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- 151 I Went to the Military District to Get Divorced, but the Disciplined Officer Kissed Me Until I Cried 前往军区离婚，被禁欲军官亲哭了 [Period setting + bright, beautiful medical student VS. cold, abstinent frontier officer] Lin Shurong transmigrates. Born into the 1960s, she becomes the only girl born into the family in three generations, the apple of everyone’s eye. Her life goes smoothly, until her marriage takes an unexpected turn! Her 98-year-old grandfather likes the man’s circumstances, family background, and status, so he forces her to marry him, insisting she be matched with an officer. For two years of marriage, t 54kReads8.3Score6k14d adds
- 152 The Secret Record of the Between-Realm 筑间秘录 Jiang Ziwen, a renowned designer, was playing a game when someone lured his soul into a dream. He suddenly died... When he was judged in the underworld, the King of Hell took note of his sense of justice and the injustice he had suffered. Since they shared the same name, the King of Hell bestowed upon him secret Feng Shui techniques. After returning to the living world, he fell in love at first sight with Ye Ling, a night patrol envoy of the underworld... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 A Whirlwind Wedding and Army Life: Commander, Your Wife Is the Real Deal! 闪婚随军，首长你媳妇是真大佬！ [Completed] [1980s military marriage + celibate military officer + marriage first, love later + medical genius + serving the motherland] Ye Qingtao, a medical genius who had been single for 30 years, opened her eyes and found herself in the 1980s. She had become a hopeless romantic who had jumped off a building trying to marry the male lead! Her parents spent all their savings trying to save her, then knelt and begged the male lead to marry her. She was the scourge of the military family compoun 4.7kReads9.1Score73814d adds
- 154 Reborn as the Deposed Empress: The Dowager Empress’s Blade Draws Blood to Avenge Her Family 废后重生：太后掌心刃血偿满门仇 [Reborn as the Empress Dowager + Ruthless and Decisive + Empress’s Political Schemes] In her previous life, she was the empress, but the treacherous emperor and her half-sister betrayed her! Her entire family was executed, and she died consumed by hatred. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain! In this life, she casts aside love and wields the imperial seal. Her half-sister foolishly dreams of taking her place in the inner palace, so she 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 After Being Reborn, I Threw Myself into the Powerful Minister's Arms and Cried, and He Turned Red with Anger 重生后扑到权臣怀里哭，他红温了 [Sweet and Gentle Girl VS Steady, Restrained Powerful Official] [Mutually devoted, childhood sweethearts, years of secret love finally returned] Shen Mingshu grew up cherished by Jiang Xun, but his stern, cold nature made her fear him more than anything. After someone drugged her, her childhood friend, a young general, took her away. When they were discovered, she had no choice but to marry him. But the young general loved someone else and took a concubine on their wedding day. He doted on his c 64.2kReads8.8Score9k14d adds
- 156 Leave the Nation’s Technology to Me. You Can All Put Your Feet Up 祖国科技交给我，你们躺好 Romance included | Beiqing University | World's richest man | Pure wish fulfillment In his previous life, Cha Le was a technology tycoon in the 26th century and the leader of a hacker alliance. By chance, her soul transmigrated into the body of a high school girl in a county town in the year 2000. It was already a coincidence that they had the same name and looked exactly alike, but the girl was also an illegitimate daughter of a wealthy family... Going back to that family was out of the questio 6kReads9.2Score83514d adds
- 157 A Popular History of the Former Han 前汉通俗演义 [Cai Dongfan's Historical Romance, The Complete Founding History of the Han Dynasty, The Qin-Han Rivalry, A Plain-Language History, Political Intrigue and War] This book is Cai Dongfan's A Popular History of the Former Han, a classic historical novel that recounts the dynasty's rise and fall from the chaos at the end of the Qin through the middle and late Western Han. Spanning one hundred chapters, it begins with Lü Buwei's extraordinary investment and Qin Shi Huang's unification of the realm, a 129Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 158 Five Senses of Traditional Medicine: Reading Life Through the Body 五识岐黄：用身体阅读生命 A guide to traditional Chinese medicine, from beginner to expert, told through a story. It does not seek to conjure fantastical miracles, but instead reveals traditional Chinese medicine as it truly is: profound and deeply compassionate. A complete world of traditional Chinese medicine, drawing you in to feel the pulse of a thousand years of healing. 