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1. 501 科 The Brilliant Scientist Who Ran Away from Both Her Wedding and Her Marriage 科研一枝花逃婚又逃嫁 Qing E Xi青莪兮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (A period novel with no golden finger for scientific research, a top-tier intellect and a clear, rational mind; strengthening the nation and its military through mathematics, founding a research institute; the heroine is a soldier's wife, beloved for her own achievements, with a happy, harmonious relationship) Period setting + humorous everyday life + academic star + strengthening the nation through mathematical research + counterespionage + no space, no System, no golden finger + highly intelli 5.8kReads9.2Score645Shelves

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   Research papers without any cheat codes, purely handmade.

2. 502 女 Woman Reborn as a Man: Hard Times as the Big Brother 女穿男：艰苦岁月当大哥 There Is a Big White Dog有一只大白狗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration, period setting, marriage and children, everyday ensemble cast, few nasty characters, a little child-rearing, tiny golden finger] In Huiwan Alley, Hongshi Town, there was a happy family of two working parents. The parents loved each other, and they had two sons and two daughters. Their fifth child was on the way. But everything changed overnight. The mother died after giving birth to the fifth child, leaving behind a baby who needed constant care. During the famine 20.2kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves
3. 503 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.4kReads6.8Score210Shelves
4. 504 重 Reborn as a Delicate, Wealthy Beauty in the 1970s 重生七零娇气白富美 Bai Budan白不单Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Lu Xicheng, a young lady from the 21st century, transmigrates to the 1970s, bringing her little villa with her. Though she's unlucky, at least this girl looks just like she did before and has loving parents and family. So what if she's sent to the countryside? It's anyone's guess whether she'll reform the rural areas or they'll reform her! Staring at her palm, red and sore after picking just a few ears of corn, Lu Xicheng sniffles. Farm work is too hard. She wants to go home! Huo Jingchuan is th 139.9kReads9.2Score20.2kShelves
5. 505 四 In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Stops Being a Doormat 四合院傻柱不在做冤大头 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Snow blanketed the world. As he lay dying beneath a bridge, He Yuzhu watched his archrival, Xu Damao, summon the last of his strength to carry him back to the courtyard, and regret tore at his heart. Reborn as a young man, he awakens a mysterious pocket dimension and gains the skills of a culinary god. He immediately cuts ties with the Jia family. He will repay the deaf old lady's kindness, ease his younger sister's suffering, and rekindle his bond with Lou Xiao'e. As for those bloodsucking para 918Reads8.6Score101Shelves
6. 506 寒 A Poor Mountain Boy Is Bullied from the Start, Then Races to Become a Billionaire 寒门山娃开局被欺一路狂飙成首富 Old Stories from the North Slope北坡旧事Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted Born into poverty and raised deep in the mountains, he grew up looked down on, bullied, and trampled into the dirt. Everyone thought he was destined to rot away in the mountains. But no one could have imagined that the moment he was bullied, his life would turn around completely. He endured the harshest hardships and bore the most painful wounds, climbing up from the bottom one step at a time. He bowed to neither heaven nor earth, and relied on no one. Fueled by a fierce refusal to give in, he 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These two books are amazing!

7. 507 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
8. 508 百 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
9. 509 四 Siheyuan: Getting Better with Age, If You Can Do It, Step Up 四合院：越活越牛，谁行谁上 Light at Dawn晨曦有光Male-Channel Fanfiction394k WordsCompleted Song Yan, a top-ranked Honor of Kings streamer, dies suddenly during a livestream and transmigrates to the era of “Beasts in the Courtyard.” From the start, Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng bully him, but he unexpectedly awakens the Ultimate Counterattack System! Whenever he’s provoked, sabotaged, or set up, he instantly gets a reward: Any Honor of Kings skill he wants! Activate Kai’s Immortal Body, and anyone who touches me gets sent flying! Once Dian Wei goes berserk, every scumbag in the courtyard 3.5kReads7.3Score102Shelves
10. 510 作 Finicky Rich Girl Brings Her Farm to the 1970s and Takes It Easy 作精白富美携农场在七零摆烂 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Pocket Dimension + Goofy Comedy + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Feel-Good Story + Putting Scumbags in Their Place) The heroine doesn’t dabble in the black market or do farm work, and she has only the tiniest bit of conscience. The hero and heroine both speak their minds. There are no misunderstandings or love rivals. This is a fictional world, so please don’t compare it to real history! Su Qingci, a rich beauty who runs a farm in the modern era, gets sent to the 18.2kReads9.2Score2kShelves
11. 511 四 Siheyuan: My Revenge Begins at the Mass Grave 四合院：从乱葬岗开始复仇 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn on a mass grave, Zhang Aiguo returns with a System. The scoundrels stole my family’s property, sold my younger sister, and left me for dead. This time, they’ll pay for every drop of blood! The hypocritical patriarch, the venomous old woman, every last one of them: none will get away! Watch as this young man delivers the ultimate judgment and gets his revenge in this man-eating courtyard! 373Reads8.8Score145Shelves
12. 512 六 The 1960s: I Married into a Treasure-Dungeon 六零，嫁进宝藏副本了 Lailai Dada睐睐哒哒Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Kids + Slow-Paced, Cozy Daily Life + Working Hard to Build a Fortune + Male Lead] [The rating is low because it was just released and will go up! Sobbing, I never thought I’d be saying this one day~] At first, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. Everyone else who transmigrates gets a golden finger, while I can only piggyback on someone else’s.” Later, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. The little boss’s golden finger is really, really useful!” In short, the heroine 2.8kReads9.3Score147Shelves

