Novels like Reborn in 2004: A Fresh Start
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- 51 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Be a Sucker? 都重生了还当个毛韭菜！ Reborn in the city, farming + realistic stock market storyline + sweet romance with one heroine + carefully plotted, not brainless + not a mindless power fantasy Lu Ming was left utterly disheartened after his stock investments collapsed and his fiancée betrayed him. By a twist of fate, he was reborn ten years earlier, in 2014. The experience of being fleeced in the stock market in his previous life became Lu Ming's greatest asset and source of confidence in this one. Given a second chance at 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Others Just Farm, but You’ve Got Cheats 别人好种地，你都开挂 Synopsis of Others Farm, You’ve Got Cheats Chen Yuan transmigrates. Not on horseback, not in a sedan chair, but by crashing straight into a ramshackle hut. Wind whistles through the leaky roof, holes gape in the walls, and his mouth is full of the earthy taste of dirt. His only golden finger is something called the Crafting System, along with a sharp-tongued System assistant named Chen Yuan. “What was I chosen for?” Chen Yuan asks. “Farming.” “I graduated from a top university, and I transm 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Reborn in 2002: I Won’t Become the Richest Man 重生2002，我不做首富 [Reborn in 2002]+ [A flood of memories]+ [Everyday life]+ [Building the nation through industry]+ [Web fiction superstar]+ [Patriotic] When Yan He woke up, he had returned to 2002, the year he started seventh grade. Reliving his youthful days, he battled against the current, and forged a very different life. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Back in the 1990s, the Nation Hires Me as a National Scholar 重回九零，国家聘我当国士 Reborn in 1990, the first thing Chen Changhe does is drag his childhood sweetheart onto a train. Standing before you now is: A renowned economist and management expert! A top tycoon and business magnate! A pioneer of online literature! The man who made famous actresses! A leading figure of the literary era! A traveler through time and a sinner seeking redemption for his previous life! Shen Maimai’s childhood sweetheart and guardian angel! Chen Changhe! 4kReads7.7Score27314d adds
- 55 Reborn in 2008: From Selling Melons to Business Mogul 重生08：从卖瓜到创业大佬 Chen Wei unexpectedly returned to the day he had to submit his college entrance exam applications! This time, armed with more than a decade of memories from the future, he was ready to go all out! With the ultimate playbook for seizing the opportunities of the era in hand, he started out selling melons in the fields, then made his first fortune with creative marketing, igniting the fuse for his comeback! He went all in on Bitcoin in its early days, claimed his place in e-commerce as it rose, 314Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Reborn in 1980: Becoming a Tycoon 重生80当大亨 After unexpectedly being reborn in the 1980s, a top modern-day salesperson finds himself branded a useless coward by everyone around him! A career elite in his future life, yet a good-for-nothing in his previous one? No way. With memories of the twenty-first century, how could he just sit around and wait for death? Armed with knowledge of the future, watch him become a bold and enterprising smuggler and turn his life around! 1.5kReads8.7Score13414d adds
- 57 Reborn in 1990: Making Waves on the Bitcoin Planet 重生1990：撬动比特地球 [Reborn × Starting from Scratch to Make a Fortune × Feel-Good Story × One Female Lead] [Early: Information Services - Mid-Story: Entertainment Industry - Late: Control of Public Opinion - Ending: ??!!] Also known as: The American Billionaire Is Actually a Spy for Another Country?! One moment, he’s an internet celebrity mogul with a net worth of over a hundred million. The next, he’s reborn in America in 1990! Staring at a creaky old “desktop” computer and listening to a dial-up connection that s 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Rebuilding 1997: Launching a Financial Empire 重塑1997：开启金融帝国 Su Langtao, a genius from the 21st century, is reborn and transmigrates to 1997, an era when gold seems to lie everywhere. Through his own efforts, he goes from working at a factory to building a business empire of his own. 1.6kReads—Score12614d adds
- 59 Reborn in the 1940s 重生从40年代开始 An orphan from the 21st century is unexpectedly reborn in the 1940s. [Supreme Evergreen Cultivation Art + Space + Courtyard House + TV and Film Crossover + Hong Kong Crossover + Multiple Heroines + the Myriad Worlds] Lin Feng, a wage slave from the 21st century, transmigrates to the late 1930s. He’s reborn only to become an orphan all over again. Then he stumbles upon a cultivation technique and a space that can take him to other worlds. From then on, he fulfills all kinds of dreams and encounte 11Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 60 Reborn: My Family Really Does Own a Mine 重生：家里真的有矿 My Dad Owns a Coal Mine, and I’m a Coal Tycoon’s Son. Lin Hao thought he’d been incredibly lucky during the first half of his life. He grew up surrounded by luxury, with fancy cars, grand homes, and beautiful women always at hand, all because his family really did have a few mines. The only thing that annoyed him was how people kept calling him a coal boss or a coal tycoon’s son. Yes, the mines were coal mines, and his father was a coal boss, but those labels sounded unbearably tacky to him. In 27Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 61 Why Am I Still Getting Pinned to the Bed After Being Reborn? 重生后怎么还被堵床上了 Before being reborn: A love that was always owed its due. After being reborn: Two unrequited loves, separated by decades of missed timing, become a mutual love in this moment. Jia Yuan shook the girl lying beside him. “Wake up.” “Mm~ What is it?” “Don’t ask. Hurry, or we’ll get caught in bed again.” Just then, a knock came from outside the door. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 I'm Reborn, So of Course I Want It All! 都重生了，我当然全都要！ Rebirth + Multiple Heroines + Everyday Campus Life + Making Money + No System [Half romance, half business; slow burn. The women range from a roommate's devoted admirer to a campus goddess and finally a counselor. His career goes from game streamer to financier.] Xiao Yang wanted to take his childhood sweetheart from campus all the way to the altar. He even applied to the same third-tier university as the campus goddess. Unfortunately, she rejected him completely on the very first day of school 51Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 63 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... 47Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 64 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! 2.1kReads8.2Score16014d adds
- 65 Back to 1990: Starting with Treasury Bond Speculation 重返1990，从倒卖国库券开始 Ye Feng lives an unremarkable life. His wife dies, his child is lost, and he reaches the end of his life alone. When he opens his eyes again, he’s reborn in 1990. Now his beautiful wife hasn’t drowned herself, and his four-year-old daughter is still as innocent as ever. They may have nothing, but he can start over. Heaven has given Ye Feng another chance. He’ll make the most of his years and never let his beloved down. He’ll make up for the regrets of his past life and give his wife and daughter 1.6kReads7.0Score10114d adds
- 66 Reborn Mercenary: From Business Comeback to Covert Agent 重生雇佣兵商业逆袭成编外特工 [Reborn] [Stocks] [Business Models] [Hedge Funds] [Taking Down Bullies] [One Female Lead] How lucky! He is reborn in 2006, just after the college entrance exam results come out! Since he has another chance to start over, he refuses to waste the rest of his life again! He chooses a different university and major, takes down bullies and keeps out of trouble on campus, then uses the Hong Kong trading skills he built up in his previous life and what little he can remember to begin his comeback! He c 58Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 67 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. 129Reads6.8Score2614d adds
- 68 Reborn in Hong Kong: A Trillionaire Finance God from the Start 重生香江：开局万亿金融之神 Back in the 1990s, Hong Kong’s entertainment industry was thriving and its financial sector was booming. Carrying memories of his past life, Chu Tian returns to Hong Kong and discovers that someone has been sabotaging his mother’s company. His girlfriend’s family is struggling. In his previous life, he was powerless to help, but Heaven has given him another chance, and he’s going to reclaim everything! He is a financial genius, known as the God of Finance. He helps his mother’s family rise to pr 390Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 69 Reborn in 2008: Starting with Phone Screen Protectors 重生2008：从手机贴膜开始 Other people transmigrate and become tech geniuses or the richest people in the world. After Zhang Xiaoshan transmigrated, he had no idea how to make money. He couldn't get into college, and working for someone else was out of the question, so he could only make ends meet by running a street stall. 2.2kReads8.5Score10814d adds