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 12.1kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 160 The Wife Who Dies Young in a Period Novel? The Ascetic Professor Falls in Love 年代文早死妻？禁欲教授沦陷求爱 [An alternate 1980s setting, awakening as the foil to the heroine; slow-paced, everyday traditional story; marriage first, love later, and family life; raising kids with sweet affection; no golden finger; local-born characters who aren’t perfect] After Song Zhiyao impulsively picks a fight over divorce, she takes her child to her parents’ home and has a dream that makes her awaken to the truth. Well, would you look at that: she’s living inside a period novel! And she’s not even the main heroine, 36.1kReads8.9Score3.8k14d adds
- 161 Chinese Horror Tales: My Teammates All Turn into Evil Spirits, So I Take Over the Ten Courts of Hell 中式怪谈：队友全员化煞，我反手接管十殿阎罗 Chinese-Style Horror: My Teammates All Turn into Evil Spirits, So I Take Over the Ten Courts of Yama 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 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 1.8kReads9.0Score20714d adds
- 163 Impeaching the President 弹劾总统 Impeach the President 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 You Think I’m Dirty? But I’m a Germaphobe! 嫌我脏？可是我有洁癖啊！ You Think I'm Dirty? But I Have OCD! 4kReads—Score5414d adds
- 165 A Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Lazy Wife Uses Science to Make Her Country Strong 军婚年代：懒媳妇儿她凭科研强国 [Period setting + interstellar travel + scientific genius + military marriage + one-to-one romance, both untouched + slow-burn love + patriotism] The rating is low because there aren't many reviews. Leave more reviews, everyone. [Patriotic, rugged soldier boy x slow-to-warm-up scientific genius who knows how to act] Xia Qingqing, an interstellar healer, transmigrates to Jiuzhou in the 1980s and is instantly won over by the food and flowers here. There are three things that matter most in Xia Qin 927Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 166 I Switched Marriages to My Fiancé's Cousin, and the Fertile Military Wife Brutally Punishes the Villains 换嫁未婚夫堂兄，易孕军嫂狠虐渣 [Alternate history, military romance set in a bygone era, face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, no saintly heroine, ancient-to-modern transmigration, a pocket dimension, devoted and exclusive romance, no flirtation, mutual devotion, a powerful couple] After ten years of hard martial arts training, Luo Hansu finally avenged her mother, crippled her scumbag father, and reclaimed the Heavenly Pearl. As she lay gravely wounded and dying, her mother gave her the chance to be reborn. In a 6.4kReads8.9Score62514d adds
- 167 In the 1960s, My Partner Set Their Sights on Stealing My Grandpa’s Job 六零之对象立志要抢我爷饭碗 [Era setting + pocket dimension + building wealth + everyday family life] Content warning: The main story does not cover the heroine's background before she transmigrates. If you'd like to learn about it, you can read the extra chapters first. On the first day Song Wan transmigrated, or rather, her first night, she nearly became the unlucky soul who died the moment she arrived. On the second day, she discovered someone had stolen the fruits of her labor, so she promptly sent them a few bullets 3kReads8.4Score16114d adds
- 168 A Popular History of the Qing Dynasty 清史通俗演义 [A Tale of the Qing Dynasty #Popular History #The Rise and Fall of the Ming and Qing Dynasties #Political Intrigue and Warfare #Legends of Emperors #History in Plain Language] This classic historical novel recounts the full 268-year rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, from the origins of its ancestors in the Changbai Mountains to Xuantong's abdication and the dynasty's collapse. Told across one hundred chapters, it follows the story clearly and avoids obscure historical material. It begins with N 97Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 169 On Their Wedding Day, the Bride’s Father Slapped Her Three Times in Public 大婚当天，岳父当众扇了新娘三巴掌 On Their Wedding Day, the Bride's Father Slapped Her Three Times in Front of Everyone 1.5kReads—Score13714d adds
