The Gold Standard of Historical-Era Novels, with Incredible Vividness 年代文的天花板，画面感贼强

1. 51 官 The Official Road, Starting at Level Three 官道，从三段开始 Mr. Fishjoy鱼乐先生Urban512k WordsOngoing My name is Bu Qingyun. (I hold a senior government post and have a fortune worth over a hundred million.) Let me tell you a secret. Ever since I was in elementary school, entering politics has been the light of my ideals and the flame of my ambition. It was buried in my heart like a seed, ready to take root and sprout as soon as the soil was right... 18.6kReads7.6Score2.9kShelves

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   These two books are absolutely authentic and of high quality! The pinnacle of period fiction! Highly recommended reading – the pinnacle of political fiction.

2. 52 过 Adoption into the Family 过继 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 29.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
3. 53 1 In 1975, I Went to the Countryside to Escape Disaster 1975年我下乡避祸 Niu Shi牛柿Urban1.5M WordsCompleted This is not a feel-good power fantasy. There is no pocket dimension, no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration. The times are turbulent, and the road ahead is uncertain. To protect Li Chengxiao, his family bears the pain of sending him to the countryside for an assigned rural posting, away from danger. Alone, he puts down roots in the village, enduring hardship and lying low with quiet resolve. With his unique insight and steady temperament, he establishes himself amid adversity, discreetly b 92.7kReads8.5Score11.3kShelves

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   1. No space, no system, no rebirth, no time travel, low start, high finish, stable three nights.

4. 54 穿 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance122k WordsOngoing [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 6.7kReads—Score157Shelves

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   Absolutely a hidden gem. The ceiling. Beautiful.

5. 55 穿 I Transmigrated as a Brash Villainess and Tricked an Amnesiac Big Shot into Becoming My Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成泼作女配，骗失忆大佬当赘婿 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday warmth + daily life + emotional tension + building wealth + happy ending] This is not an angst-filled story. Su Man transmigrates into a book, finding herself in an unfinished, melodramatic rebirth novel... as a lazy, greedy, foul-tempered villainess in the late 1970s. The original owner gets into danger in the wild and is saved by a powerful man with amnesia. In a series of foolish acts, she tricks him into thinking he's a fugitive, hides his military ID, and forces him 21.4kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
6. 56 七 The Seventies Compound: A Family with Children 七零大院，家有儿女 Cheng An'an, Don't Get a Tattoo程安安不要纹身啊Modern Romance782k WordsOngoing [No rebirth or transmigration, off-the-charts chemistry | Talented daughter of a condemned family × Upright, loyal military officer | Marriage Before Love + sweet romance + healing in a bygone era] 💥 A ruthless devil by day, a starving wolf by night! Yang Yi, the army's top combat champion, makes even the new recruits' legs shake at the sound of his footsteps. But when he gets home, “I haven't seen you in half a month. I've missed you like crazy.” He pins her against the door, his rough fingerti 1.4kReads—Score103Shelves

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   (Part 1) The sun was high in the sky, and sparrows perched on the wall of the Yang family's courtyard, pecking at food. Yang Shizhong and Yang Yunhe were also woken up by Du Zhe and squatted by the vegetable patch to brush their teeth. Yang Shizhong turned to look at Yang Yunhe, "Nuanbao, will the sparrows poop on your head?" "No way!" The two were bickering when the jeep stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

