Novels like Rewind to 1983
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Rewind to 1983, best match first.
- 51 Reborn: Phoenix Rising in 2007 重生涅槃2007 [Non-System Rebirth Power Fantasy] Reborn by accident in 2007, Wang Long sets out on a new life, rising from the ashes. His journey brings the innocence and passion of college life, the confusion and anxiety of city living, the heartbreak and bitter tears of the stock market, and the deception and strategy of the business world. Watch him overcome every obstacle, build a business empire, and become a titan of finance. 1.9kReads8.5Score188Shelves
- 52 Reborn in 1995: I Have a Fortune of Billions to Inherit 重生95，我有亿万家产要继承 (Both leads are reborn + real-world industry + multiple heroines + no System + not a wish-fulfillment story + slow burn) Jin Yang, born into a wealthy family, was raised by his parents to live frugally. He has little ambition and is better at preserving what he has than making progress. When his childhood sweetheart is humiliated and takes her own life, and foreign capital moves to encircle his company, he is powerless to fight back and can only retreat again and again. Reborn, Jin Yang naturall 13Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 53 Reborn: My 1990s 重生：我的九零年代 Business tycoon Liu Haoyang is reborn in the 1990s, a turbulent era teeming with talent, and an incredible golden age. Amid the tide of reform and opening up, the reborn Liu Haoyang becomes a trailblazer of his time, standing at the crest of the waves with a red flag in hand. He seizes the pulse of the era and gradually builds a world of his own in the 1990s. 1.2kReads6.3Score100Shelves
- 54 A Mogul Reborn: Back to 1977 as an Educated Youth 大佬重生：回到1977当知青 [Reborn in the 1970s + daily life + no System + building a career] Reborn in the late 1970s, he is immediately framed for hooliganism and thrown in jail. “Officer, I'm innocent!” Watch Fang Xu turn the tables with his knowledge of the future and bring the village's hooligans to justice. He hunts in the mountains and fishes in the river, saving up his first bit of capital. When the college entrance exam is reinstated, he gets into university. He studies abroad and pits his wits against foreign po 193Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 55 Reborn in 1977: Starting Over After Being Dumped 重生1977，从被退婚后开始 [Educated youth in the 1970s + Countryside + Everyday life + Building wealth] In his previous life, Lu Yongnian fell in love with Wang Yaoyao, a girl from the same city, while he was sent down to the countryside. She sweet-talked him into giving up his chance to return to the city. But right after they got engaged, Wang Yaoyao disappeared. When Lu Yongnian rushed back to the city, he discovered she had cheated on him. He drank himself into a stupor and suffered frostbite so severe he nearly lost 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 I Sent You to the South Seas, Not to Force the Financial Tycoon’s Daughter to Marry You 让你下南洋，没让你强娶财阀千金 Daddy-to-be + pregnant mom + one heroine + building wealth + face-slapping scum + no suffering in silence + clan warfare + power struggles + an immensely powerful background #A gangster heiress forces her love on me and insists on having my child#Making money and falling in love, I’m the best at marrying a young lady by force #Reborn in the 1980s, I battle tycoons and divide up the fortune in Nanyang#Reborn, I refuse to raise someone else’s child, but a gangster heiress forces her love on me #No 240Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 57 Back to 1983 重返1983 “W-what did you say? You're breaking off the engagement?” “That's right! I'm breaking it off!” “Y-you're not fooling me? You're really ending it? Y-you gave us your...” “You can have the two pairs of shorts! I'll get Director Yu to meet us at Jiangchun Teahouse!” “What else are you trying to do?” Liu Deqiu didn't answer. He turned and strode away. (A vivid period piece with sound values. The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please be patient and give it a read. It won't disappoint!) 710Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 58 Reborn in 1986: Building a Fireworks Empire 重生86：一手打造烟花王朝 Reborn in 1986, he found himself facing his familiar hometown and the family he remembered. Zhang Yunxu was overcome with emotion. Eager to change his family's life and avert the tragedy of his previous life, he was desperate to get started! He made full use of his advantages and acted before anyone else: intercepting business deals, seizing the market, buying land, and building factories! The first lavishly furnished self-built home in Liu City! The first high-quality printing factory in Liu Ci 6.9kReads8.5Score325Shelves
