With clothes brought to her and meals served, life is pretty wonderful. Except, the era seems a little off. Wait, wait, wait. Isn’t this the 1950s? Has her family become one of those landlords about t 600Reads7.8Score102Shelves

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   It's now the 1950s. An era without war is naturally better than the Republic of China, but again, even without war, there's fighting! Her family was a well-known landlord in the surrounding villages. They owned countless shops and fields. No, she had to find a way to get her family to move, away from this dangerous place. She couldn't think of any way to get a wealthy man to give up his fortune, leave his comfort zone, and start anew in a distant and unfamiliar place. So, she went straight to the original owner of this body, who was now her father. Then, looking at him, she said, "Beijing, I want to go, Daddy." Wang Tiantian decided that if he didn't go, she would throw a tantrum on the ground. 😂😂

5. 455 小 The Little One’s Happy Life 小不点的幸福生活 Mu Huo Qing木火青Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [1970s setting + transmigration into a book + the whole family dotes on her + everyday family life + building wealth + a touch of ensemble cast] Lin Xiaoman was born into the world of the lucky heroine novel, A Happy Life in the 1970s with Yi Ke. Unfortunately, she wasn't Yi Ke. She was just the contrast character in Yi Ke's happy life. The dutiful daughter who hoped her father would make something of himself looked at him, lazing about and wasting his time on cockfighting and dog-walking. His t 57.4kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
6. 456 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Awakens and Sells the Family Fortune to Join the Army 资本家小姐觉醒，掏空家产去随军 Chen Mozheng陈墨铮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigration into a book + bargain-hunting System + punishing scumbags + powerful team-up + sweet-on-the-outside, ruthless-on-the-inside heiress vs. muscular, stone-faced team leader] Lu Rao was a socialite in Shanghai who had influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world. After an unexpected awakening, she discovered she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. Her second uncle had schemed against her whole family. Her father was missing, her mother 39.5kReads8.9Score5.2kShelves
7. 457 六 The 1960s: I Married into a Treasure-Dungeon 六零，嫁进宝藏副本了 Lailai Dada睐睐哒哒Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Kids + Slow-Paced, Cozy Daily Life + Working Hard to Build a Fortune + Male Lead] [The rating is low because it was just released and will go up! Sobbing, I never thought I’d be saying this one day~] At first, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. Everyone else who transmigrates gets a golden finger, while I can only piggyback on someone else’s.” Later, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. The little boss’s golden finger is really, really useful!” In short, the heroine 2.8kReads9.3Score147Shelves

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   There are so many adorable kids, each one cute, smart, lively, sunny, and a little bit goofy. Even more fun is the female lead, who's like the older sister to all the kids. Every day... Well, it's pretty interesting. [Laughs]

8. 458 对 The Foil Says Nothing, Just Keeps Snatching the Lucky One’s Fortunes 对照组不语，只一味抢夺福宝机缘 Ci Shen辞燊Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Pocket dimension + Strong female lead + Everyday family life + Cannon-fodder comeback + Self-interest] Cheng Wangshu had lived in poverty for most of her life. She had just received news that her family home was slated for demolition when she got so excited that she laughed herself to death without catching her breath. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself inside a period novel about a darling blessed by fortune and adored by everyone. But she wasn't the heroine. Sh 12.7kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves

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   What to do when you transmigrate into a cannon fodder character in a period drama novel? Cheng Wangshu's choice is: to seize! Seize space, seize opportunities, seize luck—grab all the female lead's cheat codes. The most amazing thing is that she not only turns her life around herself, but also transforms her "gluttonous educated youth mother," "lazy father," and "good-for-nothing younger brother." The setting of turning all the villains into model workers is incredibly satisfying.

