Novels like 1981: A Literary Giant Rises from a Returned Educated Youth
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as 1981: A Literary Giant Rises from a Returned Educated Youth, best match first.
- 1 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. 126Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn in 1975: Shaping the Future of the Countryside 重生1975，在乡村引领时代 Lin Yu is the scourge of the whole compound. He digs up bachelors’ graves, barges into widows’ homes, steals candy from children, and gropes women. “Hated by everyone” doesn’t even begin to describe him. At last, justice catches up with him: the Red Armbands arrest him and charge him with hooliganism. With his father Lin Qingshan pulling strings, Lin Yu manages to save his life. His sentence is commuted to labor reform, but just as he’s about to leave, he’s sent to the countryside as an educated 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Second Chance at Life, Starting in 1976 重活一世从1976开始 Xiao Qiang, buried in debt, died amid poverty and illness. Reborn at the age of eight in 1976, he resolves to get into a good university, find the first love he missed in his previous life, help his family and friends change their fates, earn more money, and give his family a completely different life. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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
- 5 The Great Writer in the Village Chief's Family, 1978 1978村长家的大作家 (Literary plagiarism + reborn + period setting + building wealth + multiple female leads) In the age of literary giants, an unlucky rich kid transmigrates back to 1978 into the body of the fourth son of the Min family. From the start, the village chief’s daughter is pressuring him to marry her. Amid the everyday ups and downs of family life, he leads his whole family to prosperity. 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 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
- 7 Reborn in 1978: From the Start, I Slacked Off and Caught Shrimp 重生1978，开局摸鱼又捞虾 [Period setting, educated youth, countryside, fishing and catching shrimp, city life, no System, no brainless protagonist, clear-eyed about reality, sound logic. Enter at your own risk.] Chuan, a cuckold who spent more than a decade raising the wife and children of the old Wang next door, had just been poisoned to death by the adulterous couple conspiring against him when he arrived in a small mountain village in 1978. In his previous life, he worked diligently and endured every hardship, yet th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 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
- 9 Officialdom: Rising from the Grassroots 官场：从基层崛起 Wang Lilun was silenced by a “benefactor.” Now he is reborn on the day before he returns to the city. This time, he makes a decision that goes against everything his family taught him: he will stay in this remote corner of the Northwest and rise from an unknown nobody into a powerful figure capable of standing up to his “benefactor” face-to-face... 1.1kReads7.2Score108Shelves
- 10 Reborn in 1976: Starting Over as a Sent-Down Youth 重生1976从知青开始 [A refreshing, long-running political drama] In a freak car accident, Liu Yan gives his life to protect the woman he loves. When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to the 1970s and been reborn as a young educated urbanite sent to the countryside, who shares his name. To his surprise, his new self’s wife has the same name as the woman he loved in his previous life. From then on, Liu Yan embarks on a successful path to a career in government… 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Catch My Brother-in-Law Cheating from the Start 开局捉奸大姐夫 [Just started: transmigrate into a book + 1970s + female lead + semi-alternate setting + a touch of ensemble cast] Cheng Qian is an orphan. His life has been full of ups and downs, with both successes and failures. After an accident, he transmigrates into a romance novel his coworker was reading. As someone who transmigrated, shouldn’t he get the male lead’s role? At worst, shouldn’t he be a supporting male character? Why did he get stuck with the cannon-fodder role? Cheng Qian has read enough t 463Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 12 Wang Xiaoliu’s Struggle 王小六奋斗记 Wang Xiaoliu gazed at the glaring sun on the horizon and swore in a most uncivilized manner. “Fuck.” His luxury apartment, his life of wine and women, his roomfuls of beauties... He couldn't help raising his middle finger and cursing again. “Damn heaven, are you screwing with me?” 93Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 13 Reborn in a Bygone Era, Living Well with My Pocket Dimension 重生年代带着空间过日子 Period setting + space + farming + daily life + one female lead (male protagonist's perspective) After living two lives, Shen Xi is still a lazy fish. He farms and plays with the kids, and life is still full of flavor! My writing isn't great, and neither is my temper. If you don't like it, just move on. May good people have a lifetime of peace, and may bad reviewers have nothing go their way. Thanks. 193Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 14 Reborn in 1983: Sister-in-Law, I'm Back 重生1983：嫂子，我回来了 Synopsis: Song Fei is reborn in 1983, when he is 21. Matchmaker Sun comes to his door to propose that he marry a simple-minded village girl, but he flatly refuses! Liu Nong comes to collect a debt from his sister-in-law, Ma Yueying, and Song Fei immediately promises to repay it for her. Riding the wave of reform, he builds a thriving business and gives his sister-in-law a taste of warmth. His sister-in-law won't marry, and Song Fei won't take a wife. Rumors spread throughout the village. Ma Yuey 226Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 15 I Refuse to Marry Into Her Family: I Want to Wed My Beautiful Childhood Sweetheart 拒绝入赘，我要娶绝美青梅竹马 Billionaire Wang Peng is reborn in the 1970s. He wants to make up for the regrets of his previous life. But first, he has to find a way out of the woodshed. His grandmother has tied him up inside and is about to send him off to become a live-in son-in-law. Fortunately, he brought his RV back with him. This time, he absolutely refuses to become a live-in son-in-law. He will make sure his wicked grandmother meets a miserable end, and that everyone who tormented him dies without a grave. He will ta 64Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 16 The Four Sacred Beasts: Bureau 749 四圣兽之749局 A high school freshman unexpectedly joins the mysterious Bureau 749. A black dragon lying dormant A mysterious gourd dimension The Tianji Star, one of the Big Dipper’s nine stars Mountain spirits and wild monsters The baleful aura of soldiers … And those mysterious beings What is guiding the boy along his path? What kind of story lies behind it all? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Transmigrated to 1978 穿越1978 (Not reborn + one heroine + overseas setting + decisive and ruthless, no dragging things out.) After being caught in an accident, the protagonist transmigrates to 1978. With extraordinary courage, he gets into speculation and profiteering, earns his first fortune, then sails overseas to make big money. He runs circles around the fried-chicken guys, makes the white pigs kneel and call him Boss, and beats the cherry-blossom Koreans until they cry for their mothers. 308Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 18 Reborn in a Bygone Era: I Married My Sister’s Best Friend from the Start 重生年代：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 [No System, no pocket dimension, everyday life, making a fortune, 1980s] Wang Zhigao was reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980. When Xie Yuxi asked him to marry her again, he didn’t hesitate. In front of everyone, he called out, “I will!” In his previous life, he was blinded by greed and watched helplessly as Xie Yuxi fell into despair. Reborn in this life, he swore he would make her the happiest woman in the world. They say that even a pig can fly if it catches the right wind. In an 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Back to 1975: The Stunning Educated Youth Begs Me to Take Her In 重回1975：绝美知青求我收留 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 48Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 20 Reborn in 1970 as an Educated Youth: I Hold Grudges and Lay My Foundations 重生70当知青：睚眦必报立根基 [Synopsis 1] Reborn in 1970, Zhang Jixun gains a System that lets him get revenge on anyone who wrongs him. See how he settles the score with each of his past life's enemies and rises to the top. “Given another chance at life, I'm going to live without restraints!” [Synopsis 2] Betrayed by his best friend, he was forced to go to the countryside. Then that same friend stole his childhood sweetheart, a regret that haunted him for the rest of his life. He never expected fate to give him another cha 213Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 21 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
