Looking for Historical-Era Novels!!!!!! 求年代文！！！！！！

1. 201 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I'm Done Being the Chen Family's Workhorse 重生八零，我不当陈家的牛马了 Green Mountains Drape Themselves in White Snow青山披白雪Modern Romance251k WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Putting a Wicked Mother-in-Law in Her Place] + [Building Wealth] Lu Xiuxiu died at thirty-eight in the dark, damp woodshed at her husband's family home. As she lay dying, she heard her mother-in-law, Liu Jinfeng, chatting with someone outside while cracking melon seeds. Her voice was shrill and bright as she said that the jinx was finally gone, and they wouldn't have to waste food on her anymore. Her husband, Chen Shouye, never showed his face. Only later did she learn that on that v 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I've been watching it lately, I'm following it closely.

2. 202 年 The Cannon-Fodder Wife of the Era 年代炮灰原配 Working to Retire Sooner上班为了快点退休Female-Channel Fanfiction658k WordsCompleted Lots of comments, A doomsday heroine transmigrates into a book as Zhang Guilan. Divorced, robbed of her achievements, slandered, and driven to her death. Zhang Guilan's life showed exactly what it meant to be devoured by the old rules. Her husband climbed the social ladder and left her behind, while her son earned a distinction that was claimed by his so-called son-in-law. She endured every injustice, but could not escape the poisoned arrow her closest companion fired at the end. In that era, a 70Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Inspired by the story of "Our Parents' Love," this story features a female protagonist who is reborn after the apocalypse and has a special ability to overcome obstacles; the theme is very popular.

3. 203 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Lin Wanwan’s Life Raising Children 重生六零：林晚晚养娃日常 The Fluffed-Up Cat炸毛的猫咪Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn + raising kids + pocket dimension + golden finger + farming + making a fortune] One day, she was reborn as the mother of two children, suddenly saddled with two kids who looked like beggars. After a moment of speechless disbelief, she rolled up her sleeves. With a supermarket in her pocket dimension, how could she fail to raise two children? But when the children's hulking father showed up, her life changed. She had planned for them to go their separate ways, but before long, she found h 5.6kReads8.9Score436Shelves

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   These are all period novels with spatial elements, they're quite good!