7. 57 影 Film and TV: From Uncle to The Name of the People, My Rise to the Top 影视：从老舅到名义开启格式人生 Who Says I Don't Eat Meat谁说我不吃肉Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing "Uncle" + "Blossoms Shanghai" + "The Wind Blows From Longxi" + "The Tale of Rose" + "The Tree of Life"... + "In the Name of the People" = 1990s + TV adaptations and spin-offs + building a fortune + multiple heroines His soul enters the body of Huo Xiaoguang, the previously nonexistent twin brother of Huo Xiaoyang from "Uncle", in 1990. So first he helps his younger brother lose weight, then helps Uncle get up to all kinds of nonsense, and lends Grandpa a hand in reviving Dingqing Restaurant. Whe 1.7kReads7.3Score105Shelves
8. 58 重 Reborn in 1976: Marrying a Mongolian Girl in Changbai Mountain 重生76年长白山娶蒙古妹子 Mo Yan Wu Yu莫言勿语Urban2.5M WordsOngoing His mother died young, his father listened to his stepmother, and every good thing had to go to her son. In my previous life, they tricked me out of my job and left me to live a miserable life. This time, I don’t plan on making my biological father pay me back. But surely I can collect a little interest! I’ll keep my distance from all of you. The mountains and rivers of Northeast China are where I belong. That’s where my wealth, freedom, and love await. 39.8kReads8.1Score3.6kShelves
9. 59 四 Siheyuan: I Start by Helping Old Li Rescue Xiuqin in Bright Sword 四合院：从亮剑帮老李救秀芹开始 Burning Heaven Banner Loves Little Seafood爱吃小海鲜的焚天幡Urban540k WordsCompleted [Republican-era dramas, including The Story of a Noble Family, Glory Days, New World, Hutong, A Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate, and more] Zheng Chao'an gets incredibly lucky and suddenly finds himself back before Liberation. It is 1942, and when he opens his eyes, he is in the middle of a desolate wilderness. Fortunately, his System activates, helping him realize that he has landed in a world where Republican-era dramas have merged together. Here, he has an elder brother, Zheng Chaoshan, and 2.3kReads6.3Score104Shelves
10. 60 狩 Hunting in 1986: Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 狩猎1986，长白山是我的猎场 Tomato with Two Eggs番茄打俩蛋Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Hardcore hunting + support System + everyday life in the 1980s + guns, bows, and knives + fierce hunting dogs + all kinds of firearms + hunting and hound gangs + romance + one heroine + funny and lighthearted + feel-good, no angst] Good news! Chen Kun has transmigrated to Changbai Mountain in 1986! That's right, the glorious era when hunting and firearms were both legal, the golden age for mountain hunters! More good news! The moment Chen Kun arrives, the Hunting Rewards System comes online! Hu 14.8kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
11. 61 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Road to Success 重生七十年代开始奋斗 Handsome Uncle帅哥叔叔Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After waking up, a returnee elite finds himself in the body of Li Yuanchao, a fifteen-year-old boy living in Courtyard No. 9 on Jinyu Hutong in the capital. Before he can even get used to his new identity, he has to face the sweeping campaign sending young people to the countryside. While the whole courtyard worries about who will be on the list, Li Yuanchao pulls out an application notice to help build the Xiang-Qian Railway. “Director Wang, I’ll go build the railway. Room and board are covered 14.5kReads7.4Score963Shelves

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    You'll know once you see it.

12. 62 重 Reborn in the 1980s: A Female Spirit Medium Builds a Temple for the Five Immortals 重生八零：女出马仙建了个五仙庙 Falling Flowers in Wind and Rain, Worry-Free on the Road落花风雨陌上无忧Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted The ratings have just come in, and they'll slowly climb. [Period setting + rural life + Northeast China's Five Immortals + family squabbles + women fighting] Pure feel-good escapism. Ma Yumei wakes from a nightmare to find herself in the familiar, shabby house. The joy of being reborn and her hatred for her past life mingle in her heart. She silently vows that this time, she won't be a pushover for anyone to bully. Those who wronged her will pay! Family shame should stay private? Pah! The whole 2.2kReads8.8Score241Shelves

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    A great article that was overshadowed by its rating; it's really fun.

13. 63 重 Back to the 1980s: The Sharp-Tongued Girl Is Spoiled by a Tycoon 重回八零，毒舌小妞被霸总宠上天 Falling Flowers in Wind and Rain, Worry-Free on the Road落花风雨陌上无忧Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted [Only feel-good stories: reborn + punishing scumbags + domineering CEO + Northeastern dialect + face-slapping + doting on one person + period setting] Lu Xiaoman was reborn. The moment she opened her eyes, her childhood sweetheart slapped her. Lu Xiaoman raised her hand and slapped him right back, then made sure to land another one for good measure. This time, she had no intention of swallowing her anger like she had in her previous life just to spare her childhood sweetheart’s parents’ feelings 7.3kReads8.2Score884Shelves
14. 64 年 Period: The Beloved Jewel of the Family Compound 年代：大院里的掌上明珠 Blue-Chip Thirteen-Pig蓝筹十三猪Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted Marriage first, love later + a doting husband + a pampered young heiress... She transmigrates to an era of scarcity, expecting to live on coarse grains and wild greens, but instead becomes the whole family’s darling? Even if she has to deal with troublemakers, outhouses, and fistfights, this young heiress is determined to suffer through it all. She’ll set up a street stall and fall in love, too! She’ll bring everyone in the residential compound along for the ride~~ 231Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Arranged marriage to love + domineering pampering + arrogant little princess + time travel + fighting in a latrine + inspirational street vending, a super good female-oriented period novel!

