Period Pieces: No Marrying First and Falling in Love Later, No Rugged Heroes 年代文，不先婚后爱，不糙汉

1. 1 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s as an Unregistered Nobody, and a Powerful Man Offered to Back Me 穿六零成黑户大佬主动给我抱大腿 Luming Zhou鹿鸣洲Modern Romance695k WordsCompleted [Period Novel + Transmigration + No Going to the Countryside + Love at First Sight + Marriage Before Love] (No surrendering treasures to the authorities, slice of life, skip if that's not your thing) After somehow transmigrating to the 1960s, Lin Yubei sees everyone else with a golden finger or a pocket dimension, while she can only clutch the ID card in her bag, afraid to take it out. To avoid being branded a vagrant and sent off to work in the mines, Lin Yubei gets a marriage certificate with 9.1kReads8.9Score815Shelves

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   The first book was excellent; the female lead was set in the 1960s. The second one was okay, but got a bit melodramatic later on; the beginning was quite good, though the second male lead was a bit of a letdown. The third book featured a spoiled, coquettish beauty versus a straightforward, sharp-tongued research genius. The fourth book had a female lead who traveled from interstellar space to the 1980s; the male lead was a friend of her brother, and there wasn't much romance.

2. 2 七 The Lazy, Difficult Village Girl of the 1970s Can't Get Enough Kisses from Her Army Officer Husband 七零村姑懒又作，军婚大佬亲不够 Xie Qingyin谢清音Modern Romance654k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Educated Youth + Transmigration + Spoiled Princess + Sweet Romance] Zhou Baozhu was a pretty useless rich girl who’d made it to twenty thanks to sheer luck. Well, what can she say? She was born into the right family. Who could’ve imagined that one day Zhou Baozhu would transmigrate to the 1970s? The rich beauty had turned into a country girl. She had no food or drink, and now she even had to work in the fields to earn work points. What a shock! Zhou Baozhu wanted to cry every 1kReads7.0Score129Shelves
3. 3 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 9.2kReads8.3Score1kShelves
4. 4 蓄 A Deliberate Seduction: A Scientific Genius Accidentally Flirts with an Abstinent Army Officer 蓄意引诱：科研天才误撩禁欲军哥 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting / military romance / college entrance exams / urban development and research / alternate history / slow burn / the research plot starts very slowly, so this may not be for you if you only want research and infrastructure development] Among the autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome was once called “the genius disorder.” Jiang Yan was diagnosed with Asperger’s as a young child, but she was also an undisputed child prodigy and rising star of the interstellar age. After dyin 3.7kReads8.1Score267Shelves
5. 5 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.5kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
6. 6 七 The 1970s: The Billionaire Heiress Dotes on a Down-and-Out Young Master 七零，百亿大小姐强宠落魄小少爷 Hahaha121388哈哈哈121388Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [Down-and-Out Young Master + Tyrannical Heiress] (Transmigration to the 1970s + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Sweet Romance + Multiple Births) Good news: After Yu Wanyuan dies of cancer, she transmigrates to the 1970s! Bad news: Yu Wanyuan has only one year left to live! Luckily, her golden finger arrives. Want to live to a hundred? Want to stay young forever? Then start spending money! Spending System: The more you spend, the longer you live. What a deal! As if she’d ever pas 3.9kReads7.5Score393Shelves
7. 7 七 The 1970s: Reborn, I Spoil My Beloved Husband 七零年代！重生后把娇夫宠上天 Eat a Little Egg Tart吃一点蛋挞Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [Period setting + one-on-one romance + reborn + sweet romance + heroine pursues hero] After being reborn, Shen Xiaoyue thought long and hard. This time, she’d get ahead of things and had the power to see the future. She wanted to try all the things she’d never gotten around to doing before. But where should she start? Her eyes wandered in circles before finally meeting those of a damp little puppy. Forget it. She’d start by raising a dog. She owed him, after all. Lu Ping’an: The only outcome of 19.2kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
8. 8 八 The 1980s: My Daughter Was Switched at Birth, Yet I Just Smiled 八零：女儿被调包后，我却笑了 Snow Between the Brows眉间雪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Wen Ning’s entire family died. Only then did she learn that the daughter she had painstakingly raised was a fake heiress, and that her sister-in-law had switched her real daughter while Wen Ning was weak after giving birth! The fake heiress went to university, became a pianist who traveled the world, and married into a wealthy family. The real daughter was abused, married off to an old man, sent to prison, and died in a fire. Consumed by hatred, Wen Ning dragged the fake he 11kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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   In her past life, a devastating massacre shattered Wen Ning's world like a thunderbolt. She discovered that the daughter she had raised with such care and devotion was actually a fake, switched at birth by her sister-in-law while she was unconscious after childbirth! The fake heiress, riding on Wen Ning's doting coattails, rose to prominence—admission to a top university, a dazzling performance under the spotlight, a world tour on a private jet, and ultimately a marriage into a wealthy family, enjoying unparalleled privilege. Meanwhile, her true child suffered abuse in the shadows, forced to marry an elderly man, imprisoned, and ultimately perished in a fire. Filled with hatred, Wen Ning made a resolute decision, clinging tightly to the fake heiress, perishing together in the flames. Fate, however, cast her back to the 1980s. Reborn, Wen Ning coldly returned the fake heiress to her sister-in-law, watching the mother and daughter tear each other apart in the mire of life. She resolutely turned away, joining her lover, a military officer, to forge a new path amidst the tides of time. The couple lovingly raised their three children, lifting them up to face the world. The once arrogant heiress, while trying to escape an arranged marriage, had both legs broken. After fainting from the pain, she awoke insane, claiming to everyone that her wealthy aunt was her biological mother. Her once lofty dreams had long since shattered in the harsh reality.

