Novels like Kidnapped at an Old Age, Reborn in 1999: The Whole Family Is Together Again
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Kidnapped at an Old Age, Reborn in 1999: The Whole Family Is Together Again, best match first.
- 1 Back to 1985: I Become a Fashion Queen in the Mountains 重回1985我在山沟当服装女王 The moment she opened her eyes, Su Man had gone from backstage at Paris Fashion Week to a poor, dusty mountain village in 1985. Her situation: married for three years, with a two-year-old daughter. Her husband, Lu Xiao, was a technical-school graduate with a secure factory job in town. As for her, she had been a modestly famous fashion designer in 21st-century Country C, only to die suddenly just as she was making it. Now she was Su Man, a countrywoman with nothing to her name. Looking at the ho 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in 2008, Saving Myself with 110 from the Start! 重生08年，开局110自救！ Reborn + childbirth + real and fake young masters + sweet romance + cozy life + raising a child Xin Yuan realizes she seems to have died and been reborn. Other people are reborn in the 1960s or 1970s. She wakes up one day and finds herself reborn in early 2008. That year, she and her husband, both orphans, are separated from each other. That year, they are forced to lose their home and family. The first thing she does after waking up reborn is call the police. "Hello, 110? We've run into human t 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Back in 1995, Building a Business While My Little One Strikes It Rich Treasure Hunting 重回九五搞事业，崽崽靠寻宝致富 Just got its rating... Cozy everyday life + period setting + reborn + building wealth + raising kids + no romance + a touch of ensemble cast Chen Jiayan woke up one day to find herself back in 1995, when she was five years old, just before a high fever nearly left her stupid. Looking back, her life hadn’t been all that terrible, and there was no one she’d loved but couldn’t have. Looking at her family, decades younger, and their many hardships, she clenched her little fists and gazed out at the 627Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn: Cut Off My Ex's Money and Help Dad Get Rich 重生：断渣男财路，带爸爸致富 Reborn // Mutual healing // Sweet romance // Taking down scumbags // No golden finger // Slow-paced wish fulfillment // Hardworking heroine In her previous life, Fang Wenjia only saw the true faces of her demonic husband and her vile best friend just before she died. They had been involved all along, deceiving her together for twelve years and cruelly plotting to kill her younger brother and stepmother. Thankfully, fate gave the utterly wronged woman another chance, sending her back to 1999. Thi 11Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 5 Autumn Passes, and Winter Comes Again 秋去冬又来 In the 1980s, Xia Ting was born into a poor rural family that favored boys over girls. Her parents fought, and she was forced to leave school at an early age. It all left her sad and helpless! From the innocent friendship she shared with Huang Bo as classmates, to their deep love for each other, then to being forced apart and sent down separate paths, fate's turning wheel eventually led Xia Ting down a different road! So many things in life are beyond our control. The seasons turn from autumn to 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Reborn in the 1970s: Turning My Lazy Husband into a Tycoon 重生七零，爆改懒汉丈夫成首富 [No System] [Reborn and Rising] [Marriage Before Love] [A Couple Growing Together] In her previous life, village beauty Qin Hongying was forced into marriage by local bully Li Shi'an. Her “white moonlight,” educated youth Pei An, turned a blind eye. Only the lazybones Li Chuang stood up and said a few words in her defense. In the end, pressured by her parents, she still married the bully, suffered terribly after the wedding, and jumped into a river to end her life. In this life, Qin Hongying wou 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn in the 1990s: Life Is but a Dream 重生玖零年代：浮生若梦 [Both Reborn + Building Wealth + Family Drama + A Portrait of Rural Life + Slow-Burn Feel-Good Story] Cao Chunhua spent decades being tormented by a mistress and a lousy husband, until she was utterly exhausted in body and mind. One day, she wakes up reborn thirty years in the past. Armed with only a little knowledge of what lies ahead, she sets up a street stall, starts a small business, opens a shop, and then a factory, steadily changing her circumstances. Just as she’s working up a storm, her 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 An Unconventional Family 非正常家庭， Among the many discussions of love and marriage, one thought-provoking saying goes: “If you can still feel a spark for the person beside you in bed for your whole life, that’s true love.” These brief but powerful words capture the ideal of love and marriage. In people’s dreams, love burns like a blazing fire, and marriage is the vessel that keeps it alight forever. Husband and wife spend their lives together, nestled in the warmth of their love, with neither passion nor excitement ever fading. B 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Misaligned Romance 错位情缘 A Case of