Period Setting, Transmigration, Strong Heroine 年代，穿越，女强

1. 51 重 Reborn in the 1970s: With Space Powers, I Clear Everything Out 重生七零，空间异能加持搬空搬空 Starry River Wood星河木头Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, sent down to the countryside, wintering in the village, farming, hunting, spatial powers, special abilities, stockpiling] Yu Miao Miao, a survival expert from the apocalypse, wakes up to find she’s landed in a new world. As soon as she receives the original host’s memories, she wastes no time stripping the house bare. When she wakes up again, she’s in the hospital. Yu Miao Miao is deeply grateful to the transmigration deity. At last, she can stop living cautiously. 47.5kReads8.3Score5.1kShelves
2. 52 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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   The female protagonist transmigrates from a post-apocalyptic world, possesses lightning-type superpowers including a spatial ability, and is a top-tier researcher.

3. 53 年 Military Marriage in the 1970s: Instructor, Come Over Here 年代军婚：教官，你过来啊 Flowing Water Goes Ding-Dang流水个叮当Modern Romance690k WordsCompleted [Play dumb to catch the tiger + military camp + military marriage + special abilities + ensemble cast + friendship above all] A killer with special abilities accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Her father is dead and her mother has run off. What can she do to support herself...? What? Be a killer? She did enough of that in her last life. Take up farming? She doesn’t know how! Go into business on the black market? Too much trouble! She finds a job she thinks she’ll be good at, but then a cer 9.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   This book is great! Unlike other period dramas where the female lead accompanies the male lead to the army, this one features the female lead joining the army on her own. There's no competition between female leads, and the female lead has her own ideas and won't be swayed by anyone. The relationship with the male lead is also sweet, a perfect pair of strong female leads!

4. 54 六 In the 1960s, the Capitalist Heiress Moves Her Entire Fortune to the Countryside 六零：资本家大小姐搬空家底下乡 Warm Winter Sun 95冬日暖阳95Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted The rating doesn’t tell the whole story, come take a look! [1960s + pocket dimension + military marriage + female soldier + reborn from the apocalypse] Shen Man survived ten years of bloodshed in the apocalypse, only to be framed by a two-faced woman during a crisis. As she lay dying, she accidentally crushed the woman’s jade bangle, and unexpectedly was reborn with the woman’s pocket dimension. But she had arrived in the 1960s as the daughter of a capitalist family, and given the circumstances, 3.1kReads8.5Score323Shelves

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   The female lead is very strong and determined to rise to her man's position. She ends up as a regimental commander, but it's a very satisfying ending.

5. 55 历 Rows of White Elm Trees 历历种白榆 Innocent Rabbit无辜的兔子Two Female Leads238k WordsCompleted [Two Female Leads · One-on-One · Both Pure · Sweet Romance] [Urban Romance · Fantasy and Supernatural Powers] Mu Xingchen, nicknamed Xiao Jiu, had been determined since childhood to find the most beautiful fox and make her his wife. So when he met that little fox, he hugged her and didn’t want to let go. Who could have guessed it would be love at first sight? Mu Xingchen: I’m marrying into Qingqiu, not becoming a bride. The two things may be much the same, but this is a matter of principle!!! … 147Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   👍👍👍

6. 56 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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   This one has to be it; it perfectly meets all the requirements and is the best period novel I've ever read.

7. 57 七 Jilted from the Start in 1970, Now the Commander Is Desperate to Win Me Back 七零开局被退婚，首长追妻火葬场 Si Yao Ruyi巳尧如意Modern Romance2.8M WordsOngoing The full audiobook is now available [military marriage in the 1970s + beloved daughter of the family + fake and real heiresses + transmigrate into a book, revenge arc, secret identities + top-tier researcher and military wife] Gu Shu, a researcher with three types of special abilities, had just completed a groundbreaking study when she woke up in the body of a fake heiress in a novel set in the 1970s. The real heiress had been found, so the fake heiress was cast aside and sent back to her poor h 20kReads7.8Score2.2kShelves

