Novels like Reborn in the 1980s
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- 1 Reborn in a Warm Spring: Is the Village Beauty Really My Wife? 重生暖春，乡村美女是我老婆？ “For real?” After being single for over thirty years, he got a country girl for a wife for free after being reborn. Ten years as an internet addict and overworked wage slave, then a sudden death and rebirth in 1987. A decade of life as an overworked wage slave after college left Ma Dong utterly exhausted. In the end, he died suddenly from staying up too late. But when he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn in a parallel world much like the TV drama Warm Spring, which he had watched a 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Book by Zeyechuan 泽野川的一本书 He woke from a nap to find that a top soldier had become a country bumpkin in a rural village in the 1960s. His wife had died from the start, leaving him with three younger sisters-in-law and a mountain of debt. His poor relatives came knocking, each with their own schemes. Some had even set their sights on his beautiful younger sisters-in-law. Think they'll make him meekly give in? Not a chance! With all the skills he'd learned in the military, he was determined to make a good life for himself, 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Back to the Eighties 重回八零年代 Fang Yuan unexpectedly returns to the 1980s. To make up for the regrets of his previous life, he decides to use his knowledge of the future to build a fortune and give his wife and daughter a happy life. 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn: Back to the 1980s to Start a Business 重生：回到80年代创业 Chen Niansheng, the son of a migrant worker, is reborn as his adoptive father, Chen Guoying. He changes the course of his father’s life and creates an ambitious entrepreneurial success story for their era. Against the sweeping backdrop of the mid-1980s, follow the reborn Chen Guoying into the decade’s innocence and beauty as he faces the tides of change and builds a business empire and legend of his own... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Back to 1980 重回1980 Back to the 1980s, he makes up for a lifetime of regrets and climbs to new heights in life. 26Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 6 Reborn in the 1980s: From the Start, I Saved My Mother-in-Law from Suicide 重生八零，开局救下寻死的婆婆 In her previous life, she was a medical goddess adored by millions. Then, without warning, she died in a car accident. Reborn in the 1980s, she found herself in the body of a married village woman from the countryside, just as she was climbing over a wall. Wang Chuyou tore into the scheming women, outwitted her awful brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and devoted herself to her career. As if the heavens weren't already favoring her enough, they also gave her a handsome, long-legged, abstinent hus 4Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 7 Back to the Eighties 重回80年代 Reborn in 1978, Gu Chi starts from nothing. Using a small mountain village as his base, Gu Chi gradually sharpens his claws. He heads south and north, then expands east and west. Gu Chi’s business ventures spread across the country. Industry, entertainment, the internet, real estate… Gu Chi’s business empire encompasses everything. This is the story of Gu Chi starting from scratch and building a vast business empire… 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Reborn in 1979 重生一九七九年 In his previous life, he was a spoiled rich kid who took his devoted wife for granted and squandered his fortune. In the end, his family was destroyed, and he died alone! Reborn for a second life, it feels as though everything has come around again. He'll make up for the regrets of his past life this time, and won't let anyone down! 33Reads5.3Score314d adds
- 9 Reborn System: The 1990s’ Beautiful, Dazzling Wife 重生系统：九零娇妻，美又飒 [Rebirth, sweet romance, one-on-one] “In her previous life, Xia Ran was blind and foolish, and let down the man who never married anyone else for her sake. Reborn, Xia Ran opens her eyes, kicks the scumbag to the curb, makes the other woman suffer, and clings to the man she betrayed in her previous life, refusing to let go. Lu Feng: ‘Honey, you're acting weird. I'm scared.’ Xia Ran: ‘I'm not a ghost. What are you scared of?’ Lu Feng: ‘I'm scared you'll leave me.’ Xia Ran: ‘...’” 4Reads6.3Score114d adds
- 10 Reborn in 2004: A Flood of Fortune 重生2004之财源滚滚 Reborn in 2004: A Fortune That Keeps Growing 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn in 1979 重生1979 [Rags-to-riches rise] + [Sister-obsessed doting brother] This is the story of Chu Ge, who had finally made it into the top 100 of the global rich list, dreaming himself back to 1979. (The plot unfolds slowly, so please be patient.) 332Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn in 1986 重生1986 Li Lijuan lived an utterly ordinary life, but then she returned to her childhood. When she experienced all those things she hadn't understood back then all over again, she realized how much she had overlooked. Surely she could avoid at least some of those regrets this time. 579Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 13 Reborn in the Age of Frenzy 重生狂飙时代 Chen Zi returns to 1992 and builds an empire of intelligent technology and industry, competing on equal footing with Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Intel, Toyota, and General Motors. He wages a life-or-death battle against Soros and the Tiger Fund, steers the development of the internet, and takes control of the economy. He charges ahead with unstoppable flair, building a life of distinction. And he will become the star of this era! He wants to say to an age brimming with opportunity: I'm here to co —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn in 1987, I Set Up a Street Stall and Become the World's Richest 重生1987，摆地摊成世界首富 Chen Yong transmigrates and is reborn, rising from a good-for-nothing to a trailblazer of his age! When the pathetic Chen Yong catches his wife betraying him, he leaps from a high-rise in despair, only for a soul from another world to arrive by chance: another Chen Yong, with the same name but great ambitions! Reborn in 1987, a golden age full of opportunity and challenge, he vows to rewrite his fate and leave the humiliations of the past behind. Divorce is the first spark of his new life. It se 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Road to Becoming a Tycoon Begins with Working in Reborn Singapore 首富从重生新加坡打工开始 A senior white-collar worker from the city unexpectedly returns to 1994, to his days working overseas in Singapore. He suddenly realizes that he’s on the eve of an era about to sweep across the world, with opportunities everywhere and a royal flush in his hand! He had planned to make his first fortune in women’s lingerie, but never expected it to come from one of his own pillowcases. He also runs headlong into a wealthy Nanyang Peranakan family and gets caught up in an ambiguously romantic story 49Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 16 Meat at Every Meal, and Grandma's Family Is Furious! 顿顿吃肉，奶奶一家气疯了！ In his previous life, he became a sucker just to marry the woman of his dreams. His family was ruined, and he ended up raising another man's son. Given a second chance at life, he refuses to be a sucker again. He dumps the gold-digging woman and decides to help his whole family make money, build a fortune, and create a better life. 399Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 17 Reborn: I'm Done Being a Simp, and I Avoid the Class Beauty 重生不再做舔狗，见了班花绕着走 (Period piece + reborn with no System + no simping + entrepreneurship + hard work + making a fortune + defying fate) At 55, the spineless Yang Jianfeng is standing on a rooftop with his coworkers, demanding their unpaid wages, when he is knocked off the building. He unexpectedly gets reborn in 1993. Since he has a chance to start over, he certainly won't repeat his past mistakes. He'll stay away from the class beauty, choose true love, and save his sister, who died young. He'll join forces w 1.2kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 18 A Lifelong Journey: Zhou Bingkun Reborn 人世间：周秉昆重生 [A Period Novel, Full of Human Warmth, No System, Not a Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] Qin Ming woke up to find he had transmigrated into the 1990s. His home was bare, and he was dirt-poor, but he had a beautiful wife who was as lovely as a flower. After the initial shock, he gradually calmed down. A second life comes with a debt of karma. Now that he had taken over someone else's body, how could he repay this connection? In the end, he decided to change his life and make up for all the regrets Z —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 A Transmigrator’s Guide to Getting Rich in the 1970s 穿越七零致富经 Gu Zhiyi used to get by doing nothing but eating and waiting to die, serving as a family mascot in the era of the Star Network. After transmigrating to China in the 1970s, he discovers that a world without supernatural abilities is simply too much fun. So he uses his own powers to set out on the path to wealth. 84Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn in 1981: Build Wealth by Marrying a Young Educated Woman 重生81，从娶女知青发家致富 [Rebirth + Period Fiction + Rural Prosperity + Urban Farming + Entrepreneurship] Zhao Feiyu was reborn. He returned to 1981. This time, when Zhang Xiaorou said, “Let’s get married!” Zhao Feiyu’s eyes filled with tears. He held the woman before him tightly and said, “I will.” Heaven had finally answered his prayers. The regrets of his past life made Zhao Feiyu want to throw his head back and shout now that he had returned to 1981! In this life, he wouldn’t let tragedy happen again. With his all-k 37Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 21 Reborn in 1975: Marrying a Young Intellectual and Rising to the Top 重生75：从娶知青开始走上巅峰 In his previous life, Jiang Chao's cousin married a gentle, demure city girl who was soft and delicate, while Jiang Chao married the village beauty he had grown up with. Everyone envied his cousin for marrying a woman from the city, but after the wedding, she threatened to kill herself rather than sleep with him. Meanwhile, just a month after Jiang Chao's wedding, he became a father, and he rode the spring breeze to make his fortune. A fire took the lives of both Jiang Chao and his cousin, and t 497Reads5.6Score11314d adds
- 22 Transmigrate to 1970 穿越1970 One heroine, a pocket dimension, no System This is the story of a post-90s generation person who transmigrates to the 1970s. Armed with memories of the future, they use their foresight to rise to the top in this perilous era. 421Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 23 A Second Chance at Life, Starting in 1976 重活一世从1976开始 Xiao Qiang, buried in debt, died amid poverty and illness. Reborn at the age of eight in 1976, he resolves to get into a good university, find the first love he missed in his previous life, help his family and friends change their fates, earn more money, and give his family a completely different life. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Reborn in 1984: This Time, I'm Devoted to My Wife 重生84：这次我选择做老婆奴 Everyday life + career success and getting rich + a wealthy family + no awful relatives In 1984, the winds of reform swept fiercely across the land of China. What kind of life will Li Weimin, reborn into this turbulent and magnificent era, make for himself? According to later-day statisticians, a great many Chinese tycoons came from Kaoshantun, a small village in the north, and every one of their fortunes was tied to Li Lao'er. 21Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 25 Reborn as a Nobody 重生我是小人物 He inexplicably returns to 2005 and vows to work hard to earn lots and lots of money, give the woman he loves a good life, let his parents enjoy their golden years, and turn his company into an industry giant. Drawing on the memories in his mind, he makes his fortune in finance. He earns huge returns by investing in entertainment, then puts that money into real businesses. He leverages the IT industry to break into even more fields. He grows his company and takes it global, making it a source of 2Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn in 1983: It All Started When I Was Forced to Take a Wife 重生1983，从被迫娶媳妇说起 Lu Chuan is reborn, returning to a small mountain village in 1983. When the Xiao family comes asking for him to marry into their household, he makes them a promise: “In this life, we won't divorce. The only way we'll part is if one of us dies!” In his previous life, his hesitation led to his younger brother becoming an idiot, his younger sister hating him, and his parents dying young. Xiao Ya, too, was left miserable by his “soft rejection.” She never married, became an old maid, and eventually 1.1kReads5.6Score—14d adds
- 27 1986: Restarting Life 1986：重启人生 [Reborn + Period Piece + No System + No Stupidity + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Slow Pace + Everyday Farming] Li Haichuan is reborn in 1986, returning to that passionate era. He thinks the first thing he should do is break up with his first love... 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 28 Zhang Hongjun's Story Begins in 1975 张红军从1975开始 Modern man Zhang Hongjun transmigrates into the body of Zhang Hongjun, a young intellectual sent down to the countryside and living in a communal compound. He begins a life that feels like being reborn. He has cried, laughed, and made a scene, all to cast off his status as the abandoned son and reach the pinnacle of life. 127Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn in 1983: Sister-in-Law, I'm Back 重生1983：嫂子，我回来了 Synopsis: Song Fei is reborn in 1983, when he is 21. Matchmaker Sun comes to his door to propose that he marry a simple-minded village girl, but he flatly refuses! Liu Nong comes to collect a debt from his sister-in-law, Ma Yueying, and Song Fei immediately promises to repay it for her. Riding the wave of reform, he builds a thriving business and gives his sister-in-law a taste of warmth. His sister-in-law won't marry, and Song Fei won't take a wife. Rumors spread throughout the village. Ma Yuey 200Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 30 Reborn in 1975: Shaping the Future of the Countryside 重生1975，在乡村引领时代 Lin Yu is the scourge of the whole compound. He digs up bachelors’ graves, barges into widows’ homes, steals candy from children, and gropes women. “Hated by everyone” doesn’t even begin to describe him. At last, justice catches up with him: the Red Armbands arrest him and charge him with hooliganism. With his father Lin Qingshan pulling strings, Lin Yu manages to save his life. His sentence is commuted to labor reform, but just as he’s about to leave, he’s sent to the countryside as an educated 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Huang Gou and the Yellow Dog 黄苟与黄狗 Born in the countryside, Huang Gou leaves the impoverished land and the remote mountain ravines for the bustling city, all in the name of survival. Society, that great university, wears away the sharp edges of his youthful dreams, and in the end, he is buried in the yellow earth of the mountains. Just as the saying goes: in youth, you’re as fierce as a dog; in middle age, you’re worse off than a dog; and in old age, you’re lower than a dog... —Reads—Score114d adds
