Novels like Reborn: Back to the 1980s
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- 1 Reborn in the ’80s, I’m Everyone’s Darling, Hands in My Pockets, Unbeatable 重生八零成团宠，双手插兜无敌手 [Historical Setting + Reborn + Two Strong Leads and Sweet Romance + Devoted 1v1 + Cozy Daily Life + No Pocket Dimension] [The heroine is clever and mischievous, sweet or feisty as the mood strikes, never lets a grudge go unanswered, and isn’t a self-sacrificing saint] * On her 29th birthday, Lin Xuqiu unexpectedly won eighty million yuan. Wow! So this is what it feels like to get hit by a huge windfall! A villa, a luxury car... And most importantly, two adorable dogs... A golden retriever? A bor —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 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
- 3 Back to the Countryside in the 1980s 回到农村八十年代 He returned to the 1980s, back to the countryside! 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn as a Rural Tycoon 重生之乡村巨富 A tycoon with billions in wealth is reborn in the body of a poor country boy in the 1980s. Faced with a home stripped bare and the sight of his wife and daughter being humiliated, Chen Tianci flies into a rage and decides to change their lives. With his business acumen, making money comes as naturally as breathing. Business magnates humbly seek his advice, while the richest man in the country kneels before him for guidance on starting a business. With a beautiful wife and a sweet young lady by h 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Can See People's Wealth 我可以看到财富值 Wang Duoduo accidentally discovers that he can see everyone's net worth. From then on, a big shot emerges in the jade trade. A treasure-hunting king appears in the antiques world. A financial giant rises in the markets. Wang Duoduo says, “Different circles don't mix. But when you can see people's net worth, you fit in everywhere!” 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Won Fifty Million in the Lottery, and Started Living Carefully 中奖五千万，我开始小心翼翼生活 I Won 50 Million in the Lottery, and Now I'm Living Carefully 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 Reborn in 1981: I Started by Selling Bullfrogs and Went on to Crush the Richest Man 重生1981，从卖牛蛙开始吊打首富 In his previous life, he lived by the motto that as long as he was fed, nothing else mattered. In the end, it led to disaster: his wife and daughter died, and his family was destroyed. In this life, Zhang Cheng has come to his senses. He'll be a good husband to his wife and a good father to his daughter, a hero in their eyes. He's determined to build his wealth, vowing to make his wife the richest and happiest woman in the world. He'll seize the opportunities brought by reform and opening up, ri 12Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 9 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. 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Reborn in 1985: From Street Vendor to Fortune Maker 重生1985从摆摊开始发家致富 Reborn in 1985, the first thing Lin Xiangyang does is protect his childhood sweetheart, determined not to let the tragedy of his previous life happen again! A bamboo switch across the backside hurts, but it puts his mind at ease. This time, he'll start with a street stall, selling mushrooms and game from the black bamboo forest, and lead his whole family to prosperity. Going to college, making a fortune, marrying Zhiqiu: he won't miss out on a single one! Watch this reborn powerhouse rise from a 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Can Predict the Winning Lottery Numbers 我能预知彩票中奖号码 I Can Predict Winning Lottery Numbers 36Reads—Score114d adds
- 12 The Pinnacle of Life Begins with a Lottery Ticket 巅峰人生从一张彩票开始 Ye Bufan entered the world to scrape by right after graduating from junior high. Before he won the lottery, luxury cars and beautiful women had nothing to do with him. Then one day, a string of numbers appeared in his head while he was asleep, completely changing his life! Luxury cars and gorgeous women were suddenly within his reach! Is one million enough? If not, just add another zero... See how Ye Bufan reaches the pinnacle of life. 615Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 13 Life After Winning 150 Million in the Lottery 彩票中奖一亿五千万后的生活 Life After Winning 150 Million in the Lottery 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn: I Won Ten Million in the Lottery 重生之买彩票中了十个亿 After being reborn, the protagonist wins ten billion yuan in the lottery. They lead an ordinary life, without extravagant spending or buying luxury goods. This story is all about a simple, quiet life. 1.7kReads6.4Score—14d adds
