Novels like Reborn in the 1970s: The Darling Lucky Carp Wife
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Reborn in the 1970s: The Darling Lucky Carp Wife, best match first.
- 1 Before I Was Widowed, I Learned to Appreciate My Rough-Hewn Husband 重回守寡前我把糙汉老公看顺眼了 [Period setting + military marriage + reborn + doting husband, no space, no golden finger] The heads of the Lin and Gu families had been comrades in arms. Thinking that good things shouldn’t go to outsiders, the two families arranged for Lin Shiwei and Gu Zheng to marry. Unfortunately, Gu Zheng was a complete roughneck, while Lin Shiwei had always wanted a refined life. The two simply couldn’t get along. Lin Shiwei couldn’t stand all of Gu Zheng’s flaws. He was always in his military uniform, qu 518Reads8.2Score11214d adds
- 2 Danger! The Author Transmigrates into a Book and Is Seized by the Mad Villain 危！作者穿书被疯批反派强取豪夺 A large hand gripped her waist, his eyes rimmed with red. “Even if I die, I’ll never let you leave me!” The good news: I transmigrated into a book, and the person I wrote fell for me, a woman who’d been single all her life. The bad news: He’s the villain of the story, obsessive and utterly unhinged. Fairy-tale version: The little rabbit likes to bite, and the big bad wolf wears a rabbit’s skin for love. In short: A story about a villain who’s constantly trying to win over the author. Xia Yilan 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Space: The Tender Wife of a Rugged Man in the 1970s 空间：七零糙汉的娇软妻 [Sweet romance + pocket dimension + rugged hero + period story + 1970s + gentle heroine + reborn] [Delicate, soft-hearted heroine × loyal, rugged hero] Song Ruan grew up cherished and spoiled by her family. Yet in the scorching summer heat, she was hoeing the fields for her educated-youth boyfriend. Then, in a moment of carelessness, a snake bit her. While unconscious, she had a long dream filled with scenes from the future. When she woke, she kicked that hypocritical educated-youth boyfriend to 9.4kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
- 4 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 58.8kReads8.8Score3.5k14d adds
- 5 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 33.5kReads8.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 6 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 105.5kReads9.4Score9.8k14d adds
- 7 Cherished Darling 心肝宠 (Top-tier wealthy family, a modern Jiangnan beauty as the heroine, an obsessive male lead, the heroine pursues him at first, then he spoils her relentlessly, devoted to each other, happy ending) For the sake of the child in her belly, Lu Zhiling was forced to marry an obsessive tycoon. Everyone thought she wouldn’t live long enough to give birth. To stay alive, she began winning him over. Before she knew it, she had become the apple of his eye. Later, she prepared to run away. His car was perche 79.5kReads9.5Score8.2k14d adds
- 8 EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds
