Period-Era Stories, No Miserable Plotlines, No Romance! No Romance! No Flirting!!! 年代文，不憋屈，无cp！无cp！无暧昧！！！

1. 51 冷 The Cool Beauty Goes to the Countryside and Can Handle Any Fight 冷美人下乡后，打架斗殴样样行 Muzi Begonia木子海棠Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Period] [Space] [Transmigration] [Sent Down to the Countryside] [Educated Youth] [Romance] The moment she opened her eyes, Su Tangtang saw an idiot trying to take off her clothes. Thinking she'd been kidnapped and dragged deep into the mountains to be his bride, she immediately took him out of commission. She was just figuring out how to get home when... Right at that moment, her mind glitched and a flood of memories appeared! Only then did Su Tangtang realize she'd transmigrated to the 1970s a 4.9kReads8.2Score626Shelves
2. 52 穿 Transmigrated to the ’70s: With a Space in Hand, the Eldest Sister Supports Her Family 穿越七零：身揣空间长姐养家日常 Mo Qing Yan墨卿烟Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Won't Go to the Countryside in the Seventies: I Have an All-Purpose Space, and Transmigrating to the Seventies: I Raise My Family as the Eldest Sister with a Space [Transmigration + Space] Zheng Yuru unexpectedly obtained a space. She thought the legendary apocalypse was coming, but after falling asleep, she woke up in the seventies! As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that both her parents were dead, her older brother had gone to the countryside, and she had younger sibli 2.9kReads8.7Score185Shelves

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   It's alright, not much romance, just focusing on building a career and making money.

3. 53 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 95.8kReads8.8Score7.1kShelves

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   These two books are good.

4. 54 七 The 1970s: An Unlucky Rough-Hewn Man Picks Up a Lucky, Adorable Bride 七零：倒霉糙汉捡了个旺夫小娇娇 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [Rough-and-ready hero + sweet romance + magic space + production corps + farm + transmigrate into a book + veteran + Northeast] Zhou Jun' geng, a veteran of an elite field combat unit, had been unlucky for half his life. Then suddenly, his luck turned. One day, he found a sweet, beautiful young woman by the river and brought her home. She had a lucky fate that brought fortune to her husband, and the unlucky man was unlucky no more. Not only did his bad luck disappear, he even got promoted! From 749Reads9.1Score100Shelves
5. 55 断 The Little Girl Cuts Ties and Flees Famine, Taking Her Brother to the Military District to Find Their Dad 断亲萌娃逃荒，带弟弟闯军区找爹 Salty Fish Munching Melon咸鱼啃瓜Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [The rating has just been released and will go up] [Period setting + transmigration + adorable child + famine escape] [The famine-escape animated series is now streaming on Hongguo. You’re welcome to watch!] In her previous life, she was an elite combat medic, codename “Moon Goddess.” She died saving a teammate during a mission. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the resource-starved 1970s, in the body of Shen Qingyue, a tiny five-year-old girl. From the start, it was hell mode: 5kReads7.6Score569Shelves

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   Historical fiction, the female lead is incredibly strong and not at all stifled, the only drawback is that it's still being updated.

6. 56 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 19.4kReads7.8Score2.1kShelves
7. 57 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, This Cannon Fodder Won't Accept Her Fate 穿越到七零后炮灰绝不认命 Li Doesn't Quite Understand李不太懂Modern Romance289k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + ensemble cast + no romance + no going to the countryside] Modern rich beauty Li Zhaodi transmigrates into a book after a plane crash, landing in a period novel as a minor cannon-fodder character! Her whole family are bit-part cannon fodder in someone else's story. Her mother is pressured into remarrying, so she makes the real culprit marry instead. Her sister is tricked into marriage and wants to die. This time, it’s her brother-in-law who wa 1.2kReads—Score137Shelves

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   There's absolutely no frustrating part to this; the female lead is defiant and just goes for it the whole time!