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    It's so warm and beautiful, absolutely gorgeous!

13. 513 穿 Transmigrated Straight into the Army: I Married a War Hero and Found My Happy Ending 穿越即随军，嫁给兵王我圆满了 Jiu Li玖狸Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [1970s, Military Marriage, Pocket Dimension, System, Double Happy Ending, Sweet Romance] Mu Youyou, a graduate student in the twenty-first century, is transported to the 1970s by a rookie System on its first mission. It has found the wrong Host and forgotten the mission, too. Since she is already here, Mu Youyou decides to make the best of it. With a pocket dimension and a System at her back, she has nothing to fear. But what is going on with this decorated soldier she is contractually married t 22.5kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
14. 514 重 Reborn in 1983: Hunting, and Bumping Into a Wolf Who Puts Its Paw on My Shoulder from the Start 重生83打猎：开局碰到狼搭肩 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (Everyday life + easygoing + hunting + food + adorable pets + planting + raising livestock + System) Yang Dahai is reborn in the far north, where he begins a happy, carefree life of hunting in the countryside, surrounded by endless forests and vast grasslands. In early spring, there are dandelions, willow-herb shoots, thorny shoots, yellow glass leaves, mountain millet, old ox grass, groundnuts, shepherd's purse, and wild mustard greens. In summer, there are matsutake, hazel mushrooms, elm mushr 11.2kReads8.1Score795Shelves
15. 515 四 Siheyuan: Becoming a Rogue Everyone Loves 四合院：做一个人见人爱的流氓 Hermit of Xiangshan Creek香山溪客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Low on Grimness] [Historical Fantasy] Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out writer from the 21st century, wakes up as Lin Weidong, a backward young man in a 1965 courtyard. His neighbors are rubbing their hands together, ready to crush this “troublemaker” and take everything from him. But... The whole courtyard soon realizes that this time, the newcomer isn't prey. Armed with the perspective of a modern civilization, he's come to rule this world of tangled relationships like it 37.4kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
16. 516 都 The Urban Supreme: Starting by Tearing Up the Marriage Contract 都市至尊，从撕毁婚书开始 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Urban492k WordsCompleted A mysterious marriage contract was drawn up twenty years ago. Twenty years later, Lin Jiuxiao descended from the mountains with the contract, only for his wealthy fiancée to tear it up in front of everyone. “A country bumpkin from the mountains thinks he’s worthy of marrying me?” Amid the laughter, Lin Jiuxiao calmly gathered the scraps. “The contract can be destroyed. But the Su family has enjoyed three generations of wealth thanks to my master’s sect. Today, it’s time to pay it back.” The mome 759Reads7.0Score—Shelves
17. 517 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 875Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing style. It has the feel of a period drama, depicting the rise of a lumberjack in a Northeast forest farm. It is highly immersive and a must-read for those with a love for Northeast China.