4. 204 六 Raising Kids in the 1960s: A Leisurely Retirement in Another Era 六零养崽：换个时空悠闲养老 Shu Qiao叔乔Modern Romance959k WordsCompleted (Period piece + transmigration + supermarket space + devoted couple + adorable child + lighthearted + cozy) Lin Hanyi was living the good life in modern times, enjoying her retirement, when she transmigrated into the body of a girl with the same name in the 1960s. The girl belonged to a truly awful family deep in the mountains, and the circumstances of Lin Hanyi’s arrival were painfully awkward. Waaah! She felt as if the heavens were out to get her. Luckily, her supermarket had come along too. O 3.1kReads9.0Score276Shelves
5. 205 醒 I Woke Up as the Mother of Five Children in the 1970s 醒来，我竟成了七零五个孩子的妈 After Sailing Through a Thousand Sails千帆历尽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Farming, a heroine who shines on her own and builds a career, no romance. In this resource-poor decade of the 1970s, you needed grain coupons to buy food and meat coupons to buy meat. Once the heroine’s space comes into play, she has everything she needs to get rich through speculation. Her husband dies in a mining accident, leaving behind five unruly children. A good-for-nothing’s daughter wants to marry into the family and be treated like a queen? Not a chance! A scheming city-educated youth t 510Reads8.4Score—Shelves
6. 206 七 The 1970s: The Sweet Young Military Wife Clears Out Her Enemy's Wealth to Raise Her Child 七零：娇娇军嫂搬空仇人钱财养崽 Talking Rabbits Is No Ordinary Thing谈兔不凡Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + space + stockpiling supplies + heiress from a capitalist family + doted on by her family + face-slapping the scumbags + clearing out the house + joining her husband at his post + medical skills + raising kids + marriage first, love later] Tang Wan, who comes from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and loves business so much she opened a shopping mall, never imagined she could choke to death while drinking water. Fortunately, she had the foresight to stock 24.2kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
7. 207 七 The 1970s: I Changed the Tragic Fate of the Second Male Lead 七零：悲惨男二的命运被我改变了 Buddha of the Western Heaven西天佛老Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [1970s + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + getting rich] Lin Qichi transmigrates into a book, becoming the ill-fated ex-wife of the tragic second male lead, a troublesome woman who never knew when to quit. The ex-wife barely gets a mention, and she dies young. Lin Qichi refuses to believe that’s how things have to go. Faced with a bare house and the miserable life ahead of her, she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work. Money makes money, and goods bring in more goods. Life just keep 665Reads8.7Score100Shelves
8. 208 被EN He Can Hear My Thoughts—and Now I'm Dating the Second Male Lead! 被动读心后：我和男二在一起了！ Blueberry Jam Berry Jam蓝莓酱莓酱Modern Romance596k WordsCompleted Transmigrate once, become a god; transmigrate through generations, only to end up as cannon fodder! Saving the second male lead is impossible, but passive mind-reading is an option! Yao Tao likes He Zhen, the second male lead in She and Him and Him and Him. More accurately, she likes every gentle second male lead. So after transmigrating, she sensibly realizes she can’t save poor He Zhen, and settles for saving his body instead! A whole body is what holds together a shattered soul! Yao Tao sets 2kReads8.4Score175Shelves
9. 209 我 I Marry a Soldier and Live the Good Life, While My Stepsister Turns Evil Overnight 我靠军婚躺赢，继妹连夜黑化 Slacking-Off Director摸鱼总监Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted [Alternate Historical Setting + Both Reborn + Military Marriage + Pocket Dimension + Contrasting Fates + Lucky Charm] Yang Wangshu died, stabbed by her own half-sister, Yang Yuexiang! When she opened her eyes, she had returned to the time when they were first betrothed! “I choose Xiao Yunlong!” Yang Yuexiang announced smugly. She remembered how in her previous life she had chosen Cheng Yifeng, the tall and handsome fake heir, only to end up in an unhappy marriage and destitution! Meanwhile, 1.6kReads8.0Score124Shelves