Mistaken Love 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Back to 1989 重回1989年 Ye Xiaomei worked like a beast of burden for the Guo family for over a decade before discovering that they had sold her older sister into the mountains, where she was abused to death, and that her husband had sent people to break her father's leg. After learning the truth, she took revenge on the entire Guo family, then poisoned herself and died. She thought she would go to hell, but instead she returned to the turning point that had changed her life. Given another chance, Ye Xiaomei uses her me 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Three Flowers Beneath the Pagoda Tree 槐树下的三朵花 Bygone era + countryside + family This is a novel set in the countryside in a bygone era. It tells the heartwarming story of three girls who rely on their mother and each other through difficult times. It portrays the resilience and warmth of an ordinary family in the 1990s! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Bad Female Coworker 一个坏女同事 A Bad Female Coworker —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Her and Mr. Zhang 她和张总 Her and Mr. Zhang 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Mom Got Rich Selling Egg Pancakes in the Nineties 妈妈在九零卖鸡蛋饼暴富啦 [Reborn + heartwarming everyday life + entrepreneurship + writing + making a fortune + feel-good story] On the very day Zhou Xue finally passed the teacher recruitment exam after three years of hard work, she was reborn. It was winter break in 1999. Her father had taken every last bit of money from the family and gone to Yunnan Province to find his mistress. Her penniless mother was taking eight-year-old Zhou Xue and her ten-year-old brother to pick through vegetable scraps at the wholesale mark 539Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 15 Little Days with the Kids 伴娃小岁月 As a mother of two, I’ve kept learning and growing while accompanying my children as they grow up. After I shared stories about raising my children with colleagues and friends, they all encouraged me to write down these little episodes. So I gathered my courage and began recording the small moments of growing up with my children. I hope they can offer a little inspiration to you reading this online. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Reborn: If Not a Top Student, Then What? 重生之不做学霸做什么？ No golden finger + slow-paced + school life + male lead After paying off her debts, Fu Ying fell asleep in a milk tea shop. When she woke up, she had returned to her third year of middle school. Every middle school student who is reborn chooses to keep studying and become a top student! Being reborn is more like a chance at self-redemption. Fu Ying knows exactly what she wants: she has to fulfill her dream. 216Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 17 Back to the 1970s, I Married a Soldier and Got Rich by Playing Matchmaker! 重回七零嫁兵哥，靠牵红线暴富！ Era setting + military marriage + System + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place Ru Xi is reborn, returning to the day in 1974 when her stepmother forced her to swap marriages. In her previous life, she killed herself to escape an arranged marriage and never entered the cycle of reincarnation. But after her death, her younger brother used the money from her ghost marriage to go to college in the city and become a man of status. When she opens her eyes again, she hears her stepmother —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Getting By in a Period-Era Novel 我在年代文里混日子 Transmigrate into a book + period setting + everyday family life + a touch of fantasy Hu Yan realized she seemed to have been reborn and transmigrated. She’d become a character in an old period novel she had read long ago. Oh, the story had already ended. She was a peripheral character, even less important than a walk-on. Her family’s four lovely daughters were living miserable lives. She didn’t have the heroine’s portable dimension or special aura. But she did have her own little stroke of luck 197Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 19 After My Best Friend's Husband Cheated 闺蜜的老公出轨后 After My Best Friend’s Husband Cheated 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Age of Their Happiness 她们的幸福时代 A coming-of-age memory for those born in the 1960s. In 1986, the youngest daughter of the celebrated Guo family graduates from university and returns home in triumph, only to face a string of family upheavals: her eldest sister's divorce, her second sister's pregnancy before marriage and her boyfriend's imprisonment, and the revelation that her own love rival is actually her “missing sister”... Watch as the sisters lean on and comfort one another, wade through life's muddy waters, find happiness 128Reads8.1Score1114d adds