18. 518 穿 I Came to the 1960s for a Life, Not Mere Survival 穿六零，我要的是生活，不是活着 A Novel Fan Writing Novels小说迷写小说Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Jiang Shushu was an ordinary girl with a short life. Because of a drop of the King of Hell’s son’s virgin urine, she died six hours early. To make it up to her, the King of Hell gives her three choices. 1: Be reborn along her original path, into the animal realm. (The King of Hell can guarantee she’ll have someone to feed and care for her all her life.) 2: Have her wish granted and become a billionaire. (She’ll be an 80-year-old rich woman with only six days left to live.) 3: Become an 18-year-o 2.3kReads8.8Score148Shelves
19. 519 热 Legend of Mir: The Dragon Era 热血传奇：天龙纪元 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Sports2.0M WordsCompleted Lin Xiao was an ordinary person from an ordinary world. After an accident, he transmigrated into a thrilling, legendary world full of danger. Unknown threats and challenges lurked everywhere. New to this strange world, Lin Xiao struggled to find his footing. But fate can turn in an instant. He met like-minded companions, including Su Li and Nuoxue. Fighting side by side and growing stronger together, they gradually conceived a bold idea: to establish the Longyuan Star Alliance. Through everyon 228Reads9.5Score—Shelves
20. 520 姐 The Sisters Join the Army and Mistake the Wrong Man for Their Husband: The Fierce-Looking Officer Falls for Them 姐妹随军认错夫：面凶军官沦陷了 Half-Moon Lemon月半柠Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Mistaken husband + following the army + sweet romance + snow-mochi heroine / “dirty bun” hero] Gu Zhaoning and the Gu family's adopted daughter, Su Jingwei, are both introduced to potential marriage partners. They meet two brothers from the Pei family. The elder Pei brother is destined to become a high-ranking officer, while the younger brother is destined to die heroically. So in this life, Su Jingwei secretly switches the men they were set up with and snatches the elder Pei brother before Gu 55.7kReads8.5Score3.9kShelves
21. 521 渣 My Scumbag Dad Remarries, So the Pitiful Girl from the 1970s Takes Her Sister to Find Their Father 渣爹另娶，七零小可怜带妹去寻父 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing [Ancient-to-modern + military compound + reborn + transmigration + everyday family life + golden finger + ensemble cast in small doses + play the pig to eat the tiger] Jiang Wenluo of the Great Jin Dynasty was punished by Heaven for putting justice before family and transmigrated to the 1970s, becoming a seven-year-old child. The child had a miserable life. Her mother died in childbirth while having a second child, and her father remarried six months later. Her grandmother favored boys over girl 17.5kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates from ancient times to the present. Her father remarries and her mother dies, so she and her younger sister try to find her scumbag father by hopping on a train. However, her father already has a new family and twins. The female protagonist's stepmother is also a reincarnation; in her previous life, she caused the deaths of three husbands and is somewhat mentally unstable. This isn't a typical "face-slapping" story; the female protagonist and her sister happily join their extended family. The story is filled with chaotic everyday life and laughter, and the pace is quite slow.

22. 522 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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    The female protagonist passes the entrance exam for a vocational school and is assigned to a state-owned factory. Armed with modern mechanical knowledge, she works diligently to build her career. [Admiration]

23. 523 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 37.9kReads9.4Score4kShelves

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    It's good-looking and a bit funny.

24. 524 穿 Transmigrated into a Seventies-Era Trouble-Making Sister-in-Law, She Stirs Up Trouble and Makes Money 穿成七零极品小姑子，她搞事搞钱 Crystal Breeze风来水晶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical setting + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + one-on-one romance, both leads have no prior relationships] Extra, extra! The military compound in the capital is in an uproar. Word is that the eldest young master of the Fu family, a top soldier, has been won over by a country girl... Su Xiaoman worked all night and died from overwork. Then she transmigrated to the 1970s, a time of food and clothing shortag 53.2kReads8.7Score3.9kShelves
25. 525 扮 Playing the Delicate White Lotus, Enjoying Life and Gossip in the 1950s 扮演小白花，在五零享福吃瓜 Evening Boat Ferry晚舟渡Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Period setting + self-interest + scheming beauty + everyone's favorite + spatial realm] In 1955, Lin Yue'e was three and a half years old. Overnight, she transmigrated into the body of an orphan abandoned by her family. She didn't want to talk about her past life. In this one, all she wanted was to find a good family, eat her fill, and stay alive. Her chosen adoptive mother looked haggard and disheveled when they first met, but the air of nobility between her brows was impossible to hide. Using 59.4kReads8.1Score7.2kShelves

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    I've carefully selected these books, all of which I think have compelling storylines. Some of them I think many people have already read, and the ones that are still being serialized each have their own unique themes and appeal. You can check out the summaries to see if there's a theme you like. Some books may have lower ratings, but that doesn't mean they're bad. I've already selected those with engaging storylines, and the writing style is definitely not amateurish.