10. 210 重 Reborn in the Space Before My House Is Taken 重生在空间，房子被夺前 Mu Cangcang牧苍苍Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Feng Qingqing only learned after her death that her cousin Jiang Yun was the one who had caused her entire family’s downfall. In her previous life, her cousin stole her spatial pendant, took her job, occupied her house, and even tricked her into going to the countryside. But her cousin still wouldn’t leave her alone. She hired someone to violate Qingqing, but Qingqing was rescued by the man who would later become her husband. After they married, her cousin had someone push her down a mountain, w 9.6kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
11. 211 书 Trapped in a Book in the 1970s: Too Soft to Resist 书穿七零：娇软推不倒 Little Tingting小亭婷Modern Romance603k WordsCompleted After accidentally drinking poison, Lin Jiao transmigrates into a period novel she'd read, one featuring a saintly heroine. She can only feel her vision going black again and again. There's no way she's going to be a cannon-fodder character. Absolutely not. 4.3kReads7.9Score215Shelves
12. 212 年 The Cannon Fodder Heroine in a Period Novel Quits Chasing Him, and the Male Lead Panics 年代文女炮灰不追后，男主他慌了 Phoenixes Sing in the Paulownia Tree凤鸣梧桐Modern Romance499k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi transmigrates into a book, landing in a period revenge novel she hasn’t even finished reading. By some stroke of luck, she gets a loving family in this life; by some cruel twist, she’s a minor cannon-fodder character! Ahhh! The male lead was already cold toward her, and now the reborn heroine is watching her like a hawk. Help! Knowing only the general direction of the plot, Lin Zhizhi just wants to protect her family. She firmly decides to stay away from the male and female leads and 5kReads8.2Score532Shelves
13. 213 六 A 1960s Local Learns the Plot 六零当土著知晓剧情 Little Spirit Dog小灵犬Modern Romance481k WordsCompleted Ming Yueshu has only been in the city for a few days, enjoying the good life after her father brings her there, when her younger half-brother pushes her down the stairs and she hits her head. While she's unconscious, a so-called transmigrated woman arrives to fight her for control of her body. After a struggle, Ming Yueshu destroys her. As a result, she gains the woman's memories and a thirty-square-meter pocket space. She learns that her world is a book, and that her scumbag father brought her 4.5kReads8.0Score350Shelves
14. 214 傻 Silly Girl Doesn't Deserve a Ghost Marriage, but the Cold-Faced Village Chief Wants Her 傻姑不配阴婚，冷面村长求娶 Ripples on Still Water静水涟漪Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted Tomato Original + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + family life + good-for-nothing’s comeback + cold-faced discharged soldier + older man + secret identity revealed + lovey-dovey romance + ghost marriage Foolish He Shuqing is pushed into a river by her aunt, who wants to drown her and use her corpse in a ghost marriage. But instead, she is saved by the cold-faced village chief! Foolish He Shuqing is dead, and her body now houses a 21st-century doctoral graduate in Chinese medicine, a 67Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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    Transmigrating to the 1970s, Wen Jingshu, armed with a limited-time flash sale system, rises from a lowly purchasing clerk at a supply and marketing cooperative to achieve a meteoric rise. She hoards scarce goods, secures large foreign trade orders, and spearheads the construction of an instant noodle factory, earning awards and promotions through sheer ability—her career skyrockets. With the support of her family, the story is richly detailed and full of satisfying moments, making it an increasingly addictive and enjoyable period drama.