- 70 Back to Life: 1987 重返人生：1987 When other people are reborn, they go from good-for-nothing to rising star. But when Wang Zheng was reborn, he started over at max level, with his account deleted. The billionaire Wang Zheng returned to the troubled year of 1987, to a complicated family of a biological father, stepmother, and stepsister. Wang Zheng could only set out on a new journey and make his own legend in this golden age! 43Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 71 Reborn in 1997: While the Whole School Prepares for Exams, I Hang Out in Internet Cafes and Become a Tycoon 重生97全校备考我泡网吧成首富 [Reborn + Academic Prodigy + Capital + Behind-the-Scenes Power Player + Business] A PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences is reborn in 1997, but from the start he is so broke he can’t even afford the internet bill. With no money, no connections, and not even old enough to be an adult, how can Cheng Hao make a fortune? An idea strikes him: he invents an identity as a top Silicon Valley guru and sneaks into the world’s leading tech forum at the time. He only meant to use technology thirty years 1.7kReads8.2Score10314d adds
- 72 My 1977 我的1977 Chen Huaibei, a 21st-century office worker, wakes up one day to find he has transmigrated to 1977. His family is dirt poor, and poverty-induced illness is still an illness that needs treating. This is the beginning of a golden age. In this turbulent era, even an ordinary person can have grand ideas. With his knowledge of what lies ahead, he gradually builds his own legendary fortune amid this golden age. 2.4kReads7.8Score21314d adds
- 73 The Green-Tea Campus Belle Was Unbeatable, Until I Was Reborn 绿茶校花无人能敌，直到我重生了 (Rebirth + School Life + Entrepreneurship + Love Rivals) At thirty-eight, Li Qiushui had spent most of his life being deceived by women. He returned with his memories to his vibrant high school days, only to discover that the girl he'd pursued in his previous life was actually a master manipulator, his socially anxious and adorably clueless deskmate was a little heiress, and the aloof campus beauty had a surprising side... This book is also known as: “Now That I've Been Reborn, Why Would I Still 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Lead the City into a New Era 重生港岛，我引领香江 Starting in 1980s Hong Kong, I’ll build a whole new Hong Kong! Want to see long-legged beauties? How about I create a Hong Kong girl group? Want to see idol dramas? How about I get the Four Heavenly Kings to star in them? No 3A games at home? No great directors? No… Don’t worry, everyone. I’ll take care of it all, one thing at a time! (This is a rookie author’s first novel, so please forgive any shortcomings! Many thanks, everyone!) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 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. 86Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 76 Reborn in 2012: A Life Transformed by Xunqi 重生2012，讯启人生 After spending half his life struggling at the bottom of society, Xie Liang, an ordinary man as insignificant as dust, is unexpectedly reborn in 2012. The gears of fate begin to turn as he awakens the Future News System. Every message from the future is a key to rewriting his life. See how Xie Liang wields the keys to the future and strikes up a rousing song of comeback in 2012! 25Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 77 Reborn, I Bind the Perfect Life System 重生归来，绑定完美人生系统 By chance, Qin Tian returned to the eve of the 2009 college entrance examination and became bound to the Perfect Life System. His previous life was plain and ordinary. This time, he swore to make up for every regret: wealth, career, love, and beautiful women would all be within his grasp! With extraordinary abilities granted by the System, including a photographic memory, miraculous medical skills, and golden eyes, he dominated the campus and the business world, won the heart of the campus bel 678Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 78 Restarting My Life, I Take Control of the Global Economy 重启人生，主宰全球经济 Chen Hao is reborn and returns to 1993. He is eighteen that year and about to take the college entrance exam. A disaster is also about to befall him and his parents. In an age when gold lies everywhere, what path will he take? 61Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 79 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. 16.3kReads6.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 80 Reborn in 1997, I Became the World’s Richest 重生1997，我成了世界首富 Ling Yun was reborn in 1997 as a young man saddled with massive debt. He had no choice! Relying on memories from his previous life, he decided to borrow some money from financial markets around the world to tide himself over. Wall Street, with its abundant capital, was naturally the perfect place. His frenzied money-making and large-scale acquisitions soon caught the attention of Western financial conglomerates, which moved to suppress him. And so began a war of blockades and counter-blockades, 1.4kReads8.7Score10814d adds