26. 526 八 The 1980s: I Refuse to Be the Dutiful Wife of a Novel’s Male Lead 八零：我不当小说男主的贤惠妻子 Memories Like a Dream如梦记忆Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted (No CP.) The heroine isn't particularly saintly and loves herself most of all. Please don't give this book one star because of her characterization. If this book isn't for you, you can look for one that suits your taste. Honestly, comparing the heroine's parents, don't you think she handled things pretty well? Gu Yue accidentally dies from electrocution. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself alone inside a novel she read not long ago. The novel is titled My Life in the Eighties. It t 1.7kReads7.8Score101Shelves
27. 527 七 The 1970s' Cannon-Fodder Little Sister-in-Law Becomes a Secretary at the Textile Mill 七零炮灰小姑子，纺织厂里当秘书 Cilantro Doesn't Eat Fish Mint香菜不吃折耳根呀Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, but it’ll rise later] [Career-focused, with romance on the side] [Period] [Beautiful heroine] [Family squabbles] [Factory promotions] [Face-slapping the worst of the worst] [Building a career] [Male lead appears later] Transmigrating into a textile mill in the 1970s, Su Lan declares: “I’ll put every troublemaker in their place!” Going to the countryside? Never happening! Trying to steal her assigned spot? No way. As long as it’s in my hands, you’ll never get it. Trying 36.7kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves
28. 528 七 The Seventies Military Wife Is Sweet and Fierce, and Her Navy Husband Spoils Her with His Life 七零军嫂娇又凶，海军老公拿命宠 Loving Little Dolphin爱吃的小海豚Modern Romance669k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, love of country and family, later becomes a leading female researcher] Su Xiaoqi accidentally transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder supporting female character in the 1970s. Faced with a horrible in-law family and the blessed heroine, she thought, heh… why not embrace a shameless life? From the start, she was up against her terrible in-laws. A good fight is good for your health. She thought she’d be fighting alone. Then her naval officer husband came home. The two of th 9.9kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
29. 529 九 The Nineties Handbook for Spoiling Her: Back to His Younger Days 九零娇养手册，回到大佬年轻时 Chef Xiaomi小米大厨Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted Set in an alternate version of the 1990s, unrelated to real life. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It focuses on romance, with little emphasis on making a fortune; the business ventures are only briefly mentioned. The story is mainly about the relationship between the leads, and it is not a female-centric power fantasy. Transmigration, one-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced, happy ending. (In their previous lives, they had an age gap and the male lead had a secret crush, 3.7kReads8.9Score388Shelves

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    This book is incredibly good! The female lead travels back in time to the male lead's younger self and marries him again. It's so sweet, I'm totally into it. Both characters are virgins.

30. 530 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.8kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
31. 531 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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    I personally think this is great. It has no system, no special abilities, no overpowered characters, but the logic is sound, and the writing is superb.

32. 532 六 In the 1960s, My Partner Set Their Sights on Stealing My Grandpa’s Job 六零之对象立志要抢我爷饭碗 Plucking Flowers捻过花Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted [Era setting + pocket dimension + building wealth + everyday family life] Content warning: The main story does not cover the heroine's background before she transmigrates. If you'd like to learn about it, you can read the extra chapters first. On the first day Song Wan transmigrated, or rather, her first night, she nearly became the unlucky soul who died the moment she arrived. On the second day, she discovered someone had stolen the fruits of her labor, so she promptly sent them a few bullets 3.3kReads8.4Score180Shelves
33. 533 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s, Where a Woman from the Stars Sells Men to Build Her Fortune 穿越六零，星际女卖男人发家致富 People Have Said So Too人亦有言Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + no romance + strong heroine) Wei Wei, an interstellar mecha engineer, was testing a new mecha on a desolate planet when she was ambushed. To grasp a chance at survival, she piloted the untested mecha and tried to escape. Little did she know that her leap would take her across not only space, but time as well. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to have arrived in 1963 in China, in the body of a five-year-old girl. She immediately found herself facing a deadl 10.8kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
34. 534 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Female Supporting Character Awakens 快穿年代：女配觉醒了 Don't Dwell On The Past不要忆往昔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [fictional setting] [Period] [no fixed CP] [female lead’s perspective] [overpowered golden finger] Ning An, an employee of the Temporal Bureau, transmigrates into small worlds set in different periods. As she eases the supporting female characters’ grievances and makes up for their regrets, she also enjoys a good life of her own. [Content warnings: Please don’t read if these things bother you. Be sure to read this!!!] An extremely overpowered golden finger! The original ma 30.9kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
35. 535 重 Reborn in 1970: Selling Gourmet Dishes, I’m Destined to Win at Life 重生七零卖大菜，人生赢家定是我 Earn Money to Raise a Dog赚钱养狗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no overpowered exploits. It’s not exactly a story about a strong female lead, either. Just the ordinary life of a family, where everyone gets to be the protagonist.) [Rebirth + Period Setting + Family Life + Making Money + Cute Kids + Cozy Vibes] In her twilight years, Shen Chunhua is reborn and returns to the time before all the regrets of her life came to pass. Life was so hard last time. This time, she has to make the most of it. After all, every extra 6.8kReads9.2Score563Shelves