16. 216 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.1kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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    This is not a typical sweet romance; it has elements of national sentiment, suspense, and mystery, with a strong dual protagonist. Welcome to the fandom!

17. 217 漂 The Beautiful Stepmother Makes a Comeback: Raising Kids in the 1970s 漂亮后妈要翻身，我在七零养崽崽 Purple Candy紫皮糖Modern Romance4.7M WordsOngoing Su Can was raised by her own mother to be fat, ugly, and not too bright. Her mother forced her to marry her younger sister's husband, a man with two paralyzed legs. When Su Can refused, she was starved for half a month, then sent to the village where he lived, barely clinging to life. She died of a serious illness. Su Can, a bodyguard, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and inherits this mess. Their home is bare, with no money and not even enough food. With a disabled soldier for a husband a 76.9kReads9.2Score3kShelves
18. 218 逼 You Want to Force Me to the Countryside? This Mechanic's Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？机械军嫂，搬空你全家 Crazy Bottle疯狂的瓶子Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [1970s + Two Superpowers + Mechanical Genius + Military Marriage + Putting Jerks in Their Place] Su Qingyuan, a top mechanical genius from the post-apocalyptic era and a powerful wielder of both wood and lightning abilities, had just completed a controlled nuclear fusion project when she opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into the body of a pitiful doormat in 1970s China. Her scumbag father and stepmother want her to give up her job to her stepsister, forcing her to marry an old bac 163Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 七 The 1970s: A Substitute Bride in a Military Marriage, Solving Cases and Becoming Legendary 七十年代：替嫁军婚，破案封神 Crazy Bottle疯狂的瓶子Mystery359k WordsCompleted At the military hospital, Lu Beiting looked at his brand-new little wife and warned her coldly, “You’re just here for show.” Su Mo nodded obediently, but at the case analysis meeting, she turned around and left the entire security department speechless with a string of professional terms. From a body hanging high above the ground, she spotted details everyone else had missed and drew an accurate portrait of the killer, stunning everyone in the room. Lu Beiting realized that his wife could not on 70Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 220 大 Great Qin: I Reveal from the Start That I Transmigrated, Leaving Ying Zheng Stunned 大秦：开局自曝穿越者，嬴政麻了 The Production Team's Donkey ③生产队的驴③Historical2.9M WordsCompleted Good news: It’s finally my turn to transmigrate! Bad news: I’ve transmigrated to the end of the Qin dynasty. In five years, the First Emperor will die, and the realm will descend into chaos as heroes vie for supremacy. Good news: Five years is plenty of time to build up my strength and lie low while I grow. Bad news: The Black Ice Terrace has burst through my door. “Chen Qing, your case has come to light!” Good news: Your Majesty, I’m a transmigrator from the year 2200! I know the future of Grea 16.5kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
21. 221 历 Historical War of Nations: The Yellow Turban Rebellion from the Start 历史国战：开局黄巾起义 Lazy Fish Never Turns Over咸鱼丶不翻身Urban1.8M WordsOngoing (History + nation-versus-nation war + famous generals + livestreaming + national destiny + political scheming + passion) The historical nation-versus-nation war begins. Having lost its historical records, Huaxia forfeited the initiative and spent twenty years mired on the battlefield, losing all its accumulated strength. Li Chen, who transmigrated here, is inexplicably chosen as the sixteenth contestant. Bearing the name of Huaxia, he enters the battlefield to fight for a glimmer of hope. Lookin 68.6kReads9.0Score5.5kShelves
22. 222 大 Great Ming: I Protest to the Death from the Start, and Zhu Yuanzhang Begs Me to Stop 大明：开局死谏，朱元璋求我别送 Mysterious Spice神秘的香辛料Historical769k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the Hongwu Emperor game scenario, he gains the talents [Loyal Soul Through a Hundred Lifetimes] and [Pain Suppression]. He gives his all and dies without regret, possessing puppets to deliver remonstrance after remonstrance, until he becomes “the Ming dynasty’s toughest thorn in the side”! Every death only makes him more impossible to erase. Instead, his righteous spirit spreads throughout the Ming court. The officials tremble: “How is this remonstrance? He’s practicall 1.6kReads8.3Score187Shelves
23. 223 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Heiress Marries an Officer With Her Child 重生六零：资本家小姐带崽嫁军官 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Period drama + capitalist heiress + military marriage + raising a child In her previous life, Wen Shuning, the daughter of a wealthy capitalist family, was betrayed by her closest relatives. They seized her family fortune, and she died tragically on a farm while pregnant. Her spirit drifted to Hong Kong, where she saw her scumbag father’s family living high on the hog with her family’s wealth, while her cheating ex and his lover had a house full of children. Reborn, she awakened at last and acte 1.5kReads6.7Score156Shelves

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    These are all period dramas; you can check them out when you're looking for something to read.