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   In the era of strong women

8. 58 七 The Seventies: Reunited with My Ex Four Years Later, I Become Everyone's Darling 七零，四年后巧遇前任被团宠 Si Xuan丝轩Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reunited after a breakup + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + devoted couple + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + the male lead will later transmigrate to the modern era to win her back] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder female character. The moment she opens her eyes, the male lead is sweet-talking her in a cornfield. According to the plot, he is only using her as a stepping-stone. Su Wanwan refuses to follow the plot. That very night, she meet 83.9kReads8.4Score8.6kShelves
9. 59 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Pathetic Supporting Female Character, Yet a Powerful Officer Set His Sights on Me 穿成窝囊女配却被军官大佬盯上了 The Smile at the Corner of Your Eye Is a Little Sweet眼角的微笑有点甜Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Jiang Ruochu transmigrates into a book, becoming the timid childhood-sweetheart supporting character of the male lead in a period novel. In the book, someone maliciously reports her entire family, and they are sent away to the countryside. She takes her marriage contract to the army to seek out the male lead, only to discover that he has a cherished adopted younger sister? “We can get married, but my sister has to live with us.” Desperate to marry him, the original Jiang Ruochu endlessly puts up 6.3kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
10. 60 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: I Get Married in a Flash from the Start 穿越七零，开局闪婚了 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage · Period Setting · Transmigration · Sweet Romance · Family and Neighborhood Life · Countryside · Face-Slapping · Pocket Dimension] Original title: Transmigrated to the 1970s, Married at First Sight from the Start “Since it’s already happened, I’ll take responsibility for you.” The cold voice passed through the covers and reached Su Wanwan’s ears. “W-Who said I wanted you to take responsibility?” “How did I get here?” Su Wanwan was just as confused. Where was this? She’d only g 40.2kReads8.3Score4.5kShelves
11. 61 资 The Capitalist Heiress Earns Military Merit, and Her Husband Dotes on Her 资本家大小姐挣军功，老公宠翻天 Yuan Xiaotian元小天Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [Alternate universe + military marriage + art-based powers + pocket dimension + wise, powerful, pure-hearted military officer VS aloof, levelheaded heiress] Ding Yiyi, a chip research engineer, transmigrates into the body of a wealthy heiress in the 1960s, bringing her art-based powers and pocket dimension with her. Hoping to enjoy a carefree life as soon as possible, she decides to cling to her military husband's coattails. Life as a military spouse is a little tough? She puts her art-based po 22.3kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
12. 62 带 She Crosses a Thousand Miles to Save Her Husband with Their Child, and the Rugged Officer Falls for Her 带娃千里救夫，糙汉军官沦陷了 Rogue Gentleman流氓公子Modern Romance242k WordsOngoing [A sweet-faced, vindictive heiress vs. a rough-around-the-edges, detail-minded, devoted husband who listens to his wife; military marriage + raising children + interdimensional trade + national darling] After unexpectedly gaining the golden finger of “interworld trade,” Liu Ruyan discovers that she's the scumbag's unattainable first love and the homewrecker who destroys a reborn woman's family. Soon, that woman will ruin her life and leave her family in tatters. Come after me? Great! She was 8Reads6.3Score—Shelves
