Novels like Reborn in the 1990s
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- 51 Reborn: A Life of Pride 重生之傲世人生 “If Heaven has feelings, even Heaven will grow old; if people have feelings, they'll die young...” On the night he was supposed to propose, poor Mo Shaokun is caught in a car accident and unexpectedly reborn on the eve of the 1994 college entrance exams. What can he do with twenty years' worth of knowledge ahead of everyone else? Money? Beautiful women? Power? None of that is what he wants. He only wants to treasure the years he once lost and make up for every regret from his past life. Yet befo 10.9kReads8.0Score98714d adds
- 52 Back to 1986: Starting with Selling Eggs 重返1986：从卖鸡蛋开始 (Rebirth in a bygone era + no System + a bit of brains + single heroine + business + daily life) Zhao Shixiong, a frustrated middle-aged man, dies on the street and takes over the body of Xiao Zhao, who is just as frustrated. Then he discovers that someone else has taken his place at the university he got into!!! Luckily, his brothers stand together, his relatives and friends get along, and the villagers help one another! Reborn, Zhao Shixiong can't help feeling that the two of them share the sa 457Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 53 Reborn in 1983 重生到1983年 Han Ming is unexpectedly reborn in 1983. He transforms from a drunk and a gambler into a man who takes responsibility. “When the wind is right, even pigs can fly.” But Han Ming has a message for you: even if you manage to take off, he can still drag you back down. This time, he plans not only to surpass his past self, but to reach the very peak of the world. 476Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 54 Reborn as a Low-Key Tycoon 重生之低调大亨 What would you do if you were reborn? Chu Qiankun, who had been living an ordinary life, is unexpectedly reborn and returns to 2004. Armed with more than a decade of foresight, he embarks on a low-key yet luxurious life, working behind the scenes to build a great empire. 19Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 55 Reborn: The God-Tier Investor 重生之神级投资 Lin Feng, a 21st-century securities analyst, is reborn in 1998. The Asian financial crisis is raging, and China's economy has hit a low point. This is the year before Jack Ma founded Alibaba. Pony Ma is selling pirated game cards in Huaqiangbei, while Brother Qiang is selling CDs in Zhongguancun. Mobile phones are luxury goods, everyone wears a pager on their belt, and the internet age has yet to truly arrive. The hand of fate pushes Lin Feng to the forefront of the times. Drawing on memories of 186Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 56 Reborn at Eighteen: The Growth of a Domineering CEO 重生十八岁之霸道总裁成长记 After an unfortunate encounter, the male protagonist catches his girlfriend in an improper relationship with a wealthy businessman. In the furious, desperate confrontation that follows, the businessman's bodyguard accidentally pushes him off a high-rise building. In a shocking twist, the protagonist is reborn at eighteen, back in his high school days in 1998. Drawing on the historical knowledge and experience of his previous life, he enters the business world and, through tireless effort and ing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Reborn in 2002: Looking Down on the World 重生2002年俯瞰世界 After his career failed and his family fell apart, Lin Fan was utterly heartbroken. He never expected to be reborn in 2002, back when he was a senior in high school. Lin Fan discovered that everything that would happen in the future was etched into his memory. Since Heaven had given him a chance to be reborn, along with the ability to foresee the future, how could Lin Fan settle for being ordinary? Endless business opportunities lay before him. He could easily earn enough to last a lifetime. But 3.5kReads8.0Score27314d adds
- 58 Reborn in the 1980s: Making My Mark in the Business World 重生八零纵横商海 This novel follows the male protagonist as he develops the rural economy in line with the historical course of the 1980s. Amid the tide of reform and opening up, he leads farmers to prosperity and makes his due contribution to safeguarding national interests and protecting national security. It portrays the many faces of society in the early years of reform and opening up, a time of immense change when some people pursued only their own interests while others worked for their country and their p 213Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 59 Restarting My Rise to the Top in the 1990s 九十年代重启巅峰 Liu Lin is unexpectedly reborn in 1991, with a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter. Now that he's got a second chance, how can he spend his life drifting aimlessly? Riding the waves of the times, he seizes business opportunities and fights his way forward. Across an era of change spanning twenty years, a sweeping picture slowly unfolds... 176Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 60 Reborn in 1992: Founding a Country Overseas 重生92年我在海外立国 A reborn-era novel Business tycoon Xiao Xiangdong got drunk at the celebration banquet for his company’s stock market listing. When he woke up, he found himself back in 1992, just after being fired from the factory. See how Xiao Xiangdong makes his fortune in business, starting with recycling used appliances and trading in stock subscription warrants, in an era full of opportunities. This is a wholly original novel and does not borrow any tropes or techniques from other books of the same genre. 337Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 61 Reborn to Shine in 1993 重生之闪耀1993 “Hey, can't you give me a chance?” “Sure! I'll take care of you!” Reborn in 1993, Chen Xiao vowed to give that woman a good life. He built up department stores, sold bell-bottoms, traded in VCDs and handheld Chinese-language organizers, and started a spicy snack factory. In an era full of trends and opportunities, with society growing more complicated and people becoming restless, Chen Xiao forged ahead on his own, climbing to the top step by step amid the tide of the times. Industry comes first 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Golden Years: Reborn in 1980 流金岁月之重生1980年 Synopsis: Not a brainless story... Technology... A satisfying read... Period setting... Strengthening the nation... Zhao Shengli, a man born in the 1990s, is in his thirties. In his workshop, he's assembling an irresistible little delight for any engineering guy: a desktop five-axis CNC milling machine! After finally finishing the assembly, he is so exhausted that he falls asleep on the workbench. When he wakes up, he's in 1980. Reborn in the body of a sixteen-year-old glutton and simpleton, he 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Back to 2013: My Teenage Years 重回2013，我的少年时代 After a car accident, Lin Chen is reborn in 2013 and embarks on a journey to build his business empire while returning to high school. Summer is still summer, but he is no longer the person he once was. Looking back over the years, he finds himself once more where the lights fade into the distance. 129Reads—Score314d adds
- 64 Reborn in 1981: Making a Fortune on the Black Market 重生81从黑市开始发家致富 Reborn in 1981, he returns to the days that filled him with regret and anguish! This time, he’ll stand tall and overcome every obstacle! Facing the young wife who sheltered him from every storm in his previous life, yet never enjoyed a single day of happiness herself! Xue Chenggang swears to give her his whole heart and treat her right! Changing himself and making his wife happy: that is his goal! Even a billion-dollar contract can’t compare to Zhao Shuzhen saying she needs him! 553Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 65 Reborn: My 1990 重生：我的1990 In middle age, Zhang Xin drinks some counterfeit liquor and dreams himself back to the 1990s, where he must face the events he already lived through once in his previous life! “Patriarch, this is terrible! Zhang Xin has acquired every company under your name!” “What? That bastard has no respect for the rules!” Zhang Xin grins sheepishly. “Sorry, just a friendly tip: I think I’m the one who made the rules you’re talking about...” This book is also known as Reborn, So Surely I Can Make the Rul 2.3kReads8.9Score23114d adds
- 66 Reborn in 1998 重生1998 Lu Ze, who worked at a newspaper, woke up one day reborn in 1998. That year, Ma Huateng’s Tencent had just been founded, Ding Sanshi’s NetEase had just pivoted into portal websites, Baidu’s Robin Li was still working for someone else, Jack Ma had just experienced a failed venture and had yet to make his first fortune, and Liu Qiangdong was still selling CDs... That year, Jay Chou had just had his “Nunchucks” rejected by Zhang Huimei, My Fair Princess had taken the country by storm, and the mainl 830Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 67 Reborn in 2002: I Just Want an Ordinary Life 重生2002：我只想平凡一生 What a tragedy when the son of a hero becomes a murderer! In 2024, Lin Lei, a murderer who had been on the run for eight years, was captured in a small county under Su City and sentenced to death. Before the execution, he saw his mother again for the first time in eight years. Her hair had turned completely white. Clutching the photograph of her martyred husband, she was overcome with grief. She lamented that she had failed to raise her son properly, then spat up black blood. She had clearly poi 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Reborn in 1982: From the Start, I Reported My Brother for Speculation 重生82，开局举报兄弟投机倒把 [Slice of Life Farming] [Period Drama] [Reborn] [Revenge] [Comeback] [Business Battles] [Face-Slapping] [Satisfying Read] [Building Wealth] [Ruthless Protagonist] [No Heartache] It gets better and better as it goes, so please be patient, dear readers! In his previous life, Gu Beichuan took the fall for his sworn brother and spent eight years in prison. In return, his father died by suicide after being falsely accused, his younger sister was driven to a tragic death, and he himself died a lonely, 2.9kReads—Score13214d adds