- 22 Reborn in 1978: When My Family Played Favorites, I Split Off and Got Rich Copying Books 重生78：偏心就分家靠抄书致富 This book is complete. The new book is Literary Master 1977: An Intern in Beijing’s Literary Scene. From the start, it’s 1978, in a cornfield in the Northeast countryside! His biological father and stepmother gang up to gaslight and exploit him, forcing him to toil like an ox to support his “little brother”! Watch the male lead flip the table and refuse to be their workhorse any longer. After splitting the family and cutting ties, he makes his fortune as a writer who plagiarizes from the future. 3.1kReads6.4Score112Shelves
- 23 I Sign In and Farm in the 1970s 我在七零年代签到种田 Life is like a dream, and dreams are like life. Wang Fugui was shot in the head and transmigrated to the 1970s. It was an era when supplies were scarce. As the saying goes, chickens lay eggs and eggs hatch into chickens, their descendants multiplying endlessly. He farmed, raised chickens and rabbits, and filled the world with students. With his own hard-working hands, he built a fortune and supported his young wife. As the saying goes, there’s nothing like the warmth of everyday life to accompan 73Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 24 Reborn in the 1980s: The Village Guardian and Bane of Wild Women 重生八零年代守村人之野妇克星 Wang Erleng transmigrates into the body of a fool in 1981. In a production team in these remote southern mountains, he works the fields to earn work points and heads into the mountains to chop timber. 244Reads8.7Score137Shelves
- 25 An Eighth-Grade Electrician in the 1950s 50年代之八级电工 Zhang Hao transmigrates to the 1950s and, from the start, finds himself a cripple. He can’t make it through school, fails to join the army, and leaves his parents sighing while his girlfriend dumps him. Luckily, he awakens a System that gives him a little more every day. He goes on to qualify as an electrician, get married, and lead his whole family to prosperity, eventually reaching the top of the world. A slow burn, with the electrician storyline starting after 100,000 words. Rich in period at 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 A Police Officer in the 1970s: Building a Fortune with My Younger Siblings 七零年代当警察，带着弟妹一起发 In an extraordinary era, extraordinary youth and extraordinary passion gave rise to an extraordinary story. Fang Mobao transmigrates to 1969, a time unlike any other. Supporting his four younger siblings and mentally ill mother, he struggles to survive and rides the waves of the times, determined to make an extraordinary life for himself! 228Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 I Transmigrated Into a 1970s Novel: From the Start, a Rich Beauty Throws Herself into My Arms 穿书七零：开局白富美往我怀里钻 [System + Comedy + Sneaky Schemer + Feel-Good + Sharp Humor + Two Strong Leads] He wakes up one morning and discovers he's transmigrated into a book! And not just anywhere: he's become a good-for-nothing who's about to wind up on the government payroll! What a surprise, huh? Let's see how Ye Fan gets by with his busted System and keeps a low profile while he grows stronger. When his identity is finally exposed, everyone learns that he's been a sneaky schemer all along! 127Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 28 Back to 1973 to Become an Educated Youth 重返1973做知青 I've been writing for two years, but my skills are still average. This story came from inspiration. Unlike other authors who go on a rampage, I reload and update reliably here. The story may drag a little, so please bear with me. 2kReads7.4Score106Shelves
- 29 Reborn to Rule 1975 重生之玩转1975 After being reborn, Cao Jianchuan had a simple goal: to lead his family, his village, and his hometown to prosperity, all in peace and safety. Unfortunately, sometimes people can't outwit fate, and once again destiny thrust him into the limelight. Move forward? Backward? Left? Right? Cao Jianchuan made his choice once more... He became a man who could command the winds and rain, standing at the very top of the world and steering one world-changing event after another, shaping the course of the a 622Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 30 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
