Novels like Tao Tao's Travels Between Two Worlds
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Tao Tao's Travels Between Two Worlds, best match first.
- 1 A Country Girl Transmigrates to Become an Extra, Feeding Her Family with Boxed Meals 农女穿越当群演，盒饭养活一家人 The moment she opens her eyes, Su Xiaoyu is flung from an ancient world ravaged by war and famine into a modern film set. While others transmigrate as princes and ministers, she transmigrates as an undocumented extra who can't even afford a boxed lunch. In the past: her family has nothing, her grandmother is frail, her younger siblings are starving, and the whole village teeters on the brink of famine. In the present: a dazzling world of phones, computers, and skyscrapers, where everyone has 188Reads8.0Score105Shelves
- 2 In a Year of Famine, a Jade Pendant Connects Two Worlds, Letting Me Feed My Family and Village Meat 灾年玉佩通两界，养家养村吃肉肉 The rating will go up later. [Family life + pocket dimension + no CP + ensemble cast + infrastructure building] A year of disasters in the Great Yu Dynasty. Meng Xiaohua is trapped in an isolated village. A landslide swallows her family, a flood sweeps away her neighbors, and the family has been out of food for three days. Her frail mother and older brother, along with her younger siblings, who are too hungry to walk, are facing death. Just as despair closes in, she accidentally travels to a “fa 3.3kReads6.7Score324Shelves
- 3 Two Four-Year-Old Besties Leap Through Time and Turn a Famine Year into Shangri-La 四岁闺蜜跨时空，荒年变成桃花源 [Travel between ancient and modern times, with the two worlds connected. Two adorable little children, one ancient and one modern, innocently save the world. A modern child and an ancient child save each other, rescue an impoverished ancient village, and strike it rich in the modern world.] Dudu’s mother died when she was four. Her father married the mistress who had caused her mother’s death, making her the girl’s stepmother, and nearly beat Dudu to death. Her seriously ill grandmother took her 9kReads6.8Score1kShelves
- 4 Abandoned While Fleeing Famine, I Travel Between Eras to Support My Whole Family 灾年逃荒被弃，我穿梭现代养全家 #Fleeing Disaster #Natural-Disaster Era #Traveling Between Two Worlds #Strong Female Lead A century-long drought brings famine sweeping across the mountains and countryside. Xiaoxi and her family are cruelly abandoned by the whole village, leaving them no choice but to flee into the barren mountains in search of a way to survive. They make a home in a cave, but their food runs out, and the family struggles on amid hunger and despair. Then they encounter a spiritual squirrel in the woods and unex 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Ruined Temple Connects Past and Present: The Little Beggars Are Saved! 破庙通古今，小乞丐们有救啦！ [Farming] [Transmigration Between Ancient and Modern Times] [Adorable Kids] [Ensemble Cast] [Cozy Daily Life] On the road fleeing famine, with their ammunition spent and food supplies exhausted, Xiao Yao's parents sell her two older sisters, then set their sights on selling Xiao Yao too. Xiao Yao runs away in the middle of the night and makes it to a ruined temple said to be haunted. Ghosts are nothing compared to people. As it turns out, the ruined temple is home to a little beggar who pretends 13.4kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 6 My Wine Gourd Connects Past and Present, and I Help an Exiled Prince Seize the Throne 酒壶通古今，我助流放王爷夺帝位 An Iron-Blooded Prince from Ancient Times and a Modern Corporate Wage Slave: A Connection Across Time, Stockpiling, Infrastructure, Famine, and Farming Wage slave Wei Chuchu unexpectedly inherited a bronze wine pot, only to discover that it connected to the Great Li Kingdom two thousand years in the past! On the other side of the pot was Duan Wenbo, Prince Yi, a legendary war god. The new emperor viewed his family as a threat, and they had been exiled. With too little food and clothing, they wer 1.5kReads7.6Score154Shelves
- 7 Why Are Emperors Working at My Happy Farm? 皇帝都在我的开心农场打工？ Lu Muqiu, an orphan who had just graduated from college, thought he was headed for a lifetime as a wage worker. Who could have guessed that he would inherit an unexpected fortune, along with a farm? After a System came along, Lu Muqiu became a farm owner. Well, would you look at that: no more wage work. He was a farm owner now. Unfortunately, the farm only came with a house and ten mu of land from the start. To unlock the rest of the countryside, he would have to complete tasks. Though he was a 344Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 8 The Whole Village Weeps Through the Famine, but My Online Friends Send Me Packages 荒年全村哭唧唧，我有网友寄快递 [Strong heroine + strong hero + one-on-one romance + devoted couple + golden finger] While working as a delivery rider, Shen Wanning is caught in a power outage at the delivery station. She transmigrates to an ancient era of famine, bringing the entire station with her. The delivery station can receive packages from other time and space, and Shen Wanning can also livestream life in ancient times on her phone. Netizens turn into enthusiastic senders, helping the heroine thrive in the past while 871Reads8.7Score202Shelves
- 9 In the Famine Years, This Shameless Old Lady Supports Her Whole Family as a Cleaner 饥荒年，极品老太当保洁养全家 The short drama based on this book, “In the Famine, I Scavenged for Trash to Feed My Family Meat,” is now streaming! Tian Yuerong was reborn. In her previous life, she had been a concubine in an official's family in the capital and had two sons and a daughter. After the principal wife died, Tian Yuerong was about to be made the new principal wife, but then her husband died too. With no one left to protect her, she was driven out to a country estate by the mistress of the main branch of the famil 1.8kReads8.2Score128Shelves
- 10 Ancients Come to the Island as Special Appointees, Rewriting China’s Unfinished Stories 古人来岛当特聘，改写华夏意难平 Focused on building a career, rewriting regrets, and an ensemble cast. Ning Ye is stranded on an island. After transmigrating and being reborn, he overcame seven terrifying brushes with death and finally activated a god-tier System. The good news: He became the island lord. The bad news: At the moment, he’s the island’s only resident. Just as Ning Ye is about to run away, the System tells him it can summon resources from across the heavens to help build a theme park spanning myriad worlds. To th 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Popular Streamer Transmigrates With a Supermarket and Slacks Off Every Day 人气主播带超市穿越我天天摆烂 [Space + Business-Building + Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Wish Fulfillment + System] Liang Tian'er is a popular food streamer on a certain video platform, with tens of millions of followers. One day, while livestreaming, she accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. Her ancient-era husband despises her. What is she supposed to do? To her surprise, the System's reward is to transmigrate along with her family's supermarket, stocked with all the delicacies she usually features in her stream 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 I Am the Prince of Qin of the Great Tang 我是大唐秦王 We’re all transmigrating to become the sly ones, but I’ve barely arrived when I run into Li Shimin and give myself away. Should I keep my head down and bide my time, or hit back with swagger? Now that I’ve transmigrated, what’s there to hesitate about? Make money, train troops, and achieve unification so I never have to learn a foreign language again. Woman, don’t get in the way of this prince drawing his blade! Auntie, I was wrong. I won’t do it again! They say the future starts with the young. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 One Second Before Our Annihilation, I Brought the Demon Cult to the Modern World 团灭前一秒，我带魔教回现代了 (Comic adaptation and audiobook now available) [Female Lead] [No CP] [Business-Building] [Group Transmigration] [Super Satisfying] After serving as the Demonic Cult's leader for three years, Miao Yunyou was cornered by the righteous sects at the top of a mountain. Just as they were about to wipe them all out, she transmigrated back to the modern world. The good news: As compensation, the Heavenly Dao brought her mountain along, complete with the cult members who couldn't even read simplified cha 28.9kReads8.9Score3kShelves
- 14 The Vegetable Seller of Past and Present 古今卖菜郎 A no-romance coming-of-age story about a thirteen-year-old boy traveling between ancient and modern times, family life, learning through reselling goods, and no court politics: a purely heartwarming, healing farming tale! Watch as the boy learns modern knowledge and enriches life on an ancient farm. The boy travels to a “water-polluted otherworld” to sell vegetables. Radishes and cabbages, ground grapes, thorn pears, wild sweet potatoes, ground yams, black radishes, and golden lantern berries: t 780Reads9.0Score107Shelves