9. 9 糙 After Losing His Memory, the Gruff Officer Only Wants to Cuddle His Wicked Wife 糙汉军官失忆后，只和恶妻贴贴 Jiujiu Jia玖玖嘉Modern Romance441k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delicate, willful heroine + amnesiac pilot hero + forced love + both leads are sexually inexperienced] The moment she opened her eyes, Bai Jiaojiao had transmigrated into The Dominating Love of the 1970s. She was now the vicious supporting character who used every trick in the book to marry the Villain and maintain her wealthy lifestyle, then tried to seduce a string of men when she couldn't win his heart, making him a cuckold again and again before he finally killed her. Just a 2kReads8.3Score239Shelves

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   After Xiao Zhou loses his memory, he falls for Bai Jiaojiao, who alters his soul. Bai Jiaojiao becomes beautiful, delicate, and kind, and his love for her is irresistible.

10. 10 胎 Born into the 1950s, I Helped My Scumbag Dad Divorce by Cutting Him Out of the Family 胎穿五零，渣爹要离婚我送他除族 The Big Raccoon from the Hawaiian Shirt Squad Who Loves Watching the Show花裤衩大队的吃瓜大狸Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The short drama I Was Born in the 1950s, and I Helped My Mother Remarry is coming on April 15, 2025. Stay tuned! Yan Dan is a plant-based ability user in the apocalypse, where people have become experts on plants. She also has a decent-sized storage space for all kinds of supplies. She thought she could live at the base until the apocalypse ended, but then a zombie horde led by the Zombie King attacked it. And then... then she accidentally kicked the bucket. When she opened her eyes, she had som 10.2kReads8.9Score966Shelves
11. 11 呜 Wah! The Rich City Girl Who Went to the Countryside Is Smitten by a Fierce Wolf Cub 呜！下乡白富美被凶猛狼崽撩野了 Three Thousand Pears三千梨Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [1970s, Reborn, Beloved by Her Family, Pocket Dimension, Wealthy and Beautiful Educated Youth] Qiao Mingyue has her body taken over by a transmigrator. All she can do is watch “herself” make one foolish mistake after another, ending up alone and miserable. Reborn for a second time, Qiao Mingyue dodges the transmigrator at every turn, takes her family's assets, and heads to the countryside. … A beautiful young educated woman arrives in Beishui Brigade, so dazzling that people can't take their eye 4.3kReads9.1Score548Shelves

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    You can take a look at this book!