- 31 Transmigrated to the 1970s: Released from Labor Camp, I'm Forced to Move to the Countryside 穿越70之劳改出狱的我被迫下乡 Han Xiaojun, a young man from a city compound, gets into a fight while taking his girlfriend Liu Xiaofei skating at Shishahai, because of her stunning looks. During the fight, he accidentally stabs someone and is sentenced to three years of hard labor. After his release, he is stunned to discover that his former girlfriend has married his sworn enemy, and that he himself is being forced to 167Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Daily Life Beginning in 1949 从1949年开始的日常生活 Period piece + Transmigration + Spatial storage + One heroine + Daily life + Career + Lighthearted + No awful people Throwing things from high places can kill people! A freak accident sends Gu Qinglang transmigrating to 1949. Looking at the empty house, he could only weep. Other transmigrators became princes, nobles, or filthy rich, but what about him? His home was completely bare!!! Fortunately, his spatial storage was still with him, along with the supplies he'd prepared… Watch as Gu Qinglang 32Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 33 Back to 1970: Starting Out as a Fool! 回到70从傻子开始！ He returns to the 1970s and becomes a fool known far and wide. He has parents who love him, brothers and sisters who get along wonderfully, those mountains, that water, and that lovely, charming girl! 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Period: Dreaming of the Divine Machine, He Got a Cheat 年代：梦入神机他开了挂 Zhao Zhendong is reborn in 1970, with a lifetime of stories unfolding one after another. This time, he even has a pocket dimension, so he can do more and make his new life all the more exciting! He’s one hell of a guy! 2.8kReads7.4Score174Shelves
- 35 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
- 36 Reborn in 1978: I Make My Fortune by Plagiarizing 重生1978：我靠文抄发家 Reborn in 1978, just as the national college entrance exams resume and a cultural wave sweeps the country, Jiang Mingchun gets into Yanda and becomes a university student. Drawing on memories from his previous life, he becomes a ghostwriter. 2.5kReads8.6Score107Shelves
- 37 Reborn in 1982: Setting Sail on a Sea of Words 重生1982：文海扬帆 [Literary giant] [University professor] [Academia] [One female lead] [Serious literature] [Traditional literature] [University lecturer] The writer, the people, and the books: a story full of brilliant moments. A tale of the birth of a literary giant! In 1982, Xu Qingyan returns to his hometown to teach at a university. Despite his family's poverty, he dedicates himself to teaching and never stops writing. He establishes himself in academia. Writing under the pen name Jiang Sheng, he publishes T 1.9kReads—Score111Shelves
- 38 My RV Came with Me to the Countryside 房车跟着我下乡了 Song Dahu was traveling in his RV when he accidentally transmigrated into the body of an educated youth sent to the countryside in Northeast China in the late 1960s. With no grand ambitions, he somehow became the village guardian of Kaoshantun. Relying on memories from his previous life and the villagers' combined efforts, he turned a small village into a prosperous place the entire country envied. This novel has no saintly protagonist, no gore, no scheming or treachery. It's just ordinary life, 154Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 39 Back to 1975: The Stunning Educated Youth 重回七五，绝美女知青 Over sixty years old, Lu Zhen returned by chance to the time he remembered most fondly: that land he had loved so deeply, and that breathtakingly beautiful woman. In his previous life, he had been so focused on making money that he let her slip away. Even after achieving success and renown, he had regretted it for the rest of his life. Now that he had a second chance at life, Lu Zhen was determined to make up for that regret. 2.3kReads8.6Score103Shelves
- 40 Reborn in 1985: My Three Stunning Ex-Wives 重生1985，我的三个绝色前妻 [Just rated, score may rise; take your time reading. Ten thousand words updated daily. Urban life, everyday living, entrepreneurship, getting rich, Period setting, Soviet Union, border trade, romantic rivalry, she chases him to win him back] Xu Guoliang transmigrated back to 1985, to a small city in northern China. He opened his eyes in a cramped, noisy apartment block owned by a state-run enterprise. Seeing the three stunning ex-wives in the room questioning him about stealing their living expe 161Reads5.7Score106Shelves