8. 58 七 The 1970s: The Protagonist’s Halo? I Tore It Off 七零：主角光环？我反手给它撕了 Dreamy Purple梦幻紫Modern Romance947k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [System] [Pocket Dimension] [Period Setting] [No Romance] [A Story with a Moral Compass, Not an Evil Female Lead] The comic adaptation and the novel have different plots, so don't let the female lead's portrayal in the comic influence you. She shows no mercy to evildoers. Jing Nian, who came from the apocalypse, transmigrated to another world in the 1970s. She became the burden her mother brought along when she remarried. The voice in her head, claiming to be a System, told 19.3kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves

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   No romantic pairings, no ambiguous relationships, it's really good. The female lead is strong and beautiful on her own. The low rating is because it's still ongoing.

9. 59 六 The 1960s: The Little Kid Who Gave the Heroine a Space Is Done with It 六零，送女主空间的小崽崽不干了 Clear Breeze of a Thousand Years千载清风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When she opens her eyes, Miao Qing has become a random supporting character in a period novel. The scene is about to shower the heroine with gifts and hand her a golden finger, but Miao Qing kicks off a life completely different from the plot with a loud, piercing wail. Who would have guessed that after she'd just finished training her underlings, Miao Qing would suddenly learn that the commune she's in is called Hongqi Commune, with Qingshan Brigade, Hongxing Brigade, and Kaoshantun Brigade nea 15kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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   This book is very interesting and easy to read. The writing is excellent and it's definitely worth a read!

10. 60 崽 The Little Rascal Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, and She Knows Just How to Get Under Her Father’s Skin 崽崽是个黑心棉，气她爹爹不眨眼 Green Parasol Reflected青梧映Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [1980s + Beloved Little Darling + Deadbeat Dad + Feel-Good Story + Hearing Villains' Inner Thoughts + Raising Kids + Real and Fake Young Masters + Family Life] After her parents suddenly die in an accident, three-and-a-half-year-old Susu is sent to the capital. "You'we my new daddy! Now you won't be a daddy with no baby anymore!" Her new daddy is powerful and wealthy. Under his protection, Susu can lie flat and drink her milk in peace, but she hears that his circle is full of wolves and tigers. 1.5kReads8.4Score159Shelves

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    This historical romance novel focuses on the father-daughter relationship; there's no romantic pairing. I highly recommend it—it's truly excellent!

11. 61 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 Romance681k 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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    Family members, who understands? The first thing he did after being reborn wasn't to make money, but to marry off his mother! His biological mother wished for his death every day, so he simply found her a formidable mother-in-law to marry into, letting her experience being tormented too. Then he welcomed his stepmother into the family, and life was wonderful. 100,000 words, so satisfying!

12. 62 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score222Shelves

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    Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! I recommend a different kind of period drama. It's the story of a group of people born in the 1970s growing up. In that wild and untamed era, everyone was striving and fighting for tomorrow. Friendship, family, love, business warfare, and scheming. It's very good. Readers who are tired of Tomato's formulaic and overly exciting novels should definitely check this out. You won't regret it.

13. 63 五 Little One from the 1950s: Mom, I Really Am a Good Dog! 五零崽崽：娘，我真是条好狗！ May We Last as Long as the Moon随明月而长终Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Period drama + adorable child + no romance + farming dimension + everyday life + family squabbles + light ensemble cast + slow-paced] In her previous life, Yadan was a dog. In this life, she's human. On her first day as a human, she throws her head back and howls, then crawls around the yard in the shadows, marking her territory. She steals the precious giant bone from Big Black at the village entrance. And she gets a farming dimension? Huh? Do dogs have to farm too? Yadan looks at her tiny arm 7.6kReads9.0Score604Shelves

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    This is good, no romantic pairing.

14. 64 七 The 1970s Space: An'an Was Born the Apple of Her Family’s Eye 七零空间：安安生来就是全家团宠 Jiaojiao's Willfulness娇娇的任性Modern Romance847k WordsOngoing The animated series is out! Set in the 1970s; beloved by the whole family; a toddler of two or three; no romance; a personal space; country life; an ensemble cast; gossip and lively goings-on; everyone in the family is a protagonist; adorable pets; blessed with good luck. A few things to know before you read: 1. The story begins when the little one is born. The early chapters focus on the family, since the baby is too young to do much. Gossip and country life are woven in, too. 2. There's a spac 24.5kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Don't worry, it's all gossip and there's nothing to feel stifled about.