15. 65 1 1978: From Handcrafted Crossbows to the Type 56 Rifle 1978：从手搓弩箭到造五六半 Hard Work Always Pays Off多劳一定多得Urban735k WordsOngoing Modern-day shut-in programmer Sun Yihu works himself to death from overwork, then his soul returns to the Greater Khingan Range in the 1980s. He suddenly becomes... A street thug everyone curses at, with an eight-hundred-yuan debt before he's even opened his eyes. In this era of scarce food and clothing, when wildlife conservation doesn't yet exist and the economy is collectively run, he uses his spatial golden finger to set traps, gather wild delicacies, build a heavy sniper rifle, take on jack 3kReads6.8Score224Shelves
16. 66 重 Reborn: After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Head to the Frontier Countryside 重生：断亲后，我去边疆下乡 Yuwen Xi of Black Wind Stronghold黑风寨的宇文席Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [The rating has just come in. It'll go up later!] A farming story set in a bygone era + transmigration + family life + System + hunting + gathering medicinal herbs + Xinjiang Ye Zhou is reborn in 1970. From the start, his stepmother pressures him to move to the countryside. In his previous life, Ye Zhou kept giving in, and this family drained him for the rest of his life. By middle age, he was sick with every ailment under the sun, and eventually died alone in a rented room. This time, faced wit 12kReads6.8Score979Shelves
17. 67 重 Reborn in 1985: A Different Life 重生85：不一样的人生 Three-Legged Toad三条腿的蛤蟆Urban7.3M WordsCompleted Search for the new book, Grabbing Success and Beautiful Women with Both Hands in ’98, for an even better read! [Period Setting] [Multiple Love Interests] [Cozy Daily Life] [Coal Mine Elements] [Making Money] This is a story that starts in a coal mine. In his previous life, he suffered from a terminal illness and died alone. But then he was reborn in 1985. He returned to Yanxi Coal Mine, the place he had never stopped longing for. Facing the woman he once loved, he decided to make up for his regr 22.7kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves

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    Not bad, worth reading. A seasoned bookworm with 4,000 hours of reading time highly recommends this book; it's readable and worth reading!

18. 68 我 Bow Hunting in Changbai Mountain: The Greatest Hunter King 我，弓猎长白山，最强猎人王 Chen Wangshu辰望舒Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A new work is in the making. Come check it out! Lin Erhu returns, reborn. His first order of business: refuse the marriage proposal! Some women are poison. No matter how beautiful they are, you can't afford to take them. Then he begins his hunting trips in the mountains. With his exceptional archery and fighting skills, Lin Erhu becomes the King of Hunters. From then on, he dominates the world and rises to the pinnacle of life. 68Reads6.1Score199Shelves
19. 69 托 Tuoxie De Naoren's 15th Book 托鞋的脑仁第15本书 The Brain of a Shoelace托鞋的脑仁Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 110Reads6.8Score122Shelves

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20. 70 穿 Reborn as a Seventy-Year-Old Farmer, I Rejuvenate by Giving Gifts 穿成七旬老农，我靠赠礼返老还童 The Brain of a Shoelace托鞋的脑仁Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted What does it feel like to awaken a System at the age of 79? Li Chengfeng will tell you: give a widow some eggs and get five years of life in return; give the village belle some hair oil and get a hundred taels of silver. People can gossip all they like. Once I've won over every beauty in the village, the town, and the entire country, then they can talk. 140Reads—Score219Shelves
21. 71 我 My Elders 我的长辈 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 304Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the pinnacle of historical fiction; the first book was actually quite readable. It gets even better as you read on.

22. 72 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.2kReads8.5Score268Shelves

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    It's alright, you can take a look.

