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. 101 卿 Dearest Beloved: An 1980s Record of a Senior Official's Devotion to His Wife 卿卿如晤：八零高官宠妻录 The Loquat Tree Has Light枇杷树有光Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted “Mom, these are the peach cakes Yanyan likes best. Keep an eye on her, though. Don’t let her eat too many, or she won’t have room for dinner.” “Dad, if Yanyan can’t get up in the morning, let her sleep a little longer. Don’t shout at her. It could make her nervous.” At their wits’ end, Shao’s parents asked, “Is she my daughter or yours?” On his first business trip after marrying her, Bai Shuyu was so worried about his wife, Shao Yin, that he sent her back to her parents’ home and asked his mothe 6.3kReads7.0Score519Shelves
2. 102 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34.5kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves

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   The female lead is selfish. It's very satisfying.

3. 103 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 6.6kReads8.0Score378Shelves

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   🍇🍇This is amazing!! A spoiled, naive beauty and a cunning, ruthless wolf. Lin Xiuzhu, pampered by her parents, can't stand any hardship. Faced with the choice between suffering and enjoying comfort, she chooses Deputy Director Gu Yu [facepalm][laughing]. The female lead loves pretty dresses and jewelry, and is quite spoiled, but she adapts to her environment quickly. The male lead falls in love with her at first sight, actively pursues her, and is very responsible.

4. 104 身 Wearing a Period Novel: The Cunning, Scheming Man Has Me Wrapped Around His Finger 身穿年代文：被心机腹黑男拿捏了 Du Huancheng渡浣辰Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [The protagonist has no System or golden finger; transmigrates into a book in her own body; a touch of ensemble cast; sweet romance; both are each other’s first and only; love at first sight; imperfect characters, each with their own flaws] [Fair-skinned, beautiful heiress VS deep-thinking, calculating man] Most likely, it’s a story about two people who look like a perfect match but aren’t in sync at heart: he’s after a man with a great body and impressive abilities, while she’s after a man with 15.6kReads8.4Score917Shelves

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   🥖Transmigrated to the 1970s as an unregistered resident? A fair-skinned, beautiful young lady meets a deep-thinking, scheming man, each with their own agenda, and they become a couple. Without a system or cheat codes, she finds amusement in gossip. Unaware that she's transmigrated, she and he go from being superficially compatible to gradually developing a sweet and loving relationship, their flaws making the story all the more realistic.

5. 105 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 54.6kReads9.2Score5.4kShelves
6. 106 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 13.5kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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   I highly recommend this book. It doesn't have any special abilities or cultivation elements; the female lead is like the male lead's little sun.

7. 107 五 The Little Treasure Hunter of the Fifties 五零捡漏小当家 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted A kindergarten teacher in her thirties wakes up to find herself in 1952, inhabiting the body of Qian Laixi, a five-year-old playmate kept by a capitalist family. The household is about to flee, the country is in turmoil, and her own family is still stuck in poverty as servants. No problem! She has a stingy “Junk System” that recycles just about anything. The He family is clearing out? Fine, she’ll scan every last inch of their property! Unclaimed treasure? She’ll gladly take it all, from silver 20.2kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves

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   I skipped the first book several times; it's a period novel set between the early days of liberation and the college entrance exam period. It truly opened a new world for me. Having read so many books about rural work, this one gave me a deeper understanding of that era. There was no system of exploitation or anything like that; it was all about self-improvement. Overall, it was very good. The second book has a different style within that period, featuring celebrities from that era and a very fresh subject matter. This one doesn't have a system; everyone relies on themselves. In short, it's about the college entrance exam...

8. 108 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 11.9kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
9. 109 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 83kReads9.4Score13.3kShelves

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   This is quite good. It's one of the few historical romance novels I've read that I could finish reading. It's not the kind of mindless story. The female lead is an outstanding person and not brainless. The male lead is also very doting. The male and female leads can be said to be evenly matched!