9. 459 穿 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 213.7kReads9.4Score28.6kShelves

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   1. A special forces soldier transmigrates into the body of a wealthy Hong Kong family's wife in the 1990s. She's kidnapped at the start, but she fights her way back with her cheap husband... I love the female lead so much! The plot and setting are ingenious, it's fantastic! 👍

10. 460 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Daily Life as a Matchmaker in the Countryside 重生八零：我在乡下当媒婆的日常 Gardenias Fragrant for Ten Miles栀子花开十里香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Matchmaking + System + space + food + family life + building wealth + righting past wrongs] Lin Sue'e had lived an unremarkable life, grown distant from her children, and died full of regret. She never expected to return to a time forty-four years earlier… That year, it had been only two years since her eldest son was robbed of his university placement. He hadn't yet been left permanently disabled by working in a coal mine. Her eldest daughter hadn't been beaten to death by her husband, and the 2.1kReads8.9Score150Shelves

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    This one! A historical novel about an old lady who is reborn! But the old lady is a matchmaker, and she has a system—a system that rewards her for bringing together a high-quality couple.

11. 461 五 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance394k WordsCompleted Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie 1.8kReads7.9Score225Shelves

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    Very realistic, those with a low tear threshold should proceed with caution.

12. 462 苦 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance588k WordsCompleted This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.2kReads8.8Score404Shelves
13. 463 新 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance636k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.5kReads6.5Score102Shelves
14. 464 末 Transmigrated to the 1960s During the Apocalypse, the Female Side Character Wants to Run Away After Joining the Army 末世穿六零，随军后女配她想跑路 This and That云云尔尔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1960s + Spatial Storage + Superpowers + Military Marriage + Past and Present Lives] Important: The original heroine is not vilified! Lin Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The Zombie King slapped her to death, and when she opened her eyes, she discovered she had transmigrated. Unfortunately, she wasn’t the heroine, just a disposable cannon-fodder character! She had to split from the family as soon as she transmigrated? She did it without hesitation! Thinking of the hunger ahead, she decisively t 3.5kReads8.8Score399Shelves
15. 465 错 Wrongly Married in 1975: The Rugged Man and the Sophisticated Beauty 错嫁1975：糙汉与御姐 Wan Qian, Who Loves Cantonese Soup爱吃广府汤的万千帝主Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + marriage first, love later + farming + cuisine] [Realistic and down-to-earth + slice of life + light comedy + heartwarming] Qiao Yujie, a 34-year-old elite doctor. During the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, she bowed nine times to her ancestors, and five thousand strings of firecrackers burned to ash Then she was gone. When she opened her eyes again, it was 1975, and she was being "packed off" to marry a man in a military district. Her fiancé had gone fro 181.2kReads8.3Score25.7kShelves

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    A 34-year-old female doctor transmigrates to 1975 and is mistakenly married to her fiancé's cousin. She refuses to settle and transforms her difficult life into the life she desires.

16. 466 农 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance739k WordsCompleted This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score247Shelves
17. 467 老 Granny Quit Her Job to Become a Nanny, Then Took the Whole Household by Storm 老太太裸辞做保姆家里家外杀疯了 Su Hehuan苏合欢Modern Romance2.3M WordsOngoing The drama adaptation, I Became a Legend as a Housekeeper After Retirement, is now streaming on Hongguo. [No CP] [Family and everyday life] [No golden finger] [Gets rich by working as a housekeeper for powerful people] [Leaves her husband and abandons her son and daughter] [Dotes on her daughter-in-law and granddaughter] [Silver-haired heroine] [Quits her job to become a housekeeper] [Plus-size, plain-looking heroine with a laid-back attitude] [Absolutely refuses to lose weight] In her previous l 25.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    This amazing Tomato Book is absolutely hilarious! I laughed so hard I almost fell over. After the female protagonist is reborn, the first thing she does is wait for her husband to die, because she's quitting her job to become a nanny for a big shot...