13. 63 都 We've Transmigrated to the Republic of China, So Why Not Kill Japanese Invaders Instead of Falling in Love? 都穿民国了，谈恋爱哪有杀鬼子香 Little Sweet Potato Yang Yang小地瓜杨杨Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted (No romance + gathering supplies + everyday Japanese-soldier-killing) After watching too many over-the-top anti-Japanese war dramas, Jiang Yu accidentally transmigrated into an alternate-history Republican-era romance novel. She became the heroine, who shared a passionate yet tormented romance with a warlord and had a pocket dimension, invisibility skills, and incredible strength. Her ex-husband had just divorced her, her mother-in-law wanted to seize her family fortune and sell her to a brothel 1.7kReads7.3Score180Shelves
14. 64 妹 The Little Sister Brings Her Pocket Dimension to the Countryside, and the Aloof Officer Falls for Her 妹宝带空间下放，高冷军官沦陷了 Singularity Three Six Nine奇点叁陆玖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate-history setting + pocket dimension + making a fortune from the sea + military marriage + talented, beautiful capitalist heiress] Shen Jingshu, who died a tragic death, was reborn three years in the past and awakened her ancestral pocket dimension. When she saw her fiancé and stepsister, who had pushed her off a boat in her previous life, she reported them without hesitation before they could flee to Hong Kong. After storing three boatloads of supplies in her pocket dimension, she had 10.3kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
15. 65 随 She Joins the Army on an Island: She Fishes, the Nation Builds 随军海岛，她负责钓国家负责造 Wishing to Wake from the Dream唯愿梦醒Modern Romance709k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out and will rise.) [Period Setting + Capitalist Heiress Joins the Army on a Remote Island + Rebirth and Comeback + Remote Island Survival System + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scum] In her previous life, Su Wanwan discovered that her husband was having an affair with her stepsister. She was locked away in a psychiatric hospital for twenty years. Twenty years later, the stepson she had doted on brought her braised taro, actually poisonous elephan 3.8kReads8.5Score653Shelves
16. 66 被 Abandoned in the Wilderness for Eighteen Years, I Marry the Wrong Man as a Stand-In Bride 被扔荒山十八年，替婚错嫁大首长 Young Master Qi公子七Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period drama + outrageous melodrama + unhinged + doting romance + growth story + feel-good power fantasy + family squabbles] [Adorable, violent, obedient, fiercely protective mutated native vampire bride × cold, versatile, returning Chinese scientist] When Xu Xinyuan is little, her grandparents abandon her in the mountains to fend for herself. Her reborn cousin refuses an arranged marriage, and because Grandma can’t bear to give up the betrothal gifts, she brings Xu Xinyuan back. In her cousin’ 5.2kReads9.0Score498Shelves
17. 67 白 A Rich Heiress Transmigrates into a Spoiled Youth Educated Woman and Makes It Big with Her Space 白富美穿成作精知青，带空间拽爆 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New book: Sixties: The Little Educated Youth Reclaims Her Body, Then Goes Completely Off the Rails. No Angst, Just Pure Satisfaction. Come on in if you like that!] [Space + Sweet Romance + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Revenge + Scum-Taming] Lin Jingyue was a rich beauty who loved slacking off and taking life as it came. She spent all day living off her family and waiting to die, and had little conscience to speak of. Who could have guessed that life would take a sudden turn? One day 51.4kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves

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    A story combining historical setting, spatial elements, a strong female lead, and satisfying plot twists; it avoids overly sentimental or infa

18. 68 高 A Match Between Equals: My Officer Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic 高门对高门，军官丈夫是个恋爱脑 Lin Miansui林绵穗Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Gentle, Ethereal Su Embroidery Beauty x Handsome, Irreverent Military Heir] [Two Prestigious Families] [Military Marriage] [Lighthearted, Funny Everyday Life] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Adorable Kids] [Family and Country] [Passing on Traditional Culture] [The Pocket Dimension Is Rarely Used] Lin Renzhi stayed up embroidering and worked herself to death. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the only daughter of a senior officer in the 1970s. She had a top-tier family background and loo 165.8kReads9.1Score25.8kShelves
19. 69 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
20. 70 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Nation Sent Me a Soldier Boyfriend 重生八零，国家给我发了个军哥哥 Pig Eight-Flower's Brother猪八花她哥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period + Maxed-Out Skills + Making a Fortune and Placing First in the Exams + Devoted Love] Zhao Jingyan had every skill maxed out, but after getting herself killed through her own stupidity, she transmigrated into the body of a young girl from the 1980s who had returned to her village to search for her family. After quietly questioning her life for a while, she decided to make the best of things. Living well was what mattered. The three essentials of transmigrating to another 4.4kReads8.8Score403Shelves
21. 71 你 Go Ahead and Be Crazy, but Leave the Kids in the Compound Alone 你疯就算了，大院的崽你也不放过 Charcoal-Grilled Crumbs碳烤渣渣Modern Romance828k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + born into the past + parallel 1970s + doted on by the whole family + spatial dimension + strong male and female leads] Lin Sa was born into the 1970s and became the eldest daughter of the Lin family. Most families favor boys over girls, but the Lin family favors girls over boys. Out of four children, the Lin family had only one daughter, and the whole family cherished her with their lives. Other people’s daughters are little cotton jackets, but theirs is a drafty leather jac 71.9kReads8.5Score7.7kShelves
22. 72 重 Reborn in the 1990s: The Big Shot’s Wife Is Sweet and Alluring 重生九零：大佬娇妻又甜又撩 Azure Sea and Blue Sky碧海青天Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Period Setting] [Face-Slapping Feel-Good Story] Ning Weiwei had fair skin and a slender waist. Reborn overnight, she became unstoppable, opening a restaurant and selling clothes with great success. Unfortunately, her family was a handful. With no other choice, she had to become the unfilial one, ruthlessly cutting ties with them one by one! One day, an arrogant young man moved in next door. With his high nose, phoenix eyes, straight brows, and bright gaze, he kept wandering around in f 8.1kReads9.3Score747Shelves
23. 73 离 You Asked for the Divorce. So Why Are You Crying Now That I've Remarried and Had a Baby? 离婚你提的，我改嫁生崽你哭什么 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted [Both Leads Are Each Other's First Love + The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] In her fifth year as a stepmother, Shen Yan dies at a criminal's hands while saving her stepson. After her death, her soul is trapped by the side of her childhood sweetheart and husband. She watches as her husband and his ex-wife rekindle their old romance, and only then realizes that while she was back in their hometown, managing the household and caring for the whole family, her husband had been with his ex-wife in 5.2kReads8.9Score401Shelves

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    The female protagonist died tragically in her previous life. Reborn, she makes a decisive move, staying away from the scumbag and living only for herself.

24. 74 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

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    These are all completed works that I've already read. I thought they were good and put them on my bookshelf, but now I realize I'll have to reread them because I've forgotten the plot 😅

25. 75 穿 Transmigrated as the Wicked Birth Mother in a Step-Mom Story Set in the Past 穿成年代后妈文里的恶毒亲妈 Xu and Xu Qi絮与絮七Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted [1970s + space + military marriage + rugged man + adorable kids] Lin Zhi stayed up late one night, and when she woke up, she found herself transmigrated into the role of a wicked mother in a novel set in a bygone era. The heroine shines in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, while Lin Zhi rots away on the road of life. Forced to take over this mess, Lin Zhi grits her teeth. She can't stand another day of this awful life. But when she looks at the two children, all skin and bones, their e 8.4kReads8.6Score608Shelves
26. 76 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.8kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves
27. 77 八 Pampered Beauty of the 1980s: The Big Shot's Flirty Darling Has Both Beauty and Brains 八零娇宠：大佬的小撩精财貌双全 Longjing Porcelain龙井瓷Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The poorest family in Heba Village, the Lao Si family, has an uneducated local thug. Coldhearted and ruthless, he's so notorious that the neighbors steer clear of him. Ji Nianwei accidentally transmigrates to the 1980s and is looking for a business partner. She stops the tall, long-legged man. “Hey, you want to make money? Want to reach the peak of your life and marry a rich, beautiful woman?” Si Yu studies the lovely young woman with her picture-perfect features, rolls the phrase “rich, beautif 936Reads9.0Score101Shelves
28. 78 七 1970s Military Marriage: The Frail, Delicate Beauty Becomes the Powerful Man's Dearest Treasure 七零军婚：病弱娇娇成大佬心尖宠 Cute Fruit萌果果Modern Romance763k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage] [Sweet Romance] [Pocket Dimension] [Stockpiling] [Comedy] Lin Chuxia, a scientific genius who has been frail and sickly since childhood, hears her birth mother say on her eighteenth birthday, “There’s no point wasting time on a useless person. Just stop her treatment!” Lin Chuxia laughs, turns around, and donates her scientific research to the nation. As a bonus, she does a good deed and brings down her entire family. Who needs ungrateful parents? Isn’t it much better to trav 3.3kReads9.1Score436Shelves

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    I've been really into period romance novels lately.

29. 79 年 Period: The Shameless Villains Live to a Ripe Old Age 年代：缺德反派们长命百岁了 Orange Ears of Grain橙穗穗Modern Romance808k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’ 11.9kReads7.8Score846Shelves
30. 80 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s, the Fussy Rich Beauty Gets Rich Again 穿到八十年代作精白富美又暴富了 A Lump of Lucky Cat一坨幸运喵Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted Xu Leshu was a wealthy beauty with enough money to own several apartment buildings. She only had to sleep once; when she woke up, she had arrived in the old-fashioned 1980s, in the body of another Xu Leshu, a second daughter from a penniless family who seemed to be the least loved child. But although the family was dirt poor, the country was opening up and there were plenty of opportunities. From what she could tell, her grandmother was a domineering, stingy old gossip, but she treated Xu Leshu 11.8kReads8.5Score982Shelves
31. 81 嫁 I Married the Strongest Big Shot in a Period Novel, and He Spoiled Me Rotten 嫁年代文最强大佬，我被养娇了 Mountain Queen女山大王Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted (Also known as: The Apocalypse Woman Is Reborn in the 1990s and Goes on a Rampage) Both virgins, and each other’s first love! Su Yao, who has been busy fighting monsters to survive the apocalypse, suddenly finds herself inside the novel she’s been reading, as the wicked supporting heroine who’s destined to keep making sacrifices for the male and female leads. Su Yao says: Not interested! With special powers and knowledge of the future, she seizes the opportunities of the 1990s and opens the door 16.7kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
32. 82 胡 Nonsense! Why Can't a Capitalist Heiress Strengthen the Nation Through Science? 胡说！资本家大小姐怎么不能科研强国 Lucky Calico Cat狸花招财宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original novel of the short drama I, the Goddess of Scientific Research, Repair Tractors in the 1950s Qu Lingyi transmigrates into the 1950s and becomes the foil to the heroine of a period novel: an unlucky heiress from a capitalist family in Gusu. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s landed in a nightmare from the start. Her scumbag live-in son-in-law of a father plans to flee to Hong Kong with his illegitimate children, leaving her behind to take the fall. Her childhood sweetheart swears he’ll 15.1kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
33. 83 开 From the Start, She Sold Human Traffickers: The Fearless Soldier's Wife Takes on the Army Compound 开局卖人贩，兵王悍妻勇闯家属院 A Qi An阿祺安Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage in the 1970s + Love at First Sight + Everyday Family Life + Never Back Down] Shen Xingchui’s two great achievements after transmigrating: First, she took on a gang of human traffickers on a green train and strung them up in a row to sell them off. Second, she whistled at a stone-faced soldier king in uniform, sporting an eight-pack: “Comrade, I hear you’re looking for a wife?” On her first day after transmigrating, the modern sanda champion earned herself the title “Traffi 3.3kReads8.4Score387Shelves
34. 84 五 The 1950s: The Young Army Wife from the Apocalypse 五零：末世来的小军嫂 gaospingModern Romance940k WordsCompleted Chen Yuesheng was the most sought-after son-in-law among the families in the new camp. Who could have guessed that after going home on leave, he would return with a fiancée, and that the young woman would have a six-year-old younger brother in tow? Poor girl: her grandfather had just died, and after a long, exhausting journey, she fell ill as soon as she arrived. Song Xiaoman was once a genius girl, but the apocalypse struck. After fighting to survive for five years, she finally closed her eyes. 3.6kReads8.8Score389Shelves
35. 85 小 My Sister-in-Law Plots to Leave Me a Widow? I'll Head to a Deserted Island to Rescue the Commander 小姑子算计我守寡？上荒岛救首长 Happy Coconut幸福椰椰Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted Original novel for the short drama Where the Moon Returns Is Home [Stoic Officer × Beautiful Doctor] (Fictional 1980s military marriage + Stand-In Bride + Marriage Before Love + Island Life + Stepmother + Regretful Pursuit of Wife and Daughter + Taking Down Scum and Vile Relatives) Switched brides on the wedding night? Married off to a doomed officer and left a widow? Jiang Hua transmigrated into a book as the cannon-fodder sister-in-law of the reborn heroine. According to the original plot, the 926Reads8.5Score134Shelves
36. 86 漂 The Beautiful Stepmother Makes a Comeback: Raising Kids in the 1970s 漂亮后妈要翻身，我在七零养崽崽 Purple Candy紫皮糖Modern Romance4.7M WordsOngoing Su Can was raised by her own mother to be fat, ugly, and not too bright. Her mother forced her to marry her younger sister's husband, a man with two paralyzed legs. When Su Can refused, she was starved for half a month, then sent to the village where he lived, barely clinging to life. She died of a serious illness. Su Can, a bodyguard, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and inherits this mess. Their home is bare, with no money and not even enough food. With a disabled soldier for a husband a 76.9kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    "Lifelike" isn't a period drama, but it's a very good read. I've read it twice.

37. 87 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Was Switched into a Marriage and Became the Compound's Beloved Daughter-in-Law 重生八零被换亲，我成家属院团宠 Lin Guo'er林果儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xia Xiaohe and her cousin Xia Lanxiang are both reborn. In their previous life, Xia Xiaohe married a poor farmer, while her cousin married a college-educated youth sent to the countryside in the city. Her cousin followed him to the city and enjoyed a comfortable life, earning everyone’s envy. But in the end, Xia Xiaohe and her husband worked hard and made a name and fortune for themselves amid the tide of the times, living in splendor. Her cousin’s life in the city, meanwhile, was a complete mes 5.8kReads8.9Score579Shelves
38. 88 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
39. 89 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 154kReads9.6Score20.1kShelves
40. 90 军 A Love That Sets Hearts Ablaze: In the 1970s, I Became Everyone's Darling by Taking It Easy 军婚撩人，我在七零靠摆烂成团宠 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, Devoted Couple, Spatial Realm, Adorable Baby] Song Luoying unexpectedly transmigrates into a period novel and becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name as her own. The original Song Luoying’s blind date falls for the female lead, Liu Meijiao, instead. She can’t swallow her pride and is determined to find herself a factory worker husband, just to one-up the female lead. In the end, she marries a mama’s boy, has three daughters, gets looked down on by her moth 19.3kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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41. 91 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 83.3kReads9.4Score13.4kShelves
42. 92 重 Reborn at the Turn of the Millennium: The Beloved Prodigy's Mentor System 重生千禧，团宠小学霸的名师系统 Star Tana星星塔娜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “No male lead! A male supporting character appears later, and there are side couples to root for too.” Qin Zhaozhao, a doctoral student struggling with her studies and taking extra time to graduate, wakes up one day to find she’s traveled back from 2022 to the year 2000. For some inexplicable reason, she’s also acquired a System. In this life, she not only has a golden finger that gives her one-on-one lessons from renowned teachers, but also the ability to help the people around her choose bette 5kReads9.4Score557Shelves
43. 93 七 The 1970s: Her Soul Returns, and the Female Defense Industry Mogul Is Fierce! 七零魂归：军工大佬她飒爆了！ Little Civet Cat小狸猫猫Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Pocket Dimension + Using Science to Save the Nation + Super-Strong, Energetic Wolfdog VS Cool, Handsome Beauty Who Protects Her Husband] Li Luoyu, a powerful end-times ability user with lightning, wood, and spirit abilities, was struck by a thunderbolt so mighty it shook the heavens and transmigrated into a book. Now she had two choices: Go to the countryside? Or be sent down to the countryside as punishment? Wait... Aside from their official statu 30.7kReads8.9Score3.9kShelves
44. 94 带 Traveling Through the Eras with a Pocket Dimension: The Laid-Back Girl Goes All Out 带空间穿年代：咸鱼少女开大了 Round Solitary Moon圆圆的孤月Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted (An overpowered golden finger + no goody-two-shoes heroine + heroine doesn't support freeloaders + teleportation skill + ...) Song Jinxi transmigrated to the 1960s with a huge personal space and abundant supplies, becoming a pitiful girl of the era. After her birth mother died, her scumbag father became her stepfather. Her stepmother abused her, and her stepsister bullied her... Well, let's see if I don't make you pay. I'll return every scheme and plot you've cooked up. You sent me to the countr 2.2kReads8.9Score191Shelves