24. 224 穿 Transmigrated as a Lucky Wife in the 1970s, I Used My Pocket Dimension to Make My Husband a Rich Man 穿成七零小福妻，空间养夫成首富 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted [Completed + 1970s + pocket dimension + educated youth + college entrance exams + making a fortune + raising a child] Blood drips onto the jade pendant, activating the pocket dimension. Strangely, she starts to foresee that she’s about to transmigrate. She promptly sells off her assets, stocks up on tens of millions’ worth of supplies, and waits for fate to arrive. When she opens her eyes again, it’s 1972. The original owner died of a high fever, and to keep her family from noticing anything was 449Reads6.4Score106Shelves
25. 225 搬 Clearing Out the Family Fortune, the Capitalist Heiress Marries a Commander After Joining the Army 搬空祖产，资本家小姐随军嫁首长 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted (Complete + Historical Era + Military Marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling Supplies + Capitalist Heiress + Love Grows Over Time + Devoted Husband + Triplets) Chen Shuang transmigrates into a period novel and becomes the most pampered capitalist heiress in Shanghai. In the book, a political storm is on the horizon, and predators lurk all around her. Her uncle's family murders her parents, steals a century's worth of the Chen family's savings, and escapes to Hong Ko 2.5kReads7.3Score226Shelves
26. 226 重 Reborn in the Sixties: I Rule Hong Kong Island 重生六零：我在港岛当女王 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance597k WordsCompleted Jiang Shuwan perished along with the Zombie King at the end of the world, but brought her max-level powers and unlimited storage space with her when she landed in 1966, in the body of an orphan whose parents had died. Faced with the turbulent times, she decisively took all one hundred chests of family treasures out of hiding, used her status as an educated youth as a cover, and made her way to Bao'an County. There, she boarded a fishing boat bound for Hong Kong with several smugglers. Thanks to 1kReads6.1Score142Shelves
27. 227 随 After Joining the Army, the Stern Officer Spoils His Wife 随军后，冷面军官宠妻成瘾 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance647k WordsOngoing [Beautiful, Proud Painter x Stern, Love-Struck Officer] Su Yuan never imagined that after returning home, she would be greeted not by her parents' embrace, but by the cruel reality that they were about to be sent away for reeducation. To avoid getting caught up in trouble, she was hurriedly sent to the countryside. The hands that once held paintbrushes were forced to take up sickles and hoes. They were cut, blistered, and tormented day after day, while her delicate skin could barely withstand th 565Reads6.3Score100Shelves
28. 228 守 The Two Heroes of the Yang Family Defend the Yellow River 守黄河杨家双雄 Old Rat from Neiqiu内丘的老老鼠Historical693k WordsCompleted The Yellow River roars as Khitan cavalry smash through Yanmen Pass, leaving half of the Northern Song’s realm on the brink of disaster! The Yang family of Linzhou has spent three generations building an unyielding Great Wall along the Yellow River with their own flesh and blood. Yang Wudi, Yang Ye, leads his troops in holding the Yellow River crossing, covering hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians as they cross. He fights until he is captured, then refuses food for three days to sho 484Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Volcano River: A Chronicle of the Yang Family Father and Son

29. 229 火 Volcano River: The Five-Hundred-Year-Old Haichao Chan Temple 火山河：五百年古刹海潮禅寺 Old Rat from Neiqiu内丘的老老鼠Historical385k WordsCompleted The Yellow River bends through northwestern Jin. Outside the South Gate of the old county town of Hequ lies a five-hundred-year-old temple, Haichao Chan Temple. During the Ming Wanli era, a mother and her son saw that the mountains surrounded the area and streams wound through it, a secluded, pristine place. They cleared the land, built cave dwellings, and sculpted a golden statue of Guanyin. Thus began Haichao Nunnery. This sacred site of Guanyin was named for the sea tide, and its incense offe 3Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 230 都 The Great Void Return-and-Store Cultivation Technique 都市修仙类太虚归藏诀 Dream Eyes Sky梦眼睛天Urban347k WordsCompleted 1. Lin Mo: A youthful figure with black hair tied back, chaos divine light swirling in his eyes. His white robes are stained with blood, and he kills without hesitation. A Chaos Spirit Pearl hangs at his chest, while the spiritual energy of the Great Void circles around him. A modern xianxia youth, cold and fiercely protective. 2. Su Xueyao: A cool, aloof beauty in white, with long dark hair falling over her shoulders and skin as flawless as ice and jade. Her refining energy gathers frost. Her g 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 231 离 After Our Divorce, the Trillionaire CEO Put Out a Worldwide Manhunt for Me 离婚后，千亿女总裁满世界通缉我 Squirrel Who Writes码字的松鼠Urban243k WordsCompleted [Invincible]+ [Misunderstandings]+ [Comedy]+ [Pure Romance] Before ascending, his master warned him: “Ye Wudao, you’re absurdly powerful. The moment you use your strength, lightning will strike you, so remember to act like a weakling!” So Ye Wudao spent seven years at the Qin household as a meek “kept man.” One day, he noticed that his wife, Qin Bingyun, had changed her phone wallpaper to a masked sword immortal and was grinning foolishly at the screen. Worse, there were now several posters of t 8kReads7.1Score759Shelves
32. 232 超 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 117kReads9.6Score13.4kShelves
33. 233 废 Good-for-Nothing Heaven-Defying Summoner 废柴逆天召唤师 Mu Aiai慕艾艾Ancient Romance10.8M WordsCompleted Ye Xuanyue was once a top special forces soldier in her previous life. One day, she transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing daughter of the Ye family, a woman who was bullied to death by the world. But when she emerges again from a spirit tomb on the Spirit Martial Continent, she can command countless spirit beasts! Those who bullied, insulted, slighted, and scorned her will pay back twice over. Who says a good-for-nothing is useless? She’ll forge her own glorious path! A ten-thousand- 3.3kReads8.6Score456Shelves
34. 234 重 Back to the 1970s, I Rekindled My Marriage With My Yandere Husband 重回七零，与病娇老公举案齐眉 Bright as the Wind明媚如风Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Gu Xitong of Jingbei City was a successful woman who had it all, both in her career and family life. In her career, Gu Xitong built Huanyu Group from the ground up. The company spanned multiple industries, including healthcare, hotels, finance, and real estate. At home, she and her husband treated each other with respect, and they had an outstanding son. With everything going her way, Gu Xitong never expected to fall from a great height during an inspection of the group. As Gu Xitong lay at deat 16.9kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    They're all pretty good.