- 170 An Autistic Blind Date? The Research Scientist's Army Wife Is Everyone's Darling 自闭症相亲？科研军嫂是团宠 [Military marriage + 1980s + beloved by everyone + pocket dimension + special abilities + obsessive love + dangerously unhinged + family life + redemption + world unification + nation-building] A little note: You can add the book to your shelf first! I’ll write some extra chapters later to fill in what’s missing earlier. An autistic heroine transformed into a dangerously unhinged woman, and a hero with an intensely possessive streak. Yun Jianyu, from the apocalypse, died in a zombie’s jaws after 750Reads6.5Score12914d adds
- 171 You Were Sent to the Factory, and Became the Pride of a Great Nation? 让你进厂，你成了大国荣光？ (No Romance + Scientific Research + Academic Prodigy + System + Period Setting) Ye Anxin wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated to the 1960s. She had planned to take it easy and do as little as possible, but then a System drops from the sky. With a daily sign-in, her intelligence increases by one point. If that's how it is, then she won't hold back. Fully automatic rifles, rocket launchers, turbofan engines, bulletproof vests... These are all well within her reach. Now watch her bring g 5.3kReads8.5Score42714d adds
- 172 The Ming Emperor's Beloved Consort, Wan Zhen'er 大明宠妃万贞儿 8.1kReads9.4Score68114d adds
- 173 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Vow to Become a Top Student 穿越七零，誓要做学霸 [Strong Female Lead + Research + Devoted Couple + Everyone’s Favorite] [Brilliant, well-rounded female scholar with a striking contrast in personality × Talented and handsome man devoted to love, Mr. Xiao] Mi Zheng never imagined that she would be the one to “laugh herself to death after winning the lottery.” Given another chance at life, she decided to study hard and become the top student she had always envied in her previous life. After all, books are full of treasures. She never expected to 1.3kReads9.0Score10614d adds
- 174 Second Marriage, Military Wedding, and Twins: My Ex-Husband’s Family Is Fuming 二嫁军婚生双胎，前夫一家被气死 [Reborn + Military Marriage + Pocket Dimension + Devoted 1v1 Romance] The child Xiao Yunduo raised for nineteen years was actually her husband’s child with the woman he’d always loved. When she was gravely ill, her husband appeared with that woman and her son. “Xiao Yunduo and I had an arranged marriage. I have no feelings for her.” “This woman isn’t my mother. If she hadn’t stolen her place, our family of three would have been reunited long ago.” Xiao Yunduo, who was literally angered to death, 4.6kReads9.2Score59514d adds
- 175 One Spring Night, and the 1980s Village Doctor Had Triplets 春风一度，八零小村医一胎三宝 [Period + Military Marriage + Love After Marriage + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Multiple Children + Raising Kids] Lu Sixing is the most promising child in the military compound. He accompanies his father on a work trip to Xiaoxi Village, where he sees Cui Shizhen, who has been harmed, jump into the water. Lu Sixing dives in to save her, only to find that the girl is so forward that she throws her arms around him and kisses him. One passionate night later, they end up together. A story of lov 7.6kReads9.0Score78314d adds
- 176 Counting Time at Sunset 在落日里数时间 [Tsundere younger man vs. radiant older woman] [Campus/Urban] [Bad Ending/Both Not Pure] If only we could stay as we were when we first met. Qiao Yuntao: “I’m not bitter. This ending simply isn’t worthy of the heart I put into this, knowing it was doomed and choosing to do it anyway. I gave it everything I had, so I’m not the one who should regret it.” Li Moyang: “The pain came later. Right after we broke up, I wasn’t very sad. I just felt relieved. Now I regret it. I lost everything, and I was 58Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 177 I Caught a Tiger and Raised It Like a Cat 抓个老虎当猫养 I Caught a Tiger and Raised It Like a Cat 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Empress’s Personal Little Strategist 女帝的贴身小军师 The Empress's Personal Little Strategist 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Putting the President on Trial 审判总统 Put the President on Trial —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Rescuing Zhao by Besieging Wei: A Surprise Attack on Black Wolf Mountain 围魏救赵，奇袭黑狼山 Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, launch a surprise attack on Black Wolf Mountain —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 The Foolish Beauty Was Doted on by a Mad Prince After Her Substitute Marriage 笨蛋美人替嫁后被疯批王爷宠上天 [The short drama adaptation of With You, We Journey Beneath the Bright Moon is now open for reservations. Original novel of the Spring Hues series of animated dramas; print edition signed] [Swapped bridal identities + marriage for good fortune + love after marriage] [An adorably clueless beauty who charms people without realizing it VS a double-standard, mad prince] Qiao Yun fell and injured her head as a child. Her father showed her no affection, her stepmother had no love for her, and she beca 55.1kReads9.1Score5k14d adds