- 69 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
- 70 Reborn in 1997 重生1997 I woke up to find a stunningly beautiful wife beside me, along with an adorable little daughter. My wife wanted to… 1997: the memories of those born in the ’90s, the childhood of those born in the ’80s, and the youth of those born in the ’70s. 128Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 71 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 31Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 72 I Was Reborn on the Day My Wife Divorced Me 我重生回到了老婆离婚那一天 In his previous life, Jiang Yun had a stunning wife who was a wealthy CEO and obeyed his every word, but he never gave her a second glance. Reborn, Jiang Yun clings to his rich wife's leg. “Honey, it's time we had a child!” 603Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 73 I Went Away to Build a Dam, and Came Back to Find the Family Dividing Up the Property? 我在外面修大坝，回来被分家？ In 1981, Jiang Shaoan set out to become a low-key Gourmet supplier! First, supply one factory, then an entire township! Give me a chance, and I'll give you a Gourmet processing plant in return! 566Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I'm Done! I Won't Be the One to Take Over in This Reborn 1980s Life 麻了！重生八零这接盘侠我不当了 [Period setting + urban life + reborn + no System + one heroine + building a fortune + everyday face-slapping] Lin Zihong was forced to marry someone he didn’t love. Thinking that once she was his wife, he should treat her well, he spent decades groveling at her feet like a lovesick fool. Little did he know, she had only married him to find a sucker to raise the child in her belly! After decades of unwavering devotion, all Lin Zihong got in return was a wife who cheated on him! Not long after th 379Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 75 Reborn, the Bewitching Campus Beauty Pursues Me 重生后，魔女校花倒追我 [Rebirth + business rivalry + campus beauty + multiple heroines] In 2024, Wang Hai was featured on the cover of the globally renowned Fortune magazine. Profile: At nineteen, he made his fortune from scratch, earning twenty million with a browser game. That same year, he launched a second game and became a billionaire, making him the youngest billionaire in 2002. At twenty, he founded a tutoring website for students at China’s top universities. It swept the country, and college students natio 103Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 76 Back to 1975: The Kingdom of Materials 重回1975：材料王国 Rebirth + industry + the internet + the integrated circuit industry chain + Period setting + sent-down youth + business strategy + capital battles + love and hate... A carefully planned car accident sent materials expert Mo Zheng back to the passionate era of the Down to the Countryside Movement. Yet he never expected fate to mock him again and again. The dust of history lay as heavily as a mountain along its inevitable course... Capital is like an invisible hand, using the industrial chains it 38Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 77 Reborn: Back in 1987 to Become a Millionaire 重生：回到1987当富翁 Li Zhi unexpectedly arrives in 1987. His family has nothing, and they can't even scrape together enough money to buy meat for the New Year. His family of five is hungry and freezing, but with him around, there's nothing to fear. Give him seven days, and his family's life will be transformed beyond recognition. Then he fights his way to the top, taking on clothing, restaurants, real estate, automobiles, and high technology! With insight far ahead of his time, he builds his own business empire! In 116Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 78 Reborn: I Am the Stock God 重生：我就是股神 The stock market is a vast sea, filled with the greedy, the foolish, and the wise. “Talk about the stock market long enough, and it isn't tears you'll see, but blood!” “A crash is worse than divorce. You lose half your assets, but your wife is still there!” “The stock market magnifies human nature. Time your trades, manage risk, and stay consistent if you want a chance to win...” A professional fund manager is reborn in 1999, rising from retail investor to institutional player and finally to 47Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 79 Traveling Between Two Worlds, Starting with the 1992 Fortune Certificates 往返两界，从92发财证开始 Synopsis: Legend has it that there is a mysterious region in the human brain. If you can reach it and enter, you can transmigrate to a parallel universe in another dimension. Watch how the protagonist moves between two worlds and makes a fortune! He arrives in the parallel world of 1992. He makes waves in finance, from stock