35. 235 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 32.7kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
36. 236 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s as the Village Tigress, I Call the Shots 穿越80母老虎，全村上下我做主 Your Dentures Just Flew Out你假牙飞出来了Modern Romance112k WordsOngoing Devoted husband, lighthearted comedy, doted-on heroine, and building a fortune. Su Xiaomo transmigrates to a rural village in northern Shaanxi in 1985. The name of this poor little village tells you everything: it must be desperately poor! The original owner was the village's notorious shrew, feared by everyone. Luckily, her family all dotes on her. She also has a handsome husband. But since she's transmigrated, this reputation could work to her advantage. Should she play along, or turn over a n 803Reads—Score115Shelves

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    I highly recommend these two new female-oriented historical fiction novels. Both are incredibly engaging from the very first few chapters, getting even more exciting as you read on! The first one, in particular, is incredibly immersive and hilarious—absolutely fantastic. Definitely worth reading!

37. 237 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零，我带着妈妈一起离婚 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you! 350Reads—Score109Shelves
38. 238 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Supporting Actress Builds Warplanes and Defies Her Fate 七零军婚：女配造战机撕碎炮灰命 Jin Xilan金汐澜Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Side Character Awakening] [Power Couple] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Military Marriage] [Both Leads Are Loyal in Body and Heart] Lan Huan accidentally took a fall and passed out. She had a dream and discovered that they were living inside a military romance novel. And she was nothing more than a nameless, doomed side character, brought in to make the male and female leads reunite, while also causing the second male lead to fall in love with the heroine at first sight. To stay alive, 2.2kReads—Score185Shelves

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    The female lead is constantly saving herself, saving others, and on her way to saving the male lead, hahaha.