23. 73 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 2kReads8.9Score177Shelves
24. 74 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

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    I read this book twice. I was really looking for a historical novel where the female lead has a spatial ability and secretly delivers supplies to soldiers in various places. She can also teleport. When I was reading it, the story was about her delivering supplies to border guards! I forgot the name!

25. 75 六 The True Heiress of the 1960s: I Quit Pretending, Chief, Let Me Examine You 六零真千金：不装了首长请我看诊 Le Lanya Ji乐蓝雅季Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Period setting + military marriage + spiritual spring pocket dimension + medical skills + everyday life] To care for the orphaned child of a fallen soldier, Shen Qingwu became the “unwanted daughter” her parents left behind in the countryside. In 1965, she was the only one left in her hometown, so Shen Qingwu was brought back to the military compound. Her biased mother: “Your older sister is frail. You should give in to her more.” Her stern father: “This isn't the countryside. You need to f 110.2kReads8.3Score10.9kShelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Kiss] These are currently some of my favorite historical fiction books this year.

26. 76 年 Transmigrating into a Period Novel: The Fake Heiress Refuses to Be a Stepmom 年代穿书：假千金不当后妈 Endless Time时光悠悠Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted When Shen Shuhua opened her eyes, she had entered a period novel as the fake heiress whose identity had been switched back and who was about to be sent to the countryside. Her biological parents favored the other daughter. The real heiress, Shen Shuyu, had returned reborn, stolen her blind date, and even set her up with her fake older brother, Shen Shumo. Luckily, from the start she had a one-cubic-meter pocket dimension and ten Body-Strengthening Pills. With her golden finger, she had nothing t 18.1kReads6.9Score2.2kShelves
27. 77 真 The Real Heiress, Little Lucky Star: Killing It in the Great Northern Wilderness 真千金小福宝：在北大荒杀疯了 Ya O涯哦Modern Romance745k WordsCompleted [A local born in the 1970s + blessed with good fortune + the real and fake heiresses + family squabbles + building wealth + the whole family’s beloved darling + career-driven heroine] In 1970, Su Yuanhe was switched at birth. She should have been a pampered heiress from a wealthy family in the capital, but instead she ended up in the bitterly cold Great Northern Wilderness, as the youngest daughter of the third branch of the rural Su family. Her parents were proud and tough, and fiercely protect 78.3kReads8.6Score8.1kShelves
28. 78 六 The 1960s: I Follow the Army with My Child and Make the Whole Camp Drool 六零年，带娃随军我馋哭全军营 Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Ning猫猫猫猫猫宁Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Food + military life + adorable kids + Culinary God System + everyday child-rearing] Only after awakening does Song Qinghuan realize that the world she lives in grew out of a wicked stepmother novel, and that she is the original wife, a cannon-fodder character destined to die young. When she falls into a river, her children are abducted by human traffickers. Her children become villains who stand in the way of the heroine's children! In the end, some die and others are left crippled! All becaus 12.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
29. 79 丰 When the Voluptuous Beauty Appears, the Military Tycoon Cuts In 丰腴美人一出场，被军官大佬截胡 Shattered Starlight夜空碎光Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted (1970s setting + curvy, captivating beauty vs. steady, level-headed military officer) There’s always someone like her in stories set in the past: born into a good family, beautiful, talented, and so proud that she looks down on everyone. The only person she wants is the male lead, but after she tries every trick in the book, the leads slap her down. Su Mannning transmigrates into the role of that vicious supporting character. But no one knows that the male lead is just one of the fish in her pon 28.5kReads7.5Score3.8kShelves
30. 80 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress in a Period Novel Has It All Under Control 六零：年代文女配轻松拿捏 Yao Zhi Nuonuo瑶芷诺诺Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + sweet everyday life + ensemble cast + face-slapping the scum] Mechanical engineer Yue Yao transmigrates into a period novel as the male lead’s wicked childhood sweetheart. The original was not only bold and flirtatious, but also slept with the male lead’s uncle, Gu Yichen, on the eve of her wedding. Facing a life of thin porridge and steamed buns, she’s lucky to have a pocket dimension stocked with supplies and lost medical techniques, along with the top-notch mecha 28.5kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves
31. 81 重 Reborn and Pregnant, She Joins the Army, Then Her Ex-Husband Kisses Her to Tears 重生揣崽去部队后，被前夫亲哭了 Guoguo Is a Little Naughty果果有点皮Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1960s + Second Chance at Love + Portable Space + Family Life + Sweet Romance] Just after filing for divorce, Su Manqing is plunged into a chilling nightmare. Without anyone to protect her, she is reported by her stepmother and stepsister and sent to the countryside, where she suffers endless hardship. Then she is forcibly married off to an elderly widower, and ultimately dies a tragic death. Even after death, her spirit lingers. She watches helplessly as her ex-husband, Huo Yuanzheng, the man s 27.1kReads7.7Score4kShelves
32. 82 花 The Flower Demon Army Wife Grows a Vast Oasis, and the System Crashes 花妖军嫂种出万亩绿洲，系统崩了 Green Cassia Branch青桂枝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + sweet military romance + marriage first, love later + nonhuman heroine + doting husband hero + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + battle against the Heavenly Dao System + light ensemble cast] A delicate-looking heroine on the outside, a fierce flower on the inside A paternalistic, calculating political commissar + a human caretaker of a male lead After the founding of the nation, spirits were forbidden from taking human form. Yet Su Xingmian, a fierce flower s 301.7kReads8.8Score46.7kShelves
33. 83 换 A Marriage Swap! The Soft, Sweet Wife Left Dazed by a Rough-Hewn Man 换亲！被糙汉亲懵的白软甜妻 Hot-Tempered Persimmon暴躁柿子Modern Romance370k WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage before love + secret love turns mutual + older man + size difference + slow-burn romance + earnest striving] ★ Sweet, gentle village schoolteacher x taciturn, lustful, stern, rugged hunter Qiao Qingyan’s stepsister seduces her fiancé, and Qingyan unexpectedly discovers that she can hear her stepsister’s vicious inner thoughts. If she refuses to take her stepsister’s place and marry into the Xiao family, will they sell her to a disgusting old bachelor? Desperate to esca 60.9kReads8.7Score5.1kShelves
34. 84 带 I Took My Country Wife to the City, and She Secretly Became a Billionaire 带乡下媳妇回城，她竟偷偷成首富 Mad Owl狂枭Urban354k WordsCompleted On New Year's Eve in 2026, Mu Zhiyuan, who had spent half his life alone, drank a couple too many while watching the Spring Festival Gala and woke up forty-five years in the past. In his previous life, when he returned to the city to attend university, he cruelly abandoned the woman he'd been with for five years in the countryside. Her family drugged her and sold her to a widower. Unable to bear the humiliation, she threw herself into a river and died. He spent the rest of his life consumed by g 3.9kReads7.7Score276Shelves
35. 85 玄 The Metaphysical Heiress Reborn in the 1970s Reunites With Her Commander Father 玄学真千金穿七零，认亲首长父亲 You Xiaochan悠小蝉Modern Romance947k WordsCompleted Jiang Muyan was a cultivation prodigy in the modern world of metaphysics. Before she transmigrated, her master had already foreseen that she would face the tribulation of transmigrating to another world. To keep her safe, her master and senior brothers packed countless gold and silver treasures, rare medicinal herbs, all kinds of talismans, and everyday supplies into a mustard-seed pouch. These became Jiang Muyan’s greatest source of confidence in the 1970s. As soon as Jiang Muyan transmigrated, 59.3kReads8.7Score8.3kShelves
36. 86 临 They Demanded More Dowry at the Last Minute? The Officer Turned Around and Married a Miaojiang Healer 临时加彩礼？军官转头娶苗疆医女 October Frost十月霜华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, 1980s, military marriage, golden finger, satisfying read, devoted and sweet romance with mutual fidelity, skilled in poison and medicine] On the day of the wedding, his fiancée's family blocks the doorway and demands more at the last minute: “Eight hundred yuan in bride price and thirty-two pieces of furniture. If you can't provide even one of them, this wedding is off!” Cheng Yuanchi leans on his cane. He's a wounded officer who served his country, yet now he suffers humiliatio 21.2kReads8.5Score3.2kShelves
37. 87 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.8kReads8.6Score826Shelves

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    It's really good! The writing is excellent, the plot is fast-paced and doesn't drag, and the characters are very well-developed. Highly recommended! (✪▽✪)