certificates and borrowing money in the Bear Kingdom to buy assets, to futures, stock index futures, stocks, foreign exchange, and London gold. In industry, he gets into hea 77Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 80 I Sell Herbal Plasters, and Somehow I Have 100,000 Distributors 我卖狗皮膏药居然有十万名代理商 Li Qiankun is reborn in 2014. In his first year, he makes his first fortune in social commerce: a tidy sum of one hundred million yuan. In his second year, he enters the cosmetics industry and starts emptying rich women’s purses. In his third year, he leads a hundred thousand agents in opening a chain of snack shops. Ten years later, a reporter asks, “Mr. Li, how does it feel to be the world’s richest man?” “Money is just a number to me. Besides, I’m not interested in money.” 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Reborn with the Best of Luck 重生上上签 A standard rebirth story + modern setting + no special cheat abilities + no weird characters This is my first time writing a novel, so it’s not very good. Feel free to roast it. Pei Zhi was hit by half a brick while watching the commotion, then reborn in another parallel world. What??? No golden finger??? How am I supposed to get rich, then?? Guess I’ll just get up before dawn and work until dark, setting up a street stall with a senior citizen! On the long road of studying herself half to death 52Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 82 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
- 83 A Legend Rises 叱咤风云起 I’m a walking disaster, and I don’t know who my parents are. Luckily, I have my master and my friends. To break free from the chains of fate, I set out on a different path in life. There’s an old Chinese saying: “First comes fate, then fortune, then feng shui; fourth comes good deeds, fifth comes education; sixth is choosing a career, seventh a spouse; eighth is finding benefactors, and ninth is staying healthy.” The book Zengguang Xianwen says, “Everything is fated; not a bit of it is up to us. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Reborn: I’m Going to Become a Simp 重生后我要成舔狗 Reborn in school + campus belle + making money in business + everyday romance + not a single heroine Lin Tian is reborn and returns to the day he receives his university admission letter. He turns the girls he once liked into blind boxes. No matter where you are, I want to go see you. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Back to 1991: Building a Business Empire 重回1991做豪门 Chen Yang had spent most of his life achieving nothing, and now he was terminally ill. Then one night, he dreamed himself back to 1991, where he found his sweet, adorable little daughter and his gorgeous, sexy wife... What was going on? He and his wife had clearly divorced thirty years ago. Overcome with excitement, Chen Yang realized he had returned to the past. In this era, where gold lay everywhere, even a pig could take off. What’s more, Chen Yang had the memories of two lifetimes. He set ou 1.2kReads8.4Score10314d adds
- 86 Life Begins with Hauling Bricks on a Construction Site 人生，从工地搬砖开始 Xiao Li, a young migrant worker, used nothing but a beat-up phone to set himself on the road to success. An idol has ninety million followers? Sorry, he has a hundred and eighty million! A tycoon's modest goal is a hundred million? That's just what he makes from one livestream. His master is a Yellow-Rank expert, and his grandmaster is Earth-Rank? Heh, he accidentally made it to Heaven-Rank! He has no grand ambitions. He just keeps striving, day after day... 142Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 87 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
- 88 Reborn: Living an Ordinary Life Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of 重生平淡不丢人 A wrongfully imprisoned former bank executive meets Song Daoran, a Taoist priest, and together they are reborn in 1989. They trade stocks, pursue love, offer advice, and build a business. Life is tranquil but never dull, leisurely yet prosperous. In stillness, he brings peace to his family; in action, he benefits his friends. 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Reborn in 1984: Back to the Day My Wife and Daughter's Tragedy Began 重生1984：回到妻女悲剧的那一天 Gao Zhiqiang, a business tycoon who shaped an era, lived out his life weighed down by deep guilt toward his wife and daughter. After unexpectedly being reborn, he returned to the day they died, finally given a chance to make up for his greatest regret. Saving his wife and daughter is only the first step. He’ll use his brilliant business mind to give them the most prosperous and luxurious life possible, making up for all he put them through. Starting from nothing by selling a line of honey-based 129Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 90 Reborn: My 1992 重生之我的1992 Reborn in 1992: Save My Parents, Find My Love, and Return to an Era Rife with Opportunity! 51Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn: I Became a Big Shot in Every Industry 重生：我成了各行业大佬 [One female lead + 2004 + developing both the internet and traditional industries] Su Chen is reborn. If his family uses their money to treat his father's illness, he won't be able to go to college. If he goes to college, his father won't receive treatment and will be left permanently disabled. Su Chen doesn't want his father's lifelong disability from his previous life to happen again. He joins his mother in selling boxed meals at a street stall and helps her build a career in the food industry 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 You Want Me to Take the Fall? Take This Slap Instead 要我顶罪，反手一个大逼斗 [No System + Streetwise Troublemaker + Ruthless Tough Guy + One Female Lead...] Wang Xun, an ordinary young man, returns to the year 2000. He is just seventeen and a half, has dropped out of school, and has been poisoned by gangster movies. Full of youthful passion, he sets out to make a name for himself in the underworld. He puts brotherhood first, would take a knife for his good friends, and isn’t afraid to fight! After being persuaded by his biased grandfather and others, he is about to take 402Reads7.3Score10414d adds
- 93 Comeback in 1990 逆袭1990 Chen Dong wakes up to find himself reborn in 1990, a year when gold seems to lie everywhere. Haunted by regrets from his past life, he starts out selling tea eggs... The financial crisis, the oil crisis, the food crisis... Through one black swan event after another, Chen Dong turns the tables and surges ahead. He uses the very weapon his enemies know best, capital, to show everyone: The dragon of the East has awakened! 2.1kReads8.2Score14714d adds
- 94 Back to 1993: Breaking Through 重返1993之突围 Rebirth + farming + morally gray protagonist + business wars + cultural warfare + financial warfare + technological warfare He returns to 1993, an era on the cusp of great change. The big brother has only just fallen. Negative talk about Daxia is everywhere on the international stage. Capital is fleeing in a frenzy. The idea that it's better to buy than to build dominates at home. Large numbers of scientific researchers are going abroad. To fulfill his mission of overcoming Daxia's technological 299Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 95 Back to 1990 重返1990 Era setting + realism + romance. Wu Liang unexpectedly returned to the 1990s, only to end up with a childhood sweetheart who knew kung fu. He was subjected to domestic violence from the start. What on earth was going on? Wu Liang was completely baffled. No worries. I've got my head on straight and brains to spare. I'm not just educated, I'm incredibly talented, too. You may ignore me today, but tomorrow I'll make sure you can't live without me... 45Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 96 The Reborn Strongest Life 重生之最强人生 Given a second chance at life, I'll trample everyone who ever bullied me underfoot… 798Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 97 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
- 98 Reborn in 2010: I Have a Golden Finger System 重生2010，我有金手指系统 Reborn from 2025 into 2010, he buys lottery tickets for the 2010 South Africa World Cup and earns his first fortune. He mines Bitcoin like crazy, creates the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, and becomes the biggest market maker. He founds ByteDance Group, whose subsidiaries include Toutiao, WeChat, Panda TV, Bilibili, Huya Video, Douyin, TikTok, Honor of Kings, Ele.me, Pinduoduo, and more... After Xia Feng is reborn, he gets a System, making it easy to earn money and turning his life int 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Reborn: Back to 2010 to Make Money 重生：回到2010搞钱 Wang Teng returns to 2010, just after the college entrance exams. From the start, his parents are getting divorced, so he promises to make money and turn things around. In less than a month, he makes a hundred million! “Wang Teng, let's go play games at the internet cafe.” “No time. I need to make money.” “Wang Teng, the campus beauty wants to hang out with you.” “What’s there to do? I need to make money.” While everyone else is still fretting over buying a home, he’s already bought up an entire 231Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 100 You Were Supposed to Go to College, but You Secretly Became a Billionaire 让你上大学，你偷偷混成首富 Reborn in 1997, during his college years, Ye Yunfeng seizes every opportunity. Before he even graduates, he has become the richest man in the country. “Mr. Ye, how did you become the richest man in the country while running a business as a college student?” reporters from major media outlets around the world ask him. “It's the guidance of Heaven. It helped me seize every opportunity to start a business. Opportunities go to those who are prepared and willing to act. I'm sorry, my success can't be 3.8kReads8.4Score23514d adds