39. 239 弃 Leaving Love Behind in the 1970s: The Doctor Goddess Orphan Is Doted on by the God of War 弃爱七零，医神孤女被战神独宠了 Gave It a Shake, and Got Yao摇了个瑶Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Others transmigrated to the 1970s, and Wen Sui'an did too! While others who transmigrated either latched onto powerful patrons or brought along a pocket dimension, Wen Sui'an was lucky enough to get the Qihuang System! She can only earn points by treating and saving people. No patients, no perks. The original owner was a timid pushover, arranged to share a household with Shen Yubai and look after two little ones. Her future stretched out before her, filled with grievances and thankless chores. S 9.2kReads8.1Score1kShelves

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    She's a barefoot doctor whose life was transformed through plastic surgery, going from an orphan sold for a dowry to the youngest attending physician at the military clinic. After curing her military fiancé, she was drugged and lured away by a fake heiress. She turned and left without crying, making a scene, or clinging on. Outside a villa in Guangzhou, she encounters for the second time the man who saved her from under the wheels of a car—Song Chengye. This time, she's going to pull this legless captain of the Wild Wolf Squad back up from the mud. 😘🙂😳[What?]

40. 240 七 My Biological Father Married into the Family in 1970, and I Became the Darling of the Top Students! 七零亲爸入赘后，我成学霸团宠！ Water That Can't Catch Fish追不上鱼的水Modern Romance835k WordsOngoing [1980s + Awakening + System + Top Student + Scientific Research + Everyday Family Life + Beloved by All] A heroine who loves studying and gossip × a sunny boy who struggles with school Six-year-old Shen Shiyu is loved by her parents and is the envy of every little girl in Dahe Village. But overnight, her parents divorce and her birth mother returns to the city. After cracking her head open, she awakens memories of her previous life and binds herself to a top-student System. Before she can roll 22.4kReads6.4Score2.1kShelves
41. 241 八 The 1980s: My Flash-Marriage Partner Is a Cold, Elite Beijing Official 八零：闪婚对象竟是京圈高冷干部 Zhimo芷沫Modern Romance494k WordsCompleted [Beloved heroine in a 1960s setting + Marriage Before Love + everyday life + slow-burn romance + abstinent official] Song Zhiyun died from exhaustion. In her previous life, she was a workaholic: classes during the day, a part-time job at night, and writing until the early hours. She had just managed to buy a house when she died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the precious only child of the Song family for six generations in the 1960s. She had lost her parents when she was very yo 26.3kReads6.5Score4.3kShelves
42. 242 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Tear My Scumbag Father to Shreds and Become a Secret Blade of the Nation 重生六零：手撕渣爹我成国家暗刃 Between the Morning and the Moon朝月间Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Reborn in the Era + Strong Heroine + Spatial Storage + Wish Fulfillment + Punishing Scoundrels + Military + Comeback + Revenge + Face-Slapping] In the winter of 1960, her mother dies in the fourteenth winter of waiting in vain for her husband. There is no wooden marker on the grave, only thirteen-year-old Zhou Hanxing, collapsed from hunger before the mound of yellow earth. She opens her eyes again, and a modern female soldier king's soul has bound itself to an entire shopping mall's worth o 121.9kReads8.9Score12.7kShelves
43. 243 重 Reborn in the 1970s, the Princess Follows Her Prince Consort to His Army Posting 重生七零，公主跟着驸马去随军了 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-modern transmigration + the 1970s + self-interest above all + a pampered, fussy little princess vs. a male lead who works hard to correct the heroine’s thinking and make her love her country and party] (Eight-year age gap) Wen Yuanzhi was the emperor’s most beloved little daughter, raised in the palm of his hand. When she came of age, the emperor granted her a princess’s residence, twice the size of the estates given to his other sons. Her consort was a young general who had just won 46.3kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves
44. 244 七 The Army Wife's Little Sister in the 1970s: Bound to a Lazybones System 七零随军小姑：绑定好吃懒做系统 Chrysanthemum Fish菊花鱼Modern Romance618k WordsOngoing [Reborn in the Womb + System + Beloved by All + Gossip + Period + Military Wife + Family Life + Transmigrate into a Book + Gourmet + Military Life + Daily Life] In her previous life, Su Xing worked herself to death from overwork in 2026. Her greatest dream in this life was to lie flat. Born in 1952, she became the village's notorious lazy glutton. She had gone to school, but couldn't earn work points or cook. She even got her eldest and second sister-in-law and her mother to slack off with her, 1.7kReads6.7Score144Shelves