10. 110 魂 I Don't Care If My Soul Is Torn Apart, As Long As You All Die 魂飞魄散无所谓，只要你们死 The Times Are Everlasting时代久久Modern Romance664k WordsCompleted Yun Li was a child with no known father, and her life lasted only eight years. Her mother had her identity stolen by an impostor, was thrown into a den of wolves, endured endless humiliation, and finally died a tragic death. Why? Why did she and her mother have to suffer such a fate? Yun Li couldn’t accept it. Even after death, a whole pot of Granny Meng’s soup couldn’t erase her memories. In the end, she carried those memories through ninety-nine reincarnations, striving to accumulate merit unt 26.9kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves

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    This is a very unique historical novel. The female protagonist was born after her mother was abducted. She returns with memories of ninety-nine lifetimes to seek revenge, and her first act is to massacre the village of abductors. The protagonist's mother was engaged to a military officer, but on her way to find her fiancé, she was drugged and abducted by her adopted daughter. The adopted daughter, from the abductor village, assumed the identity of the protagonist's mother and married the officer. During the protagonist's revenge, she discovers that some people from the village have also impersonated others, just like the adopted daughter. Because some animals in the mountains near the village have become spirits, involving the supernatural, the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities intervenes, and the bad guys finally receive their due punishment.

11. 111 九 The 90s: Ever Since I Stopped Being Filial, I've Had the Sweetest Smile 九零，自从不孝后我笑的可甜嘞 Ten Steps, Ten Steps十步十步Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Li Xingjian’s reputation was ruined before she could return home. Her biased mother demanded that she give her childhood sweetheart and fiancé to her younger sister, then forced her to sacrifice herself to secure her sister’s future. “You weren’t pure to begin with. Even if I let you marry, who would want you? Once your sister makes something of herself, she’ll spare you a bite to eat. I’m only doing this for your own good, aren’t I?” Her useless father turned a blind eye t 45.2kReads9.3Score4.9kShelves

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    🍉✨Holy crap, what an amazing book! It's a breath of fresh air in the genre of period dramas ᓫ(°⌑°)ǃ. It's so captivating! I love Xingjian so much. From being the least noticed and least favored member of the family, he eventually becomes the most influential one—it's incredible! I definitely need to keep this book to learn how to argue back, how to counter psychological manipulation… If I knew Xingjian in real life, my life would definitely be much more interesting.

12. 112 重 Reborn, I Refuse to Be a Sap: From the Start, I Put My Mother-in-Law in Her Place 重生不当接盘侠，开局打脸丈母娘 The Stone Will Grow石头会长大Urban3.9M WordsCompleted In his previous life, everyone envied Zhao Guoqing for marrying a woman from the city. Not long after she moved in, she gave him a big, chubby baby boy. She was beautiful and had a salary, yet didn’t look down on him for being from the countryside! Only Zhao Guoqing, reborn, understood that his calculating wife was looking for someone to raise another man’s child! She’d picked him because his rural family was honest and easy to manipulate, hoping to find a cheap dad for the bastard in her belly! 23.6kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves

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    This is really great!!! I feel the rating is too low, probably because of the title. It's definitely worth reading!!!

13. 113 快 Quick Transmigration: Seducing My Way to the Top, the Male Lead Loses Control Every Night 快穿：勾引上位，男主夜夜失控 The Cat Isn't Lazy小猫不懒Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + 1v1 + seduction to the top + love at first sight + sweet romance] One-line summary: Stay in character, seduce the male lead. Why are these male leads so easy to seduce? Why are they all throwing themselves at me? Shen Mianmian works for the Quick Transmigration Bureau. After being sent into a wholesome romance novel, she begins winning over its male lead. World One: The male lead of a secret-crush story World Two: The male lead of a period story World Three: The male lead 41.4kReads5.9Score2.1kShelves

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    This contains a book about historical events.