15. 65 七 The Stunning Beauty of the Seventies, Spoiled by a Cold, Handsome Officer 七零娇美人，高冷军官放肆宠 Rolling in Money金钱滚滚Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted Female lead’s version: Chen Maidong has been alive for twenty years when she suddenly learns she isn’t the Chen family’s biological daughter. She’s a fake heiress who stole someone else’s place! There’s no need to kick her out. Chen Maidong packs up and leaves on her own, quick as you please. She plans to visit her hometown and see how her biological parents are doing. If they get along, great. If not, the world is a big place, and Chen Maidong can find somewhere to live on her own. Who could ha 5.4kReads8.1Score456Shelves

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    These books aren't frustrating; they do have romantic pairings, but they're really good!

16. 66 重 Back to the 1970s: Cutting Ties and Making a Stunning Comeback as a Tycoon 重回七零断舍离，惊艳逆袭当首富 The Blooming Season Is Late花期迟迟Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted [An older woman reborn + military marriage + supporting two households + revenge without delay + building wealth + doting husband] In her past life, Wu Guihua spent fifty years being psychologically manipulated by her mother-in-law and scumbag husband. Her widowed sister-in-law lived in a grand house with him, enjoyed life as an official’s wife, and raised children whom everyone adored. Meanwhile, Wu Guihua, the legitimate wife, sold her blood to support her mother-in-law and children. In the en 5.4kReads8.7Score694Shelves
17. 67 穿 After Transmigrating to the 1980s and Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Became the Army Officer's Most Beloved 穿越八零替嫁后我成了军官心尖宠 Over Ten Thousand a Day日收过万Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 112.6kReads9.2Score14.9kShelves
18. 68 重 Reborn, I’m Clinging to the Chaste Officer, and This Sweet Beauty Won’t Leave 重生缠上禁欲军官，娇美人不离了 A Thousand Pears in a Dream一梦千梨Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + military marriage + reborn + spatial storage + putting scumbags in their place + devoted couple + sweet romance] In her previous life, Shen Jingshu was blind to the truth and abandoned the military officer husband who had cherished her above all else. In the end, she was beaten to death. Even after she died, her spirit lingered, and she watched with her own eyes as he kept vigil at her grave and never remarried. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the night befor 15.7kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    It's good! No melodramatic plot twists. 🥰🥰🥰