- 182 Mortal Realm Martial Venerable: One Punch Shatters Chaos 凡界武尊：一拳碎混沌 Lin Chen, a body-tempering apprentice, is humiliated by a powerful clan and watches as the demon race slaughters his town. At death’s door, he awakens a bronze fragment left behind by his father. From then on, he shatters his constraints with his fists and rises against all odds! He slays demons and seizes treasures in the Black Wind Mountains, then establishes an alliance against the demons in Qingfeng Town. With only his Body Tempering cultivation, he stands against a Grandmaster and unites th 28Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 183 I Captured Sokoria’s President 我抓了索科里亚的总统 I Captured Sokoria's President 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Senior Sister, I Don’t Want to Be a Human Cauldron Anymore 师姐，我不想继续当炉鼎了 Senior Sister, I Don't Want to Keep Being a Human Cauldron 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 I Became the Chosen Female Lead of a Period Novel and Was Doted on by the Nation 穿成年代文天命女主，被国家宠爆 [Completed] [Infinite space + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + patriotism + raising children] Scientific genius Fu Xue was hit on the head by a flowerpot and transmigrated into... the doomed heroine of a no-romance period novel centered on a strong female lead. The original owner had a space and was destined for a bright future, but a reborn supporting female character who despised poverty and coveted wealth stole her golden finger and schemed to have her killed. The plot had gone off 1.7kReads8.6Score13214d adds
- 186 After Xu Damao Divorces in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂离婚后 Thoughts on Casting: Forging crudely and rigidly increases density and strength, but changes the original state, robbing it of its original toughness and quality. It alters the structure, taking away the ability to combine freely and remain self-consistent, as well as the ability to repair itself... More is lost than gained... So we must explore the art of casting!!!!!! In 2026 Chongqing, Xu Damao was an abandoned baby who grew up in an orphanage. Because he was short and exceptionally ugly, mos 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 After My Soul Transmigrated, I Activated the Heavenly Craftsman Merchant System 魂穿后，激活天工商贾系统 After Reincarnating into Another Body, I Activated the Heavenly Craftsmen and Merchants System —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Medicine Immortal and the Mystic Cat 医仙与玄猫 The Medicine Immortal and the Mysterious Cat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The Black Lotus of Great Ming 大明黑莲花 [Female con artist × hypocrite] The year the Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of the Ming Dynasty, Magellan's fleet completed its circumnavigation of the globe. It was only decades later, along the eastern coast of Zhejiang, where the sea ban was in force, that a country woman happened to hear the Western theory that “the world is round.” Suddenly, she realized: If all four seas are round, then wherever you stand, you can be the center of the world. But when she looked around, women had no pa 5.9kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 190 With a Warehouse Full of Weapons, I Built an Invincible Kingdom in Another World 满仓军火物资我在异世建无敌王国 [Transmigration + Spatial Storage + Strong Heroine + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scoundrels + Infrastructure Building + Golden Finger] The animated dramas "My Warehouse Is Full of Supplies, and I Become a Queen in Another World" and "The County Princess Who Defied Fate: My Warehouse Is Full of Supplies, and I Become a Queen in Another World" are now streaming. The special agent Ye Meiling transmigrates into another world and becomes Nangong Wu, a county princess of the Western Yan Kingdom. The o 124.2kReads8.6Score14.2k14d adds