- 41 The Ordinary World: Reincarnated as Sun Shaoan, the Northwestern Hammer King 平凡的世界：魂穿西北锤王孙少安 The Ordinary World: Reborn as Sun Shaoan, the Northwest's Hammer King, also known as Reborn in 1980: Starting from Freezing to Death in the Cowshed This time, I won't just bring warmth to my family. I'll shake up the whole era! A modern young man wakes to find himself as Sun Shaoan from The Ordinary World, frozen stiff in a cowshed! Facing a home stripped bare, the hopeful, tear-filled eyes of his family, and a love that carved itself into his heart but was doomed from the start, the whole era s 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 1958: Opening an Online Store Across Time 年代1958：跨时空开网店 [Period Setting + Pocket Space + Countryside + Family Life + Everyday Moments + Easygoing] Zhang Xiangbei transmigrated to 1958 and acquired an online store that crossed time and space. He could sell modern-day goods to the world he’d left behind before transmigrating, and buy everyday necessities as well. Knowing how history would unfold, he decided to keep his head down for twenty years, put down roots in the countryside, and wait patiently for the winds of reform and opening up. His life mott 33Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 43 Back to 1979: From the Start, I’m Under the Covers 重回1979：开局竟在被窝儿 [Rebirth + farming + period setting + one heroine + everyday life + reselling supplies] Li Chengkun was born into a cadre family, but his parents neglected his upbringing, leaving him good for nothing. In the 1970s, he not only lived a life of extravagant spending, but also squandered every advantage he had. His father was literally angered to death by him. Then, over a promise, Li Chengkun was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, indirectly causing the deaths of three sworn brothers and lettin 276Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 44 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
- 45 Period: Riding the Wind to Rise in 1976 年代：1976乘风而起 1976: The northern Bear is at the height of its power. 1976: The Western beacon struggles in the quagmire of stagflation. 1976: In the glow of the fiery red era, dawn begins to break for us... 23.2kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
- 46 Reborn in 1976 as a Literary Giant 重生1976当文豪 [Reborn + Period Piece + Literary Great] His “Scar” laid bare the festering wounds of an era and established him as a leading figure in scar literature. His “The Herdsman” became a household name. Xu Lingjun and Xiu Zhi, brought to life by his pen, captured countless readers’ hearts. His “Ordinary World” was hailed as an enduring classic that inspired millions of young people. His “To Live” brought countless readers to tears. His “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” “Red Sorghum,” “The Silence o 243Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 47 Transmigrating to the 1950s: I Land a Secure Job Thanks to My Uncle, the Director 穿越五零：靠主任舅舅端铁饭碗 Parallel world, Period piece, Northeast factory workers, everyday family life, enjoying life, a happy life. Food delivery rider Zhou Guoqiang takes a tumble into a parallel world in 1950, where he finds a home with bare walls and a drafty, rundown house. His most valuable possession is half a ration biscuit, which he had in his pocket when he transmigrated. Zhou Guoqiang thinks about the policies of the time. Surely he can't spend his whole life bent over the fields? Just as he's worrying about 24.6kReads—Score2.2kShelves
- 48 Reborn in the 1980s: A Life of Good Days 影综：重生八十年代好日子 [Myriad Heavens, film and TV worlds, reborn in the 1980s, making money.] Guo Daming transmigrates to the 1980s. In his previous life, he spent half his life stumbling through one setback after another. Now, reborn in the 1980s, he gets a second chance at life. This time, all he wants is to make money. 5.9kReads8.3Score301Shelves
- 49 Transmigrating to the Countryside as a Young Educated Youth in the 1970s 穿越七零下乡小知青 No System, no personal space, just an ordinary farming story. Song Zhiyuan wakes up one day and, for no apparent reason, finds himself a high school student in the 1970s. Both his parents are alive, and he has three siblings. Before he can adjust to life in this era, the campaign sending educated youths to the countryside begins. Thus starts Song Zhiyuan's ordinary life, swept along by the tide of the times. 2.3kReads8.4Score108Shelves
- 50 Reborn in 1985: From the Start, I Rescue My Little Sister from Being Sold 重生85：开局救回被卖掉的小妹 Zhao Changlin has lived with guilt for years. He dies falling from a building while trying to save his younger sister. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to 1985! His eldest younger sister has yet to marry a fool, his youngest younger sister has yet to be sold by their stepmother, and his younger brother has yet to be sentenced to death for murder. There is still time to set everything right! * A little scene Sixty-year-old Zhao Changlin walks through a wheat field as a reporter b 246Reads8.5Score—Shelves