- 81 Reborn as a Genius Student 重生之神级学渣 (Female lead: Cheng Qiqi) Reborn. In his previous life, Zuo Chengliang was a notorious villain in prison. In this life, he wants to be a good person. After being reborn, Zuo Chengliang has plenty of ideas: make a fortune, marry the most beautiful woman, drink the strongest liquor, and race through a wild, rainy night... Reward good and punish evil, and stay clear-eyed about the world. Once, the world... wasn't worth it! Zuo Chengliang is going to make the world... worth it! He'll give his love 2.1kReads8.4Score22514d adds
- 82 Reborn in 1983, I Ruin My Ex-Wife's Family 重生1983让前世老婆家破人亡 After spending 40 years as a sucker who raised another man’s child, Zong Dawei died and was reborn in 1983. When his wife from his previous life confessed her love to him again, he rejected her on the spot. “I’m sure as hell not raising the kid in your belly as my own.” From the start, he takes control of his future father-in-law and drives his family to ruin. After taking his revenge, he heads south to the special economic zones and north to the capital, where ten thousand yuan can buy a siheyu 306Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 83 Reborn in 1992: The Road to My Dreams 重生1992圆梦之路 At first, he goes to school to help his family escape poverty and settle down in the city, making sure his father's tragedy never happens. In 1997, he gets into the Beijing Film Academy and fulfills his dream of entering show business as an actor, singer, and more. In his previous life, he sang at nightclubs and played bit parts. This time, he wants to be a star too. 2.3kReads8.3Score10014d adds
- 84 Now That I’m Reborn, I’m Going to Enjoy a Life of Freedom! 都重生了，当然要享受肆意人生！ [Reborn + Clever Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Heroines] Xiao Changkun accidentally discovered that neither of the two children his wife, Cao Lan, had given birth to was his! How could he put up with that? So he was angered to death. Luckily, Xiao Changkun was reborn, returning to the day he had confessed his love to Cao Lan. Looking at the pure, beautiful Cao Lan before him, Xiao Changkun didn’t confess this time. Instead, he raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face. In this li 1.3kReads5.8Score10614d adds
- 85 Reborn: Checking In at the Four Great Classical Novels 重生之打卡四大名著 Niu Youliang is an ordinary-looking stunt performer who unexpectedly returns to 1984. He starts out as Liu Xianglian’s double in Dream of the Red Chamber, then plays the Bull Demon King in Journey to the West, Jiang Wei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and finally Shi Jin, the Nine-Tattooed Dragon, in Water Margin. Beginning as a stunt double who never shows his face, he gradually achieves the astonishing feat of working on adaptations of all four great classical novels, ultimately becoming the 140Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 86 Reborn: From Rock Bottom to the Top 重生：穷途登峰 Sixteen years of wholehearted devotion brought him nothing but bankruptcy and a stumbling trip to prison. Chen Wenshan is reborn in 2001, bringing with him more than a decade of business experience and the lessons he learned behind bars. If giving without expecting anything in return can only foster evil and betrayal, then this time, Chen Wenshan will keep a sharp weapon close and let his murderous intent run wild. The flower of romanticism in his heart has withered, and in its place he has plan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Reborn in 2005: Starting with Taking My Studies Seriously 重生2005年，从好好学习开始 Synopsis: [Reborn] + [Making up for regrets] + [Youthful campus life] + [Everyday life] + [Elegant prose] + [Music] + [Family-centered] + [Turning one's life around] + [Writing plagiarized works] Wen Yuan has been reborn. It's 2005, and there are still so many opportunities. Haicheng is still a fishing village, housing prices haven't skyrocketed across the country, and he's still so young... Though Wen Yuan is still a student, he is fired up with ambition. Starting as a ghostwriter, he steadily 396Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Back to 1993: The Perfect Life 重返93之完美人生 The 1990s were a time when fortunes were made. Countless people rose and fell, while countless others followed in their footsteps. Yet the people of southwestern Shandong remained trapped in poverty. Lu Zijian suddenly returned to 1993. His second life began with a blind date. 325Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 89 My Childhood Sweetheart Took Me for Granted. Reborn, She Can't Even Reach Me 青梅爱答不理？重生后她高攀不起 [Reborn in a Bygone Era] + [Youthful Campus Life] + [Gorgeous Campus Belle] + [Everyday Romance] + [Business Empire] Qi Zhou was reborn, and the father he'd been longing to see was standing right behind him. The awkward part? He was a high school senior, pulling an all-nighter at an internet cafe to play games. The lucky part? His hand slipped, and he bought a ring in the game! From then on, A sensational post swept across the forums. Countless players went on monster-killing sprees, all 6.8kReads7.6Score56914d adds