- 32 Reborn: Back to the 1980s 重生：回到80年代 [No System, no brainless characters, no harem, a proper ending. Read with confidence!] Chen Mo, a renowned angel investor, is unexpectedly reborn in the 1980s. He soon discovers that the original Chen Mo was a good-for-nothing who spent his days drinking and gambling. To pay off his gambling debts, he was even planning to sell his seven-year-old sister, while his wife, who had lost all hope in life, had decided to leave him. Faced with this situation, Chen Mo draws on his past life's experience 429Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 33 Back to 1983 重回一九八三 To live the kind of life others envied, Qin Xiaoyou carefully schemed to get close to a man while drunk. He married her out of a sense of responsibility, but ruined her life all the same. The beatings, insults, and abuse didn't matter. She had brought it on herself, and had no one else to blame. What Qin Xiaoyou couldn't bear was being ignored by this man for ten years. She couldn't accept it. Why should she have to live this way? With a heart full of resentment, she closed her eyes and stopped 326Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 34 Weeping at My Wife and Daughter's Graves, I Am Reborn in 1983 跪在老婆女儿坟墓前哭，重生八三 [The short drama “1983: Turning the Tables, No Longer a Good-for-Nothing” is now available] (Reborn in the 1980s + scumbag reforms + 1v1 romance + doting dad gets rich) In his previous life, Yang Fan was a good-for-nothing, disliked by everyone, until his wife and daughter died and he finally came to his senses. But by then, his family had already fallen apart. No matter how much money he made afterward, he was still all alone. Yang Fan thought he would have to leave this life with those regrets 726Reads8.7Score10514d adds
- 35 Reborn in 1980: I Eat Meat Every Day and Make the Villagers Drool 重生80，天天吃肉，馋哭乡亲们 [City life + farming + reborn + period setting + repentant scumbag + doting dad + pocket dimension] In his previous life, Li Fugui became addicted to gambling and beat his wife and daughter every day. His wife finally couldn't take it anymore and jumped into the river with their daughter. He later came to his senses, worked hard, and became a billionaire, but losing his wife and daughter remained a lifelong regret. One day, he fell asleep clutching the Longevity Jade Pendant his wife had given h 9Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 36 Back to 1981: From the Start, I Marry the Love of My Life 重回1981：开局迎娶一生挚爱 In his previous life, Su Mu shirked his responsibilities, driving his wife to throw herself into a river and leaving behind only their infant daughter. Reborn, he faced his wife’s question once more: “Will you marry me?” This time, Su Mu agreed without hesitation. From then on, the villagers were astonished to see that the lazy good-for-nothing everyone despised had changed. He doted on his wife and helped the whole village prosper... 259Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 37 Back to 1975: The Stunning Educated Youth Begs Me to Take Her In 重回1975：绝美知青求我收留 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 42Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 38 Machining in 1992 我在1992搞机加工 [Major national project + reborn in a bygone era + craftsmanship + business rivalries + independent technology] Other people come back to make money. He comes back to build machines. Lin Yuan, an old engineer who died of rage at an exhibition after his technology was blocked, returns to the spring of 1992. The first thing he does when he opens his eyes: what were the lottery numbers again? He spends half an hour trying to remember and comes up with nothing. His head is full of tool angles, mate 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Back to the 1980s: The Rise of a Business Tycoon 重回八零之巨商崛起 After being reborn, Ding Liguo rewrites his future. He makes up for what he owed his wife and daughter in his previous life through real action. Starting with nothing, he launches a business using his extraordinary commercial instincts. Amid the wave of reform in the 1980s, what kind of butterfly effect will Ding Liguo create? Watch as he turns the tide at will and brings about one business miracle after another. 98Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn in the Eighties: A Countrywoman’s Life Raising Kids and Farming 重生八零小农妇养娃种田记 Zhou Lili had never even had a boyfriend, and the unlucky girl suddenly found herself reborn in an era when food and clothing were scarce as she walked home from work. She thought it would be hard just to stay alive. Who could have known that the husband she’d picked up would pursue her and spoil her, while her several children were all thoughtful little darlings? Not only did she survive, she thrived. 64Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 41 Period: You Want Me to Take My Big Brother's Place in Prison? Dream On 年代：让我替大哥去坐牢？