45. 245 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Have a Powerful Father 重生港岛：我有一个大佬爹 A Little Bamboo Shoot Just Poking Its Head Out刚冒头的小竹笋Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Overworked office drone becomes a tycoon’s heiress + socialite by day, secret identity by night + former special forces captain shows up demanding she take responsibility] In her previous life, Lei Ting worked herself to death from overtime. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the eldest daughter of “Lei Half-City,” a Hong Kong tycoon in 1980. Her father was a legend who controlled both the underworld and the legitimate world. With four wives and six younger siblings, she was born 252Reads6.1Score104Shelves
46. 246 八 The Mixed-Race Beauty of the Eighties Returns Home to Become the Richest Woman 八零之混血娇女，归国做首富 Motang Listens to the Wind墨棠听风Modern Romance648k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Feel-Good + Tycoon + Building a Business + Everyday Life] After working overtime for half a month straight, Chu Linxi tragically drops dead on the job. When she wakes up again, she finds herself in America across the ocean in 1983, as a Chinese-American mixed-race woman. She now has American citizenship, something people in her era and even future generations envy. But after acquiring the Tycoon Game System, she immediately packs her bags and returns to China. China is in the m 4.5kReads6.7Score291Shelves
47. 247 一 One Glance, and She Stole My Heart; Every Night, I Want to Give Her My Life 一眼惊鸿，夜夜想把命给她 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period drama + feel-good romance + serving the motherland + bright, beautiful engineer meets a handsome wolfish military officer with a softer side] Song Qingci transmigrates. She finds herself in the 1960s, as a young woman heading to a military base to break off her arranged engagement. She expects her childhood betrothed to be a swarthy brute with a broad back, thick waist, and a fierce face. In reality, he’s a strikingly handsome young wolf with sharp features and a rugged charm. The co 73kReads8.2Score15.9kShelves
48. 248 穿 Transmigrated into a Sixties Cannon Fodder, She Wins Big with Six Languages 穿成六零炮灰，她靠六国语言赢麻了 Gentle Breeze微风不燥Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Meng Xiaoman finds herself inside a period novel, cast as a cannon-fodder supporting character who doesn’t even deserve a name. A wicked cousin? A hypocritical fiancé? A backstabbing friend? Get lost, all of you! What? The heroine hasn’t gone to the countryside yet? Does that mean... the heroine’s pocket dimension? I’ll take it! The heroine’s ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms? Mine! The heroine’s first bit of startup capital? Mine! Her planting space turns into storage space? No problem! She still h 21.8kReads7.2Score2.6kShelves
49. 249 六 A Military Marriage in the 1960s: The Charming Army Wife Has a Huge Fortune 六零军婚，娇魅军嫂有亿点点家产 Xuan Cong萱丛Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing New Book: Transmigrating to the 1960s in the Apocalypse, She Becomes the Compound's Darling "Female-led + sweet romance + period setting + military marriage + transmigrate + golden finger + System + a tiny bit of family wealth" Shen Mingzhu had just closed a major deal. She was about to collect a million-yuan bonus when she died in a car accident. When she opened her eyes again, she had not only transmigrated to the 1960s, but had become a married woman. And from the start, she got caught up in 9.9kReads8.7Score646Shelves
50. 250 七 The 1970s: I Just Want to Slack Off, Not Study 七零：我只想摆烂不想学习 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [No CP + Academic Prodigy + Growth-Oriented Heroine (Imperfect Character) + Science for the Nation] In her previous life, Xu Zhen worked herself to death with endless overtime. After transmigrating to the 1970s, all she wanted was to split off from the family as soon as possible and happily coast through life like a salted fish. She never expected a study System to come knocking. Eight hours of studying a day was the minimum, and now she had to work overtime too? Xu Zhen: I refuse! But refusing 7.2kReads9.1Score593Shelves

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