38. 88 娇 The Delicate Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside Is Spoiled by a Rugged Mountain Man 娇气知青下乡，被山里糙汉宠坏了 Guagua Loves Instant Noodles爱吃泡面的瓜瓜Modern Romance758k WordsCompleted [Delicate Young Educated Woman VS Rugged Country Man]+ [A Striking Difference in Build] “If you eat my food, you become my wife. Try to run, and I'll break your legs!” On a night of raging snow, for half a sack of white flour, Su Man tremblingly crept into the forest ranger's cabin at the end of the village, a man who terrified the whole town. The man stood bare-chested, a hideous scar slashing across his chest, his eyes as fierce as a wolf's. Su Man trembled with fear, the corners of her eyes r 2.9kReads6.4Score239Shelves
39. 89 六 The 1960s Mystery Box System: My Scumbag Dad Spares No Expense Spoiling His Six Kids 六零盲盒系统：渣爹氪金宠飞六崽 Tea Pear Seven茶梨七Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [A low-conflict period drama + an outstanding male lead + rebuilding family values + still the one in charge + three ex-wives + six kids] Liu Xueyi married three times and had six children. He trampled on his three ex-wives to live the happy life of a city man, only to pull a classic Nanluoguxiang fool’s move and marry a widow, raising another man’s kids! But Liu Xueyi wasn’t the self-sacrificing type. No matter whose home he was in, he called all the shots. The widow’s family treated him like a 19.9kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

    Reader note

    The scumbag father transmigrates back to the 1970s with succubus attributes, three wives, and six children. He's self-centered and helps his ex-wives and children start new lives. The village bully is also good; he has a system shop that allows him to become wealthy in the 1970s, and he's domineering with many women.

40. 90 七 The Seventies: A Reborn Village Tyrant Marries a Mute Woman 七零年代：重生村霸娶哑女 Rain in July七月有雨Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, bygone era, village bully, multiple female leads, daily life, countryside] Zhang Wei is reborn in 1977. When he wakes up, he finds a woman hanging from the roof beam. She's a mute woman his uncle forced him to marry so she could bear him an heir… Distant memories come flooding back! He got drunk last night, went on a rampage, beat up his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and demanded the return of the 200-yuan bride price. In a desperate attempt to stop him, the mute woman Li Hui k 26.4kReads6.4Score2.1kShelves
41. 91 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, So Isn’t It Only Natural for a Purchasing Agent to Have a Space? 穿越六零，采购员有空间很合理吧 Cats Don't Climb Trees猫猫不上树Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to another era]✘ [Pocket dimension is nearly useless at first]✘ [No angst, not a power fantasy]✘ [Warmhearted, not cold-blooded] [The protagonist is playful but a bit of a coward] College student Li Hao drowns while saving someone at the seaside. He transmigrates into the body of Li Baogen, a procurement officer at a steel mill in Northeast China in 1960, in a parallel world. The Great Famine has just begun. People everywhere are digging up wild greens, stripping bark from tre 27.7kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves

    Reader note

    The story concludes in the 1960s, depicting a period of mutual support and hard work.

42. 92 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Takes Her Vast Fortune to the Countryside to Join the Army 资本家小姐携巨额家产下乡随军 Zero Point Two Seven零点二七Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A stone-faced military officer with bulging muscles and a complicated mind VS a delicate, radiant heiress from a wealthy family] [Military Marriage] [Light Sci-Fi] [Sweet Romance] [Easy, Satisfying Read] [Light Fantasy] [Goofy Robot] [Combat Pet] [Cards] [Lightning Powers] A word of warning: The heroine talks about keeping a low profile, but doesn’t act like it. If she has a golden finger, she’ll use it. Leng Yunhuan had just won the Grand Slam for Best Actress when she stayed up late playing a 9.1kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves

    Reader note

    This book is amazing! The female lead's special ability is very novel, and the story framework is unconventional. It's so addictive!

43. 93 妹 The Little Darling Comes to Find Her Family and Mistakes Her Brother, Then the Cold-Faced Commander Kisses Her to Tears 妹宝投亲认错哥，被冷面首长亲哭 The Domineering God of Wealth's Darling Wife霸道财神爷的小娇妻Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The animated series My Little Sister Slept in the Wrong Room and Ran into the Demon King from the Start is now available. Search for it on Tomato Redfruit to watch. Qiao Xinxin was the real daughter the Qiao family had only just brought home. To avoid marrying her fiancé, who had been disabled during a mission, the fake heiress Qiao Mingzhu got her drunk at the family reunion banquet and sent her to her own fiancé's bed. But she went to the wrong room and spent a wild night with the outstanding 33.6kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

    Reader note

    I highly recommend everyone check out this period military romance novel!