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    They're both beautiful, but they're different styles.

36. 536 九 The 1990s Highway Queen: All My Exes Are Big Shots 九零公路女王我的前任们都是大佬 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Female-Centric, One Woman and Multiple Men! A sultry widow in the 1990s becomes a business tycoon behind the wheel, but can't shake off her clingy, powerful ex-boyfriends!] (1990s setting + romance on the road + no fixed pairing early on, later she picks whoever she likes + the heroine doesn't follow so-called wifely virtue.) After waking up, Fan Meili finds herself a notorious female truck driver in the 1990s. Her predecessor was highly capable, but her romantic history was even more “impressi 20.8kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
37. 537 八 The 1980s: Should Top Students Do Hard Labor? The Kind That Makes You More Beautiful! 八零，学霸劳动吗？能变美那种！ Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted [Period setting, reborn, System, lighthearted daily life, comedy, academic ace] After waking up, Gao Yin found herself reborn as a bawling, hungry baby in the 1980s, bound to a “Work Is Glorious” System that made her scrub toilets and chicken coops. She thought her advanced knowledge and the System would let her lie flat and coast to a life of success. Who knew the world had a bug? A mysterious genius known only as “Yuan” had appeared out of nowhere, single-handedly fast-forwarding technologica 2.2kReads6.8Score281Shelves

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    Go see it, everyone!

38. 538 军 The Military Wife Is Both Sweet and Brave, and Her Officer Husband Risks His Life to Spoil Her 军嫂又娇又勇，军官老公用命宠 Qia Lemon洽柠檬Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Pocket dimension + punishing scum + satisfying read + educated youth + military marriage Jiang Ling, a woman with special abilities, transmigrates into a frail supporting female character in a novel set in a bygone era. Her stepmother wants to marry her off to an old man in exchange for a bride price? Her biological father wants her to take the fall for someone else and go to the countryside so he can secure a brighter future? Jiang Ling clutches her chest and falls to the ground, then turns aro 25.3kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves

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    As someone who has little patience when reading and easily gives up halfway through, I'm one of the few who basically finished reading this book, or at least had a few chapters left to finish and was too lazy to read the epilogue, haha. Highly recommend it! [Sending heart]

39. 539 斯 My Polite, Disabled Husband Is Actually a Sick, Obsessive Tyrant 斯文残夫其实是个病娇偏执狂 Sweetie Xi小甜甜喜Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted An eye for an eye. The wicked always meet their match. If only I'd known he was this kind of psycho, I never would have provoked him in the first place. -- A scheming woman who loves the easy life, and a refined yet depraved disabled man The 1970s, possessive love, and a devoted romance with both leads' hearts set on each other 13.7kReads7.2Score490Shelves
40. 540 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
41. 541 六 The Little Crybaby of the 1960s Is Always Hung from the Demonically Handsome Commander's Waist 六零小丧包天天被妖孽首长挂腰上 Zhang Mocha from the Northeast张摩卡来自东北Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Military marriage in the 1960s · quietly unhinged · decisive and ruthless · golden finger with a hint of mystery · off-the-charts sweetness] Don’t mess with Lu Jiu. She’s fierce, bold, and rebellious. In her previous life, she spent thirteen years undercover, going from a drug lord’s fake heiress to the drug lord herself. The day the operation closed in, she blew everyone sky-high, herself included. When she opened her eyes again, she was Lu Jiu, an academic ace in the 1960s. She came with a me 84.8kReads9.2Score13.5kShelves
42. 542 表 Her Love Letter Went to the Wrong Address, and the Delicate Young Woman Joined the Army in Tears 表白信寄错，娇娇女含泪随军 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Period setting + local characters + marriage before love + coercive romance) Pay special attention to “coercive romance.” (The male lead is dark and obsessive, like a sinister ghost; the female lead is pampered, prickly, sharp-tongued, and heartless. Read on only if you can handle that. If you can't, don't force yourself. The values in the story do not represent the author's values.) The main story is complete. Zhu Qingning had fallen in love at first sight. After mulling it over for a long tim 17.6kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
43. 543 穿 Transmigrated as a Sent-Down Youth in the 1970s, I Take My Sister to the Grasslands 穿越七零知青，带姐下乡大草原 Old Dreams of Midsummer半夏旧梦Urban115k WordsOngoing Xiao Muye transmigrates to the 1970s and unlocks a spirit spring space. He heads to the frontier grasslands as an educated youth sent down to the countryside. A seductive older sister, a fiery young widow, beautiful grassland girls, gentle female educated youths, bold Russian girls... Xiao Muye lives it up here, drinking the strongest liquor, riding the fastest horses, and driving the wildest cars! Decisive and no bleeding heart, he always gets even without delay. He pampers his lovely wives wit 5.9kReads—Score799Shelves