- 59 Now That I'm Reborn, I Really Want to Be a Playboy 都重生了，真想做个渣男啊 On his way to see his ex-girlfriend one last time after she took her own life, Jiang Mo was unexpectedly reborn. Being devoted to just one woman is out of the question. He really wants to have one woman in each arm and be a proper playboy! But it seems harder than he thought. Every one of them is precious to him. Who should he choose? Being a playboy is tough. Maybe making money is easier. 91Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 60 Back to 1979: I Used My Foresight to Become the Richest Man 重回1979：我先知先觉成首富 In 1979, in Chenjiazhai, a mountain village in western Guangdong. The moment Chen Jiale opens his eyes, he’s back on the morning when he and Su Zijing were set up in his previous life. After getting drunk, the two of them ended up in bed together, while the culprit, Shen Haonan, waits outside with a crowd, gloating... This time, he won’t run away. He’ll take responsibility to the end, leave no regrets, and make sure Su Zijing gets married, has children, and enjoys every day of a happy life! He’ 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Reborn in '83: Pursuing a Successful Life 重生八三：追求成功人生 He woke from a dream to find himself back in that special era. Faced with everything from the past, his family, friends, classmates, and the girl he loved, Yu Lijun couldn't hold back his tears… 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Reborn in 1992 重生一九九二 Liu Xiao Tian woke up one morning reborn in 1992. Armed with the memories of his previous life, he bought subscription certificates, traded futures, built factories, seized the wave of state enterprises being transferred to private ownership, and entered the internet industry. Step by step, he built a business empire of his own. 3.7kReads8.1Score250Shelves
- 63 Reborn in 1981: I Returned Just for You 重生1981：重生归来只为你 [Rebirth + One Female Lead + Business Rivalry + Hong Kong Showdown + Japan Showdown + Pudong’s Major Development] Li Ming was a business tycoon, a man who once made Western capital tremble. He never married, though rumors said he had a wife in his early years who died one summer. Reborn, Li Ming gives his family a good life. He buys a courtyard home in Beijing, b 1.4kReads7.2Score105Shelves
- 64 Reborn in 2010: Father of the Mobile Internet 重生2010之移动互联网之父 One moment he was asleep; the next, he discovered he’d gone back to his senior year of high school, just as the mobile internet was about to take off in 2010! Since he had been reborn, he’d do something truly earth-shattering: build his own mobile internet empire and trample every business empire in the world beneath his feet! 49Reads6.7Score100Shelves
- 65 Rebooting 1978 重启1978 A middle-aged man who had amounted to nothing woke from a dream to find himself back in the tumultuous year of 1978. He discovered that many regrets could be put right, that many people he cared about were trapped in dark and desperate circumstances, and that opportunities he had never noticed before were emerging all around him. He had plenty of time to make up for past mistakes, seize those opportunities, and guide his lost and helpless family. But a reborn man with forty years of experience w 94Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 66 Reborn in 1979: Ex-Wife, Please Behave Yourself 重生1979：前妻请自重 {Traditional period setting} + {a vivid portrayal of society before the crackdown} + {the darkness of human nature}... Pei Jichang is reborn in 1979, but into the body of a poor peasant who happens to have the same name. That year, his beloved gets into university, his father-in-law is exonerated and promoted, and everyone in the village envies him. The Pei family is finally going to live well. But then... His beloved turns on him and demands a divorce, swearing to report to the brigade that Pei 4.2kReads8.6Score330Shelves