12. 12 军 The Warlord's Cherished Bride: Marshal, Come Here! 军阀权宠：大帅，你过来！ Fan Sheng梵升Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name, The Marshal, Come Here, is now streaming] In the years of the Republic, war and chaos swept the land, and each warlord ruled his own territory. The day Su City fell, Qiao Wan was treated like a piece of cargo and offered to the new ruler of the three northwestern provinces. They said Ninth Master Ji was cold-blooded and ruthless, and that he had caused the deaths of three wives. He was a man cursed by fate. Ji Shiyan strolled out from beneath the hanging-flower 9.4kReads9.4Score996Shelves
13. 13 大 Big Shot Transmigrates to the 1960s: I'm Good at Robbery and Murder 大佬穿六零：抢劫鲨人我样样刑 Gua Gua Never Cuckoos瓜瓜不咕Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted [Period setting + face-slapping and revenge on scumbags + System pocket dimension + wicked-woman power fantasy + peak combat skills + wild, rugged military officer vs. glamorous heiress] Lin Tong, the ruthless big sister of a pirate gang, opens her eyes to find herself in the body of a sickly girl in a period novel. The heroine is going to steal her dad, her money, and her man, and then she’ll end up brutally abused to death by thugs in the end??? Fine! So that’s how you want to play? Then I won 154Reads6.5Score106Shelves

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    This is real torture; the male protagonist can skip it.

14. 14 军 Military Marriage: I Married an Officer With a Billion in Supplies and Had Triplets 军婚，十亿物资嫁军官一胎三宝 Sunny on March Third三月三日晴Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Supplies + Adorable Kids + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Multiple Births + Devoted Husband] What if you dreamed of transmigrating into the food- and clothing-scarce 1970s? With a pocket dimension containing a magical spring and supplies worth ten billion in hand, what was there to fear? Right after transmigrating, a scumbag ruined her reputation, and her awful family married her off to a rugged soldier who had been injured and supposedly couldn’t father child 37.4kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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    Within seconds, the seeds sprouted, grew stems, and blossomed at a speed visible to the naked eye... Thirty seconds later, the seeds had grown to more than a meter tall, with abundant, plump red tomato fruits dotting the gaps between the lush leaves!

15. 15 老 Dad Told Her, If You're Unhappy, Make a Scene 老爹告诉她，不顺心就要闹 The Sky Is Lonely天空是寂寞Modern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing Wang Xiaoxiao followed her dad to the military base. Two months later, both her dad’s allowance and her stepmother’s allowance were in her hands. She also gained a tagalong, He Jin. She and her dad kept jumping back and forth between loving each other and setting each other up. Under He Jin’s aura of genius, the thing she did most was sign confidentiality agreements. Wang Xiaoxiao gained two more dads: He Jianmin and Ding Jianguo. A story about an Army kid who wandered into someone else’s field 59.6kReads8.9Score3kShelves

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    This book is worth checking out! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

16. 16 我 I Have a Space Left Behind by an Immortal Family 我有一个仙家留下来的空间 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted She had been a medical school graduate student in the twenty-first century, with no family but herself. When she woke up, the world had suddenly changed: drab gray walls and earthen houses. Somehow, she'd ended up in the 1970s, so she could only make the best of it. “Hey, big shot, stop following me around.” “Hey, big shot, why are you always popping up in front of me?” “Hey, big shot, quit flaunting those abs to tempt me.” “Hey, big shot, I'm looking for one partner for life.” Xia Jingchuan: “W 15.8kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    Highly recommended! Although it's quite long, it's really good. The female lead is a modern medical master's student who transmigrates to the era of a martyr's orphan. The male lead is an official in Beijing. The female lead goes to the countryside and meets the male lead's family who have been sent down to the countryside, as well as her biological parents and grandparents. She learns skills there, and later, she is exonerated and returns to Beijing. The story is full of twists and turns, and it's very good. The female lead is independent, strong, capable, not a saint, not a lovesick fool, and has high emotional and intellectual intelligence.