- 15 Stealing Kisses and Jade 偷香窃玉 Jade gambling is an industry that can reveal what lies in people's hearts. Some treat it as a business, making a little money for fun; Some see it as a chance to get rich overnight and turn their lives around, taking shortcuts and speculating; But I'm different from them. I do this for my life... 517Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 16 How the Lottery Changed an Auxiliary Police Officer’s Life 彩票改变一个辅警的一生 In County S, M City, Province A, twenty-seven-year-old Li Feng is an ordinary auxiliary police officer. His life is quiet and monotonous: a meager salary, a bedridden father to care for, an overworked mother, and the same tedious tasks every day. The only thing that offers him a glimmer of hope is the few lottery tickets he buys each week, his one remaining stake in the future. Then, one ordinary night in 2025, his life is turned upside down. As usual, Li Feng checks his lottery numbers, only to 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 After I Won the Lottery 我彩票中奖后 The story is about a man who wins 14 million in the lottery. His ordinary life changes in an instant, and after his newfound wealth goes to his head, he gains everything he could never have before... He comes to understand the meaning of life and lives happily with his family. 139Reads—Score14314d adds
- 18 Reborn in 1984, I Strive for Happiness with My Wife and Daughter 重生84，带着妻女为幸福打拼 Yan Ning was reborn in 1984, on the eve of his wife's and daughter's deaths. A prodigal who turns his life around is worth more than gold. Once a drunk, a gambler, and a no-good loafer, he swore to give the wife and daughter he had failed most a life filled with happiness. 205Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn in the 1980s 重生八零年代 Reborn in the 1980s, he arrives as the winds of reform and opening up sweep across China, and the nation awaits renewal. Faced with his family's poverty and his stepmother's tearful pleas, he makes a different choice from the one he made in his previous life. Through hard work and foresight, he takes one steady step after another toward wealth. Starting with trading mountain produce, he moves on to buying and selling bamboo mats, leasing mountain forests, and developing tourism, transforming the 216Reads7.9Score11914d adds
- 20 Reborn in a Mountain Village: From Selling Local Goods to Becoming the Richest Man 重生山村，从卖山货开始成为首富 In his previous life, Chen An had lost his wits, believed rumors, and misunderstood his wife, ruining his family and spending the rest of his life in regret! Now Chen An has returned to the turning point of his fate. He’ll make up for the mistakes of his previous life and lead his family to prosperity! 55Reads5.2Score1014d adds
- 21 I Won 1.7 Billion in the Lottery 买彩票中了17亿 An ordinary college girl’s happy life after suddenly getting rich, with a little family drama thrown in. Anyway, as long as it’s satisfying! [To all the lovely readers who found this book: may you be rich and prosperous this year! Short story, complete at 20,000 words.] 390Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn in 1989: Three Daughters, and Life Is So Sweet 重生89，生三个女儿，嘎嘎香 Gao Mei is reborn at the moment her youngest daughter is born. It's 1989! She looks back on her life. In her determination to have a son, she gave birth to seven children, but only three daughters survived. Her husband's family despised her, her husband gave up on life and spent every day playing cards with his no-good friends, and her own weakness led to tragedy for her three daughters. Later, her husband's older brother's family took everything from them, and in the end neither she nor her hus 170Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 23 I Won Five Hundred Million After the Divorce 离婚后，中了五个亿 After her divorce, Li Xi bought a lottery ticket, thinking she had won five million. It wasn't until the day she went to collect her prize that she found out she'd won five hundred million. Divorce plus a jackpot: her life takes an unexpected turn. She goes from an ordinary office worker to a major player in the business world. She starts a company and catches the eye of a business tycoon, who chooses her as his heir. After remarrying, her husband turns out to be worth trillions, and his family 2.1kReads7.5Score21214d adds
- 24 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 188Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 25 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
- 26 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 130Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 27 They Sent You to Intern, and You Found Millions in Antique Bargains? 让你去实习，你捡漏千万古董？ 1.7kReads6.4Score13514d adds
- 28 I Won the Lottery and Retired to My Hometown 中奖一亿后回村养老 I’m a newbie with limited writing skills and plenty of flaws, so read at your own risk! Read at your own risk! Read at your own risk! Domineering CEO × B&B owner Li Anran, who had just graduated with a master’s degree, never expected to be unable to find a job. Frustrated, she posted a comment on impulse and was rewarded with a dream about striking it rich. In the dream, she passed the God of Wealth’s test and won a huge lottery prize. With a hundred million yuan in her account, she promptly wen 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn in 1990: I Become a Legend by Leveraging Information Gaps 重生1990：我靠信息差封神 Wang Wenwu was an honest, frugal, 40-year-old truck driver in his previous life who loved listening to the news. Reborn in 1990 with his memories of the times intact, he seizes every major opportunity, from stamps and subscription certificates to the internet and real estate. He gives his family a comfortable life, brings glory to his benefactors, and makes his enemies regret everything, using immense wealth and foresight to forge his path to legendary status. 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 30 Reborn in 1980: The Village Beauty Can Read Fortunes 重生1980：村花媳妇会算卦 The live-action short drama and comic adaptation are now available. If you're interested, click the “More Adaptations” button in the bottom right to watch. Longtime bachelor Lin Feng finally gets his lucky break: he transmigrates back to the 1980s and marries a village beauty so stunning she's almost too beautiful to be real. She has a tiny waist, long legs, and a captivating smile. The only problem is, she's an idiot! But Lin Feng loves her to death, because this girl has an astonishing talent: 11.9kReads8.2Score99314d adds