- 67 Reborn: The Tumultuous Year of 1982 重生：激荡1982 Also known as: Reborn in 1982, a Groom from the Start. Zhu Yunqing is unexpectedly sent back to 1982, where he starts out as an illiterate young gambler and groom in a remote, impoverished village. He wants to run away from his wedding and escape an era of utter poverty. But he comes to understand how much his family hopes for him, and ultimately decides to make a fresh start. Drawing on the life experience he gained in his previous life, he discovers the unique charm of the era, where treasures 660Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 68 Taking Shelter from the Rain in a Brick Kiln with My Wife, I Was Dragged Off to the Firing Squad 和媳妇砖窑躲雨，被拉去打靶 A billionaire worth billions had his soul transported into the body of Zheng Qingren, a suspect in a major 1985 crime crackdown case. The case was about to be closed. After his trial, the rural young man Zheng Qingren was due to face execution, and the soul that had just been reborn panicked. Zheng Qingren was innocent. The real culprit would not be caught until a month after Zheng Qingren was executed. He had to clear his name! And demand compensation. He also had a daughter he'd never met, wai 7.1kReads8.2Score542Shelves
- 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—Shelves
- 70 Reborn in 1990: The Village Beauty Is in Her Prime 重生1990：村花老婆正青涩 [Reborn + finding hidden treasures + entrepreneurship + high-speed success + beautiful women pictured] Also known as: Returning to 1990 to Become a Tycoon and Reborn in 1990: Taking the Village Beauty Along for the Ride Ye Feng, a wealthy bachelor who owns a publicly listed company worth tens of billions, is unexpectedly reborn in 1990 in Furong Town, a place full of beautiful women. In this golden age, watch as he leads the villagers in building a business empire of their own... 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 After Sobering Up, I Returned to the Moment Before Something Happened to My Wife 酒醒之后，重回媳妇出事的前一刻 In his previous life, Su Jie was a good-for-nothing who never achieved anything and spent every day muddling along. His wife's death dealt him a devastating blow, leaving him consumed with regret. Before he died, he risked his life to save someone, hoping to atone for a lifetime of sins. But fortunately, he got the chance to be reborn, returning to 1986, the very day his wife had her accident. Given another chance at life, all he wants is to make good money and cherish his wife and children. 707Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 72 Reborn into My Golden Age 重生我的黄金时代 An ordinary engineer suddenly finds himself back after the college entrance exams, following a short nap during an overtime shift. Having failed to get into the university he wanted in his previous life, this time he doesn't dare get carried away. He diligently reaches for the best he can manage, embarking on his second life in a whole new way and encountering wave after wave of challenges... 119Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 73 Back to the 1990s: The Family Planning Inspectors Show Up at My Door 重回90：超生检查到我家 [Reborn in Time] [No System] [One Female Lead] [Hidden Big Shot] [See the untold story of the internet unfold before your eyes!] I’m screwed. I went from being a venture capital tycoon to waking up in the 1990s overnight. A family that keeps having kids beyond the quota? Yep, that’s me. No household registration? Yep, still me. I’m going to rise from nothing! No, wait, I’d better fill my stomach first. This is the best of times, an era of sweeping change and surging tides! When the great roc ris 203Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 74 Transmigrate to the 1970s: Tang Ershao’s Daily Life as the Family Breadwinner 七零穿越：唐二少养家日常 Tang Shen, the second young master of the Tang family, dies in a car accident. When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to the 1970s in a parallel world and become a member of Tang Gou Village in Fuji Commune. In this era when being poorer is considered more glorious, his wife is pregnant, his younger brother is mentally disabled, and he is the backbone of the family. Tang, who has never known hardship, is absolutely freaking out... 217Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 75 Surviving a Famine with a Warehouse 带着仓库过荒年 [No Face-Slapping] Life is unpredictable. Zhang Jie, a cook at a secret research base somewhere in the northwest, is murdered by his own comrades. The base then explodes, and Zhang Jie’s soul transmigrates to the 1960s, bringing everything from