19. 69 七 The 1970s Family Compound: The Young Lady's Laid-Back Days 七零家属院：大小姐的咸鱼日常 Little Black Sesame Rice Balls黑芝麻馅儿的小汤圆儿Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted (Heads-up: One-on-one romance, both leads are inexperienced. The heroine is a native-born rich beauty with a space and knowledge of what lies ahead. The hero is a devoted only child who follows the rules of fidelity. Both leads have admirers, but the heroine has more than the hero. This is a sweet, low-key Mary Sue story with a simple plot, mostly focused on the couple being affectionate. The heroine will take the college entrance exam and won’t work before the exams are reinstated. No nasty cha 7.7kReads7.2Score681Shelves
20. 70 六 A 1960s Supporting Actress Joins Her Husband’s Army on a Coastal Island 六零年代女配海岛随军日常 Ming Xihan明溪寒Modern Romance80k WordsCompleted Island life with the military + Sweet romance + No toxic characters + Everyday life Ye Xi accidentally transmigrated to the 1960s. Before she could even process what had happened, the man who had saved her life proposed to her. Lu Zhou brought home a sweet, delicate wife, and the young woman was an incredible cook. Crab roe noodles, fish roe wontons, soybean cakes… Lu Zhou could only think how lucky he was to have found a treasure. 266Reads6.0Score—Shelves
21. 71 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is a Delicate Flower 七零之媳妇是娇花 Chubby Mimi胖米米Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + 1970s + devoted love + everyday family life] At 21, Xie Junyang was a handsome, cold, taciturn soldier king. At 17, Lin Nuo was soft and adorable, with an intensely possessive streak. Xie Junyang had thought he’d be alone for the rest of his life, but fell in love with Lin Nuo at first sight. He went to great lengths to marry her, then showered her and the whole family with love. “Big brother, hug me, kiss me, and lift me up high!” The cold-faced soldier king who terrified o 112Reads6.6Score—Shelves
22. 72 七 The 1970s: The State Sends Me a Husband, and the Top Scientist Dotes on Me 七零：国家发老公科研大佬被宠哭 Autumn-Brewed Snow秋酿雪Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history period setting + homegrown genius + state-assigned job + marriage first, love later + rugged man dotes on his wife] [Sweet-looking, scheming “black lotus” scientist VS rebellious, “daddy-type” elite soldier] Wen Ning is a “delicate flower” raised in a cowshed. She can't lift a shoulder or carry a hand, and crying is the only thing she knows how to do. Until one day, when her awful relatives try to force her into marriage, she taps out a string of Morse code through her tears. 1.5kReads8.3Score692Shelves
23. 73 A AI Transmigrates to the Eighties: A Five-Year-Old Prodigy Helps Her Dad with Science AI穿八零：五岁萌宝带爹搞科研 Cao Mao of Jiangxin Island江心岛的曹髦Modern Romance669k WordsCompleted [AI Transmigrates] [Adorable Baby] [Everyone's Favorite] [Scientific Research] The supreme AI, Tianshu, opens its eyes and finds itself a five-year-old baby girl, Nannan, crying for milk in the 1980s. Her birth mother has died, and her awful grandmother wants to sell her to a cripple as a child bride? Nannan tilts her little head and starts analyzing: [Target is greedy and stupid. A logic trap with a 99% success rate has been generated. It is expected to leave them penniless and disgraced within 3Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 震 Shocking! The Mute Toddler Is a Top Military Designer 震惊！哑奶团竟是顶级军工设计师 Burying Flowers in the Earth土葬花Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military industry + adorable kid + maximum doting] Lu Jian, the feared “Living Yama” carrying out a top-secret mission in the far northwest, casually rescued a filthy, mute little dumpling. He thought he'd picked up a poor, unwanted child to bring home as his little sweetheart. Turns out the girl was no soft cotton jacket: she was a bulletproof vest made of solid steel! While other kids played in the mud, Tangtang played with scrap metal. While other kids wreaked havoc at home, 106Reads7.0Score—Shelves
25. 75 萌 A Little Genius Builds an Aircraft Carrier by Hand, and Every Military District Fights to Recruit Him Overnight 萌娃手搓航母，连夜被全军区争抢 I Love Durian 66爱吃榴莲的我66Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted At a top-secret base somewhere in the northwest, the notorious “King of Hell,” Lei Xiao, has been feeling a little uneasy lately. The filthy little mute he found in the Gobi Desert, who only ever blinked her big eyes, seems a little... unusual? While other four-year-old girls play with dolls, his daughter Lu Tangtang takes a screwdriver to the base’s core radar and dismantles it into Lego pieces! The experts are so furious they threaten to throw themselves into the Yellow River. Then they take a 361Reads6.3Score—Shelves
26. 76 军 The Military District's Beloved Four-and-a-Half-Year-Old, Even the Top Scientists Bow to Her 军区团宠四岁半，科研大佬都跪烂 The Unfulfilled Li意难平的小李Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing Lin Mo was a top weapons expert in her previous life. When she opens her eyes, she has become a four-year-old little girl in a military compound in the 1980s. Without precision instruments or supercomputers, and faced with technology decades behind what she knew, Lin Mo's little face falls. She just wants to lie flat and be a lazy little baby. But who knew that the grim-faced soldier would keep picking on her? Does he think her new slingshot is too powerful? Is the automatic feeder she designed 10Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 1 1977: Back Before My Cousin and I Swapped Marriages 1977，重回和堂弟换亲前 Wen Shun文顺Urban809k WordsOngoing Fu Mingyan and his younger cousin are both reborn on their wedding night. In their previous lives, after a carefully orchestrated scheme, Fu Mingyan married the village chief's daughter, while his cousin married a beautiful, wealthy educated youth. At first, everyone said his cousin had made the better match. But who could have guessed that the beautiful, wealthy educated youth would rather die than consummate the marriage, then leave his cousin behind and return to the city after the national c 20.4kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
28. 78 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is the Heiress of a Capitalist Family 七零，我的老婆是资本家大小姐 Flowers Fly in May五月飞花Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Hunting + capitalist heiress as wife + raising children + getting rich + one heroine] Zhou Wenshan joins the ranks of transmigrators and returns to the 1970s. From the start, his engagement is called off! As luck would have it, a capitalist family is sent down to the village. Zhou Wenshan takes one look at their daughter, Chen Wan, and falls for her… … Chen Wan's family is framed and sent down to Zhoujia Village. They don't get enough to eat and still have to work in the fields. Then Chen Wan s 179.4kReads8.5Score14kShelves
29. 79 开 From the Start, I Had a Cremation Furnace: The Wicked Woman of the Sixties Went on a Killing Spree 开局焚尸炉，六零恶女杀疯了 Chai Bao柴宝Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Lin Wan worked herself to death from overtime. Before her was a furnace roaring with heat; before her eyes, a prompt announcing the countdown to transmigrating to the 1960s. She chose to transmigrate without hesitation. One second before she was to be cremated, she came back to life. The company paid a huge settlement. Lin Wan sold off all her possessions, stocked up on countless supplies, and happily transmigrated to the 1960s with them. But then... She had transmigrated into a book! And into t 66.8kReads8.7Score8kShelves