- 90 Reborn in 1991: The Road to a Trillion-Dollar Real Estate Empire 重生1991：开启万亿地产之路 A new book is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.1kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 91 From Retail Investor to Market Mogul 从散户到游资大佬 Yin Fang is a workshop technician who stumbled upon the stock market by chance. From an ordinary retail investor, he rose to become a major player in the hot-money market, idolized by countless small investors. His story began that day... 905Reads7.1Score10514d adds
- 92 Back to the 1960s with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间回六零年代 I transmigrated to the 1960s. A period novel with a portable space. The early story mainly takes place in China, with house-buying, antiques, treasures, and spies. In the middle and later parts, the story goes overseas for some action, including things like shopping for free! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Back at Eighteen, I Have No Choice but to Make a Comeback! 重返十八，我只好逆袭！ [Reborn in College]+ [Urban Slice of Life]+ [Business and Making Money]+ [Youth and Campus]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No System] Lin Mo is reborn, back in the summer of 2011. He’s returned to the best age of all: eighteen. This time, he’ll live a more exciting and freer life. 882Reads7.2Score8514d adds
- 94 Reborn: The Golden Age 重生之黄金年代 The 1990s were the golden decade that today’s business tycoons look back on with nostalgia. Opportunities were everywhere, and gold was there for the taking. That’s why it was also known as the Great Era! Zhou Liang’an returns to 1993, back to the bottom rung of a company. The old workers take him for a pushover and bully him. The woman he was dating is about to dump him. His friends and relatives all want to take advantage of him, and not one of them means well. But… no one expected Zhou Liang’ 4.6kReads8.2Score38414d adds
- 95 The Golden Age Against the Tide 逆流黄金年代 Reborn in 2000, Lin Xiaolei finds that real estate has yet to take off, the internet has just weathered a downturn, and the retail industry is only getting started. As the tide of the times rolls in, what will he choose? Lin Xiaolei says, “I want to make money.” “And after you’ve made money?” “Make even more money.” “What do you need all that money for?” “Make money with money...” 2.8kReads8.2Score16914d adds
- 96 A Life Without Regrets: Back to 1992 人生无憾之重回1992 Things don’t go your way nine times out of ten. If I could live again, I’d make up for every regret in my life! Career, family, relatives, friends, romance, brotherhood: I won’t miss out on a single one! Everyone who bullied, humiliated, or trampled on me in my last life will end up beneath my feet! Reborn in 1992, the protagonist Yang Fan doesn’t just want to be a butterfly flapping its wings. He wants to become a pterosaur stirring up the world. 1.3kReads8.6Score11014d adds
- 97 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 210.7kReads8.5Score21.9k14d adds
- 98 Reborn in 2000: My Star Desk Mate 重生2000之我的明星前桌 [Entrepreneurship first, with stock and futures trading on the side, light everyday life, multiple female leads, smart protagonists, bargain hunting, enjoying life, youthful passion, no face-slapping] Since the start of the new millennium, what have we missed over the past two decades or so? The courtyard houses in Beijing in 2000? The bull markets of 2007 and 2015? Or do we regret not buying up houses? Even if ordinary people couldn't seize those high-end opportunities, what about opening an in 99Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 99 Reborn in 2001: A Youthful Comeback 重生2001之青春逆袭 If you were given the chance to live your life over, what would you choose? Ye Feng has just been reborn and is facing a breakup. In his previous life, he begged desperately to keep the relationship. What will he choose this time? 99Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 100 Reborn in the 1990s: Break the West's Tech Stranglehold and Make Trillions 重生九零：科技卡脖欧美赚爆万亿 The rating just came in! [Reborn entrepreneurial story, building up industry, no System, slow burn, with sound business-war logic] Back in 1993, Su Lei makes his first fortune reselling pagers. He makes a killing worldwide with electronic pets, rapidly builds his business, catches up with Motorola and Intel, and establishes a foothold in the semiconductor chip industry. During the 1997 financial crisis, he fends off international speculators and buys up undervalued assets in Japan and South Kore 11.1kReads7.0Score86514d adds