17. 17 七 The 1970s: A Wild and Crazy Couple Wins Big 七零：疯痞夫妻赢麻了 Free at Heart心自在Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 4.8kReads9.1Score634Shelves

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    I think it's pretty good.

18. 18 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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    This story is a gem! The female lead's identity is also very interesting. You absolutely must read every chapter carefully; there are many surprises. The author is incredibly talented! Thumbs up! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

19. 19 八 In the 1980s, She Enjoys Retirement and Gossips. What's Wrong with Being a Little Gloomy? 八零养老磕八卦，她丧点怎么了？ Snow, But Not Quite Pear Blossom是雪不似梨Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted (Down-in-the-dumps, gossip-loving heroine VS gentle, highly intelligent, cunning, fatherly hero) (Face-slapping feel-good story x gossip x mutual salvation) After perfectly completing the transmigrate-into-a-book missions as a vicious supporting character for ninety-nine lifetimes, Ming Lan had a spatial inventory packed with billions' worth of supplies. She had given up on love and only wanted to enjoy the gossip and retire. But she had transmigrated into a frail body like Lin Daiyu's. What was 6.3kReads8.5Score851Shelves
20. 20 娇 The Delicate Beauty Was Doted on After She Transmigrated into a Period Novel 娇软美人穿到年代文后被宠上天了 Xie Mingyi谢明夷Modern Romance660k WordsCompleted [Soft, Sweet, Airheaded Beauty x Ruthless Villain] Xie Shu is breathtakingly beautiful, delicate and soft, and has been doted on by her family since childhood. Her only misfortune is congenital heart disease. She has been confined to a hospital room since birth and can’t go outside. One day, she wakes up to discover she has transmigrated into a book, becoming the new wife of the vicious villain, a woman who barely met him before he was killed for his many evil deeds. Xie Shu clutches her sleeve. 5.5kReads8.5Score465Shelves

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    Ahhhhh, it's amazing, so beautiful! [Heart emojis]

21. 21 八 The Little Darling of the 1980s Is Cherished by a Rough Man 八零小娇娇糙汉宠入骨 The Grown-Up Kid过期的小朋友Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Period + marriage first, love later + sweet everyday romance] Delicate young lady × caring, fatherly husband Shen Qinghua woke up in the 1980s after complaining about a novel. She had become a love-struck supporting character, soft and delicate, utterly bewitched by a scumbag. Luckily, it wasn’t too late. She cut her losses in time and turned to embrace the powerful male lead from the book. Her bargain husband was not only handsome, but thoughtful too. But could someone tell her why he kept loo 64Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 明 The Bright and Brilliant Heiress Comes to Her Senses, and the Handsome Chief Dotes on His Wife 明艳大小姐清醒美丽首长宠妻成瘾 Shuang Ershu双尔曙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + everyday life + face-slapping + alternate history + devoted couple + raising children later] [A beautiful, proud, multitalented young lady × a stern, flirtatious, love-struck young man from a military compound] [Story complete] [The heroine is a local, with no golden finger. She makes a name for herself step by step and gets her face-slapping moments. There’s no black market or college entrance exam; going to the 5.3kReads7.5Score514Shelves
23. 23 身 Transported to a Bygone Era, I Caught the Eye of a Cunning Bad Boy 身穿年代后，被腹黑拽哥盯上了 Dissolving Tides溶解潮汐Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted Historical era + sweet romance + transmigration + transmigration into a book + no household registration + everyday life + love at first sight + 1v1, both leads are virgins Bad boy x sweet girl (a roguishly handsome, cunning truck driver x a gorgeous, spoiled rich girl who’s a bit of a drama queen) Love at first sight from the male lead’s perspective, love that grows over time from the heroine’s … Yun Wanwan had never lifted a finger around the house, and life had gone smoothly for years. Then 1.8kReads7.1Score123Shelves
24. 24 九 Down-and-Out Heiress in the 1990s Marries a Rugged Man and Has His Baby! 九零落魄千金，嫁个糙汉生崽崽！ Chen Tumao陈土猫Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted A devoted couple + period setting + forced marriage + loyal puppy-like male lead + farming + not a sweet romance + not a wish-fulfillment story! When Wen Jing was eighteen, she discovered that she wasn't the Wen family's daughter and returned to her biological parents. The village's resident troublemaker, Lu Yanshen, took one look at her and set his sights on her. He forced her to marry him, and they had a son. “You're my mother, and you and my dad are truly in love.” “No, no, no. It wasn't forc 2.9kReads8.3Score165Shelves
25. 25 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.9kReads8.7Score497Shelves
26. 26 带 With Ten Billion in Supplies, the Heiress Marries and Joins the Army 带十忆物资，资本大小姐闪婚随军 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Tech genius transmigrates and marries a military commander + military marriage and following him to his post + spiritual spring space + hoards goods and brings ten billion worth of supplies when she transmigrates + true heiress + blind date and whirlwind marriage + childbirth + 1970s + scientific research + devoted one-on-one romance + beloved by her family and the nation + two powerful, strong-willed military figures who act decisively] [Cool-headed scientist heroine who always gets revenge, s 15.1kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    Although this story involves a whirlwind marriage, the characters fell in love after only a few days of dating.