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    Book recommendation: A historical romance novel featuring a smart female protagonist. It's definitely worth reading.

30. 80 五 How a Five-Element Mixed-Spirit Root Became the Apple of Everyone's Eye Through Street Vending 五杂灵根靠摆摊成心肝 Snow Sculpture作者雪雕Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted A modern office drone transmigrates to the cultivation world and spends three hundred years there. With mediocre mixed spiritual roots, they stick to their laid-back attitude, using nothing but a storage ring to sell fruit from all over the world. They disrupt the market, bringing farmers profits, driving middlemen up the wall, and drawing eager invitations from tourism bureaus. 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There were tears and laughter, it was heartwarming and loving.

31. 81 六 The 1960s: I Went from One Job to Another 六零：我工作换了一个又一个 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + temporary-worker System + everyday life + building a career] Qin Manxue transmigrates. She looks at the neighborhood office right in front of her, then at the poisonous best friend who’s talking her into going to the countryside. Qin Manxue kicks her flying, then dusts off her hands. “Hmph! She and her Beijing household registration are staying together for good. No one’s splitting us up. There’s no way I’m going to the countryside.” A job? No need to look for one. The temporar 31.5kReads8.6Score3.2kShelves
32. 82 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves

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    I came across this on a short drama series; it was pretty good. There's no romantic pairing, and the female lead is quite independent and strong-willed.

33. 83 华 Chinese Showbiz: Starting in 2002, I Write My Way to Stardom 华娱：从02开始，执笔星途 Moonwood Tassels月木流苏Modern Romance837k WordsOngoing Core tags: No romance, strong female lead, career-focused, urban fantasy, heated forum discussions, global box office queen, path to becoming the richest person alive At nineteen, she won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival from the start. People thought she was just lucky. No one knew this was only the beginning. From director to industry mogul, from Golden Bear winner to the richest person alive. Wang Yufei needed only two years. Some said she was using cheats. She laughed. “I’m not 8.6kReads6.5Score538Shelves

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    Beautiful, I love watching it! 👀🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