18. 468 资 The Capitalist Heiress Joins the Army, and the Officer Washes the Sheets Every Day 资本小姐随军后，军官天天洗床单 Jin Yu锦喻Modern Romance195k WordsCompleted Su Shu was born able to understand small animals. Because of this, she was fated to a life of loneliness! Her parents died young, leaving behind assets worth hundreds of billions that made everyone jealous. The lonely queen single-handedly drove away all her parasitic relatives, and just as she was ready to lie flat and give up... She never expected to transmigrate into a book, bringing along a space worth hundreds of billions and a golden finger, and become the cannon-fodder cousin of the heroi 348Reads8.9Score—Shelves
19. 469 婆 When the Mother-in-Law Takes Charge, Her Son Returns to a Shocking Sight 婆婆当家，儿子归来傻眼了 A Mushroom一枝蘑菇Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted For the two years since her son got married, Yang Yufen never showed up. Everyone said she was a mean mother-in-law who looked down on her daughter-in-law, Qin Nian: she didn’t help when Qin Nian was pregnant, and she was nowhere to be seen when her grandson became seriously ill. It wasn’t until Qin Nian had an accident and the child died that Yang Yufen finally came to her senses. At the hospital, she saw her missing son with a homewrecker. She slapped him, only for the woman to shove her down 15.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    The first book starts with 200 million in-game resources. The female lead's personality is hilarious; she wants to go to the countryside, but her mother arranges for her to experience rural life firsthand at a relative's house. After only half a day, she realizes her limitations and decides she'll never go to the countryside again. The female lead is a bit of a lazy bum, but later she takes a research and development path. She has extensive brain development and is more skilled in research than others. For national security reasons, she sometimes has to take on strategic deception tactics. It's not angsty at all. The second book also features a space-based ability. The female lead is incredibly interesting, and the people in Big Pigsty Village are quite funny. It's a story where the female lead is reborn and only awakens her abilities as an adult, starting the story when she's grown up, not as a baby. The story begins with her scumbag father in the army wanting a divorce. The female lead isn't coy at all; she supports her mother's divorce but gets all the benefits. Even so, she still goes to the army before her father's wedding, causing chaos and demanding delicious food, little leather shoes, and pretty dresses—she doesn't lose out at all, it's hilarious. The female protagonist is a capable and resourceful woman who gets along exceptionally well with the families of military personnel in the military region. However, she doesn't stay there for long; after causing trouble, she always returns to her hometown to help it prosper. She also manages to recruit her grandparents as allies, paying them a certain amount each time they call to curse her scumbag father and daughter. The elderly couple thoroughly enjoys this, which is quite amusing. The third book is about a mother-in-law's rebirth, and it's very good. It doesn't have as many awful characters; the mother-in-law is practically an all-rounder, incredibly capable.

20. 470 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.2kReads7.1Score280Shelves

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    In the 1990s, the most exciting and satisfying novels were all realistic fiction.

21. 471 六 The 1960s: The Heiress Back from Abroad Is Untouchable 六零，留洋归来的大小姐高不可攀 Yun Shu r云舒rModern Romance304k WordsCompleted [Alternate-Era Setting + No Golden Finger + Few Villainous Characters + Work and Daily Life] He Shuyao is a young lady who has returned from studying abroad. Her family gave their lives for their country, leaving her as their only child. The state provides her with a home and a job, making sure she wants for nothing and keeping her safe. If anyone dares to bully her, the military will back her up and the police will come to her aid. The only problem is that one shameless young man is always hang 1.4kReads5.9Score101Shelves
22. 472 真 The Live-Action Anime World 真人日漫界 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Sports252k WordsCompleted In the future, global attitudes toward marriage and relationships have become warped, and nobody gets married or has children. As a result, the population has plummeted, leaving only 120 million people worldwide. Eastland has 38 million survivors, its cities lie in decline, and human civilization stands on the brink of extinction. 535Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 473 重 Back to the 1990s: I'm Done Being a Good Girl 重回九零，不做乖乖女 Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Inspirational Youth + Reborn and Doted on by Everyone + Healing] Completed. He Laifa still hasn’t woken up. No one knows if she ever will, but her passion, her hard work, her determination, and her kindness and intelligence have all affected the people around her. The people of Yangjiatun will never forget her. The people of Hejiabao will never forget her. He, and all the others, keep striving in their own posts, shining brightly. She is strength. She is hope. She is their 212Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    I don't know if you'll like it, but you can take a look.

24. 474 十 Ten Days, Eighteen-Year-Old Great-Grandma, I'm Not a Scumbag 十日十八岁太奶我不是渣男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban767k WordsCompleted [Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen] 322Reads6.9Score145Shelves
25. 475 金 The Award-Winning Nanny Reborn with a Professor's Book Collection! 金牌保姆带教授藏书重生啦！ Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn + family bonds + everyone’s favorite + healing + mystery] The main story is complete, with some bonus chapters in the works. Feel free to dive in. Lin Chuyi was a top-tier caregiver who spent more than a decade looking after an elderly professor and his wife. They treated her like their own daughter. Before they died, they left her an inheritance and a jade pendant, which sent her back to the age of eighteen. The pendant is a key, and the library is a space connecting her past and future 483Reads9.2Score100Shelves
26. 476 天 Living the High Life as a Young Master 天上人间当少爷 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban543k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.5kReads8.3Score119Shelves
27. 477 熬 She Outlived the Other Woman, Then Was Reborn 熬死小三，她又重生啦 Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance605k WordsOngoing [Not a palace-intrigue novel, not a farming novel: the heroine's growth and the redemption of a life.] Bai Chunyu had a miserable life in her previous life. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the 1970s, before any of those tragedies had happened! She decisively cut ties with her family, severing them once and for all. She would protect her genius little daughter with her life. Her family's ancestral silver bangle concealed a pocket dimension, stocked to the brim with supplies. S 251Reads7.6Score—Shelves
28. 478 穿 I Transmigrate to Join the Army, and My Officer Husband Is Overjoyed 穿越去随军，军官丈夫乐开了花 A Beauty Like a Flower Beyond the Clouds美人如花隔云端Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted A devoted couple, one-on-one romance, sweet and affectionate, no pocket dimension, a slow and steady pace, and a warm, cozy story! Ji Mingzhu transmigrated from a prosperous golden age to the poor and backward 1960s. The gulf between the two eras was so great that she could barely accept it. She pinched herself. It didn’t hurt at all, so this had to be a dream. Her father, Ji, who got pinched, said, “...!” A layabout father, a frail mother, and a broken family. Ji Mingzhu was at a loss and wante 608Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's refreshing, simple yet heartwarming. The male lead is an adopted son, and the female lead brings her parents to join the army.

29. 479 穿 Transmigrated Straight into the Army: I Married a War Hero and Found My Happy Ending 穿越即随军，嫁给兵王我圆满了 Jiu Li玖狸Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [1970s, Military Marriage, Pocket Dimension, System, Double Happy Ending, Sweet Romance] Mu Youyou, a graduate student in the twenty-first century, is transported to the 1970s by a rookie System on its first mission. It has found the wrong Host and forgotten the mission, too. Since she is already here, Mu Youyou decides to make the best of it. With a pocket dimension and a System at her back, she has nothing to fear. But what is going on with this decorated soldier she is contractually married t 22.5kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
30. 480 我 I Become a Scoundrel in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我在天龙当曹贼 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Male-Channel Fanfiction264k WordsCompleted The male lead, Yin Qiancheng, worked himself to death in Shenzhen, then transmigrated into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He obtained a brain-development and dream-insertion System AI. To return to the future, he brought all the female leads of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, those beautiful older sisters, back to modern Shenzhen. 3.6kReads6.9Score150Shelves
31. 481 年 Period: The Capitalist's Plump Young Lady Latches Onto a Rugged Worker 年代：资本家胖小姐赖上糙汉工人 Frost Contends with Snow's Shadow霜争雪影Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted Dear readers, the rights to this book have been sold for an animated series. It will be coming to you soon, so remember to watch it on Hongguo! Rugged Man x Fair-Skinned Heiress x One-on-One, Both Pure x Bickering Couple x Love Grows Over Time x Sweet Romance x Rekindled Love Xu Yanyan, a million-follower influencer, transmigrates into a period novel as a cannon-fodder character. The original owner was a pampered young lady from a capitalist family, with skin as fair as cream and a voluptuous, 2.2kReads7.1Score196Shelves

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    An unconventional period drama, quite remarkable.