- 21 My Mother-in-Law Has Gone Mad 婆婆疯了 My Mother-in-Law Has Gone Mad 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn in the Seventies: A Beautiful Life 重生七零之美丽人生 In her previous life, Lin Fuqu was the envy of every military wife. Everyone said she had married well: she had never gone to school or earned a paycheck, and all she knew how to do was have and raise children. Yet her husband, a general, never left her, staying by her side every day even in the final days of her life. But only you know whether your life is sweet or bitter. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to her girlhood. This time, Lin Fuqu decided to try relying on herself. Bu 545Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 23 Transmigrate Into a Book: My Whole Family Is the Worst in the 1960s 穿书，六零全家都极品 Xie Ya transmigrates to the 1960s and arrives right in the middle of a famine. After barely surviving it, she discovers she’s become the female lead’s foil in the story. Thinking of the tragic fate her family faces in the novel, Xie Ya decides to overturn the plot. Her goal is to move to the city and become a worker. She refuses to stay here as some female lead’s foil. But after finally becoming a worker, she realizes her boss’s son is kind of handsome! He’s a researcher, too. Now, how can she p 122Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 24 The Beautiful Stepmother of the 1970s Raises Kids Her Own Way 七零美人后妈养崽，主打一个随性 [Stepmother + Raising Kids + Military Marriage + Everyday Cooking] She transmigrates to 1970 with no money, no home, and no golden finger. To make matters worse, the original owner was beautiful but timid, and a whole pack of awful people are waiting to suck her dry. Her late husband’s family plans to exploit her as free labor, her birth family plans to sell her off for a good price, and there’s also a suitor outside with bad intentions. Gu Yingying deals with it by doing one thing: going on a 33Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 25 A Circle Nine-Tenths Complete 画了十分之九的圆 [Period drama + realism + family of origin + tragic romance + struggles of the working class] ⚠️ This is not a feel-good power fantasy. It is a cup of “bitter coffee without sugar, mixed with strong liquor and tears, in the dead of night.” It is bitter and heartbreaking, yet so real you may see your own reflection between the lines. Yang Yifan. A “surplus person” born amid the spring breeze of reform. From a “burden” despised by his parents to the untouchable “prince” of his school; from a small —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn in the 1970s: Coins Rain Down Wherever I Go 重生七零之到处爆金币 Golden finger + period setting + transmigrate into a book + fictional world + cozy everyday life Shan Yi always thought his luck was perfectly ordinary: Not too good, not too bad, just middling. Who knew he'd wake up one day to find he'd transmigrated, becoming the child of a superhero mom from a period novel? He has eight siblings, more than the Calabash Brothers. Even stranger, anything can drop gold coins. If he hadn't gotten hurt and bled, he really would have thought he was playing a game. 440Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 27 You Made Me Your Nanny, but Heaven Made Me the Heroine 你逼我当保姆，老天让我当女主 Because of her sweet, pretty looks, the female lead was bullied by her cousin from a young age. But fate seemed terribly unfair to her. When she was 28, a car accident killed both her parents, leaving her all alone. Her well-off cousin took pity on her and invited her to move to the city. From then on, her life changed completely. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Girl Next Door 女邻居 The Female Neighbor 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Dawn in a Dream 入梦之晓 Dreaming at Dawn tells the story of Jiang Xiao, a woman from southern China who gradually awakens within a traditional marriage. Once a housewife dependent on her husband and silently enduring her circumstances, she transforms into an inspiring woman who is financially independent and in control of her own life. Blending the realism of urban life with the fantasy of entering dreams, the story is told from Jiang Xiao's perspective and explores women's struggles and breakthroughs as they navigate 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Reborn as a Little Blade of Grass 重生之俺是一颗小小草 Reborn, Tian Jincao refuses to be a dependent vine in the big city ever again. She kicks her trash ex to the curb and resolutely returns to the mountains, determined to help the girls there soar, leave the mountains behind, and see a wider world. To her surprise, the man she had loved in her past life has also been reborn. When they meet again years later, the first thing he asks is, “Will you marry me?” Tian Jincao answers, “Yes. I absolutely will!” In their previous life, the leads missed thei 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Cowardly Old Madam Zeng Is Reborn 窝囊了一辈子的曾老太重生了 [An elderly woman reborn + 1980s + everyday family life + building a fortune + all-female family + no golden finger + no romance + character growth, not wish fulfillment] Seventy-six-year-old Zeng Yuying is reborn, back in the days just after her husband died, when all four of her daughters were still alive and well. In her previous life, she was weak-willed and indecisive. As soon as her husband died, her in-laws carried their luggage into her home. From then on, she never had another easy day, 548Reads6.4Score11314d adds