34. 84 魂 Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman 魂归香江：从裁缝铺到女首富 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted [1980s + strong heroine + academic ace + business warfare + Hong Kong] In her previous life, she had a photographic memory, but her heart could stop at any moment. As her heart stopped beating, she thought, “Next life, I don’t want to be human.” When she opened her eyes again, she was Lin Ying, nine years old, having spent nine years in a daze. Today, her soul had finally returned. The spirit medium had divined it three times: “She won’t leave again. You were always yourself. You were just put i 212.9kReads8.6Score37.9kShelves
35. 85 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 154.5kReads9.0Score14.2kShelves
36. 86 带 I Take Trillions of Netizens Back to the Eighties to Rebuild the Nation’s Heavy Industry 带万亿网友回八零，重铸大国重工 Ling Tai Three Hearts灵台三心Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Industrial powerhouse + period setting + livestreaming + no heroine] After transmigrating to the Great Northwest in 1980, Lin Xi didn’t want to spend his life as a mere draftsman. When Mr. Qian tried to recruit him, he replied with astonishing boldness: “I’m not going to the design office. I want to make money at the labor services company!” He knew that without money, wind tunnels would shut down, projects would be cut, and the nation’s master craftsmen wouldn’t even be able to afford a new pa 66.4kReads9.2Score8.8kShelves
37. 87 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人，当然赚钱啊 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.5kReads8.9Score111Shelves

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    A completed, female-centric, career-driven novel set in a bygone era with no romantic pairing.

38. 88 快 Quick Transmigration: Living for Myself in a Period Novel 快穿之在年代文里做自己 Love Rainy Days Most最爱下雨天Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted (A few things to know: 1. Some stories have romance, and some don’t. 2. In some worlds, she visits the black market, and her golden finger keeps getting more powerful. 3. In some worlds, she serves her country and turns herself in. 4. The heroine is an ordinary person who grows over time and has principles. This isn’t a power fantasy about an unstoppable female lead mowing everyone down.) Synopsis: Ye Xiaoxiao is a struggling web-novel author. She’s either reading novels or on her way to writin 16.9kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves

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    A five-star masterpiece, well worth watching.

39. 89 刚 Just Arrived in Republican-Era China, I Have Nothing but Money 刚到民国，除了钱，一无所有 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Ning transmigrated into a series of novels set in the Republic of China era. The good news: she had a System. Better yet, the System's reward pool held a full ten billion. Once she spent it all, Su Ning could return to the modern era and live happily as a billionaire. The bad news: the System was called "The Rich Are Heartless"... In the turbulent Republic of China, she had to play a villain who was rotten to the core. Determined to stay alive, Su Ning racked her brains to become relatives wi 97.7kReads8.7Score10.7kShelves

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    The first one is set in the Republican era and is currently unromantically romantic, which is great. The second one has a male lead, but he's an adopted son-in-law, and he's not described much.

40. 90 侯 A Marquis Reborn as a Village Girl in the Seventies 侯爷穿成了年代小村姑 Three Colors三采Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted In the 1950s, Lin Zhile was one of the Lin family's four golden flowers, the youngest daughter kept at home by her parents so they could find her a live-in husband. Just before graduating from vocational school, the boy she liked turned her down. Heartbroken and consumed by anxiety over her future partner, she accidentally fell into the water on her way home. She came down with a fever that night and died. In the Great Yan Dynasty, Lin Zhile was a marquis who disguised herself as a man. To prev 2.7kReads8.2Score173Shelves
41. 91 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 78.8kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    A super good historical novel; the author is very meticulous.

42. 92 六 The Siheyuan Compound in the 1960s: I'm Eight, but I Have Twenty Years of Work Experience? 六零大杂院，我八岁二十年工龄？ Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Big Courtyard] [Comedy] [A Kid with an Adult's Mind] [Everyday Warmth] [Leisurely Days] [Over-the-Quota Family] [Space] (The story has progressed into the 1970s.) What can you do after waking up in 1960, an era of shortages and hunger? Baogen says that as long as you have the right mindset, nothing is impossible. First, he needs to get his hands on six stripes. The story begins at the big courtyard at No. 67, Little Suzhou Alley, just one street away from Nanluoguxiang. An old 24.6kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
43. 93 八 An Ordinary Life for a Girl Born in the Eighties 八零后女孩的平凡人生 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [No transmigration] [No rebirth] [No golden finger] [Rural life in the 1980s] [A small ensemble cast] [Family squabbles] [Gentle and heartwarming] Xu Congcong and Xu Mingming are sisters born in the 1980s. They are lucky to have a grandma and father who love them unconditionally, as well as a mother whose personality is a little complicated but who loves them just as much. Sheltered by their whole family, the sisters grow up carefree. Through the sisters’ coming-of-age story, this novel traces t 3.3kReads9.2Score245Shelves

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    It's not frustrating, there's no romantic pairing, and the writing and logic are both good.