14. 114 快 Quick Transmigration! The Cherished Beauty Keeps Having Babies 快穿！娇宠美人连连生子 Moonflower No. 1月见一号Fantastical Romance653k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Stunning beauty] [Female-led romance] [Delicate] [Childbearing] [Sweet romance] [Male lead is inexperienced] [Multiple male leads] Content warning: The heroine is very, very weak. An honest heroine x obsessive male leads of all kinds who break into her home and strictly adhere to their code of conduct around women Ming Dai, who dies unexpectedly, binds herself to a Quick Transmigration System. She expects a difficult journey through the worlds, but instead, she's doted on 29.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves

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    I really like it; it's not the same old formula.

15. 115 重 Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零！不留遗憾！！！ Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生10k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!! 336Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend two period novels. The stories are fresh, the language is humorous, and there are constant plot twists—hahaha!!! Super exciting!!

16. 116 穿 After Becoming the Original Wife in a Period Novel, I Divorced Him at Once 穿成年代文原配后，我火速离婚 Reluctant to Let Go念念不舍Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [This story is anything but normal. Not a single character is normal, so don't read if that bothers you!] Jiang Banyue is a twenty-second-century pastry chef who accidentally transmigrates into a military romance set in the past. The hero, Shen Yunhe, is her husband, while she is his first wife, destined to die young. As soon as Jiang Banyue opens her eyes, she feels her barely showing belly. There are three babies inside. Great, she gets the babies without having to deal with the man. Jiang Ba 4.2kReads8.2Score177Shelves

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    The new premise is fantastic! The female protagonist transmigrates into a book as the cannon fodder original wife, who dies in childbirth and whose children are ruined and eventually die tragically. After transmigrating, she decisively divorces her husband and starts a new life. Due to her past experiences, the eldest of her triplets develops a second personality. It's incredibly good.

17. 117 六 The Happy Life of a Railway Compound in the 1960s 六零：铁路家属院的美满生活 Dozing Off打瞌睡呢Modern Romance932k WordsOngoing The rating just opened and will rise! [Strong, tragic, prison-boss male lead × beautiful, easygoing female writer] [No rural relocation + no black market + everyday family life + mutual healing + sweet romance] What does a life of wealth and glory in my next life have to do with this one? Lin Xia was a modern web novelist and short-form comic artist with tens of thousands of followers. An accident blew her and her whole home to smithereens. When offered a chance to drink Granny Meng's soup and b 145.3kReads9.0Score17.3kShelves

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    Well, this one, about railways, is the first time I've seen it. I'm currently following it. It's being serialized, and it's different from other period dramas because it's about railway affairs. The period dramas we usually read are about soldiers returning home and the female lead meeting him while he was with the army. This one is about railway transportation, and the male lead is a demobilized soldier who becomes a section chief on the railway.

18. 118 八 An 80s Army Officer: My Wife Is a Fox Spirit 八零军官：我的媳妇是只狐狸精 Green Flame绿火火Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage / Sweet Romance / Period Setting / Fox Spirit / Toxic Female Lead / Stoic Commander] The little fox spirit Shen Qiao failed her tribulation and woke up in the body of a village girl in the 1980s. With her yang energy almost depleted, she urgently needed a man to “replenish her life force.” She heard that the original owner had a fiancé serving in the army, so she headed into the city that very night to visit him. But in the dark, she went into the wrong room and ended up in be 13.5kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves

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    This is quite novel; I've never read a historical fiction novel in this genre before. It's still being serialized, but the plot is quite interesting.

19. 119 恶 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage After Being Reborn, So I Took Her Place and Won by Doing Nothing 恶婆婆重生后杀疯了，我替嫁躺赢 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 18kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    This is hilarious; the female lead lies flat the whole way, and the mother-in-law is especially adorable.