- 32 In the 1990s, the Big Shot’s Pampered Wife Built Her Fortune by Setting Up a Street Stall 九零年代，大佬娇妻她靠摆摊起家 [System + Building from Scratch + Face-Slapping + 1v1] Lu Jin wakes up to find she has become the ex-wife of Gu Yuhe, a technology tycoon in a novel set in a bygone era. Divorce? No way she’s getting divorced. A powerful ally? Of course she’s going to hold on tight. Bankruptcy? Then she’ll build everything from scratch and start over! In her past life, Lu Jin’s luck was stolen by parents who favored sons over daughters. This time, armed with the “The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get” System, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A Wounded Woman Doesn't Talk About Love 受伤女人不谈爱 She raises her husband’s mistress’s child! This is a story about a woman’s growth, inspired by many real-life stories. Wang Shengnan was born into a rural family that favored sons over daughters, and her mother named her Shengnan, meaning “to surpass men.” She started working as soon as she graduated from middle school. At a beauty salon, her boss sexually assaulted her, but timid and meek, she did not dare speak out. Later, she married an ordinary man, only for him to die in an accident. After 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 After Tearing the Scumbag to Shreds, the Heroine's Life Goes into Overdrive 手撕渣男后，女主的人生开挂了 They once loved each other so deeply, from their school days to their wedding. But even the strongest love can apparently be no match for temptation. The male lead betrays the female lead, who, lost and confused, searches for a new direction in life. This is a slow-burning story. I hope you enjoy it. The story is entirely fictional, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please don’t assume it’s about you. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Bachelor and the Outsider 光棍汉与外来妹 A Bachelor and a Girl from Out of Town 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Married Off in 1985: Shen Lan's Bittersweet Life in the Countryside 换亲1985农家沈兰的悲喜人生 [Period Setting + Rural Life + Farming + Family Matters + No Golden Finger + No System] The years flowed gently, until old dreams faded; time stretched on, leaving one to sigh at the loneliness. Shen Lan, a kind and resilient country girl, once dreamed of a modest but peaceful life. But fate played a cruel joke on her. For her brother's future, Shen Lan honored her father's dying wish and arranged a marriage swap for him. She married into a poor, backward mountain village, beginning a life full 231Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 37 I Married My Best Friend’s Boyfriend 我嫁给了闺蜜的男友 They were high school classmates. She was an ugly duckling living under someone else’s roof, while her best friend was an elegant swan, high above everyone else. After dating the swan for a long time, he told the ugly duckling that she was the one he loved. This book tells the story of their love, friendship, and family ties in their youth. 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I Became Invisible, Married a Rugged Man, and Got Pampered to the Heavens 穿成透明人，我嫁糙汉被宠上天 When Lin Wan opened her eyes, she had become the second daughter of the Lin family in 1969, unloved by both her parents and facing the prospect of being sent to the countryside. Would a modern soul just sit back and accept her fate? After failing to find a suitable match, she decisively packed up the belongings she'd “borrowed,” signed up to go to the countryside, and headed straight for the familiar Northeast. Once there, she had a clear goal: avoid grueling labor and settle down as quickly as 5.8kReads8.2Score46714d adds
- 39 Reborn in the 1970s: From Rags to Riches 重生七零我从草根逆袭成白富美 Her parents’ favoritism in her past life led Lin Minzhi to a miserable fate. An unmarried woman past her prime, she became a widow before her wedding, lost her factory job and drifted from place to place, then lost her daughter in middle age. Even after all that, her mother cursed her as ill-fated, saying she brought ruin to her entire family. Heaven gives her a chance to be reborn, and she’s no longer the pushover everyone can manipulate. In this life, she’ll be the unfilial daughter her parent 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Whoa! Back in Middle School, I'm Rewriting My Life 嚯！重回初中，我要改写人生 At thirty-five, Chen Jiajia had spent her entire career working as a low-level accountant ever since graduating from junior college. She was a conscientious person who never complained, whether a task was part of her job or not. Her workload was one tedious chore after another. She loved children, but after dating a mama’s boy, she had no choice but to break up with him. She never met anyone suitable after that, and before she knew it, she had become a woman past the usual marrying age. Now she 381Reads—Score10914d adds
