Novels like Country Life in the 1970s
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Country Life in the 1970s, best match first.
- 1 I Found a Child and Got a Handsome Officer as a Bonus: Married Life Is a Blast 捡娃赠帅军官，婚后生活乐哈哈 [Transmigrate into a book: period novel + golden finger + cozy everyday life raising children] [Not a strong female lead] Overnight, Tang Yuanyuan goes from being a bright-eyed university graduate in the modern era who can’t find a job to an orphan in the 1970s, whose father has died and whose mother has remarried. Her arrival looks like the scene of a crime. On the first day after recovering from her injuries, Tang Yuanyuan goes up the mountain to gather wild vegetables for the first time in he 3.5kReads8.6Score32914d adds
- 2 Born into the 1950s, I Helped My Scumbag Dad Divorce by Cutting Him Out of the Family 胎穿五零，渣爹要离婚我送他除族 The short drama I Was Born in the 1950s, and I Helped My Mother Remarry is coming on April 15, 2025. Stay tuned! Yan Dan is a plant-based ability user in the apocalypse, where people have become experts on plants. She also has a decent-sized storage space for all kinds of supplies. She thought she could live at the base until the apocalypse ended, but then a zombie horde led by the Zombie King attacked it. And then... then she accidentally kicked the bucket. When she opened her eyes, she had som 10.5kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 3 The Wicked Mother-in-Law of the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院恶婆婆 [Period setting + wicked mother-in-law + family life + farming + both spouses transmigrate] Chen Suwen, who had healing, wood, and fire abilities, was hot-tempered and feisty. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a notoriously wicked mother-in-law living in a residential compound. A wicked mother-in-law? So she didn’t have to rein in her temper, force herself to compromise, or worry about acting out of character by being nothing like the original owner? She’d transmigrated from the apocal 4.8kReads8.1Score23214d adds
- 4 My Nemesis and I Were Reborn as the Male Lead's Twin Older Sisters 跟死对头重生成男主的双胞胎姐姐 [Period Setting + Building a Career + Growing Together + Not a GL Romance + Almost No Romance] Who understands what it's like to transmigrate into a book at the same time as your archenemy, only to become twin sisters? Even crazier, their little brother is a future domineering CEO, but his family raises pigs? That's just hilarious! And even crazier, the two sisters are stepping stones for his rise and obstacles to the romance between the male and female leads. Hmph, being an obstacle is fine, bu 4.3kReads9.0Score62014d adds
- 5 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Ruthless Commander Is Doted On 军婚七零疯批指挥官被宠上天 Fanxing is one of only two 5S-level psychic War Gods in the entire interstellar realm. She is an outstanding commander. She is a research fanatic and an exceptional elite soldier. Taking an enemy commander’s head from among thousands of troops is as easy for her as reaching into a pocket. But no one knows that she actually has dual 5S-level psychic powers, equivalent to having two souls. As a result, her psychic powers have always been unstable, even violent. But she is so powerful that she has 4.3kReads9.0Score30714d adds
- 6 The 1980s: The Plump, Fertile Wife Spoiled by the Fierce Village Bully 八零好孕肥妻，被凶悍村霸宠成宝 A fictional era, so don't nitpick the details. Pure romance, devoted couple, rebirth, everyday life, marriage before love. The male lead is genuinely crude and swears like a sailor. The female lead isn't a strong, independent heroine, but a hardworking, clumsy, chubby country girl. (If that's not your thing, don't read.) Ji Chunhua was reborn. At this point, she hadn't yet gone with her stepsister Ji Qin to the matchmaking fair, nor had Ji Qin humiliated and framed her, eventually shoving her in 19.2kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
- 7 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies: The Cannon-Fodder Wife Takes Her Child to Join the Army 穿书年代，炮灰原配携崽随军去啦 An Hua transmigrated to the 1960s and became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a male lead from a novel set in that era. The original wife was a rich, beautiful heiress who looked down on her illiterate, working-class husband. She caused one scene after another, determined to divorce him and run into the arms of her first love. An Hua, who had transmigrated into her role, thought: Illiterate? That's a man with the right roots and a good background! Working-class? He's a golden ticket! She promptly to 32.3kReads9.0Score3.5k14d adds
- 8 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.4kReads9.3Score2.3k14d 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 17.3kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 10 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 74.8kReads9.4Score6.8k14d adds
- 11 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2k14d adds
- 12 EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
- 13 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds