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    When educated youth went to the countryside on the vast grasslands, they drank the strongest liquor and rode the wildest horses!

44. 544 六 Military Marriage in the 1960s: Kick Out the Leads and the System 六零军婚：把男女主和系统叉出去 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + love after marriage + career and romance in perfect balance] Once upon a time, a System had a whim and wrote a period military-marriage novel. It became a hit~ Later, another System got jealous and used that novel as the basis for a reborn period military-marriage story. And just like that, the two Systems got pulled into the book and started tearing into each other. They fought fiercely and cursed each other out Then, somehow, 2.2kReads8.6Score226Shelves
45. 545 被 They Can Hear My Thoughts: I Married into the Family with My Father, Brought a Pocket Dimension, and Led Us All to Prosperity 被读心：随父入赘携空间带飞全家 My Little Chubby Girl侬家有个月半妞Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Transmigrating into a book set in 1956 + mind-reading + System with two spatial realms + family life + a capitalist family sent down to the countryside + a fortune beyond compare] Lin Xixi picks her own script and transmigrates into a book. Her father marries into a capitalist family, and she thinks she’s in for a happy life of lying flat. But when she takes a look at the plot, she completely breaks down. She isn’t the heroine, and her stepmother’s entire family are cannon-fodder tools for th 14.7kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves

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    Ignoring the rating, this book is really good. There are no annoying characters, and the villains are dealt with quickly.

46. 546 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 Gu Yue Er Dong古月耳咚Modern Romance683k WordsOngoing When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 22.2kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    The over-ninety-year-old mother, when her son was in the late stages of lung cancer, only showed disgust and resentment in her eyes, offering not a single word of concern. Chen Guoping's heart was utterly broken. Reborn into the 1960s, he no longer blindly obeyed his father; he personally arranged blind dates for him, insisting that his stepmother be gentle, considerate, and caring. On the day his stepmother entered the family, his biological mother stomped her feet in anger, while he smiled.

47. 547 九 Getting Rich in the 1990s: I Married for Love and Became a Borderland Trader 九零暴富宠婚：我在边境做倒爷 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Two transmigrators + both leads are each other’s first and only love + storage pouch + few troublesome characters] An accident sends Tong Xiaoqian to a small mountain village in northeastern China in the 1990s, right on her wedding night. To keep her company on the way through transmigration, she even gets a dog man as a bonus. Literally: a dog and a man. Lei Yihong is baffled too. Why would something as absurd as transmigration happen to him? And why did he have to transmigrate with the stupid 830Reads9.2Score125Shelves

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    All are period dramas with scores of 9 or higher.

48. 548 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score755Shelves
49. 549 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 37.3kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
50. 550 七 The New Beauty in the 1970s Compound Is a Mafia Heiress 七零大院新来的小美人是黑道千金 Zong Xi宗汐Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + both pure and devoted + an upgradeable pocket dimension + a stepmother taming unruly kids] Sang Shuyao, the daughter of a crime boss, transmigrates into a book and becomes a foolish, autistic girl in the 1970s. From the start, her stepsister wants to swap fiancés. Fine! If you like that scumbag so much, take him! On the night of the switch, Sang Shuyao clears out her scumbag father's fortune, then leisurely heads to the Lu family. In the book, Lu 6.6kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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    These two books feature female protagonists with top-tier combat power, and neither is about helping others; both are strong!

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