- 41 Lotus Shadows over the Capital 莲影京华 Village beauty Shi Cailian has had a life bitter enough to pickle vegetables, but she's blessed with a face of unparalleled beauty. Educated youth Wan Changce falls for her at first sight and takes the college entrance exam four times. When the results come out, Shi Cailian has just fallen out with her biased family, so she packs her bags and goes with him to make it in the capital. He studies hard and becomes a top student, while she uses her beauty to land a secure job at the Friendship Store. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Little White Rabbit of the 1970s: Sweet, Tough, and a Little Cool 70年代小白兔，不娇不弱有点酷 [Period] [Marriage Before Love] [Family] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] “Why did you marry me?” “Because your name is Gaoxing. Just hearing it makes me happy.” With a wicked sister-in-law at home, Cheng Yu married herself off for such a flimsy reason. Want to bleed her dry? Not a chance! Gaoxing is actually quite clever, but he always acts like a clueless fool. “I’m afraid you don’t love me.” Cheng Yu saw right through him long ago. “You’re just playing the pig to eat the tiger.” 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn in the 1980s: A Spicy Old Lady's Everyday Life 重生八零麻辣老太烟火人生 (Period drama + reborn comeback + feel-good power fantasy + strong heroine + farming and business + punishing villains and putting them in their place + heartwarming healing) [A miserable death in her past life, a glorious new life this time!] The moment Zhou Guifang opened her eyes, she was back in 1985. In her past life, she had lived a miserable, powerless existence until old age. Her husband lost his job and became lame, and each of her three sons had it worse than the last: the eldest got m 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 From the Start, I Help Mom Divorce, Then Become a Mama's Boy in the 1980s 开局帮妈离婚，我在八零年做妈宝 1980s • Sweet Romance • Winning Back His Wife • Redemption for a Troubled Soul • Cute Pets Bai Suiran was murdered by her scumbag boyfriend and her so-called best friend working together. Now she was reborn in the depths of winter, the year she turned eleven. Her scumbag father is cheating? She’ll take her bold, spirited mother and divorce him! Her relatives are a nightmare? She’ll become the family’s adored little firecracker and take them on headfirst! Bai Suiran: Heaven gave me another chance 63Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 45 Back to the 1990s: The Road to Fortune 重回九零致富路 Back in the early 1990s, Su Jinhua turns down a blind date and joins the wave of workers heading south. Getting another chance in the midst of a great era, Su Jinhua's greatest wish is to seize the moment. She plans to buy another home while houses are still dirt cheap, but ends up becoming a landlady before she knows it! Su Jinhua never meant to make a big fuss about things. After all, nothing beats coasting to success. But who can keep a low profile when their abilities won't allow it? She onl 740Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Got Rich and Became Her Family's Lucky Charm 重生八零：老太太暴富成全家锦鲤 In her previous life, Zhou Guifen closed her eyes in a nursing home with a life full of misery behind her: her husband had died young of liver cancer, and her son had been killed in a car accident. When she opened her eyes again, she was back at thirty-seven years old. Her husband, Ma Jianguo, was still a violent drunk at Hongxing Steelworks. Her son, Ma Xiaojun, was sneaking around changing the answers on his electronic watch to cheat, and even buying food in their apartment block meant scrimpi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The No-Drama Casebook 不抓马风云事件簿 A healing little ray of sunshine and a devoted, faithful boyfriend: twenty years of ups and downs, the secretly affectionate couple! The woman isn’t called Keyun or Xiyun. Her name is Tan Yun. The man isn’t called Lifeng or Mufeng. His name is Lu Feng. There’s no earth-shattering first meeting, no all-powerful golden finger, and no melodramatic, messy entanglements, just twenty years of enduring devotion and favor. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Spring and Autumn in the Courtyard: My Wife Isn’t the Sharpest Tool in the Shed 小院春秋：我的媳妇不太聪明 [Historical Fiction] [Everyday Family Life] [Marriage Before Love] In the autumn of 1965, Lin Xiuxiu, who had been simple-minded for eighteen years, fell into a river while chasing after her fiancé, who had gone to the city to work at a factory. When she woke up, memories of another lifetime had appeared in her mind. She was still not very clever, but she was no longer a fool. Once clearheaded, Xiuxiu saw through her childhood sweetheart’s callousness and resolved to make the most of her life. S 6.4kReads7.2Score48914d adds
- 49 A Survival Journal from the 1970s 七零年代生存日志 Zhao Hongfang, a modern woman, suddenly finds herself in the 1970s. Faced with a familiar yet strange new world, she is completely bewildered. It's all right. Ever since she was little, she'd known that if you had a problem, you should go to the police. The problem is, where are the police? 1.1kReads7.0Score10014d adds
- 50 Reborn in 1980: My Daily Life as a City Worker 重生八零进城打工日常 Liang Shuifeng somehow finds herself back at the age of thirty-three. This time, she decides to live her life differently. In her previous life, she spent her days as a country girl. This time, she bravely sets off for the city with her family to find work. Note: This story has no golden finger and focuses on the ordinary lives of little people. 351Reads8.0Score—14d adds