20. 120 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: On My Wedding Night, I'm Sent Next Door to Stay 穿书七零：新婚夜被送到隔壁借宿 Pan-Fried Bun生煎包Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + beloved by all + devoted couple + no golden finger] On the day of her wedding, Lin Jianchun is suspected of bringing bad luck to her mother-in-law, so her new husband sends her to spend the night at the Lu family’s house next door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the bed comes home in the middle of the night… That’s when she transmigrates into the story. Remembering that she was punished with transmigration just for cursing out the author, 21.9kReads8.9Score5.8kShelves

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    These books all have scores of 9 or higher, especially the second one; the friendship between the female lead and her mother-in-law is fantastic.

21. 121 我 I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我，为祖国富强而奋斗！【系统】 Little Red-Crisp Hands红酥小手Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast 43.6kReads9.6Score4.1kShelves

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    I liked them all, especially the third one about a gigolo; it was very unconventional.

22. 122 我 I Use the Sign-In System to Enjoy the Gossip in the 1970s 我靠签到系统在七零吃瓜 Ordinary Days寻常光阴Modern Romance601k WordsOngoing [Sign-in System + gossip + sent to the countryside + romance + a touch of ensemble cast] Su Xia, a youth soon to be sent to the countryside, suddenly finds a sign-in System in her mind. By checking in with key characters, she can obtain generous supplies. From then on, the male and female leads of countless period novels, reborn supporting heroines, idiotic second male leads... and all the bit-part characters who sacrifice themselves on the “front lines” for the plot start appearing around Su Xi 89.2kReads9.1Score13.1kShelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn into a world where there's a sign-in system that helps women support each other, ensuring no one holds them back. Bad people are dealt with swiftly, including execution, and the system operates according to the law. There aren't many truly awful characters, and the protagonist's family is very harmonious.

23. 123 相 After a Blind Date, She Marries a Rugged Man and Becomes the Village Belle's Darling 相亲嫁给糙汉后，村花被娇宠上天 Autumn Is Long秋很长Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Striving] Qin Hui never imagined anything so bizarre could happen to her: she transmigrated to the 1970s! Looking at the drab yellow-mud house and meals with no meat three times a day, Qin Hui couldn’t help thinking: When will this life without meat or pretty clothes ever end? This is too hard! Luckily, Heaven arranged a husband for her. Qin Hui never expected that after marrying the rough-hewn man by her side, he would spoil her rotten. 11.7kReads8.9Score727Shelves

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    Time travel, no cheat codes, just a peaceful and ordinary life. The female lead has a stable job and no special advantages as a time traveler, so she quickly integrates into her new life. The family atmosphere is harmonious, united, and loving.

24. 124 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 7kReads9.4Score587Shelves
25. 125 我 I Brought a Supermarket Stocked with Supplies to the 1960s 我带着满装物资的超市穿到六零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Farming, a heroine who shines on her own and builds a career, no romance for the male lead, serving the country In this impoverished 1960s, her husband dies in service, leaving behind a son who has just turned one month old. Her mother-in-law is a fool who only wants to drain the family’s resources to support her own nephew. Her bullying brother-in-law only wants her compensation and her job. Luo Luo transmigrates with a supermarket full of supplies that can be copied without limit. Did she real 2.8kReads9.0Score291Shelves
26. 126 嫁 Marrying a Disabled Soldier: The Gorgeous Beauty Charms and Coaxes Him 嫁军婚残夫，娇艳美人撩他诱哄他 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + doted on by everyone + no golden finger, your mindset determines your fate] [A cast story starring a great beauty who gets a villainess role without realizing it] In 1974, Yu Wan transmigrates into the body of an undocumented drifter, then uses her beauty to become the Qiao family’s stepdaughter. With a new identity, Yu Wan is overjoyed. The Qiao family members each have their own agendas, but they know the truth and keep quiet. Not long after Yu 25.7kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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    🌟Compared to other clichéd period dramas, this one is incredibly normal. The characters are part of an upper-class circle, from the family of a founding general. The details of daily life and food in Guangzhou and Hong Kong are so captivating, they could be made into a TV series. Making money is clearly not a priority; the family has a cook and a nanny, and the care and nurturing of the child from birth is exquisite. The male lead's behavior reflects the upbringing of a powerful family; he's hands-on with his child, Chongchong. Many period dramas feature the female lead raising the child while the male lead is invisible. The female lead is almost excessively clear-headed, openly displaying her materialism and pragmatism. Other period dramas suffer from the same problem: the male lead, despite being a soldier from a rural background, is forced to act incredibly powerful, and his supposed privileged upbringing feels hollow. His manners and manners are definitely not those of someone from a powerful family.