27. 27 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.1kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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    It's really good, both leads are strong, but I personally feel the female lead is stronger, which is historically accurate.

28. 28 七 Flash Marriage in the 1970s: My Mother-in-Law Taught Me How to Handle My Husband, and I Loved It 七零闪婚：婆婆教我驭夫后爽爆了 Even Snails Are Mighty蜗牛也很牛Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted [Handsome, roguish, cunning househusband + sweet, straightforward good girl + family squabbles + devoted husband + putting jerks in their place + doted on by the whole family] [The male lead is a professional homewrecker and a genuine big shot] [Important note: The female lead’s parents favor boys over girls.] [After leaving her birth family, the female lead is cherished by her husband’s family. Her mother will not be redeemed.] Ruan Tang had a dream that she died after being sent to the country 5.2kReads8.0Score546Shelves
29. 29 车 The Young People of Chemen Courtyard 车门院里的年轻人 Hermit of the Ink-Growing Mountain砚耕山人Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted This is a symphony of destinies spanning generations. In a small courtyard in northern China in the 1970s, several families struggle and drift with the tides of the times. Lei Shaxiao, an orphan whose parents died young, falls in love with Aiai, another orphan from the neighboring courtyard. They were an ordinary couple, but amid the raging currents of the era, Shaxiao rises to become a renowned lawyer who commands the room. Money, power, and desire come one after another. He loses himself in th 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot seems absurd, yet it feels very real.

30. 30 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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    I've finished reading all of these books, and they're pretty good.

31. 31 改 Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老 Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 34.3kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
32. 32 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves
33. 33 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
34. 34 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1970s, My Cannon-Fodder Husband Is a Master of All Trades 穿书七零：我的炮灰丈夫十项全能 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now online] [Full-cast audio drama available] [Period setting + educated youth + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + inspirational] Lu Xia transmigrated into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a girl whose parents didn’t care for her and who had been sent to the countryside in her elder sister’s place. Remembering how the original owner had always been mistreated, Lu Xia couldn’t stand for it. She sold the job, gave her family a hefty financial hit, 37.6kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
35. 35 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Became the Songbird of the Arts Troupe 重生七零之我成了文工团里的百灵鸟 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Zhang Qing opened her eyes after dying, she found herself back in 1969, at the age of seventeen. At this point in her previous life, the county cultural troupe had gone to the countryside to perform and had fallen for her lark-like voice. It was the only chance in that era for a country girl like her to change her fate. But because her mother stood in her way and she herself lacked resolve, Zhang Qing let the opportunity slip by and regretted it for the rest of her life! Reborn, Zhang Qing 1.6kReads9.2Score196Shelves
36. 36 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves
37. 37 亲 Hey, Are You Doing Well? 亲，你可安好 Dan Wuyu淡吴萸Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted This novel follows Ye Qianqian and Jiang Feng through half a lifetime: from meeting and falling in love to getting married and having children, then navigating married life and the challenges of their children’s marriages. Though they face their share of hardships, they love and support each other from beginning to end. Their careers are full of ups and downs, especially Ye Qianqian’s. She experiences life in state-owned enterprises, private companies, self-employment, and foreign businesses, ta 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No time travel, no rebirth, a very traditional period novel!