- 15 Yaya's Coin Purse: From Desolate Village to Hidden Paradise 芽芽的荷包：荒村到世外桃源 [Farming + past-and-present transmigration + adorable child + cozy business management (slice of life, no romance)] Five-year-old Yaya’s tattered purse can connect to the modern world. It starts with half a braised egg scavenged from a garbage heap, then she discovers that wild greens sell for more than gold in the modern world. From scavenging to trading, from scraping by to running a business. With a little basket on her back, she travels between two worlds. From a single braised egg to a 80.6kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
- 16 I Opened a Restaurant in My Hometown, and People from Ancient Times Lined Up to Work for Me 我在家乡开餐厅，古人排队来打工 [Strong heroine’s level-up journey + no romance + career-focused + all-female ensemble + System + food business and infrastructure building] Reader advisory: 1. No male lead, romance, or lovesick characters. Everyone is focused on their careers. 2. Firmly women-centered, not traditional romance. Please read with care. 3. A feel-good progression story. The heroine goes into business, while the supporting heroine builds infrastructure and creates a new order. Two powerful women join forces. They c 1.7kReads8.8Score229Shelves
- 17 I Write Novels in the Great Ming, and the Emperor Keeps Hounding Me for Updates 我在大明写小说，皇帝居然来催更 I transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty hoping to survive by writing novels. I never imagined I would end up changing the Ming emperor’s mind and setting him on the path to immortality. If the emperor reads your novel and decides to seek immortality, have you ever thought about the consequences? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Two Worlds Manor: Building from Scratch in a Year of Famine 两界山庄：从荒年开建 [Space, travel between two worlds, manor management, farming, raising children, cute animals, cozy everyday life] Reborn in the final years of the Great Li Dynasty, Chen Dahe has only one thought: protect his wife and daughter, and never let the past repeat itself. When all hope seems lost, the old copper bangle on his wrist begins to glow. By accident, he opens a door to a modern produce market. He trades mountain greens for white rice and fine salt, and uses the money he saves to buy all kinds 5.8kReads7.8Score636Shelves
- 19 The 1970s: The Awakening and Comeback of the Comparison Group’s Younger Aunt, the Fake Heiress 七零：对照组小姑觉醒逆袭假千金 When Liu Xinyi wakes up, she discovers she's become the awful sister-in-law in a period novel: lazy, greedy, sly, and hired to serve as a foil to the real heiress's family. In the book, she's a disposable character who drowns in a cesspit. Her mother, Zhang Cuiyun, was once a factory director's daughter, but an enemy switched her at birth, leaving her to suffer a life of hardship. Her three brothers and sisters-in-law will die horribly while seeking revenge, and her young nieces and nephews will 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
- 20 Transmigrating to the Modern Era: I Haul Supplies Home by the Armload 穿越现代，我哐哐往家搬物资 For generations, Nanshan Village has passed down one ancestral rule: “Never flaunt your wealth or show off your riches.” Even in the years when people barely had enough to eat or clothes to cover themselves, the village chief constantly reminded the villagers to remember the old rule. At first, Chunxia only prayed that Heaven would give her little sister enough milk powder to survive. Heaven took pity on her and sent her to another world where she could earn money by collecting garbage. Her litt 2kReads9.0Score229Shelves
- 21 You Rotten System, Don't Stop Me. I'm Going to Make the Female Lead's Mom Die of Filial Piety 缺德系统别拦我，我要孝死女主妈 [The rating just came out. It may go up later, or it might go down. Hahaha] Reborn as a cannon-fodder character in a story set in a bygone era, I landed in a latrine from the start. The good news: I awakened the [Bad Deeds System]. The bad news: I was in debt for a mountain of Bad Deeds Points. If I didn't pay them back, I'd have to keep being a background character. My biological mother was the heroine? She left after getting into college and went off to the capital to live happily with anoth 913Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 22 A Lowly Maid's Journey Through Time and Space 孤婢的逆时空 "Past and present worlds connected + Golden finger + Getting rich through business + Opening a school in the modern world to enroll students from ancient times + Sweet romance" A martial-arts-trained maid from ancient times is fiercely loyal to her mistress, but her mistress grows suspicious of her and orders her hunted down. While fleeing, the maid accidentally transmigrates to the modern world, where she meets the son of an antiques dealer. From then on, she uses the space and System she gaine 378Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 23 Me, the Pig-Slaying Princess, Go Crazy and Carry My Whole Family to Victory! 