the base’s residential area with him. His home is bare, and he has a four-year-old little sister to care for! “What? I actually went back to the 1960s?” “The base’s warehouse came with me too?” “Let me have a cup of coffee to calm down.” “Little sis, here 18Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 76 Back in the 1980s, I Returned to Beijing to Rule the Scene 80年代，杀回京圈当大佬 In 1985, even a pig could take flight if it stood in the right place at the right time. Xiao Guofeng returns to this era reborn, bringing his seed shop with him. Standing before his family's fishpond, he vows, “In this life, I won't let you exploit and squeeze us dry ever again. I'll take good care of Grandpa, protect my little sister, and marry the wife who's suffered a lifetime of hardship. Our whole family will live well!” 943Reads6.6Score104Shelves
- 77 Reborn by Chance, I Seize the Moment and Live the Good Life 意外重生，踩住风口过惬意人生 Main characters: Lin Feng, Ye Yao After failing at business and in his marriage, Lin Feng became a hapless fool raising another man’s son. One night, after drinking himself into a stupor with his buddies, he returned to the carefree days of 2014. He was eighteen that year and had yet to meet the person who would drag him to rock bottom. It seemed that everything still lay ahead of him. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Reborn in 1990: I'm a Worker at the Broken Ore Mine 重生90，我是碎矿全民工 A novel by Old Ning is bound to be a masterpiece. (This isn't some brainless story about a nouveau riche. It's a grounded tale of life in a bygone era. Take your time and savor this different story from days gone by, and relive the vibrancy of that age.) Zhang Tiejun, a small-time millionaire with a comfortable, trouble-free life, wakes up one morning forty years in the past, just as he is about to graduate and receive his job assignment. Full of questions, he begins an entirely new life. Who do 651Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 79 Back to 1980: From the Start, I Marry the Factory Belle 重返1980：开局娶了厂花 He left home to pursue his dreams, only to return and find his entire family dead. He was left all alone. After living in regret and loneliness for forty years, the tycoon Li Wenjun was reborn in 1980. This time, he would settle old scores and live life to the fullest. He would give his family wealth, health, peace, and happiness, and make his enemies pay with their lives. This time, he would strengthen the nation through industry, leading every sector to achieve technological advances twenty ye 2kReads8.3Score188Shelves
- 80 I Transmigrated to 1976 and Became a Rogue Scholar 穿越到1976年成痞儒 My new work is out! Welcome to Tomato Literature. I am a storyteller and inheritor of Guangdong's Cantonese and Guangfu culture. I have worked in cultural media for many years and am especially interested in the Guangfu culture of the Pearl River Delta. I hope to tell the story of a red artist who is reborn in 1976 as a seven-year-old boy in a waterside town in Guangdong Province, a child who is neither wholly good nor wholly bad, and who sets out on a new path to becoming a roguishly charming C 169Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Reborn at 14: A Fintech Tycoon 重生14，金融科技神豪 After Wang Gan broke his leg while delivering food, he was reborn in 2014, back in his college days. He made his first fortune starting with the World Cup, then invested in finance and technology, becoming a top tycoon. He spends money like water: a real-world god of wealth. 16.7kReads6.2Score1.2kShelves
- 82 Reborn in 1976: The Industrial Internet Empire 重生76：工业互联网帝国 Ren Jie, a professor in the metallurgy department of a university in Yanjing, never married after his girlfriend was assaulted by thugs and jumped off a cliff to her death while he was sent to the countryside for reeducation. By a twist of fate, Ren Jie is reborn in the countryside where he was once sent to work. Amid the intertwined love and hatred of two lifetimes, he pursues revenge and roams the land as a fugitive. See how he survives in the cracks of his era and, after enduring countless tr 405Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 83 Reborn in 1992: Business Empire 重生九二之商业帝国 In his previous life, someone framed his family's soda factory and drove it into bankruptcy. His father couldn't bear the crushing debt and jumped from the rooftop. His mother was overcome