- 31 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
- 32 1982: Reborn Before My Wife and Child Fall into the Water 1982：重生在老婆孩子落水前 Synopsis: Urban rebirth + farming + period setting + devoted husband and dad + a scumbag’s redemption + getting rich! “Heavens! Please, let me see my wife and children again, even if it’s only for a moment!” As he lay dying, Ye Bufan desperately wished his prayer would come true. Every night for forty years, he had relived every little moment with his wife and children. Each memory felt like a knife, slowly carving into his heart. The people he had wronged most, the ones he felt most indebted to 687Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 33 Reborn in the 1980s: With a Spirit Jade, I Lead My Family to Wealth 重生八零：携灵玉带全家发家致富 (Rebirth + period setting + wild ideas + spiritual jade + miracle doctor + top student + sweet romance + getting rich + wealthiest person) In her previous life, Tian Xiaowu was an orphan who had just won the world's Nobel Prize in Medicine. While gathering herbs deep in the mountains, she missed her footing and fell off a cliff… When she woke again, she had been reborn in the 1980s as another Tian Xiaowu, with the same name. She had three older brothers, one older sister, and two twin youn 692Reads9.0Score11214d adds
- 34 Divine Eyes That See Through Heaven 神眼通天 Dumped by a gold digger, Chen Xiu is attacked just after boarding the subway. With bad luck piling up, he unexpectedly obtains an ancient jade pendant. From then on, he gains extraordinary skills at appraising treasures! A pawnshop intern who works himself to the bone? Not a chance! With a single glance, he sees through every mystery, and his power skyrockets! From now on, Chen Xiu is the leading authority in the antique world! His cheat-fueled life, rich enough to rival a nation, begins in earn 943Reads8.4Score12014d adds
- 35 An Unexpected Lottery Win Changed My Life 无意中的中奖改变了人生 The debt collector's call had ended just half an hour earlier when his ex-wife called. He hadn't paid a cent of child support for two months. Then his lawyer brought him news that an old friend was eager to seize his property... But no one expected fate to deal Li Fan a card that could change his life: a lottery ticket he picked at random by sheer chance, which won the top prize in the Super Lotto, with an additional jackpot totaling 18 million yuan. What he expected even less was that a beautif 3kReads8.4Score14514d adds
- 36 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. 93Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 37 The King of Jade 翡翠之王 Synopsis: Stone gambling, an industry with a history of more than a hundred years, is often summed up by the saying, "Nine out of ten bets end in ruin." But stone gambling isn't simply gambling. You must approach the stone with an open mind and study it carefully. If you go in thinking only of gambling, every bet will end in failure. —Reads—Score26814d adds
- 38 Stone Gambling: I Appraise Jade, Not Legs 赌石：不鉴玉腿只鉴玉 Li Qiuyang is tricked into going to northern Myanmar, where he is forced to undergo a kidney operation. Afterward, he is dumped in an abandoned mine, and just as he is about to die, he unexpectedly acquires a mysterious gourd. This awakens his ability to see through things, launching him on a journey of gambling on jadeite, appraising treasures, and collecting all kinds of rare wonders. Gambling on stones is about more than stones: it reveals the sinister depths of the human heart. Antiques are 1.6kReads8.4Score17314d adds
- 39 The Master Appraiser: I Turned My Luck Around with Stone Gambling 鉴宝神手，我靠赌石咸鱼翻身 Poor Chen Ran is struck by lightning and awakens a strange power of perception. With a single touch, he can identify priceless jade and rare antiques, determine whether someone lives or dies, and see the histories of all things. From then on, he makes a fortune gambling on jade, appraises treasures, solves cases, earns commendations, heals the sick, and saves lives. His life takes off at a breakneck pace! 15.4kReads8.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 40 Carving the Dragon’s Fang 龙牙琢 Ranked No. 14 on Tomato Novel’s Original Works list (Men’s Rankings: Treasure Appraisal, New Releases). Liu Zhuoheng, a corporate drone, unexpectedly discovers that an ancestral dragon tusk carving can connect to antiques and collectibles, identify their details, and help him appraise them. With the dragon tusk carving, Liu Zhuoheng sweeps the world of antique appraisal, gets caught up in romantic entanglements, and tracks down the descendants of his family’s sworn enemies to exact his revenge. 30Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 41 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