27. 127 九 In 1990, She Was a Good Big Sister 九零年，她是好姐姐 Yan Bi燕笔Modern Romance820k WordsCompleted (Not a power fantasy with an all-conquering heroine, and definitely not a rebirth-and-revenge story. It’s just a quiet, everyday tale with some odd conflicts.) Chen Xihua, a rich kid from the twenty-first century who had become a wage slave, was about to turn thirty and inherit the family business when she suddenly transmigrated into the body of Chen Xihua, a seven- or eight-year-old village girl in the 1990s. She realized she had transmigrated into a book, and was a minor cannon-fodder characte 6.9kReads9.0Score596Shelves
28. 128 八 An Eighties-Era Little Miss, Doted on Excessively by a Top Scientist 八零娇气包，科研大佬过分宠 Tingting Rain亭亭雨Modern Romance679k WordsCompleted [Pampered, affectionate beauty VS straight-laced research mogul, transmigrated into a book + spoiled girl + sweet romance + love after marriage] Xue Minmin is a fussy beauty, spoiled and willful, who unexpectedly finds herself transported into a book. Force the research mogul to marry her? Frame the camellia-loving heroine? Marry an old man, have three kids, and get beaten? No, no, no! It has to be a dream! When she opens her eyes again, someone is kissing her by force. She curses him as a perve 9.1kReads8.3Score986Shelves

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    🌈This is definitely a breath of fresh air in period dramas, a refreshing surprise! 🌈❶Jiang Shiyi is a selfish and self-serving character. In her past life, she framed her childhood sweetheart and fiancé to avoid being sent to the countryside with him.🍬🍬The male lead's first act after being reborn is to marry the female lead.

29. 129 九 Nineties Hong Kong: I Woke Up as a Kidnapped Heiress's Sister-in-Law 九零香江：睁眼穿成被绑豪门大嫂 Beauty Plucking Stars美人摘星Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b 24.5kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
30. 130 七 A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te 13kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
31. 131 重 Reborn in the Eighties: Dividing the Family from the Start, Then Making Money at Every Turn 重生八零，开局分家后一路发发发 An Unknown Little Sheep不知名的咩Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted [Period drama] [No pocket dimension] [Reborn] [Building a fortune] In her previous life, Li Yi was timid and weak. Her mother-in-law’s family leeched off her until she ended up with a broken home and a ruined life. Luckily, fate gave her another chance to start over. She returns to 1984, decisively separates from the family, and takes her daughter and husband away to find work. From working in a factory to running a stall and opening a shop, she takes a path completely different from the one she 1.2kReads8.4Score—Shelves
32. 132 年 Era-Hopping Quick Transmigration: Vain and Selfish, Beautiful and Wicked 年代快穿虚荣且自私，漂亮且恶毒 Qiu Yiwan邱意晚Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + a touch of being adored by everyone + love at first sight + selfish and self-serving + a truly wicked heroine] Bai Chuchu is the only fire fox in the fox clan. She is selfish, vain, never lifts a finger without a benefit, throws things away when she’s done with them, and is vicious and materialistic. Her personality is absolutely awful! But she possesses peerless beauty, a face that could outshine the world, drawing crowds who flock to her and prost 6.5kReads7.5Score320Shelves

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    Look, it's not quite the same.