32. 482 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Sickly Beauty Goes on a Rampage! 七零军婚：病娇美人杀疯了！ Wanyan Xing完颜星Modern Romance442k WordsOngoing [Seventies setting + 1v1 sweet romance + spatial powers + obsessive love + military marriage + feel-good power fantasy] A research prodigy with a possessive streak, created by humans and codenamed Seventeen, is the most gifted young woman at the Blue Star Research Institute. One explosion, one transmigration, and when she opens her eyes again, she has become Song Xingmiao, a foolish country girl. Seventeen: ...Then what was the point of the suicide bombing I made myself?! And who is the man besi 2.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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    Chinese people don't lie to other Chinese people!

33. 483 风 The Feng Family’s Treasured Mother and Daughter 风家的宝贝母女 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Two Male Leads232k WordsCompleted A novel about love, marriage, and redemption. If I don’t wear the golden headband, how can I save you? If I put on the golden headband, how can I still love you? A love story about the mother and daughter of the Feng family! 1.2kReads6.5Score—Shelves
34. 484 1 Ten Scumbags and a Woman Who Hates Cilantro 10个渣男不吃香菜的女人 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Modern Romance187k WordsCompleted The story of a young woman's growth and her ten men. At its heart is the story of how one woman navigates her way among men, exploring how women in modern society view marriage and love! 205Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 485 八 The 1980s: I Kissed the Feared Butcher Until He Cried 八零：人人惧怕的杀猪匠被我亲哭 Yi Xi亿溪Modern Romance114k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + building wealth + reborn in a period setting with a space + family life] On the night of her wedding after being reborn, Qin Shuangshuang overhears her stepsister telling their stepmother that she wants to switch grooms. Qin Shuangshuang decides to play along. In her previous life, everyone said that Qin Shuangshuang's thriving business as a principal's wife was all thanks to her husband, Principal Zhang Mingwei. But they didn't know that Zhang Mingwei had gone from being 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Well, to be honest, this book is one of Tomato's better works, it's just not popular.

36. 486 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 373Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 487 林 Granny Lin Is Reborn, Takes Control of Her Whole Family, and Goes on a Rampage 林老太重生，拿捏全家杀疯了 Chu Tumil初荼靡Modern Romance899k WordsOngoing [The rating is low because the book just came out, but it’ll rise later. Dear readers, please don’t worry.] [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [Feel-good revenge] [Everyday life] [Ordinary people] [Family squabbles] The hardworking Lin Fengying raised seven children and helped bring up her grandchildren. She devoted her whole life to her family, but in her twilight years, she and her elderly husband had no one to look after them. While her husband’s body was barely cold, her cold-hearted ch 4.6kReads8.0Score268Shelves

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    This slice-of-life novel set in the countryside is perfect for killing time. The female protagonist spent the first half of her life working tirelessly as a nanny for the whole family, being manipulated by her children. In her second life, she's determined to enjoy life, save up her savings, and live a good life. No one can take advantage of her. There's no forced melodrama or heart-wrenching drama; the simple, everyday moments of revenge are increasingly addictive.

38. 488 八 The 1980s’ Sweet Little Lucky Star: The General Spoils Her Rotten 八零娇软小福宝，首长宠上天 White Pear Drifting Along白梨归泛泛Modern Romance797k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other + rebirth + a protective male lead + a sweet, gentle female lead + tons of sweet romance + a little golden finger + sensible heroine + tough, resourceful heroine + vicious male rival + devoted female rival] I heard Company Commander Fu brought that Jiang family orphan home and spoils and protects her every day. He treats her like a little sister! Company Commander Fu: “What little sister? She's my future wife!” After Fu Chi is injured in an explosion du 956Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so sweet! There aren't any exaggerated parts. The male lead dotes on the female lead, falling in love with her at first sight after losing his memory. He calls her "my darling" all the time, feeding her, putting her to sleep, telling her bedtime stories, and often carrying her with one arm. There's a size difference between them. The male and female leads are five years apart. The writing style is warm and happy. The female lead is sweet, intelligent, and successful; she's not a naive girl, but rather quite clever. Those looking for something to read should check this out! It won't frustrate readers. I think the only slightly exaggerated point is the fighting ability of the female lead and her best friend—the two of them fighting seven or eight big men. Is that a bit exaggerated? Also, the male lead, due to the initial setup of being kidnapped at ten and escaping, suffering from amnesia and wandering for three years before reaching the battlefield, joined the army, and accumulated a lot of military merits over ten years. Now in his early twenties, he's rapidly promoted. That shouldn't be too far-fetched, right?