- 42 Reborn in 1985: It All Began with a Street Stall 重生1985，一切从摆地摊开始 [Ding! A fashion System has been activated! Current year: 1985. The fashion scene is 100% untapped.] She casually pulled a shabby “made for export, sold domestically” windbreaker from a woven sack. [System: Silhouette +80, presence +999! Hidden style unlocked: a look straight off the Paris runway five years from now.] Night-market vendor: How about ten yuan? Su Wanqing: No. I’m going to trade it for a storefront. [Quest: Make 100 passersby’s hearts race within 24 hours.] Reward: Cash ×3,000, sta 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Unemployed at Sixty, I Strike It Rich with Jade Gambling 60岁失业，赌石逆袭 [Stone gambling] [A late-life comeback] [Antique appraisal] [Finding hidden treasures] [Feel-good story] [Those who look down on me] On his sixtieth birthday, the “gifts” Li Jianguo receives are a layoff notice and divorce papers from his wife. At the lowest point in his life, he uses his last savings to buy a dusty uncut stone from an old friend at a street stall in northern Myanmar. The moment he slices through its outer shell, a flash of green sinks into his eyes, and the world suddenly turns 1.7kReads7.3Score13914d adds
- 44 In the 1970s, I Came Clean: My Grandpa’s a Big Shot 七零我摊牌了我的爷爷是大佬 In his previous life, Su Lin endured one tragedy after another: his parents died, his sister married far away, and his younger sister was sold. Just when he finally managed to return to a normal life, a rich second-generation heir turned everything upside down. In the end, Su Lin’s body was dumped at sea... Unexpectedly, when Su Lin opened his eyes again, he had been reborn as an eight-year-old child. In this life, he would save his family, make a fortune, and help them build a better life throu 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Whole Village Mocked Me for Raising Fish, Then I Became a Tycoon 养鱼被全村嘲笑我反手成了大享 Reborn in the 1990s, I had a home with nothing in it and endured everyone's contempt. Everyone called me a dreamer and said fish farming would leave me dead broke. My family played favorites, my neighbors were mean, and everyone made things difficult for me. But I was determined to defy fate. With one fishpond, I could turn the tide! I proved the whole village wrong, made a fortune, and became the person they admired most! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Back in Senior Year, This Student Is Seriously Rich 重回高三，这学生实在太有钱了 When a solar eclipse arrived, time went back 25 years. Lu Ming could barely hold back his tears. He used to be the most domineering mogul in the real estate world, with several million in spare cash alone on his bank card. And now he was reborn in his final year of high school? He might not even get into Lanxiang Technical School. Lu Ming gradually adjusted to life after time turned back. Since he had another chance, he was determined to seize everything: his studies, career, family, fri 4.3kReads6.8Score40214d adds
- 47 Replay the Game: Live Up to Our Youth and Each Other! 覆局重弈：不负韶华不负卿！ A life you've already lived, a road you've already explored and a river you've already crossed: will there still be thorns and whirlpools? When you're reborn, should you seek the right answer or the optimal solution? In his previous life, Ji Mo spent all his years pursuing a life of comfort. Can he attain it this time around? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Reborn in 1978: From the Start, a Tough Farmhand Calls Off the Wedding and Splits the Family 重生1978：开局糙汉退婚分家 [Period setting + Reborn + Family drama + Forest farm + Everyday life + Building wealth] Reborn in 1978, Qi Feng had spent his previous life as a tireless workhorse, only to be drained to death by his awful relatives. This time, he refuses to swallow even a single grievance! His fiancée, whom he hasn’t married yet, looks down on his poverty and wants to elope with someone else? Fine, don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Pay back every last cent of my hard-earned money, with interest! His v 8.4kReads8.0Score54214d adds
- 49 I Opened My Eyes to Find My Wife at the Door Starving 睁开眼：上门老婆要饿死 [Alternate History + Rebirth + Period Drama + Countryside + Getting Rich + Devoted Husband] Ye Mu is reborn into a poor, war-torn feudal dynasty. Looking at the wife who has just been sent to his door, he decides to earn money and provide for his family. From catching fish and shrimp to making paper and building infrastructure, Ye Mu plans to turn a poor little mountain village into a metropolis. Wealthy merchant: “Bring me along, boss!” Marquis: “What a talent! I’ll pay him a personal visit!” 1kReads8.2Score12714d adds
- 50 Reborn in 1986: Leading the Whole Village to Prosperity 重生1986，带领全村挣钱吃肉 Reborn + Urban Life + Farming + Feel-Good + Business Warfare A down-and-out middle-aged man unexpectedly returns to 1986. Given the chance to live his life over, he is determined to seize it. He starts by leading his village out of poverty, gathering a group of like-minded friends and brothers around him. Armed with memories of the modern world and extraordinary courage, he overcomes one challenge after another and ultimately builds his own business empire. There will be joy and heartache, love 99Reads—Score—14d adds