44. 94 七 A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te 13kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
45. 95 七 The 1970s: My Little One Gets Rich With a Shameless System 七零：崽崽靠着缺德系统暴富啦！ May We Last as Long as the Moon随明月而长终Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed (Era Setting + No Romance + Truly Little Kid Protagonist + Mischievous Kid + Clueless + No Catfighting) (Daily Life + System + Lucky Charm + Beloved by All + Only Child + Olympic Champion) Original title: The 1970s: The Kid Gets Rich with a System Full of Flaws! P.S. After chapter 42, there are basically no awful people. There aren’t many in the early chapters either, just two, and they won’t keep showing up. Told mainly from the kid’s point of view, full of her daily life, with lots a 16.9kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
46. 96 那 That Year, That Feeling, That Love 那年那情那爱 Ling Yun yhs凌云yhsModern Romance182k WordsCompleted In a remote village in the Northeast in the late 1980s, the three Xia brothers, the three Gao sisters, and the youngest Gao brother find themselves caught up in the tangled grievances and romances of a group of talented people born in the 1970s, whose ambitions have gone unfulfilled. The refined eldest Xia brother marries a stubborn woman; the martial second brother marries a gentle, elegant woman burdened with serious illnesses. After the highly intelligent and socially adept third Xia brother 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A period drama, realistic, and inspiring emotional story about women!

47. 97 打 A Working Girl’s Seven Hundred Days 打工妹的七百多天 Ling Yun yhs凌云yhsModern Romance147k WordsOngoing In the rural Northeast of the 1990s, Hai Qionghua graduated from high school, but with her sick mother bedridden and no money to pay the application fee, she couldn’t sit the college entrance exam. It became her lifelong regret. Determined to earn her own money and return to school to attend university, she left home alone and went to the city to find work. During her two years there, she met a group of lovely young city dwellers. As she navigated tangled relationships and sincere friendships wi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 折 A Woman Reborn After Losing Her Wings 折翼重生的女人 Ling Yun yhs凌云yhsModern Romance31k WordsCompleted Hei Ya is a country girl who moves to the city and falls in love at first sight with a city boy named Qingchuan. Because of prejudice and convention, both sets of parents strongly oppose the relationship, and Hei Ya’s first love is cut short. She then gets pregnant and marries an ordinary man. Their minds are never on the same wavelength, leaving her emotional life stifled and her material life in hardship. In the end, the heroine Hei Ya is forced to divorce and raise her daughter alone, struggl 2Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 99 回 Back to 1968: I Won't Be a Baby-Making Tool 回到1968：我不当送子工具人 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance643k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Women's awakening] [Political career] [Scientific research] [Pocket dimension] [No child-rearing] [Ensemble cast] [Reborn] Xie Yun, a modern orphan, returns to 1968 and becomes Xie Yun, a country girl raised by a widowed mother, with an exceptionally capable younger brother named Xie Shen. She discovers that she hasn't just transmigrated through time, she's also transmigrated into a book: a story about a stepmother raising children, where she is the first 9.4kReads9.3Score756Shelves

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    Historical fiction, no romantic pairing.

50. 100 白 Jinyu, Daughter of the Bai Family 白家之女瑾瑜 Ying Yin影荫Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted Set between the late 1940s and the late 1970s, this story follows a wealthy family in Huayang Ancient Town, Anqing, Anhui. Amid the political turmoil, the male lead is forced to leave for a foreign country, leaving the female lead and her mother behind. For the more than twenty years they live without a father's presence, mother and daughter face obstacle after obstacle, but fortunately receive help from benefactors along the way. In the end, they not only reclaim the Bai family's ancestral home 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend these two period novels. They're not frustrating, not mindless, and there's no romantic pairing. You might want to check them out!

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