39. 489 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: Of Course I'm Making Money to Buy a House 穿越八零，当然要赚钱买房了 Ma Dou Loves Reading Novels麦兜爱看小说Modern Romance211k WordsOngoing For no apparent reason, Shen Yaoyao transmigrated to 1983. At twenty, she married an officer. Right after they got their marriage certificate, her husband returned to his unit for a mission, leaving behind a nephew and a niece. The familiar plot, the familiar tropes, but something unfamiliar: "it." Who is "it," you ask? Obviously, her golden finger. Wait, the System can't talk? It just comes with a space and a shop. And the shop only lets her exchange for daily necessities. What counts as daily —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not flashy, just normal and independent.

40. 490 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves
41. 491 八 A Tough Mystic in the 1980s, With a Handsome Husband Waiting at Home 八零玄学悍妻，家有娇夫待签收 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A story set in a bygone era + Chinese metaphysics + mild supernatural elements + ghost-hunting + romance + strong heroine. No transmigration or rebirth; both leads are natives of the setting. [Brilliant, aloof genius with a goofy side, and no interest in men VS. A sharp-tongued, scheming, tsundere man with a poisonous-sweet manner] Tian Shiling, nicknamed Tianbao, is known in Qiantang Village as the coffin girl. Her mother died in childbirth, her father is unknown, and she was raised by the vill 47.3kReads9.2Score7kShelves

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    Native-origin story + no extreme characters + metaphysics and supernatural elements + 80s setting + strong female lead + male lead as a supporting character. Traditional metaphysics, the female lead is a fortune teller, the story starts from childhood, mostly focusing on supernatural and feng shui divination, which is particularly interesting. The female lead is born to work in metaphysics, having been guided by her master to observe and divination from a young age, and is surrounded by kind and lovable people.

42. 492 在 Finding Hidden Gems in a Historical Romance 在年代拼好文里捡大漏 Yan Xiaozhai言小宅Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Era Fiction + Transmigrate into a Book + Alternate History + Ensemble Cast + Slice of Life + A Little Spoiling + Mostly Feel-Good + Romance + Everyone Gets Rich] Also known as: Finding Bliss in a Patchwork Era Novel The Background Character's Comeback in an Era Novel The Seventies: She Became the Heart of the Protagonist Group A Blended Era, Su Qingqing's Happy Life In the Era, She Had a Blast Thanks to the Protagonist Group! - Su Qingqing has transmigrated into an era novel! She suddenly disco 2.5kReads7.6Score155Shelves

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    The female protagonist of this book transmigrates into an era where many novels' male and female protagonists exist. She uses her knowledge of certain plot points to her advantage, and the male and female protagonists in this book are all very kind.

43. 493 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Coins Rain Down Wherever I Go 重生七零之到处爆金币 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted Golden finger + period setting + transmigrate into a book + fictional world + cozy everyday life Shan Yi always thought his luck was perfectly ordinary: Not too good, not too bad, just middling. Who knew he'd wake up one day to find he'd transmigrated, becoming the child of a superhero mom from a period novel? He has eight siblings, more than the Calabash Brothers. Even stranger, anything can drop gold coins. If he hadn't gotten hurt and bled, he really would have thought he was playing a game. 458Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Ordinary people's era

44. 494 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: To the End of the Road, I Question the Fate Chart 盗笔：行至终途，叩问命盘 Cross-shaped Purple十字紫Mystery135k WordsCompleted [All pairings + visitors from another world + redemption + fate] With the wounds of your past and the pain of disappointment, you accidentally fall into the world of cultivation and become a special “spirit” master. From then on, you break through one desperate situation after another and free yourself from your shackles, walking the road to self-redemption. Qian lets you cultivate immortality and bring peace to the Six Realms; Kun lets you explore tombs and knock on bronze; Zhen protects the we 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a historical novel disguised as a tomb raiding story [facepalm], but it's also incredibly popular. It's a slow burn, not mindless action. The first five chapters lay the groundwork by explaining the background before the main plot begins [facepalm].