想得美 Ma Weidong is reborn in 1980. That year, just after returning from a rural assignment, his biased parents demand that he take the blame for his eldest brother and go to prison in his place. Why should he go to prison when his eldest brother is the one who killed someone? Why not send his fourth or sixth brother instead? Why should they get to enjoy life on the outside while he, an innocent man, suffers in prison? In this life, Ma Weidong plans to tear off their hypocritical masks and cut ties wi 116Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn in 1982: From the Start, My Brother-in-Law Beat Me to a Pulp 重生1982：开局被大舅哥锤爆 In his previous life, He Fanglin let desire cloud his judgment. After sleeping with Wei Nanzhi, he broke off their engagement against her will, leading to her tragic death and the ruin of both the He and Wei families. When he woke, he had been reborn in 1982, at the moment he went to break off the engagement and got beaten black and blue by his future brother-in-law, Wei Nanbei. Now, the engagement was still intact. Wei Nanzhi, who loved him with all her heart, and the child in her womb were sti 438Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn in the 1980s: Love and Career, I Want It All 重生八零：爱情事业全都要 [Reborn + 1980s + farming + building wealth + family life + strong heroine + devoted couple] Fang Qiushui is reborn and forced to marry an alcoholic gambler many years her senior, in exchange for a wife for her cousin. Why should I have to trade away my whole life so my cousin can get a wife? Why does his family get to eat eggs while I have to live on dried radish? Dream on! I won’t agree to this! She takes her mother and younger sister and decisively splits from the family. She tears into her c 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Back to the 1980s: Building a Fortune with My Family 重回八零：带着全家发家致富 In her previous life, she married at seventeen to a husband who drank, gambled, and beat her. After he was crippled in an accident at a construction site, she cared for him for ten whole years. Raising the two children she had with him also left her utterly exhausted. Her eldest brother was beaten while trying to support the family, leaving him mentally impaired. Her third younger sister married a mama’s boy and spent ten years caring for her paralyzed mother-in-law. Her fourth younger brother f 180Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn in the 1980s: The Village Guardian and Bane of Wild Women 重生八零年代守村人之野妇克星 Wang Erleng transmigrates into the body of a fool in 1981. In a production team in these remote southern mountains, he works the fields to earn work points and heads into the mountains to chop timber. 243Reads8.7Score13714d adds
- 46 Time Rewinds: I Slept My Way Back to 2000 时光倒流：一觉睡回2000年 A story set in the era of the 2000s, with a reborn protagonist who starts out in the food industry, takes multiple companies public, revitalizes Chinese football, and breaks through in chip technology, restoring the glory of China. Calm days give way to turbulent times, and he carves out a path to survival on a knife’s edge. Multiple female leads, no brainless characters. Enjoy! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn in 1978: From the Start, I Slacked Off and Caught Shrimp 重生1978，开局摸鱼又捞虾 [Period setting, educated youth, countryside, fishing and catching shrimp, city life, no System, no brainless protagonist, clear-eyed about reality, sound logic. Enter at your own risk.] Chuan, a cuckold who spent more than a decade raising the wife and children of the old Wang next door, had just been poisoned to death by the adulterous couple conspiring against him when he arrived in a small mountain village in 1978. In his previous life, he worked diligently and endured every hardship, yet th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Good Days in the 1960s After Being Reborn 重生六零好日子 Liu Donghua had finally made it out of her remote mountain village by passing the college entrance exam, only for a serious illness to send her right back to square one. Think that was bad luck? Not even close! Next, she transmigrated to the food-scarce, threadbare 1960s, only to face a massive flood and a famine! Since she was there, she made the best of it. Using her professional knowledge, she grew high-yield crops, raised high-yielding sows, and found ways to escape poverty and prosper. She 72Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 49 Reborn in 1985 重生1985 A man from the post-70s generation died on duty and returned to 1985! He achieved nothing in his previous life, but this time he was destined to soar to the top! I’m here! The one standing at the forefront of this great era isn’t a pig! It’s me, Zhao Yao! I was devastated to hear that Mr. Huang, the Mother of Longxin, had passed away. May you find peace and joy in another world, sir. If there is a next life, may you be born in China today and enjoy the very best our motherland has to offer! Once 1kReads8.5Score10814d adds
- 50 Reborn in 1993, Heading for Back to Field 重生93，奔赴向往的生活 Sun Yuanhang woke up one morning and found himself back in 1993. The gears of fate began to turn. In his previous life, he walked through darkness. His father was driven to his death, his older brother was beaten into disability, and his mother spent every day in tears. In this life, he swore to change it all. Since justice would arrive late, he would break through with his own hands. He would avenge his enemies and make up for his regrets... He would set out for the life he had always longed fo —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