45. 95 和 My Best Friend and I Transmigrate from the Apocalypse to the 1970s 和闺蜜从末世穿七零 Long Smiles长欢笑Two Female Leads153k WordsCompleted [1970s + transmigrate into a book + special abilities + gossip + romance + joining the army + raising kids] Two souls from the apocalypse transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s. The story doesn’t revolve around the transmigration plot, and everyone has their own opinions and ideas. The first part mainly follows their experiences in the countryside; the second is about joining the army, getting married, and raising children. It’s really just a short, everyday story about an ordinary, unremarka 1.7kReads8.8Score168Shelves
46. 96 军 A Military Marriage: My Blind Date Is My Special Forces Childhood Friend 军婚，相亲对象居然是特种兵竹马 Drunken Big Raccoon酒酿大狸子Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + space + dual transmigration + two couples + sweet romance + childhood sweethearts] Lin Momo, a shopping mall manager in the 21st century, never imagined she’d get caught in a fire while taking a nap at the office. Seeing the flames outside the office door, she knew she wouldn’t make it out. But why had her childhood friend, the special forces soldier, come here? “What are you doing here? Trying to get yourself killed?” “Momo, I...” Before Cheng Jinghao could 8.2kReads9.3Score920Shelves
47. 97 被 Kicked Out of My Family, I Married an Officer in a Fury and Helped My Country Thrive 被打出家门，我怒嫁军官带飞祖国 Qiong Sang Huohuo穷桑火火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate-era setting + military marriage + top scientific researcher + space + punishing scumbags + devotion to the nation] Gu Nanzhi, a top scientist, refuses to put up with her fate after transmigrating into the ex-wife character destined to be cannon fodder in a period novel! Her abusive adoptive parents, the scumbag’s sister who steals her man, the younger brother who climbs into her bed... Stay as far away from her as possible, or die! She ran away from her wedding, was sold into the moun 10.6kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
48. 98 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 22.5kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
49. 99 穿 Book Transmigration: The 1970s Big Shot Has His Eye on Me! 穿书：七零大佬盯上我了！ Witty Pea风趣豌豆Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted Female lead: Lin Qingqing Male lead: Gu Yuan (Transmigrate into a book + reborn + pocket dimension + love at first sight + devoted romance + powerful leads + everyday life + one-on-one romance, both leads are pure) (Golden finger, no tolerance for the slightest hardship. If you don't like it, please don't complain! This is a fictional setting! A fictional setting! A fictional setting! Don't compare it to real history!) I was vacationing on a luxury yacht with my best friend when a storm swept me 10.3kReads8.5Score1kShelves
50. 100 军 A Military Wife Falls from the Sky and Lands in a Coldhearted Officer's Heart 军嫂从天降，撞进高冷军官心尖上 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Devoted Husband + Love at First Sight + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Song Yue opened her eyes to find herself in a human traffickers' hideout, facing the prospect of being sold to an old man deep in the mountains. A military doctor, she risked everything and leaped from a cliff, landing right on the vehicle of Lu Huai, who was out on a mission. After narrowly escaping death, she made it home. As for her stepmother, who had tried to sell her and even signed 3.8kReads9.0Score518Shelves

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