我，杀猪郡主，靠发疯带躺全家！ Lin Taotao becomes the foil to the heroine in a novel, starting out in hell mode. The heroine, Zhou Qiandan, is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Lin Taotao only knows how to butcher pigs and cattle. The heroine is adored and pampered by her whole family. As an only child, Lin Taotao is scolded by her parents for being too unruly. The heroine is graceful and gentle, a paragon of the capital. Lin Taotao is infamous for being crazy and gives everyone a headache. In the origina 156Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Come Quick! The Emperor Squad Gets a Be History Makeover! 速来！帝王团爆改Be历史！ (Ancient people traveling in the modern world / Dungeon challenges / Comedy / No romance) As Jiang Ning lay on the brink of death, she was bound to a livestream System. To earn life-extension points and money, she had no choice but to invite the great ancestors to tackle dungeon challenges and tour the modern world's beautiful landscapes. So Qin Shi Huang overturned a haunted cruise ship, Emperor Taizu of Ming stormed a terrifying train, and Emperor Wu of Han investigated Widow Village at nigh 2.5kReads8.8Score207Shelves
- 25 My Ungrateful Son Abandoned Me in a Famine Year, So I Bring Modern Grain to Fill My Barns 逆子荒年抛弃我，我通现代粮满仓 [Pocket dimension + passage to the modern world + farming + selling wild vegetables + family life + no romance] Synopsis: While fleeing famine, Lu Minggui is pushed over by her own son and falls to her death. When she wakes again, she's back before the famine. She discovers that a bloodstained wooden hairpin can take her to a mysterious world! From then on, she digs up wild vegetables, sells them, and earns silver. When famine strikes, she not only survives, but also leads her son and daughter 11.8kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
- 26 Get Rich! The Seventies’ Feisty Aunt Takes Down a Scumbag from the Start 暴富！七零作精小姑开局刀了渣男 Song Xiaoxiao transmigrates into the 1970s as the beloved little aunt of a doted-on family. Her family treats her like a treasure, but she’s hopelessly lovestruck and gets swindled out of food and money by a scumbag educated youth. On the day she transmigrates, she figures out the plot. Under cover of darkness, she cripples the scumbag and empties his ill-gotten stash of cash. She thinks she can lie flat and live like a lazy fish, but then the [Universal Favorability Mall] suddenly opens Fiddleh 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Qin Shi Huang Transmigrates to My Home from the Start 开局秦始皇穿越到我家 Li Wu transmigrated, and on her very first day she encountered a Trading System and even met Qin Shi Huang. He was so imposing that Li Wu promptly kowtowed to him. After trading with Qin Shi Huang, she went on to meet one ancient figure after another. Life couldn’t be any better: she got to trade and meet the founding ancestors. She was positively delighted… 5.2kReads8.5Score437Shelves
- 28 After Binding the System, I Take My Ancestors All Over China 绑定系统后，我带着祖宗玩遍华夏 [Ancestors travel to the modern world + doted-on heroine + changing history] Song Lingyin binds herself to a Myriad Worlds travel System. The System tells her that as long as she takes good care of each visitor, she’ll earn a reward! Song Lingyin, the impoverished college student: (eyes gleaming) “You got it!” When she sees who she’s supposed to serve, Song Lingyin freezes. “Qin Shi Huang?” The System helpfully lies: “A history buff who likes cosplay.” Song Lingyin, who’s easy to fool: “Oh, I se 3.2kReads7.6Score259Shelves
- 29 My Mountain Villa Connects to Another World, and Ancient People Come to Work 山庄通异界古人来打工 After graduating from university, Jian Xingxia inherits her grandmother’s farm. But the farm lies deep in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and surrounded by leaky buildings. After pulling weeds until she’s questioning her life choices, Jian Xingxia wails, “Can’t someone come help me pull weeds and fix the roof?” The next second, a twelve-year-old girl from ancient times emerges from the mountains. “Pull weeds? Easy. Just give me the wild greens.” A skinny old man with a face that looks fifty- 107.1kReads9.0Score9.7kShelves