- 191 The Iron-Blooded General Gets All Sweet Online 铁血将军在线撒娇 The Iron-Blooded General Gets Cutesy Online 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 192 Golden Fragrance at the Alley Corner: Deep-Fried Stinky Tofu 巷口的黄金香，油炸臭豆腐 The Golden Fragrance at the Alley Corner, Deep-Fried Stinky Tofu 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Beast World Transmigration: I, the Phoenix, Ride a Golden Dragon 穿越兽世：吾凰驭金龙 Beast World Transmigration: I, the Phoenix, Tame the Golden Dragon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 She Took Time Off to Have a Baby and Snatch a Job? The Big Sister-in-Law Sets Her In-Laws Straight in the 1970s 趁生崽抢工作？七零大嫂整顿婆家 To keep her sister-in-law Luo Jianxin from being sent to the countryside, Nangong Wanyi's mother-in-law, Chen Lanhua, forced her to sign over her job while she was in labor. Nangong Wanyi was in such agony that she died! Her mother-in-law didn't care at all. She only wanted Nangong Wanyi to press her handprint onto the job transfer document. When Nangong Wanyi opened her eyes again, she was no longer the same Nangong Wanyi. She was a soul that had drifted above the Luo family home for decades, w 3.6kReads8.6Score27514d adds
- 195 A Nobody's Rise Begins with an Acceptance Letter 草根逆袭从录取通知书开始 As Heaven moves with vigor, a gentleman strives tirelessly to improve himself; as Earth is broad and steadfast, a gentleman bears all things with great virtue. At eighteen, a poor country boy from the mountains got into college with a stroke of luck. Through sheer grit and relentless hard work, he endured and overcame one hardship after another: poverty, hunger, a weak educational foundation, contempt from others, and misunderstandings from his superiors. Though he completed four years of colleg 5.7kReads8.8Score42714d adds
- 196 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 74.8kReads9.6Score10.3k14d adds
- 197 Living Life to the Fullest in the 1960s 六零年代恣意活着 [Transmigration + Two Strong Leads + Period Setting + Daily Life] A career woman from the new century transmigrates as Ruan Mianmian and escapes her family of origin. When she reaches the right age, she marries Chen Yuan'an, a handsome, well-built regiment commander. They bicker in the early days, but later settle into a sweet life together: her husband dotes on her, and their son is clever and adorable. Both leads know how to enjoy life. In an era of scarcity, they use money to make sure they n 1.9kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 198 From the Apocalypse to the 1970s: With You, Every Day Is Sunny 从末世到七零：有你便是晴天 (Set in the 1970s + transmigration + portable space + super strength + devoted couple + sweet romance + feel-good power fantasy) Mo Yu struggled to survive for ten years in the apocalypse, going from a clueless girl fresh out of school to someone equipped with all the skills needed to stay alive. Could all that hardship really be summed up in a single word? After transmigrating one day, all she wanted was to lie back and enjoy life. Little did she know, her predecessor had been entrusted with a 12.9kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 199 The Sixties: You Don’t Want the Real Heiress? Then I’ll Cut Ties 六零：真千金不要？我反手断亲 [Pocket dimension + formidable partners + career-driven heroine] Reborn as the real daughter, she finds that her city-dwelling parents don't welcome her. So she returns to the countryside to live with her widowed mother, determined to change her fate through her own abilities. Become a cadre, earn a recommendation to attend university, rise to leadership, and win everyone's respect! “Did you hear? Widow Zhang's girl was switched at birth with a city girl.” “Yeah, and they still kicked her out an 10.5kReads8.4Score75614d adds
- 200 I Transmigrate into a Book in the 1980s: This Unexpected Military Marriage Is So Sweet 八零穿书：闪来的军婚太甜了 Ji Yutian transmigrates into a very cliched novel set in a bygone era. The heroine takes a wrong turn in life, discovers in old age that her ex-husband is incredibly successful, and is reborn to win him back. Unfortunately, Ji Yutian is that man's second wife. Knowing she doesn't stand a chance against the heroine in a fight for his affections, Ji Yutian immediately agrees when her mother sets her up on a blind date. But her date turns out to be a big, bad wolf, and they register their marriage 6.6kReads8.8Score44214d adds