45. 495 我 Getting By in a Period-Era Novel 我在年代文里混日子 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + period setting + everyday family life + a touch of fantasy Hu Yan realized she seemed to have been reborn and transmigrated. She’d become a character in an old period novel she had read long ago. Oh, the story had already ended. She was a peripheral character, even less important than a walk-on. Her family’s four lovely daughters were living miserable lives. She didn’t have the heroine’s portable dimension or special aura. But she did have her own little stroke of luck 192Reads6.3Score—Shelves
46. 496 被 Kidnapped at an Old Age, Reborn in 1999: The Whole Family Is Together Again 被拐老太重回99，一家整整齐齐 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted Alternate History + Everyday Life + Family Matters + Reborn + No Golden Finger + Adorable Kids As the saying goes, rich old ladies dance in the plaza, while poor old ladies can only sell vegetables and scavenge for trash beside them. In 2029, Yuan Laotai was hit and injured while collecting empty bottles, and ended up in the hospital. Lying in her hospital bed, she looked at the few dutiful children she had left, her heart full of resentment toward heaven, the world, and herself. She thought abo 733Reads8.2Score—Shelves
47. 497 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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48. 498 从 Changing the World, One Supernatural Chive at a Time 从培育出超凡韭菜开始改变世界 Little Fujian Farmer闽间小农Rural Life404k WordsCompleted [Period novel + farming + slice-of-life System + food + slow burn + no heroine + unconventional power fantasy] Question: What are the most frustrating things about novels where someone transmigrates back to the past and starts farming? Answer: The protagonist has such an overpowered cheat, but the story still saddles them with a bunch of relatives like Pokemon, endlessly bickering about family affairs. Why can't they just get on with farming?! And they've already had a modern education, so why d 630Reads6.8Score106Shelves

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    The logic is sound; there's no gossip or family stuff involved.

49. 499 出 A Way Forward Through Mountains and Rivers 出路之山重水复 I Am But Floating Dust我本浮尘Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + Family + Women + Career + Workplace business battles + No romance + Society + An exploration of human nature] No cheat powers, no dramatic comeback. A deep look at the struggles and prospects of 99% of ordinary people! Wish-fulfillment stories are everywhere, but once the excitement fades, only emptiness remains. In the end, we all have to face the grind of daily life and the warmth or coldness of human relationships. This slow-burning work of realism offers no lucky breaks or 2.5kReads9.5Score354Shelves

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    This book is worth reading carefully; it is both a profound historical novel and a story that vividly portrays the lives of ordinary people. The author uses a simple, descriptive style, a calm touch, and a vivid narrative to tell the stories of two generations. Love, family, career—all reveal the true nature of humanity. Deceitful colleagues, scheming family members, magnificent friendships, and the despicable greed… What is humanity? What should we pursue? The book's words, its carefully crafted plot, and its beautiful dialogue offer insights.

50. 500 神 Tycoon System: I Spend Money to Raise Kids in a Period Novel 神豪系统：我在年代文里氪金养崽 The Brightest Bulb Is Me灯泡属我最亮Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (1990s setting + tycoon System + spending money to raise the kids + no romance + building a business empire + wish fulfillment) When Ye Xiaolin woke up, she had landed in a world formed from a fusion of several period novels. She’d become a wicked woman who despised poverty and loved wealth, abandoning her children and running away in pursuit of a materialistic life. She was bound to a tycoon System. To complete its main quest, she created the persona of a wealthy overseas returnee and embarked 8.7kReads7.8Score661Shelves

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    Rarely, upon waking up, Ye Xiaolin found herself transmigrated into a world formed by merging multiple historical novels, becoming a ruthless woman who despised the poor and abandoned her child to pursue material wealth. She was bound to a "Godly Rich System," and to complete the main quest, she crafted the persona of a wealthy businesswoman returning from abroad, embarking on a path of spending money to raise her child.

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