- 30 The Villainess Became the Contrast Character, and Her Whole Family Is Absolutely Terrifying 恶女穿成对照组，极品全家杀翻天 Lin Huanyue transmigrates into an old-fashioned farming novel as the female side character who serves as a foil. Her family is notorious throughout the village: A stingy father who married into the family, a fake-sweet, scheming mother, an eldest brother who steals chickens and dogs, a second sister with expert tea-drinking skills, and another brother who excels at pretending to be ill. As for her, she is a spoiled, infamous little villain, doted on by her whole family. In the original story, th 272Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 31 A Wild Historical Mashup: I Build China's Greatest City of All Time 历史大乱炖，我打造华夏千古城 An ensemble story, no romance, helping people from every dynasty and changing the stories that left readers heartbroken! One by one, key points in history are unlocked, and figures from the past arrive at modern tourist attractions, where they collide with visitors from the present! Strolling along old-fashioned streets, you can see those who made their names in the histories, as well as those whose names never left the slightest trace in the record books. You can see lost crafts and the ingenio 35.3kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
- 32 I’ve Transmigrated to a Famine Year. If You Need Me, Burn Some Paper Offerings 本人已穿荒年，有事记得烧纸 Chen Dongyue transmigrated. The good news: She gained access to a strange pocket dimension. The catch was that the unreliable space only worked if her old friend You Sijia made daily “offerings” to it. The bad news: She had transmigrated into the body of a woman as burly as a mountain and as fierce as a tigress. Her family was poor, and on top of that, she had to deal with the “mess” her missing husband had left behind, as well as support her mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. Luc 7.5kReads9.3Score776Shelves
- 33 I Want to Lie Flat, but My Strength Won't Let Me 想躺平，怎奈实力不允许啊 If you like stories that jump straight into fighting and killing, with life-or-death stakes, this one may not be for you. The heroine isn't naturally inclined to seek power or kill. For a long time at the beginning, she enjoys peaceful days filled with family life and everyday trivialities. They are the easiest, most carefree years of her life, and a crucial period for gathering supplies and building the reputation she will need when she later rises up. When natural disasters and human calamitie 730Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Fallen Heiress of the 1980s Marries a Factory Director and Raises His Kids 八零落魄千金，嫁个厂长养崽崽 [1980s + no rebirth or transmigration + no golden finger + everyday family life + raising children] Su Wanyan had been stunningly beautiful since childhood. She spoke two foreign languages and excelled at school, with a guaranteed place at a university in the capital within reach. But when her family went bankrupt overnight, her father, egged on by her stepmother, sold her to their uncultured, thuggish creditor to settle the debt. At first, when Jiang Liting heard that the Su family wanted to of 11.4kReads7.6Score731Shelves
- 35 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood 9.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 36 Building a Scenic Attraction, My NPCs Are from Ancient Times! 打造景区，我的NPC来自古代！ [The short drama adaptation is now available] Qin Yao had just arrived in a parallel world when he inherited a tourist attraction! But to his surprise, it was on the verge of bankruptcy. There weren’t any attractions to speak of, and he couldn’t even afford to hire NPCs. He was about to sell the place, since the land alone was worth a fortune. But Qin Yao never expected to bind himself to an NPC System! The System had only one function: it could bring people from the pages of history to work as 66.8kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
- 37 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 611Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 38 At Three and a Half, Fu Bao Is Doted on by Her Eight Uncles 福宝三岁半，她被八个舅舅团宠了 When her stepmother miscarried after falling down the stairs, little Su Bao was punished by being forced to kneel in the snow for a day and a night, then branded a jinx and driven from home. Just as she was about to die, her eight domineering CEO uncles rushed to her side and gathered little Su Bao in their arms! The eldest uncle's face turned icy. “It's getting cold. I think it's time the Lin family went bankrupt.” The second uncle glared furiously. “Anyone who hurts my little Bao will be hunte 23.1kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
- 39 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score107Shelves