44. 94 糙 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.2kReads8.5Score581Shelves

    Reader note

    Three meals a day, four seasons a year: the authentic and down-to-earth life of a rural family.

45. 95 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 2.1kReads7.7Score244Shelves
46. 96 四 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Wants to Steal My House? I'll Make Him a Father! 四合院：易中海抢房？坑他当爹！ I Want to Be a Funny Person我想做个幽默的人Male-Channel Fanfiction313k WordsCompleted Yi Zhonghai comes to seize his house from the start? Faced with the overbearing Yi Zhonghai, Lin Tiezhu has no one to rely on, but he's not about to give in. He fights back with everything he's got, ready to go down with his enemy. He accidentally puts a little too much strength into it and kills him on the spot! 243Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The courtyard house was the most satisfying place to live. He tricked Yi Zhonghai into criticizing everyone and everything, reaping the benefits behind the scenes, and even snatching a beautiful woman away – pure bliss!

47. 97 8 Chinese New Year 1982: From Working a Sewing Machine to Hunting and Fishing in Northeast China 82春节：从踩缝纫机到渔猎东北 A Few Taels of Broken Gold碎金几两Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Hunting + Raising a Child + Getting Rich + Ruthless] The day before the 1982 Lunar New Year, Chen Yuankun gets out. His wife has run away, his son has been taken from him, and the three-year-old is worryingly thin. No one dares hire a man who’s been inside. His only option is to head into the mountains to set traps and hunt across the ice. One wrong step, and he’s dead. No one knows that he once spent twenty years working a sewing machine, which made him astonishingly sensitive to time and numb 20.8kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves

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    This is interesting, I might consider investing.

48. 98 村 The Story of Village Girl Taoye and Xiang Dong 村女桃叶与向东的故事 Dai Nong Hada呆农哈达Modern Romance284k WordsOngoing [A handsome man who has been secretly devoted for ages × a clearheaded, gentle beauty at rock bottom] Burdened by family troubles and forced to marry the good-for-nothing Zhang Dawei, Wang Taoye is caught between a rock and a hard place. Li Xiangdong, the village's cold and stern farm-machinery mechanic, sees all her troubles. He gets straight to the point: "Come be with me." He helps her withstand the Zhang family's pressure and provides medicine and food for her family. Half a year passes, and 38.2kReads6.6Score1.5kShelves

    Reader note

    This book, with its ensemble cast, is absolutely fantastic! A sweet and heartwarming romance wrapped in a rural setting! Every character is exceptionally well-developed and feels incredibly real, with a logically sound plot. The imagery is incredibly vivid.

49. 99 四 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu, Soft and Sweet, Is Brought Home 四合院:软软乎乎秦淮茹抱回家 Angel Big Beauty天使大美丽Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing Pure Love, Everyday Life, No Hostility, No Spatial System Marry a lovely wife, live a comfortable life, look good when you go out, have fun when you come home. Make money with ease, enjoy a lifetime of happiness, treat our Qin Huairu well, and build a happy family. Live happily ever after! Starting from nothing? No problem, I know how to make money! I draw posters and comics, earn extra cash, save grain, and stock up on supplies. I have no grand ambitions. An ordinary, peaceful life is what mat 69.4kReads8.8Score4.5kShelves
50. 100 世 Everyone Avoids the Troublemaking Girls, but I Take Them All In 世人皆避精神小妹我尽数收留 Mo Mi莫羋Urban416k WordsOngoing Spiritual little sisters, yoga pants: which one can make you stop in your tracks? ...Stop looking, this is the one! To give everyone a good show, I spent 6,000 yuan to live with a spiritual little sister for a month, together around the clock. What? You say that's still not enough? Then how about adding a System, too!? Gu Xingchen transmigrates back ten years and uses his System to turn his life around. Every spiritual little sister in the county follows him... Their world is on guard against th 45.2kReads6.1Score2.9kShelves

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    This is a good book; it's a system novel with multiple female protagonists and has been adapted into a manga/TV series.

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