with grief and soon passed away as well. Amid a series of tragedies, he sank deeper and deeper into despair. Now, heaven has given him a chance to be reborn. He swears to change everything, make a name for himself, and get revenge! And so, his rise begins with ten thousand yuan... 49Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 84 Reborn: Starting With a 5 Million Cash-Out 重生从提现500万开始 Back in 2008, Chen Feng was still regretting how little he had studied in his previous life. Then, the next moment, a “ding” sounded in his mind, making him feel like he could take on the world again. Maybe it was because he’d spent too long cooped up at home in his previous life. With the System backing him up this time around, Chen Feng starts letting loose... 518Reads7.4Score100Shelves
- 85 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Village Beauty and I Reclaim the Great Northern Wilderness! 穿越70，村花和我开垦北大荒！ [Transmigration + 1970s + Farming + Cozy Daily Life + One Heroine + Food + A Light System] Yang Yiming woke up one morning and found he had transmigrated to the Great Northern Wilderness in the 1970s. He had become one of countless educated youths sent to the countryside. After unexpectedly obtaining a System, he gave up the hard-won chance to return to the city and resolved to put down roots in the Great Northern Wilderness. When people tried to stop him from farming, he decisively planted them 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Reborn in 1963: Starting by Applying to Go to the Countryside 魂穿1963：从申请下乡开始 [Urban Farming] [Period] [Pocket Dimension] [Storage] [Farming] [Raising Children] [Transmigration] [Lighthearted] [Cultivation] The Three-Lives Stone is a unique treasure that lets a person live three lifetimes. A Nascent Soul cultivator found it. In his first life, he lived for over a thousand years in his original world before dying of old age. In his second life, his soul transmigrated to Earth. He lived to be over a hundred, then died of old age in 2118. In his third life, his soul tran 6Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 87 My Biological Father Abandoned His Wife and Child? I’ll Make Him Lose Everything 生父抛妻弃子？我让他倾家荡产 In his second year of high school, Jiang Yang's biological father abandoned his sick wife and three children, running away with his mistress. As the eldest child, Jiang Yang resolutely gave up his studies and shouldered the burden of supporting his family. Years later, successful and famous, Jiang Yang encounters his biological father in the business world. How will this father and son face off...? [Inspirational] + [Comeback] + [Top Student] + [Showdown] + [Revenge] 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Reborn: Back to 2008 as a Tycoon 重生：回到2008当富豪 Wei Lan is reborn in 2008. The youth that had faded away, the love that had withered, the struggles of youth: everything gets a second chance. He sleeps with beauties in his arms and wakes with the world's wealth at his fingertips. He builds great national enterprises and shorts Wall Street. 11Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 89 Reborn as a Tycoon 重生之土豪人生 Sun Yang, a 32-year-old police officer, is reborn in 1997. Back then, a penguin was just an animal, an apple was just a fruit, and CS was just two English letters. He only wants to live a quiet life, but finds himself unwittingly on the road to riches. 2.1kReads8.4Score132Shelves
- 90 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 2.3kReads8.9Score231Shelves
- 91 Back to 1985 to Stir Up the World 重返八五搅动世界 Reborn in 1985, the first thing he does is sell his job to raise money for a business. He designs products, poses as a foreign investor, and creates a buzz to build up capital quickly. Inspired by real cases, the story depicts the history of Wenzhou merchants. 232Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Reborn Against the Current 重生逆流岁月 Li Yiyang, owner of a listed company with a net worth of tens of billions, unexpectedly came back to the past, reborn. Seeing his sweet, sensible daughter and his beautiful, virtuous wife, his eyes instantly filled with tears! Given another chance at life, he returned with all his skills intact! He would give his wife and daughter a safe haven, fight his way through the underworld again, reach the peak, hold life and death in his hands, and set the underworld ablaze with a storm of his own! 1.6kReads8.2Score152Shelves