38. 38 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 82.4kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves

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    Nice…

39. 39 书 The Younger Uncle Who Went to the Countryside in the 1980s Is Back 书穿八零之下乡的小叔回来了 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted The 1980s: family squabbles and everyday life. Young intellectual Lu Guoan had gone to the countryside. To treat his daughter, who was trapped in a strange, unending sleep, he had no choice but to return to the city with his wife and child. The Lu family was crowded into a small home, and the family's sudden return sparked some unavoidable domestic conflicts. Yet Lu Qiaoqiao, the patient, recovered the moment she stepped through the Lu family door, without needing any treatment at all. She al 17.1kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves

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    The plot is great, fast-paced, which suits my impatient nature perfectly.

40. 40 七 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 Yaoyao, Wandering the World浪迹天涯的夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 18.3kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
41. 41 年 Era Quick Transmigration: The Tool Person Quits 年代快穿：工具人不干了 Ming Mumu名木木Fantastical Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration: Period Dramas + No Fixed CP + Pocket Dimension + Family Dramas + More Than Twenty Chapters per World] After a high fever awakened her, Lin Yuguo decisively took compensation money from her grandparents and second uncle's family, then spent it on supplies before it had even warmed her hands and began her journey through different eras. Want to make her a sucker and a tool? Not a chance! Let them do whatever they want. She won't do it. What other people do with their lives i 4.4kReads7.4Score162Shelves

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    These two historical fiction books are worth checking out! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

42. 42 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Mechanical Queen and Her Guardian General 重生七零：机械女王与她的守护将 Little Moumou小眸眸Modern Romance222k WordsOngoing An accident leaves modern mechanical genius Lin Wei reborn in a turbulent era. A mysterious pocket dimension at her side gives her confidence, while her superb knowledge of mechanical design becomes a blade in her hands. Facing the tides of the times, she uses her extraordinary vision to overcome technical challenges, rising step by step from factory worker to a national-level academician and mechanical designer, etchin —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Career-oriented female lead

43. 43 军 A Sweet Military Marriage: The True Heiress Is Spoiled by the Coldhearted Soldier King 军婚超甜：真千金被高冷兵王宠哭 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Pocket-Space Farm + Marriage Before Love + Wife-Chasing Funeral + Triplets + Transmigrate Into a Book] [The leads divorce and then remarry. They really do get divorced.] Yu Beibei transmigrated into the real heiress and troublesome supporting female character in a period novel about a real and fake heiress. Yu Beibei existed solely to make the “heroine,” the fake heiress, look kind and virtuous. Yu Beibei: “...” Whoever wants this j 12.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    Treasure Hunt! These period dramas are absolutely thrilling and satisfying, rejecting the clichéd "arranged marriage to love" and "rough guy" tropes. These period dramas are a total knockout! 💥 ✅ "The Poor Little Girl Marries the Commander: Pampered After Joining the Army": A real and fake heiress joins the army and is spoiled rotten by the commander – super sweet! ✅ "The Spicy Little Wife of the 80s: My Boss Has a Gold Mine": Getting rich and building a career in the 80s, the boss has a hidden gold mine – full of surprises and incredibly satisfying! ✅ "The Educated Youth Pursues Her Husband, This Village Bully is Shy": An educated youth pursues her husband but encounters a shy village bully – a captivating back-to-back life plot. Completed, so feel free to read! Period drama lovers, bookmark this now – every book is addictive and you won't be disappointed! #PeriodDramaRecommendations #HiddenGems #CompletedNovelRecommendations

