Novels like The Nineties: The Humble Officer Is Putty in the Hands of a Research Genius
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Nineties: The Humble Officer Is Putty in the Hands of a Research Genius, best match first.
- 1 On My Wedding Night in 1980, I Became the Cruel Woman Who Abandoned Her Husband and Child 八零新婚夜，我成了抛夫弃子的毒妇 The sales director, Mu Yan, opened her eyes to find she had become a terrible woman who abandoned her husband and child in a melodramatic period novel. The terrible woman was infatuated with the male lead and repeatedly acted out scenes of shamelessly chasing after him. The husband she abandoned in the story wasn’t just a tough-as-nails soldier with an eight-pack, he was also the male lead’s younger brother? Worse still... He was the future tycoon, ruthless and rich enough to rival a nation, who 2.5kReads8.2Score22014d adds
- 2 President Gu, Your Genius Little Fairy Has Been Reborn 顾总，你的天才小仙女重生了 [Reborn to Lead the Nation into the Stars] The science prodigy Lu Yinian is reborn and wants to repay a debt of gratitude, but ends up giving herself away in the process. She plans to help her boyfriend soar, but winds up lifting the whole country instead, propelling it into the interstellar age. Lu Yinian: In this life, I’ll give you the very best of everything. Whether it’s truth serum, laser guns, force fields, or mechs, they’re all yours. Gu Yunqi: But little fairy, isn’t the best thing of a 1.9kReads9.0Score22114d adds
- 3 A Deliberate Seduction: A Scientific Genius Accidentally Flirts with an Abstinent Army Officer 蓄意引诱：科研天才误撩禁欲军哥 [Period setting / military romance / college entrance exams / urban development and research / alternate history / slow burn / the research plot starts very slowly, so this may not be for you if you only want research and infrastructure development] Among the autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome was once called “the genius disorder.” Jiang Yan was diagnosed with Asperger’s as a young child, but she was also an undisputed child prodigy and rising star of the interstellar age. After dyin 3.6kReads8.1Score26614d adds
- 4 The 1970s: Her Soul Returns, and the Female Defense Industry Mogul Is Fierce! 七零魂归：军工大佬她飒爆了！ [Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Pocket Dimension + Using Science to Save the Nation + Super-Strong, Energetic Wolfdog VS Cool, Handsome Beauty Who Protects Her Husband] Li Luoyu, a powerful end-times ability user with lightning, wood, and spirit abilities, was struck by a thunderbolt so mighty it shook the heavens and transmigrated into a book. Now she had two choices: Go to the countryside? Or be sent down to the countryside as punishment? Wait... Aside from their official statu 30.4kReads8.9Score3.9k14d adds
- 5 Sweet Love in the ’70s: My Darling Brings Her Space and Wins Over a Rugged Man 七零甜宠：娇宝带空间撩糙汉生崽 (Complete) (Military Marriage + Joining Him at His Post + Sweet Romance + Pocket-Dimension Supplies + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Feel-Good Power Fantasy) Jiang You, a nationally renowned physicist and medical expert, unexpectedly gains a mysterious pocket dimension. In her dreams, she transmigrates to the 1970s, and to stay alive, she first stockpiles trillions' worth of supplies. After she transmigrates into a book, she finds herself the beloved darling of the Jiang family! But the origin 7.3kReads9.2Score83314d adds
- 6 The Little Darling Comes to Find Her Family and Mistakes Her Brother, Then the Cold-Faced Commander Kisses Her to Tears 妹宝投亲认错哥，被冷面首长亲哭 The animated series My Little Sister Slept in the Wrong Room and Ran into the Demon King from the Start is now available. Search for it on Tomato Redfruit to watch. Qiao Xinxin was the real daughter the Qiao family had only just brought home. To avoid marrying her fiancé, who had been disabled during a mission, the fake heiress Qiao Mingzhu got her drunk at the family reunion banquet and sent her to her own fiancé's bed. But she went to the wrong room and spent a wild night with the outstanding 33kReads8.2Score2.7k14d adds
- 7 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.6kReads8.9Score59014d adds
- 8 Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠：我在七零与兵王互撩 [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would 23.9kReads9.4Score2.8k14d adds
- 9 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.1kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 10 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 77.1kReads9.4Score11.8k14d adds
- 11 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 33.1kReads9.6Score4.3k14d adds