- 93 Making a Fortune from the Start: My Relatives Envy Me, and the Campus Beauty Goes Crazy 开局发财，亲戚眼馋了，校花癫了 [Reborn + period setting + multiple heroines + first love + unforgettable beauty + making money + feel-good story] Qin Fan, a lifelong bachelor in his thirties from the capital, was reborn in 2002. At the time, he was a junior at Beijing Jiaotong University. The girl he had always loved was his classmate Tian Ya, the daughter of a university administrator... From the start, his family was drowning in loan-shark debt and preparing to sell their courtyard house in Chaoyang, Beijing. Drawing on his 37Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 94 Back in 1983: Starting Out as a Devoted Husband and Dad 重回1983：从宠妻当奶爸开始 [Urban Life + Farming + Rebirth + Dad Life + Scumbag’s Redemption + Devoted Husband + Career and Wealth] In his twenties, Lin Ergou was so poor he couldn’t scrape together a penny. He had nothing except a wonderful wife and child. But in his sixties, Lin Jianzhou had billions in assets, luxury homes and cars, fame and prestige. He had everything except a wonderful wife and child. At his hospital bedside, his biological son glares at him and demands to know why he abandoned his wife and child, wh 282Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 95 Reborn: The Entrepreneurial Life 重生之创业人生 Early 2003. Taobao had yet to be founded, Xiaomi was nowhere to be seen, housing prices were still within reach, and every industry was thriving... With memories of the future, Chen Ping returned to 2003, a year when gold seemed to lie everywhere. 129Reads6.8Score106Shelves
- 96 Rebooting 1986 重启1986 Suddenly reborn in 1986, veteran ladies' man Wu Jiangshan slammed on the brakes in time beneath the covers, preventing the tragedy from happening again. Looking at his first love, stripped down to a little white lamb, Wu Jiangshan ground his teeth in secret. Since he had the chance to live a second life, he was determined to take a different path, all so that one day he could bring the whole pot of meat home! 354Reads9.0Score121Shelves
- 97 The 1980s: From the Start, I Auction Off My Factory Position 80年代：我开局拍卖了工厂职务 [Transmigration + no System + no female lead + smuggling + stock trading + founding a nation] Zhu Dirui, a member of the post-2000 generation who has just graduated from university, transmigrates to 1980. After leaving the factory, he heads to Xiangjiang. He trades stocks, gets into arcade games, opens factories, starts a newspaper… As the giant bear in the north teeters on the brink of collapse, he takes up smuggling as well. In the end, Zhu Dirui establishes his own country in Southeast Asia: 1.1kReads8.3Score107Shelves
- 98 Reborn in 1988: Starting a Business 重生1988开始创业 Reborn at eight years old, he's too young to change his fate by any means other than selling popsicles. From then on, money rolls in as he leads his family to prosperity, makes powerful friends, and rises to the top. Packed with nostalgic period flavor. If you love the vibe of the 1980s, come on in. 202Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 99 Back to Senior Year: From Buying the Dip with Everything to a Trillion-Dollar Empire 重返高三：从满仓抄底到万亿版图 (Reborn + urban setting with no System + pure wish fulfillment + multiple heroines + global ambitions) His money is in a Swiss bank. He is at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, falling off a cliff. Top retail investor Chen Mo is reborn in 2014 as a penniless high school transfer student who can't even speak standard Mandarin properly. His previous life as a timid, insecure high schooler has only just begun again. And the bull market frenzy of 2015, which will make countless people millionaires, is j 204.8kReads8.5Score21.4kShelves
- 100 Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man 重生82年，全球首富 Marriage Before Love + Reborn to Make Amends + Revenge at Last + Trillions in Assets + Retiring in Comfort Original title: Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man The male lead, Ye Nan, spent years burying himself in work. After being diagnosed with cancer, he donated all his possessions and eventually passed away with regrets. But when he wakes up, he remembers how, after getting drunk and acting recklessly, he caused Ji Yuqi to become pregnant before marriage, which ultimately led her to jump 2kReads8.2Score184Shelves