44. 44 八 The 1980s: The Spicy Little Wife and Her Tycoon Husband 八零小辣媳：我家大佬有金矿 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, "The Spicy Little Wife of the Eighties: My Man Has a Gold Mine", is now streaming. [Reborn + Sweet Romance + Gold Prospecting] Liu Yueya of Jinnianzi Village is rumored to be a shrew who brings bad luck to her husbands, so no one dares marry her. Wu Guangxu, the village bully, has just gotten out of prison, and no woman in the village dares marry him either. One day, the villagers discover Liu Yueya and Wu Guangxu having an “intimate rendezvous” in the mountains 4.8kReads9.4Score607Shelves
45. 45 梦 A Dream of the 1970s: Village Tyrant, Do You Want a Wife? 梦回七零：村霸你要不要媳妇儿？ A Yun阿雲Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted (Also titled: Back to the 1970s: Village Bully, Want a Wife?) The vicious village bully, hated even by the dogs of the Qingshan Production Brigade, suddenly reaches the high point of his life. His bleak, joyless world begins to brighten. A man born in the 1950s struggles and strives through those times. When that ray of light appears, he feels lucky, then insecure, but in the end, he has the courage to pursue her. Reborn, Jian Xinrou brings with her a lifetime of regrets and hopes, and gets the 5.2kReads8.9Score402Shelves
46. 46 社 A Sociable Little One Takes Her Sweet, Delicate Mom Along to Join the Army 社牛崽崽带娇软亲妈去随军 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Gifted Kids + Women Supporting Women] Jiang Ningning transmigrates into a military-marriage novel as the deceased biological mother of a pair of gifted twins. Her husband sends her a monthly child support payment, but the original owner is weak-willed and constantly gets swindled out of the money by her in-laws on one pretext or another. The twins raise their mother by scavenging, until their fifth birthday, when the disillusione 9.2kReads8.9Score943Shelves

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    The era of pampering sweetness

47. 47 军 A Powerful Military Marriage: I Married the Strongest Soldier and Had Triplets 军婚霸宠：嫁最强兵王生了三胞胎 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Triplets / Love at First Sight / Devoted Love / Adorable Kids / Scheming / Deep Devotion / 1980s / Alternate Setting / For When You’re Out of Books A sweet, soft-spoken little rabbit with steel teeth × a domineering, protective, fierce big wolf with a scheming side Ye Suisui was born in the 1980s. Fair-skinned and frail, with slender arms and legs, she looks like an easy target. Lu Zhengyao is 1.9 meters tall, with a fierce, icy presence. He can kick his cousin’s leg hard enough to break it, and 2.1kReads7.7Score258Shelves
48. 48 八 An Army Wife in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables on the Snowy Plateau 八零军嫂，雪域高原种菜忙 A Bountiful Harvest for a Prosperous Year五谷丰登庆丰年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A military-marriage and farming novel. The early chapters feature plenty of conflict and foreshadowing, and the story is set in the early 1980s. If you can’t accept the mainstream attitudes of that era and prefer feel-good wish-fulfillment stories, this may not be for you. Your support keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Please keep your comments civil. I’m grateful to every reader who takes the time to read. Qian Duoduo, a post-00s college student, goes back in time afte 2.7kReads9.0Score213Shelves
49. 49 六 The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 44.2kReads9.1Score4kShelves

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    Highly recommended!!!

50. 50 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Novel, I Have a Gruff and Clingy Husband at Home 穿书七零，家有糙汉很黏人 Mumu No Longer Stays Up Late木木不熬夜了Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted One moment, Nan Xiyue was admiring a handsome guy, and the next she had transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era, where she became a stepping stone for a man who lived off women. Luckily, she arrived early, just as they were sent down to the countryside. The freeloader liked pretending to be a good person, so she let him keep up the act to his heart's content. But you, little hoodlum, could you stop following me? I'm still young, and I really don't want a boyfriend. Before meeting Nan Xiyu 1.9kReads8.3Score143Shelves

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    So sweet, it'll make your teeth ache!

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