33. 133 穿 Reborn as a Dowry Maid, I Rise to Prominence in the Prince's Manor Through My Son 穿成陪嫁丫鬟，我在王府母凭子贵 Dragon Fruit Growing Toward the Sun火龙果向阳而生Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted After being pushed off a cliff while trying to break up a fight, Tao Yaoyao takes her last breath and transmigrates, reborn in the vast Hao Han Dynasty in the body of a maid who has been the Princess Consort of Prince Chen's dowry for three years. A little background: On the day of their wedding, Qi Chenyuan left Fan Qianyao just after they had completed the wedding rites and headed south under imperial orders to wipe out river bandits. Three years later, Prince Chen returns victorious to the 9.5kReads8.9Score681Shelves
34. 134 资 The Capitalist’s Spoiled Young Master? Perfect to Take Home as a Husband 资本家大少爷？正好扛回家做老公 Song Nianchu宋念初Modern Romance950k WordsOngoing [Period setting + fishing village + marriage first, love later + devoted husband + building a fortune] “Chu, do you want a man or not?” One moment, Song Nianchu is celebrating her company going public. The next, she has transmigrated into an orphan girl in a fishing village in the 1970s. The girl is young and beautiful, but born with superhuman strength. She can kill a mad bull with one punch, and now that she is nearly twenty, no one dares marry her. Her late father is so furious that he appear 22.8kReads8.1Score873Shelves

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    The female lead is a fisherwoman with superhuman strength, and the male lead is a researcher who has been demoted and sent to the countryside. He is noticed by the female lead for protecting someone and becomes her son-in-law...

35. 135 重 Reborn in 1950: Building Wealth with a Wholesale Market 重生五零：携带批发市场发财致富 Chubby Meatball肥胖的肉肉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Era + personal space + golden finger + strong heroine + outrageous characters + building a strong nation Lin Xiaoxue lost her life saving someone else. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on her, and she was reborn in the 1950s. But, unfortunately, she starts out with a sacrificial-lamb script. As she transmigrates into a life of fleeing famine, her parents wrap up their provisions and head northeast in search of a chance to survive, leaving Lin Xiaoxue behind in a mud-brick house on the outskirts of 3kReads7.6Score243Shelves

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    Come, take a look at these two books, one from the 1950s and the other from the 1960s. One is about picking up trash at a farmers' wholesale market, and the other is about discovering the mystery of leftover food boxes. Hahaha!

36. 136 六 Life Is Good for This Sixties-Era Granny: Leftover Blind Boxes Keep the Family Fed 六零老太好生活，剩菜盲盒把家养 Chubby Meatball肥胖的肉肉Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted Golden finger + outrageous characters + no romance + pocket dimension + supporting a family + elderly woman + slice of life Leftover Blind Box System, also known as the Eat and Take Advantage System. No romance. At thirty-six, Zhao Shufen had a house, a car, savings, and a steady job. The only thing that gave her a headache was her parents constantly pressuring her to get married. Then, while going downstairs to pick up a delivery, she missed a step and fell. The good news: she was alive again. 4.7kReads6.6Score645Shelves
37. 137 开 Divorced from the Start: Returning to the Village to Fish for Treasure 开局离婚：回村赶海捕鱼捞宝藏 Siren Is a Fish塞壬是条鱼Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted (Beachcombing + fishing + taking down scumbags + family life) Fu Wan, a fisherwoman, has been reborn! In her previous life, after she was thrown out, her daughter was sold into the mountains. Her father went out to sea and was caught in a storm, his fate unknown. Her brother, whose leg had been pierced by a stingray and left him bedridden, killed himself. Her mother couldn’t bear the shock and took rat poison. But Heaven treated her kindly: not only was she reborn just before her divorce, but th 112kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves

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38. 138 东 A Northeastern Auntie Finds Herself a Zombie Daughter 东北大姨捡到个丧尸闺女 Inkstone Autumn Jade砚秋墨玉Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Transmigration, zombies, comedy, ensemble cast, period setting, mystery, no CP: a purely Northeastern period novel. “How does a vegetarian zombie girl who moves slowly manage to become everyone's darling in a 1970s Northeastern village? By being cute and sincere, not by biting people.” A female zombie is caught in a time-space vortex during a battle between the Zombie King and superpowered beings, and transmigrates to a Northeastern village in the 1970s. The warmhearted Auntie Cheng Qiuxia take 521Reads8.9Score100Shelves
39. 139 被 Abandoned by Her Children and Left to Die, Granny Zhang Is Reborn in 1980 被子女抛弃惨死，张老太重生八零 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr 75.9kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
40. 140 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    These books are quite different from other books from different eras. [Cool][Cool]

41. 141 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance627k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.8kReads8.2Score3.7kShelves

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    It's quite in line with the times: no rural assignments, no black market activities, no military marriages! The female lead passes the entrance exam for a vocational school and is assigned to a state-owned factory. Armed with modern mechanical knowledge, she works hard to build her career.

42. 142 我 I Reincarnated as Qi Tongwei's Unlucky Daughter 我穿成了祁同伟的冤种闺女 Yue Lai Li Ge悦来梨歌Female-Channel Fanfiction421k WordsCompleted A laid-back college student daughter × an ambitious father with a “burdened by life's hardships” air Modern college student Su Huaian unexpectedly transmigrates into In the Name of the People and becomes Qi Tongwei's biological daughter, lost to him years ago. With the story's script in hand, she decides to make a little effort to help her dad flip the game board, dragging him off to soak up the sun and eat hot pot... This is my first book, so please be kind! 2kReads7.5Score101Shelves
43. 143 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    I really like Xu Jiaojiao; it's a very interesting book. I wish there were more books of the same type.

44. 144 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 14.3kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
45. 145 七 Sent to the Countryside in the 1970s, I Was Loved at First Sight by a War God 七零下乡知青，被兵王一见钟情了 Hoping for the Mountain, No Snow盼山无白Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Completed [period setting + reborn + pocket dimension + revenge + devoted couple + making money + medical skills + military marriage + feel-good wish fulfillment] In her previous life, Su Niannian was forced to go to the countryside, where two educated youths, Lu Xingguang and Huang Yingying, tricked her out of her money, tormented her, and framed her. After working desperately hard to get into college, she was manipulated by her stepmother, Tao Chunhua, who stole her admission letter and marrie 18.8kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
46. 146 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 My Tinghan Bamboo我的听寒竹Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.9kReads8.9Score605Shelves
47. 147 九 The 90-Year-Old Matriarch Runs the Family: Putting Her Useless Children and Grandchildren in Their Place 九零老太掌家：专治极品儿孙 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Transmigration + a lightly ensemble cast + no golden finger + no CP + the 1990s + everyday family life + lighthearted comedy Zhang Hongying transmigrates to the 1990s, only to find herself in the body of an infamous old country woman. But that's fine. She's convinced that under her leadership, the whole family will go out and earn money while she sits back and happily collects it. Anyone who won't listen can get lost. But how did the family end up getting paid for a demolition relocation while t 12.6kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
48. 148 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Female Farm Manager Sets the Whole Regiment Ablaze 穿书七零：女场长她火爆全兵团 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Military farm] [Building an era] [Humorous farming] After making an offhand complaint, overworked Tan Xiaoxu transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as the male lead’s doomed original wife. The good news: the plot has gone off the rails, and her cousin has taken over the doomed wife’s fate! Tan Xiaoxu, deeply grateful: “What a wonderful person!” If you want to be the doomed wife, go ahead and take my place! Romance-addled fools have no future. Better to reclaim wasteland and build a car 8.3kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
49. 149 八 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance900k WordsOngoing I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 6.1kReads8.0Score386Shelves
50. 150 不 Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built 54.5kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves

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